Entering the last month of 1984, in December, the NBA game has begun for more than a month.

In the offseason, many teams have made personnel changes, plus the entry of the 84 golden generation of rookies, and each team has been strengthened or weakened.

But most people still don't think the situation in the East and West will change much in the 1985 season.

In the East, defending champions Boston Celtics have retained the core of last season's championship and added veteran Ray Williams to the defensive lineup, who averaged 20 points and six assists per game in his peak season, further strengthening the Celtics.

A month into the new season, they easily climbed to the top of the league with a 15-1 record in their first 16 games, showing all teams the strength of the Green Sè Empire.

And the former ruler of the East, the Philadelphia 76ers, after suffering a painful loss in the first round in 84, won the short big forward of Auburn University and the future famous "Jazz" Charles Barkley in the draft.

At the same time, the core lineup of the 83 championship year is all retained, and although Moses Malone and Irving are declining year by year, they still have the strength to average 20 points per game, and the team still has the ability to win the championship.

In the first month of competition, they also achieved an excellent record of 12 wins and 4 losses, and they clung to the Celtic in front of them and did not relax.

Another green team, the Milwaukee Bucks who had been struggling to catch up with the Celtics and 76ers in the East, was degraded after the 1984 season when Bob Lannier retired.

Their 11-7 record in the first month can only be described as unsatisfactory, and the interior hole brought by Lannier's retirement makes the Bucks still a little uncomfortable.

But Moncliffe, the team's central figure, began to rise to the top of his game, winning consecutive Defensive Player of the Year titles in 82-83 and 83-84.

Building on him and Marquis Johnson, with the addition of Terry Cummins in the offseason, the all-for-all Bucks are still in a strong fight.

Therefore, it seems that the situation of the three eastern kingdoms will not change much in 85, and Jordan's arrival is not enough to completely change the image of the Chicago Bulls in the east.

The other teams in the East have either been rotten or have been plagued by injuries and have become ATMs for strong teams.

Only the Detroit Pistons, a team that seems to be struggling in the middle of the East at the moment, has a talented point guard here, but he's a little short; There's also a white center who always does some crooked things, plus a few outside attackers who can only attack and can't defend.

No one noticed that they were walking step by step on the road to overthrow the old dynasty.

Compared with the east, where the three powers remain unchanged, the situation in the west seems to be more delicate.

The Houston Rockets used the No. 1 pick to sign city hero Hakeem Olajuwon, and his twin towers with Ralph Sampson made the entire league feel a huge threat.

In November, two first- and second-year rookies were already showing their formidable potential, and the Rockets after losing Moses Malone relied on these two towers to win 12 of their 18 games, showing unlimited potential.

The Los Angeles Lakers still look invincible, especially since they picked James Worthy in 1982 with the No. 1 pick, and the Cavaliers owner's stupid trade could have extended the Lakers' reign in the West for five years.

After losing the all-important Finals in 1984, the Lakers spent the entire offseason training frantically in Palm Springs, and everyone on the team was holding their breath to complete their revenge on the Celtics in the new season.

However, the Lakers' results after the start of the new season are indeed shocking, they lost five of the first eight games, and once fell to the bottom of the West.

After that, they quickly adjusted, won consecutive battles, and finally finished to 12-6 before the arrival of December, but that's all

The top spot in the Pacific region, but they lost it to the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers, who played well in the regular season last season and capsized early in the playoffs, made a big trade to get Van de Veric. And their greater gain is to pick up Gan Guoyang - a pebble under the wheel of history at the draft meeting.

In the original historical trajectory, the Trail Blazers' trade was not very successful, and their payment for Vanderwig, Calvin Knight, and Wayne Cooper greatly enhanced the Nuggets' roster depth and improved the Nuggets' roster reasonable.

In the first month, the Nuggets had a 13-3 record, ranking first in the Western Conference.

In contrast, the Trail Blazers, who have lost several capable players, have to replenish a lot of new players, and although Vanderwich has attacked well, the defense is a big hole, which makes the Trail Blazers, who are not strong defensively, even worse.

