As a white center without strong talent, Ranbir can make a fortune in the league. In addition to his persistent efforts (no outstanding NBA players do not work hard), this man's wall-like face on the court also makes a great contribution.

Gan Guoyang turned around and cleaned him, then gave him an angry button, then sweared at him, and ran back to defend without looking back. However, Lan Bill looked like he was not concerned, picked up the ball on the ground and served the ball behind the sideline, without any influence from Gan Guoyang's provocation.

The best skill of this guy is to make others lose their mind through provocation, and the basic requirement to do this is to always keep it rational.

The pace of both sides obviously slowed down in the second quarter, and the players had basically entered the game state, the intensity of the confrontation became increasingly greater, the difficulty of scoring goals increased, and the whistles began to become denser.

At this time, Van derwich began to show his power after his reappearance. Van derwich, who had basically not had much pressure on the defensive end, was able to put all his energy on the offense. The biggest loophole in the Pistons lineup was the defense at the small forward position, and Van derwich's powerful shooting ability began to exert great power.

"Don't let him catch the ball easily! Keep your body in contact! Stare at him, stare at him!" Chuck Daly yelled on the sidelines because Van dervich had already scored three goals in a row.

Although the Pistons are strictly guarding Van derwich on the defensive end, the Trail Blazers with skilled tactics always have a way to create better singles opportunities for Van derwich. Kelly Tripka, who defends Van derwich, is a white man who is slower than Van derwich, and it is difficult for him to stare at Van derwich.

Van dervich once again received a pass from the wing. He and Tripka were at the bottom line. Van dervich, who held the ball in both hands, suddenly broke through from the outside and used his height and strength to squeeze out Tripka. Then, in a confrontation state, he hit a board and throw shot at a 12-foot position. At this time, the score had changed to 45:40. The Trail Blazers reversed the situation and overwhelmed five points.

"Beep!" The referee whistled, and Daly called a timeout.

"Partnering Van dervich, Dumas in advance, put some pressure on this guy, and Ranbir, don't let him shoot around the three-second zone easily. I don't want to see him take action within 12 feet. Of course, be careful about Gan, he should be on the court soon and protect the frontcourt rebounds. Mahon, you replace Benson on the court, and give Gan appropriately, don't let him shoot. Our current restrictions on him are not bad."

Daly arranged a defensive strategy against Van derwich. Van derwich's hand was too hot and he would be crippled in the first half without curbing it. At the same time, the Pistons must also be wary of Gan Guoyang. Gan Guoyang has only scored 8 points, all of which are some bargaining balls. The singles only have the goal of deducting Lan Bill.

Gan Guoyang's scoring explosive power is quite strong. You don't know when he will come and lead the Trail Blazers to an offensive shock wave. Many teams were taken away by a wave of Gan Guoyang. This is also the difference between him and many steady centers.

However, Daley, who was considerate and comprehensive, did not guess the subsequent trend of the Trail Blazers this time. After the timeout, the Pistons' defense indeed limited Van derwich. Their move was exactly the same as the Trail Blazers' Bellman's defensive strategy, which was to rub the edge of the joint defense. Before Van derwich received the ball, Joe Dumas, Mahon or Thomas was ready to double-team Van derwich at any time.

Ranbir also expanded his defense scope and repeatedly blocked Van derwich after Gan Guoyang and Van derwich picked and rolled, not giving Van derwich a chance to make attacks easily.

At the same time, Rick Mahon also began to take special care of Gan Guoyang. This meat shield power forward who transferred from Washington Bullets has the largest butt in the league, and is even more fat than Barkley. The "beef guy" is like hard to wash lard, and it is really difficult to get rid of once he rubs his clothes.

However, the Trail Blazers still climaxed in the second quarter, leading the Pistons by 13 points at the end of the first half at 60:47, because the Pistons defended the Trail Blazers' position, but allowed the Trail Blazers to make a tide of fast attack.

Although the Trail Blazers did not have Drexler's sharp knife on the front line, the true soul and engine of the Trail Blazers' fast break is their center Gan Guoyang and his extremely stable backcourt rebounds.

Whether a team can play fast breaks, either they have a point guard with excellent propulsion ability, or an inside line that can provide stable backcourt rebounds - he can allow forward players to avoid having to compete for backcourt rebounds and invest in fast breaks in advance.

Van derwich and Paxson are not speed-type forward guards, and Cauchy is not a player like Drexler who has a fast break system. If they still want to help the inside grab the backcourt rebounds, the Trail Blazers won't have to play fast breaks.

