On February 18, 1971, the Portland Trail Blazers faced the Los Angeles Lakers at the home memorial stadium, and it was a game with no suspense, and the Trail Blazers, a new team in the league, faced the Lakers with Chamberlain and West, and lost without suspense.

However, this ordinary game left a slogan for the Trailblazers, "Rip-City".

At the time, the Trail Blazers' No. 2 scorer, Jim Barnett, threw a shocking long-range shot in the game, shooting so far and shooting so high.

It was a terrible shot selection, and it was a terrible game for the Trail Blazers, but Barnett hit this super long shot!

In the moment when the basketball hollowed into the net, the team's commentator Sean Lee felt that the team had hope of beating the mighty Lakers, and he was so excited that he chanted "RipCity!" Attaboy! ”

Of course, the Trail Blazers still lost the game, and Shaunley couldn't tell after the game how he remembered the slogan at the time and what it meant.

But for some reason, the phrase has survived and has become synonymous with Trail Blazers basketball ever since.

On the airs of S. Shaunley's later games, whenever the Trail Blazers hit an exciting good ball or hit a key shot, he would raise his arms and chant "RipCity!"

Today, RipCity is the symbol and synonym of Portland's only major local professional sports league team, almost as famous as the city's previous nickname, The Rose City.

In this game, Gan Guoyang's opening steal and dunk instantly detonated the Memorial Gymnasium, and the slogan of "Rip-City" resounded throughout the court.

After Gan Guoyang scored the goal, he ran to Aquili's side and said, "You-are-Welcome! (No thanks!) ）”

Aquili is not a player to mess with, his best friend in the league is Isiah Thomas, the two were rookies in the same year in 1981, Aquili is the top pick, and Thomas is the leader.

Like Thomas, Aquili was quick to respond to the provocation of his opponents, quickly moving low on the left side, and Davies dribbled across the half court and passed the ball into Aquili's hands.

It wasn't small forward Van de Veric who defended Aquili, but big forward Kenny Carr.

Like his contemporaries Dantley and Worthy, Aquili also has outstanding low-post singles skills, and even though he is only about 6-foot-4 tall, his muscular physique can always fight for him enough space to shoot.

Sure enough, Aquili received the pass steadily in the low post, twisted his buttocks, and turned over to the inside and made a direct jump shot!

"Huh!" Ball hollow into the basket!

Although Kenny Karl has an absolute advantage in height and arm span, Aquili won quickly, and Aquili is very solid, and he shoots calmly, and the ball can naturally hit, 2:2.

“Run-Run-Run！” As soon as Aquili scored, Ramsey began to urge his players to run quickly, and Drexler, who was in possession of the ball, also ran wildly with the ball.

Since Drexler became the starter, he and Valentin have tended to take turns possessing the ball, much like the Celtics.

Drexler is fast and impactful, and he often plays quick counter-attacks when he controls the ball.

"Drexler, straight into the three-second zone with the ball for a layup! The ball didn't score...... Sweet to make up for it! Ball in! Foul, caused Bryant's foul! ”

Gan Guoyang's slam dunk again! This time it comes with a frontcourt rebound!

Before the game, Ramsey demanded that he must play with impact, increase his breakthroughs, and at the same time not give up the rush for rebounds in the front court.

For Drexler, breaking through in positional battles is his weakness, and he is not skilled in changing direction and dribbling at low speeds, but he is extremely fast on his straight dribbles and is almost unstoppable.

As soon as he sprinted to the Mavericks' three-second zone, three Mavericks players came up to stop Drexler from scoring easily inside.

Drexler's layup was interfered with by the opponent and couldn't put it in, but the Mavericks also missed Gan Guoyang, who jumped up and grabbed the ball in the air with one hand and stuffed the ball into the basket!

Bryant nudged Gan Guoyang in vain and was whistled for a foul.

"With two consecutive dunks, Gan looks full of fighting spirit! Let's see his free throws...... Hit, 5:2, the Trail Blazers lead by 3 points. ”

"Keep-Move, Keep-Move! Gan Guoyang shouted back on the defensive end, he was on the defensive line of the Trail Blazers, and they used tight man-to-man defense in the opening game.

The Mavericks are a team that relies heavily on outside offense, and their two major scoring points are Aquillie and Blackman, and the last game was played by the Mavericks backcourt because Paxson couldn't keep up with Blackman.

The Mavericks didn't have much of a chance after a few passes, and the Trail Blazers' defense was unusually tight and added a lot of physical contact, which was completely different from the defense of the previous game.

Seeing that he couldn't open it, Aquili made a cross with Perkins, and suddenly stuck deep in the low post on the right, and Davis stuffed the ball in again.

