[{"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-2005":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},1445438,1896,"Chapter 2005 - 46: Kiss of Death (Part 2)","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-2005",2005,"\u003Cp>Sure enough, the Glory team, trailing by 16 points, didn’t panic. Van Exel suddenly pulled up from the outside for a three-pointer and scored!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fisher of the Lakers took an answer-ball but missed, Gerald Wallace grabbed the rebound, crossed the half-court, and passed again to Van Exel, who did consecutive crossovers on the right, broke through, stepped back, creating distance from the defender, and took another three-point shot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ball went in! Fan Madman was going crazy again; his hot hand was terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Lakers seemed to revert to the previous game, first looking for O’Neal when they encountered problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raja Bell deliberately fouled, sending O’Neal to the free-throw line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He made one of two, an 11-point difference, and Van Exel took the ball again, the entire crowd was anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Ah Gan’s bulldozer-like steadiness, Fan Madman was a wild card; you never know when he might strike, truly intolerable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Van Exel jumped into the Three Second Zone and unexpectedly passed the ball to the top of the arc to Willis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Willis caught the ball and hit a mid-range shot from the free-throw line, and it’s good!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang jumped up from the bench; while he wasn’t on, everyone was trying their best to support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just over four minutes left in the second quarter, the score was 38:46, Glory down by 8 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Glory team called a timeout, Gan Guoyang took off his warm-up jacket, he’d had enough rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tomjanovich subbed out Van Exel for Porter, took out the tactical board and said, \"For the last four minutes, we’re going to start a full-court press.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Tang’s words made the players tense up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four minutes of full-court press was a desperate strike for the first half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The target is to narrow the gap to within 5 points, or even tie it up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If things don’t look right, abandon the press and return to a zone defense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guys, success or failure hinges on this. Fill in the hole we dug in the first quarter and get back to level ground for the second half.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Returning from the timeout, on the offense, Gan Guoyang received the ball in the low post, spun past Holi, and slammed it in with one arm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>40:46, just 6 points behind now, the Lakers fans at Staples Center started to panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Jack-Nicholson, who promised he wouldn’t watch this game after the last one ended, still came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued to pull his hair, \"Damn, here we go again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After scoring, Gan Guoyang didn’t go back on defense; he started pressing with his teammates in the frontline against the Lakers’ backcourt!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure on the Lakers’ ball-handling suddenly increased, and they barely managed to inbound the ball; Bell almost got a steal, Gan Guoyang and Wallace double-teamed Tracy McGrady, forcing a jump pass and causing a turnover!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ball was grabbed by Miller, and Gan Guoyang immediately headed toward the basket. Miller gave a bounce pass to Gan Guoyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang caught the ball and slammed it with both hands! Another two points, 42:46, just 4 points behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lakers had scored 17 points so far, which was not bad, but their defense was starting to crumble under Glory’s sharp dissection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princeton as a basketball strategy indeed has its advantages, enhancing players’ overall game thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phil Jackson called for a timeout; he realized Glory intended to perform a full-court press, and it had to be cracked in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not, the successive lost points would completely erase the lead the team built earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reconfiguring their offensive strategy, the Lakers successfully passed the ball to the frontcourt through quick ball movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>O’Neal rushed to the basket, caught the ball, and slammed it in with both hands!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang immediately played strong in the low post, turned, hooked, and scored again, down to 4 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, a pass by the Lakers was intercepted again by Wallace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He passed it to Gan Guoyang, who made a fake three-point attempt outside the arc, bypassed the defender, stormed into the Three Second Zone, and made a stop-and-jump shot for another score!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gap closed to just 2 points! 44:46, the advantage the Lakers had established in the first quarter was nearly exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Glory team continued to press in the front court, the Lakers inbounded, and again they turned it over! They were flustered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang intercepted the ball from Pippen, steadied it to control possession, and secured a play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The anxiety among the audience was explosive; in just one quarter, how did everything change so drastically?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang dribbled slowly, and before the Lakers could double-team, he suddenly accelerated, tricked Pippen, and then executed a classic Kiki-step, leaned back, and shot a three!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang’s immense strength ensured the ball stayed stable flying toward the basket despite all the maneuvers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Swish!\" It went in!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Gan Guoyang’s second three-pointer of the game, helping the Glory team take the lead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the basket, Staples Center was not silent but filled with wailing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tomjanovich raised both hands high, his strategy succeeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Gan, like a long-compressed spring, sprang out with tremendous energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lakers’ tight three-man clamp from the first quarter was forgotten as time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Glory was in a full-court press; the Lakers had no time to organize an effective defense after turnovers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire half was wide open; they didn’t dare to press, resulting in Ah Gan continuously scoring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>55:54, they took the lead, and thereafter, O’Neal took the ball under the basket, trying to score quickly to catch up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang withstood O’Neal, and as he turned to dunk, blocked him with a monstrous rejection!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful block with immense force; O’Neal was too hasty, he couldn’t push Gan Guoyang away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>O’Neal was toppled by Gan Guoyang, the ball was lost, and Glory gained possession, counter-attacking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Porter held the ball, made a mid-range stop-and-jump shot, and scored! Took a 3-point lead, Glory turned it around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, O’Neal had just turned over and stood up; he looked so embarrassed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the second quarter was about to end, the last shot, Tracy McGrady forced a three-pointer but missed, and Glory ended the second quarter 49:46.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had only scored 14 points in the first quarter, yet they rampaged with 35 points in the second, successfully turning the tide.\u003C\u002Fp>",1055,"2026-06-06T01:42:12.190Z",1,"novelbin.me","21f16cf5d09086c8f8f9811552afd163451a70e680fc374c8141e996edab6962","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1727","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1590",2033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-golden-age-of-basketball-cover.jpg"]