Chapter 48 Bird vs Doctor G

As the final buzzer sounded, Larry Bird and Gan Guoyang shook hands and embraced.

Bird had scored 28 points and dished out 11 assists for the game, performing admirably, but he couldn't lead the Celtics in mounting a comeback in the fourth quarter.

Gan Guoyang racked up 33 points and 23 rebounds, Robert Parish was completely unable to stop Gan Guoyang from doing as he pleased in the paint; he snatched 10 offensive rebounds that night.

The average number of offensive rebounds per game for Gan Guoyang had been on a further decline this season, but tonight's performance proved that it wasn't that he couldn't grab them, but that the team's tactics required him to pull back on the offensive glass.

Whenever he wished, he could still be a monster on the offensive boards; not even the Celtics' front-court trident could stop him.

Moreover, in the fourth quarter, he took on the task of guarding Bird himself, causing Bird's personal offense to go silent.