Gan Guoyang's fist was also deliberate, not just impulsive, and of course, when he saw that Ramsey was still indifferent in the locker room when the Trail Blazers were behind, his fist did carry anger.

Maybe Ramsey is missing his wife in the hospital, or maybe he's no longer in love, and he behaves like a normal team staff member – no, not even the staff, who encourage the players with all their hearts.

Everybody saw it, but no one broke it, they just waited, waiting for Ramsey to rot with the Trail Blazers, and then management made a move to sweep everything flat and start over.

Only Gan Guoyang did not compromise, he couldn't watch the team that reached the Western Conference Finals last season fall into the abyss like this, so Gan Guoyang single-handedly pulled the Trail Blazers back from the edge of the cliff.

But this is not a long-term solution, Gan Guoyang can't maintain this level of scoring all season, and even if he could, the Trail Blazers' results would not be much better.

After learning that Ramsay's wife had cancer, Gan knew that Ramsey's decline was not just because he couldn't stay with the Trail Blazers next season, but because he had lost his passion for life.

Gan Guoyang wants to arouse Ramsay's passion, but his method is a little naïve, he wants to use his fists to make Ramsay angry, to awaken him, to make him realize that even if he is sixty years old, he is still a real man.

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In the 20 minutes of halftime, the Trail Blazers' locker room was chaotic, and everyone hurried back to the court after the break to continue the second half of the game.

Due to the clash between Gan and Ramsey, the Trail Blazers didn't even have time to make tactical adjustments, and they continued the routine of the first half, playing from the inside out.

In the first attack of the second half, Gan Guoyang took the ball on the right side as usual, and this time his position was not deep, and he almost took the ball near the three-point line.

For an interior player, it is very physically exhausting to ask for the ball in the deep low post ten times a game with a center forward, and most of the time it is easier to receive the ball far away from the three-second zone.

Gan Guoyang's strength lies in his ability to continuously deep and low positions, his ability to card is too strong, and his physical strength is outstanding, as long as the opponent is not trapped, Gan Guoyang basically scores when he receives the ball in a deep position, which is why Gan Guoyang's scoring explosiveness is so strong.

It's just that in the first half of the game, Gan Guoyang faced Sam Bowe and Washington's defense inside, and his hand was really poor, and more importantly, Bowe and Norland also put Gan Guoyang under huge pressure on the offensive end, and Gan Guoyang's physical exertion was quite large.

Therefore, Gan Guoyang changed his strategy, he no longer went deep into the inside line to force the card, but received the ball in the outside position, and then quickly turned the basket with his back to the basket, and directly hit Bowei to rush to the basket.

Bowei is tall and has long arms, and his footsteps are not fast enough, at least he can't keep up with Gan Guoyang's footsteps, Gan Guoyang hit the basket along the bottom line with a hard rush, and then successfully rebounded. (One of Howard's most common moves against Lopez is commonly used by small guys and big ones.) ）

At 52:63, the Trail Blazers still trailed the Bullets by 11 points.

The reason why the Bullets were able to lead in the first half today was that in addition to the strong defensive targeting, interior top defense, and supplementary defense in place, the play of Jeff Malone and Norland in the offense was indispensable.

Norland, an ordinary blue-collar power forward, seemed to have a suction cup on his hand tonight, grabbing offensive rebounds on the Trail Blazers' interior, creating secondary offensive opportunities many times, and causing fouls on the Trail Blazers' interior.

Jeff Malone took advantage of Drexler's absence, easily broke through Paxson's defense, dodged Gan Guoyang's supplementary defense, and scored a layup under the basket.

Bellman's defensive system didn't work well tonight, because the inside and outside were all broken, and there began to be a situation of taking care of one and losing the other.

In the second half, Gan Guoyang didn't dare to run to the outside line to delay, and he lost too many rebounds in the first half, and he had to protect the team's restricted area.

When it was the turn of the Trail Blazers to attack, Gan Guoyang continued to ask for the ball in a relatively shallow position, and this time the bullets did not watch Gan Guoyang break through and score, and Gus Williams on the outside immediately came up to harass Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang was well prepared, moved the ball widely, and threw the ball to Paxson on the weak side, who ran to the baseline through Sampson's cover to receive Gan Guoyang's pass and scored a mid-range jumper at a zero degree angle. 54:65, still an 11-point gap.

Drexler's absence is undoubtedly a very big loss for the Trail Blazers, without this outside steal master and the sharpest arrow in the fast break, the Trail Blazers' ability to steal points in a short period of time has greatly decreased.

Moreover, in the third quarter, the defensive intensity of the Trail Blazers never came up, but the shooting feeling picked up a lot, and the two sides started a tug-of-war between you and me.

