On October 27, the Trail Blazers and Warriors game went smoothly at the Memorial Stadium.

This season, the Warriors still give people great expectations on the books. Their former No. 1 pick Barry Carroll returned, and other players in the main lineup did not move, which was a real reinforcement.

The Warriors did nothing in the trading market, but they still found treasures in the draft and signed players in the free market as reinforcements.

But in the first game, they met the Denver Nuggets, the third third in the Western Conference last season. They had experienced many running-in with the Nuggets, who had extremely high tactical proficiency, and the newly pieced together Warriors obviously couldn't stand it.

Although Carol's performance was eye-catching and Mullin also had a good debut, they still lost to the Nuggets at home by 14 points.

Next they will go to Portland to challenge the powerful Trail Blazers. Such a season-opening schedule is really unfavorable for them.

For the Trail Blazers, this schedule is indeed relaxing and pleasant, especially for Gan Guoyang, his highest score in a single game last season was achieved by the Warriors when they met. At that time, the whole team was in a sluggish state, and Gan Guoyang carried the banner and beat the Warriors all over the ground.

The Warriors seemed to be stimulated by that game and tried their best to get back their No. 1 center Carol, in order not to let insiders like Gan Guoyang rage in their penalty area.

Since Carol played gold in Italy for a year, Gan Guoyang only heard of the former No. 1 pick and never saw him, and he had never fought with him on the court.

So before the game started, Gan Guoyang took the initiative to move forward and shake hands with the No. 1 pick who had been "absent" for a year. Carol also reached out and touched Gan Guoyang's hand. Without saying anything, he turned around and stood in the middle circle to prepare to jump the ball.

Gan Guoyang has been a bit of a slap in Carol. Before the game, he also heard that Carol had a bad reputation, was lazy in his style, had a bad relationship with the media, and was greedy for money, otherwise he would not have gone to Europe to play basketball for money.

In Europe, a player like Carroll who can average 20 plus 10 in the NBA during his playing years will naturally win the field, successfully helping the team win the national league championship, plus the European basketball "Krachi Cup".

After returning to the NBA, Carol chose his old club, the Warriors, and in the first game he had a good data of 21 plus 14 against the powerful Nuggets, which also made him full of confidence in his future prospects in the NBA.

Before the game, Carol learned that last season, Gan Guoyang, a Chinese rookie, had become a big hit in the league, and scored 43 points and 25 rebounds on the Warriors' super data shocked the league.

Therefore, Carol also wanted to use this battle to prove his importance to the Warriors and the important changes he brought to the Warriors. Gan Guoyang has become his number one target.

Gan Guoyang didn't feel anything. He also watched some Carol's game videos. It should be said that this is a very outstanding inside scorer. He has excellent feel and range, his steps are gorgeous, and he is very skilled in various offensive methods. He even has a very good hook.

At the same time, Carol's defense is also remarkable, especially in his confrontation with Jabbar, Gan Guoyang found that this guy's defense may be better than Moses Malone.

This is entirely due to Carol's unique physical condition, a solid height of 7 feet, a very long arm span, and agile skill, which allows him to interfere with Jabbar's hook like Nate Thurmond.

However, Gan Guoyang still has full confidence in dealing with this old top scholar.

"It's ready, the game is about to begin." The referee of this game, Rush, reminded Gan Guoyang and Carol that he was preparing to throw the ball and start the game.

As the ball was thrown into the air by the referee, the two centers took off at the same time and the game officially began.

Gan Guoyang actually lost to Carol in the game, which is enough to show that Carol is indeed excellent in physical condition, and also shows that his condition is also very good.

The Warriors took the lead in attacking, and their starting lineup was center Barry Carroll, power forward Larry Smith, point guard Floyd, shooting guard Terry Tiger and small forward.

The number one scorer among the Warriors, Shaote was trapped by injury and was unable to enter the team's roster. In the game against the Trail Blazers last year, Shaote was injured at the beginning. I wonder if it was the old injury that affected him this time.

With Shaute not here, the Warriors naturally focused their offense on Carol in the inside.

Unlike the last game against Suns, the Suns' inside line is weak. Gan Guoyang can focus more on assisting defense against the outside line, and now he must focus more on Carol.

The Warriors passed the ball to Carol on the first attack, and Carol received the ball from the low post on the right, which was a showdown between the team's centers.

As soon as the two met and fought, Carol felt the strong force coming from behind. He held the ball and wanted to squeeze in, but found it difficult.

