The Golden Age of Basketball

"The winning streak is over!"

“The end of Portland's 'Magic Tour'!"

"Indiana plays the Terminator!"

"Blazers die at the last stand."

... This is the front page headlines of the major media in the United States after the Trail Blazers lost the game against the Pacers by 120:125 by five points and ended their 17-game winning streak.

No team's loss this season can attract so much attention, because everyone is guessing how long the Blazers' super winning streak after the start of the season can last.

At the end of the game, Indiana's home court was even sprinkled with confetti, as if they won the championship showdown, not an ordinary regular season.

All the reporters swarmed in, but they rushed not to the players of the victorious Pacers, but to the players of the Trail Blazers. At this time, they were more concerned about the mood of the losers.

The Blazers players had no time to deal with those microphones. Under the leadership of Gan Guoyang, everyone left the court with their heads down, and disappeared in front of the visiting team's locker room through the passage into the locker room.

This is the longest winning streak in the history of the NBA. The last longest winning streak dates back to the distant 1948-1949 season. At that time, it was the Washington Capitol, the predecessor of the Washington Bullets, who created the record for the NBA's opening season winning streak. A record of 15 consecutive victories.

In the final playoffs, the Washington Congress also made it to the finals.

Followed by the Boston Celtics in the 1957-1958 season, their winning streak was 14, and they won the NBA championship in that season.

The Trail Blazers set a long-standing record this season, increasing their opening-season winning streak to 17 games, but no one expected that this record would end with the Indiana Pacers, who only won two games at the start.

The Blazers' loss must be due to injuries. Everyone, including Adelman and Gan Guoyang, underestimated the role of Buck Williams to the Blazers. He provided defensive area, rebounding ability and active Fighting is hard for others to replace.

At the same time, they also overestimated Sabonis' ability to adjust. Obviously, he has not adapted to the starting position. Sabonis performed poorly in the game against the Pacers. He only scored 2 points, 3 rebounds, and 1 assist. There were also four foul post-ups.

Drexler, who played well at first, was influenced by Person, lost his mind and used an elbow to deal with Person. In the end, he was sent off, which made the Blazers worse.Fortunately, Drexler was not suspended for this elbow after the game. The league at that time did have relatively light penalties for these fouls.

In the case where the starting main force is limited, the performance of the entire Blazers off the bench is very bad, failing to make up for the loopholes in the starting lineup.

Veteran Jim Paxson has been in worrisome form recently. He didn’t score a point against the Pacers. Kenny Johnson didn’t replace Williams very well. Danny Young’s performance can only be said to be quite satisfactory. Duckworth's performance was fairly normal. Sabonis did not perform well and Gan Guoyang needed to rest. He completed his task relatively well.

After the game, the Trail Blazers team also conducted a team review, earnestly summarizing the experience and lessons brought about by the loss of this game. However, at the summary meeting, Adelman still expressed his support for Sabonis. He made it clear that, He will continue to let Sabonis start the next game.

Adelman is like this. He has always been cautious about tactics, but once he makes a change, he will not turn back easily. Sabonis did not perform well in his first start. Adelman knows that if he puts Sabonis on the bench again because of this, it will be good for him. Self-confidence will be a hit.

It is not easy to cultivate inside players, and Sabonis is another good seed. With the help and guidance of Gan Guoyang, Sabonis is likely to grow into another towering tree. At this time, Adelman is not good at discovering rookies. , but he would not miss a good horse like Sabonis.

Adelman's support and Gan Guoyang's encouragement gave Sabonis enough confidence and motivation. After returning to Portland with the team, the Portland team was unexpectedly welcomed by a large number of fans. At the airport Portland fans came early and played the "wele-back" (welcome home) slogan to welcome the Trail Blazers, who created a history of winning streak, but just suffered the pain of loss.

"Finally back to Portland, it feels so good!" After getting off the plane, Gan Guoyang breathed the air of the Pacific Northwest coast, feeling extremely cordial. Victory not only no longer brings joy, but brings a heavy psychological burden.

Perhaps losing the game in Indiana to end the winning streak is the best result. No matter how great a hero is, he will be injured, and no matter how strong a hero is, he needs comfort. Let go of all negativity, return to the arms of home, and start their journey again.

In the cheers of the fans, the exhaustion of consecutive away games and losses seemed to disappear all of a sudden. On the way back to Portland, some players worried about whether they would be left out by the fans. Now it seems that all this is in vain worried.

