"Arc top, horn position, low position?" Gan Guoyang looked at the three locations pointed out by Adelman and asked in a confirmed tone.

In Gan Guoyang's view, it is common to attack with the ball in these three positions, and he may be more tightly defended than other positions in these three positions, and it is precisely because of this that Gan Guoyang makes his attack point erratic, using Sabonis as the axis to attack from all sides to make it difficult for the opponent's defense.

"Are you thinking that if you are only in these three positions, you will be better defended by the opposing team? Gan, if you were the only one on the field, it would have been better to defend, but we have five people on the team. With that, Adelman took out the remote control and fast-forwarded the video to a shot, which was a positional attack by the Trail Blazers.

Gan Guoyang was in the horn position, Rodman stepped forward to defend, and the sticker was quite dead, almost stuck the lower plate on Gan Guoyang's legs; But this ball, Ranbir didn't come out because Sabonis was inside, and it was Isaiah Thomas and John Sully who formed a sandwich situation for Gan Guoyang, Thomas was leaning on Gan Guoyang's side while facing Potter, and when Porter passed the ball to Gan Guoyang, when Gan Guoyang received the ball in the horn position, Thomas immediately grabbed it.

But this ball Gan Guoyang's handling is very good, he and Porter played a hit the wall, Porter passed to Gan Guoyang immediately cut in, and then burst in, as a result, Thomas missed Porter, Gan Guoyang gave the ball very quickly, Porter received the ball directly into the inside, Ranbir stepped forward to make up for the defense, Porter passed the ball to Sabonis, Sabonis dunked and scored.

Although Gan Guoyang did not have any reflection in the statistics of this goal, he passed a very deadly pass, which directly led to the Trail Blazers' score.

"You see, when you're in the horn position, you don't always have the opportunity to attack, you don't always have the opportunity to hook up from a distance, but as long as you are in this position, the opponent wants to contain you, and it will be a big price to come back. Mr. Bellman has made statistics that when you have the ball in the horn position, the probability of getting caught is lower, and of course the chance of scoring is relatively smaller. Although your assists are not excellent, you have no problem moving the ball, and you are a very good setter, and many people tend to ignore the importance of a pass, and only pay attention to the person who scores the final score and the player who gives the assist, in fact, in the attack, a set of tactics to initiate the pass determines the final offensive quality, I think you should understand this very well. Adelman explained to Gan Guoyang about the attack.

Adelman said the truth, Gan Guoyang as a very observant player understands, many times a seemingly ordinary pass, but can revitalize the situation on the field, such a pass can not be reflected in the data, but extremely important.

"You need me here to pass the ball for my teammates?" Gan Guoyang asked.

"No, that's just one of the points, the most important thing is that I want to put you in a safe position at all times, for a player, 45 degrees to the baseline is the most dangerous place, the further you go inside, the more dangerous it is, the more likely you are to get into the defensive trap. Except, of course, the three-second zone under the basket, which is the most dangerous, but also the most rewarding place, the most powerful place for you, and you will not give up here no matter what. Out of the three-second zone, 45 degrees to the baseline, I don't want you to go back to that zone, no matter how accurate your C&S is there, how close your technique is to a small forward, you don't have to go there again. Give it to Cauchy, give it to Paxson, give it to Drexler, and let them play there. When you're not on the inside, you're in the corner position, and this is your advantageous area, your pass, your mid-range shot, your three-pointer, it's a huge threat. The most important thing is that you are safe. ”

This was the conclusion reached by Adelman and Bellman and other members of the coaching staff after careful discussions, and Adelman also ran to Gan Guoyang to tell him for the first time.

This arrangement seems simple, even a little rough, limiting Gan Guoyang's range of activities, narrowing Gan Guoyang's infinite attack range since Sabonis's arrival to a fan, that is, starting from the hoop and radiating a symmetrical 60-degree fan to the three-point line, accounting for one-third of the entire half.

