The Golden Age of Basketball

() "His scapula was slightly damaged, which should be a contusion of the periosteum. Then, the teres major and minor muscles on his back showed symptoms of swelling. The specific situation required an MRI. But there is only one in Santa Barbara. There is an MRI machine, so there may be a wait for the inspection."

A doctor took an X-ray and a diagnosis report, and said to the patients lying on the bed in the ward and the relatives and friends standing around.

The patient was Gan Guoyang, of course. After hearing what the doctor said, he knew that he was really injured.

In the warm-up match on Friday, after the Vikings team, which was in good shape in the first half, lost its backbone, the morale of the team plummeted. A big loss to the Warriors.

On the one hand, this shows how important Gan Guoyang is to the Vikings. On the other hand, it also makes Coach Behrman more anxious than Gan Guoyang's father.

"Hey, Gan, why didn't you tell me about your injury earlier? It doesn't matter whether you win or lose this game, but if the Vikings lose you, we are nothing." Similar words have already been said by Behrman No less than 20 times.

"Sorry, Mr. Behrman, I didn't expect that I would break my back in that rugby game. I only played for a dozen seconds..." Gan Guoyang also said this no less than 20 times.

"Damn Hawkins! I really fucking want to..." Bellman wanted to be rude again, but he held back when he saw that Gan Guoyang's relatives were around.Otherwise, Hawkins would have been fucked by him [-] times today.

Gan Guoyang's father, Gan Youwei, blinked at his son and his coach, but he couldn't understand what they were saying.Gan Youwei has almost never been out of Chinatown when he came to the United States, and his English level has basically reached the level of the sixth grade of Chinese elementary school.

However, Gan Youwei was relieved to see that his son was fine, but his back was slightly injured.

At that time, Gan Youtang received a call from the school, telling Gan Youwei that something had happened to Gan Guoyang, which really scared his soul out.He put down the pot in his hand and rushed to the school hospital with Qian Hui, only to find that his son was only slightly injured during the competition.

For Gan Youwei now, his son is everything to him, and without his son, he has no meaning to live.

"Guoyang, take good care of your wounds, as long as you are fine, it doesn't matter." Gan Youwei just hoped that his son was safe and sound.

"Oh, and thank you, Qian Hui, for taking me to Guoyang School and sending Guoyang to such a good hospital."

"It's nothing. Santa Barbara General Hospital's sports medicine is also well-known in the United States. And my friend also works here." As a barrister with a high social status, Qian Hui has very rich social resources.

"Besides, this guy Youtang is half-baked in English, and he couldn't understand what he said. You are worried to death." Gan Youtang's English skills are not very good. Knowing that something happened to Gan Guoyang.He didn't know what happened and how big it was, but he scared his cousin to death.

"Ah Hui, let's chat first. I have other patients, so I'll leave first. I will come over in the afternoon to check on his condition and give him some physical therapy." The one who spoke was Gan Guoyang's attending physician, Qian Hui's classmate .

"No problem old cat, I'll treat you to dinner tonight."

"Don't call me Lao Mao!" Apparently Lao Mao was the doctor's nickname when he was a former student.

"Okay, goodbye Miaomiao."

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Because there is nothing serious about Gan Guoyang, what is needed is observation and rest.So after listening to the doctor's diagnosis and staying with Gan Guoyang for a while, Gan Youwei, Qian Hui and Behrman left the hospital, leaving Gan Guoyang alone in Santa Barbara General Hospital.

Anyway, he didn't suffer from any serious illness or injured his legs and feet. Except that he couldn't exercise strenuously, everything in his body was the same as usual.

It was already Saturday morning at this time, Gan Guoyang looked at the ward that had become empty in an instant, and couldn't help feeling a little bit disappointed.

After being sent to the school hospital by the team doctor yesterday afternoon, the doctor gave him simple physical therapy, but the effect was not very good, and the doctor did not dare to treat him casually.

Later his father and aunt came to school together.Aunt Biao immediately decided to send Gan Guoyang to the hospital in Santa Barbara. She said that the sports medicine there is the best in California, and her good friend and classmate works as a doctor in the sports injury department here.

Gan Youwei naturally had no opinion, so he agreed to the suggestion.

The two immediately took Gan Guoyang back to San Francisco, and flew from San Francisco International Airport to Santa Barbara.

