On May 9, 1985, the NBA playoff semi-finals were coming to an end. In the West, the Los Angeles Lakers did not give the Utah Jazz any chance. They swept the Jazz with an absolute advantage of 4:0 and entered the Western Conference Finals first, waiting for the crowd.

In the East, the Philadelphia 76ers also easily defeated the Milwaukee Bucks with a score of 4:1. From the time the Bucks were divided into the East in 1981, this is the fourth time they have fallen at the feet of the 76ers in five years. It has to be said that this is a huge tragedy.

Compared with these two series without any suspense, Boston encountered tenacious resistance when facing Detroit.

The Celtics defeated the Pistons in Boston in the first two games, but when they arrived in Detroit, the Pistons actually won two consecutive games with their home advantage, rewriting the total score to 2:2.

The Celtics encountered the same dilemma as the Trail Blazers, but the Celtics are the defending champions after all. They have rich experience and calm psychological qualities. In the key battle of the King of Heaven, Larry Bird broke out in full swing, using 43 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists to help the Celtics win the match point.

In the sixth game on May 5, the Celtics No-one played the seventh life-and-death game in the series. Even though Isiah Thomas almost scored 37 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists in the game, almost getting a triple-double, it could not stop the Boston Celtics stepping on the Pistons' body at 123:113, meeting the Philadelphia 76ers for the fourth time in six years.

The only ones who have not decided the winner are the Denver Nuggets and the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers encountered the same adversity as the Celtics, but their situation was obviously worse. They lost the extremely important fifth game. What's worse is that the sixth game was going to be played in Denver, and everyone is questioning whether the Trail Blazers can win in Denver.

Before the game, as the last suspense of the semi-finals, all media focused on this game. According to pre-game predictions and surveys, most experts and fans believed that the Trail Blazers had come to an end this season and would lose Game 6 in Denver and then roll the bedding and go home.

Some newspapers have even begun to summarize the season for the Trail Blazers. As long as the Trail Blazers lose this game, the manuscript will be sent out.

"You guess what will be written in the newspaper at that time?'The Trail Blazers were won by the Nuggets in a row, and they are not yet mature yet'.'Gan's rookie season ended. As a Chinese, he performed very well, but maybe not enough.''The Trail Blazers are obviously just a regular season team. They failed to show their due tenacity in the cruel playoffs~'Oh my God, I wanted to vomit when I saw these comments from the hindsmen. I bet that similar manuscripts have been formed by the editors, and I'm just waiting tonight. After we lose this game, I will immediately send it out and sprinkle a handful of salt on our wounds." In the visiting team locker room at McNichols Stadium in Denver, Gan Guoyang was talking to his teammates.

When a group is in a state of chaos and unattachment, the first person to stand out is often regarded as a spiritual support within the group.

The Portland Trail Blazers experienced three consecutive defeats, especially after losing to the Nuggets at home in the fifth game, the players' enthusiasm and morale reached the bottom. At this time, their head coach, the team's true spiritual leader in the past, had no fighting spirit because of their conflict with Paxson.

At this time, Gan Guoyang stood up bravely like a meaningless bulldog.

At first, everyone was indifferent to what he said, but slowly, Gan Guoyang began to show his unparalleled talent for eloquence. As he continued to mobilize his emotions, everyone felt that his blood was slowly thawing from the ice.

Finally, in the post-match reporter interview, Gan Guoyang loudly promised to all the reporters that "The Portland Trail Blazers will definitely win the sixth game and bring the suspense back to Portland." As soon as these words came out, all the media swam over the topic like sharks smelling blood.

Not only Gan Guoyang was interviewed, but also other Trail Blazers players. When they were asked about their views on Gan Guoyang's promise, all Trail Blazers players said, "Our ideas are the same as Gan!"

Yes, in this case, can the player say "The Trail Blazers will lose Game 6 in Denver"?

However, under such circumstances, there are very few people who dare to say such words. You should know that many Trail Blazers players themselves think that they will not be able to win the sixth game, and some people are even ready to fish.

But now, everyone was "kidnapped" by Gan Guoyang.

"You're so happy. If we lose this game, it's a big joke!" Kenny Carl listened to Gan Guoyang's words in the locker room, thinking that he was forced to make a promise, and not only shook his head.

"You are wrong Carl. Whether we make a promise or not, if we lose this game, we will be a big joke!" Gan Guoyang looked at Kenny Carl and said seriously.

