The Trail Blazers' first opponent in November was none other than the Jazz from the Utah Snow Mountains, and the team naturally visited Gan Guoyang's friend Stockton. Ice @ Fire! Chinese

But this time, Stockton is no longer alone, he has a good future partner, the strong man the Jazz found with the thirteenth overall pick - Karl Malone.

Before the game, Gan Guoyang talked to Stockton on the phone, and Gan Guoyang naturally chatted with Stockton about Malone on the phone, and to Gan Guoyang's surprise, in Stockton's evaluation, Malone turned out to be a "crybaby".

"yes, this big guy calls his mom every day and tells her how bad Salt Lake City is, well, I'll admit, it's a bad place, but it's not going to shed tears, right?" Stockton preached to Gan on the phone.

Gan Guoyang also knows that Stockton is not a mean person, he is very honest, and he has said so, which can only prove that Carl Malone may really be a crybaby, which is really a little different from the future tough guy superstar in Gan Guoyang's impression.

However, superstardom is not made in a day, and perhaps Karl Malone has not really become a professional player at this time, he is just a young man from rural Louisiana who has just graduated from college.

Therefore, for such a Ma Long, Gan Guoyang can also understand, but he regrets that Carl Malone could not enter the team's squad because of the flu in this game, so he can only sit on the sidelines and watch this game.

"Damn it, he may not be absent for more than ten years in the future, this fucking just played four games, and he will be absent from me? Then I'll have to teach him another lesson. Gan Guoyang thought before the game that he originally wanted to teach Ma Long a lesson in the game.

This is Gan Guoyang's current mentality, he is no longer the superstar who will be frightened when he sees the future, and will look at them like an idol with the mentality of a fan.

Standing on the basketball court, he is a member of the league's contenders, and whoever comes to the Memorial Coliseum will compete with him.

Before the official start of the game, Gan Guoyang met the team's general manager Inman outside the locker room, Inman still rarely appears in the locker room and other places, he likes to find an ordinary position in the stands to watch the game.

In Inman's view, the dressing room should be a place where the coach is in control, so that the coach has the qualifications and authority to lead and direct the players in the dressing room, rather than allowing the manager or boss to interfere with the coach.

The last time Inman appeared in the locker room was when he was in the playoffs when Paxson was in turmoil, this time it was just an ordinary regular season game, and Gan Guoyang didn't quite understand what Inman came here for.

While the players gathered around to give encouragement, Inman also stayed by and watched, but manager Ramsey came on early and seemed reluctant to stand with Inman.

From this point, Gan Guoyang can see that there seem to be some problems between Ramsey and Inman, and there is also an undercurrent within the entire Trail Blazers, and every player can feel that the team will have some trouble, but everyone pretends not to know and continues to play.

Gan Guoyang no longer thinks about these problems, he just wants to play well and play this game well, but he has to face Mark Eaton's defense.

"Good evening, everybody, it's another exciting night tonight to bring us the Portland Trail Blazers vs. Utah Jazz game. The season has just begun, and the Trail Blazers have won all of their first three games while the Jazz are two wins and two losses, so let's see if the Jazz can come out on top on our home court. ”

Sean Leigh's voice rang out again, broadcasting the game live to thousands of homes in Portland.

"Okay, the game is about to start, Gan and Eaton are in the middle circle, I'll introduce you to the lineups of both sides later, let's watch the jump ball first! Neither of them touched the ball, but Gan hit the ball as it fell, and the ball flew towards Drexler! After Drexler took the ball, he went straight to the fast break and made a layup! Beautiful fast attack, the Trailblazers go first! ”

Gan Guoyang and Eaton jumped the ball, collided and squeezed each other, but neither touched the ball, but Gan Guoyang reacted quickly and poked the ball out when it fell.

Some problems in the team have not had much impact on the players, after all, everyone is a professional player, and the most important thing for them to eat is to rely on their skills and performance on the field, so no matter what problems are off the field, everyone can play together on the field.

Compared to last season, the Jazz have rejuvenated their roster, cramming three young men, namely Stockton, Karl Malone, and Jazz point guard Bob Hansen, who invited Gan Guoyang to his home farm in the offseason.

Malone didn't play due to the flu and could only sit on the sidelines in casual clothes to watch his teammates play, so in place of Malone was Pele, also a sophomore rookie.

