“hat-a-**ing-shoot！ (What the is this shooting?) ）”

In Chapelhill, North Carolina, is home to the University of North Carolina, a famous basketball school, but as the end of the semester approaches and the NCAA has ended, there is some silence in the school's basketball arena.

Only in the lounge of the arena, someone was sitting in front of a fluorescent screen watching the 1986 finals, Michael Jordan, who was eliminated in the first round and went home early to fish.

When he saw Gan Guoyang score three three-pointers in a row, he couldn't help but burst out foul language, not because he supported the Celtics, but because of Gan Guoyang's unbelievable goal, he felt incredible against the Celtics who scored 63 points to break the record.

After being eliminated by the Celtics in the first round, Jordan went home for a short time before returning to his alma mater, the University of North Carolina, to begin offseason training.

Here, he can be mentored by his old coach, Dean Smith, and here, he can concentrate on honing his skills.

However, he also keeps a close eye on NBA games, especially the Celtics and the Trail Blazers and Rockets in the West.

When he saw Gan Guoyang and Olajuwon fighting in the Western Conference Finals, Jordan felt a trace of envy and even jealousy in his heart, which prompted him to sweat in the training gym.

And when witnessing Gan Guoyang's series of super performances and resisting the Trail Blazers to the finals, Jordan also had to admit that Gan Guoyang had walked ahead of him.

Tonight, in the NBA finals, Gan Guoyang once again shocked him, this guy actually shot three points, and scored three three-pointers in a row, which proves that his three points are not blind, he must have trained hard in weekday training.

"Looks like I'm going to practice my long shots as well." Jordan's long-range shooting ability needs to be further improved at this time, and Gan Guoyang's performance has undoubtedly greatly boosted his fighting spirit.

Seeing the third quarter, as a player who scored 63 points against the Celtics in the first round, Jordan could feel that Gan Guoyang should have found some tricks to deal with the Celtics.

As a Celtic with a rubber wall defense, it is very difficult to break through their defense, but you can't pass through such a defense, but you can get around.

In that 63-point game, Jordan made full use of his flexible movement and superb singles skills, which can be said to bypass the Celtics' defense - because their precise positioning and blocking had no effect on Jordan at all, and he didn't need to pass or receive the ball to attack.

As a center, Gan Guoyang has a natural flaw in independent offense, and it was very difficult for him to connect the ball in the first two quarters, but in the third quarter, three three-point shots, although there was an element of luck, but it was also the result of the active scrambling of the Trail Blazers players' defense.

As if suddenly finding a feeling, the Trail Blazers began to press with high intensity on the defensive end, and Ramsey also replaced him with a taller, stronger Porter to step up the scramble.

In the offense, the Trail Blazers completely pursued simplification, no longer complicated coordination, and Gan Guoyang no longer lingered in the low post, but went to a more outward position, using the basket to attack, or crushing the single all the way inside in a relatively distant position to deal with the Celtics' dense defense.

This kind of offense seems to be very difficult for Gan Guoyang, just like Jordan played against the Celtics, he needs to do a lot of offensive moves, he needs to go all out, he needs to always pay attention to the opponent's bag, he needs to push Parrish or Wharton from a 20-foot position to 10 feet to launch an attack, he needs to squeeze under the basket to grab the front court rebound, and put the ball into the basket surrounded by the tall Celtics front court group.

Gan Guoyang's style of play is reminiscent of Moses Malone in 1981.

The efficiency of this kind of offense is definitely relatively low, especially compared with Gan Guoyang's chic and casual catching and turning around in the Western Conference finals, as long as he feels the ball and the rhythm of receiving the ball is good, it is normal to throw 8 out of 10 balls.

And in the third quarter, this kind of stupid play, it can have a 50% success rate, thank God.

But the problem is that the Celtics' defense made Gan Guoyang not chic at all, and he couldn't even catch the ball well, so this laborious and stupid style of play supported the Trail Blazers' offense in the third quarter.

Jordan watched Gan Guoyang gradually enter the state on the court, struggling like a beast under the encirclement and suppression of the Celtics' powerful frontcourt, and sighed a little in his heart, how this guy combined the elegant and chic scoring technique of hooking hands with the strong and domineering body and style of play, which is like letting Moses Malone and Abdul-Jabbar merge, which is really unbelievable.

Also, this guy can shoot threes.

"Gan grabbed the rebound, didn't score a layup, grabbed it again! went to the basket again, but still missed, but Gan still pointed out the rebound, Vanderwig took the ball, did not shoot, and went directly to the basket, causing Walton's foul and going to the free throw line! ”

"The Trail Blazers played very tough in the third quarter, and after Gan Guoyang miraculously hit three three-pointers, they almost didn't choose to shoot outside, but more to the basket, using the players' individual abilities to create damage, and they were very active in rebounding in the frontcourt."

The voices of Musberg and Heinsoane commentaries came from the TV, and they also saw the changes of the Trail Blazers in the third quarter, no overly refined tactics, reducing outside shots, and using more simple and crude individual singles, inside breakaways and fighting for frontcourt rebounds, and fighting with the Trail Blazers.

It's not the usual style of the Trail Blazers, but in the Finals, nothing is fixed, and being adaptable is the key to controlling the pace of the game.

The Trail Blazers, who are in a weak position as a whole, will only be suppressed if they don't seek new changes and cooperate with the Celtics to grind tactics, and they are still a little tender in this regard.

