Paxson's unexpected outburst put the Nuggets in an even bigger predicament.

Ahead of Game 6, the Nuggets were confident that they would win four games in a row, and some were even ready to compete with the Lakers for a championship spot.

However, the strong rebound of the Trail Blazers caught the Nuggets off guard, especially Gan Guoyang's change on the offensive end in the first quarter, which made the Nuggets' defense extremely uncomfortable, and then Parks' eight shots made the Nuggets even worse.

"The two sides of the playoffs are fighting for change, I originally thought that the Trail Blazers and Nuggets had become immutable to this extent, but I didn't expect the Trail Blazers to make big adjustments on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, but the Nuggets lack of change in comparison, they are still using the tried and tested strategy of the first five games, but in this game, they have been greatly hindered." Frank Graeber gave an analysis of the play of both sides at half-time.

At halftime, the score between the two sides had become 67:39, and the gap between the two sides had widened to 28 points, a huge gap of nearly 30 points.

"The Nuggets are too underestimated, they think they can beat the Trail Blazers by relying on the routine of the previous games, but they don't expect that the Trail Blazers still have their right hand. And the key is that the Trail Blazers' players are in excellent condition in this game, and they are very active on the court, with high concentration on the defensive end and hot hands on the offensive end; The Nuggets, who lack adaptability, are getting more and more frustrated, and they don't know if they can rejuvenate at home after the adjustment of the midfield. ”

Although James Brown doesn't know much about the ball and doesn't know much about the changes in tactics on both sides, he can also see that the state of both sides is not on one side.

At this time, in the locker room of the Trail Blazers, all the Trail Blazers players looked very excited, and the big halftime lead made them full of confidence in the whole game.

"Okay, don't be too careless, there was an element of luck that we were able to play like this in the first half, we can't expect the Nuggets to be in such a bad second half, the third quarter will be very critical, if we can survive the third quarter and still maintain a 20-plus point lead in the fourth quarter, then we have a good chance." Ramsey poured some cold water on the players at the right time, and that's what he does.

"Just give the ball to Paxson! Mr. 100 shots! Hahaha......" Kenny Carr exclaimed.

Everyone laughed when they heard Karl's words, Paxson really played well in the first half, shooting eight of eight, and at the end of the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter, it was his consecutive scoring that pulled the scores on both sides at once, and also set the tone for the first half of the game.

"If they all pass the ball to me, I'm afraid I won't have enough fingers." Paxson listened to Carl's words and responded that Eight of Eight had already used his eight fingers, and if he went in a few more, two hands would definitely not be enough.

After Paxson finished speaking, his teammates laughed again, and the dullness in the team's locker room was swept away.

"Hey Gan, why did you suddenly get hit? I was shocked to watch you shoot from the bench, and of course I was even more shocked when the ball went in...... Did you hold back for a whole season and only start making mid-range shots today? Mitchell Sampson shifted the conversation to Gan.

"That's right, I expected that we would be in trouble in this series, so I have always retained my mid-range shooting skills, which is to catch the Nuggets off guard at such a critical moment." Gan Guoyang also took advantage of the situation to make a joke.

In fact, before the game started, Gan Guoyang decided to try his mid-range shooting in this game.

Since entering the league, Gan Guoyang has never stopped training to recover his mid-range shooting ability, and after his first post-practice shooting win against Vanderwicki, his mid-range shooting in training has gotten better and better, which can be seen from his free throw shooting percentage in the game.

However, he rarely tried to shoot from mid-range in official matches, because there was neither a tactical arrangement nor the need for a mid-range shot. Therefore, Gan Guoyang has always been skeptical about the practicality of his shooting.

But the series with the Nuggets has reached this point, Gan Guoyang is becoming more and more aware that his defect of not shooting mid-distance has been let go more and more, and in the next few games, the Nuggets have developed a set of defensive strategies to deal with Gan Guoyang.

Interfering with the ball, resolutely wrapping the clip, hindering Gan from entering the basket, and Gan not caring if he gets out of the three-second zone, these sets of measures are strictly implemented by the Nuggets, although a large number of packages will inevitably give the Trail Blazers a lot of shooting opportunities on the outside, but the overall benefit is still stronger than not packing.

However, when Gan Guoyang was able to hit a mid-range shot on the outside, everything became different, the space on the inside was completely opened, the Trail Blazers had more opportunities to break through on the outside, and the Nuggets' defensive difficulty increased greatly.

"Gan, I don't think you should have so many open shots in the second half, and the shooting is very dependent on touch, I still need you and Sampson to kill the Nuggets on the inside, so that we can stabilize the situation in the third quarter." Ramsey once again vaccinated Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang nodded after listening to Ramsey's words, and he also knew that the Nuggets would definitely further strengthen their marking in the second half, in fact, after Isel came on the court in the second quarter, Gan Guoyang's mid-range would be difficult to play a role.

Subsequently, Ramsey arranged and arranged the team's tactics, requiring the team to improve the shooting rate in the attack, to properly relax the defense, to retain physical strength, and the most important thing is to maintain the advantage established in the first half.

