On the morning of December 3, the Trail Blazers arrived in Washington, D.C., the capital by plane, and began a four-game consecutive road trip to the East.

After the glory of the 70s, the Washington Bullets have gradually slipped to the bottom in the 80s with the retirement of old players.

They continue their difficult rebuild this season with Jeff Malone and Sam Bowe at their core.

In this year's draft, the bullets selected a player with a lot of attention with the seventh pick in the second round - the No. 1 tallster, Manute Ball.

In the history of the NBA, there have been several players who have reached 2.20 meters, or 7'3 or more, including Mark Eaton, the league's best defensive player last season, who was 7-foot-3.

But there are only two people in the history of the league who have reached 2.30 meters tall, one is Manute Ball, and the other has not yet entered the eyes of the NBA at this time, and he will not be able to surprise fans until 1993.

It is worth mentioning that these two players over 2.30 meters were both selected by the Washington Bullets, perhaps the Bullets have a giant preference.

The Bullets' selection is arguably controversial, as they had already selected Sam Bowe last year — and if it weren't for Gan, they would have taken Bowe's teammate Melvin Turpin and traded Tapping to the Cavaliers.

Now Bowe is Washington's starting center, and he's doing well, with some minor injuries, but he's generally doing well and is a trustworthy center.

And Tepin failed to change the fate of the Cavaliers, and he was taken by the Cavaliers with the 12th pick.

In the 1985 draft, Washington chose Manuel Bol in the 1985 draft, perhaps out of historical inertia, or perhaps because Washington felt that in this era of centers, such a high-ranking man should be hoarded to compete with those super centers - such as Ewing, who just arrived in the Eastern Conference.

Last season, the Jazz's experience of defending the double-height and blocking the Rockets' twin towers inspired Washingtonians.

Of course, Washington didn't field the super double height of Bowe and Bol in the starter, and Bowe still firmly occupied the starting center position.

Every time Gan Guoyang sees Sam Bowe now, his thoughts are particularly complicated, because the two of them are people whose fates have been exchanged.

It's just that Gan Guoyang's situation when he came to the Trailblazers is obviously much better than that of Bowe, and Bowe's life in Washington is also good, so this is an excellent exchange of fate.

Bowe, who has not yet been hit by injuries, has gone through a season of experience, but he is already a qualified NBA starting center.

His presence has greatly improved the protection of the Washington Bullets in the restricted area, taking the Bullets' defense up a notch.

He has become more and more experienced in one-on-one defense, and most importantly, he is no longer afraid of Gan Guoyang, the opponent who has torn him apart again and again.

Bowe is also growing, his mind is maturing, Gan Guoyang can feel it in the first position with him after the opening, Bowe is focused and calm, even if Gan Guoyang holds the ball and easily turns around and lays successfully, Bowe is also very calm to take the ball to the baseline serve.

From the beginning of the college competition, once Bao Wei faced Gan Guoyang, he would soon fall into a kind of panic and fear, because he couldn't prevent Gan Guoyang at all.

Gan Guoyang himself has strong scoring explosiveness, and he is good at scoring consecutive goals in a short period of time, which often causes a huge psychological blow to the opposing player.

In the two meetings between the two sides last season, Bowe was beaten to pieces by Gan Guoyang, but this year he seems to have changed as a different person, and he went all out on the defensive end, causing a lot of trouble for Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang knows that Bowei has definitely not trained less this summer, and the amount of training will definitely not be less than himself.

In the four consecutive wins after six consecutive defeats, Gan Guoyang's strong offense was the biggest boost to the Trail Blazers' consecutive victories, and this game against the Bullet Pioneers did not change their tactics, or started from Gan Guoyang.

However, the bullets obviously noticed the recent madness of the pioneers and Gan Guoyang, so not only did Bao Wei defend Gan Guoyang with all his might, but everyone else also came to harass Gan Guoyang.

This limited Gan's play in the first half, and he scored just 15 points on 6-of-16 shooting in the half, including four free throws.

It was undoubtedly a very successful defense.

At the same time, Gan Guoyang also had the opportunity to compete with the first tallest man Bol on the field for the first time, and the 2.30-meter-thin tall pole made Gan Guoyang feel very uncomfortable at the beginning, because he was really too tall.

When he stood under the basket with his hands outstretched, Gan Guoyang could barely see the basket when he looked up, and Bol could almost reach the basket without jumping.

But Bol has a big flaw, he is too thin, it's a big clothes pole at all, and his movement speed is not good, Gan Guoyang quickly figured out his flaw, used his strength and footwork to play Bol twice, won two opportunities to go to the free throw line, and the Bullets quickly replaced him.

