Chapter 488: The Golden Age

At 6:40 PT, the finals will open at the Memorial Stadium, and the stadium is full of more than 20,000 seats, and the arena, which was empty and quiet three hours ago, is already full of people.

Moreover, the lineup of fans who sat in the front row tonight can be described as luxurious, former head coach of the Trail Blazers Jack Ramsay, Gan Guoyang's friend pop superstar Michael Jackson, Hollywood director Steven Spielberg, famous Hollywood screenwriter Robert Zemeckis, Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen, former NBA superstars Wilt Chamberlain, Nate Thurmond, Nike boss Paul Fairmont and other well-known figures all sat in the audience.

You know, this is not Los Angeles, there is no Hollywood, this is Portland, the most northwestern city in the United States, and the reason why these people can come here is very simple, because Gan Guoyang, because Gan Guoyang is likely to be crowned tonight.

Michael Jackson has turned off a lot of activities, leaving tonight to watch the game on the sidelines, Spielberg and Gan Guoyang are working together to invest in a game project, Paul Allen has already made a preliminary agreement with Weinberg, he will have the Trail Blazers next season, Zemeckis and Gan Guoyang's co-shot film "Who Framed Roger the Rabbit" just won two Oscars in May, and Ramsay, Chamberlain and Thurmond are all going to witness Gan Guoyang win the championship in Portland anyway.

In addition, Wang Fuxi, Gan Youwei, Gan Youtang, Gan Bingguang, Qian Hui, Gan Guohui, Shui Miao, Feng Peiyu, Feng Guangyao, Wu Zhiwen and other relatives and friends of Gan Guoyang were also present, waiting for the exciting moment.

At this time, Gan Guoyang had returned to the locker room, sat down with his teammates, and made final mobilization preparations for the game.

In the team's locker room, Gan Guoyang is always the most active one, and he is often the one who completes the team's mobilization, but tonight he was a little quiet, sitting there, not knowing what he was thinking.

Drexler sat next to Gan Guoyang and read, it was a habit of him, he would relax by reading before important games, and tonight he picked out a copy of "The Noise and the Tumult", Faulkner's famous book, which is Drexler's favorite book, because Drexler is a southerner.

But obviously, Drexler chose the wrong book, his mood was just like the title of the book, noisy and turbulent, he couldn't read it at all, he turned his head to look at Gan Guoyang, and found that Gan Guoyang was in a daze.

And Jerome Cauchy walked over the dressing room, walked over, and babbled endlessly, Cosey is the team's most excited person, shaking his head like a tumbler.

Sabonis is the same as Gan Guoyang, sitting there in a daze, after coming to the pioneers, Sabonis was taken care of by Gan Guoyang everywhere, constantly learning from Gan Guoyang, and even learning in a daze.

"What do you think, Gan?" Drexler finally couldn't help but ask Gan Guoyang beside him, Gan Guoyang didn't speak all the time, which made him very unaccustomed.

Gan Guoyang looked at Drexler, smiled and said, "I'm thinking, let's go to Washington to meet Mr. Bush, I should talk to him." ”

Every NBA championship is received by the president of the United States at the White House, and the Trail Blazers winning the championship is certainly no exception, the problem is that Gan Guoyang is Chinese, and now the United States is imposing sanctions on China.

Drexler thought about it and realized that this was really a problem, and then he looked at Sabonis who was sitting opposite, this guy was a Soviet, and he thought that Sabonis was probably thinking about something similar.

Soon, Culp peeked in from outside the dressing room and waved to everyone to tell them it was time to play.

Gan Guoyang was the first to stand up and walk outside the door, and the others also walked out of the locker room, Gan Guoyang didn't speak, he opened his arms and waved to everyone, and everyone consciously surrounded them.

"My friends, my teammates, my comrades, my brothers, 231 days and nights, 99 hard games, all over the United States, every day spent on planes, hotels, tons of sweat in the training gym, the pain that tormented us, the voices that blame and criticize us, tonight, our 100th game, to all, all, all into our strength, not a little left, champions, only champions, all of this is meaningful, all of this is valuable, I don't know how brilliant our future will be, I just know that tonight, it will be our most glorious moment, don't miss it. Come on! My brothers! ”

“YES! COME-ON! ”

Everything is for this moment, for many NBA players, there may not be such an opportunity in the entire career, Gan Guoyang doesn't want to have any regrets, and all the Trail Blazers players don't want to, no matter what they thought in their hearts before, what they will think after the game, now they have only one goal, the championship.

When the Trail Blazers entered, the atmosphere in the Memorial Coliseum reached its first climax, cheering like waves, making the Trail Blazers' opponent, the Detroit Pistons, look like a small sampan on the stormy sea, ready to be swallowed up by a giant wave at any moment.

