The Golden Age of Basketball

In the game against the Eagles, all the main players of the Blazers played abnormally, including Gan Guoyang.

In the first half, Gan Guoyang made 10 of 3 shots and only scored 8 points, but he still grabbed 7 rebounds. The other players in the starting lineup did not score more than 20 points. The team fell into an embarrassing collective misfire.

At the end of the first half, the Blazers only scored a poor 44 points, 14 points behind the Hawks, worse than the last game against the Bullets.

For a professional team, such a situation occurs several times a season, and the bad touch will spread to every player like an infectious disease. At this time, no tactics can reverse the team's decline.

However, this situation is often the time for substitute players to show their talents, and the Blazers are no exception.

When the starting players were all in poor condition, Ramsey decisively replaced the substitute players. In the second half, he used the young combination of Colter and Terry Porter again in the backcourt, which played an unexpectedly good role. Effect.

The two young men played brilliantly on the outside, constantly using the cover of their teammates to fire from the outside. These two small outside guns supported the Blazers' outside offense.

When the game was interrupted in the third quarter, the two of them had jointly scored 30 points and helped the Blazers narrow the gap to 7 points.

In the first half, the biggest attack that the Eagles were able to lead the Blazers was their number one star Dominique Wilkins. point.

Gan Guoyang thought of Drexler when he saw Wilkins's slightly bent legs when he took off to shoot, but Drexler's shooting percentage was much worse than Wilkins'.

In the second half, Ramsey switched to Cauchy to defend against Wilkins. Cauchy, like Wilkins, is a jumping madman who has participated in the dunk contest. Compared with Vandeweghe, Cauchy has no disadvantage in physical fitness .

More importantly, after Cauchy came on the court, he focused on defending Wilkins, and there was no scoring pressure in the offense, which made it more difficult for the human film essence to score.

In the third quarter, the Blazers, who have always been known for their offense, relied on their own defense to catch up with the score. The young players were obviously more motivated in defense, and they were more willing to work hard.

In this way, the Blazers trailed the Hawks by 69 points 75:6 at the end of the third quarter. Although the Blazers only scored 25 points in the third quarter, an ordinary score, they only allowed the Hawks to score 17 points. Extremely low score.

"Nice job guys, we need that energy and hard work to carry it into the fourth quarter. But our offense is still terrible, our touch is not good, some easy shots are not made, that's good. , then we will make these shots easier. If you can’t make these shots, then you don’t have to play nba games in the future. Therefore, make more breakthroughs and more pick-and-roll screens. The Eagles’ defense against pick-and-rolls is not good. We Make good use of it." Ramsey repeatedly emphasized that the players should hit the success rate and get as close to the basket as possible when the touch is not good.

Porter, Colter, and Cosey are all young and strong, and rushing and hitting are their strengths. At the same time, Ramsey also put Gan Guoyang and Sampson on the court, and let them guard the inside line. Dinghaishenzhen, if the impact of the substitute player fails in the fourth quarter, the two can at least act as a buffer.

But the fourth quarter just started, Dominique Wilkins missed a jumper under the attack of Kexi and Porter, Gan Guoyang caught the rebound, passed the ball and launched a counterattack.

Porter dribbled quickly from the left, but the Eagles returned to defense very quickly, and all players quickly shrank to the three-second zone. It seems that the Eagles coach Mike Fratello also knew that he must avoid opening up at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Those who fight back.

At this time, Porter, who was dribbling near the three-point line, was unguarded, and Doc Rivers, who was defending him, was still on his way back. At this time, Porter suddenly made a shot from outside the three-point line. Divide the ball!

"This kid is crazy!" Standing on the sidelines, Ramsey almost rushed up to give Porter a kick. He urged him to pay attention to the success rate of his hits after entering the court, to use more screens and breakthroughs, and Porter shot in the blink of an eye. A three point.

Even in the absence of defense, NBA players at that time rarely shot three-pointers, and the shooting percentage was too low. Porter had already tried a three-pointer in the first half, but that was due to insufficient attack time. Hasty shot.

