The Golden Age of Basketball

In the past two days, Gan Guoyang's training in the team can be described as "life is worse than death".

It all started with the commercial shot by Gan Guoyang and Jordan.

The commercial advertisements at that time were not as gorgeous and full of ideas as they are now, but most of the content was straight to the point, and the screen was like a short commercial of a campus promotional film.

For example, the car advertisements "interrupted" during the suspension of nb games are usually a driver driving on a country road and then stopping in front of a house. how good.

Every time Gan Guoyang sees such an advertisement, he feels that the Americans have been so "forced" before.

And now, he and Jordan shot the first commercial for Nike, which is simple but innovative.

The opening shot is directly given to Jordan, who is wearing Nike sportswear, looking at the camera with his hands on his knees, and the background sound is simulating the voice of the flight attendants before the plane takes off.

Then the camera gradually moved down, aiming at Jordan's Nike sneakers, the sound of jet jets in the background became louder and louder, until only Jordan's red-bottomed and black-edged sneakers were left in the camera, and Jordan went "boom" A sound flew out of the camera, leaving only a cloud of steam on the ground.

At this time, the face changes to black, and the Nike logo and the words "r-jorn" are printed on the screen. [

But the commercial didn't end, and then the camera returned to the scene just now. There was nothing on the ground, and the camera paused for a few seconds. Suddenly, a pair of feet fell from the sky to the ground, and the whole camera shook for a while.

Those feet were wearing black-soled and red-edged Nike shoes, and then the camera moved up, using a top-down shot to capture an extremely tall and stalwart figure, which was Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang held the basketball with both hands, raised his head slightly, and looked at the camera with a look of contempt, then the screen turned black, and the Nike logo and the words "g-skysrper" were printed on the screen.

In this way, the advertisement that includes two subordinate brands is considered to be the end.

After simple post-processing, this advertisement was "inserted" on major TV stations, and large posters of the two began to be posted in sneaker stores in various cities.

It can be said that the content of the advertisement has caused a great sensation in the American sports circle. The entire advertisement is short and powerful, straight to the point, highlighting the characteristics of the two brands "r" and "skysrper".

Many viewers also commented on the refreshing feeling of this advertisement, which makes people have the urge to buy these two sneakers.

Gan Guoyang's face of the yellow race also appeared on TV stations all over the United States along with this advertisement, and his popularity also continued to rise. At Gan Guoyang's home in Portland, the mailbox is often jammed with letters from fans all over the United States. Full.

It stands to reason that this kind of advertisement does not require any acting skills. Gan Guoyang's expressions and movements in the advertisement are also in place. He originally looks very heroic, but after post-processing, he is even more domineering in the camera.

But it was this expression and posture that became the object of imitation by the Blazers team after the advertisement was broadcast.

After leaving Chicago, the Trail Blazers flew to Indiana, the second stop of their three-way Eastern Conference.

In the hotel in Indiana, Colter was the first to see the advertisement shot by Gan Guoyang on TV. The efficiency of Nike is really amazing.

Then, the entire Blazers players saw this advertisement on TV, and then Gan Guoyang's tragedy began.

In a pre-match team confrontation training in Indiana, after grabbing a rebound and landing, Drexler stood still and began to imitate Gan Guoyang's posture and expression in the advertisement, and it took a full 3 seconds to pose. this pose.

Then all the other players burst out laughing, and even Ramsey on the side laughed and shook his head, and the training couldn't go on all of a sudden. [

Therefore, in the following training, Gan Guoyang became the most embarrassing person in the audience. Whoever grabbed the rebound had to imitate Gan Guoyang's expressions and movements, and the entire training hall became an imitation show.

Everyone's shooting percentage is decreasing, just to increase the number of rebounds. At the same time, the enthusiasm of the whole team to grab rebounds is unprecedentedly high, and there are crowds of people near the three-second zone for a while.

In order to prevent his teammates from imitating his moves, Gan Guoyang began to catch rebounds crazily. Whether it was teammates or opponents, he wanted to grab rebounds.

But how could he grab all the rebounds by himself? Later, even his teammates got tired of playing, and the training ended with laughter.

Since then, this action of Gan Guoyang has become a necessary seasoning in the training of the Blazers. If there is nothing to do, someone has to learn it. Whenever this happens, Gan Guoyang has a feeling of "a misstep will cause eternal hatred".

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On January 1985, 1, the Portland Trail Blazers challenged the Pacers away in Indianapolis.

The last time the two sides played against each other, the Blazers beat their opponents lightly at home, but in Indiana, the situation still hasn't changed much.

Indiana is an out-and-out sports state in the United States. The people here have an unimaginable enthusiasm for sports, and fierce sports such as racing, basketball, and rugby are the favorite of the people here.

Indiana's high school basketball is well-known throughout the United States, because the state league here has always been a chaos of differences, attracting the attention of the whole United States every year.

The Indiana Pacers also won the league championship during the b period, but the team fell into a slump after entering the nb, and has always been at the bottom of the league.

Even so, Gan Guoyang felt the enthusiasm of the Indiana fans after entering the arena. The entire arena was already filled with spectators, making it impossible to feel that this is the home court of the bottom team in the East.

In fact, although the basketball atmosphere in Indiana is very good, the Pacers' performance is so poor that the arena is not full.

