Chapter 5 You are a soft egg
The game at Baker Beach Stadium made Gan Guoyang famous in one game. After that, the reputation of "GunandRose" began to gradually spread on the stadium.
However, in addition to the magical debut, there is another important reason why they are recognized by everyone is that the three of them are Chinese. Chinese are always considered to be representatives of developed minds and simple limbs in the United States, and basically have no chance of sports. All kinds of stadiums are black and white, and the basketball court is even more "black".
The appearance of these three yellow skins undoubtedly attracted everyone's attention, but in fact, their strength is still far from that of some other wild ball teams.
After the game that day, Gan Guoyang was sore all over and almost couldn't get up. His previous routine of going to Union Square to fight bulls every morning was also lost.
But playing bullfighting in a simple venue like Union Square can no longer satisfy the three of them, and the beachfront court has become their new choice.
"Hey! Stare at him! Stare at him! Don't relax!"
"Don't just patronize the ball! Look at people!"
"Follow him! Follow him!"
"Make him!"
The players' command exchange voices kept coming from the court.
"Brush!" The sound of the ball hollow into the net interrupting the previous shouting.
"Yeah! I won! Big cousin, your shooting is getting more and more accurate!" It was the voice of fat man Gan Guohui. It seemed that they won another challenge game.
"The touch is pretty good today, much better than yesterday, and I won one game yesterday." Gan Guoyang was quite satisfied with his performance.
The Guns and Roses have been playing in this venue for more than a week of challenge. Overall, their performance is getting better and better.
Chen Xing no longer just played soybean with Lao Hei like before, but became the main ball handler of the Guns and Roses team, and made progress in dribbling and passing balls. He is a good commander.
Gan Guohui's fat body still did not diminish, but he looked obviously more energetic. The winning goal in the first game gave him great confidence. He was no longer afraid of playing with black people, but dared to fight and make moves. He was the rebounder of the Guns and Roses trio.
Although Gan Guoyang is the tallest, he has an unparalleled and excellent shooting feel. His shooting percentage becomes more and more stable when he catches the ball. He relies on his extraordinary touch to stage a series of goals and eventually turn around in critical moments. This also makes him the number one scorer of Guns and Roses and the No. 1 star.
However, Gan Guoyang was a little worried because he found that he seemed to rely more and more on jump shots, and his confrontation, dribbling breakthroughs and progress were not much, let alone strong plays in the inside.
"Hey, hello you guys! Can you play here?" At this time, a questioning sound came from the side of the court.
Everyone turned around and found three tall men walking in from outside the court, two blacks and one white. The three of them were wearing small red vests and blue sports shorts, and stockings and Converse shoes on their feet, giving people a very formal and professional feeling.
"Wow, it's Pittman! Why did you come here?" The one who spoke was Jason. This guy seemed to be a little bitchess.
"I felt a little bored. I heard that there was a very interesting team in this venue, so let's take a look." The white man was talking. In the 1980s, white people were rare in the American street courts because street courts were considered chaotic and dirty black places, and racial discrimination was still serious at that time.
But the situation in San Francisco is much better than some cities on the East Coast. The white man seemed to be the boss of the team, and he continued: "We want to come and have a game, let's play?"
"OK! No problem!"
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Cancer team from Kinmen Park is coming to our territory for a challenge!"
"Well!" Many people in the venue were excited. It seemed that although the name of this "cancer" team was strange, it must have a bit of a name.
"Cancer? Cancer? What team is this?" Gan Guoyang was also curious about their names when he heard that they were going to play against his team.
"Yes, cancer. They play in Kinmen Park and are a very powerful team. The reason why they are called cancer is because their defense is very powerful and can torture their opponents like cancer tumors." Chen Xing recognized this team.
Golden Gate Park is a large green park located in the western part of San Francisco. There are also many courts there, gathering one of the best amateur basketball players in San Francisco.
"Hey, I'm Pittman." The white player of the cancer team had already walked into the field and greeted Gan Guoyang and the others.
"Hi, hello. I'm Gan."
"You are very popular at the Binhai Stadium recently. It has been spread to Kinmen Park. Let's take a look and have a good game?" At the street stadium, it is normal to come here to challenge, and this is also a major highlight of street competitions.
Gan Guoyang naturally accepted the challenge from his opponent.
"Let's start!" The game began amid Jason's roar.
Pittman is about 6-foot-1 (1-meter-85) tall and is the point guard of the cancer team. He bent over and shuttled through the half court like a spirit cat.
