Chapter 165: Unexpected attrition

(I just found out that 4,000 words per chapter is really the most effective word count, more than 3,000, less than 5,000, and less than 10,000 for writing two chapters...... 3000 in the next chapter, save me to make up 4000 words. At the same time, it also means that you can add more and bring the pace faster. From next month, I'll see if I can do more. )

"A tough dunk! Gan was like a little buffalo, pushing all the opponents out of the way and snatching the ball. His broad shoulders resemble the horns of a buffalo, which undoubtedly creates good conditions for his confrontation under the basket. ”

Gan Guoyang's body shape is indeed the best model for playing basketball, he has long limbs, broad shoulders and thick back, and can always squeeze out space with the collision of his body in confrontation, so as to make up for his lack of height.

And Gan Guoyang's dunk finally allowed the Trail Blazers to sweep away the decline since the beginning of the first quarter and re-boosted the morale of the entire team.

"I think the Lakers are having some trouble, and the Trail Blazers are starting to find their game feel, and we can feel that the Trail Blazers are getting more and more determined to execute their game."

The Trail Blazers have always stuck to their tactical routine, although the initial effect was not good, they were not able to completely lock up the Lakers' offense, but the Trail Blazers first stabilized their position.

They're no longer beaten to the basket by blue-collar players like Rambis, as they did at the start of the first quarter, and the Lakers will have to use 12 points if they want to score.

Just make it harder for the Lakers' offense and keep their shooting percentage down, even if it's just 5 percentage points, that means the Trail Blazers can have one more offensive opportunity and lose two points every few rounds.

If you increase the success rate of the offense, it will be four points inside and out.

Although the game of basketball is not a math problem, the score will fluctuate and change as the game goes, and the score is the most honest, and it will not give you more points because you dunk, nor will it give you less points because you make free throws.

Therefore, the Trail Blazers, who stood their ground and stabilized the lower game, finally withstood the heavy punch of the Lakers and were able to start an effective counterattack.

In the second half of the second quarter, the two sides entered a staggered phase, and the difference between the two sides kept changing back and forth between 4 and 2 points.

Gan Guoyang still didn't exert his strength on the offensive end, because the Trail Blazers' outside state was actually quite good in the first half, especially Paxson, who was quite eye-catching on both offensive and defensive ends.

On the offensive end, he didn't shoot well today, but he changed his strategy decisively and began to increase his break-through and close-range attacks.

Paxson's breakthrough speed is certainly not fast, but his passing is very threatening, and once he cuts to the basket, it will cause a lot of problems for the Lakers' defense.

On the defensive end, he defended Magic Johnson today, and in the second half of the first quarter and the second quarter, Johnson's performance was not as exciting as at the beginning, of course, mainly because it was not yet Johnson's strength, and Paxson's active marking also contributed to it.

With 55 seconds left in the first half, Ramsey called a short timeout to set up the final few offensive and defensive sets.

Ramsey didn't want the Trail Blazers to go into the second half with a trailing score, and they trailed the Lakers by four points at 56-60, and almost all of the games the Trail Blazers lost in the first half.

This illustrates the fact that the Trail Blazers are rarely overturned, and there have been no examples of them being overturned with a big lead this season.

The reason is that the Trail Blazers' offense is very good, balanced inside and outside, fast and slow, so once the score is ahead and smoother, as long as they don't encounter a team with strong defense, or their own hands are too poor, the Trail Blazers can maintain the lead to the midfield.

At present, several of the most defensive teams in the league are in the East, such as the Bucks, and the Trail Blazers were directly cut down by their opponents, which is also a big test for the Trail Blazers who are about to face more Eastern teams.

On the other hand, the Trail Blazers rarely turn the tables to win games, and once they fall behind too much at halftime, the Trail Blazers basically lose the game.

This is because the Trailblazers' defense is too general, in the case of a big score behind, the key is to defend, the defense must be able to increase the intensity, so that the opponent can not score consecutive goals, and at the same time their own team can quickly score points, otherwise you come and go, the more you drag to the back, the more difficult it is to chase.

Therefore, Ramsey must seize the last bit of time in the second quarter to try to smooth out the difference and not enter the second half with a trail, which is also a psychological pressure for the Trail Blazers players, because everyone knows that they have a high probability of losing at halftime.

"Paxson, Sampson, KiKi, you form a triangle on the strong side on the left, Sampson you're in the low post, Paxson is in the bottom corner, Sampson is in the right low post, Colt is at the top of the arc. Sampson: After you get the ball in the low post, Paxson slides to the baseline, with the help of Gan and Sampson's cover, runs to the baseline to attract the defense, and you can choose to roll and cut into the basket, or you can choose to move outside to 45 degrees. If Paxson has a chance to shoot, Sampson you need to move the ball in time, remember to add to Paxson's position, and if possible, you can also choose to slip the baseline or just choose to shoot on the weak side. Gan, grab the rebound. Ramsey used a very fast speed to arrange a common tactic for the Trail Blazers, transferring the ball on the strong and weak sides, looking for offensive opportunities by pulling the opponent's defense, and if not, the interior can also choose to play alone, a very flexible tactical arrangement.

Gan Guoyang stood next to Ramsey and listened carefully to the coach's arrangement, just waiting for his name to appear, while preparing to remember his duties.

As a result, Ramsey said at the end, and only then did he add a sentence of "Gan, grab the rebound", and Gan Guoyang almost sprayed a mouthful of Gatorade on Ramsey's head.

