In the 1980s, the NBA was a very non-mainstream tactic. Even if the Phoenix Suns took a fast offensive route, Tom Chambers was considered a qualified power forward. In an era when three-pointers had not become the mainstream tactic, it would take huge risks to lack an inside line. What's more, players' inside line offensive skills in the 1980s were generally excellent, even defenders often had one-handed shot.

Therefore, the standard configuration of 3, 2, and 2, is rarely changed by coaches, especially in the playoffs. The consequences of one, one, four, and one, are likely to be defeated by defense and lose all kinds of backcourt rebounds.

"The Trail Blazers replaced Duckworth with Paxson, so the Trail Blazers have four insides and outsides. Adelman's move is very risky. Now they are 17 points behind, and there are still 2 minutes left before the end of the third quarter. With a fourth quarter, it is not impossible to chase. Gan's condition is slowly recovering, but Adelman still makes a dangerous move."

Not only did Patrick not understand Adelman's arrangement, but the players on the Trail Blazers also didn't understand. Gan Guoyang stood on the free throw line and made both free throws. The difference between the two sides suddenly narrowed to 15 points. Gan Guoyang asked Parkson while returning to defense: "What arrangement?"

"Before Cauchy's big shot, I'll defend Hornersek." Paxson replied briefly, and soon there was no time for the two to talk, because Hornersek had already quickly advanced through the half-time with the ball and was ready to launch a quick attack.

In this game, although the Suns' point guard was Kevin Johnson, Hornersek was in control of the ball more often. Many extremely threatening offenses came from Hornersek's passes, and his jump shot from the outside was extremely accurate, making 11 of 13 shots, and he had already scored 25 points.

"Hornersec advances quickly, I think the hearts of the Trail Blazers have been raised... But this time it was Jim Paxson who went to defend Hornersec. Hornersec passed the ball to Kevin Johnson, and their quick attack did not start."

Before, the Trail Blazers had always let Drexler defend Hornersek, but the effect was not good, because Hornersek did not fight Drexler hard at all. He played passes and played running positions, and Drexler was divided up most of his energy in the offense, and it was difficult to deal with Hornersek in defense.

"Kevin Johnson held the ball in the middle and broke through directly!" Kevin Johnson chose to break naked again. His breakthroughs in this game were almost all naked breakthroughs, and no one needed to cover the pick-and-roll because his speed was too fast, Porter's defense was not bad, and his height and wingspan had an advantage over Johnson, but Johnson was just a "only fast but not breaking". He was too fast, and the ending at the basket was particularly good.

"Johnson broke through and dunked directly! He dunked the ball into the basket through Gan! The ball entered!" Kevin Johnson was extremely sudden. Although Gan Guoyang jumped and blocked the block, Johnson dodged in the air and dodged Gan Guoyang, and then dunked the ball into the basket.

The fans of the audience cheered like crazy, and the white towel was seen spinning and waving in the entire audience. This dunk vented all the resentment of Kevin Johnson against Gan Guoyang in the first two games. After the dunk, Johnson got off the basket and glared at Gan Guoyang.

"Crazy dunk, Kevin Johnson couldn't stop it. He was like a lightning bolt to tear the Trail Blazers' defense and gave Gan a heavy blow."

In the last two minutes of the third quarter, Adelman's first- and four-small lineup did not exert any power. Instead, Gan Guoyang was humiliated by Kevin Johnson, which made his face look very ugly.

Gan Guoyang sat on the bench and threw off the towel in his hand again. This was the second time he did this in this game, which was enough to show how frustrated he felt.

"We need more perimeter shots, perimeter mid-range shots and three-pointers to completely empty the inside and give Gan; defensive end, shrink, and shrink again, don't give Kevin Johnson a chance to break through and let them shoot."

At this time, Adelman finally had time to arrange tactics to the players. His tactics were very simple, which was to bet on the offense and bet on the shots, and block the opponent's shots without the shots. It sounded very different strategies, but sometimes it was the team's weapon for the team to complete the Jedi counterattack. The key lies in the players' mentality and state. Once the opponent's mentality is up, Adelman's goal will be achieved.

"Gan, beat them to death." At this time, Adelman faced Gan Guoyang alone and said to him.

There was a fire in Gan Guoyang's eyes. He was always suppressed in the third quarter of the game, which made him extremely uncomfortable. Now, the fourth quarter is his last chance.

