At one o'clock in the afternoon, the Pistons had lunch at the hotel, and when the bus arrived at the United Center, Rodman also arrived, and it was actually Madonna who drove it herself.

"Whew!"

Darnell Walker whistled a couple of guys.

Zhou Quan is very helpless, this guy Rodman has never been able to control his crotch, he can't control this kind of thing, to stop Rodman and Madonna from being together, this guy will definitely turn his face with him, the temptation of a woman to a man is too great, and it is useless to beat him.

Chuck Daly felt a pain in his head, this guy Big Bug hooked up with Madonna, it would definitely affect the family, and he just wanted this to break out after the playoffs.

And Rodman has two years left on his contract with the Pistons, and he does have some concerns about trading Rodman after Troy Weaver takes over.

In the evening, the United Center arena was already lit up, and the game time was 8 o'clock, and by 7 o'clock, the stadium was already full.

There are a lot of media reporters, whether it is NBA stars or Hollywood stars, they are happy to cooperate with them, and this is a good opportunity for them to be exposed.

The away team dressing room, the change of clothes, the chat, the atmosphere was ok.

"Zhou, how is your fitness?" Chuck Daly asked.

"Okay." Zhou Quan replied.

Daley nodded, it's okay but average, the recovery situation is not very good, he thought about it and said: "The speed up you said last night, I think it's okay at some times, such as when defending and counterattacking, but if the overall offensive speed increases, I don't think it's suitable for your current physical condition, what do you think?" ”

Zhou Quan nodded and said, "That's what I think, coach." ”

Daley smiled: "Then you take the opportunity yourself, and pay attention to the distribution of physical fitness." In addition, you can't get rid of Jordan cleanly with the ball, you can play a pick-and-roll with Joe and trade John Paxson back. ”

Zhou Quan nodded again and again, this is a way, Jordan's defense is indeed too strong, and his strength is enough, his three-in-one breakthrough is not very effective on Jordan's body, and he is always glued to his body when he is strong, and he can't get rid of it like shit.

"Iron Fist, why didn't your British celebrity girlfriend come to watch you fight?" After Daly went out, Rodman asked with a grin.

Zhou Quan glanced at the big insect and smiled: "What, do you want to show your queen in front of me?" So when are you going to wash yourself up and let your queen enjoy you? ”

"Haha......"

The locker room burst into laughter.

Rodman sneered a few times and said: "No, I'm just asking, those celebrities all came to the United Center to watch the East Finals, this is a good opportunity to be exposed." ”

Zhou Quan shook his head and said, "I invited her, but she happens to have some work." ”

Rodman grinned and said, "You're not going to break up, are you?" ”

"Oh, did you really break up?"

"Why did you break up?"

"Iron Fist, you were dumped?"

"Iron Fist, did you throw her, or did she throw you?"

"Iron Fist, are you not energetic enough?"

For a while, without waiting for Zhou Quan to answer, several guys shouted at the same time.

"Ahhh......h

At this moment, a violent scream suddenly sounded in the TV, and the screams became louder and louder, attracting the attention of all of them.

“MJ！ MJ！ MJ……”

In the midst of the screams, bursts of shouts rang out, getting higher and higher, shaking the earth, from the TV set, which shows how crazy the scene outside is at this time.

"Is Jordan out?"

Zhou Quan and the others were surprised, it was not time.

And even Michael Jordan doesn't have such a momentum at the Union Center, right? This amazing fan is going crazy.

"Look, it's MJ, it's MJ, it's MJ!"

At this moment, the Assassin, who was usually not a man of many words, suddenly pointed at the TV screen and shouted excitedly and excitedly.

"Oh my God, MJ, it's really MJ!"

"Let's go out, I'm going to see MJ!"

In the locker room, everyone was excited.

Zhou Quan also saw that it was indeed MJ, Michael Jackson, the greatest king of the heavens, an amazing person.

He was just as excited, as he was one of MJ's countless fans.

"I'm going out."

In the home team's locker room, Michael Jordan dropped his cigar, turned around and walked out of the locker room quickly.

At the scene, it was really crazy, and the 22,000 fans, both home and away, were all in the same shape, screaming frantically at MJ, who was slowly entering the stadium in the crowd.

Countless fans stretched out their hands to Michael Jackson, as if they could touch him from a distance of tens of meters.

Michael Jackson pushed forward at a rate of 10 centimeters per minute, with a team of court security blocking him to keep him safe.

He kept waving and smiling to the fans, without the slightest impatience.

……

At half past seven, the two sides announced their starters.

