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Chapter 108: Catching Up

"You have to understand the characteristics of every player on the court, whether it is an opponent or a teammate. If you know that James Worthy's mid-range shooting percentage is lower than Clyde, you won't be able to pounce on him when he shoots!"

Gan Guoyang, who was forced to leave the game due to two fouls in the first quarter, sat on the bench and listened to Ramsey's teachings. He felt that the more he learned from Ramsey in this game than the previous three months added up.

It seems that a lot of experience must be accumulated quickly in the game, especially in the game against strong teams.

Sitting off the court, watching the players on the court continue the game, Gan Guoyang thought about his performance in the past half quarter, and he found that the game was always under the control of the Lakers.

The Lakers not only maintain the lead in the score, but also have tactical advantages, forcing the Blazers to make adjustments and changes. The Lakers rely on their strong personal abilities to respond to changes in the face of constant changes.

At this time, the Trail Blazers' offense changed again due to Gan Guoyang's fate. Kenny Carl came on as a substitute, and he and Sampson completely opened up from the inside and let the Trail Blazers break through the outside.

Thanks to Drexler's appearance, the Blazers' ability to break through the outside has been enhanced.

Drexler's breakthrough started very quickly, but his breakthrough did not change much. Whether it was a sudden change in direction or a sudden stop or a sudden stop, it was not his strength.

The characteristic of his breakthrough is that he rushes in with his head on his back, and he is easily double-teamed or intercepted.

But Drexler has a huge advantage. Although he likes to lower his head when breaking through, this does not mean that he does not look at his teammates.

On the contrary, Drexler has a broad vision and excellent passing awareness, and his passing is definitely at the starting point guard level.

Van dervich, who echoed it, is an excellent mid- and long-distance pitcher. At the same time, due to his height and weight advantages, he is also very threatening at the low post. He cuts into the left hand on the left side of the baseline and makes a layup very fast, making people not very defensive.

During the period when Gan Guoyang was out, the Trail Blazers relied on Drexler's breakthrough and Van der Van der Vain's personal attack power to continue their firepower.

The Lakers are getting faster and faster. After several positional attacks at the beginning, they are like they are in the fifth gear sports car, and nothing can stop their fast attacks.

If so, then Gan Guoyang, who had previously delayed their fast attack, had been knocked off the court and sat on the bench.

As James Worthy received a pass from Johnson in the fast break, he dunked the ball with one hand, leaving only Van derwich at a loss at the basket, and the first quarter ended.

The Lakers played very smoothly in the first quarter, with a shooting percentage of up to 70%, scoring 38 points in a single quarter, while the opponent's Trail Blazers struggled to catch up. Relying on the performance of Van derwich and Drexler, they barely pulled the score to 26 points, and fell 12 points behind in the first quarter.

"You saw that if you are present, you can definitely bring more contributions to the team, so you must pay attention to controlling yourself. Only by controlling yourself can you control the game." Ramsey looked at the 12-point difference and said to Gan Guoyang next to him.

"Only by controlling yourself can you control the game..." When Gan Guoyang heard this sentence again, he thought of Bill Russell and Nate Thurmond. They all said similar things to him.

Until today, Gan Guoyang still cannot truly understand the true meaning of this sentence, and the two fouls in the first quarter once again taught him a lesson.

The second quarter continued soon, with Magic Johnson and Jabbar both replaced, and Michael Cooper and Bob McAdu on the bench.

Cooper is a treasure the Lakers picked up at the low pick. Although they are average in talent, their limbs are tall and they are a good material for defense.

In the Lakers, he has always played the role of a big lock on the outside, sharing the pressure for the Magician and Worthy. Riley sent him on the court, so naturally he wanted to suppress Drexler and prevent him from breaking through easily and passing the ball easily.

As a former first-line superstar, McAdou is still alive and can continue to contribute firepower to the Lakers' inside line when Jabbar ends.

The Trail Blazers also entered the first rotation. This year, the same group of rookies as Gan Guoyang, No. 14 Steven Cort.

When he went to Portland University to train on the first day, Colt was beaten by Drexler in a three-on-three fast break training, but after three months of training and several games, he had successfully gained Ramsey's trust and entered the Trail Blazers' rotation lineup.

He is the kind of point guard Ramsey likes. After four years of training in college, he is familiar with all routines, obedient, does not make mistakes, and firmly implements coaching strategies.

His playing style is as boring as his shriveled face and dead fish eyes, but he will never become the worrying guy on the field. He looks like he has been playing in the league for 10 years, including his appearance.

But being sophisticated does not mean that he is mediocre and incompetent. He can also stand up when necessary.

