Palo Alto High School on Sundays is always buzzing. Although the school is closed, there are still many students who come to the school, either to participate in club activities, to run and play ball on the sports field, or to chat and read books on the grass. There are always people on the campus who are walking in pairs and threes, taking a leisurely walk and enjoying the beautiful California sunshine.

However, when Gan Guohui hurried back to Palo Alto High School from San Francisco today, he found that the campus was quiet and terrifying, and there was no sign in the place where many people used to gather.

Recently, Gan Guohui feels that he is so busy that he can't even take care of eating, because he has to apply for university, although his credits have been completed, some practical indicators are not enough, and his resume is not beautiful enough, so he is looking for every opportunity to add points to himself.

Today, Sunday, he was going to see his big cousin play, but his mother, who was far away, called him and said that he had arranged practice at a community social workstation in San Francisco to make him go three times a week. Today is the first day.

There was no way, he had to hurry to San Francisco early in the morning, and he didn't even return home, and after finishing his work, he took this car back to Palo Alto, watching the game.

"Fuc-k, why is it so quiet in the school? It's not even five o'clock, and it's not time to eat? After Gan Guohui walked into the school, he felt unaccustomed to the emptiness of the school, and always felt like he was dreaming.

But he still walked briskly in the direction of the gymnasium, and for Gan, the most important thing for him during this time was not applying to college, but his eldest cousin's basketball game and Sony's newly released game console.

Some time ago, Sony's new game console PlayStation was released, and he bought one without telling his father that he used the pocket money he earned from his part-time job to buy one, and a big wish was fulfilled. Now, he is most concerned about Gan Guoyang's game.

When he gradually walked into the gymnasium of Palo Alto High School and saw the Viking pirate ship painted on the top of the arena, a loud cheer seemed to tear off the roof of the gymnasium, and the fat man was so startled that he almost fell down.

"So loud? Big cousin dunked again? When Gan Guohui thought that every time Gan Guoyang dunked in a home game, he shouted more than anyone else, and he felt that his eldest cousin must have some wonderful performance.

"Go and see! I don't know if that guy Chen Xing has left a place for me! Gan Guohui couldn't bear his impatience, three steps and two steps, trotting all the way to the gymnasium.

When Gan Guohui entered the gymnasium, he found that Chen Xing had left a place for him, and it was estimated that even Chen Xing himself could not find a place. Because the entire gymnasium can no longer find a foothold except for the middle competition field and the erection wall. Even the aisles of the auditorium were crowded with people.

Gan Guohui was anxiously outside the crowd, although he was tall, no matter how tall he was, he couldn't help but be blocked by a bunch of people in front of him. So he had to take advantage of his weight and began to squeeze in with his head down.

When Gan Guohui squeezed to the front desperately and was finally able to poke his head out to see the situation on the field, an unusually strong sense of tension and oppression came to his face.

At this point, the score on the court had come to 57:59, and the Vikings were two points behind! The Vikings in green jerseys are defending with all their might!

Gan Guohui didn't know what had happened in the previous game, but the feeling of tension and pressure let him know that the game must be extremely intense.

In fact, the competition was not just fierce, but bitter.

At the beginning of the second half, after the Vikings scored 8 points in a row and forced the Hawks to take a timeout, Bellman changed his defensive tactics again and decided to strangle the Hawks at all costs!

In the case of the overall strength of the team and the lack of talent of the players, fighting for their lives on defense is the most helpless but also the most effective choice.

Bellman has seen that the Hawks have not been a particularly strong team in the past, and the reason why they have won consecutive games this year is because they have the No. 20 rookie Payton, just like the Vikings have Gan Guoyang.

Then strangling Payton would strangle half of the Hawks' offense, so Bellman made a bold decision to let Gan Guoyang defend Payton! At the same time, replace the small forward, replace the big forward Virgin, and play the three inside!

This kind of defensive tactic can be said to greatly surprise the opponent, the audience, and even the Vikings' own players, and let the No. 5 center defend the opponent's No. 1 point guard? Doesn't that make the bear run after the mouse?

