After the victory, Gan Guoyang stood on the sidelines, greeting all his teammates to come forward to worship, Buck Williams was the first to rush up and give Gan Guoyang "two punches", and then Sabonis gave Gan Guoyang a big bear hug, and other players, team staff and coaches also came over to high-five Gan Guoyang.

Only Adelman walked up to Gan Guoyang and said lightly: "Don't shoot three points casually in the future, and catch the ball steadily." ”

After speaking, Adelman patted Gan Guoyang on the shoulder, but Gan Guoyang could clearly see that Adelman was holding back a smile on his face, and he was trying to control himself not to lose his temper.

Gan Guoyang said with a smile: "I know Yuan, but these words will be said to me until the Western Conference Finals." ”

After Gan Guoyang said this, Adelman finally didn't hold back, and the smile on his face was revealed, but to be honest, Adelman did have a heart attack and was almost scared out by Gan Guoyang, the unstable catch and the three-point shot made Adelman increase blood pressure, Adelman thought to himself, if he sat in the position of coach for a few more years, he would definitely have a short life.

Gan Guoyang, the biggest contributor to the victory of this game, scored 3o points in the whole game, although the 3o point score is not particularly outstanding for a player of Gan Guoyang's level, but he scored 13 points in the fourth quarter, and in the fourth quarter he shot all the shots, without a miss, and sent a few key passes to help his teammates score, and sent key blocks to defend the basket, which can be said to be a great contribution.

The rest of the Trail Blazers' players were all average, with the only bright spot being Jim Paxson, who played the entire fourth quarter and became a key figure in the game, and his restrictions on Hornacek, his involvement in opposing defensive formations, and his crucial three-point shooting all helped the Trail Blazers tremendously.

"You played a great comeback tonight, and how did you decide to shoot that three-pointer in the last minute, because it takes a lot of courage."

"Oh, my teammates gave me courage because I believe that even if I don't score, they're going to get the rebound, and of course, the most important thing is that I believe I can shoot that shot, and the moment I shoot I know that I'm going to go in, definitely, I'm ready to go back."

Gan Guoyang was quite excited when he was interviewed by reporters, most of the games of the Trail Blazers this season are crushing victories, not to mention such a big turnaround, and there are not many games that even hold each other to the end, especially in the playoffs, the Trail Blazers have won all the way, and the Trail Blazers' reversal victory in this game is also of great significance, on the one hand, it is a wake-up call to the Trail Blazers players, telling them that the playoffs cannot tolerate the slightest slackness, and they will fall into a state of no recovery if they are not careful.

The Suns ended up in a mess, and if the Trail Blazers met the mighty Lakers or Pistons, there would be little hope of a comeback.

On the other hand, a win in the game means that the Trail Blazers have one foot in the door of the Western Conference finals, and 3:o means that it is only a matter of time before they eliminate the Suns, and the Suns below are basically fighting for honor.

Since the 1985 playoffs, after Gan Guoyang joined the nBa, excluding the reimbursement of the 1987 season, the Trail Blazers can enter the division finals at least every year, which is enough to show that Gan Guoyang has greatly improved the Trail Blazers.

Of course, it's still too early to say this, and it's only one step away from qualifying, but this step still has to be taken.

After winning this crucial battle, the Trail Blazers, who were at their peak, quickly began high-intensity training the day after the game, and now their goal is to finish the series in Phoenix, because on the other court, the Los Angeles Lakers also lead the Utah Jazz 3:O and a sweep is imminent, so the Trail Blazers need time to prepare.

On this day of training, the atmosphere in the Trailblazers team was quite good, the confrontation between the two sides was fierce, Gan Guoyang trash talk throughout the training, scolded all the players who played badly in the last game, and then accompanied them to practice.

Such Portland Trail Blazers are terrible, they are gathered around Gan Guoyang, like an army, there are no complaints about the requirements of the commander, if the state is good, if the state is bad, adjust, Sabonis, who cannot play on the sidelines, is also put into training, although he has a knee problem, but his hand can still move, so he continues to practice passing and receiving the ball on the sidelines.

