"This is the Arizona Veterans Memorial Stadium. What is about to start here is the third game of the 1989 playoff Western Conference semifinals. Tonight will be a key game for the Suns. Whether they have a glimmer of vitality or go directly to the desperate situation depends on the performance of this game. Now, the Suns players are starting to enter the court!"

On May 13, the third game of the Portland Trail Blazers Phoenix Suns will soon begin at the full Arizona Veterans Memorial Stadium. The Trail Blazers, as the visiting team, completed the entry ceremony in a cold state. This is Phoenix, not Oakland. Even if Gan Guoyang appears, there is no cheer at all, but there are a lot of boos.

When the Suns players started to enter the court, huge cheers began to burst out. At the same time, every fan at the scene had a white towel in his hand. More than 20,000 spectators all waved white towels, and the scene looked quite spectacular.

Gan Guoyang stood on the ground, but he didn't feel so spectacular. He thought silently: "Are they surrendering to us?"

Gan Guoyang thought about it, but the Suns had no intention of surrendering at all. In the first two games, the Suns were beaten quite badly in Portland. Their attack power, which was second in the league, was not exerted at all. Instead, they were suppressed by the league's first offensive Trail Blazers with defense. After returning to home, relying on their home momentum and advantages, the Suns would inevitably launch a Jedi counterattack.

"Gan is standing near the center circle and looks quite relaxed. Now he is at the power forward position with peace of mind. This position can indeed better exert his power. His attack range and defense range have caused the Suns a lot of pain. Judging from his regular performance, the best defensive player may also be included in his pocket." The commentary tonight was Dick Stockton. Currently, CBS TV still occupies a major share in NBA broadcasting.

If Gan Guoyang wins the best defensive player and then gets the MVP, he will become the second athlete to win the regular season MVP and the best defensive player. The last one was Michael Jordan last year.

The game officially began in the scramble. Mark West once again touched the ball from Duckworth's hand, and Kevin Johnson grabbed Terry Porter like lightning, and controlled the ball in his hand. The Suns got the ball and they were about to launch their first attack.

"Johnson handed the ball to Hornersek, Hornersek was commanding the offense, he handed the ball back to Johnson, Johnson and Tom Chambers picked and roll, Johnson passed the ball to Tom Chambers, and the Trail Blazers' defense was misplaced! Chambers broke through with the ball and made a layup with his left throw! The referee's whistle sounded, causing Gan's foul!"

The Suns' first goal came quickly. Kevin Johnson and Tom Chambers made a pick-and-roll cooperation outside the three-point line on the right. The pick-and-roll cooperation was quite good, which directly caused a misaligned defense. Terry Porter went to defend Chambers. Before Gan Guoyang had time to switch defense with Porter, Chambers directly took the ball and broke through the middle, relying on Porter to throw a throw with his left hand.

Gan Guoyang wanted to step forward to interfere with Chambers, but squeezed Chambers' body in the defense. The referee decisively blew up. Although Gan Guoyang stepped forward to explain to the referee, it was useless. You can only recognize Phoenix's home court.

Chambers scored very importantly. Not only did he succeed in playing three-pointers, but he also caused Gan Guoyang to foul. You should know that in the first two games, Chambers lost completely against Gan Guoyang, and he was killed by Gan Guoyang one-on-one. However, Chambers had no choice but to do so.

Now, Chambers scored a goal and committed a foul just as the game started, which obviously bodes well for the Suns.

The fans at the scene also waved the white towel in their hands frantically, and Chambers hit the free throw steadily at the free throw line.

Back in the offense, Terry Porter carefully protected the ball through the half. He stared at Kevin Johnson with his back and then lobted the ball outside the three-pointer to Gan Guoyang, who was already ready at the low post.

"In this game, the Suns began to let Mark West defend Gan, Gan held the ball and walked to the middle, and chose the hook of his left hand, but the ball did not go in! Rebound! Hornersek got the ball and passed it to Kevin Johnson before falling down, and the Suns counterattack!"

Gan Guoyang was a little anxious. Although Mark West was a big mouth and clamored before the game that this game must be won at home, West still had defensive skills. At least his ability to defend and back is much better than Chambers. He put the bottom line and let Gan Guoyang go to the middle. Gan Guoyang chose to grasp the most of his left hand hook, but the ball hit the basket but failed. Mark West immediately stuck Gan Guoyang tightly. He didn't go to grab the rebound. He just stuck Gan Guoyang. As a result, Horacek, who rushed out of the side, got the rebound.

Gan Guoyang knew in his heart that compared with the previous two games, the Suns were very well prepared. The first two away games were just a life-and-death battle with the Supersonics, so the Suns were not prepared enough and everything was done according to the routine routine. As a result, they were beaten to the targeted Trail Blazers.

