"The Trail Blazers played perfectly in the first quarter, every player they started was in good shape, they played a fluid offense, everyone was an offensive point, which made the Philadelphia 76ers unable to concentrate their defense against the Trail Blazers; And their defense is also very targeted, the outside line gives good support and help to the inside, and they learned the lessons of the last game in the Spectrum Arena, protected the backcourt rebounds well, and did not give the 76ers too many secondary offensive opportunities. All of this was the main factor in the Trail Blazers' 10-point lead over the 76ers in the first quarter. ”

"yes, so what's wrong with the 76ers? They were able to hold on to the Trail Blazers at the start of the first quarter, but seemed to struggle a bit in the second half, which also led to a widening of the point difference. ”

"Something went wrong with the 76ers' offense, their players were stuck in a solo game, and obviously they were too monotonous and inefficient in the face of the Trail Blazers' effective defense. I don't think Coach Cunningham would have thought that the Trail Blazers' defense would be so resilient, if in 1983, then the 76ers could easily tear up this lack of intensity defense, but now we see, the 76ers' several strong offenses are a little weak. ”

CBS commentators began analyzing the performance of the Trail Blazers and 76ers in the first quarter after the first quarter of the game, with the Trail Blazers temporarily leading the 76ers by 10 points at 35:25.

The Trail Blazers had a stellar first quarter, shooting 62 percent from the field and overshadowing the 76ers' 51 percent shooting. They just lost a frontcourt rebound and didn't give Moses Malone and Barkley more chances.

After Gan Guoyang sent a foul in the opening ten seconds, he controlled his fouls well in the remaining time, and tried his best to stifle Moses Malone on the defensive end, allowing Malone to score a total of 5 points on only 1 of 4 shots, plus free throws.

Gan Guoyang only made three shots but hit them all, scoring 6 points with a 100% shooting rate, and grabbed 6 rebounds at the same time, including 5 backcourt rebounds and a frontcourt rebound.

At the end of the first quarter, Gan Guoyang was still replaced by Kenny Carr, and the Gan Guoyang-Drexler combination used against the Rockets did not continue in this game.

However, this did not affect the play of the Trail Blazers' second team, and instead they relied on quick counterattacks to score consecutive points against the 76ers in the time when Moses Malone and Irving were off the court, locking the difference between the two sides to 10 points.

"The second quarter is about to start, Dr. J is back on the court, but Moses Malone is still on the court, I think at the beginning of the second quarter, Dr. J has to strengthen his offense to lead the whole team, and in the first quarter, Moses Malone's strong offense is not very good."

The Trail Blazers served first, at which point Colter, Drexler, Kenny Carr, Mitchell Sampson and Jerome Cauchy formed the lineup on the court.

Ramsey also realized that the eight-man rotation was a big disservice to the health of the players, so he also tapped the potential within the team to develop a ninth regular rotation player without a new trade.

As a second-round rookie, Cauchy used his hard work and positive attitude, coupled with his attributes to be both inside and out, and gradually occupied his position as the ninth man on the team.

During Vanderwig's downtime, he came on the court as a small forward for the Trail Blazers to play against Dr. J. Irving.

"Trail Blazers serve...... Colter was caught in the middle of the 76ers! The ball was almost lost, but fortunately, Drexler stepped forward to pick it up and stabilized the situation. ”

As soon as the second quarter began, the 76ers' defensive intensity suddenly increased, and if it weren't for Colt's cautiousness, his ball would have been cut off by Leon Wood.

Drexler dribbled past half court and handed the ball back to Colter, who watched the attack at 45 degrees on the right side.

At this time, he felt that the 76ers' marking was significantly improved, and with the Trail Blazers being the second team, it was almost difficult for him to find good offensive opportunities to pass the ball directly.

Mitchell Sampson asked for the ball in the low post on the right, but Barkley was so aggressive that Colt didn't dare to drop the ball easily.

Drexler doesn't have as good off-ball movement as Paxson, and of course he doesn't have it because he can't shoot.

But Drexler's ability to solve problems on the court is very strong, he saw that there was something on the court that could not be opened, and immediately ran to the top of the arc to catch the ball, and Colt saw this and handed the ball to Drexler.

