Chapter 70: The Man Behind the Scenes
(The paragraphs in the third volume will be sorted out in a few days.,Collect it~)
The arrival of David Falck not only surprised Gan Guoyang, but also made him a little clear in his mind what was going on in this game. レレ
The other players in the room didn't react when they saw Falck, because they didn't know that the man in a suit, with some bald hair, who looked like the school's dean, was a professional scout and agent.
Otherwise, the players would not have been lazy and chatting like they are now, but would have done everything they could to show their skills in training.
Seeing Falck walking towards him, Gan Guoyang had to suppress the desire in his heart to discuss his experience with Reed, and stepped forward to greet Falke.
"Good morning, Mr. Falck, long time no see." Since meeting Falck once when he was in school, Gan Guoyang has not met Falke again.
"You're so Gan, it's been a long time. Hello, Mr. Reid, it's an honor to meet you. Falck greeted Gan Guoyang and Willis Reed as well. He is not like Gan Guoyang, who doesn't even know a famous superstar like Willis Reed.
Reed just nodded to Falk and didn't say anything more. Although Falke is now well-known in professional basketball circles, it is not surprising that a figure of Reed's level does not know him.
"How about Gan, you played well at Gunzaga University, right? I've heard about your performance, it's great. As soon as Falke came, he began to praise Gan Guoyang.
Gan Guoyang didn't feel anything about Falke's praise, but asked straight to the point: "Mr. Falke, you are behind this game, right?" ”
"Oh Gan, how can you use the word mischief? How can this make a trickster? I just organized a game for someone. Falck was resentful of Gan Guoyang's use of the word "troublemaker".
"Oh my god, what the is going on to pull us to this big farm where birds don't?" Gan Guoyang said in a low voice, after all, it is not good for the other party's players and coaches to hear such words.
Falck has always been indifferent to whether Gan Guoyang is big or small when he speaks, he is very similar to Bellman in this regard, and he is always very indulgent and caring for geniuses.
"Of course I'm not going to pull you over here to fork cow dung! And this game is entirely arranged for you, for you! So you have to behave well, understand? I had other more important things to attend to last night, so I came over this morning to tell you about it. Falck also said in a low voice, as if he was giving some secret mission.
Now Gan Guoyang is even more confused, arranged for him? Is it playing basketball to recruit relatives?
"Hey, good morning, Mr. Falck." At this time, Bellman also walked up to greet Falck.
Generally speaking, the relationship between college coaches and professional scouts is poor, because college coaches hate "mercenary" scouts and agents coming to their teams to reach out to their talented players.
In the eyes of the coaches, these contacts do little to benefit other than to make their talents impetuous, corrupted by money.
But the relationship between Bellman and Falck is different, not to mention that both guys are Jewish and about the same age. Bellman was able to get Gan Guoyang back to play under him, and Falke can be said to have contributed a lot.
At the same time, except for some contact with Gan Guoyang at the beginning, Falke never affected Gan Guoyang's training and competitions at other times, and he wanted to know some of Gan Guoyang's movements and information through Bellman, rather than directly contacting Gan Guoyang.
So, Bellman had a very good impression of Falke, and the relationship between the two was good.
"Good morning Bobby, I'm sorry I didn't let you know before I came because I'm busy." Falck held out his hand and shook Bellman's hand.
"Gan, I think it's better for you to go to training than to be an assistant coach here." It seems that Bellman wants to break Gan Guoyang apart and talk to Falck alone.
Gan Guoyang had no choice but to take the ball back to his half court to continue the warm-up practice.
Falck and Bellman chatted on the sidelines, and it was clear that Bellman had a lot of questions about this match, after all, Gunzaga had not traveled this far to play an invitational match in his history.
Soon, the hour-long warm-up training was over, and after discussing it with Willis Reed, Clayton University, the home stadium, did its best to train the main gymnasium for the bulldogs, and then the Blue Jays came back in the afternoon.
And Falke disappeared after chatting with Bellman for a while, which can be described as a hurry.
Time flies, and winter nights come especially quickly, and at seven o'clock it is completely dark, while the gymnasium of Clayton University is brightly lit and full of people.
Some states in the Midlands, like Indiana and Kansas, are not so bustling and are often derided as rural by the West and East Coast regions, but the people here are particularly fond of sports.
Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the United States, and it's no exception here.
