The Golden Age of Basketball

Throughout March, the Portland Trail Blazers maintained a swift and unmatched state, and their number of losses has remained below 10 games. After losing to the Boston Celtics in an away game on March 3, the Portland Trail Blazers The former continued to record 29 wins and 59 losses, and retained the hope of winning 10 games.

Entering April, the Blazers will continue to face strong opponents. The Blazers' schedule throughout the season is easy and then difficult. Now at the end of the season, the opponents are still strong, but as the playoffs are approaching, the strong teams are adjusting their status. It gave the Blazers the opportunity to continue to steal victories.

Gan Guoyang failed to go to the NCAA finals. After returning to Portland, he immediately put on his clothes and faced a strong opponent. Their opponent was the Detroit Pistons who were racing all the way in the second half.

After getting Aguilar in the trade, the Pistons, who were full of contradictions in the first half, defeated the Trail Blazers at home on February 2, which became a turning point. In one game, they achieved 22 wins and 22 losses. Such a high winning percentage quickly allowed them to surpass the Cleveland Cavaliers and rise to the No. 20 position in the Western Conference.

The chemical reaction brought about by the deal between Pistons Aguilar and Dantley is really unparalleled. Aguili is willing to play as a substitute in the Pistons, starting from defense, and at the same time he can contribute about 20 points per game. The firepower is a perfect fit for the piston.

However, although such a Pistons lineup is very strong, the nine-man team consisting of nine starters and substitutes will make the entire league fearful. Seah Thomas is a superstar scoring point. After all, Aguilar is not as good as before. He can't provide Dantley's unreasonable scoring, especially low-post scoring.

The entire Pistons rely heavily on their backcourt scoring, while the front line, especially the low post scoring ability is seriously insufficient, which made them suffer a big loss in the April 4 game against the Trail Blazers.

After Gan Guoyang returned to Portland, he did not participate in training and directly participated in the game at night. Facing the Pistons' iron barrel defense, Gan Guoyang, who was disgraced last time in Auburn Hills, did not give the Pistons a chance to double-team him. Just limit their position in the frontal 41-degree fan-shaped area, keep picking and rolling, jumping, or suddenly go down to the low post to catch the ball and attack. Bill Lambiel and John Sally have nothing to do with Gan Guoyang, with strong revenge Mentality, Gan Guoyang once again scored 20 points on the inside of the Pistons. This is already his No. 40 performance of [-] points in six games this season, and his shooting percentage is astonishingly high. The Pistons treat him up and down. For a while, the low post style of play was quite uncomfortable.

Bill Lambiel tried to provoke Gan Guoyang many times, but Gan Guoyang didn't have the time to pay attention to him at all, and gave him two dunks on his head. Lambiel was basically honest, because the point difference was getting bigger and bigger. Zhongdu is in a scoring drought. Without Dantley, once they can't play tactics, they will lose one of the most reliable scoring points. This also caused them to be beaten by the Blazers to the ground.

In the end, amidst the boos of the audience, Bill Lambiel fouled off the field six times. Of course, the old man did not forget to "politely" bow to the fans and thank him before leaving the field and sitting on the bench.

The big victory over the Pistons made the confidence of the Trail Blazers players reach the peak. The whole team is united before the playoffs, and they are all ready to show their ambitions in the playoffs.

In the next game, the Blazers swept all the way. On April 4 against the Los Angeles Clippers, Drexler scored 6 points and Gan Guoyang scored 36 points and 33 rebounds. The duo continued to maintain their terrifying firepower.

On April 4th, the Celtics ushered in at home. In the poor Celtics lineup, Bird and McHale were all injured and missed. Len Bias replaced McHale as a power forward. The result can be imagined. The player who recovered his life because of Gan Guoyang's arrival is no match for Gan Guoyang on the field. Although he is an excellent player, it can be seen from his exposure to drugs that weak willpower is his biggest problem. For superstars, willpower sometimes plays a more decisive role than talent.

Such a misplaced matchup, playing Gan Guoyang is really for nothing. At the same time, it can be seen that the Celtics' morale is a bit slack. Due to the injuries of the main players this season, the Celtics' record has already ranked eighth in the East. Struggling for a place in the playoffs, this is really unacceptable for the Celtics, who were extremely brilliant last season.

Without Bird, Gan Guoyang also lost his opponent who talked trash with him on the court. The game became a lot boring in an instant. After scoring 33 points in three quarters, Gan Guoyang sat on the court and went to rest. At this time, the Blazers had entered the automatic In the navigation state, the command and helm of the captain are no longer needed.

In the following five days, the Blazers defeated the Heat, Clippers and Utah Jazz at home consecutively. Their record has reached 68 wins and 10 losses, which is only one game away from the best record in NBA history at that time of 69 wins and 13 losses. All the fans and the media are paying attention to the next game of the Trail Blazers, waiting for the birth of the first 1 wins in NBA history.

However, the game against the Jazz was still quite difficult. The Jazz's defense was also extreme, which made the Blazers fall into the quagmire of low hits. Gan Guoyang was attacked by Malone's revenge-like crazy defense, but he did not dare to elbow Gan Guoyang. In the end, Gan Guoyang Still able to use two layups at the critical moment, shattering the Jazz's hope of beating the Trail Blazers away, winning the 4th victory by 68 points.

After the game, Gan Guoyang also invited Stockton to go to Mr. Behrman's house together. The two most proud disciples of Behrman have never forgotten this mentor, although this mentor has brought the most important influence to them. It's trash talk and small gestures...

In Bellman's home, the two talked about the past and their views on the future as they did in college. Bellman even hoped that the two would have the opportunity to play together again, but judging from the current situation, It is basically impossible.

"Honey, take a look. There are reports on the Blazers on the news on TV." At this time, Mrs. Bellman, who was watching TV in the living room, said suddenly. Bellman and Stockton felt that there was something related to the Blazers. The news is nothing more than reporting how good they are this season, and they are still one game away from the best record.

Only Gan Guoyang felt nervous, thinking of what Allen said, he always felt that something was going to happen.

Gan Guoyang and Behrman came to the living room together, and then saw the report of CBS TV station: "The nba official received an anonymous tape, according to the official announcement, it recorded the Portland Trail Blazers owner Larry Wimber The content of the conversation between Ge and the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, Donald Sterling, mentioned their views on the players under their opponents, and they all expressed their hatred of people of color on the team. Among them, Larry Weinberg said that the team It was hard for him to accept that his top card was actually a Chinese, 'If he didn't bring me so much income, I would have sold him right away'."

The news was like a blow to the head. After hearing the news, the four people stood blankly in the living room. Everyone had complicated expressions on their faces, but Gan Guoyang seemed calmer, as if he had been prepared for it.

"Gan, everything should still be under investigation, and even if the boss has objections to you, the players and coaches support you..." Bellman looked at Gan Guoyang's calm appearance, and wanted to say something, but Gan Guoyang raised his hand stopped him.

"It's okay Mr. Bellman, I'm fine, but now, the Blazers will definitely have problems, and they are ready to get through this difficult time."