The Golden Age of Basketball

Miami in December is sunny and sunny.

This city located in the southeast corner of the United States enjoys the warmth and sunshine of the Gulf of Mexico. When most parts of North America suffer from severe cold and snowstorms, people here can still wear single clothes to the beach and enjoy the sea breeze. .

Because of this, it is not surprising that this new team in Miami was named "Heat" (Heat) in 1988. However, on December 12, the weather in Miami was still good and the sky was clear. But the temperature has dropped to a new low since 2, close to zero degrees Celsius.

And just tonight, they are going to welcome guests from the cold northwest, the Portland Trail Blazers. I don’t know if they brought cold air from the north, which made the air in Miami more gusts of cold.

For the Trail Blazers players, coming to Miami is purely a trip. Even if the temperature here drops sharply on the day of the game, the climate here is much better than Philadelphia with snowflakes.

Of course, the players have to complain about why the away game to Miami is not arranged in March or April next year, so that they can enjoy the sunshine on the beach on the South Coast before and after the game.

This is not because the players of the Trail Blazers underestimated the enemy, but that the strength gap between the two sides in this game is really too big. So far in the league game, the Portland Trail Blazers are the only team that has maintained a complete victory. The record of wins and 14 losses tops the list; and the new team of the Miami Heat is the only team so far that has maintained a complete defeat. The loss from the first game was 0:91, 111 points. After the too strong Los Angeles Clippers, they subsequently lost 20 games in a row, ranking first in the league with a record of 13 wins and 0 losses. If nothing else, their losing streak will increase to 13 games tonight.

Therefore, it is no wonder that the Blazers players regarded this game as a trip to the South Coast. After getting off the plane, the players settled down quickly and scattered together to find fun in this famous tourist city.

Adelman also knew that the long road trip required relaxation and adjustment, so he did not force the players to stay for training, but asked everyone to return to the hotel before five o'clock, and then prepare for the evening game.

Gan Guoyang also needs to relax. He is not familiar with the Miami team but he does not need to be familiar with it. He, Drexler, Cauchy and Sabonis took a taxi to the famous Cuban gathering place in Miami. Havana, try the coffee and cigars there.

The huge Gan Guoyang and Sabonis had to take two cars separately, otherwise the taxis in Miami would not be enough for the two of them. At the same time, Gan Guoyang also needed to take the Feng Brothers just in case, although he felt that taking the two The guy himself seems to have more trouble.

As a tourist city, the taxi drivers in Miami are very talkative. When they met a big celebrity like Gan Guoyang, the old black driver in the car was not only not nervous, but showed his racial talent, chatting like singing rap.

"Who is the strongest player in Florida? Who is it? Those young boys in Miami? No, no! We need a center! We need Artis, we need David! Pat Cummins is actually ours. The best big man! This is unforgivable! Don't be rude, don't show mercy to them, hit them hard, show them some color, then they will know exactly what kind of players they need, and they will be stronger Here is Miami, sunshine, beach, cigars, coffee, beautiful women! Here is everything that the United States can give you!"

The old black driver became more and more excited as he talked. It seems that he is also a basketball fan and is quite dissatisfied with the performance of the Miami Heat. The artis he mentioned is Gilmore, and David is David Robinson. The super centers are all Floridians, but none of them played for Florida teams.

Gilmore has no Florida pro teams during his career, and David Robinson has already been drafted by the San Antonio Spurs, although the talented big man will spend two years in the Navy before entering. nba.

"Hey, brother, is this driver epileptic? Will he hit the wall if he drives like this?" Feng Guangyao looked at the black driver shaking his head, and the whole car seemed to follow him. Feng Peiyu said.

"Don't talk nonsense, you don't understand what he said, people are talking about basketball, can you understand?" Feng Peiyu stopped his younger brother's wild thoughts in time, and Gan Guoyang also smiled and said to the driver: "Maybe one day I will put the I brought my talents to the South Coast, and who knows, things don't change, and Portland is a little too cold."

Gan Guoyang's words were purely a joke, but he took the old black driver's elation seriously. He felt that he could persuade the most popular center in the league with his three-inch tongue, and he had the idea of ​​coming to Miami to play. Feeling that he is comparable to Cardinal Auerbach, this old black man talked even more happily in the car.

