"At 73:59, Gan hit the hook of the whistle! The second quarter was over, and oh my god, the Trail Blazers went on a wild offensive spree in the second half of the second quarter, and they were so hot that they melted Boston Garden Square! The first half of the game was completely controlled by the Trail Blazers, who proved with their performances that it was not a fluke that they were able to occupy the first place in the West. ”

The first half ended with a whistle-blowing hook shot by Gan Guoyang, and the Trail Blazers widened the gap between the two sides to 14 points, a situation that all spectators and fans did not expect.

After KC Jones called a timeout, the Trail Blazers made a change to the starting four, plus Kenny Carr, Sampson was rested, and McHale was replaced by Bird.

The entire Trail Blazers burst out with amazing offensive energy after that, after the absence of Sampson, the Trail Blazers completely operated the ball with Gan Guoyang as the axis, Paxson and Vanderwich actively ran the position, Karl picked up the leak, Valentin cleared the perimeter pass, and the entire Trail Blazers played a smooth offense.

Several players started to rest in the middle of the first quarter, and with a very good buffer time, plus a few days of physical reserves, the whole Trail Blazers played very aggressively, both offensively and defensively.

In contrast, the Celtics are still relying on the individual play of several players, who have not opened two important offensive points on the wing and in the low post, one has no touch, and the other is suppressed by the Trail Blazers, and can only rely on Dennis Johnson and Larry Bird to play offensive and defensive conversion balls.

Gan Guoyang's performance in the first half can be described as the perfect center in Ramsey's heart, 10 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks, 2 steals, and the comprehensive statistics in this half are completely Bill Wharton-esque.

Especially Gan Guoyang's passing, although it has not yet reached the realm of supernatural and finishing touches, he has done a very good job of at least transferring the ball and the vacant straight ball.

In the counterattack, he even staged aerial relays and super long passes, which often caused the entire Boston Garden Arena to fall into dead silence.

The control of rebounds in the backcourt gave Boston not many opportunities to launch a secondary offense, but it could provide ample ammunition for the Trail Blazers' counterattack.

In a surprising first half, the Trail Blazers returned to the locker room with the advantage at halftime.

"Great! Whew! Perfect first half! We played so beautifully! "Gan Guoyang is throwing in that? After the whistle hook to get himself a double-double in the first half, the deer ran back to the cold locker room from the players' tunnel.

"Well done guys, our tactics worked, but it was only the first half, the second half is still waiting for us, and Celtic will definitely fight back with all their might." Ramsay always had a strong sense of distress.

Gan Guoyang knew that Ramsey must have a "but" when he spoke, and he was not very worried, in his opinion, the Celtics are at the same level as the Lakers and the 76ers, and since they can beat the Lakers and the 76ers, it is not an impossible task to beat the Celtics on the road.

"We can beat them, McHale can be completely locked in, and their offensive touch is a mess, just relying on Bird and DJ, I don't think they have much of a chance, the momentum is here for us!" Gan Guoyang stood up and almost hit his head on the cabinet, he was very confident in his team's performance.

"That's right, we can beat the Lakers, we can beat the Celtics too!" Jerome Cosey also had an eye-catching first half, contributing two steals, all of which provided opportunities for the Trail Blazers to fight back.

"Haha, you two boys don't get too complacent, although I have confidence in the team's performance, we played well, but the underweight will only bring a painful defeat, and the opposite side is Celtic and Bird." Mitchell Sampson said as an old-timer with the two youngsters.

"Bird? I don't think Kiki is worse than him! Gan Guoyang's words were amazing.

In later generations, Gan Guoyang didn't know about Bird's playing experience, but he knew that this person was very awesome, and he didn't know how to be awesome.

In the real game with Bird today, Gan Guoyang felt that Bird was also a white man who shot very accurately, and he would also release empty cannons, and he had a mouth cannon with Gan Guoyang several times, but Gan Guoyang pushed back.

So in Gan Guoyang's view, Van Dewig may be more powerful than Bird, at least when training one-on-one in the team, Van Dewig can often use his famous "Van Dewig step" to play Gan Guoyang.

"No, no, don't say that, I want to beat Bird, but I also admit that I have a gap with him." Unlike many arrogant players, Van der Veric has always been very humble.

And Gan Guoyang is naturally different, and his strong competitive spirit makes him dare to despise all opponents.

