Chapter 68: The Laborer's Expedition

Updated: 2013-10-21

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When the score was fixed at 78:55, the stadium's buzzer made a final sound, like a mourning of surrender, echoing in the dead stadium of UCLA's home stadium.

College basketball is a bit different from the NBA, where most spectators will leave the court in garbage time if the NBA home team falls behind early and the game loses suspense.

By the end of the game, there would have been only a sparse crowd of spectators and lost home players left in the stadium, in stark contrast to the excitement of the team's victory.

In college games, student fans tend to stay the course, no matter how bad the team plays or how many points they fall behind, they will accompany their school's players to the last minute.

Now, at the game between the bulldogs and the brown bears, the more than 6,000 fans in the stadium are quietly staying in the scene, watching the former basketball giants being beaten all over the ground by the little-known Gonzaga University, wondering when their revival will come?

In fact, there was an opportunity that was lost in front of them, that is, sitting on the bench in the second half of the game, leaving a wide back of the No. 11 to the audience behind them, but they did not cherish it.

Many people know that this guy used to be a UCLA student, but eventually left UCLA for unknown reasons and switched to other schools.

The former UCLA student swept both ends of the floor with a stormy performance in the second half, giving the game an early halt with 10 minutes remaining, and Universidad Gonzaga also substituted for the final garbage time.

Gan Guoyang sat on the sidelines for the last ten minutes of the game, watching Reggie Miller, who was still on the court and constantly struggling, trying to save UCLA with shot after shot, and suddenly felt that Miller may be a very, very great player, but he is not the opponent he really wants to beat.

The high school league final and that stunner were just a small hurdle in Gan Guoyang's basketball career, and he crossed it, and there were higher peaks waiting for him to climb in front of him.

Reggie Miller is good enough and competitive enough to be an out-and-out fighter who will be one of the toughest opponents in Gan's future basketball career.

However, since that high school championship, Reggie Miller has not won a championship for the rest of his life.

He's a real superstar, but not the top ones.

After the game, Gan Guoyang walked on the court, and the first thing was to find Reggie Miller, and Gan Guoyang gave the tough No. 31 a big hug.

"Good luck Reggie, I've got what I wanted."

"But now you owe me, and I'll get it back one day."

The two players who played the best in this game, who are also two newcomers to the college game, resolved the past grudge with a hug, and also opened a new chapter of confrontation in the future.

Gan Guoyang's performance of 30 points, 19 points, 6 blocks and 2 assists shocked the entire ten-school league, and also made this traditionally strong league have to pay attention to this team from the Northwest minor league.

Reggie Miller scored 25 points off the bench to prove that it was a mistake for Larry Famar to put him on the bench, compared to a measly five points for Hatchell, a freshman who started the game.

Later, Hatcher, a McDonald's All-Star high school player, was selected in the NBA draft for an unknown position, and then was laid off without playing a single game, never stepping into the NBA.

A battle of revenge ended like this, and it seemed too fast, too simple, and too easy for Gan Guoyang, and he didn't even have time to taste the joy of victory.

At the moment of leaving the UCLA gymnasium, Gan Guoyang understood that his grievances with this school were over, and he had nothing to do with it.

"Big cousin!" Gan Guoyang walked on the road, looking at the cold night sky, still reminiscing about the trace of sadness in his heart, and a familiar voice came from his ears.

It's Gan Guohui.

"Big cousin...... Didn't any reporters come to interview you...... Big cousin, hurry up, sign me, quick. Gan Guohui ran to Gan Guoyang's side, took out a notebook without saying a word, and begged for an autograph.

Gan Guoyang is full of black lines, he knows that Gan Guohui likes to collect signatures of various celebrities, he said that he can definitely rely on these things to make a sum in the future, and now he is eyeing Gan Guoyang.

"Guohui, where is your flag?" Gan Guoyang had no choice, so he had to sign his name on the street lamp in the dark, and then asked about the flag that Gan Guohui often brought to watch the game.

"Oh, didn't you forget to bring it when you came out in a hurry, otherwise I would have taken it out to advertise to our family!" Gan Guohui said with a look of regret, Gan Guoyang could only be glad that he fortunately forgot.

"Eh, big cousin, your hook hand is really bullish, why didn't you use it when you played at home during the Chinese New Year." Gan Guohui asked, it turned out that it was the first time he saw Gan Guoyang with a hook hand.

