"Look at this Michael, yesterday's game."

"Videotapes so soon?"

"Yes, I recorded it yesterday at the hotel, a wonderful game, didn't you watch it?"

"No, I don't want to care about anybody else, I think I should care more about how I play on the court, Milwaukee is such a hell of a place, I don't want to spend any more time, I'm going to go back to Chicago as soon as possible, preferably with a win."

"I understand that the Bucks are not that easy to deal with. But you should look at his performance, I think it will be a good motivation for you. ”

On April 21, in a hotel room in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Michael Jordan received a video of the Bulls' head coach, Kevin Longley.

In the playoffs, the Chicago Bulls, who are sixth in the East, faced the mighty Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the playoffs.

Jordan played normally in the first game, but the overall difference in strength made them have no room to resist in Milwaukee, and to make matters worse, the Bulls didn't seem to have the confidence and momentum to go all out to beat the Bucks.

Jordan is certainly different, his competitive spirit is so strong, failure is intolerable for him, and even if there is a clear gap in the team's strength, he will do his best to fight for the slightest hope of winning the series.

Jordan is also keeping an eye on the playoff performances of several other rookies in his class, and this year's rookie players are just too good, Jordan himself, Gan, Olajuwon have all been selected as All-Stars, and Barkley, Perkins, Stockton, and Sam Bowe have also established themselves on their respective teams.

Among them, Gan Guoyang and Olajuwon are of course the two strongest opponents in Jordan's mind, and this year's best rookie is basically produced from these three.

When he saw Olajuwon and Gan Guoyang lose their first games one after another, and at the same time performed poorly, Jordan was still a little sad in his heart, all three of them lost, and he Jordan played normally, got very good data, and his performance on the court was eye-catching enough.

In the second game, the recovered Houston Rockets defeated the Utah Jazz 122-96 at home, but Olajuwon's performance was still average, he didn't seem to be very comfortable with the high intensity of the playoffs, and his experience and performance on the court were significantly worse than that of Sampson in the second year.

But what really shocked Jordan was the game between the Trail Blazers and Mavericks yesterday on the 20th, and it was the video tape of this game that Kevin Longgoley handed over to Gan Guoyang.

Of course, Jordan watched the live broadcast of this game, and he had been staring at the screen since the first minute of the game, staring at Gan Guoyang, who was wearing the No. 11 jersey.

But he told Langley that he hadn't watched the live broadcast of the game, because he didn't want to admit that Gan Guoyang's performance was too exciting, although in his heart he had to admit it.

Longley seemed to understand Jordan's thoughts, and left Jordan's room after giving the tape, Jordan looked at the tape next to the bed, hesitated, picked it up, and stuffed it into the VCR.

“Gump…… Move…… Hook-shoot！ He-got-it！ (Gan, dribble, hook, ball in!) Jordan sat on his bed, quietly looking at the screen, and in the video, the narrator's most common phrase was "Hook-shoot!" ”，“got-it！ ”

These are all explanations of Gan Guoyang's performance, concise, clear, but shocking and powerful.

Gan Guoyang didn't stop bombarding the Mavericks' interior five minutes after crossing the perfect opening game.

More and more the ball began to be handed over to Gan Guoyang, who experienced for the first time the feeling of attacking the central axis, although this axis is mainly attacking by itself, and there is not much passing and transfer to the outside line.

But Gan Guoyang's hand was so hot that he completely found the feeling of hooking his hand, and at the position of forty-five degrees on the left side, his inward turn hook hand was like shooting training.

The Mavericks continued their pinch attack, but Gan Guoyang, who found the rhythm, and his teammates' passing cooperation was very smooth, and was passed out by the bag, and the bag was touched and then passed in, and repeatedly scored and played until they found the best time to shoot.

When Gan Guoyang was on the court, the entire outside line of the Trail Blazers was in the service of him as an offensive machine, and Gan Guoyang began to tirelessly deliver one goal after another.

Gan Guoyang in 1985, he didn't have many weapons in his arsenal, the hook hand is his most proficient weapon, his footwork is also very good, with the help of strength can top any center in the NBA, and more importantly, he has excellent offensive awareness.

Gan Guoyang used these things to completely destroy the Mavericks' interior in the first half, scoring 27 points in the half, 12 of 15 shots, and 3 of 5 free throws.

Gan Guoyang put so much energy on offense that he grabbed only five rebounds, but that didn't stop the Trail Blazers from leading the Mavericks by 22 points at 65:43 in the first half.

