The game between the Spurs and the Trail Blazers in the first quarter did not go as Ramsey envisioned.

Ramsey was trying to play a fast-paced offense in the first quarter to attack the older and slower Spurs, but the Trail Blazers players didn't seem to have a particularly good offensive touch.

They made several quick counter-attacks, all of which missed the layup at the end, which forced Ramsey to call a timeout and set up the Trail Blazers to slow down and play well.

The Spurs have been unhurried, steadily controlled the rhythm of the game, and played in a very orderly manner with the combination of inside and outside, showing the former strength and good tactical literacy of this team.

Gan Guoyang behaved decently in the first quarter, not taking the ball in the low post in the offense, but more as a cover for his teammates and responding in the high post.

In defense, Gan Guoyang's timely defense and strong interference in the three-second zone also greatly hindered the Spurs' offense.

In the direct dialogue with Gilmore, Gan Guoyang was not impatient or impatient, and he did not show too many flaws in the face of the experienced "locomotive".

Three minutes before the end of the first quarter, Gan Guoyang was substituted, and the Trail Blazers entered the normal personnel rotation time.

"Well done, keep it up." When Gan Guoyang left the game, he heard Ramsay's praise for the first time.

In the previous month's game, no matter how Gan Guoyang performed on the court, Ramsey roared and criticized the most.

In Ramsey's view, although Gan Guoyang is very talented, he often scores like a bag, and he is easy to pick up the board, but he always does not play according to the routine, does not know how to take care of the operation of the whole team, and often makes some low-level mistakes.

In Ramsey's opinion, these are worse than not shooting and being robbed of rebounds, because he is demanding Gan Guoyang according to the standard of MVP.

An MVP player should not only score and grab the board, but more importantly, become the core and spiritual leader of the team's tactical operation.

To do the first point, you need to do the basic work that is not obvious, such as a solid cover, a game-changing pass, a clean shooting interference, and a perfect anticipation defense.

A player who can do that in regular time and then step up and break down with a score, block, rebound, and rebound is a true MVP.

In Ramsey's eyes, the current Gan Guoyang has the ability of the second layer, but he does not have the cultivation of the first layer.

The good news is that his progress is evident on a week-by-week basis.

"It's unbelievable that Ramsay praised you." After sitting on the bench, Drexler whispered to Gan Guoyang.

"yes, I think so too, as long as I don't score or grab rebounds on the court, he'll praise me." Gan Guoyang said jokingly.

"I feel like as long as I can play, even if he scolds me to death, I don't mind." Drexler sighed helplessly.

Gan Guoyang looked at Drexler's somewhat lonely expression, and couldn't help but worry a little in his heart about whether his arrival would have a bad impact on Drexler's future and fate.

After getting a lot of playing time and getting a good performance in the previous games, Drexler's playing time in these games has started to be inconsistent again.

Gan Guoyang is very suspicious that it is because of his own efforts that the Trail Blazers' need for rebounds and defense is not so urgent, so Drexler naturally does not get too many opportunities, and Ramsey still doesn't like his way of playing.

Generally speaking, Ramsey always uses Drexler as an X-factor, and throws Drexler on it when he can't open the situation, or when he needs to be a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

Although De Rexler does not meet Ramsay's standard of a qualified defender, in fact, he is a new all-round defender who can be cultivated as the core of the team.

Of course, the historical Drexler eventually became the core of the Trailblazers, but will the arrival of Gan Guoyang, the center favored by Ramsey, change Drexler's fate?

Gan Guoyang sat on the sidelines thinking about this, not noticing the change in the situation on the field.

Although the Trail Blazers did not play the ideal fast attack, they did not fall behind on the court, and Gan Guoyang still led by one point when he left the game.

But Gan Guoyang suddenly, the Spurs scored 6 points in a row, the Trail Blazers did not score a point, and the Spurs overtook the score by 5 points in two minutes.

Ramsey shook his head from the sidelines, but he didn't yell at the players on the field, because sometimes the opponent's goal is unstoppable, especially when the scorer is Spurs' super scorer, "Iceman" George Gervin.

Gan Guoyang has been in the United States for many years, and he has watched a lot of NBA games and live games, but he doesn't know the name of George Gervin.

It can only be said that in the era of no online media, it is not surprising that even if some people do not know who the president of their country is.

In fact, in the past few years in the United States, Gan Guoyang has watched the most games of the Los Angeles Lakers, and the games of other teams have been limited.

