Chapter 294 The Fist of Wrath
On the morning of December 3, the entire Trail Blazers arrived in the capital Washington by plane and began a four-game away trip to the East.
After experiencing the glory of the 1970s, Washington Bullets has gradually slipped to the bottom with the retirement of old players in the 1980s.
This season they continue to rebuild with Jeff Malone and Sam Bowie as the core.
At this year's draft, Bullets chose a player who was highly concerned at the seventh pick in the second round - the No. 1 man, Manut Pohl.
In the history of the NBA, there have been several players with a height of 2.20 meters, that is, 7-foot-3 or above, including Mark Eaton, the best defensive player in the league last season, who is 7-foot-3.
But there are only two people in the league's history who are 2.30 meters tall, one is Manut Pohl, and the other has not yet entered the NBA's sight. He will not be able to shock the fans' attention in 1993.
It is worth mentioning that these two players above 2.30 were selected by the Washington Bullets, and the Bullets may have Giants preferences.
The Bullets' choice is controversial, because they have already chosen Sam Bowie last year. If Gan Guoyang were not available, they should have won Bowie's teammate Melvin Teping and traded the Teping to the Cavaliers.
Now Bowie has become Washington's starting center, and his performance is not bad. Although he has some minor injuries, his overall condition is good and he is a trustworthy center.
But Teping failed to change the fate of going to the Cavaliers, and he was defeated by the Cavaliers in the 12th pick.
With Bowie, Washington still chose Manur Boer at the 1985 draft. This may be due to historical inertia, or perhaps Washington feels that in this era when centers are prevalent, such experts should be hoarded to compete with those super centers - such as Ewing, who just came to the East.
Last season, the Jazz's experience of relying on defense to kill the Rockets' double towers was given a lot of inspiration to the Washington people.
Of course, Washington did not send a super double high for Bove and Boer in the starting lineup, and Bove still firmly occupied the starting center position.
Every time Gan Guoyang sees Sam Bowie, his thoughts are particularly complicated because they are the ones whose fate has been exchanged.
However, the situation of Gan Guoyang coming to the Trail Blazers was obviously much better than that of Bowie, and Bowie actually lived well in Washington, so this is an excellent exchange of fate.
Bowie, who has not been attacked by injuries, has experienced a season of training, but is already a qualified NBA starting center.
His presence greatly improved the protection of Washington bullets' restricted area and increased the defense of bullets to a higher level.
In one-on-one defense, his experience is getting richer and richer. The most important thing is that he no longer fears Gan Guoyang - this opponent who once tore him apart again and again.
Bo Wei is also growing up, his mind is maturing. Gan Guoyang can feel it when he first matched with him after the opening. Bo Wei is focused and calm. Even if Gan Guoyang easily turns on the ball and successfully lay it on his back, Bo Wei is very calm and serves the ball to the bottom line.
From the start of the college competition, once Bo Wei faced Gan Guoyang, he would soon fall into a sense of panic and fear, because he could not prevent Gan Guoyang at all.
Gan Guoyang himself has strong explosive scoring power and is good at scoring consecutive goals in a short period of time, which often causes huge psychological blows to the opponent's players. Bao Wei was beaten by Gan Guoyang to fear Gynecology.
In the two matches between the two sides last season, Bo Wei was beaten by Gan Guoyang to an end, but this year he seems to have become a different person, and he is doing his best on the defensive end, causing a lot of trouble for Gan Guoyang.
Gan Guoyang knew that Bao Wei had absolutely no less training this summer, and the amount of training would definitely not be less than himself.
Among the four consecutive victories after six consecutive losses, Gan Guoyang's strong offense was the biggest boost for the Blazers' consecutive victory. This game against the Bullet Trail Blazers did not change their tactics, but started with Gan Guoyang.
However, Bullet obviously noticed the recent crazy momentum of Trail Blazers and Gan Guoyang, so not only did Bao Wei do his best to defend Gan Guoyang, but others also came to harass Gan Guoyang.
This greatly restricted Gan Guoyang's performance in the first half. He made 6 of 16 shots in the half and scored only 15 points, including 4 free throws.
This is undoubtedly a very successful defense.
At the same time, Gan Guoyang also had the opportunity to compete on the field with the highest man Boer for the first time. This 2.30-meter tall and thin shot made Gan Guoyang feel very uncomfortable at first because he was really too tall.
When he stood under the basket with his hands spread out, Gan Guoyang looked up and could hardly see the basket. Boer could almost reach the basket without jumping his hands.