Chuck Daley's hair is still as meticulous, his suit is straight, and he sits on the sidelines, but the brilliant coach also knows in his heart that the Pistons may really struggle to get through this game.

The Pistons before the game were not so united, and there were some small cracks within the team, such small cracks are not related on weekdays, but in the finals, away games, on the edge of going home to fish, a little small crack means the collapse of the castle.

The 1988 championship gave this team more self-confidence, but also a little less tenacity, as everyone knows, the most valuable thing about the Detroit Pistons is their indomitable will, but the lack of preparation in the fourth game put them in a desperate situation, and the trend of the finals was completely changed, even if they struggled to win in the fifth game, they could not reverse the trend of the building about to collapse.

The game started under referee Joe Crawford's main game, and the Pistons went all out against the Trail Blazers, and the game between the two sides was extremely intense, and the Pistons even took the lead in the first half, and Bill Ranbir's three-point shot seemed to suddenly open up after the fourth game, and he could fire every game.

Until the end of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers were still behind Gan Guoyang and suddenly made a force, hitting three three-pointers in a row, two at the top of the arc and one at 45 degrees on the left, both of which were his favorite positions.

Gan Guoyang's three-point shot was like a sharp sword, tearing through the Pistons' defense at once, not only the physical defense, but also their psychological defense, and the Trail Blazers finally began to take advantage.

At this time, the hanging hearts of the fans of the Memorial Stadium finally began to slowly let go, and the waves began to rise wave after wave, the Detroiters were still struggling to support, and Isiah Thomas entered the Trail Blazers inside again and again, using his thin body to impact the basket; With Joe Dumas doing his best defensively, Dennis Rodman constantly flying to save the ball, and Ranbier has run out of time to play tricks.

However, the Trail Blazers will no longer have any mercy for them, on the road to the championship, either you die or I live, and the only stumbling block is to completely trample them under their feet.

"Gan, and Drexler's pick-and-roll, receive a pass, turn around! What a beautiful turn, a successful layup! Gan's layup! Rip-City! ”

At the critical moment in the fourth quarter, Gan Guoyang and Drexler coordinated with a block, and after receiving the ball, they turned around with an extremely smooth back, and made a clean pass to Ranbir and made an easy layup, Seanley couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart and shouted rip-city, because the goal was scored, the difference between the two sides came to 10 points, and the Trail Blazers had held the victory tightly in their hands.

Gan Guoyang clenched his fist hard after the goal, leaving little time for the Pistons, and the Trail Blazers are getting closer and closer to the championship.

Gan Guoyang could feel that every cell in his body was trembling, every pore was shrinking, and the more time passed, the stronger this feeling became for him.

At the last moment of the "10, 9, 8, 7......" game, the whole audience began to count down, everyone on the sideline was ready to move, the Pistons had given up defense, the Trail Blazers had begun to give up attack, and Gan Guoyang felt that his emotions had overflowed to the edge.

“Game-over! Game-over! The-portland-Trailblazers-have-won-the-World-Championship-in-1989! Bill Shanley's voice, accompanied by the buzzer sound of the end of the game, was heard throughout Portland, throughout Oregon.

Rainbow debris drifted down from the roof of the Memorial Stadium, and all the spectators rushed out from under the seats, rushing towards the Trail Blazers players, rushing towards Gan Guoyang, just like the scene when they won the championship in 1977.

Gan Guoyang stood in the middle of the field, surrounded by Portland fans, who crowded around Gan Guoyang, shouting "Sunny-Gump!" ”

At this time, Gan Guoyang was worshipped like the sun god, he averaged 34.6 points, 15.6 rebounds, 4.3 blocks, 3.3 assists and 3.1 steals per game in six games, and he was the team's well-deserved MVP.

At this time, Gan Guoyang's tears could no longer be suppressed, and he burst out of his eyes, he tried hard to control himself, gritted his teeth and cried out in the court.

At this time, Feng Peiyu and Feng Guangyao rushed over through the crowd, and they and the staff of the Trailblazers brought Gan Guoyang back to the players' tunnel, where everyone was celebrating each other.

Gan Guoyang returned to the locker room and found that his father Gan Youwei and his fiancée Wang Fuxi were already waiting for him there.

The boy doesn't flick when he has tears, but it's not time to be sad.

Gan Guoyang's tears at this time were not shed because of sadness, for today, his efforts, sweat, tears, criticism, criticism, inner struggle and entanglement, all condensed in these tears.

Soon, Gan Guoyang wiped away his tears, opened the champagne with all his teammates, and carnivaled in the locker room, this is the night that belongs to the pioneers, this is the night that belongs to Gan Guoyang.

He is finally about to start his golden age.

(End of book)