Although Gan Guoyang felt that Ramsey and Adelman were fooling him, he did not relax his observation of any details on the court.

From the second quarter onwards, both the Trail Blazers and Celtics transitioned with a second lineup led by a major player.

The Boston-Celtics are one of the few teams in the entire NBA that is predominantly white, and half of the players on the team are white.

Three of the five players who are usually on the court at the last minute are white, which is unique in the context of the gradual domination of the NBA by blacks.

Of course, this also has something to do with Boston's poor racial environment, which caused most black players to be reluctant to play there, knowing that at that time, black players sometimes added the option of "veto being traded to Boston".

Therefore, a predominantly white team will inevitably give people the stereotype of "slow and soft", and at this time, the Celtics will use a seemingly slow and soft lineup to entangle with the Trail Blazers on the court.

However, under Bird's leadership, the Celtics' offense was surprisingly efficient, using some simple small combinations to open the Trail Blazers' defense again and again, and constantly grabbing points with layups and jumpers.

In comparison, the Trail Blazers' second team played more averagely, and there was no need for defensive strength, and in the offense, they clearly didn't find a feeling.

In the face of the Celtics' shrinking defensive strategy that does not come out of the interior, the Trail Blazers' response is to shoot from the outside.

Colt, Drexler, and Cauchy took turns firing from mid-range, but their shots were all out of the box, and the whole offense fell into a one-on-one and piecemeal shot.

At first, Drexler was able to score a few goals on his own, but when the Trail Blazers were shooting more, their shooting percentage dropped.

At this time, Celtic seized the opportunity again and launched a counterattack.

In the third minute of the second quarter, Drexler missed a jumper at the top of the arc, Larry Bird won the backcourt rebound, he dribbled a few steps faster, a long pass threw the ball across the half court, the ball accurately passed to Angie's hands, Angie used his experience to squeeze away to keep up with Colter, and the left hand layup was successful.

After this goal was scored, the score had become 35:34, and the Celtics were only one point behind the Trail Blazers, who only scored six points in more than three minutes, while the Celtics scored 12 points, twice as many as the Trail Blazers.

Ramsey immediately called a timeout and he touched his forehead on the sidelines, clearly unhappy with the performance of his players.

"Clyde still has a lot to learn, he doesn't quite know how to be a leader and play a role on the pitch, and of course, Gan is the same." Adelman saw the scene on the field and said to Gan Guoyang.

"Clyde is doing pretty well...... But we think we should play more inside and be tougher and not shoot from the outside. Gan Guoyang expressed his opinion, and he also found that at the beginning of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers' mid-range shooting seemed to be too much.

"We're stuck in those white, damn soft rhythms, don't shoot with them, don't let go of the blocking of the passing lanes, our interior should be working, not just covering. Gan is ready to play, remember to go up and score, we need points, or Paxson. 'Ramsey is starting to adjust the squad and he's already seen what's wrong.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the team was in the lead, and the Celtics didn't seem to be in a hurry to slow down, so the Trail Blazers also fell into this slow and soft rhythm.

But the Trail Blazers didn't have a good offensive starting point and finish, and they played too loosely, unlike the Celtics who were tightly around Bird.

And once the Trail Blazers' offense was stuck, Bird immediately realized that the opportunity had come, and began to speed up the offensive rhythm to counterattack, and scored several points in a row, suddenly closing the score and bringing back the momentum.

Bird was like a transmission, he not only gave the Celtics a shift, but also affected the acceleration of the Trail Blazers.

"What about my assists?" Gan Guoyang took off his sports jacket and asked Ramsey before going on the court.

'You have to learn to solve problems on your own, I can only give directions, but the opponent will also react, and you players need to control what the situation is. Remember, we need energy in the attack, and that's how we solved it, come on. ”

Gan Guoyang listened to Ramsey's words, and went on the court in a fog, Gan Guoyang felt that playing basketball was really hard for the first time, and he still had to think about so many questions, or it was best to listen to the coach without thinking about anything before.

He still misses the life of a game where he doesn't care about anything on the court, just scores and grabs rebounds.

Because Gan Guoyang is still unclear, this kind of thinking and observation is an important step for him to start the road to superstardom.

With a score of 35:34, what the Trail Blazers need most now is to score, Gan Guoyang and Paxson have two stable scoring points, one inside and one outside, which immediately alleviated the Trail Blazers' scoring drought after they came on the court.

Gan Guoyang is undoubtedly a much greater threat than Norris on the inside, and Paxson is not like Drexler, who has a little bit of a mid-range shot, if he dares to let him shoot, he can really shoot his opponent to death.

But as Ramsey said, the Celtics will respond, and Coach K.C. Jones' response is to send Kevin McHale on the court to guard Gan Guoyang one-on-one.

