(It is written that I found that there are a lot of stalks buried, and the relevant four or five volumes will be made up in a few days.) ）

Gan Guoyang has just come out of the shadow of the defeat against the Lakers, but he finds that he has to play against the Lakers again.

In the NCAA, a revenge battle can take a whole year in the making, or even never get a chance to get revenge, because it's rare for so many teams to meet in the NCAA national tournament.

But in the NBA, teams in the same division play five to six games against each other each season, such as the six regular season games between the Trail Blazers and Lakers this season.

In the playoffs, it is even more likely to usher in 7 consecutive big games, and the phrase "come out and mix sooner or later" is fulfilled every year and every day in the NBA.

For example, after returning from Los Angeles, the Trail Blazers will face the Phoenix Suns at home, with whom they played three overtimes.

After returning to Portland in the early morning of November 5, Gan Guoyang returned home and ran on the treadmill at home for a full three hours to punish himself for his "mistake" in missing all three shots in the game against the Lakers.

In the afternoon, he was the first to arrive at the gym and did basic hook and jump shooting exercises.

Drexler, who followed closely, arrived at the arena more than an hour later.

On the morning of November 6, the team conducted another team-wide offensive and defensive drill to prepare for the game against the Suns in the evening.

The three-overtime game on Nov. 1 was a huge war of attrition, when the Trail Blazers' interior was penetrated by Larry Nance and left him alone with 44 points.

Gan didn't get much of a chance to play in regulation time, but he hit a number of shots in overtime and hit a key shot in the third overtime to give the Trail Blazers a narrow 140-139 win over the Suns and steal a win from Phoenix.

After two Los Angeles battles, Gan Guoyang has gained Ramsey's trust and is no longer a pseudo-starter, but has become the main force of the team.

Before the game, Gan Guoyang took the initiative to ask for help, asking the main defense Larry Nance to prevent him from shuttling back and forth in the Trail Blazers restricted area.

Larry Nance is probably best known for his 1984 All-Star Game, the first slam dunk contest, with a one-arm loop back dunk, defeated Dr. J who failed to dunk and became the first dunk king.

Nance is very similar to Gan Guoyang in terms of stature, both are 6-foot-10 tall, both have broad shoulders, and both have long arms, but the two are completely different types of players.

Gan Guoyang is a center forward, he has unimaginable strength and solid low post skills, he always seems one size smaller than others in the center position, but anyone who dares to ignore him will pay a heavy price.

Larinance is a power forward, but he has the speed and agility that the average power forward doesn't have, and people remember him more for his dunks, but he is also an excellent blocker and mid-range shooter.

In the game against the Trail Blazers on November 1, he hit the Trail Blazers again and again with blocks, fast down, and dunks, allowing Drexler to see what the best fast break is.

He scored 44 points on 18-of-29 shooting, and no one else on the Suns scored more than 20 and almost single-handedly led the Suns to a victory over the Trail Blazers.

But in overtime, Gan Guoyang defended Nance, and he had no way to fly around the Trail Blazers basket unscrupulously, even if Gan Guoyang fouled, he had to drag the flying Nance down face to face.

And he also used his lethal hook to give the Suns a heavy blow, giving the Suns a narrow defeat at home.

Five days later, the Suns visited Portland, and the two teams were tied for first place in the West with a record of just four wins and one loss, and the Nov. 6 game was destined for a second defeat.

Nance wanted to avenge the defeat in overtime away from home, but Shibei was impressed for three days, he didn't expect that after two games, Gan Guoyang was no longer the stunned young man who was almost sent off for five fouls in overtime.

From the first offense and defense of the game, Gan Guoyang, the center, began to misplace to defend Larry Nance, Larry Nance has a long arm, and Gan Guoyang's arm is longer; Larry Nance can jump, but Gan Guoyang can't let you jump.

Gan Guoyang no longer fights for every ball, and the goals that Nance must score will go with him, and he will not reach out to foul casually.

But it was even more difficult for Nance to find such an easy opportunity.

Gan Guoyang ran more to the high position in the offense, always retreating at the first time, and delaying the Sun's fast offensive advance at the first time.

Like a mustang on a rein, Nance could no longer indulge in a race, scoring just 12 points on 40 percent shooting.

