"The Celtics felt as cold as the weather in Boston today, shooting 28 percent from the field, shooting four shots to score one, and Coach Jones had to call a timeout. They will have to make adjustments to improve their offensive success rate while styling the Trail Blazers' inside-outside combination defensively. ”

In the seventh minute of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers led the Celtics by 10 points at Boston Garden Square, 19-9.

The Trail Blazers' offense should be said to be a normal play, scoring 19 points in 7 minutes and shooting 51 percent, indicating that the team is in a better situation in terms of tactics and condition.

In comparison, the Celtics' form was surprisingly bad, with the exception of Bird, who scored six points, and the rest of the players repeatedly missed shots, Danny Ainge made zero of four shots, Dennis Johnson made zero of three, and Parish didn't shoot under Gan's defense.

Only Maxwell relied on free throws to score another three points.

"Well done lads, but we have to keep it up, Celtic don't stay like this all the time, so focus on it, don't let it up in the slightest, we have to take the lead in the first half! Drexler, you take Paxson, slow down our tempo, reduce turnovers, press more defensively, and I think the Celtics will definitely speed up their offense so that they can make more mistakes and take advantage of those opportunities. Norris, you replace Gan, Sampson take good care of the opponent's sixth man, and don't let the Celtics open up from the inside. Attacking we went back to normal, Van de Veric continued to be the arrows in the attack, and if you play against Bird, remember to put him under pressure. ”

The first seven minutes of the first quarter were completely under Ramsey's control, and the Celtics were unexpectedly poor, so the situation on the court was very favorable for the Trail Blazers.

But experience has taught Ramsey that everything can change dramatically in a short period of time against the Celtics at Boston's home court, and he knows that the Celtics' form will definitely return, so he will continue to adjust and let the Trail Blazers survive the last five minutes of the first quarter.

"At the end of the timeout, both sides made personnel adjustments, and Coach Jones finally replaced our sixth man to form the strongest roster of the Celtics, while the Trail Blazers did replace Gan, and Paxson, who was in average form? Sen was also replaced by Drexler. Drexler contributed a spectacular gliding dunk against the Lakers, earning him the wonderful nickname, 'The Glider'! And I think it's the best dunk of the season because he dunked on the Lakers' head. "Most didn't forget to choke the Lakers when he was commenting.

In the last few games, there have been some changes in the rotation of the Trail Blazers' lineup, and it is often Gan Guoyang who leads the team through the first quarter instead of Mitchell Sampson, but in this game, the substitutions after the pause are back to the way they were at the beginning of the season, and Gan Guoyang went down first and let Sampson lead the team through the first quarter.

Ramsey did this because he had already calculated it, and he wanted Mitchell Sampson to stay on the court to deal with the Celtics' super backup, All-Star power forward Kevin McHale.

"Are Sampson and McHale acquainted?" Gan Guoyang sat on the sidelines and drank a drink, and asked Kenny Carr, who was sitting next to him, and when Gan Guoyang was warming up before the game today, Gan Guoyang saw Sampson and McHale chatting on the sidelines for a while.

Ramsey also paid special attention to Sampson's attention to McHale, and for this reason, he also rotated the squad back to the way it was at the beginning of the season.

"That's right, both of them graduated from the University of Minnesota, Sampson was McHale's senior, and when he was in school, Sampson abused McHale on the training ground, so every time he played the Celtics, Sampson would deal with McHale, and the effect was really good." Kenny Carr replied.

Only then did Gan Guoyang know that McHale was Sampson's junior brother.

Mitchell Sampson was the top pick in 1978, and he was naturally calling for wind and rain in college, although McHale was also a talented basketball wizard, but he could only be Sampson's follower in college, and he was taught by Sampson on the training court and gave Sampson a bag off the court.

Although the University of Minnesota failed to participate in the NCAA national tournament at that time, it did win consecutive championships in the second-division league, which also shows that their strength is very strong, after all, there was a champion and a tanhua later.

"McHale is on the court, and he's going to be able to provide the Celtics with more inside firepower, and now the Celtics have to score points."

When the overall feeling of the team is not good, the low post attack of the interior players is the most effective and consistent means for the team to score points.

Sure enough, McHale began to play low on the left side as soon as he came on the court, and it was naturally Mitchell Sansenmp who defended him.

At this time, of course, McHale is no longer the white kid who ravaged Sampson in college, he has become the strongest killer in the Celtics' low position.

And Sampson has a psychological advantage in the face of McHale, and every time he plays the Celtics, he can always have a good effect when he defends McHale.

"McHale gets a pass from DJ and rolls over for a jumper! The ball didn't go in, it hit the front of the basket, could it be that McHale's shooting touch was also infectious? "Most sat in the high commentary seat and was dying.

McHale didn't hit the first low-post attack, he opted for a conservative step-back jumper, and his crosshairs had not yet been adjusted when he just came on the court, and it was natural that he didn't score the first shot against the old seniors.

"Don't be afraid of Kevin, I'm sure you'll make it." After catching the rebound pass, Sampson said "caringly" to McHale.

McHale didn't reply, but ran to the back of the court to return to the defense.

