April 19th was a happy day for David Stern, as the two sophomores made waves with their god-like performances, and the coverage of the two was overwhelming, and everyone spoke with the same "expression" - Amazing.

For Stern, superstar basketball needs this effect, and Gan Guoyang's game video has been packed by Stern and ready to be sent to Beijing.

When asked what he thought of the duo's performance, Stern said he was proud of the two young men.

Larry Bird said what was probably the most sensual compliment he ever said in his life after his game against Jordan, "God pretended to be Michael Jordan tonight." ”

Of course, soon after the West Coast Portland game, some people began to joke, "God didn't just pretend to be Michael, he rushed to the court to pretend to be Gan." ”

Anyway, tonight, God is busy.

These two games also began to recognize and re-examine the two superstars in the American basketball world, and for Jordan, he has been criticized for more than a season of games, which stems from his overly personalized style of play and unusual dress, which are challenging the nerves of traditional basketball people.

Obviously, in their eyes, Jordan is a deviant, a "selfish ghost" who only cares about himself, and it is difficult for him to succeed in this style of play, and tonight's game undoubtedly confirmed their point, Jordan won the data, but the team lost the game.

The difference is that his statistic is too shocking, in this era, under the intensity of the playoffs, scoring 63 points, on the head of the league's No. 1 Celtics, it is like a fantasy.

When what is considered "heretical" shows extraordinary power, then tradition will one day succumb to the feet of "heresy", and Jordan's 63 has made people face up to the huge potential of this non-mainstream shooting guard.

If Jordan has been misunderstood, Gan Guoyang has always been despised.

After playing the game against the Spurs in the evening, Gan Guoyang was interviewed by several media outlets, and then went home in Drexler's car.

Gan Guoyang's performance was shocking, everyone was talking about his performance, but when it really came to Gan Guoyang himself, everything seemed to be cold again.

Colt was striking in his post-game interview, saying, "If Gan had been an American, and he had played like that, there would have been ten times as many media outlets covering him as they are now." ”

Colt's remarks were quickly criticized by many media outlets, and the Trailblazers were quick to explain Colt's remarks.

But some media outlets also admit that the attention Gan Guoyang has received does not match his current achievements - this is not only due to Gan Guoyang's own reluctance to contact the media, but also due to factors of nationality and race.

The reason why Gan Guoyang is not very willing to contact the media is also related to the fact that he is always treated unfairly by the media, you know, Gan Guoyang was most entangled by the media The time he was arrested at the police station at night, people were obviously more interested in his negative news.

Fortunately, Gan Guoyang has a very solid foundation among fans, especially young fans, young fans are often very simple, and I will support whoever plays well, so Gan Guoyang's Sky-Skyscraper series of sneakers has soared in sales since April 19, and has surpassed Bird and Magic's Converse sneakers, ranking second in the United States after Air-Jordan.

Nike is smiling from ear to ear, the company's two major signboards are both working hard to play god-level performances, the two of their sports brands are big sellers, and they have even thought of shooting a long-form ad for the two in the offseason.

In this way, the two young people each caused a stadium typhoon on the east and west coasts, which caused a rapid increase in the number of topics, but the two of them were like being in the eye of a calm typhoon, and they were not involved in the hype and controversy of the outside world at all.

After Jordan finished the game, he returned to Chicago with a hint of loss, and he was fully prepared for the third game, this 63 points really exhausted everything he had, he did everything he could, and he didn't need to prove anything to the team management, he just wanted to win the next game.

After Gan Guoyang returned home on the night of the 19th, he called Wang Fuxi in Spokane and asked her when she would be able to come to Portland to watch his game, and the answer was the next round; Then he called Gan Youwei, who was far away in San Francisco, and went to bed after a brief chat, he was really tired tonight.

The next day, both of them devoted themselves to training, and kept silent about yesterday's performance, as if nothing had happened, and in the evening, Gan Guoyang also took the initiative to call Jordan, and the two who were not very eye-to-eye in the past talked happily this time and chatted for a long time.

Perhaps, only between heroes and heroes can there be happy resonances, and the two even made an appointment to meet in the finals on the phone.

However, it seems that it is not the right time for them to meet in the Finals, at least for the Bulls, let alone enter the Finals, and it is almost impossible to enter the second round.

