On the right wing, Jordan, who was about to enter the front court, saw that the momentum was not right, and he was afraid of making mistakes, so he immediately turned back to respond.

Paxson saw Jordan's request, and hurriedly blocked Zhou Quan with his left elbow, pulled the ball up with his right hand, and then passed it with one hand.

But at this moment, Zhou Quan reacted super fast, and suddenly started to grab, where could one of Paxson's arms block him, with a big hand, under the precise strike, he just broke the ball, and then held the ball to the basket.

"Oh roar, Iron Fist, buckle one!"

On the commentary bench, the bearded John Lowes yelled excitedly.

"Buckle one!"

A huge shout rang out from the palace of Auburn Hills.

"Then deduct one."

Zhou Quan was as good as a stream, and after taking a step into the paint area, he flew up and slashed violently with an axe in one hand.

"Bang!"

The sound of exploding baskets sounded instantly.

"Oh roar!"

The palace of Auburn Hills boiled instantly.

"Beautiful! Iron Fist returned a counter-attacking dunk after a steal, which was his response to Michael Jordan. Robert Giddah laughed.

Ringer Wilson smiled: "But Michael broke his ball just now, if you want to respond, he should steal Michael." ”

Robert Gidda was stunned, shook his head and smiled: "Ringer, what you said also makes sense." But on the defensive end, Iron Fist and Michael Jordan are not in a good match. ”

"He can try to switch Michael." Ringer Wilson said.

Robert Giddah shook his head and said: "Michael changed the defense of the iron fist, that is because Paxson can't guard the iron fist, he can only choose to change the defense."

And Iron Fist has always been able to choke Paxson, so he doesn't have to switch to Michael, that would be the wrong choice. ”

Ringer Wilson smiled and nodded, not continuing the stupid topic.

The game on the field continued, and the defensive intensity of both sides was raised, from the back to the front, and there was constant strangulation at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

With two minutes left in the first quarter, 22:22, the two teams were still tied, the Pistons' possession of the ball, called a timeout, and Chuck Daley was ready to make a substitution.

"This is also the ninth tie between the two teams in the first quarter, which shows how anxious the game is." Robert Giddah said.

Ringer Wilson said confidently: "Although the score was very scorching, I think the Bulls played a little bit better today. ”

"Why do you say that?" Robert Giddah asked.

"Because this is the home court of the Pistons, and this is the first home court in the league, the Bulls can still tie, which shows that the Bulls have overcome the difficulties on the road and played better."

Speaking of which, Ringer Wilson added: "If it continues, because the Pistons can't play home-court advantage, the Pistons' home-court momentum will be weakened, then the Bulls should get a chance to go ahead." ”

Robert Giddah also somewhat agreed with the partner's statement.

Indeed, under the leadership of Jordan, the willpower of the Bulls has been reflected, and it is not limited by the atmosphere at home, if the Pistons can't attack for a long time, the momentum and morale will definitely decline, and then the opportunity for the Bulls will come.

But he said: "The prediction data given by ESPN before the Eastern Conference finals, the Bulls have a 99% chance of qualifying, and the Pistons only have a 1% chance, but now the two sides are tied, and the Bulls do not have an advantage in this game, so I think it is time to face up to the strength of the Pistons."

I mean, the Pistons' strength is underestimated, and no matter how strong the Bulls are and no matter how strong Michael Jordan is, the chances of the Pistons advancing to the Finals will not be as low as 1%. ”

Ringer Wilson also nodded: "At present, ESPN has not revised the data, which shows that they are still more optimistic about the Bulls, very optimistic." ”

Robert Giddah changed the subject and continued: "In the first ten minutes of the first quarter, Iron Fist scored 4 points on 2-of-4 shooting, including two dunks, and missed the next two pull-up jump shots, both of which were defended by Michael, but he also delivered 4 assists and 1 steal, 2 rebounds and 1 turnover, and he was very strong. ”

Ringer Wilson nodded, "Tekken's performance is indeed excellent, but Michael's performance is even better. He scored 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting, 2-of-2 free throws in 10 minutes, grabbed two rebounds, and had one steal and two assists. ”

At the end of the timeout, the two sides replaced some of the main players.

