Gan Guoyang once said to reporters, "Among the yellow players in the NBA, my dunk is the best."

Of course, this sentence is joking, because there is only him in the NBA, and as long as he can dunk, his dunk is the best.

However, Gan Guoyang is confident enough about his dunks. Among the centers, Gan Guoyang's dunks are rare and elegant, which is not only due to his middle-level bounce, but also the aesthetic enjoyment brought by his slender limbs. Many fans like to call him "Big-Dr.J" (large Dr. J) when describing Gan Guoyang's dunks. The reason is that although Gan Guoyang does not have the powerful bounce of Dr. J, he has long arms and big hands like Dr. J.

When he jumped into the air, stretched out his arms and dunked the ball into the basket, the freehand painting and elegance always made all fans intoxicated. And after each successful dunk, Gan Guoyang would run back to the backcourt defense like Dr. J, like nothing happened. The calmness and calmness impressed many people.

The ball that Gan Guoyang relayed in the air had sufficient jump and sufficient height, but his body was still a distance from the basket. So after he took the ball with one hand in the air, Gan Guoyang completely straightened his long arm. The moment the ball dunked into the basket, his arms were almost perpendicular to his body, so he gave people the feeling that the ball was extremely powerful, as if the arm was swung directly from top to bottom.

The audience at the scene was released from the previous suppression state, which also greatly boosted the Trail Blazers players. Adelman once again resisted the urge to call for a timeout and allowed the game to continue.

However, Magic Johnson was ruthless in treating the enemy. Such a dunk could not shake his determination at all. Soon, the Magic broke through and made a layup again in the offense. This time, he dribbled the ball like a butterfly, and squeezed into the inside with a strong body and a good rhythm. Under the interference of Gan Guoyang's defense, Gan Guoyang did not dare to rush to this ball with all his strength because he was afraid that he would be called a foul again and he would have to rest.

17:5, the Trail Blazers are still behind the Lakers by a big score. It seems that they really have difficulty defending the Magician, because it is basically difficult for you to double-team him when dealing with the Magician. The consequence of double-teaming the Magician is basically to give others points, and the defensive Magician must be misaligned to defend, allowing the team's shooting guard or small forward to fight. In the past, the Trail Blazers used Drexler to defend alone, but now Adelman has begun to activate their outside lock Cauchy.

Cauchy has made great progress in recent years. He is strong and has a positive attitude. The key is to train hard, work hard on the field, and have very good skills on the offensive end. However, he still doesn't look good enough when facing the rampage magician. Johnson can play with him almost anytime and anywhere.

But the Magician also has some of his minor flaws. Like his old opponent Larry Bird, he is far less defensive than his offensive ability. Especially the Magician's height has advantages on offensive end and rebounding, but facing the opponent's small guards on the defensive end has become a disadvantage. He often has to rely on Byron Scott or Michael Cooper to assist him. But now, Terry Porter and Drexler in the backcourt, he must be watching one. As a result, after the Magician scored a goal, Terry Porter immediately ran through the half.

Gan Guoyang stepped forward to make a pick-and-roll for Porter. Porter bypassed the Magician and fired a gun directly from the 45-degree three-point line. The ball went straight to the basket like a shell.

"Swish!" The ball was hollow and a three-pointer! 17:8, the Trail Blazers immediately recovered 3 points.

This is the scoring method Terry Porter is best at. He chases his butt and makes three-pointers during the offense and defense conversion process. Among them, Gan Guoyang's high-quality cover is crucial and can always create a small but effective shooting space for Porter. This move is very effective when the Trail Blazers chase points or expand their advantages.

After scoring the goal, Gan Guoyang and Porter slapped the high-fives. The entire Trail Blazers were getting better and better in the playoffs. They have successfully adjusted from the regular season rhythm and entered the playoff team rhythm.

Subsequently, the Magic began to gradually reduce their offensive proportions and began to organize team offenses more. James Worthy and Byron Scott began to show their excellent offensive skills. Due to misalignment, Drexler had to defend Worthy. Worthy was the last small forward in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In the early 1980s, the strongest players in this style of play, such as Dantley, Aquili, and Bernard King, had already begun to gradually withdraw from the highest stage of the NBA.

