In the second quarter, the Portland Trail Blazers finally played a smooth offense, and the players' hands were gradually recovering, and everyone began to run on both ends of the court like clockwork.

At the Portland Memorial Coliseum, where the atmosphere was enthusiastic, the Trail Blazers received huge cheers for every goal they scored, and the Trail Blazers' offensive waves set off a long-lasting wave of sound in the audience.

For Gan Guoyang, this feeling is really fantastic, continuous away trips, no matter how wonderful his goals are, most of them are still boos, and the three bans have left Gan Guoyang can only sit on the sidelines and grind his ass.

Now, he's finally standing in the Memorial Stadium again, enjoying the cheers of the fans, and in a way he hasn't tried before – passing.

More than halfway through the second quarter, Gan Guoyang has delivered 5 assists, and his performance on the court is far from what these 5 assists can show.

He's been the best at playmaking, covering, passing, transitioning and rebounding, he's not had a single low-post offense, he's not struggling with Gilmore, he's putting all of his energy into creating opportunities for his teammates.

While some of his handling of the ball at times seemed too stiff and seemed too much for a reasonable offense, his unbridled passing creativity made the entire Trail Blazers' offense flow like lubrication.

When Drexler received a hand-handed pass from Gan Guoyang at the baseline and cut inside with a hand-handed pass and filled the basket with one hand, the Trail Blazers hit the Spurs with a 10-2 **, rewriting the score to 50:40 and extending the advantage to 10 points.

The Spurs could only call a timeout, and their defense was obviously slackened by the Trail Blazers, and they could no longer form a formation.

The Spurs rely heavily on formation defensively, and although they can't take joint defense, their defenders are all around the perimeter of the three-second zone, and their protection of the front of the basket is quite good, especially when Gilmore is sitting under the basket, except for the inside and outside pass from Gan Guoyang to Drexler, it is difficult for the Trail Blazers to form an effective offense from the middle.

The weakness of the Spurs' defense mainly comes from the wings, and excellent wing defense relies on the players' strong running ability, which is exactly what the Spurs players lack.

Drexler stayed on the court after being substituted in the first quarter. Although his shooting on the wing is still scum, with the cover cooperation with Gan Guoyang, coupled with his strong impact, he can always use the flank as a breakthrough, not only rushing into the interior to score, but also breaking through the ball to create opportunities for teammates.

Ramsey also saw the great power of Gan Guoyang and Drexler's blocking and dismantling cooperation, so he kept the two on the court.

This is a bitter Gilmore and George Gervin, two veterans in their thirties, Gilmore is quite old, Yu Wei is still there, as long as it is in the three-second zone, it is basically impossible for the Trail Blazers to make an easy layup.

But he couldn't help Gan Guoyang running around like a monkey, just not playing singles in the low position, but Gan Guoyang still broke through the basket so much, if Gilmore let him rush up, it would be really difficult to guard. So the locomotive was a little tired.

In contrast, George Gwen is very average when he comes defensively, his thin body is good for moving offensively, but he becomes a piece of paper in defense, and it is okay to face a projection guard like Paxson, Drexler really beat this old idol to a thousand holes.

Just after the timeout, Ramsey replaced Drexler off the court and brought him back to Paxson, because Drexler's allotted playing time had expired.

Gan Guoyang could see that Drexler was a little dissatisfied on his face, and he also felt sorry for Drexler, because he was really, really good, and the Trail Blazers would feel like two teams when he was on the court - although Paxson was also very good.

It can only be said that the two are different types of players, and Paxson is relatively more appreciated by Ramsey because he shoots better, runs more accurately, and has more experience.

At the same time, Sampson also replaced Kenny Carr and once again partnered with Gan Guoyang on the inside to deal with the Spurs' strange interior combination.

Sampson played much better today than he did against the Suns last time, and he no longer faced bitter Larry Nance but Gigi Banks, who is only 6-foot-7.

Generally speaking, small people deal with big men, mainly relying on one is strength, and the other is those small movements, and Sampson is the least afraid of small movements, he is afraid of flying jumping men.

So the combination of Gan Guoyang and Sampson is actually quite good, one specializes in treating ADHD and the other specializes in old fritters.

In the first quarter, Sampson swept the Trail Blazers' interior singles, and against Banks, he used his height to eat, and against Gilmore, he used his feet to sway, scoring 9 points in the first quarter, which was the most stable output point for the Trail Blazers.