This time I got back to the situation where I had to win, and it was my home court, so the Suns were naturally more prepared.

"Kevin Johnson passed a long pass to the frontcourt. Tom Chambers got the ball and faced Cauchy. He made a fake move and shot the ball! The ball went in!"

The Suns' counterattack came very quickly, and it was Tom Chambers again. Because he no longer had to defend Gan Guoyang, he had the opportunity to participate in the fast attack. He was the first to take the lead in this goal. Darkworth couldn't keep up with him, so he had to defend him.

But Cauchy's height was not enough. Chambers swung away Cauchy with a cross step 10 feet away from the basket, and then leaned forward and made a shot. Although he made a very difficult goal, he actually got two points.

The cheers at the scene were even louder. The Suns played a very strong momentum at the beginning of the game, and the Trail Blazers were obviously a little confused. The goal just now was a typical case where a high inside team was chased by a fast team and was hit by a butt. This was what Adelman wanted to try his best to avoid.

Now, whether the Trail Blazers want to continue to play for Gan Guoyang is to consider whether they have to play, because if Gan Guoyang cannot make a goal, Tom Chambers will soon get off, Duckworth cannot keep up, and other players who have followed are not tall enough and may not be able to cover Chambers, so they will be seized by Chambers. The Suns' achievements this year are inseparable from Chambers' tactical value.

"Gan wants the ball on the left this time, and he wants to continue to play singles at the low post. Drexler passed the ball to Gan in the middle of the half. Gan dribbled and turned around and shot with his left hand! West fouled and the referee's whistle rang."

This time it was West's turn to complain. He felt that he had not fouled this ball, but the referee thought he had hit Gan Guoyang in the arm.

Gan Guoyang was about to go to the free throw line, and at this time he felt a little anxious because he felt that the Suns were very targeted for his defense. He just had two goals, the first goal was on the right, and Mark West blocked the bottom line and let him go. The second goal was on the right, so he let go of the bottom line and let him go. As a result, Gan Guoyang used his left hand to handle the ball.

Logically speaking, Gan Guoyang's left hand level is almost the same as his right hand. In the past, he could score more than 20 points with his left hand shooting in a game, but now it is the playoffs, and even if his left hand is flexible, it is still worse than his right hand.

Gan Guoyang felt that his touch might not be as good as the previous two games in this game. The touch was like an aunt. There were always a few days a month that made you uncomfortable, and naturally there were several games where the offense was poor. So far, Gan Guoyang's touch was amazingly good in the five games of the playoffs, and now he felt something was wrong.

"Gan's first free throw... he failed to score, the ball fell out."

Gan Guoyang failed to hit the first penalty, and the shouts of the audience at the scene were about to hurt his eardrums. It seemed that his offensive feel was indeed not very good.

Gan Guoyang still hit the second free throw, 5:1, the Trail Blazers got the first point in the game, a free throw from Gan Guoyang.

"Hold the inside and leave it to me outside, don't let them grab the rebounds casually." Gan Guoyang ordered Darkworth when he returned to defense. Darkworth nodded. If the Trail Blazers did anything bad in the first two games, it was the protection of the backcourt rebounds. Gan Guoyang roamed a lot of defense because of a lot of roaming and repairing defense. Darkworth, the inside line, did not have as strong backcourt rebound control as Gan Guoyang, and was snatched many frontcourt rebounds by the Suns.

But this time, the Suns' offense was different from the previous two games. Kevin Johnson and Tom Chambers once again played pick-and-roll outside the three-point line on the right. However, after the pick-and-roll was completed, Porter and Gan Guoyang's transfer was very timely, without leaving gaps or misplacement. Johnson did not pass the ball to Chambers, but passed the ball to Tyrone Corbin in the middle.

Corbyn did not stop receiving the ball. At this time, Hornersek had already gone from the baseline to 45 degrees on the left. Corbyn passed the ball to Hornersek. Hornersek received the ball and jumped directly. The ball hit a steadily, as accurate as a layup.

7:1, the Suns played the Trail Blazers 7:1 at the opening. Their offense was very effective. The reason was very simple. Tom Chambers and Kevin Johnson played pick-and-roll in a very narrow position on the right, bound Gan Guoyang to this point, making it impossible for him to interfere with other players on a large scale.

Kevin Johnson and Chambers were in the middle pick-and-roll in the first two games, and Gan Guoyang could switch to both sides at any time. Now they have made changes. No matter how fast Gan Guoyang rotates, it is impossible to run from right to left to interfere with Hornersek.
Chapter completed!