On the 4th, it was the day when the league announced the MVP of the regular season.

Many media have predicted that Jordan has a good chance of winning the bank, and he has always been at the top of the official MVP rankings.

As a result, as expected by the media, Jordan won the MVP, the highest honor in the regular season, for the third time and the second year in a row.

Zhou Quan only pays attention to Jordan's shooting percentage in the regular season, which is as high as 51.9%, which is a lot higher than him, and the distance between him and Jordan, even if it is a season, is quite far away.

Such a shooting percentage is even higher than that of super center Olajuwon this season, with Big Dream only 50.8%, Ewing 52.2, and David Robinson 55.1%, as a shooting guard, it can be seen that Jordan is possible.

But what's even more terrifying is that Jordan shot 60.9% from the field in the first round series just past, averaged 40.5 points, 9.7 rebounds, 6.7 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, 3.7 turnovers and 3.3 fouls per game, averaged 10.7 free throws per game, and had a true shooting rate of 66.8%, which is really desperate.

Even if his mental willpower is at level 99, in the face of this data, he has a jaw-dropping feeling, and he can't believe that this is the data that people can play, even if it is the super center Patrick Ewing, it is far inferior to Jordan, this is the data that can only be played by gods.

In the first-round series, Jordan did not shoot a single three-pointer, all of which were breakthrough and mid-range shots, averaging 10.7 free throws per game, which was simply a breakthrough, and the Heat's interior defense was useless.

At this time, he also understands why Big Bird Larry Bird has a lot of respect for Michael Jordan, saying that he has a chance to create an era.

The current Jordan, regardless of physical fitness, experience, technique, control, willpower, and desire to win, should have reached a peak state.

In other words, the current Jordan is an existence that kills gods and demons when encountering demons, even if he encounters a peak bird and a magician, in a personal competition, he is afraid that he can be killed under the horse.

Now he and Jordan are mortal enemies, real irresolvable mortal enemies, presumably Jordan may have a holiday with the assassin, but he will definitely not resolve with him.

Against such a mortal enemy, facing Jordan at his peak, how high does he have to raise his strength to match it?

The great pressure enveloped his body, causing a dense layer of goosebumps on his skin, adrenaline rushing, and the feeling of excitement made him breathe heavily, and he actually had a bloodthirsty urge.

After the MVP was announced, all of the regular season honors for the season have basically been announced, leaving only the All-Defensive Team and the All-Defensive Team, the former divided into one, two, and three, and the latter divided into one, two, and two, which will be announced after the second round.

Each lineup is divided into one center, two strikers, and two defenders.

Both of these are hard honors, and even if it's two or three, it means that in that position, you are one of the best performers in the league.

In terms of the best team, Zhou Quan was difficult to select because of his low offensive efficiency.

He's most likely to be selected to the All-Defensive Team, and there is hope for the second team.

But among the guards, Joe Dumas, John Stockton, Jordan, etc., there are a lot of strong competitors, all of whom are very good defenders.

And the defender has two positions, and the four most defensive defenders will be selected, and he does have a chance to be selected.

However, this is judged by sports journalists and TV commentators in the United States and Canada, and it is difficult to say what the final result will be.

……

On the 5th, the piston flew to Cleveland.

The city is a county seat, the second largest city in the state, the first largest metropolitan area in the state, the 45th largest city in the United States, and the 28th largest metropolitan area.

Cleveland is not small in terms of metropolitan areas, with a population of more than 2 million, but the population of the downtown area is only close to 500,000, which is less than the current downtown population of Detroit.

Cleveland, like Detroit, is also a heavy industrial city, once the manufacturing center of the United States, it is the same fate as Detroit, with the decline of industry in the United States, the urban population continues to lose, the middle class is decreasing, the city is suburbanized, and the urban economy begins to transform to finance, insurance and medical care.

The Cavaliers joined the league in 70 years, very early, 22 seasons, but limited to the city economy, the ball market is not good, the results are not up, counting this season, only 8 seasons have made the playoffs.

This season is the first time the Cavaliers have won 50 wins in the regular season since the team's founding, and it is the best season for the Cavaliers, who are determined to beat the Pistons and taste the Eastern Conference finals.

