The Golden Age of Basketball

April 4th was a happy day for David Stern. Two second-year rookies set off a huge wave with god-like performance on this day. There were overwhelming reports about these two people. "Expression" speak - amazing (surprised).

For Stern, this is what superstar basketball needs. Among them, the video of Gan Guoyang's game has been packed by Stern and is ready to be sent to Beijing.

When asked about his views on the performance of the two, Stern expressed his pride for the two young men.

Larry Bird uttered what may have been the most disgusting compliment he'd ever said after his game with Jordan, "God pretended to be Michael Jordan tonight."

Of course, soon after the game in Portland on the west coast, some people began to joke, "God not only pretended to be Michael, but he also rushed to the game to pretend to be Gan."

Anyway, tonight, God is busy.

These two games also started the recognition of the American basketball community and began to re-recognize and look at these two superstars. For Jordan, he has been criticized in more than one season of the game, which stems from his overly personalized playing style and Different dresses, these are challenging the nerves of traditional basketball players.

Obviously, in their eyes, Jordan is deviant and a "selfish ghost" who only cares about himself. It is difficult for him to succeed in this style of play. Tonight's game undoubtedly confirmed their point of view. Jordan won the statistics, But the team lost the game.

The difference is that his stats are truly astounding. In this era, under the intensity of the playoffs, scoring 63 points above the Celtics, the number one player in the league, is like a fantasy.

When those things that are considered "heretics" show extraordinary power, then the tradition will one day surrender at the feet of "heretics". Jordan's 63 people made people start to face up to this non-mainstream shooting guard huge potential.

If Jordan has been misunderstood, Gan Guoyang has been underestimated.

After the game against the Spurs in the evening, Gan Guoyang accepted interviews from several media, and then went home in Drexler's car.

Gan Guoyang's performance was shocking, and everyone was talking about his performance, but when it really involved Gan Guoyang himself, everything seemed to cool down again.

Colter made an astonishing statement in the post-match interview. He said: "If Gan was an American and he played like this, the number of media interviewing him would be ten times what it is now."

Colter's remarks were quickly criticized by many media, and the Blazers quickly explained Colter's remarks.

However, some media also admitted that the attention Gan Guoyang has received does not match his current achievements. There are reasons for Gan Guoyang’s reluctance to contact the media, as well as factors of nationality and race.

The reason why Gan Guoyang is not willing to contact the media is also related to the fact that he is always treated unfairly by the media. You must know that the most violent time Gan Guoyang was entangled by the media was when he was arrested at the police station at night. He is more interested in negative news.

Fortunately, Gan Guoyang has a very solid foundation among fans, especially among young fans. Young fans are often very simple, and I will support whoever plays well. Therefore, the sales of Gan Guoyang's sky-skyscraper series sneakers surged after April 4. , has surpassed Bird and Magician's Converse sneakers, second only to air-jordan and ranks second in the United States.

Nike is grinning from ear to ear. Both of the company's two major brands have performed superbly. The sports brands of the two are very popular. long-form advertisement.

In this way, the two young people each triggered a typhoon on the east and west coasts, which caused a rapid increase in the amount of topics, but the two seemed to be in the calm eye of the typhoon, and did not get involved in the outside hype or debate at all.

After Jordan finished the game, he returned to Chicago with a sense of loss, and was fully prepared for the third game. This game of 63 points really exhausted everything in him. What does the team management prove, he just wants to win the next game.

After Gan Guoyang returned home on the night of the 19th, he called Wang Fuxi in Spokane and asked her when she could come to Portland to watch his game. The answer he got was the next round; Gan Youwei in San Francisco made a phone call, chatted briefly and then went to bed. He was really tired tonight.

The next day, both of them devoted themselves to training, and kept silent about yesterday's performance, as if nothing had happened. In the evening, Gan Guoyang took the initiative to call Jordan. The next time they talked very happily, and they talked for a long time.

Perhaps, only heroes can resonate happily, and the two even made an appointment on the phone to meet in the finals.

However, it seems that it is not the right time for them to meet in the finals. At least for the Bulls, it is almost impossible to enter the second round, let alone the finals.

