The Golden Age of Basketball-Chapter 309 - 47 Decisive Kill_3

He had to call the last timeout for the Trail Blazers in the game.

Ramsay devised another tactic, substituting in Mychal Thompson.

The Trail Blazers’ classic key-play strategy of the past two seasons: cutting to the middle for a direct shot after an outside screen, with Gan Guoyang going for the offensive rebound.

This move was now well-known and targeted by many teams, but sometimes it still worked.

This time, Vandeweghe took the shot, and Guoyang knew his shooting arc well, the ball didn’t go in!

He tangled with three Bucks players under the basket yet still managed to secure the rebound with his positioning and strength.

After catching the ball, he flicked his wrist gently, the ball flew toward the basket, bounced a few times on the rim, and went in!

104:102, the Trail Blazers took the lead again, and Guoyang had scored 52 points.

Don Nelson was so agitated at the sidelines he didn’t know what to say, three guys couldn’t outrebound one.

Brule, Mokeski, big lunks with so much bulk, all for nothing.

"All three of you couldn’t outrebound one guy!" Nielsen cursed in frustration.

"He’s a beast, I can’t even hold him back." Mokeski retorted.

"He doesn’t even know what tired is, my calves are sore, and he’s still leaping like mad," Brule said, massaging his leg.

Nielsen sighed deeply, he had never coached any good big men in his life, Bob Lanier was the only one, but he was half the player he used to be by the time he came to the Bucks, with only one good knee left.

Nielsen knew that a good big man could make the game much easier, but sometimes, deep inside, he was stubborn and wanted to prove that even without a good big man, success could be achieved with the perimeter players.

Nielsen laid out a clever tactic, Moncrief and Pierce kept running the baseline to distract and disrupt the Trail Blazers’ defense while Mokeski, after setting a high screen, suddenly dived in.

Pressey executed a direct pass to Mokeski, who scored with a left-handed layup, two points! It was tied 104:104!

The MCEEA arena erupted with excitement, and now, with the Trail Blazers out of timeouts and just 6 seconds remaining in the game,

they had to inbound the ball from the backcourt, while the Bucks’ full-court pressure was instantly on. Any turnover could lead to a Trail Blazer defeat.

Bill Walton stood on the baseline, unsure who to pass the ball to. Drexler? Vandeweghe? Or the rookie Terry Porter?

Walton only had 5 seconds to make a decision; otherwise, it would be a turnover.

"To me!" a familiar voice rang out next to Walton.

Gan Guoyang rushed underneath the basket, signalling Walton.

Pass to Ah Gan? Could this work? There was no time left!

Walton passed the ball accurately to Gan Guoyang.

The Bucks’ guards did not expect the Trail Blazers to let Gan Guoyang receive the ball.

Gan Guoyang caught the ball and immediately turned around, dribbling towards the frontcourt!

He outpaced Mokeski with his long strides and shoved Cummings away with his ball-protecting hand.

Moncrief, Pierce, Pressey, and the others couldn’t catch up.

With a clear path ahead, Guoyang’s eyes were fixated only on the basket, and the horrified Milwaukee Bucks fans around it.

Before the timer hit zero, Gan Guoyang leaped up and slammed the ball through the hoop with one hand!

The ball was in, the light was on, the game was over, 106:104, Gan Guoyang’s slam dunk was the game-winner against the Bucks.

After scoring, Gan Guoyang and his teammates screamed their way back to the locker room, like a herd of pigs rushing into a pen, leaving no chance for the referees to confer.

All Gan Guoyang could think about now was one thing: I need to shower, nobody better stop me from taking that shower.