(Some people say water, but I'm actually adding my understanding of the game of basketball to the game, and I can't really write much about a game in the regular season.) Still, I decided to write about this first game in 1985, in detail, about 5 chapters. ）

"Have you ever a woman in Portland?"

"Nope."

"You live here alone, you are so famous, rich, there must be a lot of women upside down!"

“…… But I just don't......"

"Really?"

"Of course it's true."

"The answer is so fast, it must have been arranged a long time ago! I've heard that NBA stars are all playboys! ”

"How come, Clyde is Mr. Yes, and Vanderwich, and Mitchell, and this is not Los Angeles, and the Trail Blazers are not the Lakers."

"Then if you were in Los Angeles and played for the Lakers, would you be ruined by them?"

"How could I go to Los Angeles to play, and even if I go to Los Angeles, it's still your house, your parents are here, how dare I mess around."

"Aren't my parents out of Portland, then! Do you dare to mess around! ”

“……”

"Why don't you speak? Are you weak-hearted......"

"You drive and look at the point! Big night! Cross the bridge, don't fall into the river! ”

On the last night of '84, on the streets of Portland, a large white Opel Vauxhall-Nova was driving and almost fell into the river as it crossed the Willamette River Bridge.

The car stopped next to the bridge, and the two people in the car were also in shock.

"Don't do this, I've always been fine, in my life there are only relatives, friends, and basketball, not mixed with other dirty things."

"I know... But I'm still worried, you know, you're always around, I'm not feeling safe at all. ”

"Otherwise, you don't want to study, I earn enough money to support both of us, and it's okay to get married, and when you move to Portland, you can come and watch my games often."

"No! I'm going to finish college, I'm not like you, dropped out of school, illiterate! ”

“……”

"Let's go, I'll drive well."

The Opel car is on the road again, and this time it is much more stable.

The two people in the car were Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi, but it was Wang Fuxi who was driving.

Due to the Christmas holiday in the United States, Wang Fuxi came to Portland to spend Christmas and New Year with Gan Guoyang.

Since Gan Guoyang became a professional player, Wang Fuxi has insisted on his studies, so the two have always been together less and more separated.

Although Spokane is relatively close to Portland, and it is not a problem for Wang Fuxi to come every week if Gan Guoyang reimburses the airfare, Gan Guoyang is not often in Portland, but has to fly around the United States and live a tense professional footballer life.

During this Christmas holiday, Wang Fuxi finally found a large amount of time to accompany Gan Guoyang, but the two who had not seen each other for a long time inevitably had some contradictions.

Gan Guoyang is still obsessed with training as usual, which makes Wang Fuxi very dissatisfied, she is not familiar with life in Portland alone, and she feels very lonely without Gan Guoyang's company.

So in the car, Wang Fuxi began to make trouble unreasonably with Gan Guoyang to vent his dissatisfaction.

And Gan Guoyang also felt very helpless, he decided that he must find time to learn to drive, and let a woman drive, which is really unreliable.

After returning to the house in the West District, Gan Guoyang found that Wang Fuxi had made a table of Chinese food waiting for him at home, and he felt a little guilty in his heart.

"I'm sorry, I really lost track of time today." Gan Guoyang gently hugged Wang Fuxi and said in her ear.

"Hmph~" Wang Fuxi suddenly felt that his face was red, although the two had been together for a long time, but every time Gan Guoyang spoke to her gently, Wang Fuxi always felt embarrassed.

"Who can learn to cook with? Let me taste it! Gan Guoyang looked at the brightly colored Chinese food on the table, and not only moved his index finger.

Since Gan Youwei left and returned to San Francisco, Gan Guoyang has not eaten a good Chinese meal in Portland for a long time, and he has never been too lazy to cook it himself.

"Wait, eat! The dishes are cold, I'll give you another hot one~" Wang Fuxi took all the dishes on the table back to the kitchen to reheat them.

After the dishes were reheated, Gan Guoyang ate the dishes made by Wang Fuxi and felt quite satisfied.

"Well, yes, with my dad's kung fu, I can eat!" Gan Guoyang said while eating, not knowing whether to praise her or hurt her.

"It's only three percent~ You don't know that in the United States, you can already open a restaurant at this level! Some Chinese restaurant dishes, I don't know how unpalatable. Wang Fuxi was obviously a little dissatisfied with Gan Guoyang's evaluation.

