"Olajuwon serves from the sideline...... Steals! Snatched by Gan! Gan dribbled himself and launched a fast attack! Slam dunk hard! 10 points, 10 points difference! This was the biggest score gap in the game, and Gan's steal further expanded the Trail Blazers' advantage. ”

In the fourth quarter, as Gan Guoyang cut off a throw-in of the Rockets and made a successful fast-break dunk, the Trail Blazers finally stretched the difference between the two sides to 10 points, which was 6 minutes and 43 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

The physical advantage accumulated by the Trail Blazers' normal rotation finally played a role in the fourth quarter, and the Rockets players who fought too fiercely in the first three quarters were a little overwhelmed in the fourth quarter, and the Trail Blazers took the opportunity to play an offensive tide under the leadership of Gan Guoyang.

The Twin Towers put up a stubborn resistance, especially Olajuwon, who gritted his teeth and hit back-to-back single-to-one jumpers and began to grab more frontcourt rebounds, giving the Trail Blazers a huge threat inside.

But their physical strength prevented them from playing high-intensity close defenses, and the problem was that their close-quarters, high-intensity defenses didn't work particularly well in the first three quarters.

Bill Feige walked around the sidelines and could only call a timeout.

Strategically speaking, Feige continued the tactical characteristics of the previous round against the Lakers, high-intensity pressing, fast offense, locking up the opposing bench players, and consuming the physical strength of the main players.

In the fourth quarter, although the Rockets players are tired, they can win in their youth, and the Lakers players are more tired than them.

Feige's strategy failed tonight, one is that the Trail Blazers players feel really good today, Van Dewicz's 13 points in the first quarter supported the Trail Blazers' offense, and in the second quarter, Drexler and Gan Guoyang's blocking gave the Trail Blazers some opportunities on the outside, most of these opportunities The Trail Blazers players grasped it, and in the third quarter, Gan Guoyang entered the state, and De Rexler and Colter played together, and the effect was quite good, and finally in the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers, who had accumulated three quarters of advantages, completely overpowered the Rockets.

It is also important to note that so far in this game, the Trail Blazers have scored 22 points off the bench, while the Rockets have only scored 10 points off the bench and have very little playing time, which is a very big hole for the Rockets.

The combination of multiple factors caused the Rockets to collapse in the final quarter, and the interior team that lacked a strong outside attacker was already difficult to chase points, and the Trail Blazers with better physical strength began to blossom in full swing.

"Gan, hesitated, mid-range jumper, the ball went in! An 18-foot mid-range shot! Gan's shot at the top of the arc, the score gap became 15 points, and the advantage of the Trail Blazers became bigger and bigger. ”

After Gan Guoyang got the ball at the top of the arc, he hesitated for a moment who to pass to, but Paxson and Colter were both defended, but Olajuwon did not mention the defense at the top of the arc, so Gan Guoyang tried to shoot a mid-range, and the result was hit, and the ball became the last straw that crushed the Rockets.

“Time-out！ Time-out！ Feige called another timeout two minutes later, only this time he didn't want to adjust his tactics to resist, but had to replace the main lineup and abandon the game.

Olajuwon was substituted, he sat on the bench with his head bowed and looked frustrated, before the start of the game, seeing Gan Guoyang receive the trophy of the best defensive player, Olajuwon thought that he must perform better than Gan Guoyang in the game.

In fact, in the first three quarters, Olajuwon did overtake Gan Guoyang in his personal performance, with higher rebounds and more blocks, the key is that he is quite calm and reasonable in handling the ball on the court, including handling every shot very well and working hard.

In comparison, Gan Guoyang also played well, but he lacked the momentum of leading the whole team in this game, he was pinned down by Olajuwon in defense, he was more of a finisher than an initiator in attack, and his singles efficiency tonight was very average.

However, the Trail Blazers still went to victory in the fourth quarter, the Rockets lost to the bench, lost to the coach's set-up, and of course, the performance of Ralph Sampson, who was made by the old Sampson to have no sense of existence tonight.

When the buzzer sound sounded at the end of the game, the audience cheered, Gan Guoyang was already sitting on the bench, but at this time he greeted the audience's warm applause like a hero, Gan Guoyang scored 27 points, 19 rebounds and 3 blocks in the whole game, all three data are the highest in the team, and he is the number one contributor to the team's victory.

The frustrated Olajuwon actually got 33 points, 14 rebounds and 5 blocks, and his performance was even more eye-catching, but if the team lost the game, he would not be the protagonist in the spotlight.

At this time, Gan Guoyang walked to the sidelines and shook hands with Olajuwon, Olajuwon also stepped forward and hugged Gan Guoyang, and then said in his ear: "I will make you look good in the end, you know what I mean." ”

Gan Guoyang surprisingly did not say irony this time, but hugged Olajuwon hard, and then said nothing, in fact, it meant "I'm waiting for you".

