Chapter 161: Opponents on the Sidelines

"Magicians are everywhere!" Zike Hearn's voice reached the high with a spanning pass from Johnson that assisted Byron Scott for a layup.

The cheers of the fans in the stadium also came to a climax, for them, every night at the Great Western Forum Arena is just to see Johnson perform like this.

Four minutes into the first quarter, the Lakers led the Trail Blazers by 9 points at 13-4, and the Lakers played a cháo watery offense under the leadership of Johnson, which made the already slightly tired Trail Blazers a little overwhelmed.

Ramsey immediately called a timeout, knowing it was time to curb the magician.

The scariest thing about a Magic is not only that his passes create scoring opportunities for his teammates, but also that he can lead his teammates to a state where they can be at their best, where they are highly focused and fully engaged in the game.

This is due to the Lakers' rigorous training in normal times, which Gan Guoyang is deeply aware of.

Johnson never slows down his intensity in training, but always directs the players to concentrate, otherwise you don't know what will happen in which direction Johnson's ball will fly from.

If there's a player who can't catch it, unless you're Abdul-Jabbar, then sorry, being hit by the ball doesn't count, and you're going to have to be slammed by Johnson.

So in the official game, the Lakers players are always 100% committed, from the starter to the bench, everyone obeys Johnson's command and is ready to attack at any time.

"Everyone, don't flank Johnson, don't focus on the ball-handling magician! Lock someone else! Leave Johnson alone, if he wants to score, let him score! Don't give him a chance to lead the whole team. Ramsey yelled at the players.

This is a common trick against point guard teams, which is to cut off the point guard from other players, point guard you want to score whatever you want, but you want to pass the ball to your teammates and let your teammates score, that's no way.

But this move against the Lakers is not as simple as ideal, because although the Lakers have Johnson as the core, Abdul-Jabbar and Worthy are not vegetarians, they both have strong scoring ability, and it is almost impossible to lock the Lakers and other players only release Magic.

After returning to the court, the Trail Blazers' more important thing at the moment was scoring, and they only relied on Vanderwig's jumper to score four points in the opening game, but they didn't score a single point.

Gan Guoyang didn't even get a chance to make a move, because this time the Lakers used Rambis to defend Gan Guoyang.

Rambis is a mediocre white blue-collar striker in all respects, but his advantage is that he plays hard, especially on the defensive end, sparing physical strength, and his forward and semi-round front makes Gan Guoyang very uncomfortable, and he can't catch the ball at all.

On the offensive end, Rambis turned out to be the team's top scorer, and he had a great feel for layups under the basket, and as long as the Magic passed the ball to him, he always had a way to get the ball in.

"Valentine hesitated outside the three-point line, he didn't know what to do... Gan was in the low post, took the ball to the basket, and crossed the bridge...... Vanderwig got the rebound...... The layup missed, the Lakers won the ball and launched a counterattack! ”

After Gan Guoyang got the ball in the low post, he was instantly caught by three people, he didn't expect that he would be treated like this.

And it was really difficult to pass the ball, there were people on three sides, he could only barely make a layup, but he didn't even touch the basket, and flew directly to the right across the bridge.

Because the ball didn't touch the basket, Vandervic couldn't reorganize after getting the frontcourt rebound, because the time was almost up, so he had to go to the basket immediately, but the ball didn't go in due to Jabbar's interference.

Magic Johnson quickly advanced to a fast break after getting the ball, but fortunately, the Trail Blazers' retreat was timely and did not give the Lakers a chance to score quickly.

The Trail Blazers players wanted to do what Ramsey said, staring at the other players and leaving the Magic alone to play alone.

But the Lakers pulled away and let Abdul-Jabbar hold the ball in the low post and play alone, and they couldn't yell at the Magic, "Don't pass the ball, you can play alone", Magic is not a fool, he still handed the ball to Abdul-Jabbar.

Abdul-Jabbar's ball is very deep, he is from the right side of the bottom line to the left side of the direct position, in this case Gan Guoyang is unable to push him out of the three-second zone.

At such a distance, Abdul-Jabbar's hook hand is basically the same as an open layup, and Gan Guoyang's outstretched long arm may be able to interfere with him a little, but the effect must be very average.

