(Yesterday the time was in a hurry, and the writing was watery, and it was criticized.) But I, like the protagonist, will never back down before criticism, and today I have two more. ）

When Gan Guoyang stood on the floor of the Lakers' training hall in a blue training uniform, he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and he finally had the opportunity to play with the Lakers' superstars.

At noon, during the Lakers' practice break, Gan Guoyang met Abdul-Jabbar who came out of the arena to eat, and Abdul-Jabbar certainly knew this UCLA "traitor" and was the top performer this year.

Abdul-Jabbar did not dismiss Gan Guoyang because of his "defection" to UCLA, and still warmly invited him and Drexler to a buffet in the hotel next to the arena.

Of course, Gan Guoyang also met "Magic" Johnson and Lakers coach, Pat Riley.

Contrary to Gan Guoyang's imagination, Johnson and Riley were surprisingly cold, just nodded at Gan Guoyang, and ignored them.

Even Abdul-Jabbar spoke very little during the meal, and it seemed that the morning training had made him very tired.

In Gan Guoyang's impression, "Magic" Johnson has always been friendly and enthusiastic, and when he watched the Lakers game at the Great Western Forum, he could always see the Magic's bright smile and exaggerated movements.

His popularity among the fans is also very good.

"Maybe it's the loss in this year's finals that made him so serious, right?" Gan Guoyang looked at the magician standing beside him at this time, staring at the basket opposite with a serious face.

Gan and Drexler were fortunate enough to join the Lakers' intra-team game in the afternoon, with Gan being placed on the Magic's group and Drexler being with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

"Riley, do you think it's okay to let these two Trailblazer guys come to us for training?" Lakers assistant coach Bill Betka asked on the sidelines.

"I'm upset to see them look so confident, you know? They thought the NBA was just a game, and I wanted them to see it. Pat Riley, who was standing aside with a big back combed with a lot of oil, said.

Gan Guoyang looked at Riley standing on the sidelines, Riley had only been the head coach of the Lakers for three years at that time, and he was still very young, but his knife-like face already revealed a cunning of the old Jiān.

"Concentrate your attention, the game is about to begin!" This is Gan Guoyang heard the magician's reminder, and his tone of voice was very unkind.

"No problem."

In the afternoon, the Lakers' intra-team training game began, and the two sides did not jump the ball, but the Magic team took the lead in attacking.

Gan Guoyang began to run on the court, of course, his mind was a little messy, because the Lakers were a completely new team to him, although he had watched many Lakers games, but the feeling of actually coming to the court was completely different.

He didn't know where to run, whether to go to the low post against Abdul-Jabbar or to cover for the magician in the high post?

But as a semi-professional player, Gan Guoyang has a minimum of tactical literacy, and this is when he heard the shouts of the magician on the periphery.

"Bottom line, bottom line! Don't stand still! ”

Gan Guoyang knew that he should go around to the baseline on the other side to make room for the breakthrough ball of the magician on the right.

So he quickly slipped from the right side to the left from the bottom line, freeing up a large space for the right; But Kareem Abdul-Jabbar didn't keep up with Gan, knowing that the defense on the right side couldn't be taken away so easily.

Gan Guoyang went to the left side, and when he turned around, he just wanted to see the situation on the court, but found that a basketball had rushed towards him!

Gan Guoyang didn't expect the magic to pass the ball at all, in fact, there was a small gap under the basket in the process of his bottom line, but Gan Guoyang himself didn't notice.

Caught off guard, the ball hit Gan Guoyang's hand and fell out of the bottom line.

"Concentrate your attention! I fucking told you, be focused! It's not college basketball, it's the NBA. Magic Johnson scolded unceremoniously from the sidelines.

This is not at all the same as the Magic Johnson that Gan Guoyang usually recognizes, Johnson in media interviews is as smiling, humorous, and approachable.

And today on the training ground, he seemed to have eaten gunpowder.

"I just wasn't ready, I didn't expect your pass to be so fast......" Gan Guoyang tried to defend as he returned to defense.

"Even though you're not a Lakers player, I don't mind smashing the ball on your head if you can't catch my pass anymore, rookie." The magician was not at all interested in Gan Guoyang's explanation and directly interrupted him.

Gan Guoyang was stunned by the magician, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, and his perception of the magician suddenly decreased a lot.

But there is no time to compete with the magician, the opponent is already attacking.

What Gan Guoyang has to face is "Tiangou" Jabbar.

The grouping on both sides is actually very targeted, and the Magic group includes Gan Guoyang, James Worthy, Michael Cooper and Mike McGee, which is a fast group.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was a slow group, with Drexler, Jamal Wilkes, Byron Scott and Bob McAdoo.

And Riley deliberately assigned center Gan Guoyang to the fast play group and Drexler to the slow play group, just to teach the two Trail Blazers newcomers who suddenly appeared some lessons.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was in the low post, and he was in a very positive position, with one foot in the three-second zone.

