The Trail Blazers unexpectedly trailed the Warriors by two points in the first quarter.

The Trail Blazers' low shooting percentage in offense is one of the reasons, although Drexler easily tore apart the Warriors' defense with his strong breakthrough ability, he is also deliberately controlling his number of breakaways, and seems to be more concerned about his leg injury.

Both Valentin and Van Decki's performances were average, and Vandervic missed shots in a row, and it seems that he is not very in shape.

And Valentin basically handed over the ball in the half, and there was not much room to play.

However, Sampson can still support the interior offense of the Trail Blazers, and the Warriors are really poor in the position of power forward, and Sampson has won a few times in a single meal.

After the benches on both sides of the court, the scene was still tepid, and Colter was still Ramsey's first choice to replace point guard, but his performance was still very poor.

In Ramsey's view, Colter's performance was simply sleepwalking, unable to defend, unable to score, no assists, and completely devoid of the calm and sophisticated feeling of last season.

So after the first quarter, Ramsey pressed Colt to the bench again and sent Terry Porter on the court.

At the start of the second quarter, the bench was led by Porter and Paxson, plus Kenny Carr, Sampson and Jerome Cauchy.

Porter and Paxson showed good tactical literacy, Porter's presence made up for Paxson's lack of impact, and Paxson's strong projection ability made the Warriors' outside line unable to fully defend Porter, giving Porter more opportunities to attack.

The two brought the Trail Blazers' offense alive from the outside, and with the warming of their hands, the Trail Blazers' shooting percentage began to rise.

The Warriors' slim two-point advantage in the first quarter was filled by a three-pointer from Paxson from the perimeter, and the Trail Blazers took the lead.

But compared to the Trail Blazers, the Warriors' bench is no slouch, and their rookie Mullin has made Corsey feel a little pressure.

"Defend him Jerome! Defend him! Jerome ...... "Gan Guoyang watched Cauchy stick to Mullin on the left baseline, right next to the Trail Blazers' bench, the Warriors' offensive time was running out, and Mullin had no passing time, so he yelled, by the way, interfere with Mullin.

Seeing that the 24-second time was about to expire, Mullin feigned a shot, but Cauchy was not fooled, and then Mullin took a step back and then stepped back to shoot.

Mullin is a left-hander, so Cauchy was a little awkward when blocking and interfering with his shot, and Mullin's shot was quite fast, and the ball arced high.

"Huh!" The ball went into the net, a difficult goal!

After the ball was thrown, the Warriors' bench suddenly boiled, and the players cheered for Mullin's difficult goal as a rookie, among which Carroll was the most excited, still waving a towel.

Mullin was still quite low-key, and after scoring the goal, he quickly ran back to the second half of the defense, after all, after the ball was scored, the Warriors still trailed the Trail Blazers by three points at 31:34.

"This guy's shooting is pretty good." Van Dewig, who was next to Gan Guoyang, said that as a shooting master, he could be praised by Van Devecki, which shows that Mullin's shooting does have merit.

"Clyde would have been perfect if he had that level of shooting." Gan Guoyang listened to it and didn't forget to make fun of Drexler.

"Why are you involved with me? I was so much better than you in the first quarter! Drexler was not happy to hear it, Gan Guoyang likes to make fun of him with his shooting when he is fine.

"The sweetest laugh is the last laugh...... Wait, Carol, I won't let him score so casually again. Gan Guoyang looked at Carol who was happy on the bench at the other end and said.

Soon, with 8 minutes left in the second quarter, the Trail Blazers still led the Warriors by three points at 36:33, but although the Trail Blazers' offense picked up, they didn't seem to have a way to limit the Warriors defensively.

With Pete van Cowan hitting a 10-foot mid-range shot to close the score to a point, Ramsey had to call a timeout, hoping that his team would be able to tighten up defensively and pull away in the second quarter.

'You guys are too loose defensively, we have to increase the intensity of our defense and build an advantage before the end of the first half. Playing more inside in the attack, remember, increase the confrontation, and try to open up the gap in this time period. "Ramsey didn't do too much tactical set-up, he asked for more intensity.

In the previous games, the Trail Blazers have never been on the intensity, but playing tactics.

For a strong team, it is very important to control the pace of the game and take the process of the game into their own hands.

When facing a weak team, how to save effort and win the game is something that every coach is thinking about.

Ramsey believes that the best way to control the course of the game is to rely on the change of rhythm of "strong and weak" in the game, that is, to open up the gap with high-intensity play in a short period of time, and then use the normal game mode to maintain the advantage.

This requires the team to have a balanced offensive and defensive ability, and be able to retract and release freely.

"Gan, lock Carroll, and by the way, block the free-throw line." Ramsey finally said to Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang nodded after listening, he knew that Carroll would definitely return to the court after this timeout.

Sure enough, the Warriors also replaced the starters on the court, and Carroll was among them, looking confident.

"You've been out of the NBA for a year, haven't you?" Gan Guoyang walked up to Carol and said to him suddenly.

