In the game between the Trail Blazers and the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers unexpectedly tied with the Trail Blazers 32-32 in the first quarter.

On the other side, the Trailblazers played well offensively, but obviously did not bring up the rhythm, let alone suppress the Cavaliers, and the two sides fought evenly.

And the shortcomings of the Trail Blazers' poor outside defense have been exposed again, and they lack the outside defense gate, and once they encounter the opponent's outside attack point outbreak, they are often disgraced.

They couldn't hold back Flynn's scoring in the first quarter today, and it only got better after Drexler came on.

Another reason why the Trail Blazers couldn't get up in the first quarter was that their backcourt rebounding protection was not good enough, and without backcourt rebounds, they couldn't launch a quick counterattack, and at the same time gave the opponent a second chance to attack.

"Protect our backcourt rebounds! Everyone, everyone has to fight hard! Where's your positive xìng! During the break in the first and second quarters, Ramsey raised his eyebrows and loudly reprimanded his players.

In the NBA, there are too many examples of strong teams capsizing in the ditch, and if the Trail Blazers lose to the Cavaliers, it is not big news, but after all, no one wants to lose.

The experienced Ramsey has already felt that the players are obviously not in good shape in this game, and the players are a little bit taken lightly by the fact that the successive road trips can easily fatigue the players, plus this game is against a weak Cavaliers.

If the knights who are fighting at home play with momentum and feel like they play, then the result is not easy to say.

So Ramsey needs the Trail Blazers to set the tone for the game in the second quarter and suppress the Cavaliers' current momentum, so that the second half will be easier to play.

"Let's play a 'Big', Sampson catches the ball in the low post, Vanderwig ambushes in the bottom corner to attract the defense, Drexler you are on the right side, Karl mentions the top of the arc as a catch, Colter you pass the ball to Karl, go to the right baseline, Karl, pay attention to your passing speed, be sure to give the ball to Sampson in time, if not, then shoot to Colter, Colter you have to pay attention to the defender's position, if you don't have a good shot after receiving the ball, give the ball to Drexler!"

Ramsey laid out the basic tactics for the Trail Blazers in the second quarter, which is a common tactic used by the Trail Blazers, that is, the dynamic offensive mode of 4 outside and 1 inside.

This type of attack is a very well-organized and well-defined offensive tactic, which can be very simple or complex.

If the team has a strong interior line, then it will be as simple as getting the ball into the hands of the post and allowing him to score or foul.

If the team's interior singles ability is average, then they need to work well with the outside to create offensive opportunities through conduction, attraction and confusion.

It's a very solid offensive pattern, and it couldn't be better for a Trail Blazer with the strength to be able to hold down their opponents like this.

Provided they can score the ball.

After the start of the second quarter, the Cavaliers served first.

Ward Flynn, the Cavaliers' main firepower in the first quarter, was rested, but the Cavaliers' offense didn't get bogged down by that.

The Cavaliers' main point guard, John Davis, who began to control the Cavaliers' offense in the second quarter, is 6-foot-2 tall and has been in the NBA for 9 years.

In fact, John Davis has a deep connection to the Trail Blazers, as he was a rookie in 1976 and won that season's championship as part of the young Trail Blazers that season.

The average age of the team at the time was just 24, and 21-year-old John Davis played a major role in the Trail Blazers' bench throughout the championship.

In the game against the Philadelphia 76ers in the final game, Davis was able to score more than ten points in each of the last four games, helping the Trail Blazers complete a big comeback in four consecutive games.

However, the Trail Blazers eventually dismantled due to injury, and Davis was also traded by the team, moving between Indiana, Atlanta and Cleveland.

Now more than 7 years have passed, and every time he faces the Trail Blazers, Davis has a different kind of feelings, but as a professional player on the court, he will never show mercy.

This time against the Trail Blazers, seeing the Trail Blazers' rookie point guard Colt, Davis couldn't help but think of his former self and that fantastic season.

"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle and Davis made a successful layup, which caused a foul on Colter.

“Shit！” Ramsey on the side roared when he saw this goal, looking at the rookie who was once the champion disciple tearing the team, Ramsey didn't know how to feel in his heart.

