On the TNT commentary bench, Robert Giddah smiled and said, "Okay, Pippen apologizes publicly, the matter about him is over, now let's focus on the game again." ”

Ringer Wilson nodded hurriedly and said: "I bet that Michael will definitely break out in this game, he will definitely blow the iron fist for Pippen, and the Bulls will definitely win the match point." ”

Robert Giddah said: "Judging from the situation of the two opponents, Iron Fist is very evasive of Michael's defense, usually borrowing blocking and dismantling to get rid of Michael, and in the last game, Michael also had to borrow blocking and dismantling to get rid of Iron Fist, and there is no kind of needle-to-wheat confrontation between them." ”

Ringer Wilson shook his head and smiled, "Right? Robert, do you think Tekken has the strength and qualifications to compete with Michael? ”

"Then how do you explain Michael's behavior with the help of pick-and-roll?" Robert Giddah asked rhetorically.

Ringer Wilson immediately said: "It's two different things for Michael to just catch the ball without the ball and get rid of the pick-and-roll with the pick-and-roll, rather than with the pick-and-roll while holding the ball.

Iron Fist is the real way to get rid of Michael with the pick-and-roll, and he can't face Michael's defensive break-through and shots when he has the ball.

Michael definitely has the quality and the qualifications to play with the ball in front of him, 100 percent, I never doubt that.

Robert, I'm surprised that you think Michael and Iron Fist's offensive ability with the ball is on a par? It's an incredible idea.

You need to know that when Michael holds the ball, he never shies away from anyone's defense, including Iron Fist, and singles him out to be invincible, so the league has introduced the anti-isolated singles rule, which is an alternative reward for him by the league. ”

Robert Giddah thought for a moment, as if it was the same, and he nodded, "Okay, I admit it." But in the last game, we also learned one thing, that is, the ability of the iron fist to mark the defense is very strong, as strong as Michael's off-ball running, and he can't get rid of him, and he must use blocking to get the opportunity to catch the ball. ”

Ringer Wilson opened his mouth and closed it again.

That's when Robert Giddah said, "Okay, the warm-up is over, the players are back on the bench. Aha, Iron Fist is showing affection with his girlfriend and greeting our camera together.

Her name is Catherine Zeta-Jones, right, she is really beautiful, super temperamental, and a British star, no wonder Pippen can't stand the temptation, she is really attractive and will become a big star sooner or later. ”

Ringer Wilson couldn't help but say, "I don't know how Iron Fist tricked her." ”

"Haha......"

Hearing this sour remark, Robert Giddah couldn't help but laugh.

……

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

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

At 8:28, before the game, the benches of the two teams stepped forward to sound their respective shouts, and then all the voices converged into one voice, that is, the "victory" shouts of 20,000 Bulls fans

At 8:30, the game officially began.

Jump ball, Pistons offense.

"Boy, call for blocking, or you won't be able to live."

In the backcourt, as soon as Zhou Quan received the ball, Jordan blocked in front.

When he got to the court, Jordan didn't have so many scruples about Zhou Quan, and the trash talk came as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Get out of here!"

Zhou Quan leaned over and crashed into Jordan, and the crushing breakthrough of level 96 began to rush forward.

"Be careful!"

Just then, Ulrich's voice rang out.

"What?"

Without waiting for Zhou Quan to react, a figure suddenly appeared from behind him and snatched the ball away.

"Beautiful! Pippen got his revenge by stealing Iron Fist on the ring, which was his response to Iron Fist humiliating him. One of the commentators at the scene shouted excitedly.

Zhou Quan turned around and chased after him, but by this time Jordan had already overtaken him and received a pass from Pippen.

"Bang!"

"Oh roar!"

Jordan took a few steps to the free throw line, took off in one step at the free throw line, held the ball high, and made a gliding slam dunk, which instantly detonated the United Center.

"Ahh

After the victory, Jordan seemed very excited, yelled at Pippen and shouted, "Scotty, good job, we're going to teach them a lesson today." ”

"Kill him!"

Pippen immediately shouted.

"Careless!"

Zhou Quan knew that Pippen's break should have been premeditated, always behind his back, not in his field of vision.

After receiving the pass from Joe Dumas, as soon as he turned around, Jordan blocked the front again, and the trash talk came out of his mouth: "Boy, God is in front of you." ”

Zhou Quan snorted coldly and suddenly pushed the ball under Jordan's crotch.

