God of NBA point guards

Chapter 125
May 5th, the second round of G8 match day.

The Pistons tried their best to complete the two-game winning streak in away games, but the reality was disappointing. With the crazy support of the home fans, the Cavaliers played in a good state, while the Pistons were not as good as in the G1 game. They lost the G2 game. Than a flat.

这场比赛，周权的状态也一般，上场26分钟，14投6中，命中率42.8%，加上4罚4中，拿到了16分6篮板8助攻2抢断1盖帽3失误3犯规的数据。

Mark Price adopted a different defensive strategy against him from the G1 game, which has some effects, but the main problem is that most of his teammates are in a mediocre state, and the balls passed in the past are all missed, and he himself is not really restricted. .

Joe Dumars was not in good shape. In 33 minutes, he made 18 of 7 shots, including two three-pointers and free throws. He scored 18 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers. The shooting rate was only 38.9%. The efficiency is not as good as Zhou Quan.

他们的状态不好，刺客得到了更多的机会，35分钟之内，16投7中，8罚7中，高效地轰下了21分1篮板6助攻1抢断2失误的数据。

But he couldn't save the team, Rodman only played 25 minutes and only grabbed 7 rebounds.

In another game, the Jazz performed better than the Pistons. They won two consecutive victories at home and beat the Sonics again.

Jeff Malone scored 33 points and teamed up with the postman to score 61 points. John Stockton once again sent 14 assists, 3 steals and 3 turnovers, which was the key reason for the Jazz's victory.

For the Supersonics, Gary Payton, whom Zhou Quan cared about, still performed poorly. After the last game, he made 3 of 2 shots again and only scored 4 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 turnover and 3 fouls.

佩顿在首轮系列赛中是10.8分2.3篮板6.5助攻1.5抢断0.5盖帽，但在次轮面对约翰斯托克顿，水准大失。

On the 9th, the media called on ESPN TV to increase the chances of the Jazz and reduce the chances of the Pistons.

The defeat in the G2 game made the media also start to target Zhou Quan, thinking that the decision of the Pistons to rush him to the leadership position was wrong.

"Last season, the Smiling Assassin, who had stepped down from the peak, was able to lead his team to the Eastern Conference Finals. If Iron Fist cannot lead his team to the Eastern Conference Finals this season, it can only prove that he has no strength to become the leader of the Pistons. We don't need to discuss his rookie status. Because he has become the leader of the Pistons, he should take the responsibility of the leader." The New York Times.

"The Pistons management made a wrong decision. Let's not talk about whether Iron Fist is qualified to be the leader of the team. At least the management chose a wrong time. They should announce it in the offseason, not after the season. In the middle of the game, this will put extra pressure on the team and the Iron Fist." Los Angeles Daily.

At eleven o'clock this morning, the Pistons boarded a special plane back to Detroit.

"Chuck, we do seem to have picked the wrong time."

Putting on reading glasses and flipping through the newspaper, McCloskey told Chuck Daly.

Chuck Daly shrugged and said, "What if we make it to the Eastern Conference Finals?"

McCloskey lowered his head and glanced at Daly over his glasses, and said in a teasing tone: "Chuck, yesterday you said that there might be a problem with winning the Cavaliers, but today you are so sure?"

Daly laughed and said: "We won an away game, which is an advantage. If we win the next two home games, we can beat them."

"It's best to make it to the Eastern Conference finals, but it doesn't matter if you can't make it. What we care about is the future. Look, these media are looking for our faults."

McCloskey nodded. He felt a little tired. After saying this, he took off his glasses, put the newspaper in his hand aside, and closed his eyes.

"We eliminated the Knicks. The New York media represents the mainstream media. Of course they want to find fault with us." Daly said.

"Hu! Hu..."

But at this time he heard snoring, turned his head and saw that McCloskey, who was still talking just now, had fallen asleep.

"Jack is really old." He shook his head.

……

That night, Zhou Quan found a bar and invited a group of teammates to watch the game together.

As a result, the Suns returned home and defeated the Trail Blazers. The two teams tied [-]-[-], and the Trail Blazers still led.

Jeff Hornacek scored 50 points efficiently on 30% shooting and was the primary contributor to the team's victory.

The titan Lei Gongdan Marley stood up from the bench, scored 25 points, grabbed 9 rebounds, sent 5 assists and [-] steals, and his radiance even surpassed that of the dead light gun.

Glider Drexler scored 37 points and shot 50% from the field, becoming the king of the game.

In another game, the Green team played against the Bulls at home.

