Sitting on the bench, sweat beads were constantly dripping from Gan Guoyang's face. He did not play well in this game. He was in a scramble for the first three quarters, but he never found his rhythm of the game. His offense was weak and he could not find any defense.

In the third quarter, when he started using first-year and fourth-year juniors, Gan Guoyang knew that he had to take a gamble. When Gan Guoyang completely let go, he quickly adjusted his mentality and calmed down his heart. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, he had three consecutive singles, gritted his teeth and rushed in. He must hit the deepest point, rather than test his feel with his own hook.

Three consecutive strong attacks have gradually restored Gan Guoyang's form. After his many transfers of the ball, he showed full trust in his teammates, and the Trail Blazers players also seized the opportunity to throw the ball in.

The most important point is that the Trail Blazers' defense finally had the best effect. No matter how fierce the Suns' offense was in the whole game, the Trail Blazers' defense was never chaotic. With the support of Gan Guoyang, he had a decisive and tried his best to interfere with the opponent, and finally waited for the collapse of the Suns' offense.

Kevin Johnson no longer has the energy to continue to keep the impact as fast as he can. Hornersek was completely killed by Jim Paxson who came on the bench. Jerome Cauchy's effect in defending Tom Chambers was unexpectedly good. Cauchy is to defend Chambers against Chambers' breakthrough when shooting. You can shoot at will, and Chambers' speed is difficult to break through Cauchy. If you shoot, he seems to feel no longer in the fourth quarter.

"Pick-and-roll, we need pick-and-roll to find space, but be careful of mistakes, put your pick-and-roll position outward, try to open up the space and reduce transmission. I don't want to see mistakes, which is very important, very important." Adelman did not arrange any complicated tactics, but repeatedly emphasized that cooperation must be concise and reduce the probability of mistakes. At such a moment, a mistake is very fatal, and the Suns will definitely strengthen the pressure on the ball, so that the Trail Blazers cannot get the ball. The more cooperation the Trail Blazers are, the more complex the probability of mistakes, the higher the probability of mistakes.

This is the difference between Adelman and Ramsey. If it were Ramsey, an effective key moment tactic would be arranged at this time. Then this tactic often has several changes, allowing the players to make choices on the court. Adelman handed over the tactical decision to the players, just reminding them, because Adelman believes that at such a moment, he should fully trust his players and trust the superstars in the team.

Gan Guoyang took out a towel to wipe his sweat. This time he did not throw the towel in his hand to the ground. At this time, Adelman turned around and said to Gan Guoyang: "Gan, the decision of the attack lies in your hands. Remember, the point at the bottom corner on the right, the point at the top of the arc and the point in the three-second zone, three points, pay attention to the three points."

Gan Guoyang nodded after hearing this. He understood what Adelman meant. Gan Guoyang would play pick-and-roll with Drexler in the left waist position, and Jim Paxson would run to the right bottom line to ambush, Terry Porter responded at the right position on the top of the arc, and Jerome Cauchy was waiting for the opportunity in the three-second zone, and all the left side were free to create scoring opportunities for Gan Guoyang and Drexler.

This is an open tactical position, giving the pick-and-roll the greatest freedom, while the other three are pitchers or response points at a fixed point. How the tactics change depends entirely on how Drexler and Gan Guoyang handle it.

"The timeout is over, the three-point gap is still 45 seconds before the end of the game. The Trail Blazers will carry out a very critical attack. Now they are in full swing and have chased for 12 points in a row. It's incredible, incredible."

Drexler served the ball from the sideline outside the boundary, and the Suns did not press on. Gan Guoyang received the ball, and immediately avoided Hornersek's interference and handed the ball to Drexler. Drexler held the ball outside the three-point line to observe, a key attack.

"Drexler started, walked from the left, and made a pick-and-roll with Gan. The glider passed the ball with one strike. Gan received the ball... The ball was not received well! But he still got the ball and was double-teamed... The ball was about to be lost... Gan passed the ball to Porter, and Porter broke through with the ball, but he passed it back, and the ball returned to Gan's hand, and Gan took a three-pointer at 45 degrees!"

Adelman's heart was about to jump out. Drexler's pass just now almost ruined the attack. His low-handed pass did not master the strength, and the ball suddenly passed. Gan Guoyang had to bend down and reach out to grab the ball. Seeing this, Horacek decisively let Drexler go to double-team Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang protected the ball desperately, held up West and Hornersek behind him with his body, and handed the ball to Porter. After Porter took the ball, he immediately broke through from the right. At this time, Gan Guoyang adjusted his position and ran to the 45-degree position on the right three-point line.