Ramsey knew that the second team was often the ability to fight in chaos, and at this time, there was a need for a disruptor and a player to disrupt the rhythm of both sides.

Corte completed Ramsey's mission well and began to "fight".

First, he relied on Carl's cover to open a mid-range shot at the beginning of the second quarter, and then broke Scott's ball and successfully made a fast break layup.

Although Van derwich still couldn't curb James Worthy's low singles on the defensive end, Cort soon used an emergency stop jump shot in a quick counterattack to narrow the gap between the two sides to 8 points.

The opening is less than a minute.

"Oh, Colter took a minute to plow the Lakers quickly, and the Lakers' defense seemed to be overturned." Zeke Hearn continued his commentary, in English, "Colter" means plowshare.

"Beautiful Coulter! But pay attention to your defense! Lead the defense in the whole game!" Ramsey will never be satisfied with the players under his opponents.

Due to Johnson's departure, the Lakers were jointly controlled by two shooting guards, Byron Scott and Michael Cooper, and the Lakers' offensive speed instantly slowed down.

At this time, the Lakers' main attack points were Worthy at the low post and McAdu at the high post.

Although Woxi is a small forward, his low-post singles ability is really terrible. Seeing his fierce positioning and his swift turn, Gan Guoyang had to admire Woxi's power in his low-post ability.

Their substitute center McAdou had a beautiful jump shot. He and Worthy both had a low post and a high post, making the Trail Blazers' defense lose sight of each other. After double-teaming Worthy, McAdou missed McAdou. He made a jump shot from a 12-foot position, widening the gap between the two teams to 10 points.

At this time, Gan Guoyang was sitting on the bench like an ant on a hot pan, eager to play, and he could not watch his opponent rage in the Trail Blazers' inside.

Mitchell Sampson has always been strong in offense and weak in defense. After McAdu pulled to the outside position, he hesitated even more whether he should follow him or not.

Kenical went to switch to Worcy to defend, but there was no way to stop Worcy. Worcy's 6-foot-8 height and excellent wingspan were completely unafraid of the power forward's defense.

"Let me get on, Mr. Ramsey!" Gan Guoyang shouted from the side.

"Calm down, you must obey the coach's command." Adelman dissuaded. He had never met a player like Gan Guoyang who was neither big nor small, and asked the coach to change him to the bench.

Ramsey didn't care. He knew that Gan Guoyang was eager to fight. He just shook his head and signaled Gan Guoyang to wait for a while.

The situation on the court was in a stalemate, and the Trail Blazers had no choice but to fight Worthy and McAdu, while Scott and Cooper also used cold arrows from time to time on the outside.

Similarly, although Drexler was entangled by Cooper, Van derwich and Colt still performed well, helping the Trail Blazers to hold on to the score. The gap between the two teams has always remained at about 10 points.

"Beep!" The referee's whistle sounded. Corte caused Lambis to foul when breaking through, and Corte was about to stand on the free throw line.

If these two free throws are made, the Trail Blazers will narrow the score to within 10 points again, and the score between the two sides will become 44-52, with 7 minutes left before the end of the first half.

At this time, Gan Guoyang finally saw Ramsey pointing at him, signaling him to play, and asking him to replace Sampson. In addition, Ramsey also replaced Van derwich and Drexler, replacing rookies Jerome Cauchy and Jim Jim Paxson.

At the same time, the Lakers also replaced Lambis and Scott, and Magic Johnson and Jabbar were back in the game.

"Hello, Gan, I hope you can stay on the court for a while." Gan Guoyang, who stood on the edge of the three-second zone, was waiting for Cort's free throw, met his old enemy Bob McAdu again.

"I bet he will return to the bench in two minutes because of his third foul." Worthy, who was on the side, was also adding fuel to the fire.

Gan Guoyang, who was caught between the two, said nothing. At this time, he focused all his attention on Colt, who was free throwing the ball. When the two people next to him were talking, he was buzzing like flies.

Corte missed the first free throw, and the shot was obviously heavy and hit the basket's neck.

Corte adjusted the second goal, but as soon as he made a move, Gan Guoyang thought that the ball was lighter.

Gan Guoyang rushed in front of everyone and rushed into the three-second zone at once. The ball really hit the front of the basket. Gan Guoyang

Gan Guoyang was squeezed by three Lakers players and couldn't jump, but he still took advantage of his arm span to hit the basketball first among a bunch of hands and thrust the ball back.

Then he grabbed the basketball first in the air, but he did not take the ball down. Instead, he held the ball and jumped again when he got it and shot from the basket in front.

Wosi was squeezed tightly by Gan Guoyang, and McAdu lacked the bounce of his youth. On the other side, Jabbar was pushed away by two Trail Blazers players. He could only look at Gan Guoyang's simple easy-ball, filling in 2 points for the Trail Blazers, and 44:52, the score difference was narrowed to less than 10 points.

