Chapter 70 Behind the Scenes
(The jokes from the third volume are sorted out in a few days, so please collect them~)
David Falke's arrival not only surprised Gan Guoyang, but also made him begin to understand what was going on in this game.
The other players present didn't respond to Falk because they didn't know that the person wearing a suit and having a little bald hair, and looked like the school's director was a professional scout and agent.
Otherwise, the players will not be lazy and chatting and fucking like they are now, but will do everything they can to show their skills in training.
Seeing Falke walking towards him, Gan Guoyang had to suppress his desire to ask Reed for experience and walked forward to say hello to Falke.
"Good morning, Mr. Falke, long time no see you." Since meeting Falke once when he was admitted to school, Gan Guoyang has never met Falke again.
"You are so Gan, it's really a long time since we met. Hello, Mr. Reed, it's a privilege to see you." Falke greeted Gan Guoyang and said hello to Willis Reed. He is not like Gan Guoyang, even a famous superstar like Willis Reed.
Reed just nodded to Falke and didn't say much. Although Falke is already well-known in the professional basketball circle, it is not surprising that people of a level like Reed don't know him.
"How about Gan? I'm not bad at Gonzaga University? I've heard of your performance, it's great." Falke began to praise Gan Guoyang as soon as he came.
Gan Guoyang had no feeling of Falk's praise, but asked straight to the point: "Mr. Falke, is this game you are trying to make trouble behind the scenes?"
"Oh Gan, how can you use the word "make a trick"? How can this make a trick? I just organized a game for someone." Falke was very angry at Gan Guoyang's use of the word "make a trick".
"Oh my God, I'll pull us to this big farm where birds don't shit to play. What the hell is going on?" Gan Guoyang whispered. After all, it's not good to let the opponent's player coach hear such a statement.
Falke never cared about Gan Guoyang's big or small when he spoke. In this regard, he was very similar to Bellman, and he was always particularly indulgent and caring about geniuses.
"Of course I won't pull you here to give it a cow dung! And this game is entirely arranged for you, for you! So you must perform well and understand? Last night I had other more important things to deal with, so I came over to explain this to you this morning." Falke also said in a low voice, as if he was explaining some secret mission.
Now Gan Guoyang was even more confused. What he arranged for him? Was it to play basketball to attract a bride?
"Hey, good morning, Mr. Falke." At this time, Bellman also walked up to greet Falke.
Generally speaking, the relationship between university coaches and professional scouts is relatively poor, because university coaches hate those "profit-oriented" scouts and agents who run to their teams to contact talented players.
In the coaches' view, these contacts have little benefit except for making their geniuses corrupted by money and become impetuous.
But the relationship between Bellman and Falk is different. Not to mention that these two guys are Jewish and are about the same age. Falk can be said to be of great significance to Belman's ability to get Gan Guoyang to play with him again.
At the same time, except for having some contact with Gan Guoyang at the beginning, Falke never affected Gan Guoyang's training and competition at other times. He wanted to understand some of the trends and information of Gan Guoyang, and he also went through Bellmann instead of directly contacting Gan Guoyang.
So, Bellman has a very good impression of Falke and the relationship between the two is also good.
"Good morning Bobby, I'm sorry, I didn't inform you before coming because I'm really busy." Falke reached out to shake Bellman's hand.
"Gan, I think you'd better go to train instead of acting as an assistant coach here." It seems that Bellman wants to keep Gan Guoyang away and talk to Falk alone.
Gan Guoyang had no choice but to take the ball back to his half to continue warm-up practice.
Falk and Bellman started chatting on the sidelines. Obviously, Bellman also had many questions about this game. After all, Gonzaga has not been so far in history to play an invitational match.
Soon, the one-hour warm-up training ended. After discussing with Willis Reed, Creton University at home played the landlords and trained the Bulldogs for the main gymnasium first, and the Blue Crows came again in the afternoon.
After chatting with Bellman for a while, Falk disappeared, and it was also a hurry to come but also to hurry.
Time passes quickly, and winter nights come very quickly. It is completely dark at seven o'clock, while the gymnasium at Creton University is brightly lit and crowded.
Some states in the central region, such as Indiana, Kansas, are not so prosperous and often ridiculed as rural by areas on the West and East Coasts, but the people here are particularly passionate about sports.
As one of the most popular sports in the United States, basketball is naturally no exception here.