After Sampson returned to the game, he also felt a lot more pleasing to the eye when he looked at Gan Guoyang, this kid no longer always grabbed low-post attacks with himself, but would feed himself the ball in the high position.

"Gan used to let him cover in the high position was always unwilling by the boss, why is he so active today, and he will give Sampson a drop ball." Ramsey sat back on the bench and watched as Gan Guoyang made a triangle with Valentine and Sampson in the high post, and then hoisted the ball to Sampson.

"He must have listened to the guidance of the prophet and decided to be a good team player." Kenny Carr, who had just been substituted, said.

After the Spurs took a timeout, they were ready to play a tactic, but they didn't know that they made a mistake in serving, and the tactics were arranged in vain, but fortunately, they retreated in time and were not counterattacked by the Trail Blazers.

The Spurs also made changes defensively, letting Gilmore deal with Sampson, who was clearly more active in the low post tonight; And let Banks entangle with Gan Guoyang, this monkey in the province can't catch the hair when he jumps around.

It worked, as Sampson struggled a lot more with Gilmore in the low post than Banks, and although he created space for the layup with his nimble footwork, he missed the layup due to the interference of Lokomotiv's super long arm.

The Spurs' backcourt rebounds were well protected by the dense defense in the middle, and the Trail Blazers players didn't think about grabbing the frontcourt rebounds at all.

The Spurs didn't get a quick break and immediately slowed down and looked like they were going to have a good positional offense.

Gervin held the ball from outside the three-point line on the right, and he passed the ball to Gilmore, who was on the outside, and then began to cut to the middle.

Unlike the Spurs, the Trail Blazers' defensive formation is more varied, as they are man-to-man and don't switch defenses, which makes them more powerless against screens.

Sure enough, after cutting in from the middle, Gervin suddenly walked to the outside right, relying on the double cover of Banks and Gilmore, to the right side of the 45 degrees, one step inside the three-point line.

Gilmore passed the ball to Gerwen with his hand, Paxson didn't have time to bypass the screen, and Gan Guoyang couldn't break through Gilmore's barrier, so he could only watch Gerwen throw his hand and pray that he couldn't shoot far away.

"Huh!" Gervin sent the basketball hollow into the basket with a bizarre shot, a simple but effective combination to score.

Ramsey, who had just sat down, immediately got up from the bench again, and what he feared most was that opponents relied on this kind of individual ability and small cooperation to score, which was often fatal to the Trail Blazers who relied on one-man defense.

Ramsey's worries were not unreasonable, and soon the Trail Blazers' offense was no longer as mercury-watery as it used to be, and the Spurs were firmly holding their core area, and you wanted to shoot you from the outside, and you wanted to come in from the middle, but there was no door.

The Trail Blazers' offense was much less efficient, relying only on Sampson's singles to rub a few points, and the shooting percentage was as bad as it was in the first quarter.

On the contrary, the Spurs, on the other hand, entered "Iceman Time".

Gervin began to show off his beautiful offensive skills from Texas to the Trail Blazers fans at Memorial Coliseum, and his pull-up jump shot on the wing and his "finger-roll" after breaking inside made Gan Guoyang sigh at the ball several times.

His sense of rhythm is too difficult to grasp, and he can't completely avoid the defender after breaking through, but the moment he raises his hand and gently plucks the basketball, it is as smooth as silk, so smooth that the basketball always slides past Gan Guoyang's fingertips.

Then as soon as Gan Guoyang turned around, he could see that the basketball either entered the basket with an incredible high board, or directly brushed into the basket under high-speed spinning.

"How did this *** score?" George Gervin withstood Gan Guoyang's defense, drifted from the right side of the basket to the left, a low hand layup, his arm did not move, just a flick of his fingers, the ball flew to the basket, and then hit the board into the basket.

Gan Guoyang has already stretched out his left arm with all his strength to block Gewen's layup line, and if Gewen stretches out his arm for a layup, Bacheng will be risked.

Unexpectedly, he didn't move his arm at all, and the ball went in as soon as he flicked it in his hand, and Gan Guoyang took the ball and smashed the floor hard after he landed.

After that goal, Gervin had already scored five goals, and the Trail Blazers had scored a total of four points after returning from a timeout, and the Spurs tied the score near the end of the second quarter.

In this case, Ramsey can't do anything, the opponent's super scorer erupts to score, and it is really difficult to stop, especially in the face of George Gervin, who once scored 33 points in a single quarter and scored super explosively.

