"Good evening everybody, I'm Bill Shanley, and it's a pleasure to broadcast the Portland Trail Blazers' home game against the Dallas Mavericks at Memorial Coliseum, and for those who can't be there or watch live TV, I hope my voice will bring you a great game."

On April 20, at 7:13 p.m. PT, a dozen minutes before the start of the second playoff game between the Trail Blazers and Mavericks, Portland fans who couldn't make it to the Memorial Coliseum or didn't have a live TV watch must have turned on their home radios and started listening to Bill Shanley's live commentary.

Just as Zike Hearn represents the Lakers, Johnny Moster represents the Celtics, and Bob Blackburn is to the Seattle SuperSonics, Bill Shanley is the most familiar voice for fans of the city of Portland.

Although with the rapid development of NBA television broadcasting and the large-scale popularization of television, the relatively old and backward broadcasting mode of radio broadcasting is being swallowed up by the times, for those fans who cherish the history of the team and share the good memories of the team, how can these familiar voices be missing in their basketball life?

Unlike Most, who likes to sit in the high stands, Bill Shanley likes to sit near the Trail Blazers' bench, and when he is commentating on a game, he often looks up to see Ramsey's now-minted head.

"It's a pivotal game, the Trail Blazers lost home-court advantage in the first game, and now we're on the edge of a cliff, and in a best-of-five series, this one is going to be so critical that I don't think anyone wants to go to Dallas with a 0-2 scoreline." Shaunley introduced the grim situation that the Trail Blazers are currently facing before the game, and it can be said that the loss of the first home game made the Trail Blazers very passive, so they must win the second game.

This is certainly a lot of pressure on the Trail Blazers, who are mainly young players, but the Trail Blazers have always had a tradition of forming a "Young Guard" in history, and young players can always look calm and old in the Trail Blazers.

The players on both sides were warming up on the field, whether it was Gan Guoyang, Drexler, Cochy, Colter and other young players, their faces looked very calm, but it is unknown whether they were nervous in their hearts.

Anyway, in the last playoff debut of the rookies, whether it was Cauchy, Colter or Gan Guoyang, the performance was average, and it did not reach the level of their regular season, and obviously they were not very suitable for the playoffs.

Conversely, Mavericks rookie Sam Perkins, Jordan's brother, shone in his first playoff game, scoring a double-double of 26 points and 13 rebounds on 9-of-16 shooting.

In particular, his restrictions on Mitchell Sampson and his timely inclusion of Gan Guoyang caused a lot of damage to the Trail Blazers' interior line.

After the first game, the Dallas media declared, "In terms of the playoffs, Sam Perkins is the rookie of the best." ”

Because in the first game of the playoffs, Jordan, Gan, and Olajuwon, the three most powerful contenders for the best rookie, all lost the game, and Gan Guoyang and Olajuwon's on-court performances were also average.

In comparison, Sam Perkins was impressive enough in Game 1, and his contributions on both ends of the floor were obvious to all.

Gan Guoyang naturally dismisses such arguments, and in the regular season against the Mavericks, Sam Perkins gave Gan Guoyang the feeling that "as long as I exert my strength, I can kill him in minutes." ”

However, the Mavericks obviously will not give Gan Guoyang the opportunity to kill Perkins alone, he was the most tightly packed and defended by the Mavericks, it should be said that the head coach of the Mavericks can see at a glance that Gan Guoyang is the lifeblood of this Trailblazers, as long as Gan Guoyang is restricted, the strength of the Pioneers will be greatly reduced.

Although Gan Guoyang is not the real core of the Trail Blazers tactically, strategically, the Trail Blazers are completely two teams with Gan Guoyang and without Gan Guoyang.

"Alright, here's the player's appearance ceremony!"

After the warm-up, the starters from both sides began to appear one by one to the sound of the live DJ, and the Mavericks were no different from the starters of the previous game, with center Wallace Bryant, power forward Sam Perkins, small forward Mark Aquili, scoring guard Lulando Blackman, and point guard Brad Davis.

And when the DJ introduced the Trail Blazers' starters, the audience at the scene noticed that the Trail Blazers' starting lineup had changed.

In the last game, the Trail Blazers continued to use the starting lineup for the regular season, and Jim Paxson returned to the starting point guard in place of Drexler, who played well in March and April.

But Paxson's stop-and-go in March and April undoubtedly affected his form, and in the last game against the Mavericks, he was blown up by the opposing Blackman, who scored a game-high 43 points!

