God of NBA point guards

Chapter 516 Broken Board
At this time, Zhou Quan made a tactical gesture. Campbell saw it and quickly continued to pull outward from the left waist until he was one step inside the three-point line.

He has some ability to shoot two-pointers from far away, but unless you leave him a big gap or give him a small gap, his shooting speed is too slow and it is of no use. The defender will quickly return to defense, and his little offensive ability will face the defense. People are not efficient enough.

So will Duncan follow?

Duncan chose to follow the half, which means leaving more than two meters of space and guarding outside the left waist. This way he can keep an eye on the paint area and prevent Campbell from getting a big open space.

On the sidelines, Spurs head coach Popovich was staring closely at the court at this time.

Of course, he could see Zhou Quan's intention of letting Campbell out at a glance. This tactic also caught him by surprise, because using the ball to break through to create openings for teammates is the best offensive tactic that the Iron Fist King is good at, and there is no other one.

In this regard, the defensive tactic he formulated was that Duncan did not need to worry about Campbell. Campbell had no offensive talent, and others on the outside would make up the defense.

Even if the outside defense fails, with Campbell's offensive ability, he won't score many points, which is insignificant.

But if the penalty area is lost, with the Iron Fist King's breakthrough scoring ability and damage to the inside, it will be fatal.

He sees very clearly between gains and losses.

While dribbling, Zhou Quan swayed his shoulders from left to right, and then immediately broke through from the right side instead of from the left side, which was closer to Duncan.

The young general Johnson was shaken for a moment. When he turned around to defend, he had been surprised and was half a body behind.

There was David Robinson inside. He simply slowed down and when he fell behind Zhou Quan, he took the opportunity to reach for the ball.

When the young general Johnson suddenly slowed down and disappeared from his sight, Zhou Quan thought of the possibility that he could get the ball from behind, so he immediately changed hands from the front. Johnson missed the ball and fell completely behind.

Zhou Quan controlled the ball with his left hand and entered the penalty area from the right end of the free throw line along the right side of the paint area.

At this time, David Robinson stood one meter in front of the basket, just outside the reasonable collision area.

Duncan has already returned to defense from outside the paint area, one step away from Zhou Quan, and has returned to defend directly in front of the basket. With one more small step, his hand can touch him.

"Emergency jump shot!" Zhang Lili shouted at this time.

Indeed, as he expected, Zhou Quan suddenly paused and at the same time made a virtual move with his left hand to join the ball.

Duncan on the left, David Robinson in front, and young general Johnson in the back all jumped up in unison to block shots.

But the next moment, Zhou Quan's right hand that pulled up the ball moved the ball to the front left, suddenly changed direction and accelerated, bursting through the gap between David Robinson and Duncan.

"Oh!"

There were screams of exclamation at the Spurs home court.

"boom!"

Two steps later, Zhou Quan rose up, dunked the ball with his right hand, and slammed the ball into the basket.

"Clap clap clap..."

The Alamodome erupted in applause.

"One against three, beautiful! Look at the reaction of the home fans, this is Zhou Quan's home court!" Zhang Li said with a smile.

"This is the unification of professional boxing and the double champion of boxing and basketball, turning the away game into a home game." Xu Jicheng said excitedly.

Looking at the countless San Antonians in the audience applauding and cheering for the Iron Fist King, Duncan was a little confused. Who are you from?
Seeing Duncan's appearance, David Robinson said to him: "Normally, after winning the first world boxing championship belt from the Iron Fist King, he will be able to get cheers from home fans in away games, and we are no exception here. You'll be fine once you get used to it."

On the sidelines, Popovich didn't even look at the fans who applauded Zhou Quan. He had long been used to it and didn't care.

He waved to Duncan, and when Duncan ran over, he warned: "Tim, you and David, don't go up together. One is blocking and the other is guarding the basket."

Duncan nodded and ran towards the frontcourt.

In fact, the Spurs have already formulated countless defensive tactics on how to defend Zhou Quan.

Like the situation just now, after young general Johnson was completely passed, according to the formulated tactics, David Robinson should come out to block Zhou Quan first, and then Duncan would take the opportunity to return to defend the basket.

The goal the Spurs need to achieve when defending Zhou Quan in the paint is not to completely defend him, but to reduce his shooting percentage.

In the Spurs frontcourt, young general Johnson holds the ball close to the top of the key.

Zhou Quan was standing on the three-point line. When he heard the footsteps behind him, he knew someone was running up, probably using a high pick-and-roll tactic.