Last season, relying on the twin towers of Eaton and Pele, they even eliminated the Rockets' twin towers in the playoffs to reach the second round before the Lakers were at their feet, which is enough to show the power of the twin towers on the defensive end.

However, Gan Guoyang has never been afraid of the Twin Towers.

In the quarter game, Gan Guoyang didn't need to be afraid of Eaton on the defensive end at all, so Ramsey handed over the task of defending Eaton to Sampson, as long as he didn't let him receive the ball three feet under the basket, the big mammoth's offensive threat was about zero.

Gan Guoyang, on the other hand, put in the center of gravity of the defense, near the free throw line, and began to cooperate with outside players to solve Adrian Dantley's huge threat in the low post.

Gan Guoyang's pinch shots always came as scheduled, which made Dantley very uncomfortable, the pinch came so fast that Dantley even had a hard time thinking about how to move the ball, and he was not good at passing.

While that defense allowed Pele to pick up a few gaps, the Trail Blazers undoubtedly stopped the Jazz's tactical core Dantley.

At the same time, the Trail Blazers showed their offensive superiority to the fullest, their fast attack was still so sharp and domineering, and as Drexler's injury gradually improved, the quick counterattack instigated by him was almost invincible.

The shortcomings of the Jazz twin towers are on display, their two interior defenses are a bit slow, and the defenses of Stockton, Hansen and Dantley are really a little lacking.

"Drexler picked up the backcourt rebound, and he's going to start again! I could feel the temperature in the memorial stadium rising by one to two degrees Celsius as he threw his head down, which came from the boiling blood of the fans...... Two-on-two, only Stockton and Hansen were there, and Drexler passed the ball to Gan, who was following later! Gan glide dunk! Ball in! Caused a foul on Stockton! ”

Accompanied by Sean Leigh's commentary, Drexler used a beautiful back pass to send the ball to Gan Guoyang, who was following him, Gan Guoyang did not dribble, and jumped up and dunk directly after receiving the ball, and when he dunked, he put his left hand behind his head, looking like he was resting with his head.

This action was learned by Gan Guoyang and Ma Long, and the original creator was plagiarized and sat on the sidelines to watch the game without knowing anything.

And his other hand smashed the ball into the basket, Stockton wanted to cause Gan Guoyang's offensive foul, but he was blown to block, and Gan Guoyang had to add a penalty.

"Why would you want to stop me?" Gan Guoyang stretched out his hand to help Stockton up, but he didn't expect Stockton to stand up instead of holding Gan Guoyang's hand, but got up by himself.

"We're opponents now, Gan." Stockton said coldly.

Gan Guoyang smiled and nodded, he knew that Stockton was right, they were friends off the court, but they were opponents on the court, and they might have to fight to the death in the playoffs in the future.

With Gan Guoyang hitting a free throw, the Trail Blazers led the Jazz by 1o points in the quarter by 3o:2o, and then entered the roster rotation period, and it was the turn of the benches to play.

"Come on, Colter, stop messing around, do something, man!" Gan Guoyang came to the court and patted Steve Colt, who was about to play, and after being frozen by Ramsey in the last game, Ramsay gave him another chance to play.

Gan Guoyang also hopes that Colt would better get out of the shadow of drugs and get back on the right track.

But when the game restarted, Colter immediately gave Gan Guoyang a "dismissal" with a mistake.

Colter, who was cut off by Stockton, made a layup with the ball and an unguarded empty basket scored two points to rewrite the score to 3O:22. Coulter's recent form has been terrible, can he average a point per game? I feel like I'm going up now, and with the Trail Blazers' strong fast-break system, I'm averaging two points per game. Even Shaunley began to tease Colter.

When the score was 34-25 at the end of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers still maintained their advantage, and Sampson still played a role in stabilizing the morale of the army with two inside goals on the court.

After the start of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers, with Sampson as the core, played against the Jazz, and the defensive quality on both sides decreased with the acceleration of the degree.

This is advantageous for the Trail Blazers, which can maintain the advantage of the score and buy more rest time for the main players.

However, the Trail Blazers didn't seem to be oppressive on both ends of the floor, and everyone was doing their job hard but lacked some of the necessary passion.

Colter, who got the opportunity to perform, was as bad as the previous games, playing three minutes in the second quarter, still without contribution, and was about to be replaced by Ramsey again.

In contrast, the Jazz are not in good shape, with too many young players making them inconsistent in their away games, and soon, with the Jazz's two new stars expected to unfold, they will also face similar problems as the Trail Blazers.