In the opening game of the Trailblazer and the King, as soon as the second half began, Gan Guoyang used two performances on the defensive end, a dunk by Jīng Cai, and a hook score to sweep away the decline of the first half, allowing all the audience to see the strength of this star and the MOP of the NCAA Final Four. レレ

And three consecutive goals also allowed the Trail Blazers to widen the score gap from 7 points at the end of the first half to 13 points in just two minutes of the second half.

Kansas Kings coach Jack McNene had to call a timeout, so it wasn't that easy for the Kings to turn the score around.

"Fantastic job! I think you should play rugby! When he returned to the bench, Drexler came up and patted Gan Guoyang on the shoulder and said.

"I used to do 50-yard passes in school rugby." Gan Guoyang said with a smile.

Drexler also smiled, he thought Gan Guoyang was joking, but he didn't know that Gan Guoyang did make a cameo in a game as a quarterback to complete a 50-yard long pass.

"Gan, you didn't follow my assignment to complete your task, although you played well, I still like that you can play more in the high position, of course you can increase the inside cut appropriately, Valentine pay attention to the pass of the inside line. And we're going to keep picking up the pace! Ramsey is quite critical of Gan Guoyang's non-tactical play.

According to the arrangement of the midfield, Gan Guoyang still has to make a shaft at the top of the arc to open up space for the three guns on the outside line to break through and throw shè. At the same time, Sampson was ambushed on both sides of the three-second zone, ready to respond and pick up leaks.

In defense, it still adheres to the strategy of man-to-man, blocking and dismantling without changing defenses, which is the simplest and easiest way to defend, and the Trail Blazers just want to use offense to kill the king.

And Gan Guoyang is on defense, and the Kings block him to defend the opponent's small player, which is dangerous in Ramsay's opinion, because once Woodson passes the ball to the center, it is likely to be a misalignment.

In the attack, Gan Guoyang fell to a low position again, grabbed Sampson's position, and although he scored easily, he did not play according to the coach's routine.

"I can play fast as well, Captain." Gan Guoyang stood aside and said, he didn't sweat much.

"Hopefully, no matter what, I think the Kings must want to slow down the tempo, we can't let them brake, we have to speed up, Valentine and Van der Verick, watch the tempo of the attack. Drexler, you go defend Eddie Johnson and don't let him penetrate too deep easily. ”

Ramsey also noticed that it was not a good idea to put Van Dewig on Johnson, and that Van de Vercch also needed to focus more on attack.

"Gan, if you don't follow the tactics casually, I'll put you on the bench! I still hope you can do well. At the end of the timeout, Ramsey took Gan Guoyang aside before the players came on the pitch.

"Well, Captain, I have to sacrifice a little for the sake of victory." As long as he can stand on the court and play, Gan Guoyang doesn't have much opinion, so he said jokingly.

The game continued, and as Ramsey expected, the Kings wanted to lower the tempo and began to play more patiently to attack the position.

But the Kings don't have a strong point on the inside, they still rely on a few guns on the outside.

The Kings began to rely on Johnson and Woodson to repeatedly break through and break through to pull the Trail Blazers' defensive formation and look for space and opportunities to score.

Gan Guoyang was assigned to stay in the three-second zone to protect the interior and rebound, but the Kings didn't go inside at all.

Woodson passes the ball to Johnson, Johnson relies on a cover to break through the middle, Vanderwich follows Johnson, but Johnson splits the ball! Woodson received a pass at 45 degrees, a good shot, shot, and the ball went in. The Kings pulled two points back. ”

Tactics like splitting the ball after a breakthrough can be said to be as simple as blocking and dismantling on the basketball court, but it is the most common and effective way to open up space.

If a player doesn't have a breakaway, the pitcher won't have plenty of room to shoot.

Gan Guoyang had just scored the ball, and as soon as the ball fell from the Nets, the Trail Blazers immediately made free throws.

Vanderwig fed the ball to Valentin, who passed it to Sampson, and Drexler rushed forward at this point.

"This guy is a fucking fast." Gan Guoyang looked at Drexler's figure and sighed in his heart, and at the same time, he himself desperately rushed to the front.

