One big and four small, this is quite a non-mainstream tactic in the NBA in the eighties, even if the Phoenix Suns take the fast offensive route, Tom Chambers is also considered a qualified power forward, in the era when the three-point shot has not become a mainstream tactic, the lack of an interior line is a huge risk, not to mention that the interior offensive skills of players in the eighties are generally excellent, even the guards often have one hand to play with their backs.

Therefore, the standard configuration of 3 outside and 2 inside is rarely changed by coaches, especially in the playoffs, the consequence of one big and four small is likely to be the defense is broken down and all kinds of backcourt rebounds are lost.

"The Trail Blazers replaced Duckworth with Paxson, so that the Trail Blazers are an inside and four outside on the court, Adelman's move is very risky, now they are 17 points behind, there are still 2 minutes before the end of the third quarter, plus a fourth quarter, it is not impossible to chase, Gan's state is slowly recovering, but Adelman still has a dangerous move."

Not only did Patrick not understand Adelman's arrangement, but the players on the Trail Blazers court also didn't understand, Gan Guoyang stood on the free throw line and hit both free throws, and the difference between the two sides narrowed to 15 points at once. ”

"Before Cauchy fights, I'll guard Hornacek." Paxson replied briefly, and soon there was no time for the two to talk, as Hornacek had already advanced through half court with the ball and was ready to attack.

In this game, although the Suns' point guard is Kevin Johnson, more often than not, Hornacek is in control of the ball, and many of the most threatening offenses come from Hornacek's passes, and his outside jumper is extremely accurate, 11 of 13 shots, and has swept 25 points.

"Hornacek is moving forward, and I think the hearts of the Trail Blazers players are lifted...... This time, though, it was Jim Paxson who defended Hornacek, who passed the ball to Kevin Johnson and their fast offense didn't get off the ground. ”

Previously, the Trail Blazers had always asked Drexler to defend Hornacek, but the effect has not been good, because Hornacek does not fight hard with Drexler at all, he plays passing and running, and Drexler has been divided most of his energy in the offense, and it is difficult to deal with Hornacek in defense.

"Kevin Johnson holds the ball in the middle and goes straight through!" Kevin Johnson chose to break naked again, his breakthroughs in this game were almost all bare bursts, and he didn't need anyone's blocking and covering, because his degree was too fast, Porter's defense was not bad, and his height and arm span had an advantage over Johnson, but Johnson was a "only fast and not broken", he was too fast, and the end of his basket was particularly good.

"Johnson breaks through and dunks! Gan dunked the ball into the basket! The ball is in! Kevin Johnson was extremely sudden, although Gan Guoyang jumped to block, Johnson dodged Gan Guoyang in the air, and then dunked the ball into the basket fiercely.

The fans cheered like crazy, and the entire audience could see the white towel spinning and waving, this dunk vented Kevin Johnson's resentment against Gan Guoyang in the first two games, and after the dunk, Johnson got off the basket and glared angrily at Gan Guoyang.

"Crazy dunks, Kevin Johnson is hard to stop, he is like a lightning bolt tearing through the Trail Blazers' defense and giving Gan a heavy blow."

In the last two minutes of the third quarter, Adelman's big four lineup did not exert any power, but Gan Guoyang was humiliated by Kevin Johnson, which made his face very ugly.

Gan Guoyang sat on the bench and dropped the towel in his hand again, this is the second time he has done this in this game, which is enough to see how aggrieved he is.

"We need more perimeter shots, perimeter mid-range shots and three-pointers, to completely empty the inside, to Gan; On the defensive end, shrink, shrink again, don't give Kevin Johnson another chance to break through, let them shoot. ”

At this time, Adelman finally had time to arrange tactics to the players, his tactics are very simple, that is, the offense bets on his own shots, and the defense blocks the opponent's shots, which sounds like a very two-way strategy, but sometimes it is a weapon for the team to complete the Jedi counterattack, the key is the player's mentality and state, once the state is up, the opponent's mentality is disturbed, and Adelman's goal will be achieved.

"Gan, kill them." At this time, Adelman said to Gan Guoyang alone.

Gan Guoyang's eyes were blazing, he was always in a state of suppression in the third quarter of the game, which made him extremely uncomfortable, and now, the fourth quarter was his last chance.

