The Golden Age of Basketball

"The Trail Blazers called a timeout. This will be the moment of truth. In the second overtime, the suffocating scene. Now the Mavericks lead the Trail Blazers by six points 127:121. The Blazers must find a way to score. From the first overtime to now, they have not scored for two and a half minutes! They are very dangerous, very dangerous!"

On April 1985, 4, the nb playoffs of this season started in full swing. The first game between the Portland Trail Blazers third in the West and the Dallas Mavericks sixth in the West kicked off at the Portland Memorial Stadium.

After three days of rest and preparation, the Portland Trail Blazers were full of ambition. They all returned. Jim Paxson returned to the position of starting shooting guard. Valentine also returned from injury and took charge of the team's offense .

The opponent they faced, the Dallas Mavericks, had just lost to the Trail Blazers in the penultimate game of the regular season. The preview battle of this playoffs also gave the Trail Blazers players great confidence.

From the fact that the audience poured into the Memorial Stadium and the entire arena was empty, it can also be seen that Portland fans are full of expectations for the team's performance.

Gan Guoyang was still the same as usual. He got up early in the morning and came to the training hall to start a day of training. He did not change his training plan because he was going to play the first playoff game tonight.

In the afternoon, the team rehearsed tactics. Aiming at Dallas' strongest attacking point, which is also the Blazers' relatively weak defensive point, Ramsey made key arrangements, requiring the inside line to defend Aguilar more, and not let Aguilar Queley can do whatever he wants.

In the regular season, the Blazers have died several times due to the outbreak of the opponent's powerful small forward.

However, the Blazers did not conduct much offensive training. In Ramsey's view, the team's offensive system should be relatively complete. At the same time, in the first game, he did not know what defensive arrangement the Mavericks would make. Therefore, he remains unchanged and adapts to all changes, asking the team to still play according to the routine of the regular season. [

At [-] o'clock in the evening, the game officially started. Gan Guoyang, who didn't feel too nervous before the game, felt his palms were sweating when he stood in the middle circle and was about to jump the ball.

It wasn't until the game really started that Gan Guoyang really understood what Ramsey said, "The playoffs and the regular season are two worlds."

The Memorial Stadium is still the familiar Memorial Stadium, but everything here seems to have become tense and dignified, and there is no longer the relaxed atmosphere of the regular season with some entertainment.

The Mavericks players are still those players, but their faces are as hard as Greek statues, and the same is true for the Blazers players.

The defense is no longer loose, and the offense is no longer easy. Everyone is like a gladiator standing in the arena, engaged in a life-and-death contest.

This kind of atmosphere made Gan Guoyang think of the n finals, but the confrontation here was far more intense than n, every time Gan Guoyang collided, he could feel his opponent going all out.

From the first quarter, the two sides wrestled together like wrestlers, and the score was staggered. In the second quarter, the Blazers once relied on Valentine's explosion to widen the gap between the two sides.

But in the third quarter, Dallas Mavericks shooting guards Blackman and Sam Perkins began to show off. Double swords pierced.

In this quarter, the Mavericks not only evened the score between the two sides, but also finally overtook the score.

In the fourth quarter, Vandeweghe finally stood up and scored consecutively to restore the Blazers' decline, and the two sides fell into a dogfight again.

At this time, the biggest problem of the Blazers in this game was finally exposed. They made too many fouls.

Valentine was sent off first at the end of the fourth quarter, and then Gan Guoyang committed five fouls.

The foul not only made the Blazers available, but also made Gan Guoyang shy away, and even sent the opponent directly to the free throw line.

In the end, the two sides drew 121:121 in the four quarters, and the two sides started the first overtime game.

In the first overtime game, Gan Guoyang finally made a full foul. Seeing that Blackman was about to score a layup, he reached out to block the block while hesitating. As a result, the two sides collided and the referee called Gan Guoyang for a foul. [

Gan Guoyang graduated with six fouls. He only scored 8 points, 6 of 4 shots, but grabbed 18 rebounds, and his first playoff game ended.

However, the game continued on the field. In the first overtime, the Blazers had a chance to end the game, but they missed two shots in the last minute and allowed Sam Perkins to score a key goal. The two sides entered the second overtime.

In the second overtime, the Blazers fell into a scoring drought again. When the Mavericks scored six points in a row, the Blazers didn't score an inch, and Ramsey had to call a timeout.

"Clyde, it's up to you to organize this attack. Remember, hit in, hit in. We completely empty the right side, Vandeweghe and Coulter ambushes on the left side, Carl, you are in the high position, Samp Sen serve. Ball to Drexler, Clyde you can choose to break, if blocked, pass the ball to Sampson, Karl up to Sampson as a screen, Sampson cuts directly from the right Under the basket, as long as you can receive Clyde's pass, score him, score! In the next offense, we must make full use of our high position!" Ramsey arranged a typical The "Blazer" tactic, the reason why this tactic is called "Blazer" is not because of the special tactics of the Portland Trail Blazers at this time, but because he vacated a huge area on the right side for a Offensive players create offensive opportunities.

