The Golden Age of Basketball

This three-on-three training match, if someone recorded it, would definitely become a classic basketball video like the one-on-one duel between Gan Guoyang and Jordan (250 three chapters - real opponents).

One is a big one-on-one booth, which includes all kinds of one-on-one techniques from outside and inside. Two young people who have just entered the nba, the blood flowing on the street has not been completely drained, this one-on-one one-on-one The challenge is not the heads-up of two people in their strongest state, but it is very likely to be the best heads-up.

The other is the ultimate three-on-three cooperation. The three Soviet players who compete with Gan Guoyang and Sabonis, although lacking in strength, have an excellent sense of cooperation.

In the three-on-three half-court, as the number of people on the field became smaller and the space became larger, many very ingenious and small coordination were displayed on the field. At the beginning of the game, the three Soviet players played very well.

Among them, the two important players in the Soviet team, the defender Matthew Leonis and the second center, Alexander Volkov, who is 6 feet 11 tall, are not much lower than Sabonis in the Soviet team. In the American game, the two played even better than Sabonis.

These two are extremely skilled in cooperation. The three-on-three wide space gives them the opportunity to give full play to their abilities. Pick-and-roll, inside cuts, and ball distribution are proficient. Although Gan Guoyang moves fast and has enough strength, there are too few three-on-three players and too much space. He can't cover everything.

In such a game, the role of the defensive team's personal ability is weakened, while the role of the offensive team's cooperation is magnified. In addition, Sabonis and Gan Guoyang's positions overlap, and Gan Guoyang fell behind the Leonis team in the first place.

The team fell behind and was scored consecutively by the opponent. They didn't even have the right to attack in the half of the game, but Gan Guoyang was neither impatient nor impatient. After defending the opponent's attack, he didn't start to use his personal ability to attack the inside.

If he chooses to attack, Volkov can't stop him at all, but then the game will lose its meaning.

Gan Guoyang chose to play a small cooperation with Sabonis and another Soviet player. Gan Guoyang would never force a shot when someone was defending in front of him.

In the beginning, the cooperation of the three was quite rusty, and because of this, they wasted several times of attacking power, and were hit by the opponent several times in a row, and the point difference began to widen.

When the score of the two sides became 20:6, the Gan Guoyang team was 7 goals behind the Leonis team, and the offensive power was still in the hands of the Leonis team.

The Leonis team continued to attack. It was different from the NBA at that time. Although the pick-and-roll was an extremely important tactic in the NBA, it hadn't reached the point where almost every offense would be initiated by a pick-and-roll decades later.

As the representative of international basketball in the Soviet Union, the pick-and-roll is the most important source of their tactics. In the previous 7 goals scored, Matthew Leonis would pick-and-roll with Volkov every time, and another player would run. bit, and then depending on the situation, Matthew Leonis will make a choice.

Because Sabonis doesn't match up with Volkov, then he has to deal with another Soviet player. That guy is a winger with very strong running ability. The matchup between Sabonis and Sabonis made Sabonis very uncomfortable and couldn't keep up. , It's too easy to miss people if you don't play three-on-three games.

But soon, the Gan Guoyang team found a way to deal with it, that is, let Sabonis deal with his old inside partner Volkov, and let his own defenders deal with the opponent's winger.

Then, let Gan Guoyang deal with Matthew Leonis himself.

Matthew Leonis is 6-foot-5, 1 meters tall and serves as a guard. He is a tall and tall guard in the international arena. He is a left-hander with excellent shooting, and his breakthrough pace is extremely tricky. The popular "European step", even the best defensive player in the NBA like Gan Guoyang, was tricked by Matthew Leonis once by taking advantage of the time difference and made him succeed in a layup.

This time, Gan Guoyang faced him directly, and Matthew Leonis was not so comfortable.

Matthew Leonis just made a pick-and-roll with Volkov, Gan Guoyang directly chose to squeeze past the blocker, and then quickly approached and pressed Matthew Leonis.

Gan Guoyang's move, the pace of squeezing is very standard. He stretches out his feet first, and then moves his body to pass others. During this period, he did not "bump" but "squeeze". Therefore, if there is a referee, his ball will basically not be called a foul .

This kind of squeeze-through defense is commonly used by small point guards when defending pick-and-rolls, but Gan Guoyang can master it proficiently. This is entirely due to Bellman's strict requirements, requiring Gan Guoyang to be familiar with all small skills in defense.

At this time, Behrman was standing on the sidelines watching their game, and he knew that Gan Guoyang was about to start exerting his strength.

After squeezing past Volkov with his small skills, Gan Guoyang immediately showed the oppressive defensive skills that an insider must possess. He blocked Matthew Leonis's dribbling space and passing route extremely well.

