Gan Guoyang's goals and big blocks made the black man in the green vest feel humiliated.
At the same time, he also felt the strong sense of oppression emanating from Gan Guoyang.
This is very different from his past stereotypes of Chinese people.
The tall young man with a stern face in front of him stood as firm as a rock on the court, which was intimidating.
This is not only due to Gan Guoyang's height and inexplicable basketball talent, but also to his perseverance cultivated in the orphanage.
His childhood and youth were spent in cold eyes, discrimination and pity, but he did not become timid because of this, but dared to glare angrily at all power and injustice.
Therefore, he was deeply attracted by the fiercely competitive sport of basketball. Although he has never stepped onto the court, his spirit has been honed countless times on the court.
The disdainful attitude toward Chinese Americans in the United States in the 1980s was not worth mentioning in Gan Guoyang's eyes.
His confidence and courage quickly enveloped the court.
The basketball court is not only a competition of skills and tactics, but also a psychological game.
Once a certain side is psychologically weak, even if they have better technical and tactical skills, they may not be able to perform well.
The Rippers are considered a mid-level team in Hunters Point. The three of them are players on the varsity teams of Philip and Sarah Burton High School.
Although he is not the main player and is only a substitute for the second team, his level is still above ordinary people.
They can often play some beautiful games at Hunters Stadium, beat some tough opponents, and have considerable strength.
But today when facing Gan Guoyang and the others, they quickly fell into a disadvantage.
The two-meter-tall Gan Guoyang's defense in the paint cast a huge shadow on them.
His shot-blocking and defense are terrifying. Every layup and shot you make, you have to be distracted when facing such a shot-blocking expert.
This can lead to psychological indecision, technical deformation, and even frustration and psychological collapse.
In addition to Gan Guoyang's powerful volleyball attack in the opening game, his defense and shot blocking later on were even more clever and cunning.
He doesn't jump easily, and he won't block the ball very far. He stares at you like a poisonous snake. When he needs to block the shot, the poisonous snake will gently touch the ball to change its path.
In this way, he can get the ball directly into his pocket and return the offensive opportunity to his team.
When on offense, he has a precise mid-range jump shot and shoots out suddenly after receiving the ball.
He has scored four goals from the outside and also assisted Chen Xing in two hits.
The Rippers had to focus their offense on the outside and use jump shots to solve the problem.
Gan Guohui became a defensive hole on the court. After falling behind by 4 goals at 3:7, the Tearers changed their strategy and began to attack Gan Guohui's weakness.
The shorts and the green vest formed a screen. The green vest used his body to block Gan Guoyang from helping him defend the shorts. The shorts stopped near the free throw line and made a jump shot.
In Gan Guoyang's offensive round, the Tearers completely gave up on defending Gan Guohui and instead double-teamed Gan Guoyang, while Jason pressed Chen Xing one-on-one on the outside with high intensity.
Chen Xing made a mistake and the ball was given to the Ripper.
Another skillful outside coordination.
A three-on-three half-court game with a huge amount of space on the court.
Jason moved the ball and tried to stay away from Gan Guoyang.
The little shorts caught the ball at a zero angle, made a mid-range jumper, and hit it again.
At 5:7, the Tearers caught up.
The fear of being blocked by Gan Guoyang is slowly fading.
They also know that they can't afford to offend or hide.
Chen Xing used his personal breakthrough ability to rush to the basket, but his layup was blocked by a big block from the green vest.
Gan Guoyang followed up, squeezed through the crowd, took off the backboard, and made a tip-in.
"Shet, why is this guy so strong?"
Jason complained. He had just been pushed away by Gan Guoyang, and his body had no room for resistance.
But from the perspective of body shape, Gan Guoyang is not very strong, but his muscles are very compact, as if there are muscles in his bones.
5:8, 10 goals, Gan Guoyang team has two goals left from victory.
The Rippers called a timeout to take a sip of water and adjust.
Jason, the green vest and the little shorts gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
"That tall guy's defense is terrible. Which high school is he from?"
"San Francisco has never heard of this guy, but the fat guy is the loophole."
"We should stick to the strategy just now and protect the rebounds."
"Try to hit that kid, we need some morale, some morale!"