Because of this game, Olajuwon's performance really made Gan Guoyang feel the pressure, which was not in the NCAA Finals, or when he faced Abdul-Jabbar in the Western Conference Finals last year.

The NCAA Finals was a decisive match, and Gan Guoyang didn't have time to feel the pressure, and the 40-minute confrontation did not allow him to be distracted, and Olajuwon was still far from him at that time.

Not to mention facing Abdul-Jabbar, there is no pressure, he challenges the first center as a rookie, wins and earns, loses without shame, at most nervous, there is no pressure.

But tonight's performance of Olajuwon made Gan Guoyang start to think, am I inferior to him? Did he surpass me? What are my shortcomings compared to him?

When a player starts thinking about these issues, it means that the pressure is on his side.

The future Olajuwon is the idol of Gan Guoyang in the future, but in this time and space, Olajuwon is catching up with Gan Guoyang's footsteps, and now after the tempering of the semi-finals and the improvement of self-confidence, he is getting closer and closer.

At the post-game exchange meeting, Bellman also said to Gan Guoyang that Olajuwon's performance was better in this game, and if it wasn't for Ralph Sampson's poor performance, it would be difficult for the Trail Blazers to take away the opponent in the fourth quarter.

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"I think you're definitely feeling some pressure, Akim didn't play the same way he did in 1984, his composure and poise was terrifying, and those are the qualities you have, but you didn't show them tonight. Come on, don't let him catch up with you. ”

After the game ended, Gan Guoyang was still recalling the words Bellman and him in his mind after being driven home by Drexler, indeed, the sensory impression of Olajuwon now on Gan Guoyang is very different from the future Olajuwon in 1994 and 1995.

The current Olajuwon has a violent style of play, and his style on the court is also very fierce, although Gan Guoyang has a violent temper at times, but when he plays basketball, there will always be conflicts in fierce confrontations, and the only time Gan Guoyang did it with someone was only in his rookie season with Ranbir.

Olajuwon is terrible, not to mention quarreling with people in the regular season, in the playoffs alone, he was sent out for fighting with the Jazz in the first year, and in the second year, just in the last game of the last round, he still pulled Sampson on the front foot, and he fought with Kubrick on the back foot, and was sent off again.

Playing with such a grandmaster Olajuwon, sometimes Gan Guoyang really doesn't care much about him, and historically, Olajuwon didn't really start to convert until he converted to Islam in the 90s.

Now, because of the existence of Gan Guoyang, Olajuwon has accelerated the pace of his evolution, and Gan Guoyang even believes that if he really dies, Olajuwon may really break out and win the 1986 championship.

When the chasing benchmark disappears into the world, the runner either stops in confusion or ushers in a more violent outburst.

"Fuck, I'm not dead!" Gan Guoyang immediately dispelled his thoughts, they won the game anyway, and the 1:0 lead made them a good start.

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The next day, after a first game in the Western Conference Finals, the Eastern Conference Finals also began.

When the Milwaukee Bucks went through a lot of hard work to eliminate the Philadelphia 76ers, turn over the serfs and sing, and happily enter the division finals, a bigger slave owner stood in front of them.

As the third of the millennium, the Bucks, in addition to being bullied by the 76ers, can still be evenly matched with the Celtics.

The earliest feud between the two sides dates back to 1976, when Skyhook was still in the Bucks, when he was still called Lou Alcindor, and the two sides fought seven games in the Finals, although Skyhook shot the legendary hook in the sixth game, but the tenacious Celtics and Cowens still won the championship in Game 7.

Then Alcindo moved away to Los Angeles and the Bucks went into rebuilding, and in 1981 they were rezoned from the West Side to the East, coming to the same division as the Celtics.

In the early 80s, the 76ers were in their prime, and in 1983, when the Bucks took the lead in the playoffs to cleanly take out the Celtics in the semifinals, and then went to the Eastern Conference finals to die.

In 1984, the 76ers were blackened by the Nets, and the Bucks were able to enter the Eastern Conference Finals.

In the eighties, the two teams met twice, winning and losing half, and now that the 76ers are in complete decline, the Bucks seem to see a glimmer of hope, but unfortunately the Celtics have entered their prime.

In the first game, the Celtics showed everyone in the United States what it means to be "in full bloom", the Trail Blazers can only call the main substitute to work together, and all 12 members of the Celtics team have scored, and the minimum is also three points, which truly embodies the essence of "beating the stick to death".

The Bucks, who were beaten to death by a stick, were unable to take care of themselves, and no one on the team scored 20, and the highest was a substitute, Kenny Fields, all of which were scored in garbage time.

The starters scored a total of 41 points, which is less than the Celtics bench scored, and it is clear that when a team starts with fewer points than the opposing bench, it is impossible to win.

At 128:96, the Celtics won the first game with a crushing posture.