In the game with the Eagles, all the main players of the Trail Blazers played abnormally, including Gan Guoyang.

In the first half, Gan Guoyang only scored 8 points on 3-of-10 shooting, but still grabbed 7 rebounds, and the other players who started added up to score no more than 20 points, and the team fell into an embarrassing collective dumbfire.

At the end of the first half, the Trail Blazers scored a measly 44 points, trailing the Hawks by 14 points and worse than the previous game against the Bullets.

For a professional team, this happens several times a season, and bad hand feels can spread like a contagion to every player, when no tactics can reverse the team's decline.

However, it's often when the bench players shine, and the Trail Blazers are no exception.

With all the starters in poor form, Ramsey made a decisive substitution and in the second half, he again used the young duo of Colt and Terry Porter at the back, to unexpected effect.

The two young men played well on the outside, constantly using the cover of their teammates to fire on the outside, and these two small steel cannons on the outside supported the outside attack of the Blazers.

By the time the game was interrupted in the third quarter, the two had combined for 30 points and helped the Trail Blazers close the deficit to seven points.

The biggest attack that the Hawks were able to lead the Trail Blazers in the first half was their number one star, Dominic Wilkins, a stunningly physical small forward who ignored the Trail Blazers' perimeter defense and scored easily with an ugly but accurate half-volley.

Gan Guoyang looked at Wilkins' weird posture of slightly bent legs when he jumped and shot, and thought of Drexler, but Drexler's shooting percentage was really much worse than Wilkins's.

In the second half, Ramsey switched to Cauchy to defend Wilkins, and Cauchy, like Wilkins, is a bouncing maniac who has participated in the dunk contest, and compared to Vanderwich, Cauchy has no loss in terms of physical fitness.

What's more, Cauchy has been focused on defending Wilkins since he came on the court, and there is no scoring pressure in the offense, which makes it much more difficult to score for the essence of human movies.

In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers, who have always been known for their offense, relied on their own defense to catch up with the score, and the young players were obviously more motivated and willing to work hard in defense.

In this way, the Trail Blazers trailed the Hawks by 69 points at the end of the third quarter, and although the Trail Blazers only scored 25 points in the third quarter, an average score, he only allowed the Hawks to score 17 points, which is an extremely low score.

"Good boys, we're going to need that energy and hard work to carry it over into the fourth quarter. But our offense is still terrible, we don't feel good, we don't shoot some simple balls, so okay, then we're going to make those shots easier, and if they don't get in, then you don't have to play in the NBA anymore. Therefore, more breakthroughs, more blocking and dismantling, the Eagle's anti-blocking and dismantling is not doing well, we have to make good use of it. Ramsey repeatedly stressed the need for players to play success and get as close to the basket as possible when they don't feel good.

Porter, Colter, and Cauchy are all young and strong, and rushing is their strength, and Ramsey also put Gan Guoyang and Sampson on the court, letting them both be the anchors of the interior line, and if the impact of the substitute players in the fourth quarter fails, the two can finally be a buffer.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Dominic Wilkins missed a jump shot under the sandwich of Cauchy and Porter, and Gan Guoyang grabbed the rebound and passed the ball to launch a counterattack.

Porter dribbled in quickly from the left, but the Hawks' return defense was very fast, and all players quickly shrank to near the three-second zone, and it seems that the Hawks' coach Mike Flatello also knew that the Trail Blazers had to fight back at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

At this time, Porter dribbled to near the three-point line and was unguarded, and Doug Rivers, who was defending him, was still on his way back, when Porter suddenly shot outside the three-point line, a three-pointer!

"This kid is crazy!" Ramsey stood on the sidelines and almost rushed up to give Porter a kick, he told him to pay attention to the success rate after playing, to play more cover, to break through more, and in the blink of an eye Porter made a three-pointer.

Even when no one was guarded, NBA players at the time rarely shot three-pointers, and the shooting percentage was too low, and Porter had already tried a three-pointer in the first half, but it was a hasty shot when there was not enough time to attack.

