Chapter 162 Leading the counterattack
17:9, after halfway through the first quarter, the Trail Blazers were still 8 points behind the Lakers. Gan Guoyang's two-plus-one dunk made a splash of anger for the slightly weak Trail Blazers.
But the Lakers were unmoved, and the Magic still firmly controlled the Lakers' offense. He slowly dribbled the ball with his butt and passed the half, leaning his body sideways while dribbling at the three-point line while observing the situation on the court.
Obviously, the Trail Blazers began to tighten their defense line. Instead of putting pressure on the ball holder, they continued to delay the run of the ball off the ball.
The Lakers' tactics are not complicated, because according to their players' personal abilities, overly complex tactics are not conducive to the players' performance.
Jabbar and Worthy are the two best low-single singles points, one inside and one outside. Although Byron Scott is a rookie, he has comprehensive skills, can make excavations and shoots, and is good at running and jumping. He is a very good second-position attacker.
As the weakest part of his personal ability, Lambis can always use the space opened by other players to take advantage of the troubled waters. It can be said to be a model of "fakes and tigers' power".
If it really doesn't work, the Lakers and the Magician, a team that is versatile, have to pay a heavy price for the Magician's personal attack ability.
What most teams can do when facing the Lakers is just to force the Lakers to play more singles and not give them too many opportunities to run easily. Even so, the Lakers can still easily score.
The Trail Blazers are now making such efforts. They can no longer let the minions like Lambis get a chance to make a layup. Before Jabbar and Worthy have exerted their strength, you are killed by a Lambis. It is equivalent to falling down before the person has exerted his strength.
"Here! Here!" At this time, James Worthy began to shout, and he walked around the bottom line from the left to the right, and brought Van der Viccika, who was following him, behind him.
A simple low post requires the ball, but the Trail Blazers have no choice but to do so. The attack may have to pay a greater price, so they can only let Van derwich defend alone.
Johnson decisively hung the ball to Worthy, but Worthy did not make any adjustments after getting the ball. He turned around and passed Van dervich, stepped on the edge of the baseline and slipped to the basket.
It was so fast that Worthy was facing the basket and was about to make a layup. Van dervich had just turned his head over.
But Van derwich wouldn't let Worcy score easily, and he reached out to hold Worcy before Worcy made a layup and blocked him.
"Van derwich made a foul. Wosi's speed was so fast, just like a cobra. I think KiKi must be wondering if I had hallucinations, why Wosi disappeared in the blink of an eye."
Since Worthy's shooting moves were not done and the Trail Blazers did not make any fouls, the Lakers continued to serve the bottom line.
"It's done well! It's done well!" Ramsey could only applaud the players for this kind of ball. He knew that no one could stand Worthy, so he could only expect Vanderwich to play more efficiently on the offensive end and get back the points lost from the defense.
"The Trail Blazers substitute. They replaced Paxson and Valentine, and replaced Drexler and Cort. It seems that they want to enhance the vitality of the backcourt. Drexler and Cort are both young people, and the most important thing they lack is physical strength."
Indeed, Ramsey replaced Drexler and Colt to continue to enhance the oppressiveness of the backcourt. He hoped to curb the Lakers' offensive success rate to a certain extent, and at least he could not always let the Lakers score easily.
The Lakers serve again, and the Magic organized the attack from outside the three-point line on the right.
This time he transferred the ball to Byron Scott's hand on the left, and everyone pulled it away, and he singled out the ball on the left.
Colt looks smaller than Scott and gives people a feeling of being thinner, but his movements are faster than Scott.
Scott held the ball in both hands and lowered the center of gravity and wanted to break through from the front, but the exposed basketball was stabbed by Cort, and the two fell to the ground on the sideline and snatched into a ball.
"The two fell to the ground, and Corte still grabbed the ball. Drexler stepped forward to respond and quickly pushed forward... The layup missed... Gan's docking! Gan's docking... Gan's docking! Gan's docking... Gan's docking! Drexler's unimproving shot in the air and dunked both hands! Oh my God, Lambis is still too slow, he can't keep up with Gan's footsteps."
