The Golden Age of Basketball

On May [-]st, Gan Guoyang's plane arrived at the airport. As soon as he got off the plane, Gan Guoyang felt a kind and familiar atmosphere. This is his second hometown, San Francisco.

In the past, Gan Guoyang took a plane from Shanghai to San Francisco International Airport with Gan Youwei, and then took a taxi from India at the gate to San Francisco's Chinatown, where he joined his cousin's family. Eight years have passed. Gan Guoyang has become an American basketball superstar and a Chinese sports hero from an unknown Chinese boy who traveled across the ocean to the United States.

"Damn it, I've been through time travel, and I'm still feeling that time flies..." Thinking of his identity, Gan Guoyang himself felt funny.

When he arrived at the airport exit, Gan Guoyang was startled by the situation in the hall. A large number of fans crowded the hall. Many of them wore Portland Trail Blazers uniforms, and they seemed to come to welcome Gan Guoyang.

"Wow, it seems that we are also playing at home in the third game." Seeing this scene, Drexler couldn't help whistling.

The number of Chinese in San Francisco is amazing. In fact, as early as the 1984 draft, the Warriors did not have a first-round pick, but they also tried their best to get the Portlanders at any cost. I got the second pick in my hand, because everyone knows that the Houstonians will definitely win Olajuwon, the pride of Houston, and the San Francisco people also want the children who come out of San Francisco to come to Oakland to play.

But the people of Portland are not stupid. No matter what price the Warriors offer, the Portland management insists that the second pick will not relax. The Blazers players are also not interested.

In this way, the Chinese superstar returned to San Francisco in the playoffs, but he acted as an enemy, but even so, there was no way to stop the love of San Francisco Chinese fans for Gan Guoyang. At least 400 fans arrived at the airport to pick him up today , some may still be on the way, and many of them even put up banners with Chinese slogans in support of Gan Guoyang.

For this reason, the police in San Francisco also sent additional police forces to the scene to maintain order and prevent accidents, and also set up a cordon beside the passage.

Gan Guoyang glanced at the crowd, smiled and waved to them, and Gan Guoyang quickly found the most eye-catching one among a bunch of banners, which was a banner with red letters on a blue background, such an ugly color scheme, Gan Guoyang saw it I knew who made it, not to mention the four characters "Gan's Restaurant" written on it.

"Big cousin! Big cousin! I'm here, big cousin!" Gan Guoyang heard the voice first, and then saw a fat man jumping up and down there, because it was a little far away from Gan Guoyang, and he was trying to move towards Gan Guoyang waved.

Gan Guoyang knew that it was Gan Guohui who had come. Of course, every time this guy had a chance to greet him, he would never forget to bring his torn advertising banner. This time, he might be photographed by reporters again.

But now Gan Guoyang has to take the team bus to the hotel. After signing a few autographs for the enthusiastic fans around him, Gan Guoyang winked at Gan Guohui, who couldn't get in from a distance. He paid the labor costs for the two Indian assams he hired to pull the banner, and then rushed out of the airport holding the banner, went to the parking lot and drove away from the airport.

Afterwards, the fat man drove straight to the hotel where the pioneers were staying, and waited for Gan Guoyang's arrival in the lobby.

Gan Guohui just graduated from the University of Southern California last year. Because he has a strong mother, he was able to continue his studies in school and prepare to work in the legal industry. It is not easy for Chinese in the United States to engage in legal work.

Soon, when Gan Guoyang arrived at the hotel, Gan Guohui was already waiting for him there. Without further ado, Gan Guohui rushed up and gave Gan Guoyang a big hug. Fortunately, Gan Guoyang stopped him in time.

"Big cousin...you haven't signed my autograph yet..." The two of them had just finished embracing, and the first sentence Gan Guohui uttered almost killed Gan Guoyang. He had already taken out a small notebook from his pocket and handed it over Give Gan Guoyang to sign.