"Yes, we won two games first and then won four games in a row. Everyone would laugh at us. I can't imagine what kind of difficulties we would encounter in the post-match interview if we lost this game." Van dervich also said.

"I think I will definitely hide in the locker after the game and not come out! When all the reporters leave, I will sneak back to the hotel." Norris, who was quick to speak, also said with a smile.

Everyone laughed after hearing his words. The atmosphere in the locker room was completely different from the day before yesterday.

Ramsey, who used to talk the most in the locker room, didn't say much, but watched Gan Guoyang rekindle the team's morale.

"Okay, boys, it's time to play. Gan is right, the battle is far from over! We want to prove that we can win in Denver! Come on!"

"Come-on, guys! (Go on, guys!)" Gan Guoyang shouted, the first to open the door to the locker room and rushed out.

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"Welcome to bring you the sixth game of the 1985 NBA Playoff Western Conference Semi-finals broadcast by CBS TV. This game was played in Denver, Colorado, against both sides, the Portland Trail Blazers and the Denver Nuggets. Hello everyone, I am Frank Greber, and I will explain this game tonight. In the first five games, the Portland Trail Blazers were led by the Denver Nuggets for three consecutive games. Now they are on the verge of being eliminated. The sixth game is Denver's home court. You know, the Trail Blazers have not won the game at Denver's home court this season, which will be a huge psychological pressure for them. What do you think about this game?" The commentator sent by CBS in this game was Frank Greber, and his partner was the commentator James Brown.

"I think the trend of the entire series has been controlled by the Denver Nuggets. They overcame the huge difficulties of losing the first two away games, tied the score at home, and won the critical fifth game. Now they can use the last home game in their hands to win the series. From the first five games, we can see that the Nuggets are obviously more mature, their playing style is smoother, and the performance of the star players in the team is also very stable. The Trail Blazers have extremely high talent. They have several players with great potential and All-Stars in their year of playing, but they seem to lack a real core to operate around this core. The flaw brought by this problem is that the team cannot be together. It is said that some bad things have happened in the Trail Blazers' locker room, which has affected the team's condition." James Brown is not a professional basketball commentator, his real expertise is commenting on football.

But he also has his own unique understanding of sports games. He can see that in the team structure, the Nuggets undoubtedly use English as the core, which is one of the reasons why they sent Van der Van to the Trail Blazers last year.

English also assumed the role of the boss in his performance. His strong scoring ability is the greatest guarantee for the Nuggets to score points.

In comparison, the Trail Blazers really don’t seem to find a real core player. Such teams are generally teams led by coaches, but Ramsey is not such a godfather coach.

At the same time, there are no airtight walls in the world, and the problem of the Trail Blazer locker room was quickly caught by some media with sensitive sense of smell. Now this is a semi-public secret.

However, the Trail Blazers players are not thinking that much now, and everyone is concentrating on the warm-up training on the court.

There is a detail that many people have not noticed, that is, when Gan Guoyang stands under the basket and is preparing to practice shooting or hooking, others will consciously stop shooting. Only when Gan Guoyang's ball is shot and hits the basket or enters, other people will take action.

"Hey! Let me dunk a basket for you!" Gan Guoyang felt unsatisfied halfway through warm-up, so he prepared to dunk.

All the Trail Blazers players went aside and gave up a channel to Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang stood outside the three-point line with the ball. This guy looked like he was going to jump from the free throw line.

Of course, Gan Guoyang's bounce was not enough to allow him to jump from the free throw line and reach the basket. The free throw line was 14 feet away from the basket. For Gan Guoyang, this distance was too far.

But when taking off at 10 feet, that is, the arc inside the free throw line, Gan Guoyang's confidence still has no big problem.

"Everything goes away!" Gan Guoyang rushed to the basket with the ball in one hand. He adjusted his pace and jumped one-footedly at a distance of one big step within the free throw line!

Since Gan Guoyang practiced his dunk hard and broke through his dunk ability, he has never spent time on this ability again, because he believes that dunking is useless after all.

But his physical training day after day still made his ability to stagnate the air stronger.

Although he could not achieve the effect of "gliding in the air" like a glider, his elegant and stretched figure and long figure still gave people a huge visual enjoyment.

"Bang!" Gan Guoyang successfully dunked the ball into the basket. The fans who came to watch the game early also exclaimed at Gan Guoyang's beautiful dunk.
Chapter completed!