But Gan Guoyang naturally has to obey the coach's arrangement, of course he wants to have a tactical position like Sampson, and in fact, now Ramsey often asks Gan Guoyang to be the tactical axis, but when it comes to the critical moment, Ramsay still trusts the experienced Sampson more.

"After the timeout, the two sides are back on the court, there are 55 seconds left in the first half, each side has one more offense, the Trail Blazers should have one more offensive chance, let's look at that ball. Gan Guoyang sends a sideline ball...... Van Dewy, passed to Paxson, who hoisted to Sampson, who singled in the low post...... Pass the ball! Colt breaks through with the ball! The ball was given to Van Dewy, and Van Dewic shot! The ball didn't go in! ”

The Trail Blazers' tactics were fine, but Vanderwicki's baseline shot missed.

After Sampson held the ball in the low post, he found that the Lakers were managing Paxson to death, and Rambis had chased him outside the three-second zone to surround Paxson, so the other side had no chance at all.

So he pretended to attack, but gave the ball to Colt who cut in, and Colter also rushed in to make the Lakers defense shrink, and then passed the ball to Van Dewecki on the bottom line, Van Devic shot, but the ball did not score.

Gan Guoyang's main job in this attack was to serve a ball, and then he stood at the top of the arc and didn't know what to do.

Then seeing that Vanderwich missed the shot, he couldn't rush in to grab the rebound, and the ball was too far away from him.

Gan Guoyang had to quickly return to the defense, but as soon as his butt turned around, Paxson broke the ball in the front court!

Abdul-Jabbar saw that there was no chance of a fast break after grabbing the backcourt rebound, so he wanted to stabilize and play a good game, but he was sneaked by Paxson behind him, and the ball was taken out of the opponent's hand.

Once the ball fell to the ground, it was the world of the little man, and Paxson fell to the ground and held the ball in his arms, and the Lakers players around him rushed over to grab the ball and wanted to cause a scrum.

Gan Guoyang really reacted very quickly, and when money fell on the street one day, Gan Guoyang must have picked up the fastest and the most.

He immediately turned around and rushed to the basket, and Paxson saw Gan Guoyang rushing over and threw the ball at Gan Guoyang before the Lakers players could besiege him.

The ball passed very low, but Gan Guoyang only bent down and grabbed the ball with one hand.

There was only one man standing in front of him, Rambis!

Rambis wanted to block the muzzle of the gun with a fearless spirit and pull Gan Guoyang down directly, but Gan Guoyang didn't give him a chance to sacrifice himself heroically at all, from catching the ball to jumping, he did it in one go, and directly picked up his arm and smashed the ball into the basket!

"Beep!" The referee's whistle sounded, and Rambis didn't expect Gan Guoyang to be so fast, it was too late to stop, and Gan Guoyang made a 21.

"Don't-touch-me~" Gan Guoyang said lightly to Rambis after landing on the ground, with a profound and majestic look.

And the Trail Blazers' bench has already exploded, Gan Guoyang's dunk can't help but be wonderful, if the free throw scores, it can narrow the difference between the two sides to 1 point.

"Relax, relax, relax~" Gan Guoyang stood on the free throw line and muttered for a while with the ball.

When the score is close like this, the pressure to stand at the free throw line is still relatively high, especially with Jack Nicholson yelling in the back.

After a few seconds of grinding, Gan Guoyang still carefully threw the ball to the basket.

"Phew!" The ball hit the neck of the basket and didn't go in.

“Just-like-you,**! (Just like you,!) Jack Nicholson didn't forget to shout from his bench that he had found an opportunity to spray Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang obviously focused too much on the free throws, resulting in insufficient muscle relaxation, and the arc of the ball thrown out was obviously too flat.

Hearing Nicholson's words, Gan Guoyang really wanted to rush up and remove all the hair on his head, so that he could only play a monk in the future.

But after the Lakers got the ball, they had already launched a fast attack, and Gan Guoyang rushed back to the backcourt to defend.

The engine of the Lakers' fast break is naturally Magic, but Magic is not the only initiator, everyone else actually has very good passing and finishing ability.

For example, Abdul-Jabbar, after winning the rebound, the long pass across the court is one of his stunts, which is no worse than Gan Guoyang's, and he is more outstanding in timing selection.

In the frontcourt, Cooper received this long pass and dribbled straight to the basket!

Paxson has been defending Cooper, and the two jumped at the same time under the basket, with Cooper being noticeably faster and jumping higher.

But Paxson was stronger, and the two collided in the air.

"Beep!" The referee's whistle blew again, and both fell to the ground.

Paxson fouls and Cooper will step to the free throw line.

However, Cooper got back to his feet, but Paxson seemed to have something wrong, clutching his calves with a painful look on his face.

Paxson has been suffering from a calf injury, which has caused his performance to fluctuate in the game.

And in this game, he actually played very well, but there was an accident near the end of the first half.

"Oh, Paxson, his left calf, it must have twisted when it landed, and he went back to the locker room early with the help of the team doctor, hoping he was okay."

Ramsey shook his head on the sidelines, but he didn't expect that the first half was almost over, and he actually injured a big general.

It seems that in the second half, whether the Trail Blazers can withstand it will be a huge test.

"Clyde, get ready to play and play the last few dozen seconds. Also, it's up to you in the second half. ”