In the era without the Internet, many Americans took back a newspaper from their inbox at the door in the early morning, reading, drinking milk and eating bread, and the day began like this.

When people go home at noon and go home at night, there is a newspaper in their hands, which is an important means for modern people to absorb information.

For Portlanders, the Oregonian, the Portland News, the Portland Chronicle, etc. are important newspapers with large circulation and full information, and are also the newspapers with the most subscribed views per household.

But on November 8, a newspaper sold out in the street newspaper booth in Portland, becoming the most widely circulated newspaper in Portland that day - the unknown Portland Country Music newspaper.

Strangely, this is a music newspaper, and it is a niche country music. Its circulation has always been small but stable in the Portland area, and it has a fixed readership.

However, in the Portland Country Music News, published on November 8, the headlines were not news about the rural music circles in the western region, but published an exclusive interview with Gan Guoyang in a full page to explain the problem of Gan Guoyang being arrested by Portland police on November 4 and being released.

No one expected that Gan Guoyang would choose such a small newspaper that had nothing to do with sports as a window to explain the truth about the arrest incident to the outside world. This also led to a shortage of supply in Portland's Country Music newspaper in Portland, and the printing factory reprinted several times to supply newspapers to the market.

In the exclusive interview, Gan Guoyang gave a relatively detailed explanation of the misunderstanding, indicating that the case was related to the "Jiangnan Case", but his arrest was purely a misunderstanding. At the same time, it also clarified the rumors that Gan Guoyang and the underworld were involved in drug dealers. However, he did not mention the reason why Corte was stopped by him for buying drugs, and he did not want Corte to be affected too much.

After the exclusive interview was published in the newspaper, Gan Guoyang's refutation of the rumors was quickly confirmed by the Portland police, because the "Jiangnan case" is not a confidential case in the United States, and it caused a great sensation at that time, but due to the long time, the popularity has dropped a lot.

At this time, one of the main culprits in the Jiangnan case was arrested in Portland, which also attracted the renewed attention of the media and the public to the case, and Gan Guoyang was the fuse.

The fuse now is to successfully escape from the storm of public opinion. One of the important reasons why he chose Portland Country Music was that he relied on this unpopular newspaper to inform the facts without attracting too much attention, and even led the "missation" to the east, so that the big media would go to the police station or the FBI to find out.

At the same time, the reporter Gan Guoyang chose this time was also very special. He was a Chinese reporter working in the Country Music Newspaper - Wu Zhiwen. He had never conducted sports or social news reports before, and mainly wrote some gossip in the entertainment industry.

Wu Zhiwen has another identity, who is the Portland Trail Blazers and a die-hard fan of Gan Guoyang. Because of this, the reporter of this music tabloid sent a business card to Gan Guoyang with a try-out attitude, thinking about whether he could help his idol.

Unexpectedly, Gan Guoyang actually contacted him and quickly made a simple interview. When Wu Zhiwen took the interview manuscript to the newspaper president, the president couldn't believe it.

But the president made a quick decision and immediately opened a column for this interview to report in large quantities to increase the popularity of the Portland Country Music newspaper. Although it will be difficult for this newspaper to have another chance to report such a report in the future.

Gan Guoyang, who has completed an important task, can finally re-enter the basketball game. On November 8, the Portland Trail Blazers will face the Seattle Supersonics at home.

Compared with last season, the Supersonics lineup has not improved much. Jack Sikma is still in this Gem Celtics. He is already the last player left by the Supersonics lineup in 1979. That year he was just a sophomore rookie.

On the other hand, the young players of the Supersonics have begun to grow rapidly. After three seasons of training, Tom Chambers has become a reliable inside scorer, but his defense and rebounding ability are still worrying.

The biggest surprise of the Supersonics should be their small forward who won the fourth pick in the first round in the draft this year, "X-man" Xavier McDaniel.

The rookie is almost seamlessly connected with the NBA game, and he quickly adapted to faster and stronger confrontations, and new game time and game rules. He repeatedly played comprehensive data in the first few games.

In the first game against Dallas, he scored 16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals, which was amazing.

In the last two games, against the New York Knicks and the Warriors, he scored 21 points, 14 rebounds and 25 points and 9 rebounds respectively, which is completely different from the performance of an ordinary rookie, which is enough to prove that this is a talented young man.

