Chapter 109: Give Me the Ball

"Remember, give me the ball."

These are the words that Gan Guoyang said in Corter's ear.

After scoring 4 points in a row on Bob McAdoo's head, the Lakers switched to Abdul-Jabbar to defend Gan Guoyang, who is also a veteran, Abdul-Jabbar is a few years older than McAdoo, but Abdul-Jabbar is 5 inches taller than McAdoo, and when he stands behind Gan Guoyang again, Gan Guoyang finds that his hook hand doesn't seem to work very well.

Moreover, the Lakers did not let Abdul-Jabbar defend alone, Johnson and Cooper began to constantly harass Gan Guoyang, and even wrapped him up.

This made Gan Guoyang very uncomfortable, and his transmission of the ball was not very good, and he could not pass the ball out in time after being trapped, wasting a lot of offensive time.

"Go to the high position! Help your teammates cover! Ramsey shouted from the sidelines, he hoped that Gan Guoyang could adjust himself quickly, and since it didn't work alone, then go and do the auxiliary work.

But Abdul-Jabbar scored three goals in a row on Gan Guoyang's head, Abdul-Jabbar was so agile that Gan Guoyang didn't even have time to jump and block; And his hook hand was accurate, so that the Trail Blazers players gave up the card position to grab the backcourt rebound, and instead prepared to invest in the next offense.

The score between the two sides was pulled away again in the second half of the second quarter, and the Trail Blazers originally chased the score to only 6 points, but were suddenly beaten 8:2 by the Lakers, and the difference instantly passed 10 to 12 points.

Ramsey had no choice but to call a timeout and ask Gan Guoyang to reduce singles in the low post and increase the rush and cover of the frontcourt board.

Gan Guoyang listened to what Ramsay said before, and the improvement was very good, but now his brain is a little hot, and Ramsay's words are starting to be difficult to listen to.

So when he came to serve on the court, he said to Colt and gave him the ball.

Colter belongs to Ramsey's eyes as a "good boy", an obedient and practical point guard, otherwise he would not have gotten so many playing opportunities in his rookie season, and he has basically shared the playing time with Valentine.

Ramsey brought on Van der Veritch and Sampson again, replacing Drexler and Carr, in order to use these two as the focus of the attack and regain the score.

So for Gan Guoyang's words, Colter naturally didn't listen, he ignored Gan Guoyang's action on the edge of the three-second zone, and passed the ball to Van Deweyg at the top of the arc.

Mitchell Sampson made a pick-and-roll with Van Deweew, but Johnson, who defended Van Dewig, and McAdoo, who defended Sampson, suddenly pinched Van Dewecki and pressed Van Dewech to the touchline.

Van de Swyg, who was suddenly attacked, was caught off guard, he was already tall and had a high center of gravity, and it was difficult for him to get rid of the entanglement between the two, especially Cooper, who acted extremely fiercely.

Seeing this, Paxson immediately stepped forward to take the lead, and Vanderwich barely passed the ball, but the Trail Blazers' offense was completely disrupted, and Paxson could only dribble a few times outside the three-point line and shoot directly.

At that time, the three-point line rule had just been implemented in nBA for 5 seasons, and for almost all nBA players, they had never been exposed to this thing since they were playing basketball.

Sometimes even if there is a big gap outside the three-point line, the outside players are not very willing to shoot three-point shots, and the opposing players are too lazy to defend, knowing that they basically can't shoot.

A player like Paxson, who shoots very accurately, is just as blind as he is from beyond the three-point line, let alone forced to shoot.

The ball smashed into the front of the basket, and the Lakers players were already stuck in position, ready to grab the rebound and launch a fast break.

But the three-point rebound is not easy to grab, because the force is great, the ball bounces far, and I don't know where it will collapse.

Gan Guoyang was like a red sorghum in a yellow corn field, poking out very conspicuously, and plucked this rebound on the heads of Worthy and Abdul-Jabbar.

"Gan got the rebound, his hands were like suckers, but he was again surrounded by the Lakers."

Although Gan Guoyang won the frontcourt rebound, the Lakers' defenders surrounded him again, and if he couldn't find an opportunity, he would only be blown for three seconds like in the first quarter.

This time Gan Guoyang didn't hesitate, he couldn't care so much, and he didn't think about passing, he went directly to the basket with the long arms in all directions!

"Kareem Abdul-Jabbar covered Gan's layup! But Gan grabbed the rebound again, went to the basket again, and was knocked off by Worthy, the ball fell to the ground, and a crowd scrambled for it! But Gan still picked up the ball, he made a feint and made a layup! ”

"Beep!" The referee's whistle blew, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was deceived by Gan Guoyang while blocking, and he bumped into Gan Guoyang's body foul.

And the basketball tossed a few times on the basket, and finally fell into the basket, two points, plus a penalty!

