Chapter 161 opponents on the sidelines
"The Magician is everywhere!" Zeke Hearn's voice climaxed with Johnson's passing across the game and assisting Byron Scott in a layup.
The cheers of the fans on the scene also came to a peak. For them, they went to the Great Western Forum Arena every night to see Johnson's performances.
Four minutes into the first quarter, the Lakers led the Trail Blazers by 9 points 13:4. The Lakers made a tide attack under the leadership of Johnson, which made the already slightly tired Trail Blazers unable to withstand it.
Ramsey immediately called a timeout, knowing that it was time to curb the magician.
The most terrifying thing about the Magician is not only that his passes can create scoring opportunities for his teammates, but also that he can lead his teammates to the best state, a state where he is highly focused and devoted to the game.
This is due to the Lakers' rigorous training in their daily lives, and Gan Guoyang has a deep understanding of this.
Johnson never reduces his intensity during training, but always directs the players to concentrate, otherwise you don't know what Johnson's ball will fly from in which direction.
If there is a player that cannot be taken, unless you are Jabbar, then sorry, being hit by the ball is not counted, and being criticized by Johnson is also inevitable.
So in the official game, Lakers players are always 100% committed. From the starter to the bench, everyone follows Johnson's command and is ready to attack at any time.
"Everyone, don't hit Johnson, don't focus on the magician holding the ball! Lock on others! Don't worry about Johnson. If he wants to score, let him score! Don't give him a chance to drive the whole team." Ramsey shouted at the players.
This is a common trick to deal with point guard teams, which is to cut off the connection between point guards and other players. You can score as much as you want to score, but if you want to pass the ball to your teammates and let your teammates score, there is no way.
But this move is not as simple as ideal as expected, because although the Lakers are centered on Johnson, neither Jabbar nor Worthy are vegetarians. They both have strong scoring ability. It is almost impossible to lock down other Lakers players and only play Magicians.
After returning to the court, the Trail Blazers are more important to score. They only relied on Van derwich's jump shot to score 4 points, except for not having any other point.
Gan Guoyang has not even been able to get a mobile phone, because this time the Lakers used Lambis to defend Gan Guoyang.
Lambis is an ordinary white blue-collar forward from all aspects, but his advantage lies in his hard work in playing basketball, especially on the defensive end. His front and half-circlings made Gan Guoyang very uncomfortable and he couldn't get the ball at all.
On the offensive end, Lambis was actually the team's highest scorer. He felt great at layups at the basket. As long as the Magic passed the ball to him, he would always have a way to get the ball in.
"Valentin hesitated outside the three-point line, he didn't know what to do... He was willing to take the ball and lay up, and crossed the bridge... Van dervic got the frontcourt rebound... missed the layup, the Lakers got the ball and launched a counterattack!"
After Gan Guoyang got the ball at a low post, he was instantly double-teamed by three people. He didn't expect that he would be treated like this.
It was really difficult to pass the ball. There were people on all sides, so he could only barely make a layup, but he didn't even touch the basket. He flew directly to the right across the bridge.
Because the ball did not get the basket, Van dervich could not reorganize after getting the frontcourt rebound. Because time was approaching, he had to make a layup immediately, but due to interference from Kareem, the ball did not enter.
Magic Johnson quickly advanced the fast attack after getting the ball. Fortunately, the Trail Blazers retreated in time and did not give the Lakers a chance to score quickly.
The Trail Blazers player wanted to stare at other players as Ramsey said and let the Magician play alone.
However, the Lakers five people pulled away and let Jabbar play singles at the low post. They could not shout at the Magician, "Don't pass the ball if you have a good time, just play singles." The Magician is not a fool, so he still handed the ball to Jabbar.
Jabbar's goal is very deep. He slipped from the right bottom line to the left. In this case, Gan Guoyang couldn't push him out of the three-second zone.
At such a distance, Kareem's hook is basically no different from an open layup. Gan Guoyang's long arm may be able to interfere with him slightly, but the effect must be very average.
But Jabbar did not shoot with a hook shot, but a master's pass. The moment he shot, he changed to a pass and passed the ball to Lambis who was inserted into the basket.