Carol was a little surprised to see Gan Guoyang coming over and talking to him, and then replied, "That's right, but I'm back again." ”

"But the NBA isn't what it was when you were now...... You should be eliminated, Mr. First Pick. (mr-first-round)" Gan Guoyang said lightly, as if he was telling a fact, not provoking.

"9,2,9,2,9,2......" Carol began to repeat these two numbers after hearing Gan Guoyang's words, and it was obvious that he meant that he scored nine points in the first quarter, and Gan Guoyang only scored two points.

Soon the referee's whistle interrupted the argument between the two, and Drexler served on the sideline.

At this time, Gan Guoyang pushed Carol away and quickly stood on the left corner to ask for the ball.

Drexler understood and passed the ball high to Gan Guoyang, who quickly came up after Gan Guoyang received the ball.

This position is still a little far from the basket, Gan Guoyang did not choose to turn his back, but turned into a noodle basket with a sigma step.

Gan Guoyang's turn was clean and neat, without a trace of mud and water, and after turning around, he immediately lowered the center, and then suddenly shook his shoulders, and then accelerated in a straight line to break through the middle.

With Vanderwich on the court, he was on the right wing, and Kennekar was also pulled to the right corner, so the middle was empty, and the Warriors didn't have the awareness to block the free throw line.

Gan Guoyang rushed straight in with Carol like a bulldozer.

Carol once again experienced Gan Guoyang's terrifying strength and extraordinary agility, and there was no way to stop the bulldozer from advancing.

"Bang!" Carroll only felt himself fall back again, and then he heard the sound of the basket being pulled and bounced off.

Carol sat down on the ground, looked up and saw Gan Guoyang falling on the basket with one arm, looked at him lightly, and then let go of his hand and landed, saying "9, 4" in his mouth, and turned to leave.

This ball was within a reasonable range of physical contact, and Gan Guoyang did not swing his elbow or push anyone, all relying on the strength of his body, so there was no foul.

Gan Guoyang's ball was completely based on the advantage of strength and weight to eat Carroll, he pushed Carroll to the inside, and it was difficult for him to jump, so he relied on Carroll to get up, and then relied on his superior arm span and big hands to stuff the ball into the basket.

Don't look at Carol, who is two inches taller than Gan Guoyang, but his weight is nearly 15 pounds lighter than Gan Guoyang, and he weighs only 225 pounds.

And Carol has long legs and a high center of gravity, and Gan Guoyang's center of gravity is low, so Carol can't stand him at all.

His teammates stepped forward to pull Carol up, which made Carol feel insulted, he didn't expect that he had just returned to the NBA, and he was also a former champion show, but he was so embarrassed by a sophomore rookie, which really made him lose face.

"Pass me the ball!" Carroll said to Floyd that he was going to save face in the attack.

Sure enough, when the Warriors began to attack, Floyd began to take the initiative to find Carroll, but it was difficult for him to pass the ball, and Gan Guoyang should start to defend Carroll in front.

Defending around the front is a physically demanding form of defense, and once the opponent successfully lobs the ball, the basket opens the hole.

But this kind of defense is also very effective against strong centers in the low post, because the opponent simply has a hard time getting the ball.

After two unsuccessful pass attempts, Floyd transferred the ball to another player and continued to run the Warriors' offense.

When the ball was transferred to the weak side, Gan Guoyang no longer cared about Carroll, but focused on the corner position and the free throw line, as long as a Warriors player ran here, Gan Guoyang would intentionally or unintentionally deviate slightly to that side.

The Trail Blazers' defensive intensity has obviously come up, and the Warriors' passing has begun to become sluggish, and players will be closely defended by the Trail Blazers once they stop the ball.

At this time, Carroll mentioned the top of the arc to make a cover for the outside players, and the pick-and-roll is indeed a very simple and effective way to crack the defense.

But when Terry Tiggall relied on Carroll's cover to go inside, Gan Guoyang chose to let Carroll to mark Teagar, while Drexler went to switch to Carroll.

This is a dangerous move in defense, because Drexler is obviously losing in defending Carroll, and at this time the Trail Blazers' interior line is already empty, and Carroll only needs to go down to catch the ball and go to the empty basket.

However, Bellman designed it this way, and the greater the risk, the greater the benefit.

As a precaution, he will ask other defenders to be ready to return to the three-second zone at any time to make up for the defense, that is, to step on the edge of the illegal defense and let Sampson fill the inside line in the box in advance.

What's more important is to see Gan Guoyang's ability to press the ball carrier after changing rooms, if he can make the ball carrier unable to pass the ball, then Carol doesn't matter even if there is no one to defend.

Sure enough, Gan Guoyang's sudden close and close defense made Teagar very uncomfortable, he was already dead!

At this time, Valentine on the left wing also came up and cut off the ball in Teagarh's hand.

As soon as the ball entered Valentine's hand, Gan Guoyang straightened up and rushed to the frontcourt, and the front court was empty.

Valentin also made a quick long pass after breaking the ball, and the ball flew straight to Gan Guoyang's hand.

Fans at the Memorial Stadium know it's time for their show.

Gan Guoyang slammed the dunk with both hands!

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