In the second half, the Pistons took advantage of the victory to chase down, and the Knicks resisted to the death, although there were some twists and turns, but they still won the G4 battle without danger, eliminated the Knicks with a score of 3 to 1, and completed the first round of promotion.

Zhou Quan played 16 minutes in the second half, 34 minutes in the game, 5 of 13 shots, 38.5% shooting, 5 of 6 free throws, and got 15 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, 4 turnovers and 2 fouls.

Ewing continues to target him, staring at him.

What good could it be to be targeted by a super center with a very strong defense, and in the second half he swallowed another hat, Ewing rushed out of the paint and slapped him once, making his shooting percentage less than 40%, and he also got 4 turnovers.

After the game, on the TNT commentary bench, Robert Gidda read with the stats: "As the core of the Knicks, Ewing scored 27 points in this game, tried his best, and the shooting rate increased to 52%, higher than the first three games, but he couldn't save the Knicks alone." ”

Ringer Wilson said: "Iron Fist's stats for this game are average, and the stats for the whole series, how to put it, are still good.

He averaged 37 minutes per game in the first round, shooting 5.5 of 13.16, including 0.5 of 1.5 from three-point range, shooting 33.3% from the field, 6.75 of 5.75 from the free-throw line, and finishing with 17.25 points, 5.75 rebounds, 11.5 assists, 3.5 steals, 0.75 blocks, 3.75 turnovers and 2.5 fouls.

The shooting percentage of 41.8 percent, true shooting percentage of 51.6 percent, and free throw shooting percentage of 85.2 percent are all low and not up to the level of a good point guard.

That's exactly what I'm saying, if Iron Fist doesn't improve his offensive efficiency, he's not going to be a good point guard.

To be honest, with a shooting percentage in the early 40s, any player in this league, I'm talking about any player, as long as he is given enough shots, can score so many points. ”

Hearing his partner publicly complain about Zhou Quan, Robert Giddah hurriedly remedied: "Ringer, just a rookie, you can't treat every rookie as a magician, his future is still worth looking forward to, you must know that he is a point guard." OK, tell me about his assists. ”

Ringer Wilson nodded, and added: "Iron Fist's assists are really good, with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.06, and the passing reaches the level of a good point guard."

In addition, the rebounding is also very good, and few point guards can grab so many rebounds from him. The defense is excellent, averaging 3.5 steals per game.

But his shooting, we've mentioned it many times, 41.8 percent, which is not as good as the regular season, and while it's normal for the vast majority of players across the league to have the playoffs not as good as the regular season, if he wants to improve, it's best to improve his shooting skills. ”

Robert Giddah smiled helplessly, it seems that his partner does have some opinions about Iron Fist, and he is staring at the hit rate.

Joe Dumas was the man of the match, and Zhou Quan sat on the bench to watch him give an interview while chatting with Rodman.

Rodman grabbed 17 rebounds today, and thanks to his efforts, the Pistons also surpassed the Knicks in rebounds for the first time in this series.

After Joe Dumas finished the interview, everyone said goodbye to the fans and returned to the locker room.

In addition to the Pistons and Knicks tonight, there are also Warriors and SuperSonics, and when Chuck Daley finishes his summary, the results of the game over there are also out, and the SuperSonics beat the Warriors and advance to the second round with a score of 3 to 1.

Zhou Quan got his own data for this game, as well as the data for the entire first-round series.

"It's a problem, the shooting percentage and true shooting percentage are too low, and the reward of +1 bounce is getting farther and farther away from me."

He summed himself up that in the first playoff series, he was still a bit rookie, except that the true shooting percentage was a little higher than that of the regular season, and the shooting percentage and free throw shooting percentage were not as good as the regular season.

Fortunately, the system requirement is the average per game data for the entire playoffs, and he still has a chance to catch up.

"Hopefully the shooting in the second round will be a little better."

The defensive intensity in the playoffs is undoubtedly much higher than in the regular season, and the offensive efficiency is understandably lower than in the regular season, but even the free throws are not as good as in the regular season, which can only be said to be due to pressure, and he has to admit it.