And after going to college, he focused a lot of his energy on training and games, and paid a lot less attention to NBA games.

Moreover, at that time, the NBA's influence in several major sports leagues in the United States was almost at its lowest, and it was not as overwhelming as the propaganda bombardment in later generations, and it was reasonable that stars like George Gervin who did not have much star temperament were not known to some fans.

It's just that after this game, this thin player with No. 44 and ice-man engraved on his shoes will definitely impress Gan Guoyang.

His miraculous "finger-roll" left the defenders helpless, and Paxson couldn't defend Gervin's singles from the outside.

"Wow, how the fuck did this ball go in? I remember Clyde doing that, too, but not as good as his. Gan Guoyang watched Gervin hold the ball at 45 degrees on the right side, passed Paxson in one step, and then under the interference of Ken Carr, his long arm stretched, his right hand was raised and flicked lightly, and the ball spun into the basket.

The whole movement is so light and easy, like a swift flying to the eaves of the house to pick up a mouthful of mud, and then gently float away.

"I can't believe you don't even know Gervin, you know that when I was in Houston before, watching the Rockets and Spurs game, seeing Gervin's finger-roll, I was going crazy, and I could still score like this, and then I started to practice, practice. Everyone was doing this at the time, just because they watched Gervin's game. Drexler watched Gwen's performance with a look of longing on his face.

It was at this point, with a minute left in the first quarter, that Ramsey brought Drexler on the court, apparently trying to use Drexler for a final attack.

The Spurs replaced George Gervin, and Drexler and his idol just passed by.

After coming on the court, Draxler really played an immediate role, and after picking up the rebound, he dribbled from the backcourt to the frontcourt and went straight to the Spurs basket.

Unlike Van de Veric and Paxson, Drexler rushed up to something that no one could stop, flying to the basket without a dunk, but scoring the ball with a light pick-and-roll.

Obviously, he is paying tribute to and challenging his idol.

Gan Guoyang stood up and waved a towel vigorously for Drexler's goal, making it seem like he had scored a stunner.

"How are you so happy like a monkey today?" Ramsey looked at Gan Guoyang and asked, Gan Guoyang seemed to be very excited today.

"Because Tang Seng will never recite the mantra to me again!!" Gan Guoyang glanced at Ramsey and said.

Ramsey didn't know what he was talking about, because the words "Tang Monk" and "Tight Mantra" Gan Guoyang were simply said in Chinese pinyin, and Ramsay couldn't understand them.

At the end of the first quarter, Drexler, who came on in the last minute, scored four points, but the Trail Blazers still trailed the Spurs by three points at 24-27.

Although the score was behind, Ramsey felt that the team played very well, running smoothly, with a clear division of labor, and a good implementation of the coach's tactics, but at the end of the shot, the players' state and feel were average, so it also led to the score falling behind.

"We still need to play fast in the second quarter, we need to attack the opposition's defense, and of course we need to be more cautious in our final shots, and I hope you guys get back to the touch. Defensively we did okay, but we couldn't open up Gervin, otherwise I think we'd be in big trouble. Ramsey is still very jealous of the opposition's strong strikers.

"Clyde, you need to do more, we're going to have to hold the opponent down in the second quarter."

The first-half lead was extremely important for the Trail Blazers, as all of their losses came from falling behind in the first half.

The game soon restarted, and Gan Guoyang immediately returned to the court, supporting the team's inside and outside lines with Drexler.

Gan Guoyang actually likes to be on the court with Drexler very much, Drexler's all-round and fast-break ability is very compatible with Gan Guoyang's strong offensive ability and one-pass.

Although Ramsey doesn't like the fact that these two boys sometimes play blindly on the field, he also admits that these two people can always have a stroke of genius when they are together.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Spurs were the main lineup, and when the second team transitioned on the court, Gervin and Mitchell were not there, and their offensive efficiency immediately dropped.

The Trail Blazers seized on this period of weakness for the Spurs at once and began a series of rapid counterattacks.

The Spurs just missed a mid-range jumper, and Gan Guoyang grabbed the rebound steadily and made a long pass.

But today, the Spurs' retreat was swift and had already disrupted the Trail Blazers' simple and crude fast break many times.

Therefore, Gan Guoyang passed the ball to Colter, who ran to the middle line and delayed for a while, but Colt did not stop playing the position, but continued to rush forward.