But Abdul-Jabbar didn't hook the shot, but a master's pass, which changed to a pass at the moment of the shot, and passed the ball to Rambis, who was inserted into the basket.

Rambis scored on an easy layup.

I have to admit that the Lakers' players are really good offensive and ubiquitous, and the tacit understanding between each player is amazing, and several of Rambis's goals are all easy-balls.

Rambis has scored eight points, more than the Trail Blazers' entire team has scored so far.

The Lakers seem to be telling the Trail Blazers that our worst starters can score like this, and you can't limit anyone else.

"hat-a-**......" Ramsey stood on the sidelines, his eyebrows felt like they were going to burn, he just called a timeout basically the same as not shouting, they still couldn't limit the Lakers' offense.

Gan Guoyang also clearly felt that the Lakers' state was much better than at the beginning of the season, and at that time they lost to the Lakers in both games, so wouldn't it be even more unbeatable now?

In competitive competitions, the most feared thing is to lose confidence, once there is no confidence, the original 50-point gap will widen to 100 points, or even more.

Because you don't have confidence, the other party will fight more and more, one will enter the evil cycle, and the other will enter the good cycle.

The Trail Blazers were not prepared for this game, and although Ramsey made some preparations, his players were not ready.

Gan Guoyang originally thought that according to their performance in the two games of the New Year, they should be able to wrestle with the Lakers, but he didn't expect to be beaten a little stunned at the beginning of the first quarter.

"Steady, steady, we have to score one!" At this time, Van Dewic shouted loudly on the court, all the six points of the opening Trail Blazers were scored by Van Dewick, and now he is still in shape.

Valentin also decisively passed the ball to Van Dewig at this time, Van Devic received the ball at the right side of the arc, and Gan Guoyang immediately raised it to cover.

Vanderwig shook his shoulders and did not use Gan Guoyang's block, and broke through directly from the right side to the inside, which was a fake cover.

Gan Guoyang immediately went down, Vanderwich had already noticed Gan Guoyang, and threw it directly, to have an air relay with Gan Guoyang!

Gan Guoyang understood, jumped directly with both feet, caught the basketball in the air, and then smashed it towards the basket!

“Alley-oop! Oh-No…… He-is-failed…… (Relay in the air!) Oh no, he got fouled. Zike Hearn was also nervous when he saw Gan Guoyang jumping, and his voice trembled a little, but Rambis made a decisive foul and hugged Gan Guoyang in the air.

If Gan Guoyang is in better shape, he can play a two-and-one ball and throw the ball into the basket the moment Lambis hugs him.

But Gan Guoyang himself also felt that his state was not so good, and the most direct feeling was that his reaction was always half a beat slower, and his brain seemed to be a little confused.

Some balls, even if the reaction is 0.5 seconds slower, the result will be completely different, Gan Guoyang has this situation, obviously a little tired, back-to-back plus long-distance flights, no one can stand it.

"Gan's free throws, his season free throw shooting percentage is not good, 76 percent, which is a qualified statistic among centers."

When Gan Guoyang was practicing strength in college, the free throw shooting rate once plummeted, and at that time in the NCAA, others directly grabbed rebounds if they missed the first free throw, and they couldn't get a point, so Gan Guoyang was also very distressed about this.

Later, after a long period of practice, although he still failed to practice his mid-range, his free throw shooting rate has finally improved to a normal level, and he will not be a super center who falls on the free throw line.

Gan Guoyang often likes to spit trash talk to interfere with opponents when the opponent makes free throws, but he often walks by the river without getting his shoes wet, and he himself is ready to be sprayed when he makes free throws.

But this time, the people who sprayed trash talk at him were not from the Lakers players on the court, but from the audience.

“Your-thro-is-**! Your-thro-is-**! Your-thro-is-**!” (Your free throws are!) Gan Guoyang's eyes squinted, and he realized that it seemed that someone in the seat next to the Lakers' bench was yelling at him like this.

"Who the is so unqualified for trash talk?" Gan Guoyang was still muttering in his heart, and then he threw the first penalty, but he really didn't score!

Now the one on the sidelines yells "Your-thro-is-**!" The voice was even happier, and other words were made up to interfere with Gan Guoyang.