In this game, although both sides are little-known small teams, one is fighting at home, and the other is a mysterious division from afar, so the game has not yet started, and the stadium is already full of student fans.
Gan Guoyang looked at the aisle full of students, and had to sigh that the basketball atmosphere here was really good.
But this did not bring too much pressure to Gan Guoyang, who has played several away games in a row, he understands that he must not be timid in the away game, otherwise he will be weak, and if he is afraid, he will not fight.
The match was about to begin, and the two sides were doing simple warm-up exercises on the field, unbeknownst to them, in addition to the more than 4,000 spectators in the stadium, there were two heavyweights watching the match from the corner of the court.
Gan Guoyang would not know that his performance in this game will determine the fate of many things in the future.
As 7 o'clock approached, players from both sides took to the pitch and prepared to start the battle from afar.
Gan Guoyang has the habit of observing the opponent's center before jumping the ball, and this time when he observes, his heart jumps, and he feels that tonight's opponent is not easy to deal with.
Jumping in the center circle with Gan Guoyang was the starting center of the Blue Jays, a black strong man wearing number 00, 7 feet tall and weighing 245 pounds.
His serious and cold expression seemed to tell Gan Guoyang, "Don't think about it tonight."
"Beep!" With the referee's whistle and the ball thrown into the air, the game officially began.
Although Gan Guoyang is only mid-to-upper in the bounce, he can always come out on top with his long arms and super fast reflexes.
But this time, in the face of this No. 00 7-foot strong man, Gan Guoyang failed to fight for the ball, because the opponent was too big, and he squeezed Gan Guoyang out.
No matter how strong Gan Guoyang is, he really can't exert his strength in the air, and he suffered a small loss at the beginning of his body shape and weight.
However, the scrum was not a big deal, and the game officially began, with the Blue Jays playing at home taking the lead in attacking.
"Oh, Falck, this little guy looks a little skinny, huh? The scrum didn't get past the Benjamin......" Falke was among the spectators in the stands, and a man next to him said.
"Yes, it's true that he's a little skinny. But he's already gained a full 20 pounds from last year, and his strength is amazing. Falke seemed to be trying to defend Gan Guoyang.
"I don't know much about basketball, but I think this yellow-skinned guy is much stronger than the yellow guy on the side, do you remember Bruce Lee? He didn't look big. At this time, another person next to him also said.
Just as the three of them were talking, the Blue Jays players missed the shot, and Gan Guoyang pushed Benjamin under the basket and firmly controlled the backcourt rebound in his hand.
"Beautiful rebounds, he's really out of position." Falke also said that Gan Guoyang's performance just shows that what he said before is correct.
But the first person to speak shook his head and said, "Just grabbing rebounds won't help us, I need something different." ”
Something different, is there anything different about Gan Guoyang? Of course he was, but tonight he didn't seem to be able to show it.
After grabbing a rebound on the defensive end, Gan Guoyang had some trouble on the offensive end.
The trouble came from the opposition's centre-forward, No. 00 Benauit Benjamin.
Although Gan Guoyang has encountered a 7-foot center in the first three games, such as Gray, and a strong man, he has never encountered a tall and strong man like Benjamin today.
What's more, Benjamin, although tall and strong, is not bulky at all, and his defensive skills are quite solid.
Gan Guoyang felt this when he was in the position, although he still relied on his superior strength and outstanding skills to get to a very good position in the waist position, but Benjamin's top defense behind him made him very uncomfortable.
So after receiving Stockton's lob, he couldn't directly adjust to attack and shoot, and his back could feel that the defense of the man behind him was very tight, and there were almost no flaws.
Although Gan Guoyang has an outstanding hook hand, compared with the real Tiangou Jabbar, his biggest flaw, and at the same time, his irreparable flaw is his height.
The difference between the 6-foot-10 Gan Guoyang and the 7-foot-2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a full 4 inches, which makes Gan Guoyang much more disrupted when facing defenders who are taller than him, and his shooting vision will also be affected.
In this case, in the opening three attempts to attack, Gan Guoyang only scored one goal, and the other two were all iron, which means that the tactical arrangement of Bellman to hit Gan Guoyang first in the opening line failed to act.
"His hook is very beautiful, but unfortunately he didn't go in, he is not a sky hook after all. And I don't think the fans will like the second day hook, that day hook has a bad enough relationship with the fans. "The people in the stands were obviously not particularly satisfied with Gan Guoyang's performance.