On the Trail Blazers' side, in the face of the Suns' lax defense, Vanderwig fired again in a row, shooting 13 of 18 and scoring 29 points efficiently with a 72 percent shooting rate.

Drexler was a lot more depressed on the other hand, and Paxson was still the main starter, with only 15 minutes of playing time, mostly in garbage time.

The game lost suspense in the third quarter, and in the end, the Trail Blazers easily defeated the Suns 118-95 at home, with a 23-point advantage, and the five-win, one-loss record continued to rank first in the West.

Gan Guoyang scored 15 points and 15 rebounds in the Double 15 data, and conscientiously did a good job of supporting work, in his words in an interview after the game, "I think I don't need to take a shower after today's game." ”

Nance, who was not a good verbal man, said after the game, "Sunny-Gump, SuperStar. (Gan Guoyang, superstar.) ）

Before they could savor the joy of the big win, the No. 7 Trail Blazers flew to the Denver Plateau to face Van Dewey's old club, the Denver Nuggets, at McNichols Coliseum.

This summer, the Trail Blazers and Denver made a big deal, and Van Dewicki, who was traded to the Trail Blazers, shone in the first few games of the season, repeatedly scoring high points.

And the Denver Nuggets have not changed their crazy style of play because they lost their top scorer, they still adhere to the principle of offense first, with a never-stop, tidal wave of offense to destroy all the teams that stand in their way.

On the day of the game between the Trail Blazers and the Suns, on November 6, the Denver Nuggets defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 148-130 on the road, which was a big surprise.

Back at home, the Denver fans welcomed their old friend Van de Wetch, who also received applause from the Denver fans at the opening kick-off.

Gan Guoyang experienced the pain of high-altitude combat for the second time, when the two teams played 32-16 in Salt Lake City and the Texas El Paso Shakhtars, the final score was 35:30.

This score is simply the first quarter score of the Nuggets and the Trail Blazers.

In this game, the two sides fought until the last minute, Gan Guoyang was in excellent condition, almost not being caught by the Nuggets, scoring 15 points on 7-of-8 shooting and picking up 13 rebounds.

But the Trail Blazers' defense was terrible, especially when Inglish scored 45 points with a tedious forward shot and allowed him to score back-to-back points in the fourth quarter.

Gan Guoyang couldn't get the ball at the critical moment, and Sampson dominated the shot, scoring a game-high 32 points on 15-of-22 shots, but missed a key shot in the fourth quarter for the Trail Blazers to lose 126-128 away to the Denver Nuggets.

After the game, Gan Guoyang was very unhappy that he couldn't get more shots, and he also hoped that Drexler would play more to defend Inglish, rather than let Van Dewych face his old teammates.

It's just that after the game with the Lakers, the relationship between Gan Guoyang and Ramsey became much closer, and Gan Guoyang had more reverence for the old coach, so he didn't burst out his bad feelings.

After one win and one loss, the Trail Blazers will meet the Los Angeles Lakers from afar on their home court.

Only a week has passed since the last big game, and Gan Guoyang's anger against the Lakers has not dissipated, and the two teams have met again.

Gan Guoyang, a guy who never looks at the schedule, didn't expect to play against the Lakers again so soon, but he didn't expect that he, who scored 39 points in the last game, could only score 19 points when he faced the Lakers a week later.

19 points, 8-of-22 shooting, and 17 rebounds were great numbers for a rookie.

However, he scored 20 fewer points than the previous game, shot only 36% from the field, and only got five free throw opportunities, which was no less than a disaster for Gan Guoyang when combined with the Trail Blazers' 124-130 loss to the Lakers.

He felt extremely frustrated, and in his heart, he had long regarded the Lakers, Abdul-Jabbar, and Magic Johnson as his biggest opponents, but he found that although the score of the game had been close, the situation had always been in the hands of the Lakers.

With 15 assists and 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting, the Magic lightly controlled the pace of the game.

And Riley's bag of Gan Guoyang from beginning to end made every shot extremely difficult for Gan Guoyang, and he only sent 2 assists in the whole game.

After the game, Gan Guoyang locked himself in the locker room, refused to participate in the post-game press conference, and refused all press interviews.