There are so many spectators in tonight's game, but more than half of them are for the Portland Trail Blazers and Gan Guoyang. Of course, there are also many fans of Drexler and Vandeweghe.

The team's record is good, and the popularity of the players will naturally be high.

If Indiana is playing against Cleveland tonight, it is estimated that the home court may not be full even if the tickets are given away. Maybe there will be free food or napkins.

The process of the game was uneventful. Gan Guoyang was very glad that his teammates didn't learn his advertising moves during the game, otherwise he would be speechless.

After Vandeweghe returned to the team, the team was on the right track in terms of offense, defense and rotation, and the players were in good condition. The Pacers just relied on their home advantage to resist halftime, and were beaten by the Blazers in the third quarter. The 20:3 fast break shock wave was taken away, and the final score was 136:104. The Blazers beat their opponents by 32 points in the away game.

Gan Guoyang's performance is still quite satisfactory, with 17 points, 15 rebounds and 2 blocked shots, continuing his 1515 game performance.

Gan Guoyang always felt weird about this. Although the team's winning was the first priority, he felt more and more like a senior blue-collar player who couldn't score.

He knows that the team has no shortage of scoring points, and he also tries to make himself play reasonably. The coach and teammates are satisfied, but sometimes he still misses the days when he didn't care about it at the beginning of the season and scored crazy points.

Therefore, Gan Guoyang has never relaxed the practice of his offensive ability, and he is still unshakable in the mid-range and long-range shooting training after training every day.

He has practiced hooks and footwork since he was in college, and he has to repeat at least two hundred times every night.

Opportunity awaits those who are prepared.

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"Let's go Gan, don't practice any more, you are already strong enough." After returning to the hotel after the game, other players took a chance to go out to relax, but Gan Guoyang continued to find a gym to practice his biceps.

"No, you go, my task has not been completed yet." Gan Guoyang rejected Karl's invitation and continued to sweat profusely in the gym.

Since the next game will be played in three days, the Blazers players have plenty of time to adjust and rest.

The next day, January 25th, the Trail Blazers set off on another journey by plane. This time, their destination was Boston, the capital of Massachusetts.

Their opponents will be the current league leader this season, last season's championship, the most legendary team in nb history, the Green Empire, and the Boston Celtics.

For the Celtics, Gan Guoyang has been known for a long time, but he will never feel nervous about a regular season.

The last time he felt nervous before a game was when he played against the Lakers for the first time at the beginning of the season. Since then, he has never experienced the feeling of his heart jumping out of his chest before the game has started.

So after arriving in Boston, Gan Guoyang took his suitcase and followed his teammates to the resident hotel by car as usual.

"I hope I can sleep well in the past two nights, I don't want to go to the game with dark circles again." In the car, Vandeweghe said with his eyes closed.

"Have you suffered from insomnia these two days?" Gan Guoyang felt very strange when he heard what Sampson said. Generally speaking, athletes seldom suffer from insomnia. They are as tired as dogs from training every day, so there is no time for insomnia.

"Hehe, this is your first time in Boston, Gan, then you'd better be careful, don't eat indiscriminately, and close the door when you sleep at night." Kenny Karl reminded.

"What does this mean?" Gan Guoyang felt even more strange.

"You will understand Gan, perform well, Boston Garden Plaza is the best performance stage." Sampson also looked at Gan Guoyang's mysterious expression.

Gan Guoyang's heart was "fizzy" in what these veteran players said, and the rookies including Ke Xi were also at a loss.

No matter how good the Celtics are, they are at the same level as the Lakers. The team just defeated the Lakers in an away game. Naturally, it is no longer a problem to come to Boston to play the Celtics.

"Hey, I'm just talking about a game." Gan Guoyang shook his head and thought.

However, Gan Guoyang still remembered their instructions. After arriving at the hotel, he did not eat the food in the hotel, but only ate the food designated by the team.

When it was time to go to bed at night, Gan Guoyang finally understood why Sampson said, "I hope I can sleep well at night."

From nine o'clock in the evening, people kept calling Gan Guoyang's room, and Gan Guoyang answered it at first, but he found that either no one listened, or they were just talking nonsense.

Later, there were too many calls, so Gan Guoyang had to unplug the phone line.

Then Gan Guoyang also discovered that the old-fashioned hotel arranged for them by the local area had a very low floor. The hotel was right next to the street, and there was a lot of traffic.

Fortunately, Gan Guoyang slept well. Before going to bed, he practiced endurance for half an hour. His body was relatively exhausted, so he fell asleep quickly.

And when he got up the next day, the whole team gathered and found that there was someone who didn't sleep well at night, and that was head coach Ramsey.

Last night, Ramsay was also harassed by phone calls. At the same time, people kept knocking on his door, but when the door was opened, there was no one there. Someone else might suspect that there was a ghost here.

But this is not the first time Ramsey has come to Boston. He knows that this is a welcome ceremony for the people of Boston, and it has only just begun.

In the middle of the night, the fire alarm in Ramsay's room rang suddenly, waking Ramsay who was soundly asleep, and then the hotel informed that it was a circuit failure.

Ramsay is older and can't fall asleep after waking up in the middle of the night, so he can only wear dark circles the next day.

Gan Guoyang looked at Ramsay's panda eyes and thought, "Is this the place where the goddamn colleges and universities are concentrated in the United States?"

Boston is home to several of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the United States.

Of course he didn't know that the wisdom of the people of Boston was not only used for learning.

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