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Chapter 63 One year later

"Isia Thomas breaks through! The ball is in, and both sides tie again!"

"Now we have to look at the Nuggets and Nuggets, we can only look at Vanderwich and Ingliche. I don't think anyone else has the strength. Ingliche dribbles, relying on a pick-and-roll, jump shot, and the ball goes in again! The Nuggets are leading again!"

"Back to the Pistons, okay, let's see who can squeeze out the last bit of strength. I think they've all been staggering. Who else, who else, oh, it's Round, and he made a mid-range shot! Oh my God, the score has been equalized again. What's the time this is the equalization? The number of draws in this game is like a woman with Chamberlain's good looks, and there are countless numbers."

"The Nuggets called a timeout, my god, this score is so scary; will these guys defend? These guys are simply doing a shooting drill. I think all Denver fans will improve their shooting level in the future after watching this game."

"Okay, the game continues. The Nuggets serve on the sideline and Van derwich received the ball. He was almost uninterrupted from the Pistons. Even under this kind of defense, he scored 51 points and 51 points! A team scored only 51 points in a game in 1960. He scored 51 points at 45 degrees, and the iconic Van derwich retreated and shot from the back. The ball did not go in! In the last moment of the game, Van derwich finally lost his direction. He was stunned by his own steps and handed the opportunity to the Pistons."

"Thomas, Thomas is dribbling, his dribbling is like a ball sticking to his hand, breaking through! Emergency stop jump shot! The ball goes in! The ball goes in! The Pistons are leading again! Time is not too long, the Nuggets have no time off, they have to serve directly! There is no time! Oh, England's desperate bet... not to go in! Sorry you are not Jerry West."

"The game ended, everything was over, the score was frozen at 184:186! Oh my God, 184:186, a total of 370 points. Three overtimes, 370 points, the Nuggets and the Pistons made history. Although I don't think this is a particularly glorious record, it is also a record. In this game, the two teams contributed a wonderful, unparalleled 'unpreserved war', 370 points? Oh, I have to repeat it again and again..."

"Oh, Gan, why did you turn off the TV? This is a fucking magical game. I haven't seen such a refreshing game in a long time."

"If this can also be called an NBA game, then I think the NBA is not far from over. I can score 40 points in such a game. But the opponent will definitely not score more than 100 points." Gan Guoyang said while holding a ham sausage in his hand.

"Yes, Gan, if you go to the NBA, I think you can get at least 3 blocks per game, 15 rebounds, plus 20 screams from female fans and 30 'fuck' from the opponent's fans, so you get a triple-double!"

"Fuck! Williams, if your shooting level continues to improve as much as your quips, I think I will give you the throne of the team's scoring champion."

"No, Forrest Gump, go around me. If I can get the same points as you, I think I can probably be selected in the fifth round of the draft. The fifth round is not bad. I think it's better to go to New York, play with Bernard King, and experience the wonderful life in New York; or come to Los Angeles, and go with the Magician, I want to play with him and I can get about 10 points per game... Oh no, 8 points, 8 points I'm very satisfied..."

"Gan? What's wrong? Do you feel like when you return to Los Angeles?"

At this time, Gan Guoyang stood by the window of the hotel room, looking at Los Angeles, which was still brightly lit outside the window, and seemed to have returned to the night that made him excited.

After that passionate night, he left Los Angeles and left the Angel City where too many people were looking for dreams here. Gan Guoyang did not expect that he would return here a year later.

After returning to San Francisco and calling David Falke, he received extremely exciting news that his high school coach Bobby Bellman was invited by Gonzaga University in Washington State to become a college coach for his outstanding coaching performance in the high school league.

Located in Spokane City, Gonzaga University is a medium-sized university with more than 5,000 students. It enjoys a good academic status, especially her law department.

However, the basketball at Gonzaga University is really not worth mentioning in the American university basketball industry. In the history of the NCAA, the Gonzaga Bulldogs have almost never attracted people's attention.

The league where the school is located is also the unknown West Coast Sports League, a minor league that has never had a strong team.