"Damn! No, I was fooled. ”

was pierced, Jordan hurriedly turned around, but at this moment, he reacted, there was no basketball hitting the ground, it was a feint.

"Squeak!"

The right hand holding the ball was withdrawn, and Zhou Quan exerted force at his feet, suddenly passed by Jordan's side, and quickly killed the front court.

"Michael, be careful, Iron Fist's hands are not much smaller than yours, and his feints are very realistic." Ringer Wilson reminded.

Zhou Quan rushed to the top of the arc, Jordan had chased to the left level, Grant had blocked a step below the free throw line, and Pippen on the left wing was also shrinking into the paint area.

At this time, it is difficult to get in, and if you go in, you may be caught by multiple people, and the pull-up jump shot is the best way to handle the ball.

But he didn't choose the pull-up jumper, because Jordan also definitely knew that the pull-up jumper was the most likely way for him to go, and he would definitely strengthen his precautions against the pull-up jumper.

His current offensive skills and finishing ability really make him have no confidence to shoot on Jordan's head, and he will definitely not be very efficient, which is what the Bulls expect him to do, so he must not do that, he has to do the opposite.

Especially John Sailly can't play, the main lineup is not complete, it will be more difficult to score, the rebounding will be worse, every ball is very precious, he can't wave it outside, as long as he increases the breakthrough score, there is a chance to win the Bulls.

Striding over the top of the arc, two steps to the free throw line, facing Grant's supplemental defense, he suddenly slowed down, the ball was pulled high, his left hand was closed, and he made a fake throw to worship the Buddha.

In the next moment, when Grant jumped, Jordan also stopped and turned around, squatted down, and prepared to jump and block.

"I knew you were going to have a pull-up jumper."

He's taller, he's jumping taller and faster, he's got a longer reach, and Tekken doesn't have the technique of a step-back jumper, so he's sure he'll be able to get the ball off if he's prepared.

"What?"

In the next moment, he couldn't help but be stunned, because Zhou Quan didn't stop the jump shot or close the ball, but made a second effort and dribbled towards the paint area.

"Oops!"

He hurriedly started and chased in from the left, but it was already a beat slower.

"Oh, Cobra and MJ were fooled!" Ringer Wilson exclaimed.

Zhou Quan killed from the right side, there was a dangling Grant between him and Jordan, and after killing Grant's side, he grabbed the ball directly in his hand, flew up against Carter White under the basket, and held the ball high in one hand, making a gesture to dunk.

Carter White jumped off the block, and the next moment, with a flick of his wrist, Zhou Quan turned the buckle into a throw.

"Tick!"

"Bang!"

After the referee's whistle, the basketball smashed into the basket and fell in.

"Haha!"

Zhou Quan cheered excitedly.

The referee also immediately made a gesture of a foul on the beater, two points valid, and a free throw.

"Nice two plus one! Tekken's feints are very realistic. He is very calm when he makes technical moves, which is his characteristic. Robert Giddah laughed.

"Brush!"

Then Zhou Quan hit a free throw, and the Bulls attacked.

John Paxson received the ball, which was defended by Joe Dumas, and Zhou Quan took the initiative to follow Jordan.

"Run, run!"

Zhou Quan chased after Jordan, and the trash talk made Jordan unusually angry.

Stop, run.

But Zhou Quan's reaction was super fast and he followed him again.

He simply didn't change his direction, ran to the left sideline, then turned and ran to the right.

He estimated that his nerve reaction speed may not be as fast as Zhou Quan's, and this kind of short-distance switchback running on the flanks could not give full play to his advantage of being absolutely faster, so he couldn't get rid of the other party.

"That's right, that's it."

After the top of the arc and when he rushed to the right flank, his speed had already increased, and Zhou Quan also fell behind him, and he threw off the opponent.

"Whoosh!"

Paxson seized the opportunity and passed the ball over.

On the three-point line on the right wing, Jordan received the ball, and with a squeak, Zhou Quan stopped in front of him.

"Huh!"

He sneered.

For him, a ball in hand, I have the world, this is his self-confidence, absolute self-confidence.

He's good off the ball, but he's better at having the ball, he's singles, he's 100 per cent confident, and the guy who can defend him in a single defense hasn't been born yet.

Tentative step, Zhou Quan's center of gravity was shaken, and then he suddenly passed from the left side, and after Zhou Quan caught up again, he stopped suddenly.

Zhou Quan tried his best to block from the right side, but it was much worse, and he could only watch Jordan shoot at his head.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and hit two points away.

