God of NBA point guards

Chapter 408 The Opportunity Comes
"Oh!"

Taking a step back after dribbling, dodging the first pinch between Jordan and Pippen, at this time Jose Hawkins on the right had already reached the top of the arc and reached out to him for the ball. Pull the ball up, push it with one hand, and pass it.

"Split the ball!"

Zhang Lili let out a loud shout.

"boom!"

Hawkins caught the ball and immediately made a jumper, but missed.

Under the basket, Rodman, Matt Geiger, Schramff, Luke Langley, and Kevin Willis huddled together to fight for rebounds, and the Supersonics formed a [-]-[-] under the basket.

Kevin Willis was also desperate, huddling around in the crowd regardless of his knee injury.

"mine."

Rodman raised the ball the first time, then recovered the second time and caught the ball.

Among the five, he has the best bounce and the best rebounding sense, but he is also the shortest, so when he landed, he fell into the crowd.

But he didn't care who was around him, he folded his hands on the ball in front of his chest, turned around and swiped his elbows violently, scaring the people around him out of the way.

Once he got the space, he immediately made a layup.

"Snapped!"

Luke Langley didn't hesitate, went straight up and slapped Rodman's hand.

"Di!"

The referee's whistle blew for a free throw.

Larry Bird analyzed: "Pippen adopted a line defense. It is certain that the Bulls' double-teaming tactics against Iron Fist on the outside tonight are more severe. Limited to the restrictions of the anti-isolation law, it is really possible for Iron Fist to be double-teamed on the outside. .”

Magic Johnson nodded and said: "Every tactic has advantages and disadvantages. It depends on how to use it. Phil Jackson must have done this because Iron Fist's possession of the ball is too threatening. When it comes to double-teaming, he will lose the ball." the point."

Next, Rodman missed two free throws, Luke Langley grabbed a backcourt rebound, and the Bulls attacked.

"Until the critical moment, Rodman can't make a free throw." Magic Johnson laughed.

"Hey, he is the key to the Sonics." Larry Bird laughed.

At this time, Jordan pulled to the low post on the left wing, Zhou Quan followed up in time, and then Jordan received the ball and began to single Zhou Quan in the low post.

"Oh!"

The dribble only arched once, but it didn't move, but Jordan immediately turned around and made a fallback jumper.

Zhou Quan's reaction was very fast, he caught up in time, took off and blocked the block after making a step, but Jordan's fallback was too difficult to prevent, and he couldn't even prevent it at all, and his hand was still a foot away from the ball.

"boom!"

It's just that the ball missed. Rodman grabbed the backcourt rebound and handed it to Zhou Quan.

When Zhou Quan received the ball, Jordan had already run to the front, preventing his fast break.

This time, Zhou Quan advanced from the right wing and approached the sideline, and Hawkins took Ron Harper to the top of the arc.

Ron Harper, like Pippen just now, adopted a line defense and put Hawkins two meters away, a step and a half away, that is, one step, and he could touch Hawkins with his hand.

However, because Zhou Quan's position is close to the sideline, the distance with Harper has been shortened. It is more difficult for him to double-team Zhou Quan than Pippen just now.
But Jordan is not a vegetarian, he immediately forced Zhou Quan, forcing him to the middle, preventing him from continuing to break through, creating conditions for Ron Harper's double-team.

"See how Zhou Quan fights?" Zhang Lili said nervously.

Zhou Quan changed his left hand to control the ball, and his right elbow was against Jordan, who was about to press close to him. He was not in a hurry to break through, but he was indeed forced by Jordan to move slowly towards the middle, and the distance from Ron Harper was slowly shrinking.

Ron Harper's defensive position was very good, always between Zhou Quan and Hawkins, and he was not in a hurry to double-team, leaving no chance for Hawkins.

He is also constantly shaking his head left and right, updating his panoramic vision, observing Zhou Quan and Hawkins, and then constantly adjusting his defensive position.

Now he is two steps away from Zhou Quan's position, about [-] meters, and needs Michael Jordan to create double-team opportunities for him.

But if Zhou Quan rushes from the inside, he has a chance to complete the double-team in the right elbow area in time.

At this moment, Jordan's right hand suddenly stretched out, passed Zhou Quan's body, and stabbed the ball.

The next moment, Ron Harper seized the opportunity and rushed over.

But in terms of nerve response speed, Zhou Quan was the fastest one.

At the moment Jordan's right hand stretched out in front of him, before Ron Harper started the pinch, he seized the opportunity to turn around suddenly.

"not good!"

Jordan made an empty shot, only to find that Zhou Quan was turning around and was about to break through from the outside. He quickly turned around and wanted to catch up, but at this moment, Zhou Quan's left hand, who had already turned around, gently pushed against him secretly. His crotch, his movement paused.

The next moment, Zhou Quan distanced himself from him and broke into the three-point line from the outside. When he caught up again, he was already two steps behind.

