On May 18, 1989, two days before the start of the Western Conference Finals, when the dust had settled on the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Detroit Pistons, like the Lakers and the Trail Blazers, swept the opponent Milwaukee Bucks in four games and entered the Eastern Conference Finals with unrivaled momentum, and their opponent in the Eastern Conference Finals, like in 1988, was the Chicago Bulls.

If the Trail Blazers, Lakers, and Pistons reached the division finals as expected, then the Bulls' second consecutive year in the Eastern Conference Finals has a hint of magic, which of course comes from Michael Jordan, whose stunner in the first round not only led the Bulls to miraculously reach the next round, but also gave him plenty of confidence.

In the division finals against Ewing's New York Knicks, the Bulls were behind until they went on an 8-O run in the fourth quarter under Jordan's leadership to force the game into overtime.

In the previous games, Jordan was always making the ball and passing the ball to his teammates, and he handed out 12 assists in the game, and in overtime, he finally turned on the killing mode, scoring 9 points in a row, helping the Bulls win 12o:1o9 and take the lead.

Ewing scored just 22 points on 9-of-22 shooting from the field of Bulls veteran Bill Cartwright, a former veteran of the team.

In Game 2, the Knicks, who couldn't afford to lose again, beat the Bulls at Madison Square Square with a score of 115-97, making people think that the Knicks lost the first game just because of carelessness, and the Bulls won because of luck.

But in Game 3, the Bulls completely made the Knicks understand that it wasn't luck that they won. At the Chicago Union Center, in order to counter Mark Jackson's provocation, Jordan scored 4o points, 15 rebounds, 9 assists and 6 steals in the game, just one assist, and almost got another triple-double, and the Bulls also bloodied the New York Knicks 111-88.

Of course, Jordan suffered a minor injury in the game, but he didn't die, and the Knicks coach questioned Jordan's injury after the game, and now he was in trouble.

In the fourth game, in order to prove to the Knicks coach whether he was injured or not, Jordan rushed to the Knicks' interior all over the court, won 28 free throw opportunities, and scored 47 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists in the whole game, but Ewing, the core of the Knicks, was completely blown up by Cartwright, allowing Cartwright to score 21 points, but he only scored 1o points!

In such a game, the Knicks had no way to win, 93:1o6, and the Knicks were in danger of being eliminated from being favored before the game to falling behind 1:3.

At this time, Ewing's state was late, and the Knicks, who were cornered, burst out of their last energy after returning to their home court, Ewing finally broke through Cartwright's defense, scoring 32 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks in the game, helping the Knicks win 121:114 and delay death. 2

However, Ewing's state came too late, and in the sixth game, back to the Chicago Union Center, Jordan would not give the Knicks any more chance, Jordan scored 4o for the third time in the series, unless he was not in good shape, otherwise the Knicks had no one to limit Jordan even a little, although the Knicks tried their best to drag the series into Game 7 back to New York, but in the end they still lost by a two-point disadvantage of 111:113, and watched the Chicago Bulls reach the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Bulls also created a miracle by reaching the division finals as sixth in the East, the last time they did this feat was the Houston Rockets in 1981, when the Rockets went all the way to the finals with the sixth pick in the West.

In this way, the 1989 playoff division finals were exactly the same as in 1988, with the Pistons vs. Bulls and the Lakers vs. Trail Blazers.

With the defending champion Pistons better than last year, the Bulls' Jordan getting a better start in the playoffs, the Lakers burning their energy and the Trail Blazers on the cards, this matchup is the same as last year, but it could have a different spark.

At this time, before the start of the finals, the four teams are making careful preparations, in Portland, Gan Guoyang is conducting high-intensity training as usual, but on the afternoon of the 18th, Adelman asked all players to take a holiday and rest for half a day.

Gan Guoyang originally wanted to stay and practice, but Adelman demanded that today's training content is rest and relaxation, and he must complete the training content in strict accordance with the requirements, and no other training is allowed.

Gan Guoyang had no choice but decided to go to the suburbs of Portland, but because Wang Fuxi was working in the hospital today, he didn't drive him home until after work, and the Feng brothers Gan Guoyang gave them a vacation, and Gan Guoyang didn't need them to follow every day of training, and they were usually needed to block some nasty reporters on game days. So Gan Guoyang now, he couldn't drive to the suburbs for a walk, after hesitating, Gan Guoyang decided to take the bus to the beach in the suburbs to relax.

Like other big cities in the U.S., Portland has a rail transit system, with their subway and overground light rail looping around the city centered on the Willamette River, and Gan Guoyang needs to take the light rail across the Willamette River to the west to the beach, and then it's close to his home and can run straight home.

