After Christmas, the Trail Blazers finally received good news. Buck Williams, who had missed many games due to injury, returned from injury. In the first game after his absence, the Trail Blazers lost to their opponents to end their winning streak, and in the subsequent games, the Trail Blazers performed significantly more.

It was not until before Christmas that the Trail Blazers gradually got back on track, and this was based on the fact that Gan Guoyang was willing to sacrifice his dirty work and did tiring work. After Christmas, Gan Guoyang was unwilling to continue to be a coolie blue-collar worker.

The performance of the Trail Blazers during Williams' absence fully demonstrates that in a team, there are indeed some players who cannot reflect the role of data. Only when you lose him will you feel how good he is when you are there.

Another question after Williams' comeback also followed, that is, can Sabonis continue to stay in the starting position?

Regarding the fact that Sabonis performed better and better during the replacement starter, although Williams didn't care on the surface, Buck still felt a strong sense of crisis in his heart. Seeing that Sabonis performed well, Adelman lets him sit on the bench and play as a substitute on the grounds that Williams had just returned from injury.

In the last game of the Trail Blazers in 1988, they played against the Sacramento Kings at home. After Christmas, Gan Guoyang scored 50 points on 20 of 29 shots at home, leading the team to defeat their opponents 125:109, and frozen the 1988 Trail Blazers' record at 26 wins and 1 loss, the championship league.

Gan Guoyang's MVP ranking is also ahead of the league. In the game when Gan Guoyang scored 50 points, all fans shouted about MVP. For Portlanders and even for the entire Oregon, Gan Guoyang has become their sports hero.

In this game, Gan Guoyang no longer did blue-collar work like he did before, but instead got the right to fire offensively, showing everyone his superb offensive skills, and proving to those who questioned his performance in the past few games that he could become a scoring machine at any time as long as he wanted.

Sabonis also completed his task well. The demonstrations that Gan Guoyang had made in several games were not for others to show. Sabonis was extremely proactive in defense and took on the responsibility on the defensive end, allowing Gan Guoyang to let go of his hands and kill.

After half a season, he has been following Gan Guoyang for high-intensity training, and his physical strength is completely fine.

The most important thing is that Sabonis's confidence has risen. For a talented rookie, confidence is sometimes more important, and the accumulated confidence has been made by many excellent games, allowing Sabonis to know what he should do on the court. On the defensive end, he no longer loses his skills and makes him lose his skills. He learned to control his foul numbers and learn how to deal with those muscular men.

Of course, it is impossible to make a huge improvement in a short period of time. Another more important factor in Sabonis being able to perform normally is that other players have begun to adapt to and even enjoy Sabonis's games when he is on the court.

Although when Sabonis was on the court, Cauchy and Deluxler had to disperse part of their energy to the three-second zone to help the inside to assist in defense and make up for leaks. When Williams and Gan Guoyang were on the court together, outside players didn't have to care about the inside defense at all, but the inside could instead distribute their energy to help the outside.

Now, Drexler and Cauchy are both used to it. Even if they have to put in more energy on the defensive end, it is really comfortable to have Sabonis on the offensive end.

He is like a watchtower on the court. With the ball in his hand, he can control the overall situation and convert Drexler and Cauchy's empty cuts into assists and scores anytime and anywhere. His wonderful passes, his smooth transmission of the ball, and his reading of the opponent's defense makes the Trail Blazers' offense sharper and smoother. In conjunction with the team's fierce fast attack, the Trail Blazers' offense is at least in the West, invincible.

But because of this, Williams completely became a substitute. In his comeback against the Sacramento Kings, Williams only scored 1 point and 2 rebounds in 15 minutes of playing time. In the past, the fierce Bucks seemed to have experienced a minor injury and lost his spirit. He was originally active and courageous and decisive, and his enthusiasm was damaged after he had no guarantee of starting.

Adelman has always been a stubborn old man. He is not good at adjusting the psychology of players. In his opinion, it is natural for professional players to obey arrangements when playing in the team.

Sabonis is in good condition, which is more suitable for the team. He uses Sabonis. Williams is in an injury-returning state, so he presses him on the bench without taking into account the players' feelings.

Gan Guoyang still noticed Williams' changes.

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After finishing the game against the Kings on the 27th, the Trail Blazers got a full week off. Their next game will not be held until the third next year, and the rest time is too long.

