At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics still caught up with the score.

29:27, the Celtics are still 2 points behind the Trail Blazers.

Van derwich supported the team's offense alone in the second half of the first quarter. Drexler and Norris, who came on the bench, performed averagely, which was also a small mistake by Ramsey when he was in the rotation.

He considered that Sampson could limit McHale, but he wanted to save the strength of the main lineup.

Dennis Johnson completely overwhelmed Drexler on the Celtic side, while Norris performed very mediocrely when facing Parish, and Parish controlled the three-second zone well.

The performance of these two people allowed the Celtics to catch up with the score in the second half of the first quarter. It has to be said that Ramsey is a game difference.

But Ramsey still decided to use a substitute plastic surgery at the beginning of the second quarter. Since the rotation plan and tactical plan were formulated, it must be strictly implemented.

The Trail Blazers replaced Jerome Cauchy, Cort and Kenny Carl, and replaced Van derwich, Valentine and Norris.

This is a second team with one and four, which is very rare in Ramsey's rotation. Generally, Ramsey will leave two or three main players to play with substitutes on the court.

This lineup is obviously insufficient in offense, with only Sampson's stable offensive point, Corte and Cauchy are both rookies. Drexler is restricted from the first quarter and has a relatively powerful score.

Ramsey's rotation also made Moster very surprised: "The Trail Blazers' lineup, four substitutes, is it really surprising. Ramsey actually sent all his bench players on the court. Is he doing rehearsals for the garbage time in the fourth quarter?"

On the Celtics side, K.C Jones is much more conservative. He only let Scott Wademan replace Larry Bird, and at the same time, he replaced the first quarter by Quentin Buckner and Danny Ange again.

I don’t know if Anji, who felt cold in the first section, was a little warmer after a while on the bench.

"At the beginning of the second quarter, the Celtics served and Anji returned to the court. I hope he could sit on the bench for a while and make his feel return to normal. At least you should make the jump shot from the 15-foot open space, our little angel." Most looked at Anji dribbling through the half, saying "angel" with some "slight" words. "Anji" is Anji's nickname.

However, Anji's playing style has nothing to do with the Angels. This little guard who looks gentle and gentle has the blood of the Celtics "doing any means to win" in his bones.

Angie was defended by Colte in the first half. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers used a full-game press.

In terms of speed and strength, Angie is not a match for rookie Cort, but the cunning white man began to turn around and slowly rubbed Cort towards the center line with his butt.

At the same time, Angie's hands were not clean. She dribbled the ball with her right hand and raised her elbow with her left hand to push her to Corte's ribs.

Angie suddenly turned around, turned Cort with her elbow, and accelerated and rushed across the center line, while throwing Cort behind her.

The most feared thing about tight defense is that it is thrown away by the opponent. Once it is thrown away, it means that other players will come to make up for defense. Cort was thrown away by Angie's little trick, and Drexler had to top the arc to make up for defense.

There was a leak everywhere, and Drexler came up to make up for defense, so naturally he missed Dennis Johnson. Angie passed the ball to Dennis Johnson who cut inward, and Johnson received the ball and broke inward.

In the inside, McHale and Robert Parish trained a wall in the three-second zone, opening up a straight-through channel for Johnson. Johnson scored a layup easily, 29:29, and the Celtics tied the score at the beginning of the second quarter!

"The Trail Blazers' three-second zone is as wide as the Great Lakes! DJ's layup allowed the Celtics to equalize the score!" Moster's voice became louder again, and Boston Garden Plaza was boiling as usual.

The 12-point gap was simply flattened silently, and the Celtics gave people the feeling that they had not yet exerted their strength.

The Celtics have not yet started to make efforts, everything is going on in an orderly manner, but the Trail Blazers are actually trying to get so many substitutes on the court in order to get more rest time for the main players and then build an advantage in the second half of the second quarter.

But the premise is that these substitutes must grit their teeth and hold on in the first half of the second quarter, and the Celtics cannot be too big a gap.

Fortunately, Sampson is still there, and at this time he has become the point that the Trail Blazers can rely on the most on the court.

"Sampson got the ball at a low post. Facing McHale, this showdown must have been staged many times at the University of Minnesota. I hope Kevin will not be afraid of his senior. This is the NBA... Sampson turned around! He easily let the basket and the ball entered... In his beautiful footsteps, Parish and McHale were deceived by his fake moves."

In the first quarter, Sampson did not participate in the team's offense, so he was still very physically strong. Just now, he faced McHale's defense at the low post on the right, turned around confidently, facing the front of the basket, and then under the attack of Parish and McHale, he pointed the two with fake moves, and then easily played the basketball and scored two points.

"Strengthen the defense! Press! Press!" Ramsey yelled on the sidelines. He had never emphasized defense as much as he is today.

The Trail Blazers have always been an offensive team. Ramsey pursues the principle that "offense is the best defense," wherever they fall, stand up wherever they lose, and score back points in the offense.

But now the lineup of the Trail Blazers on the field is impossible to fight against the Celtics, so the best strategy is to use both sides to waste their martial arts. I can’t get points, so you don’t think about scoring!