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

Bulls: Bill Carter White, Horres Grant, Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan, John Paxson

When coming off the bench, on the TNT commentary bench, Ringer Wilson excitedly said: "The biggest surprise of the day is MJ, I never dreamed that he would appear here, he is touring the world!" Michael came out just now and they were very good friends. ”

"yes, then let's get our attention back to the game."

Robert Giddah said: "In today's game, the vast majority of the media and NBA stars have made predictions, the Bulls will win two in a row at home, Ringer, what do you think? ”

Ringer Wilson said: "The Pistons are still very strong, but the Bulls have a big home-court advantage, and the chances of the Bulls winning two in a row are certainly very high. ”

Robert Giddah analyzed: "G1 Joe Dumas vs. John Paxson and BJ, 48% shooting, can't be said to be bad, but it can't be said to be good, after all, it's a misalignment.

If he can shoot higher tonight and he can fill the hole that Michael Jordan has blown him up, the Pistons still have a chance. ”

Ringer Wilson said seriously: "The performance of Joe Dumas, the performance of Rodman, is uncertain.

And then what kind of performance Iron Fist can play under Michael's full defense, this is also uncertain.

But Robert, Michael Jordan's play, his offense is unsolvable, we can be sure of that. ”

Robert Giddah said with a shocked face: "Ringer, you praise Michael Jordan too much, right?" ”

Ringer Wilson shrugged his shoulders and said, "You can flip through his performance in this playoff game and his performance against the Pistons and you will know that I am right, he is worth believing and his future performance is certain." ”

"Hey, gentlemen, it's time."

At 7:40 a.m., a staff member pushed open the door to the visiting team's dressing room and shouted inside.

With a hula, Zhou Quan and the other five stood up and rushed out.

The lights in the corridor outside were dim, and there were several pistons of security and staff, as well as two pistons of reporters, holding cameras to film.

"Good luck!"

"Good luck!"

When Zhou Quan and the others went out, they high-fived them, and they also sent their blessings.

Coming to the players' tunnel, the Bulls have already arrived.

Zhou Quan walked into the somewhat narrow tunnel of players from Jordan at the back, and glanced at the other party with a smile.

The moment the two of them met their eyes, their eyes were very sharp and cold, and they didn't have the appetite to speak, so they staggered by.

"Shh

A minute later, when Zhou Quan walked out of the aisle, the United Center Arena was booed like the end of the world.

Barkley Magic and other stars sat in the front row with five or six Hollywood A-list stars, and when they saw Zhou Quan come out, only Abdul-Jabbar got up to greet him, and the two hugged each other.

After saying a few words to Abdul-Jabbar, Zhou Quan glanced at MJ, the king of the stars among the stars, and then prepared to go to the Pistons fan phalanx to interact, but at this time, MJ stood up and shouted while walking towards him: "Hey, Iron Fist, hello, can you get to know him?" ”

“……”

Zhou Quan was stunned, reacted immediately, hurriedly stepped forward and shook MJ's hand, and said excitedly: "MJ, I'm your fan, I watched your concert in Los Angeles." ”

MJ looked at Zhou Quan and smiled softly: "Iron Fist, you know that my home is also in Los Angeles, and I have known you for a long time."

I went to mainland China in '87 and spent eight hours there, which was a very pleasant eight hours, and the people there were very warm to me, and I want to thank them.

I wish I could go again, and I hope to have a concert in the capital, which should be the last concert of my life. ”

"If I can, I want to be able to help in any way." Zhou Quan said sincerely.

……

Seven fifty-eight a.m.

"Victory! Victory! Victory ......"

At the United Center, the earth-shattering roar of the bull sounded again.

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

The Pistons' shouts were desperately struggling, trying to break out of the cage like a trapped beast, still being overwhelmed by the roars of 20,000 people, but the Pistons players and fans did not stop their shouts.

"Smack!"

Cartwhite took the lead and the Bulls attacked.

On the left wing, Pippen attacked with the ball, shook Ulrich and hit the paint, at which point Jordan went into the low post from the right wing, and then cut down the baseline to the basket.

Zhou Quan retreated to the free throw line, facing the left wing, his eyes swept left and right very quickly, and he saw Jordan cutting into the paint area from the bottom line with his right eye, and immediately raised his vigilance, and immediately shrank the defense to the paint area.

In the next moment, John Sailly defended Pippen in the left midfield.

Pippen's vision is also very good, he certainly saw Jordan's inside cut, but also saw that Zhou Quan had begun to shrink, and Paxson at the top of the arc had an open space that was asking him for the ball.

