"Good evening everybody, I'm Dick Stockton, and I'm excited to bring you a regular season game from the 1985-1986 NBA tonight, where the Portland Trail Blazers in the West host the Knicks from New York. Next to me the guest narrator was Tom Heinsohn. ”

CBS's Dick Stockton began commentating on the NBA's regular season on another game night, and he was joined by Tom Heinsoane, a Celtics legend and Bill Russell's best helper.

"Good evening, it's a pleasure to be able to explain this high-profile match to the crowd. On one side is the momentum of the Portland Trail Blazers, and on the other side is the New York Knicks, who got the top pick, but lost consecutive games. Although the results on both sides are ice and fire, the matchup between the young centers on their team is the biggest attraction, and I think there are a lot of students from Gunzaga University and Georgetown University who are watching the game on the TV. Heinsohn's slightly gruff voice appeared on the TV show, and the once best coach, the eight-time champion in his nine-year career, is now thriving in the TV commentary industry.

"This is indeed the biggest attraction of this game, but it is a pity that Bernard King is not able to play because of the season reimbursement, otherwise his battle with Van Dewig will definitely be good. However, in addition to these two pairs, the Knicks should be at an all-round disadvantage against the Trail Blazers, and the other players are definitely inferior to the Trail Blazers who have won consecutive games recently, including the overall state. ”

"The starters on both sides, the Trail Blazers playing at home, center Sonny Gan, power forward Mitchell Sampson, small forward Kiki Vanderwig, scoring guard Clyde Drexler, point guard Darryl Valentine, head coach Jake Ramsay; Away Knicks, center Patrick Ewing, power forward Ken Bannister, small forward Darryl Walker, shooting guard Grande Wilkins, point guard Roy Sparrow, head coach Huby Brown. ”

While Stockton was introducing the starters of both sides, the entrance ceremony for the players of both teams was over and the game was about to begin.

Gan Guoyang saw that his "old friend" Ewing was concentrating on tying his belt, so he took the initiative to walk over and clap his hands in a friendly manner with the new champion.

"I'm not going to show mercy." Gan Guoyang leaned over to Ewing and said softly.

"That's exactly what I want, if you release the water, I'll report you to the Alliance." Ewing looked at Gan Guoyang and said.

Gan Guoyang also smiled after hearing this, he found that Ewing and Olajuwon were very different, if Gan Guoyang and Olajuwon said such things, Olajuwon would definitely fight back viciously, but Ewing could still play a little humor.

Ewing has no such sense of humor when dealing with reporters, and NBA media workers have sensed how difficult it is for the new top pick to deal with.

"The game was about to start, and the two NCAA giants were once again on opposite sides, and it was a game that people looked forward to...... Ewing won the jump ball, the Knicks won possession, and the game began. ”

Gan Guoyang fell behind in the jump ball with Ewing, and now Gan Guoyang is no longer the little prince of the jump ball, he has no interest in this kind of opening kick-off ceremony, and it has no impact on the game anyway.

Knicks point guard Roy Sparrow got the ball, and he began to organize the Knicks' offense.

"The Knicks will definitely have a discount on offense without Bernard King, but admittedly, that's probably a good thing because Ewing has more chances. The Knicks are being transformed into an interior team with him at the core, with a balance of offense and defense, which is the right way for the Knicks to rise. Tom Heinsohn gave his thoughts on the current state of the Knicks.

As he spoke, Sparrow shifted the ball to Wilkins at 45 degrees to the left on the right side, and Ewing started to play on the inside, and the champion has only played four games and has become a core player for the Knicks.

"Ewing is on the left side, Wilkins passes, Ewing catches the ball and turns and throws! The ball went in, Ewing pushed through Gan's defense and put the ball in the basket, and he looked stronger than he did in college. ”

Gan Guoyang couldn't prevent Ewing with this ball, because Ewing's rhythm of the ball was too good, to position, catch the ball, turn around, throw, all in one go, and the Knicks gave the ball very, very decisively, without a trace of hesitation, without giving the Trail Blazers' defenders time to react.

It took less than 10 seconds for the Knicks to rely on Ewing to score two points first, 2-0.

"The Trail Blazers' defense wasn't in shape yet, and the Knicks were decisive in passing the ball to the low post before the pinch-and-interference formed, which was a decent tactical execution."

When it was the turn of the Trail Blazers to counterattack, Gan Guoyang did not go to the low post to return one, but came to the lower position of the right horn to cover Drexler.

