"No one can make decisions on behalf of the coach..."

After Gan Guoyang said this, the atmosphere in the locker room seemed to have become much more relaxed all of a sudden, and even Ramsey's face looked a little better.

During the regular season, Ramsey spent a lot of energy and time balancing the contradictions and relationships between the players; it was originally between Gan Guoyang and Sampson, because Gan Guoyang occupied Sampson's starting center position and did not look so respectful to the veteran.

Later, Gan Guoyang took the initiative to resolve the conflict with Sampson, which also made the Trail Blazers' inside line peaceful.

But the Trail Blazers' outside line is not so worry-free. As the rise of newcomers, there is always a conflict between Drexler and Paxson. In this regard, Ramsey has always supported Paxson.

But Ramsey didn't expect that in the end, Paxson turned him on the side. In the away team's locker room, Mitchell Sampson asked Ramsey to return to the most stable starting lineup during the regular season.

Two of the five former starters require a change of lineup. The other two, Van dervich, is a "outsider", and this German is relatively peaceful in nature and does not mean to be the boss once he comes. The starting point guard Valentine is also gentle in character, and he is best at establishing good relationships with everyone, but this season, he himself has begun to be challenged by rookie Cort.

When Paxson came forward and asked Ramsey to change the starting lineup, they did not make a special statement, but chose to remain silent.

Although Kenny Carl is the nominal leader of the team's locker room on weekdays, he is the leader in eating and drinking. When it comes to games, his voice is not as useful as inviting everyone to drink. Drexler is arrogant, but he is not arrogant. He even has some cowardice in his bones. Faced with Paxson's direct challenge, he also stopped talking.

At this time, the attitude of Gan Guoyang, who was the last one to enter the door, became particularly important.

Dan Iser is indeed right. A veteran team does have a lot of trouble. No Trail Blazers is over thirty years old and has more than ten years of experience in playing basketball. When such contradictions are highlighted, they balance all parties.

Therefore, Gan Guoyang himself did not expect that in the team, he had begun to gradually exist as an important force of opinion. Although he had wanted to seize the position of "team boss", he did not understand the true meaning of the team boss at that time. He just wanted to play more on the court.

If his attitude is biased towards Paxson and Sampson, it will be a direct threat to Ramsey, meaning that the coach's authority will be challenged by the players, which will be very bad for the Trail Blazers.

Although Ramsey has experienced, has rich coaching experience and outstanding tactics, he has never shown much talent in controlling the players' emotions, so he will not let Bill Walton go away without anger.

He never expected that a team that had been performing well before and had a harmonious internal team would have such a conflict after losing only one game away.

Fortunately, Gan Guoyang stood on Ramsey's side.

"Okay, we should believe in Coach Ramsey. It's just a game. We'll still lead 2:1, right? There's another away game later. We'll finish him well and strive to win the game. Then, we can return to Portland to end the series!" After Gan Guoyang made a statement, Kenny Carl immediately spoke out and expressed his support for the coach.

This guy is worthy of being a good at being good at everything, and his words have also attracted everyone's consent. In a team with many rookies, there are naturally more fence-bearers. Not everyone can play an important role like Gan Guoyang.

It seemed that Paxson didn't seem too surprised to see Gan Guoyang choose to stand on Ramsey's side. In fact, the relationship between Paxson and Gan Guoyang has always been relatively average.

From the first day of Gan Guoyang's arrival at the Trail Blazers, the two of them said no more than three sentences a day. Part of the reason may be that Parkson's alma mater, Dayton University, was eliminated by Gan Guoyang in the NCAA, but the more important reason is that Gan Guoyang always had a good relationship with Drexler.

Therefore, it was as expected that Gan Guoyang chose to maintain the status quo rather than support him.

Afterwards, after saying a few words, everyone disbanded and went to take a shower, followed by a routine interview with reporters. Finally, the whole team took the bus and left the stadium and returned to the hotel.

On the way back, the car was quiet and terrifying, and there was no joyful atmosphere after winning the game two days ago.

Among them, Ramsey's face was not very good from beginning to end. He, nicknamed "Vulture", sat alone in the front row, looking particularly gloomy and lonely.

This situation continued until the next day of training. Everyone looked a little awkward. Everyone seemed to be careful on the training ground. It seemed that there was a gunpowder pack in the team all at once, and it would explode if it was not careful.

Gan Guoyang also felt very strange in his heart. The team had conflicts in the past. For some reason, this time it seemed to have a particularly big impact, especially for Ramsey, who seemed to be much more depressed.

