The Golden Age of Basketball

"Wind City" Chicago, the second largest financial city in the United States, is a super city with the most skyscrapers in the United States. The Sears Tower, the tallest skyscraper in the United States, stands in the center of the city, which is different from the long twin towers. , the structure of the Sears Tower is more complicated, because in the Windy City, for every skyscraper, the gale here is a test they must withstand.

On February 2th, on the top floor of the Sears Building, the pinnacle of the tallest man-made building in the United States, you can see not only the whole picture of Chicago here, but also Wisconsin, Indiana when the weather is good, Views of Ohio and Michigan, where Chicago is located.

Here, Nike took advantage of the Blazers' visit to Chicago to shoot an advertisement for Gan Guoyang's new sneakers "skyscraper-5".

The content of the advertisement is actually very simple. There are only two shots. Gan Guoyang dribbles and sprints on the square at the bottom of the Sears Building, jumps and dunks, and then the camera suddenly switches to the roof. Gan Guoyang suddenly appears on the top floor and dunks the ball into the Located in the ball basket on the roof deck.

This is a simple grafting technique. Gan Guoyang shoots a set of shots on the ground floor, then shoots a set of dunk shots on the top floor, and finally stitches the front and back ends of the two sets of shots together through editing, and finally adds some computer-made shots. scene, the entire ad is complete.

The final effect was that Gan Guoyang dribbled the ball and jumped in front of the tall and majestic Sears Tower, and then suddenly he seemed to leap over the entire skyscraper and dunk the ball into the basket on the top floor.

Moreover, under Gan Guoyang's suggestion, multiple cameras were used to shoot the dunk action on the top floor, and the shooting was completed from several angles, so that when the advertisement was played, there would be shots showing Gan Guoyang's dunk gesture from multiple angles. This effect was unprecedented at the time. It rarely appears in advertisements.

After the production of this ad is completed and played, it will soon cause very good results, of course, this is a later story.

On Jordan's site, Gan Guoyang completed the advertising shooting of his sneakers, just as Jordan will also go to Portland to do advertising shooting and promotion. The two sides are not only competing on the court, but also in the field of sneakers. This kind of competition is undoubtedly benign, and it is actually beneficial to both parties.

After filming the commercial, Gan Guoyang immediately left the Sears Tower. He declined the invitation from Nike and the management of the Sears Tower to stay for a meal, because he had to rush back to the training hall for training, and tomorrow's game must not be missed. .

This is the first match between Gan Guoyang and Jordan this season, and before this game, the gimmick of the confrontation between the two sides has been overturned. You must know that this is just a regular season, but the confrontation between Gan and Jordan has become the most anticipated scene.

In 1988, in the second half of the season, the regular season mvp competition between the two sides became fierce. On April 4, when the Bulls visited the Trail Blazers on April Fool's Day, Michael Jordan and Gan Guoyang staged a battle between Mars and Earth. , the two sides battled for three overtimes. Jordan scored 1 points and sent 55 assists in the game, while Gan Guoyang performed a 11% miracle, making 100 of 19 shots, scoring 19 points and 47 rebounds. A key defense was sent, and Jordan was blocked from interfering with his lore, allowing the Blazers a two-point advantage to end this three-overtime bitter battle.

But Gan Guoyang's excellent performance and the team's excellent record still lost to the explosive Michael Jordan in the mvp battle. He entered the finals earlier than Jordan, and Jordan got the mvp earlier than him. It seems to be a drama between the magician and Bird.

Now that the Celtics are seriously injured with McHale, Larry Bird's back injury has worsened, and Len Bias has more than enough support but is embarrassed. The Celtics' dominance in the East has already entered the twilight, but the Detroit Pistons The rise of Jordan still has a big mountain in front of him.

And the Lakers, who are in front of the Blazers in the west, seem to be running out of time to stop the Blazers. 11vs23 has become the focus of Stern's current publicity. Neither of them disappointed Stern this season. With its outstanding team record and team performance in December, it won the best of the month in December, and then Michael Jordan completed a counterattack in January, with a super performance of 12 points, 12 rebounds and 38 assists, becoming the month of the month in January best player.

The competition between the two is heating up.

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Gan Guoyang immediately returned to the training center to start training after finishing the commercial shooting. Since Drexler will be absent from this game, the strength of the Blazers has been greatly reduced, and the outside arrow against Jordan is also gone. Adelman is Distressed who should start this game.

"Hey, Paxson! Welcome back." Gan Guoyang saw Jim Paxson return to the training field after changing his clothes, and he was already wearing his jersey for shooting practice on the court.

Compared with the past, Paxson's body shape has not been deformed due to injuries, because he has always guaranteed a certain amount of training during the injury period, which is the professional quality that a professional player should have.

"Hey, Gan, how was the filming of the commercial? We thought you weren't coming back to practice." Paxson said while he usually made a three-pointer and the ball went into the net.

"Good shot, your three-point shooting vacation was not in vain. How about it? Did the head of state put you on the starting lineup? Clyde, this guy has a cold and diarrhea, squatting on the toilet every day, he is almost turning into a bomber. Your good chance." Gan Guoyang said, squeezed a ball from the basket, stood next to Paxson and shot a three-pointer, the ball also went into the net hollow, Gan Guoyang's years of three-pointers were not for nothing.

"...Not yet, the head of state seems to be planning to let Brans start." Paxson replied.

"Oh my God, Blanks, this guy is gutsy enough to take a shot, but he just can't make it, and when I see him shooting mid-range shots, I know I'm either going to go up for the rebound, or I have to go back and defend Gan Guoyang still remembers Blans’ 14-of-4 shooting performance in the last game.

Although Gan Guoyang of the Trail Blazers has the final say, Gan Guoyang has always respected Adelman's right to speak in the team. Except for the matter of letting Sabonis start, Gan Guoyang never pointed fingers at Adelman in the formation, and that suggestion Sabonis started, Gan Guoyang also took the initiative to discuss with Adelman, the final decision is still in the hands of Adelman.

"But I bet, the head of state will definitely send you to play, just watch." Gan Guoyang said confidently to Paxson.

Of course, Gan Guoyang will not try to run on Blanks, but he also needs to see who the shooting guard is. At that time, Adelman will inevitably deploy troops on the back line. Blanks is not enough for Jordan.

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"Good evening, everyone. I'm Dick Stockton. It's my pleasure to bring you a live broadcast of the NBA game tonight at the Chicago United Center. Tonight we will be broadcasting a highly anticipated game. Portland Trail Blazers The players came to the Chicago United Center to challenge the Chicago Bulls, a matchup that everyone has been waiting for for a long time!"

Dick Stockton once again became the commentator of the game, but soon, the position of cbs will be replaced by tnt and espn.

In the red Chicago United Center, when the players were still warming up, the arena was already full. The popcorn sellers and drink sellers were extremely busy. There were also mascots playing tricks on the sidelines at the Bulls. New things that have appeared in the nba over the past few seasons.

Cheerleaders in high-cut skirts twiddled their thighs to the crowd courtside, catching most of the attention before the game began.

The nba is more and more like a show.

The core key figures of the show were standing in the center of the court chatting at this time, because no one knew what the two were talking about because they were too far away, and the reporters were also racking their brains to guess the content of the conversation between the two.

Of course, if they knew the content of the chat between the two, they would definitely be surprised.

"I'm going to score 40 tonight."

"Then I'll take 45 points."

"Only added 5 points, coward, I want to get 55 points, 10 points more than you."

"5 points more than you are enough, I want to get 60 points."

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The two were arguing there like children.

However, neither of them thought that the other was joking, because both of them knew in their hearts that the other was capable of doing what they said.