That night, Qian Hui opened a single ward for Gan Guoyang in Santa Barbara General Hospital, and invited his good friend, the attending doctor of the sports injury department of the hospital, to consult with him.

The next day, Coach Behrman also flew to Santa Barbara from San Francisco.As soon as the game ended yesterday, he went to the school hospital to look for Gan Guoyang, but the medical staff said he had gone to Santa Barbara.

Behrman expressed his understanding of Qian Hui making such a big battle, and the plane and the Santa Barbara Hospital.He knows how terrible injuries are to a basketball player.

What's more, Gan Guoyang is only a high school student. Once hidden dangers are left, it may have a fatal impact on his future sports life.

And Gan Guoyang also regretted his recklessness.At this time, he thought of McGrady in later generations. It was his back injury that ruined this genius.There is also his teammate Yao Ming, the long-term game caused him to treat major injuries as minor injuries, and minor injuries as no injuries, and finally retired early with regret.

Now Gan Guoyang can only stay obediently in the hospital ward, sitting on the bed, unable to lie down because of back pain.

All kinds of daily necessities are available in this single ward, including refrigerators, TVs, and air conditioners.As long as there is food here, living here is quite comfortable.

The only regret is that the nurses here are not very beautiful, and they are all aunts over 35 years old.Gan Guoyang has already discovered that in the United States, nurses and stewardesses are the opposite of China, where aunts are in charge, which instantly made him feel that life has lost a lot of fun.

Fortunately, there is basketball.

Yesterday, October 10th, the nba regular season has kicked off. On the first day, there were ten games in total. Among them, the Golden State Warriors went to the Denver Plateau to challenge the Denver Nuggets away. The result was a 30:121 loss to the Nuggets .

And today, the Warriors will return to their home court in Oakland to meet the plateau guest - the Utah Jazz.Gan Guoyang originally planned to watch the game, but now that he is in Santa Barbara, he can't go to the scene, and there is definitely no live TV broadcast, so the game between the two weak teams will definitely not be broadcast live across the United States.

Gan Guoyang picked up the newspaper on the bedside table and turned to the sports page.The headline on the front page of today's basketball section is the NBA's first opening game, and the cover character on the front page is the No. 24 center of the Houston Rockets, Moses Malone.

Gan Guoyang looked at the round-headed, somewhat hunchbacked guy in the image. It was hard to imagine that the 6-foot-10 guy scored 36 points in yesterday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Picked up the mighty Los Angeles Lakers.

Facing Moses Malone is the Lakers super center, the 7-foot-2 "Skyhook" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

After reading this report, Gan Guoyang couldn't help feeling, how did this 6-foot-10 Moses Malone face Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was so much taller than him, score 36 points and lead the team to defeat the Lakers?

Of course, Gan Guoyang didn't know that in the playoffs of last season, Moses Malone led the Rockets to defeat the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers in the first round and reached the finals all the way.Malone averaged 31 points in that series.

After reading the sports page, Gan Guoyang flipped through other pages, most of which were about the 1981 US economic crisis, and some of them were alarmist.

But for Gan Guoyang, who has the experience of later generations, this is nothing. He knows that these crises are all near-misses, unless his arrival changes history.But he is just a high school student playing basketball, so what impact can the economic crisis have.

Just like that, he flipped through the newspaper in boredom, and turned on the TV to watch it, but the 17-inch small color TV really made him uncomfortable.

He stayed until noon and had lunch, and in the afternoon, the attending doctor finally came to check on his condition.

When he first arrived at the hospital yesterday, Gan Guoyang was surprised that the attending doctor of the Sports Injury Department of Santa Barbara Hospital and a good friend of his aunt "Qian Ye" turned out to be a woman, and she was also Chinese.

Her name is Shui Miao, a very unique name. She graduated from Ohio State University with a bachelor’s degree in sports medicine, and later went to the University of Southern California to study for a master’s degree in medicine and a doctor’s degree. It happened that Qian Hui’s doctorate in law was studied at the University of Southern California. Ten years behind, but became good friends.

"Good afternoon, Forrest Gump, lie on the bed, and I'll give you some physical therapy." Shui Miao was straightforward when she came in, she was still very busy.