Coupled with the fact that they missed out on Michael Jordan in the draft and chose Sam Bowe, the strength of the entire team has not been significantly enhanced, and their original performance in the '85 season was only average.

However, Gan Guoyang's travel through time and space in 1981 benefited the pioneers in 1984.

In the first month of the new season, they finished first in the West for most of their events, including an eight-game winning streak.

They also won the first three games of a back-to-back road trip to the East. It's just a turning point with Detroit that caused the Trail Blazers to suffer consecutive defeats, and Gan Guoyang was banned.

The ban lasted for three games, and after the home game against the Suns on December 4, Gan Guoyang will welcome his own release.

Now, Gan Guoyang can only sit on the bench in casual clothes, watching his teammates fight against his old rival Sun at the Portland Memorial Coliseum.

Gan Guoyang very, very hated the feeling of sitting on the sidelines and watching his teammates play, which made him feel that it didn't matter to him whether he won or lost, and he couldn't do anything about everything.

Sitting at the very edge of the bench, wearing a casual suit and turtleneck, Gan Guoyang looked very restless, constantly looking around, looking left and right, and his attention seemed to be completely unfocused on the game.

In addition to the fact that the Trail Blazers have been dominating on the court and pressing the Suns to play, Gan Guoyang is still thinking about the scene of yesterday's heads-up with Sampson.

In professional teams, one-on-one heads-up between players is also very common, and players can use it both to improve their individual abilities and to bet on the game.

It's just that Gan Guoyang and Sampson's heads-up is obviously not a betting game, and it is as simple as improving skills.

Gan Guoyang wants to use such heads-up to challenge Sampson's authority, especially in the presence of several core players, it is really good to beat Sampson with basketball.

Sampson also wanted to take this opportunity to teach this hairy boy who "doesn't know the sky" and doesn't know how to respect his predecessors.

Gan Guoyang was quite satisfied with the heads-up result, Gan Guoyang took the lead in scoring 5 goals, and successfully defended an attack by Sampson, winning the heads-up victory 5:4.

Sampson couldn't defend Gan Guoyang's turnaround hook in the low post, and Gan Guoyang, who had rested for several days, was so well prepared that he had been studying Sampson's singles footage for two days in a row to find a way to defend him.

However, looking at the gloomy back of Sampson turning away after the heads-up ended, Gan Guoyang didn't seem to have much joy of winning.

The others didn't seem to react much because of Gan Guoyang's victory, as if it was just an ordinary intra-team heads-up.

Gan Guoyang obviously miscalculated the complexity of the internal relationship of the professional team, thinking that he could be the boss according to the high school and college set of "convincing people with strength".

Later, during the shooting practice, Vanderwig also told Gan Guoyang that in the NBA team, the real boss should be able to lead the team to victory on the court, rather than being reckless in training.

What's more, Gan Guoyang did not have Ramsay's support.

At Gunzaga University, the reason why Gan Guoyang quickly became the absolute core of the bulldog is not only his strength, but also inseparable from Bellman's strong support.

But now, although Ramsey is focusing on cultivating Gan Guoyang, he did not immediately establish the idea of Gan Guoyang as the core.

If Gan Guoyang wants to become the core boss, he still has to rely on his own performance.

Gan Guoyang sat on the bench, looking at Ramsey standing in front of him, and his mind was full of messy thoughts.

He was ridiculous at his previous childish behavior, but he also didn't give up on the idea of being the core of the trailblazer.

Gan Guoyang wants to be the core not because of how strong fame and fortune he has, but because he is eager to be the best player in a team, and he is eager to be able to make his teammates better.

He is hungry to lead the team to victory, with a huge desire to not sit on the bench and watch his teammates play.

"Beep!" The referee's whistle interrupted Gan's train of thought, and the Trail Blazers called a timeout.

The game has entered the second half, and the two sides can be said to be inseparable in the first half, with the Trail Blazers leading the Suns by only one point at 53-52.

In the crucial third quarter, Van Dewig and Kenny Karl held up the team on both ends of the floor, and Van Dewicki's goal and Karl's rebound allowed the Trail Blazers to take control.