The entire court exclaimed for Gan's rebate, because Gan Guoyang's timing was really good.
The Lakers players chased Drexler like a hunting dog and ran. Worthy and Johnson both jumped and disturbed Drexler in the air. At this time, Drexler's layup was not that good, too hard, and the ball was obviously big, and it hit the rebound and then smashed it on the basket and collapsed.
Just as the ball collapsed, Gan Guoyang had already flew into the air, which means that Gan Guoyang, who followed up at the moment Drexler made a layup, had already jumped.
Whether he was aware of his strong sense or a lucky person, Gan Guoyang jumped high anyway, and caught the ball with both hands and smashed it into the basket.
"You are the one who assists Clyde." After getting off the basket, Gan Guoyang pointed at Drexler and said with a smile.
Indeed, this ball looks more like an aerial relay than a patch.
"Gift-for-you! (Gift for you!)" Then, Gan Guoyang was about to run to the seat next to the Lakers' bench and shouted at Jack Nicholson.
Now Nicholson could only sit on the bench and shook his head in anger. He was already thinking about what kind of trash words he would use to mock Gan Guoyang later.
17:11, the Lakers still maintain the lead, but this lead is really weak, and they want to continue to expand the score.
Johnson immediately handed the ball to Worcy at the right bottom line after halftime, without stopping, he would only attack and then go inside by himself.
The Magician also felt that the Trail Blazers were consciously letting him go and putting the defensive pressure on others, so Johnson wanted to divert the Trail Blazers' defensive attention.
However, the Trail Blazers players were not fooled. They did not care about Johnson who cut into the inside, but continued to put pressure on other players.
Johnson circled the Trail Blazers' inside from left to right, but got nothing, and the Trail Blazers' defense was unmoved.
The basketball also turned from left to right and returned to Johnson's hands.
At this time, Jabbar went around from the bottom line to the right, and wanted to continue to reach the ball at a deeper position.
Gan Guoyang learned from his mistakes and did not give him such a chance. Before Jabbar could get around, Gan Guoyang had already stepped in front of Jabbar and did not give him a chance to catch the ball.
The magician couldn't lob Jabbar, so he wanted to find Lambis directly. He saw Lambis moving under the basket on the right, so a high lob passed in.
The goal that Lambis scored before was scored by Jabbar and attracted the Trail Blazers' defense, so he got such a good opportunity to open.
This time Johnson passed the ball directly, and it was not so easy to catch it. Mitchell Sampson was not a wood either, so he jumped high and competed for the pass with Lambis in the air.
Sampson is also the No. 1 pick after all, and his personal ability is better than Lambis. He easily intercepted the ball, causing the Lakers to make a mistake.
"Go-Go-Go!" Gan Guoyang shouted.
Without him shouting, the entire Trail Blazers team rushed out like a wild dog. Obviously, the several consecutive counterattacks had already driven out the Trail Blazers' momentum.
The ball was handed to Drexler again, and only he was involved in the counterattack. The entire Trail Blazers' counterattack level had to be improved by a whole level.
However, this time Drexler did not take the ball straight to the basket, but slowed down on the way and passed the ball to Gan Guoyang who was quickly inserted.
Since Gan Guoyang came to the Trail Blazers, his running posture has also been changed, his speed is faster and his posture is more standard and flexible. He doesn't look like a center at all when he goes down quickly.
Drexler advanced from the right side, Gan Guoyang inserted from the left side, Drexler passed the ball in an oblique direction, and the ball reached Gan Guoyang's hand.
But Gan Guoyang rushed too hard all of a sudden. Before he could adjust after receiving the ball, he found that he had already headed straight to the audience.
"Oh no, I can't stop!" The thought in Gan Guoyang's mind flashed, and he quickly dribbled the ball and braked it.
At this time, the Lakers players were already surrounding them with their arms raised. They were not here to surrender, but to block Gan Guoyang's space.
At the same time, old fried dough sticks like Lambis, while surrounding them, also using their bodies to push Gan Guoyang, completely trying to push Gan Guoyang out of the bottom line and cause mistakes.