"Ha, after I retire, I will open a hotel, called Ganwang Hotel! Guaranteed to sweep the American catering market, so that McDonald's and Burger King will all go to the garbage heap! Gan Guoyang was half-full, and began to blow again.

Wang Fuxi looked at Gan Guoyang's lively appearance, and laughed out loud, she always felt that Gan Guoyang now was a little different from when she first met.

"Gan, do you feel like you're not the same as you used to be?" Wang Fuxi looked at Gan Guoyang and asked.

Gan Guoyang was stunned when he heard this, "It's different?" What's the difference? Growing taller? Or have you become handsome? ”

"I remember when I first met you, you were sad every day because you lost the high school league championship, and you always looked preoccupied when you went shopping with me. Later, when you went to college and played basketball wholeheartedly, I felt that you were always calm and old-fashioned, whether it was usually or on the court, you were always so calm. Right now... I think you're a lot more cheerful, no longer preoccupied every day, although you're still obsessed with playing basketball, but you're more cheerful and cute! Wang Fuxi's two big eyes rolled slightly, recalling the past experiences of the two.

After listening to Wang Fuxi's words, Gan Guoyang was shocked to realize that he had indeed changed a lot.

When he first came to the United States, when he came to this time and space, he always felt that he was in a dream, and he didn't know when he would wake up.

He walked down the street, looking at the scenery of the 80s, and often mistakenly thought that he was born in a movie, that he was like Truman in "Truman's World", everything is a scene.

Now, time is about to come to 1985, and it has been three years since he came to the United States in this time and space, and the imprint of later memories in his mind is getting fading and fading.

On the contrary, the box-like car, the 17-inch color TV, the big-eared telephone, the square checkered suit, the toad glasses, the bell bottoms, and the colorful life of the 80s began to be engraved in Gan Guoyang's life.

He began to get used to life without the Internet, used to taking time out every day to watch "Detective Hunter", watched TV series such as "Three Living Treasures", and got used to wearing clothes that he thought were dirty.

With the entry of the NBA, a professional league, Gan Guoyang finally began to integrate into this era, and his personality began to become more cheerful and optimistic.

"Maybe, after all, playing basketball every day makes me feel very happy!" Gan Guoyang smiled and said.

"You know how to play basketball! What can you do when you retire? Wang Fuxi was still a basketball fan in high school, and now her obsession with basketball has gradually decreased.

"Be a basketball coach!" Gan Guoyang blurted out his debut.

"You're not an American, what kind of coach are you?" Wang Fuxi said.

"If you're not an American, you can't be a coach, right? I'm still playing in the United States. Besides, I don't have American citizenship, and I will play for China in the future. On the issue of nationality, Gan Guoyang has always been very insistent and has never become an American citizen.

And now that he has a green card in the United States, whether he is American nationality or not has no impact on his life.

"Alas, Forrest Gump, tell me, what is China like now? I always hear people say that China is terrible. ”

"China...... It was a place of hope...... You know, there is a long history and deep suffering, but everything is almost over, and I believe that the people there will use their own hands, like their ancestors, to create greater glory......" Gan Guoyang thought, at this time, China is on the road of rapid progress, although there are still thorny roads ahead.

At this point, the Portland Trail Blazers' road was similarly uneven.

After spending a beautiful New Year's Eve with Wang Fuxi, Gan Guoyang came to the training center early on January 1 and began to prepare for the first game of the new year.

In the game on the 29th, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated their city rival Los Angeles Clippers 113-107 at home, improving their record to 22-10, winning seven in a row, surpassing the Portland Trail Blazers, jumping to the top of the Pacific region, and regaining the top spot in the Western Conference.

The Trail Blazers are second in the West in terms of record due to the division rules, but they are squeezed into third place in the rankings, behind the Lakers and Nuggets.

If they lose the No. 1 game, then the gap between them and the Lakers will further widen, not to mention, after this game, the next game, the Trail Blazers will challenge the Lakers again.

In order to be able to take the lead in the battle for the top spot, the Trail Blazers will have to go all out to win this game.

But the Trail Blazers won't be easy to play against in this game, and they will face a long-distance Eastern Conference opponent, the Philadelphia 76ers, at home.