Bird still did not challenge, and McHale was old. The team's scoring leader Reggie Lewis was locked up by Jordan and Pippen, and he only scored 21 points on 5 of 13 shots.

Jordan and Pippen teamed up to score 62 points. Jordan scored 36 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists alone. The Bulls defeated the Celtics three times and won the second round match point.

Zhou Quan thoughtfully said: "The Bulls' intention to sweep the Green Team is obvious, and Big Bird probably won't play in the fourth game."

Ulrich said with a smile: "In the first round of the playoffs in 86, Jordan led the Bulls against the Green Team. I was still in the Bulls that year. He averaged 43.7 points per game and was finally swept by the Birds.

Then in the second year, it was really bad luck. The Bulls met the Green Team in the first round. He averaged nearly 36 points per game, and was swept by the Birds again.

He was swept by Bird twice in the first round. With his competitive spirit, it is impossible for him not to want to sweep Bird. This time he was aiming at sweeping Bird, but it is a pity that Bird did not come back. "

"Iron Fist, even if you break the bones this time, you can't be swept away by him again." The assassin stared at Zhou Quan and said.

Zhou Quan nodded and said: "Of course, although Jordan is ridiculously strong now, I don't think they have the strength to sweep us away.

There is an old saying in China that the emperor can be dismounted even if he is willing to cut himself to pieces. It means that as long as we dare to fight hard, there is nothing we cannot do. "

When Iron Fist mentioned Jordan's strength, the smiling assassin couldn't help but grin.

Even though he hates Jordan deeply and refuses to admit it, he has to admit in his heart that the current Michael Jordan is really too strong.

To what extent is it so strong, so strong that its dominance explodes, so strong that as long as Jordan thinks, he can hit 50+ at any time, so strong that he can blow anyone up, so strong that as long as he The point where you can score as much as you want.

He felt that if Michael Jordan had been as good as he was in '89 and '90, he and the team would be in more trouble.

However, Pippen's strength hadn't come up at that time, and it was far worse than it is now. Jordan had no helpers. Even with his current strength, he should still be the winner in the end.

On the 10th, the G3 match day.

Cavaliers: Brad Doherty, Larry Nance, Mike Saunders, Craig Helu, Mark Price
Pistons: John Saley, Dennis Rodman, Orlando Ulrich, Joe Dumars, Joo Kwon
At a quarter past eight, the starters started.

"We want to win! We want to win! We want to win..."

When the home team came out, hundreds of Pistons fans on both sides of the aisle yelled and yelled at Zhou Quan and the others crazily.

"Victory! Victory! Victory..."

This kind of sound spread more and more widely, and gradually the whole palace of Auburn Hills rang out the shout of "victory", until it was overwhelming and earth-shattering.

Zhou Quan's heart seemed to be weighed down by a boulder. He had lost the first game after officially becoming the leader of the team. If he lost this home game again, it would be extremely unfavorable to him.

He turned around abruptly, raised his right fist at the teammates who followed him, and shouted loudly: "We must win! We must win this battle!"

"Must win! Must win..."

Joe Dumas and others kept shouting, and the assassins and their substitutes also rushed over, roaring together, roaring bloody, roaring like a king kong, roaring like a sword, and then their voices passed to the auditorium, It spread more and more widely.

"Must win! Must win..."

So, ten seconds later, the entire Palace of Auburn Hills shouted together.

The Cavaliers on one side were already profusely sweating, and the enormous pressure from the sky was pressing on their bodies and minds, making them feel short of breath.

Although they also wanted to win, this incredible pressure suppressed the fighting spirit in their hearts, and there was no splash.

After the warm-up, the body with some heat, under this kind of pressure, the secretion of adrenaline is extremely reduced, the excitement is disappearing, the concentration is scattered, the sweat glands are shrinking, and the body is rapidly cooling down.

"Pistons, the fighting will of this Piston is too strong! Compared with last year's Piston, which lost all vigor and was lifeless, there is an incredible change!"

In Chicago, Zhang Lili sighed.

He is a fan of the Bulls. He watched the entire Eastern Conference Finals last year and saw the Pistons being swept by the Bulls. There was no suspense in the process. The mighty smiling assassin was crushed under Jordan and lost any light, and his historical status plummeted.

But now, he sees a very different Pistons.

And all this changed because of one of his little compatriots.

At this moment, he felt a strong sense of pride.

"We are tough, tough, iron-blooded, we are fearless! We are tough..."

