Chapter 314: Restrain Yourself
The Detroit Pistons were one of the first teams in the NBA, and even before the NBA league was formed, the Pistons were built in 1941, and of course, they were still in Fort Wayne at that time.
The name of the Pistons comes from its founder, the automobile piston manufacturing giant Zorner, from the beginning of its inception to joining the BAA (the predecessor of the NBA), the Pistons have always been a strong team at that time, although they failed to win the championship, but also reached the finals in 55 and 56, but in the end they lost to the Lakers who were still in Minneapolis at the time.
In 1957, the Pistons moved to the industrial city of Detroit, this time the relocation was the same as the Rockets moved from San Diego to Houston, I have to say that it was a "match made in heaven", Houston is the space city, and Detroit is the out-and-out car city, and the name of the Piston team is really suitable.
But since coming to Detroit, the Pistons' results have not improved, and neither Detroit's future mayor Dave Bing nor strong center Bob Lannier has been able to lead the Pistons even close to the championship.
It wasn't until 1981 that the Pistons got the first stone in the foundation stone of the team, Isaiah Thomas, that this humble little man began to become the soul of this Pistons.
In the following seasons, the Pistons began to make various moves in the draft and trade market, and in November 1981 they traded Pooh Johnson from Seattle, giving them plenty of firepower on the bench; In 1982, they traded from the Cavaliers to Ranbier, and they had a meat shield and a shameless defender on the inside; In 1983 they replaced the coach with Chuck Daley, and the team had brains and spiritual leaders; In 1985, they picked Joe Dumas in the draft, and they had excellent defenders and consistent scorers in the backcourt; In the 1985 trade market, the Pistons got "Beef Guy" Rick Mahon again, and the power forward position had defensive coolies, and Ranbir formed a hum two.
A relatively complete starting lineup and coaching combination has been formed, and what the Pistons are currently missing is an all-around interior bench on the bench, a strong offensive small forward, and an X-factor.
Among them, the lack of offensive small forwards made the Pistons unable to grasp the opponent's weakest link to attack in the game against the Trail Blazers at home Joe Luis Arena (the original home Silver Dome Arena was temporarily unusable due to damage) on February 22, which greatly reduced the pressure on the Trail Blazers.
With Drexler also suffering from a cold (80 percent of whom were infected by Gan Guoyang), Paxson was promoted to the starting lineup, Terry Porter continued to be the starting point guard, and Valentin has been reimbursed for the season and will not be available for the rest of the games, including the playoffs.
After the opening period, the home game of the Pistons got into the groove quickly, first Thomas shook Porter with a feint near the free throw line, and then hit a forward jumper to open the scoring for the team.
Then Pistons power forward Kent Benson hit another difficult left-handed hook shot, which also caused a foul on Mitchell Sampson, and added free throws, and the Pistons started the game 5-0.
But the Trail Blazers already have a strong team style, although Porter is a rookie player, but in the Trail Blazers for most of the season, he has won the essence of the team in the offense, that is, Ramsey's three words "Run, Run, Run", is to highlight a fast word.
After serving, he quickly dribbled across the half court, and then relied on a block from Gan Guoyang to directly enter the basket and change hands to make a layup when the Pistons defense was not yet in place.
The Pistons were also quick, and although Daley began to revamp the team defensively this season, in the league environment at the time, the fast style of the regular season offense was always more efficient than grinding and playing the position, and the Pistons, who had just lost points, immediately handed a long pass to Thomas.
Thomas hit the front court like the wind, and the Trail Blazers players also rushed back to the defense, but Joe Dumas had already landed on the left baseline at this time, and Thomas passed a precise pass to Dumas, Dumas got up and down, and hit a 15-foot baseline jumper, 7:2.
"Fast as a whirlwind offense, I have to admit that these two teams have a lot of similarities in the offense, fast breaking, accurate wing shooting, and timely follow-up on the inside, which is simply carved out of a mold." So says the commentator for a local television station in Detroit.
He's right, in terms of offensive style, the Trail Blazers and Pistons do have a lot of similarities, especially when Drexler didn't play in this game, and the Trail Blazers started with Paxson, so there are more similarities between the two.
The two wings in the fast break quickly stretched apart, and with a strong push in the middle and inside follow-up, it was certain that the attacking routines they practiced in training must be similar.
This is also the legacy of the "offensive basketball" of the two teams in previous seasons, and the concept of fast offense and easy scoring has been deeply imprinted in the players' playing habits.
So from the first quarter, the two sides began to fight offensively, the shooting rate on both sides was extremely high, and the offensive and defensive conversion speed was also very fast.
Because of this, he and Ranbier are still safe, the physical confrontation between the two is not fierce, and Ranbier is also a confused and pure appearance, with his good face, it is really a harmless feeling of humans and animals.