"This kid is really strong." Carol thought, this is an idea that almost all inside players who have played against Gan Guoyang for the first time will have.

Gan Guoyang held Carol like a rock, not giving Carol the chance to squeeze in.

But Carol did not resist. He passed the ball back to the outside and readjusted it. Then Floyd hung the ball again. Carol hooked the ball after receiving the ball!

Carol's hook was also a big hook, but it was not as handsome as Jabbar and Gan Guoyang, and it seemed a little stiff, but it was very fast, so Gan Guoyang had only time to tiptoe to reach out.

"Swish!" The ball drew a falling arc and finally fell into the net and the ball entered.

"YES!Nice-Hook! (Okay! Beautiful hook!)" Carol seemed very excited after scoring the goal, clenched his fists hard and shouted, as if he was demonstrating to Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang didn't care. His temper is much better now than he did in his rookie season, and he no longer cared about some irrelevant provocations.

"Do you want to give him one?" Valentine came to Gan Guoyang and said to him.

"No, fight according to tactics, ignore him, I will teach him a lesson later." After that, Gan Guoyang sent the ball to Valentine, jogged slowly through the half, and began to attack.

Gan Guoyang came to the high position to cover the Trail Blazers' outside line. The Trail Blazers' starting lineup has been adjusted this season, and Drexler has become the starting shooting guard, so their tactics in position attack have also changed.

The "CS" (running catch shots) and the empty cut counter-running tactics performed by Paxson in the past are not suitable for Drexler, and this guy's shooting ability is indeed not good.

But Drexler has excellent breakthrough ability and excellent low-post skills, and he began to move more towards the team's tactical starting points and breakthrough points.

Van dervich's responsibilities have also changed accordingly. He is becoming more and more outward in terms of internal and external offense ratio. You should know that in the Nuggets, he plays as a power forward, and now he has gradually become a complete small forward.

In addition, a more important tactical starting point is the pick-and-roll between Drexler and Gan Guoyang. This duo who once played a huge role in the playoffs has become a weapon for the Trail Blazers to kill enemies after training camp.

Valentine handed the ball to Deluxler after halftime, and he started running away from the defense.

After Drexler got the ball, he used Gan Guoyang's cover to break straight into the Warriors' inside from the middle!

The Warriors player took a switch against the pick-and-roll of the two, and Carol went to defend Drexler.

Drexler did not retreat at all when facing Carol's defense. He used his speed to quickly shake off Carol's position and directly hit the basket.

Drexler did not choose a more knee-consuming dunk, but before Carol slapped his hand, he gently picked his fingers, and the ball turned in the air, crossed Carol's fingertips, and gently fell into the basket.

"Yeah!" A warm cheer broke out in the memorial gymnasium. Drexler's goal was obviously a bit more exciting than a dunk. He was a beautiful Singer-Roll.

Drexler practiced this skill hard when he was in Houston during the offseason. After being injured, his legs were protected, but his hands were not idle. He would temper his hands every day.

The fingertips that looked a little stiff in the game last season have now become mature.

However, the Warriors' counterattack came quickly, and it was still Carol. They did not stop to play the position, but took advantage of the audience's cheering and quickly pushed the ball to the frontcourt.

Carol was in the horn position, and Gan Guoyang was a little hesitant after seeing his position. He didn't know whether he should go forward to defend, while other players of the Trail Blazers were still looking for their respective counterattacks.

At this time, Floyd passed the ball to Carol. Carol did not hesitate at all and directly took a 15-foot jump shot.

"Swish!" Two points hit again! It seems that Carol's opening feel is quite outstanding.

Carol also had a smile on his face after scoring the goal, and shook his head helplessly.

Gan Guoyang was still unmoved and continued to serve in the backcourt, and continued to cover his teammates and make a pass transition when he arrived in the frontcourt.

Ramsey arranged before the game that at the beginning of this game, he would play more outside and practice more tactics to further improve the players' tacit understanding. After all, the Warriors are not strong teams, so they can be used to practice soldiers.

Gan Guoyang also followed the guidance of the head coach and did his part-time job in the first quarter. He did not use all his strength in defense, but instead "let him" Carol scored repeatedly.

After scoring two goals first, Carol also hit the iron while it was hot, and scored another five points later. One of them still caused Gan Guoyang's foul and made a free throw.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides reached 25:23, and the Warriors actually led by 2 two points.
Chapter completed!