In the past two days, Gan Guoyang can be said to be "living is worse than death" in the team training.

Everything starts with the advertisement taken by Gan Guoyang and Jordan.

The commercial advertisements at that time were not as gorgeous and creative as they are now, but mostly some content was straightforward and the pictures were like advertising short films of campus promotional videos.

For example, car advertisements that are broadcast during NBA games are usually a driver driving on a country road, and then stopping in front of a house. The driver gets off and says what kind of car this is and how good it is.

Every time Gan Guoyang sees such an advertisement, he sighs that Americans have been so rustic.

And now, he and Jordan shot the first commercial for Nike, which is very simple but very innovative.

The opening shot is directly given to Jordan, who is wearing Nike sportswear, holding his knees, and looking at the camera, while the background sound is simulating the radio sound of the flight attendant before the plane takes off.

Then the camera gradually moved downward and aimed at Jordan's Nike sneakers. The sound of the background jet became louder and louder, until only Jordan's red-soled and black-edged sneakers were left in the camera. Jordan flew out of the camera with a "bang", leaving only a ball of steam on the ground.

At this time, the face changed and turned black, and Nike's trademark and the words "AIR-Jordan" were printed on the screen.

But the advertisement did not end. Then the camera returned to the picture just now. The ground was empty. The camera paused for a few seconds, and suddenly a pair of feet fell from the sky to the ground. The entire camera swayed.

The feet were wearing Nike shoes with black bottom and red edges, and then the lens moved upwards, and a very tall and majestic figure was taken from top to bottom. It was Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang grabbed the basketball with both hands, raised his head slightly, and looked at the camera with a look of disdain. Then the screen turned black, and Nike's trademark and the words "G-Skyscraper" were printed on the screen.

This will only end if the advertisements that include two subordinate brands are included.

After simple post-processing, the advertisement was broadcast on major TV stations, and the two of them also began to post in sneaker stores in various cities.

The content of the advertisement has caused a great sensation in the American sports world. The entire advertisement is short and powerful, heading straight to the topic, highlighting the characteristics of the two brands "air" and "skyscraper".

Many viewers also commented that this advertisement gives people a refreshing feeling, making people feel urged to buy these two sneakers.

The faces of the yellow-sexed man in Gan Guoyang also appeared on TV stations across the United States with this advertisement, and his popularity continued to rise. At his home in Portland, Gan Guoyang, the mailboxes are often filled with letters from fans from all over the United States.

Logically speaking, such an advertisement does not require any acting skills. Gan Guoyang's expressions and actions in the advertisement are also very good. He originally looked very heroic, but after the post-processing, he showed more domineering in the camera.

But this expression and posture became the object of imitation by the entire Trail Blazers team after the advertisement was broadcast.

After leaving Chicago, the entire Trail Blazers flew to Indiana, the second stop of their three-game trip to the east.

In a hotel in Indiana, Cort was the first to see an advertisement shot by Gan Guoyang on TV. Nike's efficiency was really amazing.

Then, the entire Trail Blazers players saw this advertisement on TV, and then the tragedy of Gan Guoyang began.

During a pre-match team competition training in Indiana, Drexler stood there and began to imitate Gan Guoyang's posture and expression in the advertisement after grabbing a rebound. It took him a full 3 seconds to put on this POSE.

Then the other players all laughed, and even Ramsey on the side shook his head with a smile, and the training could not continue for a while.

Therefore, in the following training, Gan Guoyang became the most embarrassing person in the game. No matter who grabs the rebound, he has to imitate Gan Guoyang's expressions and movements, and the entire training hall has become an imitation show.

Everyone's shooting percentage is decreasing, just to increase the number of rebounds. At the same time, the team's desire to grab rebounds has increased unprecedentedly, and there are crowds of people around the three-second zone for a while.

In order to prevent his teammates from learning his actions again, Gan Guoyang began to catch rebounds frantically. Whether it was his teammates or opponents, he had to grab all the rebounds.

But how could he grab all the rebounds by himself? Later, even his teammates got tired of playing, and the training ended with laughter.

From then on, this move by Gan Guoyang has become a necessary seasoning for pioneers' training. If you have any questions, someone will learn it. Every time this happens, Gan Guoyang feels like "a mistake turns into eternal regret."

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On January 24, 1985, the Portland Trail Blazers challenged the Pacers away in Indianapolis.

The last time the two sides fought, the Trail Blazers easily defeated their opponents at home, but in Indiana, the situation still did not change much.

Indiana is an unbiased sports state in the United States. The people here have an imaginative enthusiasm for sports. Fierce sports such as racing, basketball, and football are the favorites of people here.

Indiana's high school basketball is famous throughout the United States because the state leagues here have always been indiscriminate battles and attract the attention of the whole United States every year.

The Indiana Pacers won the league championship during the ABA, but after entering the NBA, the team was in a slump and was always at the end of the league crane.

Even so, Gan Guoyang still felt the enthusiasm of Indiana fans after entering the court. The entire stadium was already full of spectators, making people feel that this was the home court of a team at the bottom in the East.

In fact, although Indiana's basketball atmosphere is very good, the Pacers' performance is so poor that the stadium will not be full.

