Mark Price adopted a defensive strategy of defending and retreating, and did not make any tackles easily, only ensuring that Zhou Quan would not rush up.

Of course, he knew that Zhou Quan had broken the ribs of Bulls chief control John Paxson, so he must not let this opponent rush up.

But he also had to try to avoid physical contact with Zhou Quan, because of his ability to fight.

However, he didn't want to confront Zhou Quan, but Zhou Quan desperately wanted to confront him physically, so when he defended and retreated, Zhou Quan immediately began to accelerate.

As soon as Zhou Quan rushed, Mark Price was passive, not daring to block in front, so he could only follow and dodge to the right side, trying to slow down the opponent's breakthrough speed by breaking the ball.

Zhou Quan immediately changed hands to control the ball, his right elbow was blocked on the outside, and the speed of the advance became faster and faster, and as soon as he crossed the halfway line, he went straight to the top of the arc, and Mark Price's defensive position was completely lost.

It was Elo who was in charge of the defense, playing in the number three position, moving from the left wing to the free-throw line, and Ulrich took the opportunity to cut into the paint and cut into the left waist position in two steps.

Mark Price defended on the right side, Elu came from the left wing to help defend, and at the same time, the big forward, Larinans, who had super blocking ability, came up from under the basket, and the left and right front were blocked on three sides, Zhou Quan could not break into the restricted area, and the road to breakthrough was completely blocked.

He had no choice but to make a pull-up jump shot above the free-throw line or pass the ball.

But he saw Ulrich's inside cut, and by this time the opposing center Doherty had already made up for the basket to defend Rodman, and John Sailly was also given an open position.

That is, as he broke through with the ball, two open spaces were created for his teammates.

"Bang!"

The left hand pushes forward and hits the ground to pass.

The basketball bounced between Elo and Llarinance and bounced into the box, where both reached out at the same time to break the ball, but neither could succeed and ran into each other, which was very embarrassing.

Ulrich cut into the paint with one step, just as the basketball bounced to his chest, and he immediately stopped and threw in two meters from Doherdy.

Doherty is a center with strong offense and weak defense, and his ability to defend and block is not as good as Lariannans, who is the defensive gate of the Cavaliers, and he failed to defend the ball in the face of Ulrich's throwing.

"Brush!"

The basketball is hollow into the brush, and it is very accurate.

"Larry, you guard the basket."

On the sidelines, Wilkens shouted.

Doherdy and Larynance looked at each other and nodded.

The head coach means to let Doherty come out to make up for the defense, because Zhou Quan's nearly two-point shooting rate is very low, only three percent are just in their early stages, Doherty is fully competent, standing in front of Zhou Quan can reduce his shooting percentage, and defending the basket is the most important thing.

Zhou Quan certainly heard Wilkens' words, and from this sentence, he immediately read the opponent's defensive intentions.

It's about guarding against his breakaways, not his near-basket jumpers.

"Look down on me for nearly two points? Then I will kill you with nearly two points. If I did, Coach Daley would be going to scold me. ”

He was again in front of Mark Price, at the back.

"The second time, Iron Fist, is this determined to press Price all over the court? Can you afford to eat physically? Howard said in surprise.

"Maybe you're just trying to overwhelm your opponent in terms of momentum? Let's take a few hard hits first. Besides, he suffered a loss just now, and now he definitely hopes to prevent a goal and grow morale. Larry Winston speculated.

"Squeak!"

Mark Price wanted to get around, but Zhou Quan moved sideways in time to get in the way again.

At this time, Elu's blocking and dismantling cover came again, but this time, Zhou Quan first forced Make Pus to slow down the opponent's bypass, and then bypassed Elu in time, and once again blocked in front of Mark Price, stabbed the ball, and almost stole the opponent's ball.

At this time, Ulrich followed Elu to Mark Price's side, and Mark Price, who almost lost the ball, could only choose to transfer the ball to Elu in order to avoid being trapped.

