The Golden Age of Basketball

Adelman's restrictions on Gan Guoyang and the use of new tactics have brought effects beyond imagination. Porter and Drexler now like to play pick and roll around Gan Guoyang

, Because there are so many opportunities that can be created in this way, in Drexler's words, "I feel the beauty of the pick-and-roll for the first time."

However, the first to experience the beauty of the pick-and-roll is not the Portland Trail Blazers, but the opponents they will meet later. On March 3, the Trail Blazers flight arrived in Salt Lake City.

Field, their next opponent is the Utah Jazz.

Salt Lake City is located in the northwest and has a high altitude. The temperature is still very low in March. Portland, which faces the sea, already has the feeling of spring, but Salt Lake City is still a

Pai winter scene, the Trail Blazers players who have played comfortably at home for a few days are really uncomfortable here.

After Gan Guoyang got off the plane, he began to look around, and after struggling to find it for a long time, he saw John Stockton who greeted him in the lobby of the airport—this guy

Wearing a dark green leather jacket, he was indistinguishable from an ordinary American when he stood in the crowd. No wonder Gan Guoyang had to search for a long time to find him.

"Good morning John, have you been waiting for me for a while?"

"Fortunately, I happened to read a book at the airport for a while." Stockton sat in the bookstore at the airport, and few people probably recognized him.

Every time Gan Guoyang comes to Salt Lake City to play a game, he doesn’t need to bring bodyguards or even stay in a hotel. As a privileged player, he can choose to live in Stockton’s house.

We have been close friends since college, so every time Gan Guoyang went to play in Salt Lake City, or Stockton went to Portland to play, he would either live in each other’s home or have to go to bed at night.

Treat the other person to a meal.

Tonight, Gan Guoyang was invited by Stockton to live in his house and have dinner with him. You must know that in the days when Stockton just joined the Jazz, his small apartment was completely empty.

Fa asked Gan Guoyang to live with him. Now he not only has his own big house, but also gets married and has children. He has his own life here.

Sitting in the newly bought car in Stockton, Gan Guoyang looked at the scenery of Salt Lake City outside the window, and instantly felt that he had returned to 1981, when he just arrived in the United States, the streets of San Francisco

In the United States, the development of the United States is still very rapid. In eight or nine years, the city can be described as changing with each passing day, but Salt Lake City is like a corner forgotten by time.

The style of many years ago.

"Gan, I heard from Mr. Behrman that you still refuse to drive by yourself?" Stockton asked Gan Guoyang while sitting in the driver's seat.

"Huh? Oh, I have my own driver, and his driving skills are quite good." Since that incident, Gan Guoyang has left a psychological shadow, and he never dared to drive by himself again.

In Portland, either Feng Peiyu will drive for him, or Wang Fuxi will pick him up in his own car.

In the United States, a country on wheels, it is unbelievable that a person is unwilling to drive a car, let alone an NBA star who owns many luxury cars.

Some people also made fun of Gan Guoyang as "Gan from primitive society", and Gan Guoyang always laughed it off.

Speaking of Bellman, the two of them had endless topics to talk about. They talked about their college life, the experience of playing under Bellman at that time, and the current situation of their classmates at that time.

What’s more, before he knew it, Stockton drove to his house—a detached house in the suburbs of Salt Lake City. There are many such detached houses in Utah, which is sparsely populated.

house.

Gan Guoyang soon discovered that there was still a car parked in the parking lot in front of Stockton's house. It was a blue GM pickup. Gan Guoyang asked curiously: "You give it back to yourself?"

Bought a pickup truck?Go out and pull lumber for some pocket money when you're not playing? "

Gan Guoyang knew that when Stockton first entered the league, he had no confidence in whether he could gain a foothold in the league. At that time, he often called Gan Guoyang at night to tell his heart.

Worried, and said that he was ready to put on professional attire and go to the company to find a job at any time. Now Gan Guoyang would occasionally use these things to make jokes about Stockton.

"No, this is not my car, it belongs to a friend of mine." Stockton said with a smile, and Gan Guoyang soon knew who this friend was. At first he thought it was Bao

Bo Hansen, he didn't know until he entered the house that the owner of the pickup was Karl Malone.

