Chapter 207: Sorrowful Ewing
(That's it for Donathy, and even if he can be used, I guess I'll have to wait until I write the third part, so I'll bury it first.) It's almost written off the court, and the playoffs are about to begin. )
April Fool's Day, April 1st, for Patrick Ewing, God played another joke on him.
Ewing, who is known in history as a representative of tragic figures, actually had a glorious history before entering the NBA.
The Jamaican giant was discovered by Coach John Thompson, who trained Ewing into a near-perfect team player, a capping machine that devours everything on the defensive end.
The taciturn center began the tradition of a strong-hearted center in Georgetown, leading the team to the National Finals three times in his four years of college, and winning the title in 1984 against his toughest rival, Olajuwon.
If he had entered the NBA Draft in 1984, it was still unknown who would have been the top pick that year, whether he or Olajuwon had been the top pick.
But Gan's arrival ruined everything, and in the 1984 NCAA 16-8 tournament, Gan Guoyang and Stockton teamed up to lead Gonzaga to destroy Georgetown, change history, and deprive Ewing of the championship that should have belonged.
For this reason, Ewing did not hesitate to stay in college, and he had to finish four years to win an NCAA championship.
However, Gan then entered the NBA Draft, which did not give Ewing a chance to take revenge on him in college, along with Michael Jordan, who defeated Georgetown in the 1982 finals.
The 1985 NCAA, like the NBA, underwent major changes, starting with the introduction of offensive time limits and teams having to shoot within 35 seconds or else be stripped of possession.
At the same time, the number of places to participate in the NCAA national tournament has increased to 64, and there will be no qualifiers like last year's Gunzaga and go straight to the national finals.
As the number of teams increased, the competition became more intense, but three of the four teams that made it to the final four came from the same division!
That's Georgetown University, St. John's University in New York, and Villanova University, all of which come from the powerful Big-East Alliance.
The final became a civil war in the Great Eastern Conference, with the winner of the Great Eastern League facing the Villanova Wildcats, the lowest-ranked team in the NCAA National Championship. (The NCAA has a lot of teams called the Wildcats.) )
In the eyes of most people, this is a game with no suspense, and in the big east league, George City has maintained a complete victory against Villanova, which also makes the call for Georgeville to win the championship before the game extremely high.
The small number of people who believe that Villanova will win this championship are analyzed from a technical point of view, because Georgetown's victory over Villanova was a narrow victory and did not have an absolute advantage; Others, purely from the point of view of sympathy for the weak, believe that if Villanova can defeat Georgetown, it will undoubtedly be a legend; And then there are others, naturally, from an emotional point of view, and they are all students of Villanova.
Only Gan Guoyang, he thinks that the reason why Georgetown can't win the championship is very simple, because he feels that Georgetown should not have won this championship in history.
Gan Guoyang's knowledge of basketball history is not qualified, but he does know that Ewing defeated Olajuwon in 1984 to win the NCAA championship, and then Ewing did not win the championship in 1985, and then he entered the NBA.
As for who Georgetown lost to and how he lost, Gan Guoyang didn't know at all.
If history is still running on the track of inertia and has not been derailed by the many previous changes, then poor Ewing will once again miss out on the championship.
As Gan Guoyang expected, in the suffocating Rapp Stadium, Villanova, who reached the final as a dark horse, burst out with great energy, and defeated the mighty Georgetown with a narrow advantage of 66:64 by two points.
At the end of the game, the Villanova players hugged each other like crazy to celebrate the miraculous championship.
None of these players will be able to achieve even the slightest of Ewing in the future, but they have used their team strength to defeat their opponents and win perhaps the most glorious achievement of their lives in the NCAA, where miracles are everywhere.
When Gan Guoyang saw Villanova's players, he couldn't help but think of his classmates at Gunzaga University, some of whom had begun to live the life of ordinary people, but those good memories will never be forgotten.
But what made Gan Guoyang even more unforgettable was Patrick Ewing, who covered his face with his hands and couldn't sit for a long time on the bench.
The two NCAA Finals in his freshman and senior years added up to a total of three points, but it was these three points that ruined Ewing's championship dream.
Gan Guoyang looked at Ewing who was sad on the bench, and thought to himself: "The championship you should have was taken away by me......
At the same time, Gan Guoyang thought that if the inertia of history really continues to play a role, then Ewing's future NBA career will undoubtedly be just as sad.
