Chapter 176: Hors d'oeuvres

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“bird~yes!”

Accompanied by Most's succinct and powerful commentary, Larry Bird made a 19-foot shot, his second of the opening shot, and the Celtics leveled the score.

In the transition between attack and defense, Larry Bird dribbled directly through the half court and also walked from the right side, just like the previous offense.

But this time he didn't stop the ball outside the three-point line, but took a step inside and shot straight away.

Two Trail Blazers players stepped forward to make up for the defense, but they didn't stop Bird from calmly making a shot, and the ball went into the basket.

"Why don't you keep an eye on him?" Gan Guoyang muttered when he served from the baseline, he felt that as long as he defended Bird, he could stop Bird's shot.

"You can try the kid." Gan Guoyang's muttering voice was heard by Bird, who looked at Gan Guoyang with a cold face and said lightly.

"I'll wait until I get the ball first." Gan Guoyang finished serving and threw a sentence to Bird.

"Valentin was in possession of the ball, his legs were thick like a hyperthyroid neck, Vanderwig was in the low post, receiving the ball, dribbling and turning to shoot, the ball missed...... Gan points the ball in! , he has already scored 4 points in the opening game. ”

The Trail Blazers were still in a 3-2 position in the offensive formation, but they began to let Vanderwig sink into the low post to single Maxwell.

Cedric Maxwell, the Celtics' 1981 Finals MVP, has been in a downward spiral as he has grown older and because of his personal attitude.

Especially after winning the championship in 1984, he gained a lap of weight throughout the summer due to injuries and other reasons, and although he recovered some through training, he still could not regain his ambition.

At this time, although he is a starter, he is no longer the absolute main force of Celtic.

When defending against Van de Verwic, he was still able to do his duty, in?

?? Devic gave Van Devic enough interference when he received the ball and threw his hand back.

But Robert Parrish couldn't resist Gan Guoyang under the basket, Vanderwich's ball was very soft again, not far, Gan Guoyang made a small move to push Parrish away, and then jumped a little left hand and put the ball into the basket.

After Gan Guoyang scored, he looked at Bird, and then shook his head.

"This damn guy is so impatient to dare to provoke Bird." On the bench of the Trail Blazers on the sidelines, Kenny Carr saw Gan Guoyang's movements and knew that Gan Guoyang was competing with Bird, and couldn't help but sweat for Gan Guoyang.

6:4, the opening Trail Blazers played well, but the beginning of the first quarter was just a warm-up, both sides were looking for form, in comparison, the Celtics seemed to be out of shape.

This time the Celtics switched to Danny Ainge dribbling over the half, so to speak, there are DJs, Bird, and Aangie, and the opponent has no idea who is in possession.

Angie was pushed from the left and stopped near the three-point line, ready to drop the ball inside.

The Celtics' tactics in the opening game were actually very simple, that is, the left and right low posts relied on Parish and Maxwell to open up the situation and drive tactical changes.

Valentine was in charge of defending Anji, and when he saw that Anji was yearning for the inside lob, he took two steps back and opened his hands to interfere with Anji's passing line.

Angie saw that the ball couldn't be passed, and at the same time, he was dead, so he could only shoot directly at the 20-foot position.

"Phew!" Another missed shot from the open spot, and this time Angie's crosshairs were slightly better, but the ball still brushed out of the basket.

The inside line is still a hand-to-hand fight, and this time Gan Guoyang failed to take advantage, and both Parrish and Bird got stuck in the three-second zone early.

In the scramble of several people, it is not known who slapped the ball out, and the ball flew to the periphery.

"Dennis Johnson got the ball and passed it to Bird, Bird broke through, suddenly split the ball, or Danny Angie on the baseline! Jumper! The ball still didn't go in, and Anji's hands should have been buttered today. ”

Anji's opening hand was quite poor, and he had missed three consecutive shots, and it seems that he is in a rather bad state.

Gan Guoyang did not give the Celtics another chance on the inside, firmly grasped the rebound with one hand, passed the ball to Valentine, and the Trail Blazers continued to organize the offense.

"Left, to left!" Ramsey shouted from the sidelines, this was shouted at Gan Guoyang, and Ramsey asked Gan Guoyang to take a position on the left side.

Gan Guoyang used to rely too much on his outside turn and right hook, and this has now been figured out by various teams, and it is not so easy for Gan Guoyang to take the ball in the low post on the right side.

Therefore, Ramsey asked Gan Guoyang to be able to play alone on both the left and right sides to strengthen the containment and destruction of the opponent's defense.

"Gan, received a pass from Valentine, Angie stepped forward to wrap up, Gan didn't transfer the ball, turned around and walked from the baseline! The referee blows the whistle and Parish fouls and blocks the foul. "Most started with a rather dull commentary, because the game was full of unfavorable situations for the Celtics, which also made Most himself very depressed.

Gan Guoyang's walk to the bottom line just now was very fast, and Parrish was not prepared at all, so he could only move sideways and hit Gan Guoyang with his body side, which resulted in a foul.