At that time, the way of playing street basketball was quite practical, unlike the way it became more and more fancy. In the 1960s and 1970s, NBA superstars often went to Rock Park in New York to play basketball because many excellent street players did not enter the NBA, and the level of street basketball was quite high.
Later, as the NBA commercialization became more and more mature, players' salaries became higher and higher, and talented players flocked to professional basketball, and the legends on the streets could only exist in the oral narratives of the elderly.
Pittman's dribble was obviously influenced by Bob Cusey, fast and agile, and his passes also have the style of Cusey.
I saw him breaking into the basket, attracting double-teams from Gan Guohui and Chen Xing, but he pushed the ball behind him, which was a very sudden pass from behind!
The ball reached the hands of the black man who cut into the inside. He took the ball and stepped up after leaping high, and put his hands into frames! Score, 1:0.
Gan Guoyang didn't react at this time because his attention was also attracted by Pittman.
The big black man is 6-foot-5 (1 meter 95) tall, and his legs are very long and he looks strong and powerful in blue shorts.
His slam dunk attracted a lot of applause from the audience, and he looked at Gan Guoyang and shook his head, as if saying "You can't."
Gan Guoyang breathed heavily, knowing that he was too careless and was only concerned about watching the ball and not staring at people. He must stare at this long legs below.
After serving again, Pittman did not dribble in this time, but stood on the outside and dribble slowly. Inside, long legs had already started a position battle with Gan Guoyang.
Long legs not only have long legs, but also long arms. He hugged Gan Guoyang and blocked him behind. Then he stuck his butt tightly with his butt and reached out to ask for the ball.
Seeing that his long legs were stuck, Pittman quickly passed the ball to his hand. After receiving the ball with a long legs, he sank his shoulders and gently hit Gan Guoyang and made a layup easily, 2:0!
At this time, Gan Guoyang didn't even touch the ball, and he seemed a little angry because he found that he could not push his long legs no matter how hard he used. Although his long legs didn't look particularly strong, he didn't expect that they were very strong and very hard.
In this way, the cancer team used this inside single tactic to score five in a row, and Gan Guoyang had no choice. Even if Gan Guohui came up to attack, he could not stop his long legs from scoring.
"Hey, don't you guys have a decent inside line?" Pittman's face was a little disdainful. Street basketball at that time was not a place to play with the gun, and scoring goals was the bottom line.
Gan Guoyang didn't speak. He knew that his skills were not as good as others, so it would be even more embarrassing to talk.
When the kick-off was kicked off again, the Cancer team still played singles with long legs in the inside line. It seems that they just want to use this tactic to keep fighting and beat their opponents until they die. This will be devastating to a team's confidence.
The long legs stuck in position again, but this time he felt that there was not much power behind him except for Gan Guoyang's hand on his back, so his position was very relaxed and deep.
"It seems that this kid gave up." Long Legs felt that this yellow-skinned boy must have been beaten without confidence, so he simply couldn't guard against it.
Pitman passed the ball in again. At this time, Gan Guoyang, who was behind the long legs, suddenly pulled his legs gently with his hand, causing the long legs to tilt and lose balance.
Then, he quickly squeezed from the side to the front and implemented a front-circling defense!
The ball happened to come in front of him, and Gan Guoyang used his right hand to destroy the pass. Chen Xing immediately rushed forward and grabbed the ball, successfully defended and changed offense and defense!
Finally, I successfully defended myself. Although Gan Guoyang made some small moves, it was still normal on the streets.
"Fight well! We still have a chance!" Gan Guoyang encouraged the other two. They played many challenges, and it was not the first time they turned around, so they were still confident.
"George, take good care of that kid." At this time, the cancer team is about to start showing their defensive strength.
This George is the third member of the cancer team. He is slightly shorter than his long legs, 6 feet 4 (1 meter 93), but he looks stronger than his long legs. His broad body, thick arms, and strong thighs are basically nothing he has done in the previous offense, but now it is time for him to play his role.
Guns and Roses still use their best tactics, Gan Guoyang's running position, Gan Guohui's cover, Chen Xing looked for opportunities to break through himself or pass the ball to Gan Guoyang to shoot.
At this time, Gan Guoyang was already targeted by George.
Chen Xing found that it was difficult to pass the ball comfortably to Gan Guoyang, so he had to wait for an opportunity to break through. However, Pittman in front of him was not so easy to deal with, and his height disadvantage made his vision very poor.
