Chapter 82 The Soul of the Fighting Dog(1/2)
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17 points, this is not the highest half-time score that Gan Guoyang has ever scored. He once scored 30 points in the half-time game against Portland University, and then he was never sent to the court again in the second half.
In this game, facing Georgetown, who is good at defense, Gan Guoyang, who has exploded all his abilities, performed almost as a god in the first half. In fact, no center has scored more than 15 points in the game against Georgetown this year.
Gan Guoyang did it in half.
But Gan Guoyang, who was sitting in the locker room, felt extremely tired, as if he had finished the whole game.
Gan Guoyang took a total of one minute off in the first half. During the other 19 minutes, he was always entangled with Georgetown's inside and fighting with Ewing.
Although his shooting percentage was amazing in the first half, plus the two goals he lost by himself, he only missed three shots in total, making 8 of 11 shots in the half, including five hooks in a row, almost tore Georgetown's inside line to pieces.
However, before every shot, he had to fight Ewing in a low position in order to get a shot, and he and Ewing each lost two fouls.
His palm was bruised due to the dunk, his thigh was bruised and four blood marks on his arm.
The sweat on my body made the clothes wet and wet, and the hair had already condensed into pieces and stuck to my forehead.
"Gan, you're very tired, come on!" Bellman looked at Gan Guoyang who was so tired, walked up to him, holding his avatar and said to him like a father.
If Thurmond was the enlightenment teacher of Gan Guoyang, then Bellman was the godfather of Gan Guoyang. It was precisely because of his strict guidance and planned special training that Gan Guoyang's talent was well grown and developed.
At the same time, he was also like a father who cared about everything in Gan Guoyang’s basketball life, from his diet, physical fitness to injuries, and was responsible for what Gan Youwei could not do.
Gan Guoyang also used his performance to give back to Bellman's careful cultivation, but when Bellman saw Gan Guoyang so tired, he couldn't help but feel a little heartache.
He didn't want Gan Guoyang to be so tired, but there was no way, everyone tried their best, but only Gan Guoyang could withstand the strong oppression of Georgetown, and he could only let Gan Guoyang fight on the court.
"Mr. Bellman, please don't let me rest in the second half. I still have to say that after I die, there is time to rest." Gan Guoyang stood up and looked at Bellman and said.
As he said when he was playing against Skyrim High School at Palo Alto High School, Gan Guoyang has decided to either win or die on the court and never retreat.
Bellman didn't know what to say for a moment, but another person spoke.
"Me too, please don't replace me." It was Stockton. Gan Guoyang had a minute off in the first half, but Stockton didn't have a minute off. If he was not present, Gonzaga's attack would be even more unstoppable.
"Mr. Bellman, please continue to start in the second half. I will not be afraid of anyone on the other side. I will score the goal I should score, for the sake of the sweet and for the Bulldogs." It was Matthews, who performed poorly in the first half and did not score a single goal.
"So too, for the sake of the sweet and for the Bulldogs, I will exhaust my last drop of blood." It was Anderson, who was at a disadvantage in the first half of the confrontation with the opponent's forward.
Everyone stood up and expressed their beliefs like a soldier who was about to rush to the battlefield to part with his family. Gan Guoyang's lonely fighting and fierce fighting spirit in the first half infected everyone.
"We have no way out, win, or go home, let's fight for the bulldog! Go-bulldogs!" Everyone stretched out their hands to unite, and shouted the horn of the battle together in Gan Guoyang's voice.
“Go-Bulldogs!!”
The second half of the game began soon, and the West Division match, which reached 16 to 8 in the 1984 NCAA National Championship, rekindled.
Georgetown, who had a full advantage on the sidelines in the first half, did not really open the score because they could not curb Gonzaga's number one scorer Gan Guoyang, allowing him to score 17 points in the half.
For this reason, coach Thompson got angry in the locker room and scolded Georgetown's inside and Ewing because he allowed a center to score 17 points in the half. In Thompson's impression, no player could do it on Georgetown.
But now the yellow-skinned Chinese did it, but it was still on his proud disciple Patrick Ewing.
For this reason, Ewing received a task in the second half, that he must not let Gan Guoyang score more than 5 points.
"Hey Patrick, you must have been scolded in the midfield. I'm so sorry, but I have to score." Gan Guoyang pushed Ewing with each other in the three-second zone, and said in his mouth.
"No-way." Ewing just said lightly.
This guy is indeed a bit indifferent. The idea of trying to stimulate him with trash words seems to be effective. Gan Guoyang thought to himself, and Georgetown had already launched an attack.
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But Gonzaga's man-to-peer ratio has also changed, that is, once the opponent's forward guard has the intention to fall to the low post to play singles, Matthews and Claremont leave to defend the opponent from moving forward, preventing the opponent from receiving the ball from head.
If the opponent's point guard dares to pass the ball directly with a high ball, Gan Guoyang will save and make up for defense in the three-second area.
Sure enough, when the other party saw Gonzaga using people to mark people again, Reggie Williams decisively ran to the low position on the left. With Ewing's cover, he went from the bottom line to the left waist position.
But Claremont suddenly squeezed in front of Williams before the opponent's point guard passed the ball, blocking Williams' street ball route with his body.