While high-fiving the fans at the airport, Gan Guoyang searched around, and finally saw a beautiful figure among the fans, it was Wang Fuxi who came to pick him up at the airport.

Wang Fuxi wore a small fancy suit on his upper body, and a pure black delicate woolen sweater inside, outlining a plump and perfect curve on his chest; his lower body was a tube skirt that covered the hips, and a pair of black boots matched The black knitted socks look elegant and sexy, standing in Yuanchuan and looking at the fans and Blazers players, like a statue of a goddess.

Gan Guoyang greeted the team members, and immediately took his luggage and walked towards Wang Fuxi. To this day, Gan Guoyang is unwilling to drive by himself. In Portland, Wang Fuxi has always driven, and Wang Fuxi No matter how busy the hospital is, Xi will find time to drive Gan Guoyang instead of letting the Feng brothers do it. This is the tacit understanding formed by the two over the years.

"You are so beautiful today." Gan Guoyang said with a smile after seeing Wang Fuxi, it is always right to praise women no matter when and where they look.

But Wang Fuxi stepped forward, first observed Gan Guoyang's neck, then moved his face to smell Gan Guoyang's body, finally observed Gan Guoyang's clothes, touched them, and finally said: "Well, It's very clean, no women should have touched it. Not bad, let's go."

After finishing speaking, Wang Fuxi hugged Gan Guoyang's arm and led him to the parking lot. Gan Guoyang couldn't laugh or cry. The first thing Wang Fuxi did when he met him was "chagang". In that era, there was no mobile phone communication and no internet , so Wang Fuxi can only use this primitive method to supervise Gan Guoyang.

Fortunately, Gan Guoyang was not afraid of the slanting shadow and had no flaws, otherwise he would probably have a big trouble when he returned to Portland.

However, Wang Fuxi still trusts Gan Guoyang very much. She only behaves like this out of a woman's nature. With Gan Guoyang's current status and status, it is perfectly normal for her to have some romantic affairs outside.

But so far, Gan Guoyang's reputation has been very positive, completely different from the romantic seeds like magicians. This not only makes Wang Fuxi feel at ease, but also makes Wang Fuxi fall in love with Gan Guoyang more and more, and is eager to start a family with him .

However, Gan Guoyang has always insisted on marrying her after winning the championship. Under Wang Fuxi's constant request, Gan Guoyang finally promised that even if he could not win the championship this season, he would marry her. Finally settled down.

She began to be like a good wife, seriously engaged in her work, took care of their home, and at the same time dressed herself up so that Gan Guoyang could see herself pleasing to the eye every time he came back from the away game; Gan Youwei Many things over there were also arranged by Wang Fuxi, and Wang Fuxi personally took care of her husband's minor ailments.

She knew that what she could do was to give Gan Guoyang the greatest support in these inconspicuous things, just like all traditional Chinese wives, so that her husband has a reliable and stable rear and can develop his career with peace of mind.

This is what Gan Guoyang is most satisfied with Wang Fuxi. Although she is a mixed race with only half Chinese blood on her body and grew up in the United States, she is more Chinese than many Chinese girls. Many qualities, her support and understanding of Gan Guoyang made Gan Guoyang feel deeply attached to him. Gan Guoyang firmly believed that with her, he would be able to gallop in the basketball world without any scruples and pursue more victories.

"By the way, Forrest Gump, Wu Zhiwen has looked for you several times, and I told him that you will look for him when you come back." After Wang Fuxi drove home with Gan Guoyang, he suddenly said to Gan Guoyang.

"Really? I'll call him later."

Wu Zhiwen, the reporter who became famous for a clarification interview with Gan Guoyang, created a miracle that made a music newspaper out of stock in the Oregon area.

Later, Wu Zhiwen also left the Country Music News with this report and became a sports reporter. As a Chinese reporter, he still had a hard time moving forward. Gan Guoyang was his only reliance. He was often able to get news related to Gan Guoyang. first hand information.

However, Gan Guoyang also asked Wu Zhiwen to maintain his independence in the news, which also meant that Wu Zhiwen became Gan Guoyang's queen spokesman. Anyone who wanted to get news from Gan Guoyang had to go through Wu Zhiwen.

This also weakens David Falk's control in a certain sense. Generally speaking, agents have full control over players, but Gan Guoyang is different. He needs to spread power so that he can control himself.

"This guy probably came here for Gorbachev's affairs." Gan Guoyang thought in his heart.