The Golden Age of Basketball

"The 1986 nba championship game is about to start between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Celtics. Tonight will be their first contest in the ancient Boston Garden Plaza. This is the first time in the history of the two teams When they met in the finals, the Blazers reversed the Houston Rockets 1:3 and stumbled into the finals when they were not favored by everyone. And the Celtics they will face tonight, in the playoffs Unstoppable, only lost one game in three rounds, and reached the finals smoothly. The two teams played against each other twice in the regular season, and the Blazers defeated their opponents both times, and gave the Celtics the season The only home defeat. So although the Lakers can't make it to the finals, it's a bit disappointing, but the Blazers are undoubtedly a very interesting opponent."

At 7:[-] p.m. Atlantic time, the cbs TV station played music on time. Tonight's TV commentary is Brandt Musberg. From his tone, it can be seen that the Blazers are only regarded as "very interesting opponents." , rather than a strong contender for the championship, it can also be seen from this point that the Blazers are in the eyes of most people as a "challenger" attitude to face the giant Celtics.

"The Blazers are an opponent worthy of respect. They beat us twice in the regular season. The vitality of their backcourt and the strength of the interior are amazing. I think this will be a difficult series." Appeared on TV In the picture of Larry Bird being interviewed by the TV station, Bird said some scene words expressionlessly, no one knows what he thinks in his heart.

"We're a good team, as are the Blazers, and that's why we're all able to stand on this stage. Of course, we're more experienced, they're younger, and I think we'll find something to deal with them. way.” The second interviewee was Bill Walton, a former player of the Trail Blazers and the number one hero of the championship. At this time, Walton’s mood must be very complicated, which cannot be heard from his words .

Afterwards, the TV broadcasted interviews with several other Celtic players, and among the Blazers, only Gan Guoyang was interviewed.

"A lot of people think we're here to just go through the motions, give the Celtics two wins and go home, and I would say they're all wrong. We've had a tough road to the Finals, especially in the Western Conference Finals, I almost fell off a cliff, but all this has passed, if we always look at things that are developing with old eyes, then we must pay for it. I am very much looking forward to today's game." Gan Guoyang said in an interview He appears to be full of confidence, and he needs to use this confidence to cheer up his teammates.

In fact, the mentality of the Blazers' players is quite good. Being able to reach the finals has exceeded their expectations, and Gan Guoyang's performance in the fifth and sixth games, as well as the team's unity in the seventh game, let the team's Morale is at its peak.

Of course, as the minutes of the game approached, nervousness began to spread among the players.

"Jones, what was it like when you played in the Finals with the Celtics?" Drexler cautiously asked the veteran Jones in the locker room. He was the only player on the team with Finals experience.

"It doesn't feel like it. Anyway, I'm not the protagonist, and it's not my turn in the opening ceremony. The coach asked me to play. I just remember that the Blazers' home court was very frenzied, very frenzied. It should not be worse than Boston." Jones last time The finals were played against the Blazers, but he was the opponent of the Blazers, in the Philadelphia 76ers.

"Don't go home before the game starts, Clyde, it's just the finals, it's nothing." Vandeweghe said lightly, and then made an 18-foot jumper in front of Drexler.

"Come on, you went to the toilet 4 times before the game started, don't tell me you drank too much water."

Vandeweghe was lying when he said that he was not nervous. It was less than 20 minutes before the start of the game, and the stadium was already full. Fanatical Boston fans were either wearing white T-shirts or green T-shirts. The deserted garden court was full of voices.

Thinking of playing a two-hour game tonight amidst so many people's opposition, boos and boos, it's hard for the visiting team's players not to panic.

"Where did this guy Gan go? I saw him asking his personal doctor to feed him at noon. It's really enviable." Drexler found that Gan Guoyang disappeared when the show was about to start.

"He said he wants to keep his touch. Before the game, his hands will not touch anything except basketball. He seems to be dealing with an arm injury in the locker room now. It seems that he still has some problems."

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At this time, in the locker room of the visiting team, Shui Miao was re-bandaging Gan Guoyang and armguards.

During the training, Gan Guoyang still felt a slight discomfort in the triceps of his right arm. Although the feeling was very slight, out of caution, Gan Guoyang decided to go to the locker room and let Shui Miao do some simple physical therapy for himself, and then re-bandage .

