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Chapter 169 Injury strikes

"A game that was unparalleled, we saw that the Trail Blazers players all ran back to the locker room, and the only coach Ramsey was left on the bench. Let's interview Mr Ramsey."

At the scene after the game, CBS TV reporters made live broadcasts, and next to him was the head coach of the Trail Blazers, Ramsey, who wanted to interview him.

The person the reporter should have interviewed was Gan Guoyang, but after Gan Guoyang made the buzzer-beating ball, he went straight to the player channel like crazy, followed by a group of Trail Blazers and all rushed to the locker room.

So the reporter could only catch Ramsey, who had not yet run back, and ask questions.

"Congratulations to the Trail Blazers, congratulations, you won this thrilling game. Is the last winning goal the tactic you arranged?" the reporter asked knowingly.

"Yes, I have prepared three plans. This is actually the most risky one, but once it is successful, we can win. God bless you, Gan threw the ball in." Ramsey looked calm. When Gan Guoyang just scored the goal, the old man almost jumped into the sky.

"How do you evaluate Gan's performance today? Not only did he make the last shot, he also scored 16 points and 23 rebounds in the whole game, and more importantly, his shooting percentage was amazingly high from 8 of 10 shots."

"Yes, since the New Year, his performance has been getting better and better, which surprised me very much. He has become an indispensable pillar of the team on the defensive end, and his ability to seize opportunities on the offensive end is becoming more and more mature. More importantly, he still has great potential but has not been realized. He is a key figure in bringing victory to our team."

"In this game, the young players of the Trail Blazers have gained a lot of playing time, like Cauchy and Drexler, how do you think they are doing?"

"This has brought a lot of young players to the season Blazers. We inevitably want to make the young players play more, and in this game, they all exert their vitality and talent, and I am proud of them."

The reporter asked a few more boring questions, and Ramsey answered a few politely, and then left and returned to the locker room. It can be seen that Ramsey's steps were much lighter than usual.

At this time, Gan Guoyang, who had completed the final victory, was taking a shower in the bathroom in the locker room. Today he was so happy that he felt that the hot water in the Great Western Forum was much more comfortable than before.

"Gan, hurry up, a large group of reporters are waiting for you!" Gan Guoyang heard Cauchy's voice. It seemed that the protagonists in today's are Gan Guoyang.

The interview after the game was calm, and Gan Guoyang was very clear about the excitement of the reporter. He said a few official words, praise the Lakers and the Magicians, and be humbled after being humble.

But when he was on the bus and returned to the hotel, Gan Guoyang heard a familiar voice before getting on the bus, shouting like a pig.

"Big cousin! Big cousin! It's me! Big cousin!"

Gan Guoyang looked in the direction of the sound and saw a fat man wearing toad glasses running towards the bus hard.

"Isn't this Guohui? What are the fat guys wearing toad glasses at night?" Gan Guoyang recognized it as Gan Guohui, and he hurriedly signaled the driver to wait for a while.

"Big cousin...Big cousin...Big cousin, I've been chasing you. I was beside the player passage... and shouted loudly, you... you didn't hear it... at the post-match press conference... they didn't let me...I'm in!" Gan Guohui took out his signature notebook.

Gan Guohui didn't even dare to open his eyes when he watched the Trail Blazers' last attack on the sidelines, because he was afraid of hearing the cheers of Lakers fans.

But after he closed his eyes for a while, he heard the sighs of the Lakers fans beside him, and there was almost no cheers on the entire court.

At this time, Gan Gan Guohui opened his eyes and saw Gan Guoyang running towards the player channel like crazy.

Gan Guohui reacted quickly and knew that the Trail Blazers would definitely win, so he shouted "Big Cousin" while rushing to the stands near the player passage to call Gan Guoyang.

But Gan Guoyang was so excited that he was as if he had won the world championship, and he couldn't hear anyone calling him.

Gan Guohui had to wait for Gan Guoyang to appear after the game near the team bus outside the court.

"Big cousin, hurry up, sign me! Add another date!" Gan Guohui went straight to the topic and asked Gan Guoyang to sign, and he also wrote the date on to show that this was Gan Guoyang's signature after the game that defeated the Lakers.

"You..." Gan Guoyang shook his head when he saw Gan Guohui's appearance. He knew that Gan Guohui was collecting various star signatures.

In the past, Gan Guohui would say that it was for collection and appreciation, but now Gan Guoyang knows that this has become the way for Gan Guohui to express his love for basketball.

While signing, Gan Guoyang said to Gan Guohui: "Guohui, is it okay at home?"