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"Paxson's layup...... Stealed by Marley, the Suns counterattacked, and Marley was excellent on the defensive end tonight, limiting Cauchy's swing. ”

In the fourth quarter, the competition between the two sides reached a white heat, and the advantages of the Trail Blazers were quickly revealed, Gan Guoyang hit three consecutive strong attacks on the inside, and the Suns had to shrink the defense a little harder, as a result, Jim Paxson and Terry Porter each hit a three-pointer, and the difference immediately narrowed to within 1o points.

However, the Suns' bench Marley played well tonight, he came off the bench and first hit a strong shot, and then blocked a layup from Paxson in the fast-break defense, and the Suns showed signs of a resurgence.

"Marley passes to Hornacek, who has a chance in the bottom corner and makes a three-point shot...... Ball in! He made a three-pointer! Three points for Hornacek! ”

Hornacek hit a three-pointer to bring the deficit to 13 points, with seven minutes to go.

At this time, Adelman made a gesture to call a timeout, but Gan Guoyang was about to hit the ball on the baseline, and then shook his head at Adelman, indicating that there was no need to call a timeout.

"Gan takes the ball in the high post, he rarely takes the ball in the high post tonight, and he fakes to shake up West, break through directly, and go to the basket! Oh, caused a foul from Chambers to go to the free throw line. Gan Guoyang used the strong to make a foul on Chambers, and then hit two free throws from the free throw line, and the difference became 11 points, but as long as the difference was more than 1o points, it was a chasm for the Trail Blazers.

This is, Kevin Johnson made a mistake in the offense, he held the ball outside the three-point line and passed the ball to Chambers inside, the Trail Blazers immediately came over and pressed, Chambers passed back to Johnson, at this time Johnson was empty in front of him, and Porter, who was defending him, was 3 big strides away from him, and Johnson made a three-point shot.

It was Johnson's first three-pointer of the game, and in fact he made two three-pointers all season, two in 82 games, and if it was his third three-pointer, it would basically put a nail in the coffin for the Trail Blazers.

However, he couldn't shoot, and it was still far behind, Gan Guoyang grabbed the backcourt rebound on the inside, the Trail Blazers quickly counterattacked, Terry Porter advanced with the ball, and then passed the ball to Jim Paxson who was ambushed on the right side, Paxson shot a two-pointer from the bottom corner, hit again, and the score gap became 9 points.

And then the Suns made another mistake in the offense, and in the same position, Hornacek also shot a three-pointer, although his three-point shooting percentage was much higher than Johnson's, but this is the time when the offensive success rate is needed, such a shot is too impatient.

"Gan got the backcourt rebound, a pass that ran through the court, Paxson got the ball, and made a layup! The ball went in, Marley was a step late! The Suns, a little badly, scored seven points, and with five minutes left before the end of the game, the Suns called a timeout. ”

In just a few minutes, the Suns' two offensive selection mistakes put them in passivity, the Trail Blazers' small lineup was flexible and fast, and the advantage of strong scoring ability began to appear, and the Phoenix people smelled danger.

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After the timeout came back, the Suns' offense still didn't improve, I don't know what was going on, and their originally smooth cooperation seemed to be out of the open space all of a sudden.

"Kevin Johnson breaks through and gets Gangay out! West got the frontcourt rebound, made a layup, and was covered by Gan again! Cauchy got the ball, Gan made two consecutive blocks, and the Trail Blazers counterattacked again! ”

Kevin Johnson's strong assault didn't work, Gan Guoyang knocked Johnson to the ground mercilessly with a big hat, and Johnson fell to the ground as if he had hit the Himalayas.

"West was defending Gan in front of him, he didn't give Gan a chance to catch the ball, and after several entanglements, Gan still got the ball, and outside the three-point line, he broke through the basket directly...... He hit the ground and passed the ball to Cauchy on the baseline, and Cauchy dunked! Beautiful passes, nice ground passes! ”

Gan Guoyang faced the Suns players who came up from the bag, a crotch pass, and gave Cauchy an assist to the bottom line, so far, the Trail Blazers' several chasing points are not Gan Guoyang's points, but all of them are related to Gan Guoyang.

All the Suns players can feel that a confident and domineering temperament is recondensing in Gan Guoyang's body.