As for Ron Harper, when he took a step forward, it happened to be when Zhou Quan got rid of Jordan, and his double-team was doomed to fail from the very beginning.

"it is good!"

Seeing Zhou Quan's successful breakthrough with the ball, Zhang Lili couldn't help shouting.

"brush!"

Zhou Quan went two steps away from the right waist, saw Kevin Willis coming up, immediately stopped the jumper and hit a ball.

"Beautiful! Iron Fist made a two-point mid-range shot." Xu Jicheng said excitedly.

After Zhang Lili calmed down, he analyzed: "Although only two shots were played, it can be seen that the Bulls' double-teaming of Zhou Quan today was very resolute, very fierce, and simply reckless."

"I hope the attack will not be affected." Xu Jicheng said.

"That's impossible. Such double-teaming will definitely affect Zhou Quan's offense. Others will have open opportunities, which will definitely increase the pass. Let's see how others feel." Zhang rationally shook his head.

Then he said: "Just now when Kevin Willis came out of the inside, the defense was a step slower. If it was Toni Kukoc, the speed of defense would be one step faster, and Zhou Quan's personal offense would be more difficult."

Next, the two teams continued their offensive and defensive tactics.

The Supersonics mainly defended Jordan alone by Zhou Quan. If Jordan broke through the restricted area, the inside team would double-team. However, the outside line generally did not participate in the double-teaming of Jordan, and did not leave open space for the Bulls' outside line.

The offensive end is relatively simple, with Zhou Quan attacking with the ball and leading the offense.

For the Bulls, the offensive end is still the same triangle offense for thousands of years.

The defensive end insists on double-teaming Zhou Quan on the outside. If Zhou Quan breaks through, the double-teaming will be more fierce, and the inside and outside will go up together.

Zhou Quan could only attack from the flanks, and he didn't dare to go to the top of the arc to prevent being double-teamed by three people.

Because the anti-isolation singles rule still exists, the league has not canceled it. If Zhou Quan is playing singles at the top of the arc with the ball, according to a rule in the rule, more than two players of the Supersonics are not allowed to sink below the top of the free throw arc. Otherwise, the ball is exchanged.

That is to say, only two supersonic players are allowed at the position below the top of the free throw arc, and the other two players must be above the top of the free throw arc.

This rule is to create opportunities for the defensive team to double-team from outside, and not allow other players on the offensive team to enter the low position, allowing the ball holder to play singles at the top of the arc.

So this is also one of Phil Jackson's confidence in double-teaming Zhou Quan on the outside. Once Zhou Quan is playing singles with the ball at the top of the arc, Schramf and Hawkins cannot go down and must stay on top. The inside cut of the two of them and Zhou Quan's passing tactics.

In this way, Zhou Quan was forced to attack with the ball on the flank.

The wings, as in the anti-isolation rule, do not allow the offense to place three or more players on the weak side.

In other words, the offensive team must place at least three players on the side with the ball, which allows the defensive team to retain at least three players on the strong side.

Zhou Quan is attacking on the flank, and it is also possible to face a three-person double-team, but it is unlikely to face the three-person double-team of Jordan + Pippen + Ron Harper at the same time, so he would rather attack on the flank than at the top of the arc. .

After the first quarter, at 21:26, the Bulls led by 5 points at home.

For the Bulls, Jordan made 9 of 4 shots, 44.4% shooting, 2 of 1 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, scored 11 points, Pippen 4 points, Willis 4 points, Ron Harper 5 points , Cole, who came off the bench, scored 2 points.

For the Supersonics, Zhou Quan made 5 of 2 shots and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 6 points, Hawkins 4 points, Schramf 5 points, Rodman 4 of 1 free throws scored 1 point, Matt Geiger 3 points , Gilliam 2 points.

The Bulls are leading, the atmosphere at home is very warm, and the atmosphere on the bench is also very good.

Jordan saw a chance to win and began to actively communicate with Phil Jackson.

At the CCTV commentary table, Zhang Lili took the statistical form handed over by his assistant, looked at it, shook his head and said: "Zhou Quan's shooting rate is only 40%, and there are only 11 assists and 2 steal in 1 minutes of a single quarter.

The Sonics had two more rebounds than the Bulls, but their shooting percentage was only 41.1%. Everyone was out of shape and missed some small open shots.

The Bulls' shooting percentage is not too high, only 45.4%, but it is higher than the Sonics, so now they lead by 6 points. "

Xu Jicheng said: "Director Zhang, it seems that the Bulls' defensive tactics against Zhou Quan are effective today. There were too few shots in the first quarter, and most of them were passes."

Zhang Lili nodded and said: "The three top and first-class defenders on the outside line defend Zhou Quan at all costs. Even if Zhou Quan rushes in, the inside line is also desperate to double-team. This kind of defensive strength is second only to the bad boy back then. The strength of the Legion's defense against Jordan."

