Bill Feich believes that Gan Guoyang, who had been silent in the first half, will definitely explode in scoring in the third quarter, so he made strict arrangements in the midfield, and basically the Rockets' defense revolved around Gan Guoyang.

But what Feiqi did not expect was that Gan Guoyang did frequently ask for balls at the low post in the third quarter, which attracted a lot of defensive attention from the Rockets. However, unlike the previous game, Gan Guoyang did not directly attack, so he chose to pass the ball more.

This time, with Drexler on the court, when Gan Guoyang made a first pass, Drexler was able to smooth the pass out well, or he could hit the basket again after receiving the ball. Whether directly attacking the basket or passing the ball, it was extremely threatening.

This made the Rockets' defense very uncomfortable. Without Drexler in the first two games, the Trail Blazers' internal and external lines were disconnected. Now Drexler has returned. It was okay in the first half, and the Trail Blazers' inside line did not improve. In the second half, everyone knew that Gan Guoyang wanted to make efforts, but because of the existence of the glider, the Rockets lost the other.

When Drexler received Gan Guoyang's pass and entered the middle and made a dunk, the Trail Blazers had already surpassed the score by 4 points. The Rockets immediately called a timeout. The Rockets players were obviously messed up by the Trail Blazers' changeable offense on the court. I don't know whether to defend the inside or the outside.

Once the defense is not effective, the offense will become difficult, because without the backcourt rebounds, there will be no chance to launch a fast counterattack, and the Rockets' athletic ability advantages cannot be reflected, and offensive efficiency will definitely be reduced.

Feiqi had to adjust his strategy, but he was also upset because he didn't know whether this guy would explode if he had removed his defensive attention from Gan Guoyang.

After considering it, Feiqi decided not to make any changes in defense. However, on the offensive end, he asked the outside to increase the intensity of breakthroughs and improve the aggressiveness and success rate of the offense.

This adjustment still worked. The Rockets played more passionately on the offensive end. After the breakthrough, the inside pass made Olajuwon and Sampson perform dunks in succession, and the fans were even more excited.

But the gap in the score has not changed much, because the Trail Blazers' offense has already made a sense. Gan Guoyang and Drexler's internal and external cooperation has revitalized the Trail Blazers' offense. Van derwich and Cort have received the ball and made jump shots in succession. Although in terms of viewing, these dry shots are not as shocking as dunks, but the effect is the same, all two points.

Gan Guoyang is still playing the role of a transit station. Although his pass is not particularly outstanding, Drexler is very familiar with his passing techniques. As a first passer, he can always pass the pass that "changes the situation".

Bill Fitch was very distressed on the sidelines. He was hesitating whether to change the defensive formation and not let outside players double-team Gan Guoyang.

If it were a simple one-on-one, the Trail Blazers would never get so many shooting opportunities on the outside, and their offensive efficiency would definitely decline.

But if it was changed to one-on-one, Feiqi could not guarantee that Gan Guoyang would not explode, which reminded him of the situation when they fought against Jabbar in the last round against the Lakers.

Jabbar and Gan Guoyang are both hook-in masters, but there is a major difference in style between them. Due to their age and style of playing, Jabbar has neither the weight nor the strength. So Sampson's strategy of holding back Jabbar and Olajuwon's blocking strategy at the back had a very good effect.

Gan Guoyang is different, and Olajuwon can't stand him, let alone Sampson, but Gan Guoyang's pass is not as good as Jaycee. It doesn't work with the harassment of outside players when dealing with Kareem, but it is feasible to deal with Gan Guoyang and cannot give him a chance to take action.

However, the experience gained from previous games lost its effect in this game. Gan Guoyang's passing performance was not bad. He transferred the ball very quickly after being double-teamed, and the key outside players responded very well.

Feiqi hesitated for the whole third quarter until half of the fourth quarter. Feiqi still did not change. At this time, the Trail Blazers were still three-pointers ahead of the Rockets. If you enter one, I will enter the other, no one can defend against each other.

But soon, when Van dervich received a pass from Gan Guoyang and hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner to widen the score gap to 6 points, Feich couldn't sit still again and applied for a timeout to the referee.

"Let's switch back to man-to-man defense! Don't give the Trail Blazers' outside line a little easier, close to it, and increase pressure. At the offensive end, stay aggressive, strive for the frontcourt rebounds, solve them in the last few minutes, and then we will enter the finals!"

Feiqi finally made up his mind to return to his regular style of play, give full play to the Rockets' advantages, and knocked down his opponent in one fell swoop in the last few minutes.

However, in order to prevent the outbreak of Gan Guoyang, Feiqi still carefully advised Olajuwon that if Gan Guoyang is at a low position, he will go around, and if he is at a high position, he will shrink to prevent Drexler's empty cut and breakthrough.

Feiqi knew that Gan Guoyang still had a medium distance, but it was not reliable. It was sometimes not effective. It was not effective at the high position, especially in the ox horn position. Instead of guarding Gan Guoyang to let Gan Guoyang hook up from a long distance, it would be better to let him go to the central bank. Gan Guoyang's 15-foot hook is more accurate than the central bank bank.

