The Golden Age of Basketball

"Welcome everyone to the Great Western Forum Arena. Another night will be accompanied by a wonderful game, and tonight's game will be extremely eye-catching. Our guest is Porter who came all the way from Oregon. Lan boys! Before this game, they had won seven consecutive victories, an amazing result, which means that they are still unbeaten in the new season. But tonight in Los Angeles, I don’t think they will pass easily.”

Zeke Hearn's voice is still loud and high-pitched. As the voice of the Lakers, he will continue to work here and witness the rise and fall of the team.

Of course, the past two seasons have been painful for the Lakers. In 1987, facing the Boston Celtics with a deep lineup and a healthy lineup that had Len Bias, the Lakers, who had been fighting for a season, were in the key Tianwang Mountain. In the second game, he was hit by Bird's counter-lore, and finally lost the championship 2:4.

In 1988, the Celtics suffered extensive injuries, Len Bias was unable to sustain the overall situation, the Green Empire was overthrown by the Detroit Pistons, and the Lakers lost their chance to avenge the Celtics in the Finals.

The Pistons, which gathered nine players, did not waste any chance. With a 3:2 lead, Isiah Thomas scored 25 points in the fourth quarter in Game [-] at the Great Western Forum. With Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's key attack, Dennis Rodman got a backcourt rebound, declaring the death of the Lakers.

Losing the championship for two consecutive years, the Los Angeles Lakers are in a very delicate situation. The Lakers players also feel that in the end, the god of luck always seems to be not on their side.

Before Bird made that magical shot in 1987, Magic Johnson had just hit a small hook on McHale's head that no one expected, but it couldn't stop Bird from sealing his throat with a sword.

In 88, when Thomas was injured on one leg, he scored 25 points in a row. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's key ball was interfered by Lambiel. The Lakers players thought it was a foul. No whistle.

As the saying goes, the Lakers, who have failed to win the championship for two years, have come to the third year, and their state does not look so good.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announced before the start of the season that he would retire after this season. The 42-year-old veteran is already the oldest player in league history. Have a blast.

However, his hair has fallen out, and the contribution he can make has become smaller and smaller. The team's scoring burden has been placed more on outside players such as Magic Johnson, James Worthy and Byron Scott.

Magic Johnson has officially become the absolute core of the Lakers, and he has gradually entered the golden age of point guards, and won the first regular season mvp of his career in 1987.

However, even the always victorious and arrogant magician also knows that in the west, the momentum of the Blazers this year is as fierce as ever, and it will be a difficult task to stop the Blazers at home.

In the first seven games, the Blazers not only maintained a complete victory, but also outperformed their opponents by an average of 17 points per game. Their opponents have many strong teams like the Nuggets, but the Blazers with a deep lineup did not give their opponents any chance. A settled battle never drags into the third quarter.

Gan Guoyang, the core of the Blazers, performed well. In the case of only 35 minutes of playing time, he averaged 23 points, 16 rebounds, 3.3 steals and 2 blocks per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as 60.00%, ranking first in the league.

Obviously, Gan Guoyang's scoring is decreasing because the team has a lot of scoring points. Correspondingly, Gan Guoyang's assist data has also increased from 1.7 last year to 2.5 times. It can be said that he has made great progress. He played more and more freely in the game. The ability to control and read the game has reached a whole new level.

Magic Johnson, who has won the championship and is a point guard, can't understand this point. He knows that Gan Guoyang has entered the realm of "the-field".

"Hey Gan, how many assists are you going to get tonight?" During the warm-up, Johnson stepped forward to chat with Gan Guoyang. The relationship between the two has always been good. Although they are rivals, they admire each other very much.

"If you have a few steals, I will have a few assists, but I bet you won't be able to steal my ball." Gan Guoyang never falls behind when it comes to talking.

"Hahaha, work hard, you are really great." Johnson smiled, instead of bickering with Gan Guoyang, he praised Gan Guoyang a few words.

This is Magic Johnson. If it were Larry Bird, he could argue with Gan Guoyang for a whole game on this topic.

In addition to Magic Johnson, there are also many people on the sidelines greeting Gan Guoyang. The first person who bears the brunt is Chamberlain Zhang, who is wearing sunglasses and a leather jacket. He now claims to be Gan Guoyang's number one fan. The two have indeed known each other for a long time. Very, there are endless things to talk about together.

Also on the sidelines, there is an even bigger fan of Gan Guoyang, that is Michael Jackson, a popular music superstar who has become popular all over the world.