But Gan Guoyang was not impatient. He did not hold the ball and stood up with a few people as he used to, but quickly glanced at the outside line and found that Van dervich was standing in the three-point line, where the horn position was.
Before the Lakers' wall closed, Gan Guoyang swung the ball out with one hand, and the ball flew towards Van dervich against the floor.
Since all Lakers players gathered at the basket, Van dervich had plenty of time to bend down and pick up the ball, then shot at the mid-range of 18 feet and hit it!
17:13! The Trail Blazers narrowed the gap to 4 points with continuous offense!
"With a clever pass, at the moment when he was about to lose balance, Gan Guoyang passed the ball and let Van dervic hit the ball." Zike Hearn couldn't help but praise Gan Guoyang. Although Gan Guoyang followed up with a fast break too hard, his ability to handle the ball at a critical moment is indeed much stronger than in the past. As a senior commentator Zike Hearn still has the ability to do so.
"Bee!" This was the referee's whistle, Pat Riley requested a timeout, and their offense obviously had some problems. The Lakers were also unable to bear it.
Moreover, what Riley is most afraid of is the signs of morale of the Trail Blazers, which is very unfavorable to the Lakers.
"Thanks-for-you-encouragement,man~(Thanks for your encouragement~)" Gan Guoyang still did not let Jack Nicholson go, and said to the actor with a smile when he ended up.
Since the 1970s, Jack Nicholson has been a hardcore fan of the Lakers. Since then, he has been in a storm and rain. As long as he has time, he will appear in his fixed position to watch the Lakers' games on time.
Even after becoming the Oscar winner with "Leaping the Crazy Asylum" in 1976, he continued his football life as a number one Lakers fan.
It's 1985 now, and his hobby will obviously continue until he can't walk and can't play and watch the game.
As a Lakers fan, he is naturally not polite to the visiting team. Not only do he often talk about the away team players, but he sometimes speaks rudely to the referees. Anyway, he is a fan, so the referee can't send him out.
Originally, he had no opinion on Gan Guoyang, not because he liked Gan Guoyang, but because he had no desire to swear to the unknown.
Now, Gan Guoyang has become famous in the league with his performance, and this game between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers has attracted much attention. On such occasions, the Oscar actor naturally has to perform and make contributions to the Lakers as much as possible.
Unexpectedly, it backfired and made Gan Guoyang angry, leading the Trail Blazers to stop the Lakers with a series of counterattacks.
If Nicholson knew the truth, he would not know if the tears would fall.
"It's very good to do it, so keep it going. Everyone must keep your attention. I know it's difficult to play against the Lakers. It's like a person who doesn't sleep for seven days and seven nights, but now he has to cross the Rocky Mountain in slippers. Everyone is like lying down and sleeping comfortably, but if you lie down, you can't stand up again. So, if you stick to it, we'll walk to the hillside!" Ramsey continued to encourage the players, he knew that there was really nothing to say in tactical terms. The gap between the strength of the two sides was there, and what the Blazers needed more was still in state.
Ramsey is now becoming more and more satisfied with Gan Guoyang's performance. Gan Guoyang no longer can only rely on hard singles to help the team like in the past, but can integrate into the team's offense, add more effort to key links, and contribute to the team.
The timeout soon ended, the Lakers made personnel adjustments, the Magic was replaced, and Riley replaced Michael Cooper to act as point guard.
Cooper is not an orthodox point guard. In fact, he is more of a forward guard and swinger. On the defensive end, he often deals with the opponent's backcourt arrows, and believes that the offensive end is an excellent fixed-point shooter and fast attack terminator.
He is also Johnson's best friend.
Without point guards, it does not mean that the Lakers' offense cannot be launched. On the contrary, they can still effectively organize the offense because they have "Tian Gate" Jabbar.
"Jabbar is at the low position on the right side, Cooper passes the ball to Scott, Scott gives the ball to Jabbar, Jabbar dribbles and turns around, hooks his left hand! The ball goes in!" Zick Hearn can't remember how many times he has said such an explanation, "Hook-shoot, he-got-it!", and this is undoubtedly a sentence that he will never get tired of.
Chapter completed!