"The Trail Blazers called a timeout, which will be a critical moment. In the second overtime, the suffocating scene, now the Mavericks are leading the Trail Blazers by 127:121, and the Trail Blazers must find a way to score. From the first overtime to now, they have two and a half points left without scoring! They are very dangerous, very dangerous!"

On April 18, 1985, the NBA playoffs this season started in full swing, with the first game between the Portland Trail Blazers in the West and the Dallas Mavericks in the West, the sixth in the West, kicking off at the Portland Memorial Stadium.

After three days of rest and preparation, the Portland Trail Blazers were full of confidence. All of them returned, Jim Paxson returned to the starting shooting guard position, and Valentine also returned from injury and regained the team's offense.

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

From the crowds of spectators into the Memorial Stadium and the entire stadium is full, it can also be seen that Portland fans are full of expectations for the team's performance.

Gan Guoyang was still as usual, getting up early in the morning and coming to the training hall to start the day's training. He did not change his training plan because he was going to play the first playoff game tonight.

In the afternoon, the team practiced tactics to target Dallas' strongest attack point and also the weaker defensive point of the Trail Blazers. Ramsey made a key arrangement and required the inside to make up for defense of Aquili, so that Aquili could not do whatever he wanted.

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

However, the Trail Blazers did not conduct much offensive training. In Ramsey's view, the team's offensive system should be said to be relatively complete. At the same time, in the first game, he didn't know what defensive arrangements the Mavericks would make, so he remained unchanged and asked the team to play according to the routine routine.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the game officially started. Gan Guoyang, who was not very nervous before the game, felt a little sweaty when he was standing in the middle circle and preparing to jump the ball.

It was not until the game really started that Gan Guoyang truly 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 be tense and solemn, no longer has the atmosphere of taking some entertainment during the regular season.

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

The defense is no longer loose, the offense is no longer easy, and everyone is like a gladiator standing on the arena, having a life-and-death battle.

This atmosphere made Gan Guoyang think of the NCAA finals, but the intensity of the confrontation here is far greater than that of the NCAA. Every time Gan Guoyang collides, he can feel his opponent's efforts.

From the first quarter, the two sides wrestled like wrestlers, with the scores intertwined. In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers once widened the gap between the two sides with Valentine's outbreak.

But in the third quarter, Dallas Mavericks' shooting guards Blackman and Sam Perkins began to show their strength. The Trail Blazers did not lose the position of the small forward, but were pierced by the Mavericks' double swords at the position of the shooting guard and the power forward.

In this quarter, the Mavericks not only smoothed the scores of both sides, but also eventually overtook the score.

In the fourth quarter, Van dervich finally stood up and scored continuously to regain the decline of the Trail Blazers, and the two sides were in a tangled battle again.

At this time, the biggest problem in the Trail Blazers in this game was finally revealed, and they had too many fouls.

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

The foul not only left the Trail Blazers unavailable, but also made Gan Guoyang shrunk his hands and feet, but also directly sent the opponent to the free throw line.

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

In the first overtime game, Gan Guoyang finally got the ball over. He saw Blackman trying to make a layup, but hesitated and reached out to block the block. As a result, the two sides collided, and the referee called Gan Guoyang for a foul.

Gan Guoyang graduated from six fouls. He only scored 8 points in the game and made 4 of 6 shots, but he caught 18 rebounds, and his first playoff game ended.

However, the game on the court continued. In the first overtime, the Trail Blazers had a chance to end the game, but they missed two shots in the last minute, and at the same time, Sam Perkins scored a key goal, and both sides entered the second overtime.

In the second overtime, the Trail Blazers fell into scoring drought again. With the Mavericks scored six points in a row, the Trail Blazers did not make any progress, and Ramsey had to call a timeout.

"Clyde, it's up to you to organize this offense. Remember to play in and in. We completely empty the right side, Van derwich and Cort ambush on the left, Carl you are in the high position, Sampson serves the ball. The ball is to Drexler, Clyde you can choose to break through, if it is blocked, pass the ball to Sampson, Carl brings it to Sampson as a cover, Sampson cuts directly into the basket from the right side, as long as you can receive Clyde's pass, score him and score! We must make full use of the high position and use our high position in the next attack!" Ramsey arranged a typical "Trail Blazers" tactic. The reason why this tactic is called the "Trail Blazers" is not because of the Portland Trail Blazers' special tactic at this time, but because he has a huge area on the right to create offensive opportunities for an offensive player.

