Chapter 488 Golden Age
At 6:40 Pacific time, the finals will be opened at the Memorial Stadium. More than 20,000 seats are packed. The quiet stadium was already full of people three hours ago.
Moreover, the fan lineup that was in the front row tonight was luxurious. Former Trail Blazers' former head coach Jack Ramsey, Gan Guoyang's friend pop star Michael Jackson, Hollywood director Stephen Spielberg, famous Hollywood screenwriter Robert Zemegis, Microsoft wealthy Paul Allen, former NBA superstar Wilt Chamberlain, Nate Thurmond, Nike boss Paul Fairmont and other famous figures all sat in the audience.
You know, this is not Los Angeles, there is no Hollywood, this is Portland, the northwest city in the United States. The reason these people can come here is very simple, because of Gan Guoyang, because Gan Guoyang is likely to be crowned tonight.
Michael Jackson has pushed down many activities and is dedicated to watching the game tonight. Spielberg and Gan Guoyang are working together to invest in a game project. Paul Allen has made preliminary comments with Weinberg. Next season, he will have the Trail Blazers. Zemegis and Gan Guoyang's filming film "Who Framed the Rabbit Roger" won two Oscars in May. Ramsey, Chamberlain and Thurmond are all coming to witness Gan Guoyang's victory in Portland.
In addition, Wang Fuxi, Gan Youwei, Gan Youtang, Gan Bingguang, Qian Hui, Gan Guohui, Shui Miao, Feng Peiyu, Feng Guangyao, Wu Zhiwen and other relatives and friends of Gan Guoyang were also present, waiting for the exciting moment.
At this time, Gan Guoyang had returned to the locker room and sat down with his teammates to prepare for the final mobilization of the game.
In the team's locker room, Gan Guoyang is always the most active one. He is often the one who completes the team's mobilization, but he is a little quiet tonight, sitting there, not knowing what he is thinking.
Drexler sat next to Gan Guoyang to read books. This was his habit. He would relax himself by reading before important competitions. Tonight he picked a book called "Noisy and Fury", Faulkner's classic book, which is Drexler's favorite book because Drexler is from the South.
But obviously, Drexler chose the wrong book, and his mood was just like the title of the book, noisy and turbulent, and he couldn't read it at all. He turned to look at Gan Guoyang and found that Gan Guoyang was in a daze.
Jerome Cauchy walked over in the locker room, walked over, and kept talking nonsense. Cauchy was the most excited person on the team, shaking his head and looking like a tumbler.
Sabonis sat there in a daze like Gan Guoyang. After coming to the Trail Blazers, Sabonis was taken care of by Gan Guoyang everywhere, constantly learning from Gan Guoyang, and even learning in a daze.
"What are you thinking about, Gan?" Drexler finally couldn't help asking Gan Guoyang beside him. Gan Guoyang was not used to it.
Gan Guoyang looked at Drexler, smiled and said, "I'm thinking, let's go to Washington to meet Mr. Bush, and I should say something to him."
Every NBA championship will be received by the US president at the White House, and the Trail Blazers won the championship is no exception. The problem is that Gan Guoyang is a Chinese, and the United States is now imposing sanctions on China.
Drexler thought about it and found that this was really a problem. Then he looked at Sabonis sitting opposite him. This guy was a Soviet man. He thought Sabonis was probably thinking of a similar problem.
Soon, Kalp popped in from outside the locker room, waved to everyone, telling everyone that it was time to go on stage.
Gan Guoyang was the first to stand up and walked out of the door first. Others also walked out of the locker room. Gan Guoyang did not speak, and waved to everyone with his arms open, and everyone consciously surrounded him.
"My friends, teammates, comrades, brothers, 231 days and nights, 99 hard games, covering the footprints of the United States, every day spent on planes and hotels, tons of sweat spent in the training hall, torture our pain, accusations and criticisms of our voices, tonight, our 100th game, must be all, all, all of us, and not leave any of them. Champions, only champions, all of this is meaningful, all of this is valuable, I don't know how brilliant our future will be, I only know that tonight will be our most brilliant moment, don't miss it. Come on! My brothers!"
“YES!COME-ON!”
Everything is for this moment. For many NBA players, there may not be such opportunities in the entire profession. Gan Guoyang doesn’t want to have any regrets anymore, and all the Trail Blazers players don’t want to. No matter what they thought before or what they would think after the game, they now have only one goal, champion.
When the entire Trail Blazers team entered the field, the atmosphere in the Memorial Stadium reached its first climax. The cheers like waves made the Trail Blazers' opponent Detroit Pistons look like a small sampan on the sea in the wind and rain, and may be swallowed by huge waves at any time.
