Chapter 167: Fast Attack Battle

"Clyde, the-glide. )”

After this dunk, Drexler finally had a resounding name of his own, the glider.

The result of this game may have been sealed in the NBA's historical archives after it ended, and it was occasionally used for reference, but Drexler's dunk took the initiative to become an indelible classic goal in NBA history.

This will also be Drexler's most famous dunk, appearing countless times in video introductions about Drexler.

But now, before the players of Drexler and the Trail Blazers have had time to relive this wonderful goal, the Lakers have already pressed quickly.

"Magic, continue to pass the ball to Worthy, still on the left side, Worthy observes it, rolls over and jumps!"

The Lakers still insist on letting Worthy attack in the low post, and they are bound to open the weakest link in the Trail Blazers' defense, as long as this link is opened, the Trail Blazers' defense will inevitably loosen.

But Van de Veric also tried his best to defend today, and Worthy's ball was not deep enough, and he was squeezed to 15 feet, and when he turned over, the arc of the ball was obviously higher.

Obviously, Worthy is not good at shooting from this distance, and the excessively high arc makes the ball lose accuracy, "Woo! "The ball hit the front of the basket and didn't go in.

However, this guy Rambis, who didn't know where to come out of nowhere, grabbed the rebound next to Gan Guoyang.

"Lambis! Grabbed the rebound! Layup hit! Nice rebounding. ”

"It's mine!" Gan Guoyang nodded to himself, indicating that it was his problem.

Gan Guoyang's backcourt rebounding control is already very good, but he can't block all the Lakers players alone, and a player like Rambis, who is good at exploiting loopholes, can seize the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

At 64:66, the Lakers overtook the score again.

In the next game, the two sides entered a fast-break battle, because the Trail Blazers had Drexler, so their positional offensive efficiency began to decline, and Ramsey deliberately let Drexler hold the ball to speed up.

Drexler, who had plenty of opportunities to play in the third quarter, began to gallop on the floor of the Great Western Forum Arena like a wild horse that had escaped the reins.

For the first time, the Lakers' defense began to feel the almost endless energy of this No. 22 sophomore, who was too fast, too good at running, too capable of jumping.

And he also has excellent rebounding ability and passing ability, and he is like another Magic Johnson in this regard.

The only difference is that his passing is not as weird and impermanent as Magic, but his powerful finishing ability under the basket also amazes the Lakers fans at the scene.

The game went into the third quarter with 8:55 left and the score was alternately rising, and Drexler had already scored 12 points in the third quarter.

"Cooper passes, Kubuchak under the basket! Layups! …… Didn't touch the basket... The ball was picked up by McAdoo... McAdoo shoots, gets covered by Drexler! Drakes fast-break with the ball! In the middle, the ball was distributed to Colter, Colter made a layup, Cooper fell to the ground, no foul, Drexler grabbed the rebound, and then passed the ball to Colter, Colt shot from the bottom line, and the ball went in! 77:76! The Trailblazers overtook by one point. ”

Drexler once again led a fast break for the Trail Blazers, and Drexler was in control of the entire process except for the last shot.

The Lakers played the eighth minute and replaced both Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Rambis with substitutes McAdoo and Mitchell Kubczek.

The Trail Blazers, on the other hand, took Kenny Carr and replaced Sampson, and Gan Guoyang continued to guard the interior on the court.

Gan Guoyang, as a pseudo-fan in later generations, basically only knows superstars and celebrity coaches, and is not very familiar with some other people, otherwise he must know that Mitchell Kubucek, who is opposite him, is the general manager of the Lakers later.

As general manager, Kubuchak should be said to be quite good, every time the Lakers trade shakes the league, but as a player, he is decent, with occasional flashes, but after all, he is only a role player.

Although Gan Guoyang has outstanding strength, he knows that he is still a rookie and lacks experience, so no matter what kind of player he encounters, he is careful to go all out.

He also didn't know where this Kubuchak was sacred, and whether it would be like McAdoo who had been all the rage.

Anyway, he treated Kubchak as Abdul-Jabbar to defend, but this time Kubchak was bitter, and finally got a good opportunity under the basket, a foot away from the basket, and his little hand was lightly hooked.

If Gan Guoyang jumps up and blocks the hat, the experienced Kubuchak may be able to cheat a foul or something.

But Gan Guoyang stood in front of Kubchak like a wall, and kept squeezing Kubchak's space with his body, causing Kubchak to be unable to lift his hand, so he could only throw the ball casually, hoping to throw it in by hand at such a close distance.

I don't know that the ball didn't even touch the basket.

