At around 7 p.m. Los Angeles time, the night had already covered the city, and the lights once again lit up the Pacific Coast sky.

Outside the Great Western Forum Arena, a taxi pulled up in the parking lot.

“10-dollars，no-find！ ($10, no need to look for it!) A fat man pulled a $10 green ticket out of his pocket and threw it at the taxi driver, then opened the door and rushed straight out to the Great Western Forum Arena.

“its-fifteen-dollars…… (It's fifteen dollars...... The driver received the money, but he didn't realize what this Asian fat man's "no-find" meant?

Seeing that the fat man twisted his ass and ran away, the Indian driver could only shake his head and drive away, still muttering: "no-find, find-hat? ”

The fat man was wearing a set of khaki tweed jackets, and inside was a crimson wool vest, which looked quite fashionable, and he also had a pair of light-colored toad glasses hanging on his eyes, and he didn't know what was going on with this thing on a dark night in the winter.

And his second half was even more strange, a pair of light yellow trousers matched the exterior very well, but he was wearing a pair of red and black sneakers on his feet, how strange it was to look like such a dress.

After entering the stadium, the fat man took out the ticket and gave it to the ticket inspector who was about to fall asleep at the ticket gate, and went straight upstairs to the audience seat out of breath.

"It's almost over, what is this guy going to see?" The staff at the arena wondered.

Today, the game between the Trail Blazers and Lakers started at 5 p.m., and by 7 o'clock, the game had been going on for two hours, and it was bound to be nearing the end.

In other words, the fat man bought a ticket for a two-and-a-half-hour performance, but he could only watch it for ten minutes.

But the fat man didn't care about any of this, he still had a small book in his hand, and the person had already gone up to the gate of the stands.

Before he entered the door, the fat man had already felt the noisy sound and fiery atmosphere inside, which made his heart beat faster.

"Damn, when did the Lakers game get so noisy?" The fat man thought to himself.

Unlike some other teams' home courts, the Lakers' home court has always been known for its civility and elegance, and the audience is mostly middle-class people in the city, who will come to the arena in suits as if they were watching an opera without a script.

Therefore, when the Lakers' home stadium is full of people, no longer like an opera house but a vegetable market, it means that the game has reached the most tense and intense time.

The fat man is Gan Guoyang's cousin, Gan Guohui, who is in his second year at the University of Southern California.

It's not school day, it's the post-Christmas holidays, and Gan won't be back in class until mid-January.

But in order to watch this game, Gan Guohui came to Los Angeles specifically, but when he arrived at the San Francisco airport, he found that he did not bring his most important thing - a signed notebook.

This autograph notebook features the autographs of various stars that Gan Guohui has been collecting since high school, including Chamberlain, Thurmond, and Bernard King, all of which were acquired by Togan Guoyang's clothes.

Of course, there is also Gan Guoyang's signature on it, he asked Gan Guoyang to sign it for him once a year, and he has signed it 4 times since 1981, and now he wants to run to ask Gan Guoyang to sign it for the fifth time.

didn't bring such an important small book, Gan Guohui of course became an ant on a hot pot, so he had to run home and get the autograph book again, and change the ticket.

How do you know that as soon as you change the ticket, it will be changed to an afternoon plane, Gan Guohui is afraid that the car is too slow, and the California tells the highway that there are frequent car accidents because of icy roads.

So he had to take a plane to Los Angeles at about 6 p.m., and then wear Gan Guoyang's new sneakers, which Gan Guoyang had sent him from Portland, and took an autograph book and ran to the Great Western Forum in an Indian taxi.

"It's already seven and fifteen, and the game is almost over!" Gan Guohui looked at his watch and couldn't wait to push the door in.

That's the NBA game is not like the 21st century with a lot of pauses to insert ads, the official pause is used in the NBA for the first time, and the impact on the game is not great, and the game is fast-paced, and the referee's punishment is also very lenient, so it is normal to play a game for more than two hours, and it rarely drags on to three hours.

When Gan Guohui pushed the door in, the decibel volume of the sound in his ears immediately increased several times, and he instantly felt that his hair was about to be blown up.

"How much is it now?" Gan Guohui couldn't wait to look towards the electronic scoreboard, only to see that the scoreboard LAL was written 121 next to it, and 122 was written next to POR!

The Trail Blazers were 1 point ahead! Gan Guoyang instantly became excited, and when he looked at the rest of the game, he was even more excited, and the game was about to end with 8 seconds left!

Gan Guohui couldn't help but shout, because this is the home of the Lakers, if he cheers for the Trail Blazers casually, although the Lakers fans are more civilized, but in case, his autograph book is torn, who will he talk to.

Gan Guohui took off his toad glasses, and he didn't bother to look for his seat number, so he squatted in the aisle and paid attention to the game on the field.

At this point, both sides entered a timeout period, apparently preparing for the final blow.

The game between the two sides was very tight in the second half, and the difference between the two sides kept changing between the numbers 1, 2 and 3.

The Trail Blazers players were physically exhausted, but a second-quarter counter-attack coupled with a third-quarter fast-break gave them a full momentum, and Ramsey's bold use of the young lineup worked wonders.

The Lakers also maintain a high speed of power and defense conversion, although they have more veterans, but the five-day rest gives them energy, so the offensive battle between the two sides is exciting.

