The Golden Age of Basketball

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The originally empty seats in the UC gymnasium began to be gradually occupied by student fans in pink and blue uniforms. From one o'clock and two o'clock, to one piece and two pieces, finally before the game started, a blue ocean was formed.

Among them were blue flags with gold rims waving in the crowd, and the arena suddenly became a sea of ​​noisy fans.

Gan Guoyang had already taken off his training uniform and stood in the middle of the court, waiting for the players and referees on both sides to take their positions. The match was about to begin.

Gan Guoyang looked up at the towering dome of UC Gymnasium, and took a deep breath.

It has been more than a year, and this is the first time Gan Guoyang set foot on the official competition field again.

Although Gan Guoyang participated in various warm-up matches to find his status, and the results and process of these warm-up matches have proved that Gan Guoyang's condition and integration with the team are very good.

But the warm-up match is a warm-up match after all, just like the NBA's preseason games, there are countless things to do.

Whether Gan Guoyang's silence this year has caused him to stagnate, and whether his Gonzaga University really has superior strength, all need to be verified by official competitions.

"So, let uc be my test stone!" Gan Guoyang saw that the referee had already walked to the middle circle with the ball, took firm steps, and was ready to start jumping the ball.

Gan Guoyang's opponent for jumping the ball is UC's main center and the veteran player who has the worst relationship with Gan Guoyang, Gray.

"Hello, soft-footed Shrimp Gray, I hope your feet will be firmer today." Gan Guoyang couldn't help but taunt before the two of them scrambled for the ball.

Since Gray was blown up by Kareem in that offseason training, Gan Guoyang would use "soft-footed shrimp" to ridicule Gray. In his words, "Whenever Kareem started to stick out his hook, The soft-legged shrimp began to shrink."

Gray was also extremely annoyed by this, and often made it difficult for Gan Guoyang in the usual training. In addition, the two fought on the first day of team training.

Gray wanted to reply with a few words, but he found that Gan Guoyang standing in front of him seemed to be much stronger after not seeing him for a year.

"Beep!" Before Gredo could think, the referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball high into the air.

The two center forwards jumped up almost at the same time, launching the first confrontation of the whole game in the air.

When Gray touched Gan Guoyang's body in the air, his first reaction was as if he hit a big tree, and he was bounced away alive.

In the opening scrimmage, Gan Guoyang beat Gray, touched the basketball first, and put the ball into Stockton's hands. The Gonzaga Bulldogs got the right to attack in the opening game!

The game officially begins.

But when Gan Guoyang ran towards the UC half court, he glanced at the UC players wearing white jerseys with gold trims on the court, and found that there was no No. 31 Reggie Miller.

He looked carefully at the faces of every UC player again, and it was true that Reggie Miller was not there, and then he glanced at the UC bench again, only to find that Reggie Miller was sitting on the bench and watching from the sidelines.

"****, is Larry Farmer really a joke? A player like Reggie Miller will sit on the bench?" Gan Guoyang felt upset for Miller in his heart, but he didn't expect to see UC He actually wants to enjoy the same treatment as himself in the past.

"If I'm still in UC, I should probably be sitting next to him."

But Gan Guoyang didn't have time to think about these messy things, and the peripheral commander Stockton had already begun to dispatch the first attack of the Gonzaga Bulldogs.

According to Bellman's pre-match arrangement, the main offensive strategy of the Bulldogs in the opening game is the 1-4 low-post stacking offensive tactic.

After observing the defensive position of uc, Stockton determined that the opponent used man-to-man defense in the opening game, and this defensive strategy was in their hands.This is predicted based on multiple uc game replays, they always like to use man-to-man in the opening game.

The 1-4 low-post stacking offensive tactic is a tactical plan to give full play to the ability of the point guard. He needs the point guard to have excellent scene observation ability and adaptability.

At this time, Stockton is standing at the top of the arc, becoming 1 in the 4-1 position, while the other four players have sunk to the bottom line, forming a four-man straight line from the two bottom corners to the two waist positions .

Gan Guoyang didn't stand in the low position at this time, but stood in the right corner, which made UC's defensive players extremely hesitant. The most annoying thing about man-to-man defense is that the inside players pull to the outside.

And Gray carried out the coach's tactical arrangement and moved to the periphery to stay close to Gan Guoyang.

When the players settled down, Stockton suddenly started to cut from the left 45 degrees.

The rest of Gonzaga's players start to move, which is different from the usual tactics, where the big man is usually covering the small man; in the 1-4 low stacking tactic, it is two outside players who fall to the low post Screens for post players who fall to the baseline.