Jackson tried several times and tried to pass the ball but failed because he had to face Stockton's interference.
So he turned the ball into Wingate's hand at the top of the arc.
With just this transfer, Williams suddenly turned around and walked straight into the inside line. Because the ball was transferred, the passing route also changed, and Claremont's front-circling blocking naturally had no effect.
Wingate understood it and directly passed the ball with a high hanging ball and passed it to Williams!
Williams threw Claremont and shot straight to the basket, but Gan Guoyang was still there at the basket.
The two of them jumped almost at the same time, but Gan Guoyang found something wrong when he jumped halfway through. Williams' jump was not enough to exert force, so he was looking for a cover at all.
Williams is not a fool. He is not looking for a cheat, but passes the ball and passes it to Ewing who is inserted from behind!
Ewing had provided cover for Williams at a high position before, but saw him running to the right waist position and took Gan Guoyang's defense away.
As soon as Gan Guoyang went to make up for the defense of Williams, Ewing naturally became empty. He went straight to the basket and dunked when he received Williams' pass!
"Bang!"
What came was not the sound of the basket, but the crisp sound of the block.
It's Anderson!
Before Ewing could fully jump up, he slapped Ewing from the side and held him tightly!
The ball was suffocated from Ewing's hands.
Matthews, who was originally defending on the left side, got the ball, but he did not want to grab the ball and look for Stockton first, but ran with the ball!
As a shooting shooting guard, his speed is not particularly fast. The opponent's opponent's power forward Martin followed him closely.
Martin was adjusting his pace and was about to give him a big hat when Matthews made a layup.
If it were Matthews before, he would slow down and wait for his teammates to catch up and attack the position.
But at this moment he moved forward!
Take off!
Martin jumped at the same time, and slapped him with a huge palm.
Matthews did not hide, and he knew that the more he escaped, the easier it was to get blocked.
He pressed Martin, touched Martin's arm with his arm, and forced a layup!
"Bee!" "Bee!"
The referee's whistle blew, and Matthews fell heavily to the ground, Martin fouled and Matthews made a free throw.
"Good!" Gan Guoyang, who kept up, pulled Matthews up. This was the teammate he wanted to see. He was fearless and had to fight to the end even if he had all the disadvantages.
Matthews made a free throw, and made both free throws, 27:30, and Gonzaga scored the first goal in the second half.
This is also the 10th point scored by everyone except Gan Guoyang, and Matthews scored the first 2 point scored.
Bellman was also relieved. He knew that this sentence was not just a simple two-pointer, because since the 15th minute of the first half, no second man had gone too far.
In this way, Matthews broke the scoring drought and would definitely reduce the pressure on Gan Guoyang.
Moreover, basketball is a five-person sport. Gan Guoyang alone can survive the first half, but it is almost impossible to continue to rely on Gan Guoyang to defeat Georgetown in the second half.
As other players from Gonzaga gradually regained their confidence and feelings, and their physical strength declined in the second half, the two sides started a arduous tug-of-war.
Mistakes, fouls, forced breakthroughs and fouls began to flood the field.
The two teams were like two bulldogs with red eyes, and began to bite their opponents frantically, even if they were covered in bruises, they would not give up even if they died.
Under such circumstances, Gonzaga was picking up the points bit by bit.
He fell behind by 3 points, 5 points, and scored another 2 points, and was scored another goal, foul, make a mistake, make another mistake, foul, free throw, lose free throw, and grab the frontcourt rebound.
The 5-point gap left in the first half has become the farthest distance in the world, but even so, Gonzaga has to pull this distance to the closest until it is tied.
"Bee!" The referee blew the whistle, and Gonzaga requested a pause.
On the field, Claremont and Williams fell on the floor, tangled like wrestlers, in order to compete for a floor ball.
Georgetown's player made a dribble mistake and Claremont steals, but he slipped, and the two started a floor-scratch game. Fortunately, Claremont was quick-eyed and quick-handed, so he took the lead in freeing his hand and shouting a timeout.
At this time, one minute before the end of the game, Gonzaga was 44:45, only one point behind Georgetown. Claremont's steal and timeout can be said to be worth a thousand gold.
"One minute left, we must score this ball, don't delay time, as soon as possible, we can defend against one of the opponents." Bellman's nerves were extremely nervous at this time, and his speaking speed was much faster than usual, but his voice was a little hoarse.
After Bellman set up his tactics, the time for the suspension has come.
A crucial goal, both sides had reached their limits in physical strength, and everyone was panting on the court, but without any expression of retreat.
This will be a spiritual battle.
"Beebee!"
Stockton served on the sidelines, but Georgetown's defense is still tight. Gonzaga's players no longer have the strength to quickly run and throw away the defense. It's almost five seconds!
Gan Guoyang immediately stepped forward to meet him, and Stockton passed the ball to Gan Guoyang.
But the opponent doubles the team! Ewing and Jackson! Gan Guoyang's ball has not yet been secured, and the three of them are scrambling together!
However, no one took the ball, and the ball flew to the right border. Seeing that the ball was about to go out of bounds, I don’t know who touched the ball.
Anderson rushed out. He didn't know who had touched it out of bounds, but he knew that the ball must be held firmly.
To be continued...