Like Gan Guoyang, McHale is also 6-foot-10 tall and also has exaggerated long arms, except that he plays the position of power forward, while Gan Guoyang is the center.

So Gan Guoyang has an advantage in weight and strength, while McHale has a better experience advantage.

As in the previous game, Ramsey sent Mitchell Sampson to contain McHale, and it still worked well, McHale didn't make anything in the first quarter, and was replaced by Coach Jones after a few minutes on the court.

K.C. Jones had the idea of replacing McHale, he wanted McHale to avoid Sampson and let him play against Gan Guoyang when Sampson was away.

At this moment, Gan Guoyang began to encounter some trouble on the offensive end, and McHale began to constantly use the defense around the front to prevent Gan Guoyang from receiving the ball, and Gan Guoyang wanted to receive the ball, he had to go to the high post.

As soon as he reached the high position, Gan Guoyang's offensive threat dropped greatly, and his ability to respond can only be said to be okay, and it was okay to pass the ball to a cover transition, and let him sort out the Trail Blazers' offense, which was really difficult for him.

Defensively, McHale bared his sharp fangs, and his offense in the low post was varied, and whether it was Kenny Carr or Gan Guoyang, one-on-one defense could not cover him.

At the same time, Bird began to be like a loose fairy on the court, his passing was always undestructive, and often one of his passes could pull away the Trail Blazers' defense and make the Trail Blazers players take care of one or the other.

Obviously, the situation on the court began to tilt on the side of the Celtics again, as Bird received a pass from McHale outside the three-point line and shot with his open hand, 45:47, the Celtics overtook by two points!

At this point, it feels like the Trail Blazers are about to call a timeout again, and their offense has improved slightly, but the defense seems to have gone wrong again, and it's time to replace Sampson.

Gan Guoyang ran to the bottom line with the ball, and he saw that the players on both sides began to walk lazily on the field, and suddenly his mind moved.

"Colter, don't call a timeout, give me the ball as soon as you finish serving." Gan Guoyang whispered to Colter.

In a game, a timeout can be called by either the coach or the player, as in this case, the point guard will usually call a short timeout on behalf of the coach to defuse the situation after receiving the ball.

Colter was also about to catch the ball and call a timeout, but as soon as he heard Gan Guoyang's words, he didn't know what this guy wanted to do.

Colter has always listened to Gan Guoyang in the team, even in the game, Gan Guoyang asked Colt to pass the ball, and Colt would pass it eighty percent.

Sure enough, Colter did not stop the ball and call a timeout after taking the ball and slowly dribbling forward a few steps, but passed the ball to Gan Guoyang, who was rushing forward!

Gan Guoyang is like a running forward in football, after the quarterback can't pass the ball, he directly takes the ball in the backcourt and rushes alone.

He surprised everyone, including Ramsey, who got up from the bench and prepared to set up the team's defense.

And the Celtics players are even more unprepared, as soon as they see Bird's three-point team overtake, the Trail Blazers must be calling a timeout, and everyone is ready to take a breather.

Who knew that Gan Guoyang, the center, actually dribbled the ball himself and rushed towards the front court.

When he reacted, Gan Guoyang had already passed Bird and Anji on the outside, these two guys were relatively slow after all.

Gan Guoyang's dribbling is not fancy, in the NBA, he can't play with such a center of gravity like on the street, but he dribbled very steadily and quickly crossed the free throw line.

At this time, the only person standing in front of him was Kevin McHale!

McHale looked at Gan Guoyang and rushed over like a tank, knowing that the cap must not work, as long as he jumped, it might be two plus one.

So McHale put his legs together and stood under the basket, just waiting for Gan Guoyang to rush over and make him an offensive foul.

When Gan Guoyang's body hit McHale, McHale felt a little regretful in his heart, this time it was really not light, and McHale could feel that he was flying backwards.

"Bang!" "Bang!" The sound of basketballs being bowled was accompanied by the sound of McHale falling to the ground.

"Beep!" Immediately after that, the referee's whistle blew.

McHale lay on the ground and watched the referee's gestures, and he crossed his hips!

The referee crossed the waist, which means that it was McHale's blocking foul! Gan Guoyang scored the ball and scored three points!

The entire memorial gymnasium is boiling, and Gan Guoyang's backcourt dribbles a dragon! Fans began waving all sorts of slogans to celebrate the wonderful goal.

Ramsey stood on the sidelines and watched Gan Guoyang and his teammates high-five one by one, so he could only shake his head.

"This kid always likes to solve problems in his own way."

But Adelman, who was sitting on the bench, thought: "Maybe that's where Gan's real talent lies." ”