Lambis scored easily with a layup.
I have to admit that the Lakers players have a great offensive awareness and are everywhere, and the tacit understanding between each player is amazing. Lambis's several goals were all easy-balls.
Lambis has scored eight points, more points than the Trail Blazers team has currently received.
The Lakers seem to be telling the Trail Blazers that our worst starters can score like this, and you can't limit others.
"What-a-fuck..." Ramsey stood on the sidelines, his eyebrows were about to burn. He just called for a timeout, basically the same as not shouting, and they still couldn't limit the Lakers' offense.
Gan Guoyang also clearly felt that the Lakers' condition was much better at the beginning of the game season, and they lost to the Lakers in both games. So wouldn't they be even more unbeatable now?
In competitive competitions, the most feared thing is to lose confidence. Once you lose confidence, the original 50-point gap will widen to 100 points, or even more.
Because you don’t have confidence, the opponent will become more and more aggressive. One enters a vicious cycle, and the other enters a virtuous cycle.
The Trail Blazers were not prepared enough in this game. Although Ramsey made some preparations, his players were not prepared in this way.
Gan Guoyang originally thought that according to their performance in the two New Year games, he should be able to compete with the Lakers, but he didn't expect that he was a little confused at the beginning of the first quarter.
"Stable, stable, we must score one!" At this time, Van derwich shouted loudly on the court. All the six points in the opening game were Van derwich, and now he is the only one who is still in shape.
Valentin also decisively passed the ball to Van derwich at this time. Van derwich received the ball from the right side of the arc, and Gan Guoyang immediately raised it to cover it.
Van dervich shook his shoulders and did not use Gan Guoyang's blocking, and directly broke through from the right side to the inside. This was a false cover.
Gan Guoyang immediately followed suit, and Van dervich had noticed Gan Guoyang and threw it directly, in order to have an air relay with Gan Guoyang!
Gan Guoyang understood it, jumped up with his feet, caught the basketball in the air, and then smashed it towards the basket!
"Alley-oop! Oh-No...He-is-failed...(Air relay! Oh no, he was fouled." Zick Hearn also felt tight when he saw Gan Guoyang beating, and his voice was trembling. As a result, Lanbis decisively made a foul and carried Gan Guoyang down in the air.
If Gan Guoyang is in better shape, he can play two plus one for this ball and throw the ball into the basket the moment Lambis hugs him.
But Gan Guoyang himself also felt that his condition was not so good. The most direct feeling was that his reaction was always half a beat slower, and his mind seemed a little confused.
Even if the reaction of some balls is 0.5 seconds slower, the result will be completely different. Gan Guoyang is obviously a little tired, and back-to-back plus long-distance planes can't stand it.
"Gan's free throws, his free throw shooting percentage has not been up, 76% of the season, is a qualified data among the center."
When Gan Guoyang was practicing strength in college, his free throw shooting rate once plummeted. At that time, in the NCAA, others directly grabbed the rebound if they missed the first free throw and could not get a single point, so Gan Guoyang was also very upset about this.
Later, after a long period of practice, although he still couldn't get back to the middle distance, his free throw shooting percentage finally improved to a normal level and he would not be a super center who fell on the free throw line.
When Gan Guoyang was free throws, he often liked to squirt trash to disturb his opponent, but he often walked by the river and did not let his shoes get wet. He himself was ready to be sprayed when the free throws were shot.
But this time, the person who squirted about him was not from the Lakers on the field, but from the audience.
"Your-throw-is-shit! Your-throw-is-shit! Your-throw-is-shit!" (Your free throw is shit!) Gan Guoyang's eyes slanted, and he found that it seemed that someone was yelling at him in the seat next to the Lakers' bench.
"Who is so fucking trash talk is so inaccurate?" Gan Guoyang was still muttering in his heart, and then he threw the first penalty, but he really didn't make it!
The voice on the sidelines yelling "Your-throw-is-shit!" became even more cheerful, and other words were drawn up to interfere with Gan Guoyang.
