In Portland's early morning, a faint mist floated on the Willamette River. The weather was getting colder in November, and the city shrouded in tulle was quietly waiting for the arrival of the rising sun.

It is still five o'clock in the morning, and the Willamette River is still very quiet. Only the postman from the post office rides the "Fixed-Gear" and delivers newspapers and milk to every household.

And on the bridge of the Willamette River, a tall figure ran in the hazy fog, just as he had come to Portland on the first day.

"Good morning, Gan, I'm running so early again!" A postman shouted loudly when he saw the figure of a runner in the car. The person running was Gan Guoyang, and his tall figure was familiar to every postman on the streets of Portland.

"Hello, sir, pay attention to your brakes. I have watched your postman fall down a lot." Gan Guoyang jogged on the bridge in the early morning, watching the postman ride on the "death flight" and reminded with kindness.

Every morning when I run to the training ground, Gan Guoyang often sees postman riding dead and falling. Most people can't control such a bicycle without a flywheel.

"Thank you for your reminder! But the Trail Blazers have fallen into trouble recently, so you should pay attention too." The postman also reminded Gan Guoyang, and then waved his hand to speed up and leave.

The postman's words happened to be in the heart of Gan Guoyang, and the Trail Blazers have lost six consecutive times.

The problems of the team being covered up during the winning streak were exposed, Ramsey's control over the team became weaker and less and less contact between players on and off the court.

Failure was like a sharp blade, cutting the Trail Blazers' cotton robe that looked gorgeous at the beginning of the season, and was covered with dirty lice.

Thinking of this, Gan Guoyang accelerated his running speed and seemed to want to get rid of this bad feeling far away.

During the six games, Gan Guoyang tried hard to contribute to the victory. He tried to communicate with everyone and encourage everyone, but the losses made the situation worse and worse.

When Gan Guoyang arrived at the Jewish Community Training Center, he was still the first to arrive. Looking at the empty arena, Gan Guoyang felt extremely lonely.

After ten minutes of shooting training in the stadium, a second player finally arrived, Steve Corte.

"Good morning, Corte, you came so early." Gan Guoyang felt much better when he saw Corte coming.

Since Colter quits marijuana, he has returned to normal training and even worked harder than usual. Gan Guoyang calls him every morning to ask him to get up early.

Such regular training allowed Cort to recover quickly. He performed well in the next few games and was no longer as confused as before.

Later, Terry Porter arrived at the training hall the third time. Recently, he and Cort's substitute point guard were very fierce. Although the team was in poor condition, this would not affect the competitive enthusiasm of the two young people.

"What a sweet morning! You came so early, don't you have to sleep every night?" Jerome Cauchy was still so happy, he was the fourth to arrive.

For these young players who were selected in the second round, they don’t seem to care much about the team’s situation. Youngness is capital. All they have to do is to perform hard, strive for better data, and strive for their ability to gain a foothold in the league to earn larger contracts.

Generally, Drexler will be there early, but he suffered another injury in the offseason and was included in the injury observation list. He has been unable to play for several games, and he will not be able to play tomorrow's game.

Gan Guoyang looked at these rookies who were about the same age as him, and were all rookies who had just entered the league for one or two years. They were optimistic about the storm team, and only Gan Guoyang seemed to be facing the heavy burden on his shoulders.

Only then did Gan Guoyang realize the meaning of the sentence "The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility". Of course, there may be a sentence "The greater the ambition" later.

It was not until 5:30 in the morning until 10:00 noon that all the Trail Blazers players came to start group training. At this time, Gan Guoyang had been practicing for four hours.

The Trail Blazers mainly conduct physical training twice a week in the morning, which is a tormenting training content for old players, and it will definitely exhaust everyone.

Gan Guoyang, who has been training alone for four hours, is still full of energy. In the past, when he was physically training, Gan Guoyang always liked to nag and sarcastically mocked every teammate who couldn't stand it, but was actually motivating them in disguise.

Today, Gan Guoyang did not. He was extremely silent during training, did not communicate with anyone, and did not sarcasticize the old team members who were quietly lazy in training, he just did his own thing silently.

After the training, everyone was very tired. At this time, the training instructor Karp walked to Gan Guoyang and handed him a bottle of water and a towel.

"Thank you, Mr. Kalp." Gan Guoyang said after taking the water and a towel.

"Gan, you are different today. You seem to be very silent. Do you feel uncomfortable? Don't worry, we will get out of the predicament." As an "old pioneer", Kalp has seen many storms and waves, and he doesn't see the six consecutive defeats.

