The Golden Age of Basketball

The situation in the third quarter was always within Ramsey's expectations.

The Blazers' sudden increase in defense made the Nuggets quite unaccustomed to it. They were not particularly physically strong, but their shooting percentage began to plummet, and their turnovers continued to rise. The whole situation was overwhelming.

Moreover, the effect of the Blazers' defense is beyond Ramsey's imagination. This team, which has always been dominated by offense, can still behave like a strong defensive team.

Especially when Gan Guoyang was on the court, his interspersed "covering" defense gave the Nuggets great oppression. At the same time, he did not lose control of the three-second zone.

This kind of strong defensive ability is rarely shown by Gan Guoyang in the regular season. If there is a traverser watching this game, it is obvious that Gan Guoyang can see the shadow of Kevin Garnett in the later generation.

There were almost no similar defensive methods in the 80s nb. If Ramsey was a defensive coach, maybe he could find a new understanding of defense from Gan Guoyang's ability. Unfortunately, Ramsey is not a coach. A coach beyond the times, he has not been able to find the shadow of a new world from Gan Guoyang's defense.

However, as far as the third quarter was concerned, the Blazers' performance was perfect, so perfect that everyone felt that there was no suspense in this game. After the third quarter, the Blazers led the Nuggets 103:85 18 points.

Throughout the third quarter, the Blazers scored 36 points, but suppressed the Nuggets' scoring in a single quarter to 19 points. This can be said to be very, very low for the Nuggets. 30.00% of VII.

In the entire league, teams capable of keeping the Nuggets below 20 points in a single quarter can be counted on one hand, and now the Blazers, an offensive team, have also done it. [

"Good job guys, now that we have taken the lead, the most important thing for us in the fourth quarter is to maintain our offensive continuity, maintain or expand the point difference, and control the rhythm of the field. Don't be careless! This is the playoffs, anything can happen."

Ramsey, an experienced coach, reminded his players off the court that Ramsey has been coaching nb since 1968. In the 17 years so far, he has directed the team to participate in nearly a hundred postseason games game.

In the playoffs, if you are not careful, you will be doomed, and if you are not careful, the world will be turned upside down. His professional sensitivity told him that he should not relax in the face of the Nuggets.

However, it is obvious that the Blazers have an absolute advantage, and the Blazers obviously have a greater chance of winning. All of this is naturally due to Ramsey.

He learned the lesson of lack of preparation in the first game against the Mavericks, conducted in-depth research on the characteristics of the Nuggets before the start of the semifinals, combined with his coaching experience, and formulated a strategic plan for the game.

Until the end of the third quarter, this strategy of "consuming energy with rhythm in the first half and counterattacking with high intensity in the second half" was still very successful.

But although nb's coaches are very, very important, their salary is always much less than that of the stars in the team. The reason is that it is the players on the court who ultimately decide the game, especially the star players.

No matter how good a coach's tactical arrangement is, it is useless if the player who finally shoots does not make a goal; on the contrary, when the coach's tactics don't work, the star can often rely on his personal ability to change the situation on the field.

"The fourth quarter is about to start soon. Players from both sides have returned to the field. Currently, the Trail Blazers lead the Nuggets by 103 points at 85:18. They have an absolute advantage and broke through the [-]-point mark in three quarters. Guan, and more importantly, they suppressed the Nuggets' scoring, instead of both sides rushing together, which let us see the strength that a strong team should have." Seanley said before the start of the fourth quarter.

Xiao Enli was right about one thing. A truly strong team must have a balanced offense and defense. Attack must be overcome and defense must be strong. The Blazers in the first three quarters showed the temperament of a strong team.

But a truly strong team should have another quality, that is stability.

"The Blazers took the lead to serve. At this time, it was Colter who controlled the Blazers' offense on the court. Colter passed the halftime under Leaf's pressing defense. Cooper stepped forward to pinch the defense and barely passed the ball. Paxson, Paxson, passed the ball to Sampson, Sampson took the ball at the corner, dribbled and broke through...Shoot! The ball was scored! 105:85, the Blazers widened the gap to 20 points!"

With Sampson hitting a 7-foot mid-range shot in the fourth quarter, the Blazers finally widened the gap between the two sides to 20 points. 20 points can be said to be a psychological line of defense. Once this line of defense is broken, the opponent's The spirit of resistance is likely to collapse.

