The Trail Blazers unexpectedly lag the Warriors by two points in the first quarter.

The Trail Blazers' low shooting percentage in offense is one reason. Although Drexler easily tore open the Warriors' defense with his strong breakthrough ability, he is also deliberately controlling his breakthrough number, and seems to care more about his leg injury.

Valentine and Van derwich performed relatively in moderation. Van derwich missed shots for many consecutive times, and it seems that he is not in good shape.

Valentine basically handed over the ball in half and didn't have much room to play.

However, Sampson supported the Trail Blazers' inside offense. The Warriors were indeed poor at the power forward. Sampson won several times alone.

After the substitutes on both sides came on the bench, the scene was still lukewarm. Colte was still the first candidate for Ramsey's substitute point guard, but his performance was still very bad.

In Ramsey's opinion, Cort's performance is simply sleepwalking, unable to defend, unable to attack, and without assists. He completely lost the calmness and sophistication of last season.

So after the first quarter, Ramsey pressed Corte on the bench again and sent Terry Porter to the field.

After the start of the second quarter, the bench was led by Porter and Paxson, plus Kenny Carr, Sampson and Jerome Cauchy.

Porter and Paxson showed good tactical qualities. Porter's existence made up for Paxson's lack of impact, and Paxson's powerful shooting ability made the Warriors' outside line unable to defend Porter at all, giving Porter more opportunities to attack.

These two people helped the Trail Blazers' offense to be active on the outside, and with the recovery of their feel, the Trail Blazers' shooting percentage began to rise.

The Warriors' narrow two-point advantage established in the first quarter was filled out by Paxson's three-pointer from the outside, and the Trail Blazers took the lead.

But compared with the Trail Blazers, the Warriors' substitutes are no less, and their rookie Mullin made Cauchy feel a little pressure.

"Defend him Jerome! Defend him Jerome..." Gan Guoyang looked at Kossi pressing against Mulin tightly on the left bottom line, right next to the Trail Blazers' bench. The Warriors' offensive time was not much, and Mulin had no time to pass the ball, so he shouted and interfered with Mulin by the way.

Seeing that the 24-second time was approaching, Mulin pretended to shoot, but Cauchy was not fooled. Then Mulin took a step back and then leaned back to take action.

Mullin is a left-handed player, so Cauchy was a little awkward when blocking the block and interfering with his shot, and Mullin's shot was quite fast, and the ball drew a high arc.

"Swish!" The ball was hollowed into the net, a difficult goal!

After the ball was shot, the Warriors' bench suddenly became excited, and the players cheered for the difficult goal of Mullin, the rookie. Among them, Carol seemed the most excited and was still waving the towel.

Mullin was still quite low-key. After scoring the goal, he quickly ran back to the second half to defend. After all, after the ball was shot, the Warriors still lag behind the Trail Blazers by 31:34.

"This guy's shooting is quite good." Van dervich next to Gan Guoyang said. As a shooting expert, being praised by Van dervich shows that Mulin's shooting is indeed worthy.

"If Clyde had such a shooting level, it would be perfect." Gan Guoyang didn't forget to joke with Drexler after hearing this.

"Why do you have to get me involved? My performance in the first quarter is much better than you!" Drexler was displeased when he heard this. Gan Guoyang liked to make fun of him with his shots.

"The sweetest laugh only after laughing until the end... Wait, that guy Carol, I won't let him score so casually anymore." Gan Guoyang said as he looked at Carol who was happy on the bench on the other end.

Soon, with 8 minutes left in the second quarter, the Trail Blazers still led the Warriors with three-pointers 36:33. However, although the Trail Blazers' offense recovered, it seems that they can't limit the Warriors in defense.

As Pete Van Kevin made a 10-foot mid-range shot, the Warriors approached the score again, and Ramsey had to call a timeout. He hoped that the team could tighten the defense and widen the gap in the second quarter.

"Your defense is too loose. We need to increase the intensity of our defense and establish an advantage before the end of the first half. Play more inside in the offense, remember to strengthen confrontation, and strive to open the gap in this time period." Ramsey did not make too many tactical arrangements, but asked to increase the intensity.

In previous games, the Trail Blazers never increased their intensity, but were playing tactics to compete with their hands.

For a strong team, it is very important to control the rhythm of the game and take the progress of the game into your own hands.

When facing a weak team, how to save effort and win the game is something that every coach is thinking hard.

Ramsey believes that it is the best way to rely on the change of "strong and weak" rhythm to control the progress of the game in the game, that is, to use high-intensity performance in a short period of time to expand the gap, and then use ordinary game mode to maintain the advantage.

This requires the team to have balanced offensive and defensive capabilities and be able to control and retract freely.

"Gan, lock Carol and block the free throw line by the way." Ramsey said to Gan Guoyang at the end.

Gan Guoyang nodded after hearing this, and he knew that Carol would definitely play again after this timeout.

Sure enough, the Warriors also replaced the starters one after another, and Carol was among them, looking full of confidence.

"You have been away from the NBA for a year, right?" Gan Guoyang walked to Carol and suddenly said to him.