The heavy industrial city, like Detroit, is all old industrial facilities, nothing to see, and after the piston checks into the hotel, everyone stays in the hotel and does not go out.

That night, the second round began.

Zhou Quan opened a large private room in the hotel bar, got some food and drink, and everyone watched the game together.

I thought Big Bird would play, but it didn't, Larry Bird sat on the bench in a suit and didn't even make it to the twelve-man squad.

"I guess Big Bird won't play in this series." Zhou Quan smiled.

"Why? Is it an injury or something else? The Assassin asked.

Zhou Quan smiled: "Big Bird has an advantage against Jordan, he has been suppressing Jordan in the playoffs, and even swept Jordan, he has not been defeated by Jordan in the playoffs, if he wants to maintain this record, it is better not to play." ”

Jo Dumas was surprised: "If that's the case, the Green team will lose." I think he would have played if the injury didn't affect him, and he wouldn't sit back and watch the team get knocked out. ”

Zhou Quan smiled: "His injury is so bad, even if he comes back and adds him, it will be difficult for the green team to beat Jordan's Bulls."

It's also possible that I guess the Green team won't let him play either. Being eliminated by the Bulls and being eliminated by other teams is a completely different result.

Jordan is the one who thinks he has a chance to create an era, and he himself is about to retire, and when the two eras are at the turn of the day, if he loses to Jordan before retiring, it will not be conducive to the evaluation of his career.

If he doesn't play, even if Jordan plays an era, it will not affect his evaluation, because Jordan has never defeated him, only he swept Jordan's history, and he is still one of the greatest superstars who created an era.

If he plays, Jordan definitely has the heart to sweep him, and I can't be mistaken. ”

The assassin's face suddenly became ugly, because Zhou Quan's words reached his heart, and he encountered the situation that Zhou Quan said.

He led the Bad Boys to two consecutive championships, and the Bad Boys can also be called a small era, but last year he was swept by Jordan, which directly made his career history evaluation slip.

"It's a pity!"

At this time, he only hated the 88 finals, and an accidental injury caused him to miss the championship, which actually made him miss the opportunity to win three consecutive championships.

If he can complete the triple championship, not to mention Jordan, even if it is a magic bird, he will have to stay under him, his bad boy army can definitely replace the era of magic birds and become a unique era, and his historical status will soar to the sky and become the king of the era.

At this time at the United Center Arena in Chicago, Jordan saw Big Bird wearing a suit, and he was very regretful, so regretful.

He walked over to Big Bird, hugged him and said, "Larry, are you really hurt enough to play?" ”

Larry Bird laughed, "Michael, I know what you want to do. ”

Jordan sneered and said, "Are you scared? ”

Larry Bird laughed and said, "Michael, you haven't had a chance to beat me for so many years, and now I'm old and injured, and you're no longer qualified to say such things to me, and you'll never have a chance to beat me."

In the history of the NBA, there will always be only the history of me beating you, there can be no history of you beating me, this is the reality.

If you want to step on my era to create your era, step on me to become the king of this era, it is impossible, you didn't seize the opportunity before, and now I won't give you a chance.

Even if you create your own era, it will be your turn after my age is over, not when you defeated me. ”

"You?"

Jordan was dumbfounded, and the regret and unwillingness in his heart instantly expanded tenfold.

Yes, he knew that Larry Bird was not wrong, he couldn't beat the other side when Larry Bird could still play, and now that Larry Bird is old and injured, and the Green team's lineup is also seriously aging, he is indeed no longer qualified to say that Big Bird is afraid of him.

Fortunately, the only comfort to him was the other half of the Magic Bird era, Magic Johnson, who seized the opportunity and defeated the other party in the finals last year.

If he hadn't won last year, he wouldn't have had a chance to beat the magicians.

In this game, in the end, Jordan led the Bulls to defeat the Green team, and with strong unwillingness, he scored 51 points alone.

In the other game, the Trail Blazers defeated the Suns with a score of 111-113 and won by only two points.

"The Suns are strong!"

Far away in Philadelphia, Barkley muttered a little excitedly.