Gan Guoyang is now extremely sensitive to history, he racked his brains to dig into the memories of future generations in his mind, hoping that he could follow the general trend, and at the same time, he also compared it with the recording of the blind Chris, hoping to find some clues from it.
It's a pity that he can't remember a lot of things, and he can only remember the fate of other players a rough time, Gan Guoyang knows that as time goes by, more and more things should be changed, and his situation will become more and more dangerous at that time.
As soon as he thought of this, Gan Guoyang's sympathy for Ewing was gone, people are so good superstars, even if they can't win the championship, life must be very beautiful, unlike Gan Guoyang, maybe when the god of history is unhappy, he will slap him to death.
"Let's go, Gan, I don't think you can understand Ewing's feelings, I can understand that, at this time in 1983, I was about the same as him." Drexler stepped forward and said to Gan Guoyang.
"I didn't always succeed and I've had my share of painful defeats...... However, there are some things that you can't understand Clyde. Gan Guoyang said with a slight smile.
"Don't be hypocritical, bully the two of us and haven't made it to the finals? Let's go, it will be more troublesome if there are more people. Sampson said his University of Minnesota could only play in minor leagues like the NIT.
Without watching Villanova's award ceremony, Gan Guoyang left early with several teammates as soon as the game was over, and Gan Guoyang did not want to meet Georgetown fans, who were also on the blacklist of Georgetown fans.
"Hey, Gan! Sweet! As soon as he got out of the gymnasium, Gan Guoyang heard someone calling him, and at first glance, it was Donasi.
"Don't call me boy, the fans here basically don't love me." Gan Guoyang said to Donasi.
"Wow! The main force of the Trailblazers is here! Sign me for it! Donasi saw several other Trail Blazers players and pulled out their pens.
After the wish was fulfilled, Donasi said to Gan Guoyang: "I really didn't expect you to win!" Wrong...... It should be Villanova who won! I owe you a bet! However, no one will be rigging this game, right? You see, Villanova got so many free throws, and Georgetown had a couple of fours! ”
Villanova was able to win this game, and the free throws were a big contribution, and they made 11 of 14 free throws in the game, which is the highest free throw number and free throw percentage in the NCAA.
On the Georgeville side, three players were fouled four times, including Ewing, which also affected their performance.
Gan Guoyang looked at Donasi's words, and immediately had an unusually huge sense of irony, although Gan Guoyang was not sure that the Donassi in front of him was the future Donassi who would blow the black whistle in the NBA, but if it was really him, then he said such a thing, it really made people feel that the world was ridiculous - even in Gan Guoyang's opinion, the world was ridiculous enough.
"I still have full trust in the NCAA, and for the NBA... I have reservations... Hopefully I won't be fined. "Gan Guoyang played in the NCAA for a season, and felt that the NCAA's punishment was still very fair, after all, this is not a commercial league, and the NBA sometimes has some inexplicable penalties that make people unhappy.
"My dad thinks so too! He's the NCAA referee! Donasi continued.
At this time, Gan Guoyang felt that this Donasi was really the Donassi who blew the black whistle because of gambling in later generations, and the inheritance of his father's business is also applicable in the refereeing world!
Gan Guoyang looked at the horse-faced Tim Donasier in front of him, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt like the black whistle referee who had been locked up for 15 months in the future, which was a sudden idea in Gan Guoyang's heart.
"Hey Tim, I think you can inherit your father's profession and become a referee in the future, so that if you can get into the NBA in the future, maybe you can help me with something, and you still owe me a bet." Gan Guoyang will not guide Donasi to do other professions, he just wants to lead him to the referee profession.
"I'm not going to blow the black whistle for you! And when I become an NBA referee, you might all retire. Donassi's "righteous words."
"I didn't ask you to blow the black whistle for me, but I hope that if you blow the black whistle, it's best to show me some ......affection," Gan Guoyang carefully explained, and he didn't know exactly what "to be affectionate" meant.
"I'm not going to blow a black whistle! I'm going to be a just, fair referee, just like my dad did. ”
"Oh no, no, maybe you won't blow the black whistle, but if your companion does, you can...... Can correct him! ”
"I'll report him directly!"
"Hey Gan, what are you talking nonsense with this kid, let's go back quickly!"
"Okay, I'm coming! Goodbye Tim, and hopefully you can really hold on to your original beliefs, goodbye. ”