Gan Guoyang threw off Gray all of a sudden, and with the help of the shooting guard on the right waist, he instantly cut into the inside line.

At this time, the power forward and small forward on the left also completed the same screen action, the difference is that the shooting guard on the right fell to the bottom line after the screen, where he was catching and shooting from a zero-degree angle; while the small forward on the left was completing the screen After the task, continue to put it on, as a cover for the breakthrough of Stockton, or as a response.

At this time, uc's man-to-man defense was instantly disorganized under such continuous and simultaneous cover. For the offensive point guard, this is the best time to play the ball, and multiple opportunities will be played at the same time. But these opportunities are fleeting, because such a single screen cannot completely tear apart the opponent's defense.

However, Gonzaga's point guard is John Stockton.

Stockton, who is watching all directions and listening to all directions, has long observed scoring opportunities in three positions, and the best of them is Gan Guoyang who cuts to the three-second zone!

Without any hesitation, after using the cover of the small forward to get rid of the entanglement of the opponent's point guard a little bit, Stockton used an extremely precise ground-hitting pass to pass the basketball through the defensive player and accurately plugged it In the hands of Gan Guoyang.

At this time, Gan Guoyang's foot had just stepped into the three-second zone, and the opponent's supplementary defense had not had time to catch up, and the ball was passed to Gan Guoyang's hands like a hand-to-hand.

How could Gan Guoyang miss such an opportunity, an easy layup, and gently put the ball into the basket.

Simple and efficient two points, the Gonzaga Bulldogs used an exquisite cooperation in the opening game to score first, 2:0.

"Nice! John, you must have been a surveying and mapping engineer in your previous life." Gan Guoyang couldn't bear to use a dunk to destroy the ease of scoring such a relaxed score, and couldn't help but praise Stockton's pass.

As a pseudo-fan in later generations, John Stockton's name is also familiar to Gan Guoyang.

When he arrived at Gonzaga University last year and arrived at the training hall for the first time, he saw the little white man with chestnut hair, deep and charming eyes, and a baby face who liked to press his lips tightly , the more he looked at it, the more familiar it became.

Later, when they introduced each other, they realized that this little man turned out to be the famous John Stockton, and they were so shocked that their jaws almost didn't drop.

At the same time, he is also very excited, because it means that he will fight with the nba's future assist king in ncaa.

Stockton, who was a junior last year and now a senior this year, also quickly recognized the transfer student who transferred halfway, and together with him, under the pinching of Behrman, became the tactical dual-core of the Bulldogs.

This goal reflects the excellent tactical quality and high tacit understanding of the two. This is not the first, and obviously it will not be the last.

Back to the defense, contrary to the UC Brown Bears, the Gonzaga Bulldogs offered Bellman's favorite zone defense-1-2-2 zone defense.

There are two most important and common ways of thinking about breaking the zone defense. One is to play fast. When the opponent's zone defense line has not been formed and the power has not been shown, the battle is quickly ended, and the opponent's defense arrangement is empty.

The second is to use zone offense to crack zone defense.

The so-called zone offense is similar to the concept of zone defense, which divides the court into several zones, which are all staggered from the opponent's defensive zone.

Each player is responsible for the offense in one area, and through the rapid transfer of the ball between each area, he will open up the offensive space for one or two areas and get shooting opportunities.

Like the 1-4 low-post stacking offense, the zone offense also requires the offensive point guard to have excellent observation ability and court sense, and can be used as a transfer station to transfer the ball between various offensive positions.

UC's point guard is Jackson, whom Gan Guoyang knew. He was the one who "stirred up the flames" who had greeted Gan Guoyang in a training game and then told Farmer what Gan Guoyang said.

However, he is a very reliable point guard in the Bruins. He can send about 5 assists per game, and he is also the team's second scorer.

But in defense, what he has to face is Stockton who is stuck alone at the top of the arc and pulled out to defend alone.

Stockton is not tall, not fast, and has average explosive power. No matter how you look at it, he is an average white guard in all aspects.

However, Bellman discovered that Stockton has amazing endurance and toughness, which is very similar to Gan Guoyang, and will play a very important role in defense.

One thing that is different from Gan Guoyang is that Stockton has richer game experience and more cunning game skills, especially his defense.

Gan Guoyang once practiced one-on-one with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and found out some knocks in one-on-one defense, while Stockton has already experienced three years of NCAA competitions and honed his outstanding defensive skills in college games .

At this time, Jackson should have a deep understanding, because Stockton is like a fly, constantly harassing him.

