Chapter 81: The Iron Sun
At 14:8, Ewing used a powerful gliding dunk to widen the gap between the two teams to six points again. Visit download txt //
The difference in the score is not large, but the situation on the field shows signs of one-sidedness; Gunzaga's side had no rules in attack, relying on the individual ability of Gan Guoyang and Stockton to score points, and the rest of the players were completely locked up by Georgetown's steel defense.
All eight points for Gonzaga came from these two.
On the Georgetown side, after Coach Thompson made adjustments, he made full use of the team's advantages in individual ability, and the offensive thinking is becoming clearer and clearer.
With one side being the two cores being separated, and the other being a fully blossoming collective, it was obvious who was superior and who was inferior on both sides, and in the opening seven minutes, the scales gradually tilted in favor of Georgetown.
However, the game time was not even a quarter of the time, and it was too early to say anything.
After being hit by Georgetown's quick offense, Stockton began to organize the team's offense again, and the mood swings will never be found on the face of the tiny point guard, who is so calm and composed no matter what happens.
Bellman has been rearranged at the time of the timeout, requiring a combination of high and low positions, not focusing on the low post, and not giving up the inside line and only going to the high post.
In fact, Gunzaga's previous two attacks proved that Bellman's adjustment was correct, but Matthews's shot did not score, which took a bit of a blow to the team's morale.
This time, Gan Guoyang once again mentioned the high post as a cover for Stockton, and his coverage quality is the highest in the team, and every time he and Stockton block and dismantle, he always provides opportunities for Gunzaga's attack.
Sure enough, Stockton took advantage of Gan Guoyang's high-quality cover at the top of the arc to cut inside from the edge of the three-second zone on the right, but instead of going to the basket, he turned outside, so he spun around and returned to the top of the arc.
At this time, after Gan Guoyang finished covering at the top of the arc, he sank to the edge of the three-second zone on the left side and made a cover for Anderson on the left, and then Anderson successfully entered the three-second zone with the help of Gan Guoyang's block, and it was in front of the basket!
The front of the basket in the three-second zone should be said to be the penalty area in the opponent's half-court penalty area, where the threat to the basket is the greatest, the shooting is the easiest, and the passing is also the most extended, which can be said to be the dead end of the opponent's defense.
Gonzaga's players have been able to enter the dead end of George's City defense in a row, which shows that they have a hand in combination and tactics, but unfortunately, sometimes tactics do not make up for the lack of individual ability.
Anderson cut into the front of the basket in the three-second zone, and Stockton's pass was timely, as the ball passed between the two defenders and into Anderson's hands.
But Anderson was not Gan Guoyang, and when he jumped high after receiving the ball and was about to go straight to the basket, a big hand pounced on him.
Although Anderson is 6-foot-9 tall, he also played center before Gan Guoyang came, but his bounce is relatively average. And he was a little impatient for the layup this time, because in the three-second zone, he was afraid of being blown for three seconds, and he was also afraid that the ball would be smashed directly by the opponent when he got it.
Therefore, he was in a hurry to get to the basket, but he didn't notice that there was a monster like Ewing under the basket.
"Bang!" Ewing slapped the ball out!
But by coincidence, the ball happened to fall into Claremont's hand, and as soon as Claremont got the ball, regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one, he dribbled to the edge of the three-second zone and wanted to break the scoring drought with a throw.
But as a result, like Anderson, he was too impatient and underestimated Ewing's reaction speed.
Ewing saw that there were still people coming forward, and after landing on the ground, he did not make adjustments, rushed forward, jumped again, and headed towards the basketball fan flying in the air.
"Bang!" The ball is fanned again!
Ewing has two blocks in a row! It was his third block of the first half!
But before the fans had time to applaud Ewing's performance, the basketball had already fallen into the hands of the Georgetown players, and they fought back quickly.
Gonzaga's players returned to the defense at full speed, but it was Stockton who reached the basket first, and he had no choice but to pull the opposing player down with a foul and send the opponent to the free throw line.
"Excellent! Very good! Ewing high-fived his teammates and cheered them on for their tough defence and sharp counter-attacks.
The momentum of the whole Georgetown rose all of a sudden, and on the other hand, the morale of Gunzaga, who ran out of tactics and opportunities, but did not score because of his personal ability, was even more depressed.
Bellman shook his head on the side, the tactics had been played, but if the player couldn't score, he couldn't do anything.
"Hold on to Anderson and don't be discouraged." Gan Guoyang and Anderson beside him said.
Anderson nodded and continued to stare at the basket, waiting for the opposing player's free throw.
NCAA's free throws are very distinctive, if the player doesn't make the first free throw, there is no second free throw, and the two sides directly grab the rebound.
Of course, this is before the fouls accumulate to 10, and after 10 are two free throws, which is not a lot.
