The trading deadline was closed at the end of February 1986, and none of the teams made any big moves. In fact, since the Buffalo Braves traded their MVP Bob McAdu to New York in 1976, the entire league has not had a big deal in the season for 10 years.

At that time, the NBA team was still in a relatively stable state. The strong team naturally maintained the lineup, and the weak team did not have the pressure to relegate. In the situation where the West dominated and the East took turns to take over the banker, there was really no team willing to give it a big deal to blind everyone's eyes.

Without a deal, it means that each team will basically compete for the playoffs with its current lineup. After all, there are really no easy players in the free market.

After the end of the Eastern Expedition, the Portland Trail Blazers finally returned to their home court. More importantly, after this back-to-back completion, they will only have two back-to-back times in March and April, once a month, and their schedule will be easier.

In the first game in March, the Trail Blazers welcomed the Houston Rockets at home. Currently, the two teams have always ranked first in the West, and one team ranks third in the West. As long as the Trail Blazers do not fall to second in the West, or Houston does not fall to fourth in the West, then the two teams will not meet in the first Western Conference Finals in the playoffs.

The two teams are in different shapes now. After losing to the 76ers, the Trail Blazers achieved another five consecutive victories. Gan Guoyang has increased his average rebounds to 16.5, and the rebounding champion this season is his favorite.

The Rockets broke into the Western Conference Storm in January, losing only two games in a month, one with three points and lost to the old enemy Utah Jazz, and the other with poor form and defeated to the Mavericks. However, their performance this month was also very hot, and once threatened the Lakers' second place in the West.

But in February, the situation changed. In mid-February, their main center Olajuwon began to suffer from injuries, missed seven consecutive games, and the Rockets began to lose.

Until this game, Olajuwon still did not appear on the Rockets' roster. The official news released by the Rockets was that Olajuwon will miss the game for two weeks.

This greatly reduced the suspense of this game. If Olajuwon could still compete with Gan Guoyang head-on, then Ralph Sampson never performed as a superstar in the game against the Trail Blazers.

This mainly depends on Sampson's style of playing. He is thin and has a light route. Not to mention that he is just as good as Gan Guoyang, he has difficulties in eating Sampson at a low post. This is also one of the reasons why the Rockets often suffer when facing the thick Jazz team in the interior. Sampson at 7-foot-4 is not a traditional mid-sized inside, but a small forward with a center.

Therefore, in less than three quarters of this game, the Rockets surrendered. Drexler returned to this game and performed extremely well, with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists, and another triple-double. This time, Gan Guoyang could not use his "missing triple-double" to laugh at him.

After playing this game, the Trail Blazers' schedule was relaxed and pleasant. They would die continuously at home, and their opponents were not too strong. For example, the Indiana Pacers lost their hope of entering the playoffs early, went to the Memorial Stadium for a formality, and were beaten up by the Trail Blazers.

The Dallas Mavericks did not cause much trouble for the Trail Blazers. Without your inside advantage, they fell under Gan Guoyang's strong firepower. In an offensive battle, the Trail Blazers won the game with 125:117.

On March 8, Women's Day, the Trail Blazers faced the Jazz, and Gan Guoyang gave a major blow to rookie Carl Malone in the game.

After coming to the Jazz, Ma Long quickly occupied the starting position. This powerful power forward should be said to have subverted the traditional concept of the power forward position in the past. In the past, under the idea of ​​center-first team building, the main responsibility of the power forward was to do a good job in assisting, grabbing rebounds, blocking positions, and resting the defense. This is the job of the power forward.

From the establishment of the NBA to 1986, in addition to the very early Bob Pettit, there were only a handful of NBA teams with power forwards as the core, including players like Bob McAdu and Erwin Hayes, who are between power forwards and centers, and often act as centers in the team.

But Carl Malone is different. He is not between power forward and center, but between power forward and small forward. His size is like a running back in a rugby game, and is completely different from the slender McCardou and Hayes. After receiving the pass, he dribbles all the way and fast breaks. It is like a running back getting the ball and making a touchdown.

Of course, his style was not favored by the league at that time, and his skills were really too rough, and his scoring was too dependent on fast breaks and secondary attacks after rebounds.

But I have to say that it is very effective in many cases, especially when the league's inside line has not been filled with muscle sticks, a small tank like Malone is really powerful.

Gan Guoyang likes to deal with such a treble man with good health, even if he is Carl Malone, he is just a rookie at this time.

During the game, Malone received a pass from Stockton at the beginning and staged a signature dunk with his left hand on Gan Guoyang's head, which was a response to Gan Guoyang's shooting in the same posture in the last game.

