The Golden Age of Basketball

"Look at this Michael, yesterday's game."

"There is a videotape so soon?"

"Yes, I recorded it at the hotel yesterday. It was a wonderful game. Didn't you watch it?"

"No, I don't want to care about other people. I think I should care more about my performance on the court. Milwaukee is such a **** place. I don't want to spend another day. I want to go back to Chicago as soon as possible. A victory."

"I understand, the Bucks are not that easy to deal with. But you should see his performance, I think it will be a good motivation for you."

On April 4, in a hotel room in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Michael Jordan received a videotape recorded by Bulls head coach Kevin Langley.

In the playoffs, the Chicago Bulls, ranked sixth in the East, encountered the mighty Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the playoffs.

Jordan played normally in the first game, but the gap in overall strength left them no room to resist in Milwaukee. What's worse, the Bulls didn't seem to have the confidence and momentum to beat the Bucks with all their strength.

Jordan is of course different. His competitive spirit is so strong that failure is intolerable to him. Even if there is an obvious gap in the strength of the team, he will try his best to win the slightest hope of winning the series. [

Jordan is also paying attention to the playoff performance of several other rookies of the same grade. This year's rookies are really outstanding. Jordan himself, Gan, Olajuwon have all been selected as All-Stars. Kings, Stockton, and Sam Bowie all found their footing in their respective teams.

Among them, Gan Guoyang and Olajuwon are of course the two strongest opponents in Jordan's mind. This year's best rookie is basically born among these three.

Seeing that Olajuwon and Gan Guoyang lost their first game and performed poorly at the same time, Jordan was still a little bit dark in his heart. All three of them lost, but Jordan played normally anyway and got very good statistics. The performance is also eye-catching enough.

In the second game, the recovered Houston Rockets beat the Utah Jazz 122:96 at home, but Olajuwon's performance was still average. The experience and performance are obviously a bit worse than that of Sampson in the second grade.

But what really shocked Jordan was the game between the Trail Blazers and the Mavericks on the 20th yesterday, and the videotape of the game that Kevin Langley handed over to Gan Guoyang.

Of course, Jordan watched the live broadcast of the game. From the first minute of the game, he had been staring at the screen, staring at Gan Guoyang, who was wearing the No. 1 jersey.

But he told Langley that he hadn't watched the live broadcast of the game, because he didn't want to admit that Gan Guoyang's performance was really wonderful, although he had to admit it in his heart.

Langley seemed to understand Jordan's thoughts, and left Jordan's room after giving the video tape. Jordan looked at the video tape beside the bed, hesitated, picked it up, and stuffed it into the video recorder.

"Gump...move...hook-shoot! he-got-t! (Gan, dribble, hook, the ball went in!)" Jordan sat on the bed and looked at the screen quietly. In the video, The most common phrases narrated are "hook-shoot!", "got-t!"

These are all explanations of Gan Guoyang's performance, concise and clear, but shocking and powerful.

Gan Guoyang did not stop his bombardment of the Mavericks inside after the perfect 5 minutes of the opening.

More and more balls began to be handed over to Gan Guoyang. For the first time, Gan Guoyang experienced the feeling of an offensive center axis. Although this axis is mainly for self-attack, there are not many passes and transfers from the outside.

But Gan Guoyang's hand feeling is too hot, he has completely found the feeling of the hook, at the 45-degree position on the left, his inside-turned hook is almost like shooting training.

The Mavericks continued their flanking attack, but Gan Guoyang, who had found the rhythm, cooperated with his teammates very smoothly. When he was double-teamed, he passed, and the double-team contacted and passed again, repeatedly scoring in and out until he found the best shot opportunity. .

When Gan Guoyang was on the field, the entire perimeter of the Blazers was serving him as an offensive machine, and Gan Guoyang began to tirelessly send one goal after another. [

In 1985, Gan Guoyang did not have many good weapons in his arsenal. The hook is his most proficient weapon. His footwork is also very good. , He has an excellent offensive awareness.

Gan Guoyang used these few things to completely destroy the Mavericks' inside line in the first half. He scored 27 points in the half, made 15 of 12 shots, and made 5 of 3 free throws.

Gan Guoyang put too much energy in the offense, so that he only caught 5 rebounds, but this did not prevent the Blazers from leading the Mavericks by 65 points 43:22 in the first half.