Sure enough, two days later, on April 22, the Chicago Bulls lost to the Boston Celtics at home by a score of 104:122, 18 points, and Jordan was completely contained by the Celtics in this game, scoring only 19 points on 8-of-18 shooting.

Even so, Jordan still got 10 rebounds and 9 assists under the Celtics' siege and interception, and almost got a triple-double, which is enough to prove his strong adjustment ability.

It's just that the overall strength of the Bulls is too far from the Celtics, the Celtics are in full bloom, and Kevin McHale, who is in full swing, scored 31 points to blow up the Bulls' interior line, and the Celtics ended the Chicago Bulls with a score of 3:0 and sent Jordan home.

There is no doubt that from the point of view of sending the score, this is an ordinary first-round playoff series, the first division against the eighth division, a matchup without suspense, he should have been drowned in the vast NBA history, but because of Jordan's 63 points, he was repeatedly mentioned and recalled by later people.

This is the end of Jordan's journey, and Gan Guoyang's journey has just begun.

On April 23, a game day after the Bulls were eliminated, the Trail Blazers arrived in San Antonio, Texas, for Game 3 against the Spurs.

It was a crucial game for the Trail Blazers, and Gan's miracle in Game 2 did not add another win to the Trail Blazers, with a 1-1 score meaning the two teams were on the same starting line, and home court advantage had returned to the Spurs.

Ramsey finally began careful preparation before the game, aiming at the Spurs' offensive weaknesses, Ramsey asked the team to contain George Gervin from the beginning, the first two games, Gervin had a superstar-level performance, he twice played back-to-back scoring performances in the third quarter, so that the Trail Blazers fell into a great passivity.

After the opening, the Trail Blazers would rather put Jill Moore and Mike Mitchell to score on the inside, rather than let Gervin shoot a feeling, Gan Guoyang came to the position of power forward in defense, and began to wrap George Gervin in advance, so that Gervin could not find an offensive feeling at all.

The Trail Blazers didn't pull away in the first half, leading by three points at 59-56 going into halftime, with the Spurs scoring more inside points than the first two games combined combined.

But in the second half, the Spurs' aging interior line was unsustainable, and Gervin, who they relied on to sustain their lives, couldn't find an offensive feeling at all after being suppressed in the half, and in the third quarter, the former single-quarter scoring champion shot 0 of 6 and didn't score a point.

The Trail Blazers took advantage of the situation to play a powerful counterattack, pushing the Spurs to the ground with a 14:0 shockwave, and the old Spurs, who were out of breath, finally couldn't stand up anymore.

At 114:94, the Trail Blazers won the key game on the road, and at the same time got the match point of the series, and the promotion was in sight.

Gan, like Jordan, failed to continue his magical performance in Game 3, scoring only 18 points and grabbing 14 rebounds.

But his performance on the court is indisputable, he cooperated with the team's outside line to lock the Spurs' only superstar point, extinguishing the last bit of hope for the Spurs to turn the tables, after the game, the winning Trail Blazers were very calm, the losing Spurs were also very flat, the players on both sides knew that there was a huge gap in the strength of the two sides, and there was no suspense in the series after this one.

In a post-match interview, when asked how he thought of the current situation, Gan Guoyang wanted to say, "I'm already thinking about the next opponent," but he swallowed it anyway because he knew that this sentence was too uncharacterful.

So Gan Guoyang changed his words and praised the Spurs from top to bottom, how good the defense of Quagill-Moore is, how strong Quagwen's offense is, and said that the final result is still unknown.

"After getting 42 rebounds, do you feel any pressure in the rest of the game?" The reporter continued to ask.

"Pressure? Of course, although we are 2-1 up, the pressure is on our side, and the next game is still in San Antonio, and if we lose, we will play the fifth game, even at home, it is really difficult to say. "Gan Guoyang is well versed in the principle of accumulating character, and it is the Pioneers who are lagging behind now and not the Spurs.

In the 80s, when the words of the stars were mostly direct, rough, and even wild, Gan Guoyang's character-saving answers seemed so maverick, but he also had a crazy pursuit of victory in his heart.

In the fourth- and fifth-place battle, the Nuggets have eliminated the Mavericks to enter the Western Conference semifinals, and they are already waiting for the Trail Blazers and Gan Guoyang.