The Golden Age of Basketball

Returning to the court after the timeout ended, the Blazers did not make personnel adjustments, and Ramsey was quite satisfied with the performance of the players.

The biggest good news for the Blazers today is that their shooting touch is quite good, which is why they were on par with the Rockets in the first 5 minutes. Having to stretch their line of defense, I feel a little overwhelmed.

But after the timeout, the Rockets' defensive strength was raised to another level. Lloyd and McGregor on the outside line boldly pressed the Blazers' outside line to defend. With the twin towers inside, they don't have to worry about assisting the inside defense.

The Blazers were in trouble for the first time after the timeout. Their conduction of the ball was hindered. This was also the biggest problem for the Blazers during the six-game losing streak.

"Vandeweghe stopped the ball. He was closely defended by McGregor. There was almost no time. Vandeweghe forced a shot!"

Vandeweghe was oppressed by the Rockets' defense to the right sideline. He couldn't make a pass, and he couldn't shoot well, so he had to force his shots to fight for the touch.

But the ball didn't even touch the basket, and it shot directly across the bridge and flew from the right to the left.

Just when the ball fell over the basket, the 24-second timer was almost up, but a hand was stretched out under the basket to touch the falling ball, which changed the trajectory of the basketball, and the ball flew up again, rubbing against the ball. On the backboard, bounced into the basket.

Just then, the whistle of the 24-second timer sounded.

"Gan made a tip-up and put the ball into the basket! Ingenious technique, Gan hit the ball in between the twin towers and brought it back to life!" Xiao Enli also thought the ball was incredible, and the basket was almost blocked by Austria. Rajuwon and Sampson filled it up, and Gan Guoyang was able to make up the ball with a very awkward posture. When he made up the basket, his back was facing the basket.

"Defend well!" After scoring the goal, Gan Guoyang clapped his hands vigorously and quickly returned to defense.

The Rockets' offense is still playing from the outside. Their head coach Bill Fitch once taught the Boston Celtics. In 1981, he led the Celtics to defeat the Rockets and win the championship.

Now he has come to the Rockets and trained the talented Twin Towers. His tactical thinking is very clear. He reuses the Twin Towers but does not rely on the Twin Towers, but attaches great importance to the construction of the outside line.

Fitch believes that in the case of having a super insider, using the advantage of the inside to drive the outside, and at the same time let the outside support the inside, is the reasonable way for a super team to play.

With the growth of Olajuwon and Sampson, the Rockets' perimeter is also constantly improving.

"McGregor broke through the middle and passed the ball behind his head to Lucas, and Lucas caught the 12-foot jumper, hit it, and the two sides were still tied."

The Rockets played very flexibly on the outside. They used the two piles on the inside to keep going around as a cover. The old champion Lucas also seized the opportunity to hit a jumper.

Soon, Gan Guoyang responded immediately.

"Gan took the ball in the low position on the right, dribbled in and turned around! Fake to avoid Olajuwon, easy layup! Beautiful footsteps."

Gan Guoyang successfully made a time difference, turned around to push Olajuwon away, and then pretended to lay up. Olajuwon had lost his best position due to defense. He had to take off to block the shot, but Gan Guoyang passed him by.

"Come on, Akeem." Gan Guoyang said lightly to Olajuwon after scoring.

Olajuwon was scored twice by Gan Guoyang, and he finally decided to pay back Gan Guoyang on the offensive end.

"Olajuwon squeezed to the basket, and the ball was passed to him from the outside... Gan took it out, and both of them fell to the ground, fighting for the ball!"

Gan Guoyang played a small game in defense. When Olajuwon was struggling to push back and wanted to grab the position under the basket in the middle, he took a step back slightly. As a result, Olajuwon's center of gravity fell back a little.

The outside Rockets player passed the ball too early, and Gan Guoyang took the first step and knocked the ball away, and then the two fell to the ground and grabbed each other.

The referee called a scrimmage, Gan Guoyang won the ball again, Paxson got the ball, and the Blazers immediately launched a quick attack.

Gan Guoyang rushed to the frontcourt, at this time the Rockets had also retreated quickly, and the retreat was quite deep.

Gan Guoyang saw that the inside line was a little crowded, so he came out and set a screen for Paxson. Paxson used Gan Guoyang's cover to cut in from the center, while Gan Guoyang disassembled and moved to the left.

Paxson's breakthrough speed was not fast, and he obviously couldn't break through the Rockets' outside defense, but he hit the ground and passed the ball to Gan Guoyang, who stepped on the three-point line and made a jump shot!

This season, Gan Guoyang's COSCO shots have improved a lot, but he didn't use them much in the game, so the Rockets players were not prepared.

"Shua!" Gan Guoyang made a long shot without interference!Very decisive shot!

"Precise jump shot! It seems that Gan didn't sweat less this summer. He has changed from a relatively monotonous hook attack in his rookie season to a more abundant offensive method. This will obviously make Gan score more efficiently." Sean Li watched Gan Guoyang's progress from the first NBA game to the present. Gan Guoyang's progress is really obvious.

