"The Celtics feel as cold as the weather in Boston today, with a 28% shooting percentage, and a four-ball shot to score one, and Coach K.C Jones had to call a timeout. They had to make adjustments to improve their offense success rate while also curbing the internal and external combination of the Blazers on defense."

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

The Trail Blazers' offense should be said to be a normal performance, with a score of 19 points in 7 minutes and a shooting percentage of 51%, indicating that the team is in a relatively good situation in both tactics and condition.

In comparison, the Celtics' condition was unexpectedly bad. Except for Bird scored six points, all other players missed the shots repeatedly. Danny Angie made zero four shots, Dennis Johnson made zero three shots, and Parish did not take a shot under Gan Guoyang's defense.

Only Maxwell relied on free throws to get another three-pointer.

"Young guys do well, but we have to keep going. The Celtics will not always be like this without touch, so focus your attention and don't relax at all. We must take the lead in the first half! Drexler, replace Paxson, slow down our pace appropriately, reduce mistakes, and strengthen oppressiveness in defense. I think the Celtics will definitely speed up the offensive speed so that their mistakes will increase, seize these opportunities. Norris, replace Gan, Sampson, take good care of the opponent's sixth man, and don't let the Celtics open from the inside. We will return to normal on the offense, and Van dervich continues to be the offensive arrow. If you match Bird, remember to put pressure on him."

In the first seven minutes of the first quarter, he was completely under the control of Ramsey, and the Celtics were in an unexpectedly poor state, so the situation on the field was very beneficial to the Trail Blazers.

But experience told Ramsey that at home in Boston, everything will change dramatically in a short period of time against the Celtics. He knew that the Celtics' form would definitely recover, so he had to continue to adjust and let the Trail Blazers pass the last 5 minutes of the first quarter.

"After the timeout, both sides made personnel adjustments. Coach Jones finally replaced our sixth man to form the strongest lineup for the Celtics. The Trail Blazers did replace Gan, and Paxson, who was in a normal state, was replaced by Drexler. Drexler contributed a wonderful gliding dunk in the game against the Lakers, and he got a wonderful nickname, 'Glider'! At the same time, I think this is the best dunk of the season because he dunked on the Lakers." Most did not forget to choke on the Lakers while commenting.

In recent games, the Trail Blazers lineup rotation has changed. It is often Gan Guoyang who leads the team to play the first quarter, not Mitchell Sampson, but in this game, the substitution after the timeout has returned to the beginning of the season. Gan Guoyang takes the lead and let Sampson lead the team to play the first quarter.

The reason why Ramsey did this was because he had already planned it. His purpose was to keep Mitchell Sampson on the court to deal with the Celtics' super substitute, All-Star power forward Kevin McHale.

"Is Sampson and McHale familiar?" Gan Guoyang sat down on the court and drank a drink, asking Kenny Carl who was sitting next to him. When he was warming up before the game today, Gan Guoyang saw Sampson and McHale chatting on the sidelines for a while.

Ramsey also took special care of Sampson to pay attention to dealing with McHale, and for this reason he also transferred the lineup to the beginning of the season.

"Yes, both of them graduated from the University of Minnesota. McHale's senior at Sampson. At the school, Sampson abused McHale a lot on the training ground, so every time they hit the Celtics, Sampson would deal with McHale, and the effect was really good." Kenny Carl replied.

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

Mitchell Sampson was the No. 1 pick in 1978, so he naturally called the wind and rain in college. Although McHale was also a talented basketball wizard, he could only be Sampson's follower in college. He was taught a lesson by Sampson on the training ground and carried Sampson's bags off the court.

Although the University of Minnesota failed to participate in the NCAA national competition at that time, it did win consecutive championships in the second-level league, which also shows that their strength is very strong. After all, one No. 1 pick and one Tanhua later appeared.

"McHale will definitely provide the Celtics with more powerful inside firepower. Now the Celtics' top priority is to score."

When the overall feel of the team is not good, the low-post offense of the inside player is the most effective and stable way for the team to obtain points.

Sure enough, McHale started to be in the low position on the left as soon as he got on the court, and it was naturally Mitchell Sansenp who defended him.

At this time, McHale is of course no longer the white boy who was ravaged by Sampson in college. He has become the strongest killer in the Celtics at low positions.

Sampson has a psychological advantage against McHale. Every time he plays against Celtics, he always has a good effect on defending McHale.

"McHale received a pass from DJ and turned over and jumped! The ball failed and hit the front of the basket. Has McHale's shooting touch also been infected?" Most was almost anxious to death when he sat in the high commentator's seat.

McHale failed to hit the first low-post attack. He chose a conservative backward jump shot, and he had not adjusted his sights when he just came on the court. In addition, facing the old senior, it was natural that he did not score the first goal.

"Don't be afraid of Kevin, I believe you will shoot." Sampson said "concerned" to McHale after catching the rebound and passing the ball.

McHale did not reply, but ran to the backcourt to return to defense.

