Hubie Brown's guess was correct. After it was determined that the opponent in the semifinals was the Phoenix Suns, Adelman decided to make Duckworth the team's starting center, so that the Blazers would have absolute physical strength in the interior. The advantages are 7-foot Duckworth and 6-foot-10 Gan Guoyang. On the opposite side, the Suns are taking a lighter approach. The center is 6-foot-10 Mark West, and the power forward is Tom Chambers. He is one size smaller than the Trail Blazers insider in terms of weight, height, and strength. Mark West, like Gan Guoyang, entered the league in 1984. At that time, he was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks. He was then traded to the Milwaukee Bucks and then sent to Cleveland the next season until he came last season. After arriving at the Phoenix Suns, he finally secured a stable starting center position. Mark West has a strong body and a big mouth. He likes to talk a little bit when he has nothing to do. He is also very courageous. No matter who is opposite him, he dares to talk to him. Tonight, he has no chance to face Gan Guoyang, so he just talks trash. All of them fell in love with Kevin Duckworth. Kevin Duckworth has a gentle personality. Although he is a bit lazy, he is also very diligent under the encouragement of Gan Guoyang. However, tonight he made his first appearance as a starter in the playoffs, so he was inevitably a little nervous. As a result, he was not able to compete for the ball. After fighting over West, West jumped and passed the ball to Hornacek from the air. As the shooting guard of the Suns, Hornacek is actually the real offensive organizer of the Suns. Although Kevin Johnson is the point guard of the Suns and averaged an astonishing 12.2 assists per game in the regular season, his playing style It is still more offensive, and many assists come from passing the ball after hitting the inside. In terms of positional battle organization and fast offensive rhythm control, the Suns still have to rely on Jeff Hornacek. "Hornacek's advancement was very fast. The Suns wanted to hit the Trail Blazers but the ball was not stable, but Hornacek's ball was destroyed. Gan poked the ball out of the baseline, and the Suns served a sideline ball." Hornacek Gan advanced quickly to catch the Blazers off guard. Tom Chambers had already rushed inside to catch Hornacek's lob, but Gan Guoyang did not stare at Tom Chambers, but directly stepped forward to press Huo Huo. Nasek knocked Hornacek's ball out of the sideline, buying time for the Blazers to establish their defensive formation. "Gan was very accurate in judging the timing. Hornacek walked from the sideline. Just after halftime, Gan immediately came up to press and squeezed Hornacek in the corner of the half court, almost causing him to make a mistake." Hu Bi-Brown knows that Gan Guoyang takes a big risk with this goal, because this kind of rapid advance inside is the easiest to leak a large gap for the opponent to make air cuts and breakthroughs. It is not too easy to lose points, so in general, inside players are To fill the basket, even if the opponent wants to gain a foothold, they can only choose to shoot from the outside, which will be much less threatening. If Gan Guoyang starts at center, he will definitely not press Hornacek, but because Duckworth is there, he can boldly steal the ball and cause it to go out of bounds. The Blazers made it clear from the beginning that they would The defensive end creates pressure on the Suns. Sure enough, when the Suns resumed the sideline kick, the Trail Blazers were ready. Kevin Johnson fiddled with the ball at the top of the key for a long time but could not find an offensive breakthrough. The anxious Suns coach yelled outside, but he could only pass the ball. Tom Chambers stepped forward to assist. Chambers faced Gan Guoyang and wanted to break through the basket, but missed the throw due to the interference of Gan Guoyang. "Chambers missed the throw, but Mark West got the offensive rebound and made a layup! The Suns got the first point after the opening!" Mark West somehow grabbed this frontcourt Rebounds ruined the Blazers' opening defense. A simple offensive rebound is sometimes more effective than sophisticated tactics. "You're stuck, Kevin, how can you let that fat guy grab an offensive rebound?" Gan Guoyang patted Duckworth's arm. Duckworth seemed obviously unable to let go. He wasn't quite used to it yet. First feeling. In the subsequent games, Mark West suddenly became the Suns' special force. Because Gan Guoyang had to spend all his energy on defending and assisting perimeter players, he couldn't even bother to get stuck and fight for backcourt rebounds. The result is that Gan