Before 1983, no team in the league had ever won the NCAA championship, and even Final-four had not entered.

However, history has changed due to the arrival of Gan Guoyang, and his talent was demonstrated. Bellmann also realized his ideal and taught a university team.

Bellman's acquisition injected infinite possibilities into the future of Gonzaga's basketball team, because Bellman received a call from a scout named David Falke.

When he learned on the phone that his proud disciple had left UCLA and wanted to find a suitable school, Bellman was so excited that he almost couldn't hold the phone receiver.

Gan Guoyang is the most talented and brightest player ever encountered in his coaching career, although he is a Chinese.

It is precisely because of this that Bellman did not want to delay Gan Guoyang's future. He felt that Gan Guoyang should go to a larger and broader stage, so he did not tell Gan Guoyang that he would become the coach of Gangzaga University.

But Bellman also had deep regrets about Gan Guoyang because he failed to lead the Vikings to the second division championship. He knew that Gan Guoyang had been depressed for a summer, and that was not the case with him.

If he has the opportunity to coach Gan Guoyang again and can form a championship team around him, how can he not be moved? How can he not be excited?

Bellman agreed to Falke's request without hesitation and immediately began to clear the situation with the school to prepare for the transfer of Gan Guoyang.

When he saw Gan Guoyang with Qian Hui in Spokane City, he couldn't help but rush forward and gave the tall man a big hug.

This hug made Gan Guoyang feel extremely warm, which he had never felt in three months at UCLA.

Without any language or greetings, Gan Guoyang was convinced that Bellman was the man who could truly discover his horse.

Everything afterwards went very smoothly. Qian Hui completed all the legal procedures and transferred Gan Guoyang's academic status to Gangzaga University. In this beautiful university, Gan Guoyang began his new university life.

Not to mention anything else, at least he no longer has to travel through mountains and rivers to train in the gym because his dormitory is next to the gym.

After joining the basketball team, there was another surprise waiting for him, that is, his high school teammate, shooting guard Mikari Williams, who also followed Bellman to Gonzaga University.

Because Williams performed well in the high school league, he also changed his destiny and received a college basketball scholarship.

But then, a bolt from the blue came.

Gan Guoyang, who had just arrived at Gonzaga University, devoted himself to the team's training with twelve points of enthusiasm, and showed his superior basketball skills and super high basketball IQ in the training, which forced Bellman to press him on the bench again in the confrontation training.

Just when Gan Guoyang was full of confidence and was ready to participate in this year's West Coast Sports League basketball league and fought for the team to enter the NCAA National Championship, Bellman told him that transfer students could not participate in official competitions in the first year.

Gan Guoyang never expected that there were such rules in American university competitions, but when he thought about the various complex rules of the competition system in the American Basketball League, he felt a little balanced.

This means that if Gan Guoyang wants to participate in the official competition, it will have to wait until 1983, which will take a full year.

Before this, Gan Guoyang could only play some warm-up matches for Gonzaga University, so during this year, Gan Guoyang ravaged all the teams of various universities in Washington State in various warm-up matches to prepare for the official matches a year later.

The summer of 1983 finally passed. In this June, the Philadelphia 76ers, who had Moses Malone, swept the league with a strong wind sweeping the fallen leaves. In the slogan of Malone's "Fo, Fo, Fo", they lost only one game in the playoffs and swept their enemies, Los Angeles Lakers in the finals, avenging last season's revenge.

In the 4th Finals in the past seven years, the 76ers finally won a championship trophy.

The storm of 76 people has passed. In another autumn, Wang Fuxi chose to go to Spokane, and chose Gonzaga University where Gan Guoyang is located, becoming an undergraduate in sports medicine.

The separation of the two places over a year has not only not diluted their relationship, but has become more and more sweet because of the never-ending letters and phone calls.

On December 13, 1983, NCAA leagues had already begun. After several rounds of regular games in this league, the Gonzaga Bulldogs came to the southwest coast and were about to hold an invitational tournament with the powerful Pacific Ten-School League team.