Zhou Quan and Rodman went down, and the Assassins and Bedford came on, keeping the three main forces on the field.

On the Bulls' side, Michael Jordan was still on the court, and the other four were replaced by substitutes.

"The Bulls are more thorough in substitutions, and whenever this happens, the Bulls use Jordan's strong strength to maintain the offensive firepower of the bench lineup and win more rotation time for the other main players." Robert Giddah said.

"Michael is a real iron man." Ringer Wilson exclaimed.

Robert Giddah nodded and said: "The series is only G3, and Iron Fist said that he is mentally ready to play a tie-break, but I think the Pistons had better end the series early, otherwise it will be dragged behind, and his physical fitness will likely be dragged down by Jordan." ”

Ringer Wilson smiled: "That's right, he's still a rookie, and his physical condition hasn't reached the peak, so his physical fitness can't reach Michael's level."

And a physical monster of Michael's level is difficult for ordinary people to achieve, and in the history of the league, it is only Chamberlain.

Then as the series progresses, as the fitness declines, Tekken's performance is likely to continue to decline, and Michael can still stay in peak form. ”

At the end of the first quarter, at 26:26, the two teams tied again, and no one could take advantage of anyone.

After the start of the second quarter, Jordan took a two-minute break at the start of the second quarter before coming back on the court.

After he came on the court, he took advantage of the fact that the Pistons' main force was incomplete, broke the ball once, and hit three shots in a row, completing a wave of excellent offense and defense in two minutes, so that the Pistons did not score a point, 30:36, leading the Bulls beyond the score.

The Pistons attacked, Chuck Daley called the first timeout of the second quarter, sent Zhou Quan, Joe Dumas went down to rest, and the remaining four were all substitutes, with Zhou Quan and the Assassins partnering in the backcourt, and he defended Jordan.

"Although Iron Fist's defense is good, Michael has a high advantage, and with his offensive strength, he can definitely get a mismatch advantage, and this is a good opportunity for the Bulls to continue to open up the difference, and he will definitely not let it go." Ringer Wilson said excitedly.

"Possibly. But Iron Fist has some of a high disadvantage, but I think he should have a certain advantage in terms of confrontation, with more muscle content, more strength, and a lower center of gravity. Robert Giddah said.

"Not necessarily."

"Michael's strength is very strong, his muscle mass is very good, he is stronger than the average player of the same size and tonnage, he often switches to the low post to play power forward, and his ability to fight against is not necessarily weaker than an iron fist," Ringer Wilson said. ”

On the court, the game begins, and the Pistons attack.

In the middle, Zhou Quan advanced to the front court with the ball, and Jordan met him.

His eyes were forward, and the focus was not on Jordan, but on the half-court.

But in fact, under the effect of the full-level panoramic vision, his observation of Jordan has not weakened, just like facing it.

At this point, his gaze shifted to the right wing, where the Assassin ran out of the flank and reached out to him for the ball.

However, Jordan didn't know this, he saw that Zhou Quan's eyes were not on him, and thought that the opportunity had come, so he suddenly stepped up and reached out to poke the ball.

But in the next moment, Zhou Quan, who saw Jordan's movements, instantly pulled the ball back with his right hand, dodged and stabbed the ball while completing the right turn and passing, burst Jordan, controlled the ball with his left hand, strode over the top of the arc, and went straight to the penalty area.

"Oh no, the top of the arc is protruding." Ringer Wilson exclaimed.

The Bulls reacted quickly, the two interior lines quickly contracted, and Grant took a step forward, blocking two meters in front of the basket, sealing Zhou Quan's way to the basket.

Zhou Quan hit the free throw line, suddenly turned around again, ticked around, and went around Grant, one turned and leaned back in front of Cartwhite under the basket, and his ball went to Bedford, who had entered the paint from the low post on the left wing.

"Bang!"

After receiving the ball, Bedford stepped on a dunk, and with a one-handed dunk, he easily separated Zhou Quan and Bill Carter White.

Carter White was blocked by Zhou Quan, and he didn't even have a chance to step forward to block, so he could only defend with his eyes.

"This goal, Michael's steal was reckless." Ringer Wilson is a pity for the authentic.

