"The beginning will be based on you as the core of the offensive. Seize this period of time and opportunity. It will be difficult for you to score again when both sides run."

Gan Guoyang thought of Ramsey's "simple teaching" to him yesterday. At this time, he was standing in the center of the Memorial Stadium, in front of him was the Denver Nuggets' center, Wien Cooper, the Trail Blazers and the Nuggets' match was about to begin.

This round of series can be said to be full of highlights. The main players of the Nuggets, Fate Liff and Calvin Knight, were still players in the Trail Blazers last year, but now they have entered the "enemy camp".

The Trail Blazers’ top scorer this year, Van der Van der Vic. Compared with the Utah Jazz who had no much suspense against the Los Angeles Lakers, such a showdown will inevitably attract the attention of the whole United States.

The regular season record has no reference value, and the playoffs will definitely be a new battle.

"Prepare for boys, the game is about to begin." The referee of the game, Jack O'Donnell, stood in the middle circle with the ball to remind Gan Guoyang and Cooper.

O'Donnell is one of the NBA's famous whistleblows. He has rich experience in yelling games and has as many as 100 NBA playoffs. The league has assigned this referee to enforce the law for this game, which fully demonstrates the level of attention this round of series.

Seeing that Gan Guoyang and Cooper were ready, O'Donnell threw the ball into the air and the game officially began.

The Nuggets are one of the few teams in the entire league, or this is the only one, with a starting frontcourt height of one level lower than the Trail Blazers.

Their starting center Wayne Cooper is 6-foot-10 like Gan Guoyang, while the starting power forward, former Trail Blazers player Calvin Knight, is a small insider who is only 6-foot-6.

So when Gan Guoyang took the lead in the air, he moved the ball to Kenny Carl. Carl had the advantage in the battle with his old friend Knight, and easily got the ball, and the Trail Blazers took the lead in getting the ball.

"Sorry, Calvin, I snatched your ball. Maybe I'm too high." Carl said to Knight with a smile after passing the ball to Valentine.

Carl used to be a teammate with Knight for two years at the Trail Blazers. At that time, Knight played as a small forward in the team and started on the court with Carl. However, the relationship between the two was very average off the court, because Knight actually prefers to play as a power forward, although his height is only as good as a defender.

So, Carl, a guy who likes to joke, often jokes about Knight's height, and as a result, the two of them get into evil.

Of course, the final analysis is that the two have different personalities. Carl is a casual and outgoing person and likes to go to the bar to have fun when he has nothing to do; but Knight never goes to the bar, but chooses to spend time in a club or museum, and even goes to the morgue to chat with the funeral organizer if he has nothing to do.

Now that Knight has arrived at the Nuggets, he finally plays as a power forward, and has also relied on his outstanding performance to enter the All-Star. Every time he plays against the Trail Blazers, Knight will fight with Kenny Carl well.

Of course, the one who was taught a lesson is often Carl.

Knight ignored Carl's provocation and came to the half-time position to defend against the Trail Blazers' first attack.

As a team that is not tall and does not have a strong inside line, playing fast is their only way out, and position defense is the thing they are the least good at and hate to do.

What they hate even more is that their opponent has a strong inside line and has turned aside in the three-second zone. In the last round, an old train, Gilmore, made the Nuggets dying and almost failed in the first round.

In the Trail Blazers' first offense, Gan Guoyang made a pick-and-roll with Drexler from a very low position, then took the ball and turned around to avoid Cooper's defense, successfully made a layup with his right hand, and scored the first point for the Trail Blazers!

"The relaxed and pleasant score, the pleasing pick-and-roll, Gan and Drexler easily tore open the Nuggets' defense with their skillful cooperation and made two layups." Local fans in Portland were able to listen to Seanley's live commentary on the radio again.

But Gan Guoyang did not feel relaxed after scoring the goal. He knew that scoring against the Nuggets was not difficult, but scoring alone could not easily win, and he would have to make the Nuggets not score, which was even more difficult.

Judging from the average scorer alone, the Denver Nuggets is the first offensive team this season. They are the only team in the league to average 120 points. Their firepower is stronger than the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Portland Trail Blazers can only rank third with 117 points.

Unlike the Los Angeles Lakers relying on fast breaks and powerful low-post singles, the Portland Trail Blazers have a comprehensive combination of various breakup methods. The Denver Nuggets are a veritable "jump shot team".

This team relies so much on and loves jump shots. Among their five starting players, except center Cooper, all four of them are jump shot masters, and the Nuggets' tactics are also for jump shots.

Fast attack is a magic weapon for all teams. In positional battles, the Nuggets gave up the offensive point at low posts and focused their attacks at the bottom corner, 45 degrees and the mid-range shooting point at the top of the arc.