However, Bellman knows that Gan Guoyang is different from the average center, such as Stanley's. His lateral speed, reaction rate, and judgment ability have far surpassed the average high school interior player, reaching the guard level. This is also the reason why Gan Guoyang can not only oppress the outside line, but also return to protect the inside line in time.

But this time, the engine of the Eagles' outside line was really troublesome, so Bellman decided to let Gan Guoyang give up the inside protection, focus on the outside defense, and lock Payton!

So when the timeout returned to the court, the Hawks attacked from Payton, and found that it was Gan Guoyang standing in front of Payton, and everyone was surprised, including Payton.

And what surprised everyone even more was that Peyton was helpless in the face of Gan Guoyang, a big spider.

Payton himself is not particularly fast, and he is not known for his speed when he becomes famous in the future. Rather, he made a name for himself with his average point guard No. 1 build, excellent rhythm control, good back feeling, and a gushing mouth.

But now Peyton is only in the ninth grade, his height is only 6-foot-2, his rhythm control is not yet perfect, his back has not been practiced, and even his trash talk has lost its effect, because he is facing Gan Guoyang.

No one thought that Gan Guoyang would not only be able to keep up with Payton in terms of speed, but also Peyton's rhythm changes, and his footsteps and movements were completely recognized by Gan Guoyang, as if his frequency code was cracked, Gan Guoyang could always stick to Peyton inch by inch.

In this case, let alone organizing the attack, whether or not you can pass the ball is a problem.

The rest of the Vikings defended a zone defense, so that the entire Vikings made a 1-4 joint defense, which was to strangle Payton.

Gan Guoyang did it, the Hawks' offense was completely disrupted, and Payton went from being an offensive engine in the first half to a porter who dribbled the ball over half court in the second half.

Without Payton's threading of the Hawks, the offense immediately dropped a notch, and they could only rely on the individual ability of other players and some small cooperation to play piecemeal.

At the same time, Bellman also sent Virgins, a big forward, to make up for the inside void caused by Gan Guoyang pulling to the outside, and to protect the backcourt rebounds and not give the Hawks a second chance to attack.

However, there are two disadvantages of this style of play, one is Gan Guoyang's physical strength, he is a 6-foot-9 center who pulls to the outside to defend Payton at all times, which is a very physically exhausting general manager.

The second is the offensive problem, because Virgin came on the court to replace the small forward, so that the Vikings formed a strange formation of three inside and two outside. The Vikings' outside firepower and breakthrough impact have been greatly affected, and the offense of the whole team has lost its three-dimensionality.

There is only one person they rely on in attack, and that is Gan Guoyang.

Therefore, Gan Guoyang did the work of three people by himself, being a point guard in defense and a small forward and center in offense.

In the second half, in addition to a few defensive counterattacks, the Vikings' offense had only one offensive routine - that is, to give the ball to Gan Guoyang alone. All the other players focused on defensive hand-to-hand combat and competing for offensive rebounds, and the task of shooting was all thrown to Gan Guoyang.

This can be said to be the ultimate in using star players, and it can even be said to squeeze players. In Gan's later memories, only Kevin Garnett, the Timberwolves' power forward in the 2004 Western Conference Finals, has done something even more terrifying than him, because Garnett played all five positions in a game.

But Gan Guoyang loves this feeling of resisting the team, and he has never forgotten his promise to "die as a center forward".

Just when Gan Guohui arrived at the school, Gan Guoyang faced the three Hawks inside, threw himself and grabbed himself, shook off the two defenders, and hit the ball into the basket with the third person, and also caused the opponent's foul, added a penalty, and scored three points!

It was this goal that made the audience boil, made the Vikings' bench excited, made the gymnasium seem to be about to be knocked off, and made Gan Guohui almost fall.

After the penalty was added, the score was chased to 58:59, and the Vikings were only one point away! So far in the second half, the Hawks have scored just 12 points, while the Vikings have scored 25! Among them, Gan Guoyang contributed 18 points, and the score of the whole game has reached 37 points, close to two-thirds of the team!

