Chapter 40 You Can Move Me, I'll Lie on the Ground Today and Write You a Word
"Who knows what the attendance will be tonight?"
When I came to the locker room, my teammates were basically there, and Zhou Quan asked casually.
"I know, Iron Fist, about sixty percent, I just heard from the staff." Darnell Walker said.
"There's a super center tonight, and it's only sixty percent? It seems that we need to improve our results and at least finish in the top eight to get better in terms of attendance. Zhou Quan shook his head and said.
"I'm going to grab twenty rebounds tonight." Rodman jumped up and down excitedly.
Zhou Quan glanced at Rodman and smiled, "Big worm, I heard that your party last night was very exciting?" ”
Rodman froze, and said with a smile: "Iron Fist, I promise it won't affect the game." ”
Zhou Quan smiled and said: "Dennis, you also said that you were willing to work together, if you can't do what you just said, I also guarantee that you will regret saying this." ”
Rodman felt his throat dry, and the Iron Fist was never harsh on him, but he was just stunned by the gentle smile.
The reason, behind this smiling face, is a bloody fist.
He still remembers the image of the Iron Fist beating Lambier and wiping the blood off his fist on Lambir's body, and he didn't want to provoke anyone he provoked.
Head coach Chuck Daly is happy with the atmosphere in the locker room right now, Joe Dumas is the nominal leader, but in fact it is Iron Fist who controls the locker room, and Iron Fist controls the locker room better than Ranbir and Thomas.
Iron Fist never swings his fists easily, he is kind to his teammates, he has a very good relationship, and he has fists as a backing, a thorn like Rodman, and a fierce bad boy like John Sely, also surrendered to Iron Fist, and did not dare to blow up the stab at all.
After the locker room brawl, he thought the Pistons were over, but now it seems that it was an accident, and no one expected the old and new explanations, that is, the process was too sudden and intense, and now the Pistons have finally relieved themselves.
"Due to John Sely's injury, he came off the bench tonight, with William Bedford as the starting centre-forward." Then he said.
At half past seven, the first announcement was made.
Knicks: Ewing, Charles Oakley, McDaniel, Gerard Wilkins, Mark Jackson
Pistons: William Bedford, Dennis Rodman, Orlando Ulrich, Joe Dumas, Zhou Quan
The match was broadcast live across the United States by TNT, and the commentators were Robert Jeddah and Ringer Wilson.
At this time, Wilson analyzed: "The Knicks had a 5-5 record, and their record was a little better than that of the Pistons, but the winning rate was only 50%, and there was still work to be done."
The Pistons have an incomplete lineup, their strength is obviously inferior to that of the Knicks, and their three-game winning streak was interrupted, and they are likely to usher in another losing streak tonight.
The Pistons want to finish in the top eight and must wait for the return of the Smiling Assassin. ”
Jeddah analyzed: "Pat Riley has just joined the Knicks, and the Knicks' current style has changed a bit, but Coach Riley is not building a roster like the Lakers, he is building an iron-blooded and tough style based on the characteristics of the Knicks' roster. Well, just like the style of the Legion of Bad Boys. ”
Wilson smiled: "Ranbir retired, the bad boy army has completely become a thing of the past, whether it is Joe Dumas and Iron Fist, they are gentle and elegant gentlemen, they are not bad boys, so when it comes to this team now, we can only say the Pistons, not the bad boy army." ”
Jeddah shook his head and said, "Joe Dumas, I admit that he is a gentleman, but Iron Fist, he is not a bad boy, but he is not a gentleman either." ”
"And what is he?" Wilson asked curiously.
"He's a knight, a knight who is brave enough to face everything, and I'm sure he won't swing his fist at the weak." Jeddah said seriously.
At eight o'clock, the game officially began.
Ewing and John Sely jump the ball, and the Knicks attack.
Mark Jackson entered the front court and saw Zhou Quan in front of him, he unhurriedly dribbled while approaching Zhou Quan, and finally turned around and made a gesture of back play.
He knows that Zhou Quan's tonnage is much larger than him, but he is very confident, his lower strength is strong enough, coupled with big butts and back hitting skills, ordinary small forwards can arch, and it shouldn't be a problem to hit Zhou Quan with his back.
Zhou Quan was stunned, and he had to hit his back, do you think I'm another point guard?
You're strong enough to play a small forward, but that's because people have a much higher center of gravity than you, weigh more than you, and have less muscle than you.
My center of gravity is not higher than yours, the tonnage is larger, the muscle content is greater than yours, the strength of the lower limbs is not as good as yours, it is not too bad, you can arch the small forward, I can even defend the inside line, you can arch me, today I will lie on the ground and write you a word.
"Nope."
As soon as the two of them made contact with their chests and backs, Mark Jackson knew that there was some trouble today, he couldn't arch Zhou Quan, he couldn't arch at all, but his center of gravity was a little loose under the reaction force.
The offensive technique he developed in the offseason was to use his back to get close to the basket, then use his left shoulder against the defender and throw it with his right hand. At the same time, use this attack to attract the bag and take the opportunity to pass the ball to the open space.
But now that Zhou Quan can't be arched, this attack and the tactic of attracting the bag can't be played.
But this didn't bother him, and he immediately asked for a pick-and-roll from point guard Wilkins.
Wilkins came right away, he borrowed the wall to get rid of Zhou Quan, pulled to the right flank, and began to hit Joe Dumas with his back.
Jo Dumas's tonnage is 86 kilograms, which is 4 kilograms heavier than him, but his muscle content is higher, his strength is even stronger than that of Joe Dumas, plus the lower center of gravity, and the blessing of a big ass, Joe Dumas can't bear his back beating.
Sure enough, Wilkins carried Joe Dumas on his shoulders and slowly arched into the flank.
Joe Dumas is not easy to mess with, FMVP, two-time All-Star, two defensive first-team, once second-team, offensive and defensive are at the top, seeing that he can't bear it, he suddenly withdrew from the bench, grabbed a step from Mark Jackson's left side, and implemented a steal.
He timing the tackle was selective, as that's when Rodman lunged in from inside and packed the tackle.
Mark Jackson will constantly swing his head to observe the paint area and the weak side when he is back, but in the process, he will intermittently lose his vision of the paint area.
This time, when he noticed Rodman's movements, Rodman was already a step behind him, and at this time, Joe Dumas suddenly launched a steal.
Removed from the bench, his center of gravity was somewhat affected, so the first time, he couldn't pass the ball, and the next moment, the bag was trapped.
Zhou Quan immediately took action at this time, and suddenly turned around and ran to the front court.
"Smack!"
Jo Dumas broke the ball successfully, saw Zhou Quan's action, and immediately passed the ball.
Zhou Quan received the ball over the middle line, and Wilkins Jr. behind him desperately chased the defense, but the start was two steps slow and he couldn't catch up.
"Bang!"
He didn't let go of the opportunity for a dunk, for a small point guard, this is the best dunk opportunity, a powerful tomahawk-style slam dunk, which made the whole court roar.
The on-site commentator, bearded John Lowes, roared excitedly: "Joe Dumas's defense is still formidable, even Jordan doesn't dare to be presumptuous in front of him."
Rodman's bag is just in time, and he's getting better and better as he is showing us his defensive and rebounding prowess, as well as trash talk.
And Iron Fist's fast-break dunk lets us know that small point guards can dunk too. ”