God of NBA point guards

Chapter 272 Barkley Is Not a Good Thing

Zhou Quan holds the ball and Anfernee Hardaway defends.

"Boom bang bang..."

He advanced with the ball, very fast, and advanced to the frontcourt after three dribbles, and then made a breakthrough with a feint with one hand, and then rushed to Hardaway from the right, reached the top of the arc, and went straight to the basket.

Even though Hardaway has excellent athletic talent, he is taller than Jordan, so no matter how fast he is, he is not as fast as him, and no matter how sensitive he is, he is not as sensitive as him.

O'Neal sat under the basket, raised his hands high, and took off to block the shot.

"boom!"

Zhou Quan took off facing O'Neal, turned around in the air, made a quick turn, avoided the opponent and went around to the right side of the basket, then picked the basket with his fingertips, and the basketball hit the basket.

"Oh, it's so beautiful to turn around in the air 360 degrees and pick up the basket with your fingertips!" the live commentator Henem Chrisman shouted excitedly.

"Oh oh oh..."

The difficult layup also made all the Sonics fans cheer immediately.

In the commentary seat of CCTV, Sun Zhenping said excitedly: "Zhou Quan is playing with a big shark!"

"The relationship between the two is very good. We have known each other since we were in the NCAA. Yesterday Zhou Quan invited O'Neill to his house as a guest." Zhang Lili laughed.

"Shark, your shots are a bit low."

Zhou Quan left a word and ran to Hardaway.

This rookie guards against him and reciprocates courtesy. Of course, he also has to give this rookie a welcome ceremony, so as not to be said to be rude.

"Where is the lack? I have almost 20 times this season, 3 times more than last season." O'Neill muttered.

In the following time, Anfernee Hardaway had almost no chance to run out to catch the ball, and was completely marked to death by Zhou Quan, who was faster, more sensitive and more experienced than him.

After the third quarter, the Sonics led by 27 points.

Zhang Lili laughed and said, "Zhou Quan didn't get a single defensive stat from Hardaway. Maybe he is a good fighter and has no great achievements."

Sun Zhenping said with a smile: "The best defense is to prevent the opponent from receiving the ball."

In the final quarter, the Magic surrendered, and the Supersonics naturally sent a substitute.

"Shh!"

Seeing that the Magic withdrew all the main players and the stars all went down, the Seattle fans quit and booed vigorously.

"Shark, your partner is still a bit weak. No matter how talented you are, there is no time when you can't grow up in a year or two. Just gaining weight will take a year or two."

After the game, when leaving the field, Zhou Quan said to O'Neill.

"I can wait for a year or two. You didn't win the championship in your rookie season." Shark O'Neal said with satisfaction.

Zhou Quan laughed and said, "Shark, I didn't say that you would be able to win the championship in a year or two. Don't get me wrong."

Unconvinced, O'Neill raised his arm, brightened his biceps, and said with a smug smile, "That might be, I'm a super center forward."

"Remember, Shark, come to me if you don't win the championship." Zhou Quan patted O'Neal's arm and said.

"It was you who came to me, my thighs are thicker than yours."

Unconvinced, O'Neill lowered his arms, lifted his trouser legs, and began to shine on his thighs.

Zhou Quan also flashed his thigh and said, "That's not necessarily the case."

O'Neill looked down, Shet, why are Iron Fist's thighs so thick?
……

On the 17th and 18th, the Sonics played back-to-back, defeated the Bucks and the Warriors successively, and achieved a record of 18 wins and 3 losses.

Up to now, Houston Mosaic is indeed in a hot state. Super center Olajuwon has been silent for so many years, and ushered in a big explosion. He led the team to a record of 21 wins and 1 loss, still ranking first in the league.

The Bulls, Knicks, Pistons and other teams all lost successively and fell behind the Sonics. The Sonics are second in the West and second in the league.

But there is one Eastern Conference team chasing forward, and that is the Eagles.