In the end, he had to pass the ball to Gan Guoyang in a hasty way.
Gan Guoyang barely received the ball, but there was no room for shooting, because George had already covered him, pressing him tightly like a dog skin plaster.
If you want to get rid of the dog skin plaster defense, you either use dribble to throw it away or use your strength to push it away. Unfortunately, both of these things are not good.
He used his body to protect the ball, trying to push George away with the strength of his back to get space for dribbling or shooting, but he had no advantage in the confrontation, and he couldn't even push his long legs, not to mention the stronger George.
Gan Guoyang had to pass the ball out and it was in Gan Guohui's hands. Gan Guohui grabbed a gap and threw the ball out. Unfortunately, the ball bounced out of the box and the rebound was taken by long legs.
This time, the Cancer team did not use long-legged singles anymore. Pittman and George made a simple pick-and-roll. Pittman made an excellent pass and gave George a cut inward. George buckled with one hand! 6:0.
Next, the Cancer team scored two goals in a row, 8:0, and the Guns and Roses were beaten to no aura.
"Stay one more!" Gan Guoyang did not give up, he still had a glimmer of hope for his touch.
"Bang!" Pitman's shot hit the box. Gan Guohui jumped hard, grabbed the rebound in front of his long legs, and immediately passed it to Gan Guoyang. Gan Guoyang and Chen Xing conducted another mutual transmission to complete the offensive and defensive transformation.
At this time, Gan Guoyang got the ball in the most comfortable position on the top of the arc, and George had not yet touched it. He did not hesitate and immediately bent his knees, jumped and shot.
"Bang!" However, as soon as the ball left Gan Guoyang's fingers, he saw George jumping high, slapped the ball with a palm, and gave Gan Guoyang a solid block!
"Sigh--------" Some booed sounds appeared on the sidelines. Obviously, as the Guns and Roses who fought at home, it was indeed embarrassing to beat like this. The audience was very realistic. If you beat well, you would cheer, and if you beat poorly, you would be booed.
"Hey, are you only able to shoot?" George said to Gan Guoyang who was a little confused. "The soft egg can only shoot!"
The word "Jellyfish! (soft egg)" echoed in Gan Guoyang's ears. Soft egg, are you really a soft egg?
He can only shoot, have no strength, and is afraid of confrontation. If he encounters a tough opponent, he will not be able to take action; if he misses the defense, he will not be able to defend himself, and he will not be able to control the rebound. Gan Guoyang thought about it carefully and found that all of his shortcomings will be labeled as "unique to soft eggs".
10:0! In a game without any suspense, Guns and Roses lost a miserable defeat and failed to score a goal.
Gan Guoyang stood in the field with his waist on his waist, lowering his head, and a sense of powerlessness came towards him. He had lost the game before, but this game made him feel real pain for the first time, and that extreme unwillingness and sadness permeated his heart.
He knew that this was a real gap in strength.
Gan Guoyang began to reflect on his style of play and his style of play. His shooting was indeed excellent, but he also relied more and more on his shooting.
More importantly, his jump shot did not reach the level of invincibility. Facing strong defense, he had a clear view of his strength confrontation and could not even get space for shooting. How could he throw the ball in?
Moreover, he also found that he was actually afraid of confrontation and fighting with those old blacks. Since he could score a goal in a more relaxed way, why not use it? So he became more and more reluctant to go to the inside.
Although Gan Guoyang is the highest player in Guns and Roses, he is fighting for rebounds in the inside and picking up vacancy to defend against Gan Guohui. In comparison, Gan Guoyang is more like a pitcher and an immature pitcher.
But Gan Guoyang does not want to be a pitcher. The player he designed in NBALive games is not a pitcher, but a center and an inside player!
What he is doing now is far from what he imagines.
"Cousin, let's go, we will win back next time!" Gan Guohui also came up to comfort Gan Guoyang.
Gan Guoyang felt his nose a little sore, "It's okay, I will find this in the future."
The three of them lowered their heads and got off the court with unwilling hearts. After that, they did not participate in the remaining challenge matches, but just watched from the side and watched the cancer team kill the teams at the Binhai Stadium one by one.
At this time, Gan Guoyang was thinking about his future basketball path. He had decided not to rely on his own shooting, but to truly invest in the confrontation and be a center that supports the team to win the game in the inside!
Chapter completed!