Chapter 202 Fighting the Pistons Again
On March 18, at noon, at the training hall of the Jewish Community Center in Portland, Drexler was doing bicycle warm-up exercises in the gym. At the same time, he was holding a newspaper in his hand, reading the content of Gan Guoyang's interview. Next to him was Gan Guoyang, who was concentrating on bench press training.
On the 17th, the Trail Blazers and the Hawks played the second game, this time at the Trail Blazers' home court. Gan Guoyang did not get three assists in the last game against Kansas, and continued to be limited by Ramsey's playing time.
Since this time was a home game, although the Trail Blazers easily defeated the Hawks 115:100, Gan Guoyang was asked by more media after the game. They all wanted to confirm whether Gan Guoyang's playing time was limited because he had a conflict with Ramsey, because Gan Guoyang performed very well for the limited time on the court and did not look like he was injured.
Gan Guoyang insisted that there was no conflict between him and Ramsey, and he also supported Ramsey at the press conference, believing that Ramsey was the important reason for the Trail Blazers to achieve their current achievements. His beautiful official rhetoric also made those reporters who wanted to find "shock information" return in disappointment.
"Look, look, what you said is really righteous. I think you shouldn't play basketball every day in Portland, but should go to the Chinese Embassy in Washington to be your country's ambassador, dealing with people in the White House every day. Such a clean and decent job is truly suitable for you. Do you think it's, Gan?" Drexler couldn't help but shake his head and joke when he saw what Gan Guoyang said yesterday.
"You don't understand Clyde. Gan can say this, which means he is a mature guy now. He knows how to deal with people who have bad intentions. This is what men should do, right? Clyde." The person who spoke was Ron Kalp, a trainer of the Trail Blazers, who was assisting Gan Guoyang in bench press practice.
Kalp was surprised that Gan Guoyang Energy said in the media, because in his impression, the stars are often arrogant, especially young stars, who are proud of their talents, and they are always arrogant, including Gan and Drexler, often have an almost conceited attitude towards something.
Kalp still remembers that the former king of the Trail Blazers, the red-haired guy Bill Walton, finally sued himself in court because of his injury. The defendants were also the Trail Blazers’ team doctor Cook. Before that, Kalp and Walton were very good friends in life, and now they are strangers.
When Gan Guoyang first came to the Trail Blazers, Karp also heard about Gan Guoyang's request for the Trail Blazers to change the team doctor, which was exactly the same as Sampson back then. In the end, Gan Guoyang hired his own private doctor.
This time, coach Ramsey had a conflict with Gan Guoyang because of playing time. Kalp was worried that the conflict between the two would intensify due to the fanning of some media.
However, he did not expect that Gan Guoyang resolved the media's difficulties well and stood on the same line with Ramsey in public. This has to be said to be a manifestation of Gan Guoyang's maturity.
"Do you want to increase weight? I think your upper limb exercises should be almost done. You should continue to strengthen your hips and thighs, which is much more important than your arms." Karp saw Gan Guoyang signaling to continue to increase weight and reminded him.
"Oh my God, Gan, how the hell can you push the weight of 330 pounds? Do you need to add it?" Drexler began to get a little shocked as he watched Gan Guoyang increase from the 300 pounds practice to 333.
Before Gan Guoyang arrived, the team's bench press power king was substitute center Norris, a sturdy player who could push a 310-pound barbell.
However, Gan Guoyang's entry quickly broke the team's record. Gan Guoyang, who did not look particularly strong, raised the record number to 330 pounds, and today Gan Guoyang seems to continue to raise this weight.
"It's okay, it shouldn't be a problem for me to add 350 pounds." Gan Guoyang confidently asked Kalp to continue to add 20 pounds. 350 pounds, which is about 160 kilograms.
"Gan, excessive strength is not a good thing. You should also know that it will affect your feel." Karp continued, of course, there is another reason why he is also afraid that Gan Guoyang will be injured.
"Thank you Kalp, I'll practice leg strength, but you know that I'm going to visit Detroits tomorrow, so how can I not practice my biceps and treat them well."
After hearing Gan Guoyang's words, Karp was stunned. He turned around and thought of the little grudge between Gan Guoyang and Lan Bill.
"I'm not willing to do it. I just said that you are mature. Why are you now becoming like a child and fighting against people like Ranbir? This annoying guy actually entered the All-Star Game this year. It's incredible that our Clyde didn't make it. Look at how beautiful Clyde's dunk is, and that person will only shoot three-pointers outside." As the person who escorted Gan Guoyang back to the locker room that day, Kalp also had no good impression of Ranbir.
"He is a good player, and it is precisely because of this that I fight him. If he is just a gangster player sitting at the end of the bench and just looking for trouble after he is foul, I wouldn't bother paying attention to him, but I think he is actually great." Unexpectedly, Gan Guoyang was talking good things for Ranbir.
