At noon on March 18 at the Jewish Community Center training hall in Portland, Drexler was warming up his bike in the gym while he held a newspaper in his hand and read an interview with Gan Guoyang, who was concentrating on bench pressing.

On the 17th, the Trail Blazers and Hawks played their second game, this time at the home of the Trail Blazers, and Gan Guoyang continued to be limited by Ramsey because he did not get three assists in the last game against Kansas.

Since this is a home game, although the Trail Blazers easily defeated the Hawks 115-100, Gan Guoyang was questioned by more media after the game, and they all wanted to confirm whether Gan Guoyang's limited playing time was because he had a conflict with Ramsey, because Gan Guoyang performed well in the limited time on the court and did not look like he was injured.

Gan Guoyang insisted that there was no contradiction between him and Ramsey, and he also supported Ramsey at the press conference, believing that Ramsey was an important reason why the Trailblazers could have their current achievements. His beautiful official rhetoric also made those reporters who wanted to find "fierce information" go home in disappointment.

"Look, look, what you say is really righteous words, I don't think you should sweat and play basketball in Portland every day, but you should go to the Chinese Embassy in Washington to be the ambassador of your country, and deal with the people in the White House every day, so that a clean and decent job is really suitable for you. You say no, Gan. Drexler couldn't help but shake his head and joke when he saw what Gan Guoyang said yesterday.

"You don't understand Clyde, Gan can say that, it means that he is a mature guy now, he knows how to deal with those with bad intentions, this is what a man should be, isn't Clyde." It was Trail Blazers trainer Ron Culp who was assisting Gan with his bench press.

Culp was surprised that Gan Guoyang could say such things in the media, because he had the impression that stars were often arrogant, especially young stars, who were proud of their talents, including Gan and Drexler, often with an attitude that bordered on conceit.

Culp still remembers that the former king of the Trail Blazers, Bill Wharton, finally sued himself in court because of his injury, along with the Trail Blazers' team doctor Cook, before that, Culp and Wharton were very good friends in life, and now they are strangers.

When Gan Guoyang first came to the Trail Blazers, Culp also heard that Gan Guoyang asked the Trail Blazers to change team doctors, which was the same as Sampson back then, and finally Gan Guoyang hired his own personal doctor.

This time, Coach Ramsey had a conflict because of the playing time and Gan Guoyang, and Culp was worried that the conflict between the two would be intensified by some media fanning the flames.

He didn't expect that Gan Guoyang had resolved the media's difficulties well and stood on the same line with Ramsay in public, which had to be said to be a sign of Gan Guoyang's maturity.

"Do you want to add more weight? I think your upper body exercises should be about the same, and you should continue to strengthen your hips and thighs, which are much more important than your arms. Culp reminded him when he saw Gan Guoyang signaling to continue adding weight.

"Oh my god, Gan, how the fuck can you push 330 pounds? Do you want to add more? Drexler watched Gan Guoyang start with the three-hundred-pound practice and add to the three-hundred-three, and he began to be a little stunned.

Prior to Gan's arrival, the team's bench press power king was backup center Norris, a stout player who could push a 310-pound barbell.

But Gan Guoyang's entry into the team quickly broke this team record, Gan Guoyang, who didn't look particularly strong, raised the number of this record to 330 pounds, and today Gan Guoyang seems to continue to raise this weight.

"It's okay, add up to 350 pounds, it shouldn't be a problem for me." Gan confidently asked Culp to add another 20 pounds. 350 pounds, which is roughly equivalent to 160 kilograms.

"Gan, too much power is not a good thing, you should also know that it will affect your feel." Culp continued, of course, there is another reason that he is also afraid of Gan Guoyang's injury.

"Thank you Culp, I'll work on my leg strength, but you know, I'm going to visit with the Detroit people tomorrow, so how can I not work on my biceps and treat them well."

Listening to Gan Guoyang's words, Culp was stunned for a moment, and he turned around to think of the little grudge between Gan Guoyang and Ranbier.

"Unwillingly, I just said that you have matured, why have you become like a child and have to fight with people like Ranbier. It's amazing that this nasty guy actually made it to the All-Star Game this year, and we didn't make it to Clyde, and you see how beautiful Clyde's dunk is, and that guy only shoots threes on the outside. As the person who escorted Gan Guoyang back to the locker room that day, Culp didn't have a good impression of Ranbir.

'He's a good player and that's why I'm fighting him, and if he's just a thug who sits at the end of the bench and comes up just foul and finds fault, I don't bother to pay attention to him, but I think he's great. Unexpectedly, Gan Guoyang was saying good things for Ranbir.

