God of NBA point guards

Chapter 145 Stern: This Pistons will not have another chance to reach the Eastern Conference Finals next season

Back in the locker room, Jordan took Phil Jackson to analyze the situation in the second quarter.

Phil Jackson persuaded: "Michael, you are single-handedly defending Iron Fist, but he is not single-handedly defending you. The assassin has participated in assisting defense against you a lot of the time, so you don't have to be obsessed with the lower efficiency in the second quarter at all. 11 of 6 shots , the efficiency is already very high.”

Jordan still shook his head, because he felt that Zhou Quan's defense had affected him, and his offensive rhythm was very bad, which affected his touch.

Phil Jackson persuaded again: "Michael, we played the main force in the second half. They helped you share the defensive pressure. Even if the Pistons still use iron fists to defend you, the effect will not be so good. I believe your efficiency will be better than these 8 minutes." .

In addition, in the third quarter, Pippen will still control the ball. If you play without the ball, the iron fist will have a worse defensive effect on you.

I think his defense is good, but only steals are a threat to your offense. If you don't have the ball in your hands, this threat is gone.

If you increase running without the ball, his speed and flexibility are not as good as yours, and if he uses the cover of his teammates, he should not be able to keep up with you, so don't worry about the performance just a few minutes ago. "

Jordan nodded, that was indeed the case, and he no longer struggled.

In the locker room of the home team, Chuck Daly praised Zhou Quan and said, "Iron Fist, you took at least [-]% of Jordan's offensive pressure, and you did a good job."

Joe Dumars said with a smile: "Iron Fist, why don't you defend him in the second half? My defense is honed in the matchup with him."

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "I have no problem, let the coach arrange it."

"Then it's up to you to keep guarding against him."

Chuck Daly nodded and decided on it.

Originally, this season, or even the next two seasons, is to train Zhou Quan, use two or three seasons to train the new core, and slowly modify the lineup along the way to fill in younger people. The team's performance is not the most important thing for the management Yes, Zhou Quan's growth is what the team values ​​most.

Being able to defend Jordan and using the most powerful offensive player in the league and the signature star of the league to hone his defense is the best way to exercise.

Not long after, the third quarter started and the Bulls attacked.

"Is this a taste of sweetness?"

Seeing Zhou Quan following him, Jordan gritted his teeth in hatred.

But now he is not fighting alone, all the main teammates are by his side, does this kid think he can guard against him?
What's more, the ball is not in his hands.

And he doesn't plan to take more shots in this quarter, and wants to save his physical fitness for the last quarter.

In the first half, he had already shot 19 times, which was a lot, and he competed with Zhou Quan for 8 minutes. The confrontation was very intense, and his physical energy consumption was very high.

In the first 2 minutes of this quarter, Zhou Quan understood Jordan's plan. He didn't want the ball, but used running to contain his defense, and then restricted his offense and passing on the defensive end. ?

His physical fitness is far from as good as Jordan's, so he also changed accordingly, focusing on the organization and saving some physical fitness for the final quarter.

After the third quarter, 71:66, the Pistons took advantage of their home court advantage and strong defense to lead by 5 points.

"Michael, Tekken's speed is not as fast as yours, and his breakthrough speed is not as good as yours. You should carefully analyze some of his weaknesses to seize some opportunities. With your defensive strength, I believe you can defend him better. "

After Jordan came down, Phil Jackson analyzed it for him.

"weakness?"

Jordan said thoughtfully.

At the end of the quarter, the Pistons' first attack.

Robert Guida said: "The Pistons fought with all the main players. Among them, the Iron Fist took a 6-minute break in the first half, played the whole third quarter, and played at the beginning of the final quarter.

他三节9投4中，4罚4中，拿到了12分5篮板11助攻4抢断3失误2犯规的数据，助攻依然出色，抢断数据爆表。

His performance in the playoffs exceeded the regular season, I mean assists and steals, compared to Jazz's veteran All-Star point guard John Stockton, and rising star Gary Payton among point guards, he is obviously more adaptable The defensive strength of the playoffs, so he performed best among the three.

I'm speaking from the bottom of my heart, if you put aside offense and focus on assists and defense, his performance in the playoffs is completely superstar performance. "

"The stronger the confrontation ability, the more suitable for the playoffs."

Nodding, Ringo Wilson added: "The Bulls are also the main force. Michael only rested for 3 minutes in the first three quarters, and he has played for 33 minutes.

他第三节5投2中，已经24投12中，命中率50%，比G2战有一些提升，加上7罚6中，已经轰下30分5篮板4助攻3抢断3失误3犯规的数据。”

"Boom bang..."

In the backcourt, Zhou Quan advanced with the ball.

Half bent over, Jordan retreated step by step, staring at Zhou Quan who was one step away.

His body posture allows him to pounce on it at any time.

Zhou Quan's attention was 100% focused, but not on Jordan alone, but on the whole audience. His eyes were still not on Jordan.

"This kid never stares at the defender during the matchup, but he doesn't get intercepted many times."

