After 30 rounds of solo practice with Moses Malone at the University of Portland, Gan Guoyang and Malone left the arena together, and both knew that it didn't make much sense to continue practicing, and that the offseason needed a complete system of practice for the players' skills to improve qualitatively.

The next day, June 2, 1985, Gan Guoyang flew from Portland to California, where he was going back to the Gan family restaurant in San Francisco to visit his father, Gan Youwei, his cousin, and his family.

Since entering the NBA, except for coming to Oakland to play against the Warriors, Gan Guoyang has almost no time to return to San Francisco, and he also misses his father very much.

However, Gan Youwei is very comfortable in San Francisco's Chinatown, he is now the number one chef of Gan's restaurant, and at the same time the father of a famous NBA star.

Therefore, since he left Portland and returned to San Francisco at the beginning of the season, he has never returned to Portland, anyway, Gan Guoyang flies around all day and night, and he never sees his son in Portland.

In San Francisco, after finishing work on weekdays, as long as you turn on the TV and turn to the sports channel, you can see Gan Guoyang's face, so Gan Youwei is also satisfied.

However, after all, he hadn't seen his son for half a year, and knowing that his son was coming, Gan Youwei and his cousin Gan Youtang drove to San Francisco Airport early in the morning, waiting for Gan Guoyang's flight to arrive.

At that time, NBA stars were not like later generations, superstars had private jets, and they all brought bodyguards to hug each other when they went out, and most of the players were still similar to ordinary people, even if superstars like Magic and Bird kept flashing magnesium lights everywhere they went, but they would not be "besieged" by fans.

Gan Guoyang is in the limelight among rookies this season, and only Jordan can keep pace with him, especially Gan Guoyang's super performance in the playoffs, which Jordan can't match.

But in the United States at that time, Gan Guoyang could only be called a celebrity, although many people recognized him on the plane, most of them smiled at him, and only a few die-hard fans asked Gan Guoyang for an autograph.

After arriving at the airport, there was no media rushing up to interview endlessly, only a few local media received the news, came over to take a few photos of Gan Guoyang and asked a few questions, and it was over.

"Dad!" When Gan Guoyang saw Gan Youwei standing in front of the car outside the airport, he couldn't hold back his excitement anymore and ran towards Gan Youwei.

And Gan Youwei's eyes lit up obviously after seeing Gan Guoyang's tall figure, but he still kept his composure and watched his son come over with a smile on his face.

Gan Guoyang ran to Gan Youwei and gave Gan Youwei a big hug.

This was very rare in the past, Gan Guoyang and Gan Youwei as Chinese rarely expressed their emotions so warmly, and the father and son always felt lightly.

However, after coming to the United States for so many years, Gan Guoyang has been more or less infected by Westerners, and has begun to express his emotions more and more in a direct way.

In comparison, Gan Youwei is still more traditional, and his emotional expression is more subtle, but when he finally saw his son at this time, there were tears in his eyes.

After that, Gan Guoyang said hello to his cousin Gan Youtang, and the three of them got in the car and drove back to Gan's restaurant.

"Dad, after you go back to San Francisco, you won't come to Portland to see me, and you said that you want to open a restaurant in Portland, why are you still staying at your cousin's house?" Gan Guoyang sat in the back seat of the car with his head down, and said to Gan Youwei.

"What do you mean by lying on! Our Ganjia restaurant is inseparable from your father, I don't know how many old customers keep your father and don't let him go! When Gan Youtang heard what Gan Guoyang said, he immediately spoke out against it.

"Heck, I've been in San Francisco's Chinatown for a long time, and I'm really reluctant to go, and I have a lot of friends. And it's good to be a chef at your cousin's house, but if I go to Portland and open a new restaurant, I'm really afraid that my body won't be able to bear it. "Gan Youwei is already famous for cooking here, plus he has a famous son, and there are many people who come to eat.

If he is allowed to go to Portland to open a new restaurant, I don't know if the business is good or not, and all kinds of hardships and hardships in the early stage must be indispensable.

"Eh, Guoyang, what do you think would be if you came to San Francisco to play? After playing, you can also bring your teammates to eat at Ganjia Restaurant, which is really a double win! Gan Youtang said again.

Gan Guoyang looked at this cousin and felt that his son Gan Guohui was really exactly the same as him.

"Guoyang is also very good there now, isn't there any all-star? And what playoffs are there? It's just that there's a lack of a champion. Guoyang, don't be in a hurry, take your time, don't be depressed because you didn't win the championship, look forward to everything, don't you see that you won the championship in college? It will be fine in the future. ”

When Gan Guoyang heard this, his father actually encouraged him, which made him feel a little funny; But thinking about it again, it seems that Dad still remembers how he looked after losing the high school championship, and his heart couldn't help but be moved again.