"Hehe, isn't that my secret weapon? What is a secret weapon, that is, no one can know! You big mouth......" Gan Guoyang couldn't help but glance at him when he thought of the power of the fat man's mouth.

"How could I leak my eldest cousin's secret, I'm ...... Hey. As soon as Gan Guohui saw Gan Guoyang's eyes, he instantly thought that Wang Fuxi's matter was leaked to his uncle, so he had to smile wryly.

Fortunately, Gan Youwei looked at the matter of love very openly, and did not ask Gan Guoyang Xingshi to ask for guilt, otherwise Gan Guoyang would have wanted him to look good.

"Big cousin, come on, although I go to school in Southern California, I will always support you and will always be your fan! By the way, there is also Chen Xing, this guy has something to do today......" Gan Guohui said to Gan Guoyang with a smile, the bus was already waiting for Gan Guoyang.

In this already cold night, Gan Guoyang felt a warmth in his heart, although UCLA had no relationship with him, his relatives and friends had been silently supporting him.

Back in the car, sitting in the seat, Gan Guoyang remembered his father again, Gan Guoyang trained hard in the past year, an important reason is also to tell his father that his choice of basketball is not a useless and wrong decision, he wants to prove himself with a golden champion.

"Okay ladies, I think everyone will have a great time at tonight's banquet, but this is the first step of the long march, and we will play against several other teams in the 10-school league in the next few days, and each one will be a big challenge. And, I just got the news today that we've got a 'big job' and we're going to play in the central part of the country in a while, so let's get ready. ”

As soon as Bellman said this, everyone suddenly began to talk like an explosion, and ran to the middle to play?

Due to the vast size of the United States, so many universities in the United States are divided into minor leagues, and teams belonging to the same league hold minor leagues, and these college teams are basically in one state or two adjacent states.

This can greatly save time and money, after all, the university has limited funds and students have to attend classes.

Although invitational tournaments are played between different leagues, the two leagues are not too far apart, for example, Washington State, where Gonzaga University is located, and California, where UCLA is located, are only one Oregon state apart.

Even so, it is a relatively long distance for a college team, and expensive transportation such as airplanes is required.

And playing in the middle of the United States? It's an expedition, and it's rare for a college team to travel that far to a school to play a non-commercial invitational tournament, is it crazy?

"Are we going to fucking go to that big farm in Indiana and play ball in the cornfields?" One player exclaimed that although Indiana is a basketball state, Indiana is synonymous with corn to Americans in other states.

"I think it's better to eat potatoes in Idaho, I don't like corn." Idaho is right next door to Washington State and is where Gunzaga University is going to play.

Bellman ignored the speculation of the players, as he always was, never intervening in the noisy talk of the players, and let them go.

He walked over to Gan Guoyang, who was sitting in the back seat, Gan Guoyang did not participate in the discussion, he sat with the equally quiet Stockton, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Gan, you did well today." Bellman said, leaning against the saddle.

"Thank you, Mr. Bellman, but the feeling of revenge doesn't seem as sweet as it seems." Gan Guoyang said.

"Yes, because you already have greater goals to achieve." Bellman looked at his proud disciple and said gently.

Bellman rarely spoke to Gan Guoyang in such a harmonious voice, but it made Gan Guoyang a little uncomfortable and didn't know what to say, so he had to nod.

The car continues to drive, and so does Gunzaga University's journey in the 10-school alliance.

In the next two games, they won 72-52, 70-61 against the University of Oregon and Washington State University.

With a record of winning all three games, he retired in the ten-school league, and Gan Guoyang became the focus of the major leagues on the West Coast with an average of 25.4 points, 15.9 rebounds, and 4.1 blocks per game.

In particular, the Tiangou stunt he displayed in the game can be said to have shaken the leagues and attracted the attention of scouts from all walks of life.

A 6-foot-10 tall, 230-pound weight, in terms of running and jumping strength and other physical qualities, can only be regarded as a center in the upper middle, but relying on the Tiangou that almost no one can copy, in the face of other centers who are taller and stronger than him, it can be said that he has what he wants.

Although he still has many weaknesses in attack range and technique, the talent he shows is shocking enough, especially the astute sense of smell on the defensive end, which has to remind people of that terrible No. 6.

What's more, this is a yellow race, a skin color at the most marginal level in American sports.

Some media outlets in the West have begun to report on the sophomore, yellow-skinned sophomore who didn't play in his freshman year at all because he dropped out of UCLA and transferred.

This undoubtedly greatly adds to his legend and mystique.

