On May 9, 1985, the semifinals of the NBA playoffs in the East and West were coming to an end, and in the West, the Los Angeles Lakers did not give the Utah Jazz any chance, and they had an absolute advantage of 4:0, swept the Jazz, and took the lead in entering the Western Conference Finals.

In the East, the Philadelphia 76ers also easily defeated the Milwaukee Bucks with a score of 4:1, since the Bucks were divided into the East in 1981, this is the fourth time in five years that they have fallen at the feet of the 76ers, I have to say that this is a huge tragedy.

Compared to these two series that were not suspenseful, Boston faced stubborn resistance against Detroit.

The Celtics defeated the Pistons in the first two games in Boston, but in Detroit, the Pistons won two games in a row with the advantage of their home court, and the overall score was rewritten to 2:2.

The Celtics suffered the same dilemma as the Trail Blazers, but the Celtics are the defending champions after all, they have a wealth of experience and calm mental quality, in the key battle of the King Mountain, Larry Bird broke out in full swing, with 43 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists, helping the Celtics win the match point.

In the sixth game on May 5, the Celtics no one played the seventh game of the series, even if Isaiah Thomas had 37 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists, and almost got a triple-double, but it couldn't stop the Boston Celtics from stepping on the body of the Pistons 123-113, and meeting the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference Finals for the fourth time in six years.

The only ones who didn't decide the winner were the Denver Nuggets and the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers have suffered the same adversity as the Celtics, but their situation has been significantly worse, as they have lost the all-important Game 5, and to make matters worse, Game 6 is to be played in Denver, where everyone is questioning whether the Trail Blazers can win.

Before the game, as the final suspense of the semifinals, all the media focused on this game, and based on pre-game predictions and surveys, the vast majority of pundits and fans believe that the Trail Blazers have come to an end this season and will lose Game 6 in Denver before rolling home.

Some newspapers have even started to do a season summary for the Trail Blazers, and if the Trail Blazers lose this game, the manuscript will be sent out.

"Guess what's going to be written in the newspapers?" The Trail Blazers have been beaten by the Nuggets four in a row, and they are not yet mature'. Gan's rookie season is over, and as a Chinese, he has performed very well, but maybe not enough. ''The Trail Blazers are obviously just a regular season team, and they haven't shown the toughness they should have in the brutal playoffs~'Oh my, I want to vomit when I see these hindsight comments.'' I'm willing to bet that a similar manuscript is now taking shape in the editors' pen, just waiting for tonight, after we lose this game, to send it out and pour a handful of salt into our wounds. In the visiting locker room at McNichols Arena in Denver, Gan was gushing his opinion to his teammates.

When a group is in a state of chaos and no owner, the first person to stand up is often regarded as a spiritual support by those in the group.

The Portland Trail Blazers have suffered three straight defeats, especially after losing Game 5 at home to the Nuggets, and the players' morale and morale have hit rock bottom, at a time when their head coach, the true spiritual leader of the team in the past, is also demoralized because of the clash with Paxson.

At this time, Gan Guoyang stood up bravely like a senseless bulldog.

At first, everyone was indifferent to what he said, but slowly, Gan Guoyang began to show his unparalleled talent for eloquence, and as he continued to mobilize his emotions, everyone felt that his blood was slowly thawing from the ice.

Finally, in the post-game interview with reporters, Gan Guoyang promised loudly in front of all reporters that "the Portland Trail Blazers will definitely win the sixth game and bring the suspense back to Portland".

It was not only Gan Guoyang who was interviewed, but also other Trail Blazers players, and when they were asked what they thought of Gan's commitment, all the Trail Blazers players said, "We think the same as Gan!" ”

yes, in such a situation, can a player say "the Trail Blazers will lose Game 6 in Denver"?

It's just that in such a situation, there are very few people who dare to be the first to say such things, you know, many Trail Blazers players themselves feel that they can't win the sixth game, and some are even ready to fish.

But now, everyone was "kidnapped" by Gan Guoyang.

"You're talking about it, if we lose this game, it's a big joke!" Kenny Carr listened to Gan Guoyang's words in the locker room, and thought that he was also forced to make a commitment, and not only shook his head.

"You're wrong Carl, whether we made a commitment or not, losing this game will be a big joke!" Gan Guoyang looked at Kenny Carr and said solemnly.

"That's right, to win two games and then to get four games in a row, everybody will laugh at us, and I can't imagine what kind of difficulties we will have in the post-match interviews if we lose this game." Vanderwich also said.