The reason why he is excited is because he recently received news from his agent that management is in contact with the Suns, and maybe he will be traded to the Suns.

Black Lightning Kevin Johnson is in his prime, a top-tier point guard who can wrestle with the Magic, and if they can join forces, he can complement the Suns' inferior interior and have a good chance of achieving his championship professional dream.

……

On the 6th, in the afternoon, the Pistons came to the Gangde Arena for practice.

The Assassin is in good training and his injuries are okay, which is good news.

But Rodman's recurrent injuries and mediocre training are bad news.

In the evening, Gangde Arena.

This stadium can accommodate 20,000 people, and it is already full of fans at the moment, although the ball market is not good, but there are many people watching the game, but the ticket price cannot go up, it is very cheap.

At half past seven, the two sides announced their starting lineups.

Knights: Brad Doherty, Llarinance, Mike Saunders, Clegg Elu, Mark Price

Pistons: John Cely, Dennis Rodman, Orlando Ulrich, Joe Dumas, Zhou Quan

The game was broadcast live across the United States by ESPN, and the commentators were Rock Howard and Larry Winston.

At this time, Howard said: "The Cavaliers are strong inside, not weak defense, especially the offense is stronger than the Pistons, and the blocking ability is particularly good, but the outside line is significantly weaker than the Pistons regardless of offense and defense."

In the second and third positions, two swing guards were arranged, both of whom were 198 cm tall and both were role players.

If the Cavaliers want to win the Pistons, they must cooperate with the interior through the No. 1 position and play the strength of a strong interior combination.

And if the Pistons want to win the Cavaliers, they must play the strength of the outside, especially the No. 1 position, as long as the iron fist restricts Mark Price, destroys the connection between the No. 1 position of the Cavaliers and the interior, and makes the interior line not get enough support, the Cavaliers will have a big problem. ”

Winston nodded: "At present, the major media are predicting the outcome of the two teams, and the winning side is five or five, and both have a chance to win this series."

One of them is second in the East and the other is third in the East, and they have their own strengths in terms of lineups, and I agree with that prediction. ”

Howard disagreed, shook his head and said, "Larry, actually, I'm more bullish on the Pistons. ”

"Why?" Winston asked.

Howard explained: "Because in the No. 1 position, Mark Price will face a strong defense with Iron Fist, and if Iron Fist locks Price and cuts off the Cavaliers' No. 1 position from the interior, then the Cavaliers are lost."

Let me put it this way, the configuration of the team is actually restrained, and it is not entirely based on the lineup that you can judge who is stronger.

In terms of restraint, Iron Fist can even be said to be in the No. 1 position, he can restrain most of the point guards in the league, except for those point guards who are particularly fast and flexible, and even have no weaknesses and are omnipotent in sudden shooting, such as the Warriors' bug Hardaway, but Mark Price does not belong to that type of point guard. ”

Winston nodded in agreement: "Among point guards, Iron Fist has no disadvantage in height, not very fast, but not slow, and explosive power.

On the offensive end, his pace is combined with a strong tonnage and power advantage, and he is full of impact, as evidenced by the way he breaks through.

He should be the only point guard who breaks the opponent's ribs on a breakaway with the ball, and from that point of view, it's really scary. ”

Howard continued: "Defensively, his defensive skills are quite strong, especially the individual defense, and I even think his single defense is at the top level.

The reason why his single defense ability is so strong, in addition to technical and defensive investment, is largely due to his physical advantage, his confrontation ability and confrontation awareness.

In the face of Iron Fist, Mark Price looked too thin, and as a white man, his speed and agility were no stronger than Iron Fist, which was not good for him.

That's why I think the Pistons have a good chance of winning this series as long as they lock Mark Price with an iron fist. ”

At this time, the starters.

Zhou Quan was completely accustomed to the boos of the home fans, and he walked to the stadium with a smile on his face, like a spring breeze in the huge boos, and even kept waving to the fans.

Seeing Zhou Quan constantly waving to the home fans, Rock Howard analyzed with a smile on ESPN's commentary: "Is this a provocation, or is it really a greeting to the fans?" ”

Larry Winston laughed, "I think it's a real compliment, perhaps, he wants to sell a few pairs of sneakers in Cleveland?"