But the Trail Blazers still couldn't contain Larry Nance.

The defensive strategy of blocking and wrapping after yesterday's practice was still not effective against the swift Larry Nance in the official game.

Because the main purpose of the package for the ball carrier after the block and dismantling is to cut off the connection between the two people, but the Sun simply did not let Nance block and dismantle, but made more use of Nance's ball holding breakthrough and fast down.

Mitchell Sampson doesn't know if it's because of the impact of yesterday's heads-up defeat with Gan Guoyang, this game is completely out of form.

More than halfway through the third quarter, he had five points and two rebounds, and he was beaten badly by Larry Nance both offensively and defensively.

"Rebounds, our rebounds! Backcourt rebounds must be protected! We can't afford to lose rebounds again! Everybody's in the race for the rebounds! Ramsey yelled that the Trail Blazers had an outrageously poor rebound without Gan Guoyang.

In this game, Drexler was unable to play because of a cold, and the Trail Blazers' rebounding ability further declined, and he has been beaten by the Suns for many times because of poor protection of rebounding.

"Mitchell, what's wrong with you today? Cheer up jīng gods! Ramsay said as he looked at the sluggish Sampson.

"I'm fine, keep playing." Sampson said lightly.

Gan Guoyang, who was sitting on the side, looked at Sampson, and his heart was a little complicated, and he didn't know why he had such a good relationship with such a good player.

Maybe he just doesn't like Sampson always looking down on everyone and loves whoever he loves, Sampson has had trouble with the Trail Blazers in the past because of the team doctor problem, and he and Gan Guoyang are on the same front in this regard.

After the game restarted, the Trail Blazers significantly strengthened the protection of rebounding, and the outside players no longer blindly sought speed, but controlled the ball steadily.

With Drexler and Gan Guoyang unavailable, Valentine on the outside and Kenny Carr on the inside have more responsibility.

The duo each contributed 16 rebounds and the other dished out 13 assists.

In comparison, the Suns' starters were all good, but the bench was too weak, and they still couldn't survive the battle with the Trail Blazers.

In the end, the Trail Blazers defeated their old rival Phoenix Suns by 114-106, 8 points at home, and ushered in two consecutive wins after suffering two consecutive defeats.

The victorious Trail Blazers, of course, had to celebrate a little, and Kenny Carr beckoned the youngsters to go with him after the game.

Gan Guoyang did not refuse this time, in the past, he would choose to go home after the competition to rest, and he felt that how could athletes get involved in tobacco and alcohol?

But now Gan's mentality is a little different, and he thinks maybe he should have a good time communicating with his teammates outside the basketball court, especially with Kenny Carr, and maybe he can learn a lot.

Portland isn't a great city for nightlife, especially in the '80s, when nightlife was scarce and drab, plus it was still a cold winter.

Kenny Carr, an old oilman, can certainly find a place, and he takes Gan Guoyang, Cauchy, Colter, and Vanderwyg, a total of five people, to a wine company called Andy.

Kenny Carr and Gan are completely different people, he's not as talented as Gan, he's a corner player who wanders around teams.

But because of this, he is more down-to-earth and relatable than Gan Guoyang, including some other stars, and he sees playing more as a job, a job to support his family.

He is not like Gan Guoyang or magicians, who are competitive, and he wants to win the first place on the court when he dies. Train well, play well, do your best, and relax your mind is his credo.

Basketball is not the only thing in his life, or not the most important, but the more important one, because he has to eat.

Carl has mentioned more than once that he wants to start a construction company after retiring from the army to install floors for the gymnasium.

He's got a lot of ideas anyway.

Therefore, he is often the center of the crowd outside the arena, especially the Trailblazers, and several young people like to follow this "old guy".

In Andy, these people have long been old acquaintances, and the boss opened a private room for them early, and the boss was extremely surprised after seeing Gan Guoyang, and immediately took out a Gan Guoyang jersey and asked for an autograph.

"You're now the most famous player in Portland." Kenny Carr said with a smile when he saw the scene.

"I also want to be more famous, not just in Portland." Gan Guoyang looked at Carl and said what was in his heart.