The Golden Age of Basketball

On May 1989, 5, there were still two or two days before the start of the Western Conference Finals. At this time, the dust of the Eastern Conference semifinals had also settled. Like the Lakers and Trail Blazers, the Detroit Pistons swept the opponent Milwaukee in four games. The Deer entered the Eastern Conference Finals with unparalleled momentum, and their opponent in the Eastern Conference Finals, like in 18, was the Chicago Bulls.

If the Trail Blazers, Lakers, and Pistons entered the conference finals is expected, then the Bulls reached the Eastern Conference finals for the second consecutive year with a hint of magic. These magics of course came from Michael Jordan. The lore not only led the Bulls to miraculously conquer the top and enter the next round, but also gave him sufficient self-confidence.

Facing the New York Knicks led by Ewing in the division finals, the Bulls were always behind in the first game, until the fourth quarter, led by Jordan, they played a wave of 8-0, forcing the game into overtime.

In the previous game, Jordan was always playing and passing the ball to his teammates. He sent 12 assists in the game, but in overtime he finally turned on the killing mode, scoring 9 points in a row, helping the Bulls win 120:109 , came out on top.

Ewing scored only 20 points on 9-of-22 shooting under the defense of Bulls veteran Bill Cartwright, a former veteran of the team.

In the second game, the Knicks, who could no longer lose, beat the Bulls at Madison Square Garden. They beat their opponents by a score of 115:97, making people think that the Knicks lost the first game only because of carelessness, while the Bulls won Because of luck.

But in the third game, the Bulls completely let the Knicks understand that their winning was not luck.At the United Center in Chicago, in order to counter Mark Jackson’s provocation, Jordan scored 40 points, 15 rebounds, 9 assists and 6 steals. He was only one assist short of getting another triple-double. The Bulls also defeated the New York Knicks 111:88. Team.

Of course, Jordan was slightly injured in the game, but he survived the game. The Knicks coach questioned Jordan's injury after the game, and now he is in trouble.

In the fourth game, in order to prove to the Knicks coach whether he was injured or not, Jordan rushed to the inside of the Knicks, won 28 free throw opportunities, and scored 47 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists. Ewing was completely overwhelmed by Cartwright, allowing Cartwright to score 21 points, but he only scored 10 points!

There is no way for the Knicks to win such a game. 93:106, the Knicks went from being favored before the game to falling behind 1:3 and facing the danger of being eliminated.

At this time, Ewing's state was long overdue. The Knicks, who were forced into a desperate situation, burst out their final energy after returning to the home court. Ewing finally broke through Cartwright's defense and scored 32 points. 11 rebounds and 4 blocks helped the Knicks win 121:114, delaying death.

However, Ewing's state came too late. By the sixth game, back to the Chicago United Center, Jordan would not give the Knicks any more chances. Jordan scored 40 points for the third time in the series unless he was not in good shape. Otherwise, no one in the Knicks could limit Jordan even a little bit. Although the Knicks tried their best to drag the series to the seventh game and return to New York, they still lost by 111:113 by two points. Watching the Chicago Bulls reach the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Bulls also created a miracle, reaching the division finals as the sixth in the Eastern Conference. The last time they accomplished this feat was the Houston Rockets in 1981. At that time, the Rockets reached the Finals with the sixth overall pick in the Western Conference. Ultimately lost.

In this way, the playoffs in the 1989 conference finals were exactly the same as in 1988, with the Pistons playing against the Bulls and the Lakers playing against the Trail Blazers.

The defending champion Pistons are even better than last year, and the Bulls' Jordan is even more seasoned in the playoffs. The Lakers are burning their subsequent energy, while the Blazers are full of ambitions. Although this round of matchup is the same as last year, it may have different sparks .

At this time, before the start of the final, the four teams were making careful preparations. In Portland, Gan Guoyang was conducting high-intensity training as usual, but on the afternoon of the 18th, Adelman asked all players to Take a holiday and rest for half a day.

Gan Guoyang originally wanted to stay for additional training, but Adelman requested that today's training content is to rest and relax, and must strictly follow the requirements to complete the training content, and no other training is allowed.

Gan Guoyang had no choice but to go to the suburbs of Portland, but because Wang Fuxi was working in the hospital today, he would not drive to pick him up until after work, and the Feng brothers Gan Guoyang gave them a vacation, and Gan Guoyang didn't need it They practice every day, and they're usually only needed on game day to keep some nasty reporters at bay.So Gan Guoyang found that he couldn't drive to the suburbs for a walk. After some hesitation, Gan Guoyang decided to take a bus to the suburban beach to relax.

Like other big cities in the United States, Portland has a well-developed rail transit system. Their subway and ground light rail circle the city around the Willamette River. Gan Guoyang needs to take the light rail to cross the Willamette River. Go directly to the west to reach the beach, and then it is very close to his house, so he can run directly home.

