The Trail Blazers, who arrived in Boston on the 24th, won't play the Celtics until the 27th, which means they will be in Boston for three full days.

The Celtics are still playing away games in other cities in the United States, and they won't be able to return to Boston until the 26th.

The Trail Blazers had planned to return to Portland to recuperate before flying directly to Boston, but a rare cold snap in the Midwest caused the Trail Blazers to fly east to the NBA's most notorious away city for three days.

In addition to being harassed by various phone calls at night, someone finally got hit on the food, Colt accidentally ate the cake delivered to his room, and as a result, he had diarrhea for two whole days, and his game status on the 27th was already worrying.

Of course, not all teams can be treated like this in Boston, especially during the regular season, only the Lakers and 76ers are eligible to experience the five-star treatment of Boston fans, and other small teams and weak teams are not looked down upon by Boston fans at all.

As a new force that has emerged this season, the Trailblazers are coming to Boston for the first time, and the locals naturally want to do their landlord friendship.

Fortunately, the local league staff is still very conscientious and arranges the best training gym in the local area for the Trail Blazers, so that the Trail Blazers can train well in these days.

Gan Guoyang worked as hard as ever in training, he was the first to come in the morning and the last to leave in the evening, he was like an ancient farmer who was accustomed to sunrise and sunset, and this kind of training life has been integrated into his blood.

The No. 25 Trail Blazers team conducted a high-intensity team-wide offensive and defensive drill, and the players were quite tired after nearly three hours of practice, even Drexler left the court to go to the locker room to take a shower and rest after the training.

Only Gan Guoyang decided to stay and continue to practice alone.

"Gan, if you feel tired, it's better to go back and rest early, for athletes, rest is just as important as training." Ramsey saw that Gan Guoyang still wanted to continue practicing, so he reminded him.

Ramsey knew that today should be the last high-intensity confrontation practice before the game, and they had to start stocking up for the game the day after tomorrow, and he didn't want Gan Guoyang to have no physical strength to fight against Boston's strong interior line in the big game the day after tomorrow.

"I'm okay if I? If I don't practice for a while, I won't be able to sleep at night. "Gan Guoyang is very stubborn, and he has to practice more after training.

"Well, that's fine, make yourself more tired, and sleep better at night, or you'll be made even more sleepy by those damn guys." Ramsey was deeply worried about his sleep.

So Ramsey also left, and Gan Guoyang was finally the only one left in the arena, silently doing basic shooting exercises and hook hand exercises.

At this time, Gan Guoyang inevitably began to miss the time when he was in high school, when Diepenbrock accompanied him to practice, when Gan Guoyang would always dribble with Diepenbrock, and his dribbling skills were also a good foundation laid at that time.

Later, in college, Stockton would also practice with Gan Guoyang, Stockton's talent does look average on the surface, but Gan Guoyang knows that Stockton has great potential.

To fully develop these potentials, it requires years of hard training and continuous competition accumulation.

In the last game against the Utah Jazz, Stockton was already the main substitute for the Jazz, and he used his cleverness and attention to detail in the game to help the Jazz win at home against the Trail Blazers, and Stockton finally beat Gan Guoyang once.

Thinking of these, Gan Guoyang accelerated the speed of his head shooting, when no one was defending, Gan Guoyang's mid-range shooting was already very standard, and the front of the basket was the area he was best at, with a shooting rate of about 80%.

The horns are slightly worse, and they also have a shooting percentage of about 70 percent, which is about the same as his free throw shooting percentage.

And he didn't practice enough at 45 degrees and the bottom corner, and he usually only shot more than 60 percent in training.

But training is training, competition is competition, one relaxes and one is nervous, and shooting in two states is completely different.

For example, Van Dewic shot as high as 50 percent in the game, and to reach this level, Van Dewic is almost 100 shots in the state of no defense in training.

Gan Guoyang's hand is coming, and he may be able to reach the middle of 20 if he throws hard, but if he continues to cast, there will be large fluctuations.

Van de Verwich is stable and terrible, and when he feels like he throws, he can hit all the shots without conceding a goal in more than ten minutes.

In comparison, Drexler only shot more than 30 percent from the field in the game, but he also shot more than 95 percent from the field in practice.

This means that if Gan Guoyang shoots in the game, the estimated hit rate is only more than 10 to 20 percent, and it is impossible for the coach to let him shoot with such a hit rate.

"Well, when will I recover this middle distance? I'd rather lose 10 points less strength in my arms. Gan Guoyang thought about the contradiction between his amazing strength and shooting touch, and began to feel distressed again.

"Hey Gan, aren't you going back?" At this time, another person came in the training ground, except for Gan Guoyang, who unexpectedly did not go back.

"Tom! I still have to practice, do you want to come along? Gan Guoyang stopped shooting and saw that coming in through the door was the team's 12th man, Tom Scheffler.

Tom Scheffler, although also a rookie, is in his first season of the year, but he is actually 31 years old.

He was drafted by the Indiana Pacers with the seventh pick in the sixth round in 1977, but the Pacers didn't sign him, so he had to spend his days in some low-level leagues.

This year, the Trail Blazers made a big trade and the team was really short of people, so they signed the 31-year-old player who has no potential and no immediate power.

