[{"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-1356":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},1444923,1896,"Chapter 1356 - 24: You Really Have Guts_5","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1356",1356,"\u003Cp>Garnett wanted to dunk, but Kobe, who returned on defense in time, swatted the ball out of bounds. Timberwolves’ ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kobe’s hands are quick too. Speed is one of the most important things in this league, just like strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garnett shouted a few words at Kobe, clearly excited, but Kobe shook his head, pretending not to hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The game was beginning to get interesting. Garnett and Kobe, two young players, were competing hard on both offense and defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there’s also Marbury, this streetball king from New York, possessing an unusually athletic body for a point guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was full of agility, and his playing style bore a deep street vibe, looking very dazzling and appealing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, in the NBA, looking dazzling and appealing is useless. The seasoned Gan Guoyang quickly took control of the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the second quarter, he had already handed out 8 assists, constantly using his defensive allure and passing skills to break through the young Timberwolves’ defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the Knicks, the Timberwolves’ defense lacked overall coherence and intensity, although they had a talented interior defender like Garnett.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Garnett didn’t quite know how to use his talents to build a defensive system; he was too easily drawn to the ball, and his anticipation was far from enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone taking proactive defensive actions to curb the opponent’s offensive ideas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Trail Blazers held a 57:46 lead at halftime, an 11-point advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the halftime break, Kevin Garnett voluntarily stepped up, saying, \"I want to guard Ah Gan. We can’t keep letting him pass like this. I’ll shadow him, shut him down!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having experienced the clashes in the first half, Garnett found Ah Gan formidable but not so terrifying. He decided to play normally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decided to defend Ah Gan proactively, and Sanders was determined to allow it, thinking it might actually work wonders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, when the third quarter started, Gan Guoyang noticed Garnett was matched against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This young man, who always seemed overly excited, had eyes like they were burning with fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sanders sent you to guard me one-on-one? Did he buy you insurance?\" Gan Guoyang said his first words to Garnett tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Garnett replied, \"I’ve already got a hundred million dollars in life insurance on myself. If you kill me, I’ll donate all the money to those starving children in Africa!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang shook his head slightly. What’s this guy thinking? Looks like he needs to cool down a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He signaled to Van Exel, who quickly got the message, starting to pass the ball to Gan Guoyang for isolation plays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helping on defense is different from real confrontation. This was Garnett’s first reaction when defending Gan Guoyang with his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, an enormous force came, and Garnett retreated step by step until he fell beneath the basket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hit the floor hard, looked up, and saw a huge shadow looming above as the ball dropped, bouncing on the floor with a thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang directly knocked Garnett to the ground, and the referee called a defensive blocking foul on Garnett, awarding an additional free throw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garnett thought he had gone deaf temporarily, probably for about one second, only hearing a ringing buzz in his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, everything was fine. He could hear the fans cheering, the referee’s whistle, and all sorts of miscellaneous sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including Ah Gan saying to him, \"Now go back, make a call, and add another hundred million. There are many starving people in Africa.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garnett swallowed, trying to shout out, making himself look excited and passionate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon he found himself unable to respond, not at all able to react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with Ah Gan’s aggressive shot, he got blocked head-on, the ball didn’t even leave his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both man and ball were pinned to the ground, leading to a jump ball call, which he still couldn’t win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Trail Blazers didn’t counterattack but slowed down for a set play with Ah Gan attacking from the low post again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the 1987 season, Gan Guoyang won the scoring title with his low post play throughout the entire season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it’s the 1997 season, and ten years have passed. Gan Guoyang’s offensive techniques have only expanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he has never let go of his bread-and-butter moves, which have only become more refined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, his weight is at the peak of his professional career, with his strength at its strongest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garnett couldn’t hold him at all, not even with an additional Garrett to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, he was knocked to the ground by a dunk, and the referee called another foul on Garnett.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t hold it in, wanting to cry but unable to let out a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was still just a kid, 19 years old, not even old enough to go to nightclubs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many of his peers were in college, supported by their parents, and enjoying worry-free relationships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While he had to bear the basketball hopes of a city and face off against these monsters in the three-second zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tonight he faced the biggest one, more formidable than Chicago’s number 23.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When for the third time, Gan Guoyang used a Sigma move, pivoted backward and then forward to break through again, overpowering Garnett into the paint for another dunk, the entire Target Center fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garnett was knocked askew; he tried to resist, but apart from drawing a foul, there was nothing to be gained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time the referee didn’t call a foul, perhaps out of pity, though Garnett had indeed fouled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang glanced at Garnett, who wore a blank expression, and said, \"Still want to add money, Mr. Big Love?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garnett pursed his lips, struggling to hold back tears, muttering to Gan Guoyang, \"Damn it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang was taken aback, almost unable to believe his ears, thinking, what are you saying? You’re actually swearing at me in Chinese?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ve got guts, really got guts. I haven’t met such a gutsy young guy in a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very well, keep adding money then, for those hungry children in Africa.\u003C\u002Fp>",1008,"2026-06-06T01:41:54.549Z",1,"novelbin.me","fa06b6aba222f2346af63bf5fa647f7d8bc621c8479fd2684d006fca44defd90","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1357","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1355",2033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-golden-age-of-basketball-cover.jpg"]