"Leeve quickly crossed the half court with the ball, Cooper caught the ball, and he quickly passed it to English! Cauchy was defending English, and English turned over from the baseline and made a jumper! The ball went in!" the Nuggets said. The offense was still very fast, but Gan Guoyang was not on the court at this time.

Cooper made a really good transfer, Leaf and Cooper were both on the left side of the court, Leaf got the ball in the low post, he knew he couldn't hit Sampson, but he passed the ball very smoothly English on the weak side. [

For the stars, as long as there is enough space for singles, then this tactic is basically considered a success. Cauchy has no way to stop English's turnaround shot.

"English has scored 28 points, but he scored 22 points in the first half, and he only scored 6 points in the second half." After a quiet quarter in the third quarter, English seemed to be To break out in the fourth quarter.

Sure enough, after Paxson missed a shot, Danny Schayes got the backcourt rebound and the Nuggets launched a quick attack.

The fast break of the Nuggets is a bit like the fast break of the Blazers in the past. The speed of the two wings is quite fast. At the same time, they are also good at ending the fast break with shooting.

"English received a pass from Leaf, shot at 45 degrees, and a distance of 15 feet. The ball scored, and English scored 4 points in a row. This is a dangerous signal." The reporter felt a little worried.

Xiao Enli's worries are justified. When Gan Guoyang is not on the court, the Nuggets' passing in the counterattack is obviously much smoother. For the Nuggets, it is beneficial for them to find the best offensive rhythm.

On the offensive end, the Nuggets have also begun to strengthen the oppression of the defense. Their strategy is to double-team the ball holder.

Because Valentine played for a long time in the third quarter, he has to rest now, and as a rookie, Colter is not experienced enough to deal with the sudden double-team. Always rushing the ball to the nearest teammate is detrimental to the organization of the offense.

The Blazers, unable to effectively organize the offense, had to put more offensive pressure on the inside, on Sampson.

Sampson lived up to expectations and succeeded in singles many times, but the speed of scoring inside was significantly slower than outside. As the Blazers' offensive efficiency declined, the Nuggets' offensive success rate increased. 』We suddenly discovered that the team's huge lead established in the third quarter was being eroded bit by bit.

"English catches the ball at the top of the key, fakes past Cauchy, shoots...the ball goes in! Oh my god, this guy is so accurate!" When English made a shot at the top of the key At the time of the 18-foot shot, the score between the two sides has become 108:100, and the gap between the two sides is only 7 points.

“8分！掘金将自己的得分从85提升到101只用了4分钟，他们在4分钟的时间里面得到了15分！而他们第三节总共猜得到19分！拉姆齐必须要叫暂停了！”

Ramsey did call a timeout. In the eyes of others, he called this timeout really late. Seeing the Nuggets scoring continuously like this, as usual, he should call a timeout soon.

However, Ramsey knew that in the third quarter, in order to expand his advantage as much as possible, he put a group of main players on the court from beginning to end to play against the Nuggets.

In this way, Ramsey hopes that at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the bench lineup can withstand the counterattack of the Nuggets and maintain the lead of the score at more than 10 points, and then he can be sent to the main lineup. Take victory into your hands.

However, English broke out.

Wearing the No. 2 jersey, this thin, slender player with no typical features has an amazing scoring ability.

His offensive method is really monotonous, that is, shooting. Regardless of whether there is anyone defending or who is defending, English will always use his master shot and persistently throw the ball to the basket.

Ramsey brought in Jerome Cosey, just to prevent English scoring explosion.

But Ramsay obviously underestimated English and overestimated Jerome Cauchy.

Although Kexi is younger, stronger and more capable of jumping than English, his defensive skills and experience are really not enough for English.

After the two sides faced each other for a while, English used his rich experience to turn Cauchy around, turning over and shooting the ball directly, making a false move, and making a fake fax shot.

In 4 minutes, English gave Cauchy a vivid one-on-one offensive and defensive lesson, and the tuition fee was that he scored 4 points in 12 minutes on Cauchy's head.

At this point, he has scored 36 points.

"Are the Trail Blazers going to be ruined by a super small forward again?" Seanley said bluntly about the Blazers.

This season, the Blazers don't know how many times they were beaten by the opponent's small forward, and finally lost or almost lost the game.

Ramsey looked at No. 55 on the bench and said, "I think you should respond."

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