The zone defense effect is better, a 2-3 zone defense blocks the basket, using regional defense to block the cutting routes.
Of course, weak spots on the three-point line are inevitable, let's see how Kings' long-range shots perform.
Stojakovic's three-pointer missed, Gan Guoyang grabbed the defensive rebound, dribbling down for a fast break.
Wei Bo and Christie tried to steal, but Gan Guoyang smoothly bypassed them with a behind-the-back dribble.
Then, Gan Guoyang performed a spin move beyond the three-point line to bypass Divac, heading straight to the basket.
The final step faked Bibby, scoring easily with a slam dunk!
Even as opponents, the fans at ARCO Arena cheered for Gan Guoyang's spectacular dunk.
Even Adelman gently clapped, someone behind reminded him "Coach!", which made him react.
Perhaps at that moment, he recalled praising the Suns during his days in Portland.
This play sounded the horn of Glory Team's counterattack, while Kings failed to score again offensively.
The changes in attack mode brought by zone defense disrupted the players' offensive rhythm, Bibby's long-range shot also missed.
Gan Guoyang firmly controlled the long rebound, when needed, Gan Guoyang's rebounding is still the best in the league.
He just reduced his pursuit of offensive rebounds, reaching the highest level in defensive rebounding prediction and positioning.
This time, he didn't dribble for a fast break himself but passed it to Porter, Porter fast-break, at the left 45-degree angle directly stopped and shot a three-pointer, scored!
Old Porter's specialty, the fast-break stop-and-shoot three-pointer, has a fairly high hit rate when the rhythm is good.
In his prime years, it was his most fearsome weapon against John Stockton.
Mike Bibby, who faces Porter this game, had Porter as his template when he entered the league.
Adelman sensed a sign of trouble, decisively calling a timeout as he wanted to prevent Ah Gan and Porter, these two veterans, from turning the momentum around with continuous scores.
After returning from the timeout, Chris Weber scored again with a mid-range jumper from the left baseline!
This is his third hit mid-range in the third quarter, Weber suffered too much against Ah Gan in the past, this season he reaffirmed his conviction, swearing to himself he wouldn't back down facing Ah Gan ever again.
Glory's counterattack came swiftly, with Brad Miller acting as a relay point, receiving the ball in the midfield then quickly passing to Gan Guoyang.
Gan Guoyang took a step inside the free throw line and shot a floater like riding a horse and shooting arrows, scoring the basket and drawing Christie's foul, scoring an extra free throw, pulling Glory Team one more point closer.
Christie protested to the referee, claiming he didn't foul.
Tonight's referee, Tim Donaghy, explained, "You collided with Ah Gan's leg, invading his space."
"What kind of weird rule is this?"
"This is the rule now, just play the game, buddy."
The pressure on the Kings Team is increasing, Glory Team's offensive counterattack is quite intense.
The referee's call at this stage also favored Glory's performance.
A 12-game winning streak for Kings is both an honor and a pressure, successive victories can lead to complacency.
Christie tried to find a way back, breaking through to the basket for a reverse layup but was blocked by Gan Guoyang.
Attempting to challenge Gan Guoyang's rim defense in the paint remains an unwise decision.
The block was done exceptionally cleanly, hat-tipping from behind without any body contact, even the referee had no opportunity to call a foul.
This made Christie quite furious, hot-headed.
Christie and Rodman have a good relationship, it's said both have dated Madonna, belonging to the same type.
Rodman and his crew, on the court, are defiant against Ah Gan, thus experiencing a fair amount of beatings.
Later, Rodman sobered up quite a bit, getting beaten less but couldn't avoid heavy defeats.
Christie is the Rodman-like figure within the Kings, strong defense, tough style.
He attempted to neutralize Ah Gan's offensive and defensive influence through his own tough defense and aggression.
Because everyone knows, Ah Gan is the sole core of Glory, any slight off-game can spell trouble for Glory.
In defense afterward, Christie committed a foul on Gan Guoyang, pulling him down hard from behind.
Gan Guoyang didn't back down, reaching back to grab Christie's collar and yanked him forward.
This force was enormous, pulling Christie like a doll from behind to the front, almost lifting him directly.
Fortunately Divac and Weber quickly came to pull Gan Guoyang apart, the referee also came over to mediate, resulting in Gan Guoyang letting go.
Christie's collar was torn, he still wanted to go forward, but Weber embraced him, restraining him saying: "That's enough brother, enough, don't anger Ah Gan more, we can win, OK? Go change your clothes!"
Only then did Christie notice his shirt collar was torn, the quality of Adidas clothes is great, to tear with such force, what strength is that!
Calming down, Christie remembered the terrifying nature of Ah Gan.
In recent years, Gan Guoyang seldom clashed with opponents, his temperament mellowing due to aging is one reason, high status and formidable skill making opponents reluctant to provoke him is another.
However, the tiger hasn't shown its prowess for quite a while, adding Gan Guoyang joining the new Glory team gives some players a sense of complacency and underestimation.
This play caused Christie to receive a flagrant foul, Gan Guoyang was also punished with a technical foul.