Chapter 2234 - 38: Surpassing 100

Chapter 2234: Chapter 38: Surpassing 100

Over his career, he has had scoring duels with players like Jabbar, Bird, Jordan, Barkley, Malone, O’Neal, Kobe, and Duncan.

Unexpectedly, there came a day when he would compete with Nash in scoring, which made him feel novel and excited.

When Nash countered with a stop-and-shoot three-pointer, cutting the gap to 3 points, Gan Guoyang immediately responded with a long-range three-pointer, cooling down the arena.

"Come on! Keep shooting, Steve! Let’s see who is Gonzaga’s top scorer."

Nash ignored Gan Guoyang’s words, thinking what a joke, how could I compete with you for Gonzaga’s top spot?

Up to today, "Gan Guoyang Day" in Spokane has already become one of the city’s most important holidays.

The whole city takes a half-day off to commemorate this great player and his time at Gonzaga University.

But Nash was indeed somewhat in a heady state; as a Point Guard, Nash is a rather emotional player.

Anyway, his defense isn’t great, and if he doesn’t contribute more in offense, the game can’t be played well.

Nash executed his classic baseline drive, making a backward shooting.

Others shoot with a backward leap, but Nash, due to average burst and jump, had to increase the backward range.

His whole body almost laid on the ground, but it was really accurate, and he scored!

Gan Guoyang received the ball at the top of the arc, attracting defense, then passed to Allen Iverson.

Allen Iverson broke into the paint, delivered a no-look pass to the cutting Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang caught the ball and easily scored with a lay-up.

Stoudemire’s rim protection defense in the paint was practically nonexistent.

Though he could sometimes offer brilliant blocks, his defensive awareness was too poor.

Then, Nash jumped and scored again near the free throw line.

Gan Guoyang, with Allen Iverson, performed a pick-and-roll and scored a long-range two-point jumper.

Fans at the scene watched with thrill, but D Antoni was very anxious inside.

If Nash continues playing like this, he won’t last against Gan Guoyang and Glory.

Indeed, Nash’s next stop-and-shoot missed, and Glory countered.

Gan Guoyang, unhurriedly reached half-court, stood in his hot zone to set up for receiving the ball and shooting.

Allen Iverson stormed the paint; Suns didn’t dare to double team, someone had to watch Ah Gan.

As a result, Allen Iverson smoothly penetrated the basket for a lay-up, widening the gap again.

D Antoni called a timeout, but all he could do was shift the offensive focus to Stoudemire.

Gan Guoyang single-covered Stoudemire, who often moved to outer positions, facing the basket before charging inside.

Gan Guoyang’s footstep slowed, the only way to break through Gan Guoyang’s defense.

But there was still Yao Ming and Mutombo, always watching the Three Second Zone, ready to shift to the basket to block Stoudemire’s charge.

Stoudemire’s attack achieved some results, drawing a foul, going to the free throw line, and scoring some points.

But those points were far from enough; Glory’s team’s offensive state slowly emerged.

Raja Bell’s three-pointer, Gerald Wallace’s fast-break counterattack; Suns relying only on Stoudemire’s solo play was like a drop in the bucket.

Others seemed frozen; without Nash’s facilitation, they couldn’t find their offensive rhythm.

Thus, Stoudemire didn’t rely on Nash, but Suns’ others did.

Throughout the game, Nash only delivered 5 assists, yet he scored 35 points.

But his high score couldn’t bring victory to the Suns.

Instead, Glory became more and more valiant, scoring 115 in total, with a 16-point advantage beating Suns 115:99, leveling the score to 1:1.

Gan Guoyang scored 27 points and 17 rebounds in total, while Allen Iverson scored 33 points, and Glory regained the home advantage.

A famous commentator rightly mentioned, "Whenever Glory scores over 100 and the opponent scores below 100 in a game, Glory always wins."