The Mavericks obviously made sufficient preparations before this round of game.

The arrival of this year's rookie Sam Perkins has well supplemented the Mavericks' inside line, giving the Mavericks higher talent and vitality in the inside line, and also made up for the loss of main power forward Paet Cummins' escape from New York last season.

The NBA rookies in the 1980s were different from those who later. Most of them only ran for the NBA after four years of college. Even geniuses like Jordan who ran early were still in their junior year and played for three years before leaving.

So at that time, the rookies were generally strong in combat, and many high-ranking rookies could greatly help the team in their first season.

Their original stable backcourt rotation lineup - the combination of Aquili, Vincent and Blackman - is still the most aggressive backcourt rotation combination in the NBA.

However, compared with the results of winning fourth in the Western Conference last season and eliminating the Seattle Supersonics into the Western Conference semi-finals in the first round, the Mavericks this season still have a regression in their performance due to many reasons.

Faced with the Portland Trail Blazers who are making great progress this season, the media generally believed that the Mavericks could not survive three rounds under the Trail Blazers before the start of the game.

Unexpectedly, the Mavericks relied on stronger fighting will, reasonable tactical arrangements, and some essential luck to beat the Trail Blazers in the first game.

In the second game, the Trail Blazers' momentum at the beginning was completely expected by Mavericks coach Dick Mota. He knew that the Trail Blazers would definitely counterattack at home.

However, what he least wanted to see was the leader of the Blazers' counterattack, Gan Guoyang.

Before the series, Dick Mota had thought about the preparations of the Mavericks. When there was a gap in strength between the two sides, focusing on which point of the opponent would cause the greatest harm to the Trail Blazers.

According to common sense, the defense mainly targets the opponent's first attack point and cannot let the first attack point play. Otherwise, it will be a very bad situation to be taken over by the star in the playoffs.

The Trail Blazers' first attack point is naturally Van derwich. He averaged 22.6 points per game in the regular season and was the team's number one scorer. He has extremely accurate mid- and long-distance shooting and unstoppable free throws.

But Dick Mota believes that although Van dervich has strong attack power, he is not indispensable to the Trail Blazers.

In the game without Van der Vic, although the Trail Blazers sometimes fall into the dilemma of insufficient firepower, the Trail Blazers with many talented people on the outside can still make up for this loophole.

The real life of the Trail Blazers lies in the inside line. The arrival of Gan Guoyang undoubtedly greatly enhances the Trail Blazers' inside line strength. At the same time, the entire Trail Blazers also rely heavily on the penalty area protection provided by Gan Guoyang in defense.

During the offense, Mitchell Sampson gradually gave in, his average score dropped to 15.7 points, while Gan Guoyang took on many inside singles responsibilities.

Having strong inside singles is the key to a team balancing offense and enriching the offensive system.

The Mavericks did not have a strong inside singles, so Dick Mota decided to use his inside as a bonus and the Trail Blazers inside to fully curb Gan Guoyang.

At the same time, let your outside line fight with the Trail Blazers on the outside, and use a lot of breakthroughs and impacts under the basket to create pressure on the Trail Blazers.

When Mota really came to the game, he didn't expect that Perkins would perform exceptionally. Compared with Gan Guoyang's misperforming performance, it also gave the Mavericks more winning factors.

Of course, even so, the Mavericks won badly in the first game, and judging from the signs of the opening of the second game, the Mavericks will be under great pressure.

"Double-teaming, we must resolutely double-team! Don't let Gan get the ball easily in the inside line. If two people double-teaming or three people double-teaming, his passing ability is limited, which will cause him to make mistakes!" Mota said to the players on the bench during the timeout.

Now the league coaches know that Gan Guoyang has weak transfer ability and double-teaming is the best way to deal with him.

However, in the regular season, since Gan Guoyang is not the absolute core of the Trail Blazers' tactics, he will play, and he doesn't encounter many double-teams.

However, in the highly targeted playoffs, both sides seized one of the opponent's weaknesses and fought to the death. If the Mavericks want to curb the Trail Blazers' inside offense, they will inevitably implement the double-team strategy.

"Don't be afraid of double-teaming, be patient, give Gan's support and conduct more. We must start from the inside and drive the entire team's offense. This is a brand new task for you, but you have to bear it! Everyone, play your strength! We must keep this intensity until the end of the game!" Ramsey asked on the bench to continue playing Gan Guoyang.

Obviously this is the treatment that Gan Guoyang rarely encounters in the regular season, because Ramsey also knows that the Mavericks' life span is the weakness of the inside, and he also has to keep an eye on the Mavericks' inside and fight to the death.

At the same time, Ramsey put Sampson on the bench, in order to continue the firepower of the inside and continuously put pressure on the Mavericks in the three-second zone.

