"Elwin, do you think we need to trade Iron Fist?"

"Jerry, the question now is not whether we need it, it's that the Pistons can't trade Iron Fist."

At this time, Los Angeles, Jerry West's home, he was sitting with the Magic watching the game.

West nodded, "Iron Fist played like this in the first two games of the playoffs, it's really hard to trade, it's harder to trade than before. ”

"The 3+1 contract, the final year player option, the closest opportunity to us, should be in two years' time." Jerry West muttered.

Elvin Johnson glanced at West and shook his head secretly.

In fact, he didn't have much hope of trading Zhou Quan, the Pistons cultivated Zhou Quan too much, and even put the core of many years, the soul assassin of the Bad Boy Army, into the bench lineup, he didn't dare to guarantee that if Zhou Quan was traded to the Lakers, would the Lakers give him the same status as the Pistons?

After all, if it is really traded, the Lakers are not Zhou Quan's parent team, once a better rookie appears, the Lakers will definitely be more willing to believe in their rookie, rather than the star who is traded in, once their rookie is cultivated, Zhou Quan will either become a bargaining chip or a stepping stone.

The key thing is that I believe Zhou Quan also understands this, and when the star leaves the parent team, he loses his roots, and the only thing left is the use value.

……

Madison Square Garden, 7:45 a.m., start.

"Shh

Zhou Quan appeared in the boos and walked into this basketball mecca again.

He's no stranger here, having played one game in the regular season, beating Oakley and Mason here, but that wasn't the first time he'd played here, and it wasn't the first time he'd beaten someone here.

This time last year, the NCAA ice hockey finals were held here, and they won the championship with the Bruins, and he PK twice in that game, and he caused two conflicts, and he punished one of the opposing team's leading scorers for 15 minutes, laying the foundation for the championship.

Everyone wants to play their best in this arena because it's the most talked-about place in the NBA.

Looking at the media seats behind the bottom line on both sides, the reporters are almost unable to squeeze in, standing and sitting, densely packed with several rows, if you play the best performance here, the popularity will definitely rise.

Zhou Quan also thought that he was not a saint, if his popularity increased, his influence would go up, and the sales of sneakers would also go up, and the same would be true for other endorsed brands, and his commercial value would have a chance to be realized.

If he doesn't have a strong influence, not only does he have no commercial value, even if he becomes a superstar, he can't become a superstar.

So he was excited, trembling a little with excitement.

"Hey, look, is this kid scared? He's shaking. One fan shouted excitedly.

"Stop dreaming, he will be afraid? Forgot that he was here last time, and he beat up both Oakley and Green? If he hadn't wounded Oakley, how could we have only finished sixth in the East? A fan next to him shouted.

"This time last year, also at our Madison Square Garden, the NCAA ice hockey finals, do you remember, this kid won both PKs, he can really play, so I bought his Iron Fist generation." A fan chimed in later.

"We are tough, tough, iron-willed, and we are fearless......"

Eight o'clock is approaching, the starters are about to play, in front of the Pistons' bench, all the players are gathered around, in the middle is Zhou Quan, the assassin, Joe Dumas, chanting the Pistons' famous words together.

In the first two games, the Pistons allocated 1,000 away tickets to the Knicks, and the Knicks also allocated 1,000 tickets to the Pistons, but because the ticket prices here are too high, Detroit only has more than 500 fans.

"We are resilient and tough......"

"Shh

Now the more than 500 away fans tried their best to follow the team and shout loudly, but unfortunately, their shouts had just risen, like a small flame, a basin of water was poured down, and it was immediately extinguished by the boos of the home fans.

At eight o'clock, the game officially began.

Jumping the ball, John Sailly fought this time, took the lead in pulling the ball away, and the Pistons attacked.

Zhou Quan came to the left wing outside the three-point line with the ball, paused slightly, and suddenly exerted his strength again, under the unique three-in-one breakthrough, knocked away Mark Jackson, hit the left elbow area in three steps, and at the left end of the free throw line, when the defense did not reach the front of him, he stopped and jumped.

"Bang!"

It's a pity that there is a small vacancy, but the feel is average, and this ball misses.

"Brush!"