According to some "insiders", the No. 11 player named "GUMP" trained with Abdul-Jabbar for a week when he was at UCLA and is said to have received a true pass from Abdul-Jabbar.

Where the "insiders" came from will always be a mystery to guess, but it is true that Gan Guoyang once trained with Abdul-Jabbar, and many UCLA students have seen it.

However, no one knows whether or not Abdul-Jabbar's true biography has been obtained.

Abdul-Jabbar has faced countless opponents in his life, and there are countless centers who have been hooked by Abdul-Jabbar's hook to his confusion, but no one has ever been able to get Skyhook's stunt in the process of being abused by Skyhook.

Gan Guoyang's practice of Tiangou was indeed inspired by Tiangou and received some guidance from Abdul-Jabbar, but he had a compelling reason to practice Tiangou.

In Gonzaga's training for more than a year, the first thing Gan Guoyang has to do is gain weight.

The height of 6-foot-10 to play center is already a loss, if the weight is too light, it will not be able to play, and the power forward is not the position Gan Guoyang wants.

Therefore, Bellman specially arranged a physical trainer to conduct strength training for Gan Guoyang, and by the way, he gained weight, to increase his weight from about 210 pounds to 230 pounds.

Weight is the basis of strength, and strength without muscles is purely airy.

Gan Guoyang also managed to increase his weight to 230 pounds, the weight of a qualified college center, with hard work, a reasonable diet and abstinence.

And the trainer found that Gan Guoyang's strength was stronger than he imagined, even if Gan Guoyang increased to 230 pounds, he still belonged to the thin and tall center in terms of size.

However, Gan Guoyang's strength is greater than some players who seem to be stout than him, and it is amazingly large, which is really incredible.

Only Gan Guoyang knew that this was brought to him by "talent", when he set the strength value without considering the problem of body shape, and the value of 83 is far beyond the level of basketball players in the 80s.

Gan Guoyang estimated that his strength value should be able to reach 65 at this time, which is not far from Duncan in nbalive2004, and Duncan's weight is 260 pounds!

This makes Gan Guoyang's power a big bug.

But the troubles caused by this have also appeared, that is, Gan Guoyang's mid-range shooting began to have problems.

Since his first basketball game in the United States, Gan Guoyang has shown outstanding shooting talent, and with continuous practice, he has also practiced a good mid-range shot without special shooting training.

This is the result of his 85 shooting ability value and 75 three-point ability value, Gan Guoyang is also thinking about becoming a full-fledged center who can be inside and out in the future.

However, after several months of all-round high-intensity strength and weight gain training, Gan Guoyang found that his shooting accuracy began to decline significantly.

In fact, after Gan Guoyang grew to 6-foot-10 and his arm span grew to a terrible 7-foot-6, his mid-range shooting has begun to be inaccurate, and this increase in strength and weight has made it even worse, almost making him lose his mid-range shooting ability.

Big hands, long arms, strong strength, these are the advantages of playing basketball, but they are the disadvantages of shooting, which has to be said to be a great irony.

As a result, Gan Guoyang not only did not have a long-range shot, but even his stunt turn-over jump shot was discounted.

This also allowed Gan Guoyang to discover the third secret about his talent value, which gave him a deeper understanding of his basketball ability.

How to pick up the most basic technique of shooting again is a problem that Gan Guoyang has been worried about for a whole year, and there is no other way except to practice and practice.

But in the process of confrontation training, Gan Guoyang found that the hook he occasionally used had a very high hit rate, and it was difficult to be interfered with, because big hands, long arms, and strong strength were all advantages of hook hands!

People should play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.

So Gan Guoyang did not fall behind the shooting training, and on the other hand, he also started the practice of hooking.

Unexpectedly, this practice was out of control, Gan Guoyang fell in love with this elegant, unique and powerful technique, and the more he practiced, the more confident he became, and the more he practiced, the more comfortable he became.

Finally, in the first official competition in 1983, Gan Guoyang's Tiangou was officially unveiled, reflecting great power.

At the same time, Gan Guoyang's turn-over jumper and step-back jumper, which he was once best at, were naturally put aside to make way for hooks.

There is still a long way to go, and Gan Guoyang has decided to re-hone these skills little by little, and truly become a weapon for himself to defeat the enemy.

Naturally, the media and "insiders" will not know about these things, and Gan Guoyang does not have the time and mood to pay attention to the reports of these media.

Because, the expedition of the Gunzaga Bulldogs is about to begin, and they will go to Nebraska, the home of the North American bison.