Julius Irving, the first generation of flyers in the true sense of the NBA, his influence in the NBA is beyond Gan Guoyang's imagination.

In 1985, Irving was in his ninth year in the NBA, but he was born in 1950 and was already 35 years old, as he spent the first few years of his career in the ABA.

He was the undisputed king of the ABA, leading the New Jersey Nets to two league championships and three regular-season MVPs, and in his final year in the ABA, Irving led the Nets to the last championship in ABA history, bringing the short-lived league to an end.

After coming to the higher level of the NBA, Irving chose the Philadelphia 76ers, and the 76ers quickly became the league's powerhouse because of Irving's arrival, reaching the Finals in 1977.

Just when Irving wanted to extend his glory in the ABA to the NBA, the Portlanders shattered Irving's dream with a shocking comeback.

The Portland Trail Blazers won four games in a row after falling behind 0-2 and finally won the championship at the Portland Memorial Coliseum, achieving a miracle.

And Julius Owen has since started the journey of the second millennium.

In 1980 and 1982, they fell at the feet of the Los Angeles Lakers in a row and finished three NBA runners-up, while the exploding head on Irving's head was getting smaller and smaller, and his legs and feet were getting slower and slower.

It wasn't until 1983 that he fulfilled his dream of becoming a champion because of the arrival of Moses Malone.

However, no matter what, the Portland Memorial Coliseum has always been a pain in Irving's heart, and if that shot in the last five seconds of Game 6 had been made, would it have turned out differently?

As long as it scores, the score will be equalized, and it will go to overtime, and the 76ers will have a chance to win this away game and then pull Game 7 back to Philadelphia, and everything could change.

But history has no ifs...... No, history has ifs, and historical ifs are now on the opposite side of Owen, but it's a pity that this ifs started in 1984.

Although he is 35 years old, Owen's dunk is still as light as a swift, Gan Guoyang was dunked on the head by Owen and felt like he had been gently touched on the head, and it passed in one fell swoop.

This is the first time Gan Guoyang has played against Owen on the court, if Gan Guoyang is half a fan of Moses Malone, then Owen is all Gan Guoyang's idols.

Gan Guoyang still remembers the shocking buckle he once deducted, the Rock-the-baby he was making, was considered by others to be an enlarged version of Dr. J, but now that he is really playing against Dr. J, Gan Guoyang knows that he is not only an enlarged version of Dr. J, but also an aggravated slow version.

If someone else deducts one on Gan Guoyang's head, Gan Guoyang must be annoyed, but Owen? Forget it, it's normal to be deducted, and a center who is not deducted by Owen Yan in the league is not a good center.

"Gan was detained by Owen, oh he was in a daze, what was he thinking? Thinking, 'Do it again'? Hahahaha! The CBS commentator looked at Gan Guoyang, who was a little stunned, and smiled.

When Magic Johnson saw Irving rebounding in the Finals, he made a big arm for a layup, and he had the same expression and mental activity.

"Serve, boy, when I was deducted by Owen for the first time, I was stunned like you for a while." Mitchell Sampson picked up the ball and threw it to Gan Guoyang said.

The relationship between the two has begun to gradually improve, and although Gan Guoyang still doesn't carry bags for anyone, he has begun to show enough respect for Sampson.

The game continued, and no matter how beautiful the dunk was, there were only two points, and the 76ers tied the score 5-5.

The Trail Blazers' offensive tactics in the opening game were effective, with Vanderwig always on both wings, using his excellent projection, playmaking and pulling skills.

Instead of hand-to-hand combat with Moses Malone and Barkley, Gan and Sampson used flexible moves to cover their teammates while leading the two big tanks out of the line.

One of Paxson and Valentin was active at the top of the arc, and the other was roaming the interior and running around to harass the 76ers' defense.

The 76ers' defense is no longer as aggressive as it was in 1983, and their ability to press on the perimeter has diminished as the roster ages.

Vanderwig moved to the left side of the three-point line this time, and then he relied on the double cover of Gan Guoyang and Sampson to run to the middle, and easily got the ball in the right corner, which was his range, and shot directly and hit! 7：5。

Ramsey's favorite form of attack at this time is simple and efficient, full of tactical beauty.