Ewing grabbed the rebound, the Knicks attacked, and Mark Jackson gave the ball to small forward McDaniel on the left wing, who singled Ulrich and hit a mid-range shot.

"Bang!"

Zhou Quan broke through again in three-in-one, and hit a sudden stop jump shot two steps outside the left waist position, but still missed.

"I missed the shot twice, and I got a small vacancy, so it seems that Iron Fist didn't feel good today. With his calmness and overall view, he should make adjustments to focus on sorting out the team's offense. ”

On the TNT commentary seat, Robert Giddah said.

Ringer Wilson nodded and shook his head: "He will definitely still shoot, otherwise his breakthrough with the ball will lose his threat." ”

"Bang!"

Oakley grabbed the rebound in the backcourt and turned around, and McDaniel missed the shot.

This time, Rodman protected the backcourt rebound and the Pistons attacked.

Zhou Quan still broke through in three-in-one and forced Mark Jackson.

"Do you dare to change someone?"

Mark Jackson, who was suddenly made into a sieve, snorted angrily, but he couldn't prevent this breakthrough in combining technology and strength.

At this time, John Cely, who was low on the left wing, did not enter the basket, but opened his hand to ask for the ball.

John Sely's mid-range shot is average, but not none, so Ewing can't return to the basket, and he can't leave John Cely open near the basket.

Under the basket, the fierce and vicious Oakley stared closely at Zhou Quan, who had killed, and his momentum was very fierce.

Zhou Quan held the ball to the left waist of the paint area, and did not make a quick stop jump shot like the previous two attacks, but directly hit it.

At this moment, Rodman, who was stuck behind, made an offensive cover and desperately entangled Oakley.

The next moment, Ewing lost John Sely back to the basket.

And Zhou Quan also took two steps to the basket, and then he heard the sharp sound of sneakers rubbing behind him, and knew that Ewing must be behind him.

The moment the basketball was pulled up, he flicked his backhand back, and the next moment, he rose up and made a layup motion.

In the next moment, Ewing jumped from behind, and Oakley elbowed Rodman before jumping to block.

"What?"

"Where's the ball?"

However, when they all jumped up, they found that there was no ball in Zhou Quan's hand.

When Ewing returned to the basket, John Sailly also took the opportunity to move to the basket, and he was very much looking forward to receiving Zhou Quan's pass.

He has developed a habit that Zhou Quan can pass some elusive balls at any time, so when Zhou Quan hits the paint with the ball, his attention is often very focused.

The next moment, he saw Zhou Quan and Ewing all three of them jumping, and at the same time, he also saw the ball flying from Zhou Quan's back.

"Smack!"

Catching the ball with both hands, he stepped and flew up from Ewing's back.

"Bang!"

The next moment, as Ewing fell from the sky, a huge force slammed into his back, causing him to stumble forward and nearly fall, and then a violent explosion of the basket sounded above his head.

"Yikes!"

On the Pistons bench, more than 500 fans of the visiting team cheered instantly.

"Buckle! John Sely received an iron fist pass and blocked Ewing, the super center. On the TNT commentary seat, Robert Giddah shouted excitedly.

"Iron Fist used his ball-handling breakaway to attract Ewing and Oakley's defences, creating open opportunities for John Sely, while also picking up an assist." Ringer Wilson said.

Robert Giddah laughed: "Three times, Iron Fist has forced Mark Jackson three times in a row, and such breakthroughs are very common in the regular season, in the first two series.

The speed of Iron Fist's breakthrough is not fast, the false feints are not top-notch, and the first step is not very fast, but when combined with his strength tonnage, the perfect combination of body and technique is completed, and the first layer of defense is difficult to prevent, and the second line of defense must be used to make up for it.

This breakthrough of his is unique, I think it can be called an iron fist breakthrough, his body is the fist in the breakthrough, the heavy cavalry arrow. ”

"Ironfist Breakthrough?"

Ringer Wilson smiled and said, "Mark Jackson is a very powerful point guard, but he really can't stop the iron fist breakaway. ”

2-2, the Knicks attacked.

Ewing asked for the ball in the low post on the left wing, and after receiving the ball, he first went up, then immediately took it and turned and slipped to the bottom and hit the basket.

"Smack!"

