Ramsey is an experienced but extremely stubborn old coach. Although Drexler attacked with all his strength in the first half, the effect was not as good as expected. But Ramsey still insisted on Drexler as the main attack point.

Drexler's breakthrough in the opening stage was actually very good and threatening. Dunn on the opposite side could not defend Drexler's breakthrough. Moreover, after Drexler broke in, he had many choices. He could not only directly attack the basket by himself, but also choose to pass the ball to create easy-ball opportunities for his teammates.

But the Nuggets' defense adjustment was very timely. Doug Moh reduced his defense without hesitation and did not give Drexler more room for breakthrough. At this time, if Van dervic or Paxson shoots, the Nuggets will lose sight of the other side and collapse like the previous two times.

But tonight, Van derwich and Paxson did not find the feeling of shooting. Van derwich was entangled by Calvin Knight since the beginning of the game. Not only did he score very few points, but the key was that he had been in trouble with fouls. There was no way. The Nuggets' home whistle must be more biased towards the home team.

Van dervich's playing time is limited, which does not have enough time to warm up for an attacker, and the playing time is cut, which will greatly affect the offensive state.

Gan Guoyang was also extremely fierce in double-teams. Many of the Nuggets' moves were bigger than the previous two games. Several inside players started a wheel battle against him. Gan Guoyang never found the feeling of attack at this high intensity.

Everything was actually just right in Ramsey's expectations. The two major scorers were unexpectedly curbed. Ramsey also proposed a solution to let Drexler take more actions, but Drexler could not throw the damn ball into the basket. Ramsey stood on the sidelines and he had no choice.

If Ramsey hadn't replaced Jones with him, let Gan Guoyang cover more and open up space for the inside, Drexler would have completely become a headless fly on the offensive end.

"In the last attack in the first half, the Trail Blazers were still 7 points behind. Drexler held the ball. In the first half, he scored the team's highest 14 points, but only 5 of 12 shots, and the shooting rate was worrying. Especially in the mid-range shot, I remember that he didn't make any of them. See if he can continue to break through and cause the Nuggets to damage... Drexler entered the penalty area from the right and passed the ball to Terry Porter at the bottom line. Porter jumped! The ball entered! The buzzer-beating ball in the first half! The score difference narrowed to 5 points. The two major scoring points of the Trail Blazers were suppressed in the first half, so we look forward to their performance in the second half."

Drexler once again showed his talent in passing vision at the end of the midfield. The Trail Blazers had a very successful tactic. Porter crossed the ball, Gan Guoyang blocked the ball, Drexler cut in the side, Gan Guoyang pulled out to provide another cover for Porter. After Drexler broke in, he attracted the defensive pass to Porter, and Porter hit the buzzer-bearing.

But Ramsey obviously doesn't want Drexler to be just a pass point guard on the court.

"You must find the right pace of shooting, use more covers, move more horns, don't force shots, don't pull up and throw them directly after dribbling, conduct more, shoot after receiving the ball, and step on your point!" Ramsey asked Drexler almost like a high school coach in the locker room.

Since Drexler's rookie season, Ramsey has expressed dissatisfaction with his stiff shooting posture and asked him to make technical corrections, but Drexler is arrogant and unrepentant. Until now, his shooting posture is still the culprit that affects his shooting stability.

It is impossible to let Drexler correct his posture now, so Ramsey asked Drexler to find the right rhythm point and follow the trend, rather than forcibly attacking.

"Also, let us flatten our mentality, the five-point gap is definitely within an acceptable range. Clyde, you have to remember that as long as you open this point, the two points of kiki and Gan will also be driven. Remember that you are the key, and show your courage and will!"

Ramsey attaches so much importance to Drexler's offense tonight, not only considering this game, but also considers the subsequent games. Whether facing the Lakers, Rockets or Celtics, it is very important that the third point of stability, efficiency and control of the game on the outside is very stable, efficient.

Moreover, Drexler has characteristics that Gan Guoyang and Van derwich do not have - his pass allows him to become the engine to drive the whole team, which is what Gan and Van derwich, who have super scoring ability, lack.

If Drexler makes up for this lack, Ramsey thinks that the Trail Blazers have great potential in the playoffs.

This is how the playoffs are. It depends on both the game between the two sides and their respective growth. Many teams and players are sublimated during the playoffs.

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"The second half of the game continued, and the Nuggets' defense tonight worked. The Trail Blazers failed to play multiple points of offense like the previous two games. In comparison, the Nuggets' offense was actually consistently stable and did not have much ups and downs, which is also the characteristic of the Nuggets. Let's see what changes will happen to both sides in the second half."

Although the Nuggets are not a strong defensive team and cannot use high-intensity defense like the Boston Celtics, their strategic success still allows them to gain a defensive advantage from the beginning. Just like offense, defense also requires a sense of feeling.