"wht--**ng-shoot... (what the fuck kind of shot is this?)" Jordan watched as Gan Guoyang hit a super hook from 17 feet before halftime to get the first half At the 27th minute of the game, he shook his head again and said.

When watching the live broadcast yesterday, he had already said so.

As Jordan said, he took out a cigar from the cigar box next to the bed, lit it with a lighter, and continued to watch the second half of the game.

Jordan loves cigars, and this box of cigars was given to him by a local Bulls fan after he came to Milwaukee.

Although Jordan seldom smoked or drank during the season, he needed to maintain his best condition, but at this time, he had to make an exception and take out one when he watched Gan Guoyang's dominant performance on the video recorder.

Because he had to use tobacco to calm himself down, he knew that Gan Guoyang would have an even more surprising performance in the third quarter.

The performance of 27 points in the half was good enough. The commentator of the BS TV station kept talking about Gan and Jordan who is the best rookie of the year in nb, which made Jordan upset and turned off the sound.

But there was no sound, and the picture was still there. At the beginning of the third quarter, the leading Blazers did not relax at all. In the playoffs, any relaxation and being caught by the opponent may bring subversive results.

Ramsey has already made up his mind, as long as Gan Guoyang's touch is still so good, then use this point to beat the Mavericks to death!

In the second half, the Mavericks finally adjusted their defensive strategy again, and began to defend Gan Guoyang in the low position with double-teaming, vowing to lock Gan Guoyang completely.

After several unsuccessful offenses, the Blazers also responded offensively. Gan Guoyang no longer played in the low post. He began to play pick-and-roll with Drexler.

Gan Guoyang showed the Mavericks' excellent first step ability after receiving the ball, and his super ability to finish at the basket (fnsh). Gan Guoyang felt that in the third quarter he was defeated by the later Stada Meyer possessed.

He no longer needs to be stuck in the low post, no need to watch the transition after receiving the ball, no need to pay attention to the opponent's double-team, all he needs to do is get the ball and rush to the basket.

Everyone, for the first time, saw the true power of the Drexler-Gan Guoyang duo. The most direct manifestation of this power is that Gan Guoyang made 11 of 10 shots in the third quarter, made two of three free throws, and scored in a single quarter. 22 points!

Before the start of the fourth quarter, Gan Guoyang scored 49 points in three quarters!It is only one point away from the fifty-point mark.At this time, the Blazers had already led the Mavericks by 31 points at home, and the game lost its suspense.

In the ensuing fourth quarter, Gan Guoyang didn't play again, it was already garbage time, so he also lost the chance to score 50 points.

"Beep~" Jordan turned off the TV show, and the video was playing at the end of the third quarter with 2 minutes left. Gan Guoyang left the field and received the warmest cheers from everyone in the Memorial Stadium.

Jordan knew that there would be no more willingness to watch the next game, so he had no desire to continue watching. After turning off the TV, Jordan also extinguished the cigar in his hand, and was about to get up and leave the room. The deer engage in a second contest.

As he left the room, Jordan said to himself, "-wll-be-better, -wll-be-better..."

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At the same time, in Portland, even on the second day after the game, Gan Guoyang has been entangled by various media reporters.

"You scored 49 points in the last game, why didn't you play to get 1 point, so that you can get 50 points, and the rookie scoring record will reach a better height." At the Portland Airport, Gan Guoyang and Teammates are preparing to board a special plane, they are going to Dallas, and the Mavericks for Game [-] contest.However, some reporters still chased Gan Guoyang to ask questions about the last game.

"This is the coach's arrangement. This is the playoffs. It doesn't matter how many points I personally score. The important thing is that we can win the game. In the third quarter, there is no need for me to play anymore. I need to accumulate energy , preparing for the away game, it will be a difficult test for us." Gan Guoyang repeated the remarks he kept repeating after the game.

"If I knew that I would be annoyed by so many people to score 49 points, I would rather just score 25 points and help the team win." Gan Guoyang joked privately after being "besieged" by reporters tirelessly after the game complained.

But Gan Guoyang still underestimated the huge impact of the 49 points on the nb. This impact not only caused an uproar among fans and critics, but also reflected in the strong pressure on other stars. , but this effect has not yet been manifested.

Not only in Milwaukee, but also in Houston, Philadelphia, and Utah, the rookies in 84 are all gearing up.

Since this game, the golden generation has begun to show its edge on the big stage of the playoffs.

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