"This guy is such a fucking genius, I don't think I'll ever meet such a genius again in my life!" Bellman, who was standing nervously pacing around on the sidelines, looked at Gan Guoyang's performance and sighed again.

With less than two minutes left before the end of the game, the two teams scored just 37 points in the first 18 minutes of the second half, less than the Hawks' 47 points in the first half. And judging from the current trend, it must not be surpassed.

This shows how fierce the fight between the two teams was in the second half and how low the shooting rate was, but the Vikings made the Eagles have a lower shooting percentage.

Just when Gan Guohui poked his head out of the crowd and saw the situation on the court, Gan Guoyang had already relied on his height and footstep advantage, and with the cooperation of Dippenbrock, he forced Payton to the dead corner of the midfield line.

The two corners of the midfield line and the two corners of the baseline are minefields for attackers with the ball, and once they are forced in, they will either make a mistake or make a random pass, and the team's attack will be disrupted nine times out of ten.

"Hey, work harder, push harder and break through my defense. What's wrong with you, little rat shit, come on, we're almost catching up with you guys kicking your ass. Gan Guoyang was persecuting Peyton, but his mouth was not idle.

At this time, Peyton had no intention to spray with Gan Guoyang, he had been forced into a corner, and there was no way to retreat, he had to use a high throw pass to pass the ball to his teammates who came to answer.

However, Gan's tall stature and ape-like reach affected his vision and passing path, and Payton had to throw the ball high to get over Gan's Five Fingers.

In this way, the passing path of the ball becomes curved and slow, and before the Eagles' receiver can get the ball, a black shadow comes out of the spur, struggling to jump up in the air to fight for this ball, it is Williams!

Although Williams is not tall, he has a strong ability to jump continuously, and he has the advantage from behind, so after two scrambles on the jump, Williams grabbed the ball. A very crucial steal!

Everyone in the stadium stood up, and everyone shouted, "COME-ON!" ”“GOME-ON！” “GO！”

Williams ran to the opponent's basket like a wild horse with the ball on the loose, and it could well have been the equalizer!

But at this moment, the Hawks weren't going to let the Vikings score on the fast break anymore, and all the Hawks players quickly returned to the defense, coming to the basket before Williams entered the three-second zone.

After all, Williams is only a defender and not a striker, and his height, strength and speed are not enough, and when he saw that the opponent had returned to the defensive position, he slowed down, protected the ball in his hand, and prepared to organize a positional attack - although the Vikings' positional attack at this time was to hand the ball to Gan Guoyang alone.

At this time, Gan Guoyang had already followed the Eagles' defenders, but he did not enter the inside line, but stopped at 45 degrees on the right flank.

It was a big gap because the entire Eagles' defensive center of gravity was shrunk to the inside, with only a few obstructions at the top of the arc, and the 45-degree corner was completely empty. But the Vikings didn't focus on the inefficient long-range shooting on the outside, and Gan Guoyang's inside singles were their only reliance.

But now, Gan Guoyang stopped here, and opened his hands to catch the ball.

Williams didn't think much of it, and now the other Viking players have formed the inertia of passing the ball to Gan Guoyang whenever he asks for it, whether Gan Guoyang is inside or 20 feet from the basket.

Gan Guoyang received the ball without any interference, because no one thought he would shoot directly here, everyone thought he was just here to help Williams make a transition, and then continue to enter the interior to attack.

But many people forget that Gan Guoyang made a long-range shot in the first half, and mocked Payton for it.

There is one person who has not forgotten, that is Diepenbrock, he knows that every day Gan Guoyang stays, and one of the contents of the training ground is that he must shoot 100 long shots, otherwise he will not end the training.

"Gan! Shot! Dippenbrock shouted, he knew that this was the time for Gan Guoyang's sweat to pay off.

Gan Guoyang did not hesitate, he gently bent his knees, raised his arms, bent his elbows, aimed, and shot!

