The Trail Blazers' schedule is starting to get tougher in February, as they will start playing against a lot of Eastern Conference teams in the middle of the month, including the top teams in the East that they haven't faced in December, all of whom will face the Trail Blazers before the All-Star break.

In the face of an increasingly difficult schedule, the Trail Blazers are getting better and better, winning five consecutive home games after the Los Angeles game.

Against the Spurs on Feb. 4, the Trail Blazers won a wild game.

Alvin Robertson, the core of the Spurs' backcourt, was out due to injury in this game, which made the Spurs, which were not as strong as the Trail Blazers, even more obvious.

At the beginning of the game, the Spurs took the lead and caught the Trail Blazers off guard with a 10-0 start, but the Trail Blazers who came back to their senses immediately responded with a 15-0 to the Spurs, and Sabonis scored 8 points in this wave of attacks, which was the best first quarter since Sabonis became a starter this season.

In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers, who had found their senses, couldn't stop at all on the offensive end, and the fast break rushed to the opponent's position like a tide, and the Spurs' defense quickly collapsed, and the Spurs were beaten 40:20 by the Trail Blazers in this quarter, and the point difference was opened up all of a sudden.

In the third quarter of the second half, the Spurs tried to catch up, the Trail Blazers sat firmly in the Diaoyutai, Gan Guoyang took over the game in the middle of the third quarter, no matter how beautiful the Spurs' counterattack offense was, how high the success rate was, and finally was filled by Gan Guoyang's goals one by one, survived the third quarter, and lost the suspense in the fourth quarter.

Veteran Caldwell-Jones was able to even score seven points on 3-of-5 shooting, and the all-around Blazers beat the Spurs to a grumpy pace, with the TV cameras turning to the Spurs' bench early and scanning the "Looks".

At this time, the Spurs must be particularly hoping that this season will pass quickly, so that they can meet their hopes next season, David Robinson, but looking at the frontcourt lineup of the Trail Blazers, one David Robinson seems to be far from enough.

At 139:100, the Trail Blazers finally won a victory at home with a huge advantage of 39 points, which was another comfortable night for Portland fans, and the Trail Blazers also won four consecutive victories and continued to lead the league by a huge margin.

Gan Guoyang felt like he was back at the beginning of the season in this game, he scored 30 points on 11 of 15 shots and went to rest, and by the way, he clocked in to work and grabbed 14 rebounds, which was basically qualified, such a performance could not even arouse the enthusiasm of the fans on the scene to shout MVP for him, and even some home fans played the slogan "Gan, you go home early to rest", because Gan Guoyang had nothing to do in the fourth quarter.

Such a good day lasted for a few more days, and the NBA always likes to line up the three Texas teams together when arranging the schedule, even if it is an away home, the Spurs, Mavericks, and Rockets, the Texas triumvirate, basically have to go through them one by one.

The Mavericks are in a better shape than the Spurs, with Blackman and Aquili still at the heart of the team and their health intact, but there are problems within the team.

Aquili has always been accused of being selfish and lazy in his game, and his conflict with the team's other core player, Blackman, is also growing, the short and strong scoring small forward has now been involved in the trade message, and the defending champion Detroit Pistons have been rumored to trade for another super scorer in the team, Adrian Dantley.

Of course, Aquili is still in the middle of the team and is in the starting position, but he obviously feels like he can't work hard in the game, he only has a total of 8 shots in the whole game, hits 3 shots, and scores 9 points, not like a super scorer at all; Blackman, on the other hand, had an astonishing shooting percentage in this game, scoring 37 points on 15-of-22 shooting.

But tonight Cauchy broke out, because Aquili did not work, so Cauchy on the defensive end of the pressure greatly reduced, Cauchy's personal offensive skills are average, but he is physically strong, bounce is excellent, and because of extremely hard training, with sweat to make up for the lack of talent, his basic skills are very solid, as long as the pass is in place in the game, Cauchy can find a way to get the ball into the basket.

In this game, Sabonis and Drexler made the ball for Cauchy one after another, Aquili not only did not contribute to the offense on the court, but he also became a colander in defense, and Cauchy's empty cut run, he didn't follow at all, and as a result, Cauchy made a sneak attack again and again, and the Maverick coach shook his head on the sidelines, and finally had to replace the undercover Aquilie.

There is one less general, and at the same time, the calf who is internally unstable, where is the opponent of the Trail Blazers who are in good shape, the Pioneer autumn wind swept the leaves, and swept the calf back to Texas from the Memorial Stadium.

At this time, Adelman distributed the ball reasonably, and the characteristics of fast attack and sharpness were brought into full play, and playing a weak team or a team that was not in good shape was called a stable.

The improvement of the entire Trail Blazers is not only in terms of self-confidence, but also in terms of technique and tactics, several tricks that other teams have studied are no longer very effective.