Matthew Leonis did not expect Gan Guoyang to move so quickly and fiercely. He subconsciously held the ball with both hands to protect the ball, which also caused a dead ball.

Matthew Leonis couldn't pass or dribble the ball, and the other two players were locked down.

At this time, one of the major advantages of the defensive side in the three-on-three game is reflected. Once there is a problem with the offensive side, the teammate's response will definitely not be timely, because there are not enough people.

Matthew Leonis had no choice but to throw the ball towards Volkov. As a result, Sabonis, who was half the head of Govorkov, overwhelmed Volkov. to hand.

The Gan Guoyang team once again got an offensive opportunity. Since the three-point line was still not adopted in the Olympic Games at that time, it was necessary to dribble the ball back to the center circle when the offense and defense switched, and then re-launched the offense.

When Sabonis grabbed the ball, Gan Guoyang had already run towards the middle circle. Sabonis waved the ball lightly with one hand, and the ball flew towards Gan Guoyang.

After Gan Guoyang received the ball, he clicked on the middle circle, turned around and dribbled the ball for two steps, and returned the ball with another long pass to Sabonis, who was standing at the corner.

The ball stayed in the hands of Sabonis for no more than two seconds, and then it was in the hands of the guard teammate under the empty cut basket.

But the guard teammate did not go straight to the layup, because the opponent was still watching closely, and Matthew Leonis also stepped forward to defend, so the guard teammate suddenly made a low pass and passed the ball from the left Passed to the right, gave a slash and cut into Gan Guoyang!

Matthew Leonis reacted, turned around and watched Gan Guoyang rushing over, and immediately stood still under the basket with his hands up. He didn't want to surrender, but wanted to cause Gan Guoyang to foul.

Gan Guoyang didn't break through for a layup at all after receiving the ball. If he forced the ball, there would be only one result: he dunked and knocked Matthew Leonis half to death.

But he passed the ball!

He also passed the ball with a low hand and passed the ball to Sabonis who plugged in from the middle!

Sabonis received the ball, and Matthew Leonis had no time to turn around when he came back, so he had to lower his head and dodge!

"Bang!" Sabonis successfully dunked with one hand!

A perfect cooperation, three people, four passes, the ball is in everyone's hands for no more than two seconds, this is not like basketball, more like volleyball, Sabonis completed the smash.

This smash blew the clarion call for Gan Guoyang's counterattack.

Both Sabonis and Gan Guoyang are players with superb basketball IQs. After playing a few rounds on the same team, they immediately became familiar with each other's playing characteristics. They started to position themselves on the defensive end, and their cooperation on the offensive end was still very unfamiliar. But after a few minutes of running in, they began to adapt to each other.

Sabonis has truly experienced what a "high-level basketball experience" is. Gan Guoyang, as his teammate, fully makes up for Sabonis' shortcomings of small movement range and slow speed on the defensive end, allowing him to guard the basket with peace of mind.

On the offensive end, Gan Guoyang has excellent running skills, blocking and cutting skills, standard basketball moves and good playing habits. Most importantly, his extremely powerful finishing ability at the basket allows Sabonis to pass the ball every time. Able to convert into goals.

Sabonis could feel that for many balls, Gan Guoyang hit hard by himself, and Volkov couldn't stop him at all. The one-on-one gap was too big.

But Gan Guoyang chose the team first, and must cooperate with his teammates to mobilize the opponent's defense and score with an easier defense.

When the score went from 20:6 to 24:38, Matthew Leonis knew that the ball could not be played, and the three-on-three confrontation completely turned into an exhibition match between Gan Guoyang and Sabonis.

The cooperation between the two became more and more proficient, and in the end almost no one wanted to shoot, just wanted to pass the ball. Matthew Leonis and others had no choice but to choose a one-on-one confrontation and never switch defenses.

But soon, Gan Guoyang had played enough and began to use his hook to clean up the mess. At this time, coach Gomolski, who was the referee, knew that the game was over, Gan Guoyang had played enough, and his goal was achieved.

So, Gomolski, who hadn't whistled much throughout the game, blew the whistle in his mouth. At this time, he was not like a basketball referee, but more like a boxing referee, and sentenced the Matthew Leonis team to be technically defeated. Knocked down, they have no power to fight back.

At this time, Gan Guoyang stepped forward and gave Sabonis a big hug. The two young men of the same age found an unparalleled tacit understanding in a simple three-on-three confrontation.

"How about it, Avidas, are you interested in conquering America with me?"

"Haha, of course, I am willing to accept new challenges."

In this confrontation, Sabonis found the confidence to go to the NBA game. At the same time, he also began to look forward to the beautiful scene of playing with such a powerful player as Gan Guoyang. This must be the latest and best chapter in his basketball career.

Although there are still many obstacles on Sabonis' road to the United States, they have taken a solid step.