The Golden Age of Basketball

"Good evening basketball fans, wherever you are, tonight I will be bringing you the commentary for Game 10 between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Houston Rockets! I thought my job was over for the season until [-] I will never sit here again before the month, but I want to say, they are back! On such a night, I am honored to be able to sit here and witness the miracle happen, and witness what the Portland Trail Blazers brought to this city glory!"

On May 5, it was hard to get a ticket for the Portland Memorial Stadium. Many fans who could not enter the stadium could only stay outside the arena, listening to the voice of Bill Seanley from the loudspeaker.

This is a life-and-death battle between the Trail Blazers and the Rockets. Before that, many Trail Blazers fans believed that it was impossible for the team to return to the home court, but a miracle still happened.

In the sixth game, the Blazers beat the Houston Rockets away with 119:112, 7 points, and tied the total score to 3:3, stubbornly dragging the series into a life-and-death battle.

Today happened to be Friday, and the entire city of Portland was crowded except for the Memorial Stadium, and almost all other places were emptied.

Those who had to be stationed at their posts turned on the radio one after another and listened to the live commentary from Portland Radio Station.

Even the Portland fishermen, who were fishing crabs in the Bering Sea, turned on the radio on the fishing boat and followed the direction of the game in the wind and waves.

This is the driving force of the home game, but also the pressure.

Gan Guoyang, who withstood the huge pressure in the fifth and sixth games and pulled the team out of the quagmire in different ways, finally had a relaxed smile on his face before the game, instead of the cold silence.

In two games and four days, Gan Guoyang carried an incalculable weight. Now, he can finally unload some, and stand on the same starting line with the Rockets and Olajuwon to complete the final battle.

On the contrary, at this time, Olajuwon and Ralph Sampson stood in the position where Gan Guoyang once stood. The great advantage of leading 3:1 was tied by the opponent and missed the opportunity to win at home. Come to the away game to fight life and death.

During the season, both of them did not express their views on the game. Olajuwon no longer had the momentum to vow to win the next game after the first game.

Momentum has returned to the Blazers side.

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"Youwei, come on, come on, the game is about to start! Your son is about to score a goal, come here, come here! Don't chop vegetables, hurry up!" At Gan's Restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown, at seven o'clock in the evening Closed on time, the family closed the door and sat in the lobby watching the live broadcast of the Western Conference Finals.

Gan Youwei is serious and responsible for his work, because he has to get up to make breakfast tomorrow morning, and he is preparing some ingredients in the kitchen, but after a long time, he forgot about the competition.

"Come right now, come right now... Oh, it's okay to watch for a while, anyway, there are four quarters. This game is stinky and long, with constant stops in the middle, and the camera is so far away that I can't see my son clearly. "Wait a minute, I'll come when I'm done."

Gan Youwei watched basketball games just to watch his son. After the start of the playoffs, he never stopped playing. However, as a "new fan", he also began to complain that the NBA games were too long.

By the time Gan Youwei got everything done in the kitchen, the first quarter of the game between the Blazers and the Rockets was already halfway through.

"I'm here, I'm here... Hey, why is it suspended again! Where's my country, Guoyang? Are you still on the field?" Gan Youwei said while wiping his hands while watching the TV. He just sat down and watched When the two parties pause, then everything on the TV screen becomes an advertisement.

"Here, Guoyang has already scored 7 points in a row! The Blazers are leading, and I think the Blazers will win this game." Gan Youtang is also blind. If Gan Guohui is next to him, he must be told not to I'm a loser.

Of course, Gan Guohui was also watching the game with his classmates in the school dormitory at this time, bragging to everyone while watching.

After the commercial ended, the camera finally returned to the Memorial Coliseum.

"I'm back, I'm back... Where is my son?"

"Cousin, are you watching basketball or your son? Isn't your son on top? No. 11 is the most conspicuous one. The others are all black and not slick."

"I saw my son watching basketball again! Watching my son mainly..."

While Gan Youwei was speaking, Gan Guoyang blocked McGregor's layup while defending. The Blazers got the ball back and launched a fast break.

"Okay! Fast break! Go!" Several people became excited at once, and Drexler dribbled the ball straight to the frontcourt with his head down.

Gan Guoyang caught up quickly, and the Rockets' return to defense was obviously a bit slow. Their team's strategy of striving for offensive rebounds is destined to fail to retreat in time.

At this time, Drexler slowed down, saw the timing, and threw the ball high into the air with a high throw. Gan Guoyang, who was following behind, leaped high, caught the ball in the air and filled the basket vigorously with both hands!

Air Relay!