McAdoo just won the ball, but opted for a step-back jumper under Gan Guoyang's intimidation, only to be slapped and pulled down by Drexler from behind.

The Trail Blazers relied on this excellent defense and used quick counterattacks to score points, and successfully overtook the score at the end of the third quarter, which was the first time that the Trail Blazers took the lead in the whole game.

"Pretty defended, Clyde! Keep it up! Gan Guoyang applauded and encouraged loudly, with Drexler here, the Trail Blazers' outside defense level is obviously a notch higher.

"Magic Johnson, break through from the left! Passed Drexler again, layup! Ball in! Foul! Drexler's foul, pushing people in the back! ”

The Trail Blazers had just put the lead back in the lead, and their lead was held for just 10 seconds, when Magic Johnson regained the advantage with a driving layup.

Johnson wasn't explosive or super fast, but his dribbling skills were at the pinnacle of any player at the time, and his control of his huge body surpassed that of the average NBA player.

He was covered in feints, and although Drexler was faster than Magic, he had no way to see through Johnson's feints.

What's more, Johnson's passing threat was simply too great, which greatly distracted defenders.

“Come-on,guys! (Come on, guys!) Johnson clapped his teammates one by one after scoring and told the players to cheer up.

Since the beginning of this season, Johnson has gradually become the absolute leader of the Lakers, both tactically and mentally.

Johnson hit a free throw, and the Lakers took another two-point lead at 79-77.

In the third quarter of the game, the competition between the two sides became more and more fierce, and the Trail Blazers still did not reduce their offensive speed, and after serving, they passed a long pass directly across the halfcourt, and Drexler received the ball in the front court! Break through from the right wing, go to the basket, the ball doesn't go in. Gan followed up, got the rebound, got the bag, he passed the ball, this is his first rebound of the day? ”

In addition to Kenny Carr, the other players on the court at this time, Gan Guoyang, Drexler, Colt, and Cauchy are all first- and second-year rookies, all of whom are young and strong, and have endless physical strength.

They don't play like the usual Portland Trail Blazers, they don't have a lot of covers, counter-runs, accurate outside shooting and under-the-basket cuts, but they are fast, impactful, and fight for rebounds in the frontcourt.

Gan Guoyang didn't do anything else in this quarter, he grabbed 11 rebounds alone, including 5 frontcourt rebounds, and so far he has scored 19 rebounds, and it is certain that the rebounds in the whole court will break 20.

"This kid can rob him." Bob McAdoo also couldn't help muttering on the court that Gan Guoyang has a natural sense of appreciation for rebounding.

At the same time, the fast-paced offense and defense of both sides have greatly increased the number of shots on both sides, and the corresponding number of irons has also increased, and Gan Guoyang's rebounding data has naturally risen.

The ball was passed to Cossey, who had little ability to attack on his own, and he immediately transferred the ball to Colt again.

Without Vanderwich and Paxson on the court, the Trail Blazers' running tactics on the outside are almost gone, so once they fall into position, they don't know how to play.

Since you can't run out of tactics, the best way to attack is to play in the low post of an interior player.

Gan Guoyang played long enough today, but he took very few shots, only four shots, hit 2 goals, and scored 4 points.

So he still has a lot of energy, and immediately after passing the ball he gets into the low post on the right side.

Bob McAdoo defended Gan Guoyang, and Gan Guoyang was unceremonious, pouting his ass and stuck the former MVP behind him.

"Gan took the ball, Kubuchak stepped forward to the old bag, Gan was pinched, he squeezed through the gap between the two, hooked hands! Hit! 79:79 draw, the score of the two sides is tied again. ”

Gan Guoyang knew before he got the ball that he would definitely be trapped, and the tactical intentions of the Blazers should be too obvious.

Therefore, after Gan Guoyang got the ball, he didn't hesitate, immediately turned inside, squeezed into the three-second zone before McAdoo and Kubcek closed the goal, and then relied on his long arm to easily hook the shot.

"Beep!" At this point, the referees blew the whistle and the Lakers called a timeout, with less than 2 minutes left before the end of the third quarter.

"Well done boys, you're doing a great job." When the Trail Blazers players came off the court, Ramsey praised their performance.

Paxson's absence disrupted Ramsey's squad rotation and he had to put four young players on the pitch at the same time.

But he didn't expect that these young people would play well, Drexler and Gan Guoyang needless to say, Colt is also very stable, and Cauchy's role on the defensive end and the impact on the offensive end are eye-catching.

Ramsey can foresee that these young people will be the core skeleton of the future Trail Blazers lineup.

Now, they, along with the Trail Blazers, will face the final challenge of the fourth quarter.