In the past two days, Gan Guoyang can be described as "life is better than death" in the team's training.

It all started with the advertisement shot by Gan Guoyang and Jordan.

At that time, commercial advertisements were not as gorgeous and creative as they are now, but mostly some of the content was straight to the point, and the picture was like a short advertising film of a campus propaganda film.

For example, when an NBA game is suspended, a car commercial is usually a driver driving on a country road, then stopping in front of a house, and the driver gets out of the car while saying what the car is and how it is good.

Every time Gan Guoyang sees such an advertisement, he has to sigh that Americans have also been so forced.

And now, he and Jordan have shot their first commercial for Nike, which is very simple, but very innovative.

The opening shot goes directly to Jordan, who is wearing a Nike tracksuit and looking at the camera with his hands on his knees, and the background sound is simulated by the sound of the flight attendants announcing before the plane takes off.

Then the camera gradually moved down, focusing on Jordan's Nike shoes, and the sound of the jet in the background became louder and louder, louder and louder, until only Jordan's red-bottomed and black-edged sneakers were left in the shot, and Jordan's whole person flew out of the camera with a "bang", leaving only a cloud of steam on the ground.

At this time, the face change turns black, and Nike's logo and the words "air-jordan" hit the screen.

But the advertisement is not over, and then the camera returns to the picture just now, the ground is empty, the camera pauses for a few seconds, and suddenly a pair of feet fall from the sky to the ground, and the whole camera shakes.

The feet were wearing Nike shoes with red edges on a black background, and then the camera moved up, using a top-down lens to shoot an extremely tall and majestic figure, which was Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang grabbed the basketball with both hands, raised his head slightly, and glanced at the camera with a kind of blinding eyes, and then the screen went black, and Nike's logo and the words "G-Skyscraper" hit the screen.

This?

Advertisements that include two subordinate brands are considered to be over.

After a brief post-processing, the ad was broadcast on major television stations, and large-format posters of the two began to be displayed in sneaker stores in various cities.

The content of the ad can be said to have caused a lot of buzz in the American sports world, and the whole ad is short and powerful, straight to the point, highlighting the characteristics of both the "air" and "skyscraper" brands.

Many viewers also commented that the ad was refreshing and made people feel very impulsive to buy these two sneakers.

Gan's yellow face has also appeared on television stations across the United States along with the ad, and his popularity has continued to rise, and his mailbox at his Portland home is often filled with letters from fans from all over the country.

It stands to reason that such an advertisement does not require any acting skills, Gan Guoyang's expressions and actions in the advertisement are also in place, and he was originally heroic, but after post-processing, he is even more domineering in the camera.

But it was this expression and posture that became the object of imitation by the whole team of the Trailblazers after the advertisement was broadcast.

After leaving Chicago, the Trail Blazers flew to Indiana, the second stop of their three-game Eastern Conference franchise.

In the hotel in Indiana, Colter was the first to see the commercial shot by Gan Guoyang on TV, and Nike's efficiency is really amazing.

Then, the entire Trail Blazers players saw the ad on TV, and then Gan Guoyang's tragedy began.

During a pre-game intra-team confrontation training session in Indiana, Drexler stood in place and began to imitate Gan Guoyang's posture and expression in the advertisement after grabbing a rebound and landing on the ground, and spent a full 3 seconds posing this pose.

Then the other players all laughed, even Ramsey on the side shook his head with laughter, and the training could not go on all of a sudden.

So, in the next training, Gan Guoyang became the most embarrassing person in the audience, no matter who grabbed the rebound, he had to imitate Gan Guoyang's facial expressions, and the entire training hall became an imitation show.

Everyone's shooting percentage is decreasing, just to increase the number of rebounds, and at the same time, the team's rebounding rate is unprecedentedly high, and there are crowds around the three-second zone for a while.

And Gan Guoyang, in order to prevent his teammates from learning his moves again, began to grab rebounds crazily, whether it was teammates or opponents, he wanted to grab the rebounds.

But how could he grab all the rebounds alone, and later even his teammates got tired of playing, and the training ended in laughter.

Since then, Gan Guoyang's action has become a necessary seasoning in the training of pioneers, and someone has to learn it if there is nothing to do.

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On January 24, 1985, the Portland Trail Blazers took on the Pacers on the road in Indianapolis.

The last time the two sides met, the Trail Blazers beat their opponents at home, and when it comes to Indiana, the situation still hasn't changed much.

Indiana is the true state of sports in the United States, and its people have an unimaginable passion for sports, such as motorsports, basketball, rugby and other competitive sports.

Indiana's high school basketball is nationally known because the state league here has always been an indiscriminate brawl that attracts the nation's attention every year.

The Indiana Pacers also won the league championship during their ABA years, but after entering the NBA, the team collapsed and remained at the bottom of the league.

Even so, after entering the stadium, Gan Guoyang still felt the enthusiasm of the Indiana fans, and the entire arena was already full of spectators, and it didn't feel like it was the home of a team that was at the bottom of the East.

In fact, although Indiana's basketball atmosphere is very good, the Pacers' performance is so poor, and the arena is not full.

There were so many spectators in tonight's game, but more than half of it was to watch the Portland Trail Blazers and Gan Guoyang, and of course there were many Drexler and Van Dewych fans.

The team's record is good, and the players' popularity is naturally high.

