The Golden Age of Basketball

(This chapter has been repeatedly deleted and edited, so it has been delayed for a long time. The games that determine the regular season are basically not described in detail. Many teams that have not been described in detail will be described in the next season, such as the Bucks, Eagles, and Pistons. Describe the playoffs and the growth of the protagonist, and plant some foreshadowing for the next season.)

Time has not stopped at all. With the hustle and bustle of the All-Star Game over, the calendar has turned to March 1985, a very important day for the American basketball community.

The Blazers also performed quite well in February.

The game between the Trail Blazers and the Boston Celtics on February 2 did not disappoint the Portland fans. After Gan Guoyang scored the unexpected two plus one, the situation of the entire game was reversed.

The overall momentum of the Blazers was lifted. After that, all the players let go of their hands and feet. With the support of the home fans, they played more and more smoothly. Drexler, Paxson, and Sampson all showed their strength one after another. A chance for the Celtics to come back.

Although Bird tried to ride the savior alone, Jerome Cauchy's jellybean defense in the whole game finally had an effect in the fourth quarter. Bird's physical strength was affected, and finally the Celtics lost 103:115 Come on.

Gan Guoyang scored a big double-double of 24 points and 17 rebounds, but he only had two assists in the game, which did not meet Ramsey's requirements.

Ramsey has always followed his word, although he knows that Gan Guoyang has contributed a lot to this important victory, especially his seemingly "mistaken" sneak attack, which stopped the Blazers' decline and allowed the Blazers Maintained the advantage until the end.

But in the next game against Washington, Ramsey still decided to reduce Gan Guoyang's playing time-even though the team's important substitute Kenny Carr was injured and Vandeweghe still failed to return to the team. [

On February 2th, the match against Zizi was actually a game that Gan Guoyang had been looking forward to, because the center Sam Bowie, who was originally selected by the Blazers in history, was now selected into Zizi's camp.

When the results of the draft just came out, there were still some people who questioned the Blazers' choice. Many people felt that even if Gan Guoyang broke the twin tower combination of Bowie and Turin in the semifinals, it did not mean that the Chinese could adapt nb game.

After most of the season, Gan Guoyang has responded to all doubters with his performance. Unless history follows the route of "Gan Guoyang died in a car accident", no one thinks that Gan Guoyang is a worse choice than Sam Bowie. .

However, Bowie's life in Washington is better than that of the Trail Blazers in history. Washington's ability to pick Bowie at the sixth pick is naturally regarded as a treasure.

Therefore, Bowie has become a core player trained by Washington, and Bowie has not had a major injury this season. The average of 15 plus 10 per game is very good. The combination of him and Jeff Malone has given Washington hope. .

It's just that in this game in Portland, Bao Wei met Gan Guoyang as if he met his nemesis. Gan Guoyang only played 20 minutes, but he couldn't find the North.

Bowie made 14 of 4 shots and only scored 9 points, while Gan Guoyang only scored 12 points and 11 rebounds due to lack of playing time, but Gan Guoyang's shooting percentage was 7 of 6.

The entire Blazers played positional battles and defensive battles uncharacteristically in the case of disorganized personnel, limiting the score to 88 points. In the end, they defeated their opponents 93:88.

But what Gan Guoyang was most worried about happened, he didn't get 3 assists!In the game against the Celtics, he didn't get 39 assists in 3 minutes, and it's even worse in 20 minutes this time!

After the game, Ramsey also praised Gan Guoyang's "assist efficiency" improvement, but in the next game against the Kansas Kings, Gan Guoyang only got 20 minutes of playing time again.

Gan Guoyang knew that he couldn't go on like this. There was only so little time in each game, and it would only become more and more difficult to get 3 assists.

So Gan Guoyang colluded with Sampson, Drexler, and Cauchy before the game. At the beginning of the game, when the defense was the most lax, he seized every opportunity to help Gan Guoyang get assists!

This trick really worked. Gan Guoyang scored three assists in the first quarter of the game against the Kings. He completed the task early before letting go of the game.

Unexpectedly, Gan Guoyang's method of deliberately brushing data really helped Gan Guoyang's passing skills and vision a lot.

Because Gan Guoyang wants to collude with Sampson and Drexler, he needs to understand the offensive habits and tactical moves of Sampson and Drexler. For Gan Guoyang, this is a process of learning and memorizing. [

During this process, Gan Guoyang gradually discovered the mystery of passing the ball, and he finally began to understand why those point guards can always pass the ball to the right player at the right time, because there is a system running in their minds all the time. A picture of teammates running and attacking, simulating various situations that may occur in the attack, and all of this is based on understanding teammates and the entire team.

Ramsey's three-assist plan of "pushing seedlings to encourage growth" has really worked. Gan Guoyang, who has become better at passing the ball, has finally begun to fall in love with this advanced basketball skill, although he is still at the entry stage.

Finally, the Blazers ushered in a fiery March with a record of 13 games, 9 wins and 4 losses and bid farewell to February.

