[{"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-1735":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},1445457,1896,"Chapter 1735 - 39: The Last Year of the 20th Century (Part 2)","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1735",1735,"\u003Cp>The more grand the farewell ceremony, the larger the void left after it’s over, the harder it is to fill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, that’s Gan Guoyang’s personality; he won’t accept a so-called retirement tour, he just wants to leave as a victor, giving everyone a cool back view that they’ll never catch up with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kobe received Gan Guoyang’s instruction and activated the single scoring mode in the second half of the second quarter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Kobe’s skills were not yet mature, and when facing the defense, some of his handling wasn’t clever enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This gave the Warriors some counterattack opportunities and at one point brought the score difference closer to 10 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, Gan Guoyang collaborated with Kobe at the low post, using the low post attraction to create space for Kobe to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kobe broke through successfully twice, this kid’s speed is quite fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although his explosion wasn’t as strong as Jordan’s, his combination of person and ball was good, and his finishing ability was strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kobe’s physicality is inferior to Jordan of the same period, so he’s more reliant on technique and high-difficulty moves, which makes his goals look quite spectacular.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The point difference opened back up to over 15 points and remained that way until the first half ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both teams played at a fast pace, generally intense, few errors, many offensive rounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Warriors were trailing by more than ten points, the fans on site were thoroughly entertained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this era, we’ve seen too many defensive battles, such offensive duels are still very exciting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the third quarter, Gan Guoyang’s performance time finally arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Van Exel hit a long-distance three-pointer from the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang immediately responded with a pull-up three-pointer from the top of the arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In these two games, Gan Guoyang’s three-point shooting rate is very high, he shot with decisiveness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Van Exel was unconvinced, still wanting to shoot another, but Gan Guoyang, who came over for supplementary defense, reached out and swiped it away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Gan Guoyang knew Van Exel’s habit well; once this guy makes a three-pointer, he’d certainly try again afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Gan Guoyang stared at Van Exel like a wolf, Van Exel didn’t believe in evil, he just wanted to score on Ah Gan’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was blocked by Gan Guoyang, although the ball was still the Warriors’, their offensive rhythm was already disrupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glen Rice’s breakthrough floater missed, Little O’Neal grabbed the rebound and passed to Gan Guoyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang held the ball to launch a counterattack, he didn’t rush, but observed outside the three-point line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warriors’ defensive formation was a complete mess, he dribbled with his left hand and charged into the basket, faced the defense, performed a beautiful spin move to get past Jamison, and lightly laid it in with his right hand for two points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fans at the venue cheered loudly, even louder than the cheering for Warriors players scoring; this is the treatment Gan Guoyang has always had at the Warriors’ home court over the years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While returning to defense after crossing half court, Gan Guoyang high-fived a little Chinese girl on the sideline, and the atmosphere became even more heated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warriors players’ morale hit rock bottom, whose home court is this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fans’ enthusiasm spurred Gan Guoyang’s desire to perform, afterward he made a distant single-handed floater following a spin move, rendering Jamison’s defense useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The point difference headed toward 20, and Van Exel kept trying to catch up, but his intermittent threes did nothing to close the gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making one, followed by missing twice, gave Trail Blazers counterattack opportunities, the Warriors couldn’t stop Trail Blazers’ fast attacks at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the start of the fourth quarter, Gan Guoyang and Kobe both scored over 30 points, Gan Guoyang 33 points, Kobe 30 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the point difference stretched toward 25 points or even larger, Warriors coach Gary Gene knew it was time to give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Timeout, substituted main players, substituted garbage players, entered garbage time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, Van Exel didn’t want to leave the court, he scored 27 points, the best performer for the Warriors tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the bench, he argued with Gene, saying there shouldn’t be giving up and they should keep playing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to score more, you just keep playing.\" said Gene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No! This has nothing to do with stats, it just shouldn’t be given up!\" Van Exel shouted forcefully to express his unwillingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gene didn’t argue anymore, adopting an indifferent attitude, you want to play, play, if not, just sit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Trail Blazers’ side, the main players had already rested, Gan Guoyang’s leg was already tied with ice bags to ease knee swelling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Van Exel’s persistence didn’t get any response from others, which made him very hurt yet helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jamison came over to pat Van Exel on the shoulder, but Van Exel didn’t appreciate it, said: if you can’t defend Ah Gan, score at least 30 points on him! Otherwise, we wouldn’t be so passive!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jamison was a bit embarrassed, but he wasn’t angry, just shrugged and quietly sat on the bench watching the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jamison wasn’t particularly concerned about victory or defeat, at least he wasn’t filled with the hatred and resentment like Van Exel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jamison didn’t perform well tonight, only scoring 13 points, he lost his aim under Gan Guoyang’s defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, he had many chances, quite a few easy shooting opportunities from the outside, mid-range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang’s recent defense, really just defends the inside not the outside, defends critical moments not overtime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he feels good, grasped the relatively easy seesaw stages during overtime, the score wouldn’t be little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jamison was still too young, in his second year, his skills were good, but his experience and game mentality were average.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blocked by Gan Guoyang at the start, later guarded by Gan Guoyang twice, afterward Jamison just didn’t dare to play.\u003C\u002Fp>",980,"2026-06-06T01:42:06.584Z",1,"novelbin.me","cf8570367cfcd71522ad53d20edcc0d643b27457ea95858888ececf2775ae2bc","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1595","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-2011",2033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-golden-age-of-basketball-cover.jpg"]