April 22, the Trail Blazers played the final game of the regular season at Memorial Coliseum.
They swept the visiting Los Angeles Lakers with an astounding 46-point margin, 131:85, at home court, concluding the 1989-1990 regular season with an exclamation mark.
The Lakers had already given up the chase of the Trail Blazers' record and therefore chose to forfeit the last fight.
Magic Johnson, James Worthy, and Byron Scott, three of the Lakers' main players, all rested and were absent.
Since it was the last home game, the Trail Blazers, aiming to tie the Lakers' record of 69 regular season victories, did not rest any players.
Moreover, Gan Guoyang promised that as long as he was not injured or suspended, he would never rest, otherwise what about those fans who went through all the trouble to buy tickets to see him play?
Tickets for home games at Memorial Coliseum are not easy to come by; many fans can't even grab one throughout the season, even if they have the money.
