Adelman's limitation of Gan Guoyang and the use of new tactics have brought more effect than expected, and Potter and Drexler now like to play around Gan Guoyang

Because there are so many opportunities that can be created in this way, and in Drexler's words, "I felt for the first time that the pick-and-roll was so beautiful."

But it wasn't the Portland Trail Blazers who first appreciated the beauty of the pick-and-roll, but the opponents they would face next. On March 14, the Trailblazer flight arrived in Salt Lake City

field, their next opponent is the Utah Jazz.

Salt Lake City, located in the northwest and at a high altitude, is still very cold in March, and Portland, facing the sea, has already felt like spring flowers, and Salt Lake City is still one

It's a winter scene, and the Trail Blazers players who have played comfortably at home for a few days are really uncomfortable here.

Gan Guoyang began to look around after getting off the plane, and then struggled to find it for a long time before he saw John Stockton who greeted him in the lobby of the airport - this guy

Wearing a dark green leather jacket, standing in the crowd and standing no different from an ordinary American, no wonder Gan Guoyang had to look for a long time to find him.

"Good morning John, you've been waiting for me for a while, haven't you?"

"It's okay, I happened to be reading a book at the airport for a while." Stockton sat in the bookstore at the airport, and few people probably recognized him.

Every time Gan Guoyang comes to Salt Lake City to play, he doesn't have to bring bodyguards, he doesn't even have to go to a hotel, as a privileged player, he can choose to live in Stockton's house, the two of them

They have been close friends since college, so every time Gan Guoyang goes to Salt Lake City to play or Stockton goes to Portland to play, he either stays in each other's houses or must stay at night

Treat the other person to a meal.

Gan Guoyang was invited by Stockton to stay at his house tonight and have dinner with him, knowing that in the days when Stockton had just joined the Jazz, his small apartment was not at all

Fa invited Gan Guoyang to live with him, and now he not only has his own big house, but also gets married and has children, and has his own life here.

Sitting in Stockton's newly bought car, Gan Guoyang looked out the window at the scenery of Salt Lake City, and instantly felt that he was back in 1981, when he had just arrived in the United States, on the streets of San Francisco

The development of the United States is still very rapid, and the city has changed rapidly in eight or nine years, but Salt Lake City is like a corner forgotten by time, and it still remains very fast

What it looked like many years ago.

"Gan, I heard Mr. Bellman say that you still refuse to drive yourself?" Stockton sat in the driver's seat and asked Gan Guoyang.

"Huh? Oh, I have my own driver, and he's pretty good at driving. Since that incident, Gan Guoyang has left a psychological shadow, and he no longer dares to open it himself

The car, in Portland, either Feng Peiyu drove him, or Wang Fuxi drove his own car to pick him up.

In the United States, a country on wheels, it's inconceivable that a person wouldn't want to drive, let alone an NBA star who owns multiple luxury cars

Some people also made fun of Gan Guoyang as "Gan from primitive society", and Gan Guoyang always laughed at this.

Speaking of Bellman, the two of them had endless topics to talk about, talking about their college life, talking about the experience of playing under Bellman at that time, and talking about the current situation of their classmates at that time

Besides, before he knew it, Stockton was driving to his home, a detached house on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, and there are many such detached houses in the sparsely populated state of Utah

style houses.

Gan Guoyang soon found that in the parking lot in front of Stockton's house, there was still a car parked, it was a blue GM pickup truck, Gan Guoyang asked curiously, "You give it back to yourself."

Bought a pickup truck? Do you go out and pull wood when you're not playing to earn some pocket money? ”

Gan Guoyang knew that Stockton was very unconfident in whether he could gain a foothold in the league when he first entered the league, and at that time he often called Gan Guoyang at night to tell what was in his heart

worried, and said that he was ready to put on professional clothes and go to the company to find a job at any time, and now Gan Guoyang occasionally jokes about Stockton with these things.

"No, it's not my car, it's a friend's of mine." Stockton said with a smile, and Gan Guoyang soon knew who this friend was, and at first he thought it was Bao

Burn Hansen, when he entered the house, found out that the owner of this pickup truck was Carl Malone.

"Oh my God, Carl, it's a pleasure to see you, I thought I would be able to talk to you tomorrow and talk about my dreams in life, you know I love to be on the pitch and with people

Talk about life and ideals. After Gan Guoyang saw Carl Malone, his tone was obviously not very friendly.

