At half past eight, the game officially began.

Ewing and John Sely jump the ball, and the Knicks attack.

Zhou Quan's single defense has been upgraded to level 95, if level 90 is first-class, then level 95 is close to or has reached the top.

In the face of Mark Jackson's ball-holding advance, he leaned down, staring at the opponent's eyes tightly with sharp and fierce eyes, and the whole person immediately revealed an extremely fierce momentum, like a roadblock.

Mark Jackson instantly felt Zhou Quan's fierce momentum, and the huge pressure permeated from the bottom of his heart, and he involuntarily took a deep breath.

"Back-spanking?"

This season's training has matured his back-to-back skills, and although he can't beat Zhou Quan in five regular season games, he still wants to try again, otherwise there will be no other better way to deal with this rookie.

But he also has a hole card, that is, he has gained three kilograms, and now his tonnage is 85 kilograms, and his strength and confrontation ability are more powerful.

Moreover, the rumors of Zhou Quan's weight loss have been confirmed, and some media say that the rookie's current weight should be between 91 and 92 kilograms.

If it is true, then Zhou Quan's strength will definitely weaken, the power gap between him and Zhou Quan will be narrowed, and the success rate of back hits will be higher.

And it is obvious that the shape of Zhou Quan's upper limb muscles is indeed not as thick as before, and the weight loss rumors should not be false.

In addition, he is three centimeters shorter than Zhou Quan, his skeleton is not as thick as the other party, and his muscle content is higher, which will further narrow the power gap between him and Zhou Quan.

"Bang Bang ......"

He pulled to the left wing, dribbled the ball, turned around, and prepared to hit the back and use his big ass against Zhou Quan.

"How is that possible?"

After only two arches, he was shocked, because the result of the back hit was similar to before, and he still couldn't arch.

Zhou Quan cracked his mouth and smiled, his upper body strength weakened a little, but the strength of his lower limbs and core strength were strengthened, and his lower plate was more stable, which made his ability to resist defense also strengthened.

However, he told himself not to be careless, because Mark Jackson had gained significantly weight, and his confrontation and strength had increased, and this was specifically against him.

"Whoosh!"

The back couldn't beat the opponent, and Mark Jackson didn't entangle with Zhou Quan too much, and decisively passed the ball to Ewing in the low post on the left wing.

Oakley has pulled to the right flank, not in the paint zone.

It's his style of play on the offensive end, using his mid-range shooting ability to create single opportunities for Ewing.

So Rodman is not in the paint area either, outside the right midfield in the paint area, if he wants to play a weak-side help defense, it will take more time and will leave Oakley with an open opportunity.

However, when he saw the ball flying towards Ewing, he immediately turned around and threw himself into the paint without any hesitation.

Ewing averaged just 1.9 assists per game in his career, which was the basis for Chuck Daly to arrange Rodman to play the weak-side help defense, even at the expense of leaving Oakley with an open opportunity.

To put it simply, Ewing's assist ability is limited, and he can't make threatening passes when he is packed.

It doesn't matter if it's a vision problem or a passing problem, the result is the same anyway.

Ewing catches the ball and John Sailly dies behind his back.

John Sailly's defense is strong, but he's not the kind of player who is good at top defense, he is good at face-to-face spider defense.

In other words, the three super centers, he is more suitable for defending David Robinson and attacking with the basket.

So Ewing relied on his strength and tonnage advantage and quickly arched into the paint area.

But then Rodman pounced from above, and although his knee hurt a little, he tried his best to fight back.

Ewing saw it, immediately closed the ball, and then quickly turned right, avoiding Rodman's stabbing at the same time, the ball was handed to his left hand, and his right elbow swung outward, resisting Sailly behind him, and between the dribbles with his left hand, he stepped into the paint area and completed the slip.

Next, his violent buckle is unstoppable.

"Bang!"

One step up, the right hand blocked the right side of the block, and the left hand dunked with one hand, blasting the Piston's basket.

"Oh!"

Winning the slam in the bag, Ewing was also very excited, screaming, and patting his chest excitedly.

"Give them back."

Zhou Quan immediately shouted loudly to boost morale.

"King Kong's technical work is good, and the Piston's two major inside clamps can't help him." On the TNT commentary seat, Robert Giddah laughed.

