Chapter 8: The Battle of Revenge

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No matter in the past and future of mankind, time is like an incomparably stable scorer, throwing time into the basket second by second with a 100% shooting rate, and no one can stop it.

In the middle of August 1981, on August 12, the world's first personal computer was released by IBM, a technological invention that would change the fate of the world.

And Gan Guoyang is also changing his basketball fate through training.

"Okay, stabilize the next plate, stabilize the next plate!"

"Dribble, take care to protect your ball! The other hand is to protect your balls! ”

"Watch the rhythm! Watch the rhythm! Dribble and power in harmony, pay attention to the rhythm! ”

"Be steady, be steady! Be consistent with your dribbling rhythm! ”

"Test my defense, test my strength, and get ready to turn!"

"Good shot! This feint is beautiful! ”

Gan Guoyang just completed a set of inside singles technical actions from holding the ball to the basket, to turning around and carrying the basket, to turning over and making a layup, and finally successfully put the basketball into the basket.

Although Gan Guoyang knew that this was the result of the giant boss releasing water, he could feel the progress of his skills and strength. His grasp of the strength of his back and the control of his feet have begun to glimpse the doorway, and he is no longer the rookie soft-egg who is at a loss when his back is facing the basket.

"Haha, it's done well, it's already good." Said the boss of the giants, former superstar Nate Thurmond.

Until now, Gan Guoyang didn't know that the giant owner was actually a great retired NBA star, thinking that he was just a relatively awesome basketball enthusiast. He has always believed that there must be many basketball masters in the United States, and the masters are in the people.

"Thank you, Mr. Nate, I'll defend the next ball!" Gan Guoyang is here every day to practice with the Giant boss on the inside offensive and defensive.

"Okay, no problem." Thurmond took the ball with his back to the basket from outside the three-second zone, ready for offensive and defensive drills.

"Lower your center of gravity! Yes, lower my center of gravity and make me feel the pressure. ”

"Add a little gesture and don't be too obvious! The referee's eyes are pointed. ”

"Attention, protect your cylinder! Don't lean forward! ”

"I feel it, you want to reach for the ball!"

"Look at me!"

After the Giants arched back twice, he suddenly made a backward turnover jumper, and the ball hit the board into the frame. The action is done in one go, and the ball is scored quickly and neatly.

"Haha, I'm feeling pretty good today! Gan, you're still a little aggressive, and if I use a front turn to force a layup under the basket, I can definitely make a 2+1. ”

"But, no matter what, I can't stop you, so I might as well take a gamble and see if I can get your ball." What Gan Guoyang said makes sense, he has been training with the giant boss here for almost a month, although he is constantly improving, and the progress is very obvious, but he still feels that there is a world of difference from the strength of the giant boss.

"I don't know how powerful this giant boss was when he was young!" Gan Guoyang often thinks like this.

He also wondered if this giant boss would have played in the NBA before, but if he had played in the NBA, he would definitely be a big celebrity, how could he open a barbecue restaurant here and be so obscure?

Gan Guoyang didn't know that the NBA in the sixties and seventies was not highly commercialized, and the salaries of players were not like later, and a substitute in the bench also had hundreds of thousands of dollars. More than 100,000 dollars a year is already very high.

Moreover, in the United States, the NBA was only the third largest league at best, especially in the sixties and seventies, and the gap with baseball and football was very large. Even in the 21st century, its ranking as the third largest league has not changed in the slightest.

Coupled with the underdevelopment of the media, it is normal for many old NBA players to not be famous after retiring.

"Haha, but you're already very good, Gan, I didn't expect you to do this great at first." Thurmond complimented.

Thurmond's words are a heartfelt admiration.

From the beginning, Thurmond just thought that the conversation with the kid was quite speculative, and since he was bored, he wanted to play with him for a while. And this guy clearly doesn't know who he is.

Later, he found that this child's basic skills were really poor, but he had a very good talent. This talent even reminded him of someone he once looked up to.

This sparked his love for talent, so he decided to coach the child for a while to see how far he could go.

And Gan Guoyang did not disappoint Thurmond.

In terms of technology, Gan Guoyang is basically a teacher, but he is lacking in details and experience. This is an accumulation of time, and it is not in a hurry.

In terms of strength, Gan Guoyang is extremely hardworking. Not only did he practice his strength here under Thurmond's tutelage, but he also practiced his hand-to-hand movements to improve his coordination when he returned.

Another point is Gan Guoyang's height. When he came to the United States, he was 6 feet 3 (1.90 meters), and more than a month later, he has grown to 6 feet 5 (1.95 meters), about 2 inches long!

