[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-golden-age-of-basketball":3,"chapter-the-golden-age-of-basketball-the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1017":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Golden Age of Basketball",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1444784,1896,"Chapter 1017 - 1 Star_3","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1017",1017,"\u003Cp>Barkley shouted it out loud, and everyone around heard it, followed by a burst of laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jordan, Ewing, and others who were being interviewed couldn’t help but laugh. How come this guy let his true thoughts slip out?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interview atmosphere, which was originally a bit serious, suddenly became lively and cheerful, with joy in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jordan did not lose his fighting spirit due to losing the finals for the second time; he actively threw himself into the preparation for the Olympics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even give himself much time to be frustrated; immediately after the finals ended, he started a new improvement plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his view, the reason for the loss, ultimately, was that he wasn’t strong enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If in the fifth game, he could have gone for a layup himself instead of passing, the championship would have been his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When asked by a reporter about Ah Gan, Jordan shrugged and said, \"I know Sonny and his teammates are undergoing secret training in Portland. I called him the day before yesterday. He’s leading his national team in a scrimmage with local college students for training. Charles is right; we all hope to meet China Team in the Olympics, especially the China Team with Ah Gan. We want to have a good contest and exchange, in a friendly way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talking about \"friendly,\" Jordan himself laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there’s one person who certainly couldn’t laugh, and that was Pippen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pippen is going through the most difficult summer of his life, even harder than losing to the Detroit Pistons in 1990.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That missed dunk has become the nightmare of his life. After the finals, he jumped from the same position, dunking dozens of balls without failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that one dunk failed, missed, causing the Bulls to lose the most crucial game and fall short of the championship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone knew that at the time, whoever won the fifth game would be the champion, with no need for a Game 7.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That shot destroyed a season’s effort for the Bulls and nearly destroyed Pippen; he even saw a psychologist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the face of reporters’ interviews, he seemed despondent, never interested, including being able to thrash Ah Gan at the Olympics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knows when this shadow will finally be lifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the evening, Nike invited nearly half of the Olympic delegation to an opening night party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The banquet was held at the Nike campus, which was set up as a beautiful buffet area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a large amount of seafood, premium ribeye, and strawberry cream cake available, with basketball celebrities everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of the campus is a lake, and at around seven in the evening, with a \"bang,\" beautiful fireworks burst in the sky above the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nike prepared an extraordinarily lavish fireworks display to show off its financial strength, with more than a dozen fireworks simultaneously rising and exploding, filling the sky with color and noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the fireworks show ended, everyone’s attention returned to the food and the people around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, just five minutes later, a loud noise was heard again from the sky, and a red light shot into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following that, a massive explosion sound, and an extraordinarily large and splendid giant firework bloomed in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was dumbfounded; was the earlier fireworks show not over?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, this firework wasn’t from the campus; it didn’t rise from the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This giant firework was just a signal, followed by an even more spectacular fireworks display starting in the dark sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was estimated that the entire Portland could enjoy this magnificent display, and Team USA was even more astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jordan asked Nike’s president, Phil Knight: \"Was this firework show arranged by you? A second one?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knight’s face didn’t look good; he shook his head and said: \"No, from the direction... it should be Avia’s arrangement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tonight, Avia also held an opening banquet at their campus, and the other half went there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among Team USA, Stockton, Barkley, and Drexler went because they’re Avia-sponsored players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I guess it was arranged by Ah Gan,\" Knight continued: \"No one plays with fireworks better than the Chinese people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he was saying this, another loud bang was heard in the sky, and a bright spot of light soared into the sky, with everyone looking up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the explosion sound, a giant yellow five-pointed star appeared in the sky with crackling noises, eclipsing all the stars in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jordan watched the star from bright to dim and muttered: \"It must be that dog Ah Gan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",752,"2026-06-06T01:41:48.991Z",1,"novelbin.me","34fcab8fb65c0b3f30d14dfaa3a2c77052131e1304a8a981618e2b474377a548","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1018","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1016",2033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-golden-age-of-basketball-cover.jpg"]