The first quarter should be said to be unfazed, the Trail Blazers in the opening behind, point by point back, in the last attack before the end of the first quarter, Vanderwig threw one outside the three-point line, the ball naturally bounced out of the basket, but Gan Guoyang was quick, jumped before the point and overpowered Ranbir, and gently put the ball into the basket with his left hand!
Because this ball is a three-point long shot, so the bounce is particularly high, Gan Guoyang is full jump, after getting the ball in the air, he originally seemed to dunk the ball in, but time was not enough, so he could only touch the ball and strive to point the ball in.
The ball was scored, and the Trail Blazers overtook the score and led 35:34 to end the first quarter, but Ranbir was overwhelmed by Gan Guoyang and scored a goal, and the Prince of Darkness, who had been silent for a quarter, began to make a bad move.
Compared with bouncing, he is basically 0 in front of Gan Guoyang, a yellow person, and naturally he can't jump Gan Guoyang, but others are below, Gan Guoyang is in the air, as soon as Gan Guoyang falls down, this guy rises up and arches his back, trying to make Gan Guoyang fall directly from his back.
Gan Guoyang was pinched by his big ass in the air, and suddenly lost his balance, seeing that he was about to fall over-the-shoulder and be turned over by Ranbill, he subconsciously put his hand on Ranbill, and as a result, both of them fell to the ground at the same time.
"Beep beep beep!" The referee's hurried whistle blew, and when the two sides were about to leave the court at the end of the first quarter, the two men had a wrestling performance, and at the same time fell to the ground, not to mention, they stood up quite quickly, and immediately sprayed each other face to face.
The players on both sides also quickly pulled the two apart, although the Pistons have many bad boys, but Gan Guoyang is definitely not a good bully, the momentum of the players in the league is won by himself, Gan Guoyang as a yellow-skinned player in this black and white league can gradually flourish, most of it depends on his ball skills, and a small half depends on his ruthlessness on the court.
Unlike the average American's impression of the Chinese, Gan Guoyang is extremely fierce on the court, although his way of playing is clean and neat, and there are few dirty movements, but first, his trash talk is endless, and second, he has always had revenge, but in the way of basketball. Moreover, Gan Guoyang's strength is the best in the whole alliance, and no one is his opponent.
In many games this season, Gan Guoyang has also clashed with others, generally after a fierce quarrel and slight physical contact, Gan Guoyang will immediately slap the opponent's face with his performance on the field, if it is a player who is opposite him, Gan Guoyang will definitely blow him up.
“Go-to-the-bench,you-sun-of-bitch! Go-to-the-bench,Go-to-the-bench! Facing the Pistons bench players who came up, Gan Guoyang stood under the basket and first pushed away Ranbir, who was still approaching, and then pointed at the Pistons players and scolded them to return to the bench.
Gan Guoyang's roar is more useful than the referee's whistle, he squeezed through the crowd and returned to the bench by himself as he spoke, and the piston bench players who came up and wanted to find trouble also felt bored all of a sudden, and they didn't dare to come forward to find trouble with Gan Guoyang.
A conflict that is very likely to erupt is thus extinguished.
"Good job, don't be impulsive, focus on the game." Ramsey also praised Gan Guoyang's behavior of restraining himself and deterring his opponent at the same time.
Gan Guoyang knew that Ranbier wanted to make him angry and act impulsively, even if the two were all punished, it was still the pioneers who suffered.
Of course, the current league does not dare to ban Gan Guoyang at will.
After a hiccup, the game quickly resumed, and the two sides who were inseparable in the first quarter became more competitive in the second quarter, and it was then possible to see the changes that had taken place in the two previously offensive teams, and their defense could be quite good when necessary.
After the start of the second quarter, both sides missed consecutive shots, and the score remained at 35:34 in the first quarter.
At this time, Gan Guoyang is still standing on the court, and Ranbir's defense against him is getting tighter and tighter, and Rick Mahon is around at any time, and Gan Guoyang will definitely be caught as long as he catches the ball.
"Give me the ball!" Gan Guoyang shouted at Colter, who came on as a substitute, and he was already in a position at the waist.
Colter did not hesitate, and immediately gave the ball to Gan Guoyang, and Ma Hong also did not have a reason, and immediately came from the upper line to wrap the clip.
But Gan Guoyang reacted very quickly, Ma Hong came from the line, Gan Guoyang quickly turned from the bottom line, he used 120% of his force to squeeze the 260-pound Lambir away, grabbed the ball with one hand and slammed it towards the basket!
"Bang!"
“Take-care-of-your-asshole,Bill。 (Take care of your, Bill.) )”