"Magic Johnson, dribbling the ball and hit someone! This ball and hit someone! Johnson looked very innocent. He was explaining to the referee, but there was no way. Gan created Johnson's dribbling the ball and hit someone. The Lakers' last offense failed, leaving the Trail Blazers for 7 seconds. Adelman called a timeout."

With 7 seconds left before the end of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers still led the Lakers by 10 points at 55:45. The Lakers struggled hard after the end of that timeout, but they still couldn't get over it.

Gan Guoyang focused his energy on the defensive end, and the Lakers' offense became extremely difficult. Magic Johnson was treated as a wheel battle on the outside of the Trail Blazers. Cauchy, Drexler, and even Gan Guoyang took turns to spend the Magic.

Sabonis's existence allows Gan Guoyang to expand out with confidence and boldness without worrying about the emptiness of the inside. Of course, Sabonis also paid the price of two fouls in three minutes. Jabbar taught him what the top offensive skills in the NBA are.

However, due to Gan Guoyang's defense delay and active defense guarantee, the Lakers' fast break could not play power. They had already taken Gan Guoyang's four caps on the fast break. In the words of Zike Hearn, Gan Guoyang was like a volleyball player tonight.

Johnson wanted to attack himself in the last attack, but Gan Guoyang made an offensive foul. At the Lakers' home court, on Magic Johnson, in the last attack in the first half, Gan Guoyang created Magic Johnson's offensive foul, which is enough to show that in the eyes of the referee, Gan Guoyang was able to be on par with Johnson. Otherwise, most referees who could or did not play such a ball would still play the Magic.

"People are targeting people, AC, stare at Gan, don't let him easily reach the inside position. Hit Sabonis and let them shoot from the outside." Riley yelled on the sidelines. His request was very simple. He could only do this.

The tactical arrangement of Adelman's side is also very simple. Drexler received the ball and played pick-and-roll with Gan Guoyang. Drexler judged whether he was shooting or passing by himself. Adelman also replaced Cauchy and replaced Paxson to enhance the threat of outside shooting.

"Go ahead! Go ahead! Don't relax! Chase closely!" Riley attached great importance to this ball. He always felt that the Trail Blazers would have some tactics to attack and give them a knife.

"Beep!" The referee blew the serving whistle, and Sabonis served on the outside. It was almost impossible for the Lakers to block Sabonis from passing the ball.

Sabonis observed and the Lakers' defense was tight. Drexler ran to the center line and broke away a little bit of gap. Sabonis immediately passed the ball. Drexler pushed Scott away, which was close to him, and got the ball.

After receiving the ball, Drexler immediately turned around and forced forward from the right side. Gan Guoyang had already walked to the middle to do pick-and-roll for Drexler, but the pick-and-roll effect was not good this time. He did not completely block Scott, and AC Green did not go to defend Drexler, but stared at Gan Guoyang.

"In 5 seconds, Drexler chose to make a quick stop and jump shot! Missed! But... Sabonis got the frontcourt rebound and he passed the ball to Gan, who made a three-pointer from the outside!"

Zeke Hearn's voice was in his throat, although this was just the last goal in the first half, and it was also extremely important for both sides.

Then, Hearn's voice fell from his throat: "The ball went in... a buzzer-beating three-pointer, the ball went in, the buzzer-beating three-pointer in the first half was Gan, the score difference widened to 13 points, the situation was not good for the Lakers..."

The expressions of Lakers fans at the scene were the same as those of Zeke Hearn, with a hint of disappointment. They watched Gan Guoyang and the Trail Blazers cheerfully run into the player's passage and return to the locker room. The Lakers have already defended this ball very well. Gan Guoyang's pick-and-roll was a little anxious. The blocking was not strong enough, and Drexler could only choose to barely shoot.

But no one expected that Sabonis, who was serving on the outside, would suddenly appear, pick up the frontcourt rebound and pass the ball to Gan Guoyang. At this time, AC Green's attention was attracted by the ball and did not care about Gan Guoyang. As a result, Gan Guoyang picked up a miss and threw a three-pointer, and he also scored the 20th point in the first half.

"Hey, Avidas, how did you grab this rebound?" Gan Guoyang asked Sabonis in the player channel.

Sabonis looked at Gan Guoyang and quietly said in his ear: "Didn't you tell me that he ran to the outside of the basket when he saw Clyde's shot? I thought his ball would collapse to 45 degrees on the left, so I rushed over in advance and the ball flew over."

It turned out that Sabonis thought it made sense after hearing Gan Guoyang's evaluation of Drexler's shooting, so he really made a judgment in the game, but the result was really confused!

