One hundred and ninetieth chapters come to an end
(It was sent on time at 7 o'clock, but I don't know why it was not sent out)
"Beep! The Western Conference All-Stars were suspended!" The referee blew a whistle when the fourth quarter of the All-Stars was about to end with 3 minutes left in the end of the fourth quarter of the All-Stars. Ramsey called a pause.
At this time, the Western Conference All-Star team did not fall behind. Instead, they led by 12 points. In the last three minutes, as long as the stars of the Eastern Conference All-Star team did not get angry, everyone would walk and play this entertainment game.
But Ramsey couldn't stand watching Gan Guoyang's performance on the court.
During the 7 minutes of playing time in the first half, Gan Guoyang brushed all the scores, backcourt rebounds, blocks and assists. He also got free throws, steals, and frontcourt rebounds, but he was stunned by a three-pointer.
And at the last moment of the fourth quarter, he began to make mistakes and fouls.
He first used a foul to send Ranbir to the free throw line, and at the same time he slapped Ranbir in the arm.
Immediately after taking off the rebound, a long pass directly hit the ball on the rebound. The ball bounced into the hands of the Eastern All-Stars, which was a mistake.
The Eastern Conference All-Stars also took this opportunity to narrow the gap between the two sides to 12 points, and there was originally a 15-point gap between the two sides.
As his head coach, Ramsey, as his head coach, called a timeout and pushed Gan Guoyang to the bench.
It doesn't matter to Gan Guoyang. He has enough money anyway. He played for 15 minutes and scored 5 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 1 foul, and 1 turnover. Anyway, he has all the data that can be counted on the table. It can be said that he has fulfilled merit and no desires.
What made Gan Guoyang even more satisfied was Ralph Sampson's performance, second only to Magic Johnson in 29 minutes, and he scored 22 points and 10 rebounds on 9 of 14 shots.
In the last three minutes, he scored two more points. In the end, when the score of the game was frozen at 140:129 and the Western Conference All-Stars defeated the Eastern Conference All-Stars, Sampson became the highest-scoring player in the West.
Although Magic Johnson's data with 21 points, 15 assists and 5 rebounds are also dazzling, according to convention, the All-Star MVP awards will be given to the player with the highest average score in the win team.
"I announce that the All-Star MVP of this All-Star Game is awarded to Ralph Sampson from the Houston Rockets! You are, the Star of the Star!"
When David Stern handed the trophy to Sampson and said the famous "You-are-the-star-among-the-stars", the audience burst into the warmest applause.
Gan Guoyang could have put down a big stone in his heart. He thought that he would not let the All-Star MVP change his position, and it would not be a problem to let the championship of the dunk contest change individually.
In this regard, the 1985 All-Star Game came to an end at the Indianapolis Mountain Dome Stadium, and this All-Star Game should be said to be held very successfully.
First of all, the All-Star Game was selected very well. Although Indianapolis is not a big city like Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, the basketball atmosphere here is indeed one of the best in the United States.
Therefore, whether it is the All-Star Weekend or the All-Star Game, it has received strong support and welcome from local fans. The fans who attended various activities and watched the game were crowded with the gymnasium, which reflects the NBA's good audience base.
Moreover, the venue for this All-Star Game is the superstar football stadium, which is larger than the ordinary basketball stadium and has a large number of spectators, which also sets a precedent for the NBA All-Star Game not to be held in basketball stadiums.
Secondly, this All-Star Game is also a symbol of the transition between the old and new in the NBA. Three rookies in 1984 were selected, and the rookies in 1983 won the MVP and dunk contest championships in the All-Star Game, which gives people the hope of a new generation of stars to replace the older generation of stars to lead the trend of the NBA era.
Of course, Gan Guoyang's "shameless" behavior of brushing comprehensive data in the All-Star Game will inevitably become an indelible "stain" in his career and be "spoiled" by later fans.
Finally, this All-Star Game also made all the stars and the new president of the league, David Stern, more satisfied. David Steinberg, Jeffrey Osborne
The two benchmark figures in the league, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, both think this All-Star this time is much more interesting than last year's Denver All-Star.
"Last year in Denver, the show they chose was so boring, and this year, Jeffrey Osborne's RB rap made me completely high," Magic Johnson said in an interview after the star game that the league invited David Stanberg to perform a comedy one-man show, and this year, Stern found Osborne, an RB singer that black players like.