"Drexler received the ball, blocked it with Gan, and passed the ball to Gan!"

After Drexler got the ball on the right side, he circled Gan Guoyang twice, dodged Wilkins' entanglement, and pretended to shoot, at which point Ewing naturally had to come up to make up for the defense.

Ewing is still inexperienced after all, and this ball was replaced by another center, seeing that Drexler was shooting at such a position and distance, so he didn't shoot and went with him.

But Ewing jumped up to block, and Drexler made a ground-hitting pass and handed the ball into Gan Guoyang's hands.

After Gan Guoyang received the ball, there was no one in front of him, but he was still about 10 feet away from the basket, and he did not choose to shoot, but drove straight to the basket with the ball.

Walker, who was originally defending Vanderwig on the left side, came to the basket to make up for the defense, and Gan Guoyang directly ignored Walker's defense and jumped directly with three steps on the dribble.

"Gan catches the ball and goes straight to the basket, jumps and dunks! On Walker's head! Walkers were knocked off the line, but no fouls on the ball, a good shot. ”

Walker did not choose to make Gan Guoyang hit people with the ball, but wanted to cover the ball, he was really naïve, he couldn't suppress Gan Guoyang at all after jumping, and was directly dunked by Gan Guoyang with a single arm.

"Sorry, the road is too narrow." After the goal was scored, Gan Guoyang symbolically apologized to Walker, although it didn't look like an apology at all.

"It takes a lot of courage to stop Gan from dunking under the basket, and I bet Walker must be feeling like he's been hit by a car right now."

2:2, the center forwards of both sides scored one goal each, and the two sides were tied at the beginning.

Subsequently, the Knicks began their patient offense, and Huby Brown's tuning is really good, such a group of players with insufficient individual ability just need to play tactics and play coordination.

The defensive intensity of the Trail Blazers in the opening game was not high, giving the Knicks more passing and transfer space, as long as the ball is worn more on the court and the players run more, opportunities will always come out.

Ewing also appeared very calm, he didn't just take Gan Guoyang into a fight, he graduated from Georgetown University and has good tactical skills, and he is doing what he is supposed to do on the court according to the coach's instructions.

No matter how Gan Guoyang's trash talk rings in his ears, the gorilla-like center is not provoked by him.

"You're still the same as when you were in college, like a rock, and it seems that I still need to give you a good beating." Although Gan Guoyang chattered at Ewing, his performance on the court was the same as Ewing, doing some basic work, making up defense, grabbing rebounds, covering, and responding.

Obviously, both men are good centers in the eyes of the coach, who can do everything an interior can do.

But there is one thing that Gan Guoyang and Ewing are different.

The score was 17-18, Sparrow made a mid-range jumper, and he was in pretty good shape, and the Knicks were one point ahead of the Trail Blazers. Knicks guard Sparrow is in hot form tonight, and Valentin can't do anything about him.

"The Trail Blazers don't seem to have shown the tactical acumen they showed last season, and they're more of a solo player. But I have to admit that every player on the court has the ability to go it alone, and if going it alone can solve the problem, it would be a good solution, but that's not the style I think Ramsey has. Heinsohn also sees that the Trail Blazers' tactics on the offensive end are significantly more simplistic, and they no longer have the slightly more complex tactical moves of last season, and are instead more individual and problem-solving.

"Gan is starting to get in the low post, and it looks like he's going to have a fight with Ewing...... Valentine hoisted the ball to Gan, who turned past Ewing and dunked with both hands! The basket was completely empty, and Ewing was tightly! ”

After Gan Guoyang won the ball in the low post on the left side, he lowered his center of gravity very low, and then turned around and walked from the baseline at a very fast speed.

One of Ewing's major flaws in defense is that his legs are too long, which leads to his high center of gravity and lack of turf strength, Gan Guoyang turned around and squeezed Ewing completely away, and he couldn't jam Gan Guoyang with his lower body at all.

Gan Guoyang cleaned Ewing clean, and then slammed the dunk with both hands!

After this goal was scored, the entire memorial stadium suddenly became noisy, and many fans bought tickets to watch the game tonight, just to see the duel between Gan Guoyang and Ewing.

Except for the opening two who contributed one goal each, the rest of the time they were doing the dirty work like a blue-collar worker, and some fans were a little impatient.

Finally, Gan Guoyang ignited the emotions of the fans with a beautiful dunk, and the game also entered the full force period from the transition period.

"Come on, Patrick, I'm already ahead of you."