This is like a reincarnation for Gan Guoyang, as early as his rookie season, Jack Ramsey set Gan Guoyang's range of activities roughly in this area, but at that time Gan Guoyang did not have such a strong projection ability, Ramsey hoped that Gan Guoyang could respond in a high position.

When Adelman took office, in 1988, Gan Guoyang spent most of his time near 10 feet in the hoop, becoming a powerful center under the basket, occasionally shooting three-pointers at a few points on the outside; This season, with the arrival of Sabonis and Gan Guoyang's weight loss, Gan Guoyang was completely liberated, and his range of activities was suddenly expanded to the entire half.

Now, Adelman and the coaching staff have decided to narrow down Gan's main scope of activities and return to the situation when he was a rookie in 1984.

"Okay Führer, I will obey the arrangements of the coaching staff." Gan Guoyang said to Adelman without any hesitation.

Adelman was also relieved, he was still a little worried that Gan Guoyang would resist such restrictions, after all, he was a superstar, the boss of the team, and he had been playing well, and the team's record was also very good, just losing one game, Gan Guoyang had every reason to refuse to make adjustments and continue to play the way he liked.

But Gan Guoyang still decided to obey the coach's arrangement, because he believed that the advice given to him by Adelman and Bellman must be beneficial, beneficial to himself and the team, and he believed in the level of the two coaches.

Moreover, when Gan Guoyang heard Adelman's suggestion, he couldn't help but think of the range of activities that Jack Ramsey had delineated for him back then, at that time, Gan Guoyang still didn't like to go to the outside line very much, and liked to squat near the three-second zone, and now, the three-second zone is still his world, but the horn position will become an extremely important area of activity for him.

In a few years, when Gan Guoyang is more experienced, the technology switch is more pure, and he reaches the point of "doing whatever he wants", he will return to the state of no dead ends, and now, for Gan Guoyang and the Portland Trail Blazers, the impact of this change may not be imagined by themselves.

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After the game against the Pistons, the Trail Blazers' Central Division tour continues, and their next stop is Cleveland, Ohio, where they face the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers are slowly getting back into the groove after dumping their hapless owner, Stepion, and trading Charles Oakley to the Bulls in 1985 was probably the last bad decision in recent years, and they've made a series of right choices since 1986.

In a small trade, the Cavaliers sent Roy Hinsson, the team's main power forward, to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for an '86 first-round pick, which turned out to be the No. 1 pick, which was a big surprise for the Cavaliers, who used the No. 1 pick in the 1986 draft to win North Carolina's star center, Brad Doherty - this is the fourth consecutive year that the No. 1 pick is a center.

In his first season, the 1986-1987 season, the year Gan Guoyang was reimbursed, Doherty handed over 15.7 points, 8 rebounds, and 3.8 assists, and was selected as an All-Star in the second season, in 1988, when his assists had risen to 4.2.

In the same year's draft, the Cavaliers used their No. 8 pick to acquire Ron Harper, and the guard line was greatly replenished, and it wasn't over, the Cavaliers immediately made another miracle move, trading the team's 1989 second-round pick to Mavericks player Mark Price, and the best point guard in Cavaliers history was brought in.

In the 1987 draft, the Cavaliers picked up Kevin Johnson in seventh place, and the Cavaliers sent Johnson to the Suns in the middle of the season to get the power forward they were still looking forward to.

Not only that, in terms of coaching, the Cavaliers recruited championship coach Lenny Wilkens in 1986, and worked hard to build a lineup based on the supersonic in 1979, after two seasons of running-in, the Cavaliers' record this season can be described as skyrocketing, before the game with the Trail Blazers on February 24, the Cavaliers have achieved an excellent record of 40 wins and 12 losses, ranking first in the East! Even better than the Detroit Pistons' record!

Therefore, this game between the Trail Blazers and the Cavaliers turned out to be the top battle in the East and West, and even so, the poor Cavaliers did not get the opportunity to broadcast live in the United States, because no one expected the Cavaliers to achieve such results before the season.

It's definitely a tough nut to crack for the Trail Blazers.