In fact, after that game, Gan Guoyang paid attention to the player Ranbir. He found that Ranbir's early experience was completely different from his. He showed up at a low post, and the team did not sign with him, went overseas to hunt gold, returned to the NBA, continued to be unattracted, and was traded and began to show his light in a new place.
Gan Guoyang felt that there must be something outstanding about this handsome player who looks and is bad inside. This is also one of the factors that inspired Gan Guoyang to "hate" him and then motivate himself.
"Okay, whatever you think, you have to teach him a lesson in tomorrow's game! Let me put a 350-pound barbell on you!"
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On March 19, the Detroit Pistons visited Portland.
More than three months have passed since Gan Guoyang hit Lan Bill in Detroit and was subjected to an unprecedented severe ban. However, Gan Guoyang's anger towards Lan Bill does not seem to have completely calmed down, and the anger of Portland fans has not calmed down.
In the eyes of Portland fans, although Gan Guoyang took action first, it must be the bad boy Lan Bill, who was provoking the game first, and the final punishment was that Gan Guoyang was suspended for three games, while Lan Bill only suspended for one game.
So, on the day of the competition, Lanbir was naturally the booing sounding across the dome.
However, this guy Ranbir has always regarded cursing as praise and booing as cheers. This little meaning is just a little drizzle for the "elephant" and it doesn't hurt him at all.
"Hey Bill, do you know? For you, I tried my best to fill three assists." Before the game started, Gan Guoyang stood on the court and said with a smile to Lan Bill. In the last game against the Hawks, he knew that he was going to play Detroit, so he seized all the playing time to pass the ball. After filling three assists, he entered the game with satisfaction.
Ranbir grinned when he heard Gan Guoyang's words. His smile did not look false at all: "Don't hate me, the more you hate me, the harder you play the game, the happier I am."
Although Ranbir was laughing, what he said was not funny at all, and his words actually revealed his way of survival, "Make the opponent hate him, and then he can't play calmly, and he ended up performing miserably, and then Ranbir and the Pistons won the victory."
"No Bill, it's an honor to be disgusted by me, because it means you can often get on the game highlights." Gan Guoyang did not fall into a meaningless debate with Ranbir. His trash words only wanted to convey a meaning to Ranbir, "I just want to beat you up."
As soon as the two of them had exchanged their relationship, the referee signaled them to go to the middle circle to compete for the ball, and the game was about to begin.
For Lan Bill, a guy with basically zero jump, he just made a formality to jump the ball. Gan Guoyang easily transferred to the basketball, and the Trail Blazers gained the right to attack.
In this game, Jim Paxson was injured again. After his return from the last two games, he still did not fully recover from his foot injury and had to rest again.
At the same time, the main point guard Valentine continued to hang high and avoid the battle cards.
However, Drexler's performance in recent games has begun to make the Portlanders forget Paxson. In addition to the accident of winning a triple-double in two games, Drexler has performed well in 2055 in each game after starting. Moreover, his defensive strength is not comparable to that of Paxson. His strong ability in fast attack has also injected great vitality into the Trail Blazers' offense.
In the first goal of the game, Drexler, who basically acted as half of the point guard, held the ball and broke through from the bottom line on the left. Drexler's disguised ability is average, but his straight line speed is extremely fast.
As the Pistons' guardian of the penalty area, Ranbir naturally had to go forward to make up for defense.
But Ranbill also took a scruple. He knew that Drexler had a strong passing ability, so he did not completely make up for it, but carefully paid attention to Gan Guoyang behind him.
Ranbill squeezed the three-second zone on the left, preventing Drexler from making a layup directly on the left, and let Drexler pass through the basketball from the baseline to the right, because Earl Kureton came up to make up for the defense on the right.
Seeing that the pass was difficult, Drexler had difficulty making a layup on the left. Curleton on the right also made up for defense and could only use a backhanded basket to push the ball towards the basket.
For Drexler ten years later, such a ball is familiar, and he can get into the basket with a slight pick. But Drexler's layup technique is not as perfect as possible.
"Bang", the ball hit the rebound and then hit the basket and did not go in. Ranbir had already pulled off the shelf under the basket and was preparing to grab the backcourt rebound. He is the second most recent backcourt rebounding champion this season so far.
But he left and felt a huge force coming from behind, and his whole body seemed to be suppressed by a mountain and could not get up at all. At the same time, the person was falling to the left.
Ranbir was in the professional sensitivity of an actor and fell to the left and fell heavily on the floor.
But he did not hear the referee's whistle sound, but only heard the heavy blow of the dunk.
"Bang!" Gan Guoyang squeezed away Lan Bill, grabbed the frontcourt rebound, and dunked the ball into the basket.
Gan Guoyang looked at Ranbir, who was lying on the ground and looked innocent, and said to him: "Get up, it's dawn."
Chapter completed!