"I've never seen a game like this, never, absolutely not, I started watching NBA games in 1960, when I was 18 years old, and I came to CBS in 1978, and of course the first two years I was commenting on the NFL, and then I started commenting on NBA games, and to this day I've watched countless wonderful games, the regular season, the playoffs, the Finals. There have been many heroic battles in these games, but none have been as thorough and as exciting as today. Dick Stockton was seizing every free time to express his emotions because he didn't have time to express his emotions when the game restarted.

Sweat was dripping down, Gan Guoyang pinched his right hand, there was a trace of numbness, and his forearm was also slightly paralyzed, he used his left hand to pick up the Gatorade drink handed to him by his teammates, but after holding it, he felt that his hand was trembling slightly.

Gan Guoyang looked up at the timetable on the scoreboard, there were still 21 seconds left before the end of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers had one more chance to attack, the score of the two sides was 77:74, the Trail Blazers were still three points ahead of the Bulls, Gan Guoyang's heart was a little more steady.

In the third quarter of the game, Gan Guoyang felt unusually tired, the reason is very simple, after the third quarter, he has made 33 shots, hit 20 shots, 15 free throws, hit 10 shots, scored 52 points, and grabbed 21 rebounds on the defensive end and sent 7 blocks, which means that he has at least 28 jumps, plus countless times to interfere with the opponent's shots.

He traveled more than he had in the past three quarters, accounting for 67 percent of the team's total scores, half of his 42 rebounds, and 60 percent of his 12 blocks.

"We're going to increase the number of points, increase the number of points! Others have to start scoring, someone has to step up......" Adelman was yelling at the other players from the bench, tonight's game was a complete failure of the coach, because no matter what tactics he arranged, the players began to subconsciously pass the ball to Gan Guoyang's hand in the end, and everyone's offensive state was consumed in the meat grinder-like defense.

Gan Guoyang didn't listen to Adelman's words at all, and he didn't need to listen, he turned his head to look at the Bulls' bench, Jordan was just like him, gulping water, and sweat beads had already soaked his jersey.

At that time, the NBA jersey was still an ordinary cotton jersey, and the breathable and sweat-absorbing functions were far worse than the future new technology jerseys, so the clothes on Gan Guoyang and Jordan were as if they had been soaked in water, and they were tightly attached to their bodies, and Gan Guoyang's hair was all wet.

At the Chicago Union Center in February, the stadium needed to be heated to maintain stability, but the heat generated by more than 20,000 people inside and the fierce confrontation on the field made it difficult for the players to be cool.

The Bulls and other Trail Blazers players will add up to one of the top Gan Guoyang or Jordan, but it doesn't mean that they are spectators on the court, there is a reason for the low shooting rate, I don't know what the reason is tonight, the referee's blowing scale is relatively loose, which leads to more and more defensive actions on both sides, the physical consumption of players has skyrocketed, and the shooting rate has plummeted.

"It was probably the most intense game of the season, panting and sweating...... Okay, the last offense of the third quarter, the Bulls' possession, the Trail Blazers led by three points, and the timeout was over......"

Players from both sides returned to the court, and both sides were desperate to end the quarter before resting for five minutes to begin the final quarter.

"Jordan got the ball, it looks like he's going to consume time until the last second to make a shot, he and Grant did a block, the Trail Blazers switched defenses, and Gan went straight forward to defend Jordan."

The audience stood up, and for the last attack of the third quarter, Jordan and Gan Guoyang had a one-on-one conversation.

Gan Guoyang tried his best to lower his center of gravity while maintaining a two-step distance from Jordan, he knew that his explosiveness and speed were not as good as Jordan's, so he had to leave himself a head start.

Gan Guoyang observed Jordan's footsteps and consciously deflected his body to the left, he let Jordan go from the left side, and the right side must not let him go, and there will be players on the left to help Gan Guoyang.

"Jordan starts to break through from the left!"

Jordan's breakthrough speed is obviously one level faster than other players, the stride length is large, the elasticity of his feet is excellent, it feels like he is not running but jumping, Gan Guoyang lowered his body and clinged to Jordan, he could see Jordan's tongue spitting out.

