The Golden Age of Basketball

In the first quarter, the Blazers' basket was as wide as the sea. The Blazers players full of energy, under the leadership of Gan Guoyang and Terry Porter, hit a super high shooting percentage. Among them, Gan Guoyang and Bo The two made five of six three-pointers. Porter's emergency stop three-pointer and Gan Guoyang's peripheral anti-aircraft turret made Chuck Daly want to pull his hair.

Of course, Chuck Daly will definitely not pull his hair. His hairstyle is the same as Pat Riley. He has been carefully groomed before each game, plus a meticulously ironed suit. Chuck Daly He is affectionately called "Million Daddy" by the Pistons players, meaning he dresses like a millionaire.

As a coach who has seen the big world, Dad Million is certainly not the first time he has encountered such a situation at the beginning. He saw that two timeouts were called, but he still couldn't stop the Blazers' blazing offensive. He shouted loudly from the sidelines Commanding is useless, and Daly knows that the first quarter will definitely not be able to stop the Blazers' offense.

At this time, Daly calmed down instead, sat back on the bench, and began to wait patiently for the end of the first quarter.

Daly knows very well that the Portland Trail Blazers are an extremely sharp offensive team with the highest firepower in the league and a 360-degree offensive with no dead ends. Shengsheng overwhelmed the opponent on the offensive end. The only teams in the nba that have been able to rely on offense to defeat the Lakers in the playoffs in the past ten years are this year's Trail Blazers and the 1983 Philadelphia 76ers.

Therefore, Daly knew that it would be impossible to fight head-on with the Blazers when their offense was the most ferocious. When the momentum was always exhausted, the Blazers could not keep feeling hot endlessly. All the Pistons had to do was wait.

However, they couldn't just watch the Blazers make the score bigger and bigger, so Daly chose to make a substitution.

"Pistons request substitutions, Dennis Rodman comes on, replaces Marc Aguilar (wrong starting lineup last chapter), John Long replaces Rick Mahon. 2 quarter to go In 34 minutes, the Trail Blazers were 23:11, already leading the Pistons by [-] points, and the Pistons are still replacing their main players." Daly's substitution, Sean Li, didn't quite understand, the points in the first quarter The difference has reached more than ten points, and Aguilar is an important scoring point for the Pistons in the first quarter, and Rick Mahon is directly facing Gan Guoyang.

Needless to say, Dennis Rodman was replaced. He replaced Aguili to strengthen the defense, and this John Long is a complete end-of-the-bench player, and he is also a shooting guard. It was a three-guard formation, and Rodman stepped up to the position of power forward against Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang saw Rodman playing, he knew that Daly used Rodman to bring him a lot of trouble. Rodman doesn't even know him fucking.

However, the offense of the Pistons was not affected by this substitution. In fact, the Blazers were also struggling to defend the offense of the Pistons. Averaged more than 1989 points per game, including team boss Isiah Thomas, and Dantley who was traded away in the mid-term, Thomas averaged 20 points per game.

Joe Dumars ranked second in scoring with 17.2 points. The following players averaged around 15 points per game. Six players in the team averaged more than 13 points per game. Vinnie Johnson and James Edwards can both provide firepower, so this is a team with a full name, an offensive lineup, and an extremely balanced style of play.

The strength of the Blazers' defense lies in their very strong "pinching" ability. From a one-on-one point of view, Porter, Gan Guoyang, and Cauchy are all very powerful single-defense masters. Sabonis has become an excellent tank. Rexler has a talent for assisting defense. Coupled with Gan Guoyang's wide-range roaming and the team's outstanding athletic ability, the Blazers can often strangle the opponent's offensive strengths.

However, the Pistons are a team where anyone can become a strong point, especially their backcourt, and the backcourt defense was originally a relatively weak part of the Blazers.

"Thomas passed Porter, but he didn't make a direct breakthrough. He turned back and went inside again! Come out from the baseline, turn around and hit a mid-range shot!"

Thomas seemed to be in no-man's territory inside the Blazers. He relied on exquisite ball control to easily pass Porter and instead of rushing in directly, he feinted a shot and pretended to go out, but soon he turned around and broke into the inside again. Shuttled under the basket, ran to the other side and hit a jumper.

