With the New Year's Day bell ringing, the 1985 calendar finally turned the last page and came to 1986.

History always has amazing coincidences and similarities. On January 1, 1985, a year ago, the Portland Trail Blazers played against the Philadelphia 76ers at home. That game became the turning point of their season. They transformed from a young team that was still slightly chaotic to a strong league team with rigorous tactical and dynamic.

In that game, Gan Guoyang faced Moses Malone and Charles Barkley for the first time, and collided with them with fierce sparks - of course Barkley was slightly damaged by Gan Guoyang.

A year later, on New Year's Day in 1986, the Trail Blazers once again played against the Philadelphia 76ers at home, which was the first time the two teams played this season.

As time passes by, young players are growing and maturing, and the strength of young teams is increasing day by day. The Trail Blazers are typical. Although the team has experienced the chaos at the beginning of the season and the future stays of the key players and head coaches in the team are also unclear, at least so far, this Trail Blazers have shown strong combat power.

Their offense is the leader of the league under the leadership of Ramsey. Their defense has begun to show great potential under the guidance of Bellman. They have begun to have their own superstars and their benches have enough depth and energy.

No wonder many media are asserting that this season is likely to usher in a new "trailblazer fanaticism".

Of course, this team also has fatal flaws. Last year, on December 30, 1985, the Trail Blazers ushered in their last opponent of the year at home, and they easily defeated the Spurs that were about to disintegrate with 125:110.

But during the game, CBS TV commentary pointed out more than once, "If Alvin Robertson can come to the Trail Blazers, I bet this Trail Blazers will win at least two championships in the next five years."

Alvin Robertson, the 1984 Golden Generation, with Gan Guoyang, this season is a year for the golden generation to explode. Except for Jordan who missed most of the games due to injury (but he will burst into the Genocide-like glory of God in the playoffs), other high-ranking rookies quickly became the mainstay of the team.

In November, Gan Guoyang ruled the NBA. In December, the title of Player of the Month was No. 21 of the Spurs (at this time this number has not yet become the monument of the Spurs), No. 7 pick Robertson, a thief.

Open his statistics for this season, the steal bar is one of them. From the first game, they are: 6 times, 7 times, 4 times, 2 times, 5 times, 3 times...... with amazing steal ability. So far, his average steal count has reached an astonishing 3.8 times, one level ahead of others.

In the game against the Trail Blazers, Robertson contributed 17 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals, showing the potential of a great wing-wide defender. Compared with that, Van dervic scored more points, 23 points, but his rebounds were 2, steals and assists were all 0...

However, it is almost impossible for the Trail Blazers to get Alvin Robertson. The Spurs would not be stupid enough to send such a new star away. Even if they want to send him away, they would throw him to the East instead of staying in the West to cause trouble for themselves.

As young teams grow and grow, the elderly overlords are declining day by day. The Lakers and Celtics, the two Tyrannosaurus Rex, seem to survive for a long time. The Philadelphia 76ers, is already shaking.

Charles Barkley's strength was a little stronger. At this time, Fatty Bark's hobby of sweets and McDonald's giants had not reached the point of being crazy. In the summer, he was able to practice crazy at his alma mater Auburn University. Just as he practiced bounce on a spike when he was a child, this guy who was born with fat physique was shaping himself into an aerial tank.

He also experienced an explosion in the second season. He became the team's number one rebounder, surpassing Moses Malone, and shared the pressure of Irving's aging in scoring. He averaged 20 points per game and was the No. 2 scorer.

Although Barkley didn't want to admit it, in his heart, Gan Guoyang has always been his number one opponent. With this slightly arrogant but amazingly strong yellow skin, Barkley has a strong desire to kick his butt hard.

But Barkley's growth cannot make up for the overall decline in Irving, Chicks, Bobby Jones - the entire 76ers' outside form, and Andrew Tony, the hero who won the championship in 1983, who has been reimbursed for the season due to injury, which is aggravated for the 76ers.

Needless to say, this 76ers can no longer dominate the Eastern Conference. The glory of entering the 4th finals can no longer be reproduced. It is only a matter of time before the team falls apart.

However, this game was still exciting. As a revolutionary discourse said, all "reactionaries" will not be willing to automatically withdraw from the stage of history, and the 76ers will never easily give up their dignity as the former overlord. This season, they still achieved excellent results of 19 wins and 10 losses, and achieved 7 consecutive victories before this game.

The Trail Blazers also won 7 consecutive victories, so after the end of this game, one team's winning streak record must remain at 7, while the other continues.

Due to Andrew Tony's reimbursement and the 76ers' former chief substitute, Bobby Jones became the team's starter.

Gan Guoyang had no deep impression of this thin white player before. In the game a year ago, Jones at No. 24 did not perform well, and the 76ers also lost the game. Gan Guoyang just felt that this guy was very terrifying on the court and could always appear in the right place.