Robert Giddah said: "In the first quarter, Michael defended Iron Fist's ball-holding breakthrough twice, forcing Iron Fist to make two pull-up jump shots, both of which were missed, and now he is allowed to fail once, and he can't defend every time."

Iron Fist's offensive ability is average, but that's because the finishing ability is average, which doesn't mean that his ball-holding breakthrough is not threatening, in fact, his ball-holding breakthrough is very threatening, and he can often dribble the ball into the paint area, Michael Jordan was rushed by him, not the first time, and it will certainly not be the last. ”

Ringer Wilson nodded: "Indeed, Iron Fist, a super heavy point guard in the No. 1 position, is indeed very threatening to break through with the ball."

Truth be told, if his finishing skills had matured a little more, he would suddenly be more dangerous with the ball. ”

"It's only a year old and I believe in his future. In fact, it is precisely because of this that Skechers is willing to gamble. Robert Giddah laughed.

"His sneaker contract is very enviable. In the first two rounds of the series, he had a problem with shoe sales, but after entering the Eastern Conference finals, he has performed well in the past few days, so it has stimulated sales, and now the sales task of eight million dollars should not be a problem for him. Ringer Wilson quipped.

Robert Giddah laughed: "That plus condition is that the first two years are not less than eight million, so he still needs to perform consistently." ”

At 32:36, the Bulls attack.

BJ advances with the ball and the assassin defends.

The Assassin's body is much worse than last year, and his defense is not as good as before, but with his defensive awareness and experience, it is not a problem to deal with a BJ.

BJ came to the frontcourt, tried once, didn't have a chance to break in, and immediately passed to Jordan.

Jordan received the ball with his left hand from outside the three-point line on the right wing, held the ball high above his head with both hands, and turned to face the basket.

The next moment, according to Michael Jordan's habit, should be to grab the ball with his right hand and sweep back, lean down, ready to break through, or take advantage of the opponent's carelessness to break through immediately.

Zhou Quan thought so.

At this moment, just when Jordan's left hand let go of the ball, and his right hand grabbed the ball with one hand and swept it to the right back, Zhou Quan started to grab it.

"What?"

Jordan was shocked.

At this time, Zhou Quan grabbed his right side in one step, his instinct reacted quickly, his body turned back, and the right hand holding the ball gave way backwards.

However, under the full-level panoramic vision, Zhou Quan has a top-level sense of spatial control, and the accuracy of the striking movement has reached the first-class level, not to mention a basketball that is so big, even tennis or a smaller table tennis ball, which does not affect his strike.

And his nervous reaction speed reached level 96, which is the top level.

When Jordan's right hand stepped back, he reacted immediately and immediately changed direction to strike.

"Smack!"

Under the slap, Zhou Quan's right hand hit the basketball accurately, knocked the ball away, and flew to the center line, and then he took advantage of the situation to cross Jordan and accelerated to the center line.

"Oh! Oh ......"

At this time, the palace of Auburn Hills let out an exclamation, and immediately, the exclamation immediately turned into a shocking cheer.

"Broken ball, broken ball! The iron fist broke Michael Jordan's ball......" bearded John Lowes roared excitedly.

"Damn it!"

Jordan turned around and chased, but by the time he turned to start the first step, Zhou Quan had already picked up the ball three meters in front of him, and then rushed into the frontcourt.

"It's over!"

Although he knew that the ball could not be saved, he still chased after it without hesitation.

"Bang!"

Zhou Quan held the ball to the left waist position, and then took off, and it was another powerful tomahawk split, which turned the entire Auburn Hills palace into a boiling ocean.

"Haha......"

Robert Gidda laughed and said, "Ringer, you said that an iron fist broke Michael Jordan's ball and hit a counterattack, which is a positive response, and now he has done it, he steals Michael Jordan head-on, and then completes the counterattack dunk." ”

Ringer Wilson shook his head regretfully and said: "Michael is careless, few people can break his ball head-on, really careless!" ”

"It's really careless! But a mistake is a mistake. Robert Giddah laughed.

