John Stockton finally came off the bench near the end of the first quarter.

However, this is just a normal rotation, and Stockton's appearance on the court has not changed the situation of the Jazz's downfall.

At that time, the Jazz had a relatively heavy overall style of play, a set of positional warfare, and insufficient impact.

And the Trail Blazers came and went like the wind, dragging the Jazz all over the court at full speed, reducing the impact of the Jazz Twin Towers on the team as much as possible.

"Why don't you shoot John." Gan Guoyang said to Stockton.

Just now, the Trail Blazers defended, and Drexler hit the ball off the baseline, causing a dead ball.

Gan Guoyang took this opportunity to tell Stockton that because Stockton actually had a chance to shoot on the outside, he still chose to pass.

"That's not what the coach requires." Stockton replied that the two were still communicating like teammates on the field.

In the NBA at the time, the point guard was the lower of the five positions, and in the eyes of most coaches, the first duty of the point guard was to organize the offense.

Point guards can't just shoot unless they have to, even Magic Johnson.

Stockton was the team's second-leading scorer when he was at Gunzaga and was a very consistent outside finisher, but when he arrived in the NBA, he could only be a ball stop.

"Beep!" The referee blows the whistle and the Jazz serve from the outside.

Stockton received the ball, but instead of organizing the team's offense as before, he put the ball in the hands of Dantley, who was the absolute offensive core of the Jazz.

The Jazz relied heavily on Dantley's singles in the first quarter to hold the score.

Dantley is nicknamed the "King of Singles", and his ability to play alone is really not covered, from inside the three-point line to the three-second zone, he is extremely efficient with the ball.

If you let him go, he will shoot, and when he sticks up, he will use his back to squeeze in, and there is really no chance that he can still make a foul.

After the timeout, Ramsey brought on Drexler to defend Dantley.

Drexler has strength, speed, height, and defensive aggressiveness, but he still lacks experience.

After winning the ball at 45 degrees, Dantley suddenly turned inside and cut into the middle.

At this time, Mark Eaton had already pulled to the outside to clear the space for the inside line, and it was impossible for Gan Guoyang to completely empty Eaton.

Dantley took advantage of this opportunity, leaned on Drexler and squeezed in, and at the same time pushed Drexler away with his left hand, and with his right hand, he used a hook hand to lightly hook the ball.

Gan Guoyang rushed to the basket to grab the rebound, but saw the basketball collapse on the basket a few times, but it still fell in.

"You're not the only one who can hook hands?" Dantley said to Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang also felt that this 6-foot-4 sturdy small forward was an offensive kaleidoscope and could do anything.

If he had to say that he didn't know anything, it was probably passing, as long as he got the ball in the first quarter, he didn't pass it.

"But I think you should learn to pass." Gan Guoyang shot back.

Before the words fell, Gan Guoyang took the ball and stood behind the baseline to serve, he did not send the ball to Valentine, but picked up his arm and threw the ball to the front court with a super long pass.

The pass caught the Jazz off guard, and even the Trail Blazers players didn't react.

Thankfully, the Trail Blazers had Drexler, who had great running and jumping ability, and he got the ball between two Jazz players.

As soon as he landed, Drexler rolled over and broke through from the baseline to the basket, and this time Mark Eaton had arrived.

Drexler didn't flinch, he jumped straight to meet Eaton's giant palm and rushed to the basket.

The scary thing about Eaton is that his shoulders are extremely broad, which makes his lateral control equally great, and Drexler will have to suffer if he gets tough.

But instead of a dunk, Drexler pulled a basket and glided from the right side of the basket to the left, dodged Eaton's block, and made a rebound to score the ball!

"Yay~~" Memorial Stadium boiled again, and the Trailblazers contributed two wonderful goals in the first quarter alone.

"Nice Clyde." Gan Guoyang and Drexler, who ran back, high-fived and celebrated.

"If you pass a ball like that again, I can't guarantee that you'll always catch it." Drexler said that Gan's pass was too sudden.

"If I pass a ball like this again, Ramsay will kill me." Gan Guoyang said.

And Ramsey next to the fact was already a little unable to hold back his anger, but fortunately the goal was finally scored.

At this time, the Trail Blazers have led the Jazz by 13 points at 29:16, and the Jazz still don't have a good way to attack, their outside feel is average, and the interior lacks the ability to play strongly.

Pelé did nothing under Sampson's defense, and Eaton was almost empty by Gan Guoyang.

Now the Jazz's main point of attack is their top scorer Dantley.

Gan Guoyang decided to help Drexler and strangle Dantley.

Sure enough, Stockton passed the ball to Dantley again, and Gan Guoyang immediately stepped forward to wrap it up, not giving Dantley a chance to start.

