The Golden Age of Basketball

The Blazers' first points came surprisingly quickly.

Although the old Kareem Abdul-Jabbar didn't jump up very much, he still relied on his height and wingspan to touch the ball first during the scramble, and passed the ball to Byron Scott. Scott just wanted to pass the ball Passed to the magician, Gan Guoyang suddenly broke the ball and dribbled the ball all the way to the basket.

"Gan's steal! Slam dunk! Gan scored the first point for the Blazers. This is a good start." Most of the Lakers' players had already run to the frontcourt and prepared to attack. Can watch Gan Guoyang easily dunk and score. 2:0.

<! "The magician still calmly commanded his teammates' running positions and asked Worthy to run low. In the first three games of the series, the tactical effect of using Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to open the situation was not good. The Blazers' inside defense was too strong Strong, the old Kareem often has no chance to play the power of his hook, so Riley decided to put the first tactical main attack point on Worthy.

"Worthy is in the low post on the left, Johnson makes a pass, Gan is guarding him, Worthy turns around... the shot is blocked by Gan! Gan has the ball!"

Worthy was too confident in his speed.

Among all the small forwards who are good at attacking in the low post, Mark Aguilar is known for his tonnage and strength; Dantley is known for his sense of rhythm, feints and fouls; Bernard King has outstanding shooting skills, and Worthy relies on his extremely fast turn rate and super long wingspan to make it impossible for opponents to defend.

In the confrontation with the Celtics, Kevin McHale, who has always been famous for his superior wingspan, was often exploded when defending Worthy. The reason was that McHale was a beat slower than Worthy, so When Worthy saw Gan Guoyang defending him, he was still very confident in his speed, even though he was a little ugly defended by Gan Guoyang in the first two games.

But this time, when Gan Guoyang slapped his turnaround jumper, Worthy understood that this big guy was not inferior to him in terms of speed.

"Run, run, run!" Gan Guoyang yelled, preparing a super long pass to launch a fast break, but after observing for a while, he found that no one was running forward at all. At this time, Gan Guoyang realized that the team was the sharpest The two sharp knives were not on the field, Mark Bryant had no sense of going fast, and Paxson was too slow, and Porter was still waiting to meet Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang had no choice but to hand the ball to Porter and let him organize the offensive. In this game, the Blazers are destined to grind defense and position with the Lakers.

"You don't want to score on me, unless you can shoot from the outside." Gan Guoyang still didn't forget to talk to Worthy. Worthy's shooting was surprisingly poor among small forwards, and his hits were more than 15 feet away. Even though he was a small forward when he first entered the NBA in the early days, he was a pure inside player in terms of scoring, only relying on fast breaks and post-ups to score.

Worthy was poked at the sore spot by Gan Guoyang. In fact, his outside shooting level has improved a lot in the past two years, but his shooting talent is limited. No matter how hard he practices, he is still below the average level.

"Porter took the ball and advanced across the half court, and made an 18-foot jumper! Hit! A very decisive jumper. The Lakers have not reacted, and the ball has already been scored." Gan Guoyang is still bickering with Worthy, and Porter has already directly The mid-range jumper was hit. Due to the incomplete main lineup, Adelman gave Porter enough power to fire. Porter is very good at such chase jumpers.

At this time, Jim Paxson and Byron Scott had some shoving under the basket. When Porter took the ball and shot a jumper, both of them rushed to the basket to get the rebound. Both sides made big moves. , and some spats ensued.

Paxson usually has a good temper, but tonight he seemed unwilling to maintain his image, and he and Scott started spamming each other. The referee hurriedly blew his whistle to stop the two.

"The Blazers played very aggressively after the opening, steals, dunks, blocks, pull-up jumpers, scrambles at the basket, it seems that they are going to put all their eggs in one basket."

"That's right, the Trail Blazers must gain an advantage at the beginning of this game. If the Lakers fall behind too much at home and the main players are absent, it will be very difficult for the Blazers to chase points after falling behind. After all, their lineup does not have fast breaks. ability.” Tom Heinsohn understands the Blazers’ intentions very well. They want to quickly establish an advantage, and then use defense, positional warfare and the Lakers to fight a tug-of-war to try to survive this game.

In the end, the referee gave each of them a technical foul and the Lakers' ball.

"Magic gave the ball to Worthy again, Worthy fadeaway jumper! No touch! Mark Bryant got the rebound! Worthy shot the ball directly over the bridge."