If you continue to grow like this, you should have no problem growing to more than 6 feet 7, and it is not impossible to grow to 6 feet 10. Thurmond is the standard center height of 6'11, and when the time comes, Gan Guoyang will be able to become a real center.

"You've won the prize, and I think there's still a lot to learn. The more you practice, the more you find your own shortcomings. Gan Guoyang finally understood the truth of the phrase "the more you know, the more you feel ignorant".

"Well, but you don't just need to practice, you also need to practice. An army cannot train outstanding soldiers just by exercising on the exercise ground. A real soldier can only become a real soldier if he fights on the field of life and death! ”

Indeed, there are only two people in this training ground, and the real game is multi-player, and the field is also complex and changeable. The experience of coping with many situations must be slowly accumulated in actual combat, and it is impossible to teach it.

"You're right, Mr. Nate. I didn't play on the beach during this time, and the people there probably forgot about me. My cousin and friends are coming back soon, and I think I'll be able to play again! ”

Gan Guohui and Chen Xing, two guys, were dragged to Salt Lake City, Utah, a plateau where birds don't, to do social practice. Gan Guoyang also received a letter from Gan Guohui, saying how hard and unlucky he was over there, and said that his greatest joy every day was playing basketball.

"It seems that Guohui and Chen Xing have not left the practice behind!" Gan Guoyang couldn't help but feel a little comforted in his heart, and more importantly, after nearly a month of training, the time for revenge was always coming.

"Alright, it's noon, let's have lunch." Thurmond reminded as he looked at the sun in the sky.

"Oh! I brought my dad to cook for you today, and you can feast on it again! "Ever since Gan Youwei knew that Gan Guoyang had come to Thurmond to play, he would take the time to cook some delicious Chinese food for Gan Guoyang to bring over as a small reward to thank Thurmond.

Of course, Gan Youwei didn't know that the "giant boss" in his son's mouth would be an NBA basketball superstar, otherwise he would definitely feel that the dishes he cooked were too few and worthless.

Thurmond didn't think so, and the powerful charm of Chinese food made the steel giant of basketball bend over it.

"Really? Great, your dad's cooking is amazing! I wonder if I'm going to open another Chinese restaurant in the future and invite Chinese chefs .................."

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In the evening, when Gan Guoyang returned to Gan's restaurant for dinner, he saw a familiar chubby figure in the hall.

"Guohui! You're back! "It's Gan Guohui who has returned from Salt Lake City.

"Big cousin! I miss you! Gan Guohui also saw Gan Guoyang and immediately pounced.

Although the brothers are distant relatives and have not known each other for a long time, their relationship is surprisingly good, and basketball has to be said to be a very important reason.

"How about Guohui, how are you doing in Salt Lake City?"

"I'm never going to that hell place in my life! Although the mountains and water are good, the air is good, but TM is not a place for people to stay, there is nothing! Even McDonald's is hard to find! Luckily, there was also a basketball court, and I was able to get through this time by playing basketball for three hours a day. ”

"Then why are you still covered in meat?" Gan Guoyang looked at Gan Guohui's still fat body, and couldn't believe that Gan Guohui played basketball for three hours a day.

"It's strong! It's not fat. But big cousin, you seem to be a lot stronger, and you've grown taller! Gan Guohui also found that Gan Guoyang's physique was significantly stronger and taller.

"I train every day!"

"I haven't forgotten that 10:0 fiasco." Gan Guoyang's face is full of fighting spirit and self-confidence, and he has always been the driving force for his unremitting efforts for that failure.

"Yes, I won't forget it. This revenge must be avenged, and the field of guns and roses must be recovered! Chen Xing plays more than me every day, and sometimes he sneaks away from some of our community activities and goes to play ball. ”

It seems that the three men of Guns N'Rose have not forgotten that shame and are practicing diligently waiting for a chance for revenge.

"Then tomorrow, Guns N'Roses will return to the Esplanade!" Gan Guohui said.

"No," Gan Guohui shook his head, "We're going to go directly to Golden Gate Park to challenge!" ”

Gan Guoyang decided that instead of waiting for the rabbit, it was better to take the initiative.

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Golden Gate Park is the largest artificial park in the world.

It is 800 meters wide and about 4 kilometers long, spanning 53 streets and covering 1,017 acres, stretching more than three miles west from Stanian Street to Ocean Beach.

In and near this spectacular park, there are a plethora of sports venues and facilities, including basketball courts.

This place with beautiful scenery and fresh air has become the best place for basketball fans to compete in San Francisco. It is home to some of San Francisco's best street basketball players and amateur basketball teams.

