An NBA player who hasn’t been tested in the playoffs can hardly be considered a truly strong player, and his stats and honors won’t be truly recognized.
For the Trail Blazers, although they achieved a record of 69 wins, a group of young players are still facing their first ever playoffs baptism.
The Eastern European trio, Cliff-Robinson, Anthony Mason, and others, are diligently preparing before the playoffs begin.
Petrović spends these two days imrsing himself in the gym, hoping to improve his physical confrontation ability slightly.
It is said that the level of physical confrontation in the playoffs is completely different from the regular season, and if one cannot adapt to the intensity, the performance can be dismal.
Training alongside Petrović is Anthony Mason, whose passion for fitness seems to exceed that of basketball.
Sabonis chooses to stay in his apartnt and repeatedly watch videos of previous regular season and playoff gas.
He watches the Trail Blazers’ gas, the Nuggets’ gas, and also gas from the previous season.
Through these videos, he continuously constructs tactical patterns for the team in his mind and identifies problems with himself and his opponents.
For professional players, ga experience needs constant updating because basketball gas are ever-changing, without a fixed pattern.
Divac didn’t go to the gym or stay ho watching videos but went to visit Gan Guoyang at his ho.
Since the Blazers’ lineup is strong, Divac didn’t get much playti this season.
However, Divac’s skills have improved noticeably, mainly because he has been practicing a lot with Gan Guoyang.
Divac is now Gan Guoyang’s designated sparring partner, and he doesn’t train with Sabonis, because Sabonis, at 25, is nearing maturity in all aspects and needs more guidance on basketball thinking and polishing details.
Whereas Divac, at 21, is still unford and is a rough gem worthwhile to carve.
Therefore, Beelman instructed Gan Guoyang to spend a lot of ti and effort to privately coach Divac, shaping his techniques and style of play.
When Divac gradually adapts to the tornt by Ah Gan, he will find facing any inside player in the league very comfortable.
Now, the two of them have a very good relationship, and Divac often visits with his wife.
Divac is very talkative, unlike Sabonis and Petrović who are reserved and focused solely on basketball.
When the Trail Blazers have away gas, Divac’s wife Snezhana often visits Gan Guoyang’s house to check on Wang Fuxi.
Since Wang Fuxi had children, her free ti has reduced significantly.
Even though there are nannies, household help, and bodyguards at ho, and she doesn’t need to worry too much about the kids,
becoming a mother feels different, her heart is always concerned about the children, unable to fully relax.
For a while, when Gan Guoyang was playing away gas, Wang Fuxi suffered from insomnia and startled wakefulness, leading to nervous debility.
After learning about it, Snezhana often visited to keep Wang Fuxi company and help her care for the children, taking the opportunity to learn so parenting skills.
Divac and Snezhana are trying to conceive, planning to also have a child next year.
The company of a friend made Wang Fuxi’s ntal state much better, but with the playoffs approaching, she beca anxious again.
She and Snezhana complained, "Every ti the playoffs co around, it’s like he enters a Muslim’s fasting period, no longer sharing a room with you, throwing all his energy into the ga. There’s preparation before the ga, full effort during the ga, and summary after the ga, everything revolves around the ga. During the regular season, he would still find ti for and the kids, we’d participate in many activities. But during the playoffs... this is his holy war, and everyone except his teammates is the enemy."
Snezhana quietly asked, "Would you ever wish that he doesn’t make it into the playoffs?"
Wang Fuxi said, "We’ve known each other since high school, he always managed to win championships, reaching the finals. Do you know why we were able to date? Because in his freshman year he was benched for a year without playing in official gas, we could correspond, date, fall in love, that’s why we got together. Later, when he started playing gas... that was back in 1983, and up till today, he’s played in almost all possible gas, won all possible championships. But thankfully, there is one sumr each year to rest. Just worried that soday he might play for the national team and even that one sumr would be taken away."
"But... I still hope he wins, can keep winning. Back then, we agreed, I would always support him."
Snezhana looked at Wang Fuxi and saw a kind of radiance.
This radiance wasn’t her own, but from being illuminated by soone else.
During the few rest days of the playoffs, Gan Guoyang carved out limited ti to spend with his family, cooking for them.
The Ah Gan at ho is completely different from the one on the court; he is gentle, ticulous and patient, with many traits resembling Gan Youwei.
Being a wealthy and famous basketball star, many things could be solved with money, surrounded by a large circle of people ready to serve at his whim.
But Gan Guoyang still tries to do what an ordinary husband should, actively participating in family life, calling ho every day when away for gas, and since having a son, he spends ti hugging the child, preparing his formula, changing his diapers, and soothing him to sleep.
The stout, league-leading power player, Gan Guoyang, the first ti he held Gan Wenshan, was clumsy like a clown, afraid his imnse strength might hurt the child.
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