Carol was surprised to see Gan Guoyang coming over and say to him, and then replied: "That's right, but I'm back."

"But the NBA is no longer what you were when you were... You should be eliminated, the first pick. (Mr-First-Round)" Gan Guoyang said lightly, as if he was just telling a fact, not provoking.

"9,2,9,2,9,2..." Carol began to repeat these two numbers after hearing Gan Guoyang's words. It was obvious that what he meant was that he scored nine points in the first quarter, while Gan Guoyang only scored two points.

The referee's whistle was soon interrupted by the two of them, and Drexler served on the sideline.

At this time, Gan Guoyang pushed Carol away and quickly stood at the left side of the bull horn to ask for the ball.

Drexler understood it and passed the ball high to Gan Guoyang. After Gan Guoyang received the ball, Carol quickly stepped on the guard.

This position is still a bit far from the basket. Gan Guoyang did not choose to carry his back, but instead turned into a sigma step into a face basket.

Gan Guoyang turned around cleanly without any drag. After turning around, he immediately lowered the center, then suddenly shook his shoulders, and then accelerated straight to break through the middle.

Since Van derwich came on the court, he landed on the right wing, and Kenical also pulled to the right horn position, so the Warriors did not have the awareness of blocking the free throw line.

Gan Guoyang rushed straight in like a bulldozer.

Carol once again experienced Gan Guoyang's terrible power and extraordinary sensitivity, and had no way to stop the bulldozer from pushing in.

"Bang!" Carol just felt himself falling backwards, and then he heard the sound of the basket being pulled and bounced away.

Carol sat down on the ground, looked up but saw Gan Guoyang falling on the basket with one arm, looking at him lightly, then let go, said "9, 4", and turned and left.

This ball was within a reasonable range of physical contact. Gan Guoyang did not swing his elbow or push people. It was all based on his physical strength, so there was no foul.

Gan Guoyang's ball was completely driven by strength and weight. He pushed Carol to the inside line and it was difficult for him to jump, so he leaned on Carol to move upwards, and then he leaned on his outstanding wingspan and big hands to stuff the ball into the basket.

Although Carol is two inches taller than Gan Guoyang, his weight is nearly 15 pounds lighter than Gan Guoyang, and he weighs only 225 pounds.

Moreover, Carol's legs are long and the center of gravity is high. Gan Guoyang's center of gravity is low. Carol can't stand him at all.

His teammate stepped forward and pulled Carol up. The ball made Carol feel insulted. He didn't expect that he had just returned to the NBA, and after all, he was the No. 1 pick, but he was deducted by a second-year rookie like this, which really made him lose all his face.

"Transfer the ball to me!" Carol said to Floyd, who wanted to regain his face in the offense.

Sure enough, when the Warriors started attacking, Floyd began to take the initiative to look for Carol, but it was difficult for him to pass the ball. Gan Guoyang should have started to defend Carol in front.

Defending around the front is a very physically consuming defense method, and once the opponent successfully lobs the ball, the door under the basket will be opened.

But this kind of defense is also very effective against low-post powerful centers, because the opponent is hard to get the ball.

After trying two passes but failed, Floyd transferred the ball to other players and continued to operate the Warriors' offense.

When the ball was transferred to the weak side, Gan Guoyang no longer cared about Carol, but focused on the horn position and the free throw line. As long as there were Warriors players running here, Gan Guoyang would shift slightly to the side intentionally or unintentionally.

The Defensive Strength of the Trail Blazers has obviously increased, and the Warriors' passing has begun to become stagnant. Once the players stop the ball, they will be closely guarded by the Trail Blazers.

At this time, Carroll mentioned the top of the arc to provide a cover for the outside players. The pick-and-roll is indeed a very simple and effective way to crack the defense.

But when Terry Tiger relied on Carol's cover to walk in, Gan Guoyang chose to let Carol go to guard against Tiger, while Drexler went to replace Carol.

This is a dangerous move in the defense, because Drexler obviously suffered a loss in defense, and at this time the Trail Blazers' inside line was empty, and Carol just took the ball and was the sky basket.

However, this is how Bellman designed it, the greater the risk, the greater the profit.

As a prevention, he would ask other defensive players to be ready to return to the three-second zone to make up for defense at any time, that is, step on the side of illegal defense, so that Sampson could fill the inside of the penalty area in advance.

More importantly, it depends on Gan Guoyang's ability to oppress the ball holder after changing rooms. If he can make the ball holder unable to pass the ball, it doesn't matter even if Carol has no one to defend.

Sure enough, Gan Guoyang's sudden close-fitting defense made Tiger very uncomfortable, and he had already died!

At this time, Valentine on the left wing also came up to attack and broke the ball in Tiger's hand.

As soon as the ball hit Valentine's hand, Gan Guoyang straightened up and ran towards the front court, with no one in the front court.

After Valentin intercepted the ball, he also made a quick long pass, and the ball went straight to Gan Guoyang's hand.

The fans of the Memorial Stadium knew that the time for their performance was up.
Chapter completed!