"Silky downward turn, slipping to the bottom and slamming down!"

Ringer Wilson exclaimed, "Patrick can turn left and right and make jumpers, he can handle the bag from the bottom or the top with ease. Technically, he is the most well-rounded of the three super centers. ”

Pistons offense.

Neither Rodman nor John Sailly had much offensive talent, so they couldn't pull out, which led to a result that because there was no defensive three-second rule, Ewing and Oakley could stay under the basket all day, leaving the Pistons' outside line with no room to break through.

Zhou Quan received the ball in the backcourt and pushed forward, and Mark Jackson in front of him defended and retreated, in order to prevent him from rushing.

But this couldn't stop him, and as he accelerated, he got faster and faster.

"Our pickup truck is refueling."

John Lowes, the bearded commentator, yelled excitedly.

When Zhou Quan advanced to the middle line, he was about to fully rush up, and Mark Jackson had no choice but to block it with his body.

"Bang!"

Zhou Quan changed direction slightly in an instant, and his left shoulder hit Mark Jackson's left shoulder hard.

In the sound of impact, the two of them were stunned at the same time.

Mark Jackson's left foot couldn't help but retreat backwards and was knocked away, and Zhou Quan also paused slightly, and then pushed forward again to complete the breakthrough.

"Iron Fist, get in!"

The bearded John Lowes shouted.

Zhou Quan went down from the top of the arc and rushed to the free throw line.

Rodman, John Seley, Ewing, and Oakley are crammed into the paint area, and it looks like there is no room for a breakthrough.

Outside, Joe Dumas was moving to the top of the arc, and Ulrich was constantly moving on the left wing, but the Knicks were defense-oriented, and the defense was not weaker than the Pistons, and neither of them could run out of the open space, and the defenders followed them closely and did not pull a single step.

On the bench, the Assassin Thomas had already stood up.

In this case, his teammates have no chance, even if he is he, he can only make a stop-and-go jumper, there is no room for a breakthrough in it, and he thinks that the next moment Zhou Quan will make a stop-and-go jumper at the free throw line.

However, at this time, Zhou Quan's panoramic vision saw the breakthrough space under the basket:

Make a small change of direction to the left, bypassing Oakley in front of you, and then change to the right to pull sideways, just in time for a space to avoid Ewing below and reach directly in front of the basket.

"Bang!"

In the next moment, when he made a quick break downward, at the free throw line, he suddenly broke through with a one-handed dummy hand, and the next moment Oakley was shaken, he completed the breakthrough from the left side.

"Damn it!"

Oakley hurriedly turned around.

But at this time, Zhou Quan had just taken a step past Oakley, and immediately made a quick stop, and when Ewing grabbed the front with one step, he changed direction to the right.

The reason why he chose to break through from the left side was to pull Ewing up a step and he could change direction to the basket, and if Ewing was holding the basket, he would jump there for a jumper.

And if he breaks to the right, although he can borrow Rodman's body to avoid Oakley, Ewing is under the basket, and he is not sure to finish the offense at the head of a super center right now.

"Oops!"

Ewing and Oakley, who turned around, said secretly at the same time.

Oakley immediately turned, but was blocked by Rodman.

Ewing also immediately returned to the basket, but at this time, Zhou Quan had already pulled to the right side of the basket, and he lost his defensive position.

"Bang!"

Zhou Quan pulled to the right side of the basket in two steps, and between the violent figures, he smashed the ball with his right hand and backhand, but the height was a little worse, and he almost dunked away, but fortunately, the ball hit back and forth in the basket a few times, and finally went in.

"Boom!"

The palace of Auburn Hills suddenly boiled, and the endless shouts shook the heavens and the earth.

"Congratulations to Iron Fist, barely succeeding."

In terms of TNT commentary, Robert Giddah teased.

"Oh roar!"

The bearded John Lowes roared excitedly: "Iron Fist single-handedly killed all the Knicks' defenses, he broke the Knicks' iron defense, and he completed a violent dunk on the head of super center Ewing......"

"Well done!"

The Assassin jumped in excitement in front of the bench, and he even turned around and waved at the fans, making the shouts of the Palace of Auburn Hills even louder.

"Yikes!"

Zhou Quan also shook his fist excitedly, and then bumped his chest with Rodman to celebrate.

