[{"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-1464":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},1444881,1896,"Chapter 1464 - 54: Invisible Contribution (Part 4)","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1464",1464,"\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang also caught the ball in the low post, and as soon as he had it, the Rockets double-teamed him. Gan Guoyang passed the ball to Kobe in the middle. Kobe caught it and took a direct mid-range jump shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ball clanged off the front of the rim, missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gan Guoyang slipped under the basket, tipping the ball back into the hoop before the Rockets players could react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Wei Bo ran around a screen, caught the ball at the elbow, and took a direct mid-range shot, but he missed as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Bo’s shot arc was a bit flat, and he occasionally took some wild shots, indicating that his consistency needed improvement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang easily grabbed the rebound, dribbled past half-court himself, drew the defense in, and then passed to Kobe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kobe, following instructions, made a quick move at the defender’s right, dribbled to break through, and faced the help defense for a sudden stop shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still missed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gan Guoyang grabbed the offensive rebound for the second time, pushed away Kevin Willis, and hit with a right-handed hook shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the sideline, Bird was a bit anxious. What’s going on with Kobe? Why is he taking wild shots at the start of the second half?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The key is that Ah Gan is still passing to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Rockets gave the ball to Wei Bo, who held it up top to facilitate, then passed to the wing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassell cut to the basket, taking the defense with him, and Robert Horry drove into the paint, but was stopped by Ah Gan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another pass to Tracy Murray, who wanted to force a shot, but McGee rushed up, denying him the chance, forcing him to pass again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Cassell, pick-and-roll, then to Wei Bo... the ball went around and came back to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Bo had no choice, no time left, so he forced a three-pointer from beyond the arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No good, Gan Guoyang preemptively positioned and grabbed another defensive rebound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This defense almost caused a 24-second violation for the Rockets, making Tomjanovich feel uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On offense, Gan Guoyang received the ball in the low post, was double-teamed, and passed to Kobe again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kobe wasn’t like Van Exel, throwing wild threes. In half-court offense, he preferred to use his speed and explosiveness, combining dribbling crossovers to shake off defense and attack the three-second zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He liked to take shots closer to the basket, layups, jumpers, and floaters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His shot trajectory was moderate, his line stable. Once he released the ball, you knew the guy had a talent for shooting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, holding the ball again, the previous two misses did not affect his confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved out to the three-point line, faked with a shoulder shimmy and a crossover, tricked the defense, and drove into the paint from 45 degrees!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time he attacked the rim, faced Wei Bo and Kevin Willis’s help defense, and executed an in-air hand switch layup!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ball bounced off the backboard, but still didn’t go in! It hit the front of the rim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, a large hand appeared, palmed the ball, and stuffed it back into the hoop!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A putback dunk by Gan Guoyang, the Trail Blazers opened the third quarter with a 6-2 run against the Rockets. Tomjanovich immediately called a timeout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Kobe, due to that high-difficulty switch hand layup, fell to the floor and slid out of bounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang, after the successful putback dunk, helped Kobe up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kobe grasped Gan Guoyang’s strong hand and said, \"Sorry Sonny, I didn’t make any shots.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang smiled and said, \"No worries, didn’t I just put them back in?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the smile on Ah Gan’s face, Kobe suddenly felt something wasn’t right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that Ah Gan passed to him just to miss, so that Ah Gan could make the putback?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impossible, it shouldn’t be, how could that be, offensive rebounds aren’t that easy to grab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few plays, Gan Guoyang racked up 6 points and 5 rebounds. Indeed, Kobe’s miss trajectory and line were much easier to predict than Van Exel’s wild throws, and more convenient to position than Reed’s post-up game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kid, his hidden contributions are quite numerous.\u003C\u002Fp>",705,"2026-06-06T01:41:56.527Z",1,"novelbin.me","b91d840710d8c007cff4fb128099bd83412892bdcf0d2727561604b1ffe958b3","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1465","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1463",2033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-golden-age-of-basketball-cover.jpg"]