The Eagles have caught up to 16 wins and 5 losses, with a winning percentage of 76.2%. They are currently ranked fourth in the East, only under the Knicks, Bulls, and Pistons.

At noon on the 21st, the Pacers, who lost to Mosaic in Houston last night, arrived in Seattle. This night they will fight against the Supersonics.

At 05:30 in the afternoon, Zhou Quan, who finished the team training, drove Reggie Miller to a French restaurant near the central gymnasium, and had dinner together.

"Senior, you have made it to the playoffs for four consecutive years, but you have only played in the first round. How is this season?" Zhou Quan asked.

"10 wins and 12 losses."

Reggie Miller said unhappily.

"It will be 10 wins and 13 losses immediately." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

Reggie Miller glared at him and said, "We are back to back, and you won't show your skills even if you win."

"How about letting Kendall Gill guard you tonight?" He asked with a smile.

Reggie Miller snorted: "Whatever, why don't you come? You didn't discuss it if you beat me up."

"Forget it, you are my senior, I can't let you lose face."

Reggie Miller was so angry that he clenched his knife and fork, glared at Zhou Quan and said, "Iron Fist boy, if you are capable, let me lose face."

Zhou Quan chuckled and said, "That won't work. In recent years, UCLA hasn't produced many talents. We can't fight each other. How about you help me?"

"what?"

The latter sentence was turned too quickly, and Reggie Miller didn't react. When he did, he shook his head like a rattle and said decisively: "That's impossible. As long as the Pacers don't trade me, I won't leave. , especially not leaving for the championship.”

"That's it."

Zhou Quan nodded.

Reggie Miller suddenly scolded: "If the damn management didn't want to trade you, Iron Fist, you wouldn't have left Detroit, would you?"

Zhou Quan was startled, thought for a while and said, "At least I didn't think about leaving the Pistons before then."

He went on to explain: "Senior, haven't you noticed that in fact, except for the Pistons fans, everyone else wanted me to leave there. The constant media hype during that time was behind the promotion of various forces."

"Really?"

A look of envy suddenly appeared in Reggie Miller's eyes.

That night, the Sonics beat the Pacers for their 19th win.

There are two more home games, the Suns and the Mosaics, and then go to the Bulls away.The second game with Mosaic is Christmas War, No. 25.

On the 22nd, the Suns arrived in Seattle.

The Suns are currently 17 wins and 5 losses, with a winning percentage of 77.3%, ranking third in the Western Conference.

Personally speaking, the signature stars of the two teams were opponents in the finals last season, so this game has attracted a lot of attention.

According to the analysis of many media, the strength of the two teams is similar, and this will be a close game.

The game was broadcast live across the United States by ESPN, and the commentators were Isiah Thomas and Bill Laimbeer, the two generals.

When he arrived at the Seattle airport, the Assassins accepted an interview with the media and said: "As far as the current situation is concerned, the Sonics are not good at playing teams with strong interiors, and the Suns just have superstar interiors Barkley.

However, Barkley is not tall enough. Although he is an all-round fighter, he is a bit strong offensively and weak defensively, so the Supersonics don't suffer much in the low post.

If the Iron Fist can gain perimeter advantage as they did against Lightning Kevin Johnson in the Finals, the Sonics have a better chance of beating the Suns.

I personally think that Iron Fist will definitely suppress Lightning, destroy and suppress the organization and offense of the Suns, so as to achieve the goal of victory. "

Lambiel said, "Barkley is not a good guy either..."

"Let's go, we're in a hurry."

The assassin quickly pulled Lambir and left.

"Isaiah, why don't you let me speak?" Ranbir said dissatisfiedly.

"Bill, although Barkley beat you, but now you are the commentator, and you have to comment on them from a neutral position." The assassin said.

"Your butt is not the same as sitting on the side of that Iron Fist kid?" Lambiel was still dissatisfied.