Obviously, his performance will soon be criticized by the media, the local media in Portland is moderate and friendly, while the newspapers in Los Angeles are not polite.

These newspapers, which are accustomed to reversing black and white, have begun to portray Gan Guoyang as a cancer image of "only entering but not leaving", which is also their old trick.

However, the schedule of professional competitions makes Gan Guoyang have no time to soothe the unwillingness and sadness in his heart, and he will never be like high school again, losing a game takes a week to recover, and losing a championship takes a month to heal.

He is forced to establish himself as Prometheus in the Caucasus Mountains, and no matter how the eagle comes to peck at his organs, he will recover as soon as possible.

And he knows that the most important thing to do is to refuse to fail, shoot the evil eagle, and turn himself into Hercules!

In the next game against the Golden State Warriors and the Dallas Mavericks, Gan Guoyang scored 25 points in two consecutive games and had a high shooting percentage.

But the Trail Blazers still couldn't solve the defensive problems at the small forward position, and in the game against the Warriors, Warriors small forward Prius Sauter scored 48 points and beat Vandewich into scum.

The Trail Blazers won the game at home thanks to the play of Gan Guoyang and Paxson.

Another issue that surfaced against the Dallas Mavericks was the conflict between Drexler and Ramsay.

Drexler could no longer stand Ramsay's use of more than ten minutes per game, and had a verbal conflict with Ramsay, and Gan Guoyang was caught in the middle and was not a human being.

In this game, starting point guard Jim Paxson once again played well, scoring 27 points to help the Trail Blazers take this victory, and his starting position was once again solidified.

Drexler was pressed to the bench for a minute without playing time, and the conflict between Drexler and Ramsey was further intensified.

After nearly half a month of the new season, Gan Guoyang began to find out in the Trail Blazers that professional basketball teams are really different from college basketball teams.

The college basketball team is a student sports team, and the coach is equivalent to the teacher's teacher, and it is natural for the student to listen to the teacher, and the teacher can punish the disobedient student.

A professional team is like a big company, where players and coaches work for the boss, but the coach, the tactical commander, is paid much lower than the player.

Coaches often need to establish their authority and demand that the players listen to him; And the players are on higher wages and will have an opinion if they don't get enough opportunities.

The resulting conflicts between coaches and players are innumerable, not to mention the conflicts and frictions between players.

Gan Guoyang thought that he was still playing well like he was in college, and everything would be OK if he helped the team win the game, but now it seems that he thinks so too simply.

However, the team still managed to achieve an excellent record of 8 wins and 2 losses, and all conflicts can be covered up by victory.

Next up is Gan's most anticipated but least expected game, when the Trail Blazers host the Utah Jazz on November 15, 1984.

Gan will play his old college teammate John Stockton for the first time.

Historically, Stockton was selected by the Jazz with the 16th pick in 1984, and the arrival of Gan Guoyang pushed Stockton onto the big stage of the NCAA national tournament, and also raised his draft prediction a lot.

But Stockton still couldn't escape the fate of the Jazz, also because of Gan Guoyang.

Michigan State center Kevin Willis, who was originally predicted to get a relatively high pick, fell to No. 16 before being picked up by the Jazz due to his reach.

At that time, Gan Guoyang's long-armed monster's huge power in the NCAA made his arm span an important factor in the draft that year, and Willis's arm span was tragically about the same height as him, and the market naturally fell all the way.

The Hawks wanted to get Kevin Willis at the time, but they knew the Jazz wanted Stockton, so they took the point guard early, and then traded with the Jazz and got some extra chips.

Unfortunately, the reaction of Jazz fans is still the same as in history, and even though Stockton had a great performance in Salt Lake City, it still can't stop fans from questioning him as a white point guard who can't run fast or jump high.

In fact, in the opening ten games of the season, Stockton's performance did indeed fulfill the suspicions of fans, he did not get many appearances, and only contributed sporadic statistics in each game.

His performance was so ordinary, ordinary not like a professional player.

So when Gan Guoyang saw Stockton in ordinary clothes at the hotel where Sir was staying, he felt that he was no different from a salesman who sold houses in a real estate company.

"Hello, John."

"Good evening, Gan."

"Why don't you go to my house, it's not convenient to eat in public."

"No problem, I like to stay at home and saving money is the most important thing."