And Falke didn't know what to say, and he could only pray that Gan Guoyang's state could be adjusted.
Gunzaga University didn't play well in the opening game, maybe because of the fatigue of the journey, or maybe it was a lack of preparation before coming, and after the first attack point could not be opened, the whole Gunzaga attack was a little chaotic.
Had it not been for Stockton's efforts to create chances in it, Gunzaga's attack would have only been worse.
However, on the defensive end, Gan Guoyang's state is as stable as ever, although No. 00 Benjamin has curbed Gan Guoyang to a certain extent in defense, but he has no way to take Gan Guoyang in attack.
Benjamin, who is also the team's first scoring point, couldn't even catch the ball by Gan Guoyang's defense around the front, and he didn't expect that the yellow-skinned man who was shorter than him and thinner than him in front of him would have so much strength.
In the first five minutes, both sides played like, and the score turned out to be 6:6, and the audience was very happy to watch, anyway, watching football in college is just to have fun.
And the coaches on both sides did not call a timeout, obviously they were training the players' ability to solve problems on the field.
In the NCAA competition, when it comes to the national competition, basically every time I meet a team is a brand new and unfamiliar team, either I have never met before, or I have encountered it, but it is already N years ago, and the old players have long graduated.
When you meet an unfamiliar team, you are likely to be uncomfortable at the beginning, and this is the time to compete to see which player on both sides can adjust faster, play their own characteristics, and take the initiative on the field.
These things cannot be taught by coaches, and they require the talent of the players and the accumulation of experience on the field.
The first to start adjusting himself on the field was not Gan Guoyang, who was not in good shape, but Stockton, who was calm and relatively experienced at the same time.
"Gan, we'll play a quick match later, we need to score." After Gan Guoyang grabbed another rebound, Stockton and Gan Guoyang, who got the ball, said.
When the game is in a stalemate, the tactics don't work, and both sides struggle to score, the best way to break the deadlock is to use the team's star player to play alone, or to score in a small combination.
Gan Guoyang nodded, he knew it was time to boost the team's morale with a goal.
In this attack, Gan Guoyang did not fall to the low position, nor did he go to the high position to cover, but ran to the right 45 degrees.
This position makes Benjamin very uncomfortable, if he doesn't follow, he will miss someone, but Gan Guoyang, a center forward, is really no threat in this position; Follow it, and there will be a big piece of space on the inside, and obviously there will be defensive holes.
Just when Benjamin had to stand on the edge of the three-second zone, staring at Gan Guo and looking at the restricted area, Stockton had already made a pick-and-roll with Anderson and cut to the basket.
Benjamin couldn't control Gan Guoyang, so he immediately rushed to the three-second zone to make up for the defense.
But Stockton's purpose is not to attack the basket directly at all, but to attract the defense and give Gan Guoyang a chance!
Under the basket, surrounded by two people and a center who pounced, Stockton stuffed the ball into the gap to Gan Guoyang, who was ambushed on the right side.
If it were changed to the previous game, Gan Guoyang would finish the attack with a hook or throw, but he didn't feel good in this game.
Gan Guoyang saw that Benjamin had moved to the three-second zone, and after receiving the ball, he rushed straight to the basket!
What is surprising is that Gan Guoyang did not catch the ball with both hands at all, but used his big hand to catch the ball with one hand, dribbled it on the ground once, and directly grabbed the ball and took off.
Benjamin just reacted and wanted to turn around to make up for it, but found that a large roc with wings had already flown in the air.
Gan Guoyang, who had long hands and long feet, jumped up, and when he completely stretched out, he was so elegant.
And his dunk is so powerful, "Bang! When the voice came, Benjamin, who was standing there trying to foul himself, felt as if he had been hit by a truck.
Although Gan Guoyang was blocked from below, he still relied on his amazing waist and abdomen strength and super long arm span to maintain his balance and buckle his opponent's head fiercely!
"Yay!" Even though it's an away game, the basketball atmosphere here is like this, and the beautiful goals are just as applauded and cheered on as Jīng's performances.
"Beep!" The referee's whistle followed, and Benjamin blocked the foul.
At this time, Gan Guoyang fell to the ground because of too much force, and a group of people turned on their backs under the basket.
But one of the people in the stands stood up and clapped and said: "Falck, maybe you are right, this guy does have the potential to change everything"