By the end of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers still trailed by 11 points at 76:87, just like at the beginning of the third quarter.

"Mr. Ramsay, shall we give a timeout?" Adelman, who was sitting on the bench, reminded Ramsey that the Trail Blazers did not call a timeout in the third quarter, and Adelman thought that Ramsey was still angry with Gan Guoyang, and Gan Guoyang's punch was indeed a little too mixed.

"Wait, the time hasn't come yet." Ramsey sat on the bench and said lightly, his eyes continuing to focus on the game on the court.

When Jeff Malone relied on a one-stop cover from Bowe to hit a two-step jumper from inside the 45-degree three-point line on the right, Ramsey finally stood up and asked the referee for a timeout.

The players of the Trail Blazers are a little discouraged, their offense in the third quarter is actually okay, but they can't prevent bullets from attacking, you and I are one by one, it is very demoralizing for the Trail Blazers who are chasing points, and they will only be dragged weaker and weaker if they can't play.

At this time, Ramsey walked forward with a tactical board as if he was a different person, and said to the players who came off the field: "Cheer up, boys, the game is still long!" ”

Ramsey then continued: "Let's adjust, Potter and Cauchy are ready to play, Kiki and Valentine you guys take a break. Strength! We need strength! I want you to play a little easier, you know what I mean? It's simpler, with fewer passes and offense, because we're going to steal points, play offense-defense transitions, and try to hit a ** at the end of the third quarter. But only if we want to score strongly! By the way, Paxson, you're also off the court, Colter you're on the court, and we're playing dual point guards. Inside, you can top a little longer, remember, shrink, stuck in the middle, this is what we always emphasize in our usual training, Carl you have to cooperate with Gan, close the door in the middle, don't let Jeff Malone and Gus Williams easily enter our penalty area from the middle! Flanks, Cauchy, I want you to give them a sense of oppression! Porter, you and Colter are responsible for the rotation of the outside line, and the presence of the two point guards is to ask you to impact the opponent more and not be lazy! Try to chase the score to within 10 points before the end of the third quarter, so that we still have a great chance in the fourth quarter! ”

It's been a long time since Ramsey has laid out the Trail Blazers' tactical play so seriously, and for many games, he has just been perfunctory, encouraging the players casually, and then letting the players play according to the usual training routine, or go to free play.

I have to admit that if a team has a coach behind you with a whip to drive you away, the players' performance level is different.

Especially when the team is behind, whether or not you can stick to the game according to a correct and effective style of play is very important for chasing points.

The players who got Ramsay's guidance suddenly seemed a lot calmer, and it can be seen from the adjustment of the lineup that Ramsey replaced all the starting backcourt and replaced them with more energetic young people to let them chase points.

At the end of the timeout, the two sides resumed playing, at which point Gan Guoyang walked up to Ramsey and said softly: "I hope you are resurrected." ”

"I was almost beaten to death by you." Ramsey glanced at Gan Guoyang and said.

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With three minutes to go until the end of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers are still trailing the Bullets by 13 points, and they are now bringing in a bunch of bench backcourt players, while the Bullets have also replaced their main perimeter lineman, leaving only Jeff Malone to continue to play with the bench players.

The Bullets obviously made a big mistake, and although the Trail Blazers replaced the main team with a substitute, their purpose was not to save the main team for points in the fourth quarter, but to chase it up in the final period of the third quarter.

On the first offense after the timeout, Colter hit a three-point shot from outside the three-point line!

A bold ball, the Trail Blazers hit such a three-pointer in the whole game, which was shot by Colt with the help of a cover from Karl after just dribbling past half court.

The gap became 10 points, and this shot gave people a completely different feeling, 10 points and 13 points, it was really different.

However, the bullet offense, which was also replaced by the bench, went wrong, and the Trail Blazers' precise and ferocious closing bag made them mess up and start shooting indiscriminately from the outside.

The result of this was that Gan Guoyang grabbed the backcourt rebound, and then the young people of the Trail Blazers began to play fast offensive counterattacks.

In just two and a half minutes, the Trail Blazers played three quick counterattacks in a row and scored six points in a row, narrowing the gap between the two sides to only six points!

The Bullets relied on just two free throws from Jeff Malone to score two points, 85-91, and the momentum began to change.

When Gan Guoyang grabbed a frontcourt rebound and threw a toss with 19 seconds left at the end of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers had already chased the score to only 4 points!

Bullets head coach Jean Shu finally couldn't sit still and could only use a short timeout to set up the final attack of the third quarter, and the 13-point difference was about to be erased by the Trail Blazers in the blink of an eye.

"Well done, boys!" Ramsey and the players high-fived each other, and the energetic and well-directed boss seemed to be back all at once.

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