Rodman made up for the defense in time, and John Cely quickly closed in from behind, and when Ewing forced a layup, the two joined forces to knock him out of the air.

"Tick!"

The referee blew the whistle and pointed at Rodman, and the batter fouled and made two free throws.

"Hey, King Kong, don't you want to score easily under our basket." John Sely shouted at Ewing with a fierce face.

"Boy, get out of here!"

Oakley came up and pushed John Sailly away.

The four villains are not easy to mess with, especially Oakley's fist is very hard, John Sely couldn't help but look back at Zhou Quan, Iron Fist (thug), your job is here.

"Is there going to be a conflict?"

On the TNT commentary seat, Robert Giddah said excitedly.

Zhou Quan came over and walked in front of Oakley, smiling, but with a sharp push in his hand, he pushed Oakley away, and then looked at Ewing next to him and asked with a smile: "Patrick, can you calm down?" ”

Ewing looked confused, spread his hands, you asked me what to do, I didn't do anything?

"Shet!"

Oakley snorted angrily, Iron Fist was a clear threat, and if he caused a conflict, he would be the first to level Patrick and make the Knicks suffer a big loss.

The referee intervened at this time, pushed Zhou Quan and Oakley away with both hands, and said angrily with a straight face: "Okay, don't test my bottom line, spread it out for me, otherwise you will eat T." ”

Under the threat of a strong referee, Oakley and Zhou Quan didn't want to cause a conflict at this time, so they immediately borrowed the donkey and retreated.

Ewing then made free throws, missed the first shot, hit the second free throw, 2:3, and the Pistons attacked.

"Bang!"

Joe Dumas attacked with the ball, faked a real shot, and hit a pull-up jump shot when he hit the middle distance, but he missed.

McDaniel grabbed the rebound and the Knicks attacked.

"Bang!"

Wilkins Jr.'s pull-up jump shot after breaking through also missed.

It was the Pistons' turn to attack again, and Zhou Quan came to the left wing outside the three-point line with the ball, and took the initiative to use the body of small forward Ulrich to get rid of Mark Jackson.

It's not that he can't force Mark Jackson, but breaking through by blocking and dismantling is the most cost-effective way to break through, the most energy-saving, and if the blocking and dismantling tactics are played well, they can also kill people.

Mark Jackson and McDaniel didn't switch guards after the pick-and-roll, and the former chased after Ulrich bypassed.

But he couldn't catch up, so Zhou Quan hit the left end of the free throw line in the left elbow area, and before Oakley could make up for it, he made another emergency stop jump shot.

"Brush!"

The ball hit, hollow into the basket.

"Whew!"

He breathed a sigh of relief, three shots and one hit, which was better than three shots and zero shots.

"Brush!"

Turning around, Ewing used a rabbit jump to distance himself from John Cely and hit a jumper.

4:5, the Pistons attacked.

In the 7th minute of the first quarter, the scores of the two sides were still bitten together, 12:11, the Pistons led by one point, the Knicks attacked, and Pat Riley called a timeout.

"Neither side shot too much, neither was more than 40 percent, and the defense was too hard, with the Pistons at 39.7 percent and the Knicks at 37.5 percent," Ringer Wilson said.

In addition, the Pistons grabbed 6 rebounds, the Knicks were 7, and the Pistons had a better rebounding situation today, and Rodman has been on the court, and he has grabbed two rebounds. The improvement in rebounding is an important reason why the Pistons are currently leading by one point. ”

Robert Giddah said: "Ewing's shooting percentage is still not satisfactory, 41%, although it is higher than the average of the Knicks today, but he is a center, this shooting rate, is not satisfactory. And he averaged less than 40 percent of his shooting in the first two games, so hopefully tonight will be better. ”

Ringerwell continued: "Iron Fist's shooting today was not very good, all three shots were pull-up jump shots, 1 of 3 shots, 2 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.

Robert, his breakthrough speed is not really fast, but very stable, theoretically speaking, the shooting rate of the pull-up jump shot should not be so low, what do you think is the reason? ”

"Technology, only technology."

