"I think I saw Jabbar in his rookie era. In your impression, who else can have such a scoring performance in your rookie season? The Golden State's rim is like the sea. Maybe this is a gift from Oakland to Gan."

"In fact, he showed the same explosive scoring power in the game against the Lakers. His continuous scoring ability is shocking. Although his skills are still a bit monotonous and not proficient enough, his stability is amazing. I even think he may win the third NBA rookie MVP after Unselder." During the halftime break, James Brown's evaluation of Gan Guoyang was already a bit "stylist".

Gan Guoyang's performance in the second quarter was a god. He became the most core of the Trail Blazers' offense. Every offensive goal had to pass through his hands, and he also scored one goal one by one to narrow the gap behind and then overtook.

Later on, the other players of the Trail Blazers pulled the ball away and handed the ball to Gan Guoyang. Whether the Warriors double-teamed or not, Gan Guoyang will take a firm move.

His hands felt hot tonight. Not only that, he also felt very good about rebounding. He was covered by the front and back courts by himself. He scored 22 points and 17 rebounds in the first half alone - even if he got such data in the whole game, he was excellent enough.

Such performance also helped the Trail Blazers successfully overtake the score and ended the first half with a 55:50 lead of 5 points.

Of course, the Trail Blazers' defense is still not good enough, and the Warriors' double-gun feel is also excellent in the backcourt, so even if Gan Guoyang has fully fired, it has not really opened the score between the two sides.

This also gave Gan Guoyang the opportunity to score more points in the second half.

"In history, only Wilter Chamberlain and Weiss Unseld have done this. But the current MVP selection is no longer a player's choice, so it seems too early to say whether a rookie like Gan can win an MVP."

"I just have a hard time getting an MVP in terms of his performance in the first half and the current performance of the Trail Blazers, but at least he will be in the ranks of competing for MVP now or in the future."

Before 1980, the regular season MVP was selected by NBA players themselves, and each player could choose the most powerful player they thought was based on their combat experience.

After 1980, the selection of MVP became a media job. Every year, some media workers engaged in sports coverage will select the most valuable players of the season in their minds, which also means that some factors other than basketball will affect the selection results more.

Judging from the current results of the Trail Blazers, it is not impossible to produce an MVP, but Gan Guoyang wants to win the MVP as a Chinese in his rookie season, which may be more difficult than him winning the championship that season.

"What's wrong with you today! You can't shoot, don't defend, don't grab rebounds, and don't even get good luck in dribbling. I don't know how your condition is so bad." During the break, Ramsey questioned the players in the locker room.

Today, the performance of other players except Gan Guoyang is really bad, and their overall condition is very sluggish. From the end of November to early December, the winning rate of the Trail Blazers gradually declined.

"My foot injury has not improved completely. I didn't get well treated for the last trip to the East. Now I'm going to have another away game. I don't know if I can last until the end of the season." Jim Paxson said.

After returning from the Eastern Conference trip, Paxson's condition was fluctuating, and at the beginning of the season, he was always the team's stable firepower point on the outside.

He is a very important part of Ramsey's offensive system, often a key figure in cracking the opponent's defense. Now he is troubled by foot injuries. Although it is not serious, it affects his condition very much.

"The same is true for my back. The league's schedule is really deadly. We have arranged such a long away game for us at once." Van dervich was also complaining.

"It's normal for the ups and downs in form, and I think we'll get better." Mitchell Sampson said something to encourage everyone.

"We can't always have all kinds of excuses. Every team and every player has injuries. Many of you have played in NBA games for many years. You should have been used to such game arrangements. Everyone is cheering up. Three consecutive losses are not what I want to see." Ramsey heard a hint of tiredness from the players' words. It's really bad to have such a feeling at the beginning of the season.

The reason why the Trail Blazers are tired of players so early is not only because of the normal ups and downs in their normal state and continuous away games, but also because there are too many young players in the team and insufficient bench players.

The Trail Blazers' substitutes are Kenny Carr, Cort and Drexler.