Knicks offense.

Although they were not blocked just now, neither of them could prevent the breakthrough of the opposing point guard, and they were also a little embarrassed, and Ewing decided to return one.

As soon as he entered the paint zone, he immediately moved under the basket to go deep.

Oakley has pulled Rodman to the right midfield, and he just needs to get to the basket, receive the ball, and score nine out of ten.

John Sailly understood his shortcomings, and instead of defending, he went straight forward, waving his arms like a spider.

On the outside, Zhou Quan is also waving a pair of long arms to block Mark Jackson's passing route to the basket.

He's taller, with a better reach, more power, more tonnage, and with a level 95 single-defense technique, he almost completely covers his opponents in defense.

Mark Jackson could only take a step back, intending to pull the ball in after opening up the distance.

But just as Mark Jackson was moving backwards, when his ball was pulled back, when the ball was out of his hand, Zhou Quan's 96-level nervous reaction speed allowed him to make a quick steal response: his right foot instantly took a step up, and at the same time, between leaning over, his right hand quickly stabbed the basketball.

"Oops!"

Mark Jackson's scalp exploded instantly.

But he was in the middle of the retreat, and there was no way to turn around and protect the ball at this moment.

"Bu!"

In the next moment, Zhou Quan's right index finger stabbed the ball.

At this time, Mark Jackson retreated completely, and when he was about to turn around to protect the ball, a strong physical confrontation was immediately generated, even if he gained 85 kilograms, but under the squeeze of Zhou Quan, he did not resist, and tilted to the side, completely losing the opportunity to protect the ball and grab back on the spot.

"Break the ball!"

The bearded John Lowes shouted excitedly.

"Bang!"

Zhou Quan caught up and slapped the ball to the floor, and after it bounced, he controlled it, and then launched a fast attack.

"The iron fist is fast, Mark Jackson didn't catch up, he was two steps behind." The glasses man, Ryanger Lance, yelled excitedly.

Zhou Quan advanced at high speed, and the speed of the 91st class exploded in full force, like a pickup truck with a full throttle rushing forward.

Mark Jackson's own speed is average, not as good as Zhou Quan, plus he was squeezed away, and by the time he started to return to defense, he had already dropped a lot.

Two steps into the paint area, Zhou Quan flew up more than two meters in front of the basket, and slashed the ball with his right hand like a tomahawk.

"Bang!"

"Boom!"

The next moment, with the sound of exploding baskets, the whole audience boiled, and 20,000 Pistons fans excitedly raised their arms and cheered loudly.

"Shh

A thousand away fans booed, but there was no movement, and the difference was too large to be twenty times the number.

"Yikes!"

Zhou Quan landed in the air and shouted excitedly at his teammates who rushed over.

The two violent dunks in the opening game made his adrenaline rush like an open high-pressure faucet, and his blood seemed to be boiling, like boiling water.

Now his bounce has reached level 91, which is 3 levels higher than before he got the system, the vertical jump height has increased from the original 73 cm to 82 cm, the jump boost has increased from 85 to 95, the running touch height has increased from 333 cm to 343 cm, and the jump height has reached 331 cm.

In the past, it was a reluctant dunk to run and jump with all his might, and the jump dunk on the spot was just a smashing dunk, and if he threw it in, it was easy to dunk away, that is, his hands were big, and he had strong control over the ball with one hand, so he could throw it in.

Even now, if you dunk on the spot, if you don't jump enough, you probably won't be able to dunk it, and you have to jump with all your might.

Therefore, he rarely dunks, generally mainly layups, in order to suppress the opponent's momentum and boost his own morale, he will choose to dunk.

The reason for the lack of dunk ability, bounce is one, in fact, his arm span is very good, which can make up for part of the disadvantage of bounce, but the reason why his arm span is excellent is not how long his arms are, but like Jordan, the palms are relatively long, and then the shoulders are particularly wide, which makes his standing height very ordinary, which affects his dunk ability.

"Mark, raise your focus, or give it to me."

In front of the Knicks bench, Pat Riley's cold voice sounded, and a fierce look appeared on the face of the fashionable gentleman.

"Huh...... Wow......"