"Beautiful mid-range shots, the Trail Blazers' offense felt pretty good at the start, and I felt like I was going to score the ball the moment I shot it, and the rhythm was so good, they must have practiced it thousands of times in training." Van de Wych's standard and beautiful CS drew Hamilton's amazement.

But that's not surprising, considering that Vanderwich was a UCLA graduate and his coach at the time was Larry Brown.

Defensively, the Trail Blazers continued to let Valentin lead Cheeks all over the court, allowing Cheeks to pass the ball in the first half of the court, and there was no way to stop the offense.

Without Cheeks' thread, the 76ers' offense was obviously sluggish, and they could only rely on strong offense in the low post.

First, Barkley was in a position on the right, but Mitchell Sampson was stuck in a dead position, Barkley was short and inexperienced, and Toni hesitated for a moment, but still turned the ball to Irving, who was standing at the top of the arc.

Irving shifted to the left and passed back to Cheeks, and at this time Malone was already playing the ball in the low post to single Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang had a foul on his back at the beginning, but he did not relax his marking of Moses Malone, and Malone's limbs spread out like a big bear picking honey, pressing Gan Guoyang behind him.

The entire league can withstand Ma Long's position, except for a super heavy center like Mark Eaton, there are really few of them, Gan Guoyang's main problem is that the tonnage is not enough, there is no tonnage alone, and he can't stand steadily.

And on the left side of the card used to deal with Abdul-Jabbar, it is useless to defend the lower handicap, and the best way to defend Malone is to wrap the clip!

As soon as Moses Malone received a pass from Cheeks, Vanderwig, who was staring at Irving in the middle, immediately came to help defend, anyway, Irving has no three-point ability, and if Malone passes to Irving on the outside, it will be equivalent to reorganizing the offense.

And Malone didn't pass the ball, he took a step inward with his left leg, which was to turn inward! Gan Guoyang is young after all, his legs and feet are faster, and Ma Long sealed all the positions before turning around.

Malone didn't have a way, and he was harassed by Vanderwig, and he couldn't play the pass attack, so he directly came to a backward jumper.

"Step-back jumper! didn't go in, flew directly to the other side of the hoop, Sampson got the backcourt rebound, the Trail Blazers' backcourt rebounding protection in this game was quite good, and didn't give Barkley and Malone too many opportunities. ”

"Yes, they learned the lessons of the last game and always had three or four Trail Blazers players grabbing rebounds together. What's more important is the return of Gan, which greatly reduces the pressure on the Trail Blazers' interior line. ”

After getting the rebound, the Trail Blazers organized the offense without hurry, and this time the 76ers began to strengthen their marking of Vanderwicki, and he continued to stand on the left baseline He was tightly pressed by Dr. J and began to have no room to move.

In terms of basketball tactics, the bottom corner is sometimes both a dead end in the opposing defense, and sometimes a dead ground for the attacker, and once the 76ers start to increase the pressure on the wing, the Trail Blazers' offensive transmission begins to struggle.

That's when the inside scorer stepped in!

Gan Guoyang saw that his teammates were not running smoothly, so he did not do useless cover outside, but went down to the left low position, set up a turret, and prepared to fight alone.

Ramsey nodded from the sidelines, and he knew that Gan Guoyang was finally starting to understand when to take the initiative to play singles and when to support his teammates.

This is the result of Gan Guoyang watching the game video in the past few days, and he has a deeper understanding of the situation on the field.

Vanderwig passed the ball back to Valentin, who was 45 degrees on the left, and Valentin immediately fed the ball to Gan Guoyang.

Moses Malone didn't seem to work very hard in defending Gan Guoyang, and Gan Guoyang didn't have much effort to get into a good position.

Gan Guoyang used his back and ass to test a little, and at the same time saw that the 76ers did not come forward to wrap up, so he dribbled and took two steps inward, and then turned inward, pushed away Ma Long with his left hand, and directly hooked his right hand!

"Gan, top up Ma Long, 8-foot hook hand, the ball is in!"

The whole process was done in one go, and it can only be said that the 76ers, including Ma Long, really treated Gan Guoyang with some contempt, after all, the Trail Blazers don't often play in the East, the 76ers have no packs, and Moses Malone doesn't seem to be fully defending.