Gan Guoyang had already squeezed under the basket to grab the frontcourt rebound, he and the "short-armed eagle" Kevin Willis were mixed together, looking up at the basket, but only hearing the sound of "swish", the ball went in!

Terry Porter grabbed a three-pointer in the transition between offense and defense! Ramsey's hands that were originally raised on the sidelines could only be reluctantly put down, and when Potter passed by Ramsey, Ramsay shook his head at Potter, but didn't say anything.

Potter knew that if he hadn't scored the ball, he would have been sprayed by Ramsey when he came back, but the ball went in and everything was easy to say.

"This guy has a lot of guts." Gan Guoyang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Potter's thick nerves and big heart really don't look like a rookie at the end of the first round.

After this three-point shot, the score gap between the two sides was reduced to three points, and the Trail Blazers players could already feel that the bright end was within reach.

However, the Eagles also flew out of the Eagles, No. 4 Sparty Webb!

Webber, who is only 170 tall, suddenly accelerated and changed direction during the counterattack and broke into the interior line of the Trail Blazers, Gan Guoyang didn't have time to react, and was caught off guard by Weber and made a successful layup.

"Beep!" The referee's whistle also sounded, and Gan Guoyang was awarded a foul and a chance to score three points.

Gan Guoyang knew that his ball was indeed fouled, so he had no choice but to argue with the referee, so he could only shake his head and watch Webb go to the free throw line.

Webb hit a free throw and hit a three-pointer to make it six points clearer for the Hawks.

At the start of the fourth quarter, two young rookies at point guard became the brightest figures of their respective teams, with Porter and Webb suddenly becoming the center of attention, scoring back-to-back points and alternating scores on the scoreboard.

Webb, who was the shortest in the league at the time, was in a state of insolvence in the fourth quarter tonight, making three consecutive breakaways.

Gan Guoyang did not dare to make up for the defense with all his strength due to the foul factor, and the Trail Blazers were also defenseless against Webb's sudden outburst, and too much energy was put on Wilkins and was caught off guard.

Porter also gave the Eagles no choice, and he relied on a cover to dare to fire from the 20-foot perimeter, and he could still go in.

The main players of both sides suddenly became supporting roles, watching these two young men express themselves on the field.

However, in the final moments of the game, it was up to the main players to end the game.

With three minutes left and the Trail Blazers trailing the Hawks by four points 99-103, Ramsey called a timeout to set up a crucial offense.

Ramsey's attacking tactics were very simple, with Vanderwig playing alone with the ball on the right side.

Vanderwig's hands were cold all day, but Ramsey trusted the best pitcher on the perimeter until the final moments.

At this time, Gan Guoyang has already committed five fouls, and at such a time, the Eagles will not give Gan Guoyang a chance to play alone on the inside.

After the timeout, Vanderwig relied on the cover to receive the touchline ball on the right side, and in the face of Wilkins' defense, Vanderwich made a wonderful tentative step to make an emergency stop-and-go jumper, hitting an 18-foot jumper at a zero degree angle to narrow the gap to 2 points!

"Well done!" At such a moment, Gan Guoyang also forgot about Van Dewicki's whole game, and he still trusted the outside super scorer very much in his heart.

"Watch defensive! Be sure to hold on to this ball! Ramsey yelled that the Trail Blazers were still two points behind, after all.

Ramsey's biggest concern is Vanderwig's defense on the perimeter, he can score goals, but he can also let opponents score, and that's what makes him cute and hateful.

Sure enough, Wilkins was thrown by Van Dewig, and immediately broke through with the ball and hit a pull-up jump shot at the corner position, and the difference became 4 points again.

The atmosphere at Amini Arena in Atlanta was at a fever pitch, with everyone looking forward to a battle between Van de Verwich and Wilkins on the outside.

Vanderwig lived up to expectations, stepped back on the three-point line and hit a jumper at the top of the arc! The difference narrowed to two points.

The key to the Trailblazers must be to guard against one.