But Gan Guoyang's three three-pointers rekindled the team's fighting spirit, and then he took the lead, sparing no effort to fight with the Celtics forward, in the third quarter he shot 8 of 18, the shooting percentage was not excellent, but he also grabbed five frontcourt rebounds and stood on the free throw line four times.

The Trailblazers, who scored 21 points in a single quarter and trailed by 9 points at halftime, relied on Gan Guoyang's fighting style to beat the opponent 36-26, but overtook the opponent by one point into the fourth quarter.

"The physical strength is really good, I don't know if I can withstand it in the fourth quarter." Jordan also had some worries about the Trail Blazers' physical strength.

The Trailblazers are a young team after all, and the young man is just when his energy is not exhausted, Gan Guoyang, who played the entire third quarter, still went directly to the court at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and it seems that he will not rest in the second half.

Jordan is similar with the Bulls, playing 40 minutes a game, and it is not uncommon for him to not rest for a minute in the crucial third and fourth quarters.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Gan Guoyang and the Trail Blazers continued to maintain a high-intensity scramble, but the effect did not look as good as in the third quarter, because the Celtics had gradually adapted to the intensity of the Trail Blazers, and turned to use faster cooperation to mobilize the footsteps of every defender.

"Bird broke through and didn't have a chance to turn around and pass to Parish, but Parish handed the ball back to Bird, and Bird shot from beyond the three-point line! The ball is in! ”

Larry Bird maintained that red-hot form and lethal touch throughout the game, and his slow breakaway couldn't squeeze past Jerome Cauchy's defense, let alone Drexler's step up to cover it.

But after he turned and handed the ball to Parish, who came to pick up the line, he immediately stepped back to the three-point line, Cauchy reacted half a beat slower, he didn't expect Parish to pass the ball back so quickly, and Bird shot so decisively and hit a three-point shot.

Seeing this ball, Jordan couldn't help but think back to Bird's terrible, this seemingly featureless white forward who can always give you a hard blow in a way you didn't expect.

The Trail Blazers quickly sent the ball on the counter, Drexler, and passed it to Gan, Gan...... Gan made a move from beyond the three-point line...... The ball is in! ”

There was a noticeable pause in Mursberg's voice, and after Gan Guoyang's goal, it took him a second of reaction time to shout, and Tom Heinsohn simply didn't have anything to say.

“hat-a-**ing-shoot！ (What the is this shooting?) Jordan said exactly the same thing as before, and it was almost everyone's voice in Boston Garden Square.

Gan Guoyang's fourth three-pointer, maybe he knew that in the next game, he would no longer be able to think of throwing three-pointers like today, so he had to take advantage of his heat and throw all the three-pointers.

The significance of this three-point is not only the anser-ball against Bird's shot, nor is it just a morale boost for the Trail Blazers players, it is a challenge to the entire Celtics defense - I am a center standing outside the three-point line, do you defend or not?

Whether it's defending or attacking, the most feared thing is hesitation.

The Celtics' defense was a little hesitant.

Of course, their offense was still very good, and the two sides entered a bitter tug-of-war in the second half of the fourth quarter. , the score has been alternating and the difference has never exceeded three points.

The heat of the game was so intense that Jordan didn't even notice that a second person came in the lounge of the arena, and it wasn't until the game was suspended that he realized that his mentor, Dean Smith, was standing next to him.

"Mr. Smith......"

"How does it feel to watch the finals?" The basketball pope of Chapur Hill asked his most proud disciple.

"I'll be there someday."

“…… The last offense, the Trail Blazers played well today, but they were still two points behind, the Celtics were too strong to finish, and they had too many experienced and excellent players. ”

At this point, the score was 109-111, and the Celtics took a two-point lead with nine seconds left in the game thanks to a layup from Bill Wharton, and the Trail Blazers called a timeout to lay out the final offense.

"Gan's three points tonight were incredible." Jordan said suddenly, he had a hunch that Gan Guoyang might shoot three points at the last moment.

At this time, the players of both sides were back on the court, and in the most crucial nine seconds, even from the TV, Jordan could feel the suffocating atmosphere in the arena, as if returning to the 63-point overtime battle.

Everyone held their breath, not even Dean Smith stopped talking.

"The Trail Blazers serve, Gan mentions receiving the ball in the high post, which is their usual key ball tactic, Gan runs outside the three-point line, and Gan turns...... The feint shook over Parish! ”

Gan Guoyang mentioned that the 45-degree high catch the ball, and other people's running positions are common key ball tactics used by the Trailblazers, but this time Gan Guoyang received the ball outside the three-point line, and took the ball as a gesture and turned around to shoot, Robert Parrish was afraid of Gan Guoyang's throw, and subconsciously stepped forward to block, but Gan Guoyang passed Parrish with a feint and cut straight to the inside line from the middle.

Jordan stood up from his chair, and he saw Gan Guoyang take three steps and two steps, meet McHale with two big strides, and hook his hand at the 10-foot position!

"Beep!" The referee's whistle blew, McHale fouled the defense, he clicked on Gan Guoyang's palm, and the referee chose to blow the whistle at the Celtics home court.

But everyone's attention is still on the ball, rolling on the basket.

went around in a circle.

Two laps.

Three laps.

"Huh~" fell into the net bag!

Gan Guoyang, hit three points!

There was silence on the TV, but Jordan could see the jubilation of the whole Trail Blazers team after the goal, an incredible goal, hook shot.

"Michael, remember, when you're training hard, there's got to be someone in the world who works harder than you." Dean Smith said to Jordan.

(End of Volume 6)

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