Gan Guoyang received three fouls too early, and Ramsey had to put him on the bench and replace him with backup center Caldiwell Jones.

As a veteran, Jones's biggest advantage is that he has rich experience, he knows very well the scale of the referee's blowing penalty on the field, and knows that the referee is adjusting the rhythm of the field, so he will be very careful to control his movements and not let the referee easily find his own ballast.

Meanwhile, Larry Bird was also out of the game, having been on the court for more than enough time, and he had a bad hand today, scoring just eight points so far while failing to connect the Celtics' offense.

Jerome Cauchy undoubtedly contributed a lot, and while Bird's poor performance was more a matter of his own form, Cothie's kraft gum-like marking undoubtedly played a role.

And Cauchy's contribution doesn't stop there.

McHale received the ball in the waist position again, and the Trail Blazers finally stepped forward to wrap it, and Cauchy's bag clamp, McHale made a mistake! Colter cut off the pass and the Trail Blazers countered...... Cauchy makes a layup. ”

McHale was not prepared enough for Cothy's timely and ferocious pack, hastily diverting the ball, which was cut off by Colt.

On the counterattack, no one in the Celtics team could keep up with the speed of Colt and Cauchy, and Cauchy received Colt's ground-hitting pass and made an easy layup.

This sounded the clarion call for the Trail Blazers to continue to break fast in the second half of the second quarter, and the troika of Colt, Drexler and Cauchy was invincible in the fast break advancement, and once the Celtics couldn't score, Jones steadily won the backcourt rebound, and the Trail Blazers could launch a counterattack and catch the Celtics off guard.

The Celtics are an extremely rare predominantly white team in the NBA, and after sending Maxwell away for Bill Walton this season, they have one less black player and one more point for white.

Of the twelve players on the Celtics' team, eight are white and only four are black, namely Dennis Johnson, Robert Parish, Sam Vincent, and David Sergiel.

Of these, only Parrish and Johnson are the main Vincent and Sergill are rookies, and the other is the water cooler manager at the end of the bench, so the Celtics are an out-and-out white team.

The reason for this has a lot to do with the fact that Boston is the most racist city in the United States, and even Russell, the Lord of the Rings in their team, has been discriminated against in the past, which has also led to the reluctance of black players to go to Boston, and the contract signed by the NBA and black players at that time even has a clause of "not being traded to Boston".

This situation also makes the Celtics a team that is not athletic, they rely heavily on system and coordination in defense, and what they fear most is the opponent's lunge.

The young Trail Blazers on the court seized on the weakness of the Celtics, and the physical strength of the three young players seemed to be inexhaustible, pushing the fast attack at every opportunity, while Ramsey was still shouting "run, run, run" (run, run, run). ”

This forced KC Jones to quickly call a timeout and bring Bird, Dennis Johnson and Parish back on the court, and the score had become 52-44 and the margin was eight points.

"The Trail Blazers' offense is playing like the Lakers, and the Celtics have to respond and stop the momentum of the Trail Blazers' onslaught, and we're very passive right now." Most has already smelled bad, and the first loss to the Lakers in the Finals last season is not yet in front of his eyes.

At that time, the Celtics were Bird who did not play well and could not lead the team's offense, and at the same time, the defense was exhausted, and the Lakers Cavalry was led by the Magic to run all over the court, and the backcourt rebounds could not be controlled, and the positional offense was always beaten a secondary offense.

As soon as the main players came on the court, Dennis Johnson stabilized the situation with a jumper, which was really thick.

But Drexler immediately hit back Johnson with a jumper, Drexler's body was stiff and his legs were bent when he shot, which was a typical "zombie jumper" method, although it was not effective, but it felt really accurate once it came up.

In the last three minutes of the second quarter, the Celtics brought the game back to their familiar rhythm, but still couldn't tie the score, the young people of the Trail Blazers played too well, and the three players in the backcourt all played extraordinarily, especially Colt and Cosey, who became the tactical core of the Trail Blazers in the last three minutes.

At the end of the first half, the Celtics still trailed the Trail Blazers by six points at 52:58.

Gan Guoyang had to sit on the bench for most of the game due to consecutive fouls in the second quarter, and he was also carefully observing Jones's performance on the court, hoping to learn some more experience from the veteran.