With the jump shot and the small hook, Gan Guoyang has become more comfortable in the offense. He can score points in a relatively easier way, especially in the first quarter, because continuous single hooks in the low position consume a lot of energy. It is impossible for singles to last the whole game.

So in his rookie season, Gan Guoyang's scoring explosiveness is very strong, but his persistence is slightly insufficient, and his ability to score points in the first half needs to be strengthened. This is one of the reasons why Gan Guoyang's scoring distribution in the new season is very unstable.

In the first quarter of the game, the Rockets’ offense was mostly launched from the outside, and the inside never got a good chance. Olajuwon was defended by Gan Guoyang, and Ralph Sampson was even beaten by veteran Mitchell Sampson. Completely locked, after three consecutive missed shots, he gave up going it alone.

On the contrary, Gan Guoyang became the engine of the Blazers' offense. He was in and out, covering and supporting for a while, and then turned on the singles mode all of a sudden.

This situation lasted until the middle of the second quarter. Gan Guoyang took the initiative to tell Ramsey that he didn't want to leave the field and wanted to stay on the field all the time.

Ramsey actually agreed to Gan Guoyang's proposal, which is enough to show that Ramsey really doesn't want to strengthen his control over the team. Players can decide whether to go on or off the field. What authority does he have as a coach?

"Go in, Colt! Don't be stupid!"

At this time, all the substitute players had already entered the field, but Gan Guoyang was still holding the ball in a high position and directing the offense. His body had already been soaked in sweat, but his eyes were still extremely focused.

Gan Guoyang saw Colter cut into the inside but didn't get a chance, but he had already taken away the defense of the Rockets' backcourt players, leaving a gap in the middle.

Facing the defense of the Rockets' substitute insider Jim Paterson, Gan Guoyang didn't pay attention to the white power forward at all, and suddenly rushed inside with the ball.

"Gump drives down the middle, layup! Knocks down McGregor, look at the refs, blocks the foul, Gump takes the free throw."

Gan Guoyang is very experienced in breaking through now. He knows that speed is not his advantage, so he will not try to get rid of the defender in vain. On the contrary, he just sticks to the defender and squeezes in.

Olajuwon couldn't squeeze Gan Guoyang. How could Paterson be Gan Guoyang's opponent? Gan Guoyang pushed him all the way to the basket. Rockets small forward McGregor could only step forward to defend.

But McGregor was still too late to start, and Gan Guoyang was hit by Bai, but he was still sentenced to block.

After McGregor was pulled up by his teammates, he even touched his chest. This was really painful. Gan Guoyang didn't take it back at all, and put him on his back.

Then Gan Guoyang made two free throws, the score has become 49:34, the Blazers lead the Rockets by 15 points.

Fei Qi immediately called a timeout. He didn't expect Gan Guoyang to stay on the field all the time, and he was so energetic. He was wondering if this guy was going to play in the second half?

Gan Guoyang has already made 15 of 11 shots and scored 27 points and 9 rebounds. This is only one and a half quarters of the game.

"Can you rest for a while now, Gan?" Ramsay said to Gan Guoyang during the timeout, in a questioning tone.

"No problem, but I just need to rest for 2 minutes." Gan Guoyang said after taking a sip of water.

So Ramsey replaced the veteran Jones on the court and asked Gan Guoyang to rest for 2 minutes.

On the other side, Olajuwon and Sampson have both returned to the court. I don't know if Gan Guoyang is not on the court, can they make some waves.

Especially Sampson, his performance today was too poor, not entirely limited by Gan Guoyang and Mitchell Sampson, his overall state is quite bad.

"Gan finally got off the court to rest. I don't know if the Blazers adjusted their substitution strategy. Gan stayed on the court for a long time. In the past, he was usually replaced at the end of the first quarter."

Xiao Enli also discovered the change in the Blazers' substitutions. Of course he didn't know that Gan Guoyang himself proposed it.

After the Rockets Twin Towers re-entered the court, the effect was immediate. Olajuwon played in a low single and was double-teamed by Jones and Karl. Olajuwon passed the ball to Sampson in the gap, and Sampson dunked successfully .

"Oh, after Gan went down, he had to double-team Olajuwon, and this gave Sampson a chance. He seemed to get the first point of the game."

That's right, this dunk was Ralph Sampson's first goal of the game.

But rookie point guard Terry Porter immediately returned a three-pointer!The first three-pointer of the game!It was also Terry Porter's first goal of the game - in fact, the only goal.

Porter's shot was so bold that even Gan Guoyang, who was sitting on the sidelines, felt his hairs stand on end.

"This guy is really brave..." Gan Guoyang's deepest impression of Terry Porter, a rookie, is that he is courageous and dares to shoot. This is also the biggest difference between him and Colter who is also mature.

"Beep!" At this time, the referee's whistle blew, and Kenny Carr fouled Sampson. It seemed that after Sampson scored the first goal, his self-confidence recovered a little bit, and he made Carr's goal alone. Thug foul.

"Let me be the coach!" Gan Guoyang saw that Karl fouled, and he knew that Karl's rotation time had come.

Ramsay glanced at Gan Guoyang and nodded.

In this way, Gan Guoyang, who only rested for less than 2 minutes, went into battle again, and he was already tireless.