Franklin's dunk gave the Water Bell a boost while the Tigers were left confused.
They obviously did not have a good estimate of the strength of the Shui Zhong team before the game - there was no way, Shui Zhong only played a few games, and there was no video to study.
With the help of Cap LaVine, the Water Bell team found a lot of information about the Tigers. Bellman conducted research on the height, playing style, and style of the five starting players, as well as the team's past record and tactical characteristics. conducted detailed research.
He has two weeks to make careful preparations, design drill tactics, formulate strategies, run the lineup, and let the team reach the best state.
Judging from the opening performance, the Water Bell team was qualified. Not only was it qualified, it even exceeded Bellman's expectations.
Especially the team's tenacious zone defense, which showed no signs of slackening for nearly six minutes.
You must know that zone defense extremely tests players' understanding, concentration, and physical fitness, especially defenders.
During training, the two defenders followed the ball from the outside and moved and ran back and forth repeatedly until they felt like vomiting.
Xu Xun is the most important nail in the perimeter defense. His tireless running and loud reminders allow the team to maintain its defensive formation.
Bellman thought that Asian players may not be as good as black players in terms of physical fitness, but their discipline, team spirit, and smart minds are the magic weapon for victory.
Xu Xun completed a successful defense on the outside. He stole the ball from the opponent's point guard, and the Water Bell team launched a counterattack again.
Chen Xing took the ball and entered the three-second zone and circled around. He would not take a shot easily, but looked for Franklin or Gan Guoyang.
Gan Guoyang cut to the inside, Chen Xing threw a lob into the basket, Gan Guoyang caught the ball and deceived the defender with a fake move, dribbled around to the other side and scored with one hand!
After the goal, Gan Guoyang shouted at Fremont center Herbert: "You said you were going to stare at me, where are you? Tell me, where are you!"
"I'll let you see me, be careful." Herbert's response sounded a little weak.
Because so far, he has not been able to score on Gan Guoyang, and his only two singles opportunities have been blocked.
This guy was surprisingly strong. Hulbert found that he was completely unable to compete with Gan Guoyang at the basket. He pushed with his arms and squeezed his butt, and he was out of position.
This was the first time for Herbert to encounter such a powerful center. Even in the Oakland League, which is known for its toughness and ferocity, no center has such hardness and strength.
The Tigers missed their outside shots. In high school basketball where the three-point shot has not yet been used, long-range shooting has not always been the focus of players' training.
Gan Guoyang opened up a private space of his own under the basket, and then grabbed the backboard. No one could beat him - high school and college players in the 1980s rarely did strength training, and even some NBA professional players did not practice equipment. Because it is said that strength training will affect the shooting feel.
So these black players are all tall and thin. Gan Guoyang has already grabbed 8 rebounds in just a few minutes.
During the Water Bell team's counterattack, Gan Guoyang continued to escort Chen Xing, and he appeared in a high position to provide support.
Franklin posts up near the three-second zone, and the Tigers' defense shrinks toward Franklin.
Gan Guoyang was left open and there was no one two steps in front of him. Who would guard a center standing at the top of the key?
Gan Guoyang did not pass the ball and chose to take a long shot himself! He has this ability.
But for my first long-range shot tonight, I haven't adjusted my hand yet, and the ball hit the front basket and missed, which is a pity.
Gan Guoyang immediately returned to the defense, and his long-range shot attempt caused the Fremont students on the scene to launch a new round of noisy attacks.
The noise in the stadium never stopped, not only the fans were shouting, but also the referees and people on the technical stage were shouting.
It sounds busier than the New York Stock Exchange, as if everyone is trying to broker millions or tens of millions of stock transactions.
After a few rounds, Gan Guoyang noticed that in the first row on the sidelines, there was a big-headed black boy who was constantly attacking him.
At least the others still fluctuated with the progress of the game, shouting a few times when they were excited, and spent the rest of the time sitting there watching the game, waiting for the next explosion.
And this guy is like clockwork, no matter how the game is going, as long as he returns to his own half, you can hear him chattering, all kinds of messy, even incomprehensible words jumping out - but it can Judging is not a good thing to say.
At the end of 20 minutes in the first half, the Water Bell led the Tigers by 3 points, 37:34.
The Water Bell team once opened the point difference to up to 7 points, but in the second half of the first half, their zone defense attention finally declined, and the Tigers chased points continuously, and the point difference was narrowed to 3 points.
Franklin scored 17 points in the first half, the highest score on the team. His athletic ability and ability to attack the basket gave Gan Guoyang a great help. This kid is indeed capable.
Without him, without this reliable offensive point with the ball, Gan Guoyang would have a hard time facing the Tigers who have advantages in other positions.
Gan Guoyang actually played relatively easily in the first half, and the intensity of Fremont High School was not as scary as people said.
He was not afraid of physical confrontation on the court at all. Herbert was completely suppressed by Gan Guoyang in the interior, and Henry Turner did not repeatedly enter the interior to challenge Gan Guoyang.
To put it bluntly, the Tigers were not well prepared. They did not really understand how Gan Guoyang played. Everyone from the coach to the players underestimated this big man.
12 points, 15 rebounds and 4 blocks were Gan Guoyang's half-time statistics. He and Franklin accounted for most of the team's scoring.
What really annoyed Gan Guoyang was the mental attack on the sidelines.
Yes, I'm talking about the big-headed black boy who keeps spouting trash.
His big mouth never stopped from the beginning of the game to the end of the half. As long as Gan Guoyang passed by the audience, he could hear this guy's rough voice.
At such a young age, his throat felt like it was filled with sand. He did not speak fast, but held his chin high, shook his head, and spat out trash talk at Gan Guoyang rhythmically and methodically.
After the start of the second half of the game, the two sides exchanged halves. Gan Guoyang began to be verbally attacked by this big head when he was attacking. The other people sitting next to him didn't even speak, but listened and then started cheering along.
His language was mixed with some swear words, but not all of them were swear words. He was like a chatterbox, constantly communicating with Gan Guoyang through the air.
"Shoot it Chinaboy! Attack! Dunk your ass into the basket! The girls in Chinatown are waiting for you to go back and fuck their Pusey while you are wasting your time here playing basketball! Why don't you go stir fry. I heard your family When you open a restaurant, you should not be holding a ball in your hand but a pot! I like Chinese food. After this game, I will go to your store and shit in your kitchen because you came to ours too. Come and take a shit, because you are just a piece of shit..."
The constant verbal attacks finally annoyed Gan Guoyang. After a ball went out of bounds, Gan Guoyang ran to the sidelines and pointed at the big head and asked: "Dirty kid, what's your name?"
"Fuck you, you're the fucking kid, I'm your daddy! I'm Gary, Gary!"
"OK, Gary. FAK YOU, Gary!"
All the black students around started to boo, knowing that these two people were on top.
The young man named Gary also became more energetic. He stood up from his seat and came to the sideline to continue firing at Gan Guoyang.
Gan Guoyang sank into the low post, and Franklin passed the ball to Gan Guoyang. Gan Guoyang caught the ball and dribbled back, knocked Herbert away, feinted, then cut into the basket with one step, and dunked with one hand to score two points!
After scoring the goal, Gan Guoyang ran to the sidelines, pointed at Gary and said: "This is my fucking gift to you, we are not done yet!"
