Gan Guoyang and Moses Malone soon reached their destination, the University of Portland, on the north bank of the Willamette River.

The University of Portland, built on an arc of impact land on the Willamette River, is a prominent four-year private Catholic college in Oregon, and its gymnasium is also a common training ground for Portland's Trail Blazers.

In the summer, the campus is full of vegetation, and after a while, the school will start the summer vacation, which is the period of the final assessment, so the gymnasium is naturally vacated.

Moreover, with Portland's results this season, their basketball team also took an early break - the Aviators (the name of the University of Portland) were ranked lower in the regular season of the West Coast Conference than Gonzaga, who did not have Gan Guoyang and Stockton.

Gan Guoyang took Ma Long to the campus gymnasium located in the northwest corner of the school, because most universities in the United States do not have walls, and the gymnasium is right in the far corner of the campus, so the two conspicuous big men do not need to cross the campus, otherwise it will definitely cause some small commotion.

After entering the gymnasium, the students who were originally playing in it still exclaimed when they saw the two giants walking into the field.

Luckily, it's not the first time these students have seen stars practice here, and it's no surprise that NBA players from the Trail Blazers or other teams come here every summer to practice or organize small games.

It's just that Moses Malone seems to be playing in this place for the first time, and it's really a bit early in time, and the finals are not over yet.

"Good afternoon, everyone, and I hope you don't mind Moses and I using the baskets here! Thank you. Gan Guoyang is also an "old customer" here, and he knows some of the students who play here.

It's just that compared to professional players like Gan Guoyang, their ball skills are so weak, and Gan Guoyang playing with them is like playing NBA games - although there were no NBA computer games at that time.

Moses Malone is different, although in this year's playoffs, Malone's 76ers also lost in the Eastern Conference Finals, and were also swept away by the Boston Celtics with a score of 1:4, but Moses Malone, who is just 29 years old this year, is still at the peak of his career.

The reason why Gan Guoyang invited Ma Long to practice with him was to learn some experience from Ma Long, even if it was only one afternoon, but for Gan Guoyang, who has a strong learning ability, he still believes that he will definitely be able to get some valuable advice.

Soon, the students who had been playing in the field obediently ran to the edge of the field and formed a circle, they wanted to take a good look at what kind of sparks could be created between the new center and the former league monster this season.

Gan Guoyang borrowed a ball from the people around him, and then beckoned a student to come over and ask him to help feed the ball.

Since both of them are inside, if they are one-on-one, they still use their backs to attack and defend on the inside, which is the most practical and practical.

"Let me do it first, I know you want to learn from me how to deal with Abdul-Jabbar, you can have a good experience of my offense." Moses Malone said in a dull voice.

It seems that Moses Malone is not stupid at all, he knows that Gan Guoyang invited him to come over to practice alone, and he is here to ask for tips on how to deal with Abdul-Jabbar, so he wants to show Gan Guoyang how to defend Abdul-Jabbar's type of center first.

Gan Guoyang nodded, he did have this intention, in the Western Conference Finals, Gan Guoyang tried all kinds of methods to limit Abdul-Jabbar's scoring, including some tricks given to him by Thurmond, but the effect was not as good as he imagined.

"First of all, I want to say, I've seen the video of your game with Abdul-Jabbar, in fact, in defense, you have done a very good job, and it is a great achievement to limit him to only 2o points per game." When it comes to basketball experience, Moses Malone starts gushing.

'But he's 38 years old and he's very cautious and when it comes to the crucial moments, he's always able to hit the key goals and he can't stop him at all. Gan Guoyang recalls the game a few weeks ago, whenever the Lakers needed a goal to stabilize the situation, Abdul-Jabbar was always the Lakers' first choice, and his hook shot was too consistent.

In contrast, Gan Guoyang does not have the sense of stability that Abdul-Jabbar has, and the Lakers' strong outside pressure defense makes the Trail Blazers unable to even pass the ball inside at critical moments.

"You also know that he is 38 years old, so how can you give him the stamina to shoot easily at a critical moment! You're going to put pressure on him on the offensive end, let's get started! Moses Malone suddenly raised his voice, and when he finished speaking, he immediately went around from behind Gan Guoyang to in front of him, and suddenly stuck the best offensive position under the basket.

"Surprise attack!" Gan Guoyang's heart flashed, but a huge amount of power came from Moses' body, which immediately made Gan Guoyang excited, he had not competed with a player of this power level in the NBA for a long time.

"Pass, boy!" Ma Long shouted, the student standing on the field holding the ball didn't expect these two guys to start practicing as they spoke, and they were still a little stunned.

Hearing Ma Long's voice, he immediately hoisted the ball to Ma Long, who was squeezing very hard under the basket, Ma Long took the ball into his arms with one hand, looked up at the basket above his head and Gan Guoyang's raised arm, and pushed his butt back while dribbling.

Before Barkley's ass was graduated, it should be said in the NBA that "no one dares to call him the second", even if Gan Guoyang is stable and powerful, he can't resist Ma Long's ass magic skills, and he can't help but take half a step back.

