Riley's first change came quickly, and that was to send Mitchell Sampson, the Trail Blazers' old player in the second quarter.

After owning Mitchell Sampson, the Lakers' lineup has a record four No. 1 picks. In addition to the shooting guard position, they have one No. 1 pick in each position, and their talent is outrageous.

When he was at the Trail Blazers, Mitchell Sampson's condition has been declining since 1987, and his function has always overlapped with Gan Guoyang, which has led the Trail Blazers to finally trade him to the Spurs.

But the Trail Blazers did not expect that Sampson would eventually go to the Lakers and successfully caused trouble for Gan Guoyang in the 1988 Western Conference Finals, helping the Lakers eliminate the Trail Blazers and reach the finals.

This is also a reward for the Trail Blazers. This year, the Trail Blazers learned lessons and the transaction was obtained by Buck Williams to strengthen their No. 4 position and increase Sampson's fear of double-teaming Gan Guoyang.

After Sampson came on the court, he fucked Gan Guoyang gently. In Gan Guoyang's rookie season, the two had some conflicts, which led to their relationship being average and in a state of being neither salty nor bland.

However, Sampson is a big man with a happy personality. As the No. 1 pick, it is not as competitive as those superstars, so it is easy to get along with. Gan Guoyang and him became opponents, and their relationship became better.

Riley is known as the "god calculator", but Riley is mostly a magic calculation not manifested in tactics, but in grasping the players' psychology. He believes that Gan Guoyang played quite smoothly in the first quarter. At this time, Sampson, an old teammate, disrupting Gan Guoyang's psychological state, will have some interference restrictions on Gan Guoyang.

"That guy Riley wants you to come up and curb me?" Gan Guoyang walked to Sampson and suddenly said.

Sampson looked at Gan Guoyang and didn't say anything, but Riley did tell him that he did not let Sampson attack Gan Guoyang, but he believed that Sampson's existence was a shadow for Gan Guoyang, just as he did to McHale.

But is Gan Guoyang really that easily affected?

The score at the beginning of the second quarter was 27:28, and the Trail Blazers were one point behind the Lakers, and the scores of both sides were always intertwined.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers' first offense was particularly rapid. After half of the rest of the first quarter, Drexler returned to the court and relied on Gan Guoyang's cover to enter the inside. A beautiful fingertip shot made a basket, and Sampson, who came to the defense, blocked it very well, but Drexler's basket picking was too clever. With a light stroke of his fingers, the ball quickly rotated in the air, drew a high parabola, and finally fell into the net bag.

"Wow, Singer-roll! After both Irving and Gervin retired, we can only see a little bit of the style of picking baskets with fingertips on Drexler." The knowledgeable Zeke Hearn was also amazed at this beautiful goal.

Drexler always idolized Dr. J. Irving when he was a child, and Irving's fingertips were as beautiful as his dunk.

Magic Johnson was still resting off the court at this time. He played the first quarter. On the court, Byron Scott and substitute point guard David Rivers, which reduced the pressure on the Trail Blazers defensive players a lot and no longer had to focus heavily on preventing Johnson's passes.

As Kareem Jabbar is on the verge of retirement, Sampson has been a veteran of 11 years in the league. The problem of the Lakers' aging inside is already difficult to recover, so in the offense, Sampson has become a mid-range pitcher and a mid-range cutter at the basket.

His threat at the low post has been lost in Portland, so the Lakers, whose space has been opened, have a lot of room for breakthrough. Byron Scott also broke through directly with Sampson's cover and entered the inside.

Last season, Scott has become the Lakers' scoring champion with his average score of 21 points per game. As Jabbar grows old, he makes up for the firepower gap of the Lakers. At the same time, he also becomes a magician with one offense, one defense and two guardians around him.

When the Magician was not on the court, Scott, who was extremely skilled, was the Lakers' outside engine. His speed and explosion were excellent, his shooting was excellent, and his breakthrough rhythm was very good. Last year's playoffs Byron Scott performed well against the Trail Blazers, and was the biggest hard-working player on the outside.

"Byron Scott broke through in the middle, the ball fell...it was knocked out by Gan, the ball rolled to the ground, Buck Williams fell to the ground and grabbed the ball, passed it to Gan, and Gan passed it to Porter."

Scott's weakness in breakthrough is that he has a high dribble and his ability to change direction is not strong, and he is more straightforward. Gan Guoyang's stealing ability has improved by leaps and bounds since last season. He has also made sufficient research on Scott's breakthrough and knocked out the ball in Scott's hand.

