Chapter 478: It's close at hand

The first victory came quite smoothly, although the Trail Blazers suffered a counterattack from the Pistons in the second quarter, but soon with Gan Guoyang's play, the loophole was blocked, and the Pistons had no way to take Gan Guoyang at all.

Daley also tried to use Dennis Rodman to entangle Gan Guoyang, which played a role in the regular season, but apparently Gan Guoyang had already had a way to deal with this in the finals, Rodman was beaten by Gan Guoyang, Gan Guoyang did not meet Rodman at all, but directly received the ball and immediately shot, whether it was in the inside line or in the middle distance, the result was naturally that Gan Guoyang could not enter it all depends on his own feeling, and there is no difference between Rodman and Rodman.

However, in the fourth quarter, Daley tried to let John Sully keep an eye on Gan Guoyang, and the effect was good, but by that time, the overall situation had been decided, and the Pistons could no longer toss any tricks, so they could only watch the Trail Blazers take a victory from the home court.

In this game, the Pistons' loss is obviously due to the factor of lack of preparation, or Chuck Daley is a little overconfident, he thinks that with the strength of the Pistons, they have a chance to fight until the last moment, because the Pistons' key ball ability is stronger than the Trail Blazers, they are more experienced, and the attack points are more dispersed and balanced, Isaiah Thomas and Joe Dumas are both big heart players, and the Trail Blazers can really rely on Gan Guoyang at critical moments, and Gan Guoyang's key ball ability is also very strong, But as an inside player, he has a natural hard injury, that is, it is difficult to catch the ball.

But Daley still miscalculated Gan Guoyang's ability to take away the opponent in the third quarter, strong scoring explosiveness plus the ability to control the court on the defensive end, as well as the combination of Drexler, Porter, Sabonis and other fierce players, so that the situation was instantly unbalanced, Chuck Daley also realized at this moment, why the Lakers, who were still inseparable from the Pistons last season, would lose to the Trail Blazers 1:4 this season, if it weren't for Riley's tricks, the result would probably be 4:0, and the Trail Blazers' attack power is really terrifying.

In terms of the Trail Blazers, Adelman is very satisfied with the team's performance, it should be said that the Trail Blazers have been in a 100% state until they marched to the Finals, especially after crossing the Lakers to let the players cross the psychological barrier, a season of running-in, a season of ups and downs, and finally let the Trail Blazers' lineup play to the extreme, the chemistry between the players, and the tacit understanding have reached the best.

However, no one dared to relax, after the first game, early the next morning, all the Trail Blazers players came to the training hall early for training, no one relaxed, Adelman also arrived an hour earlier than usual, like a tyrant in training, yelling at every player who made a mistake, and the yelled players did not complain at all.

At the end of the evening, no one went to the bar or nightclub, and everyone went home early to rest and get ready for the second game of tomorrow's finals.

Gan Guoyang also returned home early, did not choose to practice, after returning home, the first thing he did was to take out the phone book, find a number, pick up the phone and dial a number.

"Hello, I'm Michael Jordan, please speak."

"It's me, Gan."

Gan Guoyang's call was made to Jordan, long before the start of the division finals, the two often talked on the phone, and said on the phone that they would fight for the finals, but the bulls, who created the miracle of the first two rounds, finally fell at the feet of the Pistons again, and Michael Jordan could only sit at home and watch Gan Guoyang shine in the finals.

When Jordan heard Gan Guoyang calling, he first sneered and asked Gan Guoyang if he was here to show off to him, Gan Guoyang understood Jordan's thoughts, he knew that Jordan must have felt very uncomfortable when he watched himself perform well in the finals, Gan Guoyang himself had tasted this taste, he was reimbursed in 86, and he could only watch TV at home in the Western Conference Finals in 1988.

