“Shit！ Shit！ Shit！ ”

In the locker room of the Trail Blazers, Adelman's hoarse scolding filled everyone's eardrums, and Adelman's nickname in the team was "Führer", which was given to him by Gan Guoyang, because the middle-aged Adelman's hairstyle and mustache were almost no different from Hitler.

And Adelman, who was at halftime, was also as angry as Hitler, and it is fitting that Adelman used three "" words to evaluate the performance of the Trail Blazers in the first half.

Adelman, a relatively young head coach, has been known for his composure and even sluggishness in both seasons, and even after the Trail Blazers lost four games in January, Adelman didn't show such anger in any of them.

In his opinion, it is normal for the team to lose, there can be no team that wins forever, and the Trail Blazers are currently in a small low ebb, which is what every team will experience every season, and what he has to do is to work with the players to get out of this low ebb and solve the problems faced by the team.

But in this game, the first half of the Trail Blazers was full of mistakes, fouls, being chased and beaten back, low shooting percentage, poor basket protection, I don't know the so-called defense, in the last game with the Clippers, the Trail Blazers exposed a lack of concentration and low morale, but finally relied on Gan Guoyang's rebound to win the game, covering up some of the team's problems, and now facing the more powerful Los Angeles Lakers, the problems are completely exposed.

"Where is your fighting spirit, your desire to win, your desire to win? When has the season been going on, and you're satisfied? Think you're already a champion? Or do you think you've seen President Reagan win the O'Brien Cup? No! Reagan is about to step down, do you want to be pulled down from the first position like him! Adelman's scolding didn't stop, and to be honest, the players were a little frightened.

Tonight they are really not in much shape, in Los Angeles for two days, Cauchy, Porter and other players went to the nightclub to experience the world of flowers in Los Angeles, Drexler went to Hollywood, participated in the premiere of the movie "Batman", and even Gan Guoyang, who has always been self-disciplined, took leave to go to Wang Zhengmin's house, which also caused the Pioneers to cancel a day of training.

Even so, it is the first time for the Trail Blazers players to see Adelman, who has always been unhappy or angry, to have such a big temper, and when Ramsey was in the past, he often yelled at the players, Adelman's coaching style is obviously different from Ramsay, and now Adelman is in a hurry to become like this, which is enough to show how bad the Trail Blazers are playing.

"Potter, look at you, how many times did you miss the dribble over half? Several times? Five times! Oh my God, did you just graduate from high school? You're up against a magician, a man who is a head taller than you, and you're going to be stolen by him! Are you kidding me? 'Terry Porter was bad enough tonight.

"Clyde, I see you flying in the sky tonight as much as you fucking in Vietnam's military no-fly zone, where is your fast attack, where is it?" Drexler's fast break didn't hit tonight at all, and he was very delayed.

"Avidas, if you're hit on your head again by Abdul-Jabbar, I'll replace you right away, right away!" Sabonis also doesn't have the ability to turn the tide of the game in this situation, and getting Jabeur out of it will be a big problem for him.

"Cauchy, look at your shots from beyond the three-point line, you're about to fucking catch up with Larry Bird, but can you shoot a little more than Manute Bol?" Cauchy made a clean shot outside in the first half and missed a three-pointer.

The four players who started were yelled at by Adelman one by one, and everyone's bad performance was seen in Adelman's eyes, and all four of them also lowered their heads and had nothing to say.

At this time, Gan Guoyang was the only one left in the starter, and he was sitting in the innermost part of everyone, silently listening to Adelman's hoarse voice, and every word hit his heart hard.

In fact, Gan Guoyang's play in the first half was very good, Riley's bag was different from other teams, it was not continuous, but varied, A.C Green and Michael Cooper suddenly strengthened the bag from time to time, Worthy occasionally came up to help, Riley just wanted to disrupt Gan Guoyang's offensive rhythm.

The effect in the first quarter was very good, Gan Guoyang made four shots, but in the second quarter, after taking the lead, Riley appropriately relaxed the interference with Gan Guoyang, allowing the players to focus more on the offense to maintain the advantage, Gan Guoyang began to slowly recover and hit many difficult goals, slowly stabilizing the situation.

But tonight's teammate's performance was really scum, Gan Guoyang tried to encourage his teammates, but the effect was not obvious in a short period of time, the Lakers still firmly suppressed the Trailblazers, and the score advantage expanded little by little.

Adelman walked up to Gan Guoyang at this time, put away his previous tone, and said to Gan Guoyang: "Gan, you did a good job and played normally." But you have to remember that a leader is one who gets the most praise when the team wins, and bears the most responsibility when the team loses, and if your personal performance doesn't bring the team to victory, everything will be in vain, and you won't be the MVP, and I'm sure you understand that. ”

"You're doing well, but you can be better." Finally, Adelman said in Gan Guoyang's ear.

Adelman is not stupid at all, he deeply understands that this pioneer team, Gan Guoyang is the soul of the team, whoever is in bad shape in the team, Adelman encourages him or him, and he can make him adjust; If the state of the whole team is not good, then as long as Gan Guoyang is adjusted, he is the switch valve of the team, and he can control the team well.

This is Adelman's tricks and shortcuts as a young coach with little experience in teaching a championship-level team - all of which Bellman actually taught him.

At this time, everyone looked at Gan Guoyang, after entering the locker room, he didn't say a word, and throughout January, when the overall state of the team was not good, Gan Guoyang still maintained his efficiency, and tried his best to integrate into the team's offense and defense, that is to say, compared with November and December, Gan Guoyang has not changed, and has become a teammate and opponent.

Teammates are tired, opponents are finding targeted tactics and are getting better prepared, and everything is making it harder for the Trail Blazers to get around.

Adelman, on the other hand, stubbornly stated that he would not make targeted improvements to his tactics, but would continue to adapt to all changes, claiming that "if this difficulty cannot be solved, then the Trail Blazers do not deserve a championship".

Soon, as the intermission was about to end, Gan got up from his chair, looked at Adelman, and then walked to the door and said to everyone without looking back, "Let's-Go."

Without saying a word, the other Trail Blazers players got up from their chairs and walked out of the locker room, following Gan Guoyang to prepare for re-entry.

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"Tom, the Trail Blazers played very badly in the first half, this is probably the worst first half of the season for the Trail Blazers, they don't look like a team that has been 39-5 all the time, is it the Trail Blazers' poor form, or the Lakers' tactics are too successful? Tom, tell me what you think. Just as the second half was about to begin, Dick Stockton was still discussing the Trail Blazers with Tom Hayinthorne.

"Oh, there must have been some problems with the Trail Blazers, maybe tactically or in rotation, and the Lakers have obviously made targeted tactical adjustments, their aggressiveness on the defensive end, frequent containment, and the strategy of using more fast break and positional battles are all effective means for teams to attack the Trail Blazers recently. However, I think the key issue is the morale of the team, the morale of the Lakers is very high, and I know that this guy Riley is a real hair dryer; The Trail Blazers' Adelman, on the other hand, is a stuffy gourd, and when the team needs inspiration, I don't know if he can do anything other than draw the tactical board; However, we must not forget the tragedy that Gan caused in Boston's Garden Square during the 1986 season, and I believe Riley would have regretted it if he had missed it. ”

The tragedy of Boston Garden Square in 1986, as the Celtics' veteran Hayin Thorne is of course clear, it was December 6, 1986, Friday, Portland Trail Blazers vs. Celtics, Gan Guoyang soared 31 points in the third quarter, sprayed the "Sun Storm", and destroyed the Green Shirts in a single quarter.