In the team, while Gan Guoyang continued his simple life of "training-competition", he was also paying attention to all the major trends in March this year.

For any NB player, as long as he has gone to college and played in college basketball leagues, the most concerned thing is of course the performance of his alma mater in NB.

Therefore, the focus of discussions among players in the Trail Blazers recently is all about n.

Vandeweghe happened to come back in March, and his back finally got better treatment. However, in the comeback game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, he seemed to have not completely recovered from the long rest. He only scored 17 points.

However, Gan Guoyang only got 1 assist in the last game against the Golden State Warriors, and was frozen on the bench by Ramsey again, causing the Blazers to lose to the Cleveland Cavaliers in an upset at home.

But in this time period, no one seems to be particularly concerned about losing to a weak team in the East. Anyway, the Blazers are now sitting very firmly in the third position.

So, during a practice session, the Blazers players debated whether it would be better to have a college team.

As a graduate of the famous school UL, Vandeweghe is often full of confidence in the players' discussions about n. Anyway, in his eyes, UL is the best basketball school, and Larry Brown is the best basketball coach.

But Drexler, as a good friend of Vandeweghe, was the first to stand up and express his displeasure. He thought that ul was already late in the west, and it started to deteriorate every year since the end of the 70s, and there was nothing to achieve in the 80s. .

In his opinion, only the Houston Panthers, especially the Panthers with it and Olajuwon, are n' crowned kings.

But soon Drexler was choked back by Kenny Carr's words, because Kenny Carr said: "A team with Clyde and Akeem lost to North Carolina in the finals." Lerona State, it's incredible."

This North Carolina State University team is not Jordan's team, but a public school in North Carolina. Lost the Jaguars with Olajuwon and Drexler.

And Kenny Carr is a graduate of North Carolina State University.

"But my team also killed them, so I think the Houston Panthers are still eligible to join the competition." Gan Guoyang spoke again. He also defeated the Houstonians in 1984. In his opinion, that year Gonzaga University is perfect.

"You see, the Gonzaga Bulldogs with me, and Stockton are the best N team in history, we haven't lost all season, all season gentlemen! Bird hasn't done it, Magic Teachers can’t do it either! Also, I’ve put Olajuwon and Ewing on the ground, and by the way, there’s also Bowie, no one can stop me.” In terms of university honors, Gan Guoyang can be said to be full of good things. In 1984 The god-like season is still vivid in my mind. Gan Guoyang recalled these, and really wanted to shout "Who else!"

Gan Guoyang's remarks put an end to this topic at once. Cauchy and Sampson didn't participate in the discussion at all, because neither of their universities had played in the N National Championship, so naturally there was nothing to talk about.

But soon, they had a new focus, which was the ownership of the n championship this season.

Now Gan Guoyang has nothing to brag about. After losing Gan Guoyang and Stockton, plus a group of old players who graduated, the Gonzaga Bulldogs are naturally destined for the N National Championship.

But this discussion reminded Gan Guoyang that he hadn't returned to Gonzaga University for a while.

On March 3, just as the Utah Jazz visited Portland, Stockton also came with the team.

There was no suspense in the game itself. The Utah Jazz lost 30 points in an away game to the Blazers, who were in full bloom, and returned with a 90:123 defeat.

However, Gan Guoyang can take this opportunity to go back to Spokane with Stockton, to visit his alma mater, and at the same time to visit Bellman, who may not be having a good life.

Since reaching the pinnacle of his life in the N Finals in 1984, Behrman has never seen the slightest chance of returning to the pinnacle.

Because he will never meet another Gan Guoyang, and at the same time he doesn't even have a Stockton, Gonzaga University has a serious talent gap.

For this non-famous basketball school, although they won the championship in 84 with a dark horse, there are still not many high school rising stars who are willing to come to this small school to copy Gan Guoyang's legendary path.

Bellman once intended to recruit high school talents such as Danny Manning and Dan Marley, but they all expressed that they were not interested in this small school in Washington State.

So, with the loss of two cores and the absence of fresh blood, Gonzaga Bulldog's performance naturally plummeted. Fortunately, Bellman's defensive skills are still there, so that the Bulldog will not fall to the bottom position— —Anyway, there is also the tail of the University of Portland crane.

However, the result of not even being able to enter the N National Championship made it difficult for Bellman, who was still at the pinnacle of his life, to accept the complacency of the previous year.

Therefore, when Gan Guoyang saw Behrman in Gonzaga's gymnasium, it was hard for him to believe that this was Bobby Behrman who was always energetic and roared tirelessly on the sidelines.

"Mr. Behrman." Gan Guoyang looked at the vicissitudes and fatigue of Behrman, and greeted him in disbelief.

But Behrman was very excited when he saw Gan Guoyang and Stockton suddenly appearing. He was still on the sidelines guiding the players to practice, and he immediately rushed towards Gan Guoyang and Stockton, giving each of them a hug.

This kind of hug made Gan Guoyang feel very familiar and warm, and at the same time felt a little guilty. After he entered nb, although he occasionally called Bellman, he really hadn't returned to Gonzaga University for a long time, even if Wang Fuxi was in school. When studying, Wang Fuxi always came to Portland instead of him going to Spokane.

