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The originally empty seats in the UCLA gymnasium began to gradually be occupied by student fans wearing pink and blue fan outfits. From one or two o'clock to one or two, finally, before the game began, a blue ocean formed.

Among them was a blue gold-edged banner waving among the crowd, and the arena suddenly became a noisy sea of ​​fans.

Gan Guoyang has taken off his training suit and stood in the center of the stadium, waiting for the players and referees on both sides to take their place. The game is about to begin.

Gan Guoyang looked up at the towering dome of the UCLA Stadium and took a deep breath.

It has been more than a year, and Gan Guoyang has re-started on the official competition venue for the first time.

Although Gan Guoyang has participated in various warm-up matches to find his state, the results and processes of these warm-up matches have proved that Gan Guoyang's condition and integration with the team are very good.

But the warm-up match is a warm-up match after all, just like the NBA's preseason match, it's impossible to count.

Whether Gan Guoyang's silence this year has made him stagnate, and whether his Gangzaga University really has outstanding strength, all need to be verified by formal competitions.

"So, let UCLA be my swordstone!" Gan Guoyang looked at the referee who had already walked to the center circle with the ball, took firm steps, and was ready to start jumping the ball.

Gan Guoyang's opponent jumping ball is UCLA's main center, and the old player with the worst relationship with Gan Guoyang, Gray.

"Hello, Shrimp Gray, I hope your feet will be harder today." Before the two competed for the ball, Gan Guoyang couldn't help but start to mock him.

Since Gray was beaten by Jabbar during that offseason training, Gan Guoyang will use "soft-foot shrimp" to mock Gray. In his words, "Whenever Jabbar starts to stretch out his hook, the soft-foot shrimp begins to shrink."

Gray was also extremely angry about this and often made things difficult for Gan Guoyang in his usual training. In addition, the two fought during the first day of team training, and the relationship between the two sides had already been irreversible.

Gray wanted to respond, but he found that Gan Guoyang, who had not seen him for a year, seemed to have become much stronger again.

"Beep!" Before Grado could think, the referee had already blew the whistle to the start of the game and threw the ball high into the air.

The two centers jumped up almost at the same time, and launched the first first confrontation of the entire game in the air.

When Gray touched Gan Guoyang's body in the air, his first reaction was that he seemed to hit a big tree and he was bounced away.

At the opening game, Gan Guoyang beat Gray and took the lead in touching the basketball and pushed the ball into Stockton's hands. The Gonzaga Bulldogs gained the attacking power at the opening!

The competition officially begins.

But when Gan Guoyang was running towards UCLA halftime, he glanced at the UCLA player wearing a white gold-edged jersey on the court and found that there was no No. 31 Reggie Miller.

He looked at the faces of every UCLA player again. Reggie Miller was indeed not there. Then he glanced at the UCLA bench and found that Reggie Miller was actually sitting on the bench and watching on the wall.

"Fuck, is this guy Larry Farmer really funny? He has to press players like Reggie Miller on the bench?" Gan Guoyang felt angry for Miller in his heart. Unexpectedly, when he came to UCLA, he actually wanted to enjoy the same treatment he had in the past.

"If I were still at UCLA, I probably would have sat next to him."

But Gan Guoyang didn't have time to think about these messy things anymore. The outside commander Stockton had already begun to dispatch the first attack of Gonzaga Bulldogs.

According to Bellman's pre-match arrangement, the Bulldogs' main offensive strategy at the beginning was 1-4 low-post stacking offensive tactics.

After observing UCLA's defensive position, Stockton determined that the opponent was using man-to-man defense at the beginning, and this defensive strategy hit their minds. This was predicted based on videos of many UCLA games, and they always like to use man-to-man at the beginning.

1-4 low-post stacking offensive tactics is a tactical solution to fully utilize the ability of a point guard. He needs a point guard to have excellent field observation and adaptability.

At this time, Stockton stood at the top of the arc and became 1 of the 1-4 positions, while the other four players all fell to the bottom line, forming a four-person straight line from two bottom corners to two waist positions.

Gan Guoyang did not stand in a low position at this time, but stood in the right corner, which made UCLA's defensive players extremely hesitant. The most annoying thing about people staring at people to defend is that inside players pull to the outside.

Gray implemented the coach's tactical arrangement and moved to the periphery and closely followed Gan Guoyang.

When the players were all down, Stockton suddenly started to cut 45 degrees from the left.

Other players in Gonzaga started running, which was different from the general tactics. In other tactics, the big guys usually cover the smaller guys; while in the 1-4 low post stacking tactics, the two outside players who fell to the low post cover the inside players who fell to the bottom line.

