Chapter 175: Nice-Opening
“hi-there-once-again,this-is-johnny-most-high-above-courtside-from-venue,here-the-boston-celtics-an-portland-trail-blazers-are-getting-set-todo-basketball-battle。” (Hi, I'm Johnny Most, and once again from the sidelines, I'm here to tell you about the basketball battle between the Boston Celtics and the Portland Trail Blazers.) )
At 7 p.m. Eastern time, there were already a lot of Celtics fans who couldn't make it to Garden Square, tuned in to the sports channel in front of the TV, then turned off the sound on the TV, turned on the radio, and listened to the live commentary of the game on Boston Radio.
The same is true for fans in Los Angeles, and the reason for this is because the Celtics have a radio commentator on the same name as Zike Hearn, Johnny Most, who is known as the "Celtic Voice".
Every time the Celtics play at home, Johnny Moster moves the table to the high stands early before the game, and sets up his microphones and headphones to bring a lively live commentary to fans across the Boston area who can't make it to the game.
His hoarse and loud voice is always full of passion, and his opening words before the start of the game have remained unchanged for decades, and all Celtic fans have long been accustomed to watching the game in Most's opening lines.
Of course, the players at the scene could not hear Most's voice, and their ears were already filled with the noisy shouts of tens of thousands of fans at the scene.
Gan Guoyang, who was standing in the center circle, heard Bird's "elcome-to-Boston," but he was unmoved, instead concentrating on facing Robert Parrish, the "chief" who was jumping with him.
After entering the NBA, Gan Guoyang has encountered various types of centers, including super killers like Abdul-Jabbar, technical veterans such as Wharton and Sikma, slippery hooligans like Ranbier, and strange kings like Moses Malone and Gilmore.
And Robert Parish is not the same as these centers above, he has a height of 7-foot-1, and has an absolute advantage over Gan Guoyang in this regard, his offense is certainly not as good as Abdul-Jabbar and Malone, but he has a good shot and skillful offensive skills.
Defensively, he is not as difficult as Ranbier and Gilmore, and he may be more similar to Wharton and Sikma, but as a black center, he has a natural advantage in physical fitness in ??,.
Therefore, Parish will be the center forward that Gan Guoyang will face and is not the same as before, he is not particularly powerful, but if you don't pay attention, you will be beaten by him very badly.
The game began, and the Trail Blazers center Gan, who was wearing No. 11, scrambled for the ball in the jump ball, and the Trail Blazers got the right to attack! According to statistics, Gan won 80 percent of the ball in jump shots, and oh my god, he hit more free throws than he did. ”
The game just started, Gan Guoyang jumped the ball to win the ball, but this quickly became the object of Johnny Most's ridicule, this 80% is of course made up by Most, although Gan Guoyang's jump ball success rate is indeed quite high.
The Trail Blazers' starters on the court are still Gan, Sampson, Paxson, Vanderwig and Valentine.
Paxson returned to the starting point guard after returning from injury, and Drexler was put on the bench.
However, judging from the rotation of these games, Drexler's playing time is steadily increasing, on the one hand, Paxson's injury is still unstable, and Ramsey hopes to reduce the chance of Paxson's injury; On the other hand, Drexler's performance was really good, which made the stubborn Ramsey finally start to agree with the young man's performance and began to increase his trust in him.
"Gan wants the ball in the low post, and it looks like the Trail Blazers are going to play inside from the start, and while I don't think it's a good choice, let's see where Gan and Parrish match."
The first ball of the Trailblazers, Gan Guoyang was in a 45-degree position on the right side, which was his favorite position, but his position was not deep, at least not as deep as in the previous game.
This is also a recent change he has made, although the offensive efficiency is higher, it is more physically demanding, and the flexibility of the attack is greatly reduced, and it is not easy to move the ball.
Now Ramsey asks Gan Guoyang to be in a shallower position, and he wants to exercise Gan Guoyang's ability to control the team's offense with his back in the actual battle, and the game against the Celtics is undoubtedly the best training ground.
The Trail Blazers' feeding to the low post is no longer a direct drop ball like before, but after several offensive shifts and opening up space, Gan Guoyang is given the best space to receive the ball.
Gan Guoyang received the ball and looked left and right, and found that the three-second zone was blocked very deadly, and the Celtics had three players blocked near the three-second zone, which was impossible for Paxson and Vandervic to cut into.
The Trail Blazers chose a conservative 3-2 position in the offensive position, and when the empty cut was fruitless, it was unlikely that a wide range of balls would be transferred to find shooting gaps, so Gan Guoyang decided to play alone.
Facing a tall but thin center like Xiang Parish, Gan Guoyang already has his own good way of attacking, that is, directly Sigma steps back to the basket to the face frame, and attacks the basket with speed and impact.
Gan Guoyang turned around smoothly, shook his shoulders and squeezed directly under the basket from the bottom line!
However, although Parrish is relatively thin and weighs less, he has a lot of experience, and he has watched a lot of videos of Gan Guoyang before the game, and knows that Gan Guoyang likes to break through head-on when dealing with a center like him.
So he had already prepared, and his body kept leaning inward, just waiting for Gan Guoyang's move.
But this is the first time that Parish has faced Gan Guoyang, and he did not expect that Gan Guoyang's power is so terrifying, directly approaching Moses Malone; At the same time, Gan Guoyang's broad shoulders also won him a strong space.
