The Golden Age of Basketball

"Magic Johnson, dribble! This ball dribbled! Johnson looked innocent. He was explaining to the referee, but there was no other way. Gan made Johnson's dribble. The Lakers finally One play went down, and with seven seconds left for the Blazers, Adelman called a timeout."

With 7 seconds left before the end of the second quarter, the Blazers still led the Lakers by 55 points 45:10. The Lakers struggled hard after the timeout ended, but they still couldn't turn around.

Gan Guoyang concentrated his energy on the defensive end, and the Lakers' offense became extremely difficult. Magic Johnson was treated by the Blazers in an outside round of battle. Cauchy, Drexler, and even Gan Guoyang took turns to consume Magician.

The existence of Sabonis allowed Gan Guoyang to expand boldly without worrying about the emptiness inside. Of course, Sabonis also paid the price of two fouls in 3 minutes, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar taught him what is the top offensive skill in the NBA.

But because of Gan Guoyang's defensive delay and active defense guarantee, the Lakers' fast break has never been powerful. They have already eaten Gan Guoyang's four caps on the fast break. In the words of Zeke Hearn, Gan Guoyang tonight Like a volleyball player.

In the last attack of the Lakers, Johnson wanted to make a strong attack by himself, but Gan Guoyang made an offensive foul. It shows that in the eyes of the referee, Gan Guoyang has been able to sit on an equal footing with Johnson, otherwise most of the referees will let the magician go.

"Man-to-man, ac, man-to-man, don't let him get to the inside easily. Clamp Sabonis and let them shoot from the outside." Riley yelled from the sidelines. His request was very simple, full man-to-man, he That's the only way to do it.

And Adelman's tactical arrangement is also very simple. Drexler catches the ball and Gan Guoyang plays a pick-and-roll. Drexler decides whether to shoot or pass. Adelman also replaced Cauchy and put Paxson enhanced outside projection threat.

"Go around! Go around! Don't relax! Hurry up!" Riley attached great importance to this ball, and he always felt that the Blazers would use some tactics to hit them.

"Beep!" The referee blew the serve whistle, and it was Sabonis who served from the outside. It was almost impossible for the Lakers to stop Sabonis from passing the ball.

Sabonis observed for a while, the Lakers' defense was very tight, Drexler ran near the center line, and only broke through a gap, Sabonis immediately passed the ball, Drexler pushed away and stuck tightly His Scott, got the ball.

After receiving the ball, Drexler immediately turned around and forced forward from the right side. Gan Guoyang had already walked to the middle to make a pick-and-roll for Drexler, but this time the pick-and-roll effect was not good, and he did not completely block Scott. , AC Green did not go to defend Drexler, but stared at Gan Guoyang.

"5 seconds, Drexler chose a pull-up jumper! Missed! But... Sabonis got the offensive rebound, he passed the ball to Gan, Gan made a three-pointer from the outside!"

Zeke Hearn's voice hung in his throat. Although this was only the last goal of the first half, it was also extremely important for both sides.

Then, Hearn's voice fell from his throat: "The goal is scored... the buzzer three-pointer, the goal is scored, the first half buzzer three-pointer, it was Gan, the point difference opened to 13 points, the situation is right The Lakers are bad..."

The expressions of the Lakers fans at the scene were the same as Zeke Hearn's voice, obviously with a hint of disappointment, watching Gan Guoyang and the Trail Blazers cheering and running into the player tunnel and back to the locker room. The Lakers have defended very well this time , Gan Guoyang's pick-and-roll was a little anxious, the block was not strong enough, Drexler could only choose to barely shoot.

But no one thought that Sabonis, who was originally serving from the outside, would suddenly appear, picked up the offensive rebound and passed the ball to Gan Guoyang. At this time, Ac Green's attention had been attracted by the ball, and he didn't care about it Gan Guoyang, as a result, was picked up by Gan Guoyang and made a three-pointer. He also scored the 20th point in the first half.

"Hey, Avidas, how did you grab this rebound?" Gan Guoyang asked Sabonis in the player tunnel.

Sabonis looked at Gan Guoyang, and whispered in his ear: "Didn't you tell me to run to the outside of the basket when Clyde shot? I think his ball will collapse to the left 45 degrees, and I will Go ahead and the ball will come flying."