It stands to reason that Gan Guoyang's psychological quality is quite good, but no matter how good the free throws are, there are times when he misses two free throws, not to mention that Gan Guoyang's free throw level is not top-notch, but Gan Guoyang did not score the second free throw, and the rebound was pocketed by Rambis.

“I-said-your-thro-is-**-and-that’s-right! (I said your free throws are like, so it's like!) The cacophony from the sidelines came again.

This time, Gan Guoyang saw it clearly, it was a middle-aged man wearing a black leather coat and black sunglasses, looking cool, his voice seemed very magnetic, but the content made Gan Guoyang feel very harsh.

At this time, Gan Guoyang became angry all of a sudden, he knew that his two missed penalties were not because of interference, but because of normal circumstances, but now it seemed that the man in sunglasses on the sidelines thought it was the credit of his curse, and Gan Guoyang couldn't be punished.

"What the fuck is this guy? Wear sunglasses to watch the game? I'll blind you later, and it's useless to let you wear sunglasses! Gan Guoyang, who was still a little wilted, came up on fire, gritting his teeth to teach the man in sunglasses a lesson, making him so arrogant.

But the Lakers' offense was still sharp, so sharp that the Trail Blazers didn't have time to react.

The Trail Blazers' defensive formation wasn't yet set, and the Magician's pass was like a sharp sword, stabbing between the Trail Blazers players and straight into the heart of the basket.

This time it was James Worthy who stood under the basket and even had time to dribble the ball again before scoring with a powerful one-handed basket.

"Focus on ......" Ramsey on the sidelines didn't know what to say, he was also a little short of words, in fact, such a pass could not be passed by other point guards of other teams, only Magic could send such a pass, and it was understandable that the Trail Blazers' players could not prevent it.

"Your-deference-is-as-ell (your defense is too)!" The man in sunglasses on the sidelines seemed to be competing with Gan Guoyang, and when Gan Guoyang ran to the front court of the Lakers, he heard the man in sunglasses shouting at him again.

Gan Guoyang endured it for the time being, and he was not ready to fight with this guy before he made a counterattack in action.

“Give-me-the-ball!” Gan Guoyang shouted loudly on the right side, he had already hugged Lambis and stuck him behind him.

Gan Guoyang's fierceness is definitely the best in the league, although Lambis plays hard and has a lot of experience, but his talent is not high, and his physical fitness is even more average, Gan Guoyang used his strength to grab the position with him, and he could only be pressed behind him.

Valentin also knew that the team needed to score now, and the inside line was the most consistent scoring area, so he decisively hoisted the ball to Gan Guoyang.

After Gan Guoyang received the ball, he turned his head to observe and found that the Lakers were not covering the clamp again, and Riley's requirement for defending Gan Guoyang was that he didn't wrap up when he was clamped, just to disrupt Gan Guoyang's rhythm.

But Gan Guoyang didn't expect anything out of rhythm, he was the one who scored the goal.

"Gan holds the ball and singles, Lambis can't resist him at all, quickly turn over, dunk!" Zike Hearn shouted his classic phrase "Slam-nk," even though it was a Trail Blazers player who scored the shot.

"Beep!" The referee's whistle blew and Rambis fouled in the middle of the defense.

Gan Guoyang can be said to have crushed Lambis all the way into the three-second zone, and then turned around quickly, grabbed the ball with one hand, and didn't care if there was anyone around him to help defend, and directly relied on his long arm to pour the ball into the basket.

A slam dunk that rivaled thousands of troops exploded directly in the hinterland of the Lakers.

Gan Guoyang squeezed his fist hard towards the seat next to the Lakers bench, and then shouted "Just-like-you, **!" (Just like you,!) It means that the other party is)"

After that, Gan Guoyang stood on the free throw line and easily hit the free throw.

After the ball was scored, Gan Guoyang didn't forget to wave his fist at the man in sunglasses.

The man in sunglasses could only smile helplessly, he thought this Chinese kid was really funny.

"The camera shows Jack Nicholson, who seems to have some verbal conflict with Gan, and Gan seems to have been stimulated to have that jīng color dunk."

The man in sunglasses on the sidelines is Jack Nicholson, a die-hard fan of the Lakers, and his trash talk has completely aroused Gan Guoyang's fighting spirit.