Robert Giddah analyzed: "His pull-up jump shooting skills are not at the top level, the shooting percentage is not high, and under this intensity of defense, the first-class skills will lose stability, and this is the playoffs." ”

On the Knicks bench, Pat Riley said sternly: "Strengthen the confrontation under the basket, I want more rebounds, more secondary offensive opportunities." ”

The reason why the G2 game was able to get back was due to the advantage of rebounding, and he only grabbed one more rebound in the half quarter today, which made him a little anxious, so he called this timeout.

"Also, keep the Iron Fist defensive, don't let him easily get into our paint zone, just let him shoot outside."

"Gerrard, step up the defense against Joe Dumas, if they bring on Isaiah Thomas, it's the same, let the iron fist shoot, the more he shots, the better the chances we will have to win."

After a few words of advice, the time to pause has arrived.

Serving the ball on the sideline in the frontcourt, Mark Jackson went around from the inside out, deliberately passed by his teammate McDaniel, took the opportunity to get rid of the marking Zhou Quan, and then pulled to the outside of the three-point line to receive the ball.

Zhou Quan nimbly bypassed the obstacles, quickly followed, and pounced on Mark Jackson as soon as he caught the basket.

"Not good!"

"Be careful!"

When the two on-site commentators saw this scene, they immediately exclaimed.

"Smack!"

Zhou Quan stabbed the ball with a big hand, and then took the opportunity to knock Mark Jackson away, and after getting the ball, he launched a fast attack.

"Bang!"

When Jo Dumas went down from the right flank and cut into the left midfield, Zhou Quan's ball arrived, and he caught the ball and jumped up to complete a one-handed slam.

At 14:11, the Pistons took the lead and the Knicks attacked.

"Bang!"

Ewing shot at John Sely's head and missed.

"Mine."

Rodman moved into place first and protected the backcourt rebound.

Zhou Quan unhurriedly advanced to the left wing of the frontcourt, stopped and did not stop, directly launched an attack, and began to break through with the ball.

has been suddenly broken many times, Mark Jackson has some psychological shadows in his heart for this breakthrough of Zhou Quan, this time he did not block, but with Zhou Quan's breakthrough, he prevented and retreated.

Although this can't stop Zhou Quan's breakthrough, he won't lose his defensive position, and at the same time, it can also limit the opponent's breakthrough speed.

His idea is to put Zhou Quan close to the paint area, wait for his teammates' bags, and force Zhou Quan to shoot outside the paint area, which is also in line with the coach's tactical requirements.

Under the opponent's defensive strategy, Zhou Quan really didn't rush up.

And Mark Jackson didn't retreat when he retreated to the left waist position, Ewing was also eyeing him in the low post on the left wing, and there was a fierce Oakley under the basket, and it was difficult for him to break through.

At the same time, Rodman was behind Oakley with no passing space, and John Sailly was also pushed outside by Ewing and there was no vacancy.

At this time, there was no other choice, it seemed that there was only a stop-and-go jump shot.

"Squeak!"

He made an abrupt stop, stopped one step outside the paint area, pulled the ball up with his right hand, closed his left hand, paused slightly, and made a fake throw to worship the Buddha.

His hand is very large, and it is very stable when the ball is pulled up and clasped in his right hand, so this action of worshipping Buddha is very real and deceptive.

The next moment, Ewing below and Mark Jackson in front were deceived at the same time, and their bodies instantly tensed up and pounced.

"Bang!"

But just as the two pounced, Zhou Quan's right hand was pressed down violently, and the ball exploded in an instant, and the basketball V-shaped rebounded and bounced to the low position of the left wing.

"Not good!"

Ewing was in a hurry and stopped under his feet, but his body couldn't keep up and he almost fell.

"Smack!"

Low on the left wing, preoccupied John Sailly clasped his hands together and received the ball right on his chest where he was most comfortable and comfortable.

The next moment, he took a step forward and made a jumper from near the basket in the open space.

Oakley under the basket grabbed a step to jump and block, but it was too late.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and hit a goal in the last two points.

"Beautiful, the Knicks have done their best defense to keep Tekken from penetrating, but he still deceived Ewing and Mark Jackson with his feints and completed a beautiful pass." Robert Giddah exclaimed.

"This feint is really beautiful, it tricks two defenders at once." Ringer Wilson also exclaimed.

(End of chapter)