Chapter 36 Countering Violence with Violence

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Williams, whose shot was violated, stood at the free throw line, but I don't know if the slap made him a little dizzy, and the first free throw missed.

Fortunately, the second ball was safely freethrown, and the Vikings still led by seven points at 9:2.

When it was the Conqueror's turn to serve, they passed the ball across the half court with three passes and two guides, and began to attack in the half.

The Conquerors have a strange composition, with a decent average height and great physicality at every position, which leads to a blurring of their positions on the court.

The Vikings players watched the last game and found that the Conquerors did not rely on point guards when organizing offense.

Each of their players has the ability to play with the ball and attack, and while this ability is not necessarily strong, it is true that singles with the ball are their most common tactics – if singles can be called tactics.

This kind of team structure is actually very "avant-garde" and "avant-garde", because the most popular team construction idea in the 21st century is to form an all-round team of players with all kinds of functions and ambiguous positions.

However, the Conqueror's coach is obviously not a forward-looking basketball pioneer of the era, and the reason he built such a tactical system is to make up for the shortcomings of the Conqueror's outside projection and interior singles, without which a team's tactics are almost half gone.

Therefore, defensively, the conqueror adopts a violent defensive method, wandering on the edge of fouls, to attack the opponent's offensive momentum;

On offense, they use their physical fitness and personal ability to constantly single, grab rebounds, fight again, and grab again, typical of random punches to kill the master.

Sure enough, in this offense, the Conqueror's players were like assaulters resisting explosives packs, blocking and dismantling, and rushing in with a basketball.

The Vikings' single defense ability is average, except for Gan Guoyang, he also hurriedly moved sideways to the three-second zone to make up for the defense. However, this time Gan Guoyang made too much physical contact when blocking the opponent, and was whistled for a foul by the referee and sent the opponent to the free throw line.

Both free throws were scored, and the conqueror recovered two more points, 9-4.

"Peter, pass me the ball later." Gan Guoyang and Dippenbrock, who received a foul, said. He hadn't picked up the ball in attack until now, and now he decided he wanted to teach the conquerors a good lesson.

However, Gan Guoyang's failure to receive the ball in the opening game was not only due to Bellman's tactical arrangement, but also due to the Conqueror's stubborn defense.

Before the start of the game, the conqueror did a lot of homework, the most important of which was how to deal with the Viking arrowhead figure - Gan Guoyang.

They took a simple and brutal approach, but it worked – the bag. And when Gan Guoyang didn't get the ball yet, he began to wrap him. I'd rather let others play three or four than let Gan Guoyang catch the ball.

So when Gan Guoyang wanted to attack under the basket, the fat center opposite him and the opponent's small forward were like two pieces of bread, sandwiching his piece of fat in the middle to form a sandwich.

Deepenbrock made several attempts to drop the ball inside from the outside, but the opponent's defense was too tight.

For Gan Guoyang, the opponent's defense is not just tight. One of the two people who wrapped him in the back was desperately pushed up, and from time to time he used his elbow to push Gan Guoyang's waist; One was stealthily pulling Gan Guoyang's clothes with his hands in front of him, preventing Gan Guoyang from getting rid of it.

This kind of defensive behavior is bound to be judged as a foul in basketball in the 21st century, especially in the NBA, where it cannot escape the eyes of referees and cameras.

But in the 80s, it was a normal defensive method, and the referee naturally turned a blind eye to such normal defense.

Gan Guoyang saw that he couldn't get the ball in his position, so he gave up the card position, shook off the small forward that the opponent hated, and went to the high post to cover Williams.

Williams relied on Gan Guoyang's high-quality cover to get a good shot at the top of the arc, and Diepenbrock smoothly passed the ball to Williams, who received the ball, jumped, and shot.

"Bang!" Williams, who was in the most comfortable position to catch the ball and shoot, couldn't get the ball in, and the ball smashed into the neck of the basket and bounced high.

