"Hold the ball, turn around, hook it! The ball goes in! There is no suspense anymore. The 76ers called a timeout. There are still 4 minutes before the end of the game. The Trail Blazers have already led by 17 points with 116:99. Gan's goal basically announced that the game ended early. Ramsey must also replace Gan. He has been staying long enough in the fourth quarter. The fans on the scene stood up and applauded and cheered for Gan! 31 points, 22 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks, MVP-level data, players on the bench all stepped forward to high-fives with him. He is the MVP who is worthy of this game!"

Gan Guoyang's performance in this game was perfect. His 31 points and 22 rebounds were not his best data, but he experienced the feeling of controlling the game for the first time.

At the beginning of the second half, he used a foul to make Moses Malone sit on the bench, which disrupted the tactical arrangement of the 76ers.

Immediately afterwards, Gan Guoyang scored consecutively on the offensive end, forcing the 76ers to double-team, thus releasing the pressure faced by the Trail Blazers on the outside, and the Trail Blazers began to completely suppress the 76ers on the offense.

The Trail Blazers' ability to play against the wind has not been truly tested, but they are good at playing with the wind, and they are proficient in all their skills to add icing on the cake.

Drexler initially showed his terrible attack ability when pulling in the line. In the third quarter, the fast attack led by him hit the old 76ers hard.

They once widened the score difference to 18 points, and even if Moses Malone reappeared in the second half of the third quarter, they could not stop the tide of Trail Blazers' fast break.

In the fourth quarter, the 76ers who recovered from the storm organized a final counterattack. Malone repeatedly attacked the Trail Blazers' inside with four fouls on his back, and together with Barkley, he wanted to break up the Trail Blazers' inside, so that the Trail Blazers' outside line would not be able to fully play out.

But Gan Guoyang once again used his rock-solid stable performance to firmly control the backcourt rebounds, and did not put himself in foul trouble.

Although he could not completely limit Moses Malone who entered a crazy state, he did not let Moses Malone play a crazy performance of "shot, grab the board, shoot again, grab again, catch again, shoot again, catch still, catch, shoot in", which made the 76ers want to rely on crazy frontcourt rebounds to save the situation and morale failed.

In the middle of the fourth quarter, Gan Guoyang stood up again and faced the old Moses Malone, and scored 7 points in a row, including a 21, allowing Moses Malone to commit 5 fouls.

Gan Guoyang's strong scoring and explosive ability was fully demonstrated in the game.

This combination punch also completed a fatal blow to the 76ers, completely widening the gap, and the game lost the suspense. Ramsey replaced Gan Guoyang to accept the cheers of the audience.

"In a wonderful game, Gan's performance brings endless imagination to people. I believe that in time, he will be one of the best centers in the league." Crouch did not hesitate to his praise. As a senior basketball commentator, Crouch could feel that Gan Guoyang was still vaguely in his style of a general.

"The game ends! The Trail Blazers defeated the powerful Philadelphia 76ers at home in the New Year. They followed the Los Angeles Lakers in the rankings and ranked second in the Pacific. In a wonderful game, let's take a look at the interview with Gan by the live reporter. His outstanding performance in this game is the key to the Trail Blazers winning the game."

"Gan, what do you think of your performance in this game?" Gan Guoyang, as the best player in the game, naturally had to be interviewed by reporters on the sidelines again.

"My mind is very clear today. I feel like I am playing chess. I have clear ideas in my mind about what to do and how to do each step. I think this is a huge improvement for me. I feel very happy. Of course, I think Mr. Ramsey will be happier." Gan Guoyang did not forget to tease the head coach.

"We saw during the competition that you often say something to Barkley. Are you two good friends?" The reporter asked a tricky question. He naturally knew that Barkley and Gan Guoyang should be squirting trash talks, but he had to ask this to create a selling point.

