God of NBA point guards

Chapter 211 Jordan: It is our destiny to rule the Palace of Auburn Hills
At this time, assistant coach Musk pushed the door in and said: "The result of another game came out. The Supersonics defeated Mosaic at home, 90:99. The Supersonics' offense is really strong. Six players scored 10+ points, and two of them scored 20+ points."

The Assassin said: "I think the four teams in the West are all about the same strength. They should be in a tough fight. Maybe there will be a tiebreaker in the second round."

Joe Dumars smiled wryly, "It's about the same in the east."

No one in the locker room talked about the Eastern Conference Finals and the finals, because the opponents in the second round were too strong, and if they did not beat the mighty defending champion Bulls, they were not qualified to talk about the subsequent series.

The G3 battle between the Bulls and the Pistons will be held on the 14th. The next day, at noon on the 12th, the Pistons returned to Detroit.

That night, the Suns lost two games to the Spurs at home, and the Knicks also lost two games to the Cavaliers at home.

Barkley averaged 43.2 minutes, 27.6 points, 14.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.8 steals, 1.6 blocks, 1.2 turnovers and 2 fouls per game in the first round of the series. As an inside player, it is a little lower, lower than the efficiency of the regular season, and lower than the efficiency of the previous playoffs.

However, in this game, he made great achievements, shooting 66.7% from the field, scoring 35 points and 10 rebounds, with 7 key steals, and he was very strong on both offense and defense.

Facing the media, Barkley, who had won two consecutive victories, was very excited: "We have adapted to the atmosphere of the playoffs, we are ready, and we are on the way to the championship."

On the morning of the 13th, the Pistons held a tactical meeting and arranged a team training in the afternoon.

At the tactical meeting, Chuck Daly analyzed the situation of the G2 battle and said: "The biggest problem we are facing now is the problem of Iron Fist being double-teamed on the outside. However, Ulrich's threat on the outside is not big enough, his long-range shooting ability is not good, and he can't play an efficient offensive efficiency even with a small open space.

They have tasted the sweetness, and they will definitely continue to fight like this in the G3 game. They will also use Pippen to attack the iron fist from the outside, speed up the offensive and defensive rhythm, and force us to be unable to play our own offensive tactics.

Especially the inside cut tactic, we don’t have the ability to attack in the low post, and we need inside cut tactics to improve the quality of offense at the basket. If we can’t play inside cut tactics, it will be very difficult for us.

My thinking is that from the very beginning, before Pippen pinches, Ulrich goes low, pins Pippen down low, and makes it harder for him to pinch.

Sekali, you have a good mid-range shot, pull up to the high position, do pick-and-roll for the Iron Fist, and do support at the same time.If their inside line comes out and double-teams Iron Fist with Jordan, Iron Fist, you should be able to solve it, right? "

"no problem."

Zhou Quan nodded. As long as it wasn't for Jordan + Pippen's pincer attack, a relatively clumsy center would not pose enough threat to him. With his full-level panoramic vision ability, he could even use the obstacle of the opponent's center to get rid of Jordan. .

Sekali was a little worried because his coping ability was not very good.

That night, the Sonics defeated Mosaic again at home and won two consecutive victories.

Dameng only made 22 of 8 shots in the first game, with a shooting percentage of 36.4%, scored 26 points, and lost the game.In this battle, he made 24 of 13 shots, 54.2% from the field, and scored 28 points, but he still lost the game.

His performance tonight is not bad, but he still lost, so he is very aggrieved.

But tonight, the Sonics made 12 of 9 three-pointers, with a hit rate of 75%, which directly wiped out all his efforts.

Also that night, Roger Phillips received a call from Kings general manager Artos Rochelle in Los Angeles.

Rochelle got straight to the point and said: "Mr. Philip, we haven't tasted the playoffs in 7 seasons. We are very eager to reach the playoffs. We really want to see the Iron Fist join the Kings and lead us to the season. In the playoffs, you can give everything for it.

We can even promise to provide Tekken with a billion-dollar contract, which will definitely not be worse than Larry Johnson's contract. We can negotiate other conditions, and we are very sincere.

Iron Fist will be the core of the team, the only core, we will trade away the original core Richmond, he will become a bargaining chip. "

Philip feels a toothache. You have a big tone. How many games have you won this season? It will definitely not exceed [-] games. After trading Richmond away, what is left of the lineup? Iron Fist will join you, very soon May fall into a deep pit.

He tentatively asked: "Mr. Rochelle, what is your regular season record this season?"

Over there, Rochelle said in embarrassment: "25 wins and 57 losses."

He was embarrassed to say anything more, and he had no confidence at all, because the Kings had not won more than 7 games for 30 consecutive seasons, and five of them had less than 25 games. Everyone knows that the Kings are a bad team.

This season, they are 11th in the West, third from the bottom, and they are about to participate in the league lottery ceremony. Such a bad team really lacks confidence if they want to recruit Iron Fist.

Iron Fist can stay in the Pistons. With the current lineup of the Pistons, as long as Joe Dumars and Rodman can maintain their state, they will have the strength to hit the Eastern Conference Finals.