At the same time, Ramsey also asked to make more use of breakthroughs and high-post attacks. In this game, the Mavericks unexpectedly did not pinch the Blazers' outside shots, but used fierce double-teaming and going around to destroy the Blazers. The player's low attack.

On the offensive end, the Mavericks made twice as many breakthroughs as the Blazers. For this reason, they also got more than twice as many free throws as the Blazers, and caused the Blazers to fall into a foul crisis.

There is no doubt that the Blazers lost to the Mavericks in the pre-game preparations, or that Ramzic missed a trick. In fact, he already thought that Dick Mota (Mavericks head coach) would probably pinch the Blazers Insider.

But Ramsey believes that it is impossible for the Mavericks to flank the front and inside all the way in a game, but he did not expect that the Mavericks really did this.

More importantly, the Trail Blazers team was too relaxed for this game. They did not play the same playoff intensity as the Mavericks. They shot too many shots and killed too few.

And these gaps in details are reflected in the game, that is, although the Blazers have a smoother offense and a higher shooting percentage, the momentum is on the Blazers' side most of the time on the field, but the score still cannot be opened.

In overtime, as the Blazers' main players were sent off, especially Gan Guoyang's end, the Mavericks began to see the dawn of victory.

"The pioneers who are in trouble, let's see if they can regain themselves in the last few minutes. They definitely don't want more than 2 spectators to be disappointed." The commentary of BS TV continued to explain this games.

"The Blazers' offensive efficiency is actually very high tonight, but they seem to be playing too softly. Their free throws are too few compared with the Mavericks, and the Mavericks' main players are not bothered by fouls. Look at the rebounds , if the Blazers are not willing, their rebounds are really bleak. On the other hand, on the Mavericks side, Aguilar is their player with the highest rebounds, 14. He puts more energy when the offensive end is restricted. When it comes to rebounds, that's obviously a good thing, and it's a boost to the Mavericks. On the contrary, Vandeweghe, five rebounds, oh my god, two overtimes, I can pick up five now." Guest commentator, the famously tongue-in-cheek Rick Barry unceremoniously criticized the Blazers' performance in this game.

Indeed, the Blazers have stronger tactics and abilities than the Mavericks, as can be seen from the shooting percentage and on-court offense, but they lack a lot of hard work and bravery. This is a life-and-death playoff is fatal.

"The game continues, let's see how the Blazers will change... Sampson serves, the Blazers' right side is completely cleared, the ball is passed to Drexler, Sampson uses the screen to drive." 』Into the basket, Drexler passed the ball!... Sampson's layup was blocked by Nimfjord! Sampson's layup was blocked by Nimfjord! Perkins Got the rebound! The Blazers are in danger now, with a gap of six points, and there are more than 2 minutes before the end of the game. The Mavericks, they are not in a hurry, and start to attack slowly."

At this time, because Gan Guoyang was sent off, he could only sit on the bench and watch Sampson's ball be blocked by Nimfius, a player whose name Gan Guoyang didn't even know.

The Blazers have already played this tactic, Sampson's cut is very beautiful, Carl's screen is no problem, Drexler's pass is very in place, but this ball just missed, because it was a little-known Mavericks The center forward took the risk.

It can also be seen from here why the Mavericks were able to hold the victory in their own hands in this game.

For Gan Guoyang, seeing the team gradually stepping into the abyss of death but helpless, it really made him feel very tormented.

Before the start of the game, he was still thinking about killing the Quartet in the first playoffs and smashing the opponent's Nimfius into a scum-in the previous matches, Gan Guoyang had never regarded him as a thing.

Nimfius was still unable to fight against Gan Guoyang, but with the help of his teammates, they restricted Gan Guoyang's shots and minimized Gan Guoyang's impact on the Blazers' offense.

Gan Guoyang was also repeatedly attacked by opponents on the defensive end, and the more stringent playoff whistle also made him very uncomfortable, causing him to become a spectator at the most critical moment.

"嗡~~" the buzzer sounded, the game was over, and the score was fixed at 138:132. The Dallas Mavericks beat the Portland Trail Blazers, the second seed in the West, in an away game, which caught everyone off guard. The game became 1:0.

Gan Guoyang looked at the disappointed audience, his teammates looking lonely, and the Mavericks players celebrating wildly, with mixed emotions in his heart.

His first playoff game ended hastily in this way.

Fortunately, the series has only just begun.

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