“…… no，from-gonzaga-university，six-ten，at-center，sunny~~~gump！ ”

On the evening of November 4, at the Portland Memorial Coliseum, all the lights on the home field were turned off, and in DJ's high-pitched and deliberately elongated voice, Gan Guoyang stepped onto the court surrounded by his teammates.

In the past 150 nights, Gan Guoyang has gone from being the first rookie to stand on the court and applauding his teammates behind him to the king of Portland.

In this year's NBA appearance ceremony, each team began to change, and Portland's change was the most obvious, that is, when the home team played, the lights were turned off, and then the big stage lights hit the players directly, this suggestion was put forward by Gan Guoyang and was well received by the Trail Blazers.

Now, Gan is enjoying the glory of being in the spotlight, and tonight, he will lead the Portland Trail Blazers to the first game of the 1988-1989 season against the Phoenix Suns.

But this game will be different from the first preseason game, and it will be the real battle, a battle between the Trail Blazers and the Suns.

Many commentators have also pointed out that this year's Western Conference will be a year of change, the Los Angeles Lakers fell in the Finals for the second year in a row, and the day before the start of this season, Abdul-Jabbar announced that he would retire from basketball after playing the twentieth season of his career.

Gan Guoyang knew that because of his arrival, Jabbar was missing two rings, but his career was also great enough, but it was time to step on their corpses and step on the throne.

The rest of the West is on the move, and the Phoenix Suns, who have been strengthened over the summer, are naturally one of them, and with Kevin Johnson, Jeff Hornacek and Tom Chambers, the Suns will be a strong contender for the Trail Blazers in the West for years to come.

It's just that the future is the future, and although the current sun is strong on paper, it is undoubtedly dwarfed by the more powerful pioneers.

When the lights were turned back on, the crowd could finally enjoy the new season's games, and they couldn't wait.

Adelman still used a more secure five-man team of Gan Guoyang, Williams, Cauchy, Drexler, and Potter in the starting lineup.

After joining Buck Williams, the team's athleticism can be said to have reached a league peak, the backcourt trio can be said to be the league's top in speed, power, and impact, in the 1988 season playoffs against the Utah Jazz, the Trail Blazers did not have an absolute advantage on the inside, Gan Guoyang faced Karl Malone and Mark Eaton alone, and the Trail Blazers' backcourt three arrows poked the Jazz's backcourt full of holes.

Now, with the arrival of "Buck" Williams, who is already leaning toward small forward in terms of height, the Trail Blazers' athleticism has been further strengthened.

In comparison, the Suns' iron triangle, Kevin Johnson is too tender, Hornacek is too thin, Tom Chambers is too slow, and Mark West on the inside can only pray that he won't be blown up by Gan Guoyang.

As soon as the opening game, the Trail Blazers' offense rushed towards the sun like a tide, and after two years of training, Terry Porter and Cauchy became more and more decisive on the offensive end, and the ball handling was more daring and ruthless.

Adelman asked Porter and Cauchy to open their hands in the opening game, creating strong pressure on the Suns' backcourt and leaving the opponent without a chance to breathe.

So, Porter came up and used a three-pointer at the top of the arc to get the first point of the new season for the Trail Blazers.

Porter relied on Gan Guoyang's cover, and after breaking through the middle, the opportunity was not good, and he passed back to Gan Guoyang, who held the ball from the left hand side of the basket, but he did not choose to force a layup, but passed the ball back.

At this time, Porter had returned to the front outside the three-point line, Kevin Johnson only cared about making up for Gan Guoyang, missed Porter, Porter received the ball and opened his hand to shoot, and hit a three-point shot.

As soon as the game started, the atmosphere was hot.

The Suns are obviously still a little uncomfortable with the new season's game, after all, the run-in between the iron triangle is not enough, and it is an away game, Kevin Johnson is obviously inexperienced in controlling the team's offense, Gan Guoyang suddenly grabbed the bag and panicked, and as a result, a horizontal pass went out, and the ball was cut off by Drexler.

Where would Drexler let go of such an opportunity, the glider is going to take off again!

And this time, Drexler didn't just glide, he also did an arm-swinging loop in the air, a big windmill dunk!

In the opening minute, the morale of the Trail Blazers reached its first peak, and the Memorial Stadium was as noisy as the Finals.

The Trail Blazers' passion for basketball and championship aspirations have also peaked after the team has been strengthened this year, with season tickets for the Trail Blazers sold out early this season and the rent of advertised seats at the Memorial Coliseum has doubled.

The momentum of the Trail Blazers continued uninterrupted, and they remained vigorous in the first quarter, with tacit complementing and tireless rotation in defense to keep the Suns at a loss on the offensive end.

The only one who was more normal for the Suns and was able to score points against the Trail Blazers' defense was Jeff Hornacek.