There are so many spectators tonight's game, most of them are for watching the Portland Trail Blazers and Gan Guoyang. Of course, there are also many fans of Drexler and Van derwich.

If the team has a good record, the players' popularity will naturally be higher.

If Indiana vs. Cleveland tonight, I guess the tickets at home may not be full. Maybe I have to pay free food or a napkin or something.

The competition process was calm and Gan Guoyang was very glad that his teammates did not learn his advertising actions during the competition, otherwise he would have been speechless.

After Van derwich returned to the team, the team was on the right track in offense, defense and rotation, and the players were in good condition. The Pacers just resisted the half with their home advantage. In the third quarter, they were taken away by the Trail Blazers' 20:3 fast attack shock wave. The final score was 136:104, and the Trail Blazers beat their opponents 32 points away.

Gan Guoyang's performance was still pretty good, with 17 points, 15 rebounds and 2 blocks, continuing his 1515 field performance.

Gan Guoyang always finds it strange. Although the team wins first, he increasingly feels like an omnipotent and cannot score a senior blue-collar player.

He knew that the team was not short of scoring points, and he also tried to make himself play ball reasonably, and his coaches and teammates were satisfied, but sometimes he still missed the days when he ignored the days of scoring crazy points in the early stage of the season.

Therefore, Gan Guoyang has never relaxed his offensive ability practice, and he still can't stop shooting training after every day.

He has been practicing hooking since he was in college, and he has to repeat the footwork practice at least two hundred times every night.

Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared.

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"Let's go, Gan, don't practice anymore, you are already strong enough." After returning to the hotel after the game, other players found an opportunity to go out and relax, but Gan Guoyang continued to find a gym to practice his biceps.

"No, you go, my mission has not been completed yet." Gan Guoyang rejected Carl's invitation and continued to sweat in the gym.

Since the next game will be played in three days, the Trail Blazers players have plenty of time to adjust and rest.

The next day, on January 25, the entire Trail Blazers took another journey by plane. This time, their destination was Boston, the capital of Massachusetts.

Their opponent will be the current league title this season, the championship last season, the most legendary team in NBA history, the Green Empire, and the Boston Celtics.

Gan Guoyang has been a long-standing famous person for the Celtics, but he will never be nervous about a regular season game again.

The last time he felt nervous before the game was when he first played against the Lakers at the beginning of the season, he never felt that the game hadn't started yet, but his heart was about to pop out of his chest.

So after arriving in Boston, Gan Guoyang pulled his suitcase and followed his teammates to the hotel where he was stationed.

"I hope I can have a good night's sleep these two nights. I don't want to go to the race with dark circles anymore." Van dervich said in the car with his eyes closed.

"Have you lost insomnia these two days?" Gan Guoyang felt very strange when he heard Sampson's words. Generally speaking, athletes rarely suffer from insomnia. They are as tired as dogs in training every day, so they have no time to suffer from insomnia.

"Haha, this is your first time in Boston. You'd better be careful, don't eat randomly, and close the windows at night." Kenny Carr reminded on the side.

"What does this mean?" Gan Guoyang felt even more strange.

"You will understand Gan, perform well. Boston Garden Plaza is the best performance stage." Sampson also looked at Gan Guoyang's mysterious look.

Gan Guoyang felt a little confused when these old players said that, including Cauchy, and rookies such as him were also confused.

No matter how powerful the Celtics are, they are at the same level as the Lakers. The team has just defeated the Lakers away, so it is naturally no longer a problem to play the Celtics in Boston.

"Oh, it's so terrifying, isn't it just a game?" Gan Guoyang shook his head and thought.

However, Gan Guoyang still remembered their advice and did not eat anything from the hotel randomly after arriving at the hotel, but only ate the food specified by the team.

When he went to bed at night, Gan Guoyang finally understood why Sampson said, "I hope I can have a good night's sleep at night."

From nine o'clock in the evening, people kept calling Gan Guoyang's room. At first, Gan Guoyang answered, but he found that either no one listened or just nonsense guys.

Later, there were too many phone calls, so Gan Guoyang had to unplug the phone line.

Then Gan Guoyang also found that the old hotel arranged for them was very low, and the hotel was leaning against the street, with traffic, and the sound insulation of the rooms was not good at all, and it was very noisy all night.

Fortunately, Gan Guoyang was sleeping well. Before going to bed, he practiced endurance for half an hour and was relatively tired, so he fell asleep quickly.

But the next day he got up and gathered the whole team and found that someone had not had a good sleep at night, that was head coach Ramsey.

Ramsey was also harassed by phone last night, and there were always people knocking on his door. Once the door opened, there was no one. If it were someone else, it would probably be suspected that there was a ghost here.

However, this is not the first time Ramsey has come to Boston. He knows that this is a welcome gift from the people of Boston and that it has just begun.

In the middle of the night, the fire bell in Ramsey's room suddenly rang, awakening Ramsey, who was sleeping soundly, and then the hotel informed him that it was a circuit failure.

Ramsey is older and can no longer sleep after waking up in the middle of the night, so the next day he can only hold dark circles.

Gan Guoyang looked at Ramsey's panda eyes and thought: "Is this the fuck the place where the most concentrated American colleges and universities?"

Boston is home to several of the most famous colleges and universities in the United States.
Chapter completed!