"I'm different from you. I'm a teammate of Tekken, but you're not. I can favor him a bit, but you can't favor him," the assassin said.

"I'm partial to him? When did I favor him? It's impossible in the next life, so don't talk nonsense." Lambiel gritted his teeth.

……

On the evening of the 23rd, the Seattle Center gymnasium was full again.

This is the 23rd regular season game of the season, the 13th home game, and the sixth time the Sonics have been sold out.

We must know that although the ball market rebounded last season, there were only 7 full games in the entire regular season. In terms of attendance, the ball market has really improved a lot this season.

At eight o'clock, the two sides announced the starting lineup.

Suns: Oliver Miller, Charles Barkley, AC Green, Dan Marley, Kevin Johnson

Sonics: Sam Perkins, Rodman, Schrempf, Kendall Gill, Zhou Quan

CCTV also chose to broadcast this game live. The NBA gave CCTV 42 games for free this season, 34 of which were for the Sonics, and 8 for the Bulls. Only the games of these two teams were broadcast live. Last season Pretty much the same.

"The Suns strengthened the lineup and signed the Lakers' inside AC Green with a big contract." Zhang Reasonable said.

"Director Zhang, how big is the contract?" Sun Zhenping asked.

"This season is still the Lakers' contract, signed in advance, 2802 million US dollars for five years, with an average annual salary of more than 500 million." Zhang Reasonable said.

"Such a big contract? Higher than Jordan!" Sun Zhenping said in surprise.

Zhang Lili said: "Green was the main member of the Lakers' championship in 87 and 88. He was also an All-Star starter. He was selected to the defensive second team once, and his strength is very strong.

But his most valuable attribute is the iron man attribute. He has been in the NBA for 8 seasons, of which 7 seasons are full attendance, and only the second season has three truces, known as the iron man.

His rebounding and defense are good. The Suns failed in the finals last time. Zhou Quan's breakthrough made them suffer a lot. In order to hit the championship, he traded Green for a lot of money to strengthen the inside defense and rebounding. "

"Then this season the Suns are much stronger than last season." Sun Zhenping said.

……

"Fliggy, how does it feel to be below us? Are you happy?" Zhou Quan asked loudly when he saw Barkley approaching in the player tunnel.

"Iron Fist, I'll overthrow you this time." Barkley snorted.

He looked at the aisle exaggeratedly again, and said with disgust on his face: "It's a messy arena, you are obviously not welcome by the Seattle city government."

Zhou Quan's face twitched. It's not his fault. Boss Ballmer is not as powerful as Paul Allen.

"Hey, Lightning."

He ignored Barkley and turned to Kevin Johnson.

"Hey, Iron Fist." Lightning nodded.

He smiled and said, "Lightning, if you guys fail to win the championship this season, I don't think the management will trust Fliggy. After all, he has never proved himself, so he may choose to trade him."

"..."

Kevin Johnson was speechless and turned to look at Barkley.

Barkley was already flushed with anger, clenched his fists tightly, and shouted at Zhou Quan: "Boy, don't think that winning a championship is a big deal."

Zhou Quan smiled and said: "I won the championship in only two years, compared to you, of course it's amazing."

Barkley was so angry that he was about to vomit blood, he pushed forward, pushed Zhou Quan on his chest, and shouted: "Boy, do you want to fight?"

Zhou Quan was knocked back half a step, and he was not angry. He smiled and said, "Don't move, you are not my opponent. I don't feel any sense of accomplishment in beating you. My goal is to be the world boxing champion."

"Dare you wrestle with me?" Barkley yelled.

"You lose [-] kilograms first." Zhou Quan said.

"Why did I lose weight, why didn't you gain weight?" Barkley refused to accept it.

"It's you who want to fight, not me."

Having said this, Zhou Quan suddenly realized: "Flying Pig, you are such a scumbag that you changed the subject. Aren't we discussing the championship? Come on, let's continue this topic."

