Ramsey wasn't too surprised by Colt's poor form.

In such a big dye vat as the NBA, there are a lot of very talented rookies who, after a decent rookie season, quickly degenerate over the next few years, and the rookie becomes their pinnacle.

Especially for those black players who have been poor since childhood, entering the NBA means getting rich overnight, although the NBA's salary at that time was not as terrible as it was later, but it was not like in the fifties and sixties, while doing other jobs part-time.

Even a second-round rookie can get a decent contract, which is enough for a period of time with the price level at that time.

Ramsey, who has coached in the NBA for many years, has long been surprised by this, and in the NBA, there is always an oversupply of functional players like Colter, and he can't, and new players will soon come up.

The bottom of the NBA is so cruel, and it is not so simple to gain a foothold in this professional league.

So, Ramsey decisively replaced Colter in the second quarter and pointed to Terry Porter, who was sitting at the end of the bench, and motioned for Porter to play.

Terry Porter clearly didn't expect the head coach to put him on the court so soon, and his first appearance in the NBA came out of nowhere.

Potter didn't look quite ready, and he looked a little nervous when he got on the field, he lifted his pants and looked around privately, only to see that his teammates were all around, and he was a little relieved.

Gan Guoyang looked at Potter's appearance and thought of the situation when he played the first game, which was also at a loss, and kept looking for the position of his teammates.

After the personnel changes, the second quarter of the game began quickly, and the two sides used the second lineup to transition on the court.

"Rookie Terry Porter was substituted, and the little guy looked a little nervous, but he did look quite old on his face. The Suns serve, and their point guard on the court is bench player Mike Hollington.

Hollington, who has just one more year of NBA experience than Porter, was a point guard picked by the Suns in the third round last year, and is similar in type to Colter, the kind of bench functional player.

Hollington, who is 6-foot-4 tall and as tall as Humphries, is a tall point guard like Humphries, and against Porter, who has a year less experience than him, Hollington didn't take him too seriously.

Sophomores generally have this mentality, having been rookies for a whole year, and now that younger players are in the league, they can finally "teach" new players as veteran players to tell them "welcome to the NBA".

That's what Hollington had in mind, and instead of calling for cover, he slowly dribbled outside the three-point line on the right side to look for opportunities.

"Holrington...... Breakthrough! Got past Porter, split the ball, and stuffed the ball to Edwards, who made a layup! Tied at 28:28, the Suns took the lead at the beginning of the second quarter and used a breakaway to tie the score. ”

"Damn it!" There wasn't much expression on Potter's face, but he cursed secretly in his heart.

In the NCAA game, joint defense is the most common way to defend, because college players generally lack long-range shooting ability, and at that time, the NCAA did not even have a three-point line, and the effect of joint defense was quite good.

When Porter was in the NCAA, a breakthrough like Holrington's was unlikely to succeed because there would inevitably be teammates coming over to make up for it and block the route.

In the NBA, Bellman's "hidden joint defense" is often aimed at the opponent's arrowhead, and Gan Guoyang is not on the court at this time, and Porter must rely on his personal strength to deal with Hollington.

"It's okay, we'll get it back soon." Kenny Carr seemed to see Potter's frustration and said to Potter, before sending the ball to Potter.

"Porter has the ball, it's his first time for the Trail Blazers, and I don't know what kind of energy the No. 24 rookie can bring to the team...... Porter gave the ball to Paxson, who held the ball at the top of the arc and Sampson was in a good position in the middle, but Edwards defended tightly, Paxson didn't pass the ball, he handed the ball back to Porter, and Porter shook Hollington away...... The ball was passed to Sampson, and Sampson dunked hard! ”

Porter's first assist with the Trail Blazers!

A very nice pass.

Porter first handed the ball to Paxson at the top of the arc, then cut into the baseline from the left side, and then went around from the baseline to the right side to receive the ball at 45 degrees, and after receiving the ball, he feigned a shot, shook off Holrington, and then broke inside.

Edwards had to step up to make up for it, and Porter passed the ball to Sampson, who cut in in the middle, and Sampson scored with a powerful one-handed basket to make it 30-28.

The atmosphere of the fans was also high again, and the Memorial Stadium was much duller after the draw.

