Chapter 82 Death Triangle

Bickerstaff fully understood Gan Guoyang's power.

The 81 points against the Hawks was a display of him firing on all cylinders.

And the 48 points in the first round against the Warriors showed that when he was let loose, it resulted in no place to bury the dead.

However, the Trail Blazers' almost shameless spread offense of isolation plays, without any rule restrictions, stumped many coaches.

With four players standing outside the three-point line, you couldn't play zone defense or stray too far from your mark, resulting in a fragmented defensive formation.

It could even be said that there was no formation to speak of; the game had completely turned into one-on-one battles, a test of the centers' individual defensive capabilities.

And the League, faced with the teams' protests and opinions, turned a deaf ear, after all, the purpose of the NBA was to attract more viewers, not to satisfy coaches.