In the days without the internet, many Americans grabbed a newspaper from their inbox at the door early in the morning, read it and drank milk and ate bread, and the day began.

When it comes to the lunch break and the evening home, people have a newspaper in their hands, which is an important means for modern people to absorb information.

For Portlanders, The Oregonian, The Portland News, and The Portland Chronicle are all important newspapers with large circulation and complete information, and they are also the newspapers that every household subscribes to the most.

But on Nov. 8, one of Portland's street newsstands sold out, making it the city's most-circulated newspaper of the day — the little-known Portland Country Music Newspaper.

Oddly enough, this is a music newspaper, and it's niche country music, and it has a small but steady circulation in the Portland area, and it has a regular readership.

But in the November 8 issue of the Portland Country Music Newspaper, the headline was not about the western country music scene, but a full-page interview with Gan Guoyang to explain that Gan Guoyang was arrested by Portland police on November 4 and then released.

No one expected that Gan Guoyang would choose such a small newspaper that has nothing to do with sports as a window to explain the truth of the arrest to the outside world, which also led to the "Portland Country Music Newspaper" being in short supply in Portland, and the printing house reprinted several times to supply the newspaper to the market.

In the interview, Gan Guoyang gave a more detailed explanation of the misunderstanding, indicating that the case was related to the "Jiangnan case", but his arrest was purely a misunderstanding, and at the same time clarified the previous rumors that Gan Guoyang was involved in the underworld and drug dealers, but he did not mention that Colte bought drugs and was stopped by him as the reason for all the misunderstandings, and he did not want Colte to be affected too much.

After the interview was published in the newspaper, Gan Guoyang's refutation of the rumors was quickly confirmed by the Portland police, because the "Jiangnan case" was not a confidential case in the United States, and it also caused a great sensation at the time, but due to the relatively long time, the popularity has decreased a lot.

At this time, the arrest of one of the main culprits in the Jiangnan case in Portland also triggered renewed media and public attention to the case, and Gan Guoyang was the fuse of it.

Now the fuse is to successfully get out of the storm circle of public opinion, and an important reason why he chose "Portland Country Music" is that he relied on this unpopular small newspaper to report the facts, and at the same time did not attract too much attention, and even led the "troubled water" to the east, and let the big media go to the police station or the FBI to ask for clarification.

At the same time, the reporter Gan Guoyang chose this time is also very special, a Chinese reporter who works in the Country Music Newspaper - Wu Zhiwen, he has never reported on sports or social news before, and mainly writes some gossip in the entertainment industry.

Wu Zhiwen also has another identity, that is, a die-hard fan of Portland Trailblazer and Gan Guoyang, because of this, the reporter of this music tabloid will have the attitude of giving it a try and hand over a business card to Gan Guoyang, thinking if he can help the idol.

Unexpectedly, Gan Guoyang actually contacted him, and soon made a simple interview, when Wu Zhiwen took the interview manuscript to the newspaper president, the president couldn't believe it.

But the president immediately opened up a large column for the interview, so as to build the popularity of the Portland Country Music Newspaper, although it is difficult for the newspaper to have the opportunity to do such a report in the future.

Gan Guoyang, who has completed an important task, can finally return to the basketball game, and on November 8, the Portland Trail Blazers will face the Seattle SuperSonics at home.

The SuperSonics haven't changed much from last season, with Jack Sikma still in the Emerald Green team, the last player left on the 1979 championship SuperSonics team, when he was still a sophomore rookie.

On the other hand, the superSonics' young players have started to grow rapidly, and Tom Chambers has become a reliable interior scorer after three seasons of experience, but his defensive and rebounding abilities are still worrisome.

The SuperSonics' biggest surprise should be their small forward with the fourth pick in the first round in the draft this year, Xavier "X-Man" McDaniel.

The rookie has been almost seamless with the NBA game, and he's quickly adapted to faster, stronger matchups, new game times, game rules, and a few more comprehensive stats in his first few games.

In the first game against Dallas, he scored 16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals, which can be described as amazing.

In the last two games, against the New York Knicks and Warriors, he scored 21 points, 14 rebounds and 25 points and 9 rebounds respectively, which is not at all like the performance of an ordinary rookie, which is enough to prove that this is a young man full of talent.

