"Iser, pay attention to keeping guard against Gan after he comes on the court. If he is still on the court, don't let him shoot at an open position! Increase our defensive pressure, limit their shooting percentage, and be sure to cheer up. We did not completely win this game. Don't be careless and don't underestimate the enemy!"

In the eighth minute of the first quarter, when Gan Guoyang received a pick-and-roll and made a mid-range shot from Drexler, allowing the Trail Blazers to lead the Nuggets by 12 points 22:10, Doug all had to call the second timeout in the first quarter.

After Gan Guoyang made a mid-range shot after a mid-range shot, Doug Mo did not make targeted adjustments to Gan Guoyang's sudden transformation into a mid-range shot. He believed that Gan Guoyang just happened to make two shots and did not really develop a mid-range shot.

After all, the season has reached this time. Gan Guoyang, who has not shown his ability to shoot in a single season, suddenly possessed Elvin Hayes at this time, and no one believes it. (Hayes is also No. 11 and retired after the end of the previous season when Gan Guoyang entered the league.)

However, after the timeout, Doug had to believe that either Gan Guoyang was really possessed by Erwin Hayes, or Gan Guoyang always shot mid-range, but it was useless to hold it in, just waiting for the big moves in this game.

On the offensive end, as long as Wayne Cooper dares to let Gan Guoyang take two steps, Gan Guoyang will really dare to take action. Moreover, his shooting posture is standard, quick and decisive, and the ball has a very high arc. For Doug Mo and Nuggets fans, watching the ball slowly fall down and finally enter the net hollowly is really torture.

The Nuggets' defense was also in chaos due to Gan Guoyang's mid-range strike. They didn't know whether they should go out to make up for defense when Gan Guoyang pulled it out, and whether they could let him go two steps when Gan Guoyang got the ball at a high position.

This hesitation led to the Nuggets' defense, which was not originally strong, being hit by the pick-and-roll duo of Gan Guoyang and Drexler.

The bad defensive end made the Nuggets' offense stagnant, without sufficient backcourt rebounds, and they had no chance to counterattack. Almost every attack would have to grind the position.

The Blazers' position defense is getting stronger and stronger, and the pressure on the ball is getting stronger and stronger. Everyone is willing to defend every Nuggets against each other. This also leads to the Nuggets with strong firepower, which only scored 10 points in the first eight minutes.

"Beep! The timeout ended!" The referee's whistle sounded, and the 20-second pause quickly passed. Doug Mo looked at the lineup where the Trail Blazers re-appeared. Gan Guoyang was still inside. He thought that it seemed that there was nothing wrong with Doug Mo coming on the court.

However, Doug Mo was just paying attention to Gan Guoyang, but he didn't notice that Jim Paxson also replaced Drexler to the field.

Perhaps Paxson is not as talented as Drexler, and what he did after the third game was really wrong, but one thing Parkson was right. His performance against the Nuggets was indeed better than Drexler - except for this game, because Gan Guoyang's sudden mid-range shooting allowed Drexler to score several assists and successfully break through several times.

"Come on, Paxson, give them some color." Gan Guoyang walked beside Paxson and punched his arm.

"I know, Gan, I won't let Coach Ramsey down." Paxson said, looking back at Coach Ramsey, and the guilt in his heart rose.

After questioning Ramsey that day and asking Ramsey to change the starter, Paxson regretted it. After all, Coach Ramsey made an indelible contribution to his current status.

However, in his few years of NBA career, Paxson grew a lot, but lost a lot. He was no longer as humble and low-key as he was during his rookie years. He took it for granted that he started at the Trail Blazers until the emergence of Drexler.

This black boy from Houston showed unparalleled talent in basketball. His super physical fitness, sensitive ball nature, and broad vision all made Paxson feel the crisis.

However, Ramsey was always on Paxson's side, which made Paxson slowly feel that Ramsey should be on his side, after all, he was trained by Ramsey.

But during the season, the two of them had never ended their competition for playing time. Until the end of the season, Paxson began to suffer from foot injuries, Drexler successfully took over and performed well. From then on, Paxson began to become impatient.

He had talked to Ramsey several times alone, and Ramsey always promised Paxson that he would give him enough playing time, but everything still needs to be based on the interests of the team.

When Drexler's starting position became more and more stable and his performance became better and better, Paxson finally couldn't sit still. He chose the wrong way at the wrong time and did the wrong thing to an old coach who should be respected.

The temper he developed for many years of NBA star career made him unwilling to be on his face to bow his head to admit his mistakes to Ramsey. Even though he had already regretted it, after losing to Tianwang Mountain in the fifth game, listening to Ramsey's affectionate narrative and generous tolerance, Paxson could no longer face this kind-hearted coach wearing a proud mask. He sincerely apologized to Ramsey and expressed deep apology to all the Trail Blazers players.

Now, he is standing on the court as if he is reborn. He will bring a fatal blow to the Nuggets. You should know that in the previous five games, Paxson made 25 of 33 shots against the Nuggets, missing only 8 shots, and his shooting percentage reached a terrible 75%.