The NCAA competition is also divided into nearly 100 leagues, large and small, because the United States is vast, and college students have academic tasks in addition to the competition, and the school funding does not allow it. The complexity of the composition makes Gan Guoyang dizzy.

Teams in the first-tier league can participate in the NCAA national competition. Fortunately, the West Coast Sports League is among the more than 20 leagues - the number of 21st century has expanded to 32.

Each league will have its own routine and championships, and the championship champion will directly qualify for the NCAA national competition.

However, in 1983, the number of places in the NCAA national competition reached 48, so in addition to the championships in each league, other participating teams will be selected by the committee.

The selection criteria are the team's fame, strength and performance.

The best reference for reflecting the strength of a non-champion team in the league is the result of its match with other league teams.

Therefore, cross-league competitions are also an indispensable part of college basketball games across the United States.

The Pacific Ten-School Alliance that Gonzaga University has to face is one of the most powerful alliances in the United States.

Among these ten universities, UCLA needs to be discussed. Others such as the University of Arizona, the University of Oregon, the Oregon State University, and the University of Southern California are all regular visitors to the NCAA, among which Oregon won the NCAA championship in the distant 1939.

Moreover, the schools in the Top Ten Leagues are not too far from Gonzaga University and are all on the West Coast, so it would be better to come here to have an invitational tournament.

Unlike the competitions in high school, each NCAA league starts the invitational tournament first, which not only accumulates records but also trains the team, and then starts routine competitions within the league to compete for the league championship and the qualification for the NCAA national tournament.

So, Gan Guoyang followed the team to Los Angeles. Here, the first opponent they had to face was UCLA.

In the hotel room, Gan Guoyang and Williams watched the Pistons and Nuggets' three-overtime battle that set the NBA history's full-game scoring record, and became a witness to history.

Gan Guoyang was still looking out the window at this time, looking at the night view outside through the glass that reflected his impression, he withdrew his thoughts.

More than a year passed by, and everything I experienced at UCLA is still vivid in my mind.

Tomorrow will be the day for him to return to UCLA. He does not hate UCLA. On the contrary, he still has a yearning and respect for this legendary school.

But he hated those who had ignored him, looked down on him, and disrespected him; he also missed some very good friends and classmates he met in three months, such as Qian Moss.

Of course, there are Gan Guohui and Chen Xing, who are also in Los Angeles. They have already agreed to go to the scene to watch tomorrow's game.

"It's a pity that Fuxi can't come." Gan Guoyang sighed. He was now used to Wang Fuxi watching his game quietly on the sidelines. Whether it's good or bad, she was always there.

"Dongdongdongdongdong..." Just as Gan Guoyang was thinking about something, the two people in the room fell silent, a knock on the door came.

Gan Guoyang walked over to open the door and saw that it was his teammate.

"Hello, John, why are you here?" Gan Guoyang said.

"I want to discuss tomorrow's game with you. I know, you've been in UCLA...Of course, I'm not trying to reveal anything. We all know that you have a bad memory there, but I think this may help us prepare for tomorrow's game." The person who came in was not tall and white, but he didn't look like an athlete at all, and he didn't speak like a team manager or team leader.

"It's okay John, I know you're not malicious. Uh... To be honest, I really don't think there is anything to be afraid of in the UCLA team. I mean, they used to be very brilliant, but now, according to my understanding, the gap between them and the past is not a small part."

"But we should still be cautious, they did a good job in last year's competition."

"Okay OK John, I know that's what you are like, so let's discuss how to deal with this big brown bear." UCLA's team name is the Bruins.

So Gan Guoyang began to discuss a clear game with this teammate who seemed serious and serious. This is something that the coach should do in other teams.

But these two people who also have extraordinary basketball IQs can always summarize and organize a set of response methods in pre-match discussions, which often turns Bellman's preparations into repetitive work.

Now, Gan Guoyang finally felt that he is no longer the only pillar in the team, and someone can share the pressure for him.

That person is John Stockton.
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