"Colt back! One stop back! Don't leave too much room in the midline! Gan Guoyang commanded under the basket, and he was also very nervous with five fouls on his back, and he asked Colter to shrink and block the route in the middle.

This worked, Wilkins was too superstitious about his own feel, he saw the Trail Blazers' defense shrink so badly, and he directly received the ball at a position of 45 degrees and 18 feet.

Gan Guoyang knew that the direction of the ball was deflected, obviously to the left.

Gan Guoyang pushed the Eagles center Rollins under the basket - the 7-foot-1, 255-pound inside big man caused Gan Guoyang huge problems tonight.

This time, Gan Guoyang grabbed the best position under the basket and jumped hard to pocket the backcourt rebound, and there was still more than a minute left before the end of the game.

"Beep!" At this point, the referee's whistle blew again, and Ramsey called a timeout, the last timeout of the game.

Ramsey replaced Colt at the timeout with the more experienced Valentine, who also had five fouls and could be sent off at any time.

The Trail Blazers once again played the same tactics of double cover on the right side as in the previous game, Gan Guoyang received Valentin's serve, and then passed back to Valentin, who relied on Gan Guoyang and Sampson's cover to go straight to the basket.

This time, Valentine also handed the ball to Gan Guoyang, who moved horizontally to the top of the arc, and after Gan Guoyang received the ball, his hand fell and the arc top jumper hit! This is the deadliest position of his jump shot! In the last game and bullets, and even the NCAA lore Houston, Gan Guoyang shot a key shot in this position! The Eagles were careless!

“yes！ yes！ After the goal, Gan Guoyang clenched his fists and roared, he played average throughout the game, and only scored 19 points in this goal, but this was a golden goal.

The two sides are tied.

The Eagles called a timeout, leaving them with 49 seconds left.

"Block all the breakthrough passages!" It was a phrase that Ramsey repeated during the pause, when his forehead was already covered with beads of sweat.

But Ramsey forgot to emphasize one point, which is to protect the rebounding ball in the backcourt, and the Trail Blazers successfully blocked an attack from the Hawks, but the Hawks grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt, and they were able to organize another offense.

Sparti Webb has become the Eagles' killer weapon again at this time! He was too short and fast, but he still broke through the Blazers' already imtight defense line at once and went straight to the inside.

Valentine's defense was out of position, and he had no choice but to use his body to top Webb, but the referee blew the whistle, Valentine made six fouls, and Webb went to the free throw line!

“**！” Ramsey, who has always been foul-mouthed, couldn't help it, obviously a successful defense, but fell into passivity because he lost the rebound.

But Webber left the Trail Blazers with a chance to live, after all, he was still a rookie, and his mental quality was unstable, and as a result, the Hawks only led by one point after hitting one of two free throws.

But the Trail Blazers didn't have a timeout, they had to serve in the backcourt, and the clock only had 5.9 seconds left!

Fans on the sidelines want the clock to go faster, and Trail Blazers players want to stop time.

What's worse is that the Trail Blazers are about to run out of balls! Gan Guoyang stood on the sideline and sweated urgently!

Just when the referee was on the side for a few seconds, Gan Guoyang saw Colter near the middle line, who came on as a substitute after Valentine was sent off!

Colter played very well in this game, scoring 18 points, and it was up to him and Porter to support the Trail Blazers' offense in the third quarter.

Gan Guoyang couldn't care so much, and threw the ball directly to the middle line!

Although Colt is not tall, he is much taller than Webb, and he jumps to catch the ball over Webb!

Colt landed on the ground and turned around from the middle and went straight to the basket!

Rollins was waiting for him under the basket.

Colter broke through for a layup and was knocked to the ground by Rollins, at which point the referee did not blow the whistle.

Colt lost his balance and was about to fall to the ground, but he threw the ball to the basket at the last minute!

"Phew!" Colt collapsed to the floor.

At this time, he looked up, only to see that the ball had rolled twice on the basket, and the timer buzzer had sounded.

"Huh~"

Ball in!