"Is all you can do is foul?" After Gan Guoyang was fouled, he was still a little annoyed, and he entered the state very quickly in this game, so his mouth was also very sharp.

"Later you'll find out that all you can do is foul." Bird was also annoyed, as usual said that no matter what the opening game was, he was acceptable, and the game had just begun.

But Bird, the NBA's famous trash talk king, didn't expect Gan Guoyang, a yellow-skinned rookie, to slip away when he spoke English trash talk, and his performance was really good, which made Bird very angry.

When the Trail Blazers served on the sideline, Gan Guoyang couldn't get the ball because the left side was already crowded with players from both sides.

Sampson fed the ball to Paxson, who then passed it to Van der Veric in the low post on the right.

It was the second time Vanderwig had singled the ball in the low post, and it was a change for the Trail Blazers in this game.

The Celtics are really strange in the starting lineup, in addition to the center Robert Parrish is a real serious center, Bird and Maxwell are all-round forwards who can play three and four, and the guard line is Angie and Johnson, which makes the Celtics extremely flexible in the lineup.

Two guys like Maxwell and Bird, whether offensive or defensive, can give each other a headache for a long time.

Therefore, Ramsey asked Van der Veric to start from the low post, improve the success rate of the attack, and get the touch as soon as possible, against the Celtics, every detail must be done.

But Van Dewick's attack was unsuccessful, and after holding the ball low on the right, he turned and dribbled towards the middle, but was defenced by Bird in the middle.

Vanderwig made a step-back jumper, only to get the ball touched by Bird's fingertips after the shot, and the ball slowed down significantly in the air.

"Phew!" The ball slammed into the front of the basket, and this time Parrish grabbed a better position and pocketed the rebound in the backcourt.

The whole team of the Trail Blazers quickly retreated, but it was too late, and after a little observation, Parrish made a long pass directly from the backcourt, a pass that spanned most of the field!

The ball accurately reached Larry Bird's hands, and Bird did not dribble after receiving the ball, but directly took two steps together, and under the interference of Gan Guoyang and Sampson, a small toss with his right hand hit!

“so-easy!” After Bird scored, he ran backwards and said to Gan Guoyang that he had scored a lot of easy goals.

Although Bird's physical fitness is average, his ball sense is excellent, and he catches the ball, takes two steps, and jumps in one go.

His starting height is also average, but he has a very good grasp of the choice of shot points, and throws the ball to the basket with one hand after Gan Guoyang's slap.

Although the posture was not good-looking, the ball stumbled in, and the Boston Garden court was also jubilant in an instant, breaking the silence of the previous period.

The cheers were as loud as if Bird had scored the winner.

"A fast-break layup, as far as that." Gan Guoyang thought silently in his heart, feeling that Boston fans were really making a fuss.

"That's how these unqualified fans in the East are making a fuss." Mitchell Sampson has the same thing about it.

6:6, the two sides are still on the same starting line.

The Trail Blazers, thanks to Ramsay's meticulous pre-game preparation, did not fall behind in the tentative contact between the two sides, while the Celtics appeared to be out of shape, with all six of their points coming from Larry Bird.

On the Trailblazers' side, Gan Guoyang has obviously become the team's offensive core, and in the next attack, Gan Guoyang once again has a low position on the right side.

"Gan is on the right side, is Ramsay going to use Gan as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in this game? Or does he think Gan has Bill Wharton's magic all of a sudden? Most also felt a little strange that the Trail Blazers used Gan Guoyang so often in the opening game.

And Ramsey still has his wishful thinking in his heart, and everything depends on the first lineup rotation between the two sides.

Gan Guoyang received a pass from Valentine, and his card position was still very shallow, and in such a position, in the face of the 7-foot-2 Parrish, the effect of direct attack would not be too good.

So Gan Guoyang chose to pass.

After Valentine passed the ball to Gan Guoyang, he quickly cut to the inside, and at this time, the accumulation of Celtic's inside line was not as tight as it was at the beginning.

Valentine relied on Sampson's cover to shake off Angie's defense in an instant and inserted into the left side of the three-second zone.

This is a tactic that has been practiced many times, Gan Guoyang did not hesitate and stuffed the ball straight to the basket!

"Valentine catches the ball and lays up! The ball is in! A-nice-pass (a nice pass). "Moster is a bit of a word, he really doesn't want to use the endless stream of good words in his thesaurus to his opponents, but the Trail Blazers really played very well on these balls.

"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle, and Jones couldn't see the team's defensive and offensive state anymore, so he called a timeout to let the players adjust.

"Good, we had a great fight, but that's the hors d'oeuvres, we're going to give them a taste of the feast later." Ramsey said to the players who came off the pitch.

The Trail Blazers' opening tactics worked very well, and these are the results of Ramsey's careful arrangement in the past few days.

However, Coach Jones is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and there must be a battle of wits between the head coaches.