On April 3, 1989, the NBA was suspended for a day at the Dome in Seattle, where this season's NCAA Finals would be played.

In April, there was no longer snow in Seattle, but a light rain, and the Emerald City was covered in a mist, and spring had fallen on this western part of the United States

The city of North Point.

The spring rain did not dampen the enthusiasm of basketball lovers, and this is the first time that the NCAA Finals have been held in Seattle since 1984, after the last battle of the century

Five years have passed, and the smoke of that game still seems to fill the air of the city, and has not been erased with the rain.

Seattle's streets have dedicated public bike lanes for citizens to ride, and this well-planned and patchwork city is perfect for cycling around, and today,

There were many fans who braved the rain to ride their bikes to the Dome for the annual college basketball event.

The two teams that reached the finals this year were the University of Michigan and Shelton Hall University, which, as it happens, have never won an NCAA championship in the past

Central Michigan University reached the finals in 1976, but that year they lost to Indiana University, which won all seasons, and finished runner-up. And Shelton Hall University is even more

Entering the Finals for the first time, so whoever wins the championship will add a new member to the NCAA's championship roster.

The rain was slowly getting heavier, the sky was getting darker, it was getting late, and there were still a small number of fans rushing to the Dome by various means of transportation, while the local radio station in Seattle was here

The voice of "The Voice of Seattle" Blackburn has already been heard, and he has already started to warm up for the game.

On the slightly dim and slippery streets, there are still people riding bicycles unhurriedly to the stadium, there are already very few people on the road, and the rain is getting heavier and the light is not enough

, people don't notice that this rider is a lot taller than the average person, and the bike he rides is also a little bigger than the average person's car. And behind the saddle, there was also a man sitting for him

An umbrella.

"Fuxi, are you tired with your arms like this?"

"You're not tired, you're faster, aren't you afraid of being late?"

"Don't be afraid, I remember when you came to see my game, you were also late, and you lost your hat at the end."

"Didn't something happen at home, I was in a taxi at the time, listening to the radio while rushing to the stadium, and I was in a hurry."

"So let's not rush today, let's ride slowly."

The rider is Gan Guoyang, and the one behind him is naturally Wang Fuxi, do the two of them have holidays, Seattle is very close to Portland, so they drove here together

Watch the NCAA Finals.

Recalling the finals five years ago, Gan Guoyang still feels like in a dream, the suffocating venue, more than 20,000 spectators, and tens of millions of people across the United States watching live TV, and him

The opposing Olajuwon, and the last lore, the audience poured into the venue, the embrace of Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi, everything was firmly engraved on Gan Guoyang

in life.

At that moment, Gan Guoyang even felt that even if he had no way to play in the NBA in the future, there was no way to get higher basketball honors, with such glory and moments, his basketball student

The end of the career is also complete.

Gan Guoyang rode slowly and leisurely towards the Dome Arena in the rain, with a big umbrella propped up on his head, and people on the side of the road really couldn't recognize this if they didn't look carefully

The NBA's most popular superstar.

The game and the audience will not wait for Gan Guoyang's arrival, and at 6 p.m., the dome center is already full, and the atmosphere here is as warm as it was five years ago, and the scene is also on

It was even more lively, and the cheerleaders danced energetically to warm up the scene.

The players on both sides were also nervously warming up on the court, and compared to the game five years ago, the game between the University of Michigan and Shelton Hall lacked a lot of stars and gimmicks

It's all team basketball, and there's no supernova.

The biggest and most favored star on both sides is the University of Michigan small forward Glenn Rice, a talented attacker who has averaged 25.6 points per game this season.

He was also selected to the 1989 All-American Collegiate First Team.

And Shelton Hall is a thoroughly civilian team, and leading scorer John Morton is a small forward who averages 17 points per game, although Olajuwon and Ewing averaged per game that year

The score is not as good as Moulton, but the potential in the NCAA cannot be looked at the data, and it can be seen from their draft predictions that Olajuwon and Ewing are both ironclad champions, while Mo

Ulton was just a first-round finalist in the eyes of scouts.

