The Golden Age of Basketball

The Trail Blazers took an 11:2 lead at the beginning of the game. The Lakers' strategy of playing Worthy did not achieve results. Worthy shot 3 from 0 shots under Gan Guoyang's one-on-one defense, and even got a big cap from Gan Guoyang. Since the series, he has been a cobra When facing Gan Guoyang, the singles success rate is less than [-]%, which is enough to prove that Gan Guoyang is the best defensive player this season.

The biggest problem facing Riley now is that the Lakers' inside offense is quite weak. It is impossible for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to score more than 30 points in a single game in the finals like three years ago. Worthy was restrained by Gan Guoyang. It was destroyed, although Riley believed that Worthy could not be contained throughout the game, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar still had the ability to score consecutively—it was just that he needed enough preparation time, but the scoring problem needed to be resolved urgently.

There is only one choice for Riley. Rely on Magic. Riley has never been a tactical master. He is an expert in squeezing player talent. Magic Johnson has played to the extreme in his hands. This season, Magic has developed his own three-pointer Ball, relying on his height advantage, he is often able to shoot cold arrows from the outside to give opponents a fatal blow; and in many games, the magician has staged a magical performance of super long-distance buzzer-beating three-pointers.

"mgc, we need you to attack. Jim Paxson is not your opponent. Don't worry about attacking boldly and put some pressure on their back line. Let's ignore him inside. We need speed, we need scoring, we need to find Return to our rhythm, this game should belong to us, don’t give them a chance, I hope that the current lag is our last lag in this game.”

Pat Riley is not only a coach, but also an excellent speaker. His speeches to players before games, games and after games are as carefully prepared as his hair.

And Johnson was somewhat disapproving of Riley's words. After all, after the two have worked together for so many years, the early intimacy and obedience have long since disappeared. Coach, of course, the Lakers of this era lacked two championship trophies. They failed in the finals for two consecutive years. Big motivation to compete for this season's laurels.

Therefore, although the magician has long been tired of Riley's set of motivational methods, especially the methods he used in the third game made the magician feel contemptuous, but he still nodded. It's time to pick up the team and move forward.

"The timeout is over, the Lakers need to adjust, their offense is in trouble, Worthy can't open this point at all, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is no longer the age to carry the burden of offense, Duckworth can be said to spare no effort in defending him, a bit There is no respect for the elderly."

"Jabbar's state has indeed degraded severely, but I think he will still be able to help the Lakers. Now the only two points for the Lakers are from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's dunk. In the Lakers, his desire for the championship may be more than others. Be strong." Tom Heinsohn, as a former Celtics player, expressed his understanding to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Four championships may have been enough for some players. After all, many players have never won a championship in their lifetime, but for As far as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was concerned, the losses in 87 and 88 made him unacceptable. In 89, the last year of his career, he had to fight for his fifth championship trophy.

"Magic Johnson backs up Jim Paxson...behind the pass! Abdul-Jabbar catches, layup! Abdul-Jabbar scores the Lakers' [-]nd goal!"

In the Lakers’ first attack back, Magic held the ball directly from outside the left three-point line and began to back up and force Paxson to squeeze in. Under such circumstances, other Trail Blazers players must focus on the Magic. As for the division, the magician's post-up singles ability is second to none among the defenders in the league. His size advantage is too great, and Jim Paxson is not good at defense.

But what is even more frightening about the magician is his defense. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar didn't stick to the low post. He knew that he couldn't handle Duckworth with his own physical strength. In the past two years, in order to maintain his state, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been losing weight. At the same time, the ability to fight also plummets with age.

So Kareem cleverly used ac-green's screen to suddenly go around to the left. Johnson's pass was very timely, as if it seemed to be calculated. Kareem got the ball and went straight to the layup with his left hand. Duckworth didn't even have time Take-off interference.

Soon, the Blazers' defense began to be tested by the Magician's big butt. He used his back every time to attack. Immediately, it was said that if the Blazers insisted on one-on-one defense without changing formations or double-teaming, then the Magic would take Paxson alone steadily. With this move alone, the Lakers scored eight points in a row.

As for the Blazers, the Lakers launched their signature oppressive perimeter defense on the defensive end. The Blazers' offense, which was originally four-on-five on the offensive end, became more and more difficult. Porter was completely locked in on this point. Fortunately, the remaining Gan Guoyang At this point, the Lakers still have nothing to do with him, and his offense feels surprisingly good.