"Hey!" Gan Guoyang yelled under the basket, and immediately pushed Robert Parrish away, and then shook Larry Bird, who stepped forward to make up for the defense, and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands! (Imagine Dwight Howard)
“a-nice-dunk! (A nice dunk!) From Gan 11, this guy really doesn't look like a yellow man at all, his power is terrifying, and our Parrish didn't realize it and was exploited by this strong guy. ”
Most can't be amazed at Gan Guoyang's strong playing style, and Most also knows that Gan Guoyang also has a beautiful big hook, which shows that Gan Guoyang really combines strength and technology very well.
In the first ball, Gan Guoyang gave the Celtics a dismount, and this powerful dunk made the decibels on the scene lower a lot.
The Celtics immediately served from the backcourt and launched a quick attack, which was a common practice for NBA teams at the time, playing a little faster so that it would be easier to score.
It was none other than the big birdie Larry Bird who was advancing quickly with the ball in Celtic.
The Celtics' backcourt starters are made up of DJ Dennis Johnson and Danny Ainge, but both are two-way guards who can play as both point guards and shooting guards.
Larry Bird, on the other hand, moves between small forward, power forward, and offensive playmaker, so the Celtics' offensive initiation is very flexible, which often makes opponents unguarded.
Bird doesn't look fast, he dribbles like a Donald duck, because he's a bit of a figure-out, and because of his back injury, he's always straightened up, so it's always weird to run on the dribble.
But the Trail Blazers knew they couldn't ignore the slow-looking white man, and Vanderwich stuck on it early and began pressing on Bird from beyond the three-point line.
Bird stopped outside the three-point line with the ball and observed, at this time Parrish was almost down to the right side of the three-second zone, and at the position where Gan Guoyang had just asked for the ball, he also began to turn his back to the position.
Parish was also in a shallow position, so when he found that he couldn't hold Gan Guoyang with his back to him, and Valentine came up to flank him, he decisively moved the ball to the middle and the ball went into the hands of Dennis Johnson.
Dennis Johnson didn't stop after receiving the ball and passed the ball to the baseline, and it was Danny Ainge standing on the baseline, with a huge space in front of him!
In this case, the only thing the Trail Blazers players can do is pray that Angie doesn't have a good opening and misses the shot.
For a white player like Danny Ainge who lives on shooting, such a big open spot is always a certainty.
But after all, there is still a case on the court, as soon as Anji makes a shot, he feels that this ball is worse, and the arc is obviously biased to the outside.
The inside lines of both sides seemed to see this, and they engaged in hand-to-hand combat under the basket.
At this time, the scene under the basket is extremely spectacular, Gan Guoyang is in the middle, one of his arms pushes Parish, and the other jams Bird, and at the same time the whole body leans back, preventing these two people from grabbing the position.
It's literally a wrestling match,
As a result, the rebound was easily won by Valentin, who had no competition.
“a-nice-rebound! (A nice rebound!) Gan's slot limited the Celtics to two players and then allowed their point guard to grab the rebound with ease, excellent awareness. For this ball, Moster is not stingy with praise, Gan Guoyang's card position is indeed very beautiful.
Ramsey was also very satisfied with Gan Guoyang on the sidelines, he knew that Gan Guoyang's preparation for this game was still very sufficient, at least he knew that Scheffler had almost paralyzed himself by doing Gan Guoyang's training in the past two days.
After Valentin got the rebound, he dribbled all the way through the half court from the backcourt.
Just when the players on both sides were falling into position, Valentin suddenly threw a cold arrow on the outside and made a jumper inside the three-point line!
Valentin has always been steady and steady on the court, and is a typical pass-first point guard, but this time he chose to shoot directly.
"Huh!" Ball hollow into the net! The goal went in.
It may have been a stroke of luck, but Valentine was not a wasted shot, but he followed Ramsay's arrangement.
Ramsey believes that the Celtics have few weaknesses in the lineup, and if they want to win, they can only make changes in the Trail Blazers' own style of play and take it by surprise.
In the previous game, the main offensive routine of the Trail Blazers was Gan Guoyang as a cover, Valentin threaded the needle, then Paxson and Van Dewic as the main fire point, and then Sampson as the interior auxiliary scoring point.
And this kind of routine is obviously that the Celtics must have been prepared for a long time, so Ramsey boldly sought change, and let Gan Guoyang and Valentin, the two auxiliary main attackers, open the situation as surprise soldiers.
From the first two balls, it is clear that this move is working.
And Gan Guoyang can not only act as a low-post offensive point in the offense, but he is still the best barrier for the Trail Blazers in defense.
"DJ, pass to Parish, Parish moves to the outside, DJ asks for the ball in the low post, DJ singles Valentine, he's constantly squeezing inside, inside turns and jumpers! It is covered with Gan! "Dennis Johnson's singles in the low post, Valentin's thick lower set effectively defended Johnson, and Gan Guoyang rewarded Johnson with a big hat in the back!
“a-nice-block! (A nice cap!) This is already the third "nice" that Moster gave Gan Guoyang tonight.
But then, the Celtics' No. 33 snatched the basketball that rolled to the top of the arc before the two Trail Blazers players.
"Larry Bird! Grab the ball and turn around and shoot! Ball in! Two points! Larry Bird! ”