The Golden Age of Basketball

"It's like a dream, but why don't I feel very solid?"

The night before leaving Portland, Gan Guoyang said this to her after finishing saving with Wang Fu Xiwen.

"Before you really succeed, no matter how sure you are, people's hearts are always uneasy." Wang Fuxi stroked Gan Guoyang's strong chest muscles and said to her softly.

Gan Guoyang slowly pulled out the arm under Wang Fuxi's head, got out of bed, went to the bathroom and turned on the faucet, ready to take a bath.

The first two games of the Finals were unexpectedly smooth, just like they played against the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals. The difference is that Gan Guoyang and the Trail Blazers had long faced each other in the regular season.

The Lakers have established a sufficient psychological advantage. The strength of the two teams is comparable to that of 88. The score of 4:1 is completely in the team's expectation. The Lakers are not as good as they seem.

Kind of scary.

But the Detroit Pistons are different. The two teams have wins and losses in the regular season. To a certain extent, the Pistons' lineup restrains the Trail Blazers. The Pistons have a strong inside defense and outside firepower.

Strong. In history, the 1990 Pistons let a Rick Mahon (the new team was established in 1990 and was selected away), and also beat the Blazers submissively. Now the Blazers are the biggest

Relying on nature is Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang was lying in the bathtub, recalling every detail of the game. One thing he could confirm was that the hard power of this Blazers team was definitely above that of the Pistons.

Running in, the team has reached the best state in all aspects. Although the Pistons are strong, they are head-to-head. Their lack of offensive power inside is the biggest flaw.

And after the absence of Dantley, although Aguili got along better with his teammates, his state is not as good as Dantley. In the first two games of the finals, when the two sides

When the battle reached the critical point, the Pistons lack of low-post attackers was greatly exposed. Facing Gan Guoyang's continuous scoring inside, the Pistons did not have a reliable insider.

line of fire.

Gan Guoyang took a bath, looked at his arm, it was full of scratches, of course, these were not the bloodstains left by Wang Fuxi scratching him, but were pushed and shoved by the Pistons during the game

It is conceivable that after arriving in Detroit, this kind of destruction will only intensify.

Gan Guoyang is fully prepared for this, but I don’t know if the other players of the Blazers have such mental preparations to deal with the bad boy who returns to the Palace of Auburn Hills

Legion.

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In the afternoon of the second day, Gan Guoyang, together with his teammates, coaches and staff of the Trail Blazers, took a flight to Detroit, Michigan, but the plane was delayed for two days due to heavy rain.

It took off in an hour, and during the flight, there were thunderstorms and turbulent currents. Everyone was almost worried that they would not be able to come down if they went up.

Fortunately, the plane finally arrived at the Detroit airport safely. They arrived nearly three hours later than the scheduled arrival time, just in time for the rush hour in Detroit.

, a large number of people who work in automobile companies drive their cars home from the city center, the road is congested in a mess, and it is difficult for the pioneer bus to move on the road

Row.

By the time they arrived at the designated hotel, it was already past 8 o'clock in the evening. The people in the car hadn't eaten dinner. In addition to the long journey, everyone was sleepy, Ade

Erman originally wanted to do some simple training after arriving in Detroit. Seeing the players in such a state, he had to cancel the training, let everyone have a good rest, and prepare for the game at the Palace of Auburn Hills the next day.

At night, there was another thing that made the Blazers players very depressed, that is, their rooms were all on the side of the road. As a result, the cars on the road at night seemed to have been negotiated. In the morning, everyone blew their horns to "salute", which made the players feel restless.

"The people of Detroit have fought against the people of Boston for so many years, and they have really learned a lot." Gan Guoyang had to wear earplugs to sleep in the room. These little tricks were all invented by the great cardinal of the Celtics. They have suffered a lot in terms of methods, and now they are imitating their example and come to harm their opponents.

Anyway, after waking up the next day, the players of the Blazers were not in such good condition, at least not as good as they were in Portland, where everyone can sleep comfortably at home.

"Cheer up! We should have more energy in the away game, because no one will support us in the whole city except ourselves. If we don't cheer up again, we can only be slaughtered."

In the afternoon training, Adelman repeatedly reminded the players to boost the morale of the team. This is the case in the away game. The away team is isolated and helpless. They must have a strong heart and spirit to overcome the loneliness and even burst into greater strength.

In the last round against the Lakers, in such a dangerous situation in the fourth game, it was relying on the great mental strength and super performance of the players that they defeated their opponents and won a key victory.

However, the Blazers players have to go to the Great Western Forum Arena many times a year to play. Gan Guoyang has watched and played there for nearly ten years. It is not too much to say that it is half of his home court. It's different, this new arena has just been put into use this year, replacing the previously modified Silver Top Center, this brand new arena Gan Guoyang is not unfamiliar at all, he knows that in the future there will be the biggest brawl in history And notorious.