Zhou Quan was closer to Elu, immediately changed his defense, and when he dribbled, when the basketball was out of his hand, he suddenly grabbed it and stabbed the ball.

With a strong sense of space, he stabbed his right hand precisely on the basketball, and squeezed away Elu, who was only 82 kilograms, to complete the steal, and then quickly went down.

"Oops, Elu lost the ball, and after an iron fist steal, he quickly ......," Howard exclaimed in the ESPN commentary box.

"Bang!"

After rushing across the free throw line, Zhou Quan flew up and slashed with an axe in his right hand, blasting the Cavaliers' basket.

"A dragon dunk after a nice steal! Iron Fist's defense was shown, and Mark Price should have been a little more careful. ”

Larry Winston exclaimed.

Howard laughed: "He's done boxing, he's very precise in his strikes, he's very accurate in tackles, and he's pretty good at timing his top steals."

Combined with his tremendous ability to squeeze his opponents out of the way and eventually make steals, the combination of these is why he was able to average 3.5 steals per game in the first-round series. You must know that Jordan only averaged three steals per game in the first-round series. ”

Winston smiled: "Da Meng used to play handball, so his blocking ability and passing ability are very strong, and he has practiced boxing with iron fists, so he fights, no, so he has a strong steal ability, which shows that the ability exercised in other sports can also be used in basketball." ”

"Watch out for his steals! Be more careful......" Wilkens shouted from the sidelines.

Averaging 2 steals per game in the regular season and 3.5 steals per game in the first-round series, he has repeatedly emphasized Zhou's stealing ability in his preparations.

The Cavaliers attacked again, and Mark Price was once again blocked by Zhou Quan, in the backcourt.

"Boy, you're on the same page as me, aren't you?" He said with a headache.

"Old bird, call for demolition." Zhou Quan smiled.

Mark Price was laughed at angrily, but he still honestly called the pick-and-roll.

Zhou Quan felt a little regretful that Price was not reckless, and if he chose to go head-to-head, he would definitely be able to lock up this All-Star point guard.

Elu covered, Mark Price made a large-scale transfer this time, and when Zhou Quan caught up again, he once again took the initiative to use the cover of his teammate Sanders to get rid of Zhou Quan again.

Joe Dumas immediately switched guards and followed Price.

The Pistons' defense on the outside is too strong, Mark Price has a headache, and Joe Dumas has been selected to the All-Defensive Team three times, including one in the second team and two in the first team, which is another very strong defensive guy.

At this time, Larry Nance asked for the ball with his back to Rodman in the low post on the right wing, and he hurriedly passed it.

Larry Nans, a blocking maniac, averaged 2.2 blocks per game, and this season he averaged 3 times per game, averaging 17.8 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals per game in the first-round series, shooting 47.5% from the field.

He is also the first dunk king in the NBA league, defeating Dr. J and Wilkins and other dunk stars in 84 and snatching the league's first dunk king title.

Fast running, open offense, crazy blocking, fast breaking, explosive dunks again and again, and strong impact on the basket are the impressions of fans on him.

"Give the ball to Larry! To Larry! ”

When he was with the Suns, every time Llarinance was involved in the fast break, the Suns fans would chant it.

Traded to the Cavaliers by the Suns, he couldn't stand the team's poor record, so he began to carry the team forward.

He's a real leader in this team.

Good at low-post offensive skills, excellent mid-range shooting, good offense and defense, selfless and willing to defend, very team, the current Cavaliers' interior defense, under his leadership, is comparable to the Pistons.

Even though he is thirty-three years old, he still has the strength of an All-Star.

After receiving the ball, Larynance immediately hit Rodman with his back, only arched, and after letting Rodman's center of gravity loosen, he immediately used his strength to turn over and jump, and the action was very continuous and the technique was extremely skillful.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and the two hits.

At 4:5, the Cavaliers led at home, and the Pistons attacked.

"Bang!"

Joe Dumas singled Sanders with the ball, and after breaking through, he made a pull-up jumper from the three-point line, and although he got a small space, he was slightly unlucky and couldn't hit the ball.