Ringer Wilson smiled and teased: "It's just that the dunk method of Iron Fist is too monotonous, it used to be the essence of the dunk, but now the bounce is a little better, and there is only a tomahawk slam dunk, no tricks, so he will sell a lot less shoes." ”

Listening interestingly, Robert Gidda laughed.

Jordan is the one who will be avenged, and if one is broken, he vows to pay one back.

After this goal, he put a lot of energy into the defensive end, followed Zhou Quan step by step throughout the game, and began to press all over the court.

With his defensive ability, he caused a lot of trouble for Zhou Quan, and his individual offense was limited, and he could only focus on organization, mainly passing the ball for the assassins.

But in the same way, Zhou Quan is also a person who must be repaid, and he is also fully committed on the defensive end, pressing Jordan all over the court.

To be honest, his defensive skills are not as good as Jordan's, and Jordan's confrontation ability is not inferior to him, and he can't use his body to squeeze the opponent for steals like other opponents.

But he still has his own strengths, making full use of his space control and precision striking power, constantly harassing Jordan with tackles.

And he's also smart enough to never take a chance off if the chances aren't very good.

Coupled with the help of his teammates such as the assassins, he stole Jordan's goal again, and at the same time disrupted Jordan's offensive rhythm, thereby reducing Jordan's offensive efficiency.

Eight minutes passed quickly after the second quarter, and at halftime, the Pistons equalized at 48:48.

Robert Giddah said at halftime: "Jordan is indeed the league's top defensive warrior with a single defense, and he single-handedly locked the Iron Fist's offense.

But he can lock up Iron Fist's offense, not the opponent's pass, Iron Fist can still organize the team's offense, and he delivered four assists in eight minutes in a single quarter, and the assist performance was even worse than in the first quarter.

The Assassins took over the offense, shooting 4 of 10 in a single quarter, 4 of 4 free throws, although the offensive efficiency was not very high, but they desperately attacked the basket, causing lethality, and scored 12 points, 2 assists and 1 rebound in a single quarter. It was his attack that led to a lot of points that allowed the team to equalize. ”

Ringer Wilson continued: "Iron Fist shot 1 of 3 and 2 free throws under Michael's defense, scoring 4 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 1 turnover and 1 foul. ”

Robert Giddah laughed, "In terms of tackling ability, I think Iron Fist is stronger. ”

Ringer Wilson immediately retorted: "That's because he has help defending, Michael doesn't." And Michael was also responsible for almost all of the team's offense in the second quarter, so it was impossible to put all of his energy on the defensive end. ”

Robert Giddah nodded and said: "Michael Jordan played ten minutes in the second quarter, almost covering the second quarter offense, a total of 11 shots 6 shots, 3 shots in the first two minutes, 3 shots in the first two minutes, the offensive rhythm in the last eight minutes was destroyed by the iron fist, the shooting rate dropped sharply, only 3 of 8 shots, plus 3 of 3 free throws, and 15 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 turnovers and 1 foul in a single quarter.

Judging from the alignment of the two sides, Iron Fist is obviously not on the same level in terms of offensive strength, he can only get rid of Jordan by breaking through with the ball or blocking and dismantling, and none of the three attacks is face-to-face on Jordan's head, and they all dare to shoot after getting rid of Jordan.

However, on the defensive end, he stole Jordan twice and showed strong defensive ability, which we must admit, and his defensive effect on Jordan is by no means worse than that of Joe Dumas. ”

Ringer Wilson nodded: "Michael faces the defense of Iron Fist, because of the great physical exertion, he rarely breaks through in the second quarter, and he shoots on the head of Iron Fist, mainly outside jumpers, and the efficiency is understandable." ”

When he got off the court, Jordan was a little unwilling, he was actually blocked by Zhou Quan, which was unacceptable to him.

He only rested for two minutes in the first half, and shot 4 of 8 in the first quarter, playing the whole quarter, so in order to save physical energy in the second quarter, he rarely rushed in to play, and he was an outside jumper, which gave Iron Fist a chance.

Iron Fist constantly interferes with his shooting rhythm through continuous steals, thus reducing his shooting percentage, otherwise he has a height advantage with big and small, and he will not only have three of eight shots in Iron Fist's head.

(End of chapter)