"This is the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, and it's about to start Game 3 of the 1989 playoffs Western Conference semifinals, and tonight will be a pivotal game for the Suns. Now, the Suns' players are starting to enter! ”

On May 13th, the third game of the Portland Trail Blazers Phoenix Suns will soon start at the full Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, as the away team's Trail Blazers completed the entrance ceremony in a cold spot, this is Phoenix but not Oakland, even if Gan Guoyang played, there was no cheer at all, but a lot of boos.

When the Suns players began to enter, the scene began to erupt in huge cheers, and at the same time, every fan in the stadium had a white towel in their hands, and the more than 20,000 spectators in the stadium waved the white towel, and the scene looked quite spectacular.

Gan Guoyang stood on the field, but he didn't think it was spectacular, and thought silently in his heart: "Are they surrendering to us?" ”

Gan Guoyang thought about it in his heart, but the Suns did not have the slightest intention of surrendering, in the first two games, the Suns were beaten quite badly in Portland, and their offensive second in the league did not swing out at all, but was suppressed by the league's first offensive Trailblazers with defense, and after returning to the home court, relying on the momentum and advantage of the home court, the Suns will inevitably fight back.

"Gan is standing near the center circle and looks quite at ease, and now he's comfortable staying in the power forward position, which is really better for his power, and he's making the Suns suffer a lot in both the offensive and defensive ranges, and judging by his regular performances, he might also be able to win the best defensive player." Tonight's commentary is again Dick Stockton, who currently occupies the main share of netBa broadcasts.

If Gan Guoyang wins the best defensive player and then wins the mVp, he will become the second athlete to win the regular season mVp and the best defensive player, the last one being Michael Jordan last year.

The game officially started in a scrum, with Mark West touching the ball from Duckworth again, and Kevin Johnson lightning ahead of Terry Porter to keep the ball in his hands, and the Suns were about to get the ball on their first offense.

"Johnson gave the ball to Hornacek, Hornacek was directing the offense, he put the ball back to Johnson, Johnson and Tom Chambers blocked, Johnson passed to Tom Chambers, the Trail Blazers defense was misplaced! Chambers drives to the basket with the ball! Left hand toss hit! The referee's whistle blew and caused a foul on Gan! ”

The Suns' first goal came quickly, Kevin Johnson and Tom Chambers made a block and pick and roll cooperation outside the right three-point line, this time the block and pick and tear cooperation was quite good, which directly caused the misplaced defense, Terry Porter went to defend Chambers, Gan Guoyang didn't have time to change defenses with Porter, Chambers directly held the ball to break through the middle, relying on Porter to throw with his left hand.

Gan Guoyang wanted to step forward to interfere with Chambers, but squeezed Chambers' body in defense, and the referee decisively blew a foul, although Gan Guoyang stepped forward to explain to the referee, but it was useless, Phoenix's home field, you can only admit it.

Chambers scored a very important goal, not only played three points successfully, but also caused Gan Guoyang's foul, you must know that in the first two games, Chambers against Gan Guoyang was a complete defeat, one-on-one eating was not successful, but the defense was eaten alive by Gan Guoyang, a back hook, Chambers did not have any way.

Now, Chambers scored a goal and drew a foul right into the game, which obviously bodes well for the Suns.

The fans at the scene also waved the white towel in their hands frantically, and Chambers hit the free throw line steadily.

Back on offense, Terry Porter carefully guarded the ball across half court, staring at Kevin Johnson with his back to advance before lobbing the ball from beyond the three-pointer to Gan Guoyang, who was already ready in the low post.

"In this game, the Suns started to let Mark West defend Gan, Gan held the ball, went to the middle, chose a hook on the left hand, and the ball didn't go in! Rebound! Hornacek got the ball and passed to Kevin Johnson before he fell, and the Suns fought back! ”

Gan Guoyang was a little anxious about this goal, although Mark West was a big mouth, and he shouted before the game that this game must be won at home, but West's defensive skills are still there, at least his ability to defend his back is much stronger than Chambers, he put the bottom line fief very dead and let Gan Guoyang go to the middle, Gan Guoyang chose to grasp the left hand hook that is not the biggest, but the ball hit the basket and did not score, Mark West immediately stuck Gan Guoyang, and he didn't grab the rebound, he just stuck Gan Guoyang, As a result, Hornacek jumped from the sidelines and got the rebound.

This offense and defense, Gan Guoyang knew in his heart that compared with the first two games, the Sun's preparation was very sufficient, and the first two away games were just finished with Heyin, so the Sun's preparation was insufficient, and everything was in accordance with the conventional routine, but the result was beaten by the targeted Pioneers.

