On October 5, 1981, the NBA Pacific preseason officially kicked off. In Oakland, not far from San Francisco, the Golden State Warriors will play against the San Diego Clippers (the predecessor of the Los Angeles Clippers) at home.

Gan Guoyang, Gan Guohui and Chen Xing took the bus and passed the Eisenhower Cross-Sea Bridge to the Golden State Warriors' home court, Oakland Stadium (later Oracle Arena) to watch the game.

Because this is just an irrelevant preseason game, many tickets will be provided. The tickets for these people were obtained from Thurmond. However, for Gan Guoyang, this is still his first time to watch an NBA game on site - although it was in the 1980s.

Gan Guoyang once thought that he would come to the United States to watch an NBA game in the future. However, he did not expect that he did not come later, but "before".

He seemed very excited on the bus and kept asking Gan Guohui and Chen Xing about the NBA. Although he had watched football for many years later, he did not know much about the history of the NBA, for example, he didn't even know Nate Thurmond.

"What team do you both like? Are the Golden State Warriors strong?"

"We are all fans of the Lakers! Although California has three teams, Lakers fans account for the majority and Golden State Warriors have many fans, but their strength has been too poor recently, and the rest should be loyal. Let's not talk about the Clippers. It's only been ten years since the team was established, and it has only been three or four years since moving to California. The results are still so bad. How can there be any fans?"

Gan Guohui said everything that Gan Guoyang asked without asking.

"Who is a Lakers fan like you! I am a Celtic fan now! Since last year, I decided to be a loyal Celtic loyal!" Chen Xing heard Gan Guohui say "We are all", and immediately rose up to refute.

"Worry low! I guess half of the people in this car are Lakers fans. Do you think you are a Celtic fan? Do you want to go to Oakland to watch the game alive?" Since the 1960s, the Lakers have lost to the Celtics in the eight finals. Both teams have always been mortal enemies, and fans are no exception.

"What are you afraid of? I speak Chinese, but no one can understand." Chen Xing looked indifferent, and Gan Guohui forgot that they spoke Chinese.

"Come on, when did you become a Celtic fan? Isn't it because the Celtics won the championship this summer, you just blow the fences and go to the Celtics? You're still far away from the West Coast to the East Coast."

"You're just a Lakers fan because of the Lakers' championship last year? You're so embarrassed to say to me, and you don't know who took you to Los Angeles to watch the game. People who don't even know Jabbar have the nerve to say that they are Lakers fans..."

When two people are together, there is basically no time to live in peace. If you seize a little opportunity, you will start a quarrel, and if you don’t quarrel, you will feel uncomfortable.

From the quarrel between the two of them, Gan Guoyang learned that the championships in 1980 and 1981 were the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics. The encounter between these "double" mortal enemies in 2008 can be said to have earned a lot of gimmicks and attention.

However, as the two of them quarrel, the three of them quickly arrived at the Auckland Stadium.

After entering the venue with the ticket check, Gan Guoyang still felt uneasy when he looked at the huge building. Although it was 1981, the entire arena used in concrete, steel and wood structures, which are much older than the fiberglass structures in later generations.

However, such a large stadium did not appear even in China in the 21st century. In the United States, in the NBA professional league in the 1960s, there was a large stadium that could accommodate tens of thousands of people. This made Gan Guoyang sigh at the development of this country.

Because tonight is just a preseason game, and against both sides, the weak Golden State Warriors and the San Diego Clippers, there are not many fans present.

The crowds of people slowly climbed the stairs, most of them were young people, and some were wearing Warriors uniforms. At that time, the Warriors' team logo was a basketball and outline of California.

"Huh? The No. 30 jersey they wore?" Gan Guoyang found that most of the Warriors uniforms were No. 30, and Gan Guoyang remembered that No. 30 was the jersey number of later Warriors rookie Stephen Curry. I don't know who the Warriors No. 30 star was at this time.

After entering the stadium, Gan Guoyang was once again deeply shocked. The huge dome, which can accommodate more than 17,000 seats, bright and even dazzling lighting, although it does not have the large screens that the NBA stadium later, such a large indoor stadium still stunned Gan Guoyang.

"It feels different from watching on TV." Gan Guoyang thought so. I don't know what he would be surprised if he went to the NBA scene in the 21st century.

