Nelson's biggest miscalculation is that he didn't expect the Trail Blazers to prepare so well before the game, for the weak team to play the strong team, the weak team's underdog mentality is the weaker team can take advantage of the most, especially in the first game, many high-ranked teams often lose Jingzhou because of the light enemy, Gan Guoyang made a similar mistake in the first playoff game against the Mavericks, and the higher ranked they lost the first game.

Although strong teams can generally quickly adjust to save the situation, but the loss of the first game means that the initiative is in the hands of the opponent, so there are not a few strong teams that lose the entire series, not to mention, in the 1987 season, the Dallas Mavericks, who are second in the West, were ranked seventh by the Seattle SuperSonics Black Seven; The Portland Trail Blazers themselves were eliminated by the Phoenix Suns in the 1984 playoffs with the third overall pick in the West.

So in the playoffs, it is always a matter of being careful to sail the boat for 10,000 years, and before the game, Nelson said that he would find a way to restrain the Trail Blazers and Gan Guoyang, which was actually a kind of psychological warfare, wanting to disturb the Trail Blazers and Gan Guoyang's mood, and Gan Guoyang's arrogant counterattack also made Nelson think that his provocation had an effect.

How did he know that Gan Guoyang and Adelman had a serious communication before the game, and Adelman asked Gan Guoyang to play firmly on the inside no matter what, focus on the weak defects of the Warriors' interior and fight to the death, and be ruthless once he grasps the weakness of the opponent in the cruel playoffs.

And for a strong team, it is definitely the best strategy to respond to all changes with the same, if Adelman and Gan Guoyang follow Nelson's changes and change their playing style, they may be led by Nelson by the nose.

Now Gan Guoyang insists on the low post and does not let go, in the first half he was alone in the interior line, digging a big hole in the Warriors' interior line, Sampson and Bol couldn't prevent Gan Guoyang at all, he shot 12 of 14 in the half, scored 27 points, and grabbed 11 rebounds, five of which were frontcourt rebounds.

The Warriors' defense crumbled under this ferocious blow, and Nelson had no choice but to keep sending inside cannon fodder to the wheel battle, while trying to speed up in the second half to allow Richmond and Mullin to speed up the offensive tempo and grab points.

However, Richmond as a rookie is too inexperienced, the Trail Blazers' pressing defense lasted for three full quarters, Richmond has long been dizzy and unable to find the north, he feels that he always has two or three people in front of him, and no matter where he goes, he can always find Gan Guoyang in front of him.

Again, this is just Mullin's second playoff journey, as he played in the '87 playoffs with the Warriors in his rookie season, when they also took out the Utah Jazz on the Taker and then lost to the Lakers in the semifinals.

Now he has grown into the core of the Warriors, and the scoring pressure on his shoulders has increased dramatically, but Mullin is a very smart player, and he has been trying to find opportunities for his teammates throughout the game to connect the team's offense, but the gap in the overall strength of the Warriors, coupled with the fact that the Trail Blazers do not make mistakes, they have no chance at all.

"Mullin makes a pullup jumper from the outside...... It's covered by Gan! The fast break of the Trail Blazers, Drexler is unstoppable! Slam Score! Rip-City！ Unable to connect with his teammates, Mullin had to do it himself, but his intention to make a pull-up jump shot after the block was recognized by Gan Guoyang, who blocked his shot at the top of the arc, then grabbed the ball and passed the ball to Drexler, and in the commentary of Shaunley's Rip-City, he dunked the ball into the basket, and the Memorial Stadium was already boiling.

This arena with red, white and black as the main color has become a hell for the Warriors, and the Warriors players in golden jerseys are like little yellow chickens that have just hatched from their eggshells, each with a blank look.

“MVP，MVP，MVP！” The scene began to sound the call for MVP again, Gan Guoyang reduced the number of shots in the second half, because the score of the two sides had been opened, but he did not relax at all on the defensive end, the Warriors did almost nothing on the inside, and they couldn't get in at all, Bol and Sampson were empty, but they couldn't hold the ball at all in front of Gan Guoyang, and his steals were too fierce.

"At 119:81, the Warriors are struggling to move an inch on the home court of the Trail Blazers, Don Nelson has returned to the bench, and it seems that he has also given up, and I don't know what he has to say after the game." Shaunley didn't forget to tease Nelson a few words at this time.

