"I think I saw Abdul-Jabbar in his rookie season, and you think there's anyone else who can have that kind of scoring performance in their rookie season, and the Golden State basket is like the sea, maybe it's a gift from Oakland to Gan."

In fact, he showed the same scoring explosiveness against the Lakers, his ability to score consecutive points was astounding, and although his technique was a little monotonous and unsophisticated, his consistency was amazing. I even think he has the potential to claim a third NBA rookie MVP after Unseld. At halftime, James Brown's evaluation of Gan Guoyang was already a bit of a "sloppy horse".

Gan Guoyang's performance in the second quarter can be described as a god, he became the core of the Trail Blazers' offense, every offensive ball had to pass through his hands, and he also used one goal after another to narrow the gap and then overtake.

After playing, the other players of the Trail Blazers just pulled away, and then handed the ball to Gan Guoyang, whether the Warriors were wrapped or not, Gan Guoyang would resolutely shoot.

His hands were hot tonight, and not only that, but he also had a very good feeling for rebounding, and he had 22 points and 17 rebounds in the first half alone, even if he got that kind of stat in the whole game.

This performance also helped the Trail Blazers successfully overtake the score and end the first half with a 5-point lead at 55:50.

Of course, the Trail Blazers' defense is still not good enough, and the Warriors' backcourt double-gun feel is equally good, so even if Gan Guoyang is full of firepower, he didn't really open the score between the two sides.

It also gave Gan the chance to score more points in the second half.

"Rookie MVP, only Wilt Chamberlain and Wess Unseld have ever done it in history. But now the MVP selection is no longer up to the player's choice, so it seems premature whether a rookie like Gan can get the MVP. ”

"I'm just going to have a hard time getting the MVP based on his performance in the first half and the Trail Blazers' performance right now, but at least he's going to be in the fight for the MVP now or in the future."

Before 1980, the regular season MVP was selected by the NBA players themselves, and each player could choose the player he thinks is the strongest based on his or her own experience.

After 1980, the MVP selection became the work of the media, and every year some media workers engaged in sports reporting would select their most valuable players of the season, which also meant that some factors other than basketball would have more influence on the selection results.

With the current results of the Trail Blazers, it is not impossible to produce an MVP, but Gan Guoyang wants to win the MVP as a Chinese in his rookie season, which may be more difficult than him winning the championship that season.

"What's wrong with you all today! I can't shoot the basketball, you can't defend well, you can't grab rebounds, you can't even dribble, I don't know how you can be in such a bad state. At half-time, Ramsey was in the dressing room and questioned the players.

Today, the performance of the Trail Blazers other players except Gan Guoyang is really bad, and the overall state is very sluggish, and from the end of November to the beginning of December, the Trail Blazers' winning rate is also gradually declining.

"My foot injury still hasn't gotten better, I didn't get good treatment on my last trip to the East, and now I'm playing another away game, I don't know if I'll be able to make it to the end of the season." Jim Paxson said.

Paxson's form has been up and down since returning from a trip to the East, and he has been a steady firepower on the outside of the team since the start of the season.

He was an important part of Ramsey's attacking system, often a key figure in breaking down the opposition's defence, and now he is plagued by a foot injury that, while not serious, has affected his form.

"It's the same with my back, the league schedule is really bad, and all of a sudden, it's such a long away game for us." Vanderwich is also complaining.

"It's normal for form to go up and down, and I think we'll get better." Mitchell Sampson had some words of encouragement for the guys.

"We can't always have all sorts of excuses, every team has injuries and every player, and a lot of you have played in the NBA for many years and should be used to this kind of schedule. Everybody's in good spirits, three in a row is not what I want to see. Ramsey was tired from the players' words, which can be at the beginning of the season and it's a big bad feeling.

The reason why the Trail Blazers experienced player fatigue so early was not only because of normal ups and downs in form and back-to-back away games, but also because there were too many young players on the team and not enough bench players.

The Trail Blazers' benches are mainly Kenny Carr, Colt and Drexler.

