The Nuggets also made personnel rotations after the timeout, and the Nuggets head coach made a bold substitution, not using veteran Wayne Cooper, but letting the team's rookie Rasmussen replace Calvin Knight, hoping that the rookie can compete with Gan Guoyang to some extent.

"Hi, Blair, long time no see." Gan Guoyang saw Blair Rasmussen on the pitch and greeted him "friendly".

In the regular season, Blair, as a rookie at the end of the bench, didn't get any playing opportunities against the Trail Blazers, so Gan Guoyang naturally doesn't remember the opposing center he once met in college - and the two only played against each other once in college.

Because Rasmussen had an amazing performance in the first round, the Trail Blazers coaching staff noticed him and was wary of him when they were preparing for tactics, and Gan Guoyang remembered that there was such a person.

Blair Rasmussen is a long-time "notoriety" of Gan Guoyang, knowing that this guy is a trash talk king like "Big Bird" Bird, and the result of easily picking up his stubble on the court is often sprayed by him very badly.

So Rasmussen just smiled kindly at Gan Guoyang, didn't say anything more, and threw himself into the game.

After Rasmussen came on the court, the Nuggets were actually even more weak on the offensive end, Rasmussen and Shays are both players who lack independent offensive ability, and their biggest significance on the offensive end is to block and cover the Nuggets' outside players.

The effect of the two white big ones as a cover is quite good, Leaf relied on a double screen on the inside to kill the basket, this time in the face of Jones's defense, Leaf used a change hand layup to score the ball and stabilize the situation on the court.

Soon on the defensive end, Rasmussen's single defense of Gan Guoyang had an effect, Gan Guoyang missed the hook after receiving the ball, Shays controlled the backcourt rebound, and the Nuggets launched a counterattack.

Inglish caught the ball in the counterattack and broke through the middle, dodged Gan Guoyang's block, and hit a small throw, and the Nuggets turned the score over again.

"The Nuggets' timeout worked, and the double-height interior of Shays and Anders Rasmussen worked on both the defensive and offensive ends, and we'll see how the Trail Blazers respond."

At this time, the shortcomings of the Trail Blazers on Jones are revealed, Jones does not have the offensive power of Mitchell Sampson at all, and the Trail Blazers have one less point to be able to play alone on the offensive end, and it is unrealistic to rely purely on Gan Guoyang's inside scoring, after scoring 12 points in a row in the first quarter, Gan Guoyang needs a buffer.

Ramsey is unlikely to call a timeout again, it will depend on the players' ability to adjust themselves on the pitch.

At this time, Vanderwicki's value is reflected, he has excellent offensive ability, and when the team's offensive system is not functioning well, he can stand up and use singles to continue the team's life.

"Vanderwig singled Inglish with his back and turned and thrown! The same trick as Inglish just now, the ball went in. ”

Van der Vercín "reciprocated the other's way", hit Inglish with the ball in the waist position, turned to the middle with an inside turn, and hit a difficult left-handed throw, giving his former teammate a dismount.

The first quarter ended quickly, and after some intrigue between the two sides, they took advantage of each other, so the score remained scorched, and the Trail Blazers only maintained a slight lead at 28-27, a one-point advantage.

In the second quarter, after Gan Guoyang got 13 points and 4 rebounds in the first quarter, he sat on the bench and began to rest, Sampson replaced Jones, and Kenny Carr replaced Gan Guoyang.

The Trail Blazers began to play hard in the second quarter, and Ramsey also replaced the benches Jerome Cauchy and Terry Porter, and began to defend with high-intensity pressing defense at the expense of physical strength.

This is the strategy that Ramsey learned from playing the Nuggets last year, and it is important to establish an advantage in the first half and try to take away the opponent in the third quarter, and not save the decisive battle until the last minute, which is the rhythm that the Trail Blazers know and know best.

In last year's semi-finals, Ramsey needed to put Gan Guoyang into this kind of high-pressure defence, when he played almost the entire first half of the first game.

One of the big improvements for the Trail Blazers this season is the growth of several young players on the perimeter, especially Cosey, whose energy on the defensive end is what the Blazers have been craving.

"Cauchy's defense, like a mad dog, Inglish was impenetrable and beautiful." The Nuggets didn't dare to let Inglish rest for too long, and after a two-minute break at the end of the first quarter, they returned to the court in the second quarter to face Cosey's entanglement.

The Trail Blazers' bench defense and all-out sprinting offense on both ends of the floor worked, and they gradually pulled the score apart, and when Porter hit a pull-up jumper on the counterattack, the Trail Blazers' bench benches rewrote the score to 37-31, and the margin became 6 points.

The Nuggets called a timeout, and this timeout is what Ramsey wants, because the Trail Blazers players are actually a little tired, if the Nuggets head coach endures a little longer and plays for a while, maybe he can drag down the Trail Blazers and let Ramsey take the initiative to call a timeout.

'Don't give them a chance, break them down in this period, give us the lead into the second half, bring the tempo, understand? Don't worry too much about defending and focus on offense! Kill them with one punch! Ramsey yelled at Gan from the bench.

