The Golden Age of Basketball

It’s snowing heavily in Michigan again. From November, Michigan will start to snowflakes, and it will continue to fall intermittently until April. There will not be so much snow on the ground here. Except because of the high latitude accident, the Great Lakes transport The large amount of water vapor coming is also the reason for the continuous snowfall here.

On February 2, after the Blazers played the Bulls, the whole team got on the bus and headed for their next stop, Detroit, in the snow.

"Damn it, every time we come to Michigan, it's snowing outside, and then we have to sit in the bus and wobble for most of the day to go to Detroit! That cold and hard place." Sitting in the car Jerome Cosey on the Internet complained that since he came to the Trail Blazers in 1984, the Blazers have to travel from Chicago or Milwaukee to Detroit by car every year for the Central Division game, and it will snow every time.

"Perhaps in June, we will come here too." Gan Guoyang, who was sitting in front of Kexi, said suddenly. After speaking, he turned his head and closed his eyes to rest. It was quiet, just the roar of the engine, and some players fell asleep in the car.

Yesterday's game was really exhausting. For the starting players, such a game was more painful than two overtimes. After returning to the hotel at night, Gan Guoyang, Ke Xi, Porter and others went back to the room Immediately fell asleep.

To add to the pain, they were heading to Detroit the next day.Everyone got up early this morning and took the bus to the next stop, so the players took the time to rest in the car, and the substitute players would not bother the main players, so there was no sound in the car.

Gan Guoyang was stunned by the car, but Kexi muttered something behind him, waking Gan Guoyang up. Kexi is really energetic. If the physical strength of the players in the team, Gan Guoyang ranks first , Cauchy is the second, anyway, he is still very energetic in the car, yesterday he tossed Pippen too much.

After waking up, Gan Guoyang couldn't sleep anymore. Through the foggy car window, he could see the snow falling outside the car. The snow wasn't too heavy, otherwise they wouldn't be able to go to Detroit.

Gan Guoyang couldn't help but think back to his rookie season in 1985. He came to Detroit for the first time to play a game. There was a traffic jam, and the whole team walked directly to the hotel.

The game on the second day was held at the Silverdome Center, a large and incredible stadium that can accommodate more than 8 spectators. It is not used for basketball games at all. The seats on the scene are all temporarily installed. There is still a large space in the back, and the ceiling of the gymnasium is also extremely high. Every time Gan Guoyang plays inside, he feels like playing outdoors.

In the first game at the Silver Top Center, Gan Guoyang shook his fist at Bill Lambiel and was suspended. Although Lambiel hated him at that time, he hadn't reached the point of notoriety yet. When he evolved into a "dark" "Prince", he was knocked down by Robert Parish in the 1987 playoffs.

Thinking of Lambir, Gan Guoyang felt a little depressed. Thinking of playing with him tomorrow, Gan Guoyang felt even more depressed. He knew that he would be "punched and kicked" and tortured mentally. Gan Guoyang was not afraid of any confrontation and challenge, but for such a Sometimes he really can't do anything about the gangsters-especially this group of gangsters also has a great leader, Chuck Daly.

Due to the heavy snow, the Trail Blazers bus did not arrive in Detroit until after four o'clock in the afternoon. It was exhausting to ride the bus all day. This time, the players did not need to walk to the hotel. The bus delivered everyone safely to the designated hotel, and so did Adelman It is announced that there will be no training at night, everyone will have a good rest and prepare for tomorrow's game.

Detroit in 1989 was in the midst of an urban renaissance.After experiencing the oil crisis in the 70s, the auto industry depression, and Detroit's urban crisis, more than a decade later, Detroit's transformation is taking effect, all of which are just like this team, from run-down to Brilliant, from the bottom to the top.

After Gan Guoyang came to the United States, he has to travel between many cities every year. Some cities have not changed much for many years, such as a small city like Milwaukee, while some cities are changing with each passing day, such as Detroit, which was originally a cold and noisy car city. More and more entertainment venues are coming in, such as casinos, nightclubs, strip clubs, and large high-end western restaurants.

This blue-collar city is becoming more and more white-collar. Of course, no one knows what it will be like in another 20 years.

After arriving at the hotel, the Trail Blazers players found that everything was very peaceful. There were no reporters, no media, and no fans. It seemed that it was not the current hot fried chicken in the league, but a high school team coming to Detroit to participate in the state basketball game. .Gan Guoyang, who played an earth-shattering game with Jordan in the last game, did not arouse the slightest interest in Detroit people, but Gan Guoyang was happy and leisurely, hiding in his room, watching TV and reading newspapers.

