The Golden Age of Basketball

On the evening of May 5th, Gan Guoyang witnessed "the-shot", one of the most classic shots in Michael Jordan's career, in front of the TV. Jordan led the Bulls in the last second of the fifth life-and-death battle, 7:99 behind the Cavaliers. In the case of two points, he hit the winning goal, lore the Cleveland Cavaliers, led the Bulls to the sixth pick in the Eastern Conference, defeated the Cavaliers by a big score of 100:3, and successfully advanced to the next round.

Gan Guoyang watched Jordan jumping high like a cheetah after the lore, waving his fist vigorously, and couldn't help but feel a little boiling in his heart. It was a perfect shot, and even the score was so perfect, 101:100 , Gan Guoyang almost threw the water glass in his hand when Jordan scored the goal.

At the same time, the Blazers' final opponents have also been announced. The Phoenix Suns defeated the Seattle Supersonics at home and successfully reached the Western Conference semifinals. But at this time, Gan Guoyang didn't care about the opponents in the semifinals. Jordan.

So Gan Guoyang ran to the side and picked up the phone, and then took out a phone book from the drawer, which recorded Jordan's bp number. In the era when there were no mobile phones, bp phones became an important tool for people to contact. It is already very common. In fact, China had already started using bp machines at that time.

After calling the paging station of the bp machine and giving the number, Gan Guoyang hung up the phone, picked up the basketball from the room and went to his own court to practice. Gan Guoyang once made such an exciting goal, ncaa finals, He has been to the finals before, so he can feel the turbulent mood, the moment when the surroundings are quiet, and the whole world is left with only himself, so Gan Guoyang felt the same after seeing Jordan make that goal Can't be myself.

"Forrest Gump, you still have to go out to play. Haven't practiced enough today?" Wang Fuxi heard Gan Guoyang's voice coming out of the study, and saw Gan Guoyang running to the basketball court in the backyard with the ball.

"Jordan will call me later, remember to call me!" Gan Guoyang did not forget to remind Wang Fuxi.

Gan Guoyang came to the court, and at the position where Jordan shot just now, he used the same posture to hang in the air and then shot.

"Shua!" Gan Guoyang also hit the jump shot, but there was no defense in front of him, so it wasn't a game.

Gan Guoyang didn't stop, he kept shooting, shooting and shooting again, imagining the 1984 NCAA finals in his mind, imagining the 1986 finals, imagining the scene of every key shot and lore shot, that kind of Excitement and fanaticism excited him. It was this kind of thrill of survival that made him tenaciously pursue one victory after another.

After 15 minutes, Wang Fuxi walked into the courtyard and told him that Jordan's call came, Gan Guoyang hurried back to answer the phone, and as soon as he got the phone, he heard Jordan's voice: "I did it Gan, I did it! I feel like I'm standing on a cloud, I feel like this is the best day of my life, I feel like I'm different, different, I feel like the championship has opened the door for me!"

Jordan's voice was very loud, and there were noises behind him. Gan Guoyang estimated that he should be celebrating with his teammates now. There should be quite a few people calling Jordan on the BP phone tonight, but he replied to Gan Guoyang immediately.

"You are still far away! I will wait for you in the finals, and then I will show you what the real 'the-shot' is!"

"Hahaha, don't be kidding, your three-legged cat's shooting skills." Jordan has always been unconvinced by Gan Guoyang's shooting level, because Gan Guoyang's three-pointers are better than him. "I'm not kidding, my shot is as good as your layup, but you think about how to beat Ewing first, if you can't even do a gorilla, don't bring it up to beat me."

"Wow, wow, you still worry about yourselves, I don't pay attention to Ewing at all, he was not my opponent in college, just watch." Jordan has a reason to look down on Ewing , Georgetown lost to North Carolina in the finals when they were in college. Ewing performed very badly at that time, and it was Jordan who killed Georgetown.

