The Golden Age of Basketball

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On February 2th, after the 12 All-Star Game ended, the nba war reignited.

After nearly a week of rest, the entire Portland Trail Blazers have adjusted their state to the best. For them, there are two important tasks after the All-Star Game. The first is to regain the No. [-] position in the Western Conference. At the same time, it stabilized the second record in the Western Conference.

The second is to further tap the team's potential and strive to adjust the chemical reaction of the entire team to the best state before the playoffs.

In the first game after the All-Star break, the schedule gave the Blazers a big test. They will face the defending champion Boston Celtics at home.

This may be the most eye-catching game after the All-Star Game. The last battle in the Boston Garden Plaza was earth-shattering. Bird's super difficult lore also became an inevitable classic picture in the history of the NBA. For celtics fans and other nba fans, this is the perfect game.

But for the Blazers players and fans, losing this highly anticipated game with such an ending is really more unacceptable than a big rout.

Now two weeks have passed since the last game, and the regrouped Blazers have a chance to get revenge in this game.

"For the Blazers, they have good news and bad news. The good news is that they are playing at home today, and the Blazers' home record this season is the highest in the league; the bad news is that the Blazers' Kiki Vandeweghe, the leading scorer, will miss this game due to a shoulder injury. This is a huge loss for the Blazers, a team that relies on offensive firepower. You must know that Vandeweghe can contribute 25 per game. His existence is of great significance to the Blazers' tactics." At the scene of the Portland Memorial Stadium, the TV commentator began to talk about the pre-match analysis again.

Similarly, in the Blazers locker room, Ramsey is also analyzing and arranging the players before the game, especially how he should arrange his troops without Vandeweghe to resist the strong Boston Celtics. Walters.

Vandeweghe's injury was relatively minor when he played in the All-Star Game. In the All-Star Game, Ramsey, as the coach of the Trail Blazers, didn't let his generals play too much time, but just let him go through the motions.

However, after returning to the team, Gan Guoyang's personal doctor, Shui Miao, gave Vandeweghe advice, hoping that he could receive relatively stable treatment to completely solve his shoulder problem, so as to prevent accidents in the playoffs.

This suggestion was agreed by Vandeweghe himself and the team. The current record of the Blazers is not under too much pressure. Giving Vandeweghe a little time to recuperate is also to avoid leaving hidden dangers for more important games.

"Cauci, you can't defend Bird, but you must remember, try to force him to score and force him to shoot, even if he makes ten out of ten shots, then you can't let him shoot No. 11. He fakes the pass to someone who has a better chance. Just keep that in mind, cut off the connection between their players, you are the most important link. I know it's a heavy task, it's almost impossible, but you still Do your best." Holding a small notebook in his hand, Ramsey pointed to Jerome Cosey and said that Cosey will replace Vandeweghe in the starting position in this game.

"Every point of the Celtics is very strong. Everyone knows that even if they don't have tactics, they can play basketball to win games, but we are no worse than them. The distance between us and them in the last game is only one." It's just shooting. But on the basketball court, the difference between one ball is life and death, survival and destruction. The Celtics are our best touchstone, and there are many things we can learn from them. Play vigorously and strive for every ball , so that we can have a chance to win, and always put ourselves in a lower position to climb!" Ramsey completed the small speech in the locker room before the game, which is enough to see that he attaches great importance to this game.

After he finished speaking, the players left the locker room and prepared to go on the court for warm-up activities.

At this time, Ramsey grabbed Gan Guoyang who was walking at the end, let Gan Guoyang lean down and said to him: "Be yourself in defense, but you have to study hard in offense, but don't learn from Bird, you It is enough to learn from Parish."

After speaking, Ramsay took the small book and walked away.

Gan Guoyang was at a loss when he heard it. Before the game, he knew that he was going to play against the Celtics. In order to complete Ramsey's goal of three assists, he began to spend time watching videos in the video room.

Not only did he watch the Blazers, but he also watched the Celtics and Lakers.

After watching the Celtics video carefully, he really found some ways. First of all, he finally knew why the Celtics did not need an orthodox offensive point guard, whether it was Angie or Johnson, although they both Handles the ball across the half court, but their role on the floor is more of a shooting guard.

That's because Bird, a 6-foot-9 forward, often plays the role of an offensive organizer on the field. As long as the ball is in Bird's hands, more defensive attention will be attracted, and Bird's superb passing Vision and passing skills can always bring teammates better scoring opportunities.

