The Golden Age of Basketball

The double play against the Celtics brought the morale of the Blazers to the peak of the season. The entire Portland fans are full of confidence. Champ best time.

Many people in the Portland Trail Blazers also think so. Their boss Weinberg confessed in an interview after the game that the goal of the Trail Blazers this season is the championship.

Although no matter what the team is, the goal of the season will be set as the championship on the basic table, but in the same way, people with a discerning eye can still see who is talking about it and who really thinks so.

The entire West, since the Lakers selected the Magician in 1979 and Worthy in 1982, has basically entered the reign of the Zijin Dynasty, and other teams have not posed much threat to the Lakers.

As long as the Lakers don’t make trouble themselves—for example, in 1981, the conflict between the magician and the head coach caused the team to be eliminated in the first round, then the Lakers rarely encountered resistance in the Western Conference playoffs, and their opponents usually surrendered early, and then waited for the Eastern Conference in the finals The last surviving team of the heroes after the bloody battle-first was the 76ers, and now it has become the Celtics.

From 1980 to 1985, in the Lakers' five trips to the Finals, the most difficult round in the Western Conference was just 1983 when they defeated the San Antonio Spurs 4:2 in the Western Conference Finals. That year Worthy The absence of the playoffs due to injury reduced the strength of the Lakers, and the combination of Spurs Jill Moore and Gervin caused a lot of trouble for the Lakers.

In addition, you will find that in the playoffs in the Western Conference, the Lakers have never played a tiebreaker with their opponents in one round, and all problems have been solved within six games, which is enough to show how crushed they are in terms of overall strength.

Even if Gan Guoyang came to this time and space, he was easily taken away by the Lakers 4:1 in the Western Conference finals last season. The Lakers in the regular season and playoffs are basically two heavyweights.

This season, the Portlanders finally have the confidence to compete with the Lakers. They are ready to overthrow the Lakers' rule this season and start a new era in the West.

It is still too early to say whether all this can be realized. At least in the Trail Blazers, there are two people who are still very calm. One is Ramsey. He has confirmed that this season will be his last in the Trail Blazers. Season, so his desire to fight for the championship is unprecedentedly strong, but he still thinks that the Blazers are still difficult to compare with the Lakers. Even if the Lakers' condition is not particularly good this season, they still maintain a strong dominance.

"The balance and comprehensiveness of the Lakers are beyond the reach of the current Blazers. We may not lose to the Lakers in one or two aspects, but generally speaking, only the Celtics in the league are qualified to challenge the Lakers." This is a double play What Ramsey said to the media after the Celtics game.

Some people may think that this is the coach's humble words, but this is Ramsey's true inner thoughts. The road to the championship is much more difficult than it seems to ordinary people, even if it is incredible that the magician won the finals mvp in his rookie season , but the previous Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the Lakers also experienced countless difficulties and setbacks.

The other one who remained calm was Gan Guoyang. He had watched many teams win the championship in later generations, and he knew how hard it is for a team to grow from scratch until it wins the championship.

Maybe some teams can reach the sky in one step, such as the Celtics in 2008, but that championship is the result of more than ten years of blood and tears of the Celtics and the heartache of two superstars who have not won a championship for many years, not a simple grouping can explain.

And Gan Guoyang still clearly remembers that according to the prophecy of blind Chris, the champion of this season will be the Houston Rockets. Gan Guoyang can't imagine why if he dies, the Houston Rockets will win the championship.

Anyway, the Rockets will definitely achieve something this season. This is what Gan Guoyang can be sure of. They will definitely cause big troubles on the way forward for the Blazers, and even kick the Blazers away. It is not impossible.

In such a situation where the outside is optimistic, the internal morale is high, and there is no shortage of calm thinking, the Blazers' games this season have begun to come to an end.

The end of February is the last part of the Blazers' half-devil schedule, and it is also the last darkness before dawn. They will go to the Mid-Eastern region to start an away trip.

The first opponent is the Atlanta Hawks. The good news for the Blazers is that Dominique Wilkins missed the game due to injury, which greatly reduced the pressure on the Blazers' front line defense; Gan Guoyang, who won a triple-double in the game, also missed the game because of a cold. The Eagles' short-armed eagle Willis finally didn't have to be abused by Gan Guoyang on the court.

The absence of the two stars of the two sides undoubtedly greatly reduced the spectacle of the game, and at the same time the suspense of the game also increased. Ramsey responded by not letting Jones start instead of Gan Guoyang, but letting Jerome Cosey play small forward. Vandeweghe played power forward.

At the same time, Valentine still did not return on the back line. Ramsey did not let Colter continue to start. He began to experiment with the effect of Terry Porter's starting. After all, Porter has a more obvious advantage in size and better talent than Colter.

