The Golden Age of Basketball

April 1985, 4, International April Fool's Day, is a day that makes some people happy and others trembling.

For those who like to tease other people, there is nothing better than fooling others for fun on April Fool's Day, and for those who don't want to tease others but just don't want to be teased, in this lying world Days, they maintain a high degree of vigilance at all times.

"Hey Gan, today's training has been cancelled, do you want to go somewhere to have fun?" Before Gan Guoyang left home early in the morning, he received a call from Kenny Karl. Karl told him that there was no train.

"Don't be kidding Kenny, it's hard for you to call me so early, happy April Fool's Day." Gan Guoyang reacted very quickly, he thought it was Karl calling him to joke.

"I'm not kidding Gan, you are not the only one in this world who wakes up at five o'clock every morning, well let me tell you, today is the game day of the N Finals! I have already bought a plane ticket and am ready to go to Kentucky!"

Gan Guoyang remembered after hearing Carl's words. April 4st was the day of the national finals in 1. This reminded Gan Guoyang of the earth-shattering battle he had with the Puma in Seattle a year ago. .

This year's N Finals moved from the West Coast to the Mid-Eastern region, which is also a well-known basketball traditional strong area, Lexington, Kentucky.

The two teams in the final are the No. [-] seed of the season, Georgetown University, which died to the Bulldogs last year, and the No. [-] seed of the season, the dark horse Villanova University.

"Okay Carl, but why did you call me? I didn't say I wanted to go with you, and I didn't buy a plane ticket."[

"Come on, Gan, I knew you would forget about this important game, so I already booked the plane ticket for you yesterday! I will drive to your house in a while, and we will go to the airport together, and there will be Sampson and Clyde."

Not long after the phone call between the two, Kenny Carr drove his Land Rover Range Rover to the door of Gan Guoyang's house. At this time, Gan Guoyang was fully dressed and got into the giant car full of important players of the Blazers.

"You have to drive slowly Carl, if we have any accident, the Trail Blazers will be finished." Sitting in the front row, Gan Guoyang said worriedly watching Carl's speed soaring faster and faster.

"I said Gan, you are not afraid of anything when you are playing on the court, why do you look so worried while driving fast? Also, it is said that you still don't know how to drive?" Karl ignored Gan Guoyang's dissuasion and continued On the road, Hurricane went straight to Portland Airport.

"Yes, I don't think I'm fit to drive a car in my life." Gan Guoyang's hairs stood on end when he thought of the car rollover accident that night and the tree branch that broke the house.

"Then your life is really missing another piece of fun." Kenny Carr is a typical representative of this kind of life.

Although Kenny Carr is not the boss of the team, he is not even the main player, but this guy who is lively and happy in nature and experienced in accidents is an out-and-out glue in the locker room.

So when the Blazers players have any activities, Carl always takes the lead. He especially likes to drag Gan Guoyang to play, although Gan Guoyang will refuse in most cases.

In addition to the fact that Karl valued Gan Guoyang's superstar potential, Karl himself also felt that being with Gan Guoyang would always be very interesting.

Under Carl's driving speed, the four big guys quickly arrived at Portland Airport and boarded the plane to Kentucky smoothly.

Since Gan Guoyang came to the United States, especially when he joined NB, he has taken planes more frequently than his later generations by car. You know, the first time Gan Guoyang took a plane in his life was after crossing over and boarding a flight to the United States.

The developed aviation system in the United States quickly sent four people from Washington State to the distant city of Lexington, Kentucky.

"By the way, Gan, do you know why Carl called early in the morning to invite you to Lexington?" Drexler suddenly asked Gan Guoyang mysteriously.

Gan Guoyang is actually quite strange. Carl brought three people in a car, and these three guys got up earlier than him?Gan Guoyang smelled a trace of "conspiracy" and asked.

"Probably because I'm more handsome." Gan Guoyang said "coldly". [

"Hahaha~ No, because this is Lexington, the base camp of the University of Kentucky, and tonight's N Finals will be held at the home court of the University of Kentucky, Rapp Stadium!"

Although Gan Guoyang has been in the United States for many years, he is considered a professional athlete and has won n championships, but he doesn't know much about the American basketball world.

For the University of Kentucky, his only two impressions are: first, many famous players graduated from here; second, their twin towers were fucked by me in the semifinals last year.

As for which city the University of Kentucky is in, what kind of history they have, and where their home arena is, Gan Guoyang knows all about it.

As for those three guys, they just went out to have fun all night last night. During the process, they talked about tomorrow's n finals, and they thought of Gan Guoyang who eliminated the University of Kentucky.

