Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself, and the truth of the lion fighting the rabbit, Gan Guoyang has always kept it in mind, because there are too many things in the NBA that have been careless because of the underestimation of the enemy, and such things will happen again and again in the past, present, and future.

For spectators, this is the charm of competitive sports, but for teams, it is a trap that makes people tremble and walk on thin ice.

During the regular season, Gan Guoyang would occasionally take a nap, and he would play more relaxed when he encountered a more relaxed game, of course, after listening to the advice of Dr. J Irving in Philadelphia, Gan Guoyang also tightened the clockwork for himself.

In the playoffs, the excited Gan Guoyang completely removed the energy limit bar on his body, entered the highest combat state, and treated the Warriors, although he provoked many times before the game, but in fact, in his heart he attaches great importance to this opponent, Chris Mullin and Richmond's backcourt combination attack power is quite impressive, and the head coach of the Warriors is Don Nelson, Gan Guoyang does not want the miracle of the 65-win team to be blackened by the black eight 20 years in advance.

After the start of the game, the Trail Blazers are also the main inside, the playoffs are different from the regular season, the use of rapid counterattacks needs to be cautious, and the opponent casually plays against the opponent at the beginning, it is easy to bring up the rhythm and feel, once this is the case, the later games may not be easy to play.

Therefore, in the playoffs, the opening offense must play the interior and play the success rate, and at the same time, the energy should be more on the defensive end, not to give the opponent an offensive feeling, so that the opponent's scorer spends more time looking for a feel.

Therefore, as the most efficient offensive point in the league's low position, Gan Guoyang took on the heavy responsibility of scoring points at the beginning.

"The first attack on the court, Gan got the ball in the low post, on the left, in the position he was most familiar with, Gan looked at it and pushed Ralph Sampson away! Hook Hand Hit! The first point of the Trail Blazers' playoffs this season, a hook score from Gan! ”

The first ball, Gan Guoyang easily hooked and hit, and it was Ralph Sampson who defended Gan Guoyang, but Sampson at this time has long been gone, Sampson has missed more than 20 games this season, and the knee injury has tormented the once flying super power forward, at this time he has been reduced to an average of no more than ten points per game, no more than five rebounds, and he is not even an excellent role inside.

Moreover, even Ralph Sampson in his prime is not Gan Guoyang's opponent, in the 1986 Western Conference Finals, the Rockets really cornered the Trail Blazers was Olajuwon, Sampson has always been limited to death, playing average.

Now, Gan Guoyang's offensive skills are extremely mature, the opening Warriors' defense is a little hesitant, and the outside players are ready to move after Gan Guoyang gets the ball, but they don't really come forward to wrap up, Gan Guoyang is naturally unceremonious, Sampson's body can't stand Gan Guoyang at all, and Gan Guoyang can easily shoot.

Soon, when Gan Guoyang began to score continuously, Nelson couldn't sit still, he didn't expect Gan Guoyang's state to come so quickly, he thought that Gan Guoyang would drag it to the back and then exert his strength, but Gan Guoyang was not polite at all, as long as there was an opportunity, he would never show mercy, hook his hands, turn over and jump shots, and eat under the basket, the original Warriors' internal strength was weak, and they couldn't withstand Gan Guoyang's toss at all.

And the Warriors can't open the situation on the offensive end, the Trail Blazers' defense is very large, and the pressure is very strong, the Warriors' two scorers rely on outside shots to eat, the team has no strong offensive points inside, and there is no passer with strong penetrating passes, facing the high-pressure defense of the Trail Blazers, the offensive rotation is quite difficult.

And Gan Guoyang's harassment on the defensive end is also very large, he has returned to the state of the big spider again, you must know that in some games in the regular season, Gan Guoyang does not need to exert force on the defensive end at all, just grab guns and rebounds, and rely on the offensive Trailblazers to win, but in the playoffs, Gan Guoyang once again showed the demeanor of the best defensive player, the pressure and control of people and the ball are very strong, and the tireless running and filling of positions will make people think that he is a blue-collar coolie of the Trailblazers.

At 17:5, the Trail Blazers opened to the Warriors a 17:5, Don Nelson saw Gan Guoyang steal successfully outside the three-point line, passed the ball to Porter, and after Porter scored a layup, he finally couldn't hold back and gestured to the referee and asked for a timeout.

