The Golden Age of Basketball

In the 1985 nb finals, there was a thrilling contest between yellow and green.

In the first game, the Los Angeles Lakers were slaughtered by the Celtics at the Boston Garden Arena. They lost 114:148,34, [-] points.

In this game, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was a little old in the Western Conference Finals, performed even worse. He was completely blown away by Robert Parish. The 38-year-old seems to have reached the end of his career.

Since the last Monday in May in the United States, every city will hold a ceremony to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers, so the game on Memorial Day is also known as the "Memorial Day Massacre."

When Gan Guoyang saw this situation, his reaction was different from that of many media. Many media believed that the Lakers and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were dead, and they were not the Celtics' opponents at all.

But Gan Guoyang knew how cruel the trainers in the Lakers team were in Palm Springs last offseason. At that time, he and Drexler practiced for a day and fell to the ground.

The Lakers trained with this intensity for a whole summer, and he experienced the surging motivation of the Lakers players in the Western Conference Finals, so Gan Guoyang fully believed that the Lakers would never fail.

What's more, the blind Chris' words are still firmly in his mind. The 1985 championship was the Los Angeles Lakers.

Sure enough, in the second game, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was talking about being a teenager. He only scored 12 points and 3 rebounds in the sky hook in the last game. He scored 30 points, 17 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 rebounds in the Boston Garden Arena. Blocked the shot and completely overwhelmed Robert Parish, who "humiliated" him in the previous game. [

Under the full control of Magic Johnson, the Lakers had an overall advantage from the very beginning. They played against the Celtics throughout the game, and finally defeated the Lakers 109:102, sweeping away the shame they suffered in the last game , regained the home court advantage of Sharp Race.

In the third game, which was played at the Great Western Forum on June 6, the Lakers beat the Celtics 2:136, leading the series with a 111:2 advantage. The team's situation is very good.

For the crucial fourth game, held on June 6, Gan Guoyang went to Los Angeles to watch the game in person with tickets to the finals purchased in advance.

This is the second time Gan Guoyang has watched the NB Finals in Los Angeles. The last time was in 1982.

Gan Guoyang watched this thrilling yellow-green battle from an inconspicuous corner of the stadium.

For the Celtics, Larry Bird struggled offensively due to injuries and Michael Cooper's strong defense.

In the second game, he only made 21 of 9 shots in the game, and in the third game, he only made 21 of 8 shots.

However, McHale and Dennis Johnson stepped up in the fourth game, and they both supported the Celtics offense inside and outside.

The battle between the two sides reached the final critical moment. At the most tense moment, Dennis Johnson received a pass from Bird and hit a jumper at the buzzer, helping the Celtics beat the Lakers in the away game. The total score of the two sides became 2: 2 levels.

After the game, when Gan Guoyang left the arena with the slightly disappointed fans, he saw an old acquaintance near the player tunnel.

"Hi, Wilt!" Gan Guoyang squeezed all the way from the back seat to the front, because he saw Wilt Chamberlain stand up from the front seat.

As a former member of the Lakers, Chamberlain brought a championship ring to the Lakers. His jersey is also hung high above the Great Western Forum Arena, so he will definitely be invited by the team to come to the game in the finals. Spectators.

But Chamberlain did not expect that Gan Guoyang, the Lakers' opponent, would come to watch the game.

"Hey, Gan! You're wearing a peaked cap, I really didn't recognize you." In order to avoid too many unnecessary troubles, Gan Guoyang not only chose the back seat when watching the ball, but also wore a big cap. peaked cap.

Chamberlain's shout startled the surrounding celebrities who were watching the game. They all turned their heads and looked at the giant standing behind them. [

"Stinky boy, how dare you come here to watch the game? I finally know why the Lakers lost today. It's all because of you!" It was Gan Guoyang's old friend at the Great Western Forum, Jack Nico Elson.

The two had a lot of spats during the Western Conference Finals, especially when the Lakers finally eliminated the Trail Blazers, which made Nicholson even more proud. He didn't expect Gan Guoyang to come to the Great Western Forum to watch the game.

Gan Guoyang saw Nicholson's fierce mouth but a smile on his face, knowing that the family was still joking, he said: "Well, I promise I won't come to watch the next game, I wish the Lakers Win a championship."

"You boy, when did your mouth become so sweet? It doesn't look like you at all." Nicholson was also sprayed by Gan Guoyang during the game.

In addition to Nicholson, an old friend, sitting in the vp seat in the front row were well-known musicians in the American pop music world, Bert Baeklar and Neil Diamond, as well as Hollywood star Tom Selleck.