Soon, the 100-second long timeout ended, and two minutes were enough to cool down any climax. Gan Guoyang's three dunks had passed, and for the Trail Blazers' scoreboard, it was only 6 points.

The game continued and the Mavericks served.

Since the Mavericks were all on the outside, their formation was relatively wide, leaving Sam Perkins alone below the free throw line.

Aquili no longer came to the low post this time, but took the ball at the high post. His possession attracted the attention of the two Trail Blazers players.

On the outside, if Kenny Carl defends Aquili alone, his steps will obviously suffer, so Valentine has to come up from time to time to harass Aquili, and other players should also pay attention to Aquili's breakthrough.

But apart from Aquili, Blackman's personal ability is also terrible. Drexler dared not relax his defense against him for a moment, which is exactly the most powerful thing about the Mavericks.

"Aquili uses Bryant's cover to break inward, Gan stepped forward to make up for defense, and passed the ball to Blackman... Blackman broke through and passed the ball, Perkins was empty at the basket, and Perkins scored a layup. A beautiful cooperation."

The Mavericks' offensive cooperation was excellent, making full use of Aquili and Blackman's personal abilities, mobilizing the Trail Blazers' defense, allowing them to concentrate on the left and miss Perkins on the right. As a result, Perkins easily scored a layup, 9:6, and the Mavericks scored two points.

This situation is difficult to avoid. The Trail Blazers do not have a very good rotation system in defense. They have always pursued a one-on-one defensive strategy of not changing the pick-and-roll.

But Ramsey also knew that facing Aquili and Blackman, if he did not borrow the defensive ability of other players to make up for defense, he would undoubtedly die miserably, so he would ask Valentine and Van Devich, who had low defensive pressure, to make up for defense.

However, the Trail Blazers' backup defense rotation speed is not as fast as the Mavericks' pass. The Mavericks can often get a good offensive opportunity with just three passes and two guides.

However, the Trail Blazers can't solve this problem for the time being. Fortunately, the advantages they have on the offensive end are even greater.

"Gan took the ball, and at the high position, he gave the ball to Valentine...Gan squeezed into the inside, Valentine passed the ball!Gan received the ball in the three-second zone and hooked the ball! The ball entered!Gan scored the ninth point in the first quarter, which had exceeded the score of the entire game in the last game."

The Trail Blazers' cooperation this time was quite neat. Gan Guoyang took the ball at the top of the arc, Valentine took the ball from the right, Van dervich covered Valentine and walked out, while Gan Guoyang stepped into the three-second zone after passing the ball.

If a player who defends Van derwich comes to defend Gan Guoyang, Valentine will pass the ball to Van derwich for a long shot. If not, then he will pass the ball to Gan Guoyang.

It was Aquili who defended Vandervich, but Aquili hesitated for a moment. He subconsciously focused his defense on the Trail Blazers' top scorer.

Just when he was hesitating, Valentine had already passed the ball to Gan Guoyang. Gan Guoyang easily pushed Bryant with his left hand and hooked his right hand to shoot. This was his most comfortable position to attack. The ball entered and two points were obtained.

"Gan! You are the best! Come on!" At this time, Gan Guoyang finally heard Wang Fuxi shouting in Chinese on the sidelines. He also turned his head slightly and looked at him. He saw Wang Fuxi sitting not far from the Trail Blazers bench, with a pink baseball cap on his head, waving hard at him.

"Concentrate on Gan!" Just as Gan Guoyang was slightly distracted, Kenny Carl shouted and reminded Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang immediately came back to his senses and went into defense.

This time Aquili once again stood at the low position on the right, his favorite offensive point.

Davis took the ball at the top of the arc, Blackman passed through the baseline and went around to the 45-degree three-point line on the right. Davis passed the ball to Blackman, and Blackman passed the ball to Aquili in the position.

This is a typical tactical running position of giving the ball to the low post, using a triangle to give the player the best pass line, so Aquili easily caught the ball again.

Aquili faced Kenny Carl's defense, arched his big butt twice, and turned inside and plunged into the three-second zone.

But as soon as he entered the three-second zone, he found that two people were blocked in front of him, namely Gan Guoyang and Van dervich! There was also Carl behind him, and the three people surrounded Aquili like three walls!

"Aquili was double-teamed by three people. He wanted to force himself, but he couldn't get up and the ball was lost!" Under the attack of the three people, Aquili's ball was knocked out by Kenny Carl.

But Aquili has the advantage of being short. His center of gravity is low quickly. As soon as the ball falls to the ground, he immediately bent down and hits the ball into the inside line. The ball just hits Perkins' hand in the inside line.

Because Gan Guoyang and his wife came out to double-team, Perkins picked up another gap in the inside, but the moment he bent down to pick up the ball gave Gan Guoyang time to react.
Chapter completed!