On December 20th, the Trail Blazers hosted the San Antonio Spurs at home, with Parkson and Valentine returning from injury, so the full Trail Blazers team could play in this game.
In the Trail Blazers' locker room before the game, Gan Guoyang somehow got hold of a Boombox tape player, set it up in the locker room, and played George-Thorogood's famous song "Bad to the bone", energizing the whole atmosphere with its dazzling guitar sounds.
When the song was released in 1982, it wasn't popular, but as its MTV video was played repeatedly and it was used in various commercials and movies, it began to become a pop hit.
Players like Kolter and Kenny-Carl, being African American, began to move to the music's beat as if something in their genes had been awakened.
