The Golden Age of Basketball

() (Some adjustments and explanations have been made to Gan Guoyang's previous average data to make it more in line with historical conditions.)

At 3:26 pm on March [-], the second round of the Northern California Final Four of the California Secondary Championship was held at the gymnasium of Pepperdine University.

After the Northern California champion is selected, the ten North and South champions in five levels of California will gather in Los Angeles to determine the overall champion of the five California championships.

And now, Gan Guoyang and the Vikings are on a glorious road to the ultimate glory of California high school basketball.

However, Gan Guoyang's absent-minded expression on the field made it hard to believe that this was a semi-final match.

Because the game gap between the two sides is a bit too big.

At this time, Gan Guoyang's attention was divided into three parts:

The first is used to look at the scoreboard and timer on the sidelines.

At this time, the score of the two sides was 57:41. The Vikings were in the lead, opening a 16-point gap with the opponent.

And the remaining time on the timer is only 5 minutes, and now it is the second half.

That means the Vikings are five minutes away from reaching the finals of the tournament in Northern California.

Gan Guoyang's second attention was "attracted" by Gan Guohui in the stands, or disturbed by him.

Today is Friday. After class in the afternoon, Gan Guohui and a group of Palo Alto High School fans took a bus to Pepperdine University to watch the most critical game in the history of Palo Alto High School basketball so far. war.

"Big cousin! Come on! You score too few points!" In the Pepperdine University gymnasium that can accommodate 1500 people, only Gan Guohui shouted from the stands in Chinese, and only Gan Guoyang could understand.

Gan Guohui also brought a big green flag, on which not only the Vikings team logo was painted, but Gan Guohui also affixed four big Chinese characters "Gan's Restaurant" on it!Take it out and dance on the stage if you have nothing to do, it's right to be an advertisement.

More than once, after Gan Guoyang got the ball, he wanted to throw the basketball in his hand directly into the stands, and smash the fat man who was jumping around there to death.

But Gan Guoyang's emotions disturbed by Gan Guohui, the fat man, calmed down after he saw the purple color on the stands not far away.

Because Gan Guoyang's third focus was on his next opponent - the Sacramento High School Dragons!

He looked up at the stands, and at Zise who he met on the first day of the match.

"Gan, pay attention to catching the ball!" Gan Guoyang's attention was divided into these three, but he didn't give one to his opponent on the field. At this time, his teammates shouted.

Gan Guoyang came back to his senses at this time, and found that the basketball was coming straight for him!At this time, he was standing outside the three-second zone in a daze, not knowing what to do.

"Boom!" The ball hit Gan Guoyang's face!A soreness came from his nose, and Gan Guoyang covered his face, feeling the pain from his nose and tears.

As a result, the ball was naturally intercepted by the opponent, and the Tigers launched a counterattack.

Although there are only 5 minutes left and 16 points behind, but for the Tigers who finally entered the semi-finals of the division, even if there is only 1 minute left, they cannot give up the game.

"Idiot! Damn Gan, this guy is fucking sleepwalking in this game!" Behrman on the coach's bench saw Gan Guoyang's blank eyes on the court, and knew that this guy must be deserting again.

But he didn't expect to be so distracted that he got hit in the nose by the ball!

"Back to defense! Fuck back to defense! This ball is going to be lost, watch out for your asses!" Behrman shouted from the sidelines. Although he was sure of winning, he didn't like to see the players slacking off because of this. , especially Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang knew that his performance in this game was really "bad".

He scored 20 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks, which is already relatively good data for other inside players.

But he is Gan Guoyang, who averaged 40 points and 20 rebounds in the first two games, and only got half of the data in this game.

What makes Behrman even more mad is that Gan Guoyang has already made 5 turnovers in this game, and with the interception of the ball, he has already made 6 turnovers, which is higher than the turnovers of point guards!

Fortunately, other Vikings players played very well today, especially their backcourt double guards, Dippenbrook and Williams, suddenly exerted strength in the second half of the first half.