Jackson wants to get rid of it, but Stockton sticks close to the defense; wants to stop the ball to observe, but Stockton's hands keep digging; what's worse, Stockton keeps using some small pushes and K interference Jackson, don't bother him too much.

Because of constant harassment, Jackson couldn't concentrate on directing the team's offense, so he could only hastily pass the ball to other players.

The quality of the first pass is very important to the success or failure of the regional attack. A good pass does not necessarily directly create a scoring opportunity, but can change the unfavorable situation on the field.

Jackson obviously doesn't have such ability, and Stockton's all-out marking makes UC's offense extremely stagnant.

"Boom!" UC had to rely on outside players' singles shots to break through the offensive difficulties, but unfortunately their hand feeling didn't seem very good today.

In contrast, Gonzaga played a 1-4 low-post stacking offense under the needles of Stockton, and every time he moved, there were two to three scoring opportunities. Can choose the most suitable one, send the ball comfortably to teammates, and complete a shot or breakthrough.

In this way, after seven or eight rounds of offensive and defensive contests in the half, the point difference was gradually widened. In the 6th minute, the Gonzaga Bulldogs had already led the UC Bruins by 14 points 6:8.

The only thing uc in trouble can rely on is their top scorer, power forward Fields. Unfortunately, Gan Guoyang never relaxes the protection of the inside line. to failure.

"Beep beep!" The referee whistled, and uc finally called a long timeout. Farmar obviously felt that Gonzaga University hadn't exerted its strength yet, and his team was easily beaten to death like this, so he had to do something. Change.

"Phew, I'm not fucking sweating yet!" Gan Guoyang complained after the end.

Because of Stockton's outstanding performance before, Gan Guoyang basically didn't need to work hard in the offense. Apart from receiving two inside through balls to complete the easy-ball, Gan Guoyang's main task on the offensive end was to stand still and attract the defense.

"Don't be in a hurry, it's not time for you to play. We are playing very well, keep going, and respond to all changes with the same. But be careful, the opponent may switch to zone defense later, and then it will be a test for outside players It's time to feel it! Pay attention to your ball transfer John, I guess they are likely to double-team you." Bellman arranged and instructed off the court.

The timeout ended quickly, the Bulldogs did not make personnel adjustments, and the Bruins finally replaced Gan Guoyang's "long-awaited" opponent Reggie Miller.

Larry Farmer likes to make freshmen sit up from the bench for a day or two. He always believes that people must climb up step by step, but he doesn't know that everyone's step size is different.

But at least his freshman Reggie Miller's shooting is very accurate, very accurate, but unfortunately he is too thin, especially compared with another freshman, the 82 McDonald's All-Star player Hatcher.

But at this time, he obviously made the right decision to play Reggie Miller.

Feeling is something that is often unbelievably contagious. Once a certain player in the team shoots, other players will be infected, and their shooting percentages will increase one after another, and vice versa.

Therefore, as soon as Reggie Miller came on the court, he received a pass from his teammate with the help of a cover run, and used a c&s to end his attack neatly, the originally quiet arena of uc immediately became a little more energetic.

"Oops, this guy is really a headache." Miller only scored one goal, but Gan Guoyang had already begun to have a bad premonition.

On the one hand, because he had the experience of playing against Miller, there is still a shadow; on the other hand, the zone defense is most afraid of this kind of crisp shooting, which is very harmful to the defensive enthusiasm.

When it came to the offense, as expected by Behrman, UC was changed to a zone defense, and it was a 3-2 zone defense, increasing the pressure on the outside line, trying to extinguish Stockton's offensive engine.

The sudden change in the opponent's defense did not make Stockton panic. Seeing that his teammates had some problems with their positions and their running positions were not very good, he suddenly pulled up to shoot while standing at the top of the arc!

"Shua!" After the ball crossed an arc, it went into the basket hollowly!

"Yes..."

But before Gonzaga's players had time to applaud, UC had already launched a fast attack with the help of a fast serve from the backcourt.

But they did not choose to directly assault the basket, where there is Gan Guoyang who quickly returned to the defense, but distributed the ball to the left 45 degrees, Reggie Miller.

A 25-foot jumper!

The ball goes in.

Miller spread his thin arms to receive cheers from the audience. uc's next superstar is already taking shape.

Since then, the first half of the game has entered a contest between Gonzaga's Stockton and UC's Miller. Gan Guoyang, who is playing a college game for the first time, seems to be attracted by the coaches, opponents and audience Forgotten, he became a blue-collar center forward running back and forth.

But Gan Guoyang knew that he had a secret weapon in his hand, and it was not time to use it yet.

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