"We serve from the back! Magic advances quickly, Abdul-Jabbar does the block and dismantle at the horns, Scott, you respond and ambush on the left side, pay attention to choosing the baseline or the upper line, and judge the situation; Cooper is on the right, on the weak side, cutting in from 45 degrees, and you can choose to go to the basket, or you can choose to pass to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, or Worthy, you are on the inside, catching and shooting, and if you don't score, you have to grab a rebound. Remember, serve at the back, stretch their line and don't let them press us in the half! ”

Pat Riley didn't expect the game to come to this point, and in the third quarter he asked the Lakers and opponents to play fast-break, but he didn't expect Ramsey to send a young lineup to fight him.

This young lineup did not fall behind in the attack, and also gave Vandewig, Sampson, Valentin and other veteran players plenty of rest time, so that they could play the game in the fourth quarter and make a final fight against the Lakers.

This also led to the failure of Riley's strategic intention to drag down the Trail Blazers with a fast break.

At the same time, he was also shocked by the physical strength of Gan Guoyang and Drexler, two guys who couldn't run, and their rest time from the beginning of the second half to the present has not been more than 5 minutes together.

Especially Gan Guoyang, he grabbed 20 rebounds in the third quarter, and then stole several frontcourt rebounds under the Lakers' high-intensity defense in the fourth quarter, creating a second offensive opportunity for the Trail Blazers.

Without Gan's frontcourt rebounds, the Lakers could have sealed the win in the final two minutes.

Lakers Abdul-Jabbar and Rambis, an old and weak interior combination, were rushed to pieces by Gan Guoyang.

However, Gan Guoyang has no way to limit Abdul-Jabbar on the defensive end, and this last defense is a huge test for Gan Guoyang, because Abdul-Jabbar's hook at the critical moment is too deadly.

"The game continues, with 8 seconds left, and the Lakers serve from the backcourt!" The atmosphere was at its most tense, and even Zike Hearn's voice trembled slightly, and some of the audience began to pray.

Instead of serving in the frontcourt as usual at the end of the timeout, the Lakers served in the backcourt.

Although the backcourt serve still needs to dribble through the half court, as long as there is enough time, this can effectively open the opponent's defense, so that the opponent has no way to launch a quick pressing.

"Magic holds the ball, breaks through from the left, passes to Abdul-Jabbar, Abdul-Jabbar hooks at the free throw line, the ball goes in! he-got-it！ he-got-it！ (He threw it!) He threw it! Zike Hearn's voice reached its best with the cheers of the Great Western Forum fans.

"Karim Abdullah Jabbar, the 37-year-old veteran, has played a savior moment at a crucial moment in countless matches! Now, he's in the Great Western Forum Arena again, and he's throwing a deadly hook! Unbelievable, hard to believe! Zike Hearn's voice was almost hoarse, and the audience was immersed in a sea of joy.

The only person who feels pain, apart from the Portland Trail Blazers, may be Gan Guohui.

"This ball... It can't be fucking ...... Big cousin, big cousin, it would be nice if you grew 2 inches taller! Gan Guohui can be said to have experienced a lot of ups and downs, and when he first came in, he saw the Trail Blazers leading, but in a blink of an eye, the Lakers overtook him.

Gan Guoyang has done his best with this ball, he first went around to prevent Abdul-Jabbar from having a chance to catch the ball, and then defended closely throughout the whole process, and the moment Abdul-Jabbar made his shot, his fingertips almost touched the basketball.

But it's still a little bit worse, and I can only watch the ball hollow into the net, which is too stable and terrifying.

Still, the Lakers gave the Trail Blazers 1.5 seconds to go, and the Trail Blazers had two final timeouts.

Ramsey called a long timeout to set up a last-ditch offensive strategy, which has not been the case in many games this season, where they either killed their opponents early or were killed early.

"God bless, Buddha bless, Bodhisattva bless ......" Gan Guohui, who was squatting in the aisle, began to babble like a magic stick.

"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle and the game continued, and in the final 1.5 seconds, the time to decide life and death arrived.

No one knows what will happen in those 1.5 seconds, and for the Lakers, this victory should be 80 percent of the time, because 1.5 seconds is so hard to score.

Not to mention the lack of time, the physical strength of both sides has also reached the limit, and Abdul-Jabbar's last goal was a big move that took several minutes to accumulate.

At this time, it was Valentine who served on the sideline, and it was clear that Ramsey was trying to bring other attacking players on the court.

In 1.5 seconds, what tricks can they play?

"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle and counted down to five seconds.

"Hold on, hold on! Don't let him get around! Don't let him get around! Pat Riley shouted from the sidelines as Vanderwig slipped out of the baseline to shake off defenders at 45 degrees with the help of Gan and Sampson.

This is the simplest lore tactic, double cover and then catch and shoot.

But this tactic was too simple and easily recognized by the Lakers, who stared at Vanderwich and did not give him a chance to catch the ball.

Seeing that the five-second countdown is coming, if the ball cannot be sent again, the ball possession of the Trail Blazers will be canceled!

Everyone's attention was focused on Van Dewig and Drexler, the two outside players, and no one noticed that Gan Guoyang, who was covering for Van Dewicz just now, was running back towards the inside line!

Valentine threw the ball straight to the basket!

The Lakers' defense under the basket was empty, and Gan Guoyang looked up at the flying basketball while jumping high, and next to him was Rambis, who was jumping with him.

Gan Guoyang pressed Lambis and touched the ball in the air.

Gan Guoyang lost his balance, he was dragged by Lambis, and his whole body fell to the right.

The referee didn't blow the whistle, but Gan Guoyang threw the ball to the basket before falling to the ground.

The ball rolls a few times on the hoop.

"Huh!"

The ball goes in.

"Toot ~~!!" The buzzer sounds, and the game is over.

"Big cousin!" …………