So Scheffler is the out-and-out twelfth on the Trail Blazers, the water cooler manager, and basically when it's his turn to play, the Trail Blazers either win or lose without any pants left.

Even in team drills, Scheffler didn't get many opportunities and was often pressed to the bench as a cheerleader.

is such an obscure marginal man who has a good relationship with everyone on the team, one is because he is the oldest player other than Kenny Carr - he and Karl are the same rookies.

Second, he is a very good guy in the game and in life, although he rarely plays in the game, he perfectly travels his duty as a cheerleader to do his duty as a cheerleader, waving a towel, cheering loudly and applauding after his teammates have scored a wonderful goal.

At the same time, when Gan Guoyang was unwilling to carry bags and pour tea and water for the old players, he took the initiative to take on these responsibilities, which made Gan Guoyang always a little embarrassed when he saw Scheffler, so Gan Guoyang was still very polite to him.

"No problem, you know that I'm mainly tired of my throat during confrontation training anyway, so it's good to come and move." Compared to the other players, Scheffler has a lot easier in training.

"I'm doing shooting drills, but you know, shooting in practice is always different from in the game, and I need somebody to help me." Gan Guoyang wanted Scheffler to defend himself.

"Oh Gan, you're a center, why do you always have to practice mid-to-long shooting, why don't we practice hooking." Scheffler said.

The other players of the entire Trailblazers, including the coach, don't quite understand why Gan Guoyang always has to practice mid-range shooting, at that time, it was still rare for the center to pull out and shoot the middle distance, and the center was generally forced to take the ball and throw one, and very few teams specially arranged the center to pull out the mid-range shot.

Therefore, the Trail Blazers coaching staff did not specifically design a plan and plan for Gan Guoyang's mid-distance shooting training, and it was all Gan Guoyang himself.

"It's going to be used someday, come on Tom, get in front of me and defend my mid-range shot!" Gan Guoyang didn't explain much, and took advantage of Scheffler's lack of attention, and immediately shot one on Scheffler's head.

"Huh!" Ball in! A 20-foot long throw, which is very crisp.

"Okay, Gan, let's talk about it first, you can only cast in the long range, I can't prevent you if you play other techniques." Scheffler also decided to take precautions.

"No problem, 20 pitches, if I score 15, I win; If not, I'll lose, and if I lose, I'll give you a bag tomorrow. Gan Guoyang and Scheffler bet.

Throughout the Pioneers, Gan Guoyang has never carried a bag for anyone, and he doesn't need anyone else to carry a bag for him.

If Gan Guoyang carries a bag for Scheffler tomorrow, it will be really big news in the Trail Blazers.

"Okay, then just wait and get me the bag!" Scheffler was confident in himself.

Because Gan Guoyang can only shoot in the middle of the shot, and also limits the distance to 15 feet, cannot break through, and cannot hook his hands, so Scheffler is fully defensible in defense and does not give Gan Guoyang room to move.

In this case, Gan Guoyang can neither turn his back to push Scheffler, nor can he use his speed to pass him, and the feints are useless, the only thing he can rely on is his own feel!

Soon, in the first duel, Gan Guoyang threw 20 balls, but only scored 6!

The hit rate is 30 percent, and this is still in the face of a water cooler manager like Scheffler, if Sampson is replaced to defend him, it is estimated that none of them will be able to enter.

"Well, only 6 of them entered, Gan, remember to carry my bag tomorrow." Scheffler is very satisfied with his performance, and it seems that Gan Guoyang is going to be a little brother for himself tomorrow.

"Wait Tom, I didn't say that I only played once, since you train with me, of course you have to do your duty to the end and keep practicing with me. When I'm tired and can't practice anymore, the training is over, and if I still can't throw 15 at that time, I'll give you a bag. ”

Scheffler thought about it, he was mainly here to be a sparring partner, and it didn't matter if he won or not, so he agreed, and he estimated that Gan Guoyang would not last long, after all, high-intensity confrontation training was very physically demanding.

It's a pity that Scheffler underestimated Gan Guoyang's physical fitness and underestimated Gan Guoyang's competitiveness.

For more than an hour, Gan Guoyang continued to shoot under Scheffler's defense, and his shooting percentage was steadily rising, but it was still far from 15-of-20 shooting.

As long as he does not complete the goal of shooting 15 balls, Gan Guoyang will never stop practicing.

Finally, Scheffler began to take it anymore, and he understood that if Gan Guoyang didn't win the gamble, if he didn't score 15 balls, he might be able to train him until tomorrow.

So he decisively chose to release water when he practiced for an hour and a half, pretending to be physically exhausted - in fact, he was really a little lacking in physical strength, so Gan Guoyang scored 15 balls.

"Huh!"

"Yes!" When Gan Guoyang threw the 15th ball in the 20th throw, he finally clenched his fists and shouted.

"Okay Gan, you don't have to carry my bag tomorrow." Scheffler sat down on the ground tired.

"I'm sorry Tom......" Gan Guoyang also felt a little embarrassed, he was indeed a little embarrassed, "I'll treat you to eat Boston crayfish in the evening!" ”

"Crayfish? Can you eat this thing? ”

"Of course you can, the Chinese eat this cutely, it tastes great."

"Okay, I can try, but I'm going to take a shower first."

"No problem, let's continue tomorrow."

"Oh no.................."