In this game, although both sides were unknown small teams, one was fighting at home and the other was a mysterious army from afar. So before the game started, the stadium was filled with student fans.
Gan Guoyang saw that the aisle was full of students, and he had to sigh that the basketball atmosphere here was really good.
But this did not put too much pressure on Gan Guoyang. He had played several away games in a row and understood that he must not be timid when playing away games, otherwise he would be weak and he would be even less likely to play if he was afraid.
The game was about to begin, and both sides were doing simple warm-up exercises on the court, but they didn't know that in addition to the more than 4,000 spectators on the scene, there were two heavyweights watching the game in the corner of the court.
Gan Guoyang would not know that his performance in this game will determine the future fate of many things.
As 7 o'clock approached, players from both sides stood on the court and prepared to start this long-distance battle.
Gan Guoyang had the habit of observing the opponent's center before jumping the ball, but this time he observed it, his heart was thrilled and he felt that the opponent was not easy to deal with tonight.
The one who jumped the ball in the middle circle with Gan Guoyang was the starting center of the Blue Crows, a strong black man wearing a 00-size, 7 feet tall and weighing 245 pounds.
His serious and cold expression seemed to be telling Gan Guoyang, "You don't think about it tonight."
"Beep!" The game officially began with the referee's whistle and the ball thrown in the air.
Although this guy Gan Guoyang is only middle-to-top, he can always take the lead in the game with his long arms and super fast reaction.
But this time, facing this strong man with a 7-foot 00 man, Gan Guoyang failed to compete for the ball because the opponent was too big and squeezed Gan Guoyang out.
No matter how powerful Gan Guoyang is, he really can't exert force in the air. He suffered a small loss from the beginning, and he suffered a small loss from the beginning.
However, scrambling for the ball is not a big deal. The game officially began, and the Blue Crows, who played at home, took the lead in starting the attack.
"Oh, Falke, this little guy looks a little thin? He couldn't compete for the ball before Benjamin..." At this time, Falke was among the audience in the stands, and a person next to him said.
"Yes, he is indeed a little thin. But he has already increased by a full 20 pounds from last year, and his strength is amazing." Falke seemed to be trying to defend Gan Guoyang.
"I don't know much about basketball, but I think this yellow-skinned guy is much stronger than the yellow-skinned guy on the other side. Do you still remember Bruce Lee? He doesn't look big." At this time, another person next to him also said.
Just as the three people were talking, the Blue Crows players missed the shot, and Gan Guoyang pushed Benjamin away from the basket and firmly controlled the backcourt rebound in his hand.
"His beautiful rebound, his position is really excellent." Falke said again. Gan Guoyang's performance just shows that what he said before is correct.
But the first person to speak shook his head and said, "Just knowing how to grab rebounds alone can't help us, I need something different."
Different things, is there anything different about Gan Guoyang? Of course there is, but he seems to be unable to show it tonight.
After winning a rebound on the defensive end, Gan Guoyang encountered some trouble on the offensive end.
This trouble comes from the opponent's center, No. 00 Benoit Benjamin.
Although Gan Guoyang encountered a 7-foot-sized center against the opponent in the first three games, such as Gray, and a strong man, he has never encountered a tall and strong man like Benjamin today.
More importantly, although Benjamin is tall and strong, he is not bulky at all, and his defensive skills are quite solid.
Gan Guoyang felt this when he was in the position. Although he still relied on his outstanding strength and outstanding skills to reach a very good position in the waist position, Benjamin's top defense behind him made him feel very uncomfortable.
So after receiving Stockton's lob, he had no way to adjust directly and attacked. He could feel the defense of the person behind him was very tight and there were almost no flaws.
Although Gan Guoyang has outstanding hooks, his biggest flaw, compared with the real Tiangou Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, his biggest flaw, and the irreparable flaw, is his height.
Gan Guoyang, who is 6-foot-10, is 4 inches away from Kareem Kareem, who is 7-foot-2, which leads to much more interference from Gan Guoyang when facing a defensive player who is taller than him, and his shooting vision will also be affected.
In this case, in the three attempted attacks at the beginning, Gan Guoyang only scored one goal, and the other two made all the irons, which means that the tactical arrangement of Bellmann's inside point first to play Gan Guoyang first failed.