The original role was to suppress the first point of attack of the Trailblazers, cut off internal and external contacts, and at the same time hit the morale of the Trailblazers.

Dealing with three-point shots and mid-range jumpers, Adelman continued to respond to all changes with the same, you cast as you go, you shoot in your hand, you feel good, I will fight back if you can't shoot, which stabilized the Trail Blazers' defensive formation, and at the same time, in the NBA environment at the time, the players' three-point ability was still insufficient, and the scoring stability was too poor, which is why in January, although the Trail Blazers played hard, they didn't really lose much.

However, if the opponent's hand is good, then the Trail Blazers are really a huge test, and in the next game against the Rockets, the Trail Blazers suffered a three-point sweep from the Rockets.

The Rockets visited Portland, Gan Guoyang, of course, entertained Olajuwon again, every time Gan Guoyang entertained Olajuwon, Olajuwon didn't seem to be able to make up his energy when he arrived on the court, and in the game on February 9th, Olajuwon played abnormally in the Memorial Stadium again, in front of Sabonis and Gan Guoyang, there were few inside lines who could get benefits, and Da Meng only hit 6 of 18 shots in the game, scored 17 points, and only 5 rebounds.

Olajuwon, who was not going well on the offensive end, vented his anger on the defensive end, with Olajuwon, the Rockets naturally did not go to cover Gan Guoyang, Olajuwon defended Gan Guoyang all over the court, and Gan Guoyang's shooting rate was also curbed to 7 of 17 shots, and the price Olajuwon paid was 6 fouls and was sent off.

With the two interior players almost swapping each other out, the play of the outside players became the key, and the third weapon against the Trail Blazers, the sixth man came into play tonight, with Derrick Ziworth and Walter Berry combining to score 35 points, and the Trail Blazers' bench scoring a total of 20 points, including Buck Williams alone contributing 15 points.

At the same time, Floyd exploded on the outside, shooting 5 of 9, while Porter and Floyd on the Trail Blazers' side shot 3 of 4, and the two sides played to the end to spread the center, and the outside line passed the ball on the outside, and the outside shooting rate on both sides was extremely high, and Drexler threw 5 three-pointers on the outside.

This kind of game is loved by the audience, but the suspense is also left to the end, until this time the Trail Blazers players remember that they still have a key gentleman who can be inside and out, after Olajuwon was sent off, Gan Guoyang completely lost the person who restrained him, after hitting two free throws first, he singled Tim McCormick successfully, in the last minute of the game, the difference became 6 points, helping the Trail Blazers lock up the win.

With two big wins and a narrow victory, the Trail Blazers lifted the weight and sent all three Texas teams home kicking their butts.

At this time, the old creditors Lakers came to the door again, and this time the battle between the two sides finally came to the home court of the Trail Blazers.

Before the game, there was one thing that could be more meaningful than the game itself, and that was to send gifts and blessings from the Portlanders to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Before the season began, Abdul-Jabbar announced that this would be his last NBA season, and this is his twentieth year in the league, and a superstar who has won numerous accolades and records is finally leaving the basketball court he loves.

In honor of the oldest veteran, all NBA teams will hold a ceremony for Abdul-Jabbar when the Lakers visit their arena and present a gift to the great player.

For example, Abdul-Jabbar's former parent team, the Milwaukee Bucks, gave Abdul-Jabbar a brand-new Harley-David-Dale motorcycle, which is Abdul-Jabbar's favorite thing; Atlanta is Abdul-Jabbar's hometown, and the Hawks gave Abdul-Jabbar a replica of the 1969 All-American Basketball Player of the Year trophy; Even the Lakers' old rivals, the Celtics, were gifted to Abdul-Jabbar a piece of wooden flooring in Boston Garden Square by Redhead Auerbach.

On the Lakers' first visit to Portland, the Trail Blazers also needed a gift for the great player, and after some discussion, the Trail Blazers decided to make a celestial figurine of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, made of sterling silver with a layer of pure gold on the outside.

Because Jabbar is an Islamist and cannot have his own statue, this statuette is not made according to Jabbar's real appearance, but only highlights Jabbar's figure and movements.

Before the start of the game, in the warm applause of the audience, Gan Guoyang, as the last disciple of the Tiangou technique, came to Jabbar with this statue in his hand, and personally gave this beautiful and expressive statue to Lao Tiangou.

Gan Guoyang also has mixed feelings in his heart, because of his arrival, Abdul-Jabbar can be said to be missing two championship trophies, this year is Abdul-Jabbar's last season, and he also hopes to end his long and great career with a championship, but Gan Guoyang vows to win this year's Gold Cup.

The two centers, one old and one young, hugged tightly in the center of the field, and for Tiangou, his career has many shortcomings, but if he knows that his stunts will continue to be passed on in this league, he may have fewer regrets in his heart.