The Lakers continued to insist on hitting Worthy. This time Worthy didn't go directly to the low post, but went around from the baseline to the right. Interferenced by Gan Guoyang, Gan Guoyang's arms are too long, and he is very well prepared. His defense is a typical shame and he does not lose his position. It seems that he has lost the person, but in fact he is ready to defend. He is fully prepared Know the advantages of your height and wingspan.

Unlike some players, he didn't lose his follower, but in fact his defensive attention had already been drawn away. When the person he was following attacked with the ball, he had no time to react.

Mark Bryant was obviously stunned after getting the ball. He didn't know who to give the ball to. At this time, he thought of the phrase "grab the rebound and pass the ball to Gan", so he gave the ball to Gan Guoyang. Then Gan Guoyang handed the ball to Terry Porter.

With such a pass, the Blazers couldn't afford to play fast break even more. When they really came to the offensive position, the Blazers' problems came out quickly. Bryant had no offensive ability at all, so the Blazers were four on five on the offensive end, Jim Paxson's singles ability is also extremely degraded. His advantages lie in ball transfer, fixed-point shooting and rich on-the-spot experience, so the team's main offensive points are Gan Guoyang, Duckworth and Porter.

Porter just passed the ball to Gan Guoyang in the low position on the right. Gan Guoyang was immediately double-teamed by three people, but Gan Guoyang did not flinch at all. He only held the ball in his left hand and suddenly turned back to the baseline to defend his ac-Green It was directly squeezed away, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the other side also came up to defend.

Gan Guoyang dribbled the ball all the way from the right to the left, and before Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's block came up, he dunked into the basket with one hand!Two more points! 6:0!In the opening game, the Blazers beat the Lakers 6:0!

At this time, Riley is still sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai. It seems that he is well prepared for the opening situation. Sure enough, the Lakers' score is coming soon. Johnson and Kareem played a simple pick-and-roll cooperation, and Johnson hit the ground and passed the ball. Going inside, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar made two big strides after receiving the ball, and directly succeeded in dunking with one hand!Gan Guoyang had nothing to do with this ball, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had already rushed up, even if he was a 42-year-old classic car, Gan Guoyang did not dare to take the risk of fouling him to block him, there is no need.

"Beautiful dunk, he doesn't look like he's 42 at all, I feel like he could play another 3 years, 45 years old. Blazers handed the ball to Paxson, Paxson dribbled half court, Porter went around the baseline, caught the ball and made a drive for a layup! The ball went in, a beautiful match."

Porter took on a heavier scoring task in the half game, while Paxson had to take on some organizational tasks. Porter used Gan's screen to get rid of Scott's defense on the baseline, and then received a pass from Paxson. , Breaking through the middle and hitting a small throw, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar couldn't jump up for this ball, the ball slipped through his fingertips and fell into the basket.

The first eight points of the Blazers were arranged by Gan Guoyang and Porter. Obviously, the two of them are the absolute core of the Blazers in this game.

"Worthy got the ball again, fadeaway jump shot! Still missed! Gan got the rebound! Worthy started off bad enough tonight." The Lakers kept hitting Worthy at this point, and Worthy made three consecutive shots. Missed, obviously Gan Guoyang interfered a lot with his shooting. Generally, he seldom leans back when shooting, because his shooting action is straight arms higher than the release point, and his wingspan is very long. In addition, he is fast. He couldn't interfere with him, so he had to use a backward shot that he was not good at facing Gan Guoyang at the beginning of the scene, and his shooting percentage was quite bad.

"Gan held the ball on the baseline, and made a jump shot facing the basket! The ball went in!" On the contrary, Gan Guoyang started the game with a good touch. He got the ball at 18 feet from the baseline. The Lakers did not have time to double-team him at this position, and Gan Guoyang was defending. ac-Green, Green is obviously shorter than Gan Guoyang in height. Although he reported a height of 6 feet 9, he is actually only about 6 feet 8, so Sigma Gan Guoyang stepped in front of the basket and faced Green directly. With almost no interference, Gan Guoyang made a jumper, 10:2!

Now Riley finally couldn't sit still, he chewed the gum in his mouth wildly on the sidelines, which was a manifestation of his inner anxiety.

Obviously, the Lakers' strategy of playing Worthy in the opening game failed, because Riley did not expect that the Blazers would let Gan Guoyang face Worthy in the opening game, otherwise they would let Mark Bryant or Anderson face Worthy. He is sure to eat them alone, but he is really not sure about Gan Guoyang.

"The Lakers called a timeout. This kind of start is unexpected. The Blazers, who started with a disorganized lineup, made a good start."