But after the game, Gan Guoyang just felt that the most suitable place for this guy was the 76ers bench, and he didn't like to see him standing on the court.

At the beginning of the game, everything was in a direction that was beneficial to the Blazers. Gan Guoyang beat Charles Barkley in the first quarter and made two fouls off the court. Barkley complained to the referee, but also heard Gan Guoyang call him "little fat" in his ear. He was so irritable that he almost started fighting with Gan Guoyang.

Without Barkley's support, Moses Malone, the pressure on her shoulders increased sharply. Sampson and Gan Guoyang took turns to attack the inside. The Trail Blazers' free throws in the first quarter and the second quarter were twice that of the 76ers, and they also ended the first half with a lead of 62:51.

In the second half, Barkley and Moses Malone, who returned to the court, joined forces to show their strength and began to grab the frontcourt rebounds continuously. Now it was the turn of the Trail Blazers to increase the pressure on the inside.

The inside is under great pressure, and the outside must come to help, which gives 76ers another chance to go out on the outside, practicing mid-range jump shots, and the scores are getting closer.

Among them, Bobby Jones made three shots, his shooting choice was very cautious, and his passing was quite cunning, so the defender dared not pounce on him easily, and he didn't know what kind of pass space there was behind him.

When the fourth quarter began, Barkley grabbed the backcourt rebound and made a fast break with one-stop dunk, successfully dunked and caused Gan Guoyang to foul, 76ers tied the score, made additional free throws, and 76ers overtook.

The momentum was completely reversed, and the 76ers expanded their score advantage bit by bit. They used a 15:5 shock wave to stop the Trail Blazers, and the score difference was still 11 points, but the lead was replaced by 76ers.

Of course, the Trail Blazers who played at home would not give up. From the first quarter to the fourth quarter, Gan Guoyang finally closed his mouth and began to grab the points with all his strength.

This season, he can already use his strength to eat Moses. When he crushed Moses from outside the three-second zone to the basket and turned around and poured his hands into the basket, the basket was shaking, the cheers from the Memorial Stadium reached its peak.

The combination of Corte-Drexler-Cauci's black lightning on the outside set off a wave of strikeback from the Trail Blazers. The 11-point gap was smoothed out in 3 minutes, and there was only less than one minute left to the end of the game.

In a critical attack, Ramsey sent Van derwich. He had contributed 30 points and 3 rebounds before and scored 4 steals rarely. Of course, he still had no assists. Obviously, he was a reliable scoring machine.

Sure enough, Van dervich made a fake move with the ball and made a small throw from his right hand at 8 feet away. The Trail Blazers overtook the 76ers 110:108, with only 35 seconds left in the game.

It was the 76ers' turn to attack. Julius Irving is 36 years old this year. His performance in this game was very average, with 6 of 16 shots and a low shooting percentage. He can still dunk, but he can no longer fly.

Cunningham still chose Dr. J as the key first attack candidate. He received the ball from the middle outside the three-point line and directly entered the arc with the cover of Moses Malone, but he really couldn't fly. His fingertips were slapped by Gan Guoyang, and Gan Guoyang firmly controlled the ball. He made the fourth block in this game.

Everyone thought everything was about to end, and the 76ers had to adopt foul tactics. Gan Guoyang went to the free throw line, and his free throw shooting percentage was as high as 81%. As long as one of two free throws was scored, the 76ers were basically finished. At that time, the three-point shooting percentage was outrageously low.

Just as Gan Guoyang was thinking about the eight-game winning streak, the ball in his hand suddenly disappeared.

A moment of slackness will lead to a fatal mistake. Gan Guoyang was slack. In the only second he was slack in the whole game, the ball in his hand was taken away by Bobby Jones.

After taking out the ball, Jones turned around and came to the basket to face the basket. Gan Guoyang reacted very quickly. After making a mistake, he immediately jumped and blocked the block to make up for his mistake.

But Jones is experienced and he used his left hand to hit a counter-bassing ball. Gan Guoyang's arm is too long to cover him. The ball went in, 110:110, tied.

Bobby Jones made the fourth goal, he made four of four shots, every shot was so cautious, and every goal was so fatal.

Of course, the game is not over yet, and the Trail Blazers still have 6.9 seconds to spend the last attack, and if they can't make it, they still have overtime.

Unfortunately, Drexler missed the final layup, and Gan Guoyang did not make a tip-in. In overtime, Moses Malone showed his power again. He kept making fouls at the basket, which eventually led to Gan Guoyang Liu's crimes - Gan Guoyang also violated Barkley Liu before leaving the court.

The 76ers also had an advantage of 121:120, 1 point, on January 1, 1986, a year later, revenge the Trail Blazers.
Chapter completed!