"I think after playing this game, we should become good friends... Haha, if he wants to. He is a great player. We entered the NBA together this year. This is also our first time playing against each other. We have never met in college. I believe he will become a great player and opponent." Gan Guoyang filled his words well.

Gan Guoyang was not the only one who was interviewed after the game. At the post-match press conference, the 76ers head coach and Irving also accepted questions from reporters.

"Our game rhythm was completely disrupted, and the Trail Blazers controlled the situation of the game. During several critical periods, the Trail Blazers always stood up to control the direction of the game, and Moses's foul issue made us a little stretched in rotation. In short, this game disappointed me, and I don't think we should be beaten like this by such an opponent of the same level." Cunningham did not hide his disappointment.

After experiencing the painful failure of last defending season, the 76ers were full of confidence and prepared to compete for the championship again, but Cunningham found that this team might no longer be able to gather a strong will to win the championship, so a desire to retreat also rose in his heart.

The game against the Trail Blazers made him feel the terror of the young man. He had already made a secret decision in his heart to leave the position of head coach at the end of the season.

"They played great, we had a lot of trouble, I never liked the Memorial Stadium, there were many bad memories here, but I still hope to play here next time and beat the opponent." Owen said when asked about his opinion on the game, the Memorial Stadium has always been a place he hated.

"How do you think Gan's performance in this game? What do you think of his performance in his rookie year?" another reporter asked.

"He is the most outstanding rookie player I have ever met except for the Magician. I believe he will become a superstar." Irving praised Gan Guoyang, and even said that he is the most outstanding rookie except the Magician. You should know that Magic Johnson is the MVP of the rookie finals.

Irving was also one of the main reasons why Magic Johnson entered the league. When Johnson was hesitating whether to end his college career early to enter the NBA, Irving took Johnson to the locker room of the NBA team and told him what professional basketball was, which undoubtedly encouraged Johnson.

Of course, Irving did not expect that it was precisely because of his encouragement that Johnson entered the NBA early and stole his two championship trophys.

Now, he is still supporting the rookies. It has to be said that as a benchmark figure in the NBA in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Irving has the style of a superstar.

A perfect match ended like this. Gan Guoyang was about to pack up his things and went home with Wang Fuxi, but he met someone at the door of the locker room.

It was a white old man with old black-framed glasses who looked like an old pedantic. Next to him was Inman, the general manager of the Trail Blazers.

"Mr. Weinberg..." Gan Guoyang recognized this little old man, who was the general manager of the Trail Blazers, Larry Weinberg.

In 1970, Weinberg and two other friends joined the NBA for $3.7 million and founded the Trail Blazers in Portland.

In 1975, Weinberg became the team's largest shareholder and the big boss of the Trail Blazers. He has been in control of the team since then.

When Gan Guoyang first came to the Trail Blazers, he met this old man at the fan meeting and signing press conference. When Gan Guoyang found out, he would work for this boss.

After that, the two did not have much intersection. Not every team boss would take the Magician to spend money in Los Angeles like Jerry Bass, and not every boss would be an avid fan like Cuban later.

This smart businessman who started his real estate career has always been up early without profit. He will not run to the locker room casually if he has nothing to do.

"You are so Gan, your performance is really great tonight. It seems that Inman's choice is correct." Weinberg said with a smile, and looked at Inman behind him.

"Thank you, Mr. Weinberg, this is all I should do." Gan Guoyang responded politely.

"Okay, I'm here to invite you to dinner. I think it's not too late now. Your agent, Mr. Falke, is here, we can communicate together." Weinberg said while patting Gan Guoyang's shoulder.

"What are the tricks about this guy Falk..." Gan Guoyang suddenly remembered the scam game arranged by Falk back then. He always didn't inform him in advance if he had anything to do, and he would come as soon as he said that.

Since signing with Nike, Falke has settled the contract issues between Gan Guoyang and the Trail Blazers, and then ran back to Florida.