The reunion of teachers and students was naturally extremely excited, and the players in the arena were even more excited. Some of the players were Gan Guoyang's teammates last season, such as Williams. They saw two school team legends present, so naturally They all gathered around.

"Play a game with us Gan!" This is the request made by Williams. As a high school and college classmate of Gan, he is obviously more open than other players.

Gan Guoyang hesitated for a moment, looked at Stockton and Behrman again, and finally decided to play a team training match with the Bulldogs.

In order to achieve the effect of practice, Stockton and Gan Guoyang were divided into two groups, leading a group of substitutes to fight against the Bulldogs' starters.

Of course, this is obviously not fair. With the backup team of Gan Guoyang and Stockton, the strength has risen to the level of the top n teams in an instant.

However, the game was played very happily, and Gan Guoyang also heard the long-lost Behrman-style scolding on the sidelines.

"If you girls don't hold on to your chrysanthemums, I'll let you know what it means to regret it!" Seeing that the inside line of the starting team was beaten to pieces by Gan Guoyang alone, Bellman's The loud voice rang out again, but it didn't look like he was very angry.

After the training, Behrman invited Gan Guoyang and Stockton to his home for dinner, but there was one more important person Gan Guoyang didn't see—that is Wang Fuxi.

From Gan Guoyang's point of view, Wang Fuxi's temper is getting worse and worse recently. Although the two meet once a week, Wang Fuxi only sees each other once a week, and occasionally Gan Guoyang has to fly out for a week. growing dissatisfied.

So the two also started to have some small quarrels. Gan Guoyang suggested that Wang Fuxi give up his studies and move to Portland, but Wang Fuxi insisted on finishing college and becoming a doctor.

At the same time, Wang Fuxi believed that basketball was the number one priority in Gan Guoyang's heart, while she, Wang Fuxi, was only second or even lower.

Gan Guoyang always tries to justify this, but sometimes he also asks himself, in his mind, is basketball the most important thing, and everything else is not important?

Fame, money, and beauty, Gan Guoyang admitted that he would be tempted by these things, but once he got them, he felt very boring.

As the only Chinese in nb, his reputation is already big enough. It is said that in China, in the era of gradually opening up, people have begun to pay attention to the basketball superstars on the other side of the ocean.

Qian Gan Guoyang is not lacking either, the Blazers have promised to give him a bigger contract in the future, and Gan Guoyang also knows that the contracts of nb stars will only get bigger and bigger in the future.

In Gan Guoyang's opinion, Wang Fuxi has killed many female stars in seconds, and Gan Guoyang has always kept a distance from the American entertainment industry. His good friend in the entertainment industry is only one person - the king of heaven Michael Jackson.

For the rest, for Gan Guoyang, only basketball can make him feel that this is his lifelong pursuit, and he must stand at the pinnacle of NBA—even if he pays the price of his life.

Therefore, when he saw Wang Fuxi's sullen expression at school, Gan Guoyang knew that he must be in trouble again.

"I...Mr. Behrman would like to invite us to dinner."

"When did you come to Spokane?"

"I... afternoon, I just arrived for a while..."

"Then why did Mr. Behrman invite us to dinner? Did he call you?"

"No... I met Mr. Behrman first, and then I came to you right away."

"You lied to me again! You obviously played a game at school, and then you came to see me! You played a practice game at school, and almost everyone knows about it!"

Gan Guoyang didn't know that he was already a celebrity now, he went back to his alma mater to play a training match, and soon spread the word, and Wang Fuxi, as Gan Guoyang's official girlfriend, would not know.

And she felt that when Gan Guoyang came to Gonzaga, the first thing he did was to play basketball instead of looking for himself. Abnormally sad, so sad that she shed tears without realizing it while talking.

Gan Guoyang panicked when he saw Wang Fuxi crying, and he knew what he did was wrong, so he didn't say anything in advance, and he didn't come to Wang Fuxi first, so he had to go all the way to coax him all the way to Bellman's house , Wang Fuxi reluctantly stopped crying, wiped away his tears and went to have dinner with Gan Guoyang.

The dinner at Bellman's house was very pleasant. Bellman's wife and Wang Fuxi got along very well. They had a highly unified opinion and discussion on who was better with whom in the TV series "Eagle Crest Manor". Endless topics.

And Gan Guoyang, Stockton and Behrman naturally talked about basketball, n and nb.

Stockton should be said to be the most stable person among the three so far. Sometimes Gan Guoyang also laments Stockton's always calm and slightly shy face, which does not look like a sportsman at all. of.

But Gan Guoyang knows that Stockton's small body contains huge energy, and Gan Guoyang is now asking Stockton for advice on how to assist.

However, the situation of Bellman surprised both Gan Guoyang and Stockton. Both found that Bellman's condition in all aspects seemed to be not very good.

In the end, it was important for them to learn what Behrman really thought.

"I thought, it's time for me to leave my basketball job."