"No one would have thought that the Trail Blazers would be in such a situation in the first game, they played lifeless in the second half, there was no sharp offense in the regular season, and the main thing was that they couldn't defend Gervin, who was like a thorn in the bottom of the Trail Blazers' feet, making it difficult for them to move. With only two minutes left before the end of the game, the Trail Blazers are still seven points behind the Spurs, an elusive score, to see what adjustments the Trail Blazers will make after the timeout. ”

After being scored 20 points in a single quarter by George Gervin in the third quarter, in the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers' offense finally improved, Gan Guoyang still had a lot of ball-handling offense, but they still couldn't contain Gervin's play in defense.

Gwen's strong scoring ability made Ramsey change his strategy, and had to wrap the veteran, who was about to retire, once he started to wrap up, the Trail Blazers' defense naturally began to have holes, although Gan Guoyang did a few beautiful supplements, but their outside line lacked pressure after all, and the Spurs also played a feeling, the outside players hit several difficult shots, directly extinguishing the flame of the Trail Blazers' counterattack.

As time went on, the difference between the two sides remained between 5 and 7 points, and the morale of the Trail Blazers chasing the score was getting lower and lower, just like the mood of the audience.

Ramsey used his last long timeout to fight for the final two minutes, but the seven-point gap looked insurmountable.

"Defend against it, defend it, if we can't keep the opponent from scoring, then our attack is meaningless! In the last two minutes, the whole court pressed, expanding the defensive area, Cosey, you came on the field to replace Van de Veric, you defended Gervin, don't let him catch the ball easily, start easily! 'Ramsey made the decision to make a substitution, Van der Veric played well in attack tonight, but he was out of the air in defence.

Ramsey's adjustment was a little late, and in the last two minutes, the Trail Blazers locked up the Spurs' offense with high-intensity defense that did not appear in the whole game, leaving the Spurs without scoring a point in the final two minutes.

However, Jill Moore on the opposite side also firmly defended the basket, and the veteran tried his best to wrap up the last few backcourt rebounds of the Spurs, without giving the Trail Blazers a second chance to attack, and allowing the Spurs to run out of time.

"The last shot, a three-pointer after Paxson catches the ball...... 118:116, San Antonio Spurs, in the first game of the playoffs, defeated the Portland Trail Blazers, who ranked first in the regular season, by two points, and broke a big upset! ”

"Fortunately, the Trail Blazers still have a chance to recover, and the playoffs are not a one-game elimination system."

"Yes, I'd still be bullish on the Portland Trail Blazers, but they played really badly, they didn't have the appearance of a championship team at all, they were completely frozen by the Icemen in the third quarter, and the momentum of the game was reversed in that quarter. And the Trail Blazers have never been able to adjust, and they can't prevent the Spurs' outside offense. And Jill Moore's game, dreaming back to 1983, was the year he had a chance to beat Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the West. In this game, Gan Guoyang was blocked by Jill Moore's full force, although he got 29 points and 14 rebounds, but he shot 9 of 22, shooting less than 50%, many of which were missed in the crucial third quarter.

After the game, Gan Guoyang also looked a little depressed, watching the players on the Spurs bench cheering, as if he had won the championship, surrounded George Gervin and Jill Moore and went back to the locker room together, while Gan Guoyang sat on the bench, watching the fans leave the court one after another, and his teammates also drooped their heads back to the players' tunnel one by one.

There was no familiar taste of victory, no cheers from the fans after the game, and the memorial gymnasium, which was originally full of heat, quickly deserted, Gan Guoyang was still sitting on the stool, he wanted to calm himself down a little.

For the playoffs, Gan Guoyang made a lot of preparations, both physically and psychologically, after a few games of the regular season, Gan Guoyang began to pay attention to the rest and adjustment of the body, every night after going home to watch an hour of game video, training is also strengthening his confrontation intensity, in order to adapt to the intensity of the playoffs in advance.

But in this game, Jill Moore, the former king of NBA power, made Gan Guoyang, the new king of power, uncomfortable, and played a key defensive performance at the last moment, and Gan Guoyang, who won the data, undoubtedly fell behind in performance.

“Come-on，Gump！ (Come on, Gan!) At this time, Gan Guoyang heard shouts from the audience, and when Gan Guoyang turned his head, he found that it was a little girl holding a sign that read "Rip-City, Go-Blazers".

Seeing Gan Guoyang looking back at her, the little girl grinned and waved her hand vigorously at Gan Guoyang, and then was pulled out of her seat by his parents, with obvious disappointment on her parents' faces.