However, when Gan Guoyang came out of the Jewish Community Training Center and came to the nearest subway station to take the subway, he realized what a wrong decision he had made, knowing that Gan Guoyang usually runs to the training center, so that he can not only exercise, but also get close to the city of Portland, so he often changes his running route.

But he runs to the gym at four or five o'clock in the morning, when the whole of Portland is still asleep, and not many people know that the city's sports heroes are sweating it on the road.

And now, it's noon, it's the time to commute, and there are still quite a lot of people on the street on the subway, although the population density in cities like Seattle and Portland in the western United States is not high, unlike China, where people are crowded everywhere, the flow of people in subway stations is still very large.

Originally, people were coming and going in a hurry, looking down at the road under their feet, but I don't know who was the first to appear Gan Guoyang, who was looking around in the subway station, and shouted "Gump!" ”

This is over, everyone raised their heads, those middle-aged office workers were fine, just standing and watching from a distance, but from the expressions on their faces, it could be seen that they were hesitating to come forward to shake hands with Gan Guoyang, take a photo or something, and some young people couldn't hold back their excitement, and rushed directly to Gan Guoyang, one of the beautiful girls hugged Gan Guoyang directly, looking at Gan Guoyang's eyes The more they looked at it, the more they liked it, and then they couldn't bear it, jumped up and kissed Gan Guoyang's face hard.

At this time, Gan Guoyang was still a little confused, after coming to Portland, he took the subway really not much, after coming in, he was still looking around to see where there was a map, and then he heard a shout, everyone rushed towards him, and a girl closest to him came up and gave him a mouthful.

It's troublesome now, Gan Guoyang looked at the people around him, and it seemed that both men and women wanted to kiss him, and at this time he was Tang Seng in the eyes of monsters.

And the girl who kissed him still refused to let go, and wanted someone to give them a group photo, but then the others were not happy, and stepped forward to say that Gan Guoyang could not let her have it alone, and some even took out paper and pen from their briefcases and asked for Gan Guoyang's signature.

Of course, Gan Guoyang did not refuse to sign the signature, but more and more people gathered around, which has begun to affect the traffic of the subway station, at this time the police near the subway station appeared strange, and then he saw Gan Guoyang standing out in the crowd, knew what was wrong, left to push the crowd away, and then gradually dispersed the crowd, and called the nearby police to come to support and maintain order at the scene.

"Mr. Gan, you shouldn't come to this kind of place, it will bring chaos to our order." At this time, the police began to escort Gan Guoyang out of the subway station and "taught" Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang was like a child who made a mistake at this time, he could only nod his head, and left the crowd under the escort of the police, and finally the police took Gan Guoyang to the police car, this is the second time Gan Guoyang has been taken into the police car, the last time he was arrested, this time it was different, the policeman decided to use the police car to send Gan Guoyang to the beach.

"It's my responsibility to maintain order here, and getting you to your destination is the best place for order." The policeman swore by it.

However, Gan Guoyang also lost the desire to go to the beach to relax, so he still asked the policeman to send him home directly.

After arriving at his home, Gan Guoyang got out of the car and said thank you to the policeman, but the policeman took out a notebook from his arms and handed it to Gan Guoyang, and said to him: "My son is your fan, I can't accompany him because I'm too busy with work, I hope you can sign his name and make him happy." ”

It turned out that the policeman also wanted Gan Guoyang's signature, and Gan Guoyang naturally readily agreed and signed him seriously.

When Gan Guoyang returned home, he was now more tired than training.

But as soon as he turned on the TV, Gan Guoyang was even more shocked, he caused a riot in the subway station and was on TV so quickly, and the photo happened to be taken by someone with a camera, and it just happened to take a picture of Gan Guoyang being kissed by a female fan.

"It's over, it's over, why did you shoot this picture! It's over, it's over, it's over When Gan Guoyang thought that Wang Fuxi was going to see it, he might want a "big thunder", so he hurriedly turned off the TV, and at the same time called Wang Fuxi and asked her not to pick him up.

Not long after, Wang Fuxi came back from work, she still had a newspaper in her hand, Gan Guoyang looked at it and thought, "It's broken, it's all in the newspaper!" How the fuck is it so fast! ”

Wang Fuxi took it and walked to Gan Guoyang's side, Gan Guoyang was a little nervous, and said, "Are you back......?"

Wang Fuxi didn't say anything, but stepped forward and gently kissed Gan Guoyang, which made Gan Guoyang a little puzzled, wasn't the photo of him kissed in the newspaper?

At this time, Wang Fuxi handed the newspaper to Gan Guoyang, and Gan Guoyang took a look at it and saw the headline:

"The nBa has officially announced that Sonny Gan has been named the Most Valuable Player of the 1988-1989 regular season!"