After the Spurs got Duncan, the high pick-and-roll tactic became one of the regular tactics. Duncan was in the low post and David Robinson pulled up to the high post to screen the ball holder. After the ball holder breaks through, he can take a shot or pass if he has the opportunity. Give Duncan a single, or pass back to Robinson who stays in the high post.

The Spurs are now considered one of the Sonics' strongest opponents in the Western Conference, so Zhou Quan has long studied Spurs game videos and understands the power of this tactic.

Duncan and David Robinson, one high and one low, formed two commanding heights, making it impossible for the opponent's two inside lines to help defend each other, nor to switch defenses. If the defense was switched, it would directly cause a mismatch between the big one and the small one.

And David Robinson is good at mid-range shots. He can form a high fort in the high post. At the same time, he can also hold the ball and go in. He is very threatening with the ball in the high post.

As for Duncan in the low post, in single defense, he proved in just one rookie season that no one in the league can truly guard him in the low post.

At this time, behind Zhou Quan, David Robinson ran up as expected, followed by Campbell, and Ben Wallace was still guarding Duncan.

At this time, the test is Zhou Quan's ability to defend and break pick-and-rolls.

So before David Robinson was in place, he suddenly pressed the young general Johnson closely, giving the Spurs no chance to play a high pick-and-roll tactics.

With his defense, young general Johnson was immediately forced to dribble and retreat. Zhou Quan continued to follow up, not giving the opponent a chance to pass the ball to Robinson and Duncan, and blocking his downward passing direction.

When David Robinson saw it, he quickly ran to the top of the right arc, distanced himself from Zhou Quan and Campbell, and then asked Johnson for the ball.

Because his position was below Zhou Quan, he thought that Zhou Quan would not notice his movement immediately.

Zhou Quan really couldn't see Robinson's movement, because the width of a person's left and right viewing angle generally does not exceed 160 degrees. Robinson's position was behind him, and he would not be able to see it unless his vision moved left and right.

But he still had ears, and when he heard the scuffing sound of sneakers behind him, he knew that Robinson must be moving. So when he was closing in on the young general, he immediately glanced left and right and saw Robinson's movement.

At this moment, he made a prediction. When he blocked the downward passing angle, there was a [-]% chance that Avery Johnson would pass the ball to David Robinson.

The next moment, young general Johnson hit the ground and passed the ball.

"Snapped!"

Zhou Quan made the fastest reaction. He leaned over, stretched out his long arm, pressed the ball directly to the floor with his left hand, then grabbed it with one hand, and immediately started dribbling the ball down quickly.

"Oh!"

After he quickly started the game, the fans in the Alamodome reacted, and countless exclamations rang out. "Beautiful! This reaction speed is incredible!" Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

The young general Johnson couldn't keep up with Zhou Quan. Zhou Quan took the ball over the top of the arc and took a big step to get the ball in his hand. He raised his right hand high with one hand. After two steps, he flew up with all his strength just after crossing the free throw line.

After pulling the body back into a bow shape, the powerful core strength exploded instantly. He held the ball in his right hand and slashed down, using the huge explosive force, he instantly smashed the ball into the basket.

"boom!"

As the extremely explosive sound of the basket exploded, the entire transparent backboard was instantly shattered, and then exploded into countless pieces.

"Oh! Oh hoo..."

A huge exclamation suddenly erupted in the Alamodome, and then turned into cheers and shouts like a mountain roar and a tsunami.

"Oh, Zhou Quan dunked the backboard, he dunked the backboard..." Zhang Lili was shocked at first, and then shouted hysterically.

"The first defender to smash a rebound." Xu Jicheng said excitedly.

……

The next day, a large picture of Zhou Quan smashing the backboard made the front pages of major media.

In last night's game, 101:95, the SuperSonics finally defeated the Spurs on the road, with 25 wins and 8 losses, and continued to remain second in the Western Conference.

Zhou Quan had 7 steals and 4 blocks in a single game. Not only did he perform very well defensively, but he was also in very good offensive condition. He scored 52 points and shot 62.5% from the field. His performance was the only reason why the Sonics defeated the Spurs. .

Ben Wallace failed to guard Duncan. Judging from his current performance, he has no problem guarding ordinary insiders, but he is unable to guard against insiders of the level of Duncan and O'Neal.

Both Paul Westphal and Zhou Quan believe that with Ben Wallace's height, when defending these top insiders, his single defense ability is not enough, and strong assistance is needed.

On the 14th, the SuperSonics faced the challenge of the Spurs at home.

In this battle, Rodman returned to the starting position.

