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

"There will be videotapes so soon?"

"Yes, I recorded it in the hotel yesterday. Didn't you watch the wonderful game?"

"No, I don't want to care about others. I think I should care more about my performance on the court. Milwaukee is such a ghost place. I don't want to stay for a day. I want to go back to Chicago as soon as possible, and I'd better bring a victory."

"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, USA, Michael Jordan received a videotape, the person who recorded it was the Bulls' head coach, Kevin Longley.

In the playoffs, the Chicago Bulls, ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference, encountered the powerful Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the playoffs.

Jordan performed normally in the first game, but the gap in overall strength gave them no room for resistance in Milwaukee. What's worse is that the Bulls don't seem to have the confidence and momentum to defeat the Bucks with all their might.

Of course, Jordan is different. His competitive spirit is so strong that failure is intolerable to him. Even if there is a clear gap in the team's strength, he will try his best to strive for a slight hope of winning the series.

Jordan is also paying attention to the playoff performance of several other rookies in the same grade. The rookie players this year are really excellent. Jordan himself, Gan and Olajuwon have all been selected as All-Stars, Barkley, Perkins, Stockton, and Sam Bowie have also gained a foothold in their respective teams.

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

When he saw Olajuwon and Gan Guoyang lose their first games and perform poorly, Jordan felt a little secretly happy. All three of them lost. At least Jordan performed normally and got very good data. His performance on the field was eye-catching enough.

In the second game, the Houston Rockets, who came back to their senses, beat the Utah Jazz 122:96 at home, but Olajuwon's performance was still average. He seemed not very adaptable to the high intensity of the playoffs. His experience and performance on the court were obviously worse than Sampson in the second grade.

But what really shocked Jordan was the No. 20, which was yesterday's game between the Trail Blazers and the Mavericks. Kevin Longley gave Gan Guoyang the videotape.

Of course, Jordan watched the live broadcast of this game. From the first minute of the game, he has been staring at the screen, staring at Gan Guoyang wearing the No. 11 jersey.

But he told Longley that he had never watched the live broadcast of the game because he didn't want to admit that Gan Guoyang's performance was really wonderful, although he had to admit it in his heart.

Longley seemed to understand Jordan's thoughts, and after giving the video tape, he left Jordan's room. Jordan looked at the video tape next to the bed, hesitated for a moment, picked it up and stuffed it into the video recorder.

"Gump...Move...Hook-shoot!He-got-it!(Gan, dribble, hook, the ball enters!" Jordan sat on the bed, looking at the screen quietly. In the video, the most common phrase the commentator said was "Hook-shoot!", "got-it!"

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

Gan Guoyang did not stop his bombardment of the Mavericks' inside five minutes after passing through the perfect opening.

The balls were increasingly handed over to Gan Guoyang. Gan Guoyang experienced the feeling of attacking the central axis for the first time. Although this axis was mainly attacking by itself, there were not many passes and mobilizations on the outside.

But Gan Guoyang's touch was so hot that he completely found the feeling of hooking. At the 45-degree position on the left, his inner turn and hooking was like shooting training.

The Mavericks continued their attacks, but Gan Guoyang, who found the rhythm, cooperated very smoothly with his teammates. He was sent out by double-teams, and then in and out again, and repeatedly hit in and out until the best time to attack was found.

When Gan Guoyang was on the court, the entire Trail Blazers' outside line was serving his offensive machine, while Gan Guoyang began to tirelessly send goals after goals.

In 1985, Gan Guoyang used not many weapons in his arsenal. Hook is his most skilled weapon. His steps are also very good. With the help of his strength, he can push any center forward in the NBA. More importantly, he has an excellent offensive awareness.

Gan Guoyang used these things to completely destroy the Mavericks' inside line in the first half. He scored 27 points in the half, made 12 of 15 shots, and made 3 of 5 free throws.

Gan Guoyang put too much energy into the offense, so that he only caught 5 rebounds, but this did not prevent the Trail Blazers from leading the Mavericks by 22 points in the first half with 65:43.

