In the summer of last year, in the training gym, Jim Paxson and Gan Guoyang worked hard together on three-point shooting, and Jim Paxson thought at that time that even a center like Gan Guoyang could shoot three-pointers

Shoot so well, he is a defender, how can he be inferior to him?

As early as Gan Guoyang's rookie period, in fact, Paxson didn't look at Gan Guoyang too well, except because Gan Guoyang and Drexler had a good relationship, and Drexler was fighting with him

In addition to seizing the starting position, another point is that he always feels that a big man like Gan Guoyang stays every night to practice three points, and practicing long-distance shooting is purely unprofessional.

Paxson was a very orthodox shooting guard in college, and he was quite skilled at the basic skills of various shooting guards at the time, which allowed him to flourish under Ramsay

The reason is that Ramsey likes a guard like him, and even he is a little disdainful of outliers like Gan Guoyang and Drexler.

However, with the rapid growth of these two extremely talented young people, especially Gan Guoyang, the growth speed is amazing, and Paxson has collapsed in injuries again and again.

From starters to substitutes, from main rotation to marginals.

However, it also made Paxson's mentality more calm, and he no longer clashed with the manager over the starting issue - that is the one thing he regrets the most in his life, becoming

As a veteran, he saw more and more shining points in Gan Guoyang, his hard work, his competitiveness, his big heart, his care and help to his teammates, all of which were early

made Paxson change his opinion of Gan Guoyang.

When Paxson discovered one day that Gan Guoyang had gone from a rookie who could only score in the three-second zone to a center whose attack range extended to the three-point line, the three-point shot was already a success

For the sake of new weapons that every team is developing throughout the league.

Every time he sees that the current Gan Guoyang can use long-range shots to destroy the opponent's defense in the game, change the situation on the court with three points, and even affect the outcome of the game, Paxson is deep

I deeply feel that I am aware that if he develops his three-point ability as soon as possible, maybe he can have a more solid position in the Trail Blazers.

It's not too late to make amends, Paxson, who has a good shooting foundation, worked three-point shooting in the summer, and he couldn't hold a knife and fork at night with a large amount of shooting training every day.

But the injury knocked him down again, which was undoubtedly a huge blow to Paxson, but now, he still has a glimmer of hope, Drexler's injury no one wants to see, but back then

It was Paxson's injury absence that gave Drexler a chance to step up, and now it's Paxson's turn to fight for a spot for himself.

“Come-on！ Paxson！ Gan Guoyang shouted after passing the ball, and then watched Paxson catch the ball and immediately jump shot, without any drag, in him

On the head of the elder brother, a three-pointer was shot.

"Jim shot!" Because there are two Paxsons on the court, they are still brothers, so Dick Stockton also calls him by his first name.

The ball drew an arc, but Gan Guoyang saw that the arc was a little flat, and he was ready to grab the rebound.

However, the ball hit back and forth in the basket twice and eventually fell to the basket, and Paxson hit a three-point shot.

"The Trail Blazers' second three-pointer of the game, finally the second person other than Gan Guoyang to shoot three points, otherwise the only three points of the Trail Blazers in the whole game turned out to be hit by the center

That's incredible. ”

After the goal, Paxson stepped forward and high-fived Gan Guoyang, and the two of them didn't know how long it had been on the court to complete a cooperation, let alone Paxson's three-point shot

。

"It's a good sign for the Trail Blazers, who have been desperately lacking outside firepower in the first three quarters, and the most important thing for a pitcher is confidence, and I think Paxson already has that confidence."

Rick Barry, one of the best shooters in NBA history, knows nothing more about the psychology of shooters.

Sure enough, the impact of this three-point shot is beyond the imagination of many people.

When Jim Paxson hit another three-pointer from the same position on the subsequent offense, the Bulls' contraction defense, which lasted for most of the half, was finally about to change.

In the first half of the game, the Bulls took advantage of Draxler's absence to limit the Trail Blazers' outside shooting as much as possible, and Porter, the Trail Blazers' number one three-pointer, was defended by one

I didn't make any long-range shots.

After tossing the shooting feeling of the Trail Blazers outside, the Bulls began to shrink the defense line with more effort, the more the Trail Blazers shot, the less confident they became, and the more the Bulls defended, the more confident they became.