It turned out that Sabonis heard Gan Guoyang's evaluation of Drexler's shooting and thought it made sense, so he really judged it like this in the game, and it turned out to be really blind!

Gan Guoyang felt like laughing when he heard it. His evaluation of Drexler was obviously "black". Sabonis really believed it.

Sabonis scored no points in the first half, sent 4 assists and grabbed 3 rebounds. The data looked mediocre, and the changes he brought to the Blazers were indeed obvious to all.

Gan Guoyang has been completely liberated on both ends of the offense and defense. He no longer needs to attack the low post. With a guardian in the defense, Gan Guoyang can roam freely and boldly. Although Sabonis’s blocking level at the basket is not comparable to Gan Guoyang Compared, but his height and weight are placed there, standing still is a high wall.

During the halftime break, the Blazers’ locker room and the Lakers’ locker room were two different worlds. The Blazers were relaxed and comfortable. The players were talking and laughing. Everyone stepped forward to give Sabonis a high-five and told him to play in the first half. be beautiful.

In the Lakers locker room, Pat Riley's face sank like water. The Lakers' performance in the first half was already very good. During the game, Riley and the players felt that they were "unbeatable"!

This feeling, in Riley's coaching career, only appeared in 1983 when he played against the 76ers.

But Riley is not reconciled. He believes that there must be a way to restrain the Blazers' inside twin towers. He thinks that the Blazers' twin towers can achieve such good results. Preparation, no other team has encountered it, and Riley has no chance to watch the video to prepare.

Riley is not a coach who is good at on-site planning. His strength lies in daily tactical preparation and spiritual motivation. This guy is an out-and-out speaker, but he also felt a little short of words in this game, because there was no Such a situation was expected.

The morale of the Lakers is obviously a little low. Riley wants to use some words of encouragement to revive the morale of the players. Magic Johnson is still cheering up his teammates, but the effect is not obvious.

After experiencing the pain of falling to the finals for two consecutive years, this year's Lakers are a bit poor.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, in the third quarter, when Terry Porter scored two three-pointers in a row, Gan Guoyang hit a hook again, and the difference between the two sides was opened to 21 points. The Lakers really couldn’t stand it anymore. .

Afterwards, the two teams started a tug-of-war, and the point difference remained at around 20 points. In the fourth quarter, the Lakers set off a final counterattack. This time, Adelman remained steady and sent the inside combination of Gan Guoyang and Williams, Steadily controlled the situation on the court and maintained the lead until the end.

At 113:95, the Trail Blazers easily defeated the Lakers with an 18-point advantage in the away game, which not only disappointed the fans, but also surprised some ball commentators. It's very common, but the process of the game makes people not feel that this is a team of the same level, and the Lakers are completely suppressed.

Sabonis became the biggest surprise for the Trail Blazers in the game. Although he only scored 4 points and 7 rebounds, he also sent 5 assists. big front.

So after the game, Sabonis also became the darling of reporters, surrounded by microphones and cameras.

After the game, Sabonis accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from CBS TV. In the past, the main interviewer on the TV station was Gan Guoyang. Tonight, Gan Guoyang scored 30 points, 19 rebounds, 6 blocks and 4 steals. Reporter's "cold".

In this regard, Gan Guoyang happily ran to the locker room early to take a shower, and then sneaked out with his luggage to go back to the team bus.

Sabonis could only face the reporter's questions alone. The team did not provide him with an interpreter. His English has been learned well, but he was still a little nervous when facing the reporter to interview him.

"When you didn't play in the previous few games, Coach Adelman suddenly sent you on the court. Did you feel nervous? And your performance on the court seems to have really helped your teammates a lot. The five assists are really great. very bright."

"Uh...Gan told me not to be nervous...After playing, Gan said to cooperate with him, and then the ball scored, and I felt much better. Uh...Gan gave me a lot of guidance in the usual training, Gan It is said that you should pay attention to anticipation when grabbing rebounds...Gan..."

Reporters soon discovered that Sabonis never left Gan Guoyang in his words. One reporter said with a smile that he hadn't planned to interview Gan, but he still stole the spotlight during the interview.

For Sabonis, there was no interpreter present for the first interview, and his teammates also left with a smile on his face. The person he is most familiar with is Gan Guoyang, so naturally he never leaves him with three words, and he will gradually get used to it in the future.

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