"Did you mess with women in Portland?"

"No."

"You live here alone, so famous and rich, there must be many women who pay for it!"

"...but I just don't..."

"real?"

"Of course it's true."

"The answer is so fast, it must have been arranged long ago! I heard that all the NBA stars are playboys!"

"How could it be, Clyde is a good man, and Van dervic and Mitchell. This is not Los Angeles, and the Trail Blazers are not the Lakers."

"Would you be led by them if you were playing in Los Angeles and the Lakers?"

"How could I go to Los Angeles to play basketball? Besides, even if I go to Los Angeles, it's still your house. Your parents are here, how dare I do it randomly."

"Then aren't my parents not in Portland! Do you dare to do anything randomly?"

“…”

"Why don't you speak? Are you guilty..."

"Drive and watch it! It's big night! When you cross the bridge, don't fall into the river!"

On the last night of 1984, on the streets of Portland, a white enlarged Opel vauxhall-nova was running. When passing through the Willamette River Bridge, the front of the car was tilted and almost fell into the river.

The car stopped beside the bridge, and the two people on the car were also in shock.

"Don't caress like this. I've always been fine. In my life, there are only relatives, friends, and basketball, and there are no other dirty things."

"I know...but I'm still worried, you know, you're always not around, I don't feel safe at all."

"Otherwise, don't study anymore. I earn enough money to support both of us, and it's okay to get married. When you move to Portland, you can watch my game often."

"No! I have to finish college, so I am not like you. I dropped out of school and illiterate!"

“…”

"Let's go, I'll drive well."

Opel cars were on the road again, and it became much more stable.

The two people in the car were Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi, but Wang Fuxi was driving.

Because of the Christmas holidays across the United States, Wang Fuxi came to Portland and Gan Guoyang to spend Christmas and New Year together.

Since Gan Guoyang became a professional player, Wang Fuxi has been together for many years because he insisted on his studies.

Although Spokane is close to Portland, if Gan Guoyang reimburses air tickets, it is not a problem for Wang Fuxi to come every week, but Gan Guoyang people do not often live in Portland, but have to fly around the United States and live a tense life as professional players.

During this Christmas holiday, Wang Fuxi finally found a large amount of time to accompany Gan Guoyang, but the two people who had not met for a long time inevitably had some conflicts.

Gan Guoyang was still addicted to training as usual, which made Wang Fuxi very dissatisfied. She was unfamiliar with Portland alone, and she felt very lonely without Gan Guoyang's company.

So in the car, Wang Fuxi began to make unreasonable noises at Gan Guoyang to vent his dissatisfaction.

Gan Guoyang also felt helpless, and he decided to take time to learn how to drive. It was really unreliable for women to drive.

After returning to the house in the West District, Gan Guoyang found that Wang Fuxi was actually cooking a table of Chinese food waiting for him at home, and he felt a little guilty.

"I'm sorry, I really forgot the time today." Gan Guoyang gently hugged Wang Fuxi and said in her ear.

"Hmph~" Wang Fuxi suddenly felt his face red. Although the two have been together for a long time, Wang Fuxi always felt embarrassed every time Gan Guoyang talked to her gently.

"Who can I learn how to cook with? Let me try it!" Gan Guoyang looked at the brightly colored Chinese food on the table, not only his index finger was shaking.

Since Gan Youwei left and returned to San Francisco, Gan Guoyang hasn't had a good Chinese meal in Portland for a long time, and he has never been too lazy to cook it.

"Wait! The dishes are cold, let me heat them up~" Wang Fuxi brought back all the dishes on the table to the kitchen and reheat them.

After the dishes were heated up again, Gan Guoyang felt quite satisfied when he ate the dishes made by Wang Fuxi.

"Well, it's not bad. With 30% of my father's efforts, I can have a meal!" Gan Guoyang said while eating, not knowing whether it was to praise her or to harm her.

"It's only 30%~ You don't know that in the United States, you can open a restaurant at this level! Some Chinese restaurant dishes are not good at how unpalatable they are." Wang Fuxi was obviously a little dissatisfied with Gan Guoyang's evaluation.

"Ha, when I retire, I will open a restaurant called Ganwang Hotel! I will ensure that I can sweep the American catering market and let McDonald's and Burger Kings all go into the garbage dump!" Gan Guoyang was half full and started to blow the air.

Wang Fuxi looked at Gan Guoyang's energetic appearance and laughed out loud. She always felt that Gan Guoyang was a little different from when she first met.

"Gan, do you think you are different from before?" Wang Fuxi looked at Gan Guoyang and asked.

Gan Guoyang was stunned when he heard this, "Different? What's different? Have you grown taller? Or have you become handsome?"

"I remember when I first met you, you lost the high school league championship and were frowning every day. You went shopping and walking with me, and you always looked worried. Later, you went to college and played basketball wholeheartedly. At that time, I felt that you were always calm and mature, whether it was usual or on the court. Now... I think you are much more cheerful and no longer have a lot of worries every day. Although you are still obsessed with playing basketball, you are more cheerful and much cute!" Wang Fuxi's two big eyes rolled around, recalling their past experiences.

After hearing Wang Fuxi's words, Gan Guoyang realized that he had indeed changed a lot.

When he first came to the United States and came to this time and space, he always felt that he was having a dream and would wake up at no time.

He walked on the street and looked at the scenery of the 1980s, and often mistakenly thought that he was born in a movie. He was like Truman in "The World of Truman", and everything was a play.