In this regard, Larry Bird and Gan Guoyang are exactly the same, and at this time, he is in the luxurious home locker room of the Boston Garden Arena without saying a word.

Unlike his old rival Magic Johnson, Larry Bird is a taciturn man on weekdays, although he has a lot of trash talk on the court.

But today's first-half game made Larry Bird extremely depressed, and although he scored a half-high 16 points, the rest of the team did not satisfy him.

Bird felt that the game was completely out of his control, and that the Celtics and himself had been led by the nose by the Trail Blazers.

Especially the Chinese center Gan, who seems quite arrogant on the court, often trash after scoring a goal or a block, which makes Bird very unhappy - he can do this, but others can't.

"Smack!" Bird slammed the sweaty towel and the locker room was silent, and Jones didn't know what to do to lighten the mood.

Jones, as a veteran player of the Celtics, an old Celtic, inherited the team's low-key, humble and tenacious style, and he was always so calm and made accurate judgments on the situation on the court.

However, the team's state today is really average, no matter how he plays the trick, the player can't shoot and can't prevent him.

And he's also not good at encouraging players to come out of a slump in morale, he's not Pat Riley.

At this moment, a short, stocky old man with white hair walked in through the door of the locker room, with a cigar in his hand.

Of course, it wasn't the idlers who could casually enter the locker room during halftime, and McHale saw the old man and shouted, "Hi, red." ”

Red, of course, is the godfather of the Celtics, the former head coach, the current general manager of the team, and the single-handed creator of the championship division, Reed Auerbach.

There is always a place in the stands on Boston Garden Square, and Auerbach always comes to watch the game, and he always likes to go to the players' locker room to talk to the players before and after the game.

This time, however, he came running at half-time, apparently unhappy with the performance of the Celtics, who were known for their eloquence and 'roaring' on the pitch, and the Celtic players had to take a storm.

"Hi, Kevin, you're always so jovial, but we weren't that good-looking! Our offense is a mess, our defense is porous, and this is Boston Garden, not some other messy new stadium! Every floor here is full of history and stories, and here, we can die proudly, but we can't lose like that! The Trail Blazers rose this season, they beat the Lakers, 76ers, but that doesn't mean they can step past the Celtics, especially here! On the home turf of the defending champions! Defending your home stadium is like defending your hometown, Boston is our best home, no team can easily take the victory here, go and tear them apart, my green warriors! ”

Auerbach took his cigar and gave an inspiring half-time speech, which has been the case in his two decades as a coach, and even now that he is the team's general manager, he still comes to the locker room to kick the ass in the locker room when the team is not doing well.

The cardinal's words undoubtedly gave the Celtics players a slap in the face, they did have a little underdog before the game, the Trail Blazers are the first in the West this season after all, and the record is really there, the Lakers and the 76ers were run over by the Trail Blazers in the New Year.

The Celtics don't want to be a stepping stone for the Trail Blazers to reach the top, they want to prove that they are the real kings of the NBA right now.

(They good're not that good.) After listening to Auerbach's speech, Larry Bird said coldly.

When Bird was playing at Indiana State University, some of the old players would often go back to school to play, and Bird would lead his teammates to teach these old-timers a hard lesson, and then leave behind the words, "they-are-not-that-good."

Even though he trailed the Trail Blazers by 13 points at halftime, Bird was still full of confidence, he has always been the kind of person who "I'm the best and everyone else is stupid", and if the opponent wants to prove that he is not stupid, then Bird will help the opponent become a fool.

The Trail Blazers' performance in the first half made Bird feel like he was a fool, which he couldn't stand and he absolutely had to give it his all in the second half.

The twenty minutes of halftime quickly passed, and Boston fans were back in their seats, many drinking alcoholic beverages bought from outside, and the cacophony once again filled Garden Square.

Gan and his teammates left the cold and cramped visiting dressing room and re-established themselves on the parquet floor.

"The Boston Celtics host the Portland Trail Blazers in the second half of the game and a great matchup is set to continue, with the Celtics trailing by 13 points at 59-72, but it's definitely not a desperate situation, and they have 24 minutes to redeem themselves." Most went on to begin his passionate commentary.

"I think it's a lot hotter in the restaurant." Gan Guoyang said as he took off his coat and stood on the court.

"The second half is always hotter than the first."