Heavy snow falls again in Michigan, and from November, snowflakes begin to fall in Michigan, and it will continue to fall intermittently until April, when there will not be so much snow on the ground, in addition to the high latitude, the large amount of water vapor transported by the Great Lakes is also the reason for the continuous snow here.

On Feb. 21, after the Trail Blazers finished fighting the Bulls, the whole team got on the bus and headed to their next stop, Detroit, in the snow.

"Damn, why every time we come to Michigan, it's snowing outside, and then we're going to get on the bus and take a long ride to Detroit! That cold, hard place. Jerome Cauchy, who was sitting in the car, complained that since he came to the Trail Blazers in 1984, the Trail Blazers have traveled from Chicago or Milwaukee to Detroit every year for a game in the Central Division, and every time it snows.

"Maybe we'll be here in June." Gan Guoyang, who was sitting in front of Cauchy, said suddenly, after saying that, he turned his head and closed his eyes to rest, Cauchy heard no sound, the whole car was quiet, only the roar of the engine, and some players fell asleep in the car.

Yesterday's game was indeed too tiring, for the starting players, such a game was more painful than two overtime, and after returning to the hotel at night, Gan Guoyang, Cauchy, Porter and others fell asleep immediately after returning to the room.

To add insult to injury, the next day they were heading to Detroit. This morning everyone got up early in the morning to go to the next stop, so the players took time to rest in the car, and the substitutes didn't bother the main team, so there was silence in the car.

Gan Guoyang was originally in a daze by the car, but Cauchy muttered in the back, waking up Gan Guoyang, Cauchy's energy is really good, the physical strength of the players in the team, if Gan Guoyang ranks first, Cauchy is second, anyway, he is still quite energetic in the car, and yesterday he tossed Pippen enough.

After waking up, Gan Guoyang couldn't sleep, and through the foggy car window, he saw that it was snowing outside the car, and the snow was not too big, otherwise they wouldn't be able to go to Detroit.

Gan Guoyang couldn't help but recall his rookie season in 1985, the first time he came to Detroit to play, the snow was even heavier than it is now, and the Trail Blazers team also took a bus to the Motor City, and then encountered a traffic jam in the city, and the whole team walked directly to the hotel.

The next day's game was held in the Silver Dome Center, a large incredible gymnasium, which can accommodate more than 80,000 spectators, is not used for basketball games at all, the seats on the scene are temporarily installed, there is a large vacant position behind the audience, and the roof of the gymnasium is also extremely high, every time you play in it, Gan Guoyang will have the feeling of playing outdoors.

In the first game of the Silver Dome Center, Gan Guoyang swung his fist at Bill Lambir, and then was banned, although Ranbier was annoying at that time, but not to the point of notoriety, and when he evolved into the "Prince of Darkness", he was knocked down by Robert Parrish in the 1987 playoffs, and the Chiefs did not even receive the punishment of being sent off.

Thinking of Ranbier, Gan Guoyang was a little depressed, thinking that he was going to play with him tomorrow, Gan Guoyang was even more depressed, he knew that he was inevitably going to be "punched and kicked" plus mental torture, Gan Guoyang was not afraid of any confrontation and challenge, but sometimes he really didn't have much to do about such hooligans - especially since this group of hooligans also had a great leader, Chuck Daley.

Due to the heavy snow, the Trail Blazers' bus did not arrive in Detroit until more than 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and the car for a day was sleepy, this time the players did not need to walk to the hotel, the bus sent everyone safely to the designated hotel, Adelman also announced that he would not train at night, and everyone had a good rest to prepare for tomorrow's game.

Detroit in 1989 was in the midst of a renaissance. More than a decade after the oil crisis of the '70s, the auto industry was in a slump, and Detroit was in urban crisis, Detroit's transformation is paying off, just like this team's team, from rundown to glory, from trough to peak.

After Gan Guoyang came to the United States, he had to travel between many cities every year, some cities have not changed for many years, such as small cities like Milwaukee, while others are changing with each passing day, such as Detroit, the original cold and noisy automobile city, is having more and more entertainment venues, casinos, nightclubs, strip clubs, and large high-end Western restaurants.

The blue-collar city is becoming more and more white-collar, and of course no one knows what it will be like in 20 years.

Upon arriving at the hotel, the Trail Blazers players found that everything was calm, with no reporters, no media, no fans, as if it wasn't the league's current hot fried chicken, but a team of high school students, Detroit, who had come to play in the state basketball game. Gan Guoyang, who contributed an earth-shattering game with Jordan in the last game, did not arouse the slightest interest from Detroiters, but Gan Guoyang was happy and idle, hiding in his room to watch TV and read the newspaper.

