[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-golden-age-of-basketball":3,"chapter-the-golden-age-of-basketball-the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1058":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Golden Age of Basketball",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1444575,1896,"Chapter 1058 - 15 3-minute game_3","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1058",1058,"\u003Cp>The fouls on Croatia’s inside players are increasing, making Croatia’s head coach anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we keep fouling like this, we’ll soon have to face free throws, and there won’t be anyone available on the bench.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The score gap between the two teams fluctuates between 10 and 15 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>China Team is resilient, but Croatia always manages to score and widen the gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>China Team is persisting, gritting their teeth, refusing to change their defense strategy, letting them shoot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’re determined not to let Croatia play inside, not to let them fast break; if we’re going to be shot to death, let it be by shooting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The game progresses to the final stage, with five minutes remaining, and China Team is still trailing by 10 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>points in five minutes; it’s enough, but both defense and offense need to catch up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang also feels fatigued because he hasn’t rested for even a minute during the match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Xingquan specifically called a timeout to let Gan Guoyang sit down and drink some water, catch his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Gan Guoyang has already scored 37 points, grabbed 20 rebounds, and made 5 blocks, keeping China Team hanging by a thread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>60:70.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the timeout, returning to the court, Petrović, who had been resting off the court for a while, also came back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the ball was released, Gan Guoyang suddenly said to Petrović: \"Pete! Wanna have a three-point contest?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Petrović’s heart tightened hearing this, he glanced at Gan Guoyang without saying anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweat kept streaming down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A three-point contest is a project that Trail Blazers players practice extra on after daily training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two who practice the hardest in the team, Gan Guoyang and Petrović often stay in the training gym for three-point contests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoever hits 100 shots first wins the competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one to fetch balls, positions not fixed, no one to count scores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Often only the two of them are on the court’s two ends, endlessly shooting, fetching balls, running, then shooting again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After half a day of training, the body is very tired, but such practice greatly helps improve three-point ability, although it’s very painful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In three years, the two have had nearly a hundred such contests, with Petrović’s record being 1 win N losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Petrović knows well that the one time he won, he cheated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since there’s no referee, they rely on themselves to count; whoever reaches 100 first finishes the shooting and wins, relying entirely on their own honesty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After losing continuously, Petrović finally couldn’t bear it and during one duel, he declared victory without hitting 100 shots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, Gan Guoyang happily treated Petrović to dinner, but Petrović felt bad because such a false victory didn’t truly make him happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later he no longer falsely reported hit counts, faithfully made shots, yet was still no match for Gan Guoyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lost not just in accuracy, but mainly in stamina; Ah Gan’s stamina stability was abnormal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, when he heard Gan Guoyang mention \"three-point contest,\" his pores stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately reminded Francovic, \"Keep an eye on Ah Gan, his three-point shots are very accurate, mark him tightly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Francovic hadn’t reacted yet, and Gan Guoyang had already received Sun Jun’s sideline ball, looking to shoot a three at the arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Francovic rushed to block, but Gan Guoyang faked, bumped into Francovic, drawing a three-point foul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Petrović cursed inwardly, calling him \"old trickster,\" Ah Gan liked pulling tricks like this, faking and being real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stepping onto the free-throw line, Gan Guoyang intentionally stepped back, resembling Wilt Chamberlain of old times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chamberlain stood far because it was more accurate than standing close, whereas Gan Guoyang was adjusting his feel; he wouldn’t randomly shoot threes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After adjusting his breathing, he calmly made all three free throws, narrowing the gap to 7 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>China Team’s zone defense tightened even more, Petrović attempted to break through, distributed the ball, teammate got the ball and broke again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beep beep!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The referee’s whistle sounded again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Jian fell on the ground, he drew an offensive foul from the opponent on the baseline!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beautiful foul drawing, probably Ma Jian’s most important play tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>China Team quickly threw the ball from the backcourt, distinctly different from the previous sluggishness; Gan Guoyang got Hu Weidong’s pass and dribbled the ball across half court himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Croatia Team had no one marking him, Francovic was already too tired to run back and stand in defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Petrović responded, ran to mark Gan Guoyang, but Gan Guoyang effortlessly pushed Petrović aside, used a KIKI-step on the left side, stepped back for a three-pointer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this distance, in the NBA it would be a mid-range shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exceptionally smooth footwork and shooting, the ball swished through the net!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the shot, Gan Guoyang shouted to Petrović: \"The contest starts now, Pete, come on!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",808,"2026-06-06T01:41:49.959Z",1,"novelbin.me","eefa8cf0ce5f5ec86465fed442857dc45cef8f91f2db6b852611cc11ce2aa6f0","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1059","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1057",2033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-golden-age-of-basketball-cover.jpg"]