The Trail Blazers almost all the backcourt rebounds in the first half were won by Gan Guoyang alone. The Trail Blazers grabbed a total of 22 rebounds in the first half, and Gan Guoyang got 19. As long as he got the rebound, it means that the Trail Blazers had a chance to hit the Pistons with a fast break and gain a foothold.

On the defensive end, Gan Guoyang no longer had the pressure on the offensive end and guarded the inside with all his strength. Not only did the Pistons not get any offensive rebounds, but the breakthrough was also subject to great resistance, and the second quarter was not smooth at all.

Gan Guoyang's data of 10 points and 19 rebounds in the first half is also a weird one, but it is enough to show that even if Gan Guoyang does not attack, his contribution to the Trail Blazers is also huge.

In the second half, the Pistons were eager to curb the Trail Blazers' offense, but there was no expert in front court rebounding in their team. The front court rebounds were basically picked up, but the goals that were not scored were still sucked away one by one by Gan Guoyang like a vacuum cleaner, and at the same time they became the Trail Blazers' fast break ammunition.

In fact, the Pistons also have a master of backcourt rebounding, that is, Lan Bill, who faces Gan Guoyang. This center, who has been ranked second in the rebounding list for many years, is already the rebounding champion before Gan Guoyang. (The previous rebounding champion has always been controlled by Moses Malone, but Moses Malone has too many frontcourt rebounds.)

However, the emergence of Gan Guoyang's rebounding machine has shattered Lan Bill's hope for rebounding champion this season. In the recent game, Gan Guoyang's average score has dropped slightly, but his average rebounding number has risen to 16, surpassing Lan Bill's 13, ranking first in the league.

The NBA player who averaged more than 16 rebounds per game last season was Moses Malone in the 1978-1979 season. At that time, he was still with the Houston Rockets. After entering the 1980s, no one has been able to average more than 16 rebounds per game so far this season.

As long as Gan Guoyang maintains a stable rebounding performance in the remaining games, it will definitely not be a problem to break the record of 16 rebounds per game this season. Not only that, he has broken the monopoly of Moses Malone over the rebounding king since 1981.

Obviously, a new rebounding king has been born.

In the second half of the game against the Pistons, the Trail Blazers still controlled the situation on the court, which can be seen from the steady increase in Gan Guoyang's rebounds.

The famous Japanese center Takaki Akagi once said, "Those who control rebounds can control the game." In this game, Gan Guoyang used rebounds to control the entire game.

For the Pistons, the lineup's lack of impact was magnified. Rick Mahon and Lanbill were good at defending the defense, but they did not pose a threat to Gan Guoyang's inside guard in the offense. Gan Guoyang felt extremely good to catch the rebound tonight, so in the end, the Pistons completely gave up the rush of the frontcourt rebounds, and were unwilling to pick it up, so they tried their best to return to defense.

This made the Pistons' offense lacked changes, and also made the Trail Blazers' defense free from the interference of unstable factors. It was simply a steady place to sit on the Diaoyutai. If you like to shoot, you will pull it down. If you can't shoot, you will wait to take my counterattack.

Gan Guoyang also experienced the feeling of being in charge of the central army and commanding the forward to charge. This was really more enjoyable than him scoring continuously with the ball himself. The game also entered garbage time in the fourth quarter. The Blazers are getting bigger and smoother, and the scores are getting bigger and bigger, and they have lost their suspense.

Gan Guoyang did not care about his data during the game. When he was interviewed by the sidelines after the game, Gan Guoyang learned from reporters that he scored 17 points in the whole game and scored 37 rebounds at the same time, setting a single-game rebound record this season.

"Why would you take so many rebounds tonight? Judging from your statistics, it gives people the feeling that the score and rebounds are reversed." The reporter asked on the sidelines. Indeed, Gan Guoyang's normal data should be 37 points and 17 rebounds, rather than the current weird 17 points and 37 rebounds.

"It's hard to say this feeling, just like I'm not grabbing rebounds, but basketball is grabbing me. It's just willing to come to me! It's a very wonderful feeling, I can't stop at all." Gan Guoyang was also very excited to obtain such data, which was unexpected.

"This kind of data makes people feel like they are back in the NBA in the 1960s, when Chamberlain and Russell ruled the basket, with thirty and forty rebounds in a single game. We know that you showed excellent rebounding talent in your rookie season and got the rebounding king. How did you grab so many rebounds?" The reporter always studied so hard and asked questions.

Gan Guoyang was in a good mood tonight and was willing to answer reporters' questions well.

"Talent, plus hard practice, and a heart that is willing to jump up and grab the ball. Whoever can do these three things will be the next rebounding champion, even if he is a 6-foot-6 guy."
Chapter completed!