This time, Kenny Karl resisted Aquili like a sumo wrestler and tried to upset Aquili's balance, and as soon as Aquili turned around after receiving the ball, his face almost touched Karl's chest.

But Aquili threw the ball out after shaking and adjusting a few times.

The ball drew a high arc, and Gan Guoyang, who came to make up for the defense behind Karl, jumped up and wanted to cover the ball, but the basketball still crossed Gan Guoyang's fingertips and flew to the basket.

"Huh!" The ball is in again! Like Gan Guoyang, Aquili also scored two goals in a row!

“Dame！ (Damn!) Gan Guoyang took the ball and slapped it hard.

In the last game, Aquili and Gan Guoyang were both defended with special treatment, and this time, Ramsey decided not to trap Aquili, so Aquili won two singles.

And the Mavericks don't seem to have changed their defensive strategy against Gan Guoyang, when Gan Guoyang comes to the offense to ask for the ball in the low post, the Mavericks' outside defenders are ready to move, once Gan Guoyang receives the ball, they will definitely come forward to wrap up.

But Gan Guoyang was still very resolute in reaching out for the ball, and Valentin also hoisted the ball to Gan Guoyang, as soon as Gan Guoyang got the ball, Davis, who was defending Valentin, immediately came forward to harass the bag.

Gan Guoyang did not hesitate, threw the ball back to Valentin with one hand, Valentin took a step inside with the ball, came to the three-point line to make a gesture, and Davis came back to make up for the defense.

But Valentin didn't shoot, but passed the ball to Gan Guoyang, who was stuck deeper, and after the ball was scored and played, it was stuffed inside.

This time Gan Guoyang will not pass the ball again, Bryant, who was defending him, has been squeezed by Gan Guoyang and lost his defensive position, Gan Guoyang received the ball and turned around quickly to throw Bryant away!

Mavericks' basket is unguarded! At the same time, I don't dare to make up for the defense, because at this time, going up to make up for the defense will only give away points.

"Bang!" Another one-handed split! The entire basket was bent and let out a groan of pain, Gan Guoyang's third dunk!

“Good-move！ (Pretty footsteps!) Gan had scored seven straight points in the opening game, and he only scored eight points in the last game, and Gan undoubtedly had a raging fire burning in his heart, and he was venting his anger with a dunk. ”

However, Gan Guoyang's heart was not angry, he was unusually calm, and at the same time his energy was highly concentrated, and nothing outside the game could interfere with him.

So Gan Guoyang didn't notice that Wang Fuxi was sitting in a seat near the bench, cheering for Gan Guoyang's goal with the surrounding audience!

Gan Guoyang's continuous dunks after the opening made the temperature of the Memorial Stadium quickly heat up, and the loss of the previous game did not disappoint the fans too much, and they still poured into the arena to cheer for the Trailblazers.

'The enthusiasm of the fans was a lot of pressure on me and I sat in this position and I could feel the loud noise coming from the back and it didn't stop from the first goal...... Oh! Gan, cover Blackman's layup! He pinned the ball to the rebound! ”

Aquili was no longer able to attack in the low post this time around, as Gan began to expand his defense to the outside, blocking the Mavericks' inward passing.

As a result, there was an emptiness on the Trail Blazers' interior line, and Blackman, who was in a big swing in the last game, seized the opportunity to storm inward and attack the basket directly.

But he bumped into the hands of Gan Guoyang, who was in good shape, and in yesterday's pre-game preparations, the whole team carefully studied the Mavericks' offense.

The Mavericks have two strong outside singles, Blackman and Aquali, both of whom are proficient in jump shots, Aquali is more powerful in the low post, and Blackman is sharper in his breakouts.

How to limit the two to the greatest extent has become a key factor in whether the Trail Blazers can suppress the Mavericks.

Gan Guoyang's pegboard block undoubtedly announced to the Mavericks' players: "The Trail Blazers' penalty area is not so easy to enter!" ”

However, Gan's performance didn't end there, he took the rebound and observed, he had already seen Drexler rushing to the frontcourt!

"Gan's long pass! Cross-domain full-court, came to Drexler's hands, Drexler fast attack, glider take-off, dunk! The ball is in! Unstoppable! Unstoppable! ”

Drexler's quick counter-attack can make all opponents desperate, once he lowers his head and starts to rush to the opponent's half, then the opponent should lose points, and the fans see it, and the fans know that the "glider" is about to take off!

“Well-done！ (Well done!) Gan Guoyang stepped forward and Drexler high-fived hard, and the cooperation of the two young players gave people hope for the future of Portland.

"Beep!" The head coach of the Mavericks immediately called a timeout, and although the margin was only five points, the Trail Blazers were too strong and had to take a timeout to adjust.

"Gan, 7 points, a block, a rebound, an assist! Now the game is only 3 minutes, three minutes! ”