Along with Gan Guoyang, they all experienced the most complex, most intense emotions contained within.
"Remember, we are a great team, and we have only one true enemy, ourselves. Tonight, it's a battle for us to transcend ourselves and defeat ourselves. A new world is waiting for you guys, so go get that damn championship, guys!"
Holding back his tears, Jack Ramsey gave the final game mobilization.
At seven o'clock in the evening, the deafening roar of the cheers at Memorial Coliseum was like a tsunami.
More than 13,000 spectators on-site, a few thousand people at the Paramount Theatre, tens of thousands of fans outside, and the tens of thousands of viewers from all over the world watching on TV, all their attention was focused on this one piece of the ground.
The Memorial Coliseum added not only seats but also a dozen temporary camera positions; a large number of overseas journalists, and media at the scene to broadcast the game, filled Portland's hotels to full capacity.