Gan Guoyang suddenly threw away Gray and used the right-floor shooting guard to cut into the inside instantly.

At this time, the power forward and small forward on the left also completed the same screening action. The difference is that the shooting guard on the right fell to the bottom line after the cover and received the ball at zero angles; and after completing the screening task, the small forward on the left continued to raise the screening or serve as a supporter for the breakthrough Stockton.

At this time, UCLA's man-tapping defense was instantly confused under such continuous and simultaneous cover. For the offensive point guard, this is the best time to get the ball, and multiple opportunities will appear at the same time; but these opportunities are fleeting, because such a single cover cannot completely pull the opponent's defense away.

However, Gonzaga's point guard is John Stockton.

Stockton, who has long observed the scoring opportunities in three positions, has only one of the best, which is Gan Guoyang, which is tangentially three seconds zone!

Without any hesitation, after taking the small forward's cover to get rid of the opponent's point guard's entanglement, Stockton passed the ball with an accurate and extremely accurate strike, passing the basketball through the defensive player and stuffing it into Gan Guoyang's hands.

At this time, Gan Guoyang's feet had just stepped into the three-second zone. The opponent's defense was too late to catch up, and the ball was passed to Gan Guoyang as if handed over.

How could Gan Guoyang miss such an opportunity? He made a relaxed layup and gently put the ball into the basket.

With two simple and efficient points, the Gonzaga Bulldogs used a exquisite cooperation to score first, 2:0.

"Nice! John, you must have been a surveying and mapping engineer in your previous life." Gan Guoyang couldn't bear to use dunks to destroy its ease with such a relaxed and could not help but praise Stockton's pass.

As a pseudo-fan in later generations, John Stockton's name is also well-known to Gan Guoyang.

When he arrived at Gonzaga University last year and arrived at the training hall for the first time, he saw the little white man with chestnut hair, deep and charming eyes, and a baby face. He liked to pursed his lips tightly, the more he looked, the more familiar he felt.

Later, when we introduced each other, we found out that this little man was the famous John Stockton, so shocked that he almost let his chin fall off.

At the same time, he was also extremely excited because this means that he will compete in the NCAA with this future assist king.

Stockton, who was already a senior this year, quickly recognized the transfer student who transferred halfway through the transfer. With him and Bellman's combination, he became the Bulldogs' tactical dual core.

This goal reflects the two of them’s excellent tactical qualities and extremely high tacit understanding. This is not the first one, and obviously not the last one.

Back in defense, contrary to the UCLA Bruins, the Gonzaga Bulldogs played Bellman's favorite regional defense - 1-2-2 joint defense.

There are two most important and common ideas to crack regional defense. One is to fight quickly. If the opponent's regional defense line has not yet been formed and the power has not been shown, it will make the opponent's defense arrangements be useless.

The second is to use regional offense to crack regional defense.

The so-called regional offense is similar to the concept of regional defense, dividing the court into several areas, and these areas are staggered with the opponent's defensive areas.

Each player is responsible for the offense in one area, and through the rapid transfer of the ball between each area, it opens up the offensive space for one or two areas and gets a shooting opportunity.

Like 1-4 low-post stacking offense, regional offense also requires the offensive point guards to have excellent observation skills and stadium sense, and can serve as a transit station to transfer the ball between various offensive locations.

UCLA's point guard is Jackson, who Gan Guoyang knew. He was the "fire-fire" person who once greeted Gan Guoyang in the training game and told Famal what Gan Guoyang said.

However, he is a very reliable point guard in the Bruins, who can deliver about 5 assists per game, and is also the team's No. 2 scorer.

But in the defense, he had to face Stockton who was stuck at the top of the arc alone and pulled out a single defense.

Stockton is not tall, has a fast speed, and has average explosive power. No matter how you look at it, he is a white defender with an average face in all aspects.

However, Bellman discovered that Stockton has amazing endurance and toughness. In this regard, he is very similar to Gan Guoyang and will play a very important role in defense.

One thing is different from Gan Guoyang, that is, Stockton has richer game experience and more cunning field skills, especially his defense.

Gan Guoyang once found some knocks on the single defense through one-on-one practice with Jabbar. Stockton had been through three years of NCAA games and honed his outstanding defensive skills in college games.

Jackson should have a deep understanding at this time, because Stockton was like a fly, harassed him constantly.