"Let's go, the seats are in the front! Big cousin, you are so amazing. You can get such a front ticket. If it were regular season tickets, the front seats would be very expensive." In the past, Gan Guohui and Chen Xing could only buy the cheapest back seat tickets when watching the game, and they needed to use a telescope to see the specific performance of the players.

The tickets for the three were given to Thurmond by the Warriors. For this legendary Warriors in history, the best front row tickets are naturally given.

At this time, some players had already started to practice warm-up on the court. They were all wearing long sportswear and doing simple shooting training. The Golden State Warriors were wearing yellow sportswear, while the Clippers were wearing blue sportswear.

"Look, that No. 21, Ward Fury, just transferred from the Clippers this year. He is a very powerful shooting guard." Gan Guohui pointed to a player wearing No. 21 sportswear, who was a defender from his height.

He is a player who just transferred from the Clippers to the Warriors this year and will face his old boss in his first preseason game.

"I wonder what he thought of?" Chen Xing sighed.

"What can I think? The NBA is just a commercial league, and it's normal to change it." Gan Guohui has been watching the ball for nearly ten years, so he should not see too much about the stars changing their teams. It's not surprising that Ward Fury, who has never heard of, has changed his team.

"Hey cousin, I can see it very thoroughly. Can you watch the NBA in China?" Gan Guohui asked.

"Uh... Of course I can't see it, but you also know that Mr. Nate Thurmond was the Warriors' number one star before, and later he changed to other teams." The NBA entered the Chinese people's vision after 1984. Before, the Washington Bullets visited China only once in the 1970s. Apart from that, the NBA had basically no intersection with China.

"This is right. Oh, I saw Tom Chambers! It was the No. 8 show this year. I hope he will become the best rookie of the year!" Gan Guohui looked at the Clippers' venue on the other side and pointed at a tall white man.

"Okay, just in your eyes, you still predict the best rookie. Have you ever seen the Chambers game? I bet that the best rookie this year is No. 2 pick Isaiah Thomas!" Chen Xing quarreled with Gan Guohui again.

Gan Guoyang was not interested in listening to them about the NBA in 1981. Although as a person who has come from the future, Gan Guoyang did not know about the NBA in this era.

But he was still very familiar with the name "Isiah Thomas", "Smiling Assassin", the biggest contributor to the Pistons' two consecutive championships in the future, but what he knew was limited to this.

"Hello, can you give me your ball?"

Gan Guoyang, who had no intention of listening to the quarrel between the duo, heard the sound of a child coming from the seat next to him.

He turned around and saw that it was a black child who was only three or four years old. He stood on a chair and watched him talking to him, and he lowered his head from time to time staring at Gan Guoyang's basketball.

Gan Guoyang now has to carry basketball wherever he goes.

"Of course, but are you okay?" Gan Guoyang looked at the little kid who was only over 3 feet tall and felt that basketball was too big for him.

"No problem." The little brat took the ball handed to him by Gan Guoyang, jumped off the chair, and started slapping on the ground with the ball.

What surprised Gan Guoyang was that the child actually beat the ball well. Although he was too short and almost reached his knees, he still controlled the ball well.

"Wow, you're so awesome." Gan Guoyang couldn't help but sigh that American basketball really started from the doll.

"Are you a Warriors fan?" Gan Guoyang asked.

"No, no one of my fans is. I'm here to see my dad." The child said while lowering his head and continuing to dribble.

"Look at your father?" Gan Guoyang felt a little strange. Come here to see his father?

"Well, dad is playing basketball here. Mom is going to buy me ice cream."

After saying this, Gan Guoyang understood. It seemed that this child was a family member of the player. I don’t know which star’s son he was. However, Gan Guoyang didn’t know any of the players here.

"Look, the player who made a layup there was my dad." The child raised his head and pointed at a player who was practicing layup in the Clippers' field. But he was wearing a coat, and I don't know what number it was.

Gan Guoyang couldn't recognize who this was, so he asked, "What's your father's name?"

The child glanced at him, obviously despising him for not even knowing his father, so he still came to see the ball, and replied: "My father is Joe Bryan."