Buck Williams showed his fighting spirit. He was able to fall to the ground and grab the ball without a minute of rest in the first quarter, and threw the ball back to Gan Guoyang very quickly.

Gan Guoyang passed the ball horizontally to Porter on the left side, and he ran and rushed straight to the frontcourt. David Rivers was the only one in the Lakers' backcourt, so he could not stop Gan Guoyang.

"Potter passes the ball, aerial relay! Gan's aerial relay! He poured the ball into the basket with both hands, beautiful defense and beautiful fast attack, the Lakers are in trouble."

At this time, the Trail Blazers only surpassed the Lakers by 3 points, but Zike Hearn was keenly aware that the Lakers were "in-trouble". Jabbar must have enough time to rest, and even if Jabbar comes on the court, it will not be able to stop Gan Guoyang from turning the tide.

After scoring the goal, Gan Guoyang smiled slightly at Riley on the sidelines, as if telling Riley that it is useless to go to Sampson.

Subsequently, Gan Guoyang used his actions to prove that Mitchell Sampson had no way to stop Gan Guoyang from scoring, whether it was single defense or assisting defense. The Lakers' old and weak inside line not only had to block Gan Guoyang, but also had to withstand Drexler's collision, which made Mitchell Sampson miserable.

However, the Lakers are worthy of being the Lakers. Byron Scott was defended by Gan Guoyang, but he was able to score points from the outside with his personal ability and help the Lakers stabilize the situation on the court.

Worthy's still has high efficiency at the low post. The Trail Blazers' defensive posture is relatively easy to score.

As long as the two of them hold on for a while, the Lakers will replace them with Magic, and Jabbar will be able to retake the battle after a little more rest. At that time, the Lakers will be able to blow the horn of counterattack.

"Gan's pass... made a mistake, Scott intercepted the ball, fast break, James Worthy... Gan followed and covered the ball, and Porter got the rebound." Zike Hearn had already figured out how to praise Worthy's fast break dunk, but Gan Guoyang caught up and covered the ball.

It is extremely difficult to block James Worthy's fast break dunk in the NBA. Cobra's speed, bounce, bounce and arm span are all first-class, and Gan Guoyang's goal is also a desperate goal.

"The Trail Blazers called for a timeout, and both sides needed to adjust it."

The Trail Blazers, who led by 5 points, called a timeout first. The Trail Blazers had turned the situation around on the field, but this was the first half. Adelman was not very satisfied with the Trail Blazers' offense, and the Lakers' defense was still very aggressive, which made the Trail Blazers, who had always allocated the ball reasonably, fall into a single fight to a certain extent. However, Gan Guoyang and Drexler were in good shape, which maintained their advantage in the situation.

However, Jabbar and the Magic are still sitting off the court. They are probably going to come back after the timeout. The possibility of defending the Lakers to death is not high, but they consume the Lakers on both offense and defense, and keep suppressing them, which is beneficial to deal with such an old team.

Adelman thought for a moment, looked back at the bench and said, "Sabonis, your time is up, ready to play, we need you on the offensive end."

Since seven games, Sabonis has never been able to get a chance to play. Some people think that Sabonis will only play in garbage time, but he has not got a chance to get a chance to play in garbage time, which means Adelman does not trust him at all.

But in normal training, Adelman always told Sabonis to wait patiently and ask him to observe everything on the field seriously.

After observing seven big wins, Sabonis finally got the chance to come on the bench in this key game against the Lakers. He obviously had a little surprise on his face. He thought that he would not get a chance in such a strong conversation, and his appearance would have to wait until the next game.

Gan Guoyang didn't expect that Sabonis would play now and said to him: "Are you ready? Brother, put some oil on the old guy opposite?"

Sabonis nodded nervously, then shook his head again, taking a deep breath.

The audience on the sidelines also obviously found the big man standing up on the Trail Blazers bench. They all knew that the Soviet player was about to play. Some fans began to applaud, while others were blowing whistles.

Sabonis's arrival is also a big news in the United States. Now at the Great Western Conference Forum Arena, he is finally going to make his NBA regular season debut.

"The Trail Blazers replaced the player from the Soviet Union, Avidas Sabonis, replaced Buck Williams, and we can finally get the style of this Soviet giant in the NBA. It seems that he will play against Jabbar on the court. I don't know what lessons the 42-year-old Jabbar will bring to this guy."

Obviously, everyone was staring wide and seeing what strength this center forward who gave the United States a defeat at the Olympics has.

On the sidelines, Adelman looked very confident. He had been standing on the sidelines and sat down all of a sudden.
Chapter completed!