"You two are as slow as two shot puts on your butts." After scoring, Gan Guoyang naturally would not be polite to Wosi and McAdu, and mocked them for being too slow.

"This guy's strength is so fucking great." Woxi sighed in his heart about Gan Guoyang's power. He didn't expect that Gan Guoyang, a Chinese center forward, was so outstanding. When he was absent just now, he felt that he could not fight against the other party.

But just when the three of them were slapping each other, Johnson had already run through the half-time and passed three consecutive people. Under the interference of Kenny Carl, a low-handed layup with his right hand changed to the left hand made a very beautiful layup.

The score was suddenly pulled to 10 points, and Gan Guoyang also felt the terribleness of the Magician. His height was 6-9, but when he rushed into the inside, he was unstoppable.

This is also related to Johnson's passing ability. You don't know when and where he will use what method he will pass the ball. When the ball enters, the defensive player may not know what's going on.

The Trail Blazers could only continue to attack the position. Ramsey decided to put the main attack point on Gan Guoyang to see if he could open the situation from the inside.

Due to Jabbar's disadvantage in his footsteps, Riley asked McAdu to defend Gan Guoyang, which made Gan Guoyang excited.

"Are you ready to be beaten?" Gan Guoyang said to McAdu while getting stuck at the basket.

"You'd better restrain yourself." McAdu was still worried about Gan Guoyang's punch in the chest during that training. He was also an old senior in the NBA and a former superstar.

Gan Guoyang doesn't care about these things. In his opinion, superstars are used to challenge. Whether he respects a person has nothing to do with whether he is a superstar or not.

Thurmond and Chamberlain are both superstars, but Gan Guoyang respects them because he learned a lot from the two and felt their personal charm.

McAdu may not be a bad guy, but since he is more aggressive on the court, he has to use basketball to compete.

Gan Guoyang took the ball at a low position on the right, dribbled the ball, observed, there was no double-team, turned over to the bottom line, and hooked!

"Gan's hook is as elegant as Karim. His right leg is also raised and the ball is in! Oh my God is so beautiful!" Zike Hearne not only praised Gan Guoyang's hook.

The big difference between Kareem Kareem's sky hook and ordinary hook is that while the right hand is hooked, the right leg will also be raised to perform coordinated movements, which makes the overall look very coherent and beautiful, while the general hook has no movement requirements for the legs.

Gan Guoyang's hook hands are naturally very good.

"Is this feeling very familiar? I think you should have been rampant by the 'Tian hook' in training." Gan Guoyang did not forget to add a sentence after scoring the goal, and ran away without waiting for McAdou to respond.

"We're doing it beautifully, let's beware of the next one!" said Drexler.

Because Van derwich ended, Drexler began to act as a small forward, and he was allowed to defend Worcy, while Johnson handed it over to Paxson.

Although Drexler is shorter than Van derwich and not as strong as Van derwich, he is better than Worthy in terms of physical running and jumping qualities.

When Worthy took the ball at the low post again, he clearly felt that the defender behind him was more energetic and seemed not so easy to deal with.

But he still believed in his turn speed. After a few balls, he used the same trick again, turned inside and faced the basket directly, trying to end the attack with a small throw.

But Drexler did not take off the jump and blocked it, but instead made a trick. He gently pushed Worthy down. The referee did not call for this small move. First, the call for fouls was relatively loose at that time, and second, Drexler's small move was very concealed.

At this moment, Woxi's jumping height was affected and he was somewhat out of balance in the air, and what was greeted was Gan Guoyang's big hat.

Before Woxi could take the ball, she was pressed down by Gan Guoyang. Woxi also fell to the ground with the huge force coming from her hands.

"Fast attack, fast attack!" Gan Guoyang grabbed the ball under the cover and passed it to Paxson, and the Trail Blazers launched a fast attack.

The Lakers retreated very quickly, Cooper also delayed Paxson's advancement, Drexler fell to the ground, and the Trail Blazers' fast break failed.

Seeing that the fast break failed, Gan Guoyang saw that the Lakers' defense did not form a formation, he immediately sank to a deep position, and stuck McAdu directly needed the position.

Seeing this, a high sling was passed to Gan Guoyang.

Without any hesitation, Gan Guoyang pulled one out, turned to the bottom line, faced the basket sideways, slapped the ball, and hooked his hand again.

The ball enters!

McAdu wasn't even able to make any effective interference, he was too old.

"Apart from fouls, you can never stop me!" Gan Guoyang pointed at McAdu and told the old MVP that you are no longer the overlord of the basket.
Chapter completed!
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