Gan Guoyang mentioned the high position, there is no way to fight for the frontcourt rebound, and Bellman does not like the players to grab the frontcourt board, but requires the shooting to retreat quickly once it does not enter.

However, the Conqueror's quick counter-attack speed was not covered, and their fat center grabbed the backcourt rebound and immediately passed the ball.

The basketball is like hitting a wall, and each conqueror's player is like a wall, and the ball comes to their hands as if it hits the wall, and it bounces out at once.

In this way, with three passes and two guides, the ball quickly passed half court and came into the hands of the Conqueror's strikers.

At this time, the Vikings had not been able to fully retreat, because no matter how fast they ran, the ball could not fly fast in the air.

Only Dippenbrock, a small point guard, was defending under the basket, and the Conquerors' forward did not hesitate to hold the ball.

Diepenbrock knows that even if he jumps on his own, he can't block his opponent, and he will get a foul. So he simply stood up straight and waited for his opponent to collide with him, so as to make an offensive foul on the opponent.

The bodies of the two collided, and Diepenbrock felt as if he had been hit by a motorcycle, and the whole person fell backwards.

This is the legendary "fake fall", which has become a big weapon for players to defend in the 80s.

"Fake fall" also requires a lot of courage, in addition to being hit hard by the opponent, but also "heavy" falling to the ground to show the referee his weak physique and the opponent's brutality and ferocity.

But when Dippenbrock was thinking about how to use his superb acting skills, he noticed that something seemed to be touching his back, and he squinted the corner of his eye, only to find a person jumping high in the air, and his leg just hit his back.

It's Gan Guoyang!

He didn't give up on this defense and went all out to get the basket back.

The presence of Diepenbrock delayed the opponent's attack, allowing Gan Guoyang to catch up, and at the moment when the opponent jumped and was ready to go to the basket, he was like a tiger, pounced on his "food" - the basketball.

The small forward of the Conqueror was blocked by Diepenbrock, and his jump was insufficient and his shot was not high enough, but as soon as the ball came out of his own hand, he was firmly held down by another flying big hand.

"Smack!" With a crisp slap of the ball, the basketball was fanned far away and went straight to the Conqueror's bench.

And the three people under the basket, one was hit and rubbed, one was stopped and covered, and one flew too high and there were people below, but they all lost their balance, twisted together like twisted flowers, and all fell to the ground.

But there were enthusiastic cheers in the audience, and they were all fascinated by Gan Guoyang's wonderful chasing hat.

After the first match the day before yesterday, many San Jose fans automatically became Viking supporters.

Although the basket was turned on their backs, the three of them relied on the pull of their teammates to get up from the ground with difficulty. However, the referee did not blow the whistle because, although everyone fell, no one fouled before the ball flew out.

Whether it is Dippenbrock's block or Gan Guoyang's flying cap, they are all good balls.

The ball also greatly boosted the morale of the Vikings, and someone on the bench already started waving towels.

The Conquerors continued to attack after serving from the baseline, but when the Vikings landed and fought with the Conquerors to defend one by one, the Conquerors felt a little lacking in skills.

The Vikings, who had used a man-to-man defense in the opening game, switched back to their familiar two-to-three defense at this time, and shrank even more.

The Conquerors, who have no outside projection ability, can only guide the ball around on the outside, in a hurry, and can't find an offensive breakthrough.

Eventually, their fat center was lifted to the top of the arc to cover for the outside ball carrier. I saw that the fat center was like a bulldozer, pushing the two Viking defenders on the line away, creating breakthrough opportunities for the ball carriers.

The Conqueror's perimeter ball carrier, seeing his team's big tractor coming to help, decisively drilled through the gap squeezed open by the fat center into the three-second zone.

He broke through with his right hand as he raised his left elbow and savagely lunged in.

However, the double bag on the line is only the first line of defense for the Vikings, how can Gan Guoyang, who is sitting on the inside, let his opponent be presumptuous in his back garden.

Because the outside projection of the conqueror is not good, Gan Guoyang squatted on the inside with peace of mind in this game, and did not have to go out to sweep around.