Soon, the palace of Auburn Hills rang out again, with [-] fans and players continuously shouting the Pistons' team training, and the overwhelming momentum was in full swing.

……

At 08:30, the G2 battle between the Cavaliers and the Pistons officially started.

Sely won the jump ball, Zhou Quan advanced the ball to the frontcourt, controlled the ball with his right hand, and made a gesture of pulling away with his left hand. He wanted to single Mark Price.

In the last game, his touch was mediocre, but it was not bad. His 42.8% field goal percentage was one percentage point higher than the 41.8% field goal percentage in the first round.

Today his training condition is not bad, and he was not bad when he just warmed up, so now he has to make a few shots to try his hand.

When he had the ball, the buzzing Palace of Auburn Hills quickly quieted down.

At the next moment, Zhou Quan held the ball and made a three-in-one breakthrough, but Mark Price was very experienced, and immediately flashed to the right, chasing and defending while pressing.

This is Price's defensive strategy in the G2 game. He does not block Zhou Quan's strong attack head-on, because he can't block it at all, and he is easy to be knocked away and completely lose his defensive position.

This kind of defense focuses on defending on the right side of Zhou Quan. Through constant harassment, Zhou Quan is forced to control the ball with his left hand, and even force him to shoot with his left hand.

This kind of defense is still very threatening, because Zhou Quan is not Larry Bird, he can control the ball with his left hand, but he lacks the ability to shoot with his left hand.

At the same time, this defense also cracked his most threatening three-in-one breakthrough.

Faced with this kind of defense, his only response is the emergency stop jump shot. Fortunately, the emergency stop jump shot has been upgraded to level 91, otherwise he would not have a 42.8% hit rate in the last game.

When Mark Price did the same trick again, he immediately accelerated past others, and when the former accelerated to follow up, he suddenly braked.

"squeak!"

The sneakers made a sharp rubbing sound, and he pulled a little distance from Mark Price, and then immediately jumped up and shot.

"brush!"

"Oh hoo!"

The moment the water splashed, the Palace of Auburn Hills immediately burst into cheers.

"Beautiful! Iron Fist stopped for a jumper and he hit a ball!" The bearded John Rowes, the on-site commentator, shouted happily.

"Iron Fist's emergency stop and jump shot skills are getting better and better, and they have improved significantly compared to the regular season." The male commentator Lunger Lance said with a smile.

Looking back, the knights attacked.

The entire Palace of Auburn Hills quickly returned to its original noise, and the loud sound made everyone's ears lose their hearing.

This atmosphere exerted tremendous psychological pressure on the players of the visiting team.

Outside the left-wing three-point line, Mark Price still borrowed the pick-and-roll, and the pick-and-roll was the forward swingman Sanders.

Sanders is 198 centimeters and 95 kilograms, 13 kilograms heavier than another swingman Elu. Although his speed is slightly slower, he is more suitable for pick-and-rolls.

There are three ways to prevent pick-and-rolls, the first is to switch defenses, the second is to bypass, and the third is to directly squeeze the defender who is the wall.

If Helu is doing the pick-and-roll, Zhou Quan can often squeeze him to catch up with Mark Price, but Sanders' tonnage is 3 kilograms larger than the current Zhou Quan. Although Zhou Quan is still stronger, he can squeeze away. He has some difficulties.

In the last game, Sanders and Mark Price were also doing pick-and-rolls. Zhou Quan was often too late to keep up. When he switched defenses with Ulrich, Price would form a dislocation advantage against Ulrich. A lot of losses are one of the important reasons for the loss, and Price's performance was not restricted like in the G1 war.

Now, when Sanders ran over, Zhou Quan immediately reacted defensively, directly sticking to the former, confronting with his body, and preventing the opponent from having a pick-and-roll opportunity.

In doing so, it is possible to be attacked, because when close to the body, there is no space to retreat, and it is easy to be attacked, but there is no way, he must defend like this, otherwise he will suffer even more if he allows the opponent to make a pick-and-roll.

Sure enough, when he posted it, Mark Price, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately turned right and passed the person, and suddenly Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan was chasing after him. At this time, he needed Ulrich's help. As long as his teammates blocked Mark Price, he could regain his defensive position.

Ulrich's defense is the only loophole in the Pistons' starting lineup. He has poor defensive awareness, and with a height of 206 cm playing small forward, his mobility is slightly inferior, and he often cannot keep up with the rhythm of the defense.

At this time, just when Mark Price was about to bypass him, he took a step forward and stretched out his hand, and then immediately chased after Sanders.