Mark Jackson took a deep breath continuously, and his mistake directly caused him to lose points, and the pressure came up at once, and now he forced himself to calm down with deep breaths.

4:2, the Pistons lead at home, and the Knicks attack.

Mark Jackson is no longer looking for singles Zhou Quan, from the five regular season games to the steal just now, his singles can't help Zhou Quan, he has lost the confidence to single the opponent.

There is a truth in the NBA league that any breakthrough is not as effective as a pick-and-roll.

So he called the pick-and-roll, pulled to the left wing, and made the pick-and-roll with the small forward, 201-centimeter McDaniel.

At this time, it was revealed that Ulrich's defensive skills were flawed, and he was the only defensive flaw in the Pistons' starting lineup.

According to the tactical requirements of the coaching staff, they will not change the defense in this position, because changing the defense will give the opponent a mismatch advantage, but if they do not change the defense, the opponent will also get an open opportunity.

So when the pick-and-roll happens here, without changing the defense, Ulrich should make the first move to delay Mark Jackson's defense, and then return to his own people, which can allow Zhou Quan to bypass McDaniel and immediately catch up with Mark Jackson.

But he forgot, so when the pick-and-roll happened, he just followed McDaniel and didn't care about Mark Jackson.

When Zhou Quan bypassed McDaniel, Mark Jackson, who got an open opportunity, had already made a shot.

"Brush!"

Shot in the open position, nine out of ten shots, and the ball was hit.

4-4, Pistons attack.

"Orlando, don't forget to block him next time, your defense is very important to us." Zhou Quan admonished Ulrich.

"Got it."

As a veteran, Ulrich said with shame.

Zhou Quan unhurriedly advanced to the front, this time not to the left wing, but to the right wing.

As soon as he reached the three-point line on the right wing, Joe Dumas immediately moved to the top of the arc and blocked Mark Jackson by the way.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, without delaying for a moment, he quickly started and went straight to the flank, straight into the paint area.

"Beautiful!"

On the commentary bench at the scene, the glasses man Long Gellans shouted excitedly.

Oakley saw that he pounced viciously from the paint area to the right waist, and stared at Zhou Quan, who had come over.

Zhou Quan's best way at this time was to make a stop-up jump shot, but although his stop-and-go jump shooting skills were upgraded to level 87, they were still useless.

In particular, the system requires him to shoot more in the playoffs, which requires him not to shoot indiscriminately.

At this moment, his heart suddenly had an idea, and he didn't slow down without slowing down, changed direction slightly, and collided directly.

He was confident of crashing away, and although Oakley's tonnage reached 110kg, his opponent was at a standstill, while he had a strong impact in the high-speed breakaway.

"Bang!"

The left half of their bodies collided in an instant.

"Bastard!"

Oakley didn't expect Zhou Quan to choose such a confrontation method, he was knocked backwards and sat directly on the floor.

And Zhou Quan was also knocked to a halt in place, but this was exactly his purpose, using the impact to achieve the purpose of slowing down and getting rid of the defense.

The next moment, he jumped up in the right waist position and made a jumper.

In the absence of a defender in front of him, three meters away from the basket, the shooting basic skills of the 93 level, the shooting percentage can theoretically be at least 95 out of 100.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and the two hits.

"Boom!"

The whole court exploded again, and the atmosphere at the Pistons' home court became more and more high.

Chuck Daley took a deep breath excitedly, and Zhou Quan's performance made him very happy.

This is a young man with strong willpower, and in the first playoff game, he played such a good performance at the beginning, which shows the strength of his mental quality.

"Oh roar!"

The bearded John Lowes roared excitedly, "Iron Fist started with three shots and three shots, and everyone said that his offense was not very good, but he made three shots and three shots." ”

The glasses male dragon Gelance said excitedly: "Iron Fist's performance is fantastic! It was his first playoff game, and he started the game with the courage to pick up the team's offense and play a star-rated performance. ”

"Lao Zhang, Zhou Quan bumped into the defender like this, didn't he foul?" Chicago, Zhang's wife asked.

"What is this?"

Zhang Cheng said excitedly: "Let me tell you, in the playoffs, what level of defensive intensity can be reached, that is, if you don't see blood, you won't foul." ”

"Oh my God!"

Lao Zhang's wife couldn't help but exclaim.

(End of chapter)