Bill Feige believes that Gan Guoyang, who has been silent in the first half, will definitely explode in the third quarter in terms of scoring, so he made a tight arrangement in the midcourt, and basically the Rockets' defense revolves around Gan Guoyang.

But what Feige didn't expect was that Gan Guoyang did start to ask for the ball frequently in the low post in the third quarter, which attracted a lot of defensive attention from the Rockets, but unlike the previous game, Gan Guoyang did not attack directly much, and he chose to pass the ball more.

This time, due to the presence of Drexler, when Gan Guoyang made a pass, Drexler was able to clear the pass well, or after receiving the ball, he could impact the basket again, whether it was directly attacking the basket or sharing the ball, it was extremely threatening.

This makes the Rockets' defense line very uncomfortable, there was no Drexler in the first two games, the Trail Blazers' inside and outside lines are disjointed, and now Drexler is back, the first half is okay, the Trail Blazers' interior line has not improved, and in the second half, they all know that Gan Guoyang wants to exert his strength, but because of the existence of the glider, the Rockets are at odds with each other.

When Drexler received Gan Guoyang's pass from the middle and dunked vigorously, the Trail Blazers had already overtaken the score by 4 points, and the Rockets immediately called a timeout.

Once the defense is not effective, the offense will also become difficult, because without backcourt rebounding, there is no opportunity to launch a quick counterattack, and the Rockets' athletic advantage will not be reflected, and the offensive efficiency will definitely be reduced.

Feige had to adjust his strategy, but he was also beating a drum in his heart, because he didn't know if this guy would explode if he took his defensive attention away from Gan Guoyang.

After thinking about it, Feige still decided not to make changes on the defense, but on the offensive end, he asked the outside line to increase the intensity of the breakthrough to improve the aggressiveness and success rate of the offense.

This adjustment still had an effect, and the Rockets played more passionately on the offensive end, and the inside pass after the breakthrough allowed Olajuwon and Sampson to perform consecutive dunks, and the fans cheered.

But the gap in the score has not changed much, because the Trail Blazers' offense has played a feeling, Gan Guoyang and Drexler's internal and external cooperation revitalized the Trail Blazers' offense, Vanderwig and Colter hit jumpers in succession, although from the perspective of viewing, these dry shots are by no means as shocking as dunks, but the effect is the same, both are two points.

Gan Guoyang is still playing the role of a transit station, and although his passing is not particularly good, Drexler is familiar with his passing style, and as a setter, he can always pass the ball that "changes the situation".

Bill Feige was tormented on the sidelines, he's hesitating whether he should change the defensive formation and not let the outside players wrap up Gan Guoyang again.

If it were a simple one-on-one, the Trail Blazers would never get as many shooting opportunities from the outside, and their offensive efficiency would definitely decline.

But if it is changed to one-on-one, Feige does not dare to guarantee that Gan Guoyang will not break out, which reminds him of the situation when they dealt with Abdul-Jabbar in the last round against the Lakers.

Abdul-Jabbar and Gan Guoyang are both hook masters, but there is a major difference in style between the two, Abdul-Jabbar is not dominant in weight and strength due to his age and style of play, so Sampson's strategy of resisting Abdul-Jabbar and Olajuwon blocking in the back has played a very good role.

Gan Guoyang is different, Olajuwon can't stand him, let alone Sampson, but Gan Guoyang's passing is not as good as Abdul-Jabbar's, and it doesn't work to deal with Abdul-Jabbar's harassment with outside players, but it is feasible to deal with Gan Guoyang, and he can't be given a chance to shoot.

But the experience gained in the previous game has lost its effect in this game, Gan Guoyang's passing performance is not bad, he is still very quick to transfer the ball after being trapped, and the key outside players are very well received.

Feige hesitated for the entire third quarter, until more than halfway through the fourth quarter, Feige still did not change, at this time the Trail Blazers were still leading the Rockets by three points.

But soon, when Vanderwich received a pass from Gan Guoyang and hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner to stretch the gap to six points, Feige couldn't sit still again, and he asked the referee for a timeout.

"Let's switch back to man-to-man defense! Don't give the Trail Blazers an easy shot from the outside, cling close, and increasing the pressure. On the offensive end, stay aggressive, go all out to grab the rebound, finish them in the last few minutes, and then we're in the Finals! ”

Feige finally made up his mind to return to his usual style of play, playing to the Rockets' strengths and knocking out his opponent in the final minutes.

But in order to prevent Gan Guoyang from breaking out, Feige still carefully told Olajuwon, if Gan Guoyang is in the low position, go around the front, if he is in the high position, he will shrink, and prevent Drexler's air cut and breakthrough.

Fei Qi knows that Gan Guoyang still has a hand distance, but it is not reliable, the time is not effective, in a high position, especially the horn position, instead of sticking to Gan Guoyang to let Gan Guoyang hook his hand from a distance, it is better to let him go to the shot, Gan Guoyang's 15-foot hook hand is more accurate than the shot.

