The Golden Age of Basketball

The lineup has strong offensive capabilities, quick speed, and high agility.

In the opening match against the Jazz, the Warriors scored 130 points.

In the previous game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, they also scored 126 points.

In a league context where defense is getting stronger and scoring is getting lower, Nielsen goes against the grain.

Of course, Gan Guoyang doesn't care about these things, his attention is focused on the basketball in the referee's hands.

So much so that he didn't notice a young man in the Warriors lineup casting a fiery glance at him.

It was rookie Spree wearing jersey number 15, a flamboyant young man who made no secret of his ambition to challenge the Divine King.

In his debut against the Jazz, the rookie scored 15 points.

In the game against the Lakers, he got 14 points and 11 rebounds.

He quickly gained Don Nelson's trust and became a starter for the team.

From this point of view, Spree had reasons to be arrogant; he wanted to challenge any strong opponent.

He had abundant energy, an unyielding personality, and lacked some rationality in his mind.

This trait had already shown signs in the Warriors training camp.

He showed no respect for the veterans on the team.

No matter the opponent's qualifications, or how tall or strong they were.

Spree dared to challenge, even actively stirring up conflict.

This guy has a bit of a super-macho gene in his blood.

Before the game started, Spree was very excited.

Because the opponent was the Trail Blazers, was Ah Gan.

Look at this stadium, the Oakland Coliseum, home of the Warriors.

But the stands were packed with fans wearing the Trail Blazers' number 11 jersey.

Many of them were faces with yellow skin, needless to say, they were Chinese people.

They were all fans of Ah Gan, all here to cheer for Ah Gan.

This ignited Spree's fierce nature; he saw this as a good opportunity to show his skills.

In front of All-America broadcast, in front of the Chinese fans, to topple the idol.

Spree was definitely not a fan of Ah Gan.

On the contrary, he was among the category of Black players who hated Ah Gan.

By the 1990s, basketball had become an absolutely Black sport.

Out of 10 stars, 8 had Black blood, and the remaining 2 were just mid-level stars.

For example, Chris Mullin, the star player of the Warriors, Spree respected Mullin.

Because Spree learned things from Mullin during training and games.

Mullin was an experienced player, particularly good at using his brain to play.

But what Spree, as well as many Black players, could not accept was the NBA being ruled by a Chinese person.

And it had been almost 10 years of dominance; even the best Black players could not defeat his team.

Magic Johnson, Jabbar, Barkley, Jordan, these shining Black basketball heroes all fell under his iron hoof.

Spree could not match any of them in fame or potential.

But he had a desire to tear Ah Gan apart, especially after the Trail Blazers won the second three-peat.

Not only Spree, many young Black players entering the league in the 90s also had this idea.

This was very different from the 80s; players who entered the league around the same time as Ah Gan in the 80s all respected Ah Gan.

During games, they often ignored Ah Gan's nationality and skin color; many even considered him an American player.

It's just that Time is changing; Gan Guoyang representing China in the Olympics broke some impressions and deepened his national identity.

Additionally, the wild nature of the new generation of Black players was getting stronger, different from the batch of players in the 80s.

The batch of players in the 80s attempted to resist authority, challenge the coach's rule, and establish the players' rule over the team.

They succeeded, and now the NBA has become a League of stars; stars are the most important.

And the players of the 90s not only wanted to challenge coach's rule, what they wanted to challenge in the future was the entire traditional basketball culture.

They wanted to bring things from the street, social corners, Black community into it, to bind NBA and Black culture tightly together.

Of course, the leaders of this are still mingling in high school, college, preparing to enter the NBA.

Spree and players like him already had shadows of this; Ah Gan was the person they hated.

This was the biggest Evil Dragon in the league, a dragon crouching in the basketball temple in the East.

Carrying the belief to eliminate him and become famous in one battle, Spree engaged in the match.

Gan Guoyang was completely unaware of this malice; he had faced too many challenges.

In the jump ball, he was the first to touch the ball and tapped it to Ali.

Ali then returned the ball to him, and Gan Guoyang started the offense himself.

At this moment, Spree, originally meant to guard Curry, rushed towards Gan Guoyang.

He tried to press and steal, but Gan Guoyang deftly evaded with a change of direction.

He passed the ball to Curry, and Spree quickly returned to defend.

But Curry had already charged into the basket, drew the defense, and then passed to Davis.

Davis banked the ball in under the basket, and the Trail Blazers scored two points.

"Defend your own man! What are you doing?" Mu Lin reminded Spree.

Did this kid think Ah Gan was a center, so he wanted to run over and steal?

What dream are you having?

Gan Guoyang noticed some of Spree's aggressiveness.

He didn't pay much attention, still the same words, encountered too many.

Young people always want to become famous through this way.

Both sides played the opening phase at a very fast pace; the Warriors were very decisive in taking shots.