So this game completely became an offensive battle. The Blazers gave full play to the characteristics of a small lineup and launched a quick counterattack recklessly. For this reason, they also lost a lot of offensive rebounds.

The Hawks played mediocrely in comparison, playing at every point, and the two sides were in a stalemate until the end. The Blazers relied on a wave of 11:0 offensive shock waves to completely establish their advantage and win the game.

But the Blazers were not so lucky in the next game. Because Gan Guoyang had the flu, although he insisted on playing the game, Ramsey still put him on the injury watch list, which is completely unnecessary at this time adventure.

So on February 2, the Blazers arrived in Philadelphia to challenge the Philadelphia 19ers at the Spectrum Arena.

In this game, Ramsey did not dare to put Mitchell Sampson in the center position and let Vandeweghe play power forward. Facing the inside combination of Moses Malone and Charles Barkley, he obediently Pushed veteran Jones to the starting center position.

It's a pity that this didn't have much impact on the result of the game. The Blazers played very well on the offensive end and played well-organized tactics, but on the defensive end without Gan Guoyang, they realized that the pillars of the entire defensive system were suddenly pulled away. It just collapsed, and the defensive formation that Bellman designed for the team, which has been working well recently, was completely smashed by Moses Malone and Charles Barkley.

The two big insiders scored a total of 69 points and 27 rebounds, including 32 of 26 free throws. The Blazers had nothing to do with them.

To make matters worse, Bob McAdoo, a veteran who just joined the 76ers, also ate dumplings on the Blazers. He came off the bench and scored 20 points and 6 rebounds, and scored 89 points with three insiders.

The final score was a terrifying 151:137. The 76ers' 151 points also set a single-game scoring record this season, and it was still a scoring record without overtime.

After the Blazers double-killed the Celtics, they were hit by the 76ers' season double-kill, which made Gan Guoyang furious. Unfortunately, the Blazers have no chance to compete with the 76ers this season, unless the two sides can meet in the finals .

After a big defeat, Gan Guoyang came back from the front line, and the entire Blazers also regained their spirits. They returned all the abuse they received during the game against the 76ers to their opponents behind - the Chicago Bulls without Jordan.

Since Jordan was reimbursed for the season, the Bulls did not give up on themselves. On the contrary, the remaining players played brilliantly under the leadership of coach Albeck, and several talented young players grew very fast.

Like Wallridge, who also participated in last year's slam dunk contest, he filled the scoring loophole after losing Jordan in the backcourt, averaging 20 points per game, reaching the peak in five seasons.

Charles Oakley also became the starting power forward of the Bulls and began to show his talent in defense and rebounding. He will be an excellent blue-collar power forward in the future.

But meeting Gan Guoyang who is full of desire to vent, Oakley is also destined to become cannon fodder. In this game, he was beaten by Gan Guoyang as a six-offender and retired. He only scored 10 points and 7 rebounds, while Gan Guoyang had an outstanding performance of 34 points and 22 rebounds. , The Bulls took away a victory at home.

After the game, Michael Jordan, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the game, also stepped forward and told Gan Guoyang to be more careful next time, and Gan Guoyang said that he would wait for the table.

Of course, Gan Guoyang didn't know what kind of retaliatory explosion Jordan would have next time he faced the Trail Blazers. (ps: On January 1987, 1, Michael Jordan scored 8 points in a home game against the Trail Blazers.)

This is not over yet, Gan Guoyang, who won a victory over the Bulls, was completely dissatisfied. In the last back-to-back in February, the Blazers came to Detroit from Chicago.

It has been nearly a year since Gan Guoyang was suspended for punching Lambiel here last time, and Gan Guoyang's dislike for the Pistons and Lambiel has not diminished in the slightest.

While Lambiel and the Pistons aren't as rough as they seem on the surface, until this season, the Pistons were an offense-focused team.

But players who have played with the Pistons know that they must always be careful in the interior and the little moves of Lambir and the power forward Rick Malone who just came to the Pistons. Be careful and you will suffer their dark losses.

Players in the league have private exchanges, and there will be transfers between teams. Players will comment on each other's style of play, such as Jordan, Gan Guoyang, and Bird's style are very good, and they play cleanly. But not weak (the mouth is particularly dirty in comparison), like Stockton, some people have begun to realize that this guy has a lot of small moves in his play, but after all, Stockton is not famous enough now.

On the other hand, Lambiel and Mahon are "open and aboveboard", with the appearance of "I just have a lot of tricks, so if you don't accept you, come and beat me", they use this to provoke their opponents. Gan Guoyang, who was a rookie, was fooled like this.

After a year of growth, Gan Guoyang's psychological quality has stabilized a lot, but the Pistons are also much stronger. Coupled with back-to-back physical problems, this is destined to be a tough battle.