"Okay, old... Doctor Shui Miao." Gan Guoyang almost imitated Qian Hui and called her an old cat.

Because Qian Hui usually calls Shui Miao Miao Miao, which is very similar to the cat's cry "Meow Meow", so she nicknamed her "Little Cat".And now Shui Miao is over 30 years old, so naturally the kitten has become an old cat.

"What do you want to shout? Be careful, I will make your injury worse!"

Gan Guoyang didn't dare to talk too much, and immediately took off his shirt obediently and lay down on the bed.But I thought in my heart that this doctor is not too young, why is his temper still like a child.

But to be honest, it is really very difficult to convince Gan Guoyang that Shui Miao is over 30 years old.

Judging from her appearance and figure, no matter how you look at it, it makes people think that she is only about 25, although she does not show any figure in a white coat.

Seeing that Gan Guoyang was lying down, Shui Miao took out a small jar from the medical alley that he carried with him. There was some blue viscous liquid in it. Shui Miao poured a little out of it and wiped it on Gan Guoyang's injured part.

Then she began to gently massage the injured area with her leather gloved hands and spread the liquid.

Even through a layer of rubber, Gan Guoyang could feel Shui Miao's soft hands, and the cold liquid made his skin crawl.

"What, is it cold?" Shui Miao asked.

"One thing, what is this?" Gan Guoyang asked curiously.

"You don't understand even if you tell me." Shui Miao didn't bother to explain to him.

"..." Gan Guoyang was very speechless towards this beautiful doctor in his 30s.But her Chinese is really surprisingly good, just like people who have lived in China since childhood.

Not only is her Chinese good, but her medical skills also seem to be excellent, because after a while he felt that the tightness on his back was relieved a lot.

In fact, this similar physiotherapy method has greatly relieved McGrady's back pain in later generations, although he was not completely cured in the end.The famous Dr. Carter who healed McGrady also graduated from Ohio University and is Shui Miao's junior.

After more than ten minutes of massage therapy, Gan Guoyang felt a lot more comfortable on his back and was in a good mood. Just as he was about to get up, Shui Miao stopped him.

"Lie down for a while! Don't move around!"

Gan Guoyang could only obediently lie on the bed like a toad.It is said that the customer is God, but in the hospital, the doctor is the God. Who will let the wealth and life of the patient and customer be in the hands of the doctor?

After Shui Miao left, it took a while before Gan Guoyang got up and sat on the bed again.

But what to do next?Gan Guoyang knew that there would be an NBA game broadcast on local TV at 7:[-] Pacific time, which would be San Diego vs. Houston Rockets.Gan Guoyang really wants to see how good Moses Malone of the Rockets is.

But now there are still several hours before 7 o'clock, is it possible to stay in the ward like a stone?

Gan Guoyang decided to go out for a walk to see the splendor of Santa Barbara.

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Santa Barbara is located on the Pacific coast of Southern California and is a satellite city of Los Angeles.

This is not a metropolis, but a small city with tourism and catering as its main business.There are many Spanish and Mexican-style buildings here, and parks and green spaces are all over the city, making it a very livable place.

However, Gan Guoyang had no chance to wander around the city. As a patient, the maximum range of activities he was allowed to do was in the Oak Park near the hospital.

In fact, for a patient like Gan Guoyang who can run, escape, eat and drink, the ward is actually just a hotel, and it doesn't matter how long he wanders outside.But as a foreign patient, the doctor still worried that he might get lost, so he was limited to walking around Oak Park.

The Oak Park is not big, it is long and narrow, with a small river passing through the park, and the whole park is full of oak trees.Walking in it feels like a fairy tale world.

An important purpose of Gan Guoyang's wandering here is to see if there is a basketball court here.Although he can't play basketball with his right hand for the time being, he still has his left hand!

It's a pity that after a long circle, I searched all over the east and west, but only found a parking lot and two tennis courts.

He also found that there are many big houses and villas around Oak Park. It seems that there are many rich people living near this park.

Gan Guoyang turned around and came to the tennis court by the small river. There is still a large open space here. Gan Guoyang thought that he might be able to practice dribbling here in the future.

At this time, Gan Guoyang saw a figure wandering among the trees beside the small river, very close to the river.

Gan Guoyang's heart tightened: "Is this guy trying to jump into the river?"