Drexler took the ball and dribbled with a false wave, then dribbled directly with his left hand, quickly broke through the inside cut from the left side, and Owen, who was defending Cauchy in the bottom corner, immediately stepped forward to make up for it.

Drexler looked like he was heading in, but his vision was so good that he immediately split the ball into the bottom corner and passed it to Cauchy.

If it were Van de Vincki, it would have been an eight-goal goal, but it was Jerome Cosey, whose shooting skills had not yet been developed.

One step inside the three-point line, 20 feet was still a little far away for him, but he didn't choose to break through because it was a really good opportunity.

"Cauchy, 20-foot mid-shot! The ball smashed into the front basket and didn't go in, and Barkley got the rebound! ”

Cauchy's strength is okay, but the accuracy is obviously worse, and the deviation is a little far, and Barkley also easily picked up the backcourt rebound, this fat man is not tall, but his arms are very long, and his butt is big, and the range of control is really not small.

Barkley didn't give the ball to Wood, but twisted his ass and began to dribble across the halfcourt, and the Trail Blazers players did not press hard, but quickly returned to the backcourt to defend.

"What does this fat man want to do?" Gan Guoyang, who was sitting on the bench, wanted to laugh when he saw Barkley pouting his ass and dribbling, but in fact, Barkley didn't want to pout, but his ass was too big, and the players were wearing tight shorts at that time, so it looked like walking with a pouting butt.

Barkley dribbled just past halfcourt, four or five meters from the three-point line, when he suddenly pushed with both hands and threw the ball forward.

This time it was beyond everyone's expectations, and the basketball flew straight to the basket.

But the Trail Blazers players reacted immediately, and the 76ers have Dr. J Irving, which is an aerial relay!

Sure enough, the ball was headed for Owen on the right, and Owen saw the basketball that suddenly flew in, and he jumped high directly after two steps, ready to catch the ball in the air and dunk the ball directly into the basket.

But Jerome Cauchy wasn't ready for Owen to play an aerial relay at the Memorial Coliseum, he jumped with him and hit Owen in the air in an attempt to squeeze Owen's space.

If it was replaced by Owen in 1977, he would fly up and dunk the ball directly with Cauchy, but now he is 35 years old, although he can still fly and dunk, but the years are unforgiving, and he still falls behind in the confrontation with a healthy and strong freshman like Cauchy.

Neither of them could touch the ball, the referee's whistle didn't sound, and the ball flew directly out of the baseline, a throw-in, and the Trail Blazers' possession.

"Barkley's ball...... His idea was good, but Dr. J wasn't the Dr. J he used to be. Hamilton also said with emotion.

The fans at the scene also began to laugh, and Gan Guoyang, who was sitting on the bench, followed and shouted at Barkley: "We are playing basketball, not a football fat!" ”

When Barkley heard this, he angrily wanted to rush to the bench of the Trail Blazers to fight with Gan Guoyang, but he still held back.

Because Owen walked up to him and comforted him in a low voice: "It should be a good ball, but I didn't catch it, you did a great job." ”

Barkley listened to Irving's words, quickly calmed down and returned to the game.

Owen is such a peaceful, general-minded leader that few people can make him angry except Larry Bird.

The 76ers are back on defense, and their intensity is increasing, which makes the Trail Blazers' passing ball from the perimeter less fluid than it was in the first quarter.

In this case, Colter chose to pass the ball to Mitchell Sampson and let Sampson solve the problem.

Sampson got the ball in the low post on the left side, turned his back to 76ers backup center Clermont Johnson, dodged Johnson's defense with a flick of his shoulder, and then rolled over for a jumper.

If there was no one to help defend it, the ball would have been a safe match for Sampson, but the little fat man Barkley suddenly appeared from behind Johnson, jumped high, and stretched out his long arm to fan Sampson.

Of course, it was not so easy to get Sampson, who dodged Barkley's block with a lean, but the force of the shot was noticeably less, and the basketball knocked and bounced on the basket, but it still didn't go in.

Cauchy got under the basket and tried to grab the rebound, but he was significantly faster than Irving and took a better position.

But Owen was more experienced, and he stood behind Cauchy and gently pinned Cauchy's back with his right hand as he watched the ball bounce off the basket.