The inside rotation is often Kennekar replacing Gan Guoyang at the end of the first quarter, then Gan Guoyang replaces Sampson at the beginning of the second quarter, and finally replaces Sampson at the right time before halftime.

In fact, in terms of physical distribution, Sampson should be replaced now, so that Gan Guoyang can finish the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter, and after a break in the middle, he should be replaced with Gan Guoyang at the end of the period.

After all, Gan Guoyang is young and strong, and if you let him not rest for a minute, he can jump very happily.

Tactically speaking, Sampson is more experienced than Gan Guoyang and has stronger tactical execution, and at the end of each quarter, inexperienced players often finish poorly and will be caught off guard by the opponent's counterattack.

So Ramsey will always keep Sampson on the court and let him play the closing stages.

This also makes Sampson's playing time increase, his physical exertion increases, and his form is also susceptible.

The outside line of the Trail Blazers, Drexler and Colt, a sophomore, a rookie, have more than enough momentum and lack of calmness, and after they came on the court, they played ** It was a wave of overturning the opponent, and if they didn't play well, they would fall into a thousand miles.

So Ramsey is very cautious with the use of these two defenders, often compressing their playing time, and more often letting Van de Vicky and Paxson press the lineup.

And the health of both Van de Wych and Paxson is worrying.

"We have Gan in this game, just pass the ball to him and the problem will be solved! It's so relaxing and enjoyable. "Kenny Carr is the same as ever in the locker room.

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and the atmosphere was a lot more relaxed, and Gan Guoyang's performance in the first half was really good.

Ramsey also glanced at Gan Guoyang, who was sitting there smirking, this guy is like a monkey beyond the five elements and six ways, every time Ramsey thinks about the configuration and tactics of the team, he always has to eliminate this guy first, and then add him after thinking about it.

He's such an X-factor, improving at an astonishing rate, and every few games it makes Ramsey feel like this guy has changed again.

Ramsey sometimes even thinks that perhaps he should not be given a fixed tactical position, but let him grow freely and see what he will become in the future.

In the first half of this game, when everyone else was ineffective, Gan Guoyang's free play period was over.

Although he scored 22 points in the first half in part because the Warriors' interior was too poor, it must also be admitted that the whole Warriors could not limit him no matter what tricks they used.

Single defense is not good, harassment is not good, pinching is not good, it is still useless to go around the front, as long as Gan Guoyang receives the ball in his hand, he can put the ball in.

There's no way, the ability to hook your hand within 15 feet, as long as it feels good, it's really unstoppable.

"If you're willing to give a share of your salary to Gan, then I don't mind if you pass the ball to him." Ramsey also joked that the atmosphere in the locker room was more relaxed.

At half-time, Ramsey didn't make much tactical planning for the first time, and he seemed to sense that the team needed to relax, both mentally and physically.

Since Gan Guoyang is in hot form, let him control the game, and Ramsey decided to try to let Gan Guoyang lead a match.

Any superstar in the NBA has the ability to change the situation of a game, and they can use points, assists, and defense to control the trend.

Gan Guoyang: It's time to learn these things.

The second half of the game began quickly, with the Warriors serving first.

"Let's see if the Warriors can make some adjustments in the second half to limit Gan's play. In a previous game against the Lakers, the Warriors had a good restriction on Abdul-Jabbar, and they tried to keep Abdul-Jabbar from receiving the ball due to their lack of height. The defensive strategy of going around the front and half around the front makes the sky hook very uncomfortable. However, judging from the first half of the game, the Warriors' forward effect on Gan was not very good, after all, Gan is much younger than Skyhook, faster and has a wider range of movement. ”

"Yes, the Warriors tried to go around in the first half, but it didn't work out very well. The Trail Blazers are quite resolute on the inside lob, and Gan's nimble footwork allows him to catch passes from teammates. Maybe it's a good way to do it, and as a rookie, moving the ball has always been his weakness, but if it opens up the Trail Blazers' perimeter because of that, it's not good news for the Warriors. ”

A strong interior player who can score constantly can cause more trouble than just losing a few points, and such a player is often fatal in terms of strategy.