Gan Guohui has kept this notebook for eight years. The first page is the name that Gan Guoyang signed on it back then. Without exception, Gan Guohui would have the cheek to ask them to sign on it. Now that more than half of the notebooks have been used up, Gan Guohui wants to assemble an invincible star autograph book, which will become a famous collection in the sports world and fetch a high price at the auction. At that time, he will have no worries for the rest of his life.

"Fatty man, you haven't thrown away this book yet. I really want to sell it at auction." After all these years, Gan Guoyang is still speechless towards this cousin.

"This is my life guarantee for the rest of my life! My mother wants me to be a lawyer, but I'm not that good at it. Being a lawyer in the United States is not much easier than getting into the NBA. I might as well be a chef with my dad! Besides, You see, I do publicity for my Gan’s restaurant every day. When the time comes, I will inherit the restaurant and become the chef in charge. How about you, inherit your father’s invincible cooking skills, and open a restaurant and chain with me in San Francisco! The money is definitely not as good as Play less basketball!"

Gan Guoyang is now at the peak of his career and just on his way to winning the championship this season. As a result, the biggest obstacle in San Francisco was his cousin who tempted him to open a restaurant. Gan Guoyang knew that his cousin's interest in basketball was actually rather limited. , What he loves more is making money and computers.

"Okay, I'll go up first, and the team will have a preparatory meeting. In the evening, I will go to Gan's restaurant for dinner, and ask my dad to cook less salt."

"Eh, okay."

In the evening, Gan Guoyang returned to Chinatown in Gan Guohui's car, and returned to the Gan's restaurant he was familiar with. After eight years, the decoration here has not changed much. The old man Gan Bingguang's philosophy has always been conservative, and he is unwilling to accept Gan Guoyang's investment to open a branch. , but guarding this old shop honestly, making the dishes of the old shop well, so the decoration here is still the same.

Although Gan Guoyang may only stay in Jinzhou for two days, if they beat the Warriors tomorrow, they can let the Warriors go on vacation, but Gan Youwei still prepared a big table of good food for his son.

Now Gan Youwei is used to staying in San Francisco, and his desire to go to Portland with his son has gradually disappeared. Anyway, Gan Guoyang can come back every summer, and he will also come to San Francisco to play games during the season. Can't see my son.

The whole family just ate a hot meal in Gan's restaurant, and Gan Guoyang's original room was reserved for him in the restaurant, and everything in it was still the same as before, tidy and clean.

Gan Guoyang feels the warmth of home here, and wishes to stay in San Francisco for a few more days, but Gan Guoyang doesn't want to stay here longer, because he wants to end this series earlier and give the Warriors a vacation.

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On May 5, the Warriors ushered in a last stand. If they were behind 2:0, if they lost another game, they would lose everything and be swept out. When they returned to the home court, they had to avoid sweeping anyway, so that they could still win One more game at home, at least one more game ticket can be sold.

But before the start of the game, the Warriors were hit, because the players found that the fans who supported the Trail Blazers on the scene were not much less than the Warriors fans. A large number of fans wearing the Trail Blazers No. White jerseys, with the Warriors logo printed on the floor, the Warriors players thought they were still playing away games.

This undoubtedly caused harm to the Warriors players. Originally, they should have come to the court with the mentality of not winning or dying, and then won the game in one go amidst the fans cheering wildly, but there were not a few fans cheering for the Blazers on the spot. .

Then the Warriors suffered a bigger blow. Just 3 minutes into the game, their core player Chris Mullin fell down in a defense, suspected of straining his thigh muscle. Limped off the field and never returned.

The Warriors, who suffered a double blow, completely collapsed. They only lasted a quarter of the game. They could barely compete with the Blazers in the first quarter. up the cliff.

130:101, the Warriors scored more than 130 points for the first time in the series, but they also gave the Blazers [-] points. In the cheers of the fans, Gan Guoyang led the Blazers to easily flatten the Golden State Warriors and was ready to start the next round conquest.