This year's finals happened to be held at the home court of the University of Kentucky. In addition to the fans of the two teams in the finals, there will definitely be many fans of the University of Kentucky. At that time, Gan Guoyang, the culprit who defeated the Kentucky Wildcats, must be killed by the Kentucky people Hush.

Sure enough, when the four settled down and set off to the University of Kentucky campus, some student fans would come forward to ask Drexler and Sampson for autographs, but no one asked Gan Guoyang for autographs.

Not only that, some groups of fans in twos and threes would give Gan Guoyang the middle finger and whistle, or yell at him, which made Gan Guoyang very unhappy.

"I'm going to the bathroom, wait for me for a while." Gan Guoyang said, and left alone.

"Hey, didn't we go too far, brought Gan here, and insulted these impolite boys in Kentucky." Sampson felt a little regretful when he saw that Gan Guoyang was not very happy.

"I thought Kentucky fans would be more educated. Maybe I still underestimated the grievances between schools." The mastermind Kenny Carr said that when he saw those rude students, he also had a feeling of rushing to beat them impulse.

"No, you see, I don't have any hatred for you, even though you are a stinky guy from North Carolina State." Drexler said on the side. Karl's North Carolina State once shattered Drexler's championship dream. .

"Not everyone is a gentleman like you, and I don't believe you have no idea at all, otherwise why do you keep dunking on my head in practice?"

While the three were chatting and laughing, Gan Guoyang was looking for a convenient place on the Kentucky campus alone.

If it is the nb stars of the 21st century who come to watch the nb finals, then bodyguards are definitely indispensable, and maybe there will be official high-level officials to invite them to the VIP seats to wait for the game to start.

But Gan Guoyang, the most valuable player in the N Finals last year, was alone looking for toilets on the Kentucky campus.

Finally, Gan Guoyang found the toilet in a teaching building, and when he went in, he found another person standing in front of the urinal for convenience. It was a white boy wearing a dark jersey.

"Wow! It's Gan! You are Gan!" The boy was so excited when he saw Gan Guoyang, he pointed at Gan Guoyang and opened his mouth without even fastening his pants.

This should be the first time Gan Guoyang met someone who was excited after seeing him today. Before that, those Kentucky students saw Gan Guoyang with surprise on their faces, but they seemed to be restraining their excitement—because Gan Guoyang is from Kentucky enemy.

"That's right, I'm Gan, but can you... can you pull up your pants first?" Gan Guoyang pointed to the boy and said.

"Oh sorry... I'm really a little... a little too excited. I didn't expect to meet you here. It's really... oh I don't know how to describe it. Sign me! On my clothes!" The boy took out his pen and said to Gan Guoyang.

"Okay, but you have to wait a while until I'm done with my problem, and I better wash my hands if I need to."

After Gan Guoyang solved the problem and washed his hands, he picked up the boy's signature pen and signed his name on his jersey.

"Are you a student of Villanova University?" Gan Guoyang saw the words vllnov (Villanova) on the boy's jersey.

"Uh...well, I'm not a student at Villanova yet, but I will soon be!" the boy replied.

It turned out that this boy from Philadelphia had applied to Villanova University this year and was admitted early. He majored in market economy, and Gan Guoyang also learned that he was a baseball player, but at the same time he was a basketball fan. This time I made a special trip to Lexington to watch the game.

"Hey, Gan, guess who will win the championship?" The boy was very talkative, and soon chatted with Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang didn't have any pretensions, and after thinking about it, he said, "I think you will definitely support Villanova University? Georgetown is obviously stronger, but...but I still think Villanova University can win!"

"Oh well, I'm wearing a Villanova jersey, but I don't think they can beat Georgetown, Georgetown has Patrick Ewing! Villanova doesn't have you, sunny-gump .”

"Haha~ How about we make a bet?" Gan Guoyang said with a smile.

Upon hearing about the bet, the boy's eyes lit up immediately!

"Okay, let's make a bet! I think George Town will win the championship! If you lose... you lose... give me tickets to the nb finals!"

"Okay... If I can make it to the finals, I will definitely give you a vp seat. If you lose... I haven't figured it out yet, how about I tell you then?"

"No problem! Anyway, I'm not afraid!" The boy thought about it, and felt that he would not suffer from this bet, and he would be very happy if Villanova won.

"Okay, well I'm leaving, my friend is still waiting for me, by the way, what's your name?"

"tm-onghy! (Tim Donaghy)"