At the same time, Ramsey also asked to use breakthroughs and high-level offenses. In this game, the Mavericks unexpectedly did not pinch the Trail Blazers' outside shots, but instead used fierce double-teams and circles to destroy the Trail Blazers' low-level offense.

On the offensive end, the Mavericks broke through twice that of the Trail Blazers, and for this reason they also received twice the free throws, which caused the Trail Blazers to fall into a foul crisis.

There is no doubt that the Trail Blazers lost to the Mavericks in preparation for the pre-match, or Ramsic was a short move. In fact, he had already thought that Dick Mota (Mavericks head coach) was likely to tie the Trail Blazers inside.

But Ramsey believes that it is impossible for the Mavericks to surround the front inside line in one game, but he did not expect that the Mavericks would do it like this.

More importantly, the entire Trail Blazers team was too relaxed about this game. They did not play the playoff intensity like the Mavericks. They shot too many shots and had too few damages.

The gap in these details is reflected in the game, although the Trail Blazers have a better off offense and higher shooting percentage, the momentum on the court is also on the Trail Blazers' side, but the score is still unblocked.

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

"The Trail Blazers in trouble, let's see if they can regain themselves in the last few minutes. They definitely don't want more than 20,000 viewers on the scene to return in disappointment." The commentator of CBS TV continued to explain the game.

"The Trail Blazers' offensive efficiency tonight is actually very high, but they seem to play a little softer. Their free throws are too few than the Mavericks, and the main players of the Mavericks are not troubled by fouls. Look at the rebounding, if the Trail Blazers are not willing, their rebounding is really a bit bleak. On the contrary, on the side of the Mavericks, Aquili is the highest player in their rebounding, with 14. He put more energy on the rebounding ball when the offensive end is restricted. This is obviously good, which inspired the Mavericks' momentum. On the contrary, Van dervich, five rebounds, my god, two overtimes, I can pick up five now." The guest commentator of the game, the famous savage-tongued Rick Barry, criticized the Trail Blazers' performance in this game without hesitation.

Indeed, the Trail Blazers' tactics and abilities are stronger than the Mavericks, which can be seen from their hit rate and offense on the field, but they lack a sense of fighting spirit and courage, which is fatal in the life-and-death playoffs.

"The game continues, let's see what changes the Trail Blazers will change... Sampson serves, and the right side of the Trail Blazers is completely cleared, the ball is passed to Drexler's hand, Sampson inserts into the basket with the help of a cover, Drexler passes the ball!... Sampson's layup was blocked by Nimphios! Sampson's layup was blocked by Nimphios! Perkins got the rebound! The Trail Blazers are now in danger, with a six-point gap of more than 2 minutes before the end of the game. The Mavericks, they are not in a hurry and start to attack slowly and successfully attack."

At this time, Gan Guoyang was sent off and could only sit on the bench and watch Sampson's ball blocked by Nimfius, a player who couldn't even name it.

The Trail Blazers tactic has been played. Sampson's cutting is very beautiful, Carl's cover is no problem, and Drexler's pass is very good, but the ball is not scored, and it is just a surprise attack by a unknown center forward in the Mavericks.

It can also be seen from this that why the Mavericks were able to take the victory in this game in his own hands.

For Gan Guoyang, this kind of helpless situation that he was helpless when he watched the team gradually enter the abyss of death.

Before the game started, he was thinking of killing all sides in the first playoffs and making the opponent's Nimphios a slag. In the previous matchup, Gan Guoyang always regarded him as nothing.

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

Gan Guoyang has been repeatedly impacted by his opponents on the defensive end, and the more stringent playoff whistle also made him uncomfortable, resulting in him becoming a spectator at the most critical moment.

"Buzz~~" The sound of the buzzer sounded, and the game ended, and the score was frozen at 138:132. The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in the away game, catching everyone off guard, and the total game between the two sides became 1:0.

Gan Guoyang looked at the disappointed audience, the lonely teammates, and the Mavericks players who gathered together to celebrate crazy, and the hearts of mixed feelings.

His first playoff game ended in a hurry in this way.
Chapter completed!