And the outside line is also very fast, after Abdul-Jabbar received the ball, his head looked left and right, no one was wrapped, and he turned directly inside, with a hook hand in his left hand.

"Huh!" The ball goes in.

The whole action was done in one go, and in the process, Gan Guoyang couldn't see Abdul-Jabbar's face, and after the ball went in, Abdul-Jabbar retreated and ran away.

"How the are you defending! Go around the front! The magician yelled at Gan Guoyang again.

In defense, Gan Guoyang was completely crushed by Jabbar, from the card position to the turn to the hook, Gan Guoyang felt like a stake and did nothing.

Because everything is too fast, the entire Lakers' offense, defense, and delivery are so fast, even the 37-year-old Abdul-Jabbar, his running, stuck, and shooting are so agile that the fast Gan Guoyang has no time to react.

"That little guy was a little confused, and he didn't know what to do on the field." Bettel said on the sidelines.

"Hmph, he'll be even more confused in a while." Riley still looked indifferent.

Back on offense, Gan Guoyang found that the Lakers' advance speed was amazing, and as soon as Abdul-Jabbar's ball went in, Worthy immediately served to the Magic.

Gan Guoyang was still thinking about the defense just now, and the magic had already dribbled past half court.

"Quick! Gan, what the are you doing! Fast! Do you think you're here for a tourist? Riley yelled on the sidelines.

Gan Guoyang came back to his senses and immediately ran towards the frontcourt.

At this time, Gan Guoyang somewhat understood that he was not here to practice and have fun, but to really experience the training of the strongest team in the NBA.

After just one round, Gan began to understand the gap between him and the highest level players on the court – he was too slow.

Gan Guoyang's running speed is not slow, and his reflexes are not slow, but he is used to the games in college where there is no 24-second offensive time limit, where they always have plenty of time to wander around the court, have enough time to think and prepare, to do every move well, to run every tactic.

In the NBA, although he went through two months of training, Gan Guoyang improved his technique and physical fitness, and his awareness and experience did not improve because he was not exposed to real NBA games.

Now, in the extremely intense training of the Lakers, Gan Guoyang began to experience "what is the NBA" for the first time.

"Cover cover!" The magician summoned cover on the periphery, and Gan Guoyang, as the only inside player in their lineup, naturally had to mention the high position to cover for the magician.

Defending Johnson is none other than Gan Guoyang's Trail Blazers teammate, Delexler, and now the two are on different teams.

Relying on Gan Guoyang's cover, the magician easily got rid of Drexler and rushed to the inside line in great strides.

Just when Gan Guoyang thought that the Magic was going to go straight to the basket and he was ready to rush to grab the rebound in the frontcourt, the Magic suddenly split the ball to the right and passed the ball to Cooper, who was ambushed on the baseline.

Cooper opened his hand and hit a two-pointer, and the entire offensive process took no more than 15 seconds.

When Gan Guoyang saw that his teammates had scored, he immediately retreated and stared at Abdul-Jabbar as he ran back to the backfield.

"This guy seems to be aware of what he's supposed to do." Riley said as he spoke, the expression on his face loosening slightly.

At this time, Drexler's rì was not having a good time.

Defending China he has to face Magic Johnson, who has no advantage in terms of height, strength, weight, experience.

His only strength is his speed and bounce, which is almost useless on the perimeter.

When it comes to offense, his team is centered on Abdul-Jabbar and plays positional offense, which makes Drexler, who likes to rush and play hard, a little unaccustomed.

“Shoot！ Shoot！ (Shoot, shoot!) ）

In the attack, Abdul-Jabbar was defended by Gan Guoyang, and the ball could not reach Abdul-Jabbar's hands.

After a few passes, Drexler, who was ambushed on the right baseline, got the ball and there was no defender in front of him.

Since the fast attack team only has Gan Guoyang as a center, and his height is not good, everyone else must pay attention to helping Gan Guoyang flank Abdul-Jabbar.

As a result, Drexler's first team will often have point guard shots, which is also a benefit for teams with super centers.

"Phew!" Drexler took a shot, but the ball hit the left side of the basket, and the ball was too hard.

"This guy's shooting, what the hell is going on, his shooting posture is really weird. That was the case last year, and this summer Ramsay still hasn't asked him to make it right? Riley muttered from the side.

Drexler has always had problems with his shots, and he always likes to put the ball on his waist before he shoots, and then lift it up, which makes his shot preparation time very long.

At the same time, in the air, he always has to bend his legs back to maintain his balance, which makes his jump shot look weird.

Drexler actually has some accuracy in his mid-range shot, but he's very, very dependent on the overall tempo, and once the rhythm is broken, his shooting percentage is terrible.

And shooting in the open space is obviously not his shooting habit.

Gan Guoyang saw that Drexler couldn't shoot, and was ready to grab this rebound and launch a fast break.