Bert Bakera and Neil Diamond are two people that Gan Guoyang is not familiar with in later generations, but after coming to the United States in the 80s, the songs of these two guys have appeared in Gan Guoyang's ears all year round.

As for Tom Selleck, Gan Guoyang has never seen his movie, but the more he stared at Sellik’s face, he felt that the more he looked at Sellik’s face, the more he looked like a person in a TV series. It was not until Gan Guoyang shook hands with him and the two greeted each other that Gan Guoyang thought about it. Come on, this guy is Monica's boyfriend in "Friends", ophthalmologist Richard Burke.

Of course, at that time, Friends hadn't started filming yet.

Gan Guoyang and these celebrities in Los Angeles said hello to each other one by one, and his arrival also caused a commotion in the media on the sidelines. Many reporters picked up their cameras and took pictures of Gan Guoyang. Gan Guoyang knew that he would definitely be on the stage tomorrow. newspaper.

Later, Chamberlain invited Gan Guoyang to have supper together, and the two talked about basketball experience at the dinner table. However, unlike Thurmond who taught Gan Guoyang's defensive skills carefully, Chamberlain's most advice to Gan Guoyang was "Have more fun after the game, don't always Soak in the gym."

Gan Guoyang has long been used to Chamberlain's indecency, he will not follow Chamberlain's suggestion to go to Japan to collect 2 people, he went back to his residence in Los Angeles, Wang Fuxi's home after dinner .

Wang Fuxi was still in school at this time, and Gan Guoyang stayed at the father-in-law's house for two days as his prospective son-in-law, so that it was convenient for him to watch the game.

However, after staying for a few days, Gan Guoyang couldn't stay any longer. He didn't care so much about the final ownership of the championship, and he couldn't find a place to play in Los Angeles. This was the most troublesome thing for him.

Now he can no longer go to the street courts in the black area to play alone. After all, he is too famous. For a Chinese star, it is still quite dangerous to play in the Inglewood area.

As for ul, Chamberlain would play there in the summer, but Gan Guoyang didn't want to go back there, and he didn't bother to find Chalmers, he was afraid that Chalmers would take him to spend time again.

At this time, a phone call from Spokane may solve Gan Guoyang's troubles. The caller is Gan Guoyang's college friend, John Stockton.

During the phone call, Stockton invited Gan Guoyang to Iowa for vacation. He said that his Jazz teammate had a small manor in a small town, where they could play basketball happily.

Gan Guoyang also misses the days of playing with Stockton very much, and he also wants to stay away from the disturbance of the media. In Los Angeles these days, he has been harassed by the Los Angeles media.

Finally, on June 6, the day when Tianwangshan kicked off the finals, Gan Guoyang said goodbye to Wang Fuxi's parents, went to Los Angeles Airport, and flew to Des Moines, the capital of Iowa.

Iowa is located in the central part of the United States, further east than Nebraska. Like several states in the central part, Iowa is also a famous agricultural state, which is the "big countryside" in Gan Guoyang's mouth.

The most famous agricultural product here is pork.

Compared with Indiana and other states, Iowa is an area with poor sports industry. There is no nb team, no mlb baseball team, and no nfl football team here. Except for college teams, this is a desert of professional leagues .

When Gan Guoyang flew to Des Moines, the largest city in Iowa, he found that he was an ordinary person here, and the people around him were staring at him because of his height and skin color. Few know that he is a famous star in nb now.

But this is exactly what Gan Guoyang wants. Before Internet media became popular, it was relatively easy for a sports star like him to disappear from the public eye.

At the gate of the airport in Des Moines, Stockton was waiting for Gan Guoyang's arrival in a blue Ford car. After the two met, there was no unnecessary greetings. Gan Guoyang opened the door and sat in the front seat. Stockton Also started the car.

"Which of your friends lives in such a place where the birds don't shit? I think Salt Lake City is already enough." Gan Guoyang asked looking at the sparse vehicles along the way.

"It's Bob Hansen, our backup shooting guard, and I'm a good friend, I learned a lot from him. He invited me to her little estate in the summer, and I think you will too. I like this kind of cleaner place, so I came to you." Stockton replied.

"Yeah, I'm getting annoyed by reporters in Los Angeles, I can't go anywhere."

"We'll go to Hansen's house later. We'll pack up a bit and drive straight to Muscatine, where his estate is."

"Muscatine? Sounds like a good feeling."

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