By this time, the ball had already passed to Drexler, who had the ball on the right side of the court, but the Kings were quick to defend and two players had already stepped forward to attack.

Just when Drexler couldn't dribble and continued to break through, Gan Guoyang had already plugged in from the middle and raised his hand high.

Drexler quickly played the ball, and Gan Guoyang jumped up to catch the basketball in the air while pushing against the opposing player with his back.

After receiving the ball, Gan Guoyang made a layup, but this was just a feint and deceived the opponent's center.

Then Gan Guoyang dribbled the ball to the bottom of the basket, and the person came to the back of the basket.

But it didn't bother him, he pushed back, squeezed the oppressive opponent's inside line, and at the same time surprised with his left hand, a side hook, and the ball flew to the basket with a spin.

"Bang!" A wipe board, the ball bounced again on the basket and easily went into the net.

This ball showed Gan Guoyang's calm handling ability, delicate technique and flexible footwork, and it is no wonder that the commentators said the word "slik" after seeing the ball, which means that he is as smooth as silk.

In this way, the Kings' points continued to rise, but they couldn't suppress the Trail Blazers' scoring, not only could they not suppress it, but even had a tendency to collapse the defense.

Gan's outstanding performance at the start of the third quarter set the tone for the second half, after which the Kings were never able to close the score.

In the end, the Portland Trail Blazers got off to a good start by beating the Kansas Kings by 140-117, 23 points at home.

In this game, the Trail Blazers played the most sè Vanderwicki, who scored a high 47 points in his first game to the new team, especially in the first half, he set the tone for the whole game with his jīng color shooting and low post offense.

On the Kings' side, Eddie Johnson scored 30 points, and he and Vanderwich were inseparable in the first half, but in the second half, Johnson's performance against Xing's defense was discounted.

On the contrary, Van de Vergwig, who is not under defensive pressure, is on fire.

When the buzz of the match sounded, Gan Guoyang, who was sitting on the bench, stood up with other players to greet the crowd and then returned to the locker room.

In the second half of the third quarter, Gan Guoyang was substituted again, and he still spent the entire fourth quarter on the bench.

Although the fourth quarter has entered garbage time, Gan Guoyang still hates staying on the bench.

"I've not spent as much time on the bench as I have today. Stay a little longer, and I'll be able to hatch chicks under my ass! In the locker room, Gan Guoyang complained to Drexler while changing his clothes.

At this time, Coach Ramsey was being interviewed by the media, and Gan Guoyang complained so unscrupulously.

"It was the same in my first game in the NBa, when I was playing the Clippers and I only scored two points, and oh my god, I was wondering if I could play in the NBa." Drexler said with a smile.

Gan Guoyang scored 12 points on 5-of-5 shooting, plus 2 free throws, in the limited time of the second half, and he contributed 3 blocks, all of which were done in more than 6 minutes in the third quarter.

One can imagine what kind of terrible stats he would be able to achieve if he was allowed to play for 40 minutes.

"I'd rather be on the pitch and not be on the pitch and watch a bunch of guys running around in little shorts." Gan Guoyang has always been obsessed with wearing small shorts and vests in basketball games at that time, and he has always been thinking about when to take the lead in wearing longer sweatpants.

'Okay, get ready, it's time to go and interview the players, you're going to have to be asked a lot of questions. Remember, keep your mouth shut. Drexler reminded.

At that time, the NBA stipulated that players and coaches should be interviewed by the media before, after and after training to increase the team's exposure.

"Well, I wish I could pretend I didn't understand English, I'm a foreigner." Gan Guoyang has always hated media interviews, and in his opinion, some of the reporter's questions are really boring and idiotic to the extreme.

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"How did you feel about playing in the NBa for the first time, we know you missed the preseason because of some minor injuries."

"I think it's great, if the stadium was bigger and the number of players per team was a little bigger, like 11 people per team, I think it would be even better."

"Do you care about the performance of your NCAA Finals opponent, Olajuwon? Want to know how the Houston game went? ”

"No, I think Clyde should care more than I do, he loves Olajuwon more than me."

"Are you going to get more playing time in the next game? We can see that you are very efficient on the pitch, especially in the second half, but you don't seem to have a lot of time. ”

"I think Coach Ramsey is definitely looking to put me in a bigger game, and of course I'm not looking down on the Kings, but obviously they're not strong enough."