After falling down the position, the Nuggets began to repeatedly run and cover, and the ball would be passed repeatedly between the strong and weak sides until the opponent loosened in defense, and the Nuggets players who received the ball would end the attack with a mid-range jump shot.

This offensive method seems simple, but it is a huge test for the player's shooting ability. Everyone in the Nuggets has the ability to accurately hit jump shots in one step within the three-point line.

"Calvin Knight, dribble, jump shot! The ball goes in, Knight's shot from the top of the arc is easy to hit."

Knight received a pass at the top of the arc. He hesitated for a while to prepare for the pass, but found that the Trail Blazers' defense was very strict in the opening game and there was no good pass opportunity.

When Knight saw Carl in front of him again, he was also angry and immediately took the ball to make a breakthrough. Then, after breaking forward, he suddenly pulled up the jump shot and made a mid-range shot. 2:2.

Gan Guoyang immediately took the ball to the bottom line and served the ball. This time he did not even touch a single hair from his opponent.

But on the offensive end, Gan Guoyang is an important force that cannot be ignored. This time he began to be in the low position on the left.

Wayne Cooper is as tall as Gan Guoyang, but he is thinner than Gan Guoyang. His strength is not on the same level as Gan Guoyang. His strength is not on the same level as Gan Guoyang. Gan Guoyang easily stuck his position deep on the left.

Valentine passed the ball to Gan Guoyang, and Gan Guoyang dribbled in and hit the ball with a small hook in his left hand, which was another easy score.

But the Nuggets immediately responded with a ball, Knight went around from the inside to the left forty-five degrees, and caught the ball and made a jump shot. Kenny Carl couldn't hold on to Knight in his footsteps.

"What's the point of being tall?" Knight said to Carl who had mocked him before after scoring four points.

The four attacks of both sides at the beginning did not look like playoff games at all, without fierce confrontation, no desperate breakthroughs, no blocks and steals dunks, the Trail Blazers rely on Gan Guoyang to crush the Nuggets' inside line, while the Nuggets hit their opponents with a simple jump shot without pain.

However, all the players on both sides knew that this was just the calm before the storm, just as the plane was about to take off from the runway, and the two super-speed teams were slowly accelerating at this time.

However, Gan Guoyang still showed his good condition at the opening.

"Gan went around to the left, received the ball, and hit the hook with his left hand! Another left hand hook. It's rarely seen Gan use his left hand to hook and shoot in the game. Is this his secret weapon in this game?" Seanley did not lose all the game at home in the Trail Blazers this season, but he rarely saw Gan Guoyang use his left hand.

In fact, Gan Guoyang has been practicing his left-hand technique. Just like his shooting, he feels very good in training, but it is not the case when he is in the game.

Now playing against the Nuggets, the Nuggets' inside weak guys can be done. Gan Guoyang will be in the operation and let him taste the feeling of hooking his left hand.

In addition to scoring three consecutive goals at the beginning, Gan Guoyang also received Valentine's steal, directly scored a dunk in the frontcourt, and picked up two points in vain.

The game started in a simple 3 minutes, and the Trail Blazers led the Nuggets by 6 points 10:4. The Nuggets head coach, who looked like a mad scientist, immediately called a timeout.

It seems that he is going to wind up the Nuggets.

On the Trail Blazers, Ramsey made a substitution decision, and he replaced Gan Guoyang directly and replaced the substitute Mitchell Sampson.

"Oh, Gan was replaced. Gan, who scored eight points in a row, was replaced by Sampson. I wonder what Coach Ramsey thought. Don't he want Gan to continue to suppress the Nuggets' inside line?" Seanley was also puzzled by Ramsey's substitution.

The fans at the scene saw Gan being replaced, and they didn't know what Ramsey was selling.

The short suspension ended soon, and Dodge Mo was also a little surprised to see Ramsey replace Gan Guoyang. He just asked for a pincer attack on Gan Guoyang during the timeout, but he didn't expect Ramsey to replace Gan Guoyang directly.

Dodge Mo quickly understood Ramsey's idea. After passing the tentative stage of attack, the Nuggets will definitely speed up the offense after 3 minutes. At this time, the Trail Blazers' shooting rate will definitely drop slightly, so the Nuggets will get a chance to counterattack again and again.

Similarly, the Trail Blazers will not miss any opportunity to counterattack quickly. Both sides must drive on highway kilometers. At that time, the big tank of Gan Guoyang was a bit cumbersome. The data of Gan Guoyang averaging 11 points and 8 rebounds against the Nuggets in the regular season proves this.

Unless it is time to fight for bayonets, Gan Guoyang can't keep up with the rhythm of both sides at regular times.

In Ramsey's words, "Gan, you're not strong enough to change the pace of the game. At that time, you can kill the Nuggets by yourself, but not now."
Chapter completed!