Chuck Daly's hair was still so meticulous, and she was straight in her suit. She sat on the sidelines as if she were as good as Mount Tai, but this excellent coach knew in her heart that the Pistons might really be difficult to get through this game.
The Pistons were not so united before the game. There were some small cracks inside the team. Such small cracks didn't matter on weekdays, but in the finals, away games, and the edge of fishing home, a little bit of small cracks meant the collapse of the castle.
The winning of the 1988 championship gave the team more confidence, but less tenacity. However, the most valuable thing about the Detroit Pistons was their tenacious will. However, their lack of preparation in the fourth game put them in a desperate situation. The trend of the finals was completely changed. Even if they struggled to win in the fifth game, they could not recover the trend of the building.
The game started under the home game of referee Joe Crawford. The Pistons fought with the Trail Blazers with all their might. The game between the two sides was extremely fierce. The Pistons even took the lead in the first half. Bill Ranbill's three-pointer seemed to have suddenly become clear after the fourth game, and he could fire every game.
Until the end of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers were still behind Gan Guoyang and suddenly exerted force, hitting three three-pointers in a row, two at the top of the arc and one at 45 degrees on the left, which were his favorite positions.
Gan Guoyang's three-pointer was like a sharp sword, and it tore open the piston's defense line. Not only the physical defense line, but also their psychological defense line. The Trail Blazers finally began to gain an advantage.
At this time, the hearts of the fans of the Memorial Stadium finally slowly began to slowly let go, the sound waves began to rise and fall, and the Detroiters were still struggling to support. Isiah Thomas broke into the Trail Blazers' inside again and again, using his thin body to hit the basket; Joe Dumas tried his best in defense, Dennis Rodman kept flying to save the ball, and Ranbill had no time to play tricks.
However, the Trail Blazers no longer have any mercy on them. On the road to championship, either you die or I live. For the only stumbling block, they can only be completely trampled on them.
"Gan, and Drexler's pick-and-roll, received the pass, turned around! What a beautiful turn, and the layup was successful! Gan's layup! Rip-City!"
At the critical moment of the fourth quarter, Gan Guoyang and Drexler cooperated with a pick-and-roll. After receiving the ball, he turned around with an extremely smooth back, and passed Ranbir clean and made a layup easily. Seanley could not suppress the excitement in his heart and shouted rip-city. Because of the ball, the difference between the two sides reached 10 points. The Trail Blazers had already held the victory tightly in their hands.
After scoring the goal, Gan Guoyang clenched his fists hard, leaving little time for the Pistons, and the Trail Blazers are getting closer and closer to the championship.
Gan Guoyang could feel that every cell in his body was trembling and every pore was shrinking. The more time passed, the stronger his feelings were.
"10, 9, 8, 7..." At the last moment of the game, the audience in the audience began to count down, everyone on the sideline was ready to move, the Pistons had given up defense, and the Trail Blazers also began to give up attack, Gan Guoyang felt that his emotions had overflowed to the edge.
"Game-over!Game-over!The-portland-Trailblazers-have-won-the-World-Championship-in-1989!" Bill Seanley's voice spread throughout Portland and Oregon along with the buzzer at the end of the game.
The confettis all over the sky floated down from the roof of the Memorial Stadium, and all the audience rushed out from the audience, rushed towards the Trail Blazers players, and rushed towards Gan Guoyang. Everything was just like the scene when he won the championship in 1977.
Gan Guoyang stood in the center of the venue, surrounded by Portland fans. They were crowded around Gan Guoyang and shouted loudly, "Sunny-Gump!"
At this time, Gan Guoyang was worshipped like a Sun God. He averaged 34.6 points, 15.6 rebounds, 4.3 blocks, 3.3 assists and 3.1 steals in six games. He is the team's well-deserved MVP.
At this time, Gan Guoyang could no longer hold back his tears and burst out from his eyes. He tried hard to control himself, gritting his teeth and crying in the court.
At this time, Feng Peiyu and Feng Guangyao rushed over. They and the Blazers staff brought Gan Guoyang back to the player channel. In the player channel, everyone was celebrating each other.
Gan Guoyang returned to the locker room and found that his father Gan Youwei and his fiancée Wang Fuxi were already waiting for him. Gan Guoyang finally couldn't control himself, hugged the two of them, letting tears flow on his face.
Men don’t cry easily, but they are not sad.
Gan Guoyang's tears at this time were not shed due to sadness. For today, the efforts, sweat, tears, criticism, inner struggle and entanglement he suffered were all condensed in these tears.
Soon, Gan Guoyang wiped away his tears, and started champagne with all his teammates, and partyed in the locker room. This was the night for the pioneers, and this was the night for Gan Guoyang.
He is finally about to start his golden age.
Chapter completed!