The Trail Blazers also gave the players a vacation, allowing players with outstanding results to take time to relax and prepare for next year's game.

As usual, Gan Guoyang did not give himself a break. For him, practicing two hours of balls in the training hall was the best relaxation. Therefore, in addition to taking out a day to accompany Wang Fuxi for seven days, Gan Guoyang got up early as usual and went to the training center for training early.

There was another person with Gan Guoyang, Buck Williams. He didn't have a day off for seven days and spent all of them in the training hall. Due to the absence of injuries, he needed a lot of training to recover.

In training, Gan Guoyang treated Williams as a sparring coach, and also regarded himself as Williams' sparring coach to help the buck recover.

"Dribble, dribble, get rid of it quickly! Your speed is there, your speed! I'm going to cut off your ball, protect your ball, protect your ball... You can't pass me, I can't pass me..." In the stadium, Gan Guoyang and Williams were doing one-on-one single-handed exercises. Gan Guoyang's oppressive defense and endless trash talk made Williams annoyed. He had already deteriorated his offensive ability, how could he deal with Gan Guoyang, who had full defense?

The physical confrontation between the two became more and more intense. Williams kept pushing Gan Guoyang with his other hand, and Gan Guoyang was like an iron gate and couldn't help him pushing it. Moreover, Gan Guoyang kept sticking it up to find Williams' physical contact.

"Come on Buck, aren't you a buck? Come and push me away, where is your strength? Take out your strength, we have played so many games, how many times have you covered me? How many times have I blocked me again?" Gan Guoyang continued to squirt trash at Williams. In the past, the two of them were not in the same team, and they would fight each other on the field. Williams was often slapped by Gan Guoyang because of his height disadvantage.

Gan Guoyang's words undoubtedly angered Williams. Williams, who was originally facing Gan Guoyang with his back, suddenly turned to face Gan Guoyang, and then accelerated suddenly. Regardless of whether his body had passed Gan Guoyang or not, he held the ball and crashed towards Gan Guoyang like a suicide plane, trying to directly push Gan Guoyang away and make a layup.

This is not a formal game. Gan Guoyang will not pretend to fall and commit a foul. When he saw Williams hitting him with all his strength, Gan Guoyang also hit him with all his strength. The two collided head-on.

Gan Guoyang was tall and strong. Williams was staggered by Gan Guoyang. In this way, Gan Guoyang still reached out to get the ball from Williams's hand. Williams was so angry that he didn't say a word before. He held the ball with both hands and threw it away, knocking Gan Guoyang's hand.

Gan Guoyang was so angry that he was coming by Williams. He pushed Williams with both hands. Gan Guoyang was so strong that Williams took several steps back and almost stood firm and fell to the ground.

Now both of them were angry. Williams threw down the basketball in his hand and rushed towards Gan Guoyang. The two of them fought together.

Gan Guoyang is tall and strong, with long arms, while Williams has a low center of gravity and wants to bring Gan Guoyang down from below. However, Gan Guoyang's chassis is so stable. He is like a Yokotsu-level sumo wrestler, grabbing Williams' shoulder and throwing Williams to the ground.

But Williams did not give up, and immediately got up and rushed towards Gan Guoyang. This time he directly fisted. Gan Guoyang was not polite, and while avoiding Williams' fist, he greeted Williams' fist.

The two started fighting on the training ground. Fortunately, the staff at the training ground heard a strange noise. When they ran to the venue, they found that the two guys had changed from practicing basketball to practicing boxing. They hurried forward and pulled them apart.

For professional players who are brave and fierce, it is not uncommon for teammates to quarrel or even fight on the training ground. Last season, Gan Guoyang taught Kenny Johnson, who had just transferred to the team, in the confrontation training. He finally started with Gan Guoyang Dingzhen.

Williams is in a bad mood recently, and Gan Guoyang has repeatedly provoked her "unaware of her good deeds". He finally couldn't help it. In the past, he was the boss of the team at the Nets. When the Trail Blazers were willing to attack Gan Guoyang, he received such treatment, which made him angry.

Williams, who was pulled apart, turned around and refused to look at Gan Guoyang, and the two of them stood awkwardly on the court.

Williams was hesitating whether he wanted to leave directly, but he was wondering if he should say something.

At this time, Williams saw a hand reaching in front of him, and Gan Guoyang took the initiative to come over.
Chapter completed!