"I like the kind of warm family-like gatherings, which is much better than those big scenes." Larry Bird also gave a positive review of this All-Star Game. He doesn't like the large and noisy banquets, and this year he took his family to a buffet in a smaller restaurant, which made all players feel like home.
Of course, these changes came from the new president Stern. He had not taken over the league completely during the All-Star Game last year, so when he watched Sternberg perform a one-man show about "artificial insemination", while next to him was sitting with the league's famous devout Christian, Mavericks boss Donald Carter, Stern was almost ashamed to hide under the chair.
So this time, the Indianapolis All-Star Game, which is fully responsible for, is from the All-Star Game process, and the path banquet for napkin decoration, Stern has to ask about it. He has fully packaged this fan feast from the perspective of a marketer and achieved unexpected good results.
For Gan Guoyang, he was able to help his good friend Drexler win the dunk king, making up for the regrets in history, and at the same time he did not take away Sampson's All-Star MVP, and he also achieved a small goal. Such an ending was really great.
After the game, all the players, the bosses and staff of each team opened a big party together, and then went back to their homes on the 11th and looked for their mothers.
For fans, the All-Star Game is an entertainment feast. For stars, the All-Star Game is a big basketball show. For each team in the league, the All-Star Game is a watershed in the regular season.
Once the All-Star Game is relaxed and entertaining moments pass, it means that the entire league has entered the final battle before the playoffs.
First of all, within a week after the All-Star game, the league's trading deadline will arrive, which is also the last chance for all teams to strengthen their lineup through trades.
Strong teams like the Lakers, Celtics, Trail Blazers, etc. will naturally remain unchanged, maintain their existing lineups, and be ready to make every effort to prepare for the playoffs.
The Cavaliers and Pacers are basically just a slight slap. It doesn’t matter whether they trade or not. Even if there is a trade, everything will be prepared for the future and try to hoard high-quality draft picks.
Only those teams on the edge of the playoffs want to add heavier weight to the playoffs through trades, and even the idea and possibility of letting the team soar through trades.
However, in general, there were no major moves in the NBA trading market around the All-Star in 1985, and they were all small tricks of repair, so everyone still focused on preparing for the playoffs.
After returning to Portland, Gan Guoyang began to calm down and devote himself to the team's training.
Coach Ramsey has not forgotten the agreement of "three assists", and Gan Guoyang also knows that Ramsey, an old stubborn person, has always said what he said and did. If he really couldn't complete the three assists indicators, he might be pushed to the bench.
Even if the team's boss Weinberg or general manager Inman intervenes, it will probably be difficult to shake Ramsey's beliefs.
Three assists, which do not seem to be a great number. Just pass a ball to your teammates during the game, and then throw the ball into the basket, and it will be an assist.
This season, Gan Guoyang's highest assists in a single game was 6, which was a game against the Spurs. In that game, he was very uncomfortable by Gilmore, so he started passing the ball in various ways, but he really scored 6 assists.
However, his average assists per game this season is only a pitiful 1.2. In several games, his assists are 0. No matter how he passes, either his teammates don't make a shot, or his teammates don't make a shot.
Gan Guoyang was also puzzled. His passing method was not bad, and the passing timing should be good. Anyway, he would throw it to anyone who was free, but his assist data was still so bad.
In this regard, he specifically consulted the team's assist King Valentine, as well as his good friend, Drexler, who is very good at passing balls and assists. The answers he got were all practiced, which was basically the same as not saying.
Ramsey added another sentence to his advice, "Observe more". After listening to it, Gan Guoyang wished to make all these guys thrust.
"Is it really so difficult to practice passing? Can't even stimulate my talent?" Gan Guoyang thought, why can't he get rid of his passing talent?
However, when he saw Olajuwon's average assists data of 1.3, he felt a little better. It seems that even a talented guy like Olajuwon wants to achieve something in passing ability, it will not work without time polishing.
But Ramsey just wanted Gan Guoyang to immediately produce 3 assists per game. Isn’t this augmentation and encouragement?
In fact, Ramsey has already seen that Gan Guoyang’s passing skills are definitely very good, but Gan Guoyang still lacks consciousness and a sense of the overall situation.
Ramsey believes that Gan Guoyang's playing basketball is still based on the "violence to fight violence" in high school and college, and you will win with just one stick.
Therefore, he wanted to force Gan Guoyang to calm down and carefully observe how a team's offense was launched.
Soon, Gan Guoyang's first study and experiment subject after the All-Star Game came - the Boston Celtics who came from the East Coast.
Chapter completed!