Gan Guoyang stood on the free throw line, panting, this goal was really difficult.

Gan Guoyang's frontcourt rebounding talent value is not too high, but it is not low, reaching 70, which is a very good level.

At the same time, Gan Guoyang also has the advantage of reach and strength, and does not fall behind when facing a group of opponents.

"Oh my God, Gan I think of Moses Malone, who is also 6-foot-10 tall, tirelessly fighting for frontcourt rebounds on the inside, and all his teammates have to do is throw the ball to the basket and give the rest to Malone. Let's look at Gan, who was also unstoppable at the free-throw line, and hit this free throw, and hit a three-pointer. ”

Not only does Zike Hearn think so, but all the Lakers fans of the Great Western Forum can't help but think of the 6-foot-10 red monster when they see Gan Guoyang's performance, and he has twice conquered the Great Western Forum and tore the Lakers' interior line to shreds.

"Well done! Keep hitting their interior and rush for rebounds! Ramsey yelled that the Trail Blazers at this time were in great need of energy and needed a spoiler.

But Gan Guoyang doesn't just want to grab rebounds in the front court, he wants to compete with Abdul-Jabbar on the inside!

"I told you, give me the ball!" Gan Guoyang said again in Colter's ear when he returned to defense.

Colter looked at Gan Guoyang, met Gan Guoyang's fierce eyes like a tiger and wolf, couldn't help but have some palpitations, and nodded subconsciously.

Gan Guoyang has always been neither big nor small in the team, but he is not a ball bully, and his relationship with his teammates is relatively harmonious.

And he usually likes to "do it" with Ramsey when he talks, and the two of them often make the conversation in the locker room extremely interesting.

But at this time, Gan Guoyang slowly showed his sharp fangs, and it seemed that he would stab his teammates if he was not careful.

And the first to be hurt by Gan Guoyang's fangs was Jabbar.

After scoring three goals in a row, Abdul-Jabbar continued to play low on the right side of the basket, and Johnson smoothly got the ball into Abdul-Jabbar's hands.

"Let me deal with him! Don't come to the bag! Gan Guoyang yelled loudly while holding up Jabbar, signaling his teammates not to help.

This is not only because Gan Guoyang wants to defend Jabbar alone, but also because Abdul-Jabbar's ability to transfer the ball is several grades higher than Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang took out the strength of the head-to-head with Abdul-Jabbar in uclA, and began to "take care" of Abdul-Jabbar from head to toe, jamming Abdul-Jabbar's lower plate and not letting him make easy moves.

This is a knight duel under the basket, facing the powerful Abdul-Jabbar, Gan Guoyang is still as immature as he is in uclA, but he is not afraid, he came to nBA just to fight these superstars!

Abdul-Jabbar walked the bottom line, but Gan Guoyang stuck to the bottom line, leaving no space.

However, this is just Abdul-Jabbar's false move, Abdul-Jabbar's feet are extremely solid, and at the same time, the stride length is large, and the rhythm of the step point is very strong, and his hook move is coordinated in one go.

The bottom line is not good, Abdul-Jabbar turned inward, he took a small step under his feet, turned to the angle he was most comfortable with, and was ready to shoot!

"Smack!"

Abdul-Jabbar failed to make a move, because Gan Guoyang was already familiar with Abdul-Jabbar's rhythm, and at the same time, Abdul-Jabbar did not protect the ball in his hand and was slapped away by Gan Guoyang!

The Trailblazers scrambled under the basket, Gan Guoyang once again relied on those big hands to firmly control the ball, and Abdul-Jabbar was older and tall after all, so it was not easy to bend over.

Gan Guoyang handed the ball to Colter, and at the same time looked at him deeply, Colt understood that this was to let himself pass the ball to him.

Sure enough, Gan Guoyang began to ask for a position as soon as he arrived in the front court, and his position was deeper than the previous times, and the card position was more fierce.

Colter did not hesitate and passed the ball directly to Gan Guoyang.

"What is this guy doing?" Ramsey knew that Gan Guoyang was starting to get hot-headed again, and Colter was still following him to get hot.

If you want to play singles on the inside, you must be given enough space, and the other players should take the defense out of the way, leaving the inside with a weak side of the defense to play.

But Ramsey didn't let Gan Guoyang play alone at all, others were still on the strong side, Sampson was next to him, Gan Guoyang was squeezed to death as soon as he got the ball in the low position on the right side, and McAdoo could come forward to wrap it.

However, Gan Guoyang did not give McAdoo a chance to come forward to cover the ball, he received the ball very deep and used 120 percent force.

Abdul-Jabbar felt a little unbearable, as soon as Gan Guoyang received the ball, with Abdul-Jabbar as the axis, he turned an inside and went directly to the three-second zone, ignoring McAdoo's forward defense, ignoring Abdul-Jabbar's long arm, and ignoring everything.

All he had in his eyes was the basket.

