Gan Guoyang didn't expect that after he was replaced for a foul, he sat on the bench until the end of the first half.

He thought that he would not be able to play in the first quarter, at least in the middle of the second quarter, but in the middle of the second quarter, Ramsey had no intention of replacing Gan Guoyang on the court.

After Gan Guoyang went off the court due to foul problems, the Trail Blazers let Mitchell Sampson play center, Kenny Carr played power forward, and the backcourt still had the three guns of Drexler, Vanderwich and Valentine.

In this way, the main tactic of the Trail Blazers is to shoot three shots in the backcourt, and Sampson and Carr on the inside are responsible for covering, picking up leaks and cutting inside, and the rhythm is extremely fast.

According to Ramsay's pre-game arrangement, it is to try to attack quickly, and if you play a position, you will focus on the double cover of the inside line and the cross running position on the outside, which is a very concise tactic.

The fast break of the Trail Blazers is almost invincible because of the presence of Drexler, who not only makes fast-break layups and dunks himself, but also has excellent passing vision and a strong ability to grab rebounds. Many times he is both the initiator and finisher of the fast attack.

The Trail Blazers scored 75 points in the first half with this very smooth rhythm and high shooting percentage, but Gan Guoyang did not contribute a single point.

However, even with such a smooth offense and such a high score at halftime, the Trail Blazers did not pull the score away, and the Kansas Kings also scored 68 points.

The Kings and the Trail Blazers are not much different in offensive tactics, they also play fast-paced and fast-breaking, but they break through more, which also causes damage to the Trail Blazers' interior line.

Their small forward Eddie Johnson and shooting guard Michael Woodson went head-to-head with the Trail Blazers' Van de Wych and Drexler, both scoring very high scores.

Gan Guoyang could only sit on the bench, from steady as Mount Tai to restless, and finally he almost wanted to jump up from the bench, grabbed Ramsey's neck and asked him to replace him.

Fortunately, Adelman saw Gan Guoyang's anxiety and kept reminding Gan Guoyang to pay attention to the situation on the court and think about how he should play if he played.

Gan Guoyang is also aware of this problem, and he has actually finished the game well on the court, and Ramsey has assigned himself the task of doing a good job of high-quality cover for his teammates, and at the same time paying attention to the protection of backcourt rebounds.

Gan Guoyang's cover is quite good, and after he is off the field, Sampson and Karl have not covered him, which Van Dewig and Valentin on the field feel the most.

On the defensive end, there is basically no pressure on Gan Guoyang on the inside, the Kings don't think about playing the inside at all, and Russell Sampson is obviously not the main point of attack for the Kings.

And the Trail Blazers' outside line is quite bad for the King's breakthrough hand, because the joint defense is not allowed, the outside players are all one step after the block, Gan Guoyang is completely exposed to the firepower of the opponent's outside players.

Gan Guoyang sat on the bench and observed for a while and found that without the help of outside teammates, the center will suffer a loss if he directly fights against the impact of outside players.

Sampson is more experienced at this point, and if the opponent rushes up from the outside, then let him go to the basket; If he doesn't rush up, he will block the opponent's route; If he doesn't rush and can't completely get rid of the defender's entanglement, he will step forward to interfere.

In any case, Sampson just doesn't easily do one-on-one aerial duels with the opponent's outside, even if you let you score, he doesn't foul casually, and he doesn't let the opponent give the ball to the inside.

If it really doesn't work, just get it back from the offensive end, you get one and I get two.

This is Ramsey's defensive strategy, grasp the big and let go of the small, attack and defend, don't give the opponent a chance to blossom in an all-round way, you have the ability to kill me with one or two people with breakthroughs and shots.

This was mentioned by Ramsey in the pre-match arrangement, but Gan Guoyang did not listen to it, and there was no special practice in training.