In the face of an opponent who finally broke in, he naturally had to entertain well.

"Bang!" A sturdy block knocked the Conquerors to the ground as they tried to force a layup. Gan Guoyang didn't wait for the other players on the other side to react, grabbed the ball and won the ball.

"It's a fucking no-fly zone!" Gan Guoyang coldly threw down a sentence and took a step away, only giving the opponent who fell to the ground a tall back.

The Conquerors gradually discovered that the Vikings were not afraid to make physical contact with them, both offensively and defensively, even though they were a little less physically than the Conquerors.

And the main reason is that Gan Guoyang played a leading role, daring to confront the conqueror team head-on, and was not afraid of the opponent's strong physical confrontation.

As the first half drew to a close, the Vikings still led the Conquerors by 11 points at 36:25. The Conqueror's main equalization method comes from the second scoring of frontcourt rebounds, which is typical of the national grabbing frontcourt rebounds.

Instead, the Vikings, as always, gave up on the rush to rebound in the frontcourt and instead stepped back quickly. At the same time, pay attention to protect the backcourt rebounds, once you get the backcourt rebounds, you will have the opportunity to launch a fast break. So the Vikings scored mainly from the fast break.

In terms of personal data, Gan Guoyang received special treatment, either double or even multi-person wrapping, or directly fouled him when he was shooting, and pulled him down forcefully.

Gan Guoyang could only rely on free throws to score 6 points, and did not score in athletic battles.

But he grabbed 16 rebounds, dished out five blocks and dished out five assists, and that's just 17 minutes of the half.

"If I focus on defense, the Defensive Player of the Year will be mine." This is what Gan Guoyang often said in the future.

Now, the Conquerors called a timeout, and they wanted to get the score close before the end of the first half, preferably within 10 points, so that they had a better chance of turning the tables around in the second half.

Bellman, on the other hand, naturally told his players to be careful of the Conqueror's comeback in the last two minutes, and not to let up as the first half drew to a close.

"Tighten your defenses! Don't spread like a girl's thighs! They're all barbarians who can't shoot basketballs, kill them with your tight formation! "Playing against a rude and brutal opponent, Bellman's words have become even more brutal and rude.

After laying out the tactics for two minutes, the game will continue. Bellman grabbed Gan Guoyang alone and said to him: "Gan, try to increase your shots, score 6 points at halftime, is this fucking you?" ”

Six points at halftime should be Gan Guoyang's lowest record since he played the official game - of course, the first half is not over yet.

Gan Guoyang threw off the towel draped over his shoulders, glanced at Bellman and said, "Two minutes is enough, enough for me to destroy them!" ”

At the end of the timeout, players from both sides returned to the game on the court, and the conquerors served to attack.

For 18 minutes of the first half, the Conquerors faced the Vikings' shrinking defense because their outside shooting was so poor. But because of this, they are very smooth on the outside and have almost no mistakes.

Now, in the last three minutes, in the face of the Vikings' further shrinking defensive formation, the Conqueror's outside players unhurriedly passed the ball on the outside to find a flaw in the Vikings, and tried to score a goal to narrow the gap to within 10 points.

But because of this, they didn't expect that Gan Guoyang, who had been dormant in the three-second zone, would suddenly pounce out and oppress the conqueror's outer conduction route!

For the first time in this game, the players of the Conquerors felt Gan Guoyang's strong half-court defensive pressing ability, and when they were caught off guard, they naturally made a mistake, and the ball was intercepted by Gan Guoyang in the air.

But Gan Guoyang did not pass the ball to his teammates to launch and complete the fast attack as before, but after getting the ball, he started to dribble from his own half and rushed towards the conqueror's basket!

The players of the Conquerors team did not expect that the opponent's center would dribble all the way to the front court from the backcourt, and it was not until Gan Guoyang passed the center circle that someone stepped forward to break Gan Guoyang's ball.