And this retreat revealed room for Malone to move, he was like a crane, first spread his legs to fix the lower plate, and then suddenly held the ball under the basket and lifted it strongly.

Ma Long's strong rise is not the same as other players, Gan Guoyang's impression is that when many players hold the ball and are strong, they will pay attention to the arms stretched out by the defenders, and try their best to avoid the interference of the arms.

But Ma Long didn't care about Gan Guoyang's arm, not only did he not hide, but he desperately stuck it up, almost leaning on Gan Guoyang's body and jumping up.

"Bang!" The ball hit the board into the basket, and Malone scored two points first.

"Defensively good, in a position like this, you can't defend me alone." Malone shook his head and said after scoring the goal.

"It's not because you sneak attacked......" Gan Guoyang slandered in his heart.

"Alright, it's your turn, let's fight a few more rounds, and I'll tell you some more experience." Ma Long threw the ball back to the student, and then said to Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang nodded, this time it was his turn to attack.

Gan Guoyang is not like Ma Long's "Laipi", he wants to get the ball in a relatively shallow position, since entering the NBA, Gan Guoyang's key position has begun to become more and more shallow, which is also to match the team's tactical requirements, plus save physical strength.

Gan Guoyang has his back to Malone and the basket, and now he doesn't have to worry about someone coming to attack, so he can dribble with his back to the bold, and then use his back to test Ma Long's defense.

Gan Guoyang has an excellent sense of rhythm, which is one of the reasons why he can learn Tiangou, people who do not have a sense of rhythm cannot control such an elegant technique.

And Moses Malone is trying his best to destroy Gan Guoyang's sense of rhythm, and some of the small movements in his hands are even more unscrupulous without a referee.

"Yay!" There were cheers from the crowd of onlookers on the sidelines, but Gan Guoyang still scored a goal with a left-handed 8-foot hook that turned over to the middle.

When Ma Long defended Gan Guoyang, he used the same tricks as Thurmond once taught Gan Guoyang, shifting to the left, blocking the hook of the right hand, and at the same time being able to quickly make up for the other side.

"You feel great...... Again. Malone picked up the ball again and threw it to the student who passed the ball on the court.

In this way, the two of them started the internal fight back and forth, and at first Gan Guoyang felt that there was no difference between normal training, except that the sparring was more awesome.

During the practice, Moses Malone became more and more silent, and hardly gave any guidance to Gan Guoyang's movements, which made Gan Guoyang begin to wonder if Ma Long was hiding his secrets.

But after practicing, Gan Guoyang finally found something different.

"Huh~Huh~" When the score between the two sides became 17:15, Ma Long led Gan Guoyang by two goals, and they had a 3o round of competition, and Gan Guoyang had begun to gasp for breath.

For Gan Guoyang's physical strength, it is not necessarily tiring to train one-on-one with Scheffler 5o times, and now he has begun to feel the urge to hold his knees.

Moses Malone was just as out of breath, but he seemed to be enjoying it.

"How about Gan, do you understand what I mean?" Ma Long looked at Gan Guoyang's sweaty appearance and said to him.

Gan Guoyang looked at Ma Long, took a bottle of water from the sidelines and handed it to Ma Long, Ma Long took the water and drank it all, wiped his mouth and continued: "Abdul-Jabbar is thirty-eight years old and almost forty years old, he can't wait to play basketball as a volleyball, it is best to have a net under the basket, he can hook his hands through the net, so he will definitely be able to play until he is fifty years old." And you, who are only in your early twenties, have a lot of physical strength and unlimited energy, and you should not play volleyball, but fight your opponent like boxing! Don't let Kareem Abdul-Jabbar reach out on the defensive end to defend you, press him, drain his stamina, foul him, and put him to the ground, so that when he wants to use his own tricks on the offensive end, it's not that easy. ”

After listening to this, Gan Guoyang also completely understood the intention of Moses Malone's one-on-one training, he just wanted to tell Gan Guoyang that attrition is the best way to deal with Jabbar.

Indeed, technically speaking, one-on-one on the field, Abdul-Jabbar is already in an inexplicable state, whether to score or not depends on his feel, and it is almost impossible for the defender to limit the sky hook in terms of skills.

But from the perspective of the whole game, constantly attacking Abdul-Jabbar and exhausting the physical strength of the "old man" at both offensive and defensive ends is the best means of limiting.

In fact, Thurmond has been one of the best players to defend Abdul-Jabbar with tireless hand-to-hand combat in the past, and now, Moses Malone is not only depleting Abdul-Jabbar on the defensive end, but also using ferocious basket movements on the offensive end to deplete Abdul-Jabbar's physical strength.

"If you are not as good as your opponent in other aspects, then attack them mentally and physically, and God is fair in both aspects." Moses Malone said what probably made the most sense in his life.

"Okay, I think this should be the end of the training, and if you really want to hone your skills and experience, welcome to Houston in the summer, I'll train at the University of Houston. I think Akim will be here too, and this is a good opportunity for both of you. Today, Moses Malone seems to have a lot to say.