In the last game against the 76ers, Gan Guoyang was suspended for punching Ranbir and did not play.

The Trail Blazers were also at an absolute disadvantage on the inside, being blown up with more than 20 rebounds and losing to their opponents on the road.

There are only two meetings between teams in the East and West in a season, so this game will be the only chance for the Trail Blazers to get revenge on the 76ers this season.

In pre-game training, Ramsey repeatedly emphasized the control of the rebounding ball, and he repeatedly yelled at the training center, "Grab the rebound as if it were gold!" ”

At half past six p.m. Pacific time, the Portland Memorial Coliseum was sold out for 32 consecutive games.

After all, in this game, the Trail Blazers faced the Philadelphia 76ers, the former luxury division and the king of the East.

Although the 76ers began to decline since winning the championship in 1983, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and this season the 76ers are in pretty good shape, with a 24-6 record after 30 games better than any Western Conference team.

It looks like they're recovering from the tragedy of being eliminated in the first round by the Nets in 1984.

And the Trail Blazers, as an upstart rising this season, were killed by the 76ers in the last game on the Spectrum Field, and naturally 10,000 were not convinced.

Now that the main center Gan Guoyang is back, he is at home again, and of course he has to take revenge.

"Control the rebound, Gan, in this game, you must control the opponent's frontcourt rebound, control! Even if you don't get a point, I have no opinion. The game was about to start, and Ramsey said by the ear of Gan Guoyang after finishing the other arrangements.

Gan Guoyang, as a rookie, occupies the first position in the league's average rebounds per game, and becomes the temporary rookie data king with Jordan.

"I'll do my best." Gan Guoyang nodded and said.

"Do your best? I'm not asking you to be here and say to me, 'I tried my best, but that's the only way to go,' I have to, I want you to keep it in check!" Ramsay yelled.

Gan Guoyang could only nod again.

If it were to play against other teams, Gan Guoyang would definitely have a big mouth, "No problem, I will definitely kill them!" ”

But today he is facing the center of the Philadelphia 76ers, Gan Guoyang's half idol - Moses Malone, and Gan Guoyang's extremely familiar bald mouth - Charles Barkley.

The interior of the Philadelphia 76ers is estimated to be the only team in the league that is shorter than the interior of the Portland Trail Blazers.

Malone is 6-foot-10 and Barkley is only 6-foot-5 or 6-foot-6, which is shorter than the Trail Blazers' two 6-foot-10s.

But this interior combination is more terrifying than any interior combination in the league, because they are humanoid tanks on the field.

This season, Malone and Barkley have averaged 8.1 frontcourt rebounds per game, what is this concept? The Trail Blazers averaged 16 frontcourt rebounds per game, and Malone and Barkley grabbed half of the Trail Blazers' team.

That means the two guys have to create eight more chances per game for the 76ers to get on the second offense.

Thinking of this, Gan Guoyang felt that he had a long way to go on his shoulders, he missed the opportunity to fight them last time, and he couldn't let them continue to do whatever they wanted in the Memorial Gymnasium tonight.

"Good evening, young man." Gan Guoyang stood in the middle circle, and Moses Malone on the opposite side suddenly spoke.

But Ma Long's words were full of Virginia accents and seemed vague, and Gan Guoyang couldn't understand what he was talking about, so the referee threw the ball into the air at this moment.

Moses Malone jumped first and fought for possession.

The competition has officially begun.

Moses Malone looked honest and slowly swallowed, and his image immediately became cunning in Gan Guoyang's eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Moses Malone taught Gan Guoyang another lesson, he quickly asked for a position in the low post, and stuck Gan Guoyang behind him.

This is the first time Gan Guoyang has fought against Moses, and the feeling of fighting with Abdul-Jabbar is completely different, and the strength of Moses Malone makes Gan Guoyang feel "immovable" for the first time.

"Beep!" The referee's whistle blew.

After Ma Long received the ball, he pulled it up directly, and Gan Guoyang's hand hit Moses's arm and was fouled by the referee.

Bad start, the first time he defended Gan Guoyang and fouled.

But the whistle also calmed down Gan Guoyang, and he got rid of the distracting thoughts in his heart and wanted to have a good fight with the 76-man tank.