At the same time, Worthy's playing style has gradually been eliminated with the popularization and development of the three-point tactics. For small forwards, mid- and long-distance shooting is becoming more and more important. Small forwards like them who replace the inside to bomb low-posts can no longer keep up with the trend of the times.

However, teams that dare to ignore Worthy during the game have to pay the price. After the Lakers' offensive power was handed over to Worthy, Worthy succeeded three consecutive attacks. Drexler's height and wingspan were not enough to curb Worthy. After all, even Kevin McHale could not control his low-post offensive ability like Worthy.

However, Drexler's scores that were knocked out in defense can also be retrieved in offense. One of the major flaws of the Lakers' lineup now is that once the outside is overtaken by the opponent's pick-and-roll, the inside Jabbar can no longer be covered. Drexler grabbed the Lakers' painful foot and continuously hit the inside, either directly dunking or causing a foul free throw.

Both sides can be said to be difficult to solve, and the offensive efficiency of both sides is quite high. However, the Trail Blazers can always score one or two more points than the Lakers in less than three or four rounds. As a result, the score difference narrowed bit by bit, and these two points are caused by Gan Guoyang.

If Jabbar is five years younger, then he can still be a dug with Gan Guoyang on the offensive end, but he is 42 years old this year, which is really too old for basketball players. Especially in high-intensity games like the playoffs, it is already very impressive that Jabbar can keep up with the offensive and defensive steps of both sides on the court, but it is difficult for him to make continuous contributions. Sabonis did not do anything else, but he just tried his best to fight with Jabbar.

Sabonis missed the Western Conference semi-finals and made a comeback from the front line in the Western Conference finals. However, he did not make any contribution on the offensive end when he played against the Lakers in the first game. After all, he was a little crazy, but he really used all his skills to play and sing on the defensive end, and tried his best to block Jabbar. Jabbar's old bone almost broke up under the invasion of the Soviet giant bears.

On the contrary, the Lakers' AC Green felt the pressure getting higher and higher in defense. In the first half, Gan Guoyang did not attack with all his strength, but made some tricks and occasionally came to play. However, except for the double-teamed shot at the beginning, he was accurate at other times. He had already begun to adapt to the Lakers' double-team. Even if the three of them pounced on each other, Gan Guoyang could still shoot the ball on their heads expressionlessly.

Like his dunk, Gan Guoyang's shooting is also "the best among the NBA yellow players."

His shooting has reached one of the highest levels in the league after years of hard training. Moreover, his shooting point is extremely high and the probability of being covered is very low, so he doesn't even need to lean back, but uses a quick turnover to directly raise the ball to the highest point and then shoot. Whether to enter or not depends basically on his own feel, and Gan Guoyang is another player with a terrible feeling that explodes.

When Gan Guoyang started to make continuous mid-range shots, it was like a heavy truck, with a very slow acceleration at the beginning, but when his speed increased little by little and reached the highest speed, it would be difficult for you to stop him.

"He was willing to hold the ball at a high position. He was afraid of double-teaming, so he didn't go to the low position easily. He pushed Green away from him and turned over and jumped, a 20-foot high-difficulty shot! The ball went in. Wow, I don't think I have anything to say."

Seanley really has nothing to say. Gan Guoyang has already beat Green in the same position and made four jump shots in a row. At this time, the score between the two sides has become 51:55. The Lakers only led by 4 points at the end of the second quarter.

The Trail Blazers rushed back step by step. Adelman firmly believed that when dealing with a team like the Lakers, you must not close your eyes and play fast breaks and chase points just because you are behind the score. This will only make the game enter the rhythm that the Lakers like. The result is that you run very fast and the Lakers run faster, and you will never catch up with him.

To deal with the Lakers, you must take a steady and steady approach, use every step of the game to consume the opponent's advantages little by little, and then give the opponent the most fatal blow at the right time.
Chapter completed!