Of course, the referee saw Owen's small action, but he didn't blow Cauchy who interfered with Owen's ball just now, so he turned a blind eye to this small action.

And Cauchy didn't have much experience, so he changed to an experienced old fritter, and when he felt someone pushing behind him, he was sure that he kicked himself out first to get a foul.

Cauchy honestly didn't do anything, only felt his body lose balance for a moment, and then watched Irving take the backcourt rebound off.

Irving got the rebound, the 76ers launched a fast break, he passed the ball to Wood, Cheeks quickly advanced to the three-second zone, passed the ball to Irving who was following from behind, Irving took one step to the basket and dunked with one arm! Nice break, nice dunk, just like the first time we watched him play in the ABA in 1971! ”

Although Irving is a player of the visiting team, his dunk is really wonderful, inserting a direct cut from behind, grabbing the ball with his right hand, spreading his left arm flat, splitting and dunking with one hand, the speed is so fast, no one of the Trail Blazers players stepped forward to obstruct it, the beauty of the action, and the fans in the audience are cheering.

"Portland fans are cheering for Irving's dunk, and as long as it's not in the playoffs, the scene of the away fans cheering for Irving's dunk happens every year."

"That's right, because he's putting on a great show every game every year."

Gan Guoyang watched Irving with a thunderous one-handed slam dunk, and his heart couldn't help but beat faster, the last time he had this kind of experience was when he played against the Lakers and saw Magic Johnson pass all kinds of unbelievable passes.

"It's fucking superstar." Gan Guoyang thought in his heart that he didn't know when he would be able to win the cheers of the fans like this away from home.

But soon, the Trail Blazers, as the home team, hit back with a shot from the 76ers, and it was Drexler.

Seeing that the 76ers' outside blockade intensified and wanted to cut off the connection between the inside and outside of the Trail Blazers, Kenny Carr and Sampson both pulled to the outside, leaving the inside to Drexler.

Drexler battled Andrew Toney in the low post, with Drexler being the clear physicality of the game as he squeezed out of Andrew Toney, and Colter spotted the opportunity and hoisted the ball inside.

After receiving the ball, Drexler turned and shook off Tony directly, and pulled out the one-handed basket!

"Drexler slams dunk with one hand! He smashed the ball into the basket like a center! ”

"Ahh Yes! Drexler roared loudly after scoring and hit Irving's dunk back and forth, and the crowd cheered for a new **, and it was clear that the confrontation between the two sides began to intensify at the beginning of the second quarter.

Gan Guoyang couldn't sit still off the court at this time, stood up and waved his towel vigorously to applaud Drexler's goal, and he himself couldn't wait to get back on the court.

But the 76ers' counterattack wasn't over yet, Barkley got the ball in the low post on the right side, and he was undaunted by Kenny Carr, who was experienced in defense, and began to pout his big ass and arch in.

Karl defends very well, no matter how Barkley arches and how he shakes, he just doesn't give Barkley a good chance to shoot.

Barkley could only pass the ball back to Wood, who hoisted the ball to Barkley, and this time Barkley didn't grind again, but pulled up the jumper.

"Phew!" The ball smashed into the basket and didn't score, and at this time, Barkley's shooting level was not yet at full completion, and his shooting posture was a little distorted after continuous confrontations.

The Trail Blazers' basket is still crowded, the Trail Blazers are sworn to protect the backcourt rebounds, and the 76ers are very fond of grabbing the frontcourt rebounds.

As a result, the ball fell, and several people under the basket touched everything, but they didn't grab it, and the ball fell to Irving, who was standing outside, a few times.

Irving didn't hesitate after getting the ball, and he took a step up and went straight to the basket.

Sampson and Cauthy, who didn't get a rebound under the basket, both jumped to block, but they didn't have a chance.

Irving grabbed the ball with one hand with his left hand in the air, twisted his whole body, put his originally raised left hand down, and then spared Sampson's side, and then picked up the basket with a low hand.

"Bang!" The ball hits the board and goes into the basket!

The scene turned into a sea of joy, making it impossible to tell whose home ground it was.

"That's the beauty of Owen! No one can resist it! ”

Ramsey could only call a timeout: "Gan, KiKi, get ready to play." ”

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