"I'm not very good to Kalp, I just figured out something. In the past, I always wanted to inspire everyone around me to move forward with me, but now I'm not going to do this. I want to run quickly, throw everyone away, and then see who will catch up and run with them. I don't want to take the family, I need to lead the way." Gan Guoyang said to Kalp.

"Oh~ It sounds good, but the basketball game belongs to five people. I believe you will be a good leader... However, the team is indeed a bit bad now, and Mr. Ramsey is becoming more and more careless." Kalp said, looking at Ramsey standing on the sidelines in a daze. The meritorious coach now looks like a retired old man.

"I can't help him, but I want to win, as long as I can win, everything will be easy."

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The next day, on November 24, the Trail Blazers faced the Houston Rockets at home after losing six consecutive games.

"Is it a seven-game losing streak or a long-lost victory? Let's cheer for the Trail Blazers in the Memorial Stadium." Before the game started, Seanley looked at the warm-up sides and expressed his concerns.

The Trail Blazers, who were originally moving forward and firmly occupying the top spot in the West, suddenly fell into the vicious circle of losing streaks, which made Portland fans anxious, so even the postman reminded Gan Guoyang to work harder.

"We lacked Drexler in this game, which made the Trail Blazers even more difficult. The Trail Blazers' already poor outside defense will only make it worse." Seanley was also very worried about Drexler's absence. The Trail Blazers' outside defense was not very good, and without Drexler, he was even more riddled with holes.

"Paxson, let them in, I will take care of them." Gan Guoyang, who was warming up, suddenly walked to Jim Paxson and said to him. Tonight, Paxson returned to the starting lineup instead of Drexler.

Parkson was stunned when he heard this. Gan Guoyang immediately walked away after he said it. He understood that Gan Guoyang meant that the Rockets' outside line would break freely, and he would wipe his butt inside.

"The game is about to begin. The Houston Rockets challenge the Portland Trail Blazers away! The showdown between Olajuwon and Gan, I hope Gan can avenge his previous shame!"

The game began. Gan Guoyang tried his best to win the ball and the Trail Blazers launched an attack.

Gan Guoyang showed a strong desire to attack from the beginning. He took the lead in the low position on the left, and Valentine also decisively handed the ball to Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang's steel-like lower plate could not even shake even Olajuwon. Olajuwon could feel Gan Guoyang's extraordinary determination. He was sure that Gan Guoyang would definitely play singles and not pass the ball.

"Gan received the ball, pushed Olajuwon away, and hit a small hook! I've scored a goal in several games and haven't seen Gan's attack so neatly at the beginning." Seanley sighed. During the losing streak, Gan Guoyang seemed a little hesitant because he always wanted to make his teammates' form warm first.

"You have made no progress at all, Akim." Gan Guoyang said coldly to Olajuwon.

Of course Olajuwon has made progress in the summer. His progress this season is huge, but Gan Guoyang used his newly learned hook to score two points on Olajuwon's head when the two were fighting in the offseason, which is undoubtedly humiliating Olajuwon - because one-on-one Olajuwon throughout the summer was not able to resist Gan Guoyang.

But the Rockets' counterattack came quickly. This year their overall height reached a terrifying level, and the intensity of confrontation between outside players was further enhanced.

The Trail Blazers' outside line was easily torn apart like paper, and Lewis Lloyd scored a layup, 2:2.

Immediately afterwards, the Rockets successfully made another steal and scored two points on the counterattack. Their oppressive defense from the outside began to have the style of the Los Angeles Lakers.

"The Trail Blazers should be careful. The Trail Blazers lose to the Rockets mostly because they lose on the outside, especially on defense, rather than on the inside, although they have double towers." Seanley also hit the nail on the head. Gan Guoyang has never been afraid of double towers, but the Trail Blazers' external defense has been criticized since last season, but there is still no sign of improvement.

"Van der Van der Vic made a two-point jump shot from the outside, and both sides tied." The Trail Blazers' offense from the outside was no problem.

The first five minutes of the first quarter were calm, and the two sides had a relationship, tied at 12:12, and the first timeout was reached.

Sitting on the bench, Gan Guoyang did not listen to Ramsey's arrangement, but had his own ideas.

After the timeout, he returned to the court and the Trail Blazers served in the frontcourt.

"Valentin... threw the ball directly into the basket, Gan Qi jumped to catch the ball, and poured the basket with both hands! He bypassed the defense of the two towers! A beautiful cooperation!" Gan Guoyang gave the Rockets a warning to the first ball at the end of the timeout.

He has decided to lift restrictions and pour all his firepower on his opponents, which is the choice any superstar in a desperate situation of losing streak will make.

They want to use their personal strength to help the team get out of the predicament.
Chapter completed!