Now, time is about to reach 1985, and it has been three years since he came to this time and space. The memories of later generations have become increasingly weak in his mind.

On the contrary, the square box-like car, 17-inch color TV, big-eared telephone, square plaid suit, toad mirror, bell-bottom pants, and colorful 80s life began to be engraved in Gan Guoyang's life.

He began to get used to life without the Internet, and used to taking time every day to watch "Detective Hunter" and TV series such as "Three Live Treasures", and used to wearing clothes that he thought were rusty.

With the entry of the NBA professional league, Gan Guoyang finally began to integrate into this era, and his personality began to become more cheerful and optimistic.

"Maybe, after all, I feel very happy when playing basketball every day!" Gan Guoyang said with a smile.

"You know how to play basketball! What can you do when you retire in the future?" Wang Fuxi was still a basketball fan in high school, and now her obsession with basketball has gradually decreased.

"Be a basketball coach!" Gan Guoyang blurted out.

"You are not an American, what kind of coach you are?" Wang Fuxi said.

"If you are not an American, you can't be a coach? Then I still play in the United States. Besides, I am not a US citizen, and I will play for China in the future." Gan Guoyang has always been very persistent in the issue of nationality and has never been a US citizen.

And now that he has a US green card, whether American nationality or not has any impact on his life.

"Oh Forrest Gump, tell me, what does China look like now? I always hear people say that China is quite terrible."

"China... it is a place full of hope... You must know that it has a long history and a deep suffering, but everything is about to pass. I believe that the people there will use their hands to create greater glory like their ancestors..." Gan Guoyang thought that at this time, China was on the road of rapid progress, although there were still thorns ahead.

At this time, the path of the Portland Trail Blazers was also uneven.

After spending a wonderful New Year's Eve with Wang Fuxi, Gan Guoyang came to the training center early on the new year on January 1st and began to prepare for the first game of the New Year.

In the 29th game, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated their city rival Los Angeles Clippers 113:107 at home, improving their record to 22 wins and 10 losses. While achieving seven consecutive victories, they surpassed the Portland Trail Blazers, jumped to the top of the Pacific region, and regained the top spot in the West District.

Due to the division rules, the Trail Blazers ranked second in the West in terms of record, but they were squeezed to third in ranking, ranking behind the Lakers and the Nuggets.

If they lose the No. 1 game, the gap between them and the Lakers will further widen. What's more, after playing this game, the Trail Blazers will challenge the Lakers again.

In order to gain the lead in the top battle, the Trail Blazers must strive to win in this game.

But the opponents in this game of the Trail Blazers are not easy to deal with. They have to face the East opponent who has come from afar at home, Philadelphia 76ers.

In the last game against the 76ers, Gan Guoyang was suspended for punching Ranbir and did not play.

The Trail Blazers also have an absolute disadvantage in the interior, with more than 20 rebounds and a complete loss to their opponents away.

There are only two mobile phone meetings in a season between the East and West teams, so this game will be the only chance for the Trail Blazers to revenge the 76ers this season.

During the training before the game, Ramsey repeatedly emphasized the control of rebounds. He repeatedly shouted at the training center, "Take rebounds as gold!"

At 6:30 p.m. Pacific time, the Portland Memorial Stadium was full of 32 consecutive games.

After all, in this game, the Trail Blazers faced the former luxury division, the 76ers in the East, the King of Philadelphia.

Although the 76ers have gradually declined since winning the championship in 1983, the lean camel is bigger than the horse. The 76ers are in a very good condition this season. After 30 games, the 24-6-loss score is better than all Western teams.

It seems that they are recovering from the tragedy of being eliminated by the Nets in the first round in 1984.

As the rising upstart this season, the Trail Blazers were killed by 76ers in the last game on the spectral court, so naturally ten thousand were dissatisfied.

Now that the main center Gan Guoyang has returned, he is at home again, so of course he has to avenge his revenge.

"Control the rebounds well, Gan. In this game, you must control the opponent's frontcourt rebounds and control them! Even if you don't get a single point, I have no objection." The game is about to begin. After Ramsey made other arrangements, he said with Gan Guoyang's ear.

As a rookie, Gan Guoyang occupies the first place in the league in rebounds per game, and together with Jordan, he becomes the temporary rookie data king.

"I'll do my best." Gan Guoyang nodded and said.

"Try your best? I'm not asking you to say to me here, 'I've tried my best, but I can only do this.' Must, I want you to control it!" Ramsey shouted.

Gan Guoyang could only nodded again.

If it were to play against another team, Gan Guoyang would have a big mouth, "No problem, I will definitely kill them!"

But today he faced the center of the Philadelphia 76ers, half of Gan Guoyang's idol - Moses Malone, and Gan Guoyang's extremely familiar bald big mouth - Charles Barkley.

The Philadelphia 76ers' inside line is probably the only team in the league that is shorter than the Portland Trail Blazers' inside line.

Malone is 6-foot-10, and Barkley is only 6-foot-5 or 6-foot-6, which is shorter than the Trail Blazers' two 6-foot-10s.

However, this inside combination is more terrifying than any inside combination in the league, because they are human-shaped tanks on the field.

This season, Malone and Barkley can average 8.1 front court rebounds per game. What does this mean? The Trail Blazers average only 16 front court rebounds per game, and Malone and Barkley snatch half of the Trail Blazers.
To be continued...