Once Dantley, a small armored car-like striker, is activated, it is likely to cause fouls from defenders, and Gan Guoyang is also the first to strike.

But Dantley didn't hit hard this time, but passed the ball back to Stockton.

It was Stockton standing at the top of the arc to receive the ball, and Gan Guoyang immediately gave up the bag on Dantley, he knew that the ball was passed back to the outside point guard, and he would definitely find the hole after the bag.

It's just that Gan Guoyang went back or was over, or Stockton's pass was too fast, he didn't pause after receiving the ball at the top of the arc, and directly passed the ball with one hand, and the ball tore through the Trail Blazers' defense and passed to Mark Eaton inside.

Eaton took the ball under the basket, and no one could stop him, and Eaton scored with a one-handed dunk.

A very nice pass, a great strong side to the weak side to transfer the ball.

Dantley took the ball at 45 degrees to attract the Trail Blazers defense, and made blocks on the weak side of Eaton and Stockton, after Stockton got the ball, Eaton just went down, and Gan Guoyang had been pulled to the strong side and couldn't return to visit.

Gan Guoyang didn't see this, didn't see the Jazz's tactical arrangement clearly, and he also ignored the ability of Stockton's old teammate to seize opportunities.

"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle and the Trail Blazers called a timeout.

"Don't just wrap it up! As a center, how can you give up the protection of the three-second zone to trap the outside players! Protect the forbidden area! From the first second to the end of the game, you have to protect the penalty area! Back on the bench, Gan Guoyang was sprayed by Ramsey.

Gan Guoyang can only bow his head to listen to the training, and now if he makes any small mistake on the field, Ramsey will find out and criticize it, but Gan Guoyang knows that Ramsay is doing it for his own good.

So at this time, he would always obediently listen to Ramsay spit on himself and learn a lesson from it.

Ramsey didn't rearrange his tactics, just called a timeout to slow down the players, and the succession of attacks succeeded in letting the players' defense slack again, and it was also time for substitutions.

"Also, Gan, you'd better not pass such a long pass like that, especially in the last quarter, I can still tolerate the first quarter." Ramsey also mentioned Gan Guoyang's pass, although he asked the team to play fast, but it can't be so fast.

Fortunately, it was still the first quarter, and if Gan Guoyang had come like this at the critical moment in the fourth quarter, Ramsey would definitely have a heart attack.

"I just don't want to run." Gan Guoyang stood beside him with his waist crossed and said.

What Gan Guoyang said almost made Ramsey angry, "Then you will sit on the bench for me!" Ramsay yelled at him.

Ramsey obediently sat on the bench, and he was about to be substituted anyway, as was Van der Veric.

"Are you okay? KiKi？ Gan Guoyang looked at Van Dewych next to him and found that he didn't seem to be very comfortable.

"It's okay, it's just that my back isn't very comfortable. Your pass is fantastic. Vanderwich said with a smile.

"Be quiet, Ramsay will go crazy when he hears it." Gan Guoyang glanced at Ramsey, who was standing on the sidelines and paying close attention to the situation on the court.

"Ramsay really values you, and sometimes his timeouts are called specifically for you." Vanderwich said.

Gan Guoyang smiled when he heard this, and he also felt that Ramsey was becoming more and more harsh on him, but in fact, he was paying more and more attention to his cultivation.

"I understand, I'll try to make him less angry in the future."

The game continued, and the Trail Blazers were still in control of the game.

Gan Guoyang sat on the sidelines and watched Stockton's performance, feeling that he was really too constrained, and he basically had to hand over the ball after halftime.

Although Stockton's ability is not top-notch, and his passing awareness needs to be honed for a long time in the NBA, the Jazz coach obviously did not recognize Stockton's talent, and just regarded him as an ordinary point guard who dribbled through the half.

If Stockton wants to be fully developed, he needs a Bole who understands him, and this Bole is sitting on the Jazz bench at this time.

Gan Guoyang couldn't help but be a little glad to have met a coach like Ramsey who could appreciate him, although when he first came into contact with him, he thought this guy was an old man who didn't know how to change.

There was not much suspense in the whole game, although the Jazz relied on Dantley and Griffiths to support them, they couldn't withstand the strong firepower of the Trail Blazers and still lost.

Dantley scored 39 points on 14-of-19 shooting, still exposing the Trail Blazers' weakness in front-line defense; But Vanderwig also scored 30 points, and Gan Guoyang had 19 points, 18 rebounds and 4 assists, and his control of backcourt rebounds was surprisingly good.

The Trail Blazers defeated the Utah Jazz 130-119 to start the season with a good 7-3 record.