Especially the free throw, which is not in front of a defender, the shooting rate is less than 90%.

The day before yesterday, the basic shooting skills have been improved to level 94, including free throws to level 98, two-point shots to level 95, and three-point shots to level 89.

A 98-level free throw, even if it can't reach 100 shots, a ninety percent shooting rate should be a bottom line.

He took a look at the system, and after playing the first round of the series, his game experience increased from 85 to 86, and if he can go on like this, if he can play the East Finals, he will be upgraded to 90, and it seems that the playoffs really train people.

At this time, Chuck Daly walked in front of him with a statistical table, and Rodman next to him quickly gave up his position, and the former sat next to him, pointed to the statistical table and said to him: "Iron Fist, I'll analyze your shooting situation for you." ”

"Okay." Zhou Quan nodded.

"You're shooting 25 percent of your shots to the basket at the moment, which is pretty high for a point guard," Chuck Daley said.

Isaiah is shooting just 16 percent from the basket so far in his career, and Michael Jordan is currently shooting just 29 percent. ”

Speaking of which, he pulled out a stat sheet and said, "I have a statistic here, the percentage of Jordan's offense in the last 100 games.

Attacking from the basket was 27.1 percent and shooting 74.3 percent from the field. The last two points, that is, the restricted area except for the basket, 15.5%, and the shooting rate is 32.3%. The mid-two and long-range twos were 49.6 percent and shot 51.1 percent. He shot 7.8 percent from three-point range and 38.3 percent from the field. ”

"Jordan's offense under the basket is so efficient?"

Zhou Quan was a little surprised, this is higher than the basket shooting rate of the three super centers.

"Jordan used to score a little bit more on his breakaway layups, but as his pull-up jumper got better and better, he took more shots from the mid-range range and scored fewer points under the basket," Chuck Daley said. ”

"There used to be more shots under the basket than there are now?" Zhou Quan continued to be surprised.

"Jordan is shooting 74.3 from the field right now, and he's 71.5 percent in his career, Isaiah is 61.1 percent so far in his career, and you're 56.2 percent," Chuck Daley said. ”

Zhou Quan nodded, looked at the assassin next to him, and said, "My layup skills are indeed a little worse, and it is understandable that the shooting rate under the basket is not high enough." ”

The assassin was dumbfounded, and so did the others, was this a certain degree of thick-skinned skin, or was the psychological quality good enough to be able to say such a thing?

Chuck Daley's cheek also twitched, and then said: "Your nearly two-point shooting percentage has reached 24%, which is similar to that of shooting under the basket, and the shooting rate is only 31.3%, that is, in the paint area, your shooting percentage has reached nearly 50%, but the shooting percentage is quite low." ”

Chuck Daley looked at Zhou Quan and smiled: "But Iron Fist, your nearly two-point shooting rate is not high enough, but Jordan's nearly two-point shooting is less than yours, and it is getting less and less, do you know what the reason is?" ”

Zhou Quan was stunned, so, he was stupid, the hit rate was so low, and he was still desperately shooting there?

"The near-two-point zone is one of the lowest shooting percentages of any shooting area, even three-point shooting," Chuck Daly said.

Iron Fist, I'm asking you to shoot less in this area in the future and shoot more from the middle and two from the distance, can you do that? ”

"Let me think about it." Zhou Quan thought about it.

The nearly two-point area is an area of one to three meters, just within the paint area, the reason why he shoots more in this area is because he has too many breakthroughs, although he has a full-level panoramic vision and can pass a lot of balls, but many times there is no chance to pass the ball, so he can only force his own shots.

If you want to reduce the number of shots in this area, you have to reduce the breakout, or after you get in, you don't have a chance to pass, and then pull it out.

Chuck Daley then said, "Iron Fist, I suggest you strengthen your shot by two points, that is the most suitable area for your shot."

You have the ability to dash, but you don't break through very quickly, so when you continue to push in, it's easy to get trapped. ”

Zhou Quan nodded, of course he knew this, burst the first person, burst into the position of one or two steps inside the three-point line, and he would be in an empty position.

