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Chapter 88 Going-the-distance(1/2)

(I have to study for a degree on Saturdays and weekends, so it will be more late and unstable to update, sorry.)

The night sky in Seattle is like other cities in the United States. The lights in the city illuminate the sky and paint a faint aperture under the huge and boundless shady curtain.

However, Seattle, with higher latitude and fresh air, can see a lot of stars at night. These stars from the distant and deep universe, only a few flashing lights remain when their light reaches the earth.

The bright starry sky and the bright city complement each other, and the space tower in Seattle is like the flying saucer command center in a science fiction movie, standing in

In fact, the signal of an extremely fierce game was transmitted to all over the United States through the Space Tower, causing the mood of fans in front of the TV and in front of the radio to rise and fall with the changes in the situation on the field.

At this time, a moving spot of light appeared in the flickering and fixed starry sky. It slowly moved downwards, and a red light flashed on the same side.

"This flight from Los Angeles to Seattle is about to arrive. Please prepare for getting off the plane, fasten your seat belts, check your luggage, and do not miss it. I hope our service will satisfy you, North American Airlines..."

This is a direct flight from Los Angeles to Seattle, and the plane has arrived at Seattle Airport and is about to land.

Although it is not flying across time zones, long-term flight still makes many passengers dream. Now they are awakening and ready to get off the plane.

When the plane landed safely, the first one to come out of the deboard was a tall girl with a very good figure, wearing a pink baseball cap, blue and white jeans that outlined beautiful lines, and a navy blue sportswear.

The words "Gonzaga" are printed on the sportswear, but the word "Gump" is printed on the back, which means fool.

The girl was in a hurry and came out of the passage with a large canvas bag on her back. She trotted all the way out of the airport. When she arrived at the taxi stop, she found that there were very few taxis waiting for passengers there.

"What's going on? Have taxi drivers in the whole city stopped working and went to watch the competition?" the girl murmured in a low voice.

Fortunately, there are still several taxis that are going to do business. When they saw a customer coming out of the airport exit, they honked the horn and signaled that they could leave.

The girl ran to the car closest to him, opened the door, and got in as fast as possible.

"You want..."

“Domesco Arena!”

The driver was for the black driver. Before he could ask the customer where he was going, the customer was already impatient to tell the destination.

"Domesco Arena, no problem, but it's too late to watch the game now, it's almost nine o'clock." The NCAA finals started at 7:30 pm Pacific time, and it's already 9 o'clock, and the second half has begun.

It takes at least 40 minutes for a taxi to drive from the airport to the stadium.

"It doesn't matter. As long as you can catch up, it doesn't matter even if you take a look at it for the last time." The girl said.

"Oh, okay. You are wearing Gonzaga's sportswear. Is it a student of Gonzaga?" The driver noticed the girl's clothes.

"Yes." The girl nodded.

"I thought you were a model, so tall. I've also carried some models before, oh they are so thin, you seem to be better." The black uncle said with a smile. Taxi drivers are always synonymous with talkativeness.

"I'm not a model, I'm just an ordinary student."

"Oh, you don't seem to be white, but... Chinese? Or Japanese? Japanese don't seem to be as tall as you." The black uncle discovered that the girl with a pink baseball cap was a yellow man.

"I'm Chinese, from Los Angeles." The girl replied.

"Los Angeles? Oh my God, are you running over so far just to watch a quarter game?" The black uncle was surprised.

"Yes, because my boyfriend is going to play tonight." The girl said, with a glimmer of light in her eyes.

"Wow, your boyfriend? It's so fucking... Sorry, I swear, but I don't know much about basketball, but I heard that there is a Chinese boy who is very, very powerful. He brought Gonzaga into the finals. Is he the 'boyfriend' you said?" The black uncle is very careless about other people's affairs.

The girl did not speak, but nodded slightly. Seeing that she admitted it, the black uncle seemed unwilling to say more, he did not continue the topic.

This girl is naturally Wang Fuxi.

According to the original plan, she was going to Seattle with Gonzaga's fans to watch Gonzaga's semi-finals and finals, but some changes occurred at Wang Fuxi's home.

Her home was robbed by several black people at the electrical appliance store in Inglewood. Most of the property in the store was robbed and some goods were damaged.

Wang Fuxi's father was shot by one of the overly nervous robbers. Fortunately, he was only slightly injured and nothing serious was involved.

