April 2nd, the Glory Team headed to Los Angeles to face the Los Angeles Lakers.
Back in the Western Conference, whether with the Trail Blazers or Glory, Gan Guoyang played the Lakers eight times a season.
In the 80s, when there were fewer teams, they met five times in the regular season, and again in the playoffs, playing the Lakers more than enough.
After moving to the Eastern Conference, the two teams were meeting for the first time this season, with another game in two weeks when the Lakers would be visiting Glory.
After the plane landed and the hotel check-in, the next day at noon, when the team gathered for warm-up training, everyone noticed Cooper wasn't there.
Another assistant coach, Jim Boylen, said, "Uh, Cooper might not make it for tonight's game. He ate something bad on the plane and has diarrhea, can't get out of bed."