Anyway, let's get through this period of time first.

This time, Colt learned to be smart and no longer pressed close to each other, but stared at Angie with one step away from him. After Angie dribbled the ball, she handed the ball to Johnson and ran to the bottom corner as an ambush shooter.

Compared with Norris, Kenny Carl's defense is better, so he did not go around Parrish, but instead held back the Chief's chrysanthemum.

From the opening to the present, the chief has a look like an Indian old chief, as if he was petrified by the strong wind on the North American plains. Whether Gan Guoyang dunked on his head or Norris was circling him, he looked calm.

Gan Guoyang sat down on the court and looked at Parrish. He felt that the player had a unique temperament, as if he was like a black stone, ordinary but tough.

"Defend him Carl!" Gan Guoyang shouted on the sidelines. He felt that Parrish should become the main attack point of the Celtics' attack.

Sure enough, the ball was passed to Wedeman on the left, and Paris suddenly cut in quickly, rubbing his shoulders with his Karls and crushing them into the three-second zone.

Weedman threw a high-profile pass at the basket. Parish, who was 7-foot-2, jumped gently, and pointed his hands in the air and grabbed the basketball and poured the ball into the basket!

A light and quick aerial relay, Parrish didn't think of some big centers smashing the basket hard to reduce the life of the basket, but just touched it lightly and turned around and left.

The score equalized again, and Ramsey could only shake his head from the side.

Although Parrish is not a super center like Jabbar, he has great experience in dealing with some ordinary inside players because he is smart enough and he is also very good at using his physical advantages.

On the Trail Blazers, except Sampson, the most reliable point is Drexler.

But Drexler's condition is not good today. First, he received strict defense from Dennis Johnson, and DJ's defense made the Magician very uncomfortable; second, the Trail Blazers did not play fast attacks at all, Drexler's strengths were not able to be used, and fighting against the position was not his strengths.

Sure enough, after receiving the ball at the top of the arc, Dreske struggled again under Johnson's defense, and had no way to break through, and didn't know where to pass the ball. Finally, after dribbling twice, he could only pass the ball to Corte on the right.

Ramsey still seemed patient as he watched Drexler's poor performance on the court. He knew this was a training that Drexler had to go through. If he couldn't achieve anything in ball-holding and off-ball running, he would always be a fast attacker, not the team's core shooting guard.

Colt was very confident in his shots, and after receiving the pass, he shot directly at a distance of 16 feet without any hesitation.

"Bang!" The ball hit the basket and did not go in.

The Trail Blazers once again broke the rules and did not give up frontcourt rebounds. Cauchy, Drexler and Sampson all squeezed to the basket to grab frontcourt rebounds.

Jerome Cauchy grabbed the ball among five or six people with his superior reaction speed, and then directly pulled the ball with one hand!

"Bang~" Under the interference of a big tree-like Parish, the ball was shot lightly.

But Sampson stirred up with McHale with his right hand and grabbed the ball in the air with one hand with his left hand.

He threw the ball into the basket casually, and the referee called a foul and McHale pushed someone.

The ball rolled on the basket twice and fell into the basket!

"Yes! Beautiful job!" Gan Guoyang rushed up from the bench and shouted at Sampson.

Sampson just nodded to the bench, but obviously the ball made him very proud. In comparison, McHale was a little depressed.

No matter which team McHale is in, he is a perfect starter in terms of strength. He serves as a substitute for the Celtics in order to cooperate with the team's tactical needs and leads the team to increase points during the second team.

However, in this game, he met Mitchell Sampson, and he didn't even have a chance to take action, and he didn't score a single point, and he couldn't handle Sampson in the defense.

"McHale is still helpless in the face of Sampson, giving Sampson a chance to score three points. I really hope McHale is not from the University of Minnesota, so that he may not be afraid of Sampson." Most rarely saw McHale struggling like this in the game commentary.

"Swish!" Sampson made a free throw and the Trail Blazers led by three points again. This was extremely beneficial to the Trail Blazers. As long as you delay for a while, you can wait until the main player appears.

In defense, the Trail Blazers once again successfully stopped the Celtics' offense. Angie was too casual when passing the ball, and was cut off by Jerome Cauchy.

"Run, Run, Run!" This time Ramsey would not slow down the players, but instead shouted and broke quickly and asked the players to launch a counterattack.

At this time, when Drexler showed his skills, Cauchy passed the ball to Drexler, and Drexler lowered his head and dribbled straight in from the middle!

Dennis Johnson followed Drexler and wanted to hand-copy the ball. Drexler wrapped the ball around the right side and went back to the left side, and then jumped directly from the free throw line!

"Beep!" The referee's whistle sounded, Dennis Johnson fouled, and he couldn't watch Drexler make a layup easily.

As Drex stepped onto the free throw line and made one of two free throws, the Trail Blazers increased the gap to 4 points. Obviously, these substitutes have exceeded the task.

K.C Jones called a timeout, and if the Celtics couldn't even beat the Trail Blazers' substitute, the game would be impossible.
Chapter completed!