Back on the court, Reed received a pass from Loyd and missed a three-pointer at a distance of 23 feet, but Olajuwon grabbed the frontcourt rebound and passed it to Reed and shot again, hitting it.

This was an extremely bold attack, but the ball went in and Van derwich's three-pointer just made was offset.

All the fans at the scene breathed a sigh of relief, including Feiqi, and if the three-pointer missed, the Rockets' situation would be very passive.

For the Rockets, the more important thing is to guard against it.

The Trail Blazers players instantly realized that the Rockets' defensive strategy had changed, and the outside players' passes and receiving balls became difficult, and the opponent was very tightly defended.

Gan Guoyang also felt that the Rockets players were no longer staring at him and wanted to ask for the ball at the low post, but Olajuwon was desperately circling in front of him.

Seeing that the pass from the outside was not smooth, Cort was forced by Loyd to make a mistake, Gan Guoyang immediately changed his position and ran to the top of the arc to respond.

"Corte! Here!" Gan Guoyang shouted.

At this time, Corte seemed to have seen a life-saving straw and immediately handed the ball to Gan Guoyang. He was inexperienced and still was not used to the changes in the Rockets' defense.

Gan Guoyang got the ball outside the free throw line. This is a position where he does not have much threat. He usually does not shoot more than two times in each game.

Gan Guoyang turned around with the ball, trying to find the next receiver, but found that everyone was staring at him tightly. Olajuwon, the inside line, was in the three-second zone, and no one had the chance to cut.

This is a great opportunity to shoot!

But at such an extremely critical moment, a center who is not good at mid-range shooting is tantamount to commit suicide, just like he shot a three-pointer in the second game.

However, Gan Guoyang had a clear idea.

During training, Gan Guoyang has summarized and analyzed his shooting. 15 feet is the dividing line of his shooting percentage. Fifteen feet away, his shooting percentage is very erratic. Within fifteen feet, his shooting percentage will be much more stable.

At 15 feet, that is, 4.6 meters, Gan Guoyang took a small step from the basket and walked ten steps, which was about 15 feet away, and the free throw line was a little outside.

Gan Guoyang judged that he was about twenty feet away from the basket, which was too far.

He put the ball down, Olajuwon was about three big steps away from him, and his attention was on Drexler.

Gan Guoyang suddenly rushed in with the ball, but when he rushed to the free throw line, he stopped immediately and jumped!

"Swish!" Olajuwon didn't even react much and just watched the ball enter the basket.

Gan Guoyang hit a fifteen-foot mid-range shot!

"Fuck! Luck balloon, stabilize, we have to play the success rate!" Feiqi didn't expect Gan Guoyang to be so bold, and he jumped directly instead of passing the ball. The key point was that he even made a shot.

Feiqi did not call the timeout. There was 1 minute and 15 seconds left before the end of the game. The Rockets had only one timeout. They used too much before, Feiqi wanted to use this timeout to a more critical moment.

The Rockets were still very fast, and they wanted to play quickly. Loyd quickly cut into the three-second zone, but Gan Guoyang covered his way. At this time, Olajuwon cut in from the left oblique angle. Loyd held the ball and turned around and saw Olajuwon, and directly passed the ball to Olajuwon. Olajuwon jumped when he received the ball and wanted to make a layup directly.

This is because Gan Guoyang has no time to jump and block it.

But Mitchell Sampson rushed up from the right and directly covered Olajuwon's layup!

Veteran Sampson!

Olajuwon's goal was too urgent, and he jumped in a hurry and was a little far from the basket, so he was strong by Sampson.

Drexler got the ball from behind and the Trail Blazers launched a fast attack!

The Rockets were a little too late to retreat, but Ralph Sampson had already rushed to the basket and blocked Drexler's layup line.

Drexler was blocked by Ralph Sampson and could not find the gap for layups. Everyone was about to rush to the back of the basket.

However, he turned around and saw Gan Guoyang following him. When he was about to qualify, he jumped up a pass and threw the ball into Gan Guoyang's hand.

Gan Guoyang received the ball in the horn position, Ralph Sampson was waiting for him in the three-second zone, and Olajuwon was chasing him!

The distance from the basket here is ten steps.

Gan Guoyang took action in the middle distance before Olajuwon's big hand was sealed!

This is the goal that determines the victory or defeat of the game. The goal is in the 7-point gap. In less than a minute, the Rockets will be unable to turn the world back.

If you don't make the move, you will have five points, the Rockets will be suspended, and you can still fight.

Time stagnated at this moment, and the Rockets fans' hearts were all in their throats.

As the ball drew an arc and drilled towards the center of the basket, the fans' hearts sank.

"Swish!"

The ball is hollow into the net!

"Beebee!"

Rockets paused.

Gan Guoyang was still expressionless after the ball entered, but just clenched his fists gently and walked towards the bench.
Chapter completed!