Passing to Jordan, there is Rodman under the basket, there is a risk of mistakes, and Jordan has Joe Dumas chasing very closely behind him.

At this moment, Pippen made a judgment, flicked his hand, and passed the ball to the top of the arc.

In the next moment, Zhou Quan quickly turned around and pounced on the top of the arc.

Paxson received the ball, saw the iron fist pounce back, and hurriedly rose to the ground and made a three-point shot.

His three-point shooting is not very good, especially after entering the playoffs, the shooting rate is only 25%, and in the face of the iron fist defense, his performance in the five regular season games plus the G1 game of the Eastern Finals is very poor, he was completely locked by the opponent, and his confidence is seriously lacking.

There was no hat, but Zhou Quan knew in his heart that the ball would not be hit, it was obviously short, and he immediately turned around and pounced after he landed.

"Bang!"

Sure enough, it was short, the basketball smashed the basket and rebounded, bounced a little far, and was just picked up by Zhou Quan.

As soon as he got the ball, he immediately turned and went down, Pippen chased up from the left midfield, and Jordan and Joe Dumas started from under the basket, both with him at some distance.

"Bang!"

At the top of the arc, when Paxson tried to block him, a change of direction accelerated and broke through, directly hanging up the opponent, and after a pause, the body was forced forward again.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Pippen chased a step behind him, and his big hand was already able to touch his jersey.

But no matter how fast he is, he is still a small forward, there is no defender in front of him, Zhou Quan's advance speed is getting faster and faster, and he can no longer close the distance.

As for Jordan in the back, the speed is faster than Pippen, but the starting position is under the basket, which is five or six meters behind, and he can't catch up.

Zhou Quan crossed the top of the arc and hit the free throw line, then flew up with all his strength, and when he glided forward in the air, he held the ball high in one hand like an axe.

Pippen jumped up from behind almost at the same time, stretched his right arm forward as far as he could, and swept towards the basketball in front of him.

In the next moment, under the force, Zhou Quan slashed violently with an axe.

"Damn it!"

Pippen swept the air, just a little bit.

"Bang!"

"Oh roar!"

The sound of the explosive basket instantly cheered the Pistons' bench and the fan phalanx.

"Shh

There was no room for other voices in the United Center arena, and the boos burst into flames, drowning out all cheers.

Bulls attack.

Jordan receives the ball on the right flank and singles Joe Dumas.

How to defend Jordan is a familiar thing for the Pistons, but they rarely succeed, and no amount of defense can prevent him from scoring.

Not counting this game, Jordan and the Pistons played 56 games, averaging 30 points per game and shooting 47.7%.

Before the implementation of the 90 malicious foul rule, Jordan faced the Pistons, averaging 27 points per game, the lowest single-game score was 16 points, and there were two 18 points, except for these three games, even in the face of Jordan's rule, he was still in a brave state, and even scored 59 points in a single game, and the shooting rate in that game was as high as 77.8%.

After the malicious foul was introduced, Jordan scored 18 points in a single game only once in the game against the Pistons, and the average score per game increased to 33.

That is, regardless of the malicious foul rule, in the face of any defense by the Pistons, he has only four games where he has not played 20+.

But in any case, Jordan's shooting rate of more than 60% the day before yesterday was too high, which was a complete failure defensively, so for the Pistons, even if it still can't stop Jordan from scoring tonight, it can reduce his shooting percentage, which is feasible.

At the free throw line, Zhou Quan moved a step to the left end at this time, and opened up more distance with John Paxson.

The next moment, Jordan faked a real shot and forced a burst of Joe Dumas from the right side.

Of course, he noticed Zhou Quan's defensive moves, so he chose to break through from the right side, which could widen the distance between him and Zhou Quan.

In the next moment of Jordan's breakthrough, Zhou Quan reacted extremely quickly, stepped into the right flank, and pounced.

He is also particular about the angle of his defense, ready to stick to Jordan's left side, and can form an up and down bag with Rodman in the low post, while cutting off Jordan's passing angle to the top of the arc.

The next moment, before Zhou Quan was close, when he burst into Joe Dumas again, at the two-step position in the three-point line, Jordan made a quick stop jump shot.

"Bang!"

A little off, the basket smashed straight ahead, and was rushed in by Rodman to grab it.

"Alas!"

This ball made a sigh resounded in the United Center.

"I've got a vacant seat, but unfortunately it feels a little worse."

On the TNT commentary seat, Ringer Wilson shook his head and sighed.

(End of chapter)