The Trail Blazers did not launch a quick counterattack, and Valentine handed the ball over the top of the arc after dribbling through half the game.

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

The Trail Blazers became 1-4 in the position, Drexler was at the top of the arc, and the other four were constantly covering and cutting.

After getting rid of Bird's entanglement on the left, Van dervich went around the bottom line and ran to the position near the 45-degree three-point line on the right.

Before Bird followed up with the backup defense, Drexler decisively passed the ball to Van derwich, who made a long shot through the three-point line.

"Swish!" The ball scored! 21:9, and the Trail Blazers expanded their lead to 12 points!

The stadium suddenly became much quieter with Van dervich's goal. I thought a timeout could narrow the gap between the two sides, but I didn't expect it to widen.

But the Celtics players were still calm, and this time they replaced DJ Dennis Johnson to dribble through halftime.

Dennis Johnson, a freckled dual-athlete guard with a strong body and steady skills, joined the Celtics in 1984, which brought a huge improvement to the team's backcourt defense and offensive flexibility.

"DJ, with the help of McHale's pick-and-roll, shot at the top of the arc... The referee's whistle sounded... He made a shot! Drexler fouled! 21 at a time! Dennis Johnson!" Most's voice accumulated in his throat finally had a channel to vent. As Dennis Johnson made an 18-foot jump shot, coupled with Drexler's foul, Boston Garden suddenly became lively again.

"Don't jump Clyde easily!" Ramsey loudly reminded Drexler on the sidelines. After all, Drexler was still inexperienced and said Dennis Johnson.

At the same time, Ramsey was even more worried that with Johnson's shot, the Celtics would start to recover on their offense.

Although the Celtics and the Lakers have very different game styles, one thing they are very similar, that is, the players on the court have very strong personal abilities. When the situation on the court is unfavorable, players can always stand up to resuming the decline, and the opponent does not know who that person will be.

Dennis Johnson made a free throw, 21:12, and the gap narrowed to 9 points.

"Success rate! We need success rate! Stay steady and play one!" Ramsey kept reminding the players to stabilize. As an old coach, he could feel that the Celtics were recovering.

But Drexler made another mistake.

He continued to organize the offense at the top of the arc, but this time Dennis Johnson gave up his defense against Drexler and instead attacked and assisted in defense of other players.

This gives Drexler room for attack, but it is a trap.

If Drexler chooses a mid-range jump shot, with his shooting percentage, this ball will basically assist the ball.

So Drexler chose to break through from the left side to the three-second zone, but just after he broke in a few steps, Dennis Johnson and Robert Parish came over. Johnson did not relax at all in custody of Drexler. He was paying attention to the glider.

Drexler, who was attacked by the pincer, made the wrong choice. He didn't pass the ball, and he couldn't pass the ball because he rushed in and everyone had already jumped up, so he had to bite the bullet and shoot.

He wanted to shoot one to play cricket, but was disturbed by Parrish and used too much force, but the ball hit the rebound but failed to hit the basket.

McHale received the backcourt rebound and passed the ball to Bird, who dribbled straight to the frontcourt.

"Return to defense! Quick!" Ramsey jumped straight into the foot in a hurry.

The Trail Blazers' return to defense is indeed very fast, but Bird's counterattack speed did not increase. When Bird dribbled near the three-point line, the Trail Blazers had already landed.

But Bird doesn't care whether you have a position or not, he took action directly outside the three-point line after stopping the ball!

One chases three points!

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

"Swish!" The ball even scored! 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 or the overall strength of the team. This is the reflection of personal ability.

This is also what Ramsey is most afraid of. Once the Celtic players are allowed to fully display their personal abilities, they will still be terrifyingly strong even if they don’t use any tactics.

But Ramsey didn't call for a timeout. He knew that there was no problem with the Trail Blazers' tactics and had to persist in fighting.

Under the momentum of the Celtics' fierce pursuit of points, Van dervich stood up again. He ran back to the backside to the bottom line to catch the ball, and a fake move raised Bird, then moved to the left with a slide and jumped directly.

"Swish!" Two-point shot, 23:15, Van dervic's goal stabilized the Trail Blazers.

But the Celtics' momentum of chasing points did not slow down at all. They were still very patient and continued to conduct high status in the offense.

McHale still didn't seem to feel anything under Sampson's defense. He made a few passes in and out of the left low post, but he didn't choose to take action.

However, Gan Guoyang was no longer present, and Parrish was still on the court.

Substitute inside Norris is very aggressive in the offense, but he can't limit Parrish in the defense at all.

Although he tried his best to go around and prevent Parrish from receiving the ball at the low post, Parrish was not a center who only played dead at the low post.

"Parrish turned around and went around the front of the basket, McHale made an inside pass!Parrish jumped at 10 feet away! No one could block him! The ball entered! The Celtics finally found the feeling of attack!"

"Beep!" This time Ramsey had to call a pause.
Chapter completed!