Upon hearing this news, Gan Guoyang naturally asked Wang Fuxi to go home to accompany his father first, and then go to Seattle to watch the game if possible.

Wang Fuxi returned to Los Angeles and saw his safe and sound father at the hospital where his mother worked. The stone in his heart fell to the ground.

In the next few days, she was filial to accompany her father in the hospital. Until the day of the finals, Wang Fuxi's father also asked Fuxi to go to Seattle to watch the Gan Guoyang game.

Wang Fuxi was very moved by his father's understanding, but the airline was not grateful. The flight from Los Angeles to Seattle was delayed for 5 hours due to mechanical failure.

The plane, which was originally expected to arrive in the afternoon, did not arrive until nine o'clock in the evening. At this time, the competition had entered the second half, so Wang Fuxi was in such a hurry.

For Wang Fuxi, the arrival of Gan Guoyang seemed like a miracle that suddenly appeared in her life. She never thought that there would be such a man in her life.

She once admired him because of his superb football skills, and her heart was rippled because of his deep eyes and dull appearance.

And in contact with him, she found that this man was like a deep well, an ancient well, but sweet and delicious. His wisdom, his extensive knowledge, his humor, and his gentleness and consideration all made Wang Fuxi deeply intoxicated.

Finally, on that night, she dedicated everything she had to him, and it was the happiest and fulfilling night in her life.

Although the two rarely had the opportunity to experience such happiness again due to school transfer storm and basketball training, their emotions never cooled down.

Finally, she also went to the cold Spokane to find the warmth in her heart.

Wang Fuxi also loves basketball, but she prefers to see Gan Guoyang's focused expression and look in the game, just like when she stood naked in front of him that night.

She knew this was love. Although sharing this love with a basketball made Wang Fuxi sometimes feel resentful, especially when Gan Guoyang played the ball for more than a week in other states.

But he still silently supported Gan Guoyang and called him every day.

She firmly believed that in Gan Guoyang's heart, her position must be irreplaceable, certainly.

No matter how far apart, they cannot stop their love.

"By the way, can you turn on the radio? I want to hear about the competition." Wang Fuxi suddenly thought that there was a radio to listen to the finals, so he hurriedly said to the black uncle.

"Well, I don't actually listen to basketball games, I only listen to Seattle Seahawks; otherwise I'd already run home to watch TV, rather than waiting for business here." The black uncle said, turning on the radio in the car and turning it on to the Seattle Local Sports Channel.

Blackburn's loud voice and fluent live commentary immediately came from the radio.

"Blackburn, this guy's commentator is very good. Unfortunately, he no longer comments on the NFL game. It's such a pity."

"... Oh my god, Gan fouled. Just 2 minutes into the second half, Gonzaga's number one star, their No. 11 player Gan had already made two fouls, one defensive foul and one offensive foul, so he had already made three fouls! The situation was a bit subtle. Although Gonzaga was still leading by 5 points, Gonzaga's coach had to put their number one ace back on the bench and replace them with substitute center Raf..."

As soon as he turned on the radio, the commentary content from inside made Wang Fuxi's heart tighten instantly. Although he knew that Gonzaga was ahead of the score, Gan Guoyang actually made consecutive fouls and had to rest. This was really bad news for Gonzaga.

"In this way, the ball will be back to Houston's hands. It was Houston's top scorer Michael Young, who caused Gan's offensive foul. He just used a two-plus one in the offense, which scored two points and caused Gan's foul... We see, it was Michael Young, another single-block cooperation with Olajuwon. Raff was attracted to the periphery, and his attention was taken away by Olajuwon. Michael Young was hit by a pincer, which was very difficult. He shot and turned over and jumped and hit the board! The ball went in! Michael Young, who performed like a bulletless gun in the first half, reloaded the magazine in the second half!"

After the second half, Michael Young, the Houston Cougars' top scoring point, began to recover, relying on his outstanding personal ability to score 5 points in a row, narrowing the gap of 8 points in the first half to 3 points.

"Let's see what kind of responses Gonzaga will have. Their top strong point has been blown off the court by the referee. They have no reliable scoring points. The outside line is constantly transferring the ball, their running and transfer are still so smooth, and they are very patient, so patient that I am about to fall asleep. The Cougars' defensive players seem to be about to fall asleep... Matthews had a chance on the left, he swung for a moment and did not shoot, and he chose to break inward... Oh, Olajuwon, gave him a big hot pot! This is simply playing volleyball, a beautiful smash, we can see Olajuwon shook his head, as if saying 'Don't come next time'."