"Oh my God, Carl, it's great to meet you, I thought I'd be in tomorrow's game to chat with you, talk about life ideals, you know what I love most is on the court and people

Talk about life and ideals. "After Gan Guoyang saw Karl Malone, his tone was obviously not friendly.

The reason is very simple. The two often clashed in the Western Conference games. Both of them have a tough style in the interior, and it is inevitable that they will collide. Of course, it is Malone most of the time.

At a disadvantage, at least in terms of mouth, he was at a disadvantage.

In this year's All-Star Game in Houston, Karl Malone completely stole Gan Guoyang's limelight, and rushed in to score after getting the ball. Although Gan Guoyang never thought of winning the All-Star Game mvp

, but many western stars played for Gan Guoyang. In the end, Malone took over and scored six points in a row at the last moment, robbing Gan Guoyang of the All-Star Game mvp.

past.

Gan Guoyang didn't say anything, but he still had opinions in his heart, so now he is holding his breath and wants to embarrass Ma Long anytime and anywhere.

Regarding Gan Guoyang's ridicule, Ma Long didn't say much, just smiled, and then pointed his arm at Gan Guoyang, expressing that he would use his muscles to deal with Gan Guoyang on the field

Yang, not mouth.

Gan Guoyang didn't say much, soon he met Stockton's wife, Nada, an ordinary woman from Salt Lake City, he was a Stockton fan, because every night

Going to watch the Stockton game, the two met, dated, fell in love, got married, and had children. It can be said that they are a good wife.

In order to welcome the two guests, Nada cooked a large table of Salt Lake City-style dishes. Among them, the famous Utah fried meat burger made Gan Guoyang's mouth full of oil.

He seldom eats such high-calorie foods. When he arrived at an old friend's house tonight, he let go of his appetite.

But even at the dinner table, Gan Guoyang and Karl Malone began to compete.

"How many hamburgers can you eat?" Gan Guoyang asked Ma Long.

"Five."

"I can eat six."

"I can eat eight."

"If you can eat six, I will let you attack in the first half of tomorrow's game."

Fortunately, under Stockton's stop, Malone didn't eat six burgers. Stockton knew Gan Guoyang, who often languishes.

If he eats eight in a row, Malone probably won't be able to compete in tomorrow's game, and gastroenteritis will definitely break out.

Then the topic of the two moved to a new point of contention, that is, who is the best player to partner with Stockton in the pick-and-roll.

"With your jumper skills, you play a pick-and-roll with John, and as long as I block your inside path, you are useless at all, not at all!" At that time, Ka

Er Malone has not yet mastered the mid-range shooting stunt, and the pick-and-roll with Stockton mainly relies on his own impact to cut in, and the role is relatively simple.

"Oh, you didn't have mid-range shooting ability in college, you just developed it now, and one day I will develop it, and I played with John

The time is longer than yours, and the tacit understanding between us is better. What Malone said also made sense.

"That's right, you have worked together longer, but John and I won the championship faster! We won the championship after two years of cooperation, if we hadn't entered the championship in the same year.

In the nba, maybe I will be on the same team, I bet, then I will win the championship in 1986! "Gan Guoyang is talking nonsense anyway, so how can I say it nicely.

The two of them seemed to be jealous of each other. What you said to each other was to prove that you were the best partner for John Stockton, and you almost pulled Stockton over alone.

Pulling and asking "Who do you really love", this made Stockton on the side dumbfounded, and Nada was also a little worried on the side, these two strong men like bears, er, bison

Will there be a fight? Don't demolish your own house by then.

The two of them quarreled from the beginning to the end of the meal. Even if the four of them sat together in the yard of Stockton's house and played bridge, the two still had to pinch each other. Malone's mouth

Ba is not as agile as Gan Guoyang, so Gan Guoyang often takes Ma Long to the ditch with a few words, where Gan Guoyang and Stockton are covering their mouths and laughing, and Ma Long has not yet cleared up.

What happened to Bai.

Later, Ma Long also learned to be good, and easily ignored Gan Guoyang's words, but once he seized the opportunity, he would use short words to fight back fiercely. This is actually a confrontation between the two on the field.

Gan Guoyang has the upper hand most of the time, but Ma Long can sometimes seize the opportunity to teach Gan Guoyang some lessons.

Stockton was a little worried. He didn't know what would happen in tomorrow's game.