Jordan's strength has made great progress this summer, but he still can't stand up to Gan Guoyang, and at the same time, Brans on the side also made up for it, and the two wanted to trap Jordan near the baseline on the left side.

"Jordan jumps...... Pass the ball! Pass to Paxson in the bottom corner, Paxson shoots three-pointer! ”

"Huh!"

"Buzz~~~"

With the buzzer sounding, Bulls player John Paxson hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer in the bottom corner, and Jordan was at the limit and passed the ball from the back of his head to John Paxson in the bottom corner when he was about to lose the ball, the older brother of Trail Blazer Jim Paxson.

"Kill the pretty, John." After the assist, Jordan calmed down and stepped forward and patted John Paxson on the shoulder, and the young Jordan is becoming more and more like a leader.

"Paxson's three-pointer allowed the Bulls to tie the score! At 77:77, the third quarter was over, everything was back to square one, and there were only 12 minutes left, and I thought that the audience who bought the tickets tonight could keep the ticket stub as a memento and brag to the younger generations ten years later that he had seen the game. ”

At this time, on the bench of the Trail Blazers, all the players were seizing the time to rest and replenish their water, and the staff was also fanning hard with large towels.

At this time, Gan Guoyang put down the drink in his hand and beckoned to both sides, everyone immediately surrounded him when he saw it, and then Gan Guoyang said: "We need to change the situation on the court, we need to change the rhythm, control the rhythm, this is not our rhythm, although we don't have Clyde, but we should still return to the familiar style of play, tonight we have struggled for three quarters of the game, we can't go on like this, this is not the Portland Trail Blazers, this is not the face we should have!" ”

Indeed, in tonight's game, the Trail Blazers didn't play like the previous Trail Blazers at all, they were the league's No. 1 offensive team, but in this game they played like the Milwaukee Bucks, Drexler's absence was definitely an important factor, but the Trail Blazers' offensive skeleton was still there, but they ended up in the quagmire of defense.

"The Trail Blazers' outside shooting percentage tonight was too low, the Bulls made three three-pointers, while the Trail Blazers only hit one three-pointer, and they were still willing to shoot in the first half, and they didn't hit any of the other nine shots."

"Yes, this has something to do with the fact that Drexler is not there, and the Bulls can safely and boldly expand outward, without the glider as an assault point, the pressure on Porter is obviously much greater."

The fourth quarter was about to start, but Terry Porter was sitting on the sidelines, and he was really tired tonight, without Drexler, the pressure on the ball control organization was on him, and occasionally he had to face Jordan in a misplaced position, and the pressure was so great that you can imagine. So Adelman also brought on Danny Young for a while to give Porter a break.

Of course, Porter has not been on the court for the longest time, Gan Guoyang has only rested for 2 minutes so far, and the rest of the time has been on the court, and the start of the fourth quarter is no exception.

"Danny Young dribbled hard across the half, the Bulls' pressing defense, the intensity increased, the ball passed to Jim Paxson, Paxson hesitated and hoisted the ball to Gan, Gan received the ball on the left side, and the Bulls caught it!"

At the moment when Gan Guoyang received the ball, the audience shouted "Beat-PT", and at the same time, four players from the Bulls surrounded him, that's right, four, except for Jordan, the others were distributed around Gan Guoyang in an encircled situation, and it was so sudden that it was difficult for Gan Guoyang to pass the ball.

"Gan rolled over and pushed Korzin away and forced a layup! The ball rolled in a circle and slid out, but Gan got the rebound, the 22nd rebound, and he passed the ball to the perimeter, Jim Paxson! Three-point shot! ”

Gan Guoyang's ball still got a second chance to attack under the combination of several people, he could have made a Korzin foul, and the referee's whistle was in his mouth, but Gan Guoyang passed the ball out and passed it to Jim Paxson, who fed him the ball on the outside.

In front of Paxson is his older brother, John Paxson, who was originally stronger than his brother, Jim has also been an All-Star, and John is just a role player.

But this season, John Paxson has become an important rotation player for the Bulls, Jim has drifted away from the main team due to injury, and if it weren't for Drexler's absence tonight, even if he returns from injury, it will be a question of whether he can play.

"John didn't have time to defend himself, Jim shot!"