In Portland, Gan Guoyang felt at ease, and with a successful dunk, the Trail Blazers maintained their lead.
Both teams kept adjusting during the game, targeting their opponents' weaknesses with offensive and defensive tactics based on pre-game plans and on-the-spot situations.
Compared to the Celtics, the Trail Blazers' lineup was more flexible and fast, relying on aggression for defense.
The Celtics had better size and a static advantage, being among the few teams in the league unafraid of Yao Ming + Ah Gan.
The Trail Blazers' interior combination was strong, but in terms of size, they were indeed at a disadvantage. Little O'Neal claimed to be 6 feet 11 inches, actually a size smaller than Ah Gan.
Big Ben was even less of a match—6 feet 9 existed only on paper, compared to Yao Ming, at a glance, you might mistake him for Allen Iverson.
Once they can't gain or at least maintain balance in the interior, facing the Glory Team would become really difficult.
