[{"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-1154":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},1444674,1896,"Chapter 1154 - 18: Fighter No More_4","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1154",1154,"\u003Cp>For example, last season’s battle with Dennis Rodman for the Rebound King gave Gan Guoyang a lot of game vitality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, there was the competition with Jordan for the scoring title, MVP, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This season, playing against O’Neal, he wants to teach O’Neal a lesson and leave the Shark with a psychological shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, since Bernard King came, he plans to have more blowout games.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that old friends have a chance to play in garbage time and get a good feel for the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After defeating the Hawks, the Trail Blazers won big at home against the Los Angeles Clippers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bernard King got 3 minutes and 8 minutes of playing time in the second and fourth quarters, respectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In 11 minutes, King scored 10 points, with 1 assist and 2 rebounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His performance was much improved from the last game, at least in efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang in this battle scored 29 points, 21 rebounds, plus 7 blocks and 9 assists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His offensive shooting percentage was very high, reaching 80%, and he revitalized the team’s offense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole team made 7 out of 11 three-pointers, with Dell Curry hitting 3 of 4, performing excellently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang single-handedly dismantled the Clippers on both offense and defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His offensive playstyle is becoming more and more free, with no patterns to follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Larry-Brown’s methodical defensive setup couldn’t withstand it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brown is a very good defensive coach, his biggest defensive characteristic is precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Precise one-on-one matchups, precise rotations, precise double-teams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every step he calculates precisely, striving for his players to execute systematically like characters in a video game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such defense is very useful against ordinary players and teams, greatly reducing the opponent’s efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for someone like Gan Guoyang, who has evolved to play all five positions, this precise defense is the least effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Brown loves using excellent defensive point guards to pressure the opponent’s organizer full-court, half-court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Denver, he used Brian Taylor, at the Spurs, he used Rod Strickland, and at the Clippers, he used Mark Jackson, Rivers, Harper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He loves such guards, striving to interfere with the opponent’s offense from the root and pressure the ball handler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for the Trail Blazers, Gan Guoyang often personally brings the ball up the court to organize the offense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to defend? Send a small guard to steal the ball?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Jordan and Pippen could not strip the ball from Gan Guoyang’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result of using a small guard to defend is getting backed down and scored on easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the inside players come out to defend, what about rim protection, how does the rotation adjust?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brown’s precisely arranged defensive formation falls apart instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, Gan Guoyang always viciously warns Brown, \"Stop yelling!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Causing Brown to have a sullen face when playing against the Trail Blazers, unable to vent his emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually losing the game, feeling endlessly frustrated in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coach and team truly suited to defending a \"free man\" like Gan Guoyang is George Karl and his Supersonics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They rely not on precision, but on unparalleled energy, a tall frontline, and the ferocity of the SOS defensive system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In tonight’s game, the Clippers were blown out early by Gan Guoyang alone, quickly entering garbage time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brown’s resentment towards Gan Guoyang intensified by another notch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This resentment will grow deeper and thicker over time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until many years later, the two sides will come for a final reckoning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this game, King’s admiration for Gan Guoyang increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kid really knows how to show off, and crucially, he succeeds in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In March, the Trail Blazers embarked on another Eastern road trip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Trail Blazers’ last long journey East before the playoffs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon arrival in Detroit, a large number of reporters awaited at the airport exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time Gan Guoyang plays in Detroit, it causes a sensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time passed, the aftermath of the Silver Dome massacre not only didn’t fade away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, with the NBA’s growing popularity, its influence became even greater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang and his Trail Blazers are at the peak, the most popular team in the League.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pistons are inevitably heading towards decline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fans and local media can only add a bloody hue to the games by constantly recalling former glories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the airport to the hotel, from the hotel to the arena, slogans written by fans were everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah Gan, you can’t kill us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eat my punch, Ah Gan!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re the worst boxer and wrestler in the world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some signs even depicted a coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang lay inside with a serene look on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang is long since immune to such provocations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two seasons, Pistons fans are more aggressive than their players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their talents are all in trash-talking, not in team building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The downfall of a team happens so quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Competing for the championship last season, and possibly never returning the next season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Internal corruption and decay is one aspect, but rapid changes in the larger environment accelerated this process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pistons happen to be in a phase of rapid development and change in the NBA.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Firstly, their playstyle was rejected and targeted by the League.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entering the 90s, many teams were direct or indirect successors of the Pistons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the malicious foul rule was introduced in 1990, NBA games did not become gentler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malicious injury moves did decrease, but the intensity of the game increased, with scoring getting lower each year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heat, Hornets, Knicks, Hawks, Supersonics, all these teams had very aggressive playing styles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daley and his Pistons created a pathway of \"even with average talent, competing with the geniuses.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only to teach the disciples, but go hungry themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>",945,"2026-06-06T01:41:51.304Z",1,"novelbin.me","f4d67b9d2553ba7d8f103e338ade17bc47cd99c160f4e12175556eaf2857134f","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1304","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1303",2033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-golden-age-of-basketball-cover.jpg"]