This is back to having to win, and it is home again, so the Suns are naturally more prepared.

"Kevin Johnson made a long pass to the frontcourt, Tom Chambers took the ball, faced Cauchy, he made a feint and hit the board to shoot! The ball is in! ”

The Suns' counterattack came very quickly, and it was Tom Chambers again, because he no longer had to defend Gan Guoyang, so he had the opportunity to participate in the fast attack, and he was the first to take the lead in this ball, Duckworth couldn't keep up with him, so he had to defend him.

But Cauchy's height was not enough, Chambers shook off Cauchy with a cross-step feint at a position 1o feet away from the basket, and then leaned forward to hit the board and shot, although the score was quite reluctant, but the two points were really in hand.

The cheers on the scene were even louder, the Suns opened with a strong momentum, and the Trail Blazers were obviously a little confused, the shot just now was a typical situation where a high interior team was chased and beaten by a fast team, which Adelman wanted to try his best to avoid.

Now, whether the Trail Blazers want to continue to play Gan Guoyang is to think about it, because if Gan Guoyang can't score, Tom Chambers will go down quickly, Duckworth can't keep up, and the other players who keep up are not tall enough, and they are likely to be unable to cover Chambers, so they will be seized by Chambers.

"Gan asked for the ball on the left side this time, he was going to continue to play in the low post, Drexler passed the ball to Gan in the half, Gan dribbled and turned, and the left-handed throw! West fouled and the referee's whistle blew. ”

This time it was West's turn to complain, and he felt that he had not committed a foul on the ball, but the referee thought that he had hit Gan Guoyang in the arm.

Gan Guoyang wanted to go to the free throw line, at this time he was also a little anxious in his heart, because he felt that the sun was very targeted to his defense, just two balls, the first ball was on the right side, Mark West blocked the bottom line to let him go on the line, the second ball was on the right side, he let go of the bottom line and let him go, the result was that these two balls Gan Guoyang used his left hand to complete the handling of the ball.

It stands to reason that Gan Guoyang's left-handed level is almost the same as his right-handed, in the past, he could score more than 20 points with his left hand in a game, but now it is the playoffs, and the left hand is always less flexible than the right hand.

Gan Guoyang feels that his hand in this game may not be as good as the first two games, the feel of this thing is like a big aunt, there are always a few days a month that make you uncomfortable, and naturally there will be a few games with poor offense, so far in the playoffs five games, Gan Guoyang's hand feels amazing, and now he feels a little bad.

"Gan's first penalty...... Didn't go in, the ball fell out. ”

Gan Guoyang's first penalty missed, and the shouts of the audience were about to hurt his eardrums, and it seemed that his offensive touch was really not good.

Gan Guoyang still hit the second penalty, 5:1, and the Trailblazers got the first point of the game, a free throw from Gan Guoyang.

"Hold the inside, leave it to me outside, don't let them rush to grab rebounds." Gan Guoyang ordered Duckworth when he returned to defense, Duckworth nodded, if there was anything that the Trail Blazers did badly in the first two games, it was the protection of backcourt rebounds, Gan Guoyang because of a large number of wandering defense, the inside Duckworth did not have Gan Guoyang's strong backcourt rebounding control, and the Sun grabbed a lot of frontcourt rebounds.

But this time, the Suns' offense was different from the previous two games, Kevin Johnson and Tom Chambers once again did a block outside the three-point line on the right side, but after the block was completed, Porter and Gan Guoyang's switch was very timely, and there was no gap or misalignment, and Johnson did not pass the ball to Chambers, but passed the ball to Tyrone Corbyn in the middle.

Corbyn received the ball without a pause, at this time Hornacek had gone around from the baseline to the left 45 degrees, Corbyn passed the ball to Hornacek, Hornacek received the ball and made a direct jumper, the ball hit steadily, as accurate as a layup.

7:1, the Suns opened the game to the Trail Blazers 7:1, and their offense was very effective, for the simple reason that Tom Chambers and Kevin Johnson played a pick-and-roll in a very tight position on the right, tying Gan Guoyang to this point, leaving him unable to interfere with other players in a large area.

In the first two games, Kevin Johnson and Chambers blocked and dismantled in the middle, and Gan Guoyang could switch to the sides at any time, and now they have made changes, no matter how fast Gan Guoyang rotates, it is impossible to run from right to left to interfere with Hornacek.

The Suns, who were well prepared, opened by surprise to the Trail Blazers.