When the game ended, Gan Guoyang did not forget to step forward and hug Stockton, Stockton did not refuse the opponent who beat them to a thousand holes, and also gave Gan Guoyang a big hug, no matter how fierce the two fought on the court, the two off the field will always be the best brothers.

"In the future, you have to tell Carl that I am your best partner, because he is not good enough, and will never be good enough." Gan Guoyang said in Stockton's ear.

Stockton looked at Gan Guoyang, or nodded, Carl Malone is also his good partner, and the two may be the best and most tacit partners in the NBA in the future, but Stockton will not deny that Gan Guoyang is a better player, he and Malone have been running in for several years to get what they are today, and his cooperation with Gan Guoyang seems to be innate, from the moment he stepped into the training hall of Gunzaga University, when he participated in training for the first time, he and Stockton had a tacit understanding, This is also the reason why Stockton, as a senior senior at that time, supported Gan Guoyang in the team.

He is the best, the best.

Gan Guoyang chatted with Stockton for a few more words, and then looked around and found that Carl Malone did not leave the field to go back to the locker room, but covered his head with a towel and sat on the bench with his head down.

In the second half, Gan Guoyang gave Ma Long a huge blow, Ma Long thought that he could already wrestle with the best inside line in the league, especially in the All-Star Game, he also stole Gan Guoyang's limelight and won an MVP, which Ma Long never expected before.

But when Gan Guoyang really began to exert his strength, Malone found that the gap between him and Gan Guoyang was still very large, whether it was offense or defense, Carl Malone felt that he was no different from a role player in front of Gan, and he had to score 40 or 50 points, and he couldn't score points.

Gan Guoyang watched Malone not go over to stimulate him, Gan Guoyang knew that the lesson he had learned in this game was enough, and at the end of the third quarter, there was also news in the locker room, Terry Porter's left eyebrow bone to the root of the ear was opened, and more than a dozen stitches were taken, but overall there was no major problem, and it would not affect his next game.

Therefore, Gan Guoyang's anger towards Ma Long in his heart is also a lot less, otherwise it is not completely impossible for Gan Guoyang to score 50 points on Ma Longtou in the half.

In an interview after the game, when the reporter asked why Gan Guoyang broke out in the second half, Gan Guoyang said bluntly: "Because Malone hurt my teammates, it was a dirty action, everyone should know the tragedy that happened to Tomjanovic, so such actions should be avoided in the game, the problem of the basketball court should be solved by means of basketball, so I used my score to tell Ma Long, how to solve such a problem." ”

Gan Guoyang's answer was also agreed by the whole Trail Blazers team, and they all said that in the second half, they were going to pass the ball to Gan Guoyang and let him teach Karl Malone a lesson.

In any case, Gan Guoyang is here to give Porter a bad breath, and at the same time to get the Trail Blazers off to a good start on their next consecutive road trips.

After leaving the Utah Plateau, the Trail Blazers quickly took a flight to the Arizona desert, Phoenix, and the Suns had been waiting for it for a long time.

The Trail Blazers' schedule throughout March is still quite hard, and the Trail Blazers' game has shown a trend of easy and then difficult throughout the season, which has also allowed the Trail Blazers to play a very good start in the early stage, and then as the difficulty of the game continues to increase, the team began to encounter various problems, but with the concerted efforts of the team's coaches and players, the team has slowly solved these problems, and now they are a better team than at the beginning of the season.

If there's any flaw in the current Trail Blazers' roster, it's probably their backcourt defense, with Terry Porter and Drexler being an incredibly strong and sharp combination on the offensive end, but neither of them being great defenders on the defensive end.

Drexler was still very defense earlier, that is, in the period when he was competing with Paxson for the starter, although he did not have too good defensive talent, but the physicality and positive attitude were there, especially in that period The Trail Blazers' wing defense was a super big hole, and Drexler often went from the shooting guard position to the No. 3 position to defend the opponent's arrowhead.

And as Drexler became a starter, his task on the offensive end became heavier and heavier, and his defensive skills were slowly being lost, after all, Adelman's positioning for Drexler was fast breaking, grabbing points, positional battle organization, disrupting the game, and defensive tasks, after having Cauchy, the loopholes have been greatly filled.

Porter is similar to Drexler in terms of responsibilities, except that one is a fast-break layup, the other is a three-point shot, and both of them are good at stealing points, but their defense is insufficient.

Cauchy can make up for the wings and can defend the scorers in the second and third positions, but it is impossible to give all of the guard line to Cauchy to take care of, in the loss to the Pistons, the Pistons are to break through the Trail Blazers on the guard line, as the team's biggest imaginary enemy, the Pistons' backcourt attack is terrifying.

Against the Suns on March 17, Kevin Johnson tore the Trail Blazers' backcourt apart, shooting 12-of-23 from the field and 15-of-18 from the free-throw line to score 39 points! There is no one on the guard line who can stop Kevin Johnson, he is so fast, Gan Guoyang is too late to wipe their butts on the inside, and he has paid several fouls.

One Kevin Johnson was not enough, there was also an Eddie Johnson on the Suns bench, and the veteran used accurate shooting skills to score 30 points on the head of the Trail Blazers, plus Tom Chambers exploded in this game, also scored 34 points, and the three combined to score 103 points!

The defensive missteps made Adelman roar on the sidelines, but the Suns were already out of shape, and the others didn't score much at all, relying on these three guys, this was the first time that the Trail Blazers felt suppressed in terms of firepower, and the Suns are indeed a team with a strong offensive tradition.

In the end, the Trail Blazers, who beat the Jazz in Salt Lake City, lost to the Phoenix Suns in the second game of the next game, 129-127, a two-point loss, ending their 10-game winning streak.

Even so, the Trail Blazers maintain a 54-8 record to maintain the absolute advantage of the league, and retain the possibility of winning 70 games.

However, the problem of defending at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions may be unsolvable for the Trail Blazers this season, after all, there is no absolutely perfect team, just as there is no absolutely perfect player.

Contrary to the weakness of the backcourt defense, the Trail Blazers' defensive ability in the front court has been somewhat overflowing, especially after Sabonis is becoming more and more open-minded and the interior protection is getting better and better, with Gan Guoyang as the core, Cauchy and Sabonis as the hitters, Buck Williams as the leader of the reserve army, Kevin Duckworth, Steven Johnson, Richard Anderson and a number of strong forwards as the reserve force of the Trail Blazers' frontcourt defense, which has become so strong that all the league's interior lines are terrified.

Olajuwon is the biggest victim of the Trail Blazers' frontcourt iron bucket formation, this season in many games against the Trail Blazers, Olajuwon has always been mediocre, never got the opportunity to be completely released, every time with the opponent's forward group, Olajuwon has suffered from the wheel war, back to the defensive end to do his best to deal with Gan Guoyang, the performance can be good.

On March 18th, the Trail Blazers who ended their winning streak moved to Houston, the strength of the last game made the Trail Blazers return to the starting point of victory again, in the face of the Rockets that have been fragmented, the lineup is not complete, and the Rockets are no longer the brave of the year, the strong Trail Blazers did not give the Rockets any chance, they maintained the lead from the beginning of the game, Gan Guoyang led a group of "thugs" under his command to completely contain the lonely Olajuwon, Olajuwon only scored 18 points in the whole game, only 7 of 17 shots, rebounds, blocks are also mediocre.

As soon as the game ended, Olajuwang, who has always had a good relationship with Gan Guoyang, did not shake hands with Gan Guoyang, and went directly to the dressing room with his head down.