Philip didn't directly refuse, because he didn't have the right to refuse. Iron Fist's contract hadn't ended yet. Which team the Pistons would trade with was a matter for the management. With Iron Fist's current status, he was not qualified to interfere with his own transaction.

The reason why the general managers of teams like Rochelle contacted him was mainly to communicate with Iron Fist in order to prevent other problems after the transaction.

As a native of California, he still knows Sacramento very well. The capital of California, the former gold rush land, has a small population of only 50 million, which is not comparable to that of Detroit.

Nearly half of the population is white, and there are close to 10 Asians, including [-] to [-] Chinese. This is relatively beneficial to Zhou Quan. The city's economy is not bad, and its spending power is good.

In addition, the city only has the NBA Kings and no other sports teams. The fans are very unified and there is no second option.

However, due to the poor record of the Kings and poor attendance, the Warriors, 130 kilometers away from Sacramento, have made it to the playoffs four times and the second round three times in the past seven seasons. Don't watch Kings games.

As far as he knows, before the 86/87 season, the Warriors failed to make the playoffs for 8 consecutive seasons, and then Chris Mullin grew up, and it only got better in these years, and it used to be a bad team.

On May 5th, the second round will continue. There will be two G14 games that night, the Bulls and the Pistons, and the Suns and the Spurs.

At eight o'clock, the substitute came on the field to warm up, and the two sides announced the starting lineup.

Bulls: Scott Williams, Horace Grant, Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan, John Paxson

Pistons: Ronnie Secali, Dennis Rodman, Orlando Ulrich, Joe Dumars, Joo Kwon

In the ABC commentary, Bill Walton said: "I don't know how the two teams will play in this game. In the first two games, they both played better. The Pistons took the tactical initiative in the G1 game, and then the G2 game counterattack Come here."

Lewis Williams said: "The reason why the Pistons lost in the game was that Iron Fist was flanked by Pippen outside. It was also an important reason. Ulrich's poor performance was also an important reason. He didn't seize his open opportunities. , A lot of opportunities were wasted.

Of course, this is also the reason why the Bulls have a strong defensive system. Their rotation speed is quite fast, and they only give Ulrich a small open space each time. In addition, his medium and long-range shooting ability is average, and he cannot play inside tactics. , so the efficiency is very low. "

Bill Walton nodded and said: "Ulrich is only threatening when he hits the basket, away from the basket, he loses his restraint, so Pippen boldly double-teams the iron fist.

When Ulrich was in the Bulls, it was precisely because his style of play was not complementary to Jordan that he was traded. "

"Shh!"

At this time, the visiting team played, and the boos from the Palace of Auburn Hills soared upward like a tornado. Jordan and the other five completed their appearance with terrifying boos.

"No force can stop us from ruling here, ruling the Palace of Auburn Hills, which is our destiny." Jordan yelled at his teammates amid boos.

"Oh hoo!"

The home team came out, and the cheers and applause rang out like mountains and seas.

It was 9:[-] in the morning in China. After breakfast, countless sports fans turned on the TV at home.

The first two games of the second round didn't happen on weekends. Today happened to be Saturday, and there were a lot of people watching the game. They weren't necessarily basketball fans, but they were willing to watch Zhou Quan's game.

At Zhou Quan's house, Zhou Jianguo invited a group of close friends to watch the game at home. There were also a lot of melon seeds, peanuts, marinated vegetables, beer and so on prepared on the coffee table.

When Zhou Quan was studying abroad, in order to collect tuition fees, none of these friends ran away, and they had the cheek to visit every family. Otherwise, he would not be able to send Zhou Quan to the United States.

The car at home is not in his hands for more than half of the time. This friend borrowed it for a few days, that classmate borrowed it for a few days, and even the leaders of the unit asked him to borrow the car for a few days.

……

08:30, Palace of Auburn Hills, game begins.

"Snapped!"

Sekali struggled to take off and took the ball away first.

Joe Dumars received the ball and handed it to Zhou Quan who came over. Zhou Quan held Jordan, neither the left wing nor the right wing, and directly advanced to the top of the arc.

In the last game, he was at the top of the arc, and Pippen waited for the opportunity to come over to flank him. He went to the right wing, and Pippen was at the high position, also waiting for the opportunity to flank him. In the end, he made 5 turnovers in the game.

"It's still a defensive tactic to play."

Now, near the top of the arc, Pippen on the left is guarding the inside of Ulrich, two meters away from Ulrich, only two steps away from him, and cut off the pass between him and Ulrich at the same time. The wiring lines also maintain the possibility of attacking at any time.

In the last game, at this time Ulrich would cut inside, and Pippen would follow, but it was always between him and Ulrich. At this time, Jordan would interfere with his concentration and lock his downward pass. From the angle of the ball, Pippen will come over immediately to pinch, but he cannot pass the ball to Ulrich in time, the inside cut tactic cannot be played, and the open space cannot be used.

At this moment, Ulrich moved to the low position on the left wing according to the tactical requirements, directly sticking to the baseline.

When Pippen saw it, he could only move to the low position, guarding the left waist position, or cut off the passing and receiving angles of Zhou Quan and Ulrich.