Although Ramsey usually yells at the players, it is usually when the players make mistakes, and it is really rare to ask Gan Guoyang to "punch them to death" like now, which shows that it is the division semi-finals after all, and Ramsey has also begun to find a state for himself.

Gan Guoyang also took off his tracksuit and prepared to play after a four-minute break.

On the other side, the Nuggets also expected that the Trail Blazers were going to replace Gan Guoyang on the court, and immediately replaced Rasmussen on the court.

"The Nuggets replaced Rasmussen, and after Rasmussen came on the court in the first quarter against Gan Guoyang, Gan Guoyang did not score again, and it seems that the Nuggets think Rasmussen can deal with Gan."

"That's right, there was talk before the game that Rasmussen could be the 'Gan finisher.'"

Rasmussen was obviously encouraged by his performance in the first quarter, and as soon as he came on the court, he looked very positive, his knees slightly bent, his hands resting on Gan Guoyang's back, and he began to stare at it seriously.

"Don't do any useless work, do you think you can stop me, Blair? Do you remember when you came to our school to play? Gan Guoyang said to Rasmussen.

Gan Guoyang had just said half of his words, and the referee had already whistled the Trailblazers to send the sideline ball, Gan Guoyang suddenly started to gently push Rasmussen away and ran to the sideline to catch the ball.

Terry Porter passes the ball to Gan, who then makes a fake pass with Potter, and after Potter takes away the defender, the left side is cleared, and Gan Guoyang wants to single Rasmussen.

"Gan Mian basket broke through the middle with the ball, Rasmussen couldn't resist Gan at all, Gan made a layup!"

Gan Guoyang broke through directly from the middle, where could Rasmussen withstand the bulldozer-like Gan Guoyang, and was quickly squeezed out, Gan Guoyang was able to easily make a layup, this trick is particularly effective against some weak defenders.

"I'm not finished yet, you came to our school to compete, I only played for 15 minutes, do you know why?" Gan Guoyang returned to his own half after scoring and continued to speak to Rasmussen.

"Dunn's jump shot, the ball missed, Gan won the rebound, and Gan was almost difficult to play a second offense as long as the ball didn't score." After Gan Guoyang won the rebound, the Trail Blazers did not launch a quick counterattack, and the players also needed to slow down and play a dozen positional offenses.

This time, Gan Guoyang asked for the ball in the familiar 45-degree waist position, and the position of the ball was not deep, but after receiving the ball, Gan Guoyang began to pout his ass and arch all the way in, and then suddenly turned outward and hit a small hook on the bottom line!

"Nice little hook hand, crisp and neat, Rasmussen was completely suppressed."

"I wasn't done yet, I only played for 15 minutes because I had a bad stomach before the game, I had a bad stomach, and I went to the toilet five or six times." Gan Guoyang continued to say to Rasmussen, and Rasmussen's face was obviously a little broken.

"Hey! Blair, focus! Inglish saw that Rasmussen seemed to be in a trance, and loudly reminded the newcomer on the field.

After speaking, after blocking and dismantling, Inglish made a ground-hitting pass to Rasmussen, but Rasmussen failed to catch it, Gan Guoyang pulled the ball out from behind, and in the chaos of falling to the ground, Gan Guoyang firmly grasped the basketball with his big hands like pincers and controlled the ball.

"Steady, steady, one more!" Ramsey was afraid that Gan Guoyang would throw the ball out with his hand, and reminded loudly on the sidelines.

Gan Guoyang handed the ball to Drexler, who slowly dribbled through the half court to organize the positional attack.

Gan Guoyang went to the top of the arc to make a blocking cover for Drexler, Gan Guoyang quickly cut inside, Draxler broke through while seeing the opportunity with a high hanging pass to Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang jumped high to catch the ball, he did not choose the air relay, but after landing on the ground, he dribbled past Rasmussen and Wayne Cooper, dribbled to the other side of the basket, turned and split with one hand!

"Bang!" A left-handed dunk that broke the army, Gan Guoyang scored three goals in a row, and the Memorial Stadium was jubilant.

'So, when I was playing that day, like now, I kept scoring, I kept scoring, and I was just thinking about getting out of the way as quickly as possible so I could go to the bathroom. That's the way it is, you get it, Blair? ”

After deducting the blue, Gan Guoyang finally finished what he was going to say, and at this time, Blair Rasmussen finally collapsed, and the young man looked helpless, looking like he was about to cry.

The Nuggets head coach had to call another 20-second short timeout, and he saw that Rasmussen couldn't prevent Gan Guoyang at all, and if he stayed on the court, he would only be tortured by Gan Guoyang and lose the confidence to play.

"The Nuggets called another timeout, and it seems that it is too difficult for him to let Rasmussen defend Gan."

"Yes, even though Gan is only a sophomore, he is said to have a mouth that stinks as Larry Bird on the field, and I guess Rasmussen is doubly tortured both physically and mentally, poor fellow."

"Good luck to him, it's the way to grow."