"What-a-fucking-shoot... (What the hell is this a shot?)" Jordan shook his head and said when he watched Gan Guoyang make a super hooker at 17 feet before the end of the half. He scored the 27th point in the first half.

He said this when he watched the live broadcast yesterday.

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

Jordan loves cigars. This box of cigars was given to him by a local Bulls fan after he came to Milwaukee.

Although Jordan rarely smokes and drinks during the season and needs to maintain his best form, at this time, he had to make an exception to take out one when watching Gan Guoyang's dominant performance in the video recorder.

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

The 27-point performance at halftime was excellent enough. The commentator of CBS TV station kept talking about who is the NBA's best rookie this year, which upset Jordan and turned off his voice.

But there is no sound, the picture is still there, and the third quarter begins, the leading Trail Blazers have not relaxed at all. In the playoffs, any relaxation is captured by the opponent, which may lead to subversive results.

Ramsey has already made up his mind. As long as Gan Guoyang feels so good, then use this point to beat the calf to death and trash!

In the second half, the Mavericks finally adjusted their defensive strategy again and began to defend Gan Guoyang from the low post with double-teaming defense, vowing to completely lock Gan Guoyang's point.

After failing to succeed in several offenses, the Trail Blazers also responded to the offense. Gan Guoyang no longer had a high position in the low post, and he began to play pick-and-roll with Drexler.

Gan Guoyang showed his excellent first step after receiving the ball to the Mavericks' inside line, and his super finishing ability at the basket. Gan Guoyang felt that in the third quarter, he was possessed by the later Stardameier.

He no longer needs to get stuck at the low position, he does not need to observe the transfer after receiving the ball, nor does he need to pay attention to the opponent's double-team. All he needs to do is to get the ball and rush towards the basket.

Everyone saw the true power of Drexler-Gan Guoyang's double-player cooperation for the first time. The most direct manifestation of this power is that Gan Guoyang made 10 of 11 shots in the third quarter, made two free throws, and scored 22 points in a single quarter!

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

In the following fourth quarter, Gan Guoyang did not play again, and that was already garbage time, so he also lost the opportunity to score 50 points.

"Beep~" Jordan turned off the TV festival. The video was about to end with 2 minutes left in the third quarter. Gan Guoyang was over and received the warmest cheers from everyone in the Memorial Stadium.

Jordan knew that there would be no more peace in the subsequent games, so he no longer had the desire to watch it. After turning off the TV, Jordan also extinguished the cigar in his hand and prepared to get up and leave the room. The Bulls are about to go to the MECCA Arena to have a second game against the Bucks.

When leaving the room, Jordan silently said in his heart, "I-will-be-better, I-will-be-better...(I will be better)"

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At the same time, in Portland, even the second day after the game, Gan Guoyang was still entangled by media reporters from all walks of life.

"You scored 49 points in the last game, why didn't you play again and score 1 point, so you can get 50 points and push the rookie score record to a better height." At Portland Airport, Gan Guoyang and his teammates were preparing to board the special plane. They were going to Dallas to compete with the Mavericks in the third game. And there was still a reporter chasing Gan Guoyang and asking questions about the previous game.

"This is the coach's arrangement, this is the playoffs. It doesn't matter how many points I score personally. What's important is that we can get the game. In the third quarter, I no longer need to play again. I need to accumulate strength and prepare for the away game. That will be a difficult test for us." Gan Guoyang repeated his repeated remarks after the game.

"If I knew that I would be annoyed by so many people to get 49 points, I would rather only get 25 points and then help the team win." Gan Guoyang complained privately after being "sieged" by reporters after the game.

But Gan Guoyang still underestimated the huge impact of this 49-point score in the NBA. This impact not only caused an uproar among fans and football ratings, but it was more reflected in the strong pressure on other stars, and this impact has not yet been shown.

Not only in Milwaukee, Houston, Philadelphia, and Utah, all the rookies of 1984 were ready to go.
Chapter completed!