Guoyang worked hard to disrupt the Suns' outside rotation, interfere with Kevin Johnson's breakthrough and Hornacek's organization, and also defended Tom Chambers alone. Their shooting percentage was a mess, but like this The successful defense was solved by Mark West's offensive rebound under the basket. More than 20 seconds of full defense still resulted in the loss of two points. This was a huge blow to the Blazers' defensive morale. Not only that, without backcourt rebounds, the Blazers can't counterattack quickly and can only compete with the Suns. Fortunately, Gan Guoyang and Drexler are in good condition. In these two positions, Hornacek and Chambers for free. "Hornacek's three-pointer! Missed, but Mark West grabbed the rebound, he passed back to Kevin Johnson, and Johnson broke through the middle for a layup! The Trail Blazers fouled, Duckworth fouled, and Kevin Johnson was going to make a free throw. " Hornacek was unable to defend this ball. He threw a three-pointer randomly. The ball crashed very far. As a result, Mark West sucked the ball into his hand as if he had a basketball vacuum cleaner on his hand. This was already It was his fourth offensive rebound in the first quarter. As a result, Kevin Johnson was fouled and went to the free throw line. At this time, the Trail Blazers were only three points ahead of the Suns. "What's wrong with you, Kevin, stop him, look." Hold on to him and don't let the ball slip through your fingertips! "Gan Guoyang stepped forward angrily and yelled at Duckworth. Mark West snickered on the side and muttered: "This big stupid duck can't handle me, this big stupid duck can't handle me " Gan Guoyang became angry when he heard West's words. He knew that West had been trash-talking Duckworth from the first quarter to now. Gan Guoyang didn't bother to find fault because he didn't play against West. , now that West is so arrogant, Gan Guoyang knows that it is time to teach him a lesson. Kevin Johnson made a free throw. Gan Guoyang deliberately walked in the three-second zone and switched to the other side after Johnson made the first free throw. I don't know. Gan Guoyang glanced in front of him to see if it reminded Johnson of the past. As a result, Johnson missed the free throw on the second shot. Gan Guoyang quickly blocked Mark West behind him, and then fished the ball with his long arm. Just into his arms, Mark West had no chance to grab offensive rebounds. You must know that they were facing the four-time NBA rebounding champion. If they were not reimbursed for a year in the middle, five consecutive rebounding champions would not be a problem. After Gan Guoyang handed the ball to Porter, he quickly ran across the frontcourt. Porter understood and advanced quickly with the ball. After half-time, Gan Guoyang did not go to the low post, but stood at the free throw line to ask for the ball. The easiest thing is that Porter took advantage of the Suns players to run back and lob the ball directly to Gan Guoyang. As soon as Gan Guoyang got the ball at the free throw line, Mark West was guarding him at this time, because the Suns' The defense was not in position yet, and everyone was misplaced. Gan Guoyang paused for a moment after receiving the ball, and then made a simple Sigma step to face the basket. No matter what, Mark West broke through directly from the right side. He rushed forward to defend, but his strength was not enough to stop Gan Guoyang. Gan Guoyang did not speed up, so he used a medium speed to crush Mark West. Hornacek on the side wanted to reach for the ball, but Gan Guoyang was old-fashioned. He held the ball with both hands and dodged it. At the same time, he started to take off and jumped directly with West in two steps. "Gan broke through from the middle and dunked directly under West! Oh, West was dunked to the ground, the referee didn't blow the whistle, no one fouled, it was a good goal. "Patrick was also shocked when he saw Gan Guoyang's ball. This ball was indeed too domineering. Mark West was similar to Gan Guoyang in height and weight, but Gan Guoyang was able to run over West and get in, even though there were people around him. After he scored, Gan Guoyang glanced at West, who was lying on the ground, and then said: "You can't handle me, you can't handle me" West glanced at Gan Guoyang helplessly. He could only stand up from the floor with the help of his teammates. Indeed, if he was one-on-one with Gan Guoyang, West would definitely not be able to handle him. Like Tom Chambers, he would basically give up when facing Gan Guoyang one-on-one. I hope Gan Guoyang will not score a goal on his own. At the same time, Gan Guoyang returned to defense and said to Duckworth: "Get him, duck, or I'll get you!" "