"Good evening to the Seattle Sports Deck listeners, I'm Bob Bligh in the Dome to bring you live commentary of the 1989 NCAA Finals

Keben, it's great to bring you the NCAA Finals again after five years, and we're looking forward to it five years later

A group of lads can bring new miracles. ”

That's what Blake said, but he also knew that the game from five years ago was really hard to replicate, with 40 million people watching the record and more than 25 percent of the ratings

, the ups and downs of the game and the duel between two players destined to become superstars, it was all about Bird vs. Magic five years earlier, in 1979

On a par, maybe five years is a cycle.

………………

"Forrest Gump, are you lost?" At this time, Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi were still on the way to the Dome Arena, and they were in trouble, and Gan Guoyang rode and found out

I know the road, after all, he is not familiar with Seattle.

“…… Don't worry, I have a map here......" Gan Guoyang stopped the car and took out the map he brought from his arms, this time he came to Seattle, Wang Fuxi was in charge of driving, and Feng Peiyu was

I took Feng Guangyao to the hospital to see his teeth on leave, but he couldn't follow along, so they had to solve such a problem by themselves.

"Oh no, the map is wet and I can't see clearly." Gan Guoyang found that the map in his arms was a little blurry due to the rain, and in such a big city, sometimes it was not possible to read the map

It worked, and at that time there was no navigator or mobile phone, and there was really no direction at all.

"I still remember some routes, and when I used to take a taxi there, it seemed like I had passed the Space Needle." Wang Fuxi said with his own memories.

The Space Needle is Seattle's landmark, basically the most important roads in Seattle will converge near the Space Needle, Gan Guoyang looked around and discovered space

The Needle wasn't too far away from them, so he decided to go to the Space Needle first, and then make other decisions when he got there.

However, Wangshan ran a dead horse, and the space needle looked close, but in fact, it was still quite far away from riding, but fortunately, Gan Guoyang's physical strength was endless, and he didn't care about this at all

distance, but when they both reached the needle, they were already soaked with rain.

At this time, Gan Guoyang found that there were still many people waiting in line to go to the top floor for sightseeing under the Space Needle, and nearly 10,000 tourists would come here every day to visit or go to the top of the Needle

End of the fine dining restaurant consumption.

At this time, Gan Guoyang looked unusually embarrassed, his whole body was damp, his hair was also wet and sticking to his scalp, he had no demeanor on the court at all, and there were a lot of rainy days

Everyone was holding an umbrella, so no one paid special attention to this big man, and at that time, the influence of the NBA was not so great that everyone could recognize the star walking on the street, Bi

In fact, the influence of the media cannot be compared with that of later generations.

"Forrest Gump, why don't we go up and dry our bodies, if you catch a cold, you can't do it, and you have to compete the day after tomorrow." Wang Fuxi suggested to Gan Guoyang.

"Alas, it's really stupid, I originally wanted to ride your bike to watch the game, but I didn't know that it was so embarrassing." Gan Guoyang shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"It's okay Forrest Gump, it's not your race anyway, it doesn't matter if you watch me or not, you haven't been riding a bicycle to carry me for a long time, I'm driving you."

Hearing this, Gan Guoyang himself smiled.

However, there are quite a lot of people in line, and Gan Guoyang's height is quite eye-catching in the crowd, if he doesn't do it well, he will be recognized, and it is estimated that there will be a lot of trouble at that time.

At this time, a person came out from the entrance of the needle, a big black man in a black suit, he walked up to Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi, and said to the two: "Mr. Gan,

Our boss asked you to sit with him for a while and watch the game. ”

After speaking, he ignored the reactions of Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi, and made a "please" gesture inside, it turned out that next to the normal queue, there was also a VIP channel

。

Gan Guoyang hesitated, nodded for a moment, and said to Wang Fuxi: "Let's go, let's go in." ”