The trade deadline closed at the end of February 1986, and there hasn't been much movement on either side, and in fact it's been 10 years since the Buffalo Braves traded their MVP Bob McAdoo to New York in 1976.

At that time, the NBA team was still in a relatively stable state, the strong team naturally maintained the lineup, and the weak team did not have the pressure of relegation.

No trade means that teams will basically start the playoffs with their current roster, after all, there are really no good players on the free market.

The Portland Trail Blazers are finally back at home after the Crusade, and more importantly, after this back-to-back finish, they will only have two back-to-backs in March and April, once a month, and their schedule is still light.

In the first game of March, the Trail Blazers welcomed the Houston Rockets at home, and the two teams have been ranked first in the West, one in the third place in the West, as long as the Trail Blazers do not fall to the second place in the West, or Houston does not fall to the fourth place in the West, then in the playoffs, the two teams will not meet before the Western Conference Finals.

The two teams are not in the same state now, the Trail Blazers have won five in a row after losing to the 76ers, and Gan Guoyang has increased his average rebounds per game to 16.5, and this season's rebounding king is already in his pocket.

The Rockets took the West by storm in January, losing only two games in a month, one by 3 points to the old enemy Utah Jazz and one was a poor loss to the Mavericks, but their performance this month was hot enough to threaten the Lakers' second place in the West.

But things changed in February, when their main center, Olajuwon, began to be plagued by injuries in mid-February, missing seven games in a row, and the Rockets began to lose games.

Until this game, Olajuwon still did not appear on the Rockets' roster, and the official news released by the Rockets is that Olajuwon will miss two weeks of games.

This made the suspense of this game much less, and if Olajuwon could still go head-to-head with Gan Guoyang, then Ralph Sampson never played at the level of a superstar against the Trail Blazers.

This mainly depends on Sampson's style of play, he is thin and takes the light route, not to mention Gan Guoyang, he has difficulty eating Sampson in the low post, which is why the Rockets often suffer when facing the thick Jazz team, the 7-foot-4 Sampson is not a traditional mid-sized inside, but a small forward with a center size.

Therefore, after less than three quarters of this game, the Rockets surrendered, and Drexler came back in this game and played extremely well, with 24 points, 12 rebounds, 13 assists, and another triple-double, this time Gan Guoyang can't laugh at him with his "mistake triple-double".

After playing this game, the Trail Blazers' schedule can be described as easy and pleasant, consecutive home games must die, and the opponents are not too strong, like the Indiana Pacers lost the hope of entering the playoffs early, went to the Memorial Coliseum to take a walk, and was beaten by the Trail Blazers.

The Dallas Mavericks didn't cause much trouble to the Trail Blazers, who lacked your interior advantage, fell under Gan Guoyang's strong firepower, an offensive battle, the Trail Blazers 125:117, and won the game without danger.

On March 8, Women's Day, the Trail Blazers faced the Jazz, and Gan Guoyang gave rookie Karl Malone a major blow in the game.

Malone came to the Jazz, soon occupied the starting position, this strong as a bull forward should be said to subvert the traditional concept of the position of the big forward, in the past in the center of the supremacy of the team's thinking, the main responsibility of the big forward is to do a good job of auxiliary work, grabbing rebounds, card positions, supplemental defense and other inconspicuous basic work is the work of the big forward.

From the establishment of the NBA to 1986, except for the very early Bob Pettit, there were only a handful of teams in the NBA with power forwards as the core, among which Bob McAdoo and Elvin Hayes were players between power forward and center, and many times they also acted as centers in the team.

But Karl Malone is different, he is not between a power forward and a center, but between a power forward and a small forward, his size is like a running forward in a football game, completely different from the lanky McAdoo and Hayes, and the shot of him dribbling all the way to the fast break after receiving a pass is also like a running forward with the ball touchdown.

Of course, his style was not favored by the league at the time, and his technique was really too rough, and his scoring relied too much on fast breaks and secondary offense after grabbing rebounds.

But I have to say that many times it is really effective, especially when the interior line of the league has not been filled with muscle sticks, and a small tank like Malone is really powerful.

And Gan Guoyang just likes to deal with this kind of jumper who is physically rough and rough, even if he is Carl Malone - he is just a rookie at this time.

In the game, Malone received a pass from Stockton at the beginning and staged a signature dunk on Gan Guoyang's head with his left hand and basket with his right hand, as a response to Gan Guoyang's shooting in the same posture in the last game.