"roll!"

The devil wants to discuss the championship with you, and Barkley, who was about to vomit blood, turned around and walked out of the tunnel.

"Flying Pig, if you are traded by the Suns again, come hug my thigh and I will take you to the championship. I have experience in this area." Zhou Quan shouted loudly from behind.

"Iron Fist, I will fight with you."

With a roar, Barkley turned around and rushed over.

Fortunately, there were security guards who immediately blocked him.

"Let me go," he growled.

"Mr. Barkley, we are protecting you." A security guard said.

"I'm going to throw him to death!"

Barkley was really about to vomit blood.

"Ha ha……"

Zhou Quan, Rodman and others almost died laughing.

……

At 08:30, the game begins.

"Snapped!"

For the jump ball, Oliver's tonnage may have reached 135 kilograms, and he couldn't jump up. Sam Perkins actually won.

"According to statistics, this is the seventh time the Sonics have successfully jumped the ball this season." In the ESPN commentary, Lambiel complained.

"Oliver has grown into a ball in the second season, and is only 206 cm tall. Is this going to develop horizontally?" The assassin also complained.

Lambiel sneered: "He is going to compete with that pig of Barkley, two pigs for one team, I bet the Suns won't even be able to go out to the West this season, because they are too heavy to run."

"Yes, Iron Fist will finish them off," the assassin hurriedly said.

"I said mosaic," Lambiel corrected.

"No, it's supersonic." The assassin said.

"Mosaic," Lambiel insisted.

The two looked at each other, making ESPN's on-site director secretly complain, why don't you two guys fight first?
Zhou Quan took the ball to the frontcourt and was not in a hurry to launch an attack. He first observed the situation on the court.

Sam Perkins pulls to the left-wing three-point line, Oliver follows, Rodman plays in the paint, AC Green sits in the penalty area, Schrempf moves on the left, Barkley matches up, Kendall Gill and Dan Marly was on the right wing.

Lightning, Thunder, and Iron Man are all guys with good defense. Although Barkley is strong offensively and weak defensively, his defense is also above the standard. In other words, the Suns' defense this season is stronger than last season.

How does positional warfare play against this team?
Not to mention here, the other four positions have no advantages in positional warfare.

In other words, he has to rely on himself to win opportunities for his teammates.

With an idea, he immediately raised his right hand and made a tactical gesture.

The teammates reacted immediately, running one after another, repeatedly picking and rolling to cover moves, repeatedly running back, and constantly cutting inside and outside.

The Suns' defensive formation was torn apart by the Supersonic's off-the-ball movement, and Zhou Quan also began to break through with the ball.

Hold the ball and take a step back. When Lightning catches up, he suddenly starts and makes a crushing breakthrough from the right.

Lightning is only 185 centimeters, 6 centimeters behind Zhou Quan, and 10 kilograms in weight. As soon as the two came into contact, Zhou Quan squeezed Lightning away and rushed over by virtue of his strong confrontational advantage.

AC Green could only come out from under the basket to make up defense. Zhou Quan raised the ball and took off.

Rodman entered the paint from the low post on the right wing, caught the ball for a layup, missed, then grabbed the offensive rebound and scored.

"Da Chong's rebounds this season reached 17, compared to 18 last season. If things go on like this, he will be the rebounding champion again," Lambiel said.

"Well, Tiger's offensive rebounds have always been good, with a percentage of 33%. He has a lot of experience in how to grab offensive rebounds." The assassin said with a smile.

Sun attack.

Lightning held the ball and faced Zhou Quan, under a lot of psychological pressure.

The finals series scored 37 points, 10 assists and 5 steals on his head. This is the source of pressure. He will never forget the failed series just less than half a year ago in his life.

Out of pressure, seeing Barkley pull out the three-point line to ask him for the ball, he passed it.

The movement of passing the ball is very cautious, take a step back and then pass the ball, without giving Zhou Quan any chance to steal.