Jackson wanted to get rid of it, Stockton was close to the defense; he wanted to stop the ball and observe, Stockton kept sucking his hands again; what was even more disgusting was that Stockton kept using some small pushes and shoves and Handcheck to interfere Jackson, which made him not very upset.

Because of the constant harassment, Jackson was unable to concentrate on commanding the team's offense, so he could only pass the ball to other players in a hurry.

The quality of a first pass is very important for the success or failure of a regional offense. A good pass does not necessarily directly form a scoring opportunity, but can change the unfavorable situation on the field.

Jackson obviously did not have such ability. In addition to Stockton's full-scale defense, UCLA's offense was extremely sluggish.

"Bang!" UCLA had to rely on singles shooting from outside players to break the offensive difficulties, but unfortunately they didn't feel very good today.

In comparison, Gonzaga, under Stockton's needle thread, made a 1-4 low-level offensive success. Each run will have two to three scoring opportunities. Stockton can always choose the most suitable one and send the ball to his teammates comfortably to his teammates to complete a shot or breakthrough.

In this way, after seven or eight rounds of offense and defense competition between the two sides, the score difference was slowly widened. In the 6th minute, the Gonzaga Bulldogs had already led the UCLA Bruins by 8 points with 14:6.

The only thing UCLA can rely on on the field in trouble is their number one scorer, power forward Fields. Unfortunately, Gan Guoyang has never relaxed his protection from the inside, which has caused UCLA to fail in the situation where the outside line is not working.

"Beep!" The referee whistled, and UCLA finally called a long timeout. Famal clearly felt that Gonzaga University had not yet exerted its strength, and his team was easily beaten to death, and changes must be made.

"Huh, I'm not fucking sweating yet!" Gan Guoyang complained.

Because Stockton's outstanding performance in the past made Gan Guoyang basically not need to work hard in the offense. In addition to receiving two straight balls from inside to complete the easy-ball, Gan Guoyang's main task on the offensive end is to stand still to attract defense.

"Don't worry, it's not time for you to play. We play well, continue to keep up with the change. But be careful, the opponent may change to joint defense later, and then it's time to test the feel of the outside players! Pay attention to your transfer ball John, I guess they are likely to double-team you." Bellman made arrangements and instructions off the court.

The suspension ended soon, and the Bulldogs did not make personnel adjustments, while the Bruins finally replaced Gan Guoyang's "long-awaited" opponent Reggie Miller.

It has been more than a day or two for Larry Famal to let freshmen sit up from the bench. He always believes that people must climb up step by step, but he doesn't know that everyone's steps are different.

But at least, Reggie Miller, a freshman, shot very accurately and very accurately, but unfortunately he was too thin, especially compared with another freshman, McDonald's All-Star player Heichel in 1982.

But at this time, it was obviously the right decision for him to send Reggie Miller to the field.

The touch is often incredibly contagious. Once a player in the team shoots, other players will be like being infected, and their hit rate will be increased one after another, and vice versa.

So, when Reggie Miller used the cover to receive a pass from his teammates and ended his attack with a C&S quickly and neatly, UCLA's originally somewhat quiet stadium immediately became more energetic.

"Oh no, this guy is really a headache." Miller only scored a goal, but Gan Guoyang began to have a bad premonition.

On the one hand, because he has had experience in playing against Miller, there is still a shadow; on the other hand, regional defense is most afraid of such quick and neat shooting, which greatly hurts the defensive enthusiasm.

When he came to the offense, as Bellman expected, UCLA changed to regional defense, and it was 3-2 joint defense, increasing the pressure on the outside, and trying to extinguish Stockton's offensive engine.

The sudden change in opponent's defense did not make Stockton panic. Seeing that there were some problems with his teammates' position, he didn't run very well. Standing at the top of the arc, he suddenly pulled up his shot!

"Swish!" After the ball drew an arc, it hollowed into the basket!

"Yes..."

But before Gonzaga's players had time to cheer, UCLA had already used the fast serve in the backcourt to launch a quick attack.

But they did not choose to attack the basket directly, where Gan Guoyang was quickly returning to defense, but instead divided the ball to 45 degrees on the left, Reggie Miller.

A 25-foot jump shot!

The ball enters.

Miller spread his thin arms and accepted the cheers from the audience. UCLA's next superstar has begun to take shape.

Since then, the first half of the game entered Stockton of Gonzaga, and the two backcourt players with UCLA's Miller. Gan Guoyang, who played the official game for the first time in college, seemed to be forgotten by the coach, opponent and audience, and became a blue-collar center who did back and forth running.
Chapter completed!