The double win over the Celtics brought the Trail Blazers' morale to the peak of the season, and fans throughout Portland were full of confidence, and the Portland sports media thought it would be the best time for the Trail Blazers to compete for a championship since 1977.

Many within the Portland Trail Blazers think so, and their owner, Weinberg, confessed in a post-game interview that the Trail Blazers' goal this season is a championship.

Although no matter what the team, the goal of the season will be set as the championship on the basic table, but in the same words, which people are talking about it and which ones are really thinking so, the discerning person can still see it.

The entire West, since the Lakers drafted the Magic in 1979 and won Worthy in 1982, basically entered the reign of the Purple and Gold Dynasty, and other teams did not pose much threat to the Lakers at all.

As long as the Lakers don't mess with themselves — like the 1981 Magic-head coach who fell out with the head coach and led to the team's first-round elimination, the Lakers rarely face resistance in the Western Conference playoffs, and their opponents tend to surrender early and then wait for the last team to survive in the Finals — starting with the 76ers and now the Celtics.

From 1980 to 1985, the Lakers' five Finals journeys, the toughest round in the West was only in 1983, when they defeated the San Antonio Spurs 4-2 in the Western Conference Finals, and Worthy missed the playoffs due to injury that year, which caused the Lakers to be weakened, and the combination of Spurs Gil Moore and Gervin caused a lot of trouble for the Lakers.

In addition, it will be found that in the playoffs in the West, the Lakers have never played a tie-break with their opponents in one round, and all of them have solved problems within six games, which is enough to show that they are crushing in overall strength.

Even if Gan Guoyang came to this time and space, last season's Western Conference finals were easily taken away by the Lakers 4:1, and the Lakers in the regular season and playoffs are basically two heavyweights.

This season, the Portlanders are finally confident that they will compete with the Lakers, and they are ready to overturn the Lakers' rule this season and start a new era in the West.

And whether all this can be achieved, it is still too early, at least in the Trail Blazers, there are two people who are still very calm, one is Ramsey, he has confirmed that this season will be his last season with the Trail Blazers, so his desire to win the championship is also unprecedentedly strong, but he still thinks that the Trail Blazers are still difficult to compare with the Lakers, even if the Lakers are not particularly good this season, but they still retain a strong dominance.

"The Lakers' balance and comprehensiveness are difficult for the current Trail Blazers to achieve, and we may not be inferior to the Lakers in one or two aspects, but overall, only the Celtics are qualified to compete with the Lakers in the whole league." That's what Ramsey said to the media after the double win over Celtic.

Some people may think that this is the coach's humble words, but this is Ramsey's true heart, the road to the championship is far more difficult than the average person seems, even if the Magic won the Finals MVP in his rookie season is as incredible as that, but before Abdul-Jabbar and the Lakers have also experienced countless difficulties and setbacks.

Another person who remains calm is Gan Guoyang, who has seen a lot of the process of winning the championship of various teams in later generations, and knows how difficult it is for a team to grow from scratch and grow a little until it wins the championship.

Maybe some teams can reach the sky in one step, such as the Celtics in 2008, but that championship is a condensation of more than ten years of Celtic's history of blood and tears and the sadness of the two superstars who have not won a championship for many years, which can be explained by a simple huddle.

And Gan Guoyang still clearly remembers that in the prophecy of blind Chris, the champion of this season will be the Houston Rockets, and Gan Guoyang can't imagine why if he dies, the Houston Rockets will win the championship.

Anyway, this season's Rockets are bound to achieve something, which Gan Guoyang can be sure of, they will definitely cause big trouble on the way forward for the Trail Blazers, and it is not impossible to even kick the Trail Blazers away.

In this situation of external optimism, internal morale, and calm thinking, the Trail Blazers' season began to come to an end.

The end of February is the final leg of the Trail Blazers' schedule for most of the Devils, and the last darkness before dawn, as they travel to the Mideast to begin their road trip.

The first opponent is the Atlanta Hawks, and the good news for the Trail Blazers is that Dominic Wilkins missed this game due to injury, which has greatly reduced the pressure on the Trail Blazers' forward defense; The bad news is that Gan Guoyang, who just got a triple-double in the last game, also missed the game because of a cold, and the Eagles' short-armed eagle Willis finally didn't have to be abused by Gan Guoyang on the court.

The absence of the two stars on both sides undoubtedly made the excitement of the game greatly reduced, and at the same time, the suspense of the game also increased, Ramsey responded by not letting Jones start instead of Gan Guoyang, but letting Jerome Cauchy play small forward and Vanderwich play power forward.

At the same time, Valentin on the back line still did not return, Ramsey did not let Colt continue to start, he began to experiment with the effect of Terry Porter's start, after all, Potter has a more obvious body advantage and better talent than Colt.