Inside rotation, Kenical often replaces Gan Guoyang at the end of the first quarter, and then Gan Guoyang takes the field to replace Sampson in the early stage of the second quarter, and finally replaces Sampson at the right time before the end of the half.

In fact, in terms of physical strength distribution, Sampson should be replaced, and Gan Guoyang will finish the first and early stages of the second quarter. After a break in the middle, then replace Gan Guoyang in the final stage.

After all, Gan Guoyang is young and strong, and he can jump happily even if you let him not rest for a minute.

But in terms of tactics, Sampson has more experience than Gan Guoyang and has stronger tactical execution. At the end of each quarter, players who lack experience often do not finish well and will be caught off guard by the opponent's counterattack.

So Ramsey always keeps Sampson on the court and lets him play the final stage.

This also increases Sampson's playing time, increases physical energy consumption, and is easily affected.

On the outside of the Trail Blazers, Drexler and Cort were a second-year student and a rookie. They were more motivated and were not calm enough. After playing, they had a climax. It would be a wave that would overturn the opponent. If they were not good at playing, they would be flooded.

Therefore, Ramsey is very cautious in using these two defenders, often reducing their playing time, and more so that Van derwich and Paxson can put the team in.

And Van der Wich and Paxson's health are both worrying.

"We have a sweetheart in this game. As long as we pass the ball to him, the problem will be solved! It's so relaxing and pleasant." Kenny Carl continued to be a locker room atmosphere regulator as always.

Everyone laughed at this and the atmosphere suddenly became much more relaxed. Gan Guoyang's performance in the first half was really great.

Ramsey also glanced at Gan Guoyang sitting there and laughing foolishly. This guy was like Monkey King who was transcending from the Five Elements and Six Paths. Every time Ramsey thought about the team's configuration and tactical issues, he always had to remove this guy first and then add him in after considering it.

He is such an X factor, with an amazing speed of progress, and every few games it makes Ramsey feel: this guy has changed again.

Ramsey sometimes even thinks that maybe he should not set a fixed tactical position, but let him play a free and grow freely to see what he will look like in the future.

In the first half of this game, even when no one else worked, Gan Guoyang's free play period was coming.

Although he scored 22 points in the first half because the Warriors' inside line was too bad, it must be admitted that no matter what tricks the entire Yong used, he could not limit him.

It is not possible to defend alone, to harass, and to attack each other. It is useless to go around in front. As long as Gan Guoyang receives the ball in his hand, he will have the ability to get the ball in.

There is no way, as long as the ability to hook within 15 feet is really unstoppable.

"If you are willing to share all your salary to Gan, then I don't mind you passing the ball to him." Ramsey also joked, and the atmosphere in the locker room became even more relaxed.

During the halftime break, Ramsey did not make too many tactical arrangements for the first time, and he seemed to realize that the team needed to relax, both mentally and physically.

Since Gan Guoyang is in a hot state, let him control the game. Ramsey decided to try to let Gan Guoyang lead a game.

Any superstar in the NBA has the ability to change the situation of a game. They can control the trend with scoring, assists, and defense.

It’s time for Gan Guoyang to learn these things.

The second half began soon with the Warriors taking the lead.

"Look at whether the Warriors can make adjustments in the second half to limit Gansu's performance. The Warriors had a good restriction on Jabbar in a game against the Lakers. They were not as tall as possible to prevent Jabbar from receiving the ball. The defensive strategy of circling and half-circling made Tiangou very uncomfortable. However, judging from the first half, the Warriors' front-circling effect against Gansu was not very good. After all, Gansu is much younger than Tiangou, with faster speed and larger moving range."

"Yes, the Warriors tried to go around in the first half, but the effect was not very good. The Trail Blazers' inside lob was quite firm, and Gan's flexible footsteps also allowed him to catch the passes of his teammates. Perhaps a clamping shot is a good way. As a rookie, transferring the ball has always been his weakness, but if the Trail Blazers' outside line is opened, it is not good news for the Warriors."