Although he is now 32 years old, his scoring ability should not be underestimated.

The main problem of the Trail Blazers is still in the offense, without Drexler's active energy, the Trail Blazers who play the position do not feel good tonight.

Van Dewig and Paxson, who have always provided enough firepower for the Trail Blazers on the outside in the past, have average shooting touches, which also makes the Spurs who stick to the core area more reassuring.

Sampson obviously struggled a lot after meeting Gilmore, and it was okay to hit one occasionally, but it was unbearable to beat him in a row.

"Steady, hit one, hit one!" Ramsey did not call a timeout, he wanted the players to be able to solve the situation on their own.

Valentine dribbled the ball steadily across the half-court, and Gan Guoyang immediately mentioned the top of the arc to respond.

Then, Paxson still slipped to the bottom line, Vanderwich cut into the middle, and Sampson covered Paxson in the low post, which is a common offensive routine for the Trail Blazers, covering the inside high and low positions, and the forward guard running in a circular position.

However, the Spurs have already figured out the Trail Blazers' routines, Paxson wants to go around the baseline to shoot, Vanderwig goes around to a 45-degree shot, it's all up to you, anyway, the Trail Blazers' shooting feel average today.

If the two want to cut to the basket to receive the ball and score, they don't even think about it, the Spurs players around the three-second zone are tightly guarded, and Gilmore is the last line of defense under the basket.

Therefore, the Trail Blazers can only put the ball in Sampson's hands and let the inside single finish the offense.

But Sampson really struggled to deal with Gilmore, and he already played well with 13 points at halftime, and letting him play again would only increase his mistakes.

Gan Guoyang was about to pass the ball to Sampson, but found that Sampson had given up his important position and went outside.

Gan Guoyang had to transfer the ball back to Valentin on the right, who in turn turned the ball to Van Dewy, who ran to 45 degrees.

Vanderwig raised the ball with both hands above his head, then pointed to the right side of the low post, apparently, he was signaling Gan Guoyang to go low!

Gan Guoyang knows that now is the time when the team needs his offensive energy.

He pushed away Banksys, who was wrapped around him, and drove to a low position like a tank, Banksy still followed Gan Guoyang closely, but Gan Guoyang had his legs together, his buttocks pouted, and his arms outstretched, stuck under the Spurs basket like a set cannon.

Banks couldn't interfere with Gan Guoyang's catch at all, in fact, he was born as a small forward, and rarely encountered a low-post ball like Gan Guoyang.

In the NBA at that time, many big centers were relatively simple because of their height and long arms.

They also tend to be shallower, which makes it easier for them to shoot from the basket. Second, it is convenient for teammates to run to the basket, which can enrich tactics.

Like Gan Guoyang, who is as fierce and brutal as a cannon in front of people's homes, there is only Moses Malone of the 76ers, and the 6-foot-10 tall player has only one purpose under the basket, which is to score the ball.

After Gan Guoyang received the ball, he didn't give Banks any chance to react, nor did he give Gilmore or other players a chance to make up for the defense, dribbled the ball, turned to the middle, and then hooked his left hand!

In the pre-game preparations of the Spurs, they were all required to guard against Gan Guoyang's right hand hook, but they didn't expect Gan Guoyang to do this with his left hand.

Gan Guoyang's hook hand in his left hand has been practiced thousands of times in training, but it is the first time he has used it in the competition.

It was also the reason why the opponent was caught off guard, Gan Guoyang was not disturbed too much, and the ball entered the frame steadily!

"Yes!" Gan Guoyang punched hard with his left hand, and this was the first time he scored in the low post in this game!

The Portland Memorial Stadium, which had been silent for nearly 5 minutes, erupted in enthusiastic cheers again, and they were happier than anything else to see Gan Guoyang score.

But before the cheers of the fans lasted 10 seconds, George Gervin dribbled all the way from the backcourt to the Trail Blazers basket, surrounded by three Trail Blazers players, with a small throw with his left hand, and the ball went in again!

Gervin didn't make any gestures of celebration, but ran back to the backcourt without looking back, and whether he scored or not, he always had a cold, numb look on his face — which seems to be the tradition of the Spurs.

"Ice-man" used his simple and efficient scoring to cool down the Memorial Stadium again.

Ramsey sat on the sidelines, already thinking about how to limit the Iceman in the second half.