On April 26, 1986, an explosion occurred at Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Kyiv Oblast of the Soviet Union due to staff errors, releasing eight tons of radioactive materials, equivalent to the radiation dose of 400 Hiroshima atomic bombs.
Gan Guoyang witnessed this major historical event on television, with only one day left until the start of the Western Conference semifinals.
On April 23, three days earlier, the Portland Trail Blazers easily defeated the San Antonio Spurs 114:98 away from home, sweeping the series 3:0 to advance to the second round.
In the 1980s, when there was a significant gap in individual team strength, upsets in the first round were rare, especially since the Trail Blazers were in excellent form and the Spurs had lost the will to fight, eager to end the series and go home for fishing, right?