“a-nice-pass。 Ramsey praised him on the sidelines, and it was clear from the ball that Potter was very calm and handled the ball very well, not at all like a rookie who was playing for the first time.

"Gan, Potter was a lot better than you on the first game." Drexler took the opportunity to mock Gan Guoyang, who couldn't even touch the ball at first when he played for the first time.

Gan Guoyang shook his head and smiled, but he also found that from this ball, it can be seen that Potter does have a faint style of general.

In the team training in October, Potter usually arrived at the training ground second, and once he was even earlier than Gan Guoyang, but the next day Potter found out that no matter how early he was, Gan Guoyang must have been earlier than him.

However, as soon as the round ended, Potter made a mistake and he fouled Holrington.

Hollington obviously wanted to fight Porter, and the offensive action was a little bigger, and Porter also responded with a relatively large defensive move, and finally ate a defensive foul.

"Don't mess with this guy! Stay in your position and do your job! Ramsey took a picture of Potter on the sidelines and reminded him that he was also afraid that Potter would get into trouble with Hollington, and that he would forget about important work.

For the team, anyone can go up in the five positions, but the point guard can't go up, the point guard must be calm and must hold the scene.

Potter still nodded expressionlessly, Ramsey didn't know if he could listen, he also knew that these young players were not well trained for a while, and there was still a big thorn on the bench.

The Suns re-serve, and this time Porter was noticeably smaller, but he was inextricably linked to Hollington.

At this time, Holrington didn't realize that the referee just now was slightly biased in his favor, if he was more experienced, he should have to sell cheaply, pass the ball out quickly, and play this attack well.

But Hollinton was still entangled with Potter, and the action was still a bit big, but he used his arm to wrap his arm around Potter's body when he broke through, and the referee caught him and blew him for an offensive foul.

"Hollington got an offensive foul on Porter, and the two were tied, and it looks like Porter is starting to adapt to the NBA game." Shaunley also has a pretty good assessment of Potter.

Hollington still wanted to argue with the referee, but was yelled back by the Suns' coach and told him to go defense.

Potter continued to organise the team's attack, and he again gave the ball to Paxson for him to play in the high post.

Paxson's response in the high position is Ramsey's new tactical role rearranged for Paxson this summer, because Paxson was demoted from the starter to the bench, and his individual singles ability is not good enough, often after coming off the bench, he can't give the team a quick increase in points, so Ramsey wants him to be more involved in the organization of the offense, and after coming on the bench, he can lead the second team's offense.

Once again, Potter cuts in from the left, which is actually a relatively simple tactic of cutting inside in the high post, where Potter hands over the ball and then cuts inside under the cover of the inside.

If the opposing defense is slow to react, then Paxson can pass the ball directly to Porter, who can get a layup under the basket.

And once the opponent reacts defensively, generally the defense line will shrink, then Potter will go around, which is equivalent to pulling the opponent's defense line, and once the defense line is pulled loose, there will be loopholes, giving your own side a chance to attack.

This time Potter went around again, and Paxson passed the ball to Potter again, but Porter did not break through this time, but chose to pass back to Paxson.

Because Carl, who had covered Porter before, also made a cover for Paxson again.

Paxson catches the ball and shoots and takes a step inside the three-point line...... Hit! A 20-foot jumper, Paxson's shooting skills are still so good! ”

Paxson's shot hit his own shooting rhythm point, so he hit the shot with ease.

After Potter came off the bench, his adaptability at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends was surprisingly good, and even Gan Guoyang admired his performance.

The Trail Blazers' second lineup also played well on the court, suppressing the Suns' second lineup on both offensive and defensive ends.

"Porter got the backcourt rebound, Porter advanced, the Trail Blazers launched a fast break, Porter passed to Paxson, Paxson received the ball in the left bottom corner, Paxson crossed to cut into Cosey from the middle, Cosey scored a layup! Smooth fast break! At 40:33, the Trail Blazers pulled the score away again! The Trail Blazers' second lineup played surprisingly well. ”

With the Trail Blazers relying on the fast break to score another goal and widen the gap between the two sides to more than five points, the Suns' head coach had no choice but to call a timeout.

Without leading scorer Larry Nance, the Suns are a little stretched on offense, especially with their fast break half broken.

The Trail Blazers, by contrast, have the impression that they're not doing their best at all.

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