Chapter 411: WHO
“Beat-PT! Beat-PT,Beat-PT! ”
Before the start of the second half of the game, the Great Western Forum arena actually sounded the shout of "Beat-PT", you must know that in the NBA, only the Lakers themselves would be treated as "Beat-LA" on the road, which is not a shame, but an honor.
Now in the Lakers' own home court, fans are beginning to express their desire to beat the Trail Blazers in the most direct way possible, which used to be the only case against the Celtics.
After all, the Lakers were all beaten by the Trail Blazers in the first two home games of this season, and the Clippers were also killed by the Trail Blazers the day before yesterday.
Therefore, even if the Lakers have led by more than 20 points in the first half, fans are still in the spirit of "eliminating evil" mentality, hoping that the Lakers will step on the end and completely suppress the Trail Blazers.
Gan Guoyang stood in the middle of the court with his waist crossed, his face expressionless, and in his ears, the tsunami-like "Beat-PT" gave people a huge sense of oppression, and in this sea of yellow, the red jersey of the Trail Blazers was like a blood stain on the golden armor, and people couldn't wait to erase it.
The second half of the game was about to start, at this time Gan Guoyang walked to Cauchy's side, stepped forward to put his arm around Cauchy's shoulder, and then said to him in his ear: "I'll grab it later, you pay attention to protect the inside line." ”
After saying that, Gan Guoyang walked away, Kexi looked at Gan Guoyang, he understood what Gan Guoyang meant, he was going to fight for his life as soon as he came up in the second half, and was ready to use a gambling defense to win people first, and strive to save the team's morale.
"The second half of the game began, 66:41, the Lakers with a 25-point lead, they served first, this is a situation that no one expected, the Trail Blazers played terrible today, they were ambushed by the Lakers, they suffered heavy losses, let's see if the Trail Blazers will turn around in the second half, the third quarter will be very important. The second half of the game is on! ”
With the Lakers sending the ball out, the Trail Blazers went into battle with a 25-point deficit in the second half, and the first half of the third quarter was indeed extremely critical, and if the Trail Blazers couldn't close the gap to within 20 points in about five minutes, then the game was basically over, and the Trail Blazers desperately needed to change.
As a point guard at around 6-foot-9, his height gives him a wide field of vision, offensive misalignment, and all-round skill, but it also contributes to Magic's high turnover rate — of course, it also has to do with his flashy and adventurous passing style.
Worthy slipped past the baseline and began to play in the low post on the left side, which is a common way for the Lakers to start the game, allowing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or Worthy to open up the situation, and preferably involve the opposing defense.
At this time, Gan Guoyang took a step sideways and stopped near the route of the Magic and Worthy, he stretched out his hand to approach his opponent AC Green, in order to show the referee that he had not given up on the defender, but on the other hand, he focused on the Magic and Worthy, such a defensive trick The referee will not blow him for illegal defense as long as he is not serious.
Just when the Magic gave up passing to Worthy, and AC Green also consciously stepped forward to block the Magician, Gan Guoyang suddenly grabbed and clamped the Magician with Drexler, the Magician was naturally not in a hurry or in a hurry, he had seen a lot of this kind of scene, as long as there would be a gap in the bag, AC Green had already turned to the inside to cut into the air.
Naturally, the Magic took a step back and didn't give Gan Guoyang and Drexler space to lock himself, and at the same time, he didn't look at Green, and the ball carrier flicked and pushed, and the ball flew straight to AC Green, a beautiful no-look-pass.
In the Lakers, the most basic standard for a player to be able to play is to be able to catch the Magic's pass, if this can't be done, there will be no chance to play in the Lakers, AC Green can certainly catch the Magic's pass, but he didn't receive this ball, because Jerome Cauchy anticipated their cooperation early and grabbed the Magic's pass one step ahead.
However, Cauchy rushed too hard in order to grab the ball and fell directly to the ground, but he reacted quickly and immediately pushed the ball out to Terry Porter, Potter took the ball and looked up, Gan Guoyang had already rushed through the half!
This ball was calculated by Gan Guoyang at all, he was betting, betting that the magician would pass the ball inside, betting that Cauchy could fight to grab the ball, betting that his teammates could take the ball down, so he gave up the backcourt, gave up the inside line to grab the front and go down quickly, and when he looked back, Potter's ball had already flown towards him and fell.
"There is no one in front of Gan to stop him, and he slams the dunk with both hands when he catches the ball! The Trail Blazers scored their first goal of the second half, a brilliant defense, a brilliant fast break. ”
If the Magic didn't pass the ball to AC, if AC received the ball, if Cauchy didn't listen to Gan Guoyang's stepped forward to steal, then this ball was a defensive error, but Gan Guoyang won the bet, this is not Meng, but based on the understanding of the Lakers' tactics, on this field, he has played 17 games, and the Lakers have played 32 times, he has no way to see through every pass of the Magic, but he always has a time to succeed.
After the goal, Gan Guoyang pointed at Cauchy and nodded to him, and Cauchy also nodded, and the two of them, as the defensive gates of the Trailblazers' inside and outside lines, seemed to be finally starting to tighten the gates.