Gan Guoyang felt like laughing after hearing this. His evaluation of Drexler was obviously "black". Sabonis really believed it. Not only did he believe it, but he actually found a frontcourt rebound as he did.

Sabonis didn't score a single point in the first half, sent 4 assists and grabbed 3 rebounds. The data looked mediocre, and the changes he brought to the Trail Blazers were indeed obvious to all.

Gan Guoyang was completely liberated on both ends of the offense and defense. He no longer needed to hit the low post when attacking. With a guardian in the inside line in the defense, Gan Guoyang could roam with confidence and boldness. Although Sabonis's basket blocking level cannot be compared with Gan Guoyang, his height and weight are there, and he is still a high wall when he stands.

During the halftime break, the Trail Blazers' locker room and the Lakers' locker room were both ice and fire. The Trail Blazers were relaxed and comfortable, the players were talking and laughing, and everyone stepped forward to high-fives with Sabonis, telling him that he played beautifully in the first half.

In the Lakers' locker room, Pat Riley was as deep as water. The Lakers' performance in the first half was actually very good. The team also made relatively sufficient preparations before the game, and the players were in good condition, but what they felt like during the game was that they "can't beat"!

This feeling only appeared in Riley's counseling career when he was playing against the 76ers in 1983. It was really a gap in tactics and strength, and he couldn't resist it even if he tried his best.

But Riley was not willing to give up. He believed that there would be a way to restrain the Trail Blazers' inside double towers. He felt that the Trail Blazers' double towers could achieve such good results. There was a surprise reason that not only did the Lakers not prepare for this lineup, but other teams had never encountered it. Riley had no chance to watch the video to prepare.

Riley is not a coach who is good at planning on the spot. His strengths lie in daily tactical preparations and spiritual motivation. This guy is an absolute orator, but he also feels a little bit exhausted in this game because he never expected such a situation.

The morale of the Lakers is obviously a bit low. Riley wants to use some words to motivate the players to revive morale. Magic Johnson is still cheering his teammates, but the effect is not obvious.

After experiencing the tragic pain of falling in the finals for two consecutive years, the Lakers are somewhat poor this year.

At the beginning of the second half, in the third quarter, when Terry Porter scored two three-pointers in a row and Gan Guoyang hit a hook shot again, widening the gap between the two sides to 21 points, the Lakers really couldn't stand it.

Then, the two teams started a tug-of-war, and the score difference remained around 20 points. In the fourth quarter, the Lakers launched the final counterattack. This time, Adelman remained steady and sent a combination of Gan Guoyang and Williams to steadily control the situation on the field and maintain the lead until the end of the game.

113:95, the Trail Blazers easily defeated the Lakers with 18 points away, which not only disappointed the fans on the scene, but also surprised some of the reporters. Of course, it is very common for a large score difference between strong teams in the regular season, but the process of the game makes people feel that this is a team at the same level, and the Lakers are completely suppressed.

Sabonis became the biggest surprise for the Trail Blazers in the whole game. Although he only scored 4 points and 7 rebounds in the whole game, he also sent 5 assists. His appearance allowed the Trail Blazers to complete the inside line, overwhelming the Lakers' old and weak center forward.

Therefore, after the game, Sabonis also became the darling of the reporters and was surrounded by microphones and cameras.

After the game, Sabonis accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from CBS TV. In the past, the main interviewer of the TV station was Gan Guoyang. Tonight, Gan Guoyang scored 30 points, 19 rebounds, 6 blocks and 4 steals. He was the best in the game, but he was still "neglected" by reporters.

In response to this, Gan Guoyang Le's leisure time ran to the locker room early to take a shower, and then sneaked out with his luggage and returned to the team bus.

Sabonis could only face the reporter's questions alone. The team did not provide him with an interpreter. He had learned English well, but he was still a little nervous when facing the reporter's interview.

"When Coach Adelman suddenly sent you on the court without playing in the previous few games. Do you feel nervous? And your performance on the court seems to have really helped your teammates a lot, and the five assists are really impressive."

"Uh... Gan told me not to be nervous... After I got on the court, Gan said to cooperate with him, and then the ball entered, and my feeling was much better. Uh... Gan gave me a lot of guidance in my daily training, Gan said that you should pay attention to predictions when grabbing rebounds... Gan..."

The reporter soon discovered that Sabonis never left Gan Guoyang with three words. A reporter smiled and said, "I was not going to interview Gan, but I didn't expect him to steal the spotlight in the interview."

For Sabonis, the first interview was not present, and his teammates left with a smile. The person he was most familiar with was Gan Guoyang. Naturally, he would never leave him for three words, and he would gradually get used to it in the future.
Chapter completed!