From the movie plot perspective, losing once is normal, but losing again in 1992 is somewhat unjustifiable.
Gan Guoyang's pressure is similarly immense. People have become accustomed to his championships and victories, and the whole country is anticipating his second three-peat.
But achieving a three-peat is no easy task. The painful season in 1988 is still vividly remembered by Gan Guoyang; the team seemed to have rotted.
By 1992, the situation with the Trail Blazers had changed significantly compared to 1988.
Firstly, the 1992 Portland Trail Blazers were already a massive monster, a gigantic conglomerate blending capital, sports, and commerce.
Tang Jianguo leveraged this high-quality platform to start from scratch in Portland, organizing and establishing his own business empire, tightly linking New York, Portland, and both coasts.