If it weren't for the fact that the overall strength of the Bulls was indeed inferior to the Trail Blazers, and the Trail Blazers also had a solid defense, the score would have been pulled apart in the middle of the third quarter.

Paxson's belated outside offense revitalized the Trail Blazers' offense like timely rain, and the already strong Trail Blazers found the Bulls' iron

After the barrel array had been torn open, it immediately swarmed up.

Paxson got the ball in the bottom corner again, but he passed it to Cosey, who cut inside, and Cosey scored on a layup! Assist from Paxson! Very nice fit. The bull is going to bark for the time being

It stopped, the Trail Blazers eased up in the fourth quarter, and the players seemed to be recovering. ”

As Corsey received a pass from Paxson and scored a layup, the Trail Blazers slowly opened the score in the fourth quarter, 91:83, and the difference between the two sides reached the largest in the game

With 8 points, Bulls coach Collins could only call a timeout.

Defending this thing, once the opponent finds the opening, it will only tear bigger and bigger, and the blood will flow more and more, and you must stop in time to stop the bleeding.

And Collins really doesn't have many cards in his hand, Scott Pippen is only a second year, and he really hasn't seen much of this kind of iron-blooded defensive formation tonight, and it's obviously a little inappropriate

The offensive end was a mess, and the defense was inexperienced, and it was he who went to defend Jim Paxson, but he missed Cauchy, and was successfully cut by Cauchy.

Needless to say, Horis Grant on the inside let him defend Gan Guoyang in the first half, but he was beaten so much that he didn't even know him.

Collins decisively asked Grange to change to help defense, if it weren't for Sabonis's inexperience, he would have been killed by Jordan when he came up, and his interior offense tonight would not be very powerful, otherwise light

The Twin Towers Trailblazers could have avoided such hardship.

Therefore, Collins only has Jordan in his hand, and after the start of the fourth quarter, Jordan did not attack with all his strength, but was making the ball for his teammates, for the simple reason that Gan Guo

Yang didn't attack with all his strength either.

In the third quarter of the game, Jordan has scored 54 points, two points more than Gan Guoyang, the two of them are almost like this, you go back and forth, I score one point, you score one point, Jordan's personal score is always ahead

A little bit, while Gan Guoyang's team has to score a few more points.

Now, Jordan is not a rabbit or a hawk, he is not just competing, but he knows that in terms of scoring explosiveness, Gan Guoyang is on par with him, if he dissipates his energy in advance

Consumed, Bao Qi Gan Guoyang gave him a fatal blow in the back, and he had to stay strong.

But the problem is that Gan Guoyang has better teammates and a better team than Jordan, and even if Drexler is not there, the Trail Blazers are a better team than the Bulls, when the fourth quarter starts

When the Pioneers began to recover and suppress the Bulls, Jordan couldn't wait any longer, he had to carry the team forward.

And he had to contribute not only offensively, but also on defense to contain Paxson, whose three-pointer in the fourth quarter was too lethal.

………………

In Building 17 of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, the sun was already shining in the sky at this time, and two hours had passed since the live broadcast at 8 o'clock, and the game was still going on.

The old man sitting on the sofa suddenly extinguished the cigarette in his hand, stood up from the sofa, and the guard on the side hurriedly asked, "Chief, don't you look at ......?"

The old man walked to the window and waved his hand at the guard, who immediately knew that he was a little out of shape and hurriedly closed his mouth, he was afraid that the chief would not be able to look at him if he didn't look at him, so he lost

The mouth asked.

"Paint comes and beats it, and if you sit down, you will be able to get sick, and you will come out of it if you are afraid of dirty diseases." The old man said with a smile, he has passed his old age, and he doesn't know how many thrilling experiences he has experienced

, but a basketball game also made his heart fluctuate, and he didn't expect that a basketball live broadcast in the United States would be so long, and he needed to stand up and move.

"Alas, why can't this 11th be scored? It was so powerful before, but now that I just pass the ball, I can see that No. 23 is scoring, and the score is about to catch up. "Small

The guard was not much calmer than the old man, and he was very anxious when he watched the change in the score on the court, he really hadn't seen such a wonderful and fierce basketball game before

, which is much more exciting than the national team and the National Games.

At this time, the old man who was smoking a cigarette at the window with his back to the TV said: "If Xiao is not responsible, he will have a big plan!" (If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan!) ）”