"You'd better wrap it tighter. If it's too loose, the effect of protecting the muscles won't be that great." Shui Miao suggested to Gan Guoyang to tighten the bandage a little bit.

"It's okay, I can't shoot if it's too tight. It's moderate. There should be no big problem. If there is a problem, I will take the initiative to ask for treatment." Although Gan Guoyang's injury showed signs of improvement, according to Shui Miao and Dr. Cook After a consultation and inspection, the situation may not be as optimistic as imagined.

"Hmph, if you are on the field, why would you want to come down, I'm afraid you won't be able to come down even if several people drag you down." Shui Miao still knows Gan Guoyang's temper quite well.

"At that time, my arm is really bad, and I can't help it... Don't think too much, the game is about to start, and I'm going to play." Shui Miao had already tied a bandage for Gan Guoyang.

"Well, good luck."

At this moment, Gan Guoyang stood up, and suddenly gave Shui Miao a big hug. Gan Guoyang was very tall, and Shui Miao was not short, but she was still too petite compared to Gan Guoyang.

She was like a little flower surrounded by a big tree, suddenly a little at a loss.

But just for a moment, Gan Guoyang let go of his arm. His hand never touched Shui Miao, and he just used his arm.

Gan Guoyang turned around and left the locker room, and walked towards the field from the player tunnel. Shui Miao looked at the back of Gan Guoyang's Wei'an, and couldn't help being a little crazy for a while...

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"The game is about to start. The players on both sides are about to start the entrance ceremony. Let's transfer the signal to the scene and hand over the microphone to my colleague Dick Stockton." Musberg is only the host of the live broadcast room. The commentator at the game site is still the familiar Dick Stockton.

"Thank you very much, Brandt. Tonight's finals may mean the beginning of a new era, especially in the West, where the record of the Lakers reaching the Finals four times was terminated. They are the No. 84 pick and No. 30 pick in [-]. They are a new force rising in the west. The Celtics are the traditional force of the nba. They have been in power for [-] years and now they continue to play the role of gatekeeper. I think this must be It was a great matchup. We also welcomed Chinese faces in the finals for the first time, which also made the finals' high ratings in the Chinese area shocking."

At this time, Gan Guoyang has already become the idol of all Chinese and even Asians in the United States. Except that the mainland has not introduced NBA live broadcast at this time, in China Taiwan, China Hong Kong, Japan and other places, there are countless Asian viewers in front of the TV. Waiting for the start of the finals.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Boston Garden Plaza to watch Game 1986 of the [-] NBA Finals, the Portland Trail Blazers vs. Boston Celtics. First, let's introduce the Portland Trail Blazers starters player."

Following boos from the audience, the five starters of the Blazers entered the arena one by one. Gan Guoyang ranked last, but he also received the most boos from the audience.

This is not because Gan Guoyang had any conflicts with fans or Celtics players in the Garden Square, but because his 31 points in a single quarter here really hit the Boston fans hard, and they naturally had to boo them. Gan Guoyang.

So this is not only not a humiliation, but an honor.

Afterwards, the boos at the scene turned into warm cheers and applause. In the warm atmosphere created by the fans, the Celtics' starting players also played in turn. Their starting lineup is also quite stable. The two guards Danny- Angie and Dennis Johnson are all-round guards who can be 1 or 2. Bird is the starting small forward and can also be a guest power forward. Kevin McHale has reached the peak of his personal ability this season. Kyle The most stable low-post scoring point for the Specials, Robert Parish, like his nickname "The Chief", is expressionless but extremely stable.

The game is finally about to start.

Gan Guoyang stepped forward and touched the hands of the Celtic players one by one, and fist bumped with Larry Bird.

"Buy your tickets back to Portland early, and you can't wait to go home." Before the game even started, Larry Bird began to unleash his trash-talking magic, attacking the Blazers players.

"I even bought the ticket to Boston next time. Of course, I hope I don't need it, and I can give it to you at that time." Gan Guoyang retorted.

"Hmm, I think the same as you, I can finish you within five games." Bird naturally thought that the Blazers didn't need to come to Boston again, and they could be dealt with within five games.

"Wait and see."