A strong insider who can keep scoring causes trouble to his opponents not just losing some points, but strategically such players are often fatal.

But the trouble that Gan Guoyang caused to the Warriors at the beginning of the second half did not come from the offense, but in the defense.

The reason why the Warriors were able to attack smoothly in the first half was that the Trail Blazers lacked pressure on their outside and did not rotate.

In the second half, Gan Guoyang began to appear frequently outside the three-second zone. He expanded his wandering range and began to use his long arms to harass the Warriors' double-ocean roam.

After losing Shaote, the Warriors mainly rely on the vitality of the backcourt dual engines to drive the overall attack, and Gan Guoyang's delay in obstacles undoubtedly affected the Warriors' offense.

"Floyd made a mistake in possession! He was attacked by Paxson and Gan in the horn position, and the three of them grabbed it together! Gan called a timeout!"

Gan Guoyang has much experience than before. After seeing Floyd's ball drop, he immediately fell to the ground and a tiger pounced on the ground and hugged the ball in his arms, then pressed the ball under his chest, stretched out his hand and called a timeout to the referee.

The Warriors used a 20-second timeout at the beginning, but they exchanged for the ball.

Ramsey did not blame Gan Guoyang for easily using this 20-second short pause, because his experience told him that this was probably the key to the team's momentum.

"Give Gan more support, give Gan enough space on both sides, enhance the rush to the frontcourt rebounds, and play more at the basket." Ramsey instructed in just 20 seconds.

The Trail Blazers' usual tactic is to quickly retreat from defense without grabbing the frontcourt board, delay the opponent's fast attack, cooperate more and run more and pass more during the offense, and play less singles.

Today, Ramsey decided to make some changes based on the actual situation. First of all, the Trail Blazers' own rebounds are not very good, while the Warriors' are even worse, so they have to seize this loophole and fight to the death.

Second, he still doesn’t have much confidence in the players’ feel. Since he still believes in Gan Guoyang’s feel.

Of course, this arrangement is risky, because this is not a common tactic for pioneers. If it is not good, it will cause chaos on the field and fight in a mess, which will make it even worse.

The biggest reliance on this arrangement is the hot feel of Gan Guoyang.

"Gan took the ball at 45 degrees on the right side, which is not his usual ball holding position. It seems that the Warriors are very afraid of Gan Guoyang's position at the low position and will not let him take the ball at the low position anyway."

After the timeout, the Trail Blazers served and Gan Guoyang wanted to take the position at the low post. The Warriors used the strategy to not allow Whitehead to defend alone, nor to attack in front of the front, but to use Larry Smith, a 6-foot-8 power forward to defend.

Unexpectedly, this move was pretty good. Larry Smith's biggest reliance on power forward was his strength.

In addition, he was short and stable, and he was desperate to resist Gan Guoyang, just not allowing him to take the position within 10 feet.

Gan Guoyang could only catch the ball in a relatively shallow position, but this did not mean that he had no choice. He did not use a hook. At the beginning of the second half, he had no confidence in his long-distance hooking feel.

He turned into a sigma step into a face basket, swung twice, and directly held the ball and broke through from the bottom line.

Larry Smith's pace was not slow, and he closely followed Gan Guoyang and blocked the bottom line and broke through the route.

Instead of squeezing in, Gan Guoyang leaned against Smith and turned inward.

If the Warriors came from the outside at this time, they would have made Gan Guoyang, but the Trail Blazers who were very open-minded made the Warriors players not choose to double-team them.

Gan Guoyang used an inner turn to find the space for attack, and hooked his right hand at 5 feet away from the basket.

"Swish!" The ball entered.

"A relaxed hook shot, the ball went in, Larry Smith had tried his best, but he couldn't defend Gan yet."

Larry Smith did not lose his position in defense, and the interference was at the extreme, but it still couldn't stop Gan Guoyang from throwing the ball.
Chapter completed!