The Blazers' top priority in the second half is that they can no longer let the Nuggets feel good about defending like this, and they must pierce the Nuggets' defense line!

"Life passed the ball, and the Nuggets started their best screen cooperation again. Knight passed it to England. English passed it directly, and Life received the ball and made a layup! Perfect cooperation! The Nuggets scored a goal from the ball, and once again the score was not widened to 7 points."

The Nuggets' offensive cooperation is so skillful. The team that has the best screening, passing and shooting in the whole league. When they completely spread the offensive points and Inglish is not an offensive arrow, the Trail Blazers have to give up their "fake joint defense" and use one-on-one marking against the Nuggets with relatively inefficient one-on-one defense.

"Come on, Clyde, give them some color." Gan Guoyang just made all his efforts to make up for the ball, but the gap in the inside was indeed a bit large, so there was no time to stop Leaf.

Gan Guoyang didn't shoot a lot tonight, and he would be double-teamed almost as soon as he got the ball. He did not choose to double-team and force an attack, but simply retained his strength and prepared to exert force in the fourth quarter.

The key third quarter now depends on Drexler.

"Drexler advanced quickly and broke directly from the middle! He made a layup! Wow, Drexler caught the Nuggets off guard!"

Drexler directly ran one-stop from the backcourt and used a speed change near the top of the arc to deceive the Nuggets' defensive players. Since the second half was just beginning, the Nuggets' players were a little relaxed and Drexler easily got into the basket and made a layup successfully.

Immediately afterwards, Drexler interrupted the ball in England's hand in defense, and once again broke from the backcourt to the frontcourt, dunking directly, and the difference between the two sides was only three points.

Deluxler's four-pointer suddenly made the situation tense again, especially for the Nuggets. Liff subconsciously slowed down the speed of the push, hoping that this goal could steadily score one.

"Knight broke through the middle with the ball, and his layup was disturbed by Gan and failed to make a mistake. Sampson won the backcourt rebound, and the Trail Blazers are about to launch a fast break again!"

Drexler once again took the lead and dribbled in the front. Faced with the interference of the defensive players, Drexler used a clever back switch to switch the ball from the left to the right, and then easily scored a layup.

At the beginning of the second half, Drexler scored 6 points in a row, narrowing the gap to 1 point and stopping the Nuggets.

"I'm pretty Clyde, but when the Nuggets shrink their defense later, I hope you can continue to attack the Nuggets' defense line. I have confidence in your shot." Ramsey patted Drexler on the shoulder and encouraged Drexler.

If Ramsey is confident in Drexler's shooting, Drexler himself laughed, but now it is a fierce playoffs, Drexler can't laugh. He also scored continuously at the beginning of the first half, but once the Nuggets change their team, Drexler will be restricted.

"I will do my best." Drexler nodded.

However, Ramsey would never be able to put all the chips on Drexler, so he came back from the timeout. After the Nuggets scored a goal, Gan Guoyang immediately seized the gap in the counterattack and hit a big hook at 12 feet. Obviously, Gan Guoyang had to find the right heart in the third quarter and practice the feel.

Just when the Nuggets felt they should be careful when Gan Guoyang or Van derwich broke out in the third quarter, Drexler suddenly found his shooting feeling and began to make consecutive mid-range shots.

"Drexler, the right wing received Gan's pass, and he jumped directly and the ball entered!"

"Drexler, jump shot after receiving the ball, hit."

"Sampson grabbed the frontcourt rebound and passed it to Drexler. Drexler jumped... Dunn made a foul on the thug, but the ball still scored! Score three points!"

When Drexler made his third jump shot, Dunn, who was defending him, finally became a little anxious. His defense was obviously too big. He was fouled, but he still failed to stop Drexler from making a shot.

"Swish!" With the extra penalty, the Trail Blazers completed a counterattack in the third quarter, from five points behind to five points overtaking the Nuggets, and then stopped the Nuggets.

Obviously, Doug Mo smelled a huge crisis, and the Nuggets players were a little discouraged. They originally wanted to further expand their advantage in the third quarter, but Drexler, who had always been unreliable in shooting, suddenly exploded. The Nuggets were lukewarm on the offensive end and could not get a frontcourt rebound. They made a living by shooting. The shooting percentage was higher and one of them was good to go two attacks.

However, Drexler did not simply burst out suddenly. After all, he had formulated a strategy based on him before the game. In addition, he had a blacksmith in the whole first half and had a pig to change his hand and the touch would explode.

The momentum is developing in a direction that is extremely unfavorable to the Nuggets, facing a huge sense of crisis of 0:3 behind, the players either explode or die.
Chapter completed!