The Blazers only played one game here in the regular season, and they lost the game. The third game of the finals was their second game here. The facilities in the arena are quite advanced, full of 80s players. The sense of technology is not like some old arenas, which still have the taste of the 50s.

This kind of advancement brings with it a sense of strangeness. The environment of the visiting team’s locker room is still relatively harsh, with a narrow space, and the air-conditioning is not particularly pleasant. From yesterday to now, the Blazers have basically encountered no good things along the way. , so everyone in the locker room felt a little bit stuck.

Adelman and Gan Guoyang took turns to cheer everyone up, but with a 2-0 lead, they didn't feel like they were fighting against each other. When everyone came out of the player tunnel and stepped onto the field, the loud noise immediately flooded their ears. The sound focus here is clearly good.

Unlike Portland, most of the fans watching the game in Portland are white-collar workers in the city, which is very similar to Los Angeles, so if you look around, you can see that all the fans in the auditorium are well-dressed young fans. In summer, they also wear various shirts or casual clothes with collars. Of course, their enthusiasm for watching football is quite crazy; and Detroit is a blue-collar city, so the fans here are also full of blue-collar atmosphere. In summer, most people wear All of them are T-shirts, or white T-shirts, with various slogans written on them, and some are wearing black T-shirts, with skulls printed on them and "bad-bo" written on them.

Therefore, compared with the equally enthusiastic Portland fans, Detroit fans are a little more crazy. When Gan Guoyang appeared on the stage, he could clearly hear fans yelling "murderer", "Nazis", "Nazis" at him for the first time. Executioner"...

Undoubtedly, Gan Guoyang, who became the focus of everyone's attention because of his suicide, has not been completely freed from troubles. The people in Portland still love him, but not necessarily in other places, especially in Detroit, everyone is doing everything they can Can mock him, interfere with him.

Compared with the Trail Blazers, the Pistons' players have obviously undergone sufficient adjustments. During the two-day rest period, Daly and the players made a profound summary and reflection, completely cast aside the contemptuous attitude in their hearts, and vowed to give the Trail Blazers Heavy blow.

Such blows are all-round and come very quickly.

The game started soon, and the players were still stretching their muscles and bones on the field, preparing for the upcoming fierce battle. Sabonis and Lambiel jumped the ball.

This time, Sabonis once again met the ball by virtue of his height and wingspan, and passed the ball to Terry Porter. Porter jumped up to catch the ball, ready to take the ball for the first attack, but, jumping in the air He suddenly collided with Rick Mahon. Instead of knocking Porter down, Mahon "hugged" Porter and fell to the ground hard, and then pressed Porter under him. .

Naturally, the referee's whistle blew immediately, and Ma Hong still opened his hands and looked around innocently, unwilling to get up for a long time, and Porter was crushed by him like this.

"You fucking get up!" Kexi was the first to see Porter being bullied like this, but Gan Guoyang pulled him up behind him, and Ma Hong was also pulled up by his teammates. The referee naturally Ma Hong was sentenced to a foul, and the Blazers had the ball, but Mahon kept claiming to the referee that he tripped accidentally.

And this is just the beginning.

Later, the Blazers finally realized the meaning of "bad-bo". In the 5th minute of the first quarter, Porter caught the ball outside the three-point line and was about to make a jumper. Lambir rushed over to interfere, and Porter made a fake move to prepare for a breakthrough. , but Lambiel's elbow "just happened" to graze Potter's head, and Potter fell directly to the ground.

When the referee's whistle blew, Lambiel was still holding his hands high, with a "what's wrong with me" expression on his face, and then he was sentenced to a flagrant foul, but Porter also ended up receiving treatment.

At the beginning of the second quarter, when Cauchy was grabbing a backcourt rebound, he landed on one foot and was a little unsteady. He also threw the ball out, but it fell into Rodman's hands, and Rodman dunked directly.

In a game with little difference in strength, it is often a few small details that determine the trend of the game, and at such critical moments, the Pistons players will use some means outside the rules to profit, which makes the Blazers players emotional getting worse.

The first one who couldn't help it was Cauchy. In the second half, when the Blazers were behind, his forced layup was hit by Lambiel. This conflict lasted for 5 minutes before it ended under the persuasion of the referee and teammates.

The only player in the Blazers who performed normally was Gan Guoyang. He was always as stable as Mount Tai. No matter how the Pistons fouled him, he remained calm and only punished them with goals.

However, the impatience and abnormal performance of his teammates left Gan Guoyang alone. On the contrary, the Pistons were very adaptable to the atmosphere of the game. With the fans cheering wildly, they got bigger and smoother. In the fourth quarter, they played a 25:10 offensive frenzy and defeated the pioneer Or, the final score was 119:101, and the Pistons pulled back a big score.

Auburn Hills Palace Arena, showing his ferocious face.