Although Gonzaga, who has lost the strongest point, plays very patiently and has a slow pace, patience does not mean that he can get points. They still lack players with strong singles ability.

According to Bellman's original plan, he used slow pace and opponents to drag the defense with his opponent. There was no need to worry too much about Gan Guoyang in defense, but he was patient in the offense. If there was no chance, let Gan Guoyang play singles at a low post to solve the problem.

However, the referee's two foul calls made Bellman's plan completely fail within one minute, and he had to make a re-adjustment, but the players' touch was not as good as the first half.

Olajuwon, who is in the Houston interior, is simply a blocking machine without Gan Guoyang's restraint. When he was in front of him, the Gonzaga player was obviously not determined enough when shooting.

"...Yang's breakthrough attracted the attention of three people, but they ignored Olajuwon who was inserted, catching the ball and dunk! Oh my god, I could feel the basket shaking in the commentary box, no one could stop him, no one. If anything, that person was sitting on the bench."

Gonzaga's defense was obviously a bit sloppy, and Young's breakthrough and shooting feeling began to be found. Anderson, the inside, had to help Claremont assist in defense, while Raf's defensive awareness was obviously not good. He missed Olajuwon, giving him the opportunity to score easily.

"Olajuwon's performance doesn't seem to end. Gonzaga's serve was intercepted by him! He didn't choose to shoot, he passed the ball to Young on the outside! Michael Young shot 45 degrees from the left, hit! Hit! Overtaken! Overtaken! Just 4 minutes into the second half, the Houston Jaguars relied on the outstanding performance of Michael Young and Olajuwon to overtake the score! 45:46! They overtaken by one point!"

Blackburn's voice on the radio seemed particularly harsh in Wang Fuxi's ears. She didn't expect that Gonzaga was overtaken as soon as she heard about the game, and Gan Guoyang had to leave the court for a foul.

Wang Fuxi was so angry that he turned off the radio switch and was unwilling to listen again.

"It is normal for the situation on the court to rise and fall. If you calm down, you must have confidence in the team you support." The black uncle taught Wang Fuxi like an old fan.

"Forrest Gump must be anxious to let the coach send him on the court now, but what should he do if he commits a foul again?"

At this time, in New York, east and west of Seattle, in the student apartment at New York University's Stern School of Business at the Hudson Estuary, there was also a group of fans staring at TV to watch the NCAA battle.

"How is the score?" asked a man.

"Hey, LEE? Why are you here too? I don't remember you used to watch basketball and you didn't even go to watch school games."

"I just want to see how great a player with yellow skin and dark hair like me is," Lee said.

"Haha, indeed, he was excellent, surprisingly outstanding; but he was trapped in the second half of the foul, and Gonzaga was in danger."

"Yeah?"

Lee looked at the TV. Although he didn't understand basketball, he could still tell which Chinese was from the players on the court. It was so easy to recognize.

"I saw him, he seemed to be on the court."

"Oh my God, is he crazy? He has committed three fouls, and even ghosts can tell that if he is sent off, Gonzaga will be finished."

"No, I believe him. This is a wise and insightful person. He must know very well what he is doing."

"Come on Lee, you seem to know him."

"I think I do know him..."

…………

In Salt Lake City, Utah Plateau, Utah Jazz players also watched the game in the lounge of the training hall. Although the NBA was suspended for one day because of this game, they still had to train.

Of course, I have to watch this highly anticipated battle in front of the TV at night.

"Gonzaga is in trouble, Eaton, I heard that the yellow boy used to be from UCLA, but later he rebelled at Gonzaga."

"Yes, but, I think, this guy is great, and I don't like UCLA." Eaton said slowly, he always talks slowly, and so does playing basketball.

"This guy is on the court! I think he's going to commit 5 today... Oh, beautiful CNY, who the fuck is that number 12?"

Eaton also saw that it was Gonzaga's Stockton, who used Gan Guoyang's cover to make a mid-range shot, stabilized the situation in Gonzaga, and at the same time, the score also overtook again.

"I know, he is John, and I have seen him." Eaton said slowly again.

"This guy is as slow as you talk, Eaton." Someone said, and the players laughed.
To be continued...
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