It's just that he doesn't play enough, so the damage he causes to the Nuggets is not great enough, and Doug Mottel ignored this terrible outside pitcher.

"The timeout ended, both sides returned to the court, the Trail Blazers replaced Drexler with Paxson, and Sampson replaced Kenny Carl; on the Nuggets, Doug Mo sent Dan Iser, probably because he could limit Gan, Mike Evans replaced Leaf, and both sides began to enter the normal rotation period."

"Yes, we should see if the Nuggets' offense can improve through this round of adjustments. Leaf seems to have been completely understood by his old coach Ramsey. He is very restricted. The Nuggets' offense is less Leaf's organization and seems even more chaotic."

A major change in the Blazers' defense against the Nuggets is that they have strengthened their defense against Leaf, constantly using double-teams and pressure to affect Leaf's handling of the ball. Without Leaf's sharp first pass, the Nuggets' offensive quality has dropped by a whole level.

"Evans held the ball, Yiser made a cover, Evans held the ball and broke into the inside, made a layup... but failed to score, the ball was disturbed by Sampson. Sampson won the rebound, and the Trail Blazers are about to launch a counterattack again."

"The Nuggets' offensive choice this timeout does not seem to be very good. Did they arrange the tactic after a timeout to allow Evans to break through the singles?" James Brown shook his head and said.

However, Doug Mo's tactics really made Evans single.

Because the offensive organization is not Mike Evans' strength, as a substitute, his ability lies in his daring to take action and attack. In the last game, he shot at a critical moment and gave the Trail Blazers a desperate blow.

Therefore, Doug Mo sent him up to rely on his impetus to drive the Nuggets' current weak offense.

Unfortunately, the ball did not score, but instead gave the Trail Blazers the opportunity to counterattack. Valentine was still cautious in advancing the fast attack. At this time, the Trail Blazers' lineup on the field was the team's starting lineup at the beginning of the season. The essence of this lineup's fast attack lies in the spread of the two wings and the inside following up.

Paxson and Van dervich had already rushed to the bottom line from left to right, and Valentine penetrated straight into the three-second zone from the middle.

Since Paxson and Van derwich were on both wings, the Nuggets' return to defense was pulled open very much. The hole was opened in the middle. Valentine suddenly accelerated and rushed straight to the basket. Evans pressed against Valentine tightly and did not give him a good opportunity to layup.

Valentin did not attack strongly, but passed the ball behind his back to Gan Guoyang who followed behind. Gan Guoyang received the ball and had to make a layup. At this time, Dunn on the right side made up the defense and stood at the basket to prepare for Gan Guoyang to dribble the ball and hit the person.

"Gan passed the ball out, he didn't make a layup, the ball came to Paxson's hands, unguarded Parkson, jumped the corner... The ball went in! It was very easy, it was too simple for him."

After scoring the goal, Paxson raised his right hand high, stretched out a finger, looked at Ramsey on the sidelines, and immediately went back to defend.

"24:10, the Trail Blazers' lead has reached 14 points, and the Nuggets are still helpless on the offensive end... Iser held the ball at the top of the arc, see if this veteran can alleviate the Nuggets' offensive crisis..."

Before Frank Greber could finish his words, Iser was copied by Gan Guoyang when he broke through with the ball, and the Trail Blazers intercepted him.

"Gan intercepted the ball, and the Trail Blazers launched a counterattack again. Gan threw the ball directly to Paxson. Paxson rushed straight to the basket with the ball and made a counterattack! He made a beautiful layup and avoided the opponent's defense."

If the ball was replaced by Drexler, it would directly dunk on the opponent's head, while Paxson cleverly avoided the opponent's block and successfully counterattacked on the other side of the basket.

While returning to defense, Paxson raised his right hand again, and this time he stretched out his two fingers.

Then, the Nuggets finally scored a goal, and Evans's appearance did work. After breaking through to the inside, he used a small throw to avoid Gan Guoyang's huge palm, and finally got the 12th point of the game for the Nuggets. At this time, there were less than 2 minutes left before the end of the first quarter.

Less than 20 seconds after the Nuggets scored, Paxson raised his right hand for the third time.

"Paxson received the ball from the top of the arc with a double cover, and shot... and hit again. Paxson has already scored three consecutive goals after coming on the bench!"

After three consecutive goals, Paxson stretched out three fingers.

Paxson's move to raise his hand instantly became the least action that home fans would like to see. He was like a executioner, and every time he chopped off a head, he would stretch out a finger.

And three fingers are far from enough.

When Paxson raised his right hand for the eighth time in the second quarter - plus his left hand, five on the right and three fingers on the left meant that the shooter had already made eight shots.

"Paxson, eight shots! I can't believe it, the Nuggets called a timeout again, the score was already 38:18, and the Trail Blazers led by 20 points! The second quarter had just started for 3 minutes."

Doug Mo had no choice but to pause, while Ramsey had not used a pause on the Trail Blazers, because the players performed well.

"Beautiful job, Jim." Ramsey said to Parkson who ended up.
Chapter completed!