"Okay Michael, I just want to ask you some questions, when you played against the Pistons, you also won the first game and won the third game, but then why did you lose three games in a row? Of course, I'm not trying to laugh at you, I don't have that need, I just want to understand, what is the strength of the pistons? ”

Gan Guoyang mentioned the Eastern Conference finals, Jordan was a little angry, when they led 2:1, especially in the third game, the Bulls were still behind by more than ten points in the fourth quarter, but under the leadership of Jordan, the Bulls chased the score closer little by little, and finally relied on Jordan's key board jumper at the last moment, and they won the Pistons 99:97.

It's just that when it came to the back, the Pistons were like opening up, and they didn't give the Bulls a chance at all.

"Emotions, let me tell you a key issue, emotions, they are masters of playing with emotions, if you fall into the emotional trap they design, then you don't have to do anything, you don't use anything. Of course, I'm talking about lightness now, but really want to put up with them in the game...... It's really hard. Of course, you played a great first game and you were good, but that's because your teammates are better and your home fans are crazy and they are pushing down the Detroit bunch. ”

Jordan's words are his own personal experience, Gan Guoyang has also heard of the Pistons' ability to provoke the opponent's emotions and finally make the opponent unable to play at a normal level, but this is the first time the two teams have met in the playoffs, and the Pistons will obviously not be so calculating in the regular season.

Moreover, Jordan also said that the madness of the home fans and the lack of preparation of the Pistons themselves have also made their momentum always suppressed by the Trail Blazers, and Ranbir, Mahon and others tried to disturb the mood of the Trail Blazers with small actions and malicious fouls, but they did not have too good effect.

"I understand that we will not be provoked so easily, I am a gentleman player who speaks civilly and knows how to be polite." Gan Guoyang said to Jordan with a smile.

"If you're civilized and polite, then Ranbir is a fucking model citizen! Maybe I'll be able to run for president! ”

The two chatted for a long time on the phone, until Wang Fuxi came over and grabbed Gan Guoyang's ears and asked him to go back to his room to take a bath and sleep.

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In the second game, the Trail Blazers, who were on the verge of facing the big enemy, continued to face the Pistons at the Memorial Stadium, the fans were still so crazy, and Sean Leigh's commentary was still so passionate, as soon as they stepped into this arena, Gan Guoyang and his teammates felt that they had great motivation, and even if it was an All-Star team on the opposite side, they were confident that they would pull the opponent down.

The process of the game turned out to be the same as the first game, the Pistons tried to suppress the Trail Blazers in the opening game, but their offensive touch was not so good, Gan Guoyang still firmly controlled the backcourt rebound, becoming the engine of the Trail Blazers' fast break.

In the first quarter, the Trail Blazers went crazy again, this time it was Drexler who was crazy, Joe Dumas could limit Drexler's play in the positional battle, but once he entered the rapid offense, Dumas's legs and feet could not keep up with the glider, not to mention that Drexler has always been a "superstar in the first quarter", with the support of Gan Guoyang's backcourt rebounds, Drexler scored 14 points in the first quarter, and the Trail Blazers once again led the Pistons.

As a result, the Pistons entered the rhythm of the game of "digging holes and filling pits", with the experience of dealing with the Pistons after taking the lead in the last game, this time Adelman continued the strategy of the previous game, Gan Guoyang rested more in the second quarter, came off the bench, and would rather let the Pistons recover some points, and then Gan Guoyang went up again to put pressure on the Pistons.

Only this time, Daley began to use Sully and Rodman, two long-handed, flexible players, to defend Gan Guoyang, which made Gan Guoyang suffer, Ranbier and Mahon are not afraid of thick and heavy Gan Guoyang, they are long-handed spider people, Gan Guoyang has always been more annoying.

However, Gan Guoyang still adjusted his form in time, he made full use of his strength, asked for the ball in a deeper position, scored in a more fierce way, and the game became more and more intense, but the Trail Blazers maintained a lead of more than 10 points.

In the fourth quarter, the Pistons launched a final comeback, and they once closed the score to only 3 points, but the three points of Terry Porter and Paxson at the critical moment completely buried the Pistons' hope of a comeback, and the Trail Blazers finally scored another game at home.

The Trail Blazers took a 2-0 lead, and the championship looked close at hand.