If it's Indiana vs. Cleveland tonight, it's estimated that the home stadium will not be fully booked, and maybe you will have to take free food or a napkin or something.

The process of the game was not shocking, and Gan Guoyang was very glad that his teammates did not learn his advertising moves during the game, otherwise he would have been speechless.

After Vanderwich returned, the team was on the right track in offense, defense and rotation, and the players had no problem with their condition, the Pacers only resisted half court with the advantage of the home court, and were taken away by a 20-3 fast-break shockwave by the Trail Blazers in the third quarter, and the final score was 136:104, and the Trail Blazers outscored their opponents by 32 points.

Gan Guoyang's performance was still decent, with 17 points, 15 rebounds and 2 blocks, continuing his 15+15 performance.

Gan Guoyang always felt strange about this, although the team won the first place, but he felt more and more like a senior blue-collar player who could do anything, that is, he couldn't score.

He knows that there is no shortage of scoring points in the team, and he tries to play reasonably to the satisfaction of his coach and teammates, but sometimes he still misses the days when he didn't care about it at the beginning of the season and went crazy to score points.

Therefore, Gan Guoyang has never relaxed the practice of his offensive ability, and he still can't move in the middle and long-distance shooting training after training every day.

He has been practicing hook hands since he was in college, and he repeats his foot practice at least 200 times a night.

Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared.

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"Let's go, Gan, don't practice anymore, you're strong enough." After returning to the hotel after the game, the other players found an opportunity to go out and relax, while Gan Guoyang continued to find a gym to practice his biceps.

"No, go ahead, my mission isn't done yet." Gan Guoyang declined Carl's invitation and continued to sweat in the gym.

With the next game to be played in three days, the Trail Blazers players have plenty of time to adjust and rest.

The next day, January 25th, the Trail Blazers set out on another journey, this time to Boston, the capital of Massachusetts.

Their opponents will be the current league leaders of the season, last season's champion, the most legendary team in NBA history, the Green Empire, and the Boston Celtics.

For the Celtics, Gan Guoyang is a long-time famous, but he will never feel nervous about a regular season game again.

The last time he was nervous before a game was when he played the Lakers for the first time at the beginning of the season, and since then he hasn't experienced the feeling of his heart popping out of his chest before the game even starts.

So after arriving in Boston, Gan Guoyang took his suitcase and followed his teammates to the resident hotel as usual.

"Hopefully I can get a good night's sleep these two nights, I don't want to go to the game with black circles under my eyes again." In the car, Vanderwich said with his eyes closed.

"You've had insomnia these two days?" Gan Guoyang felt very strange when he heard Sampson's words, generally speaking, athletes rarely have insomnia, and they are as tired as dogs from competition and training every day, so how can they have time for insomnia.

"Hehe, this is your first time in Boston, Gan, then you better be careful, don't eat indiscriminately, and close the windows when you go to bed at night." Kenny Carr reminded on the side.

"What does that mean?" Gan Guoyang felt even more strange.

"You'll understand Gan, behave well, Boston Garden Square is the best stage to perform." Sampson also looked at Gan Guoyang with a mysterious look.

The words of these veteran players about Gan Guoyang's heart were furious, and rookies including Cauchy were also at a loss.

No matter how good the Celtics are, that is, they are at the same level as the Lakers, the team just defeated the Lakers away, and it is naturally no longer a problem to come to Boston to play the Celtics.

"Hey, the gods are chattering, aren't you going to play a game?" Gan Guoyang shook his head and thought.

However, Gan Guoyang still remembered their advice, and after arriving at the hotel, he did not eat anything from the hotel, and only ate the food designated by the team.

And when it was time to go to bed at night, Gan Guoyang finally understood why Sampson said, "I hope to get a good night's sleep." ”

Since nine o'clock in the evening, people have been calling Gan Guoyang's room, and Gan Guoyang has been answering at first, but he found that either no one listened, or some nonsense guys.

Later, there were too many calls, and Gan Guoyang had to unplug the phone line.

Then Gan Guoyang also found that the old-fashioned hotel arranged for them by the local government had a very low floor, and the hotel was leaning against the street, and the sound insulation of the room was not good at all, and it was noisy all night.

Fortunately, Gan Guoyang slept well, he practiced endurance for half an hour before going to bed, and his body was relatively tired, so he fell asleep quickly.

And when he woke up the next day, the whole team gathered and found that there was one person who didn't sleep well at night, and that was head coach Ramsey.

Ramsey was also harassed by phone calls last night, and at the same time, people always knocked on his door, but when the door opened, there was no one, and others probably suspected that there were ghosts here.

But it's not the first time Ramsey has been to Boston, and he knows it's a welcome for the people of Boston, and it's just getting started.

In the middle of the night, the fire alarm bell in Ramsay's room suddenly rang, waking up Ramsay, who was sleeping soundly, and then the hotel informed him that it was a circuit failure.

Ramsey was older, and he couldn't sleep after waking up in the middle of the night, so he had to wear dark circles under his eyes the next day.

Gan Guoyang looked at Ramsay's panda eyes and thought, "Is this the place where the fuck there is the largest concentration of colleges and universities in the United States?" ”

Boston is home to several of the most prestigious colleges and universities in the United States.

Little did he know, of course, that the wisdom of the people of Boston was not just for learning.