Jordan's guess about this is that Zhou Quan's nerve reaction speed is very fast; Difficult to steal.

He broke Zhou Quan once in the second quarter, but not when confronting him head-on, but when Zhou Quan held the ball and charged him. Steal.

So now he realizes that in order to break Zhou Quan's ball, he must strike when the opponent breaks through, predict the opponent's next move, and look for opportunities.

Moreover, Zhou Quan's breakthrough speed is not fast, and the absolute speed is not too fast. The chance of intercepting the ball while moving should not be small.

This is the conclusion after Phil Jackson reminded him after thinking about it.

Taking another half step back, the center line appeared below his field of vision.

At this moment, Zhou Quan in front of him suddenly lowered his body height. At this moment, his excellent prediction ability allowed him to make a prediction.

"It's about to burst!"

"Left."

At this moment, Jordan predicted that Zhou Quan would break through from his left side.

In the next instant, he retreated quickly.

The right foot moves sideways one step from the back of the left foot to the left side, then the left heel comes on, and the feet are crossed to complete the sideways retreat to the left side.

Sure enough, the prediction was correct, Iron Fist took a step forward and bumped into him.

Iron Fist's not-so-fast breakthrough speed gave him a chance. He poked the ball with his hand, and at the same time, he took a step forward and started a counterattack.

"Oops!"

Zhou Quan hurriedly stopped and turned around. When he started, he was already two steps behind.

"Oh, Iron Fist made a mistake, the ball was broken!" shouted the bearded John Rowes holding his head.

"I can't catch up." The bespectacled dragon Gran Lance shook his head.

"boom!"

When Jordan entered the paint area, it was a one-armed giant slam dunk, which attracted [-] Bulls fans to shout wildly, and at the same time silenced the boos of [-] Pistons fans.

However, the boos from the Palace of Auburn Hills only stopped for a second, and immediately sounded more violently, drowning out the shouts of the Bulls fans.

"Oh!"

After completing the dunk, Jordan pumped his fist and shouted excitedly.

But the reason why he was so excited was not a dunk, but a steal. He really found the weakness of that guy Zhou Quan.

"I was cut off twice when I broke through. This guy, it can't be a coincidence. Did he predict my technical moves? Such a good prediction ability?!"

There was another mistake. This was the fourth time tonight. From Jordan's defense, Zhou Quan felt great pressure.

"Snapped!"

Three minutes later, Jordan steals Zhou Quan for the third time in a breakthrough with the ball, and succeeds in counterattack again.

Continuous steals against Zhou Quan and successful counterattacks dealt a great blow to the morale of the Pistons.

At the same time, through a strong defense, he successfully suppressed Zhou Quan, disrupted his game rhythm, and thus disrupted the Pistons' organizational offense. Within 4 minutes, the Pistons only scored four points, and the Bulls took the opportunity to play a wave of 12:4. The attack wave not only equalized the score, but also overtook the score.

Zhou Quan was intercepted consecutively in the breakthrough with the ball, which affected his focus on the game. Then, under Jordan's full court pressure, he made another pass error, and then Chuck Daly called a timeout.

But he did not replace him, but said to him: "Zhou, Jordan is undoubtedly the No. There's no need to get frustrated. You're now going to ignore your mistakes, forget about them, and put your all into the game."

Zhou Quan nodded. He wasn't depressed. A few mistakes were not enough to make him, who had full-level mental willpower, feel depressed.

But the continuous mistakes did affect his focus on the game.

Chuck Daly added: "In addition, Michael Jordan has clearly grasped your weakness. Your breakthrough speed with the ball is not fast enough, you retreat in advance, coupled with accurate prediction, so your breakthrough often sends your own ball to you. into his hands."

"Is that so?!"

Zhou Quan felt suddenly enlightened and enlightened.

"So when you break through with the ball, you need more changes, avoid your own weaknesses, and use your own advantages to break his rhythm instead of letting him catch your rhythm and weaknesses."

Chuck Daly said again: "Now you have to think about how to crack Jordan's defense, otherwise your rhythm will be destroyed by him, not only will you not be able to play individual offense, but you will also be unable to organize the team's offense."

He nodded, feeling a little heavy because he didn't have a clue.

Daly suggested: "But that's a matter for the future. For the time being, you can call the pick-and-roll to get rid of him, and then speed up the advancement and increase the offensive tempo, or give up the ball first, and Joe Dumars will play John Paxson. , you calm down first."

"OK." Zhou Quan nodded.

After the timeout, the game continues.

75:78, the Bulls attack, and there are 8 minutes left in the game.

Jordan ran without the ball all over the field, from the left wing to the right wing along the baseline. Zhou Quan's speed and agility were not as good as Jordan's, and he was blocked by Cartwhite again and was thrown off.

"brush!"

At this time, Pippen saw the opportunity to pass the ball, and Jordan caught the ball in the middle distance on the right wing and hit an open mid-range shot.

75:80, the Pistons trailed by 5 points at home.

"Boy, admit defeat? You are too young!"