The entire stadium was stationary, except for the basketball in the air, flying along a sleek and supple curve that swirled toward the Eagles' basket.

"Whew!!" This is the most beautiful sound of the Palo Alto Stadium and the detonation of the sound bomb of the Palo Alto Stadium*.

Ball in!

Overtake!

Crazy!

Gan Guoyang raised his arms high, like a king, enjoying the cheers from his subjects, enjoying the rain and the flying white doves. All the Viking players wanted to rush up and hug Gan Guoyang and hug this king-like man.

But at this time, there is another person who is sober, and that is coach Bellman.

"Fuck me back! Back to defense! The game isn't over! Back to defend, back to defend! Bellman roared loudly, the goal was only a point ahead, and now there was less than a minute left before the end of the game, enough time for the two sides to play back and forth!

After the equalizer, the Eagles did not call a timeout, but seized the moment when the opponent was immersed in the joy of the score overtake, and quickly served from the backcourt. After Payton received the ball, he ignored the three-seven-twenty-one and rushed straight to the opponent's half, to hit the Vikings to chase him.

Before Gan Guoyang could react from the joy of scoring a super goal, he found that a black shadow had already crossed him with the ball and ran to his own basket! And Bellman's roar also reminded him that the game is not over yet!

"Don't let the victory slip through your hands!"

Gan Guoyang was the first to react among all the Viking players, like a starting train, striding towards Payton in front of him.

Peyton clearly sensed that someone was chasing after him. Although he was poorly defended in the second half, he only relied on free throws and a shot to score 5 points and no assists. But he's a future superstar, and he's unusually calm at this point.

He knew that he was not fast, and he would definitely be chased with the ball in his hand, and he might have to take a risk at that time. If you stop protecting the ball and reorganize the half-court attack, it will be a waste of such a good opportunity for a fast break.

So Payton made a bold opportunity where he suddenly slowed down, but instead of changing direction, he continued to charge towards the basket.

In this way, when Payton entered the three-second zone, Gan Guoyang had already caught up.

But Payton did not choose to go to the basket, but suddenly stopped when he got close to the basket, protected the ball with both hands, and waited for Gan Guoyang to pounce. Obviously, he wants to rely on feints to cheat Gan Guoyang's foul, and if he can score, then score three points, not only to regain the lead, but also to lead by 2 points.

If you can't score, then there are two more free throws, and only one free throw can be scored to equalize the score and you can go back to the same running line.

It's a pity that although Gan Guoyang doesn't have a lot of experience in playing games, he may have more experience in watching games than anyone present, because there are various online live broadcasts in later generations.

When he saw Payton suddenly slow down, he had already guessed that this cunning guy was trying to cheat a foul so that he could be invincible.

Therefore, when Gan Guoyang saw Payton raise his hand to make a feint and pretend to shoot under the basket, he didn't jump at all, but pounced on the whole person and covered Peyton!

Payton made three shooting feints in a row, but none of them deceived Gan Guoyang. Gan Guoyang is like a big spider to seal Peyton, never jump casually, never reach out and dig it indiscriminately.

"Beep!" At this time, the whistle sounded, and the referee stretched out three fingers, and then pointed at Payton, attacking for three seconds!

Payton stayed in the three-second zone for too long and was whistled for a foul by the referee, causing the Hawks to make a turnover. At the same time, the Vikings also had to make free throws.

The hearts of the audience were once again relaxed, and this wave of twists and turns really frightened people.

When Gan Guoyang stood on the free throw line, the Eagles players felt that it should be difficult to turn the game around. Only Payton was still chattering on the sidelines, trying to influence Gan Guoyang's free throws.

And Gan Guoyang did not hesitate, and quickly threw this free throw, and before the ball flew to the basket, he turned around and left the free throw area and ran to his own backcourt.

At the same time, he said to Peyton, who had been chirping and cursing him crookedly behind him, "Fucking wish you a great day trip to Palo Alto." ”

"Brush!" As soon as Gan Guoyang's voice fell, the ball hollowed into the net.

Payton knew the game was over.