"You are the heart of the attack at the beginning, take advantage of this time and opportunities, and it will be difficult for you to score again when you run on both sides. < Fire & Ice #Chinese"

Gan Guoyang's mind remembered Ramsey's "pure teaching" to him yesterday, when he was standing in the center of the Memorial Stadium, in front of the center of the Denver Nuggets, Wayne Cooper, the Trail Blazers and Nuggets game was about to begin.

This series can be said to be full of highlights, the Nuggets main players Fatleaf and Calvin Knight, who were players on the Trail Blazers team last year, are now in the "enemy camp".

The Trail Blazers' top scorer this year, Vanderwicki, is a veteran of the Nuggets, compared to the Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers, who don't have much suspense, such a matchup will inevitably attract the attention of the whole United States.

The regular season record is no longer a reference, and the playoffs are definitely a new competition.

"Get ready, boys, it's time for the game to begin." It was the referee of the game, Jack O'Donnell, who stood in the center circle with the ball to remind Gan Guoyang and Cooper.

O'Donnell is one of the NBA's famous whistles, and he has a lot of experience in blowing penalty games, with as many as 100 NBA playoff blowing experience, and the league assigned this referee to enforce this game, which also fully shows the level of attention this round of the series.

Seeing that Gan Guoyang and Cooper were ready, O'Donnell threw the ball into the air, and the game officially began.

The Nuggets are one of the few teams in the entire league, or the only one, that is a notch lower than the Trail Blazers in terms of frontcourt height.

Their center, Wayne Cooper, is 6-foot-1o like Gan, while power forward, former Trail Blazers player Calvin Knight, is a 6-foot-6 interior diminutive.

So when Gan Guoyang was the first to spot the ball in the air, he took advantage of the situation to move the ball to Kenny Carr's side, and Karl had the upper hand in the battle with his old friend Knight, easily getting the ball, and the Trail Blazers took the lead in possession.

"I'm sorry, Calvin, I stole your ball, maybe I was too tall." Karl smiled at Knight after passing the ball to Valentine.

Carl was teammates with Knight for two years with the Trail Blazers, and Knight played at the small forward position on the team at that time, and he was on the court with Carl, but the relationship between the two off the court was very average, because Knight actually preferred to play the power forward position, although his height was only about the same as that of a guard.

So, Carl, a guy who likes to joke, often jokes about Knight's height, and as a result, the two have a bad relationship.

Of course, in the final analysis, it comes down to the different personalities of the two, Carl is loose and outgoing, and likes to run to bars to have fun when he has nothing to do; Knight, on the other hand, never goes to a bar, but chooses to go to clubs or museums to spend time, and even go to the morgue to chat with the funeral director.

Now that Knight has arrived at the Nuggets, he has finally played the power forward position, and has also relied on his excellent swing to enter the All-Star, and every time he plays against the Trail Blazers, Knight will rivet his strength to have a good fight with Kenny Carr.

Of course, the one who is taught a lesson is often Carl.

Knight ignored Karl's provocation and instead came to halfcourt to settle down and prepare to defend against the Trail Blazers' first offense.

As a team with insufficient height and no strong interior line, the Nuggets play fast is their only way out, and positional defense is what they are not good at and hate the most.

And what they hate even more is that the opponent has a strong inside line that overturns the river and the sea in the three-second zone, and in the last round, an old train Gilmore made the Nuggets want to die, and almost broke the halberd.

In the first attack of the Trail Blazers, Gan Guoyang made a block with Drexler in a very deep position, and then turned around to avoid Cooper's defense after receiving the ball, and made a successful layup with his right hand to score the first point for the Trail Blazers!

"Easy and enjoyable scoring, pleasing pick-and-roll, Gan and Drexler, with skillful cooperation, easily tore apart the Nuggets' defense, and hit a two-point layup." Portland fans will be able to listen to Seanley's live commentary on the radio.

But Gan Guoyang didn't feel relaxed after the goal, he knew that it was not difficult to score against the Nuggets, but scoring alone could not easily win the death, and the Nuggets must not score, which was even more difficult.

In terms of scorers per game alone, the Denver Nuggets are the No. 1 offensive powerhouse this season, they are the only team in the league to average 12o points per game, and their firepower is stronger than the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Portland Trail Blazers can only rank third with 117 points.

Unlike the Los Angeles Lakers, who relied on fast breaks and powerful low-post singles, and the Portland Trail Blazers, who combined various scoring methods, the Denver Nuggets are a veritable "jump shot team".

This team relies on and loves the jump shot so much that all four of their five players, except for center Cooper, are all jump shooters, and the Nuggets' tactics are also for the jump shot.

Needless to say, the fast break is the magic weapon of all teams, and in positional battles, the Nuggets gave up on the low post and focused their offense on the corner, 45 degrees and mid-range shots at the top of the arc.