Relying on the double screens of Gan Guoyang and Wiggis, coupled with the attractive defense of the small forward and Dippenbrook on the weak side and the top of the arc, Williams continued to score jump shots from the two bottom corners.

At the same time, the outside lineup is stretched too far, and the two inside players are crowded into the bottom corner to cover the shooting guard, so don't think about offensive rebounds.

However, due to the lack of appearances and the fact that Williams' hands were hot, under the cover of a high-quality protective wall formed by Gan Guoyang and Wiggis, this tactic has repeatedly succeeded.

Moreover, this tactic forced the Tigers to expand their defensive range, which made the Tigers' originally tight and oppressive defense loose. In the end, they could not withstand the continuous impact of the Vikings before the end of the first half. collapse.

The Vikings took this opportunity to open the score to 15 points at halftime.

Judging from the previous games, including the regular season invitational game, what the Vikings are best at is to crush their opponents in the first half and take the lead, and then use the slow pace and high-intensity defense in the second half to drag the opponent to death.

It's just that before the Vikings mostly relied on Gan Guoyang's outstanding performance to open the score, this game relied on the team's performance and excellent tactics.

Now, the game is clearly falling into the familiar rhythm of the Vikings, so it is normal that the Tigers have been under pressure in the second half.

"The richness of the Vikings' tactics is really unexpected. I didn't expect their coach to have two brushes." Said a person in purple sportswear sitting in the stands.

"Their coach seems to be called Behrman. It is said that he is a very good guy, but he has never had good players under him." Said another guy in a purple tracksuit sitting next to him.

"But now they have that 'gump' (gump)! This guy has the second highest scoring average in Northern California! I didn't expect this to be a Chinese!" Another purple tracksuit said.

Gan Guoyang averaged 28.5 points per game in the previous regular season and invitational games, which is not a high score for Gan Guoyang.

The main reason is that the Vikings played against some teams with a big difference in strength. Gan Guoyang either only played half of the game, or started to work without effort when the score was widened.

So many of his statistics are due to only playing more than 20 minutes or not playing well, otherwise he will go all out every game, and averaging 40 points per game is not a problem.

"But the scoring champion in California is on our team! Isn't it, Kevin?"

"Huh? What's the matter?" The man called Kevin was obviously absent-minded. He was looking at Gan Guoyang who was being talked about by his teammates.

At this time, Gan Guoyang was intercepted because of hitting his face, and Behrman roared from the side, urging the Vikings to return to defense.

The Tigers' point guard advanced all the way after getting the ball, and the Vikings' awareness of returning to defense was very good, but they were also a little slack after a big lead.

So he took a look after slowing down with the ball, and decisively accelerated and passed through the gap in the middle, ready to go straight to the basket, and at least get a point to change the situation.

But when he took off and was about to layup, he clearly felt that someone behind him came up to defend him, and it was Gan Guoyang!

Hearing Behrman's roar, this guy snotted and cried like a mad dog, ignoring the pain, and chased after the opponent's point guard when he was about to make a layup.

This point guard is not so easy to deal with. He shrinks in the air, using his waist and abdomen strength to increase the time in the air, and at the same time his right hand for layup also retracts, preparing to avoid Gan Guoyang's block.

At this time, Gan Guoyang's crazy waist and abdomen training half a month before the championship played a role. Although he still couldn't compare with the talented blacks, his stronger waist and abdomen also made him more capable of doing movements.

Coupled with his terrifying long arms, the Tigers point guard did not escape the dense web of this giant spider.

Like a fly, the ball stuck to the big net woven by Gan Guoyang, chasing and blocking the shot again!

After Gan Guoyang landed, he was relieved to see the players who followed him grab the ball, and began to run slowly towards the frontcourt again.

Gan Guoyang is like this. If someone provokes him, he will be like an angry bull, and he will definitely turn the opponent over; and once the opponent loses his resistance, he will become an old bull eating grass, absent-minded, and often deserts.