Hornacek entered the NBA in 1986, this guy who looks like a little white man, who doesn't look like a basketball player at all, is slow and skinny, and some people expect him to last less than two seasons in the NBA.

As a result, after his rookie season, he made great strides in the '87-88 season, especially in assists, averaging 6.6 assists per game as a shooting guard and shooting an astonishing 50 percent from the field.

In this game, young Kevin Johnson, as the Suns' point guard, was upset by the Trail Blazers' backcourt and Gan Guoyang's pressing.

The Suns coach decisively took a timeout to replace Hornacek, Hornacek took the baton, Kevin Johnson handed over the ball at halftime, began to be an attacker, and left the responsibility of organizing the offense to Hornacek.

Don't look at Hornacek as an inconspicuous white man, but his basic skills are extremely solid, dribbling, passing, and directing teammates to run a board, in a terrible away atmosphere, successfully reorganized the Suns' offense, and his terrible shooting percentage is also a headache for Drexler.

However, there is no way for one Hornacek to compete with the entire Trail Blazers, and the powerful new recruit they brought in this year, Tom Chambers, has been met with a tough defense by Buck Williams on the inside.

It's okay to say that it's just a Buck Williams to buy shares, and Gan Guoyang's defense is very timely, and Tom Chambers basically gave up his own offense after eating two big hats.

At the end of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers scored a high score of 37 points, while the Suns only scored 19 points, and they trailed the Trail Blazers by 18 points in the first quarter.

"Don't stand still when defending, of course, the most important thing is that you give the referee a feeling of 'I'm moving', such as turning around, reaching out, and not letting the referee's attention focus on you, then you will be whistled for a defensive violation. Also, in the regular season we play at a very fast pace, we don't wait for anybody, you have to keep up with our rhythm. At the beginning of the second quarter, Gan Guoyang sat on the bench and coached Sabonis, telling him some things to look out for in the regular season.

Sabonis should be said to have performed well in pre-season, especially as a stopover for the ball in attack, and the task was done well.

His main problems are two points, his defensive performance is easy to be blown illegal defense, because in Europe he is used to defending the joint defense, and he can't change it for a while; The second is that in the attack, his speed is still on the slow side, and in a trailblazer with such athletic power, Sabonis still needs to practice his switchback run.

Sabonis is like an obedient elementary school student, bowing his head off the court and listening carefully to Gan Guoyang's guidance, many of Gan Guoyang's opinions are the valuable experience he has accumulated in the NBA, you must know that although Gan Guoyang has only been in the league for four years, one of which is reimbursed, but in the three years he has been in, the Trail Blazers can at least reach the Western Conference Finals, and the experience accumulated in the playoffs is doubled.

"Okay Gan, get ready to play and deal with them." At this time, Adelman reminded Gan Guoyang and told him that he was ready to play again.

Gan Guoyang immediately took off his jacket and looked up at the scores of the two sides, 48:32, after Gan Guoyang went off the court, the Sun relied on the inside line to pull back some of the scores slightly, and Tom Chambers's touch slowly recovered.

Gan Guoyang scored four points in the first quarter by relying only on open jump shots and basket leaks, and now Adelman's meaning is clear, allowing Gan Guoyang to cripple the Suns with a punch in the second quarter.

Obviously, the current Gan Guoyang has this ability.

The Suns' players felt the pressure again as soon as Gan returned to the court, especially the Suns' center, as Gan Guoyang began to attack.

Four years of tempering, so that Gan Guoyang's offensive skills are almost at the peak, and in the past, you need to use all your strength under the basket to get stuck and then receive the guard to drop the ball before attacking, at this time Gan Guoyang can receive anyone's pass anywhere, and then launch an attack.

The reason for this effect is that Gan Guoyang controlled his weight at 245 pounds in the summer, and he increased his weight to 260 pounds last season, although he was almost invincible in the low post, but the tactical restrictions were too great.

In this regard, the Suns did not do enough for Gan Guoyang's movement and restricting the ball, Gan Guoyang can always run to the open position, and then Drexler tore apart the Suns' defense with a pass, Gan Guoyang can use his eighteen martial arts to finally put the ball into the basket when he gets the ball.

After Gan Guoyang easily scored four goals in a row, the Suns had to call a timeout, and this kind of weightlifting score made the Suns' coach feel a cold sweat on his back.

Gan Guoyang, on the other hand, looked relaxed, his score looked very ordinary, not fancy at all, and there was no explosive feeling, as if everything was taken for granted.

At this time, he has actually entered a kind of "field" (field), in this "field", all the opponent's defense has begun to be full of holes, and in his eyes, there is no obstacle between the basket and him.

This is the realm of superstars, the-field, there are only a handful of people in the league who can step into it, and now, Gan Guoyang has finally stepped into it.