He hurriedly walked slowly towards that person, gradually approaching.Through the gap in the oak forest, he saw from the side that this guy should be a black man, wearing a blue shirt and black trousers, with a very popular afro.

Gan Guoyang could see that he seemed to be preoccupied, because Gan Guoyang was quite close to him, but he still wandered by the river with his head down.

Finally, the sound of Gan Guoyang's footsteps startled the afro-haired black man. He turned to look at Gan Guoyang, and Gan Guoyang also looked at him.

It was only at this time that Gan Guoyang could clearly see the appearance of this black man, he was really very handsome.

Generally speaking, black people have flat noses, flat faces, and rounded facial features. Such faces are not good-looking in the aesthetics of yellow and white people. With black skin, Chinese people think black people are ugly.

But the blacks in the United States are no longer pure blacks, but mixed races.Although they are still black in terms of race, they have absorbed the advantages of many other races in appearance, combined with the characteristics of blacks, they are very good-looking.

For example, Kobe's high nose bridge in later generations is not a black appearance, but it is very good-looking.

And this black man not only has a tall and thin nose, but also has a sharp and thin chin. His face is a beautiful tapered face.There are also big eyes and raised eyebrows, both of which are the advantages of black people.This combination makes for a very unique and good-looking face.

"Hi, how are you?" The black man greeted Gan Guoyang cautiously, because Gan Guoyang's 6-foot-8 body is really huge for ordinary people.

Moreover, Gan Guoyang's current appearance is really strange. In order to prevent the movement of his right arm from affecting his back injury, he found a belt to trap his right arm on his body, and wandered around in the park like a one-armed weirdo.

"Hi, hello... I'm... I'm a patient from a nearby hospital. Uh, I suffered a little back injury, so... that's why I made it like this." Gan Guoyang saw the other party's doubts and explained.

"Haha, you look very good this way, and you have a [-]% return rate." The afro-haired black man also relaxed and joked with Gan Guoyang. His voice is also very nice and unique, between a male voice and a female voice In between, but without making people think "this guy is a ladyboy".

"Oh, I have already scared many people, I think you are not the first." Gan Guoyang also responded with a joke.The awkwardness of strangers between the two was quickly broken.

The black man with an afro came up from the river. He was not short, about 5 feet 9, but he was a dwarf standing in front of Gan Guoyang.Looking up at Gan Guoyang, he asked, "Are you a basketball player? You should be 6 feet 8?"

"Yeah, I'm almost over 6'8. I saw you wandering by the river and thought you were going to... you were going to...so I'll take a look."

The afro-haired black man understood Gan Guoyang's meaning and knew that he was worried that he would commit suicide, so he came to have a look.

He couldn't help smiling and said, "Thank you, but even if I want to commit suicide, I don't need to jump into this small river in Santa Barbara. It's more straightforward to jump directly into the Pacific Ocean."

Gan Guoyang felt the same, and scratched his head in embarrassment, and the two left the river and walked side by side to the tennis court.

The two chatted while walking, and Gan Guoyang learned from the chat that this afro-haired black man is a pop singer who released his first album in 1979, but no new work has been released for two years now, and he is currently in a difficult creative period.

"No wonder I see you are so preoccupied, wandering alone by the river. Others would think you want to commit suicide." Gan Guoyang said.

Gan Guoyang doesn't know much about Chinese pop music, not to mention American pop music, let alone American pop music in the 80s, so he doesn't know who the singer is.

Even if he is a great singer, Gan Guoyang doesn't care, anyway, he has met enough celebrities, although a few of them are future celebrities.

"Hehehe, I'm going to be driving myself crazy. Actually, I've finished recording the album before, but I'm still not satisfied with it. I want to re-record and write some new songs, but the risk is too much. It’s too big.” The black man with the afro was full of helplessness.

Gan Guoyang doesn't know anything about music, and he doesn't know how to comfort him.

He faltered and mumbled for a long time, but couldn't think of what to say, and finally he popped out a phrase: "beat-it..."

"beat-it? You mean beat hard? Thanks, I see."

Apparently, Gan Guoyang's words of consolation are too old-fashioned. When a person is in trouble, saying "we must get through it," is actually the same as not saying anything.