Even after beating Manute Bol, Gan Guoyang still failed to break through Washington's iron bucket defense, and after four consecutive games of more than 40 minutes of high-intensity fighting, Gan Guoyang was indeed a little tired.

However, Ramsey did not make any adjustments, and as in the previous four games, he only gave him a two-minute rest.

At the same time, Ramsey did not make any targeted adjustments, but just let the players play well.

At halftime, the Trail Blazers had trailed the Washington Bullets 50-63 by 13, surpassing all expectations.

"We're going to give some support to the inside, look at Bowe, look at Norland, Gan is too tired to be alone." In the locker room, assistant coach Bellman said to everyone.

The Bullets' starters, Bowe and Norland, both attacked and defended, putting a lot of pressure on the Trail Blazers' interior line, and Norland had already scored 20 points in the half, shooting 8-of-11 from the field, and there was nothing he could do about him.

But the Trail Blazers players were a little indifferent to Bellman's words, everyone was silently doing their own thing, and Bellman's words were like a pebble thrown into the sea, without causing the slightest impact.

The only one who reacted was Gan Guoyang, who stepped forward and patted Bellman, then shook his head.

"I'll solve the problem on my own, everybody does their own thing and we win, it's as simple as that." Gan Guoyang stood up and said, and then Gan Guoyang suddenly walked up to Ramsey and looked at Ramsey who was sitting there in a daze.

"What's wrong, Gan?" Ramsey looked up at Gan Guoyang and asked.

Gan Guoyang didn't speak, just looked at Ramsey coldly, and suddenly Gan Guoyang punched Ramsey.

This punch came so suddenly that Ramsey didn't react at all, and Gan Guoyang's huge fist hit Ramsey directly in the chest.

Ramsey originally sat on a small square bench in the locker room, and the away dressing room was relatively rudimentary, with small and narrow stools.

Ramsey was punched by Gan Guoyang, and the whole person fell backwards at once, and fell to the ground with a "bang".

The sound of stools and people falling to the ground exploded in the locker room, and then there was a deathly silence.

The other Trail Blazers players were all stunned, Colter, Valentine, Cauchy, and Adelman all stood up, and Vanderwicki, Sampson, and others sat there, also motionless.

"hat-did-you-**ing-do? Adelman, who was standing near Ramsay, asked with a look of surprise.

"I'm just giving a coach a vegetarian meal and doing nothing, a little lesson. He doesn't have the right to sit here like this and do nothing when the team is behind! No matter what happened to him, he should do his job. Gan Guoyang watched Ramsay yelling in the locker room.

When a player plays as a coach in the dressing room, it's a big rebellion, no matter what the coach does.

If the league learns about it, Gan Guoyang will definitely be banned, and then he will be criticized by the media.

Gan Guoyang, who has just been freed from the "arrest" incident, is likely to be involved in a bigger turmoil.

"But you can't do that either...... Kenny Carr said as he stood up, and then he walked over to Ramsay's side, ready to help Ramsay up.

"Don't help me......" Ramsay, who had fallen to the ground for a long time and couldn't get up, waved and refused Carl's support.

Gan Guoyang's punch did not hit Ramsey in the face, but in the chest, so that there would be no wound and no one could see it, but Ramsey's chest was very painful.

Ramsey rubbed his chest, slowly stood up with his hands on the bench that had fallen to the ground, and then took two deep breaths to make sure his sternum was not injured.

"Are you alright?" Adelman asked, walking up to Ramsay.

"It's okay, I'm fine." Ramsey told Adelman that he was fine.

"You're right, Gan, I'm a vegetarian, I don't do anything, you should punch me, I apologize to everyone, every one of you should punch me." Ramsey turned to everyone in the locker room and said.

In fact, it can be seen from everyone's reaction after Ramsey was beaten that the Trail Blazers players no longer have enough respect for Ramsey, so although they were surprised to see Ramsey being beaten, they did not have an overly strong reaction, just silently watched.

'I'm sorry I didn't do my duty as a coach and I'm sorry to be sitting in this position and delaying the team's future, so I'm going to submit my resignation to ......the team as soon as possible,' continued Ramsey.

At this time, everyone's faces were moved, because they realized that the old coach who had been with the team for many years might really have to leave because of Gan Guoyang's punch.

"No, you can't go! Your mission isn't done yet! Gan Guoyang, who was standing on the side, loudly denied Ramsay's words. What do you want, Gan? Ramsey looked at Gan Guoyang and asked, tears already faintly in his eyes.

"Do what you have to do, and no matter what happens, you shouldn't make people feel like you've lost hope, and I think Mrs. Ramsay doesn't want to look at you like that, and that will make her lose her courage."

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