Gan Guoyang opened the Detroit local newspaper provided by the hotel and put it on the sports section. The headlines on the front page were very face-saving. He put a huge photo of Gan Guoyang's cap Pippen on the cover of yesterday's game, which was also the front page of almost all sports newspapers that day. Headlines, Gan Guoyang and Jordan scored 60 and 63 points respectively in the same game.

Gan Guoyang has no interest in the process of the game and the evaluation after the game. The excitement brought to him by the last game has long passed, and he is always looking forward to the next game.

Gan Guoyang flipped back again, and a report about basketball caught his attention. It was a game preview, that is, tonight, there will be an MHSAA game in a medium-sized stadium in Detroit.

mhsaa is the michigan high school sports league, which is the general name of all high school sports games in michigan, just like ncaa, tonight in detroit, it happens to be the final of the mhsaa high school men's basketball game.

This kind of game is played every year in every state in the United States, and the rules of each state are different. Gan Guoyang stood out in the championship in California, entered the university to play ncaa, and finally entered the nba. This is every professional player. only way.

In Michigan, mhsaa is the highest stage for all young basketball players. The most dazzling new star that has appeared on this stage is Magic Johnson. As a Michigan native, he eventually went to Michigan State University and won the ncaa championship, becoming Michigan basketball hero.

Gan Guoyang was not very interested in this kind of game at first, but in his view now, this is already a game for high school students, not to mention that he will play against the Pistons tomorrow.

But in the report, when introducing the names of the players, a person’s name caught Gan Guoyang’s attention. When the report introduced one of the two sides in the game, the local Detroit day-school (ry-day-school, strange name) player, the focus Introduced their team's power forward, No. 4 player, Chris Webber.

When Gan Guoyang saw the name "chris-webber" and the place Detroit, he knew that this must be the gorgeous king of Sacramento, Webber.

Gan Guoyang thought of the days when he was a fan in the later generations, and thought of his favorite inside player. Besides Yao Ming, it was Webber. Unfortunately, when he started to pay attention to basketball, Webber had already begun to decline, and his life in the Kings was not as good as every year. .

After coming to the United States, Gan Guoyang asked himself that he had met many stars and future stars (some Gan Guoyang didn’t know), but most of them seemed to be outside players. The future super insiders Gan Guoyang had no chance to meet in advance, so Gan Guoyang put down the newspaper , decided to go to the game site to watch a Weber game.

Gan Guoyang came out of the room and went downstairs, asked the front desk of the hotel to call him a taxi, and then went directly to the competition venue in the car.

When Gan Guoyang arrived at the gymnasium, the game had already started. Because the American high school basketball game is a non-commercial game, no tickets are charged. Residents and basketball fans nearby can go to the stadium for free to play for their favorite teams. Come on, or just join in the fun.

Because Detroit Day High School is a local middle school, most of the teams on the scene are dressed in sea blue and cheering for Detroit Day High School. This year is the third consecutive year that Detroit Day High School has reached the MHSAA finals. In the past In the past two years, they all won the championship, which means that this will be their chance to win three consecutive championships.

Gan Guoyang entered the gymnasium through the back door, and then walked directly to the aisle behind the highest stand. He did not want to be seen by too many people. At this time, the game on the field was extremely fierce, and the score was quite anxious.

Gan Guoyang stood tall and looked far, and soon saw the person he wanted to see, the power forward wearing the navy blue No. 4 jersey, Chris Webber, Gan Guoyang could see from his still very young face What the future Purple King will look like.

The audience was very involved, and the scene was extremely noisy. Detroit people’s enthusiasm for basketball is no less than that of any city, and the high school is also very difficult. For any team, the road to three consecutive championships is difficult. , the hardships that Weber will encounter in the future far exceed the present.

Suddenly, during a defense, Webber slapped the opponent's layup with a big cap. His physical fitness far exceeded that of players of the same age, and the ball went straight to the audience.

After Webber blocked the shot, he still put on a proud look under the basket. This is when the opponent went to pick up the ball and looked up but saw the giant standing at the top of the auditorium.

In fact, the lights at the back are not on, and the players on the field can't see the appearance of the people in the audience, but Gan Guoyang's height is too eye-catching, the players on the field stared at him for two or three seconds, and the audience immediately responded Look over at him.

"Sunny-gump!" Soon someone recognized Gan Guoyang.