Thomas was able to pass around like this because Sabonis had to run outside to defend Lambir, and Gan Guoyang couldn't target Thomas like he did against the Magician. Pinching the Magician is equivalent to pinching half of the Lakers' offense, but pinching Thomas just choked a fifth.

As a result, Gan Guoyang did not have time to follow up and assist Porter, and lost two points. 34:25, the point difference returned to within 10 points, but the Blazers are confident to continue scoring.

But soon the Blazers players finally discovered the reason why Daly sent Rodman and Long. They didn't come up to strengthen the defense, but to foul.

Just after halftime, Porter dribbled the ball and wanted to play a pick-and-roll with Gan Guoyang. As a result, Long directly fouled without saying a word, and the Blazers sent the ball out of bounds.

The Blazers had to change tactics when the ball was thrown out of bounds. Gan Guoyang asked for the ball in the low post, and Cauchy lobbed it directly to Gan Guoyang. As a result, Gan Guoyang was about to make a move, and Dennis Rodman hugged Gan Guoyang again, and the referee blew the ball again. Foul, this time Gan Guoyang is going to the free throw line.

"Rodman fouled, the Pistons have fouled four times, Gan is going to the free throw line... the first free throw is hit, the second free throw is still hit! Oh, Daly, your tricks may not work for Gan .”

Seanley felt that Daly's method didn't work, because every player in the Blazers made good free throws. It was not easy to rely on foul tactics to find points in the first quarter when everyone was full of energy.

However, Rodman and Long are still implementing foul tactics. In the last three rounds, as long as the Blazers have a slight sign of attacking, the two fouls will come without hesitation. Finished on the line, Gan Guoyang and Porter made four free throws and three free throws, but for the Pistons, Dumars hit a key three-pointer from the outside. As a result, the score at the end of the first quarter was 37:28, and the Pistons were still 9 behind. point.

At this time, Daly seemed very satisfied with the performance of the players, and even touched Rodman's head. It seemed that they were not trailing by nine points at the end of the first quarter, but leading by nine points.

And Adelman also smelled a hint of conspiracy emanating from Daly. Of course, Daly would not exchange coins with the Trail Blazers players like Riley did at this time. Rodman and Long's fouls were very Ordinary, without malicious elements.

When the two sides rested for 5 minutes and the second quarter began, Rodman and Long returned to the bench, Daly sent Vinnie Johnson, and the inside John Sally went into battle. At this time, the Blazers players found that , their hot hands in the first quarter have cooled down.

"Cauci broke through the baseline for a layup, and was shot from behind by Lambiel! The Pistons launched a fast break! Vinnie Johnson dribbled the ball and made a layup. The Pistons played a 5:0 spurt, and the point difference was narrowed to 4 at once. point."

As soon as the second quarter came up, Lambiel first hit a three-pointer from the outside, and then missed a breakthrough layup from Cauchy at the defensive end. Microwave Johnson immediately scored a fast break and beat the Blazers 5:0.

At the same time, the addition of Sally on the defensive end increased the defensive density of the Pistons, and Lambiel began to face Gan Guoyang directly.

"Good luck, three-pointer, block." Gan Guoyang saw Lambiel walking towards him with a half-dead look, and couldn't help but spray him.

Lambiel gave Gan Guoyang a sideways glance, raised the corner of his mouth, and said, "Your luck won't be so good anymore."

In fact, in a one-on-one, Gan Guoyang can beat Ranbir to shit. Although Ranbier is good at single defense, but Gan Guoyang's hook and turnaround jumper, Lambiel's bounce can't be bought by him, but the problem is, Lanbir Bill Fang Gan Guoyang has never been aboveboard.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Lambiel began to use all means to harass Gan Guoyang constantly. When defending, he not only observed the opponent, but also observed the referee. When the referee lost his attention, he began to make some small moves. , distracting Gan Guoyang's offensive attention.

And the entire Pistons, since the end of the first quarter, have been using various methods to interfere with the Blazers' offensive rhythm. Daly sent two bench fouls, not expecting the Blazers to miss free throws, but to use these fouls to let the The original smooth offensive momentum of the Blazers was interrupted, Biss was suspended, tactics were reorganized, and the running positions were restarted. Chance.

"Porter misses a 39! Laimbeer gets a backboard... oh, he seems to have elbowed Gan, but the ref doesn't call, Vinnie Johnson makes a fast break with the ball, pulls up for a jumper! Shot! 37:[-], The Pistons are within one point."