Xu Jicheng hadn't watched the game at that time, so he couldn't help asking in surprise: "Is the defense of the Bad Boys against Jordan even stronger?"

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "At that time, there were no rules of malicious fouls. It was common for the Bad Boys to trip Jordan on the outside and directly elbow him inside.

At that time, Michael Jordan was underweight and lacked the ability to fight, forcing him to gain weight, which led to the later Jordan.It can also be said that it was the bad boy army that made Jordan later. "

Xu Jicheng was a little worried and said: "At that time, Jordan fell at the feet of the Bad Boys for three consecutive years. Today, the Bulls are defending Zhou Quan like this. Director Zhang, what do you think of tonight's game?"

Zhang Lili said: "Zhou Quan's current overall strength is definitely not weaker than that of Jordan at his peak, but this Bulls is also quite strong, especially the three perimeter defenders, which can be said to be the best perimeter defense in the history of the league. lineup, and this is the home court of the Bulls, it is indeed quite difficult for Zhou Quan to overcome this hurdle."

Speaking of this, he changed the subject again and said: "But the Sonics have the strength to win two consecutive home games. Zhou Quan broke out in two consecutive games, relying on hard power, not the referee's whistle.

So we also have to believe in Zhou Quan, believe in the Supersonics, even if we lose this game, there will still be opportunities in the future. After all, the Supersonics have four home games in the seven-game series. "

Xu Jicheng nodded, and said again: "In addition to the low shooting percentage in the first quarter, Zhou Quan also only had one steal and no blocks. It seems that he is indeed in average form."

Zhang Lili said helplessly: "What they did last night, those extreme fans of the Bulls were a bit too much, their methods were a little low, and they didn't have any sportsmanship."

Xu Jicheng said: "Indeed, the two consulates of Japan and South Korea have come to protest."

"Puff!" Zhang Li laughed.

Xu Jicheng said: "I heard that the Supersonic has changed the hotel. The hotel must have cooperated with the other party last night, otherwise there would be no chance. But I think we can change the hotel last night."

Zhang Lili said: "Here in the United States, you have to book a room in advance to stay in a hotel. It was so late last night, so it must be too late.

I heard that it was after twelve o'clock when the riot started, and no hotel was willing to accept supersonic people, there were dozens of people.

Besides, this is Chicago, you changed the hotel, isn't it also their home? "

On the visiting team's bench, George Karl was discussing a question with Zhou Quan. In tonight's game, should we try our best or save some energy.

He said seriously: "Iron Fist, everyone didn't sleep well last night, and the Bulls double-teamed you too much, I plan to see the situation before deciding how to fight.

If it really doesn't work, such as falling too far in the first three quarters, then I'm going to give up in the final quarter.Otherwise, if we fight too hard and fail to win in the end, we will be in a disadvantageous situation in the G4 match. "

Zhou Quan looked at his teammates left and right, but he didn't refuse, and said, "Then follow what you said, first play three quarters with all your strength."

Of course he wanted to make persistent efforts, and to win this game, he won the match point.

But the meal has to be eaten one bite at a time. Today's situation is really not conducive to the Supersonics, and staying in the final quarter is also one of the choices.

The Supersonics still lost the game. Everyone was out of form. Zhou Quan strengthened his personal offense in the next two quarters, but he did not play well under the full siege of the Bulls.

总共21投9中，命中率42.9%，三分球3投1中，8罚6中，得到25分3篮板8助攻3抢断1盖帽5失误4犯规的数据。

乔丹22投10中，命中率45.5%，三分球4投1中，10罚7中，28分6篮板8助攻2抢断1盖帽4失误3犯规的表现。

After the game, Jordan accepted a live interview with TNT TV station.

"Michael, the Bulls pulled back a game, what does it mean for the next series?" the reporter asked.

"It means that our chance has come. There are two more home games in the future. We will try to win them all and go to Seattle with Match Point." Jordan said confidently, with a very firm tone.

"Your offensive efficiency is not very good tonight, what is the reason?" The reporter asked again.

"Tonight my main energy is on the defensive end, and the state of the offensive end is mediocre. And my teammates are all good today, so I don't need to shoot with all my strength." Jordan said.

"Tekken's steal data tonight is not outstanding compared to before. Is your offense making him powerless?" The reporter asked again.

"I'm especially careful with his steals and blocks, trying not to expose my ball to his sight, and most of the time I play off the ball, catch and jump shot." Jordan said.

At this time, Zhou Quan and his teammates were returning to the locker room, and some reporters followed them, asking questions constantly, many of them were domestic reporters.

"Zhou Quan, did you not play well because you didn't rest last night?"

"For that reason, we're less focused."

"Tiequan, I heard that you have changed hotels, can you tell me about it?"

"Sorry, no."

Back in the locker room, Zhou Quan talked and laughed with his teammates to relieve some of the negative emotions after the loss. The atmosphere in the locker room was always under his control, and he was not depressed because of the loss.

An hour later, a press conference was held.

(End of this chapter)