So far, Gan Guoyang is still accustomed to Bellman's defensive strategy, setting up card delays layer by layer, infinite rotation, and paying a little more for every inward point, basically the opposing player will lose his skin as long as he kills the inside, and finally has to face Gan Guoyang, the door god.

Gan Guoyang sat on the bench and didn't understand, why the NBA's defense doesn't seem to be as good as the NCAA?

When the buzz at the end of the first half remembered that the score was fixed at 75-68, the doubts in Gan Guoyang's heart deepened.

He has also watched NBA games, and knows that because of the existence of 24 seconds, it is very normal for the NBA to score much higher than the NCAA, but when he experienced the game as a player on the court, he felt that the NBA's defense seemed to have no system and level, or maybe the opponents they met today were too weak, and the Kings were not a team throughout the seventies and eighties.

"The first half was over, and the guy we cared about was never substituted after being substituted for two fouls in the first quarter. He grabbed 2 rebounds and 1 assist in 7 minutes, which is a poor statistic. The Trail Blazers' Vanderwich became the team's leading scorer, scoring 24 points in the first half; And the Kings' Eddie Johnson didn't have the upper hand, scoring 22 points, and the first half became an offensive battle between the two small forwards......"

"Gan, you're going to start in the second half, but be careful to control your fouls and your coverage pretty good."

In the dressing room, Ramsey summed up the team's performance in the first half, and Gan Guoyang's performance was a good stake in Ramsey's opinion.

"I'm not a stake who can only cover, and I don't quite understand, why don't we all defend? Because the other side doesn't defend either? Gan Guoyang couldn't hold back the words in his heart anymore and blurted out.

"The guy who only got two rebounds, don't be ashamed." Mitchell Sampson is still a little unhappy with Gan Guoyang, not only because Gan Guoyang robbed him of his starter, but also because Gan Guoyang, as a rookie, was never willing to carry bags and luggage for old players.

"I'm not going to see the other party rushing towards me and get out of the way immediately." Gan Guoyang thought that Sampson's inner line was rushed by the opponent, and he also sneered.

"Because I'm not stupid enough to send a foul and then be pressed to the bench and not play!" Sampson also became angry when he heard Gan Guoyang's words.

"Enough! Don't give me trouble in the first game. It's a competition, not a training period, so you'd better put your stinky temper away. Ramsey shouted loudly, Gan Guoyang has always been neither big nor small in training, Ramsay doesn't care about this, but some veteran players have a lot of complaints.

"If you send me on the court, I won't let others score like this on the inside, so that people can break through and score one by one, and I won't be fouled and punished!" Gan Guoyang did not shut up, but intensified, and being pressed on the bench in the first half made him extremely unhappy.

After saying that, he didn't wait for the other people's reaction, so he left the locker room directly and ran to the toilet, leaving his stunned teammates and coaches behind.

"Hey, Gan, don't do that, how can you mess with the veteran players in the first game?" Drexler chased him out of the locker room and comforted Gan Guoyang on the side.

"I just don't like being on the bench all the time, and that Sampson doesn't seem to like me a lot." Gan Guoyang said helplessly.

"I was like you last season, Ramsey was like that, I played really well in some games, but Ramsay put me on the bench in the next game. If it weren't for Paxson's injury now, I'd be a substitute and you'll be able to start the first game, and Ramsey already values you. ”

"Also, Sampson is a senior, I don't understand why you don't want to carry a bag for him, no matter what kind of star enters the NBA, you have to carry a bag for a senior first. I didn't have to carry my bag after playing for a while and having a pretty good performance. Drexler explained.

"I'm here to play ball, not to be a waitress. You see, I want other people to look good in the second half. I feel compelled to do something, listen to Clyde......" Gan Guoyang whispered to Drexler.

"Okay, let's do it anyway, don't get angry with your teammates anyway, it's not good for anyone."

Although Drexler is full of self-confidence and extremely demanding of himself, he has always been friendly and tolerant to his teammates, and he is a good gentleman who is lenient and strict with himself.