"Joe Bryant?" Gan Guoyang had never heard of this player. It seemed that he was an unknown guy in history. It was normal for him not to know him. However, he felt that his surname was a little familiar with him.

"Yes, my name is Kobe Bryant."

The child's next self-introduction really scared Gan Guoyang! No wonder he thought that the surname Bryan was familiar, it turned out to be Kobe Bryant!

He had known before that Kobe's father was also an NBA player, but he was a small player, so he didn't pay attention. But he didn't expect that this little guy sitting next to him and playing his basketball is the super guard who is the future super guard, Kobe Bryant.

"Hey, cousin, what's wrong with you?" Gan Guohui, who had arguing with Chen Xing, looked at Gan Guoyang who was a little stunned and stepped forward and asked.

"No, nothing, why haven't the game started yet?"

"It's almost done. Are you warming up? Let's start with a player introduction soon."

Because it was just a preseason game, and there were not so many gimmicks in the NBA in the 1980s, after the warm-up, DJ on the sidelines gave an introduction to all the players and the game was about to begin. There was no shining light like a star holding a concert later.

However, Gan Guoyang had no time to watch the game at this time, and his attention was all on the little Kobe next to him.

At this time, Kobe's mother had already returned, and Kobe also returned the ball to Gan Guoyang and began to watch the game seriously.

The preseason game was not exciting in general, because it had no effect on the results, and the players were afraid of being injured, so they just played back and forth casually, and the audience was just watching the fun.

Gan Guoyang was thinking about a very important thing in his mind: Will his appearance affect the path Kobe chose in the future?

Gan Guoyang also knows the butterfly effect. A butterfly flapping its wings once can cause a hurricane. So far, the hurricane caused by his little butterfly flapping its wings has not been seen. There seems to be no major changes in the entire history, but Gan Guoyang knows that the time is too short and not enough to form a hurricane.

And will this time seeing Kobe change his basketball life?

Gan Guoyang knew that Kobe would go to Italy in the future, where he would meet football. What would happen if he finally chose football because of his meeting with him? Although he also felt that these words and actions had nothing to do with choosing football.

"Fortunately I lent him the basketball to play, otherwise he would no longer like basketball in anger, and then I would really change his life." Gan Guoyang thought with gratitude.

"Wow! Three goals in a row, Bernard Jin is so awesome! I think his forward-back combination and Fury will definitely shine this year!" Gan Guohui exclaimed from the side.

"Stop it, the temporary combination is not good, the defense is not good. I am not optimistic about the Warriors this year." Chen Xing will definitely stand up to oppose it as soon as possible.

"Then let's take a look! Wow! Bernard King scored another goal, it's so fucking awesome!" Gan Guohui exclaimed again.

At this time, Gan Guoyang, who was thinking about it in his mind, was also attracted by Gan Guohui's shouts and asked: "Who are you talking about? Which one is Bernard King?"

"It's the scorer who just transferred from the Utah Jazz this year. His turnover jump shot is really amazing!"

Gan Guoyang searched on the court for a while and soon found the No. 30, wearing the Warriors' vest and shorts. However, no matter how he looked, he felt that this guy seemed very familiar.

"National face!" Gan Guoyang then remembered that Bernard King, No. 30, taught him to jump over and shoot at the United Square last night!

This surprised Gan Guoyang again. Unexpectedly, the one who taught his jump shot skills was the new star of the Warriors!

At this time, Bernard King took the ball back again on the waist position, pushed back a few times, turned left quickly, took action, and scored five goals in a row. This also made the originally boring game much more exciting, and the audience on the sidelines began to applaud him.

Gan Guoyang, who was on the sidelines, found that he had a national face wearing sportswear and sneakers. He turned faster, jumped higher, and shot more stably! He wore bell-bottom pants and leather shoes last night.

"It seems that the gap between me and him is still very big." Gan Guoyang once again had an intuitive feeling about the level of the NBA.

Today was really surprising to Gan Guoyang. First, the NBA stadium shocked him a little; then he met the future superstar Kobe Bryant, which made him worried and afraid to affect the superstar's basketball journey; finally found out that the master he met last night was actually a star of the Warriors!

On the bus back to San Francisco, Gan Guoyang looked at the sparkling sea under the starlight outside the car window, and couldn't help but sigh, "Life is so exciting!"
Chapter completed!