"We have to give the Celtics the most lethal blow in the third quarter, we can't relax in the slightest, the six-point advantage is fleeting, we have to stick to our style of play, we did a good job in the first half, we have speed, intensity, impact, but it's still not enough! We're going to give them a bigger blow, with our offense. There is no future in defending the position, only by constantly rushing forward can we overthrow the rule of a powerful enemy, and we do not have the capital to fight positional warfare, keeping this in mind, I believe in you. ”

Ramsey was mobilizing in the locker room, because Van Dewey was unable to play in this game, the most important tactical initiation point was missing from the outside, and Ramsey was also decisive for change, not playing positional tactics with the Celtics, that is, he was going to use a rush to beat the master to death.

Of course, this strategy is also very dangerous, once the three fists in the second half miss, the Celtics' counterattack momentum must be extremely rapid, Ramsey is betting, betting on the state of the Celtics.

The weaker team should be small and big in the face of the stronger, and it should win by surprise, Ramsey did it in the first half, the Trail Blazers played well, and what about in the second half? Who will be the Trailblazers?

When the third quarter began, the Trail Blazers relied on Paxson's play to withstand the Celtics' initial counterattack momentum.

Sampson missed, Bird got the rebound, passed the ball ...... Oh, cut off by Paxson, Paxson, sudden jumper, ball in! Decisive shots. "Most was a little helpless.

Before this goal, the difference between the Celtics and the Trail Blazers had been narrowed to only two points, and with Sampson's missed shot, the Celtics, who won the rebound in the backcourt, had a good chance to counterattack and equalize, but Bird, who was not in good shape, was careless, he thought that an over-the-top pass could get past Paxson, but Paxson still jumped up and intercepted the ball.

Paxson intercepted the pass at 45 degrees on the right side, and instead of stopping to wait for the Celtics players to re-position and play their positions, he dribbled forward and made a jumper.

After the ball was hit, the margin changed to 4 points, and the Trail Blazers finally took a breather.

But soon, the momentum of the Celtics' counterattack hit again, and the front trident began to exert its power, continuous internal passing, and exquisite man-ball transfer, which made Gan Guoyang and Sampson a little careless.

The Trail Blazers still insisted on man-to-man defense in the third quarter, and the most feared thing about man-to-man defense was super individual singles, and the other was a variety of fast passes after covering.

"Bird, pass to McHale, McHale feints, and passes to Parish in the middle, Parish jumps, hits! It's only one point away! It's only one point away! At 64:65, the Celtics narrowed the gap to one point. ”

A simple 10-foot jumper from Parish brought Boston Garden Square to the top, and that's what the Celtics' home court looks like, always topping.

Ramsey immediately called a timeout to stop the bleeding for the Trail Blazers, so far, Gan Guoyang's play is very average, the domineering at the beginning of the first quarter was blown away by a few whistles, he only got 8 points and 4 rebounds, and the points were all obtained in the first half of the first quarter.

And at the beginning of the third quarter, Parrish had already thrown three mid-range shots on Gan Guoyang's shot, and Gan Guoyang was tormented by their passing.

Gan Guoyang, who disappeared for almost a quarter and a half, drank water off the field, his mood was extremely depressed, and the other teammates played very well, but now he has become a dragger.

"Hey Gan, don't be hot-headed, do your job, we need your defense, don't be distracted by their dazzling passes." Ramsey looked at Gan Guoyang with a look of indignation, knowing that this guy was about to start fighting.

"Don't worry, I know what to do, trust me, Mr. Ramsay." Gan Guoyang said with a determined face.

At the end of the timeout, the Celtics players took to the court to the cheers of the fans, ready to step up and completely turn the momentum back.

But they didn't know that a disaster awaited them.

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When people talked about this game in later days, two things were most often mentioned: one was that it was the only loss in 41 home games for the Celtics in the 1985-1986 season, when they had a staggering 40-1 record in Boston Garden Square.

And the second point is that Gan Guoyang broke out without warning in the third quarter, and he seemed to suddenly break free from the constraints after being blocked in many ways, and began to score continuously under the basket, and when he hit 10 consecutive balls to score 20 points, the Celtics woke up and wrapped it up, but it was too late.

Gan Guoyang's sudden eruption was like a sudden earthquake, tsunami or landslide, but later people are still accustomed to calling it a "solar storm", and he put Boston Garden Square in a state of failure.

The 31 points in a single quarter were just one goal shy of George Gervin's record of 33 points in a single quarter, but as a center, that score was terrible enough that he completely destroyed the Celtics' attempts to turn the game back in the third quarter.

After the game, someone interviewed Gan Guoyang and asked him why he suddenly broke out, and when he shot so many balls, Gan Guoyang's answer was very simple.

"Because the basket is there."