But Gan Guoyang is destined to be a different person from Drexler, and everyone who stands in his way to victory is an enemy, and his teammates are no exception.

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With the second half of the game fast about to start, Gan Guoyang returned to the starting line-up and stood on the pitch with four other players to fight side by side.

Of course, the audience couldn't see that the Trail Blazers players on the court had just experienced a small storm in the locker room, and they were all looking forward to the second half of the game, and the first half of the attack made them very enjoyable.

In the second half, the Kansas Kings took the lead in serving, and the Kings' positional offense did not have any good methods, mainly relying on the impact of the inside after blocking and dismantling, which worked quite well in the first half.

The Kings were the first to attack with the ball and it was shooting guard Michael Woodson.

Gan Guoyang felt familiar when he saw this black shooting guard with a round head and small eyes, and then when he looked at the name behind him, he remembered that he was the future head coach of the Eagles, Woodson.

In the first half, Woodson's performance was quite eye-catching, and his breakthrough shots were sharp, and although Drexler tried hard to defend, he was very cunning and always found a gap, no wonder he could be a coach in the future.

At the beginning of the second half, he held the ball on the outside, and then relied on the cover of the center to break through from the right side to the inside, a trick that was tried and tested in the first half, because Ramsey has always adhered to the strategy of blocking and not changing defenses.

At that time, the strong shooting and fast breakthrough ability of the outside players were relatively average, and the rapid change of direction and cross-step dribbling were still advanced techniques that a few superstars could use.

Therefore, after the outside players block and dismantle, they adopt the strategy of blocking and not changing the defense, even if they give the outside players a little space, they are less likely to shoot outside or near the three-point line.

In this way, the strategy of not changing the defense can effectively reduce the complexity of the defensive system, otherwise without an excellent sense of cooperation, two or three changes of defense will destroy the defensive formation of the side.

But this time, Gan Guoyang, who was promoted to follow the opponent's center, did not take a step back to give up space for Drexler after the opponent's blocking, but directly let go of his defensive center to defend Woodson, who broke through inward.

"Come on, come on, it's inward, don't pass it, I'm sure you can throw it in." Gan Guoyang was close to Woodson on the side, and his mouth was not idle.

Woodson didn't expect Gan Guoyang to stick up to the defense like this, and he didn't expect Gan Guoyang's close defense to be like this, he kept slipping from the right side to the bottom line, and couldn't find an opportunity to attack, so he could only pass the ball to the hands of Johnson on the outside.

Johnson got the ball without thinking, rushing straight in like a dynamite bag, and Van Dewig couldn't keep up with Johnson at all.

This time, Gan Guoyang's attention was highly focused, and he had already set his sights on Johnson.

Johnson rushed directly to the basket, but Gan Guoyang was not the only one under the basket, there was also Drexler!

At this time, the Kansas Kings made a tactical mistake, they asked the interior players in the offense to pull out as much as possible to give the outside players enough space to impact.

So their center Russell Sampson pulled to the outside, and Drexler went to make up for Sampson in the change of defense just now, and Sampson was no threat on the outside, so as soon as he saw Johnson receiving the ball, he immediately went to the inside to support Gan Guoyang.

And Vanderwich saw that he couldn't keep up with Johnson, so he simply went to fill Woodson's position, so the Kings scrapped a point and let the Trail Blazers have two people to deal with Johnson.

At this time, Gan Guoyang will not be polite to Johnson, and with the help of Drexler's top person, Gan Guoyang, who has adjusted his pace, gave Johnson a sturdy hat, which made Johnson stumble and almost fall.

It didn't end there, Valentine got the ball in the chaos and passed it to Drexler.

Drexler lowered his head and began to sprint like an airplane, and no one could stop him along the way.

Rushing to the three-second zone, with only the opposing point guard, is Drexler ready to take off?

No, instead of choosing to dunk, he threw the ball to the rebound!