But the trouble Gan caused to the Warriors at the beginning of the second half did not come from offense, but from defense.

The reason why the Warriors were able to attack smoothly in the first half was because the Trail Blazers lacked pressure from the outside and did not rotate.

In the second half, Gan began to appear frequently on the outside of the three-second zone, and he expanded his range of wandering, and began to harass the Warriors' double outside line with his long arms.

After the Warriors lost Sauter, they mainly relied on the vitality of the backcourt twin engines to drive the overall offense, and Gan Guoyang's delay undoubtedly affected the Warriors' offense.

"Floyd made a mistake with the ball! He was caught between Paxson and Gan in the horn position, and the three of them grabbed together! Gan called a timeout! ”

Gan Guoyang is much more experienced than before, after seeing the Floyd ball out of his hand, he immediately fell to the ground, and a tiger pounced on the ball and hugged the ball into his arms, then pressed the ball under his chest, stretched out his hand and called a timeout to the referee.

The Warriors used a 20-second timeout in the opening period, but returned possession.

Ramsey didn't blame Gan for using the 20-second timeout so easily, because his experience taught him that it could be the key to the team's momentum.

"Give Gan more support, give Gan enough space on both sides, enhance the rush to the frontcourt rebounds, and play more baskets." Ramsey commanded in just 20 seconds.

The consistent tactics of the Trail Blazers are not to grab the frontcourt board and quickly retreat, delay the opponent's fast attack, cooperate more, run more, pass more, and play less singles in the offense.

Today Ramsey decided to make some changes based on the actual situation, first of all, the Trail Blazers' own rebounds are not very good, while the Warriors' are even worse, so we have to seize this hole and play to the death.

The second is that he still doesn't have much confidence in the feel of the players, since he still believes in Gan Guoyang's feel.

Of course, this arrangement is also risky, because this is not a common tactic of the pioneers, and if it is not good, it will be chaotic and messy, which is even worse.

And the biggest reliance on such an arrangement is Gan Guoyang's fiery feel.

"Gan takes the ball at 45 degrees on the right side, which is not his usual position to hold the ball, it seems that the Warriors are very jealous of Gan Guoyang's key position in the low post, and they will not let him in the low post no matter what."

After the timeout, the Trail Blazers served, Gan Guoyang wanted to be in the low post, and the Warriors' strategy was not to let Whitehead go to the single defense, nor to go around the front to attack, but to use Larry Smith, a 6-foot-8 power forward, to top the defense.

I didn't expect this move to be good, Larry Smith's biggest reliance on playing power forward is his strength.

In addition, he is short and stable, and he desperately resists Gan Guoyang, but he is not allowed to take the position within 10 feet.

Gan Guoyang could only receive the ball in a relatively shallow position, but that didn't mean he couldn't do anything, he didn't use the hook, and at the beginning of the second half he didn't have much confidence in his long-distance hook touch.

He turned into a basket with a sigma step, bobbed twice, and broke through directly from the baseline with the ball.

Larry Smith was not slow, clinging to Gan Guoyang and sealing the baseline breakthrough route.

Gan Guoyang did not squeeze in, but leaned against Smith, and then rolled in.

If the Warriors came from the outside at this time, they would have made dumplings for Gan Guoyang, but the Trailblazers players who stood very wide made the Warriors players not choose the bag.

Gan Guoyang used an inside turn to find space to shoot, and hooked his right hand from 5 feet from the basket.

"Huh!" The ball goes in.

"An easy hook shot, the ball went in, and Larry Smith did his best, but he couldn't stop Gan yet."

Larry Smith didn't lose his position when defending, and at the same time he did the best to interfere, but he still couldn't stop Gan Guoyang from throwing the ball in.

Gan Guoyang's calmness, calmness, and solid technique made the balance of the game begin to tilt.

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