But he knew it was a bit troublesome. Going up to double-team Zhou Quan in this position is already impossible, because Ulrich’s position is too close to the basket. After receiving the ball, he can dunk with one step. Grant is on the right side of the basket , It's too late to make up the defense, how dare he let go?
At the same time, Sekali lifted up and brought Williams up.

At this time, when the Pistons players were running, Jordan tried his best to lock the angle of Zhou Quan's downward pass. Ulrich could not catch the ball when he cut inside at this time. Dumars singles John Paxson.

The next moment, Sekali stood on Jordan's right.

Zhou Quan quickly started, bypassing Sekali's back, then bypassing Williams who was following him from the outside, and killing towards the left elbow.

Jordan turned around and wanted to go around Sekali and catch up with Zhou Quan, but just as he went around, he was blocked by Williams, but Zhou Quan broke through from the outside, separated by a Williams, and he was freed up.

Zhou Quan reached the left end of the free throw line in two steps, and Pippen had no second choice but to come up to defend.

And just as Pippen moved up, Zhou Quan suddenly jumped forward and threw the ball forward casually. The basketball flew over Pippen's head and flew to the left side of the basket.

As Pippen goes up to cover, Ulrich starts the drive, cuts in from the low post on the left wing, and sees the ball come flying, jumping up too.

On the right side of the basket, Grant, who blocked Dennis Rodman, hurriedly defended Ulrich, but there was still no time?

"boom!"

Ulrich caught the ball with both hands in the air and smashed it, blasting the Bulls' basket.

"Ooh!"

The cheers from the Palace of Auburn Hills erupted immediately.

"Beautiful! Alley dunks, Ulrich is assisted by an iron fist!" The bearded John Rowes, the live commentator, shouted excitedly.

"High pick-and-roll tactics."

Phil Jackson, who was sitting on the bench, saw the Pistons ball clearly, and his mind was spinning rapidly, thinking of countermeasures.

"The Pistons played high pick-and-roll tactics. The Bulls didn't have the opportunity to double-team the Iron Fist just now, and we can't see their defensive tactics today. Now let us look at the Pistons' defensive tactics. They will be like the Bulls double-teaming the Iron Fist on the outside. Double-teaming Jordan from the outside?" Bill Walton said.

At this time John Paxson advanced the ball to the top of the arc and Joe Dumars defended.

Jordan moved from outside the right-wing three-point line to the top of the arc, and Zhou Quan followed very closely.

At this time, Paxson gave the ball to Pippen on the left wing. Pippen took the ball and slammed Ulrich, hit the left waist, and passed the ball.

As soon as Jordan reached the top of the arc, Paxson set up a screen to block Zhou Quan. Jordan immediately bypassed Paxson and then Joe Dumars at the top of the arc, speeding up and moving to the left wing. Joe Dumars could only switch defenses.

At this time, Pippen passed the ball to Jordan, and Jordan caught the ball and stopped for a jumper. Joe Dumars was half a beat slower and missed.

"brush!"

Splashes appeared and two points were hit.

"The ball was played very patiently."

Bill Walton praised: "Jordan moved from the right wing to the left wing to catch and shoot, and the Iron Fist and Joe Dumars were both thrown away."

Williams said with a smile: "No defense is as effective as a pick-and-roll. Joe Dumars reacted half a beat slower and changed defenses slower."

"Ulrich's defense awareness is not enough. The place where Jordan catches the ball is behind him. He lost Pippen. When he saw Jordan coming, he should defend." Bill Walton said.

Pistons attack.

Zhou Quan still held the ball at the top of the arc, and Sekali came up to pick and roll at a high position, which still prevented Pippen from coming up to double-team him.

This time, Scott Williams made his own claim. After following Sekali up, when Zhou Quan broke through with the ball, before Jordan bypassed Sekali and followed Zhou Quan, he directly switched defenses.

Zhou Quan reacted very quickly. When he saw Williams following him, he immediately pulled to the left wing.

Jordan had just bypassed Sekali and was about to catch up with Zhou Quan. Seeing that Williams had switched defenses, Zhou Quan went to the left wing, so he had to stay in front of Sekali, not daring to let go.

As soon as Zhou Quan reached the left wing, he suddenly started to break through with the ball, and when Williams retreated, he suddenly pulled back. Under the instinctive reaction of his body, Williams sat down on the floor with his back hurting. landed.

"Ha ha……"

Pistons fans jeered at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

Except for Williams on the floor, there was no defender within three meters of him. Zhou Quan joined the ball and began aiming at the basket, very calmly.

At this time, whether it is Jordan in the high position or Pippen in the left waist position, they are all in an awkward state. It is too late to come over to defend, and they can only watch Zhou Quan aiming at the basket there.

"What are you aiming at, you shoot!" Jordan snorted coldly in his heart.

"brush!"

Splashes appeared and two points were hit.

The palace of Auburn Hills applauded like thunder. Amidst the huge cheers, Jordan ran to Williams, pulled him up, hooked his teammate's neck and yelled: "Scott, remember, don't do it again." Switch, you can't handle that guy."

Williams nodded, not daring to say anything.

(End of this chapter)