This goal was not just a two-point goal, it greatly boosted the morale of the Trail Blazers, and then Gan Guoyang rewarded Abdul-Jabbar with a big hat on the inside, and the Trail Blazers launched a fast break again, Drexler forced a dunk across Worthy in the fast break, but was pushed down by Worthy, and the whole person flew out sideways.
"Oh my god, it was a malicious foul, and Drexler tried to dunk on Worthy's head but was pushed down...... Oh! Gan rushed up, as if to ask Worthy for an explanation! ”
Gan Guoyang stepped forward and spewed trash talk at Woxi, but Woxi naturally did not show weakness, and the two were stopped by the referee and teammates.
Worthy was whistled for a technical foul, Drexler made two free throws, and the Trail Blazers also had one offensive possession.
Riley saw bad signs on the sidelines, Worthy's shot was indeed too impulsive, although it was not pleasant to be dunked on the head, but Drexler's two free throws and two free throws had narrowed the score to 21 points, and the Trail Blazers still had the ball.
"Porter sent the sideline ball, Gan asked for the ball directly in the lower three-second zone, Porter passed, Gan received the ball and turned around, and dunked vigorously! It's too fast to turn around! ”
Riley was also loudly teaching the players to calm down on the sidelines, Porter had already made a high hanging pass to the inside, Gan Guoyang pushed Green, received the ball and turned directly to the basket, and smashed the dunk with both hands.
Simple, rough, but the slightly skinny AC Green couldn't do anything, and Abdul-Jabbar couldn't make up for it.
After being scored six points in a minute, Riley was sweating a little on his forehead, which was not what he wanted to see, and he immediately called a timeout to adjust.
“Tough! Tough! We-need-Tough! (Tough, tough, we're going to be tough!) It doesn't matter how Riley adjusts Gan Guoyang, he yelled at his teammates from the bench, and Adelman also understands that the Trail Blazers' poor performance is not their tactics, but their spirits, which are almost worn out this month, and now they have to get it back.
Riley is also asking his players to be tough because it's a tough game.
In the subsequent game, the two sides fell into a tug-of-war, the Trail Blazers did not play a super climax, the Lakers did not fall a thousand miles, the physical confrontation between the two sides was extremely fierce, and it was becoming more and more difficult to score, but at this time, the Trail Blazers, who were younger and stronger inside, began to show their advantage.
Unlike the previous games, Gan Guoyang's every offense turned into hand-to-hand combat to the inside, he didn't show his pull-up jumper, he didn't shoot three-pointers, and he didn't show left-handed shooting, he just didn't hesitate to kill inside, and the Lakers either watched him score or fouled.
The Magic can still pass good balls and rely on themselves to score consecutive points, but the Trail Blazers still bit back the score little by little, and at the end of the third quarter, the difference became 14 points, and the fourth quarter went on for 3 minutes, and the difference became 9 points, 5 minutes, 6 points, 7 minutes, 5 points, 10 minutes, and 3 points.
"With the last 20 seconds left in the game, the Lakers are still leading by 2 points, which is the most determined point chase I've ever seen, and the Trail Blazers' resilience is amazing, from a 25-point deficit to 2 points, they took 23 minutes, and now there are 20 seconds left!" Dick Stockton was also fully engaged in the game, and the competition between the two sides was too fierce.
"This should be the last timeout for the Trail Blazers, and he's going to have to take that opportunity and see who they're going to get the ball into."
"Let's see, Gan, oh my God, he's sweating like rain, he's soaking wet, he shouldn't have had a minute off in the second half, he's got 44 points, he's got an amazing shooting percentage, and Gan did his best in the second half."
At this time, Gan Guoyang stood on the court, he felt a little tired, he took the initiative to refuse Adelman's request to replace him, played the second half, and scored 30 points and 17 rebounds in the second half, which is a statistic that many people can't get in the whole game.
In a crucial attack, Adelman laid out the tactics, and he put the initiative in the hands of Potter, and Potter's choice at the crucial moment was indeed reassuring.
Gan Guoyang served outside, it seems that this ball is going to be thrown to others, Potter received the ball, was trapped, covered, broke through from the middle, had no chance, passed to Cauchy on the bottom line, Cauchy also rushed inward, or no chance! Pass out, Drexler catches the ball, jumper! Didn't enter! "The glider missed the jumper.
Lakers fans were jumping on the sidelines with little time left, but Sabonis jumped hard in the three-second zone, and he used his height advantage to overtake Green and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, take the lead in a bunch of hands, and slash hard to the right.
"Willing to be outside the three-point line! Why is he there! Bottom line three points, no one to defend! ”
Gan Guoyang stood in front of the Lakers' bench, facing Pat Riley sideways, unguarded, and made a three-point shot.
The ball was still flying in the air, but after hitting the ground, Gan Guoyang turned around and pointed to Pat Riley nearby.
“Tell-me,who-is-MVP? (Tell me, who's the MVP?) )”
At the same time, Gan Guoyang threw the ball in, three points, 127:126, and the game ended.
Gan Guoyang killed the Lakers.