However, the Supersonics' strength is still weak. After six games at the beginning of the season, they only achieved a record of 2 wins and 4 losses. They won two games against the Eastern Conference team and lost all four games against the Western Conference team.

This time they came to Portland, they were in danger. Last season, the Supersonics only won one game against the Trail Blazers. In that game, Sikma broke out in full swing and completely restrained Gan Guoyang in the inside, and the Supersonics were able to win.

The season has just begun. With everyone running in, morale and condition in average, the Trail Blazers with stronger personal abilities naturally have the advantage, and they also have the advantage at home.

In the first quarter, the Trail Blazers used a 33:14-playing supersonics to find North. Van derwich faced rookie McDaniel and used his rich offensive skills to teach McDaniel a good lesson. He scored 11 points in a single quarter, and McDaniel was almost beaten to tears.

In the second quarter, the Supersonics began a crazy counterattack, but the Trail Blazers fell into a trough during the offense, and everyone's feel dropped to freezing point. However, at this time, Gan Guoyang began to exert force on the defensive end. He sent four hotpots of Supersonics, so that the Supersonic players would no longer dare to easily hit the basket.

So, the second quarter turned into a iron battle. The Trail Blazers only scored a pitiful 15 points, while the Supersonics only scored 20 points. The Trail Blazers still maintained a 14-point lead after halftime.

In the third and fourth quarters, the Trail Blazers who found their touch were able to score continuously on the offensive end. Accordingly, Gan Guoyang also relaxed his defense against the Supersonics, and the two sides entered a tug-of-war period.

Among them, Gan Guoyang gave two blocks in the third quarter. He gave the Supersonics a total of 8 big hats throughout the game. He slapped the Supersonics players every time they shot, they would feel a little soft when they saw Gan Guoyang step forward.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, the game finally lost its suspense. The Trail Blazers finally defeated the visiting Seattle Supersonics at home with a 96:84 and 12 points advantage. While maintaining their home unbeaten, they turned their record into 7 wins and 1 loss.

After the game, Gan Guoyang, who scored 22 points, 15 rebounds and 8 blocks, was interviewed by the media. The problems with the arrest were finally reduced, and the reporters also focused on basketball, which was exactly what Gan Guoyang was happy to see.

In the following days, everything was very calm and even the game was a bit dull because the season started the Trail Blazers' schedule was really too relaxed.

In the first nine games, their opponents were the Suns, Warriors, Clippers, Jazz, Knicks, Rockets, Mavericks, Supersonics, Cavaliers and Kings.

In addition to the Rockets being a strong team that needs to be head-on, and the Trail Blazers also lost the game, some other opponents are really relatively weak.

Moreover, most of the Trail Blazers play at home. On November 10, they faced the challenge of the Cleveland Cavaliers at home.

After getting rid of their unlucky boss Stestepien, the "Millennium Bad Team" did not seem to show signs of recovery immediately, and they made stupid trades in the 1985 draft in a very good quality.

The Cavaliers selected power forward Charles Oakley from the University of Virginia in the ninth pick, but they traded the solid blue-collar power forward to the Chicago Bulls in the same district for rookies Gise Lee and Ennis Witley.

Oakley will become one of the best blue-collar power forwards in the league in the future, while Lee will make no achievements. Witley is also just a homeless player who wanders from various teams.

The Cavaliers naturally added another highlight to their poor historical trading record. This team led by young George Carl certainly could not break through the Trail Blazers' solid home court, but it really caused some trouble for the Trail Blazers.

In the whole game, the Cavaliers players performed very well, and the number one star Fury scored 30 points, and they kept the score tight until the end.

At the critical moment, Gan Guoyang made a key defensive steal against Fury, and Drexler scored a fast break layup to stabilize the situation and retained the victory to the end.

Then, the Trail Blazers knocked down the Kansas Kings, the team that had just moved this season at home, and now they should be called Sacramento Kings.

After this game, the Trail Blazers' record has become 8 wins and 1 loss, ranking first in the Western Conference. The defending champion Los Angeles Lakers are of course the defending champion.

The atmosphere of the Trail Blazers calmed down with the continuous winning game. All the previous undercurrents were temporarily covered by the joy of victory. Ramsey showed no sign of resignation, and Inman did not mention any transaction or contract renewal. Everything looked good.
Chapter completed!