At the beginning of the third quarter, when Gan Guoyang became increasingly unstoppable on the offensive end, Pat Riley, who was sitting off the court, began to get anxious.

In fact, since 1985, Gan Guoyang's skills and experience have been constantly improving every year, but his game rhythm has not changed much. He scored points in the first quarter, found the feel of the second quarter, exploded in the third quarter, and adjusted his playing style according to the situation in the fourth quarter.

The key to this rhythm of Gan Guoyang is that the outbreak in the third quarter has won him the reputation of "King of the third quarter". Therefore, as Riley, who has been studying Gan Guoyang's playing style for many years, he naturally knows that Gan Guoyang's performance should be curbed in the third quarter and allow the Lakers to continue to maintain their advantage.

However, Riley was dispatching troops on the bench and using various methods to interfere with Gan Guoyang, such as the most common double-teaming, allowing defenders to circumvent, and even let Magic Johnson defend Gan Guoyang. In short, it was not given Gan Guoyang a chance to play, but Gan Guoyang really couldn't stop it after starting up.

Moreover, the Trail Blazers' players are not just having fun. Porter, Drexler and Jim Paxson who plays, are all supporting Gan Guoyang. Adelman requires the backcourt players to respond to Gan Guoyang at any time to prevent Gan Guoyang from being double-teamed and passing the ball.

On the Lakers side, Magic Johnson is still in a hot state. When he needs it, he plays one by one accurately, but the score gap between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers is narrowing little by little, because Gan Guoyang's offensive efficiency is higher. With him as the core of the offensive, the Trail Blazers have made beautiful and smooth collective offense.

"Gan held the ball at a low post and double-teamed it. Gan transferred the ball to Sabonis. Sabonis's pass from the ground! Cauchy made a layup!" Halfway through the third quarter, when Sabonis received a pass from Gan Guoyang and immediately made a layup to Cauchy who cut in, the two sides finally tied.

The Lakers established a 13-point advantage in the first quarter. The Trail Blazers took two and a half quarters to sharpen their flesh and chase them back bit by bit. No matter how strong the Lakers' firepower was on the offensive end, the Trail Blazers walked over in the rain of bullets. Now they finally reached the Lakers' face-to-face position, and it was time to knock them down with one punch.

"Avidas! Go out, go out, leave it to me." Gan Guoyang returned to the backcourt and reminded Sabonis to stand outside. He stood directly in the three-second zone. Due to the existence of the Magician in this game, Gan Guoyang's roaming and oppressing defense was not good. Johnson's ability to transfer the ball and discover opportunities was too strong. Gan Guoyang's roaming and oppressing effect on the outside was not as good as squatting in the inside line to wait for the rabbit to come. After all, Sabonis's deterrence in guarding the basket was not as good as Gan Guoyang.

Magic Johnson's face was as cold as ever. In this game, he showed the ability of a superstar. The Blazers on the offensive end could not contain him from beginning to end. From letting Jerome Cauchy defend at the beginning, to Adelman's decision to change Drexler's defense. It was not because Drexler's defense was better than Cauchy, but whoever defended the Magicians had the same result, so he simply let Cauchy, who had better defense, go against Worthy.

However, Gan Guoyang could feel that Johnson's face also had a little more anxiety. After all, the Lakers performed well tonight, but they were still caught up by the Trail Blazers because the Trail Blazers performed better. Johnson used the ball with his right hand while stretching out his left hand to direct his teammates to run. This is also his classic move.

Gan Guoyang knew that at this time, you must not look at Johnson's eyes and gestures to judge the Lakers' offensive, because Johnson's eyes and gestures are the most deceptive. If you stare at Johnson's eyes and judge his ball path, the final result is that the Lakers players receive the pass and score, and the defender still doesn't know what happened.

So Gan Guoyang focused his attention on the running positions of other players. Gan Guoyang knew that the Magician must cooperate with his teammates. Although the Magician did not understand when standing outside the three-point line, he had an unparalleled observation of the opponent's defense loopholes. His passing skills and courage were rare in NBA history. Gan Guoyang knew that it was useless to predict the passing of Magic Johnson, and he needed to bet on his perception.

"The Magician was observing and suddenly passed the ball to the inside! AC Green received the ball and made a layup... It was blocked by Gan from behind! Gan took the ball from Green and passed it directly to Drexler. Drexler held the ball and quickly attacked... The Dunk succeeded! The Trail Blazers overtaken! The Trail Blazers overtaken!"

