Chapter 398: Go home in peace

"The winning streak is over!"

"This is the end of Portland's 'magical tour'!"

"Indiana plays the Terminator!"

"The Trailblazer died at the last stop."

…… It was the headline on the front page of the major media in the United States after the Trail Blazers lost the game against the Pacers by a margin of 120-125, five points, ending their 17-game winning streak.

No team's loss has attracted so much attention this season, as everyone is speculating about how long the Trail Blazers' super-winning streak will last after the start of the season.

At the end of the game, Indiana's home stadium was even sprinkled with confetti, as if they had won a championship match rather than an ordinary regular season game.

All the reporters rushed in, but instead of the Pacers, they were rushing at the Trail Blazers, who were more concerned about the mood of the losers.

The Trail Blazers players had no time to deal with the mics, and everyone left the court with their heads bowed under the leadership of Gan Guoyang, entered the locker room passage and disappeared in front of the door of the visiting team's locker room.

This is the longest opening streak in NBA history, and the last longest streak dates back to the distant 1948-1949 season, when the NBA's opening streak was set by the Washington Bullets' predecessor, the Washington Capitol, who set a record of 15 straight wins.

Finally, in the playoffs, the Washington Congress also rushed to the finals.

They were followed by the Boston Celtics in 1957-1958, who had a winning streak of 14 and won the NBA championship that season.

The Trail Blazers broke a long-standing record this season, extending their winning streak to 17 games this season, but no one expected that record to end at the hands of the Indiana Pacers, who had won just two games in the opening season.

The Trail Blazers' loss must have been due to injuries in the first place, and everyone, including Adelman and Gan Guoyang, underestimated the role of Barker Williams for the Trail Blazers, who provided defensive area, rebounding ability, and aggressive scramble that would be difficult for others to replace.

At the same time, they also overestimated Sabonis's ability to adjust, apparently he has not yet adapted to the starting position, and Sabonis had a lackluster performance against the Pacers, scoring only 2 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, and 4 foul backs.

Drexler, who originally played well, was affected by Payson, lost his mind and used his elbow to deal with Payson, and finally he was sent off, which made the Trail Blazers worse. Thankfully, Drexler was not suspended for the elbow after the game, and the league did have a lighter penalty for these fouls at the time.

With the main starting force playing restricted, the entire Trail Blazers' bench performance was terrible and failed to make up for the loopholes in the starters.

Veteran Jim Paxson has been in poor form recently, he didn't score a point in the game against the Pacers, Kenny Johnson did not replace Williams well, Danny Young's performance can only be said to be decent, only Duckworth's performance is normal, and he completed his task better when Sabonis did not play well and Gan Guoyang needed to rest.

After the game, the whole Trail Blazers team also did an internal review and seriously summarized the lessons learned from the loss of this game, but at the summary meeting, Adelman still expressed his support for Sabonis, and he made it clear that he would continue to let Sabonis play the starting role in the next game.

Adelman has always been cautious about tactics but can easily not look back when he makes a change, and Sabonis has struggled to make his first start, and Adelman knows that it would be a blow to his confidence if he were to press Sabonis to the bench again because of this.

The cultivation of interior players is not easy, Sabonis is a good seedling, with the help and guidance of Gan Guoyang, Sabonis is likely to grow into another towering tree, at this time Adelman is not good at discovering rookies, but he will not miss Sabonis such a good horse.

Adelman's support and Gan's encouragement gave Sabonis enough confidence and motivation to return to Portland with the team, and the Portland team was unexpectedly welcomed by a large number of fans, who arrived early at the airport with the slogan "Welcome-back" to welcome the Trail Blazers, who had made a winning streak but had just suffered a loss.

"It's nice to finally be back in Portland!" After getting off the plane, Gan Guoyang breathed the air of the Pacific Northwest Coast, feeling extremely cordial, six consecutive battles abroad, so that everyone was physically and mentally exhausted, and the continuous victory not only no longer brought joy, but brought a heavy psychological burden.

Perhaps losing the game in Indiana to end the winning streak is the best result, even the greatest heroes will be injured, no matter how strong the iron man needs to be soothed, instead of continuing to challenge the winning streak at home with huge pressure, it is better to release all the negative factors on the road, return home and start their journey again.

The fatigue of consecutive away games and defeats seemed to disappear in the cheers of the fans, and there were players on the way back to Portland who were worried about whether they would be snubbed by the fans, and now it seems that all this was in vain.