But Boer had a big flaw. He was too thin. He was just a big clothes rod. His movement speed was not good. Gan Guoyang quickly figured out his flaws and used his strength and footsteps to play Boer twice, winning two chances of going to the free throw line. The Bullets quickly replaced him.
Even after defeating Manut Pohr, Gan Guoyang still failed to break through Washington's iron barrel defense, and Gan Guoyang was indeed a little tired after four consecutive games with high intensity fighting for more than 40 minutes.
However, Ramsey did not make adjustments, but only gave him a rest for 2 minutes, just like in the first four games.
At the same time, Ramsey did not make targeted adjustments, but just asked the players to play well.
At halftime, the Trail Blazers were already behind Washington Bullet 13 with 50:63, exceeding everyone's expectations.
"We want to give some support to the inside, look at Bowie, look at Norland, Gan is too tired alone." In the locker room, assistant coach Bellman said to everyone.
Bullet's starter, Bowie and Norland, both attacked and defended, putting a lot of pressure on the Trail Blazers' inside. Norland had already scored 20 points in the first half and made 8 of 11 shots, and there was no way to deal with him.
But the Trail Blazers players seemed a little indifferent when they heard Bellman's words. Everyone was doing their own things silently. Bellman's words were like a stone thrown into the sea, without any impact.
The only reaction was Gan Guoyang. He walked up and patted Bellman, then shook his head.
"I will solve the problem by myself. If everyone does their own thing, we will win. It's that simple." Gan Guoyang stood up and said, then Gan Guoyang suddenly walked to Ramsey and looked at Ramsey sitting there in a daze.
"What's wrong, Gan?" Ramsey looked up at Gan Guoyang and asked.
Gan Guoyang didn't say anything, but just looked at Ramsey coldly, and suddenly Gan Guoyang punched Ramsey.
This punch came too suddenly, and Ramsey didn't react at all. Gan Guoyang's huge fist hit Ramsey's chest directly.
Ramsey originally sat on a small square stool in the locker room. The equipment in the away locker room was relatively simple, and the stool was small and narrow.
Ramsey was punched by Gan Guoyang, and he fell backwards all of a sudden, and fell to the ground with a "bang".
The sound of stools and people falling to the ground exploded in the locker room, and then there was a dead silence.
The other Trail Blazers players were all stunned. Cort, Valentine, Cauchy, Adelman all stood up, Van derwich, Sampson and others sat there, still motionless.
"What-did-you-fucking-do? (What the hell did you do?)" Adelman, who was standing near Ramsey, asked in surprise.
"I just gave a coach who was inactive and did nothing, and taught a little lesson. He was not qualified to sit here like this, and did nothing when the team was behind! No matter what happened to him, he should do his job well." Gan Guoyang looked at Ramsey and shouted loudly in the locker room.
A player playing coach in the locker room is simply a rebellious thing, no matter how the coach does his job.
If the league learns, Gan Guoyang will definitely be suspended and then criticized by the media.
Gan Guoyang, who had just been freed from the "arrest" incident, is likely to be involved in a bigger storm.
"But you can't do this..." Kenny Carl also stood up and said, then he walked to Ramsey and prepared to help Ramsey up.
"Don't help me..." Ramsey, who fell to the ground but couldn't get up for a long time, waved and refused Carl's support.
Gan Guoyang's punch did not hit Ramsey in the face, but hit the chest, so there would be no wounds and people would not see it, but Ramsey's chest hurts very much.
Ramsey rubbed his chest, stood up slowly on the bench that was lying on the ground with his hands, and then took two deep breaths to make sure that his sternum was not injured.
"Are you okay?" Adelman asked when he walked over to Ramsey.
"It's okay, I'm fine." Ramsey told Adelman that he was fine.
"You are right, Gan, I am a corpse and I do nothing. You should punch me. I apologize to everyone. Each of you should punch me." Ramsey turned around and said to everyone in the locker room.
In fact, from everyone's reaction after Ramsey was beaten, we can see that the Trail Blazers players no longer respect Ramsey enough, so although they were surprised to see Ramsey being beaten, they did not react too strongly, and just watched silently.
"I'm sorry, I didn't fulfill my duties as a coach, but I'm sitting in this position and delaying the team's future. I feel very sorry, so I will submit my resignation to the team as soon as possible..." Ramsey continued.
At this time, everyone's faces were moved because they realized that the old coach who had been with the team for many years might really leave because of Gan Guoyang's punch.
"No, you can't leave! Your mission has not been completed yet!" Gan Guoyang, who was standing aside, loudly denied Ramsey's words. "What do you want, Gan?" Ramsey looked at Gan Guoyang and asked, with tears in his eyes.
Chapter completed!