So the game was a complete head-to-head battle, with the Trail Blazers making the most of their small lineup and desperately launching quick counterattacks, for which they also dropped a lot of frontcourt rebounds.

The Hawks played mediocre in comparison, playing at all points, and the two sides were at a stalemate until the end, when the Trail Blazers relied on an 11-0 offensive shockwave to completely establish an advantage and win the game.

However, the Trail Blazers were not so lucky in the next game, Gan Guoyang had the flu, although he insisted on playing the game, but Ramsey still put him on the injury watch list, and there was no need to risk it at this time.

So on February 19, the Trail Blazers arrived in Philadelphia and challenged the Philadelphia 76ers at Spectrum Arena.

In this game, Ramsey didn't dare to put Mitchell Sampson in the center position anymore and let Vanderwig play power forward, and in the face of the interior combination of Moses Malone and Charles Barkley, he obediently pushed the veteran Jones to the starting center position.

It's a pity that this didn't have much impact on the outcome of the game, the Trail Blazers played quite well on the offensive end, and the tactics were clear-sighted, but without Gan Guoyang on the defensive end, they found that the pillars of the entire defensive system were suddenly withdrawn, and the system collapsed.

The two big men on the inside, with a combined score of 69 points and 27 rebounds, including 26 of 32 free throws, were completely helpless for the Trail Blazers.

To add insult to injury, veteran Bob McAdoo, who recently joined the 76ers, also ate dumplings on the head of the Trail Blazers, coming off the bench to score 20 points and 6 rebounds, and scoring 89 points in a combination of three interior lines.

The final score was a terrible 151-137, and the 76ers' 151 points also set a single-game scoring record this season, or a scoring record without overtime.

After the Trail Blazers double-killed the Celtics, they were killed by the 76ers' season double, which made Gan Guoyang furious, but unfortunately the Trail Blazers have no chance to compete with the 76ers again this season, unless the two sides can meet in the Finals.

After the big defeat, Gan Guoyang came back to the firing line, and the entire Trail Blazers also regained their spirits, returning all the abuse they received when playing against the 76ers to the opponent behind them, the Chicago Bulls without Jordan.

Since Jordan's season was reimbursed, the Bulls have not given up on themselves, on the contrary, the remaining players have played well under the leadership of coach Albeck, and several talented young players have grown very quickly.

Like Woolridge, who also participated in last year's slam dunk contest, he filled the scoring hole after losing Jordan in the backcourt, averaging 20 points per game, reaching the peak of five seasons.

Charles Oakley also became the starting power forward of the Bulls, began to show his talent for defense and rebounding, and will definitely be an excellent blue-collar power forward in the future.

In this game, he was beaten by Gan Guoyang as a six-foul exit, only 10 points and 7 rebounds, while Gan Guoyang used 34 points and 22 rebounds to steal a victory on the Bulls' home court.

Michael Jordan, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the game after the game, also stepped forward to say to Gan Guoyang that he should be careful next time, but Gan Guoyang said that he was waiting for the empty seat.

Of course, Gan Guoyang doesn't know what kind of retaliatory outburst Jordan will have next time he faces the Trail Blazers. (PS: On January 8, 1987, Michael Jordan scored 53 points at home against the Trail Blazers.) ）

And that's not all, Gan Guoyang, who won a win over the head of the Bulls, was not satisfied at all, and the Trail Blazers came to Detroit from Chicago for the last back-to-back in February.

It's been nearly a year since Gan Guoyang was banned for punching Ranbier here for the last time, and Gan Guoyang's dislike for the Pistons and Ranbier hasn't diminished in the slightest.

Although on the surface it may not seem like Ranbier and the Pistons are as rough as the legend suggests, until this season, the Pistons were an offense-oriented team.

But players who have played with the Pistons know that they should always be careful of Ranbier on the inside, as well as the small actions of power forward Rick Malone, who has just arrived with the Pistons.

The players play in the league and communicate privately, there will be transfers between teams, and the players' style of play will evaluate each other, like Jordan, Gan Guoyang, Bird, etc., the style is very good, the play is clean but not weak (in comparison, the mouth is particularly unclean), like Stockton, some people have begun to realize that this guy has more small actions to play, but after all, Stockton is not famous enough now.

And Ranbier and Ma Hong are "above board", with a look of "Lao Tzu is a lot of small actions, and I don't accept you to beat me", in order to provoke the opponent, Gan Guoyang in the rookie period was like this.

A year of growth has made Gan Guoyang's psychological quality a lot calmer, but the piston is also a lot stronger, coupled with back-to-back physical problems, it is destined to be a tough battle.