Gan Guoyang's physical fitness indeed isn't what it used to be. After just a few minutes of high-intensity offense and defense, he's already out of breath.
Even though they're like this, they can keep panting from the third quarter to the fourth quarter, still able to play, but it can't compare to the leisurely strides of their younger days.
Beelman's timeout just gave Gan Guoyang a chance to catch his breath, and he thought to himself, Bobby is still too conservative, calling a timeout like this.
They should seize the window period where the Trail Blazers' momentum is gradually weakening, use the energy of the young players to close the gap in one go, bringing the point gap to within 10 points.
That's when you should call a timeout, or wait for the Trail Blazers to call one, which would be a better choice.
Unfortunately, when not coaching Gan Guoyang, Beelman doesn't have that kind of sensitivity.