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"Where is your desire to win? Where is the desire for victory? Shattered by such a classic car! The first in the West, on their home turf, was beaten to the ground by the eighth in the West, and after tonight's game, those waiting jackals and vultures (referring to media reporters and opposing fans) have already smelled carrion! Girls, wake up, and if you don't want to be devoured, get up again and run! ”

After Gan Guoyang returned to the locker room, he actually heard Bellman's voice, the familiar scolding, the familiar metaphor, which made Gan Guoyang feel as if he had returned to high school and college, and every time the losing team had to be scolded by Bellman.

Since Bellman came to the Trail Blazers, he has been careful and diligent, working diligently as a defensive coach to design a defensive system for the team, and although the Trail Blazers are an offensive-based team, their defensive holes tonight cost them dearly.

Tonight, Bellman was really stimulated by the poor performance of the Trail Blazers, and at the behest of Ramsey, he scolded the players.

"And you, Gan, you acted like a three-year-old kid in front of Jill Moore, come on, do you know when he was born? In 1949, at the age of 38, as old as me! I can't believe the way you both play on the court, it's like you're 38 and he's only 22, where is your hard work? Where is your energy? How do you get Jill Moore to grab 16 rebounds? ”

Gan Guoyang was also subjected to a saliva from Bellman, he did not refute, obviously Gan Guoyang played like a 38-year-old god hook in this game, relying on hook hands to score under the basket, but did not go all out to consume Gil Moore, he forgot his principle when dealing with Abdul-Jabbar - physical contact, full consumption, he thought that the old guy in front of him would not be able to deal with the way to deal with the sky hook.

Ramsey, as the head coach of the team, began to stand up and be a red face, comforted everyone, and pointed out some problems in the team and how to solve them in the next game, and finally pulled Gan Guoyang and Drexler aside separately and gave detailed instructions on their performances.

Drexler faced Alvin Robertson tonight and won across the board individually, but Ramsey had him play against George Gervin in the second half, only to be blown up by the burning Iceman.

Ramsey realised that the performance of these two young players in the game would affect the performance and operation of the whole team, and this is the difference between Van de Vicky and the two of them - Van de Vicky is a scorer who is too pure to be pure, and the adjustment he has to make is to adjust his crosshair.

Since then, Bellman has one more job in the team, that is, the queen scolding division after the team loses the game, his sharp words and strong scolding aura have a non-negligible effect on the team's spirit.

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Today's game between the Trail Blazers and Spurs was the last game of the day, and before them, the other three sets of matchups had their first results.

The series between the Detroit Pistons, who are fifth in the East, and the Atlanta Hawks, who are fourth, are considered to be the closest matches, but the result of the first game was much more than expected, as the Hawks beat the Pistons 140-122 at home, and the defensive system that the Pistons have begun to build this season has become vulnerable to Dominic Wilkins' powerful attack.

This further exposes the Pistons' weakness in the small forward position, and after the end of the season, it is imperative for the Pistons to bring in a strong wing defender.

The second matchup is the Boston Celtics, who are the first in the East, against the Chicago Bulls, who took the last train of the playoffs, Jordan came back at the end of the season to help the team enter the playoffs, but he was limited by the team's playing time in the game, and when the time came, even if the team fell behind at the critical moment, Jordan would be replaced, which made him extremely dissatisfied.

So in the playoffs, Jordan began to kill and scored 49 points in the first game, but the Bulls still lost to the Celtics 104-123 without suspense.

There was also a matchup between the Denver Nuggets and the Dallas Mavericks, where the Nuggets easily knocked down the Mavericks with a fluid offense, with Calvin Knight and Inglish combining for 70 points, and the firepower was amazing.

It's fair to say that on the first matchday, the results of the first three games were expected, with the home teams winning and only the much-talked-about Trail Blazers suffering defeat, which was greeted by overwhelming doubts and endless saliva that would not end until the end of the next game.

In the face of these spat and doubts, Gan Guoyang rarely chose to remain silent, he avoided media harassment, and on April 18, he trained in the training gym all day, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., refusing to give any interviews.

Of course, Gan Guoyang didn't know that in Boston on the East Coast, Michael Jordan was also criticized for his failure - he took half of the team's points, or let the team lose big, and on the 18th, Jordan also tortured himself with hard training in Boston's training gym.

No one knows what kind of miracles these two talented young men will create in tomorrow's game.

The darkness before dawn is always very thick.