Twenty minutes passed quickly, and most of the Nuggets fans on the scene were quite anxious, but everyone was still looking forward to the miracle in the second half of the city.

"Welcome back to the field, the Nuggets' home court may be one of the best in the league, but now Nuggets fans are going to suffer, their team is 28 points behind at home, and if this one is lost, the Nuggets will go to Portland for Game 7 against the Trail Blazers, which is undoubtedly very bad for the Nuggets."

Graeber was right, dragged back to Portland to play Game 7, and with the Trail Blazers winning Game 6, the Nuggets were in a very dangerous situation.

"That's right, but the Nuggets' offensive power is not covered, let's see if the Nuggets can show some momentum in the second half that is different from the first half, their offense in the first half is really terrible, 39 points, which is simply their score in the first quarter, it's hard to imagine that this is the game played by the team with the highest points per game in the league."

Indeed, the Nuggets' offense in the first half was terrible, firstly, because the Trail Blazers had a strong outside press in the first half, which led to a large number of mistakes by the Nuggets and poor positional offense; Second, the Nuggets' hand finally fell into an icy trough after three hot games.

"Well, the second half of the game begins, the Nuggets take the lead, and the first offense is going to be very important. If the Nuggets can't turn the tide at the start of the third quarter, they will have less and less time left. Inglish ...... Received a pass from Leaf, turned over and jumped, and the ball went in! A good start. ”

The Nuggets' first offense, after Inglish received the ball at 45 degrees on the right side, dribbled and turned over for a jumper, and the ball hit the board into the basket, this goal also made the Nuggets show a hint of recovery.

On the Trail Blazers' side, they continued the offensive mode of the first half, with Drexler and Gan Guoyang's blocking and dismantling as the core of the tactical launch, and after 9 games in the playoffs, the Trail Blazers' new starting lineup, the two of them have proven to be the best tactical engine.

"Drexler and Gan fight again to block and dismantle, Gan covers and cuts inside, Drexler hits the ground pass, Gan catches the ball and lays up! The ball rolled out...... But Gan jumped again and hit a layup. ”

After Gan Guoyang showed his mid-range shooting ability in the first half, Wayne Cooper obviously hesitated a lot when defending Gan Guoyang, and his reaction was naturally half a beat slower, so he gave Gan Guoyang a chance to cut inside.

However, the Nuggets' hand is indeed warming, and the Trail Blazers' defense can't be as high-intensity and high-pressure as in the first half, with Dunn's successful layup under the empty cut basket, the Nuggets have scored six points in a row in the second half, and the Trail Blazers only rely on Gan Guoyang to score two points.

"At 45:69, the margin has been narrowed, and the Nuggets seem to see hope, and I don't know if the Trail Blazers should settle the pause to ease the situation."

But Ramsey didn't call a timeout, perhaps he felt that the 24-point gap was still very stable.

"Run, run, run! Don't be overly relaxed, Gan! Stay out of the way! Valentin held the ball and commanded loudly from beyond the three-point line, and after the last failed attack, Drexler put the offensive in Valentin's hands.

After all, Valentin has a lot of experience, and now he needs to rely on him to stabilize the situation.

Hearing Valentine's command, Gan Guoyang immediately lifted it up, making more room for the inner line, at this time, Cooper didn't dare to let Gan Guoyang wander outside alone, and immediately followed.

Valentin seized the opportunity, quickly broke inside with the ball, and made a big circle from the left side to the basket.

As soon as Gan Guoyang saw Valentine rushing inward to the basket, he immediately followed up, almost breaking through to Valentine behind the basket, and seeing that Gan Guoyang had followed, he immediately hit the ball and passed the ball to Gan Guoyang's hands.

"Beep!" The referee's whistle blew and Cooper raised his hand, which he fouled as Gan Guoyang received the ball for a layup.

"Well done!" Valentin stepped forward and high-fived Gan Guoyang, a combination that the two had practiced countless times in training.

"Gan got to the free throw line and made the first free throw...... The ball went in, the second penalty ...... In addition, the speed of his free throws is really fast, young man, he is more anxious. ”

Unlike some people who like to stall at the free throw line, Gan Guoyang is eager to pick up the ball without the referee's hand and make consecutive free throws.

After hitting two free throws, at 45:71, the difference was opened up a bit.

The Nuggets did not give up hope, Calvin Knight broke through the middle and forced a layup, 47:71, the Nuggets continued to add points to themselves, and they seemed to be trying to get back all the points they had lost in the first half.

Ramsey had already gotten up from the bench and it looked like he wanted a timeout, and seeing the Nuggets score eight straight points didn't bode well.

But soon, Ramsey sat down again.

"Gan asked for the ball in the low post, Valentin hoisted the ball to Gan, Gan asked for the ball in a not very good position, he looked at it, and the Nuggets didn't get on the bag...... Gan dribbled the ball back, he was tentative left and right, turned inside, hooked his hand! The ball is in! A 12-foot hook hand. ”

When the momentum of the Nuggets wanted to burn, Gan Guoyang was like a firefighter to extinguish the flame of hope of the Nuggets.