"His hook is very beautiful, but unfortunately he didn't enter. After all, he is not a Tiangou. And I don't think fans will like the second Tiangou. The relationship between that Tiangou and the fans is already bad enough." The people in the stands were obviously not particularly satisfied with Gan Guoyang's performance.
Falke didn't know what to say, so he could only pray that Gan Guoyang's state could be adjusted.
Gonzaga did not play well at the beginning, perhaps because of the difficulty of driving or the lack of preparation before coming. After the first offensive point was unable to be opened, the entire Gonzaga's offense was a bit messy.
Gonzaga's offense would have been worse if Stockton hadn't been working hard to create opportunities in it.
However, on the defensive end, Gan Guoyang's condition was as stable as ever. Although Benjamin No. 00 curbed Gan Guoyang to a certain extent in defense, he had no choice but to deal with Gan Guoyang in the offense.
Benjamin, who is also the team's first scoring point, was unable to even receive the ball by Gan Guoyang's defending and defending in front of him. He did not expect that the yellow skin who was shorter than him and thinner than him would be so strong.
In the first five minutes, both sides played the same as shit, and the score was 6:6. The audience was having a lot of fun watching. Anyway, watching football in college was just a pleasure.
The coaches on both sides did not call for a timeout, obviously they were training the players' ability to solve problems on the court.
In the NCAA game, when it comes to the national competition, basically every team I meet is a brand new and strange team. I have never encountered it before or I have encountered it, but it was N years ago, and the old player has already graduated.
When you meet a strange team, you may not be able to adapt to the game at the beginning. At this time, you will compete for players from both sides to adjust faster, play with their own characteristics, and take the initiative on the field.
These things are not something that coaches can’t teach, they require the talent of players and the accumulation of experience on the court.
The first thing that started to adjust oneself on the court was not Gan Guoyang, who was in poor condition, but Stockton, who was calm and calm and experienced.
"Gan, we will play a quick cooperation later, we need to score." Stockton and Gan Guoyang, who got the ball, said.
When the game enters a stalemate and the tactics do not work and it is difficult for both sides to score points, using the team's star players to play singles or the two of them to cooperate in scoring is the best way to break the deadlock.
Gan Guoyang nodded, knowing that it was time to use a goal to boost the team's morale.
In this attack, Gan Guoyang did not fall to the low position or cover it at the high position, but ran to the 45-degree position on the right.
This position made Benjamin very uncomfortable. If you don’t follow him, he would just miss someone, but Gan Guoyang, a center in this position, is really no threat; if you follow him, a large piece of the inside will be vacant, and there will obviously be defensive loopholes.
Just as Benjamin had to stand on the edge of the three-second zone, staring at Gan Guo and looking at the penalty area, Stockton had already made a pick-and-roll cooperation with Anderson and cut to the basket.
Benjamin couldn't control Gan Guoyang anymore, so he rushed to the three-second zone to make up for defense.
But Stockton's purpose is not to directly attack the basket, but to attract defense and give Gan Guoyang a chance!
Under the basket, under the clamping of two people and the surrounding of a center forward, Stockton stuffed the ball into Gan Guoyang who was ambushing on the right in the cracks.
If it were the previous game, Gan Guoyang would use a hook or throw to finish the attack, but his touch was not good in this game.
When Gan Guoyang saw that Benjamin had moved to the three-second zone, he rushed straight to the basket after receiving the ball!
Surprisingly, Gan Guoyang did not catch the ball with both hands, but used his big hand to catch the ball with one hand. He transported it on the ground once, grabbed the ball and then flew into the air.
Benjamin had just reacted and wanted to turn around to make up for defense, but found that a big roc with wings spreading was already flying in mid-air.
Gan Guoyang, who had long hands and feet, jumped up, and when he stretched out completely, he was so elegant.
But his dunk was so powerful, "Bang!" When the sound came, Benjamin, who was standing there trying to commit a foul, felt as if he had been hit by a truck.
Although Gan Guoyang was blocked from below, he still relied on his amazing waist and abdomen strength and long arm span to maintain his balance and slammed his opponent's head!
"Yeah!" Although it was a away game, the basketball atmosphere here was like this. Beautiful goals and wonderful performances would also receive applause and cheers.
"Beep!" Then the referee's whistle was yelling, and Benjamin blocked the foul.
At this time, Gan Guoyang fell to the ground because of excessive force, and the basket was filled with people and horses.
Chapter completed!