At this moment of decision, Porter chose to pass the ball instead of continuing to break through. Although the success rate of continued breakthrough would be higher, because West had been transferred out by Gan Guoyang, and there was only one Chambers, Drexler and Cauchy were also preparing to grab the frontcourt rebound, Porter still passed the ball.

In this game, Gan Guoyang made 0 of 3 three-pointers and missed all three attempts. Obviously, his touch was really bad tonight, but Porter trusted Gan Guoyang, just as Gan Guoyang would trust him at a critical moment in the fourth quarter. This trust comes from the cooperation of the game over the years and the good relationship off the court. Porter knew that at the Portland Trail Blazers, no one was more reliable than Gan Guoyang at the critical moment.

"Gan's three-pointer!!"

In everyone's attention, the ball seemed to fly very slowly, and the curve of the ball was particularly high. Patrick also lengthened his voice until he saw the ball pass through the center of the Nets that he completely released his voice.

"He-hit-it! A-three-point! (He made a shot! One three-pointer!)"

The Arizona Veterans Memorial Stadium was in gloom. In the entire venue, only Gan Guoyang was shining with glory. He raised his right hand and gestured a "three" with his fingers, indicating that he was shooting a three-pointer. The Trail Blazers player ran over excitedly to embrace Gan Guoyang, while the Suns player looked depressed.

The Suns used their last timeout. You should know that the Suns had almost no timeouts in the first three quarters because they played so well and smoothly, and the useless ones in the fourth quarter were all made up.

At 97:97, the Trail Blazers finally tied the score with less than 30 seconds left before the end of the game. Phoenix Suns' advantages and efforts throughout the game are likely to be wasted in the last 30 seconds. Many fans are looking up at the timer to see how much time is left. For the Suns, they still have a chance. At this time, they still have a draw and score one more can lead.

Yes, I scored another one, but it was already 7 minutes ago since they scored a goal last time. They had not scored in 7 minutes, and they couldn't score at all. They grabbed the frontcourt rebounds several times and couldn't score in reorganizing the offense. No one could make a foul. For the Suns, scoring goals has become a luxury.

A breath of despair began to permeate the Suns, Hornersek, Chambers, Johnson, all looked at each other. At this time, they didn't know who they should trust and who they should hand the ball to, should they let Johnson break through? Or Hornersek organization? Or Chambers was strong at low post? Or would they throw it away and let West grab the rebound?

I don't know, they don't know, they can only listen to the coach, but the coach is also confused. After emphasizing his attention, he threw the burden of the offense on Kevin Johnson.

When the pause ended, the audience still cheered encouragement and waved the white towel in their hands to support the Suns. They would never give up until the last moment.

The Trail Blazers continued to maintain a formation of one, big and four small, with Gan Guoyang in the center, Cauchy playing as a power forward, Drexler's small forward, Jim Paxson and Porter partnered in the backcourt.

"Beep!" The referee whistle sounded, and the Suns made a key attack.

This time Kevin Johnson took the ball, he didn't hesitate and played a pick-and-roll with Chambers. Now he needs a pick-and-roll and can no longer break naked. He slipped in from the left like an electric light!

Kevin Johnson chose to insert into the inside from the left, but made a layup from the right to avoid it. He used a beautiful cross step to pass Gan Guoyang who stepped forward to make up for defense, took off when his body lost balance, and then used a difficult throwing hand to lay up with his right hand, wanting to have a high-pitched shot!

"Johnson broke through and layup! The ball was covered in the air! The ball was nailed to the rebound! It was Gan, using his long arm!"

Gan Guoyang was just now on purpose! So his steps were not messy at all, but adjusted his pace, turned around and nailed the rising ball that Johnson threw on the rebound!

Gan Guoyang took the ball out of the air and firmly controlled it in his hand. He still did not call a timeout! He completely ignored Adelman's reminder and directly carried the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt!

At this time, Marley stepped forward to get the ball, and Gan Guoyang passed the ball to Porter, and the two advanced quickly together.

"Gan is in the penalty area, and he is the one who defends him. Porter passes the ball to Gan, and Gan takes the ball and hooks his hand directly! The ball is in! The ball is in! Gan hits the hook!"

Gan Guoyang had no chance to create an offensive foul at all. He completely ignored Marley's defense and turned to the baseline and hit the ball with an elegant hook. 99:97! The Trail Blazers overtook the game for the first time! At this time, it was only 3.9 seconds before the end of the game, and the Suns had no timeout!
Chapter completed!