But he is a point guard, not a small forward and a point guard, and shooting is not his first choice, and he said with some embarrassment: "Coach, but in this way, I can't compress the opponent's defense, and there is no way to create open opportunities for my teammates." ”

Chuck Daly nodded and explained with a smile: "Iron Fist, it's a matter of timing, it's a matter of your abilities, it's not a matter of black and white. ”

Zhou Quan suddenly understood.

What Coach Daly means is that every offense is changing, whether it's breaking into the paint zone or shooting from the middle to long range, it should be selected according to the tactics, according to the timing and changes on the field, not how to do it in a rigid way.

With his current shooting skills, the two-point shot has reached level 95, which should be the top level, but the finishing skills are a little worse, so many shooting methods, none of them have reached the first-class level, which seriously dragged down his shooting rate and wasted his shooting skills, no wonder the system will issue so many shooting training tasks.

If he had cut down on his shots in the paint area and added some mid-to-long-range shots in the second round, would he have a higher shooting percentage? You'll have to try it before you know.

Soon after, the post-match press conference took place.

On the Knicks' side, a local reporter asked: "Coach Riley, now that the Knicks were eliminated in the first round, they were swept by the Bulls in the first round last year, and they couldn't advance to the second round for two consecutive years, what do you think should be done to reach the second round?" ”

The expression on Pat Riley's face was calm, but he no longer had the confident smile he used to have, and when he heard this question, he said unhurriedly:

"We'll be working on the roster in the offseason, and maybe we'll make some trades when the trade window opens."

The reporter asked: "Previously, according to relevant sources, you will adjust the interior lineup, so what now?" ”

Pat Riley said, "I'm sorry, I don't have anything to tell you about this at this time, it's classified. ”

The next question was asked by a local reporter in New York, who asked: "Coach Riley, Iron Fist deliberately humiliated Oakley on the court, which eventually led to the Knicks being eliminated, do you agree with this result?" ”

Pat Riley thought for a moment and said, "Yes." ”

His answer apparently surprised many reporters, and the click of the shutter instantly became more intense.

"Why recognition?" The reporter asked angrily.

Pat Riley shook his head helplessly and said: "Even if it is deliberate by Iron Fist, psychological warfare is part of the game, including trash talk, provoking each other to hit the opponent's psychology, whoever loses his cool first will be in a passive position."

Oakley was impulsive, and he should have used a ferocious defense to deal with the provocation and humiliation of the iron fist when he got up, but he chose to use his fists, and it was a rather wrong choice.

He and you should all see that Iron Fist will respond with the toughest attitude against his opponent's provocation in the regular season, but has he ever used his fist in the series against us? No. ”

At this point, he raised his right hand, raised his index finger, and said in an affirmative tone, "Please remember his other identity, the hockey executioner."

The job of the executioner is not simply to fight with the opponent impulsively, and even the executioner must be the calmest person on the field, he must calmly observe the situation on the field, and when it is not in his favor, suddenly provoke a conflict against the opponent's main scorer, and then settle it.

Iron Fist did a pretty good job, he was the calmest guy on the court, he would never attack his opponent because of his anger, so after entering the playoffs, he never touched his fist again, and he would not give the referee a chance to send him off.

But Charles Oakley didn't do that, so he was sent off, so we were eliminated, so we had to accept the result because we weren't good enough.

If we don't even have the courage to admit defeat, we can't even defeat those strong opponents, that's what I ask of the Knicks, whether you understand it or not, it's my philosophy, and I have to follow through on it. ”

The Pistons, on the other hand, also had the opportunity to ask about the conflict on the court.

A New York Sports reporter asked, "Iron Fist, did you deliberately humiliate Charles?" ”

Zhou Quan smiled: "Yes." ”

"Oh!"

The reporters exclaimed.