Jordan saw Zhou Quan pass the halfway line and gave the ball to Joe Dumars. Disappointed, he immediately used trash talk to stimulate him.

"Congratulations, you beat me as a rookie again." Zhou Quan smiled.

Jordan just wanted to slap Zhou Quan in the face, and if he couldn't beat him, he regarded himself as a rookie. Do you want to be shameless?
"brush!"

Joe Dumars was not relentless, he made a fake shot and hit a mid-range shot on John Paxson's head, and he paid back.

In the next game, Jordan and Joe Dumars were the main attackers. It turned out that Jordan's firepower was too strong, surpassing that of Joe Dumars by a large margin, especially in his attacking ability. Joe Dumars was not good enough in front of Jordan. , the point difference continued to widen in an irreversible way.

Moreover, Zhou Quan reduced his possession of the ball and did not attack much. Jordan spent less energy on the defensive end, invested more on the offensive end, and scored consecutively.

Another 4 minutes were played, with more than two minutes left, the Pistons were already behind by [-] points.

"Why, why is it so strong?"

Facing such a vigorous Jordan, Joe Dumars felt powerless.

When his physical fitness was still there, he could barely resist it with all his strength, but now that his physical energy was exhausted, Jordan in front of him actually gave him a feeling of being invincible, which deeply hit his morale and fighting spirit, which made his state decline even more.

"Snapped!"

Jordan suddenly went up to steal the ball from Joe Dumars.

Zhou Quan tried his best to catch up, but his physical fitness was not enough, so he could only watch Jordan hit the basket and dunk successfully.

15 points.

He glanced at Joe Dumars. From his teammates, he didn't feel a strong fighting spirit and a strong desire to chase points, which made him very disappointed.

He got the ball back, but the time was too short. After the assassins failed, including Joe Dumars and him, there were no players in the team with explosive scoring ability. When the score fell behind, the ability to chase points was not good. Lost the crucial first home game.

"Di Di!"

With the referee's whistle, the G3 game ended.

Zhou Quan was very shocked. In the last quarter, especially the second half, both he and Joe Dumars were almost exhausted, and their state dropped sharply, but Jordan did not, and still maintained a very good state.

This very different state also dealt a great blow to their psychology, and even Joe Dumas and the others showed a marked decline in their will to fight.

He had the biggest feeling about the role of physical fitness in the game, and the price was losing the Eastern Conference Finals G3 game, the first home game.

"Clap clap clap..."

At the end of the game, David Stern applauded in front of Pistons owner Davidson. He very much hoped that Michael Jordan could continue to win this season.

The NBA has stepped up to a higher level by relying on the magic bird era, gained a firm foothold in the North American commercial sports industry, and gained a wave of bonuses by relying on the Bad Boys. Now it is time to enter the era of Jordan's trapeze.

He believes that the Bad Boys Legion is not yet an era. Although it led the tough and iron-blooded alliance style and won two consecutive championships, it fell too quickly.

Although the Alliance has benefited from the bad boy army, he still doesn't like the style of the bad boy army, so he finally chose to issue a malicious foul rule and ended the bad boy army with his own hands. It can also be said that he interrupted the bad boy army era.

For the current Pistons team, he was also a little surprised by the Pistons' luck. He didn't expect that the team had just found a new core just after its fall.

But he doesn't think the Pistons led by Zhou Quan can really threaten Michael Jordan's Bulls.

This season the Pistons should be the strongest in the last two or three seasons. With the accelerated decline of the Smiling Assassin and the aging of the lineup, the strength of the Pistons will go down instead of going up with Zhou Quan's growth.

It is not enough for the team to have only the core. This team will really enter the rebuilding process. Except for Joe Dumars, everyone else may be caught in the transaction after this season.

So he believes that after next season, this Pistons will no longer have the strength to reach the Eastern Conference Finals.

But he is very happy to see Zhou Quan's growth, because if Michael Jordan wants to create an era, he must have a strong opponent. Without green leaves, the beauty and surprise of flowers cannot be set off.

Even, he expects someone who can compete with Jordan to appear.

Because the magic bird era is great because both black and white heroes are very great, they set off each other and complement each other.

"awesome!"

Killed the Pistons in the away game and achieved a big score advantage of [-] to [-]. At the end of the game, Jordan waved his fists with great excitement and continuously and powerfully.

"Special!"

Zhou Quan glanced at Jordan. Losing at home is really depressing, but you have to admit it. He turned and walked to the bench.

"Hey, kid, don't be discouraged, because the one who wins you today is God." Jordan's proud trash talk sounded behind him.

He laughed angrily, turned around and said, "Old boy, if you are God in this game, who was your God in the last game?"

Jordan's face froze, and he was angry in his heart. Just because you want to be my God?

"I don't know if you still have the courage to shout out here that you are the God of the Palace of Auburn Hills?" Zhou Quan smiled.

"Humph!"

Michael Jordan turned his head and glanced at David Stern who was smiling at him, snorted angrily, turned and left.

"Michael, Zhou, come here." Stern waved and shouted at this time.

The two were startled, and hurried over.

(End of this chapter)