"According to the latest news, Paxson will not be able to play in the second half. The specific injury situation will not be determined after a comprehensive inspection after the game, so we will not see Paxson playing in this game. Let us wish him good luck. However, this may be good news for the Lakers. Paxson's performance on both offense and defense in the first half caused great trouble for the Lakers. His performance of 12 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals was quite comprehensive, and even surpassed the Magicians. Now, we see on the court that the starting shooting guard of the Trail Blazers in the second half has become Clyde Drexler. This talented guy doesn't seem to be so good in Portland, and now he has a chance."

Paxson's accidental sprain at the end of the half had to put Ramsey in the starting lineup. Judging from the basic examination, Paxson's leg injury was not serious, but because it was an old injury, the team doctor did not dare to be careless at all. The team suffered enough of the injury.

After Drexler started in the first and second half, Portland's outside shooting ability obviously plummeted. Drexler's several scoring in the first half came from fast break layups, and his mid-range shot was really a bit terrible.

At the same time, Drexler will also face a major test on the defensive end, because he will be on the court to defend Magic Johnson.

The Magician is too tall. Although he looks only 6-8 with his back, he is actually 6-9 and has a long wingspan. He is really at a disadvantage for the small point guard to defend the outside line, and it is the same as if it does not exist.

Therefore, all teams basically have to take point guards or go to misplace Johnson to defend.

In the first half, Paxson should have said that he was doing his best and did his job. He also made Johnson's mistakes several times, allowing the Trail Blazers to fight back.

Now, the burden was thrown on Drexler's shoulder.

"Come on Clyde, maybe the old man will fall in love with the one who will let you start in the future." The Trail Blazers took the lead and Gan Guoyang patted his shoulder when passing by Drexler.

Drexler nodded, and he thought so in his heart.

At the beginning of the season, Paxson failed to play due to injury in the first game, and Drexler served as the starter. He was satisfied that he could rely on this game to win the starting position. Unfortunately, in the later game, Paxson returned from injury, and Drexler was still pressed on the bench.

For this reason, Drexler has been trying to get more opportunities to perform on the field, and has had conflicts with Ramsey off the court, claiming to be traded.

That was also when Gan Guoyang and Ramsey were having a ball game. The old man could be said to be exhausted and almost resigned from his coaching position.

Then Gan Guoyang adjusted himself and got on track, and Drexler also performed very eye-catchingly in the end of 1984, but the treatment of the two was very different.

Gan Guoyang was the starting center from the beginning. No matter how he had a fight with the coach, he finally started. After performing well, the starting position became stronger.

No matter how good Drexler performed, he was still a substitute, because Paxson's performance was not bad either.

More importantly, Ramsey's team building idea is to start players like Paxson and substitute like Drexler.

Fortunately, this unfairness did not affect the friendship between Gan Guoyang and Drexler, because Gan Guoyang knew that Drexler would become a great player in the future, so he always supported Drexler as the starter.

But now he has learned his lesson and will not say this in front of all the players. Instead, he encourages Drexler in private and also pulls Van derwich to support Drexler. Van derwich also admires Drexler very much.

So, if you have something to do or not, Gan Guoyang will say good things about Drexler in front of Ramsey.

Now, I don’t know what the injury will be like for Paxson. Although this is bad news, it really gives Drexler a chance.

"The Trail Blazers serve, and the second half of the game began. The two sides played 58:62 in the first half, and the Lakers led by 4 points. The Lakers' starting lineup in the second half did not change. On the Trail Blazers, Drexler replaced the injured Paxson... Let's see, Drexler held the ball in the middle and broke through! He passed the ball, Valentine took the ball and took the ball in! At the beginning of the second half, the Trail Blazers relied on Valentine's 45-degree shooting to score two points. They changed the score to 60:62, and the gap between the two sides was only two points."

Drexler contributed an assist as soon as he came up, and his breakthrough attracted the Lakers' defense and gave Valentine, who was waiting 45 degrees on the right, a good shooting opportunity.

But the Lakers made a comeback, and James Worthy again. After taking the ball from the low post on the left, he turned over and shot. The ball entered the net with a "swish" sound, so clean and neat.

Woxi's mid-range shooting is not ideal, and it is probably at the same level as Gan Guoyang. Long-range shooting may be worse than Gan Guoyang.

But at a distance of about 10 feet, his turnover shot was really accurate. As long as he was allowed to get a good position in the low position, catch the ball, turn around, and shoot, his shooting rate was really very high.

In other words, Worthy's offense relies more on rhythm. Once the rhythm is mastered and the steps are right, it is really unstoppable.