In fact, after that game, Gan Guoyang paid attention to the player Rambir, and he found that Ranbir's early experience was completely different from his, showing in the low post, the team did not sign with him, went overseas to pan for gold, returned to the NBA, continued to be taken seriously, and then was traded, and began to shine in a new place.

Gan Guoyang can feel that there must be something outstanding in this player who is handsome on the outside but bad on the inside, which is also one of the factors that motivate Gan Guoyang to "hate" him and then motivate himself.

"Well, whatever you think, you're going to teach him a good lesson in tomorrow's game anyway! Let me give you a 350-pound barbell! ”

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On March 19, the Detroit Pistons visited Portland.

More than three months have passed since Gan Guoyang was banned from Detroit for punching Ranbier, but Gan Guoyang's anger at Ranbir does not seem to have completely subsided, and the anger of Portland fans has not subsided.

In the eyes of Portland fans, although Gan Guoyang made the first move, it must be Ranbier, a bad boy, who provoked the first, and the final punishment result was that Gan Guoyang was banned for three games, while Ranbir was only banned for one game.

Therefore, on the day of the game, Ranbir was greeted at the Memorial Stadium with boos that resounded through the dome.

However, Ranbir has always been a cheeky guy who takes scolding as praise and boos as cheers, and this little meaning is just a little drizzle for the "elephant", and it can't hurt him at all.

"Hey Bill, you know what, I worked hard to get three assists for you." Before the start of the game, Gan Guoyang stood on the court and said with a smile to Ranbier that in the last game against the Hawks, because he knew that he was going to play Detroit next, he seized all the playing time to pass the ball and swiped three assists before he was satisfied with the game.

Ranbier also grinned when he heard Gan Guoyang's words, his smile didn't seem to be fake at all: "Don't dislike me, the more you dislike me, the more bad the game, the happier I am." ”

Although Ranbir was laughing, what he said was not funny at all, and his words actually said his way of survival, "Let the opponent hate him, and then there is no way to play calmly, and finally play abnormally, and then Ranbier and the Pistons won." ”

"No, it's an honor to be disgusted by me, because it means you can be in the highlights regularly." Gan Guoyang didn't get into a senseless argument with Ranbill, his trash talk just wanted to convey a meaning to Ranbill, "I'm just going to blow you up." ”

As soon as the two exchanged feelings, the referee signaled the two to go to the middle circle to fight for the ball, and the game was about to start.

For Ranbier, a guy with basically zero bounce, he just went through the motions of jumping the ball, Gan Guoyang easily dialed the basketball, and the Trail Blazers gained the right to attack.

In this game, Jim Paxson was once again injured and had to be suspended again after his last two comebacks from a foot injury that he still did not fully recover.

At the same time, the main point guard Valentin also continued to hang the exemption card.

However, Drexler's performance in recent games has begun to make Portlanders forget about Paxson, except for two games with a triple-double, Drexler has a 20+5+5 excellent performance in each game after starting, and his defensive intensity is not comparable to Paxson, and his strong ability to fast break has also injected great vitality into the Trail Blazers' offense.

In the first shot of the opening game, Drexler, who basically played half of the point guard duties, broke through from the baseline on the left side with the ball.

As the defender of the Pistons' penalty area, Ranbir naturally has to step forward to make up for the defense.

But Ranbir also kept an eye on it, he knew that Drexler had a strong passing ability, so he didn't make up for it completely, but carefully paid attention to Gan Guoyang behind him.

Ranbir squeezed the three-second zone on the left side, didn't let Drexler go straight to the basket on the left side, and let Drexler go through the basketball from the baseline to the right because Earl Curredom came up on the right to make up for the defense.

Drexler saw that the pass was not easy to pass, and it was difficult to make a layup on the left, and Kuredon on the right also made up for it, so he could only use a backhand pick-up under the basket to flick the ball to the basket.

For Drexler ten years later, such a ball is easy to master, and he can get into the basket with a light pick, but now Drexler's layups are not so perfect.

"Bang", the ball hit the rebound and then smashed into the basket and did not score, Ranbir had already opened the rack under the basket, ready to grab the backcourt rebound, he is the backcourt rebounding king second only to Gan Guoyang so far this season.

But when he left, he felt a huge force coming from behind, and the whole person seemed to be pressed by the mountain and couldn't get up at all, and at the same time, the person fell to the left.

Ranbier, who is in the professional sensitivity of an actor, falls to the left and slams heavily on the floor.

But he didn't hear the referee's whistle, but only the slam dunk.

"Bang!" Gan Guoyang squeezed past Ranbier, grabbed the frontcourt rebound, and dunked the ball into the basket.

Gan Guoyang looked at Ranbier, who was still innocent on the ground, and said to him, "Get up, it's dawn." ”

(There should be a second update!) ）