The score was finally fixed at 121:87, and in the first game, the Trail Blazers defeated the Golden State Warriors by 34 points at home, Gan Guoyang scored 27 points in the half, 38 points and 19 rebounds in the game, and shot an astonishing 15-of-17 shooting, and delivered 5 blocks, 3 steals, and 3 assists, and was a well-deserved player of the game.

Although Gan Guoyang is not particularly amazing in terms of data, after all, he played 30 games with more than 40 points in the regular season, but anyone who really watches the game can feel the difference between Gan Guoyang and the regular season; He has more time on the inside, more strong offense, more rebounds in the frontcourt, further improved offensive efficiency, stronger lethality, and more control and change of the game situation.

His flood of offense in the first half gave the Trail Blazers the victory, and the tight defense in the second half kept the Trail Blazers on the fruits of the victory, and everyone truly appreciated what an MVP should have.

After the game, Don Nelson had to pinch his nose in an interview and said: "Gan's play was beyond my expectations, I think I did find a way to deal with him, but it was against him in the regular season, and now it's the playoffs, he's different." ”

Nelson's words obviously have the meaning of convincing in it, in this game he tried his best to let Gan Guoyang go to the outside to shoot, and then he will try his best to use a small player to interfere with Gan Guoyang, as long as Gan Guoyang's mid-range shooting does not explode, it is inevitable that the offensive efficiency will be reduced, who knows that Gan Guoyang did not shoot a mid-distance in the whole game.

He seems to be back to the same person he was in 1988, and he is extremely powerful on the inside, and Nelson did not carefully study how to wrap Gan Guoyang in the low post before the game, so even if he wants to wrap up in the game, the players are a little hesitant.

For Nelson's words, Gan Guoyang could not deny, at the press conference he gave Nelson a step and did not say anything, but when the reporter asked Gan Guoyang "Where is your CIC going", Gan Guoyang smiled and said "It will appear where it is needed".

There wasn't much time for the two teams to adjust, and the second game came quickly, on April 30, the rematch, and both sides returned to the Memorial Stadium after a day of rest.

This time, Don Nelson didn't play tricks with the Trail Blazers anymore, and he led the Warriors to start the all-out offensive mode and try to come out on top, at least not to fall behind so much at once like in the last game, and there was no way to chase after it.

At the same time, in order to deal with Gan Guoyang's threat in the low post, Nelson still honestly used the bag clip, as long as Gan Guoyang got the ball in the low post, he would pack the clip.

After the Warriors experienced a big defeat in the last game, the team's spirit slowly adjusted, and the state of both offensive and defensive ends was quite good after the start of the game, and the offensive and defensive conversion speed was very fast, and the Trailblazers saw the ferociousness of the inside line, and began to give up feeding Gan Guoyang and started an offensive with the Warriors.

In the first half of the game, the Warriors and the Trailblazers were inseparable, but in the third quarter, the situation immediately changed, Gan Guoyang deserved the title of "King of the Third Quarter", the Warriors' effective package in the first half suddenly lost its effect, and Gan Guoyang's movement range began to expand and expanded to outside the three-point line.

At this time, Gan Guoyang's mid-range jumper finally appeared in "where it is needed", Drexler, Gan Guoyang, and Porter's flexible blocking and dismantling cooperation, Gan Guoyang and Porter's projection ability to shoot when they caught the gap, and the Warriors soon couldn't bear it; The Trail Blazers' defense was as dense and tenacious as ever, and after withstanding the rapid impact of the Warriors in the half, their formation never dispersed, and in the second half, the Warriors finally began to have a weak follow-up, with a decrease in shooting percentage and an increase in turnovers, while the Trail Blazers relied on a strong and stable scoring point to steadily open the gap.

At this time, anyone who knows a little basketball can see that the Warriors are powerless, the gap between the two sides is the gap in hard power, and the Warriors are also restrained by the Trailblazers in the lineup, and such a gap in tactics and morale cannot be made up at all.

At 108:91, the Trail Blazers made another game at home, unsurprisingly leading the series 2-0, and at the same time got the series match point, and in the next game, Gan Guoyang will move to Oakland with the Trail Blazers and return to where he grew up.