Gan Guoyang feels that his condition is getting better and better, and he has begun to slowly adapt to NBA life.

In the NBA's weekly selection in the first week of the season, Gan Guoyang was even nominated for his amazing performance against the Lakers.

After the game, Gan Guoyang took Stockton to a famous French restaurant in Portland to eat together, along with Mark Eaton.

Because Gan Guoyang is already a famous person in Portland, the restaurateur decided to give Gan Guoyang and his party a free of charge today.

It takes a lot of courage to give it to a few basketball players, especially giants like Eton and Gan Guoyang.

But despite the outcome of tonight's game, the boss is happy to offer Portland's new idols and today's losing challengers a free snack.

"I was so bad today, I only got one point." While eating, Stockton was still reminiscing about the evening's game.

He came off the bench for 14 minutes and only relied on free throws to score a point, although he also had four assists.

"You're doing a good job, don't worry about it all the time, John." Eaton next to him said as he stuffed food into his mouth.

Gan Guoyang also comforted him, Stockton's personality is just like his appearance, restrained and depressed, his drooping eyebrows and adducted lips make people feel that he is always sad.

"I don't know how long I can stay in this alliance." Stockton still hasn't come out of his inner self-doubt.

"20 years, I bet you're going to stay in that hellish place for another 20 years until you can't move." Gan Guoyang once again relied on the experience of later generations to predict.

Even Eaton didn't believe it, but Stockton was a little moved, because he remembered that Gan Guoyang had told him before that he would stay in Salt Lake City if he didn't do it well.

The three of them did not drink, and after a hearty meal in the restaurant, they went back to their lodgings to wait for the next meeting.

In the next four days, the Portland Trail Blazers traveled to Seattle to play another game against the SuperSonics, and Gan returned to the familiar Seattle Dome, where he scored the final shot to claim the NCAA championship.

To this day, he can still recall that day, when he hugged Wang Fuxi in the sea of people, accepting the feeling of cheering from all directions.

It's a great feeling.

It's just that this time in Seattle, he was the enemy of Seattle fans, and even so, he still received applause and cheers from the fans at the opening introduction.

However, Gan Guoyang did not show mercy to his subordinates, supersonic center Sikma was deserved 11 points by him, quite a cheap old feeling, and he himself scored 24 points and 14 rebounds, and shot a lethal quasi-kill, helping the Trail Blazers narrowly beat the SuperSonics 92-91 on the road.

Then the Trail Blazers returned to Portland to meet Portland's former hero, Bill Wharton, and his Los Angeles Clippers.

But Wharton is really no longer as brave as he used to be, and the Clippers are also mediocre, with 4 wins and 8 losses, which is obviously a weak team in the West.

The Trail Blazers did not miss the opportunity to win three in a row, beating the Clippers 118-105 to improve their record to 9-3 and already rank first in the West.

With 12 games of outstanding performance, Gan Guoyang firmly sat in the position of starting center and gradually adapted to the rhythm of NBA games.

Early the next morning after the game against the Clippers, Gan Guoyang still got up early as usual.

He usually eats the breakfast that Gan Youwei makes, and then runs to the training center to start the day's training.

Today, he brought his suitcase and dressed neatly, and Gan Youwei on the side was also packing his things.

"Dad, why don't you stay for a while?" Gan Guoyang said.

"No, it's just that you're going out to play this time, and I've been here long enough, it's time to go back to San Francisco. Your cousin has also called me a few times, and I blame them. I don't have much to do here, so I'd better go back and be a cook. Gan Youwei didn't stop cleaning up.

Gan Guoyang knew that according to his father's temper, if he wanted to leave, he would definitely not be able to stop him.

Gan Youwei said that Gan Guoyang would go back to San Francisco to continue cooking at the beginning of the season, but because Gan Guoyang played most of his previous games in Portland, even if he went to the away side, he would usually come back in three or four days.

But now, the Trail Blazers are finally embarking on a long road trip to the far East Coast to test the test of Eastern teams.

This time, I won't be able to return to Portland until December, so Gan Youwei thinks it's time to go to San Francisco.

"Then you have to be careful on the road, you have no problem with English, right?" Gan Guoyang instructed.

"I'm fine, but you, don't play too hard, be careful of getting hurt. I've heard that the Eastern team plays more brutally and likes to hit people, so you have to be careful! "Gan Youwei doesn't know where he heard about basketball.

Gan Guoyang didn't care, he told Gan Youwei not to worry, and then the two drove to Portland Airport in a car together.

Gan Guoyang's eastern journey is about to begin, and what awaits him will be a different kind of basketball.