The Golden Age of Basketball

At around 7:[-] p.m. Los Angeles time, the night had already shrouded the city, and the lights once again illuminated the sky of the Pacific coast.

Outside the Great Western Forum, a taxi pulls up in the parking lot.

"10-ollrs, no-fn! (10 dollars, don't look for it!)" A fat man took out a 10-dollar green note from his pocket and threw it to the taxi driver, then opened the car door and rushed out, heading towards the Great West Forum Arena.

"t's-ffteen-ollrs...(It's fifteen dollars...)" The driver received the money, but he didn't realize what the fat Asian man's "no-fn" meant?

Seeing the fat man running away with his butt twisted, the Indian driver could only shake his head and drive away, muttering: "no-fn, fn-wht?"

The fat man is wearing a khaki woolen coat with a crimson wool vest inside, which looks quite fashionable, and there are also a pair of light-colored toad glasses hanging on his eyes. , What's going on with this crap.

And his second half was even more strange. A pair of light yellow trousers matched the foreign tune very well, but he was actually wearing a pair of red and black sneakers on his feet. No matter how you look at it, it makes people feel strange.

After entering the arena, the fat man took out the ticket and gave it to the ticket gate officer who was about to fall asleep at the ticket gate, and then went straight to the auditorium upstairs, panting.

"The game is almost over, why is this guy watching?" the arena staff wondered. [

Today, the game between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers started at 5 pm. By 7 o'clock, the game had been going on for two hours, and it must have come to an end.

In other words, Fatty bought a ticket for a two-and-a-half-hour show, but he could only watch it for ten minutes.

But the fat man didn't care about this at all, he was still holding a small notebook in his hand, and he had already reached the gate of the stand.

Before entering the door, the fat man could already feel the noisy voices and fiery atmosphere inside, which made his heartbeat suddenly speed up.

"Damn it, when did the Lakers game get so noisy?" Fatty thought to himself.

Unlike some other teams' home courts, the Lakers' home court has always been known for its civilization and elegance. Most of the audience present are middle-class and upper-class in the city. They all come to the arena in suits and ties, as if watching an unscripted opera.

Therefore, when the Lakers' home court is full of people, and it is no longer like an opera house but a vegetable market, it means that the live game has reached the most tense and intense time.

Fatty is Gan Guoyang's cousin, Gan Guohui, a sophomore at the University of Southern California.

Now is not the school period, but the holiday after Christmas, and Gan Guoyang will not resume classes until mid-January.

But in order to watch this game, Gan Guohui came to Los Angeles specially, but when he arrived at the San Francisco airport, he found that he didn't bring his most important thing—a signed notebook.

This autograph book contains the signatures of various stars that Gan Guohui has collected since high school, including those of Chamberlain, Thurmond, and Bernard King, all of which were obtained from Togan Guoyang's server.

Of course, there is also Gan Guoyang's signature on it. He asked Gan Guoyang to sign it for him once a year. Since 1981, he has signed it four times. Now he wants to come and ask Gan Guoyang to sign it for the fifth time.

Without such an important notebook, Gan Guohui became an ant on the hot pot of course, so he had to run home to get the autographed notebook again and change the ticket.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the ticket was changed, it was changed to a plane in the afternoon, and Gan Guohui was afraid that the car would be too slow. California told the highway that there were frequent accidents due to icy roads.

So he could only arrive in Los Angeles by plane at six o'clock in the afternoon, and then he wore Gan Guoyang's new sneakers—this was specially sent to him by Gan Guoyang from Portland. He took an autograph book and sat in an Indian taxi. Went to the Great Western Forum. [

"It's already [-]:[-], the game is probably over soon!" Gan Guohui looked at his watch and rushed in impatiently.

That is, nb games are not filled with a lot of timeouts to insert advertisements like in the 21st century. The official timeout is used in nb for the first time. It has little impact on the game. , so it is normal to play a game for more than two hours, and it is rarely delayed to three hours.

When Gan Guohui walked in, the decibel level of the sound in his ears immediately increased several times, and he instantly felt that his hair was about to be blown up.

"What's the match now?" Gan Guohui couldn't wait to look at the electronic scoreboard, only to see 121 written next to ll and 122 written next to por!

The Blazers even led by 1 point!Gan Guoyang became excited in an instant. He looked at the remaining time of the game and became even more excited. The game will end with 8 seconds left!

Gan Guohui refrained from yelling, because this is the home court of the Lakers. If he cheered for the Blazers casually, although the Lakers fans are relatively civilized, but in case, he tore up his autograph book, who would he ask for reason? go.

Gan Guohui took off his toad mirror and didn't bother to look for his seat number, so he squatted in the aisle and followed the game on the court.

At this time, both sides entered the timeout period, obviously preparing for the final blow.

The competition between the two sides has been very intense in the second half, and the point difference between the two sides has been changing in the numbers of 1, 2, and 3.

Although the Blazers players were physically exhausted, the counterattack in the second quarter and the fast break in the third quarter gave them full momentum. Ramsey boldly used the young lineup, which had a miraculous effect.

And the Lakers also maintain a high speed of power and defense conversion. Although they have more veterans, the five-day rest makes them energetic, so the offensive battle between the two sides is wonderful.

"We serve the ball from the backcourt! Mg advances quickly, Kareem is in the pick-and-roll at the corner, Scott, you respond and ambush on the left, pay attention to choosing the bottom line or the upper line, and judge the situation; Cooper is on the right, weak side, Cut from 45 degrees, pay attention to timing, don't attract the defense too early.mg you can choose to layup, or you can choose to pass the ball to Kareem, or Worthy, you are inside, catch and shoot, and if you don't score, you have to grab rebounds .Remember, serve from the back, stretch their defense, don't let them press us in the half!"

