No one expected that the game between the Rockets and the Trail Blazers would change dramatically in the last three minutes of the first quarter.

After Drexler made a steal on the fast break, the Rockets served to reorganize the offense.

The Trail Blazers' man-to-man marking is no longer so urgent, and if the Rockets' opposing players go out, the Trail Blazers' players won't follow, but if you want to go inside, there is no way.

They did an inward defense, with five men in a circle around the three-second zone, just to defend the box.

The ball of the rocket is guided back and forth on the outside line, but it can't be passed to the inside line, because Gan Guoyang is inseparable from Olajuwon, and Olajuwon at that time is not like later, the card position technology is perfect, and he is also inferior in the face of Gan Guoyang's strong power at this time.

If John Lucas had been in this situation five or six years ago, he would have rushed into it by himself against the explosives bag, but the years have destroyed his knees, and he can no longer break through the Trail Blazers' phalanx.

The ball can't go in, and you can't play inside and outside cooperation, so you can only throw the ball to the outside pitcher and rely on some cover to make a mid-range strike.

But I have to say that shooters sometimes rely on the sky for food, and if you can't feel it, it's really useless to be as empty as the sea in front of you.

Wiggins, fresh off the bench, got the chance to attack, relying on McGregory to cover on the right flank and catch the ball and shoot a jumper from 18 feet.

"Phew!" The ball hit the basket, and the accuracy deviated a lot, so it should be that the crosshair has not been adjusted yet.

The Trail Blazers players immediately gathered under the basket like fish in a pond waiting to be fed, just waiting for the ball to fall.

Gan Guoyang blocked Olajuwon from letting him in to grab the rebound, and at the same time, Ralph Sampson was not there, and the ball collapsed not far away, so they had no chance.

Kenny Carr took the rebound safely and quickly handed the ball to Drexler.

Just as Kenny Karl got the rebound, Drexler was already activated, and by the time he received a pass from Kenny Karl, everyone was running across the halfway line.

Drexler, who ran wildly with his head down, was unstoppable, and McGregory and John Lucas, who ran back to the backcourt, were rounded by him like stakes.

One step inside the free throw line, Drexler grabbed the ball with one hand and jumped straight away, ignoring the fact that there was still a Wiggins standing in the three-second zone.

"Bang!" A crisp one-handed chop, Wiggins didn't even realize what was happening, and Drexler had already landed on the ground and turned away.

At 28:25, the Trail Blazers took the lead in no more than ten seconds to widen the difference between the two sides to more than one point.

The one-point gap between the two sides has been maintained for a long time.

Drexler's play changed the situation on the court, disrupting the Rockets' tactical setup during the timeout, and then using quick counterattacks to score points.

Compared to the previous games, Drexler's attack was significantly more resolute at this time, and he no longer had to look the wings, just pay attention to the front and side.

The Rockets were clearly caught off guard by the Trail Blazers' changes, and after Ralph Sampson went off the court, the Rockets' interior height plummeted, while Wiggins on the outside was clearly not as capable as Lloyd.

The Rockets faced the Trail Blazers' unrelenting defense, unable to hit inside, and when shooting from the outside, the starters began to fatigue, and the bench players did not feel the shot, and as a result, they missed three consecutive offenses.

Olajuwon was very dead by Gan Guoyang, he couldn't even catch the ball, and the two were consumed in the first quarter, each scoring only 4 points, just to strangle the opponent on the defensive end.

Gan Guoyang's interior line, which seemed a little empty in order to deal with Olajuwon, was well supplemented by the other players, and everyone dutifully protected the interior line and did not let the Rockets players easily shoot in the three-second zone.

If the Rockets want to shoot outside, they have to do it at their own leisure, and if they can't shoot the Trail Blazers players who are nesting near the three-second zone, they will try their best to rebound, and then start to launch a fast break.

This defensive strategy is also used by the Spurs, but the Spurs use it because they are too old to run, while the Trail Blazers use it to run faster.

The reason why Ramsey stayed on the court was because he made a good pass after grabbing the rebound, and second, he was young and able to run, and he was able to keep up with Drexler's pace and participate in the offense in the fast break.

In comparison, Mitchell Sampson is slightly inferior in defense, speed and control of backcourt rebounding, and he should rest when he is older.