Sure enough, two days later, on April 4, the Chicago Bulls lost to the Boston Celtics 22:104, 122 points at home. Fully contained, the audience only scored 18 points on 18 of 8 shots.

Even so, under the siege and interception of the Celtics, Jordan still got 10 rebounds and 9 assists, and almost got a triple-double, which is enough to prove his strong adjustment ability.

It's just that the overall strength of the Bulls is far from that of the Celtics. The Celtics are in full bloom here. Kevin McHale, who is in full swing, exploded the Bulls' inside line with 31 points. The Celtics used 3: The score of 0 ended the Chicago Bulls and sent Jordan home.

Undoubtedly, judging from the scores, this is an ordinary first-round series of the playoffs, the first in the division and the eighth in the division. There is no suspense in the duel. He should have been submerged in the vast history of the nba. But because of Jordan's 63 points, he was repeatedly mentioned and recalled by later people.

Jordan's journey is over, and Gan Guoyang's journey has just begun.

On April 4, one game day after the Bulls were eliminated, the Trail Blazers arrived in San Antonio, Texas, to start their third game against the Spurs.

This is a very critical game for the Blazers. Gan Guoyang’s miracle in the second game will not give the Blazers an extra victory. The score of 1:1 means that the two teams are on the same starting line and have home court advantage Has returned to the Spurs.

Ramsey finally started careful preparations before the game. Aiming at the Spurs' offensive weakness, Ramsey asked the whole team to contain George Gervin from the very beginning. In the first two games, Gervin played at a superstar level. , He scored consecutively in the third quarter twice, which put the Blazers in a great passive position.

After the opening, the Blazers would rather let Jill Moore and Mike Mitchell score in the paint than let Gervin feel the shots. Gan Guoyang came to the position of power forward in the defense and began to double-team George Gervin in advance. , so that Gervin can't find the offensive feeling at all.

The Blazers did not open up the score in the first half, and entered the intermission with a 59:56 lead by three points. The Spurs scored more inside than the first two first halfs combined.

But in the second half, the Spurs' aging inside line could not continue, and Gervin, who had relied on their life before, was completely suppressed after being suppressed for halftime. In the third quarter, the former single-quarter scoring leader 6 0 shots, no points.

The Blazers took advantage of the situation and launched a strong counterattack, pushing the Spurs to the ground with a 14:0 shock wave. At this time, the panting old Spurs finally couldn't stand up anymore.

114:94, the Trail Blazers won the key game in the away game, and at the same time got the match point of the series, and the promotion is in sight.

Gan Guoyang, like Jordan, failed to continue his miraculous performance in the third game. He only scored 18 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, which was quite satisfactory.

But his performance on the court is indisputable. He cooperated with the team's outside line to lock the only superstar point of the Spurs, and extinguished the last hope of the Spurs' comeback. After the game, the Blazers who won the game were very calm. The Spurs on the ball are also very flat. The players on both sides know that there is a huge gap in the strength of the two sides. After the end of the series, there is no suspense.

In an interview after the game, when asked how he viewed the current matchup situation, Gan Guoyang wanted to say, "I'm already thinking about my next opponent," but he swallowed it when he got to the point of his mouth, because He knew that this sentence was too degrading.

So Gan Guoyang changed the subject and praised the Spurs from top to bottom, how good Kwajill Moore's defense was and how powerful Kwagwen's offense was, and said that the final result is still unknown.

"After getting 42 rebounds, do you think there is any pressure in the next game?" The reporter continued to ask.

"Pressure? Of course, although we lead 2:1, the pressure is on our side. The next game will be played in San Antonio. If we lose, we will play the fifth game. Even at home, it is very dangerous. It’s hard to say.” Gan Guoyang is well versed in the principle of saving character, and it’s like the Trail Blazers are lagging behind instead of the Spurs.

Most of the stars' words were direct, rough, and even wild in the 80s. Gan Guoyang's character-saving answer seemed so unique, but he also had a crazy pursuit of victory in his heart.

In the fourth and No.5 contests, the Nuggets have eliminated the Mavericks and entered the Western Conference semifinals. They are already waiting for the Blazers and Gan Guoyang.