Of course it is impossible for Gan Guoyang to be unable to distinguish between Stephenson and Bonner. This is just part of his psychological tactics.
He will not be like some black players who just go on the court and spray some dirty words at their opponents, such as "I'm going to blow you up," "You're dead tonight," "I'm going to kick your ass," etc.
It has average lethality and little nutrition.
If he doesn't blow people up, he will cause backlash and be laughed at.
The confrontation on the field is continuous, starting from the first round.
Therefore, psychological warfare is also continuous, and it is not just a matter of venting with swear words or criticizing the opponent.
The key to psychological warfare is to create an atmosphere of terror to weaken the opponent's will to fight.
In ancient wars, massacres of cities, building of capitals, and persuading surrender; in modern wars, leaflets, falsified public opinion, and large-scale bombings are all intended to create terror and weaken or even crush the enemy's will to fight.
Sports competitions are a substitute for war in peacetime, and the methods used to create terror are the same: the exchange of public opinions before the game, the roar of the home fans during the game, and the continuous pressure exerted on each other by the players on the field. Except that no one can kill, the purpose is the same.
Gan Guoyang was like a KGB interrogator on the court, repeatedly questioning his opponent with the same simple question, and coupled with targeted strikes, he finally made his opponent's will to fight collapse.
Poor Quentin Stephenson had an emotional breakdown in the locker room at halftime and was reluctant to take the field before the start of the second half.
The coach of Washington High School persuaded and scolded him, and it took him a long time to "coax" this round-headed, slow guy onto the court.
This resulted in the second half of the game kicking off two minutes later than scheduled. As soon as Stephenson stepped onto the court, he said to Gan Guoyang: "I'm not doing well today. Don't ask me anymore. I just want to play well."
Seeing Stephenson's pitiful look, Gan Guoyang thought to himself, forget it. As long as you don't try your best to cause trouble for me, I won't trouble you.
He agreed to Stephenson and said: "Then let Bonner guard me. I will proceed according to the established plan."
Stephenson nodded and sold his teammates...
He lacked a strong will on the court, which led to Quentin achieving nothing on the basketball court in the future.
However, he and Gan Guoyang became very good friends after the game, regular customers at Gan's Restaurant, and Gan Guoyang's excellent sparring partner when he was training in San Francisco.
While Stephenson shivered internally, Washington High School's interior actually collapsed.
Bonner, who performed well in the first half, was even less able to play against Gan Guoyang in the second half.
Gan Guoyang became demanding in the paint, just like Bill Walton in the 1973 NCAA Finals.
He caught the ball for a layup, made an easy tip-in, hit a hollow shot from close range, and caught the ball for a dunk on the counterattack.
Under the basketball rules without three-pointers and three-second defense, interior defense is the top priority. Once it breaks down, the game will completely break down.
Washington High School coaches quickly discovered that it was better to have Stephenson on the bench than to let him play.
This guy completely handed over the heavy responsibility of defending Gan Guoyang to Bonner. When Gan Guoyang pressed Bonner with his back, Bonner felt like he was about to die, but he was still defending.
Stephenson came over and stretched out his hand symbolically, which meant that I had already guarded against him. Don't blame me for not guarding against him. Forrest Gump was too powerful.
The two small twin towers on the inside, which originally worked well together, were torn to pieces and could no longer support a decent defense.
When Gan Guoyang caught the ball and hit a long-range shot at the top of the arc, 24 feet away from the basket, the atmosphere in the War Memorial Stadium reached a climax.
The audience cheered deafeningly, and many fans stopped caring about image management and raised their arms and shouted, especially those Chinese fans who came from afar.
Gan Guoyang scored the 40th point of the game, and the Beiqiao Shui Zhong team led the opponent by 19 points at 77:58.
There are only two minutes left before the end of the game, and the result is no longer in suspense. The San Francisco League champion, Beiqiao Middle School, has won!
Washington High School finally gave up resistance. They replaced their main players and spent the last 2 minutes.
The score was fixed at 77:62, and the Water Bell won the 1982 CIF San Francisco League playoff championship.
When the final whistle sounded, the fans were extremely enthusiastic. Without enough security personnel to stop him, they rushed into the field together with the reporters on the sidelines, and together with the players of the Water Bell Team, they lifted Gan Guoyang up.
The situation is exactly the same as in 1953. This situation rarely occurs in higher-level competitions. Only in local competitions can fans be so close to the players and so passionate about a sporting event.
The fans were so crazy that Gan Guoyang's jersey was torn to pieces, and he finally returned to the locker room naked.
Reporters surrounded the locker room, and the awards ceremony that was supposed to be held on the court was canceled and held in the locker room.
Gan Guoyang put on his coat and received the championship and MVP trophies from San Francisco League Committee Chairman Mark Christensen.
The spotlight of San Francisco reporters focused on the two. Christensen held Gan Guoyang's hand and said, "You are the pride of the Chinese people and the pride of San Francisco."
Gan Guoyang expressed his gratitude. In the United States, a country with serious racial problems, San Francisco on the west coast is considered a relatively open and tolerant city. Gan Guoyang has the support of a large number of Chinese people behind him, which is his confidence.