Gan Guoyang and Anderson are waiting for the opponent to miss a free throw to grab a rebound, so Stockton's foul is worth it.
But the basic skills of the Georgetown players are very solid, and both goals are scored steadily, 16:8, and the difference is stretched to 8 points.
After the timeout, Georgetown had scored eight points in a row, while Gonzaga's chances were only two points, and the other chances were either fanned or missed.
"John, give me the ball." Gan Guoyang said softly when serving from the baseline.
Gan Guoyang understands that when the team's morale is low, he must stand up again, otherwise it will only get worse and worse.
But Gan Guoyang did not go to the low position to fight Ewing hand-to-hand, but continued to wander in the outer position.
He learned the previous lesson and knew that if he went to the low post to ask for the ball again, he would definitely be trapped, and his teammates would not be in good shape if he shared the ball, and he would be blind if he divided.
So he received Stockton's pass from the outside, not with his back to the basket but with his face to the basket, which made it more difficult for the opponent to wrap up.
Gan Guoyang used to play on the street for a long time, and his dribbling skills were quite good, but he didn't use it much in regular games.
Therefore, his face basket attack is also quite se, facing Ewing, he first made two tentative steps, and then suddenly shook his shoulders, Ewing's attention was distracted for a moment.
Gan Guoyang took this opportunity to bow his head and break through the middle lane and hit the front area of the Georgetown basket again!
After all, Gan Guoyang is relatively short, has a low center of gravity, and is faster and more flexible; Ewing's high center of gravity, especially his two long legs, makes his center of gravity higher than that of the average 7-foot player.
In addition, Ewing didn't guard against Gan Guoyang's coming, he was not prepared enough, and he was cleaned up by Gan Guoyang!
But Ewing is only the first line of defense, and Georgetown's basket has long been heavily guarded, and the two forwards are all alone under the basket to stop Gan Guoyang's offense.
Gan Guoyang rushed straight up with all his strength, but he also had a sense of proportion, knowing that the opponent would make offensive fouls, so he twisted his body and brushed past Williams, a small forward standing straight in the three-second zone, and dodged his foul trap.
When Gan Guoyang jumped and went straight to the basket, the opponent's power forward Martin collided with Gan Guoyang in the air.
In order to avoid Williams, Gan Guoyang's speed has slowed down, the jump is not enough, and he has to hit Martin, so there is no way to dunk, but throws the ball to the basket by feeling.
The ball spins twice around the basket...... Fell out.
Gan Guoyang jumped up and grabbed the rebound in six hands!
Gan Guoyang could feel as if he was being squeezed in a forest of flesh, but he still struggled to jump and make a layup again!
But the interference he received was so great that the ball still hit the neck of the basket.
But Gan Guoyang occupies the best position, how could he let go of the scoring opportunity in his hand, no matter what, jump up again and grab the rebound!
At this point, he still remembered to shoot the jumper, but it was almost unlikely, because the three people on the other side surrounded him in the center like a bucket.
If he can't handle the ball quickly, he'll be blown for three seconds!
“**!” Gan Guoyang roared angrily, struggled with his elbows to push away the body that kept squeezing over, and then squeezed back with his buttocks, finally opening up a space.
At this time, Gan Guoyang was like the overlord of Chu, trying to pull out the mountains and cover the world! There were almost three people hanging on his body, and his arm was also pulled by his opponent, but he still jumped up!
"Bang!"
"Beep!"
The referee's whistle was accompanied by a crunch, while the basket was still crunching.
Gan Guoyang threw himself under the basket and grabbed himself, even if the opponent fouled, he couldn't stop him from pouring the ball into the basket!
"Ahh Gan Guoyang vented the anger in his heart with an angry roar.
Georgetown's fierce physical confrontation and ubiquitous bag clamping had already made Gan Guoyang hold his breath, and his teammates' abnormal performance made him very depressed, and now he finally used his performance to fight back against the opponent, and also wanted to motivate his teammates with it.
"Big cousin! What a job! Just as Gan Guoyang stood on the free throw line and was about to make a free throw, a familiar voice faintly came from the audience on the left.
After Gan Guoyang dunked this shocking dunk, the scene was jubilant, anyway, the fans didn't have a home team, whoever played Jingcai would cheer for whom, and the scene was noisy.
But Gan Guoyang still heard a familiar voice and familiar Chinese from the noisy voice.
He turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw the familiar flag in the audience seat in the west - "Ganjia Restaurant", which was Gan Guohui.
This time, the fat man brought the flag to the Great Western Forum Arena, and he was waiting for such an opportunity to let him wave the flag to cheer for Gan Guoyang, and advertise the restaurant by the way.
Gan Guoyang's mood calmed down when he heard Gan Guohui's cheering, and this familiar voice eliminated his anger and allowed him to enter the game more calmly.
