The final of the Olympic men's basketball team was scheduled for the last day of the Olympic competition, and the final was played between two socialist countries, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.

However, the relationship between the two countries is not much better than that between the United States and the Soviet Union, and the two basketball teams have been fighting for a long time in Europe, and in the first game of the Olympic Games, the Soviet Union was severely defeated by Yugoslavia, losing 79-92 and only finishing second in the group, which is why the Soviet Union met the United States in the semifinals.

But everyone did not expect that the Soviet Union actually stepped on the corpse of the United States to advance to the final, which caught Yugoslavia, which was ready to face the United States before the game, and was beaten head-on by the Soviet Union in the final, 76:63, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the Soviets won the opponent.

In fact, the strength of this Yugoslav team is not insignificant, there are three people in it who even know Gan Guoyang, that is, Divac, Kukoc, and Petrovic, of which Petrovic is also one of the targets of the Trailblazers, and Inman hopes that he can fill the void left by Van der Vecki.

But Gomorsky is indeed too cunning, it can be said that meeting the United States in the semi-finals is one of Gomorsky's strategies, he hopes to pull the United States down when the United States is the easiest to underestimate in the semi-finals, otherwise if it meets the United States in the final, the United States will definitely not be careless, and it will not be so easy to defeat the United States at that time.

Now, the most important and difficult step of his strategy has been achieved, and the Soviet Union, which entered the final later, has completely overwhelmed Yugoslavia in momentum, so even if Yugoslavia has so many talented young players, it will not be able to stop Sabonis from leading the Soviet Union to the Olympic title.

Gan Guoyang watched the Soviets standing on the podium and the Soviet national anthem "Unbreakable Union" played in the stadium, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that such a country would soon be annihilated in the dust of history, and as athletes, they would no longer be a close and united team with the disintegration of the country.

In this regard, all Gan Guoyang can do is to watch coldly, he knows that he only wants to play well now, and everything else is not in his consideration.

The next day, before the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, the Soviet team held a small celebration party for their victory, and Sabonis, as the team's number one contributor to the victory, followed Gomolsky out of the Olympic Village after the celebration banquet and took the car to the usual training hall of their team.

In addition to Sabonis, Gomorski also brought four other players, starters, including the main defender Matthew Leonis, and it is not known what they will do in the training gym after the game.

When they arrived at the arena, there were already people waiting for them inside.

"Hello, Mr. Gomolsky, hello, ...... Avidas" entered the training hall and was greeted by Gan Guoyang, who was wearing sportswear, compared with two years ago, his arms were much thicker, but the muscles did not look very exaggerated, but plain but full of strength.

Sabonis went to Portland once as early as 1986, when Gan Guoyang was injured in the finals, so he also became the target of the Trail Blazers and went to tryout, but Gan Guoyang had already gone to Santa Barbara for treatment of an arm injury, and the two passed by.

Now, Sabonis, who is 7-foot-2 tall and has just won the highest honor in Olympic basketball, and is a head taller than Gan Guoyang, stands in front of Gan Guoyang, but he looks a little reserved, and he responds in non-standard English: "Hello, Gan, it's nice to meet you." ”

You must know that in the European basketball world, Sabonis, who wears No. 11, can be described as the Caesar of basketball, but in everyone's mind, the No. 11, who often appears on TV and video, is the real sun god of basketball.

This year, the NBA and European leagues launched the "McDonald's Championship Game" championship challenge, which was set in Europe, and the Portland Trail Blazers represented the NBA against Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Maccabi are arguably the best in their history of playing against NBA teams, beating the Washington Bullets in 1978 and the New York Knicks in 1984.

While the NBA team's failure to give it their all was the main reason for their victory, Maccabi's achievements were something to be proud of.

It's just that this time, the NBA league has issued an order to ask the Trail Blazers to go all out, because Stern hopes that the gap between the two sides will be as big as possible, so as to open up the European market and let the audience focus more on the NBA on the other side of the Atlantic.

So, after pre-game discussions, the whole Trail Blazers team sent the ball to Gan Guoyang, who was hot in his hands, and he shot 49 of 66 from the field, scoring 113 points in a game against Maccabi - one point more than Petrovic's 112 points in a league game in 1985.

This game caused great controversy, because looking at the scene, it was the Trail Blazers players who passed the ball to Gan Guoyang, Gan Guoyang hooked his hand, and scored, and the Trail Blazers players passed the ball to Gan Guoyang, and Gan Guoyang made a jump shot and entered; The Trailblazers player passed the ball to Gan Guoyang, and Gan Guoyang scored three points, but he still scored.