Barkley received the ball from outside the left-wing three-point line. Schramf opened his arms to block the front. He turned around and began to play back.

At this time, Sam Perkins, who was in the low position on the left wing, seized the opportunity of Barkley's back and immediately came out to flank.

Rodman under the basket adjusted his position and stood on the left side of the basket, narrowing the defensive distance with Oliver.

It only takes [-] seconds for Sam Perkins to complete the defense. Barkley, in a back-up state, does not fully observe the low post and the open space under the basket. Even if he sees it, under the confrontation of Schramf Difficult to pass the ball to the low post, too.

He arched back a few times, arched inside the three-point line, and when he turned over for a jumper, Perkins was already beside him.

At the moment of the shot, he was forced to adjust the angle to avoid Perkins' block, but the route of the ball has completely changed, hitting the backboard and missing the basket.

"Snapped!"

Dennis Rodman accurately predicted the placement, moved the card first, and grabbed the rebound over the heads of Oliver and Green.

Zhang Lili praised: "The Supersonic's defense is getting better and better. Although the single-defense ability of Perkins and others is not very good, it is not as good as Zhou Quan, but under this defensive system of flanking and rotation, it is very good. Can play a defensive effect of 1+1 greater than 2."

The Supersonic's fast break didn't come out, AC Green and Oliver fought back on the spot, Rodman didn't pass the ball, Zhou Quan went down to respond, and the positional battle started.

In the middle, he stopped two steps ahead of the center line, two steps away from the top of the arc, and while dribbling, he made tactical gestures to organize the attack.

Although Perkins can't attack in the low post, he has a strong ability to stretch and pull to the left-wing three-point line. The Suns only have AC Green at the basket.

Zhou Quan felt that an inside line like Sam Perkins also had his advantages, and it would be even better if Rodman could pull it apart.

"The basket is a little empty, and it is intentionally parked outside. Iron Fist should still break through with the ball." Assassin said.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Quan began to break through.

It was a crushing breakthrough. Lightning was squeezed away after taking two steps, and he successfully broke into the top of the arc.

On the left wing, Barkley, who was two steps away from the three-point line, quickly returned to the defense. Schramf was empty, and his position was only one step away from the three-pointer. He raised his hands to his chest and was ready to receive the ball.

Zhou Quan went in from the free throw line, Barkley pounced to his left, Green blocked the front, he slowed down, the moment the ball was pulled up, with a backhand, the ball flew to Schramf.

"Don't look at people's backstory!"

shouted the assassin.

"brush!"

Schramf received the ball, and Oliver, who was three steps away, pounced. It was too far. He started calmly, shot two points from far, and hit a goal.

"Flying Pig, I can destroy and suppress your organizational offense, but you can't suppress our organizational offense, and you are not Dameng. Dameng can win us because of his defense, so I will definitely win you." Zhou Quan said to Barkley.

"That's not necessarily the case." Barkley snorted.

But the result was the same as what Zhou Quan said. In the end, the Sonics won the game.

Zhang Lili explained at the end: "The Suns are a bit like the Supersonics. The low-post offense is average, there are many outside jumpers, and there are many three-pointers. The touch is very important.

So when Zhou Quan suppressed Kevin Johnson, thereby destroying the Suns' organizational function, the Suns' offense was affected.

But Lightning Kevin Johnson couldn't suppress Zhou Quan, and neither could Barkley, so the Sonics' offense was still normal, and the Sonics finally won the game. "

Sun Zhenping said: "Playing Mosaic, Zhou Quan actually suppressed Kenny Smith, but Dameng's performance in that game was too strong, he almost suppressed the Supersonic's offense by himself, and he defended to the three-point line. .”

Zhang Lili nodded and said: "It's impossible for him to be that strong every game. It still depends on his state. He and Zhou Quan have an inside advantage and an outside advantage. In fact, anyone has a chance to win."

……

(End of this chapter)