After the start of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers' three attacks were unsuccessful, Sampson's hand still showed no signs of recovery, and Colter in the bottom corner also couldn't shoot the ball.

The inside line of the Cavaliers guarded by Tepin does not seem to be as weak as it appeared in the previous game, at least Tepin's play in this game makes people see the power of the Kentucky Twin Towers.

And Davis has continuously relied on breakthroughs to hit the Trail Blazers, and the Trail Blazers have always pursued the strategy of not rotating on the outside defense and making more fills on the inside, so as to reduce the defensive pressure on the outside and let them put more jīng power into the offense.

However, as long as you encounter an outside line with strong breakthrough ability or strong low-post singles ability, the Trail Blazers' outside line is basically certain, and the Trail Blazers will use stronger firepower to reincarnate in the previous game, but today it doesn't seem to be very easy.

Davis stepped to the free-throw line, and after hitting the free throw, the Cavaliers had already outscored the Trail Blazers 39-32 and led by seven points.

The back-to-back offensive misses forced the players on the Trail Blazers court to make adjustments, and instead of playing according to the established routine, they began to make changes.

Drexler took possession from Colt and began to move from him to the baseline, with Colt covering him.

Then instead of letting Sampson catch the ball in the low post, Vanderwich received the ball in a shallower position as the axis, and Sampson pulled to the perimeter to clear the opponent's inside.

Vanderwig was a relatively normal point in the Trail Blazers' starters, and the ball returned to his hands, and the Trail Blazers' offense was suddenly much more stable, and he won two consecutive singles to help the Trail Blazers recover 4 points.

Defensively, Drexler began to help Colter properly contain Davis and prevent him from easily penetrating the interior.

But the Trail Blazers' backcourt rebounding protection is still not good, and Tepin can still grab the frontcourt rebounds and create offensive opportunities for the Cavaliers.

"Gan, you get ready, go on the field and replace Sampson." Ramsey looked at the not very optimistic situation on the field and said to Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang was already impatient sitting on the bench, he couldn't wait to play immediately, and immediately pressed the lively Teping under him and beat him violently.

"The quality of our defence needs to be improved, and the most important thing is our positivity and excitement to find ways to improve everyone's game**." Ramsey said to Gan Guoyang from the sidelines.

Obviously, Ramsey is cultivating Gan Guoyang as a team leader, and Ramsey has found that Gan Guoyang does have a leadership ability that is easy to infect others.

In comparison, Van der Vicky is a good gentleman, Sampson is too arrogant, Drexler is a little presumptuous, and only Gan Guoyang has begun to show the style of a general.

"No problem, I'll make everyone's eyes light up like they see a pretty girl." Gan Guoyang has always been full of confidence.

Before the start of the game, Gan Guoyang himself didn't look like jīng, but seeing that the team was in a difficult situation now, he knew that his opportunity to perform had come, and he immediately came to the momentum.

On the court, the Cavaliers made a mistake in the offense, resulting in a dead-ball state, and Gan Guoyang immediately came on the field to replace Sampson.

"Brothers, Cleveland's corned beef isn't for nothing!" Gan Guoyang roared loudly as soon as he came on the field.

The players who shouted the Trailblazers couldn't help but be happy, everyone ate corned beef on Thanksgiving, because it was so delicious, and a few guys ate diarrhea, I don't know if it was because of this reason that some people were in a bad state.

It's just that Gan Guoyang's shout really made the Trail Blazers player Jīng feel shocked, and then Gan Guoyang used his actions to show that as long as he wants, he can get Teping at any time.

After the substitution, the tactics of the Trailblazers did not change, it was still an offensive routine of 4 outside and 1 inside, and now it was Gan Guoyang's turn to ask for the ball in the low post.

"Can you *** stop me? Can you stop me? Gan Guoyang was stuck under the basket while muttering.

Defending him in the back was Tepin.

Teppin has not rested since the beginning of the first quarter until the interruption of the second quarter, firstly, he played very well, and he has grabbed 5 frontcourt rebounds in less than half time, and secondly, the Cavaliers really have no good interior line, as a young rookie, it is nothing to play on the court for a while.