Gan Guoyang, who was provoked, learned a lesson from Ma Long. In the subsequent game, he began to defend Ma Long and handed over Eton, who had no independent offensive ability to attack, so Ma Long's offense became tragic.

Facing Gan Guoyang, who is taller than himself, weighs more than himself, has a faster strength than himself, has a longer arms than himself, and moves horizontally than himself, Ma Long, who has a rough skill, has become a completely useless person on the offensive end, in addition to picking up a hole occasionally.

At the same time, Gan Guoyang is extremely familiar with the pass after Stockton's pick-and-roll. After intercepting Stockton's pass to Malone twice, Gan Guoyang's former old partner never dared to try again.

Malone's other scoring weapon, his second attack after grabbing the frontcourt rebounds, also lost his edge in front of the rebounding king. He also grabbed 4 frontcourt rebounds in the last game, but he didn't make any of them in this game.

In the end, Gan Guoyang defeated the young Karl Malone one-on-one and only allowed him to score 6 points. The Trail Blazers also defeated the Utah Jazz at home, won eight consecutive victories, and continued to consolidate their first place in the West.

After playing this game, the Trail Blazers received a four-day break. They won't have the next game until March 13. The team also decided to take two days off to relax the players who were finally freed from the Devil's schedule. In January and February, the Trail Blazers were also injured, with almost no one remaining full attendance, and the starting point guard was even reimbursed.

During the two-day rare holiday, Gan Guoyang also took a bus to Spokane to visit Wang Fuxi at Gonzaga University. After the All-Star Game, Gan Guoyang was busy with competitions and training, and the two had not had much time to be together.

Spring is the most beautiful season for Gonzaga University. It has a marine climate. Although it is wet and cold in winter, the plants are dense in spring. Gonzaga University is a time for flowers to bloom.

In Spokane, the most beautiful and numerous flowers are the lilacs here. Gan Guoyang finally had the opportunity to walk with Wang Fuxi hand in hand next to the artificial lake of the school and reminisce about the campus time.

The quiet and peaceful environment here, and the jade people around you, have cooled Gan Guoyang's boiling blood on the field, and his surging heartbeat slowed down. In the increasingly fierce league competition, it is necessary to relax like this.

Although I only stayed here for two semesters, a trophy for the NCAA championship is enough to make Gan Guoyang a legend here, so the two didn't stay together quietly for much time, and fans would come to Gan Guoyang to take a photo from time to time.

When the two walked to the near school sports field, there were more people around them.

"There is a game today?" Gan Guoyang pressed the cap on his head and asked Wang Fuxi beside him.

"It seems that there is, it's just a rugby game. Gonzaga's rugby is even better than basketball."

"Tsk, if I were still in school, what kind of football would you watch?"

"It's good if you're still in school, then I don't have to miss you every day."

It is the most difficult to get the favor of the beauty. Gan Guoyang is afraid that Wang Fuxi will be sad again as he talks, so he suggested going to the stadium to watch the game.

Gan Guoyang has never had a good impression of football. Not to mention that he defeated the NBA in the US NFL, Gan Guoyang helped the school's rugby team win a game when he was in high school, but he was a bunch of strong men and injured his back. Until now, his back injury still harasses Gan Guoyang from time to time.

Gan Guoyang really couldn't appreciate this more barbaric sport, but in the stadium of his school, he was really passionate about watching such a game, because the rugby team also used the name Bulldog, just like the basketball team.

Amid the shocking cheers of home fans, Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi quickly became one of them. Everyone was very high. No one could see that the giant next to him was a basketball hero from Gonzaga University.

The Bulldogs have always been dominant in the game, and there is basically no problem in leading the game.

But just as the game was about to end, a small accident happened.

Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi sat in a relatively front position on the stands, and at the corner, Gan Guoyang felt that it was not easy for too many people to see it.

During an attack, the Bulldogs threw the ball directly to the corner after receiving the ball, but the ball did not catch it steadily. The ball fell to the ground, and the opponent's defensive player rushed up to grab the ball. I don't know who was the cheapest one, but actually kicked the ball and the ball flew straight to the stands.

Because it is a university stadium, it is not as high as the NFL, and the fans are close to the sidelines, so the ball flew towards Wang Fuxi.

In fact, the ball was not fast, but Gan Guoyang beside Wang Fuxi was in a professional sensitivity, or simply was a slap at the ball and slapped the ball back into the field.

Wang Fuxi was still patting his chest and was still in shock. When he turned around, he saw Gan Guoyang pinching the triceps on his right arm with his left hand, and his head was lowered.

"What's wrong, Gan?" Wang Fuxi asked hurriedly.
Chapter completed!