“What-a-fucking-shoot…… (What the fuck is this shot?) Jordan shook his head again as he watched Gan Guoyang shoot a super hook from the 17-foot position before halftime to score the 27th point of the first half.

He already said this when he watched the live broadcast yesterday.

Jordan said, taking a cigar from the cigar box at the bedside, lighting it with a lighter, and continuing to watch the second half of the game.

Jordan loved cigars, and this box of cigars was given to him by a local Bulls fan when he arrived in Milwaukee.

Although Jordan rarely smoked and drank during the season, he needed to be at his best, but at this time, he watched Gan Guoyang's dominant performance on the video camera, and he had to make an exception.

Because he had to use tobacco to calm himself, he knew that Gan Guoyang would have an even more surprising performance in the third quarter.

The 27-point performance at halftime was good enough, and the CBS TV announcer kept chattering about who Gan and Jordan were the NBA's rookie of the year, which made Jordan distraught and turn off his voice.

But there is no sound, the picture is still there, at the beginning of the third quarter, the leading Trail Blazers did not relax in the slightest, and in the playoffs, any little relaxation caught by the opponent could bring subversive results.

Ramsey has already made up his mind, as long as Gan Guoyang's hand is still so good, then use this point to kill and cripple the calf!

In the second half, the Mavericks finally adjusted their defensive strategy again and began to defend Gan Guoyang in the low post, vowing to completely lock Gan Guoyang's point.

After several unsuccessful attacks, the Trail Blazers also responded on offense, Gan Guoyang was no longer in the low post, and he began to play with Drexler.

Gan Guoyang showed the Mavericks' interior excellent ability to take the first step after receiving the ball, and super finishing ability under the basket, Gan Guoyang felt that he was possessed by the later Stoudamayer Jr. in the third quarter.

He doesn't need to be stuck in the low post anymore, he doesn't need to watch the transfer after receiving the ball, he doesn't need to pay attention to the opponent's bag, all he needs to do is get the ball and rush to the basket.

For the first time, everyone saw the true power of Drexler-Gan Guoyang's two-man cooperation, and the most direct embodiment of this power is that Gan Guoyang shot 10 of 11 in the third quarter, made two of three free throws, and scored 22 points in a single quarter!

Before the start of the fourth quarter, Gan Guoyang had already scored 49 points in the third quarter! It is only one point away from the 50 mark. By this time, the Trail Blazers had already led the Mavericks by 31 points at home, and the game was out of suspense.

In the fourth quarter of the game, Gan Guoyang did not play again, it was already garbage time, so he also lost the opportunity to brush the score to 50 points.

"Beep~" Jordan turned off the TV festival, and the video was put to the end of the third quarter with 2 minutes left, Gan Guoyang went off the court and received the warmest cheers from everyone in the Memorial Gymnasium.

Jordan knew that there would be no more Gan in the next game, and he had no desire to watch it, and after turning off the TV, Jordan also extinguished the cigar in his hand and was about to get up and leave the room.

As he left the room, Jordan silently said to himself, "I-will-be-better, I-will-be-better...... (I'll get better)"

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At the same time, in Portland, even the day after the game, Gan Guoyang has been pestered by various media reporters again.

"You scored 49 points in the last game, why didn't you play and get another 1 point so you could get 50 points and push the rookie scoring record to a better level." At the Portland airport, Gan and his teammates were preparing to board a special plane for their third game against the Mavericks in Dallas. And there are still reporters chasing Gan Guoyang to ask questions about the last game.

'It's the coach's arrangement, it's the playoffs, it doesn't matter how many points I score personally, the important thing is that we get the game. In the third quarter, I didn't have to play anymore, I needed to build up my energy and prepare for the away game, which would be a tough test for us. Gan repeated what he kept repeating after the game.

"If I knew I was going to be bothered by so many people to get 49 points, I'd rather just score 25 points and help the team win." Gan Guoyang complained in private jokingly after being "besieged" by reporters tirelessly after the game.

But Gan underestimated the huge impact of the 49-point game in the NBA, which was not just a shock to fans and critics, but more of a strong pressure on other stars, and this impact has not yet been able to be shown.

Not only in Milwaukee, but also in Houston, in Philadelphia, in Utah, the rookies of '84 are all gearing up.

Since this game, the golden generation has begun to show their edge on the big stage of the playoffs.