At this moment, Mark Price was blocked, allowing Zhou Quan to catch up in time.

He stuck to the right side of Mark Price and went directly to the confrontation, forcing the opponent to switch to the left hand to control the ball. Price was forced to go to the left line by him, unable to get close to the paint area, and even had no chance to force a shot. No.

Seeing this, Sanders had to run over again to respond, reaching out for the ball.

Mark Price barely passes the ball, and as soon as Sanders catches the ball, Ulrich blocks in front and he can only force the shot.

Originally a role player, coupled with the huge psychological pressure of the away game, although Ulrich's defense is not very good, but the height is there, Sanders' shot action is seriously deformed, and he made a three-point shot.

John Sely received the ball at the basket and passed it to Joe Dumars, the Pistons attacked, and the Palace of Auburn Hills quickly quieted down again.

Zhou Quan came to the middle after crossing the center line, asked for the ball, and singled Mark Price again.

This is one of his improvements. Returning to the center from the left wing, this time he will see how Mark Price defends. Does he dare to let go of the front and let him rush in?
Because of the better vision, he mostly attacks from the flanks. Mark Price can put him in the front and defend his flanks, but dare to put it in the middle?
Sure enough, Mark Price didn't dare to face it, so he could only stand in front.

He advanced to the top of the arc, and the two of them were fully focused on attacking and defending.

bang bang bang...

The sound of the dribble was endless, so that the attention of the 1000 people in the Palace of Auburn Hills was highly focused on the two.

In the next moment, Zhou Quan launched a three-in-one breakthrough.

Feinting, Price's center of gravity shifted.

Striding and speeding up, breaking through from the right, Price, who is extremely experienced, can barely keep up with the rhythm and retreat back to defend.

A crushing breakthrough, at the moment of acceleration, his left shoulder bumped over on purpose.

Price backed up again, and he immediately exerted force again to speed up with all his strength. The former finally failed to retreat, and his left shoulder was caught.

The difference in tonnage was too great, and Price was knocked over, but just as he was about to fall, his left hand hooked Zhou Quan's left arm, and the latter was pulled and stopped at the top of the arc. Also a little out of control.

This level of confrontation, whether it was Zhou Quan knocking down Price, or Price hooking Zhou Quan's arm, was not enough for the referee to blow his whistle in the playoffs, and the game continued.

The next moment, Mark Price fell to the ground completely, and Zhou Quan regained control of the ball, but Sanders threw himself in front of him, and the chance of an open shot was gone.

"Whoosh!"

With a back pass, his ball went to Ulrich, who was open on the left wing.

"brush!"

Ulrich caught the ball and made a two-pointer.

0:4, the Cavaliers attack.

As soon as Mark Price crossed the center line, he was blocked by Zhou Quan.

This is also one of Zhou Quan's improvements. If he is attacked far from the three-point line, he still has a chance to recover.

Price didn't call the pick-and-roll for the time being, and continued to move with the ball, but he still couldn't get rid of Zhou Quan. Although he was close to the three-point line, the offensive time had already been consumed, and there were only five seconds left. There was no time to pass in for the inside to attack. , He could only pull to the left wing and called Sanders' pick-and-roll again.

Zhou Quan still stuck to the defense, and Mark Price barely broke through with a turn around. At this time, Ulrich magically made the best defensive choice, forming a pincer attack with Zhou Quan on the left-wing three-point line.

"Snapped!"

Running out of time, Mark Price wanted to pass the ball to Sanders from the crowd, but Zhou Quan's full-level panoramic vision allowed him to see the pass. Under the nerve reaction speed of level 96, he waved his big hand instinctively , Under the first-class hitting accuracy, he accurately completed the steal.

"Beautiful! Iron Fist steals Mark Price, he is going down fast! Ulrich is following up..." the bearded John Rowes roared excitedly.

Zhou Quan took the ball to the basket and pulled it to the right. At this time, Ulrich rushed into the penalty area from the right elbow area. He threw the ball up casually. Take advantage of the trend and smash with one hand.

"boom!"

"Oh hoo!"

As the basket trembled violently, the entire Palace of Auburn Hills suddenly boiled.

"Empty catch... dunk!"

The excited bearded John Rowes yelled again.

"Defended the opponent's offense twice, the Pistons' defense is very strong tonight!" Rock Howard exclaimed in ESPN's commentary.

"Buzzing..."

At 0:6, the Cavaliers attacked, and the interference from the Palace of Auburn Hills sounded again.

(End of this chapter)