It was not a glider that took off, but a bomber.

Gan Guoyang jumped high and caught the ball with both hands in the air, just like the dunk action he once taught Harold Meiner, and the whole person became a bow and arrow!

"Bang!"

“hat-a-play！ (What a performance!) Blocks, fast breaks, dunks! Gan, who didn't score a point in the first half, proved his existence in the most eye-catching way at the beginning of the second half! ”

The cheers of the fans reached a high cháo with the roar of the commentator, and it was only the first goal of the second half.

"This kid, he finally came up with something, otherwise he wouldn't be able to explain to Nike." In the stands sat Gan Guoyang's agent David Falck, who cared more about Gan Guoyang's performance on the field than anyone else, and he was the most anxious in the first half except for Gan Guoyang himself.

"Let them in, let them in!" Gan Guoyang returned to the defensive end and kept yelling, which meant that he was relieved to boldly let the opponent break through, and there was him inside.

At this point, the Kings didn't dare to break through, Johnson came inside and passed the ball outside to Woodson on the left baseline, Woodson broke through two steps inside, and passed the ball to the right outside.

A diagonal pass, the king's power forward went around the horns, got the ball, shot in the middle, and the ball went in!

The mediocre goal was two points like Gan Guoyang's exciting dunk.

"Why don't you keep up? Want to keep up? Just let this guy score? Gan Guoyang asked Sampson next to him, this guy didn't make up for it at all.

"Leave me alone and do your own thing, rookie." Sampson said with a look of disdain.

"If you can't, let me do it." Gan Guoyang hated his indifferent defensive attitude more and more.

Back in the attack, Gan Guoyang, who played with momentum, ignored Sampson's reminder and asked for the ball directly at the waist position, and Drexler, who held the ball on the outside, passed the ball to Gan Guoyang.

How could Gan Guoyang let go of such an opportunity, he was too lazy to dribble, so he turned inward directly and hooked his hand!

"Huh!" The ball was scored, and Gan Guoyang never relaxed his hook practice in training, although Ramsey always refused to give him a chance to play singles in training.

"Wow! Gan showed us his hook hand, a hook hand in one go, and the opposing center didn't even have a chance to react! ”

"These two guys are messing around again, when did I arrange an inside singles tactic for them?" Ramsay, who was sitting on the sidelines, said helplessly.

"Just score the ball, Forrest Gump has a good hook." Adelman said from the side.

"I don't expect him to be Abdul-Jabbar, he'd better get the basics right."

The offensive and defensive transitions in the NBA are amazingly fast, and Gan Guoyang has not had time to recall that goal, and he has to quickly return to the defensive end to deal with the King's interior.

The Kings' point guard had not yet formed a defensive formation after a quick half-court, and he stopped the ball at the top of the arc to observe it, and spotted Johnson beckoning from the baseline, and a horizontal pass passed the ball to Johnson.

Johnson made a long-range shot from a zero degree angle when no one was defending from the baseline, and the ball smashed into the basket and didn't score.

But the Kings' No. 33 power forward rushed to grab the rebound in the frontcourt, and Sampson had a problem with his blocking.

The No. 33 power forward wanted to make a strong layup after grabbing the ball, but before he could touch the rebound, he was covered by a big hand!

It's Gan Guoyang, because his arms are particularly long, so his back cap is quite powerful, just like Marion in later generations, always lightly on the opponent's ball, without physical contact, but destroying the ball.

Gan Guoyang took the ball out of his hand, turned around and saw that Drexler had already started!

Gan Guoyang did not hesitate, opened his bow and threw the ball to the frontcourt.

"Gan's long pass! All over the show! Drexler got the ball, there was no one, no one in front of him! Oh! Clyde Drexler, a windmill dunk! ”

At this time, Gan Guoyang, who was standing in the backcourt with his hands raised high, said to the No. 33 power forward next to him: "Hello, it's been a long time, Otis." ”