However, Ramsey still made enough preparations for tomorrow's game against the Nuggets. He decided to increase Norris' playing time and allow Norris, who has stronger attack power, to attack the Nuggets' inside line. This move has a good effect against the Mavericks.

On the defensive end, he also hopes that Gan Guoyang will devote more energy to it, and it is best to disrupt the Nuggets' outside pass through ball like in the first game and reduce their offensive efficiency.

It should be said that after three games, both sides can use few tricks. The ultimate moves used by Ramsey in the first game are no longer effective now. What’s more important is to look at the players’ performance and the coach’s on-the-spot command.

But for a team that plays away, morale may be more important than tactics and status. It is conceivable that in a stadium where everyone does not support you, they all boo you. If you are not united, how can the team defeat the owner of the stadium?

The Nuggets are originally the home court of the Devils. The team's top scorer Van dervic is inevitably affected when he comes here - after all, he has had many wonderful memories on this stadium.

Now, with Paxson coming forward and making such a fuss, the entire Trail Blazers team is gone, and everyone seems to have their own thoughts.

The one who was most affected was undoubtedly Drexler, a shooting guard who always had a slightly shy smile on his face, looked solemn before the start of the fourth game.

"Get up, we are here to win this game. After this game, we can go back to Portland!" Gan Guoyang was afraid of slapping Drexler's shoulder and said to him.

Drexler smiled reluctantly, then nodded, ready to join the game.

However, Gan Guoyang himself may not have noticed it, and even he was thinking, "We will be able to return to Portland after this game."

In fact, not only Gan Guoyang, but all the players of the Trail Blazers were thinking, "We will be able to return to Portland after playing this game." The city on the Pacific Coast seemed to give the players a spiritual call, "We will be able to leave this ghost place in Denver and go home!"

This idea is very dangerous.

A truly strong team should have an indestructible home court, but they cannot rely on their own home court. In the away game, they will think, "I want to go home, but I want to let the battle end in someone else's home."

However, the Trail Blazers players regard Portland as a shelter. They are eager to return home. They have a home advantage and want to end the Denver Nuggets at home.

Once you have such an idea, the players' fighting ability on the away game can be imagined.

From the first quarter, the Trail Blazers fell behind. The Nuggets first stopped the Trail Blazers with an 8:0 offensive climax, and then both sides began to fall into a tug-of-war.

The Trail Blazers still have no way to limit the Nuggets' offense. No matter how hard Gan Guoyang works in the interior, he only has one pair of hands and legs, without three heads and six arms. The Nuggets' smooth cooperation makes Gan Guoyang often lose sight of one thing.

At the same time, once Gan Guoyang begins to make up for defenses from outside, there will be minor problems in the Trail Blazers' backcourt rebound control, and the Nuggets will take advantage of loopholes.

The entire Trail Blazers gave people the feeling that they would be slowed down everywhere. They seemed like a lame person following a normal person, and they would fall a big fuck if they were accidentally.

At the end of the half, just like the last game, the Trail Blazers once again trailed the Nuggets by 14 points with 49:63. Their offense and defense were once again messed up, and they could only rely on the players' personal performance to maintain their vitality.

During the intermission, Ramsey roared and shouted at the players for their carelessness in the game.

"If you come back to Portland in this state, no one can guarantee that we can win the game at home! You are simply a piece of shit! It's completely..."

Ramsey has always rarely swears in the team, but this time, he finally couldn't help but swear, but in the end, he didn't know what to say, so he could only throw away the tactical pen in his hand.

In the locker room, the team fell into a terrible silence again, and no one spoke.

Gan Guoyang really wants to say something, but what can he say, a rookie who played in the playoffs in the first year? This is not a university, everyone is a student. Gan Guoyang can make everyone excited just by showing his eloquence.

In professional teams in the NBA, this is not always possible, everyone is adults.

Moreover, Gan Guoyang has long discovered that the Portland Trail Blazers are a stable and powerful team, but lacking in blood. It can be seen from the fact that the Trail Blazers rarely make big comebacks in the regular season.

Once this team falls behind in the first half, the chance of losing will rise sharply, and no one seems to be able to stand up from adversity.

Gan Guoyang has such bloodiness, but he is a center forward. The center forward is subject to the ball rights issue and always takes a secondary position when leading the comeback.

The twenty minutes of the halftime break passed quickly, and the Trail Blazers' problem was not solved.
Chapter completed!