The Trail Blazers and the Bulls ended the half at 68:59, with the Trail Blazers leading by 9 points.
Gan Guoyang notched up 20 points in the first half, yet he seemed to exert little effort on the offensive end.
He simply scored continuously in one-on-one plays early in the game, and thereafter his offense entered a "let it be" state.
There was a lot of coordination with teammates, shooting within the tactical system, and of course, points from participating in fast breaks.
Most of Guoyang's brainpower and attention were on the defensive end, just as Ramsay said, he plugged whatever gap there was.
The team had a surplus on offense, as the Trail Blazers had many strong scorers, but defense required more contribution from Guoyang.
In the first half, he changed his chewing gum three times, and by the second quarter, he noticed Jordan had also started chewing gum, escalating their rivalry to a white-hot level.