Some people thought it wasn't a basketball game, it was a massacre, it was an insult to basketball, and even Stern called Gan afterwards to tell Gan Guoyang, saying "You've gone too far."

But the shock of this game is also unparalleled, so that the Europeans have a solid understanding of the gap with the top NBA teams, you must know that Maccabi is not a weak team in the Yugoslav domestic league, but a European powerhouse that has beaten NBA teams, but in front of the Trail Blazers, they look like a high school team.

Gan Guoyang's name also spread all over the European basketball world, and this game was even broadcast on CCTV news in China at that time, and Gan Guoyang's name began to be known by the people of his own country.

Because of this, Sabonis felt a little restrained and nervous when he saw Gan Guoyang, including several other players from the Soviet Union, who also carefully shook hands with Gan Guoyang.

"First of all, I would like to congratulate you on winning the Olympic title, this honor may be a bit difficult for me, I envy you." Gan Guoyang said to the Soviet players with the ball.

These players are not bad in English, especially Sabonis went to the United States for a period of trial and practiced English well, so they can basically understand what Gan Guoyang said.

Gan Guoyang's half-joking words quickly broke the tense and awkward atmosphere between each other.

Then Gan Guoyang explained the meaning of inviting them here, which is to let everyone "experience the fun of high-level basketball".

The so-called "fun of high-level basketball" is actually Gan Guoyang playing a three-on-three half-court match with them, with five starters and exactly six Gan Guoyang.

Although the fierce final had just ended yesterday, the Soviet players were very excited at the thought of having the opportunity to compete with Gan Guoyang, even if it was a three-on-three at halftime, but Sabonis was a little nervous.

Because Sabonis knows that he will definitely not be on the same team as Gan Guoyang, he will definitely be Gan Guoyang's opponent.

Known on the court as the "Roof of the World" and "Architect of the Air", Sabonis is a reflection of his height and creative style of play, and in the Soviet team, it was often not the point guard who organized the attack, but the center of Sabonis.

Because of this, Sabonis is very different from Gan Guoyang in terms of playing style, Sabonis is good at strategy, seizing opportunities, excellent single ability but not strong, in the game against the United States, one-on-one dialogue he is not Robinson's opponent, defensive he relies on his height, weight and awareness, is the best box protector.

Gan Guoyang is completely the opposite, the ball style is fierce, the scoring ability is outstanding, proficient in all offensive means, scoring in the offense is always his first task, and his height in defense is his hard injury, but the huge defensive range, flexible positioning and outstanding ability to make up for the defense and block are his huge advantages.

Gan Guoyang's style makes him dare to challenge all opponents in the game, while Sabonis is relatively soft, and the atmosphere in European basketball also makes him always put the team first, and the reason why he has doubts about going to the NBA this time is that he is not very confident in his own ability and feels that he cannot establish himself in the NBA.

Gomorski was also a little hesitant when he heard Gan Guoyang's proposal yesterday and the starters played a confrontation match, he was very worried that Sabonis was already a little unconfident, and under Gan Guoyang's blow, he would be even more unconfident in himself.

After all, Sabonis is only 24 years old this year, and that would be counterproductive.

But Gan Guoyang is full of confidence, he said that using a confrontation game to experience the level of the NBA center is good for Sabonis in any case.

In fact, this year, when Sabonis was in the CSKA, he had already played a game against the visiting Atlanta Hawks, and the CSKA also defeated the Hawks 135-126, and Sabonis played well.

But everyone knows that the Eagles didn't do their best at all, and this game was not even as good as a warm-up game, it could only be said to be an exhibition game.

In the game, the short-armed eagle Kevin Willis did not show the level that an NBA center should have, and he could compete with Gan Guoyang in the NBA league.

"Hey, Avidas, I'll be in the group, I'll be in the group with you, you know, we can be teammates next season, I think we'd better practice together first and develop some tacit understanding."

To Sabonis's surprise, Gan Guoyang did not choose to be a confrontation group with Sabonis, but wanted to be on the same team as Sabonis, on the grounds that the two would soon become teammates.

The other Soviet players did not protest against the move to group Gan Guoyang and Sabonis, but instead wanted to join another team against the towers, which would be interesting.

In the ups and downs of the NBA in the past two years, Gan Guoyang has gradually become the true leader of the trailblazers, and at the same time, he also understands that the most important thing for a leader is not to always show others how strong he is, but to let people understand that with me, we will be strong.