There is no doubt that this big reversal has sublimated the spirit of the Blazers, and now, no matter what adversity, as long as it is not until the last minute of the game, they will not give up; Similarly, no matter what the advantage is, the Trail Blazers will be careful to defend the advantage until the end of the game.

On the contrary, the Phoenix Suns exhausted all their mental strength in the third game, and then they were exhausted, and they were not as strong as the Trail Blazers, relying on the Suns who played a dominant situation in one breath, and lost the game in the cheers of more than 20,000 fans at home, and the damage to the players was huge.

On the third day of the Trail Blazers' arrival in Phoenix, Game 4 continued, and the situation was completely different from the third, and although the fans at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum were still as enthusiastic as the sun in the desert, they also knew in their hearts that the sun's road was not long.

The game was as expected, at the beginning, the Suns could still rely on the only remaining momentum and the Trail Blazers gritted their teeth to insist, but in the middle of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers relied on the joint swing of Gan Guoyang and Drexler to pull the score away in one fell swoop.

When the buzzer sounded at the end of the game, the score was fixed at 119-96, and the Trail Blazers defeated the Phoenix Suns by 23 points on the road to reach the Western Conference Finals with a total score of 4:O.

Gan Guoyang teamed up with Drexler to dominate the game this time, the two combined for 77 points, got 31 rebounds, Drexler even got a triple-double, and returned to the locker room after the game, the Trail Blazers held a simple small celebration, the staff took out the beer brought from Portland from the freezer, and all the players drank in the locker room.

Of course, this series win was not a breakthrough victory, and for the Trail Blazers, only the championship was the only goal, and it was also their fourth time in five years that they reached the Western Conference Finals, against their old friend Los Angeles Lakers, who had played twice in the previous three.

When the Trail Blazers returned to Portland the next day, the family took a day off, and in the evening, news came from Salt Lake City that the Los Angeles Lakers also beat the Utah Jazz on the road, eliminated their opponents with an overall score of 4:o, and reached the division finals seven times in eight years (if it weren't for Gan Guoyang's arrival, the Lakers would also reach the division finals in '86, so they would have reached the division finals for eight consecutive years). ）

From the fiasco in 1985, to the passing in 1986, and then to the regrettable defeat in 1988, for the Portland Trail Blazers, the Los Angeles Lakers are a mountain that they have never been able to bypass, in fact, after 1986, some people believe that if the Lakers entered the Western Conference Finals that year, then the Trail Blazers would not be able to pass the Lakers to enter the Finals.

It's just that the Rockets restrained the Lakers, and the Trail Blazers just restrained the Rockets, so the Trail Blazers luckily avoided the Lakers and were able to enter the Finals against the Celtics.

Of course, Trail Blazers fans and players have 10,000 reasons to refute such a statement, but the real powerful response is to really play another series with the Lakers, and really defeat this Western giant, so that the Trail Blazers can really ascend to the throne of the West.

Of course, "no reactionary will automatically withdraw from the stage of history", not to mention that the Los Angeles Lakers are still at his peak, especially their core Magic Johnson, who is on the road to the peak, this season in the case of Abdul-Jabbar's complete aging, he shared most of the scoring tasks, but also to strengthen the offensive organization, really eyebrows and mustaches, played an mVp-level season, if it were not for Gan Guoyang's pressure, the second regular season mVp in his life is a certainty.

In the regular season, the Lakers' performance was up and down, mainly due to the complete aging of the interior and the injury problems of the players, but in the playoffs, the Lakers immediately proved that they are still the most feared team in the West, and like the Trail Blazers, they easily advanced to the division finals with two sweeps.

And unlike the Trail Blazers, the Lakers were unusually smooth throughout the process, and the opponent did not have the slightest strength to struggle, which is enough to show that the Lakers are in the best condition, and they want to use this last chance to give Abdul-Jabbar a championship ring before he retires.

The confrontation between the old and new hegemons is imminent, whether the Lakers continue to maintain their domination of the West, or whether the Trailblazers overthrow the "tyranny" and establish a new dynasty.