Gan Guoyang high-fived the fans at the airport, while looking around, and finally saw a beautiful figure in the fan base, it was Wang Fuxi who came to the airport to pick him up.

Wang Fuxi was wearing a fancy small suit on his upper body, with a pure black delicate woolen sweater inside, and a plump and perfect arc outlined on his chest; The lower body is a hip-hugging tube skirt, a pair of black boots with black knitted socks, which looks elegant and sexy, standing at Far EasTone and looking at the fans and Trail Blazers players, like a goddess statue.

Gan Guoyang said hello to the people of the team, and immediately walked towards Wang Fuxi with his luggage, until today, Gan Guoyang is unwilling to drive by himself, Wang Fuxi has always driven in Portland, and Wang Fuxi will find time to drive Gan Guoyang no matter how busy the hospital is, instead of letting the Feng brothers go out, this is the tacit understanding formed by the two over the years.

"You're so beautiful today." After Gan Guoyang saw Wang Fuxi, he said with a smile, it is always right to treat women, no matter when and where they praise their appearance.

Wang Fuxi stepped forward, first observed Gan Guoyang's neck, then leaned up and sniffed Gan Guoyang's body, and finally observed Gan Guoyang's clothes, touched them, and finally said: "Well, it's very clean, there shouldn't be a woman touching it." Yes, let's go. ”

After speaking, Wang Fuxi took Gan Guoyang's arm and led him to the parking lot, Gan Guoyang was crying and laughing, the first thing Wang Fuxi met him was "check the gang", there was no mobile phone communication in that era, there was no network, so Wang Fuxi could only use this primitive method to supervise Gan Guoyang.

Fortunately, Gan Guoyang is not afraid of shadows and does not have any flaws, otherwise he will probably have to be in big trouble when he returns to Portland.

However, Wang Fuxi still trusts Gan Guoyang very much, she is only like this out of a woman's nature, with Gan Guoyang's current identity and status, it is normal to have some affairs outside.

But so far, Gan Guoyang's reputation has been very positive, and it is completely different from the merry seed like a magician, which not only makes Wang Fuxi feel at ease, but also makes Wang Fuxi fall in love with Gan Guoyang more and more, and is eager to start a family with him.

But Gan Guoyang has always insisted on marrying her after winning the championship, and under Wang Fuxi's constant request, Gan Guoyang finally promised that even if he couldn't win the championship this season, he would marry her, which made Wang Fuxi's heart finally settle down.

She began to work hard like a good wife, take care of their home, and at the same time dress herself up so that every time Gan Guoyang comes back from playing away from home, he can see a pleasing self; Many things over there were also arranged by Wang Fuxi, and Wang Fuxi personally inquired about his husband's small illness.

She knew that what she could do was to give Gan Guoyang the greatest support in these inconspicuous things, just like all traditional Chinese wives, so that her husband could have a reliable and stable rear and be able to develop his career with peace of mind.

This is Gan Guoyang's most satisfied place for Wang Fuxi, although she is a mixed-race child, only half of the Chinese blood is left on her body, she grew up in the United States, but she is more like a Chinese than many Chinese girls, many qualities in her, her support and understanding of Gan Guoyang, have made Gan Guoyang feel deeply attached, Gan Guoyang believes that with her, he can gallop the basketball world without scruples and pursue more victories.

"By the way, Forrest Gump, Wu Zhiwen has looked for you several times, and I told him that you will look for him when you come back." After Wang Fuxi drove home with Gan Guoyang, he suddenly said to Gan Guoyang.

"Really? I'll call him later. ”

Wu Zhiwen, the journalist who made a name for himself with a clarifying interview with Gan Guoyang, created the miracle of getting a music newspaper out of stock in Oregon.

Later, Wu Zhiwen also left the Country Music News with this report and became a sports news person, as a Chinese reporter, he is still very difficult, Gan Guoyang is his only reliance, he can often get first-hand information related to Gan Guoyang.

However, Gan Guoyang also asked Wu Zhiwen to maintain his independence in the news, which also means that Wu Zhiwen has become Gan Guoyang's royal press spokesman, and anyone who wants to get Gan Guoyang's news must go through Wu Zhiwen.

In a sense, this also weakens David Falke's control, in a general sense, the agent has full control over the player, but Gan Guoyang is different, he wants to decentralize the power so that he can control himself.

"This guy is probably here for Gorbachev's business." Gan Guoyang thought in his heart.