Pat Riley didn't expect the game between the two sides to reach this point at all. In the third quarter, he asked the Lakers to play fast breaks with their opponents, but he didn't expect Ramsey to send a young lineup to fight him.

This young lineup did not lose the wind in the confrontation, and also gave Vandeweghe, Sampson, Valentine and other veteran players sufficient rest time, allowing them to play the final fight against the Lakers in the fourth quarter.

This also led to the failure of Riley's strategic intention to use fast breaks to drag down the Blazers.

At the same time, he was also shocked by the physical strength of Gan Guoyang and Drexler, two guys who can't run to death. From the second half to the present, their combined rest time does not exceed 5 minutes.

Especially Gan Guoyang, he grabbed 20 rebounds in the three quarters, and then under the high-intensity defense of the Lakers in the fourth quarter, he stole offensive rebounds several times, creating a second offensive opportunity for the Blazers.

Without Gan Guoyang's offensive rebounds, the Lakers could have sealed the victory in the last 2 minutes.

The inside combination of the Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Rambis, one old and one weak, was smashed by Gan Guoyang.

However, Gan Guoyang has no way to limit Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the defensive end. This last defense is a huge test for Gan Guoyang, because Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's hook at the critical moment is too deadly.

"The game continues, there are 8 seconds left, the Lakers serve from the backcourt!" The atmosphere at the scene has reached the most tense moment, even Zeke Hearn's voice trembled slightly, and some spectators began to pray.

Instead of serving in the frontcourt as they usually do at the end of a timeout, the Lakers serve in the backcourt.

Although the backcourt service still needs to dribble across the half court, as long as there is enough time, this can effectively open up the opponent's defense, making it impossible for the opponent to launch a quick press.

"mg got the ball, broke from the left, passed to Kareem, Kareem hooked the free throw line, the ball went in! he-got-t! he-got-t! (he made it! he made it !)" Zeke Hearn's voice crescendoed with cheers from the fans at the Great Western Forum.

"Kareem Abdullah-Jabbar, the 37-year-old veteran, has staged a savior moment at the critical moment of several games! Now, at the Great Western Forum, he made a fatal shot. Hook! Unimaginable, unbelievable!" Zeke Hearn's voice was almost hoarse, and the audience was immersed in the ocean of joy.

The only one who feels pain, besides the Portland Trail Blazers, may be Gan Guohui.

"This ball... There's no fucking way...Big cousin, big cousin, it would be great if you grew 2 inches taller!" Gan Guohui can be said to have experienced ups and downs. When he first came in, he saw the Blazers taking the lead. As a result, the Lakers overtook in a blink of an eye.

Gan Guoyang tried his best for this ball. He first circled forward to prevent Kareem Abdul-Jabbar from catching the ball, and then defended closely throughout the whole process. The moment Kareem Abdul-Jabbar made a shot, his fingertips almost touched the basketball.

But it was still a little bit worse, and I could only watch the ball hollow into the net. It was too steady and terrifying.

However, the Lakers still gave the Blazers 15 seconds, and the Blazers still had the last two timeouts.

Ramsey called a long timeout. He had to arrange the tactics for the team's final attack. In this season's games, the Blazers did not encounter such situations often. They either killed their opponents early or were killed early. .

"God bless, Buddha bless, Bodhisattva bless..." Gan Guohui, who was squatting in the aisle, began to mutter like a magic stick.

"Beep!" The referee whistled, and the game continued. In the last 15 seconds, the moment of life and death came.

No one knows what will happen in these 15 seconds. For the Lakers, this victory should be won 80.00% of the time, because it is too difficult to score in 15 seconds.

Not to mention the lack of time, the physical strength of both sides has reached the limit. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last ball was a big move that took several minutes to save.

At this time, it was Valentine who was serving the ball from the sideline. Obviously, Ramsey wanted to worship other players with stronger attack power on the field.

15 seconds, what tricks can they play?

"Beep!" The referee blew the serve whistle, and the countdown counted down for five seconds.

"Hold hold! Don't let him go! Don't let him go!" Pat Riley yelled, as Vandeweghe slipped out the baseline and tried to use the cover of Gan Guoyang and Sampson in the 45-degree position. Open the defender.

This is one of the simplest lore tactic, catch and shoot after double screen.

But this tactic was too simple, and it was easily seen through by the Lakers. The Lakers players stared at Vandeweghe and did not give him a chance to catch the ball.

Seeing that the five-second countdown is approaching, if the ball cannot be served, the Blazers' right to the ball will be cancelled!

Everyone's attention was focused on the two outside players, Vandeweghe and Drexler. No one noticed that Gan Guoyang, who had been covering for Vandeweghe just now, was running back towards the inside!

Valentine threw the ball directly to the basket!

The Lakers' defense under the basket was empty. Gan Guoyang looked up at the flying basketball and jumped high at the same time. Next to him was Rambis who jumped with him.

Gan Guoyang suppressed Rambis and touched the ball in the air.

Gan Guoyang lost his balance. He was dragged by Rambis, and his whole body was falling to the right.

The referee didn't blow the whistle, but Gan Guoyang threw the ball to the basket before falling to the ground.

The ball rolled a few times on the rim.

"Shh!"

The ball goes in.

"Beep~~!!" The buzzer sounded, and the game ended.

"Big cousin!"...