But Gan Guoyang's "street basketball practice" was not practiced in vain, he used these players who stepped forward to break the ball as fire hydrants and telephone poles on the street, and bypassed them one by one.

Gan Guoyang's outstanding dribbling skills attracted the admiration of the audience, and even Bellman shook his head and said, "This guy always fucking surprises." ”

When Gan Guoyang rushed to the basket with the ball, he was already like a heavy truck with failed brakes, and there was nothing to stop him.

The two players of the Conquerors, who tried to pull Gan Guoyang down by foul means, were taken up by Gan Guoyang, who jumped with all his might, and he flew into the air with two people hanging from him, twisting his body in the air, and throwing the ball crookedly.

"Beep!" The referee's whistle blew and the Conquistador's player had clearly committed a foul. But the attention of everyone on the court, including the spectators, was focused on the ball that was thrown.

I saw it go around the basket a few times, and finally it fell into the net.

The sound of basketball "swishing" into the basket brought instant cheers on the court! The center steals a dragon in the backcourt, jumps with two opposing players, and causes a foul and a penalty!

If the high school games of this era were televised, this ball would definitely be among the top 10 balls in this tournament.

The Vikings also came up to high-five Gan Guoyang in celebration, and as for Bellman, he couldn't say anything except shake his head.

Gan Guoyang stood on the free throw line and steadily scored the ball, and the score came to 39:25, and the Vikings extended the margin to 14 points.

The blow to the morale of the conquerors was clearly significant, and when they re-entered the attack, there was a noticeable lack of focus and energy.

They were helpless in the face of the Vikings' defense, so they wanted to rely on passing the ball to delay time, at least to drag out the first half of the game.

But Gan Guoyang will not give the Conquerors a chance to drag, he actively sweeps and blocks on the perimeter, forcing the Conqueror's outside players to move the ball quickly.

They made another mistake and Dippenbrock cut the ball off!

This time, Gan Guoyang is no longer a defender, but a striker! He stretched out his long legs like an ostrich on the African savannah, and his hands were raised like the wings of an ostrich.

Dippenbrock was like a fast gunner, the ball just arrived, and immediately made a long pass, and the ball went straight to Gan Guoyang like a bullet. Diepenbrock didn't even pause to observe, because he and Gan Guoyang had worked together seamlessly.

When Gan received the ball, he was already in the three-second zone, and one of the Conqueror's players followed him.

Gan Guoyang deliberately slowed down his pace, waiting for the defenders to catch up with him.

Just when he felt that the opponent was jumping and wanted to block, he also jumped at the same time to make a layup.

Gan Guoyang collided with his opponent in the air, and this is when his crazy waist and abdomen practice before the tournament came into play. He made a noticeable stay and dodge in the air, adjusting his posture in the air.

Even if the opponent wants to pull him down in the air, he can't stop Gan Guoyang from scoring the ball!

"Beep!" The referee's whistle was remembered again, but this time no one was paying attention to the basketball anymore because it had already been sent to the basket.

Gan Guoyang's second fast attack 2 plus 1!

The whistle was accompanied by another wave of earth-shattering cheers, and the temperature of the entire stadium seemed to rise with the screams and applause of the audience, and the stadium was boiling!

Everyone's attention was focused on Gan Guoyang, and no one noticed that the Conqueror's coach was already sitting on the coach's seat with his forehead pressed and his eyes closed.

Gan Guoyang hit another free throw, and in just one minute, he scored 6 points in a row, instantly widening the score gap between the two sides to 17 points!

The violent foul of the conqueror team not only did not stop Gan Guoyang's footsteps, but was beaten by the more ferocious Gan Guoyang "lost his wife and broke his soldiers", both fouling and losing points.

Gan Guoyang, who finished the free throw, ran back to the halfcourt, looked at Bellman who was standing on the sidelines, and made an "OK" gesture to him.

When Bellman saw this, he no longer continued to stand, but returned to the coach's seat and sat down with a long sigh of relief. I thought to myself, "It's-all-over!" ”