Gan Guoyang had already squeezed into the basket and was about to grab an offensive rebound. He and the "short-armed eagle" Kevin Willis got mixed up and stared at the basket, but only heard a "swish". !

Terry Porter made a three-pointer in transition!Now Ramsey had no choice but to put down his hands that were originally raised and spread out on the sidelines. When Porter returned to defend and passed by Ramsey, Ramsey shook his head at Porter, but he didn't say what.

Porter knew that if he didn't make the shot, he would definitely be slammed by Ramsey when he came back, but it's just that the ball is scored, everything is easy to talk about.

"This guy is really courageous." Gan Guoyang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Porter's rough nerves and big heart really don't look like a rookie at the end of the first round.

After this three-point shot, the score gap between the two sides was reduced to three points. The Trail Blazers players can already feel that the bright end is within reach.

However, a young eagle flew out of the Eagles, No. 4 Spati-Webb!

Webber, who is only 170 tall, suddenly accelerated and broke into the Blazers inside during the counterattack. Gan Guoyang didn't even have time to react, and was caught off guard by Weber and made a successful layup.

"Beep!" The referee's whistle blew, and Gan Guoyang was sentenced to a thug foul and a chance to hit a three-pointer.

Gan Guoyang knew that he had indeed fouled the ball, so he had no choice but to argue with the referee. He could only shake his head and watch Webb go to the free throw line.

Weber made a free throw and successfully hit a three-pointer. The Eagles turned the point difference into six points.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the two young rookie point guards became the most shining figures of their respective teams. Porter and Webber suddenly became the focus of the field. They scored consecutively, causing the scores on the scoreboard to rise alternately.

Although Webber was the shortest in the league at the time, his breakthrough in the fourth quarter tonight was in a state of no solution, and he succeeded in three consecutive breakthroughs.

Due to foul factors, Gan Guoyang didn't dare to defend with all his strength. The Blazers were also unprepared for Weber's sudden outburst from outside. They put too much energy on Wilkins and were caught off guard.

Porter also made the Eagles helpless. He felt that he could shoot from a 20-foot outside line with a screen, and he could still go in.

The main players of both sides suddenly became supporting roles, watching these two young people express themselves on the court.

However, at the last moment of the game, it is still up to the main players to end the game.

With 3 minutes left before the end of the game, the Blazers were still four points behind the Hawks 99:103. Ramsey called a timeout to arrange a key attack.

The offensive tactics given by Ramsey are very simple, with Vandeweghe playing singles with the ball on the right.

Vandeweghe's hands were cold all game, but Ramsey trusted the best outside shooter until the end.

At this time, Gan Guoyang had committed five fouls, and at such a time, the Eagles would not give Gan Guoyang a chance to play singles inside.

After the timeout ended, Vandeweghe received a sideline ball on the right side of the screen. Facing Wilkins' defense, Vandeweghe made a wonderful tentative step to speed up the jumper and hit an 18-foot jumper at a zero angle to close the point difference. Narrowed down to 2 points!

"Great job!" At such a moment, Gan Guoyang also forgot about Vandeweghe's whole game, and he still trusted this super scorer from outside in his heart.

"Pay attention to defense! Be sure to defend this ball!" Ramsey roared, after all, the Blazers were still two points behind.

What Ramsey is most worried about is Vandeweghe's defense on the perimeter. He can score goals, but he can also make opponents score goals. This is his cute and hateful place.

Sure enough, Wilkins was thrown by Vandeweghe, and immediately broke through with the ball and hit a jumper with an emergency stop at the horn, and the point difference became 4 points again.

The atmosphere at the Omni Arena in Atlanta reached a fever pitch, and everyone was looking forward to the outside confrontation between Vandeweghe and Wilkins.

Vandeweghe lived up to expectations, turned around and stepped on the three-point line to hit a jumper at the top of the arc!The point difference narrowed to two points again.

The key to the Blazers must be to guard against one.