Back on the court, Red received a split from Lloyd and missed a three-point shot from 23 feet, but Olajuwon grabbed the rebound and passed to Red where he shot again and hit.

It was a very bold offensive shot, but the ball went in and Vanderwicki's three-pointer was neutralized.

The fans at the scene all breathed a sigh of relief, including Feige, who also breathed a sigh of relief, if this three-point shot missed, the situation of the Rockets would be very passive.

For rockets, it is more critical to guard down.

The Trail Blazers' players instantly realized that the Rockets' defensive strategy had changed, and the outside players had become difficult to pass and receive, and the opposing team was very tight.

Gan Guoyang also felt that the Rockets' players were no longer staring at him, and wanted to ask for the ball in the low post, but Olajuwon was desperately going around.

Seeing that the outside pass was not smooth, Colter was forced by Lloyd to make a mistake, Gan Guoyang immediately changed his position and ran to the top of the arc to answer.

"Colter! Here! Gan Guoyang shouted.

At this time, Colter seemed to see a lifesaver, and immediately handed the ball to Gan Guoyang, who was inexperienced so far and still did not adapt to the change in the intensity of the Rockets' defense.

Gan Guoyang got the ball just outside the free throw line, a position where he didn't pose much of a threat, and he usually didn't hit more than two shots per game.

Gan Guoyang turned around with the ball, trying to find the next receiver, but found that everyone was stared at, and the inside line Olajuwon was in the three-second zone, and no one had a chance to cut.

It's a good opportunity to shoot!

But at such an extremely critical moment, a center who is not good at mid-range shoots is tantamount to suicide, just like he shot a three-point shot in the second game.

However, Gan Guoyang has a spectrum in his heart.

Usually in training, Gan Guoyang has summarized and analyzed his shooting, 15 feet is the cut-off line for his shooting rate, fifteen feet away, his shooting rate is very fluctuating, within fifteen feet, his shooting rate will be much more stable.

15 feet, that is, 4.6 meters, Gan Guoyang took ten steps from under the basket, which is about 15 feet away, and the free throw line is a little outside.

Gan Guoyang judged that he was about twenty feet away from the basket, which was too far.

He put the ball down, Olajuwon was about three steps away from him, and his attention was on Drexler.

Gan Guoyang suddenly held the ball and rushed in, but when he rushed to the free throw line, he made an emergency stop and jumped directly!

"Huh!" Olajuwon didn't even have much to react to, just watching the ball go into the basket.

Gan Guoyang hit a fifteen-foot shot!

“Fuck！ Dribbleball, steady, we have to play the success rate! Fei Qi didn't expect Gan Guoyang to be so bold, he jumped directly instead of passing, and the key was that he also threw it.

Feige didn't call a timeout, there was 1 minute and 15 seconds left before the end of the game, and the Rockets only had one timeout, which had been used too much before, and Feige wanted to use this timeout to a more critical moment.

The rocket advance is still very fast, they want to play fast, Lloyd quickly cut to the three-second zone, but Gan Guoyang blocked his way, at this time, Olajuwon cut in from the left bevel, Lloyd held the ball and turned around to see Olajuwon, and directly hit the ground and passed the ball to Olajuwon, Olajuwon jumped after receiving the ball, and wanted to go straight to the basket.

This is Gan Guoyang, who has no time to jump and block.

But Mitchell Sampson rushed up from the right and directly blocked Olajuwon's layup!

Veteran Sampson!

Olajuwon's shot was too urgent, the jump was hasty, and he was a little far from the basket, and he was sturdy by Sampson.

Drexler got the ball from behind, and the Trail Blazers launched a fast break!

The Rockets had some backlash, but Ralph Sampson had already rushed to the basket and he blocked Drexler's layup.

Drexler was blocked by Ralph Sampson and couldn't find space for the layup, and everyone else had to rush to the back of the basket.

However, he looked back and saw Gan Guoyang who was following him, and when he was about to qualify, he jumped up and threw the ball into Gan Guoyang's hand.

Gan Guoyang received the ball at the horns, Ralph Sampson was waiting for him in the three-second zone, and Olajuwon was chasing him!

It's ten paces away from the basket.

Gan Guoyang shot from a mid-range shot before Olajuwon's big hand was sealed!

This is the goal that decides the outcome of the game, the goal is scored, the gap is 7 points, and in less than a minute, the Rockets will be powerless.

If you don't score, five points, the rocket is suspended, and you can still fight.

Time stood still at this moment, and the hearts of Rockets fans were in their throats.

As the ball arced and drilled towards the center of the basket, the hearts of the fans sank.

"Huh!"

Ball hollow into the net!

"Beep!"

Rocket pause.

After the ball was scored, Gan Guoyang was still expressionless, just clenched his fist lightly and walked to the bench.

"Kill one person in ten steps, don't stay for thousands of miles, go to the clothes after the incident, and hide merit and fame."