"Smack!"

Larry Nance grabbed the rebound and the Cavaliers attacked.

Mark Price is still the same as last time, getting rid of Zhou Quan through the cover of his teammates.

Zhou Quan's tackling ability is too strong, he doesn't want to play against him, he has scruples, and he even prefers to play against Joe Dumas.

The Cavaliers mainly focus on low-post offense, and in the first-round series, excluding the shots of the bench, only the shots of the five main players are the shots of the five main players, and the two major interior lines account for 51.2%, Mark Price accounts for 25.9%, and the second and third positions together account for the remaining 22.9%.

So the organization of Max Pus is actually not too complicated, and a lot of the time you just need to pass the ball.

Even if a defender as strong as Jo Dumas can limit his shots, it will be difficult to limit his passing.

Once again, Larynans received the ball low on the right flank and singled out Rodman.

This time, he swayed from side to side, then turned and slipped to the bottom of the basket, and in the face of John Sely's defense, he made a small throw.

"Bang!"

Unfortunately, John Sely's arms were quite long, and the fierce defense affected the accuracy, and the ball was missed.

John Sailly turned and grabbed the rebound and passed it to Zhou Quan outside.

"Rodman seemed to be in average shape today, and Larynans hit him and this time he broke in easily." Rock Howard said.

"His injuries have been good and bad, and his play can make the difference between winning and losing the Pistons, and he's a key guy." Larry Winston said.

At this time, Zhou Quan advanced to the frontcourt, and Elu followed him.

Elu is 198 centimeters, a swingman with a front guard, white, only 82 kilograms, and in front of Zhou Quan's door panel figure, he is like a thin bamboo pole.

"Bang!"

After approaching the three-point line, the three-in-one breakthrough, Zhou Quan changed direction and accelerated the breakthrough, directly hanging over Elu, who was shaken.

"Oh!"

An exclamation rang out at the Gangde Arena.

At this time, Zhou Quan stopped at the position of one step in the three-point line.

In the past, he would burst in and continue to press the opposing defense, or get closer to the basket before making a shot.

But this time, he was there to shoot, and there was no defender in front of him, and he didn't need a pull-up jumper, a completely open jumper.

The basic skills of 94 level shooting, quite standard, the technical movements have been formed into instinct, and the orange basketball flew out of his hand and flew towards the basket in a beautiful arc.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and hit two points away.

"Beautiful!"

On the sidelines, Chuck Daly applauded.

For guards like Eloh and Mark Price, Zhou Quan's confrontation advantage is too great, and he doesn't need to fight in to face the Cavaliers' strong interior defense, and jump directly after hitting the opponent, which is the best choice.

At 6:5, the knights attacked.

Mark Price used the pick-and-roll again to temporarily shake off Zhou Quan, but this time he didn't run away and immediately shot a three-pointer.

In the first-round series, he only shot 21.7% from three-point range, which was far worse than in the regular season, but he still averaged 5.8 shots per game, and this time he shot very decisively.

Zhou Quan did not go around this time, but directly exerted force, forcibly squeezed away the thin Elu, and jumped off in time to block it.

"Bang!"

Under the influence of the block, this three-point shot was missed.

"Smack!"

However, Rodman lost that backcourt rebound, and in the card position with Larinance, he actually lost the competition.

"Bang!"

Larry Nance grabbed the offensive rebound, turned around and burst out, rounded his arm, and blasted an extremely ferocious dunk.

"Yikes!"

The violent dunk after grabbing the offensive rebound greatly boosted morale, just like the counterattack dunk after Zhou Quan's steal just now, and the Gangde Arena quickly jubilated.

"Well done, Larry."

"Larry's dunks always get the blood pumping."

The Knight Boss, the Gunde Brothers, applauded the storm in their exclusive VIP room.

6-7, Pistons attack.

"Let's fight one."

In order to boost morale, Zhou Quan shouted.

He received the ball and advanced it up front, came to the left wing, made a tactical gesture, and then made a three-in-one break past Mark Price.