"Bang!" Gan Guoyang slams the dunk with both hands!

"Beep!"

The referee's whistle pierced the noise on the court again, and the Lakers fouled Gan Guoyang again.

Gan Guoyang looked at his hand, he used too much force when he dunked just now, and his palm hurt.

But he didn't say a word, silently walked to the free throw line, as if nothing had happened just now.

"Unbelievable, the Lakers' inside line was penetrated by Gan again, and Gan pierced the Lakers' three-second zone like a red spear, causing another kill."

Gan Guoyang hit another free throw from the free throw line and hit two consecutive three-pointers.

"Hitting the free throws, the rookie made us feel like we were playing a playoff game, and his toughness and impact instantly injected confrontation into this game!" Zike Hearn got a hint of a difference from the two balls.

This is just an ordinary regular season game that has just started the season, and both sides follow the usual routine, and the Lakers have a clear advantage.

But the back-to-back matchups between Gan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, including the Lakers' fouls, began to elevate the game.

Before Hearn could finish speaking, Gan Guoyang slapped McAdoo's turnaround jumper on the defensive end, but Abdul-Jabbar picked up the rebound in the front court and was about to pick up a missed layup under the basket, but was pulled down by Van Devic.

Vanderwig almost completely pressed directly on Abdul-Jabbar's arm and pressed it down from the air, and the ball was naturally a foul.

"What the fuck are you trying to do?" Abdul-Jabbar was annoyed by Van Dewig's rough foul and yelled at Van der Vicky after the referee's whistle.

"Don't try to score easily here, we won't let you score easily!" Vanderwicki, although not very good defensively, is also a hard-nosed player.

As the nominal number one star at the moment, he can't afford to watch Abdul-Jabbar do that again.

"I can score as many points as I want on your heads, do you think you can stop me?" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also came to the fire and began to spray Vanderwig.

"Beep beep!" Seeing that the situation was not good, the referee immediately blew the whistle and separated the two men to prevent the two sides from turning into a brawl.

At that time, on-court clashes were all too common in the NBA arena, and a big fight could occur if they disagreed, and the tragedy of Washington beating Tomjanovic with one punch and retiring directly is still vivid.

Thankfully, both sides restrained their emotions and the game was able to continue, with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at the free-throw line.

"Well done, don't be afraid of him, he's old." Vanderwich said to Gan Guoyang.

In this game, Vanderwich played very average in the first half, while Gan Guoyang took it upon himself to play the inside, but received good results.

Van de Verch didn't mind this, and instead encouraged Gan Guoyang not to be afraid of Abdul-Jabbar.

Gan Guoyang nodded, indicating that he would not be afraid, but he was also thinking in his heart, "Although Abdul-Jabbar is old, he is still very, very strong. ”

Sure enough, Abdul-Jabbar hit both free throws to continue to widen the gap with the Trail Blazers.

"Don't let Gan catch the ball too deep, interfere with him, interfere with him!" Back on defense, Pat Riley was also a little unable to sit still on the sidelines, unable to let Gan Guoyang receive the ball near the three-second zone so easily.

Abdul-Jabbar has always suffered a bit against the power center, and Riley didn't expect before the game that the Chinese center would have such good strength and skills.

Young and strong, he began to cause big problems for the Lakers in the second half of the second quarter after making mistakes in the first quarter.

This time, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar began to squeeze Gan Guoyang out to prevent him from getting too close to the basket, and McAdoo also came to the horn position to block Gan's inward route.

"Give me the ball! Give me the ball! Gan Guoyang shouted at Colter again.

Colter has never encountered such a player, and he does not follow the coach's tactical arrangement on the field, and directly shouts to give him the ball.

And this guy is still a rookie like himself, and he doesn't seem to ask Johnson for the ball either.

Colter still passed the ball to Gan Guoyang, although Gan Guoyang's receiving position was not good, far from the basket, and it was not a good position for inside singles.

After passing the ball, Colt left the top of the arc and cut inward, Gan Guoyang's key position is not deep, and the space on the inside line will be very large, giving the outside player the opportunity to cut in the air.

Colter cut to the basket, but Gan Guoyang didn't pass the ball, Colt looked out and found that Gan Guoyang dribbled directly and turned around, and directly hooked his hand against Abdul-Jabbar's giant palm at the bottom line!

Colter looked at the basketball in the air and thought about whether he should scramble for the frontcourt rebound, but two Lakers players had been squeezed up next to him in an instant, and it seemed that the frontcourt rebound could not be grabbed.

"Huh!"

But as a result, there was no frontcourt rebounding, and the ball went in.

A 16-foot big hook, produced by Gan Guoyang.

Colter suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, as if his blood was surging upward, he looked at the back of Gan Guoyang running away after the ball was scored, and couldn't help but want to run forward and cheer.

"This is nBA, is this the 'just give him the ball' superstar?"