"No, beat-it doesn't mean beat it. I mean if you're in trouble, then avoid them. You know what happened to my back? It was supposed to be just a minor bruise, but I didn't I care, I face the difficulties and insist on participating in the competition, but the result may ruin my sports career." Gan Guoyang explained.

The black afro listened thoughtfully, and said, "Go ahead, what should I do? Just release an album like this?"

"No, beat-it is not avoiding difficulties, not shrinking; it is avoiding unnecessary trouble and doing what you should do. I could have avoided my back injury, but I didn't. And since you think that before If your album is not good, then you should put it down, concentrate on doing what you think is right, and don’t be dragged down by the previous troubles... Uh, that’s probably what I meant, and I don’t quite understand.”

"Haha, you're right, you're right! That's right, I'm wandering by the river wondering if I should redo the album, but it doesn't mean anything to me. I shouldn't put too much Time wasted on indecision." The afro-haired black man seemed to be enlightened.

"Actually, I don't really know what to do. I just hesitate and never get anything done."

"Yes, I should put aside my hesitation, avoid those troubles that are actually meaningless, and devote myself to the really important work."

"Well, so, just-beat-it, do what needs to be done!"

Gan Guoyang's words not only encouraged the afro black, but also encouraged himself.He knows that what he should do now is to heal his injuries and not think about fighting again.Because of a momentary impulse, it is possible to get an unbearable price.

"just-beat-it... I feel much better. I want to avoid unnecessary troubles. Now there are many, many ideas in my head. I can't wait to invest in new creations."

"Then can I listen to you sing?" Gan Guoyang asked suddenly.

"Of course! I can sing you a song right now."

At this time, the two had arrived at the open space outside the tennis court, and the afro-haired black man came to Zhong Yang in the open space, ready to sing a song he had written to this strange yellow boy.

Gan Guoyang stared at the black man with an afro, because he found it difficult to take his eyes off.He thought the black man just sang a song for him, but he didn't expect him to dance.

The dance of this black man is very strange, a bit like the robot dance of later generations, a little stiff, but the rhythm is very strong and very beautiful.At the same time, his singing voice is also like weeping, with high and low pitch, but the tone is very good.

Gan Guoyang felt goosebumps popping out instantly when he heard it, and he felt a slight trembling feeling all over his body. He didn't expect that he could hear such an effect when listening to the song.

After singing, the black man with an afro came over and asked, "How is it? This is my latest creation of singing and dancing, but I haven't shown it to the audience yet. You should be the first one."

"Oh, then I'm so honored. I feel... feel... how to put it, I can feel it when I listen to the song, I feel a kind of trembling, a trembling from the inside out. I feel that this song can reach deep into my heart The heart hits my soul, and I get goosebumps all over my body!" Gan Guoyang spoke the truth.

"Thank you, I thought this singing method was too new and would not be accepted by others."

"No, I believe your new album will be popular all over the country!"

Later, the two chatted a lot, until it was almost time for dinner, Gan Guoyang hurriedly left for the hospital. He knew that if he went back late, he might be scolded by Dr. Shui Miao.

"Goodbye! Mr. Michael! We... see you tomorrow!" Gan Guoyang knew that his name was Michael, a very common name.

"Goodbye! Forrest Gump, thank you very much today!"

In this way, the friendship between Forrest Gump and one Michael started today, and the struggle between him and another Michael is far from beginning.

This Michael is the super emperor of the American pop music scene, Michael Jackson from Santa Barbara.

After today, Michael? Jackson devoted himself to the transformation and re-recording of the album. After a year of careful construction, it was launched in 1982.

The album was originally called "starlight" (Starlight), and later renamed "thriller" (thriller).Among them is a very famous song called "beat-it" (avoid), which teaches young people to stay away from violence and unnecessary troubles.

"Thriller" has created countless miracles in the music industry, including the world's No. 1.04 record sales of 37 million, ranking No. 7 on the music chart for [-] consecutive weeks, and winning [-] Grammy Awards.

When talking about this miraculous album, Michael Jackson said: "There is Forrest Gump's indelible contribution in it, but I will not tell you what it is. This is a secret between me and him."

(After paying tribute to a legend, the high school league will actually start next. There will be no procrastination, but the game will be exciting, because this is California, the state that produces the most NBA players in the United States.)