When the team's confidence begins to collapse, the game can no longer continue, and the remaining time is a slow suicide for the players of Lihua Middle School.
In high school or college games, young players' emotions and psychology are easy to fluctuate, and they are far less mature and stable than adults.
Therefore, the games often lead to upsets. The little-known weak teams have high morale and defeat the strong teams with unbalanced mentality to win.
After the timeout, Lihua High School could not find a solution to the problem. No one in their team could match Gan Guoyang, and no one could explode.
The collective understanding they relied on for survival was also broken. In the second half, they were just killing time and spending the remaining 20 minutes to end this cat-and-mouse game.
And Gan Guoyang stopped playing. In the second half, he scored explosively, beating his opponents in the low post one after another, and still squeezed out of double teams to slam the ball in.
The audience on the sidelines had seen enough of the dunk, cheering one after another until Gan Guoyang was replaced by Behrman in advance.
At this time, his data is 25 points, 31 rebounds, 9 blocks, and 5 assists, one shot short of a triple-double.
Gan Guoyang doesn't mind this. He doesn't care about data, he only cares about victory and the process of winning.
But some spectators on the sidelines were concerned and wanted to continue watching Gan Guoyang's performance.
An old man shouted: "Hey, put this No. 11 on! We want to watch him play! What's going on, you crazy coach? I bought the ticket!"
The old man in Chinatown spoke Chinese, which Behrman couldn't understand, so he asked Gan Guoyang: "What is the old man shouting at me?"
Gan Guoyang said: "He said that the coach's command tonight was great, his tactics were appropriate, his planning was very beautiful, and I salute you."
"Bouchette, I did almost nothing tonight and you did everything. You damn guy, you knocked that No. 5 down, didn't you? You let him score in the first half and then in the second half. You locked him up again and you crushed his fragile little heart! God, you are such a fucking devil."
"I was just dismantling their collective offense. They were more coordinated and more well-coached than we were, but that guy got on top and forgot about more important things besides scoring, so he's going to pay a little price."
Behrman squinted at Gan Guoyang, leaned over and said, "What kind of monster are you?"
Gan Guoyang rolled his eyes at Behrman and said, "I just play ball."
Bellman was cursing, but he was extremely excited. Coaching a player like Gan Guoyang made him more and more interesting.
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Before five o'clock in the afternoon, while it was still daylight in San Francisco, the game ended.
At 51:39, Beiqiao Middle School defeated Lihua Middle School relatively easily at the Kezar Stadium.
In the 1980s, high school games were divided into two halves for a total of 40 minutes. According to NCAA rules, a 35-second offensive system was used and there was no three-point line.
Therefore, the pace of the game was slow and the scores were not high. It was a miracle that the Beiqiao Middle School team, which had only been formed for a week, scored 51 points.
Lihua Middle School usually has no problem scoring more than 50 points in games, but tonight their confidence was shattered by Gan Guoyang, and their performance in the second half was a mess.
Wang Tianduo, the captain of Lihua Middle School, sat on the bench and cried bitterly after the game. This game will undoubtedly cast a lifelong shadow on him.
Huang Shaohua, vice chairman of the China Endeavor Association, danced happily in the stands, while people from the Straits Self-Strengthening Association sitting not far away kept shaking their heads.
They must have regretted why they did not contact Gan Guoyang in advance and ask him to study at Lihua Middle School.
If Gan Guoyang is in Lihua, maybe they can apply to join the CIF this year, or participate in the state championship organized by the First International Bank Sports Foundation and achieve good results.
When Gan Guoyang left the stadium, many people crowded over to shake his hand. The exit channel was so packed that the players almost couldn't go back.
For the first time, Gan Guoyang felt the huge enthusiasm of the fans up close. The joy after the victory made his whole body feel comfortable. For a long time, this game was the talk of Chinatown people.
In the evening, Huang Shaohua hosted a banquet for the Shuizhong team at Gan's Restaurant to celebrate the team's first victory after its establishment.
Lao Huang was smiling from ear to ear at the dinner table and said that he was finally proud in front of Lihua Middle School.
Although Gan Guoyang is very happy, he knows that Lihua High School is a low-level team in San Francisco and in California as a whole.
After all, the competition between the Chinese-American team and the Chinese-American team is just a "fight among themselves." The real challenge for Beiqiao Middle School is the confrontation with other black and white high schools.
So after dinner, Gan Guoyang did not go to play video games with his teammates, but ran to the rooftop court of Cameron Center to play ball.
Only Xu Xun followed Gan Guoyang, helping Gan Guoyang pick up the ball on the rooftop and serving as a defensive target.
The two people have similar personalities. Like Gan Guoyang, Xu Xun is also a single-parent family and lives with his father.
It's just that Xu Xun's father is much rougher than Gan Youwei. He basically doesn't get much love from his father, only indifference and severe beatings after making mistakes.
In the 1970s and 1980s, South Korea was controlled by a military government. Coupled with the legacy of the feudal hierarchy, the entire society was in a state of high pressure.
The campus was filled with military discipline, corporal punishment, violence, and bullying. Growing up in such an environment, even after coming to the United States, Xu Xun was inevitably taciturn and full of anger.
"The United States is not a paradise. Here, as long as you look Asian, you will be treated differently. In Korea, that kind of bullying is explicit, with no regard for dignity, such as insults, beatings, and corporal punishment. Those scars will remain. On the body, there are bruises and bruises that can be seen at a glance. But it is different in the United States. There is no corporal punishment here. They say that everyone is equal and that in a free country, it is still safe as long as you do not go to dangerous areas. However, Asia Human faces are inferior to others, worse than a nigger.”
The two often chat after playing or practicing.
Xu Xun obviously has more profound ideological insights than his peers. He is usually taciturn, but he actually thinks deeply about his environment.
"You can't call people niggas outside, otherwise you will be in trouble." Gan Guoyang reminded him.
"They call us Gook, Chinaman, and no one cares."
"You don't need anyone else to care about you. You have to rely on yourself. If anyone calls me that, I will give him a punch."
"I will also let him try the power of the nunchaku! I will fight! That's why I particularly like Bruce Lee. I not only like his kung fu, but I also admire him for being able to make a name for himself in the United States. It's really amazing."
When talking about Bruce Lee, Xu Xun's eyes always shine with a different kind of brilliance, which is the spiritual totem of him and many Asian teenagers of that generation.
"Axun, one day I will be more successful than Bruce Lee, do you believe it or not?"
"I do not believe."
"Hmph, just wait and see, there will be a day."