This set of tricks allowed the Trail Blazers to build an eight-point lead at the end of the first quarter, and the head coach of the Rockets called a 20-second timeout to no avail, he couldn't get Ralph Sampson back up.

Within three minutes, Drexler had six points, one steal, two rebounds and one assist, like a powerful booster, helping the Trail Blazers get rid of the Rockets.

At the end of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers led the Rockets by eight points at 34-26, and the Rockets scored one point in the final three minutes thanks to Olajuwon's one-of-two free throws.

"Good, very nice play, very good, great lads." Ramsey was a loud cheer for every player, but he was also quite satisfied that his tactical adjustments had succeeded.

He has rehearsed this offensive strategy many times in his usual training, and he will also use it to play counter-attacking improvisation in normal games, but this has not been a fixed routine for the Trail Blazers.

Facing the Rockets this time, Ramsey knows that the Rockets just like to grab rebounds in the front court, and they like to expand their defense, so I simply shrink into a group when defending and press into a knife when attacking, until you can't grab it, you can't prevent it.

But at the start of the second quarter, Rockets coach Bill Feige made a corresponding change, first bringing Ralph Sampson back on the court for Olajuwon, then replacing McGray with Lloyd and replacing John Lucas Sr. with Allen Leevi.

The main purpose of this change is to empty the inside of the rocket, and since you Trailblazer are hiding in it and can't come out, then I simply won't go in.

Ralph Sampson is 7-foot-3, much taller than most centre-forwards, but he is an out-and-out striker in terms of his style of play.

In the second quarter, the Rockets attacked for the first time, and the Trail Blazers had Vanderwig hit a mid-range shot to further stretch the margin to 10 points.

Defensively, Gan switched to Ralph Sampson in the second quarter, but he was visibly uncomfortable.

Ralph Sampson is half a head taller than him, Gan Guoyang wants to use his strength against him and prevent him from going in, but people don't want to go in at all.

Ralph Sampson stood low on the right and looked like he wanted to be in the right post, only to suddenly move sideways to the left and then rely on a cover from Micos to get to the left corner.

Gan couldn't keep up with Sampson due to the crowding around the three-second zone, and Ralph Sampson picked up Lloyd's pass from the corner position and shot directly from 15 feet away.

"Huh!" Ball in! A beautiful CS that completes it is a 7-foot-3 giant!

For such a ball, any defender will feel helpless, there is really no way to defend, and I can only pray that this guy will not throw it.

Coming to the offense again, the Trail Blazers did not make adjustments in personnel, although Ralph Sampson just threw the ball in, it does not mean that the Trail Blazers' offensive speed will slow down, and they will not play with the Rockets.

“Run！ Run！ Run！ Ramsey yelled on the sidelines for a run, and Gan Guoyang, who served from the baseline, had already thrown the ball to the frontcourt.

The Trail Blazers want to play a quick offensive and defensive transition, because Paxson is not on the court, the Trail Blazers are missing a stable outside shooting point, Mitchell Sampson is not on the court, and there is no experienced interior attacker, so Ramsey feels that playing an unstable foothold is naturally the best choice.

However, the Rockets are not slow, especially Allen Levi, a small point guard of 6-foot-1 and the arrival of Lloyd, which has slowed down the Trail Blazers' advancement to a certain extent.

After Colter received the ball and rushed to the frontcourt, he found that the Rockets' defensive position was basically not much of a problem, and the fast offense could not be played, so he slowed down and prepared to play the position.

But at this time, Gan Guoyang, who ran from the backfield, suddenly inserted from the middle, and Colter understood, and before Ralph Sampson could post it, a through ball passed to Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang didn't dribble the ball, and after receiving the ball with his left hand, he directly pinched the basketball with one hand and made a layup.

Because Sampson stuck very tightly, the 7-foot-3 giant also tried his best to interfere with Gan Guoyang, but Gan Guoyang had a strength advantage, and he was stuck in position when he made a layup, and he was not suppressed by Ralph Sampson, and he made a successful layup with a low left hand!

Nice quick cut! Gan also showed the fans how he was gradually mastering his left-handed technique.

At 38:28, the difference came to 10 points again.

But further on, the Trail Blazers' offense wasn't as smooth.