However, when Gan Guoyang made a free throw, he found that his right palm was a little painful, and it was likely that he smashed the basket too hard when he dunked.
He endured the pain and immediately signaled to Bellman that he had a problem with his hand.
Bellman immediately asked the referee for a short timeout, and if Gan Guoyang's hand went wrong, the game would be answered.
"Gan, are you alright?" The team doctor immediately came up and asked, his tone unusually eager.
"It shouldn't be a problem, it seems like it was a little bruised when I dunked." Gan Guoyang said.
The team doctor hurriedly helped Gan Guoyang do some simple examinations and treatments, and found that there was indeed no major problem, but the muscles of the palm were slightly contusion.
"Gan, is there a problem?" Bellman was also in a hurry.
"It's okay, I can keep playing, give me the ball." Gan Guoyang looked at Bellman with burning eyes, but also at the other players.
'We've got to get through it, so give me the ball and get through the first half and we'll have chances in the second half.'
Although Gan Guoyang's words seem very arrogant, everyone understands that other points cannot be opened at this time, and only by handing the ball to the point they are most sure of can they get through this time.
In midfield, they had time to recalibrate and as long as the half-time difference wasn't too big, they definitely had a chance.
"Well, everyone be careful when defending, we changed to a 1-3-1 joint defense and we can't let them play easily anymore. And offensively, leave it to Forrest Gump. ”
At the end of the timeout, Gonzaga still trailed by five points at 11:16.
After Gunzaga adjusted his defensive strategy, Georgetown's low-post singles tactics lost their effectiveness, because the two positions in the waist were exactly the most vulnerable position for the 1-3-1 defense, and there was basically no way to play alone.
But this also gave Georgetown players a lot of shooting space, and Bellman could only bet that George's hand was not too good.
But Wingate came up and gave Bellman a headshot, receiving Ewing's ball at 45 degrees on the left side and hitting a pull-up jump shot.
Georgetown's five starters are all mid-range shooters, and even center Ewing mid-range shots are his regular scoring tools, which is one of the scary things about Georgetown.
Gan Guoyang has no choice but to lose points like this, he has to get those points back in the attack.
After coming to the frontcourt, Gan Guoyang did not break through the basket again, he has found that this way is too difficult, and the opponent will no longer let Gonzaga's players easily enter the penalty area in the box.
He came to the familiar right low post, squeezed past Ewing, and once again put on a singles stance.
This time it was Ricardo Williams who replaced Matthews who fed him the ball, Matthews was not in good shape, and Ricardo fed Gan Guoyang more tacitly.
As soon as Gan Guoyang got the ball, the other Georgetown players still resolutely executed the bag.
But Gan Guoyang didn't pass the ball, and he didn't hesitate, he dribbled hard before the bag came up, fighting for space for himself to make moves.
At the same time, I haven't adjusted the pace, so I just turned over and half-hooked my hands!
Gan Guoyang didn't use the Sky Hook, because although the Sky Hook hit rate was high and ignored the defense, the preparation action was large and the action frequency was slow, so he used a more crisp and neat half-hook hand to the basket!
"Huh!" Before Ewing had time to jump and block, the ball had already swept into the basket, 13:18, still a five-point gap.
"It's already 9 points." Gan Guoyang said to Ewing after scoring, and the latter said that he would not let Gan Guoyang score more than ten points, but now it is just over half of the first half, and Gan Guoyang has scored 9 points.
In the second half of the first half, both sides changed the attitude of never letting you score in the opening game, and the attack began to have some se.
Georgetown is a mid-range pitcher who feels pretty good, but Gunzaga is resolute in his joint defense and has a "you have the ability to shoot me" posture.
At the same time, Gonzaga almost completely relied on Gan Guoyang on the offensive end, from the 12th minute to the 18th minute of the first half, Gan Guoyang, who was injured in his right hand, scored 4 hooks in a row, no matter how many people in Georgetown were packed, they could not prevent the sky hook from reappearing in the Great Western Forum Arena.
When Gan Guoyang grabbed a long-distance frontcourt rebound at the corner before the end of the first half, and shot a 15-foot hook before the whistle, the cheers of the entire Great Western Forum Arena reached its peak!
“sky-hook!”
“sky-hook!”
“sky-hook!”
The shouts of "Tiangou" filled the entire arena, and at halftime, Gonzaga Bulldogs trailed the Georgetown Marvel Team by 5 points at 25:30, of which Gan Guoyang scored 17 points in anger, which surprised those who thought he couldn't score 10 points in a game.
“seventeen——seven。” Gan Guoyang said to Ewing when he left the game.
Ewing scored 7 points in the first half and played normally, but he couldn't limit Gan Guoyang at all.
Gan Guoyang is like a fiery sun, scorching the city of steel and melting it with his own strength.
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