"Gan and Paxson's pick and roll, Paxson hits the pass to Gan... the ball doesn't pass well, but Gan still controls the ball! Straight jumper! Hit the board! Whoa! A difficult rebound shot, The ball was almost broken! 31:25, Gan scored 17 points in this quarter, the first quarter is over, and the Blazers lead the Lakers by points."

Gan Guoyang ended the first quarter with a difficult rebound shot. In this quarter, apart from Gan Guoyang, Porter scored 7 points, Duckworth scored two points, Paxson scored three points, and the Blazers scored three points. Richard Anderson, who came on the stage, scored two points. Basically, except for Gan Guoyang and Porter, the other players only scored one goal, and then they had no scoring ability.

During the rest period of the first and second quarters, Adelman and Gan Guoyang had some small disputes. Adelman hoped that Gan Guoyang, who played the first quarter, could rest off the court for a while, but Gan Guoyang insisted on staying on the court. , and said that he did not want to stay on the bench for a minute.

"You need to rest, because there are heavier tasks that need you to complete! And I hope you can listen to the coach's arrangement and trust your teammates to complete their work! Sit down, Gan, when needed, I will let You play."

Adelman insisted on his own opinion. In normal times, Gan Guoyang sometimes asked to stay on the court and Adelman would usually listen to him, but this time Adelman did not let Gan Guoyang stay on the court. As a coach, he needs to control the rotation, especially With so few cards in hand.

At this time, Behrman also pulled the corner of Ragan Guoyang's clothes and motioned him to sit down and rest. Gan Guoyang looked at Behrman and suppressed the urge to play in his heart. He felt really good in the first quarter. Gan Guoyang also hopes to continue this feeling and score more points for the team, because others really can't score.

In fact, Adelman also knows that it is risky to put his only ace off the court at this time. If the Lakers rely on this gap to turn over in the second quarter, then the Blazers will be difficult to play. But for the third quarter, In the fourth quarter, Adelman also had to ask Gan Guoyang to rest, and the game on the court could only be handed over to other players.

"The second quarter started. The Trail Blazers were stretched. Gan was replaced, Sabonis came on, and Brands also replaced Duckworth. The backcourt players remained unchanged." In this game, Porter and Parker Sen's pressure is destined to be huge. The backup point guard Danny Young is too short. After playing, the defensive end has more loopholes, and he can't fight against the Magician and Scott at all.

After Gan Guoyang left the court, Worthy was released instantly. Because Magician and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were resting off the court, the Lakers' offensive focus returned to Worthy. At this time, Brands, who was defending Worthy, couldn't contain him at all.

"Worthy was catching the ball on the road, and faked his way past Blans! He picked the basket!" Worthy showed his housekeeping skills again, attacking as fast as a cobra, Blans didn't react at all, and just It was clean by Worthy, 31:27, only four points away.

Then on the offensive end, the Blazers immediately stagnated. After Michael Cooper came on the court, the pressure on the outside line became stronger. The first gate of the Lakers' outside line locked Porter tightly. Paxson, Paxson made a breakthrough from the bottom line on the right and missed the throw. The rebound was picked up by Scott, and the Lakers launched a fast break.

"Scott passed the ball to Worthy, Worthy took the ball and went down quickly, and he dunked!" Worthy released all the depression in the first quarter, his dunk was as fast as electricity, followed by Mark Bryant It's too late to jump. 31:29, only two points away.

Gan Guoyang couldn't sit still on the bench, but Adelman still signaled Gan Guoyang to stay steady, and the Lakers fans at the scene started to get restless again, they could smell the coming of the Lakers' counterattack time.

But Sabonis suddenly stood up.

"Sabonis gave Porter a pick-and-roll, Porter passed back to Sabonis, and Sabonis made a jumper from outside the three-point line! Hit! Sabonis made a three-pointer! A three-pointer that no one thought of!"

Gan Guoyang couldn't help standing up and applauding when Sabonis made this three-pointer. This three-pointer was too critical. At 34:29, the point difference became 5 points again. Two points and five points are really different gaps. .

Immediately, Michael Cooper missed a shot on the offensive end, Sabonis got the backcourt rebound, and then went straight to the frontcourt with a long pass, Blans had already run across the line, received the ball and went straight to the basket.

Blans is not completely useless. In the NBA, everyone who can play has two brushes. Facing the chasing James Worthy, Blans cleverly used the time difference to avoid Worthy with a three-step layup. West's interception, a layup from the left! At 36:29, the point difference was one point more than the end of the first quarter.

Now, Gan Guoyang finally sat down and could rest for a while with peace of mind.