The provoked Gan Guoyang taught Malone a lesson, and in the subsequent game, he began to defend Malone and handed over Eaton, who had no independent offensive ability, to Sampson, so Malone's offense was tragic.

In the face of Gan Guoyang, who is taller than himself, weighs more than himself, has faster strength than himself, has longer arms than himself, and his lateral movement is not slower than his own, Ma Long, who has rough skills, has become a complete waste on the offensive end, except for occasionally picking up a leak.

At the same time, Gan Guoyang is very familiar with the pass after Stockton's blocking, and after intercepting Stockton's pass to Malone twice, Gan Guoyang's old partner never dared to try again.

Another scoring weapon of Ma Long, the second offense after rushing to grab the rebounds in the front court, also lost his edge in front of the rebounding king, and he also grabbed 4 frontcourt rebounds in the last game, but he didn't catch any of them in this game.

In the end, Gan Guoyang beat the still young Karl Malone one-on-one, allowing him to score only 6 points, and the Trail Blazers also defeated the Utah Jazz at home, winning eight in a row and continuing to consolidate their position in the first place in the West.

After this game, the Trail Blazers got a four-day rest, and they won't have their next game until March 13, and the team also decided to take a two-day break to let the players who have finally been freed from the devil's schedule relax.

During the two-day rare vacation, Gan Guoyang also took a car to Spokane to visit Wang Fuxi at Gunzaga University, and Gan Guoyang was busy with games and training after the All-Star Game, and the two have not had much time together.

Spring is the most beautiful season for Gonzaga University, it has a maritime climate, and although the winter is wet and cold, the spring is densely planted, and the University of Gonzaga is in full bloom.

In Spokane, where the most beautiful and abundant flowers are the lilacs, Gan Guoyang finally had the opportunity to walk hand in hand with Wang Fuxi by the school's artificial lake, reminiscing about the old school days.

The quiet and peaceful environment here, and the jade people beside him, all made Gan Guoyang's boiling blood on the field cool, and the surging heartbeat slowed down, and it was also necessary to relax in this way in the increasingly fierce league competition

Although they have only been here for two semesters, an NCAA championship trophy is enough to make Gan Guoyang a legend here, so the two don't spend much time together quietly, and from time to time fans will come to take a photo with Gan Guoyang.

When the two walked near the school playground, there were more people around.

"There's a game today?" Gan Guoyang pressed the cap on his head, and then asked Wang Fuxi beside him.

"It seems to be, but it's just a rugby game, and Gunzaga's rugby is better than basketball."

"Che, if I'm still in school, what will people come to watch rugby?"

"If only you were still in school, then I wouldn't have to think about you every day."

It was the most difficult to accept the grace of the beauty, Gan Guoyang was afraid that Wang Fuxi would be sad when he said it, so he proposed to go into the stadium to watch the game.

Gan Guoyang has never had a good impression of rugby, not to mention that the NFL in the United States pressed the NBA, Gan Guoyang helped the school's football team win a game in high school, but was stacked by the group of strong men, and injured his back, and now the back injury will harass Gan Guoyang from time to time.

Gan Guoyang really doesn't appreciate this more barbaric sport, but in his school's stadium, watching such a game is really full of passion, because the rugby team uses the same name as the bulldog, the same as the basketball team.

In the cheers of the home fans, Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi soon became one of them, everyone was very high, and no one could see that the giant next to him was the basketball hero of Gunzaga University.

The game is also dominated by the bulldogs, and there is basically no problem in leading the way to win the game.

But just as the game was about to end, a small accident happened.

Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi sat at the front of the stands, and in the corner, Gan Guoyang felt that it was not easy for too many people to see here.

In an attack, the quarterback received the ball and threw the ball directly to the corner, but the ball was not caught steadily, the ball fell to the ground, and the opponent's defenders rushed up to grab the ball, I don't know whose foot was cheap, and kicked the ball, and the ball flew straight to the stands.

Because it was a university stadium, it was not a high-rise stand like the NFL, and the fans were close to the sidelines, so the ball flew towards Wang Fuxi.

In fact, the speed of the ball is not fast, but Gan Guoyang, who is next to Wang Fuxi, is professionally sensitive, or simply cheap, and slapped the ball towards the ball and fanned the ball back into the court.

Wang Fuxi was still patting his chest in shock, but when he turned around, he saw Gan Guoyang's left hand pinching the triceps of his right arm, and he also lowered his head.

"What's wrong, Gan?" Wang Fuxi hurriedly asked.

"I'm never fucking close to rugby again...... My arm seems to be strained......"