Jason instructed the green vests to beat Gan Guoyang. If he always avoids the opponent's defensive gate, even if he wins, it will be disgraceful.
The green vest nodded, and then he asked for the ball in the low post again. This time he did not hold the ball and charge hard, but used his footsteps to turn around and walk towards the basket, leaning on Gan Guoyang with his back, using experience and small movements, under a very subtle time difference , escaped Gan Guoyang's block, and hit a layup from the basket.
This was the green vest's first goal tonight. After scoring, he didn't feel proud, but he was just slightly relieved.
The sense of oppression that Gan Guoyang felt behind his back just now made his hair stand on end. He had to use all his experience and skills to force him to recall the details he learned from school team training in order to score an ordinary basket shot. Layup on the board.
When Gan Guoyang grabbed the ball with one hand, he was not frustrated because of the defensive failure. On the contrary, he was filled with a strong sense of excitement.
Because of that shot, he experienced something that he couldn't experience outside the basketball court or in the game.
The details in the confrontation, the subtle changes in the center of gravity and rhythm, the control of the 0.1 second time difference, and the various small movements on the hands, shoulders, and back.
If you don't go through confrontation above the level, you will never understand these things, let alone learn them.
In the past, it seemed that shooting, dunking, dribbling, breakthroughs, three-pointers, crossovers, and catch-shoots were all about technology.
No, it's not, details are everything and are the key to truly widening the level gap between players.
"Let's call a timeout too!"
Chen Xing used up the only timeout in the game.
Gan Guoyang was rubbing the ball in his hand so much that Chen Xing thought that Gan Guoyang was upset about his defensive failure.
He comforted: "It's okay Guoyang, you have defended very well. Fat Hui, you are now a loophole and you haven't scored a single goal."
Gan Guohui did not score a single goal in the game and has repeatedly become a defensive weakness. The tearers have regarded him as the focus of tearing.
His face was full of frustration and he pursed his lips. He wanted to refute but didn't know what to say, because Chen Xing was right.
Gan Guoyang patted his younger brother on the back and said, "It doesn't matter, Guohui. Since they despise you, you must seize the opportunity and make them pay the price."
Gan Guohui's eyes showed confusion. Seize the opportunity, where did the opportunity come from?
His ability is indeed relatively poor, even worse than Chen Xing's. That kid's level has been greatly improved after training at the summer camp.
Not to mention fighting against the three members of the school team, the Rippers. He couldn't resist any of them, so he naturally felt discouraged.
After returning to the court after the timeout, Gan Guoyang suddenly asked for the ball on the left, and Chen Xing immediately passed the ball to Gan Guoyang.
The shorts came from the top line to flank Gan Guoyang. Gan Guoyang dribbled the ball very quickly, turned around, walked to the baseline and cut to the basket, avoiding the flanking attack.
This move is almost the same as the one used by the green vest just now. He lifts his right foot to Rika. When turning around, he sticks his thigh to the opponent's leg. After squeezing into the basket, he presses his back against the defender. At the moment when the opponent's center of gravity is unbalanced, he takes off. , and the layup was successful with a light rebound under the basket.
The scoring method was almost the same as that of the green vests. He only thought that Gan Guoyang was provoking him in this way, but he didn't know that he was learning and selling now.
The full-blooded green vest then struggled to pick off an offensive rebound and tried to force a layup under the basket, but was lightly blocked by the well-prepared Gan Guoyang.
Gan Guoyang, who recovered the ball, threw the ball to Chen Xing. He asked for the ball in the low post again at the same position. The green vest obviously lacked experience in low post defense and he did not even try to get stuck.
The ball was easily delivered to Gan Guoyang's hands. If they scored another goal, they would win the game.
Little Shorts immediately came over from the top line to double-team, and his speed was faster than last time.
But Gan Guoyang did not dribble and turn around this time, but passed the ball to Gan Guohui who was left open.
"cast!"
Gan Guohui received the ball and paused for a moment.
"You take your chances and make them pay."
It turns out that the opportunity is here.
He raised his hand, aimed at the white box on the backboard, and took a soft shot.
The ball flew in a not-so-splendid arc, hit the backboard, but bounced right into the basket.
Gan Guohui scored his only goal of the game.
"Won?"
"Won!"
