The Golden Age of Basketball

(To clarify, the flag bearer of the 84 Olympic Games was actually Wang Libin. Some readers pointed out that what I wrote was wrong; also, the real visit time of the Chinese team was from the end of September to October, a month’s time, here It was brought forward a bit, and then the Muscatine expedition was delayed and brought together, the plot required.)

Russell once said to Gan Guoyang, "Blocking shots is not only to prevent the opponent's shots, but to make the opponent dare not shoot."

This may be the highest level of defense, not only blocking the opponent's attack in physical confrontation, but also giving the opponent a huge deterrent mentally, which affects their offensive effect.

And when Gan Guoyang covered Song Tao's small throw, the male basketball player couldn't help but feel a twitch, and a huge sense of oppression shrouded the male basketball player's heart.

In fact, as men’s basketball players who played against the U.S. college team in 1984, they know what it means to play in the U.S. NBA. However, Gan Guoyang’s skin color is exactly the same as theirs, which still makes the boys in the men’s basketball team uncomfortable. I dare to believe that this guy who also has Asian blood is really so powerful.

As the saying goes, it's the mule or the horse that rides. This practice game has just run for a round, and it's already obvious who is the mule and who is the horse.

"Grab the ball!" Gan Guoyang yelled after blocking Song Tao's throw. He shot the ball out of the three-point line. Song Tao's movement was really slow in his eyes.

But his teammates were even slower. Although Zhang Xuelei could play as a guard, his height of [-] meters made him a lot slower than Sun Fengwu in terms of reaction speed. Sun Fengwu took the ball first from the outside.

"Make up on the right! Make up!" Gan Guoyang yelled again, pointing to the right side of the frontcourt. His two blocked shots just now failed to regain the players, and his defensive formation was obviously scattered. Zhang Xuelei ran to the middle in order to grab the ball. Yang Jun on the inside and Wang Fei on the outside are on the left side, and Min Lulei is staring at Sun Fengwu, leaving the right side completely empty.

However, Lu Jinqing, who was inexplicably hit with a big cap before, slipped from the basket to beyond the baseline three-point line. After Sun Fengwu took the ball, he quickly transferred the ball to Lu Jinqing.

Unlike other basketball training halls, the Knicks' training hall also has two three-point lines drawn, one for NBA rules and one for FIBA ​​rules.

Lu Jinqing stood between the fiba three-point line and the nba three-point line, and shot a three-pointer from the bottom line.

"Shua!" With no one interfering, Lu Jinqing made a steady three-pointer. After being hit by Gan Guoyang's cap, the men's basketball team actually relied on a three-pointer to lead by one point.

"Pay attention to man-marking, Yang Jun, you don't need to come out inside, just give me one step from the three-point line." In just one round, Gan Guoyang is already the leader of the second team. Same time.

However, coach Qian Chenghai is not the Farmar back then. Although this old coach is not considered the world's top coach, he is also a good coach who has trained several generations of basketball talents for China, so in just one round, he came to a conclusion: "My male basketball player is not at the same level as Gan Guoyang, at least three levels behind."

Director Qian couldn't help feeling a ripple in his heart. If such a player can represent the Chinese team, then the improvement of the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team is not 01:30.

"Yang Jun stands at the top of the arc and makes a wall for them! Pull away from all sides!" At this time, the second team has no way to attack, because these young people seldom practice together, and more importantly, facing the The main force of the first team felt a little apprehensive.

And Gan Guoyang's roar made Min Lulei, who was in possession of the ball, sober up a bit. He saw that Yang Jun had come up to do a single block, and decisively relied on Yang Jun's cover to get rid of Sun Fengwu.

However, Song Tao immediately switched defenses, and then Lu Jinqing also stepped forward to flank Min Lulei.

At that time, the Chinese men's basketball team focused on speed in offense and pressing in defense. This is why China, which is not dominant in height and shape, was able to win against some tall Eastern European players.

Facing the pincer attack from both sides, Min Lulei immediately became flustered, and the flustered performance was from dribbling the ball with one hand to holding the ball with both hands, entering a dead ball state.

Fortunately, Zhang Xuelei rushed up to respond, and Min Lulei hurriedly handed the ball to Zhang Xuelei.

At this time, Zhang Xuelei saw that there was already a person under the basket with his arms outstretched, and it was Gan Guoyang.

Zhang Xuelei felt that Gan Guoyang didn't make any effort to get the seat, and he was completely motionless, but Wang Libin behind him seemed to have exerted all his energy, pushing Gan Guoyang out desperately.

Zhang Xuelei paused for a moment, and immediately passed the ball to Gan Guoyang.

Strength has always been a shortcoming of Chinese players in basketball games. In fact, in terms of basic skills, these Chinese male basketball players are not bad, not much worse than those NCAA college students, but their physical conditions are indeed comparable to those in the United States. The player gap is too great.

In addition to race reasons, the lack of advanced and scientific training programs and methods, and the lack of supporting physical fitness management programs are the biggest problems facing Chinese players.

Gan Guoyang is of course an exception. Regardless of his "talent", the NBA at that time had already begun to gradually implement a more scientific and effective training system. It was from this time period that the physical fitness of NBA players would usher in a new explosion, and Gan Guoyang His hard work is well known.