It's just that the superSonics are still weak, and after six games in the opening season, they have only a 2-4 record, winning two games against teams in the east and losing all four games against teams in the west.

Last season against the Trail Blazers, the SuperSonics only won one game, and in that game, Sikma broke out in full swing and completely restrained Gan Guoyang on the inside, and the SuperSonics were able to win.

The season has just begun, and when everyone is running-in, morale, and condition, the Trail Blazers, who have stronger individual ability, naturally have the advantage, and they also have the advantage of home court.

In the first quarter of the game, the Trail Blazers used a 33:14 supersonic to find the north, Vanderwich faced rookie McDaniel, and taught McDaniel a good lesson with rich offensive skills, he scored 11 points in a single quarter, and McDaniel was almost beaten to tears.

In the second quarter, the supersonic began a crazy counterattack, but the Trail Blazers fell into a trough in the offense, and everyone's hand felt to the freezing point, but at this time, Gan Guoyang began to exert his strength on the defensive end, and he sent four supersonic hot pots in a row, so that the supersonic players no longer dared to hit the basket easily.

So, the second quarter turned into a tiebreaker, with the Trail Blazers scoring a measly 15 points, while the SuperSonics scored only 20 points, and the Trail Blazers still maintained a 14-point lead at halftime.

In the third and fourth quarters, the Trail Blazers, who had regained their touch, were able to continue scoring goals on the offensive end, and Gan Guoyang also relaxed his defense against the Supersonics, and the two sides entered a see-saw period.

Among them, Gan Guoyang still sent two blocks in the third quarter, and he gave a total of 8 big caps to the supersonic in the whole game, and every time the supersonic player shoots, he will be a little soft when he sees Gan Guoyang stepping forward.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, the game finally lost its suspense, and the Trail Blazers finally defeated the visiting Seattle SuperSonics by 96-84, 12 points at home, maintaining their unbeaten home record and changing their record to 7-1.

After the game, Gan Guoyang, who scored 22 points, 15 rebounds, and 8 blocks, was interviewed by the media, and there were finally fewer questions about the arrest, and reporters also focused on basketball, which is exactly what Gan Guoyang is happy to see.

The next few days were very quiet, and even the game was a little uneventful, because the Trail Blazers' schedule was really a little too easy to start the season.

In the first nine games, their opponents were the Suns, Warriors, Clippers, Jazz, Knicks, Rockets, Mavericks, SuperSonics, Cavaliers and Kings.

Except for the Rockets, who are a strong team that needs to be tough, and the Trail Blazers have also lost games, some other opponents are really relatively weak.

And the Trail Blazers mostly play at home, and on November 10 they host the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The "Millennium's Bad Team" didn't seem to be immediately showing signs of recovery after getting rid of their hapless boss, Steppine, and they made another stupid trade in the '85 draft, which was a fairly good quality.

The Cavaliers drafted power forward Charles Oakley from the University of Virginia with the ninth pick, and they traded the solid blue-collar power forward to the Chicago Bulls in the same division in exchange for rookies Gise Lee and Ennis Wheatley.

Oakley will be one of the best blue-collar power forwards in the league in the future, while Lee will have nothing to accomplish and Wheatley will also be just a vagabond player who wanders from team to team.

The Cavaliers naturally add to their poor trade record, and the team, led by young George Carr, certainly couldn't break down the Trail Blazers' solid home court, but it did cause some problems for the Trail Blazers.

Throughout the game, the Cavaliers players played very well, and the number one star Fury scored 30 points, and they kept the score tight until the end.

At the critical moment, Gan Guoyang made a key defensive steal against Fury, and Drexler scored a fast-break layup to stabilize the situation and keep the victory until the end.

The Trail Blazers then picked out the Kansas Kings, a team that had just moved this season, at home, and should now call them the Sacramento Kings.

After this battle, the Trail Blazers' record has become 8-1, ranking first in the West, and they are tied for first place, of course, the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers.

The atmosphere of the Trail Blazers has calmed down with the continuous wins, and all the previous undercurrents have been overshadowed by the joy of victory for the time being, Ramsey has no signs of leaving, and Inman has not mentioned a trade or contract extension again, and everything looks good.

And the next game of the Trail Blazers is to challenge the Los Angeles Lakers away.

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