Gan Guohui took a break and said, "It's great. Some people know that your father is a chef in the Gan family restaurant, so there are not too many people who come here to have a meal!"

"Well that's good. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. I don't know if the team has a game. I guess I can't go back. You can take care of it when you go back and don't know how to play." In front of Gan Guohui, Gan Guoyang looked like a big brother.

"Hey, I know. Cousin, you see, these shoes are really good, they just don't match my clothes..." Gan Guohui smiled and pointed to the Nike shoes he was wearing.

"Keep it well. This pair of shoes will definitely be worth a hundred times in the future, because this is the first batch of skyscrapers that have not yet been made. Well, I'm leaving. I'll contact you next time I go back to San Francisco." After that, Gan Guoyang got on the bus and the bus left the Great Western Forum Arena.

Gan Guohui waved to Gan Guoyang and was ready to leave, but his walking steps slowed down significantly.

"I have to walk slowly, don't break these precious shoes..."

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The Portland Trail Blazers left Los Angeles with a away victory and regained the No. 1 spot in the Western Conference with a record of 24-10, while the Los Angeles Lakers ended their seven-game winning streak, 22-11, and returned to third in the Western Conference again.

After a brief rest on January 5, the Trail Blazers faced the weak team in the East on January 6, the Indiana Pacers.

As a team that merged into the NBA from the ABA in 1976, the Pacers did not rise as quickly as the San Antonio Spurs and the Denver Nuggets, but instead became the bottom of the Eastern Conference with the New Jersey Nets.

The game between the first in the West and the last in the East is really a bit unreasonable and has no suspense.

Compared with the Trail Blazers, Pacers are all behind in all aspects. Even if the Trail Blazers have a slight lack of experience, Pacers can only be worse.

This season, the Trail Blazers, the oldest player with seven years of playing age, is already one of the youngest teams in the league.

But the Pacers' average age is younger than the Trail Blazers, and they have 7 rookies this season! The oldest player is Quig Kells, who has five years of NBA experience.

Their coach also has no NBA coaching experience, and George Irving, a young coach who entered the league in the first year.

It is not surprising that such a young team is full of rookies, without veterans, and without an old coach to take over the team, has a terrible performance.

However, Ramsey, who was cautious before the game, made careful preparations, conducted tactical exercises during training, and allowed all players to watch the Pacers' game video together.

After all, this is the first game between the Trail Blazers and Pacers this season. Even if the record gap between the two sides is huge, we still cannot be taken lightly.

The game started at Portland's Years Stadium at 6:30 p.m. on January 5, and for the Trail Blazers, the whole game was still smooth.

They have been leading all the way since the first quarter and have established a lead of about seven points in each quarter. Before the start of the fourth quarter, they have led their opponents by as many as 22 points.

It was just a little turbulent in the fourth quarter. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Van dervic accidentally sprained his ankle during a breakthrough and had to go back to the locker room for treatment.

Later, Ramsey replaced Gan Guoyang, Drexler, Sampson and other main players to prevent another accident.

After Gan Guoyang scored 24 rebounds in the last game, he grabbed 22 rebounds in this game, further consolidating his leading position in the average rebounding list.

Paxson, who was injured in the last game, also made a comeback in this game. After examination and treatment of his foot injury, it was not serious. Of course, with the medical technology at that time, there might not be any deep-seated problems.

It should be said that although the entire Trail Blazers still have many problems, their performance since 1985 was perfect, conquering two top teams, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers.

This means that the Portland Trail Blazers are also starting to touch the edge of top teams.

But to truly become a top team, the Trail Blazers still have another problem to face, that is, the stability of their state.

The Trail Blazers have been injured in two consecutive games. Although Paxson has returned from the front line, another more important player, Van der Van der Vic.

On the bench, Trail Blazers' rookie small forward Bernard Sampson was also unable to play due to an accidental injury during training, which made Trail Blazers, who were already short of staff, stretched their ability to use personnel on the front line. (At that time, the NBA did not have a minimum number of teams.)

Now that the mid-season is entering the middle of the season, the players' injuries have begun to enter a concentrated outbreak period, and the entire schedule has reached the most intense and intense stage, so the team's lineup depth is abnormally tested.

This is also a very headache for Ramsey. The Trail Blazers have too many young players and lack of experience in the game.

In recent games, Ramsey has begun to increase the use of Cauchy, Cort and Schaeffler, and appropriately reduce the playing time of the main players.

After defeating the Indiana Pacers at 120:101, Van derwich's injury report also came out. According to the team doctor's opinion, he only needs a week to rest before returning to the field.

This means that there are about four games left and Van dervich will not be able to play.
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