You have to know that Michael Jordan has exploded recently, hitting 50+ in a single game, and 40+ per game in the first round, in the history of the league, there are not many 50+ in a single game in the playoffs, and there are not many 40+ per game, so his sneaker sales exploded.

The market is so big, Iron Fist should feel the crisis, and his sneaker contract has sales attached. ”

"Haha......"

When the two of them said this, they couldn't help laughing.

At eight o'clock, the game officially began.

"Smack!"

All-Star center Brad Doherty took the ball away first, and the Cavaliers attacked.

"Squeak!"

Zhou moved quickly and got in front of Mark Price, who had not crossed the halfway line at this point.

His body was two laps larger than his opponent, and with the advantage of his reach, he completely covered Mark Price like a big strong spider.

The smiling face, the fierce eyes, and a powerful defensive oppression instantly enveloped Mark Price's body, and at the same time pressed his spirit.

Mark Price was like facing a predatory tiger, as if he was locked, and the All-Star point guard's heart couldn't help but tremble.

In order to prevent being tackled, he immediately lowered his center of gravity, and at the same time, the quarterback Cleggelu made a timely cover and stood on the right side of Zhou Quan, and he immediately took the opportunity to detour from the left side and rushed into the left wing of the frontcourt.

Zhou Quan immediately turned to chase after the defense, followed Mark Price again, and used his body to stick to the opponent in time, forcing the opponent to transfer the ball to the left hand, and at the same time directly to the confrontation, pushing the opponent to the left touchline.

Mark Price was a little out of breath, because the defensive pressure exerted by Zhou Quan was too much, and in the face of a strong confrontation, he had no confrontation at all, so he could only take two steps back, ready to move to the middle.

That's when Craegelu made another pick-and-roll screen, which was one of his tasks today, helping Mark Price get out of the Iron Fist defense.

The head coach of the Cavaliers is Lenny Wilkens, a 55-year-old coach, a former NBA player, a point guard, a 9-time All-Star, who began to serve as a supersonic head coach as a player in 69, officially retired as a player in 75, and led the superSonics to win the championship in 79, and is also the first 1,000-win coach in the future NBA, and his coaching win rate will also exceed that of Cardinals, and he has been inducted into the Hall of Fame in 88.

This veteran coach is a point guard himself, and he has a lot of experience in how to deal with point guards.

However, before Zhou Quan entered the league, he had never encountered a point guard like Zhou Quan.

Magic Johnson is an alternative to the No. 1 position, he also has a lot of headaches and can't deal with it, and now Zhou Quan makes him feel similar.

So, after trying to break his head, he thought that Mark Price couldn't deal with Zhou Quan with his own ability, and he could only let others help Price.

Mark Price got rid of Zhou Quan for the second time with the help of the second block, but Zhou Quan quickly bypassed Elu and chased after him again.

In the low post, the Cavaliers' two strongest interior lines, were engaged in hand-to-hand combat with John Cely and Rodman at this time, and there was no good opportunity, so he could only shoot on his own.

Rushing to the top of the arc, his left eye had already seen Zhou Quan chasing after him, but he still calmly closed the ball and got up to play the ball.

At this moment, Zhou Quan flew up from the left side and stretched out his arm to seal the cover.

"Not good!"

But the next moment, his heart was stunned, because he was fooled.

Mark Price received the ball and was short, and after Zhou Quan flew in front of him, he got up for the second time and calmly shot a three-pointer.

"Brush!"

There was a splash and a three-point shot.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Suddenly, the applause of the Gangde Stadium sounded like thunder.

"Experience, a lot of game experience, that's probably the only advantage Mark Price has over Iron Fist." On the ESPN commentary seat, Rock Howard said.

"Don't underestimate the two-time All-Star, Mark Price has also been selected to the best three teams." Larry Winston laughed.

"Iron Fist, don't underestimate him."

Jo Dumas came over and said to Zhou Quan.

"I know."

He nodded, took the ball from Ulrich, and began to push forward.

(End of chapter)