"Can you adapt to the pace of the NBa? The NBa and the NCAA seem very different. ”

"Yes, a lot of the time I feel like the NBa is more like a track and field game, and the events I participate in are mainly switchback runs and touch highs, and to be honest, I still prefer to throw the ball with both hands."

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"Oh my God, I can't believe it, you're answering reporters' questions like an old fritter." After the interview, Drexler and Gan Guoyang walked out of the court together, walking as they went.

"I just hope they don't add fuel to what I'm saying, and I can already imagine what some guys will get if they change my words." Gan Guoyang sighed, he was deeply touched by the ability of these media to tell right and wrong.

In an interview after the NCAA finals, a reporter asked Gan Guoyang how he thought of his skin.

At that time, Gan Guoyang said that he was proud of being a yellow person, and believed that yellow-skinned people could achieve the same achievements in various fields as white-skinned and black-skinned.

As a result, this very reasonable statement appeared in some newspapers as "Yellow skin rises in the sports world and threatens other races", which is associated with "Yellow Peril".

The key is that the weakness of the Chinese in the United States makes those media dare to make a fuss about skin, and if they are changed to black skin or Hispanics, such remarks will undoubtedly be labeled as "racist", which will cause another ** storm.

Gan Guoyang has become accustomed to this, and now whenever a reporter wants to set a public opinion trap for him, Gan Guoyang ignores it.

"Hey Clyde, Gan, do you want to hang out? We can go dancing, and I know there's a new dance hall in the city center. At this point, Vanderwig came over and invited the two to dance.

Disco was quite popular in the United States at the time, and these NBa players were very fond of going to the ballroom to relax after a game.

In Portland, entertainment was scarce, and Gan remembers very well that by 10 o'clock, most of the stores were closed.

"Gan, why don't we go together?" Drexler rarely turns down invitations from teammates.

"Oh no, I made an appointment with a friend and said we'd meet after the game." Gan Guoyang politely declined his teammate's invitation.

Twenty minutes later, in an Italian restaurant in Portland, two tall men stood out unusually well.

"Try the noodles here, and to be honest, the noodles are better than some Chinese restaurants, but they can't compare to those in San Francisco."

"Thanks, I thought about contacting you before I came to Portland, but I couldn't find your number."

"Oh, I got a new phone, I'll write the number to you; I didn't pay attention to the opponent's roster before the game and forgot about you. I didn't remember until you played, Otis that you were on the Kings. ”

These two men are the opponents of today's game, Gan Guoyang of the Trail Blazers and Otis Thorpe of the Kings' No. 33 power forward.

The two met in the summer draft, and when they were sitting on the sidelines waiting for Stern to report the draft name, it was Otis Thorpe sitting next to Gan Guoyang.

Thorpe, who was drafted by the Kansas Kings in the first round at No. 9, attended Providence University in college and was also the team's number one star.

Providence University is located in the strong Big-east, so it is always difficult to make it to the national races.

At that time, Providence's strongest rival was Georgetown University, where Patrick Ewing was located.

Gan Guoyang and Thorpe also talked about Ewing, and the two chatted happily as Ewing's opponents, and soon became good friends.

And in tonight's game, Thorpe's performance was quite sè, he made his debut as a rookie, scored a good score of 21 points, and faced the old champion Sampson, repeatedly hit the basket.

It wasn't until Gan Guoyang came on the court that Thorpe's vitality on the inside line was curbed.

However, the confrontation on the field did not affect the friendship between the two off the field, and during the game, Gan Guoyang said that he would invite Thorpe to have a meal and chat after the game.

Gan Guoyang knows Thorpe because later generations watched the 1994 Finals and knew that he was the most reliable interior helper around Olajuwon, and in 1995 he was traded to the Trail Blazers for Drexler.

It can be said that he will have a strong relationship with the pioneers, but after the arrival of Gan Guoyang, it is likely that everything will change.

"We're going back to Kansas tomorrow, do you know who we're going to play against?" Thorpe asked suddenly.

"Huh? I don't know. "Gan Guoyang has not liked to look at the schedule since high school.

"Chicago Bulls."