Logically speaking, Gan Guoyang's psychological quality is quite good, but no matter how good the free throw is, he still misses two free throws, not to mention that Gan Guoyang's free throw level is not top-notch. As a result, Gan Guoyang failed to score the second free throw, and the rebound was won by Lambis.
"I-sad-your-throw-is-shit-and-that's-right! (I say your free throw shit is like shit!"" A harsh voice from the sidelines came again.
This time, Gan Guoyang saw it clearly. It was a middle-aged man wearing a black leather jacket and black sunglasses, looking cool. His voice seemed very magnetic, but the content made Gan Guoyang feel very harsh.
Gan Guoyang suddenly became popular. He knew that he failed the two free throws not because of interference, but because of normal circumstances, but now it seemed that the man in sunglasses on the sidelines thought it was his curse, so Gan Guoyang could not get the punishment.
"Who is this guy? She still wears sunglasses when watching the game? I will blind you later. It's useless to let you wear sunglasses!" Gan Guoyang, who was a little bit wilted, came up with a fire, gritting his teeth and insisting on teaching the man in sunglasses, making him so arrogant.
But the Lakers' offense is still sharp, so sharp that the Trail Blazers have no time to react.
The Trail Blazers' defensive formation has not been set yet, and the Magician's pass is like a sharp sword, stabbing from the Trail Blazers players through the heart of the basket.
This time, James Worthy was standing at the basket to receive the ball. He even had time to get the ball and then scored with one hand.
"Concentrate..." Ramsey on the sidelines didn't know what to say, and he was a little sloppy. In fact, other point guards of other teams could basically not pass through such a pass. Only the Magician could send such a pass, and it was understandable that the Trail Blazers players could not defend it.
"Your-deference-is-as-well (your defense is also shit)!" The man in sunglasses on the sidelines seemed to be competing with Gan Guoyang. When Gan Guoyang ran to the Lakers' frontcourt, he heard the man in sunglasses shouting at him again.
Gan Guoyang held back for the time being. Before he made a counterattack in action, he was not going to have a quarrel with this guy.
"Give-me-the-ball!" Gan Guoyang shouted loudly on the right side. He had already hugged Lambis and stuck him behind him.
Gan Guoyang's fierceness is definitely the best in the league. Although Lanbis is hard-working and has rich experience, he is not very talented and his physical fitness is even more average. Gan Guoyang used his desperate efforts to compete with him for the position, so he could only be pressed behind him.
Valentin also knew that the team needed to score now, and the inside was the most stable scoring area, so he decisively hanged the ball to Gan Guoyang.
After Gan Guoyang received the ball, he turned around and observed it and found that the Lakers were no longer double-teaming. Riley’s requirement for defending Gan Guoyang is to double-team and not double-teaming at the same time, just to disrupt the rhythm of Gan Guoyang.
But Gan Guoyang didn't expect that there was something wrong with rhythm. He scored the ball.
"Ganche's singles, Lanbis couldn't push him at all, quickly turned over and dunk!" Zeke Hearn shouted out his classic phrase "Slam-dunk", even though the Trail Blazers player dunked this goal.
"Beep!" The referee's whistle also rang, and Lambis fouled in the defense just now.
Gan Guoyang could be said to have crushed Lanbis all the way into the three-second zone, then quickly turned around and grabbed the ball with one hand, regardless of whether there were anyone around to assist in defense, and directly relied on his long arms to pour the ball into the basket.
A dunk that rivaled thousands of troops exploded directly in the heart of the Lakers.
Gan Guoyang clenched his fists hard towards the seat next to the Lakers bench, and then shouted "Just-like-you, shit! (Just like you, shit! It means the other party is shit)"
Afterwards, Gan Guoyang stood on the free throw line and easily hit the free throw.
After the ball entered, Gan Guoyang did not forget to wave his fist at the man in sunglasses.
The man in sunglasses could only smile helplessly. He thought this Chinese boy was really interesting.
"The camera was given to Jack Nicholson. He seemed to have some verbal conflict with Gan. Gan seemed to be stimulated to have that wonderful dunk."
Chapter completed!