The Trail Blazers didn't launch a quick counterattack, and Valentin dribbled past half court and gave the ball to Drexler at the top of the arc.

Drexler has the incredible passing vision of a point guard, and he organizes the Trail Blazers' offense at the top of the arc.

The Trail Blazers were on a 1-4 position, Drexler was at the top of the arc, and the other four were constantly covering and cutting into the air.

After getting rid of Bird's entanglement on the left side, Vanderwich made a big circle from the baseline and ran to the right near the 45-degree three-point line.

Before Bird could catch up with the defense, Drexler made a decisive pass to Van Dewig, who stepped on the three-point line and shot from distance.

"Huh!" Ball in! At 21:9, the Trail Blazers extended their lead to 12 points!

The stadium fell silent a lot with Vanderwicki's goal, thinking that a timeout could narrow the difference between the two sides, but unexpectedly widened it.

But the Celtics' players were still calm, and this time they replaced DJ Dennis Johnson with dribbling across the halfcourt.

Dennis Johnson, a freckled two-way guard with a strong body and solid technique, the 1979 Finals MVP joined the Celtics in 1984 and gave the entire team a huge boost in backcourt defense and offensive flexibility.

DJ, with McHale's pick-and-roll, shoots at the top of the arc...... The referee's whistle blew...... He threw it! Drexler fouls! 2+1 at a time! Dennis Johnson! The voice that Moster had been accumulating in his throat finally had an outlet, and as Dennis Johnson hit an 18-foot jumper and drew a foul on Drexler, Boston Garden was buzzing again.

"Don't jump Clyde lightly!" Ramsey loudly reminded Drexler from the sidelines that Drexler was still inexperienced after all, and he was on the radar of Dennis Johnson.

At the same time, Ramsey is more worried that with Johnson's goal, the Celtics will start to recover offensively.

Although the Celtics and Lakers are very different in terms of playing style, they are very similar in one thing, and that is that the individual ability of the players on the court is very strong, and when the situation on the court is unfavorable, there are always players who can step up to save the situation, and the opponent does not know who that person will be.

Dennis Johnson hit a free throw to close the gap to nine points at 21:12.

"Success rate! We need a success rate! Steady hit one! Ramsey kept reminding the players to be steady, and as a veteran manager, he could feel that Celtic were making a comeback.

But Drexler made another mistake.

He continued to play at the top of the arc, but this time Dennis Johnson dropped his close defense to Drexler and instead went to flank the other players.

This gave Drexler room to attack, but it was a trap.

If Drexler opts for a mid-range jumper, with his shooting percentage, the ball is basically an assist.

So Drexler chose to break through from the left side into the three-second zone, but as soon as he burst in a few steps, Dennis Johnson and Robert Parrish caught him, and Johnson didn't let go of Drexler at all, he kept an eye on the glider.

Drexler, who was caught in the middle, made the wrong choice, he didn't pass the ball, he couldn't pass the ball, because he just rushed in, everyone was already jumping, and he had to shoot hard.

He wanted to throw a cricket, but was interfered with by Parish and pushed too hard, and the ball hit the rebound without touching the basket.

McHale picked up the rebound and passed the ball to Bird, who dribbled straight to the frontcourt.

"Back to the defense! Fast! Ramsey jumped to his feet in a hurry.

The Trail Blazers were really fast back defending, but Bird's counter-attacking speed didn't get up, and by the time Bird dribbled to near the three-point line, the Trail Blazers had already settled their ground.

But Bird doesn't care if you are down or not, he stopped the ball and shot directly outside the three-point line!

One chases three points!

In the NBA at the time, only Bird dared to shoot such a ball!

"Huh!" The ball went in! 21:15, a six-point gap.

In less than a minute, the Celtics chased 6 points in a row!

It has nothing to do with tactics, it has nothing to do with the overall strength of the team, this is the embodiment of individual ability.

And this is what Ramsey fears the most, once the Celtic players are allowed to fully exert their individual abilities, they will still be strong and terrible even if they don't use any tactics.

But Ramsey didn't call a timeout, knowing that there was nothing wrong with the Trail Blazers' tactics and that they had to keep playing.

Under the momentum of the Celtics' fierce pursuit of points, Vanderwich stepped up again, he ran back to the back baseline to catch the ball, a feint shook Bird, and then a sliding step to the left, straight jump shot.

"Huh!" A two-point shot, 23:15, Vanderwicki's goal stabilized the Trail Blazers' position.

However, the momentum of Celtic's chasing points has not slowed down in the slightest, and they are still very patient, and they continue to pass high positions in the attack.

McHale still didn't seem to feel much under Sampson's defense, and he made a few low passes in and out on the left, but he didn't choose to shoot.

However, Gan Guoyang is no longer on the field, and Parrish is still on the field.

Norris, the interior lineman, was aggressive in offense, but couldn't contain Parrish at all in defense.

Although he did his best to go around the front and not let Parish catch the ball in the low post, Parish is not a center that will only play in the low post.

Parrish turned around and went around the front of the basket, and McHale made an inside pass! Parish's 10-foot jumper! No one can cover him! Ball in! The Celtics have finally found their attacking touch! ”

"Beep!" This time Ramsay had to call a timeout.

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