Gan Guoyang bets that Green would go around the basket this goal, which is a common tactic used by the Lakers. When Lambis was still in the Lakers, the Magic often passed the ball directly into the hands of Lambis at the basket, and Lambis would score a layup. For a player like Lambis who has no independent offensive ability, the existence of the Magic allows him to contribute to the team by using a small figure to layup.

Now Lambis is included in the Hornets due to the Charlotte Hornets' joining, so his position is replaced by AC Green. AC Green is flexible in shape, has better finishing ability at the basket than Lambis, and has better physical fitness. Cutting into the basket to catch the Magician's straight pass and layup has become his regular scoring method.

Gan Guoyang got this tactic and he had been staring at Green for a long time, so when the Magician passed the ball, he did not look around and find who to pass it to, but immediately turned around and gave Green a big hat. When he controlled the ball in his hand, Drexler was already running halfway.

After scoring the goal, Gan Guoyang clenched his fists tightly, and then said to AC Green beside him: "Little virgin, go find a Portland beauty tonight, otherwise you will be unhappy tonight."

AC-Green is most famous in the NBA for his insistence that he is a "virgin" because he is a devout Christian. His favorite thing to do when he doesn't play basketball is to pray in church or preach with the Bible. Green has been teased many times about this. How could Gan Guoyang let him go with this big mouth?

Green is not a person who can speak eloquently. He can only bear Gan Guoyang's "provocation". He is really unhappy tonight because Riley has always asked him to defend Gan Guoyang. Gan Guoyang's attack was just like the Magician who opened the Blazers' outside line. Gan Guoyang had already scored 11 points on Green in the third quarter.

When the Trail Blazers overturned the score, the situation on the court was completely different. After the Magic passed the half-dribble, he took the initiative to ask the referee for a timeout, and the Lakers needed to stop and rest. If the Trail Blazers took this opportunity to counterattack and hit the Lakers, it would be very unfavorable for the Lakers.

Soon, Riley made an adjustment, replaced Jabbar and replaced Sampson. Jabbar's performance in this game was terrible. Under the joint defense of Sabonis and Gan Guoyang, he only scored a pitiful 4 points in the third quarter. The old Tiangou really couldn't keep up with the extremely high rhythm of both sides. Sabonis's defense and Gan Guoyang's strategy of assisting defense in the back made Jabbar unable to play.

The key problem is that Jabbar did not find any sense of scoring at the beginning of the first half and the beginning of the second half. These two periods were when Jabbar had the best physical strength. After this period, he kept running back and forth, and after fierce confrontation, his remaining physical strength was exhausted.

However, Riley was helpless to replace Sampson. There was really no one in their inside line, and Sampson was also old.

When Sampson walked onto the court, the fans at the scene still gave him warm applause. After all, the Trail Blazers' old No. 1 pick has contributed eight years to the team here. This is the most precious time in his basketball career. Although he did not bring any honor to the Trail Blazers, as the former top star of the Trail Blazers, he supported the team's inside line and gave the fans here countless passionate nights.

So, after following the Lakers to beat the Trail Blazers last year, Sampson was the worst in the Lakers' center. In his words, "I was torn apart", his heart half in Portland and half in Los Angeles.

However, on the court, Sampson was still very dedicated. After he came on the court, the Lakers' offensive focus completely shifted to the outside. Sampson's main role was to participate in defense, especially attacking Gan Guoyang. In the series against the Trail Blazers last year, Sampson played a key role in Gan Guoyang's defense.

However, Gan Guoyang is no longer the Gan Guoyang of last year, and Sampson is one year older. As one goes up and down, Pat Riley stood on the sidelines and found that Sampson could not contain Gan Guoyang at all.

"Gan held the ball in the ox horn position, and Sampson came up to double-team, but Gan broke through directly from the middle! He made a left-hand slash! Oh!" Seanley was excitedly shouted out by Gan Guoyang's slash.

Sampson's double-team was already very timely, but Gan Guoyang was obviously very well prepared. Sampson came from the outside and attacked him directly in the opposite direction. AC Green could not block Gan Guoyang's strong breakthrough, and only Woxi was left in the inside line to guard the basket. Gan Guoyang was unceremonious and dunked on his head.
Chapter completed!