Soon, Gan Guoyang returned to the familiar street and the familiar Ganjia restaurant.

Although Gan Guoyang came back twice during the season, those two times he only stayed like a dragonfly because he had a game task.

Now it's completely different, he can "return to his hometown with honor" and rest for a few days in the Ganjia restaurant.

In the restaurant, Gan Guoyang was warmly welcomed, and people from some surrounding shops also gathered in the Ganjia restaurant to see the Chinese basketball hero.

Gan Bingguang even cooked in person, cooked a large table of dishes for Gan Guoyang, and washed the dust for this big celebrity of the Gan family.

In the evening, Gan Guoyang declined his cousin's invitation to let him live at home, and he still decided to live with Gan Youwei in the upstairs room of the restaurant.

"Guoyang, do you want to go to Mr. Nate's house?" After dinner, Gan Youwei looked at Gan Guoyang, who insisted on cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, and asked.

"Oh, I've called Mr. Nate, he's not been in San Francisco lately, I'll visit him when he gets back. I'm going to Los Angeles the day after tomorrow to watch the game. Gan Guoyang said.

The Finals moved to Los Angeles today, and one of the reforms that Stern brought to the NBA from this year was to change the format of the Finals from 2-2-1-1-1 to 2-3-2, so the Boston Celtics will play three consecutive away games in Los Angeles next, and their current score is 1-1.

"You're going to watch the game again, it's enough for you to play by yourself, and you have to watch others play!" Gan Youwei still doesn't know where the fun of basketball is.

"By the way, Guoyang, are you going to Los Angeles to visit that girl's parents? Heck, people won't dislike our family...... And her father is still Taiwanese...... The contradiction between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party is more difficult to reconcile......" Gan Youwei suddenly began to worry about the relationship between Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi, although Gan Guoyang is a football star, but after all, he is also a child of a single-parent family.

Now Gonzaga University has not yet had a holiday, and when it is over, Gan Guoyang will bring Wang Fuxi to San Francisco to let the family meet, but when he heard Gan Youwei's words, it seems that this father is more worried.

"Oh, don't worry, I've been to his house several times, his father is good, what kind of contradiction between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, let's take it as the third Kuomintang-Communist cooperation!" Besides, there is only one China in this world, and there is no distinction between mainland and Taiwan. ”

"What about her mother? Her mother seems to be a foreigner, right? Your mother ......," Gan Youwei said, and there was a sudden silence.

Gan Guoyang looked at Gan Youwei who was still a little lost, couldn't bear it, and said: "Dad~ It's okay, in addition to you, our family doesn't have a cousin, a cousin, and an aunt!" You're not alone. ”

"Hey, I don't think your cousin is free, she's flying to New York to deal with the case now, didn't you see that she didn't come to dinner?" Gan Guohui's mother, Qian Ye, is a woman who is busier than Gan Guoyang, and it is estimated that her son may not be available to check when he finds a partner in the future.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about these things, I'm cleaned up, I'll go upstairs to watch the game!" Gan Guoyang wiped the table and cleaned up his things, and didn't want to talk to Gan Youwei about these issues anymore, so he ran upstairs to watch the finals broadcast live tonight.

"This kid, just play games by yourself and show others, and he always likes to watch others play ......"

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Gan Guoyang lowered his head and bent over and ran back to his small room, this is indeed a small room, it is indeed too small for Gan Guoyang, a big man of 6 feet 10.

But Gan Guoyang looked at every object here, but it was full of memories, Gan Guoyang still remembered that when he first came to the United States, he was only about 6 feet 4 tall, and he lay on this bed on the first night, worried about his future.

Now, the bed has been lengthened, but Gan Guoyang is still quite aggrieved when lying on it.

He turned on the 17-inch TV on the cabinet and tuned to CBS, the TV signal had cut to the Great Western Forum Arena, and the voice of Dick Stockton came from the TV.

“…… Tonight we will broadcast the third game of the 1985 NBA Finals, the Boston Celtics take on the Los Angeles Lakers on the road, this is the second time the two teams have met in the Finals after last year's Finals, last year the Celtics defeated the Lakers 4-3 to win the championship, and this year they are determined to defend the title; And the Lakers are going to avenge last year's one-shot revenge. At the moment, the two teams have played to a 1-1 draw in the first two games, and the third game will be very crucial......"

"I don't know when I'll be able to stand on the stage of the finals instead of lying in bed and watching the live broadcast......," Gan Guoyang looked at the TV and thought silently in his heart.

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