But after all, when they arrived at their destination, the famous Little Havana in Miami, Lao Hei still collected Gan Guoyang's fare, and Gan Guoyang also gave him some tips by the way.

"Hey Gan, what's the matter with your car? How do I see him dangling all the way?" Drexler also asked Gan Guoyang strangely after getting off the car.

"An interesting driver... Time is running out. Today's weather is not too good. The sun and the beach are gone. Let's go to the Palace of Versailles and have a cup of coffee to warm up." Gan Guoyang said.

The Palace of Versailles here is not the famous palace in Paris, France, but the famous cafe in Little Havana, Miami, named Versailles.

Because Miami is very close to Cuba, after the Cuban Revolution in 1959, a large number of wealthy Cuban bourgeois people immigrated from Havana to the South Coast of the United States to escape the political liquidation of the Cuban government. Rich, so Miami has a Cuban settlement, and Little Havana was formed in this way.

The arrival of a large number of Cuban immigrants made Spanish popular in Miami. With the increase of Hispanics year by year, the number of white people in Miami is getting smaller and the number of people of color is increasing, and these people are not so interested in basketball. So when Gan Guoyang, Drexler and his party entered the Versailles Cafe, apart from being amazed at the tall stature of these guys, they didn't recognize them as players from the Portland Trail Blazers.

"Oh my God, no one came to ask for your autograph? Miami is so hot, the enthusiasm for basketball doesn't seem to be that high!" Ke Xi saw Gan Guoyang sitting there drinking coffee quietly, but he was not used to it.

Gan Guoyang enjoyed such a leisurely time. Since he entered the NBA, his reputation has risen sharply since the second year. Basically, people will recognize him everywhere.

Fortunately, although the media is well-developed at this time, it has not reached the point where everyone can be a media publisher in the future. The Internet has not yet entered the world of people. Gan Guoyang and his teammates drink coffee and smoke cigars like ordinary people here Talk about interesting things in the league.

When Drexler and Sabonis were talking about how Olajuwon ate ice cream to gain weight, Gan Guoyang felt his arm being lightly tapped, and then he turned his head and saw a skinny black child , holding a pen in his hand, staring at Gan Guoyang in a daze.

"Little guy, are you here to ask for an autograph?" Gan Guoyang looked at the black kid. He was tall and thin, and his eyes were long and thin, which was different from ordinary blacks with round eyes.

"Yes, I came here from Barto just to get an autograph," said the child.

Bartow is a small city in Virginia, located in the middle of Virginia, quite far from Miami, but since the Heat entered Miami, the enthusiasm of Virginia fans has been mobilized a lot, and many people are willing to drive a long distance to run to Miami to watch an nba game.

Tonight is Saturday, and the strongest team in the league is visiting again. It is very normal to have fans from afar.

"Then you are really lucky to meet us here, then I will sign for you." Gan Guoyang took the pen, and the little guy lifted his coat, but what was revealed underneath was a baseball jersey.

"Oh, little guy, I don't play baseball. I'm a basketball player. If I play baseball, I'll never be able to hit the ball with my height." Gan Guoyang shook his head and said.

"It doesn't matter, I only know you here, anyway, you just sign one for me." This little guy's words are really hurtful, Sabonis and Cauchy are fine, he doesn't know Drexler, which makes the glider Feeling a little faceless.

Gan Guoyang also took the opportunity to laugh at Drexler, then picked up a pen to sign his name on the little guy's baseball uniform, and asked, "What's your name?"

"My name... my name... my name is Pumpkin Head! They all call me that!" The little guy seemed unwilling to say his real name, preferring to say his nickname.

"Good pumpkin head, I'll give the Heat something nice tonight." Gan Guoyang shook his fist at him.

Unexpectedly, Pumpkin Head glanced at Gan Guoyang unmoved, and said lightly: "I don't care, anyway, you can't beat Jordan."

After finishing speaking, this little guy ran away. It seems that he didn't come here to drink coffee. He should have seen Gan Guoyang by chance from outside the door, and his idol is still Jordan. He didn't have much interest in Gan Guoyang at all. Gan Guoyang signed an autograph for the sake of familiarity.

"Oh my God, are Miami fans just so indifferent?"