Bellman often has nothing to do about this, because he knows that Gan Guoyang's behavior is actually frightened by the back injury last time, and he always pays attention to protecting himself.

"My mother sometimes thinks you are like a grandfather who has played in the NBA for 20 years!" Behrman often scolds Gan Guoyang for his self-protection, thinking that he is not at all like a passionate basketball youth.

"I just do the right thing at the right time. One cannot fall twice in the same place." Gan Guoyang said this, which became a famous saying he often used in media interviews in the future.

Bellman naturally didn't know that Gan Guoyang was a "little monster" with the memory of two lifetimes, especially his deep impression of the various injuries of later generations of stars, which made him have to pay attention all the time.

But now, Bellman has no mood to study this "little monster" under him anymore, because with the sound of the buzzer, this Northern California Final Four is over!

In the end, the Palo Alto Vikings defeated the dark horse Fremont Tigers in this championship with a huge advantage of 61:45 and 16 points, and entered the division finals of the California Secondary Championship for the first time in the school's history!

The next time they achieve such a result, they will have to wait until the championship season in 1993, and in 2006, under the leadership of Jeremy Lin and coach Dipenbrook.

That time, they won the state championship again.

And what about Gan Guoyang this time?He didn't know, the only thing he knew was that he had begun to change history.

The changer of history is now working with other players to let Behrman enjoy the treatment of a trapeze.

"vikings! vikings! vikings!" The players chanted the team's name while throwing Bellman high.

"Hehe, these guys, don't you think it's too early to celebrate?" A person in purple sportswear who was leaving the field in the stands said, looking at the Vikings players who seemed to have won the state championship happily.

"This is already the best result in their history? Let them celebrate, they will have no chance in the next game." Another person said.

"Hey, don't be so confident, the Vikings are not so easy to deal with."

"It's okay, we still have you, Kevin."

This group of players in purple sportswear is naturally the Vikings' opponent in the next game, the Sacramento Dragons!

Contrary to Gan Guoyang's expectations, in yesterday's game, Tianji High School failed to defeat their opponents, so they also lost the opportunity to avenge Palo Alto High School in the division finals.

Putting down the dizzy Behrman, Gan Guoyang looked at the team's players wearing purple jerseys and leaving the field, trying to search for a small figure among them.

"That guy is No. 7..." Gan Guoyang thought to himself.

That almost invincible number 7!

In yesterday's game, the future 50 superstars, the best defensive player, and Gary Payton, who was playing against him, were almost like paper, and they would be broken with one poke!

Greg Foster on the inside couldn't stop No. 7's breakthrough. Instead, he fouled repeatedly and sent the opponent to the free throw line. In the end, he committed five fouls himself, which made the Eagles' inside line lose its barrier.

Gan Guoyang sat in the stands and couldn't hear the conversations of the players on the field.

But he knew that Payton must be nagging in front of No. 7 all the time, because his mouth never stopped.

But he was only nagging about the ball in the half court. In the second half, Payton no longer had the energy to engage in two-line combat both physically and mentally.

The defense line of the entire Tianji High School was broken by No. 7 alone, and he also had a very good mid-range shot. No player in Tianji High School could do anything against him!

40 points, this is the statistic that Zi se7 won in that game.

And according to Dipenbrock's news, the player who scored 50 points in the first knockout round was also No. 7!

Finally, in a confrontation, the dragon defeated the eagle 75:63 and entered the final of Northern California.

After all, Payton is still too young, only in the ninth grade, and now he is defeated by a more mature and powerful opponent.

And Payton's revenge for this defeat will have to wait until 11 years later, on a broader and more brilliant stage.There, he will receive the name "The Glove".

Gan Guoyang finally found that small figure among the purple crowd, and he understood that in Northern California, this was his real enemy.

"I didn't try my best today, but it's all for the game the day after tomorrow, Kevin Johnson!"