Drexler had already sprinted to the three-second zone, and Colter made a high-profile pass, and Drexler leaped high to get the ball in the middle of two Spurs players.

However, Drexler did not force a layup, and after landing, he had already seen Gan Guoyang who was following, and a ground-hitting pass handed the ball back to Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang was already rushing up, no one could stop him, he grabbed the ball with one hand and jumped at a distance of 15 feet!

"Bang!" A beautiful one-handed dunk!

Gan Guoyang did not maintain a good balance because the take-off distance was too far and his body was completely stretched before he dunked to the basket, and he fell on the ground and knocked Drexler and the two Spurs players to the ground.

However, Gan Guoyang and Drexler were young and strong, and they fell to the ground and immediately got up, patted their buttocks, and ran back, nothing happened.

The audience at the scene couldn't sit still for a long time and jumped up from their seats, and Gan Guoyang's beautiful dunk has allowed the Trail Blazers to overtake the Spurs by two points at 36:34.

The Spurs coach immediately called a timeout, and it seems that they are going to change the main lineup, otherwise it will be difficult to let the Trail Blazers gain momentum.

'Good, nice passing, great handling.' Ramsey praised Gan Guoyang again.

According to Gan Guoyang's previous urine, this ball must be a 60-foot long pass, and when it arrives, it is a good ball and an assist, and if it can't be passed, it must be a mistake, and the probability of a mistake is higher than the probability of passing.

With Colt's transition, the Trailblazers are more flexible in their choices, fast or slow, and more stable.

He didn't take credit alone, but learned to share the ball, so his teammates would share it with him.

Ramsey sees the second trait that Gan will have, which is the trait of being the spiritual leader of the team.

To do that, you have to be able to make the players around you better.

"Thank you, I've never received so much compliment in my life, Mr. Ramsay." Gan Guoyang gives a little sunshine and it will be brilliant.

"But our defense is still not good enough, their offensive inefficiency is low because they don't have the main team, and hopefully after their main team is on the field, our defense can still be effective."

Ramsey's fears were not unfounded, with George Gervin and Gilmore both back on the pitch after the timeout.

As soon as Gilmore came on the court, he was in the low post on the right side, which was the first time Gan Guoyang had a direct conversation with Gilmore in the low post in this game.

Gilmore is a left-hander, which makes Gan Guoyang a little uncomfortable when defending, but he still wraps around Gilmore like an octopus, just like he did against Abdul-Jabbar.

Gilmore pushed Gan Guoyang back, and found that he was rock-solid, so he didn't turn over, nor did he continue to push inside, but strode sideways to the front of the basket.

His speed was not faster than Gan Guoyang, but he was tall and big, Gan Guoyang kept up with the jump block, but he still couldn't stop Gilmore's left-handed hook shot.

The ball bumped twice on the basket and still went into the net, and with two points, the Spurs equalized.

"Good defense! Don't be discouraged, he doesn't have that much stamina! Ramsey encouraged from the sidelines.

Gilmore is old after all, and he can't play a few low-post singles in a game.

Back in the attack, Gan Guoyang was also in a low position, Colt took a look and knew that Gan Guoyang was beaten one, and this time he would definitely have to pay back one.

Since the last time he was yelled at by Gan Guoyang with the Lakers to "pass the ball to me", Colter has a fear of Gan Guoyang, and sometimes when he sees Gan Guoyang asking for the ball in the low post, he unconsciously passes the ball to Gan Guoyang.

This time, Gan Guoyang's key position is not deep, but at about 15 feet, which is a medium-distance point.

Although it is easier to score closer to the basket, it is also more physically demanding and easier to get trapped.

Just when others thought Gan Guoyang was going to play alone, Gan Guoyang turned sideways, and suddenly a master passed the ball and stuffed the ball directly to the middle.

In the middle, Drexler relied on Kenny Karl at the top of the arc to cover, went straight to the basket, and after receiving Gan Guoyang's pass, he scored an easy layup.

"Beautiful!" Even Ramsey applauded loudly from the sidelines.

This classic pass-and-cut tactic is exactly the offensive tactic commonly used by the Trail Blazers in 1977, and this tactic was under the direction of Bill Wharton, and it didn't need to be arranged by the coach at all, and it could be played at any time.

Seeing that Gan Guoyang could pass such a ball, Ramsey couldn't help but be a little in a trance and a little confused.

"This guy, why did he get the hang of it?"

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