[{"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-1134":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},1444551,1896,"Chapter 1134 - 14: Three Quarters of Schooling_3","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1134",1134,"\u003Cp>On the evening of February 13, at the Charlotte Arena, the second game of the Trail Blazers’ Southeast tour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the tip-off, Mourning looked very nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kept pacing in the center circle, trying to calm himself down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Gan Guoyang stood still in the center circle, quietly watching Mourning adjust himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Mourning finally stood face-to-face with Ah Gan in the circle, he found his heart pounding hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, like O’Neal, Mourning also saw Ah Gan as his idol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first sport Mourning engaged in was football—similar to O’Neal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, he found himself unsuited for the sport, and his teacher introduced him to the boxing club.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem was that Mourning’s peers were unwilling to spar with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy was too tall, strong, and had boundless energy, with a fierce demeanor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, his coach recommended him to the basketball court to play basketball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main purpose of his father doing this was to deplete Mourning’s inexhaustible energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a husky, if you don’t let him run in the snow, he will tear apart the house with his overflowing energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, Mourning was 8 years old, began to play basketball, and soon dominated locally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, at the age of 10, something happened that impacted his life greatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Mourning’s own choice: at 10, he decided to leave his constantly arguing parents and applied through relevant institutions to live at a boys’ home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His parents visited him at the boys’ home every week, and he lived collectively with other children his age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he was 12, his parents divorced, and he didn’t stay with either side; instead, through a court decision, he went to live with a foster family in good economic condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, at a very young age, when many children struggled with parents, family choices, and problems like hardships and family conflicts,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alonzo Mourning had already created a broader path for his life through choice and planning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this regard, he is rational and mature, far more shrewd than his wild and rugged appearance suggests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, when he told reporters, \"I won’t let Ah Gan score 30 points,\" it was also well-considered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to establish an image of a tough guy; he couldn’t back down at such a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, would backing down have helped?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, it would, but Mourning couldn’t do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Georgetown, John-Thompson taught him as he taught Ewing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To arm himself with coldness and toughness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But generally speaking, the thicker the armor, the softer the interior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the tension in Mourning’s eyes, Gan Guoyang smiled again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another Georgetown kid with a fierce appearance but scared inside, John-Thompson really likes to cultivate such \"tough guys,\" huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, in the initial exchanges, Mourning fell into a disadvantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a bit shorter than O’Neal, but he wasn’t faster than O’Neal either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang found it easier to deal with him than with O’Neal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Low post catch, back down, turn and hook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just this move, Gan Guoyang scored repeatedly over Mourning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gap was visibly apparent when Mourning faced Gan Guoyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every move seemed a half-beat slow to Gan Guoyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially with that stiff Georgetown vibe all over him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every offensive and defensive move was done by the book, lacking imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His main scoring method was finding opportunities for outside shots at the top of the arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he confronted Ah Gan under the basket, he was very likely to get blocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With repeated failures in the post-up situations, the Hornets soon fell behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the powerful Trail Blazers played incredibly smoothly, with great shooting form both inside and out tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their space stretched out as they constantly utilized height advantages and effectively applied the Princeton Offense to find open shots and hit them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By halftime, the Trail Blazers had quickly widened the lead to 21 points, then followed with a three-point rain in the third quarter that broke the Hornets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gap reached as much as 33 points, at which point Gan Guoyang hit a three-pointer from the outside, bringing his personal score to 31 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One point more than 30.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Gan Guoyang raised his hand towards the sideline, signaling for Beelman to sub him out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beelman understood and called for a timeout, sending PJ Brown in to replace Ah Gan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exactly 31 points, with more than a quarter to go in the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang officially clocked out, while Mourning, sitting on the bench, had a stony face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, by the second quarter, the Hornets had switched Larry Johnson to match up against Mourning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Johnson, however, was unhappy, saying, \"Alonzo said he wanted to face Ah Gan himself, and now he asks me to do it because he can’t defend him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coach reminded him that they are teammates, and defense is everyone’s responsibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mourning said nothing, but he already harbored resentment against Johnson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This incident sowed the seeds of discord between them, which would later bear bitter fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Gan Guoyang, he rested early and told Beelman, \"Facing the second pick, three quarters of teaching is enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beelman replied, \"Don’t forget, you were also a second pick.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What second pick am I, what second pick is he?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, the Trail Blazers easily crushed the Hornets and left with a big victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Mourning’s strong pre-game words, they were just bluster, soon forgotten after some mockery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone’s attention soon shifted to the Trail Blazers’ third game of the Southeast tour, which was the one Gan Guoyang truly cared about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miami Heat, Olajuwon.\u003C\u002Fp>",922,"2026-06-06T01:41:50.199Z",1,"novelbin.me","da343df38f8a8e888f96662f692c919899bc2a1bccac51b528a887100f87900f","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1135","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1133",2033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-golden-age-of-basketball-cover.jpg"]