"Then let me tell you, Kevin Johnson was my underdog in high school. I can beat him until I don't even know him." Kevin Johnson has become the top card of the Suns this season, and his rise is so fast It is staggering that Johnson appeared as the finale when the Suns played.However, Gan Guoyang obviously didn't like Kevin Johnson. In the California Southern District Finals, Gan Guoyang led his team to kill Johnson's Sacramento High School.

Ewing, who was preparing for the second round in New York at this time, and Kevin Johnson, who also won the life-and-death match and was immersed in joy, must not know that the two of them, the new hope and urban basketball hero of Phoenix and New York, were just like that. The two guys were scorned on the phone.

However, they are really qualified and able to despise them. With their personalities, even if they say these words in front of Ewing and Kevin Johnson, Ewing and Johnson may not dare to talk back. not enough.

The two guys chatted on the phone for a long time, and finally Wang Fuxi urged Gan Guoyang to go to bed, and Gan Guoyang hung up the phone and went back to the room obediently.

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On May 5th, the first round of the playoffs is all over, and the Eastern and Western semifinals have been played. The Portland Trail Blazers in the West will face the Phoenix Suns, the Los Angeles Lakers will face the Utah Jazz, and the Detroit Pistons in the East will easily lose Bird. The Celtics, the opponent in the semifinals is the Milwaukee Bucks, and the Chicago Bulls will challenge the New York Knicks, the Bulls and the Knicks, and the grievances between Jordan and Ewing have also officially kicked off.

Before the game, Sabonis was sitting in the locker room in casual clothes. He looked a bit lost. Sabonis played quite well in the first round of the playoffs and fulfilled his tasks with due diligence. Manute Ball Sabonis has nothing to do in front of him, which is not easy for an NBA rookie.

Sabonis originally wanted to continue fighting with the team in the semifinals, but he had a knee problem. For the sake of his long-term career, he followed the team doctor's advice and chose to rest for two weeks.

In two weeks, unless the Blazers and the Suns reach Game [-], Sabonis will not have the chance to play in the semifinals.

"Happy Avidas, if I were you, I would sit comfortably in the best viewing position of the Memorial Stadium, watching the game while commenting on how bad those guys on the court are playing! If it were me, How great it will be!" Gan Guoyang looked at Sabonis' frowning look, stepped forward to comfort him, and there were still more than ten minutes left before the start of the game.

Sabonis knew that Gan Guoyang was joking with him, but he was really depressed, so he just raised his head and smiled wryly.

"Okay, Avidas, I promise to take out the Suns in 4 games, and don't worry, the Utah Jazz can't last 4 games in front of the Lakers. At that time, the Western Conference Finals will be held ahead of time. When you recover, you can learn a lesson. Teach Kareem Abdul-Jabbar a lesson and see him off as an old man."

Gan Guoyang boasted that he went to Haikou to solve the Suns in four games, but he was not joking. The Blazers swept the Suns in the same division during the regular season.

Therefore, Gan Guoyang has every reason to release such big words, and Gan Guoyang has always been a person who will follow his words, because he never brags about what he is not sure about.

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"Sabonis was troubled by injuries and should have missed the entire semifinals, but the Blazers did not use the inside combination of Gan and Williams, but unexpectedly used Kevin Duckworth, which It should be his first start this season, and it seems that Adelman is very reluctant to let Gan play center, which will make him fall into the opponent's double-team."

The TV station that got the right to broadcast live tonight is ESPN, and the commentator is Don Patrick, but his partner is not Bill Walton. Walton has not yet received a contract from ESPN at this time, and the commentator for the playoffs is invited by ESPN. The heavy guest here is the former head coach of the NBA, Hubie Brown.

"The Blazers use Duckworth for only one purpose, to strengthen the defense and defeat the Suns with defense." Hubie Brown's explanation is simple and direct. As a tactical master and a former NBA head coach, he hits the nail on the head.