On the other hand, Drexler is actually the same. His jump shot is effective and not effective, because he needs a good shooting rhythm. Once the rhythm is messed up and his adjustment ability is not strong, the ball will be offensive.

"Drexler dribbled through half the court, and was at the top of the arc, and made a quick stop and jump shot! Oh... I didn't touch the basket, and I hit the board directly... Gan picked up the frontcourt rebound and passed it out. Drexler received the ball and shot! The ball entered!"

Drexler was indeed a little eager to make contributions, and he directly held the ball and organized the offense through the half. When he saw that the Lakers' defense was shrinking sharply, he jumped at the top of the arc.

His jump shot looked very inconsistent. He first lowered the ball to his waist position, then took off, let himself fly in the air, bent his legs to maintain balance, raised his hand, and threw the ball out like a shot put...

Such shooting is prepared for a long time, slow rotation, flat arc, and awkward no matter how you look at it.

Ramsey watched Drexler shoot on the sidelines, and he had the urge to replace him.

Therefore, I didn't even touch the basket. Fortunately, Gan Guoyang got the rebound and after the return pass, Drexler received the ball and shot again. The rhythm of the ball was much better and the distance was closer, so he could hit it.

"You should change your shooting posture, Clyde." Gan Guoyang said to Drexler when he returned to defense.

Ramsey has complained about Drexler's shooting posture for many times, but Drexler just kept not changing. He firmly believed that the best one was the one that suited him.

After hearing Gan Guoyang's words, Drexler just smiled and said nothing. He was very conceited and insisted on himself. Even if everyone said that this was wrong, this may be one of the reasons why he could succeed in the end.

The Lakers used the same trick again, and James Worcey changed to the right position. Van derwich could not withstand Worcey's solid lower down shift, and he was firmly blocked behind him.

Johnson decisively passed the ball to Worcy, but this time, Drexler gave up his defense against Johnson and went to make up for Worcy.

Worthy did not pass the ball back, but turned around and jumped 12 feet before Drexler came to double-team.

However, as soon as the ball was shot, he could see that it was crooked and was obviously tilted to the outside, and he was still disturbed by Drexler.

Gan Guoyang had been waiting at the basket and easily received the backcourt rebound. The Lakers players did not come forward to compete, but returned to defend quickly.

It seems that the Lakers are also very afraid of the Trail Blazers' fast attack. Seeing that there was no chance of a pass, Gan Guoyang handed the ball to Drexler to control it.

Drexler began to play the role of point guard on the court at this time. In fact, his ability to handle balls is not worse than other point guards at all. Among the players on the court, only the Magicians are better at it.

However, Drexler seemed to be inspired by the shot just now. After dribbling to the top of the arc, he saw that the Lakers still didn't come forward to defend and stopped again to jump shot!

There is actually no big problem with his choice. As long as any player has the ability to shoot, if the opponent dares to let you go, he must take decisive action to make the opponent pay the price.

Unfortunately, since the opponent lets you go, there are naturally reasons to let you go, such as your shooting is unstable.

"Bang!" Drexler's shot finally got stuck in the basket this time, but he still didn't make it, and it collapsed quite far, so Gan Guoyang couldn't grab it.

Johnson took a long arm and got the backcourt rebound, and took two long legs to launch the Lakers' fast attack.

The fans on the scene immediately became restless and knew that Show-time's performance was coming.

Johnson did not choose to pass the ball. He first passed Drexler with his skillful dribbling skills, and then used a shoulder-shaking fake move to shake Van dervich into a wooden stake near the center circle, and then made a layup directly with three steps and two steps!

However, Drexler, who was overtaken by him in one step, did not give up on defense. He followed the Magician closely, and he also jumped while the Magician jumped!

"Drexler gave Johnson a big hat! Johnson fell to the floor and went out of the sideline. There was no foul. There was no foul on this ball! You can get this ball, and the Trail Blazers launched a fast break! Drexler got the ball and he was running towards the frontcourt."

The Lakers players haven't reacted to this ball. Drexler has run through the half with the ball. Worthy and Lambis, who are following him, feel that they can't catch up.

Just when everyone was 15 feet away from the basket and everyone thought Drexler had to move forward before he could make a layup, Drexler jumped.

"It's-Long-hang!Clyde-Drexler!" Zickheen suddenly yelled, and the audience on the scene could not believe their eyes.

Drexler took off at a very long distance, then hovered in the air and dunked the ball into the basket.

All the players were also shocked, including Ramsey. Even if this goal is 10, everyone probably won't object. Drexler is not jumping, but gliding!
Chapter completed!