In the face of Sampson, who has a poor hand today, Teping played with a clear eye, giving full play to his youthful advantages, not playing hard or messy, and having a strong sense of presence at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

But as soon as he faced Gan Guoyang, he couldn't help but feel a little stunned.

He still clearly remembers that in the NCAA semifinals, because Bowe was not as good as Gan Guoyang in terms of footwork and strength, he was the one to defend Gan Guoyang.

As a result, in the second half, he was poured fifteen points by Gan Guoyang, which directly lost his self-confidence.

This battle against Gan Guoyang in the NBA, if he plays well, may become a battle for him to turn over, eliminate the yīn shadow brought by the NCAA, and start a confrontation with Gan Guoyang in the NBA.

He already had some hope in the first quarter, and he also played very well at the beginning of the second quarter, and when he saw Gan Guoyang back on the court, he also thought that he must have a good fight with him.

However, at the moment when Gan Guoyang was stuck under the basket, he felt that "this is over".

Gan Guoyang's strength is still so amazing, his card position technique is becoming more and more fierce and skilled, Teping is still one size bigger than Gan Guoyang in terms of size, but he feels like a high school student, and he was pushed away by Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang was about to get to the position in a deep position, and opened his hands to jam Teping behind him.

Karl, who responded at the top of the arc, fed the ball to Gan Guoyang's hands in time, and Gan Guoyang did not have any reason after receiving the ball.

The whole thing was done in one go, and Tepin didn't even get a chance to make any defensive moves.

"You still can't stop me." Gan Guoyang dropped this sentence and ran away.

This goal put a lot of pressure on Teping, and he thought to himself, why is the gap between himself and Gan Guoyang so big? There was no room for resistance to defend him.

In fact, in the NBA, although superstars are much more capable than ordinary players, ordinary players are by no means powerless, and in this league where talents gather, everyone has a chance to shine.

It's just that Teping left a psychological shadow in the previous college game, plus Gan Guoyang has always been arrogant and likes to spray people when he plays, which seriously hit Teping's self-confidence.

After this ball, Teping had a feeling of being obviously suppressed after his personal performance, and he was not so active in grabbing frontcourt rebounds, and it seemed that where Gan Guoyang was there, he didn't dare to go.

This is exactly what Gan Guoyang wants, and he wants to hit each of his opponents in this way, which is what Bellman taught him in high school.

Once the Trail Blazers' interior line is opened, it means that the Cavaliers have to work hard to fill the hole in the interior line.

In this way, the outside line of the Trailblazers, which was already strong, was no longer restrained, and the feeling finally began to slowly recover.

A weak team like the Cavaliers, winning mainly depends on one breath, lingering for a long time, and it can really play at a super level if it is smooth, but if it can't catch it in one breath, it will die.

In the second quarter, Gan Guoyang's play completely broke up the Cavaliers' breath, and neither Flynn nor Davis could help the Cavaliers regain the lead.

After the Trail Blazers stabilized their rhythm in the second quarter, they took the Cavaliers away with a wave of bombardment in the third quarter, handing them their 14th loss of the season.

The Trail Blazers have ushered in a seven-game winning streak and continue to lead the Western Conference standings with a 14-2 record.

After the game, Gan Guoyang and Teping exchanged jerseys, and although Gan Guoyang ravaged Teping on the field, he still hoped to be friends with everyone off the court.

Gan Guoyang was also named the best player of the game for his performance in this game, and he scored 22 points and 16 rebounds.

After the game, he was interviewed by reporters on the sidelines.

"You've won three in a row on the road trip and now you're at the top of the Western Conference, which game do you think was the toughest in those games?" The reporter asked in front of the camera.

Gan Guoyang was so tall that he had to bend down to listen to the reporter ask these boring questions.

"I think every game is tough because every team in the league is good, and if I have to pick the toughest game, I think it's the next game, because the next game is always full of unknowns." Gan Guoyang played a clever trick and answered the reporter's question beautifully.

But as Gan Guoyang said, the game that has already ended is over, and the unknown next game is always difficult to predict.

And the next destination for the Trailblazers was Detroit.