Gan Guoyang opened the local newspaper in Detroit provided by the hotel and put it on the sports page, the front page headline was very face-saving, and put a huge photo of Gan Guoyang's big hat Pippen on the cover of yesterday's game, which was also the front page headline of almost all sports newspapers that day, Gan Guoyang and Jordan scored 60 and 63 points respectively in the same game.

Gan Guoyang is not interested in the process of the game and the evaluation after the game, the excitement brought to him by the last game has long passed, and he is always looking forward to the next game.

Gan Guoyang flipped back again, and a report about basketball caught his attention, a game preview that tonight, at a mid-sized gymnasium in Detroit, there would be an MHSAA game.

MHSAA is the Michigan High School Athletic League, which is the general name for all high school sports in Michigan, just like the NCAA, tonight in Detroit, the finals of the MHSAA high school boys' basketball game are about to be played.

Such a game is held every year in various states in the United States, and the rules of each state are different, Gan Guoyang was in the California championship to stand out and enter the NCAA in college, and finally entered the NBA, which is the only way for every professional player.

In Michigan, the MHSAA is the highest stage for all junior basketball players, and the brightest rising star on this stage is Magic Johnson, who eventually went to Michigan State University and won the NCAA championship, becoming a Michigan basketball hero.

Gan Guoyang was originally not very interested in such a game, but in his current opinion, this is already a game for high school students, not to mention that he has to play against the Pistons tomorrow.

But in the report, when introducing the names of the players, the name of one person caught the attention of Gan Guoyang, and when introducing one of the players on both sides of the game, the local Detroit Day School (odd name), the report focused on their team's power forward, the No. 4 player, Chris Webber.

When Gan Guoyang saw the name "Chris-Webber" and added this place in Detroit, he knew that this must be the gorgeous king of Sacramento, Weber.

Gan Guoyang remembered the days of being a fan in later generations, and remembered his favorite interior player, except for Yao Ming, it was Weber, but unfortunately when he began to pay attention to basketball at that time, Weber had already begun to decline, and his days in the Kings were not as good as year after year.

After coming to the United States, Gan Guoyang has seen many stars and future stars (some Gan Guoyang doesn't know yet), but it seems that most of them are outside players, and the future super insiders Gan Guoyang didn't have the opportunity to meet in advance, so Gan Guoyang put down the newspaper and decided to go to the game site to watch a Webb game.

Gan Guoyang came out of the room and went downstairs, asked the hotel front desk to call a taxi for him, and then took the car directly to the competition venue.

By the time Gan Guoyang arrived at the gymnasium, the game had already begun, because the basketball game in American high schools was a non-commercial game, so there was no admission fee, and nearby residents and basketball enthusiasts could go to the stadium for free to cheer for their favorite teams, or just join in the fun.

Because Detroit Day High School is a local high school, the vast majority of the teams on the scene are wearing sea blue outfits to cheer for Detroit Day High School, and this year is the third consecutive year that Detroit Day High School has reached the MHSAA Finals, and they have won all championships in the past two years, which means that this will be their chance to win three consecutive championships.

Gan Guoyang entered the gymnasium through the back door, and then walked directly to the aisle behind the highest stand, he didn't want to be seen by too many people, at this time the game on the field was extremely intense, and the score was quite anxious.

Gan Guoyang stood tall and saw far away, and soon saw the person he wanted to see, the big forward in the navy blue No. 4 jersey, Chris Webber, Gan Guoyang could see the future purple king from his still very young face.

The audience watched very devotedly, the scene was extremely noisy, the Detroit people's enthusiasm for basketball is not lost to any city, and the day high school is also very hard, for any team to win three consecutive championships The road is difficult, and the hardships that Webb will encounter in the future are far greater than now.

Suddenly, Webb was in the middle of a defensive game, a big hat fanned the opponent's layup, his physical fitness far exceeded that of players of his age, and the ball flew straight to the audience.

Webb also put on a smug look under the basket after the block, and this is the opponent who went to pick up the ball and looked up to see the giant standing at the top of the audience.

In fact, the lights in the back were not on, and the players on the field couldn't see the appearance of the people in the audience, but Gan Guoyang's height was too eye-catching, and the players on the field stared at him for two or three seconds, and some viewers immediately turned around to look at him.

“Sunny-Gump！” Soon someone recognized Gan Guoyang.