"Cort goes back! Stand back one stop! Don't leave too much space on the center line!" Gan Guoyang commanded under the basket. He was also very nervous with five fouls on his back. He asked Colter to shrink and put the center line The route is blocked.

This worked. Wilkins was too superstitious about his own touch. He saw that the Blazers' defense was shrinking so much that he directly caught the ball and made a jumper at a position of 45 degrees and 18 feet.

Gan Guoyang knew the direction of the ball when he saw the direction of the ball, and it was obviously biased to the left.

Gan Guoyang drove away Eagles center Rollins under the basket-this 7-foot-1, 255-pound inside man caused huge trouble to Gan Guoyang tonight.

This time Gan Guoyang grabbed the best position under the basket and jumped hard to collect the backcourt rebounds. At this time, there was more than a minute left before the end of the game.

"Beep!" At this time, the referee's whistle blew again, and Ramsey called a timeout. This was the last timeout for the Blazers.

During the timeout, Ramsey replaced Colter and replaced him with a more experienced Valentine. However, Valentine also had 5 fouls at this time and may be sent off at any time.

The Blazers once again played the same tactic of high double screens on the right side as in the previous game. Gan Guoyang received Valentine's serve and then passed it back to Valentine. Valentine relied on Gan Guoyang and Sampson's cover to go straight to the basket.

This time Valentine also handed the ball to Gan Guoyang who moved to the top of the arc. Gan Guoyang raised the knife after receiving the ball and hit the top jumper!Here is the deadliest position of his jumper!In the last match against the Bullets, and even the NCAA lore against Houston, Gan Guoyang made key shots from this position!The Eagles are too careless!

"Yes! Yes!" Gan Guoyang clenched his fists and roared after scoring the goal. He played averagely in the whole game and only scored 19 points for this goal, but it was a golden goal.

The two sides tied.

The Hawks called a timeout with 49 seconds remaining.

"Block all breakthrough channels!" This is a sentence that Ramsey repeatedly emphasized during the timeout. At this time, his forehead was already covered with beads of sweat.

But Ramsey forgot to emphasize one point, that is to protect the rebounds in the backcourt. The Blazers successfully defended against an attack by the Eagles, but they were grabbed by the Eagles in the frontcourt. They were able to organize another offense.

Spati-Webb has become the eagle's killer at this time!He was too short and too fast, and he still broke through the Blazers' originally weak defense line and killed the inside line.

Valentine lost his position defensively, and had no choice but to use his body to push Webber. As a result, the referee blew his whistle, Valentine made six fouls, and Weber went to the free throw line!

"**!" Ramsey, who has never sweared, couldn't help it anymore. After a successful defense, he fell into a passive position because he lost a rebound.

But Webber left the Trail Blazers with a glimmer of life. After all, he was still a rookie and his mental quality was unstable. As a result, he made two free throws and the Hawks only led by one point.

But the Blazers did not pause, they had to serve from the backcourt, and the time was only 5.9 seconds!

The fans on the sidelines wished the clock would go faster, and the Blazers wished that time would stop.

What's more terrible is that the Blazers are about to be unable to serve the ball!Gan Guoyang stood on the sideline and sweated on his head!

While the referee was counting seconds, Gan Guoyang saw Colter near the center line. He came on as a substitute after Valentine was sent off!

Colter played very well in this game and has already scored 18 points. In the third quarter, he and Porter supported the Blazers' offense.

Gan Guoyang couldn't control that much, and threw the ball directly to the center line!

Although Colter is not tall, he is much taller than Weber, surpassing Weber to jump up and catch the ball!

Colter landed and turned and went straight to the basket from the middle!

Rollins was waiting for him at the basket.

Colter broke through for a layup and was knocked to the ground by Rollins. At this time, the referee did not blow his whistle.

Seeing that Colter lost his balance and was about to fall to the ground, he threw the ball to the basket at the last moment!

"Boom!" Colt fell to the floor.

At this moment, he looked up, only to see the ball rolling twice on the basket, and the timing buzzer had already sounded.

"Shu~"

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