[{"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-1406":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},1444973,1896,"Chapter 1406 - 38: Unfilial Son (Part 2)","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1406",1406,"\u003Cp>After the timeout, the 76ers strengthened their ball movement and increased their outside attack, abandoning the impact on the inside line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, everyone knows that facing the Trail Blazers, once you abandon the impact on the inside line, you’ve already lost half of the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially during the seven-time champion period for the Trail Blazers, giving up scoring in the three-second zone already means handing over the initiative of the court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the offense cannot flourish inside and out, it will certainly be greatly restricted, which is the foundation of the Trail Blazers’ strength, built on Gan Guoyang’s superior inside defensive ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the 76ers, or many teams, have no way around it; Ah Gan’s deterrence at the basket is indeed too strong. Blindly attacking inside is just giving away points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s better to get a feel for shooting early in the game, ideally develop a three-point shooting touch, so later on, there’s leverage to negotiate with Ah Gan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 76ers also followed this strategy, engaging in team play, trying to utilize passing to create space and find outside shooting opportunities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The head coach of the 76ers, John Davis, was a member of the 1977 champion Portland Trail Blazers and deeply influenced by Jack Ramsay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Davis wants to bring the shared ball strategy from the Trail Blazers of the past to the 76ers to strengthen them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the championship strategy from 1977, by 1997, twenty years later, was completely unsuitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The NBA is a rapidly changing commercial league; not just 1977, even 1987, the NBA ten years ago and 1997 are worlds apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can be said that if the Trail Blazers of 1977 and the Philadelphia 76ers played a series according to the rules and style of 1997, full of stars with outstanding one-on-one abilities, the 76ers would likely crush the Trail Blazers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Times have changed; in an era of inflated defense, the value of superstars on offense becomes increasingly important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, although the 76ers broke the scoring drought after the timeout, they couldn’t truly turn the situation around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary, the Trail Blazers rely on Gan Guoyang, this low-post beast, playing very comfortably on offense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every two or three possessions, the ball is sent to Ah Gan, and Gan Guoyang always finds a way to put the ball into the basket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the remaining possessions, Van Exel, Riddle, and others can find ways themselves, using Ah Gan’s attraction to find scoring opportunities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can be said that 1997’s NBA is the most favored era for ball handlers and one-on-one players. Whether in the low post or perimeter, if you can play one-on-one, it’s very important to the team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you are a super one-on-one expert, you can become a primary core, earning multi-million-dollar contracts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A good one-on-one player has become the standard for strong teams; if you don’t have a strong one-on-one player, the game will be tough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players like Gan Guoyang and Jordan, who average 30 points per game, can account for more than a third of the team’s total score in a single game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang is even the cream of the crop, a man who crushes the league with isolated one-on-one play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against the 76ers, who have weak inside defense, no tank-like center, and almost non-existent wing defense, it’s even more effortless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, tonight, Gan Guoyang’s desire to score is not strong; his energy is focused on defense, specifically on Allen Iverson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wants to make Iverson sit tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, as a center, he wouldn’t actively guard Iverson; that’s impulsive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He will predict, predict Iverson’s next move, and prepare in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when Iverson readied himself for offense, he found his options very limited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems, aside from mid-range jump shots or three-point shots, wanting to charge into the basket and attack directly is too difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Ah Gan always happens to appear on his best offensive route, giving the best interference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of the first quarter, Iverson went 0-for-4, scoring no points, while Gan Guoyang had 1 steal and 1 block, all from Iverson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the intermission, Iverson sat on the bench, gasping for breath, drinking water, with a complex look in his big eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cage came over to Iverson and said, \"Tonight he will definitely target you. He has always been ruthless to challengers. Come on, Allen, you can do it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iverson didn’t respond; he knew Cage meant well, but nothing said mattered at the moment; Iverson was thinking of how to break through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Van Exel and Gan Guoyang communicated well in defense, the two working together to hunt Iverson. Iverson encountered such high-intensity inside collaboration for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His stature naturally disadvantages him; being small gives him speed and explosiveness but also limits his vision and connection with teammates, making him unable to contribute to the team once trapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang’s defense is very different from other NBA inside players; he can play inside and out, with diverse tactics and aggressive defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you can’t make him choose, he’ll force you to choose, thus gaining the initiative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This makes rookie Iverson very uncomfortable, as he always made choices himself; no one could force him before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He feels as if he’s really back on the farm, sitting in the warden’s office; the warden tells him, \"Sit down, boy, shut up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iverson can only sit obediently; he has no choice. This is the most stifling time in his life so far; he can’t do anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the second quarter started, Iverson sat on the bench; Trail Blazers had already opened the score gap to 9 points in the first quarter, not large but stable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iverson doesn’t know that at the moment, while he’s full of thoughts about Ah Gan’s defense, there’s another person on the Trail Blazers also thinking about him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That person is Kobe.\u003C\u002Fp>",966,"2026-06-06T01:41:56.049Z",1,"novelbin.me","52111ecdb543776671d8c2cb03899e3911d5f8965b582a53102a3929c8e8ede1","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1407","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1405",2033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-golden-age-of-basketball-cover.jpg"]