He saw that the ball was right in front of his eyes, and he could reach out to reach it when he jumped, but when he jumped in the air, he felt that his neck was pushed hard, and the person instantly lost his balance.

"Beep!" The referee on the sidelines blew the whistle and the opponent fouled.

Gan Guoyang fell to the ground, feeling that his neck hurt very much, and he should have been pushed by the other party's elbow.

Except for Drexler, no one came forward to ask if Gan Guoyang was okay, even Jabbar just patted Gan Guoyang on the head and motioned for him to stand up as soon as possible.

Gan Guoyang suddenly felt angry, he didn't mind the fierce confrontation in training, but he hated the feeling of being knocked down, and he had almost no presence on the field since the start of the training match, which made him extremely annoyed.

He stood up suddenly, looked around, and shouted, "Which bastard is sneaking up on you from behind!" ”

All the Lakers players, including their coaches, are a little confused, who does this guy think of himself?

"It's me, rookie, who do you think you are?" Someone accosted him, the big forward opposite, and Gan Guoyang wore the same number as No. 11, Bob McAdoo.

"You'd better be careful, I can blow you up at any time." Gan Guoyang saw the "perpetrator", and he didn't care that this was in the Lakers' field, pointing to his nose and saying.

"Don't talk nonsense, rookie, when Lao Tzu won the MVP, you Chinese were still eating." McAdoo said with disdain on his face that he won the NBA regular season MVP in 1975 and that he was arguably a top NBA superstar in the seventies.

But he never managed to lead the team to a breakthrough in the playoffs, and in the eighties he came to the Lakers, where he shone as Abdul-Jabbar off the bench and received the coveted championship ring.

In his opinion, a hairy boy like Gan Guoyang, a Chinese center, dared to go to the Lakers' training hall to spread wild, and said unashamedly that he wanted to participate in their training.

So, McAdoo found such an opportunity and gave Gan Guoyang an elbow, wanting him to remember it longer.

I thought that the two would spray each other, but I didn't expect that as soon as McAdoo finished saying "Chinese are still eating", Gan Guoyang rushed directly to McAdoo and punched McAdoo in the chest, knocking him back several steps!

Now the Lakers players exploded in an instant, and this kid is too bold, he dares to beat Lakers players on the Lakers' turf, and he is an old-timer like McAdoo.

McAdoo himself was a little confused, and his chest was still aching from the hard blow.

"Hey, Gan, what do you want to do! I asked you to play, not to make trouble! Abdul-Jabbar was the first to rush to Gan Guoyang and accuse that it was he who suggested that Coach Riley let the two of them in and try it.

"I'm here to play, and I'm a rookie, but that doesn't mean I'm a bully! Especially since he insulted my country, no way! Gan Guoyang did not back down, even the respectable Abdul-Jabbar couldn't stop him.

At this time, the other players all came up and scolded Gan Guoyang, and some of them even pushed and shoved, looking like they all wanted to stand up for McAdoo.

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't move, don't move, get out of the way, it's over, it's over! He didn't mean it, he was just impulsive, we shouldn't insult his country and nation, don't do it again! At this time, it was Magic Johnson who stood up to speak for Gan Guoyang, he hugged Gan Guoyang with one hand and blocked everyone else with the other.

"Well, don't let the non-basketball topic exist on the court, and we have to continue our training. If you're not scared, you can stay here and train with us; If you feel insulted and don't want to stay here, you can leave immediately so we can continue training. Riley spoke, and he stopped the clash and asked for the fight to continue.

"No problem, I never fucking back down!" Gan Guoyang's anger has also come up, and it is impossible to let him go now.

So for the next four hours, yes, four hours, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., Gan and the rest of the Lakers raced across the basketball court, doing their best for every ball.

Gan Guoyang finally began to adjust to the high rhythm of the Lakers, but even though his physical strength was amazing, he felt a little exhausted when it slowly got dark.

When the training was finally over, Gan Guoyang felt that he had some difficulty even walking, and Drexler was no different, wondering if he could still step on the gas pedal with his foot.

"Magic, what do you think of this kid?" In the Lakers' locker room, Riley asked. At this time, Gan Guoyang and Drexler had already left first, because Gan Guoyang was going to take a plane to Portland tomorrow.

"Inexperienced, a pure rookie, but his progress is quite amazing, four hours, 1st minute and 240th minute, he feels like two people. And he lasted for four hours, and I couldn't bear it. Johnson said as he changed his clothes.

"Don't you think he's like you, Magic? I remember when you were in your rookie season, you punched Boone down in training and you said 'no one can bully me'! ”

"Hahaha, yes, indeed, that's why I want to protect him. It's a funny guy, maybe he'll be great, I used to think he was only so famous because of his skin. ”

"Maybe the Trail Blazers will be a strong opponent in the West in the future, but we still have only one goal now."

"I understand, beat Larry."