Zhou Quan said in surprise: "Why are you so surprised? ”

The reporter who asked the question angrily: "Why not be surprised? Is it gentlemanly behavior that this is a basketball game, but you humiliate your opponent? ”

Zhou Quan smiled very calmly: "Oakley has always defended in a way similar to fighting, his defense is not the right person and not the ball, and he gave me a shot just before I humiliated him.

Gentlemen, I would like to ask you, why don't you condemn him for not being gentlemanly enough in his defense, and why do you come to condemn me for not being gentlemanly enough in humiliating him? Are you racists? ”

"Of course not."

"Don't get involved in racism."

Many reporters shouted angrily.

Zhou Quan smiled and said, "Since it's not racial discrimination, then please answer my question just now." ”

"Whether his defensive actions are fouls or not, he has his own rules, and it has nothing to do with whether he is a gentleman or not." The reporter who asked the question argued.

Zhou Quan suddenly laughed, and the reporter had a bad feeling.

"So, I can't even talk about foul play in his humiliation, and it has nothing to do with whether he is a gentleman or not, is it?" Zhou Quan said immediately.

"This?" The reporter was speechless.

Zhou Quan looked at those reporters and said: "So you are double standard, or racism, please choose one, okay?" ”

"Humph!"

The reporters were all grunting angrily, but no one was dwelling on the issue anymore.

But Zhou Quan still has something to say, he said: "When Oakley defends with fight-like movements, he will inevitably hurt the opponent, so I think it's important to teach him a lesson and let him know that on the basketball court, when you hurt the opponent, the opponent can hurt you or humiliate you." And you ......"

He raised his hand and pointed at the reporters just now, and said, "You are ridiculous to the gentlemen who just thought I had humiliated Oakley for not being a gentleman enough, because you selectively ignored the harm Oakley had done to me, and only saw my humiliation of him.

Now I can tell you unequivocally that there will be another time, and I will humiliate him, and even deal with him in his way.

In terms of fighting, he is still far behind, so don't force me to be rude, and use humiliating ways to deal with him, which is the most tender response to him, I am protecting him, understand? ”

These words were extremely strong, and the scene fell into extreme silence.

All the reporters looked at Zhou Quan with a smile on their faces, but the words they said were full of threats and toughness, and they knew more about his character.

This is an absolutely different guy on the AB side, the A side is gentle and humble, but the B side is a person who is tough to the bone and can draw a knife and fight at any time.

"This guy doesn't have two personalities." A reporter muttered.

"It's exactly like the Smiling Assassin, McCloskey must have seen this when he picked the rookie, and he must have wanted to replicate the next Assassin."

A reporter next to him nodded.

……

The next day, at ten o'clock in the morning of the 30th, the piston boarded the special plane back to Detroit.

That night, the Cavaliers eliminated the Blue Nets and the Trail Blazers eliminated the Lakers, both of which advanced to the second round with a score of 3-1.

Only the Jazz lost to the Clippers, and the two sides tied at two, which was also the only G5 game among the eight groups of opponents in the first round.

The second-round schedule is also out, with the Bulls vs. Celtics, the Trail Blazers vs. Suns, May 6, the Cavaliers vs. Pistons, and the Jazz and Clippers winners vs. the SuperSonics.

The second round is different from the first round, with a best-of-seven system, and the home and away games are 221111 schedules.

The Pistons will travel to Cleveland on the 5th, take the 1st and 2nd off, and resume training on the 3rd.

At eight o'clock in the morning on the first day, Zhou Quan woke up and suddenly thought of the first round of the system's series tasks, and then he might also issue the second round of tasks, so he quickly turned on the system.

Two new tips, the first of which is a bonus tip.

Knocking out the Knicks three to one gets a bonus of three skill points.

He immediately opened the second prompt, and sure enough, it was a task for the second-round series.

"Please lead the host team to advance to the East Finals, sweep the opponent, and reward five skill points, and reduce the reward by one skill point for each loss."

"It's similar to the first-round series mission, and it seems that the system is not very powerful for this kind of reward, even if it is five skill points, it is not as good as a bounce +1 or speed +1."

He complained to himself, and then began to think about how to add points.

(End of chapter)