The "Cancer" team is the best of these teams. They have great brains – Pittman, nicknamed "Little Cousy" because he really has Coussy's verve with his dribbling passes.

There are also two tall and strong players in them, "Tumor" George - a fierce general who once prevented Gan Guoyang from killing, and "Long Legs" Rutgers - who once beat Gan Guoyang's excellent interior line in offense.

What sets them apart from most other teams is that they put a lot of emphasis on defense, which is rare on the streets.

That's why they were able to make a name for themselves at Golden Gate Park, using a cancer-like defense to torture their opponents to death.

Over the weekend, they came to a familiar venue in Golden Gate Park, where they were the champions, and began to wait for the challengers to come to the door, and then strangled the challengers one by one.

"Hey, look, who's here? Our old friend is here again. Pittman found a familiar team standing on the pitch.

"Hello, Pittman." It was Gan Guoyang who spoke, and this team was naturally Guns and Roses, and they inquired about the field of the cancer team and rushed over early.

"Hello, you're the ...... That..."Pitman seemed to have forgotten Gan Guoyang's name, and pretended to be thinking hard.

"I'm GAN, and my cousin, and my good friend Rose." Gan Guoyang said lightly, not angry that the other party forgot his name.

"Oh! It's Gan! That Gan who shoots accurately! Pittman's voice was exaggerated, clearly mocking the opponent for not scoring a goal in that game.

"Soft eggs," George said coldly in the back.

"I'll let you know who's the softie." Gan Guoyang fought back without hesitation.

"Then let's try it. I heard that you haven't been at the Esplanade Stadium for a long time, and you're scared? Where did you get the courage to run to our territory this time? "Pittman is also unrelenting, he has already decided to beat them another 10-0.

"Without further ado, we've been waiting for a long time, let's get started." Chen Xing had been impatient for a long time, and that failure was also a big blow to him.

"Then let's get started! Everyone, the challenge is about to begin! Let's see if there will be miracles! "In his own field, Pitman is the biggest star and has the strongest appeal.

"Hmm~~~ Destroy them! Kill them! "The other teams and spectators on the sidelines are already clamoring to see how cancer abuses this underdog.

The game officially began, and the Guns N' Roses served.

Although Gan Guoyang and the three of them haven't played together for nearly a month, the important thing in a three-on-three game is tacit understanding and personal ability, and the tactics are very simple.

Chen Xing slowly dribbled on the outside, looking for opportunities to pass, and his dribbling was much more proficient than before. While fighting Pittman's interference, he can also observe the movements of the other two.

Gan Guoyang lifted it up again and came to the top of the arc. George clung to Gan Guoyang, trying to squeeze him out of the street.

However, no matter how he squeezed it, Gan Guoyang, whose legs were spread apart and his left arm was raised, was like a big tree, not moving at all.

Chen Xing saw that Gan Guoyang was asking at the top of the arc, and the card position was very good, so he immediately passed the ball to Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang pushed George away with his left hand, and easily held the ball with his right hand, at this time, he was sideways to the basket, and there was no way to make a shooting action.

At this point, he held the ball in both hands below his waist and pushed George away with his shoulders to make room for the dribble. Kick off with a sudden kick-off and dribble inward from the right side to break through.

George immediately moved sideways to the left, clinging to Gan Guoyang, trying to prevent him from breaking through.

Suddenly, Gan Guoyang's footsteps stopped, and his whole body instantly turned backwards, turning from a basket to a basket, leaning on George's body.

At this time, George's center of gravity was already to the left, his right hand was empty, and his body was held by Gan Guoyang and could not move. Gan Guoyang continued to turn around, dribbled the ball, and the whole person took George as the axis, and turned half a circle at once, leaving George behind.

In front of you is a horse and a flat river! Gan Guoyang ran to the basket.

Seeing this, Long Legs immediately left Gan Guohui to come up to make up for the defense, but Gan Guoyang looked at it as if he had nothing, took two big strides, and jumped straight up.

The long legs also jumped high, trying to bring Gan Guoyang down. But the moment his body made contact in the air, he felt a huge force coming, and he couldn't overpower his opponent at all.

"Bang!"

There was a crunch. Gan Guoyang slammed the ball into the basketball with both hands and knocked his long legs out in the air.

"Smack." Gan Guoyang's hands were loosened, his feet hit the ground, and the basket was still trembling slightly.

"1:0, let's continue to serve." Gan Guoyang was expressionless and said lightly.

Gan Guoyang's coldness is not pretending to be cool, and he is also very excited in his heart, but when he entangles with George and fights against Long Legs, he finds that these guys are too weak. Compared to the giant bosses, these guys are really just little black beans.