However, when Gan Guoyang came out of the Jewish community training center and came to the nearest subway station to take the subway, he realized what a wrong decision he had made. You must know that Gan Guoyang usually runs to the training center. He can exercise and get close to the city of Portland, so he often changes his running route.

But he ran to the training hall for training at four or five o'clock in the morning. At this time, the whole of Portland is often still in a deep sleep. Not many people know that the sports hero of this city is sweating on the road.

And now, it is noon, when commuting to and from work, there are still quite a lot of people on the streets on the subway, although the population density in cities such as Seattle and Portland in the western United States is not high, unlike China, where people are crowded everywhere, the subway The flow of people at the station is still very large.

Originally, people were hurrying to and fro, looking down at the road under their feet, but no one knew who was the first to spot Gan Guoyang looking around in the subway station, and shouted "gump!"

It's over now, everyone raised their heads, those middle-aged office workers are alright, just standing and watching from a distance, but from the expressions on their faces, it can be seen that they are hesitating whether to come forward and shake hands with Gan Guoyang Holding hands together, taking a photo together, and some young people couldn't hold back the excitement in their hearts, and rushed to Gan Guoyang directly. One of the beautiful girls hugged Gan Guoyang tightly, and looked at Gan Guoyang with more and more eyes. The more he liked it, he couldn't bear it anymore, jumped up and kissed Gan Guoyang's face forcefully.

At this time, Gan Guoyang was still a little confused. After coming to Portland, he didn't take the subway much. After he came in, he was still looking around to see where there was a map. As he rushed over, a girl closest to him came up and gave him a bite.

Now it's troublesome, Gan Guoyang looked at the people around him, it seemed that no matter men or women wanted to kiss him, at this time he was Tang Seng in the eyes of monsters.

But the girl who kissed him still refused to let go, and wanted someone to take a group photo of them. Now the others were not happy, and they stepped forward to say that Gan Guoyang could not let her monopolize it alone, and some even took it out of their briefcases. I got paper and pen and asked for Gan Guoyang's signature.

Gan Guoyang, of course, would not refuse anyone who came to sign Gan Guoyang, but more and more people gathered around him, which had already begun to affect the traffic at the subway station. At this time, the police near the subway station noticed something strange, and then he saw a standout among the crowd. Gan Guoyang, knowing what happened, left and pushed the crowd away, then gradually dispersed the crowd, and called the nearby police force to support and maintain order at the scene.

"Mr. Gan, you shouldn't come to this kind of place. This will bring chaos to our order." At this time, the police began to escort Gan Guoyang out of the subway station, and "taught" Gan Guoyang.

At this time, Gan Guoyang was like a child who made a mistake. He could only nod his head and leave the crowded and slightly chaotic crowd under the escort of the police. Finally, the police took Gan Guoyang into the police car. This was the second time that Gan Guoyang was taken into the police car. , was arrested last time, but this time it was different. The policeman decided to send Gan Guoyang to the beach in a police car.

"I have the responsibility to maintain order here, and sending you to your destination is the best position for order." The policeman said solemnly.

However, Gan Guoyang also lost the desire to go to the beach to relax, so he still asked the policeman to take him home directly.

After arriving at his home, Gan Guoyang got out of the car and thanked the policeman, but the policeman took out a notebook from his arms and handed it to Gan Guoyang, saying to him: "My son is your fan, and I have been too busy to accompany him. He, I hope you can sign him and make him happy."

It turned out that the policeman also wanted Gan Guoyang's signature, so Gan Guoyang naturally agreed and signed for him seriously.

When Gan Guoyang returned home, he found that what he had experienced just now was more tiring than training.

But as soon as he turned on the TV, Gan Guoyang was even more startled. The riot he caused in the subway station was shown on TV so quickly. The photo happened to be taken by someone with a camera. The picture of fans kissing their faces.

"It's over, it's over, why did you take this picture! It's over, it's over, it's over!" Gan Guoyang thought that Wang Fuxi was about to see it, and he might be "furious", he hurriedly turned off the TV, and at the same time called Wang Fuxi , Tell her not to pick herself up.

Not long after, Wang Fuxi came back from get off work, and she still had a newspaper in her hand. Gan Guoyang thought, "It's broken, it's all in the newspaper! How the hell is it so fast!"

Wang Fuxi took it to Gan Guoyang's side. Gan Guoyang felt a little nervous and said, "You're back..."

Wang Fuxi didn't say anything, but stepped forward to tiptoe and gently kissed Gan Guoyang, which made Gan Guoyang a little puzzled, isn't the photo of him being kissed published in the newspaper?

At this time, Wang Fuxi handed the newspaper to Gan Guoyang, and Gan Guoyang glanced at it before seeing the headline:

"Nba officially announced that Sonny Gan won the 1988-1989 regular season most valuable player!"