After landing on the ground, the Nuggets began to repeatedly reverse run and cover, and the ball would be passed back and forth between the strong and weak sides until the opponent loosened in the defense, and then the Nuggets player who received the ball would end the offense with a mid-range jumper.

It's a deceptively simple offense, but it's a huge test of a player's shooting ability, and everyone on the Nuggets team has the ability to shoot jumpers with precision from inside the three-point line.

"Calvin Knight, dribble, jump shot! The ball went in, and Knight's shot at the top of the arc hit it easily. ”

Knight received a pass at the top of the arc, and he hesitated for a moment to prepare for the pass, but the Trail Blazers' defensive markers were tight and didn't have too many good passing opportunities.

As soon as Knight saw Carl in front of him again, he was also angry, and immediately held the ball to make a breakthrough, and then suddenly pulled up a jump shot after rushing forward, and hit the shot. 2：2。

Gan Guoyang immediately took the ball to the bottom line, and this time the defense ended without even touching the opponent's hair.

But on the offensive end, Gan Guoyang is an important force to be reckoned with, and this time he began to play in the low post on the left side.

It is okay that Wayne Cooper is the same height as Gan Guoyang, but he is thinner than Gan Guoyang, and his strength is not at the same level as Gan Guoyang, and Gan Guoyang easily stuck his position very deep on the left side.

Valentine passed the ball to Gan Guoyang, Gan Guoyang dribbled and squeezed in, and hit a small hook with his left hand, which was another easy score.

But the Nuggets immediately responded with a shot, and Knight went around the inside to a 45-degree position on the left side, caught the ball and hit a jumper, a CS, and Kenny Carr was a little more difficult to get Knight on his feet.

"What's the use of being tall, big guys?" After scoring four points in a row, Knight said to Carl, who had been laughing at him earlier.

The four offenses of the two sides in the opening did not look like a playoff game at all, there was no fierce confrontation, no desperate breakthroughs, no blocks, steals and dunks, the Trail Blazers relied on Gan Guoyang to crush the Nuggets' interior line, and the Nuggets used simple jumpers to hit back the opponent painlessly.

However, all the players on both sides know that this is just the calm before the storm, as if the plane is about to take off slowly from the runway, and these two pole teams are slowly adding at this time.

It was Gan Guoyang, but he still showed his good condition at the beginning.

"Gan went around to the left, caught the ball, hooked the left hand, hit! Another left-handed hook, it's rare to see Gan use his left hand to hook in a game, is this his secret weapon in this game? "Shaunley has not lost a game at the Trail Blazers' home court this season, but it is rare to see Gan Guoyang use his left hand.

In fact, Gan Guoyang has been practicing his left-handed technique, just like his shooting, which feels very good in training, but when it comes to the game, it is not the same thing.

Now playing against the Nuggets, the Nuggets' interior is weak, and Gan Guoyang will open the knife to Venn Cooper and let him taste the taste of the left hand hook.

In addition to scoring three goals in a row in the opening game, Gan Guoyang also received Valentin's steal, scored a dunk directly in the front court, and picked up two points for nothing.

The game started uneventfully for 3 minutes, with the Trail Blazers leading the Nuggets by six points at 1o:4, and the Nuggets head coach, Dodge Mo, who looked like a mad scientist, immediately called a timeout.

Looks like he's going to give the Nuggets a catch.

On the Trail Blazers' side, Ramsey made a substitution decision, he directly replaced Gan Guoyang and replaced him with Mitchell Sampson.

"Oh, Gan was substituted, Gan, who scored eight points in a row, was replaced by Sampson, I don't know what Coach Ramsay thinks, doesn't he want Gan to continue to press the Nuggets' interior line?" Shaunley was also puzzled by Ramsay's substitution.

The fans at the scene watched Gan being replaced, and they didn't know what medicine was sold in Ramsay's gourd.

The short timeout ended quickly, and Dodger Mo was also a little surprised to see Ramsey replace Gan Guoyang, he had just asked for a pinching attack on Gan Guoyang during the timeout, but Ramsey directly replaced Gan Guoyang.

Dodger Mo quickly understood Ramsey's thoughts, after getting through the tentative phase of the offense, the Nuggets will definitely attack after 3 minutes, and the Trail Blazers' shooting percentage will definitely drop slightly, then the Nuggets will get a quick counterattack opportunity again and again.

Similarly, the Trailblazers will not miss any opportunity to counterattack quickly, and both sides will inevitably drive high kilometers, and then Gan Guoyang's big tank will be a little cumbersome. Gan Guoyang's average of 11 points and 8 rebounds per game against the Nuggets in the regular season proves this.

Unless it's time to fight the bayonet, no matter how fast and flexible Gan Guoyang is in regular time, he can't keep up with the rhythm of both sides.

In Ramsay's words, "Gan, you're not strong enough to change the pace of the game, and at that point, you can kill the Nuggets alone, but not now." ”

"Alright Jack, let's start attacking as much as we want." Dodge - Don't think about it.

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