At 9:5, the Trail Blazers stretched the margin to four points.

But the margin lasted less than ten seconds, as Maurice Cheeks dribbled across the half-court and Valentin continued to mark, as Cheeks suddenly accelerated to the inside from the right three-point line.

Valentin also accelerated to keep up, but Cheeks suddenly made a sharp stop, and Valentin was caught off guard and lost his defensive position, and Cheeks hit a mid-range jumper directly from the 18-foot position, 9-7.

As a champion, every player in the team has the ability to take charge of their own game, and it is not so easy to lock up Cheeks with full-court defense.

Gan Guoyang did this and ran back, he looked at Cheeks's square face and mustache on his mouth, how familiar it looked, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him.

Of course, Gan Guoyang can't remember, because he didn't see the current Cheeks, but the future Cheeks, who served as the head coach of the 76ers in 2005 and before that as the head coach of the Trail Blazers.

Cheeks responded with a mid-range shot that clearly made him very uncomfortable...... We see, now Cheeks has also started to lead the defense of Valentine, and he doesn't want to make Valentin comfortable. ”

The 76ers began to gradually increase the defensive pressure on the Trail Blazers, and they could no longer allow the Trail Blazers to play an easy and enjoyable offense.

Sure enough, the Trail Blazers suddenly couldn't find an opportunity on the outside, and Paxson ran out to catch the ball at the right corner but couldn't make a shot.

At this time, Sampson suddenly cut in from the middle and pressed Barkley in the three-second zone, and Paxson was quick to feed the ball to the inside.

Sampson turned over and jumped directly, although Barkley was strong, but his height was his hard injury, and Sampson's insertion was fast and ruthless, and he had no reaction time at all.

"Sampson rolls over and jumps and hits the board into the basket! Wow, the Trail Blazers are really at their best, every player can score, and their shooting percentage is scary after the opening. ”

"That's right, it seems that the first game of the new year, the Trail Blazers want to bring a new look to everyone."

However, the 76ers are not so easy to be defeated, and every player they start has experienced through ups and downs, and they have never seen any scenes, and a regular season game is simply a piece of cake for them.

Moses Malone continued to play low on the left side, which is his favorite singles position, and Gan Guoyang still didn't dare to relax, but he was really a little confused when facing Moses for the first time.

This 6-foot-10 guy is really too strong, and he weighs 250 pounds, which is his heaviest weight in this height segment.

Gan Guoyang wanted to lower the center to top him, but Ramsey said that the defense of Malone must not only defend the lower plate, because his hand skills are excellent, you don't interfere with him when he shoots, and he can put the ball into the basket like an orange in the three-second zone.

So Gan Guoyang had to open his arms and cover the top of Moses Malone's head so that he would not be able to shoot easily.

What's more, he also has teammates to help, as soon as Malone got the ball, this time Paxson began to come forward to harass the bag.

Malone still didn't pass the ball, this time he squeezed deeper inward, and he didn't insert a foot inward to expose the direction of turning, but pouted his buttocks, and then his whole body bounced up directly like a spring, and then began to turn around with a strong waist force in the air.

This is also a stunt of Moses Malone, other centers turn around first and then jump, but he can pull himself up suddenly, and then turn in the air in an instant, which is unguardable.

"Beep!" The referee's whistle blew, and Moses Malone's ball spun twice around the edge of the basket, but eventually failed to find the net and fell out.

After all, Moses is 30 years old, and he is no longer the inside monster who can grab a frontcourt rebound four or five times in a row, and his ability to play three-pointers begins to diminish under the interference of opponents.

But he still caused a huge damage to the Trail Blazers, if Gan Guoyang fouled, it would be two fouls, then within five minutes of the opening game, Gan Guoyang will go down again.

At this time, Jim Paxson decisively raised his hand and signaled to the referee that it was his foul.

"Let's see whose foul it is? Oh, and the referee counted the foul on Paxson, and Gan escaped, and he could continue to fight Moses. ”

"yes, but let's not forget, Dr. J has other shots besides that dunk, and I don't think he'll have to wait long."

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