Gan Guoyang toyed with Kevin Johnson with relentless defensive traps and psychological games.
After the lead widened to 22 points, Fitzsimmons called a desperate timeout, which in reality had no effect.
In this game, the Trail Blazers were better prepared than the Suns, having had more rest time to study the tapes and make pre-game preparations.
The Suns had just finished a Game 5 battle with the Jazz and had only two days' rest before entering the new series.
They continued some of the habits from the Jazz confrontation into the game, thinking that the Trail Blazers were just an upgraded version of the Jazz.
Only after the game started did they realize that the Trail Blazers and the Jazz are completely different teams, and that Ah Gan and Malone are completely different players.
A well-prepared Gan Guoyang ran roughshod over the Suns and Kevin Johnson at both ends of the court.