No way, he didn't know that he had been training with the former super center of the NBA, a man known for his steely defense and beast-like confrontation.

After playing too much with such players, and then encountering amateur players on the streets, it will naturally produce a sense of powerlessness like Gan Guoyang - not that the opponent is too strong, but that the opponent is too bad and too boring.

That's why it's only one ball, and he feels that this revenge doesn't seem to be as strong as he imagined.

And Gan Guohui and Chen Xing were very excited, a beautiful turn at the top of the arc to shake off the defense, facing the hard top of the defense, and dunking from the other person, this ball is really morale-boosting!

"Well done big cousin!" Gan Guohui roared.

"Play well, there are still 9 balls." Gan Guoyang's meaning when he said this couldn't be more obvious, there are still nine balls, and they are sure to win.

Serve again.

This time, Gan Guoyang did not mention the top of the arc again, but outside the three-second zone, the ribs under the basket were in position.

This important position is very deep, George's feet have stepped into the three-second zone, and the whole person is pressed by Gan Guoyang, no matter how hard he tries, he can't make Gan Guoyang move half a step.

Gan Guoyang easily received Chen Xing's pass, and after a tentative moment, he suddenly turned inside and cut into the basket.

George was still struggling to stand up to Gan Guoyang, but he didn't expect the opponent to suddenly turn around, and he didn't react at all, so he could only watch Gan Guoyang score an easy layup.

At this time, George realized that the tall and strong yellow-skinned boy in front of him was no longer the soft egg who could only shoot a basketball a month ago.

Next, Gan Guoyang used the same trick to hit the cancer team four times in a row, no matter whether the long legs came to make up for the defense, there was no way to stop Gan Guoyang from scoring the ball, 6:0.

The crowd on the sidelines has begun to turn against each other, and every time Gan Guoyang scores a goal, he can hear cheers on the sidelines.

On the seventh ball, Gan Guoyang once again relied on a feint to shake George and run directly to the basket, ready to hit the opponent with a dunk to the greatest extent.

At this time, Pitman suddenly rushed into the three-second zone and hugged Gan Guoyang, wanting to use a foul to stop Gan Guoyang's dunk.

However, Gan Guoyang, who had already started jumping, did not stop making movements, and after he felt someone hugging him, his waist and abdomen instantly exerted force to maintain his balance, and then threw the ball to the basket when he was about to lose his balance.

"Smack!" The ball hits the board into the frame!

This ball is fouled, but there is no 2+1 in street ball, so it still counts as one point, 7:0.

There were some boos from the sidelines, and Pittman's approach was very despicable on the streets. After all, it is not a regular game, and the audience also needs to see a wonderful dunk performance, and he hugs the opponent down like this, which destroys the enjoyment of the game and may also harm the opponent's health.

However, at this time, Gan Guoyang was too lazy to bother with the other party, because he knew that Pittman did this because he was completely beaten and lost confidence, and he could only use fouls to vent his anger.

Sure enough, the cancer team, which fell behind 0:7, collapsed and was scored three more goals by Gan Guohui and Chen Xing. At 0:10, the cancer team is defeated!

Obviously, Pitman couldn't accept such a result for a while, just like Gan Guoyang that day, standing in the middle of the court with his head down and not moving for a long time.

And Gan Guoyang doesn't seem to have much revenge pleasure, maybe this revenge is too simple, so simple that he begins to wonder how he lost the game in the first place?

An opponent he thought was formidable a month ago, but a month later, he became a dog.

"Hey, it's over, hopefully we'll have a chance to play again in the future." Gan Guoyang stepped forward to greet Pittman, and he could understand Pittman's mood at this time.

However, Pittman is also obviously a high-minded man, and Gan Guoyang's overtures are seen as a provocation by him. He raised his head and glanced at Gan Guoyang fiercely, and said, "This revenge, I will also take revenge!" The way of basketball, of course! ”

Gan Guoyang also frowned when he heard him say that he wanted revenge, but he didn't expect his kindness to comfort him, but he said such things. But when I heard him say "in the way of basketball," I felt that this guy was also a real basketball lover. Isn't it too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and he has been practicing for a month to find his way back?

"No problem, I'll be waiting for you at the Esplanade."

So the cancer team left their field in a hurry, maybe looking for a place to train.

However, Gan Guoyang didn't want to continue to fight here, after all, revenge was completed so easily, and it was not interesting to fight with other teams.

Most importantly, through this match, Gan Guoyang realized that the street courts in San Francisco were no longer suitable for him. He needs a bigger and broader stage to show his talent and get more training.

Until he walked into the highest temple of world basketball.