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"Paxson's layup... was intercepted by Marley, and the Suns' counterattack. Marley performed very well on the defensive end tonight, limiting Cauchy's performance."

In the fourth quarter, the competition between the two sides reached a white-hot stage, and the advantages of the Trail Blazers' first and fourth small points were quickly revealed. Gan Guoyang made three consecutive strong attacks in the inside line, and the Suns had to shrink the defense line even more. As a result, Jim Paxson and Terry Porter each scored a three-pointer, and the difference immediately narrowed to less than 10 points.

However, the Suns' substitute Marley performed very well tonight. After he came on the bench, he first played hard, and then defended Parkson's layup in fast attack defense, and the Suns had signs of a new start.

"Marley passed the ball to Hornersek, Hornersek got a chance in the bottom corner, and made a three-pointer... the ball went in! He made a three-pointer! Hornersek's three-pointer!"

Hornersek made a three-pointer, and the score difference reached 13 points, and there were 7 minutes left before the end of the game.

At this time, Adelman made a move to call for a timeout, but Gan Guoyang quickly sent the ball from the bottom line, and then shook his head at Adelman, indicating that there was no need to call a timeout.

"Gan took the ball at a high position. He rarely got the ball at a high position tonight. He pretended to shake West, broke through directly, and made a layup! Oh, it caused Chambers' foul and went to the free throw line." Gan Guoyang used his strength to create Chambers' foul, and then made two free throws at the free throw line, and the score difference became 11 points again, but as long as the score difference was more than 10 points, there was a gap for the Trail Blazers.

This is, Kevin Johnson made a mistake in the offense. He held the ball outside the three-point line and passed the ball to Chambers in the inside. The Trail Blazers immediately came over to press it. Chambers passed it back to Johnson. At this time, there was no one in front of Johnson. Porter, who was defending him, was three steps away from him. As a result, Johnson made a three-pointer.

This was Johnson's first three-pointer in this game. In fact, he made a total of two three-pointers throughout the season, and two in 82 games. If this is his third three-pointer, he will basically nail the Trail Blazers' coffin.

However, he failed to make a shot, and the difference was still far. Gan Guoyang grabbed the backcourt rebound in the inside, the Trail Blazers launched a quick counterattack, Terry Porter pushed the ball with the ball, and then passed the ball to Jim Paxson who was ambushed on the right. Paxson made two points in the bottom corner and hit again, and the score gap became 9 points.

Then the Suns made another mistake in the offense. At the same position, Hornersek also made a three-pointer. Although his three-point shooting percentage was much higher than that of Johnson, it was the time when the offensive success rate was needed. Such a shooting was too impatient.

"Go to get the backcourt rebound, a pass that runs through the whole game. Paxson got the ball and made a layup! The ball went in, and Marley was one step late! The Suns were a little bad, and the division turned into 7 points. There were five minutes left before the end of the game. The Suns called a timeout."

In just a few minutes, the Suns' mistakes in their offensive choices made them passive. The Trail Blazers' small lineup was flexible and fast, and their strong ability to grab points began to show. The Phoenix smelled the breath of danger.

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After returning from the timeout, the Suns' offense still did not improve. I don't know what happened, but their originally smooth cooperation seemed to be unable to escape the open space.

"Kevin Johnson broke through and was blocked by Gan! West got the frontcourt rebound, made a layup, and was blocked by Gan! Cosey got the ball, Gan blocked twice in a row, and the Trail Blazers launched a counterattack again!"

Kevin Johnson's strong attack was no longer useful. Gan Guoyang knocked Johnson to the ground with a big hat without mercy. Johnson seemed to have hit a plane in the Himalayas and fell to the ground.

"West was defending Gan in front of the road. He didn't give Gan a chance to catch the ball. After several entanglements, Gan still got the ball and broke through directly outside the three-point line... He passed the ball to Cauchy at the bottom line, and Cauchy made a dunk! Beautiful pass, beautiful pass!"

Gan Guoyang faced the Suns player who was double-teaming, and passed the ball through the crotch and gave Cauchy an assist to the baseline. So far, the Trail Blazers' several points chases were not the points that Gan Guoyang scored, but all of them were related to Gan Guoyang.
Chapter completed!