This was Paul Westphal's attempt for the playoffs, hoping to use Rodman's help defense ability to help Ben Wallace.

But this attempt failed and was defeated by the high pick-and-roll tactics of the Spurs twin towers.

After Rodman was pulled to the high post by David Robinson, with his height and single defense ability, he couldn't guard the Admiral at all.

After 28 wins and 9 losses, the SuperSonics welcomed the Lakers at home on the 17th.

The preseason does not count. They lost the first two regular season games. This is the third regular season game between the SuperSonics and the Lakers.

At noon on the 16th, Zhou Quan came to Paul Westphal's office to discuss with him how to play the Lakers tomorrow.

He said: "Paul, we can't lose again. After we meet in the playoffs, our morale will definitely be affected. Coupled with the media's exaggeration, we will be in a disadvantageous situation."

Westphal poured Zhou Quan a glass of water, nodded and said, "Iron Fist King, do you have any ideas?"

"Strengthen the defense." Zhou Quan said.

Then he added: "We can't limit O'Neal, so we have to limit the people who pass the ball to him. Moreover, O'Neal is too big and his physical fitness is limited. If he scores alone, we still have a chance to win."

The current outside core of the Lakers is Kobe Bryant, who currently averages 22 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game in the regular season, with a shooting percentage of 46.8% and a three-point shooting percentage of 31.9%.

With such strength, he won't pose much of a threat to me after entering the playoffs. After I lock him down, I can destroy the connection between the internal and external cores of the Lakers and make them fall into their own singles. "

Westphal said: "Phil Jackson's triangle tactic is still very powerful, especially the Lakers' triangle tactic with the low-post killer O'Neal. I think the Lakers' triangle tactic is more powerful than the Bulls' triangle tactic."

Zhou Quan nodded. He understood that the head coach could limit Jordan's performance to a certain extent and thereby destroy the Bulls' triangle tactics, but he could not restrict O'Neal, so his triangle tactics against the Lakers would be worse than those against the Bulls. Triangle tactics are even more difficult.

Westphal thought for a while and said: "Let's do it, Iron Fist King. You lock Kobe, the core outside line, and force him to fight alone. Then in the low post, let Ben consume the shark's physical energy, and then the other inside players Take turns to fight and grind him to death."

"That's it." Zhou Quan nodded.

At three o'clock, the Lakers arrived in Seattle. Zhou Quan called O'Neal and said he and Kobe were invited to dinner.

At six o'clock, Zhou Quan drove an SUV to the hotel.

O'Neal got into the passenger seat and put on his seat belt. He raised three fat fingers with a smile and shouted: "Counting the preseason games, Iron Fist, you have lost to me three times. Tell me, think about it tomorrow night. How to deal with me?"

"I must have double-teamed you in advance to try to get a side kick." Kobe, who was sitting in the back, glanced at Zhou Quan and shouted with some pride.

Zhou Quan chuckled, put the gas in gear, and said, "You two idiots want to beat me? Can Phil Jackson's triangle tactic beat me? Can Jordan + Mutombo beat me?"

"That's different. I'm not comparable to Mutombo, the guy who only knows how to defend. I'm the most dominant super center." O'Neal immediately shouted.

"I..." Kobe also wanted to say something.

"What are you? With your current strength, Jordan can probably handle you now." Zhou Quan said, looking at Kobe in the rearview mirror.

"That's not necessarily the case." Kobe said unconvinced.

"Have you mastered the turnaround and fadeaway jump shot?" Zhou Quan asked with a smile.

"Well, it's still a little bit worse. I don't have Michael's ability to stay in the air. He can wait in the air for the defender to get down before taking action. I can't." Kobe said a little frustrated.

"What do you want to stay in the air? You are not him. Whether it is dynamic or static talent, you are not as good as him. Don't stay in the air. You increase the angle of your back, connect your movements together, and shoot directly after being separated from the defender in the air. That's it. Zhou Quan said casually.

When Kobe heard this, his eyes lit up.

The Iron Fist King is the guy who completed three consecutive championships over Jordan. His turnaround and fadeaway jump shot skills are no worse than Jordan's. His advice must be useful.

"Shaq, put me down quickly, I want to go back to training." He immediately grabbed the back of O'Neal's chair and shouted loudly.

"Idiot, are you not going to eat dinner?" O'Neill scolded with a smile.

Zhou Quan laughed. He still admired Kobe like this.

Kobe's talent is definitely not as good as Jordan's, but with Jordan's shadow on him, he will definitely achieve something in the future.

The key is to get over him.

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(End of this chapter)