What Gan Guoyang doesn't understand is that his scoring ability is also quite strong, and his passing skills are not bad, but why is it always difficult to find opportunities for his teammates?Gan Guoyang's most assists are long passes from the backcourt. This kind of long pass from the backcourt allows everyone to see who has a chance to score. The difficulty lies in whether he can pass the ball to his hand.

For Gan Guoyang, passing the ball is not a problem, the problem is who should pass the ball to.

Now, Ramsey told Gan Guoyang not to learn from Bird, but to learn from Parrish. Gan Guoyang thought: "Could it be that you look down on me? What's so great about Parrish?"

Gan Guoyang thought so in his heart, but he really didn't look down on Parish. He learned from the last game. As long as he is on the court, the Celtics will have no defense If there is a big loophole, there will always be a point that must be taken care of in offense, and no one can ignore his existence.

But Gan Guoyang also knows that, looking through Robert Parrish's statistics, his average assists per game this season is only 1.6, and he is struggling to get 2 assists just like Gan Guoyang. Ramsey asked him to learn What does Parish mean?

However, after arriving on the court, Gan Guoyang's attention was quickly attracted by another person, that is, the back of a big man with a big microphone on the sidelines, who was chasing the camera lens endlessly.

While warming up, Gan Guoyang looked at the big man with his head poking around. He always felt that the back of the big man was very familiar to him.

And when the big man seemed to have finished his speech on the TV station and turned his head, Gan Guoyang saw clearly that this big man in a suit and leather shoes was the famous Boston Celtics, the famous Lord of the Rings in NBA, Bill Russell , there was another tall white man standing beside him.

During the All-Star game, Bill Russell explained and analyzed the live game as a guest on the sidelines. Gan Guoyang saw Russell at the time, but due to the fact that there were too many stars around at that time, Gan Guoyang was really good as a junior. Don't dare to go forward and get close to the old Celtics.

He didn't expect that Russell didn't show up on the sidelines in Boston last time, but his old man came in Portland this time.

"Hey Bill, that kid is looking at you and smiling. Sometimes I think this guy is just a fool." The person next to Russell saw Gan Guoyang looking at him, and at the same time he was grinning brightly.

"In your eyes, everyone is a fool... I met him a long time ago. He is a good seed, a rare talent. If he is properly guided, he will definitely have a part in the future of the league." Russell Er also saw Gan Guoyang, so he beckoned to Gan Guoyang, signaling him to come over.

"Good seedling... I have never been able to understand the emotions of you big guys, and I never thought that the Chinese can play basketball. I thought they just cook better." The guy next to Russell spoke. It feels very sarcastic.

When Gan Guoyang saw Russell waving at him, he immediately ran to the sidelines with the ball. The first time he met Russell was in high school when he went to Oakland's McCloud Middle School for a friendly match. After the game, he was lucky enough to Talked to Russell who was back to his alma mater.

At that time, Russell told him the same reasoning, but Gan Guoyang didn't understand. After returning home, Thurmond told him another reasoning, but he still didn't understand.

To this day, Gan Guoyang has understood many things, but he still dare not say that he fully understands what Russell said.

"Hi Gan, it's really been a long time. Oh no, I saw you in Indianapolis, but there were too many people during the sideline interview, and I didn't want to go to those parties that Stern held, so I didn't get a chance to say hello to you."

"Yes, Mr. Russell, I didn't expect you to come to Portland. I thought you would be there when I played in Boston." Gan Guoyang shook hands with Russell and said.

"Oh no, although I'm a Boston player, to be honest, I don't like it at all, no black people like it, believe me." Russell shook his head and said.

Racial discrimination in Boston is very serious. Even as a basketball hero in Boston, Russell received no less unfair treatment than ordinary blacks.

"I don't like it there either. The wooden floor there looks like it hasn't been mopped for hundreds of years." The white reporter on the side also said.

"Ha, this is my partner, you should know him Gan, Mr. Rick Barry, once the finals mvp, the king of potty handling, hahaha~" Russell introduced, working with Russell The sideline commentator was none other than the 1975 Finals mvp, the star of the Golden State Warriors, Rick Barry, known for his vitriol.

On the sidelines, Russell spent a short time discussing his views on basketball with Gan Guoyang, but this short conversation gave Gan Guoyang a lot of inspiration.

Russell has two words that Gan Guoyang firmly kept in mind. One is that "blocking shots is not only to prevent the opponent from shooting, but to make the opponent dare not shoot"; , but can change the situation on the field.”

If you can do those two things, then it's a real "good-py," Russell said.

good-py, Gan Guoyang first started to recognize this word.