This kind of breakthrough is his originality, and it is also the most suitable breakthrough method for him.

In fact, the shoulders are too wide, which is not conducive to breaking through with the ball, because the shoulders are easy to hang on to people, so he rarely has the opportunity to pass people in one step.

It's the same as when someone else rushes him, and it's hard to get past him in one step, and vice versa, when he passes someone else, it's also difficult to get past him in one step without physical contact.

But he in the NCAA period has a good combination of his advantages in tonnage and strength, since it is difficult to pass in one step, then simply use the advantage of shoulder width and confrontation ability to deliberately crash away from the opponent, which is his unique three-in-one breakthrough, not pursuing the effect of one step, but getting rid of the effect of the defender is very powerful, and few people in the No. 1 position can prevent his breakthrough.

After knocking away Mark Price this time, he didn't make a stop-and-go jump shot, but went straight to the paint area and went straight to the left waist position.

Seeing Zhou Quan holding the ball and killing, Doherty immediately came up from the low post to make up for the defense,

But at this time, John Seli made a timely block and cover in accordance with the tactical requirements, and stood on the underside of Doherty, while Zhou Quan immediately changed direction downward, from behind Seley, and hit the paint area with the bottom line.

And at this moment, John Sailly, who had just made a block, turned around and followed Zhou Quan into the paint area.

The next moment, Zhou Quan pounced in front of Larry Nance under the basket, but the left hand that controlled the ball pressed the ball to the floor strongly.

"Bang!"

Blow up the ball, and the basketball instantly bounces high.

"Bang!"

Behind him, John Seley received the ball with both hands, his body burst up, and he smashed the ball into the basket with both hands between Zhou Quan and Llarinans.

"Damn it!"

"Oops, Larry is slack!"

The Gangde Arena immediately resounded with the exclamations and invectives of the home fans.

"Oh!"

On the ESPN commentary bench, Howard exclaimed: "Iron Fist sent a wonderful pass and assisted John Sailly to complete a dunk on Larry Nance, and they responded to Larry Nance's violent dunk just now." ”

Winston's attention was not on this dunk, he was more focused on Zhou Quan's ball-handling breakthrough.

He said: "It's been a season, and Iron Fist has given all opponents in the No. 1 position a headache through his unique breakthrough technique, and his tonnage and strength are a huge misalignment advantage in the No. 1 position.

Once his offensive skills mature, combined with his breakthrough skills, then his threat with the ball will be even greater. ”

"Now he's dangerous enough with the ball, averaging 11.5 assists and 17 points per game in the first-round series, and even if he doesn't shoot well, his assist ability alone is dangerous enough," Howard said. ”

Winston nodded: "His tonnage and strength are equivalent to the height of a magician in the number one position, and they all have a very obvious misalignment advantage.

Statistically, the Magic averaged 7.3 and 9.4 assists per game in the regular season and playoffs in their rookie season, while Iron Fist has 9 and 11.5 so far.

Iron Fist's assist ability even surpasses that of Magic, only rebounding and scoring ability, offensive efficiency is not as good as Magic, and the gap is huge, but he is more of a point guard than Magic. ”

Howard laughed: "Magic Johnson can play five positions, scoring, rebounding, playmaking, everything.

Compared to Magic, Iron Fist can only play point guards, and the two of them are still not comparable, at least not at the moment. ”

Winston also nodded: "Of course, the greatness of magicians has created an era, and Iron Fist really has no comparison.

Magic debuted at the peak, and although Iron Fist's rookie season was very good, it was not the peak of his debut, and his shooting percentage seriously dragged down his performance.

But he also has a strong misalignment advantage in the number one, and I mean, as long as he can play to that misalignment advantage, he should have a high ceiling as he grows.

In fact, I am looking forward to his growth in the Pistons, he is a real point guard, and the Pistons are also a team that has completed two consecutive championships with the point guard as the core, the Pistons have enough experience in cultivating core point guards, other teams do not have this environment, he can only really grow up in the Pistons. ”

(End of chapter)