“Keep-passion，keep-passion！ (Stay alive, stay alive!) When he stopped playing, Gan Guoyang did not forget to shout to everyone, he knew that sometimes the team will slack off after playing an attacking wave, and he wanted to remind everyone to maintain passion and vitality no matter when and how many points are ahead.

The noise on the scene was also at its maximum, and the players and coaches on both sides had to use the maximum decibel volume and their own player arrangements, and the fanatical passion of the Trail Blazers' home fans both infected the players and brought huge pressure to the Warriors.

Don Nelson made a change after the timeout and used the tactic he had worked out, which was to send Manute Bol in the center position, let Sampson play power forward, and then the two of them defended Gan Guoyang together.

Bol is 7-foot-7 and Sampson is 7-foot-3, the interior line composed of the two may be the highest interior combination in NBA history, but the two are also thin enough, especially Bol, who weighs only 200 pounds for such a tall person.

"Nelson replaced Bol and formed a super twin tower with Sampson, but why do I always feel that this is also futile, Nelson doesn't know the power of Gan's outside shot?" When Sean Lee saw Nelson replace Bol, he could see that Gan Guoyang was by no means a player who would only score on the inside.

However, what the average commentator can see, Nielsen can't?

In fact, of course, Nelson knows Gan Guoyang's deterrence on the outside, and knows that he has a glorious history of one person throwing the other party alive, but Nelson is a coach who likes to go off the rails, which can be seen in his future coaching experience, as early as the Bucks He has piled up long people, and at that time, Nelson's Bucks have always been the nemesis of the Trail Blazers.

However, the Bucks restrained the Trail Blazers by relying on their strong outside defense to contain the Trail Blazers' outside offensive group, while the interior Bucks relied on piling up long men.

Nelson understands that dealing with players like Gan Guoyang and Jordan is like a goalkeeper saving a penalty, and it is very difficult to really rely on reaction and judgment to save a penalty, so some goalkeepers simply shoot in one direction, as long as they get it right once, it is a victory.

For these super scorers, Nelson also decided to Meng, he sent Bol and Sampson, that is, to block the inside line, create difficulties in shooting, and then let Gan Guoyang choose to go outside to shoot, whether he can throw in or not, he is unlucky if he throws in, and he is lucky if he can't shoot.

This defensive method seems to be negative, but in fact, it is to lead the opponent to a relatively inefficient offensive path, no matter how accurate Gan Guoyang's outside shot is, he can't get a strong attack under the basket, and the lethality is not the same, in the first quarter of the Trailblazers' 17 points, Gan Guoyang scored eight points on 4 of 5 shots, and also made two fouls on the Warriors, so the damage to the Warriors can be imagined.

Nelson played his wishful thinking, he felt that as long as Gan Guoyang was led to the outside, unless he really turned into a shooting machine, the offensive efficiency would definitely go down, and then the Warriors would be able to find an opportunity to slowly chase the score back, and then bite the score to determine the winner in the final quarter.

However, Nelson miscalculated, and after the two sides returned to the court after the timeout, Gan Guoyang did not plan to go to the high post to play blocking and dismantling with Drexler and Porter, but continued to fall into the low post, playing high and low with Sabonis, and playing Inside-out with the three black eggs on the outside!

"Gan took the ball in the low post again, caught the ball and turned over directly for a jumper! Ball in! A turnaround jumper in one go! Gan shook his head, as if to say 'why am I feeling so good tonight'? ”

Gan Guoyang's turn-over jumper did not give Bol a chance to step forward to help defend at all, his turn was too fast, and Sampson, who had a broken knee, couldn't keep up at all, and couldn't jump up to block it, watching Gan Guoyang throw the ball in.

Nelson thought that the blockage of the inside line was not enough, so he shouted "block the inside line" on the sidelines, but then Gan Guoyang never went to the high position, he took root in the low position, and when he had the opportunity, he received the ball and attacked the Warriors' inside line, Manute Ball and Sampson, two giants of more than 2.20 meters, were not enough to see, the difference in tonnage and strength was too big, Gan Guoyang did not dodge the shot at all, but forced the ball to put the ball into the basket after the top was forced.

"Gan continued to score on the inside, making layups under the blocks of the two giants! He is like a silent river, and no matter what obstacles you put in the river, he flows quietly there, because he is too wide and too deep. ”