"I think I'm going to hide in the locker after the game and not come out! When all the reporters were gone, I sneaked back to the hotel. The fast-talking Norris also said with a smile.

Everyone laughed out loud when they heard him, and the atmosphere in the dressing room was like two teams compared to the day before yesterday.

Ramsay, who used to talk the most in the locker room, didn't talk much, but watched Gan Guoyang remobilize the team's morale.

"Alright boys, it's time to play, Gan is right, the fight is far from over! We're going to show that we can win in Denver! Go for it! ”

“come-on，guys！ (Come on, guys!) Gan Guoyang shouted, and was the first to open the door to the locker room and rush out.

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"Welcome to Game 6 of the 1985 NBA Playoffs Western Conference Semifinals on CBS, which will be played in Denver, Colorado, against both sides, the Portland Trail Blazers and the Denver Nuggets. Hi, I'm Frank Graeber and I'm going to talk about the game tonight. In the first five games, the Portland Trail Blazers were beaten by the Denver Nuggets in three straight games after leading 2-0, and now they are on the verge of elimination. The location of the sixth game is Denver's home stadium, you know, the Trail Blazers have not won at Denver's home stadium this season, which will be a huge psychological pressure for them. What do you think about this game? "The CBS commentator for this game is Frank Graeber, and he is partnered with commentator James Brown.

"I think the whole series has been on the side of the Denver Nuggets, who overcame the big odds of the first two road losses, leveled the score at home, and then won the crucial Game 5, and now they can take advantage of the last home game they have to win the series. From the first five games, we can see that the Nuggets are clearly more mature, their style of play is more fluid, and the star players on the team are very consistent. The Trail Blazers have a lot of talent, they have several players with great potential, and they have All-Stars in their playing years, but they seem to lack a real core to operate around that core. The flaw with this problem is that the team can't hold together, and it's said that something bad is happening in the Trail Blazers' locker room that affects the team's form. "James Brown is not a professional basketball commentator, his real specialty is football.

But he also has a unique understanding of the sports game, and he can see that the Nuggets have no doubt that Inglish is at the core of the team's structure, which is one of the reasons they sent Van der Verky to the Trail Blazers last year.

And Inglish's play also plays the role of the boss, and his strong scoring ability is the biggest guarantee for the Nuggets to score points.

In contrast, the Trail Blazers really can't seem to find a real core player, such a team is generally a team team led by a coach, but Ramsey is not such a godfather type coach.

At the same time, there are no impermeable walls in the world, and the problem of the Trail Blazers' locker room was quickly caught up in by some olfactory sensitive media, which is now a semi-open secret.

However, the current Trail Blazers players don't think about it so much, and everyone is focused on warm-up training on the court.

There is a detail that many people have not noticed, that is, when Gan Guoyang stands under the basket and prepares to practice shooting or hooking, everyone else will consciously stop shooting, and only when Gan Guoyang's ball is thrown out and touches the basket or goes in, others will shoot.

"Hey! Let me dunk it for you to see! Gan Guoyang felt that he was not enjoying the halfway through the warm-up, and he was ready to dunk.

All the Trail Blazers players flashed to the side, making way for Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang stood outside the three-point line with the ball, and this guy looked like he was going to make a jump shot from the free throw line.

Of course, Gan's bounce wasn't enough for him to jump from the free throw line to the basket, which was 14 feet away, which was too far for Gan.

But jumping from the 10-foot position, that is, the position of the inner arc of the free throw line, Gan Guoyang is confident that there is still no big problem.

"Get out of the way!" Gan Guoyang rushed to the basket with the ball in one hand, he adjusted his pace and jumped with one foot on a huge stride inside the free throw line!

Since Gan Guoyang practiced dunks hard and broke through his dunk ability, he has never spent time on this ability, because he thinks that dunks are useless after all.

But his physical training day after day has made his ability to stay in the air stronger.

Although he can't achieve the effect of "gliding in the air" like a glider, his elegant and stretched posture, coupled with his long figure, still gives people a huge visual enjoyment.

"Bang!" Gan Guoyang successfully dunked the ball into the basket, and the fans who came to watch the game early also exclaimed for Gan Guoyang's beautiful dunk.

"Oh, Gan performed a dunk in the warm-up, which was very beautiful, and the Trail Blazers players seemed to be in a good mood, I don't know if we can maintain that mood until the end of the game."

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