The reason is very simple, the two have clashed a lot in the game in the west, and both of them have a tough style on the inside, and it is inevitable that they will collide, of course, most of the time it is Ma Long

suffers, at least he has the upper hand in his mouth.

At this year's All-Star Game in Houston, Karl Malone completely stole the limelight from Gan Guoyang, and rushed in to score when he got the ball, although Gan Guoyang never thought about winning the All-Star Game MVP

, but many western stars are making balls for Gan Guoyang, but in the end, Ma Long overstepped his bounds, and at the last moment, he scored six points in a row and grabbed Gan Guoyang's All-Star Game MVP

in the past.

Gan Guoyang didn't say anything, but he still had opinions in his heart, so now he is holding his breath and embarrassing Ma Long anytime and anywhere.

Ma Long didn't say much about Gan Guoyang's ridicule, just smiled, and then flashed his arm at Gan Guoyang, indicating that he was going to use his muscles to deal with Gan Guo on the field

Yang, not the mouth.

Gan Guoyang didn't say much, and soon he met Stockton's wife, Nada, an ordinary woman in Salt Lake City, who was a Stockton fan because every night

I was going to watch a game in Stockton, so the two met, dated, fell in love, and then got married, had children, and can be said to be a good wife.

In order to welcome the two guests, Nada made a large table of dishes with Salt Lake City characteristics, including Utah's famous fried meat burger, which made Gan Guoyang eat with a mouth full of oil, and he usually was wrong

He often eats less high-calorie food, and when he arrived at his old friend's house tonight, he also let go of his appetite.

But even at the dinner table, Gan Guoyang and Carl Malone began to compete.

"How many burgers can you eat?" Gan Guoyang asked Ma Long.

"Five."

"I can eat six."

"I can eat eight."

"If you can eat six, tomorrow's game, I'll let you attack casually in the first half."

Fortunately, under the prevention of Stockton, Malone did not eat six hamburgers, Stockton knew that Gan Guoyang was a guy who wilted many times, such a big fried meat burger, to

If you eat eight in a row, Ma Long will probably not be able to play tomorrow's game, and gastroenteritis will definitely attack.

The conversation then shifted to a new point of contention, which was who would be the best player to partner with Stockton.

"With your jump shooting skills, you and John play blocking and pick-and-roll, I just block your inside path, you are useless, not at all!" Cards at that time

Er Malone has not yet practiced the mid-range shooting stunt, and Stockton's blocking and dismantling mainly relies on his own impact to cut inside, and the role is relatively simple.

"Oh, you didn't have the ability to shoot in college, you just practiced it now, and I'll do it one day, and I'm going to play with John

It's been longer than yours, and we have a better understanding with each other. "What Malone said also makes sense.

"Yes, you guys worked together longer, but John and I won the championship faster! We worked together for two years to win the championship, if we hadn't entered the same year

The NBA, maybe it's going to be on one team, and I bet I'll win the championship in 1986! "Gan Guoyang is also honest anyway, how good it sounds.

The two of them are like jealousy, and every word you say to me is to prove that you are John Stockton's best partner, so you almost pulled Stockton over

dragged aside and asked, "Who do you love", which made Stockton on the side cry and laugh, and Nada was also a little worried on the side, these two strong men like dogs and bears and bison

Will there be a fight, don't tear down your house when the time comes.

The two of them quarreled from the beginning of the meal until the end of the meal, even if the four of them sat together in the courtyard of the Stockton house and played bridge, the two still had to pinch each other, Marlon's mouth

Ba didn't have Gan Guoyang, so Gan Guoyang often took Ma Long to the ditch in a few words, Gan Guoyang and Stockton covered their mouths and snickered there, and Ma Long hadn't made up yet

What the hell is going on in white.

Later, Ma Long also learned to be obedient, and easily did not take Gan Guoyang's words, but once he seized the opportunity, he would use short words to counterattack, which was actually a confrontation between the two on the field

's style, Gan Guoyang has the upper hand most of the time, but Ma Long can sometimes seize the opportunity to teach Gan Guoyang some lessons.

Stockton, on the other hand, was a little worried, he didn't know what was going to happen tomorrow.