So in this game, Ramsey decided to put Drexler back in the starting lineup, and he needed Drexler to bring enough impact - they had too many shots in the last game.

Another adjustment is to have Kenny Carr replace Mitchell Sampson as the starting power forward, partnering Gan Guoyang.

Ramsey did try such an inside starting configuration at the end of the season, and the overall effect was okay, and the functional distribution between Gan Guoyang and Karl should be quite clear.

In the second game, Ramsey once again offered such an inside combination, he had two considerations, one is that because Drexler became the starter, then the bench needs a player who can lead the second team. Jim Paxson's inconsistency wasn't a good option, so Ramsey decided to let Sampson play the sixth man.

The second consideration is that Ramsey tried to release Gan Guoyang's attack in the second game, since the Mavericks used the bag to contain Gan Guoyang in the last game, if they gave up Gan Guoyang's attack, it would be the Mavericks' arms.

So Ramsey told Gan Guoyang that this game must be resolutely attacked from the beginning!

"The Trail Blazers' starters are Gan, Karl, Vanderwig, Drexler and Valentin, and there have been changes in the two positions, and I think Coach Ramsey must have him in mind, so let's wait and see." Shaunley still has a lot of trust in Ramsey's lineup, and since Ramsey arrived here in 1976, Shaunley has not missed a single game at the Trail Blazers' home court.

"Well, the game is about to start, the starters from both sides are standing on the field and shaking hands, but then it's going to be a big fight!"

Jumping the ball in the middle circle, Gan Guoyang stared at the basketball in the referee's hand like a wolf, and the words of Ramsay repeatedly appeared in his mind, "If you don't have the ball, you must fight!" ”

"Gan took the lead in basketball...... But Aquili squeezed away Van der Veric and grabbed the ball, and the game started, and the Mavericks took the lead! ”

In terms of reaction speed and bounce ability, Gan Guoyang is naturally better than the opponent's center Bryant, but the ball he dialed towards Vanderwig was snatched by Mavericks player Aquili.

Although Aquili plays at the small forward position, his registered height is only 6-foot-5, or 196, which is obviously the height of a shooting guard.

Gan Guoyang saw Aquilli for the first time in a game with the Mavericks, and thought that this guy was a point guard, because he looked at Aquili in his early 190s, looking at 6-foot-3 to 6-foot-4.

And Aquilli looks rough, not tall, and his hands and feet are not long, he is a five-short figure in the NBA, but he can play a small forward, and he can average 25 points per game, and last year he averaged 29 nearly 30 points per game!

This is not only due to his outstanding skills, but also because although he is not tall, with short arms and short legs, he is really strong, especially with thick thighs and a strong buttocks.

Therefore, although Van Dewich is nearly 3 inches taller than Aquili, Aqui used his ass to push Van Devich away and grabbed the basketball from Gan Guoyang.

“Thank-you！” Aquili grabbed the ball and didn't forget to say "thank you" to Gan Guoyang, which made Gan Guoyang angry.

The Mavericks got the player, Aquili slowly dribbled through the half, and the playoffs began in the first quarter, when it was a battle of wits and courage, and Aquili was also ready to pass the ball to the point guard, and then run the tactics.

But Gan Guoyang did not go directly to the inside three-second zone to defend at this time, but stayed in the high position, and he seemed to be waiting for something.

"What is this guy doing...... It's not enough to defend inside! Ramsey watched Gan Guoyang slowly go down to the forbidden area, and couldn't help but feel a little anxious, he didn't know what this guy was thinking.

"Aquili, transfer the ball to Davy...... Oh hoo! Break the ball! Gan broke the ball! The front field is empty! He rushed to the basket with the ball! ”

Aquili was obviously a little careless with this ball, he didn't know why Gan Guoyang stayed on the line, and he didn't think about it, after holding the ball to the right three-point line, he threw the ball directly to Davis in the middle.

And Gan Guoyang and other places are at this moment, he is afraid that Aquili will not pass the ball, he flew towards the basketball like an eagle that has been scattered, and intercepted the ball halfway!

“Gump，slam-dunk！ Rip-city！ (Gan, dunk!) Tearing the city apart! ）”

Shaunley opens with his classic narration, which is also the symbol of the Portland Trail Blazers, "Rip-City."

Gan Guoyang tore the city apart with a dunk, and at the same time he was ready to start tearing the calf.