With the Rockets just as good as they can score goals, the Trail Blazers' fast offense is missing one of their most powerful weapons — backcourt rebounding.

Without backcourt rebounds, there is no way to launch a quick counterattack when the opponent has not yet returned to defense, and the fast attack from the baseline is always much slower than the fast attack after grabbing the board.

Without a quick counterattack, the effect of this lineup on the position is obviously not good, which slows down the Trail Blazers' score increase, allowing the Rockets to gradually catch up with the score.

Ramsey knows that this style of play should not continue, the Trail Blazers are not the Los Angeles Lakers, and he does not have the Magic Johnson who "can create opportunities without a chance".

When Lloyd made a mid-range shot to tie the score to 39:42, Ramsay called a timeout.

"Okay, okay, we've had some problems and now we're going to fix them, but we've done a good job. Our defense, the opponent's hand has warmed up, and we can't stay in the three-second zone like this passively. Ramsey said.

This kind of retrenched defense is sometimes just gambling, betting that the opponent can't shoot and then play a counterattack.

The most important thing in gambling is to take it when it is good, and now the shooting feel of the Rockets has begun to recover, and if you continue to defend like this, it will be self-defeating.

'Let's get our defense back to normal, we still have the lead and we can keep it, so you have to put pressure on the defensive end. But what is more important is our offensive, our positional offensive, reducing the number of transmissions and increasing autonomous offensives. Ramsey said.

This highlights the difference between the NBA and college basketball, where coaches often say, "Let's play a game" after calling a timeout. ”

Then I started to make tactical adjustments, drawing around on the tactical board, telling the players what routines to follow and what to pay attention to.

And a professional league like the NBA sometimes seems very unprofessional. ”

After the coach takes a timeout, sometimes he just tells everyone to "play hard, you guys are playing well, keep it up." ”

Or "You can't fight, you have to cheer up, concentrate, strengthen the defense, and fight to the death!" ”

These words give the impression that they are said as if they were not said, and the truth is that they are indeed similar to not being said.

Because in regular time, there are only a few sets of fixed tactical routines for a team, and there are only a few offensive and defensive ideas, although there are countless specific tactical runs, but these things are instilled in the players by the coach during normal training and continue to practice.

If you get to the field of play and teach the players how to run, it's all in vain.

When it comes to arranging a tactical run, it is often not until the last moment of the game, and at the critical moment, a long timeout will be used to make a detailed tactical arrangement.

Other timeouts are sometimes just to cheer up the players and let everyone rest and rest.

Ramsey is already a tactical freak among NBA coaches, and there are specific arrangements for each timeout.

And the "reduce the number of transmissions and increase the independent attack" he arranged during the pause is actually to ask the players to play more singles.

Because the Rockets' defense is widespread, it is easy to make mistakes when passing more balls, and mistakes will be counterattacked.

And because the Rockets' defense can be expanded, it is more difficult for defenders and defenders to respond to and help each other, and there are more one-on-one opportunities on the Trail Blazers' side, so instead of struggling to run tactics, it is better to play alone.

"Gan, take a good rest." Ramsey told Gan Guoyang that it was time for him to rest.

In the ten minutes that Gan Guoyang has been on the court, it can be said that he is a pretty good team player, and he is conscientious as a center forward.

But he only scored 4 points, which made him a little depressed, a leak and a mid-range shot.

The main reason, in addition to Ramsey's failure to let him attack with all his strength, is that he scored 33 points in the last game against the Rockets, which attracted the attention of Bill Feige and made the opposing player not relax for a moment against Gan Guoyang.

For this reason, Olajuwon cashed with him as a redemption and only scored 4 points.

"When can I start scoring?" Gan Guoyang asked suddenly.

"A center, don't always think about scoring." Ramsey didn't even look at Gan Guoyang and said.

"......" Gan Guoyang immediately stopped talking, he knew that he was going to force again, and Ramsey would definitely have to use the same rhetoric of coaching Watton to teach him a lesson.

At that time, Wharton was the absolute core of the team, but he was not the leading scorer, and he never averaged more than 20 points per game, whether in the playoffs or the regular season.

But Wharton definitely has the quality to average 25 points per game, but he puts more energy into other areas.

"In the future, I will not only do what Wharton did, but also do what he can't!" Gan Guoyang thought as he sat on the bench.

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