At this time, Michael Jackson was still black, wearing a black coat with red trim, indicating that he was a supporter of the Trail Blazers.

"Are you okay, Michael, your skin?" Gan Guoyang asked Michael Jackson on the sidelines.

Recently, Michael Jackson has started to suffer from vitiligo. Only a few people know about it. Gan Guoyang is one of them. Before Michael Jackson was busy with global concerts, Gan Guoyang was busy with competitions. The two had no contact for a while.

Therefore, as soon as Gan Guoyang saw Michael Jackson, he cared about his body.

"Thank you, I'm fine. I'm your fan tonight. Don't worry about it. Come on." Michael Jackson always seemed optimistic.

Of course, his friend Michael Jackson cheered him on, and his old enemy added to his obstacles. As usual, Jack Nicholson sat in a fixed position and taunted Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang lazily took care of the Lakers iron, gave Nicholson a disdainful look and walked away. The warm-up is over and the game will start soon.

"The spotlight is on the players and the show is about to begin. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who entered the league in 1969, jumps the ball with Gan in the middle circle. When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar came into the league, Gan was just five years old. He should have Still in China, I don’t even know what the NBA is.”

In fact, seriously, the real Gan Guoyang has not yet been born, but he has truly integrated into this time and space, wearing tight shorts on the bright yellow wooden floor, competing with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the ball in the air.

"Jabbar won the basketball, the Lakers have the ball, and the game begins." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 42, unexpectedly touched the ball first, and the Lakers got the offense.

"Can't you even dance Kareem? Are you 42 or 24, Gan?" Nicholson would not let go of such an opportunity, and immediately stood up and shouted at Gan Guoyang.

"**-you-ass! (Fuck your chrysanthemum!)" Gan Guoyang threw a swear word at Nicholson, and he was used to this kind of verbal fight.

"The Lakers opened up, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got the ball in the low post on the left, and he wanted to play alone."

The Lakers' opening strategy was obvious. Taking advantage of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's physical strength just now, he quickly played a few inside shots. It would be great if he could draw a foul from Gan Guoyang.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is old and his physical fitness has declined in an all-round way, but his stature will not become shorter, and his skills have reached the point of perfection.

He catches the ball on the left side and protects his ball very well, preventing Gan Guoyang from taking out his ball. After observing left and right, he leans away from Gan Guoyang, then slides, and hooks with his right hand to shoot!

"Jabbar hooked! The ball went in! The ball spun twice on the rim, and it still entered the rim steadily."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar took the lead in scoring the first goal. This is a rhythm that all Lakers fans and Lakers opponents are very familiar with. Compared with the past, the only question is whether Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's performance can last the entire game.

However, Nicholson became even more arrogant. Gan Guoyang was unmoved by Nicholson's provocation and devoted himself to the counterattack.

After the team's main control was replaced by Terry Porter and the head coach was replaced by Adelman, the Blazers' offensive power at the point guard position increased greatly. The Lakers must send players to defend Porter. Tet's shooting is much scarier than Deluxler's.

However, there is bad news for the Lakers in this game. Their main shooting guard, Michael Cooper, the number one outside gate, missed the game due to injury and was replaced by Byron Scott. The Lakers' outside defense must be stretched.

Naturally, Magic Johnson couldn't defend Porter. His task was to deal with Cauchy. Adelman gave the team a very clear task in the first quarter, speeding up the pace, attacking the inside with all his strength, and putting pressure on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

"Porter passed the ball to Cosey, Cosey took the ball and passed Johnson with one step, faced Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and dunked directly! A powerful split dunk." Cosey started the ball very quickly and caught the Lakers There was a small gap in the defense line, and then relied on Gan Guoyang's cover to directly enter the inside line.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is old, and he has always been dodging this kind of ball. Another insider of the Lakers, Ac-Green, was firmly stuck behind him by Buck Williams. Cauchy was unimpeded in front of him and scored a dunk. .

In last year's slam dunk contest, Kexi participated, and Gan Guoyang came to guide him again, but this time Kexi failed to compete with Jordan and came in second.

Abdul-Jabbar was humiliated on the defensive end, but turned around and hit Gan Guoyang again with a hook on the head, this time he was on the right side and shot with his left hand.

Lian Po is old and can still eat. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has proved with his actions that he is still the powerful skyhook on the offensive end.

However, Gan Guoyang's counterattack is coming soon.