"Good goal!" Gan Youwei, who is usually calm, yelled and jumped up. If Gan Guoyang knew that his father was so excited every time he scored a goal, he would probably deliberately lower his score to prevent Gan Youwei. have a heart attack.

"Hey, it's not right, Guoyang seems to have been hit." Gan Youtang reminded Gan Youwei.

At this time, Gan Youwei came back to his senses and stared at the TV carefully, only to realize that the camera was showing a close-up of Gan Guoyang, and Gan Guoyang was indeed holding his right arm with a painful expression on his face.

"What... what's wrong with this? Huh? Will it be all right?" Gan Youwei's heart suddenly twitched. What he was most worried about was that Gan Guoyang was injured on the field. He would rather Gan Guoyang lose than his son suffer pain. torture.

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At the same time, the hearts of more than 2 fans at the scene were also tugged. It was just the first quarter. If Gan Guoyang got it, it would be like a bolt from the blue to the team.

During the alley-oop just now, Sampson and Gan Guoyang collided. After scoring the goal, the referee also called a foul. Sampson violated Gan Guoyang's cylinder.

Now, whether Gan Guoyang can stand on the free throw line is a problem.

"What's the matter, Gan? Don't move, don't move." The team doctor has already run to Gan Guoyang's side to ask about the situation.

"The right arm seems to be torn...It hurts..." It is the triceps. There have been some minor injuries here. It was hit by Sampson Wang just now, and it seems to have suffered more serious injuries.

Gan Guoyang endured the pain and stood on the free throw line, then made a free throw with his left hand, and left the field early and returned to the locker room.

"If the muscle is torn, then you will not be able to participate in any games." Dr. Cook said to Gan Guoyang in the locker room. Gan Guoyang was unable to participate in training all the time.

"No, it shouldn't be a muscle tear. I can feel it. It might be a strain. He hit me while my hand was still on the basket, and my arm was strained." Gan Guoyang felt that the pain had eased a little. , not as painful as it was at first.

"Not the best with a tear, but it's hard to play with a strain..."

"Spray me some ethyl chloride, then tie my arms, I want to play." Gan Guoyang asked Cook to spray himself with some refrigerant.

"Gan, this is not good for your muscles, you have an old injury here..."

"Quick, Cook, you know, I can't sit on the sidelines and watch this game, even if my hand is broken, quick."

Cook knew that it was impossible for Gan Guoyang to give up this game. No one wanted to play to this point and give up easily.

"Okay, but there are still three quarters in the game, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to persist until the end of the game."

"One minute of playing is one minute!"

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Gan Guoyang's accidental injury hit the morale of the Blazers. What's more deadly was that their inside line was suddenly empty. Olajuwon and Sampson would not let go of such an opportunity. The Rockets narrowed the score.

The Blazers' situation suddenly became critical. They lost a general in the first quarter, and in the seventh game of life and death, there was no room for mistakes.

"Drexler made a jumper, missed, Olajuwon got the rebound, the Rockets counterattacked, McGregor made a layup, only one point away, the Blazers only led by one point, Gan's departure hit the Blazers Big. But ... we see, Gan came out of the tunnel, he came back on the court, and three minutes and 50 seconds after leaving the court, he came back!"

Gan Guoyang slowly ran out of the player tunnel in his sports uniform, and the Memorial Stadium erupted into enthusiastic cheers immediately, and the eyes of the fans who were a little lost and worried regained their brilliance.

Gan Guoyang ran to the bench, high-fived all the players, and then said to Ramsey: "i'm-back. (I'm back.)"

Ramqi understood, and immediately called a short timeout of 20 seconds, just to replace Gan Guoyang.

Soon, Gan Guoyang took off his sportswear and returned to the arena. At this time, the applause of the fans had lasted for half a minute.

"Gan is back, our sun god, can he dispel the haze, can he bring light!"

However, unlike the previous games, Gan Guoyang's right arm has been wrapped around the armguard. It is still a big question whether he can continue to attack with his right hand as the shooter.

"Gan was in the low post, and Olajuwon went around to defend. He didn't let down his vigilance against Gan at all...Gan's counter-run, Colter passed the ball, and Gan made another alley-oop!"

Olajuwon's defense around the front made Gan Guoyang's counter-running plus alley-oop, this move can be described as unexpected, and Colter's pass was very bold.

After scoring the goal, Gan Guoyang raised his left hand high and stretched out a finger, as if telling everyone that he is the real owner of the arena.

The return of the king, even if he can't charge forward, can boost the morale of the soldiers.

The Blazers ushered in hope again.