Such enthusiasm and praise would have been unimaginable had he been in Boston, or in the South where the shadow of segregation had not yet dissipated.
No wonder Russell moved his family out of Louisiana and settled and lived in the Bay Area.
The hustle and bustle in the War Memorial Stadium did not completely stop until the Water Bell Team left in the car. Many fans were not so obsessed with Gan Guoyang or the Water Bell Team. They just needed an occasion to use the passion of sports to vent all the hard work and anger accumulated in life. .
In this economic winter, a small miraculous flame with yellow skin and black hair is enough to warm many people to persevere.
Finally, the San Francisco Police Department came forward and sent people to disperse the young people gathered near the stadium, and the carnival came to an end.
In the next few days, Team Water Bell and Gan Guoyang received Mazu-like treatment in Chinatown. For at least two weeks, they didn't have to pay for meals at any restaurant.
Gan Guoyang was treated better. Sex workers around Chinatown offered to spend the night with him for free, which made Gan Guoyang afraid to go near the red light district for quite a long time.
Firstly, I was harassed, and secondly, I was afraid of being misunderstood.
Gan's Restaurant also hosted a three-night banquet after winning the championship. The San Francisco League champion may be more prestigious than the state champion. After all, it is a local honor.
After a period of excitement, everything returned to calm and everyone returned to normal life, study and training.
The Water Bell team’s journey is not over yet, the CIF Championship is still waiting for them.
Gan Guoyang suddenly realized one day that he had not seen Raymond for a while.
In the previous games, Raymond and his group of friends would come to support and become the most unique scenery on the sidelines.
He originally had no interest in sports, but became an unqualified basketball fan and a die-hard fan of Gan Guoyang.
But in the most important finals, Raymond did not appear. During the celebration after the Water Bell team won the championship, he did not see Raymond either.
In the past, he would always have afternoon tea with his friends at Gan's Restaurant at around one o'clock in the afternoon, and sway to the sounds of the punk band's songs and guitar at night.
Recently, he has not appeared for more than half a month, and even his friends no longer come to have afternoon tea. There are too many customers in the store, and they always receive strange looks.
President Reagan delivered his State of the Union address on New Year's Day, expressing optimism about the nation's economic recovery. The number of punk bands playing in restaurants was declining because they might disturb ordinary customers who wanted to come to eat - not just at Gan's Restaurant, but throughout California. yes.
A hardcore punk subculture called Straight-edge emerged among young people who rejected drugs, cigarettes and alcohol, and hippies began to become cliché.
Walkman, produced by Sony in 1979, has become more and more popular among teenagers. They wear headphones and listen to it while walking. What is more suitable for them is not noisy punk but light pop music.
The voice of a singer named Michael Jackson is appearing in people's ears more and more.
The first batch of commercial personal computers, the IBM 5150, was launched in 1981. It fully entered the public eye in 1982, and the computer era was coming.
Everything is changing unconsciously. The traces of the 1970s are slowly being erased, and the wave of the 1980s is taking shape.
Gan Guoyang once practiced late at the skating rink. When he came out of the gym, the rink had been transformed into a skating bar and dance floor. When he was about to leave, he saw a good "sister" of Raymond.
He hurriedly went up to say hello and asked him where Raymond had gone. The "sister" hesitated for a while and told Gan Guoyang that Raymond was sick and was now in St. Francis Memorial Hospital.
Gan Guoyang hurried to the hospital, checked the hospitalization records, and saw Raymond lying on the bed in a cold single room, weak and as thin as a shriveled honeysuckle.
When Raymond saw Gan Guoyang, his big, sunken eyes were full of complex emotions and glistening tears.
He told Gan Guoyang that he was about to die. He had a disease that doctors could not figure out and that was difficult to cure.
Gan Guoyang looked at the red spots on Raymond's arms, neck, and ulcerated legs, and he suddenly realized what disease Raymond had.
It was indeed hopeless, it was too late.
"You have won the championship. Congratulations, you are amazing." Raymond forced a smile.
"Thank you, I thought you would go and see it."
"I'm sorry, I want to go there too. I heard the scene is crazy. I really envy you."
This is the second time that Raymond expressed envy. The last time was because Gan Youwei gave him shoes.
Gan Guoyang didn't know what to say. In fact, he didn't understand Raymond at all. They were from two different worlds.
But because of many coincidences and fate, they had a little intersection.
"Gan, where do you think people go after they die?" Raymond sat up and wrapped his clothes tightly.
"After you die, you will go to another time and space. If you are lucky, you will retain your consciousness and memory and start a new life."
Raymond's eyes lit up and he asked, "Really?"
"Really. Maybe, you will go to China."
"China? How is China?"
"China is getting better and better. There is gold everywhere."
"Then I want to go to China. Is there anything I should pay attention to?"
"Well... remember to buy more houses and stop living in hotels."
Raymond smiled. He blessed Gan Guoyang and said that he would become a very great person in the future.
A week later, Raymond died.
Gan Guoyang and the Water Bell team traveled to San Jose to start their journey to the CIF Northern California Championship.