Occasionally he would call to exchange some situations with Gan Guoyang, who was busy with training and competitions, and had no financial problems, and rarely took the initiative to look for Falke.

Now that Falke suddenly appears, Gan Guoyang knows that he must be asking for trouble.

But since Weinberg has already come forward, Gan Guoyang is certainly not worthy of the face of the team boss, so he has to nod and agree.

"Take your girlfriend with you, don't let her wait for you at home alone. This will make you feel bad." Weinberg knew that Wang Fuxi was coming, so he said again.

So, Gan Guoyang took Wang Fuxi and sat in Weinberg's luxury Lincoln to a restaurant in Portland.

Although eating and talking about things is a common cultural custom among Chinese people, it does not mean that Americans are not solving problems at the dinner table.

Different countries have different cultures, but there are always some things that are common.

So when Gan Guoyang sat in the seat of this French restaurant, he felt a little intimate.

"I don't think I need to introduce it. Everyone here should know each other. I'm very happy that everyone has come here and hope everyone has a happy meal." Weinberg said sophisticatedly.

All those present were Gan Guoyang's acquaintances, agent David Falke, Nike president Robert Strasser, Nike boss Phil Knight, and team general manager Inman.

When Gan Guoyang saw Nike's senior management, he probably understood that it must be for his sneakers.

After signing Nike, Gan Guoyang did not immediately get a new sneaker style, because Nike signed Jordan and Gan Guoyang in a hurry, which was a gambling nature.

So after the start of the season, they began to invest in the research and development of new sneakers and preparations for preliminary publicity.

Gan Guoyang naturally only needs to play his own ball. He doesn't care much about what shoes he wears. He wears Nike's old sneakers.

Now, the research and development of two new Nike brands has entered the later stage and is expected to be officially launched on the market before the All-Star Game.

Gan Guoyang and Jordan's current performance is very popular in the league. As rookies, they occupy the first place in the league's scoring and rebounding list respectively. Such performance naturally makes Nike laugh from ear to ear.

Judging from the current All-Star voting, Gan Guoyang is second only to Jabbar in the Western Conference center position, while Jordan is already ranked first in the Eastern Conference defender.

As long as the two of them enter the All-Star Game and wear Nike's new sneakers in the All-Star Game, it's just around the corner that Nike makes a lot of money.

On Jordan's side, Nike has already done it. Jordan will participate in the All-Star Dunk Contest, which will be the best opportunity to show off Nike's new sneakers.

As for this meal, Nike wanted Ganguo Yang Energy to perform more in the All-Star Game to attract attention for itself and Nike.

Because Nike's headquarters is in Portland and Gan Guoyang happens to play in Portland, so I invited the Portland Trail Blazers boss to talk about it, and things will naturally go smoothly.

"If you can use rock-the-baby in the game, I think it may be more exciting than the championship of the dunk contest." Robert Strasser is still unforgettable for the shock that Gan Guoyang brought to him at the University of Omaha.

The ignition point of fans in the 1980s was much lower than that now. They were so excited that the players could make two dunks. If a windmill came and turned around and dunked, they would be even more excited.

Although Jabbar, among the NBA centers at that time, was undoubtedly a big killer, his monotonous hook-up was not loved by fans since the beginning of the year.

Moses Malone shot like a bison and snatched the style of shooting, which also made young fans unable to get excited.

Nike's target group is young people. They want to cultivate a group of new fans and they need a new basketball style.

If Gan Guoyang had not come to this time and space, Jordan would naturally be the best choice, and history later proved all this.

Gan Guoyang's arrival did not replace Jordan, but undoubtedly gave Nike more options.

"I will do my best. Although this is an entertainment game, I will do my best to make the entertainment the best." Gan Guoyang said confidently. In fact, other NBA games are not just an entertainment game.

Afterwards, Nike discussed advertising cooperation with the Trail Blazer boss. Gan Guoyang was too lazy to participate, so he focused on eating and drinking.
Chapter completed!