Facing Gan Guoyang, who is unscrupulous in the inside line of the NBA, veteran Wang Libin is really suffering. Being stuck in such a position by Gan Guoyang, he feels as if his whole body is nailed to the floor by a wedge.

After Gan Guoyang received the ball, his singles position was very good, and Wang Libin hardly threatened him defensively.

He didn't use the hook he is good at, but turned around quickly after catching the ball, and made a jump shot directly!

"Shua!" This 7-foot turnaround jumper went hollow!Wang Libin didn't even have time to dance.

"Pretty~" Gan Guoyang clenched his fists and encouraged himself. He didn't expect that the turnaround jump shot he practiced for several hours yesterday would come in handy today, and he felt quite good.

In fact, Gan Guoyang's turnaround shot was basically the same as training. There was no resistance from the defensive players at all, and there was no confrontation when shooting.

Coach Qian Chenghai on the sidelines looked at it, but nodded. Although Gan Guoyang didn't have to turn over and shoot for many years, he still remembered his technical essentials very clearly.

"It's a beautiful shot. It's really similar to the No. 11 used by the Bullets." Coach Qian Chenghai recalled that when the Washington Bullets visited China in 1979, the Bullets' power forward Elvin Hayes had an outstanding shot. With his turnaround jumper technique, the Chinese players at that time had nothing to do with him.

At 4:3, Gan Guoyang has easily scored 4 points in the opening game, and he also understands that if the game is over, he may score as many points as he wants.

"Retreat, retreat! Don't be stunned by Yang Jun!" Gan Guoyang shouted again. He found that Yang Jun was a bit slow. When he thought of Ralph Sampson, who was the same size as Yang Jun, Gan Guoyang thought about harmony. People are indeed different.

Just when Gan Guoyang shouted to retreat, Sun Fengwu had already advanced quickly with the ball, and the first team launched a quick counterattack.

This is also Qian Chenghai's core idea in guiding the training of the Chinese team. It must be fast. In this regard, it is somewhat similar to the Portland Trail Blazers.

But the Chinese team does not have Drexler. After Sun Fengwu rushed to the three-second zone with the ball, he felt that someone was following behind him. When he thought of Gan Guoyang's terrible ability to block shots, he immediately passed the ball to the left to Liu Jianli hands.

When Liu Jianli took the ball and prepared to attack, the players of the second team basically retreated to their positions, and the fast attack of the first team had been destroyed.

"Don't be afraid! Why play if you're afraid of being blocked!" Qian Chenghai finally couldn't help shouting after seeing the pass.

Song Tao and Wang Libin have already caught up with the ball. Sun Fengwu can choose to go up by himself or pass it to the inside player who is following up. This is a good opportunity for a quick offensive layup.

But because of the existence of Gan Guoyang, this ball has become a positional attack, and the success rate of the attack will definitely drop a lot.

At this time, Sun Fengwu ran from the inside to the outside to catch the ball again. Liu Jianli passed the ball back to Sun Fengwu, and he reorganized the attack.

Another major offensive guiding ideology of the Chinese team at the time was to focus on shooting, relying on screens to run out of open positions in positional offense, and outside players must have the ability to quickly catch and shoot.

This time it was Lu Jinqing again. He was still on the right side, relying on Song Tao's cover to find a gap. Sun Fengwu didn't hesitate this time, and directly passed the ball diagonally to Lu Jinqing. Lu Jinqing shot a jump shot from a 45-degree position on the right.

But this time, Gan Guoyang's big hand covered it again.

Gan Guoyang's strong mobility made his supplementary defense very powerful. Lu Jinqing did not expect Gan Guoyang's inside line to come out to supplement the defense. His shooting speed was obviously accelerated, and his quick accuracy was naturally affected.

"Boom!" The ball missed and hit the basket and jumped out far away.

At this time, Gan Guoyang was like a vacuum cleaner, and received the ball in his arms again. He didn't expect that the ball just jumped to his side when he ran out to defend.

"Run, run!" Gan Guoyang yelled again. The players of the second team were always a little behind in his eyes.

Fortunately, the second team was also trained by Mr. Qian and knew the importance of fast breaks. Zhang Xuelei also had the awareness of a winger. Just as Gan Guoyang shouted, he was already running towards the frontcourt.

Gan Guoyang's trebuchet was already ready. Looking at Zhang Xuelei's position, he threw the ball towards the frontcourt with one hand like a discus.

Zhang Xuelei looked back while running, and found that the basketball flying in the air was flying towards him in a beautiful arc, and when he opened his hand, the ball flew into his hand, and everything seemed to be a good deal.

"Bang!" Zhang Xuelei made a strong dunk!

"Good shot!" Coach Qian Chenghai couldn't help shouting again. He didn't expect Gan Guoyang to pass the ball so well in addition to his excellent offense and defense.

"It's the same as the short and fat guy from the Bullet Team! This Gan Guoyang, can't he combine the two insiders together!" Director Qian Chenghai thought of another insider from the Bullet Team, dressed in 41 No. Wes Unseld, who is only a little over 2 meters tall.

Unseld's offense feels mediocre, but he has exquisite passing skills, especially this kind of long pass that spans half the court. The fast break with less than half of the bullets is initiated by Unseld's long pass.

It's no wonder that Director Qian felt emotional, Gan Guoyang simply merged this pair of insiders who once dominated the NBA into himself.