On the early flight to New Jersey, everyone was closing their eyes, catching up on sleep.
This terrible schedule had them on two long flights in three days.
Thankfully, a week of rest in Portland had allowed the players some recovery; otherwise, they wouldn't have known how to endure the upcoming six-game away streak.
Gan Guoyang had a decent night's sleep; he dozed off for a bit on the plane, then took off his eye mask and switched on the reading light to look over the technical statistics of the last game against the Clippers.
It was the Trail Blazers' second loss of the season, and Guoyang still harbored hard feelings about it; he hadn't expected the team to suddenly lose to the Clippers when they had good momentum.
Last night at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, the basketball hoop seemed to have a lid on it for the Trail Blazers—their shooting percentage was quite low, and they couldn't get their perimeter game going.