"Oh roar!"

At the United Center, there was immediately a loud cheer.

Ringer Wilson said with honor: "When it comes to singles, MJ says second, and no one dares to say first." So when he received the ball, the offense and defense were actually over. ”

"MJ is truly powerful."

Ringer Wilson smiled and nodded.

"Iron Fist, go to the confrontation, don't forget your advantages." After the noise at the scene was a little less, Chuck Daley shouted to Zhou Quan.

“OK。”

Zhou Quan nodded.

"Confrontation? Scold! ”

Jordan sneered, I can fight against the center, I really think I'm afraid of your confrontation?

Zhou Quan advanced to the right wing of the front court with the ball, and was still ready to follow the old method and block and dismantle with Joe Dumas to get rid of Jordan's defense.

"Boy, didn't you go heads-up? Only softies are afraid of heads-up. Jordan said defiantly.

Zhou Quan's eyes flashed cold, but he knew very well what he should do, and immediately responded: "Old boy, I know more about thirty-six strategies than you." ”

Jordan was stunned, what do you mean?

At this moment, Joe Dumas's block came, standing on Jordan's right side, and Zhou Quan immediately carried the ball with his left hand, ready to break through from behind his teammates.

John Paxson quickly switched defenses, but Zhou Quan had already started the first step, and under the crushing breakthrough of the 96 level, he directly knocked him away and hit the three-point line.

Jordan reacted half a beat slower, but because of Paxson's delay, he bought him time, chased after him in time, crossed Paxson, and stuck to Zhou Quan's right side.

"Let's fight!"

He sneered in his heart, and the moment he made contact, he squeezed towards Zhou Quan with his strong body.

Zhou Quan fought hard, his center of gravity was not lost, and his confrontation ability was not inferior to Jordan, but under this powerful confrontation, his speed was gone, and his left-handed ball control was also a little out of control.

At this time, John Paxson took the bag and chased after him from behind.

"Be careful." Jo Dumas shouted loudly from behind.

But it was too late, and Paxson pulled the ball from behind, cut it off directly, and gave it to Jordan.

"Beautiful! Paxson breaks the ball, Pippen is on the move, Michael passes! Ringer Wilson shouted excitedly.

Pippen rushed down for the first time, and when he rushed to the right wing of the frontcourt, he received a pass from Jordan, dribbled into the penalty area, and flew up, which was an unusually powerful one-handed slam that detonated the United Center.

"It was a terrible day, Tekken has made two mistakes and two broken balls." Robert Giddah shook his head.

Ringer Wilson said with a smile: "As I said, Sailly's injury hit the Pistons hard, and they probably already thought in their hearts that they couldn't beat the Bulls, in fact, they probably always thought so, but Sailly's injury strengthened that mentality."

And Tekken was inevitably affected, which led to his reduced concentration and mistakes one after another. ”

Robert Giddah shook his head and said: "The atmosphere at the United Center is very hot now, the momentum of the Bulls has become stronger and stronger, and if the Pistons don't fight back, it will be difficult to play this away game." ”

At this point, the Pistons called a timeout, and Chuck Daley wanted to interrupt the Bulls' momentum and give the players a chance to recover mentally and morale.

Zhou Quan was also disappointed with his performance, and was cut off two goals at the beginning.

He knew that the morale of the team would drop, but he didn't expect it to start with himself.

His morale will not fall, but his mistakes have seriously affected the morale of his teammates.

"I'm sorry."

Back on the bench, he said.

"Iron fist, withstand the pressure, it's still 2-2 and we still have a chance." Chuck Daley stared at Zhou Quan and said.

In fact, a 2-2 draw with the Bulls was already a surprise for him, and it has surpassed last season's performance.

In particular, Rodman's condition is average, after entering the Eastern Conference finals, he averaged only 9.5 rebounds per game in the first four games, which is nearly 9 fewer than the regular season, only half.

Now Sailly is reimbursed again, and Zhou Quan's offense is really unstable, with only 39.1% shooting rate in the first game and only 41.7% in the G3 game, which can be described as a ghost, and he knows very well that the team has lost the opportunity to win the Bulls.

But this opportunity is rare, and he hopes that Zhou Quan can get more training in the remaining games of the Eastern Finals, and in the confrontation with Jordan at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

Then, he said to Zhou Quan: "The two break-offs today were both mistakes in the bag after Jordan kept up with your breakthrough, so you need to pay attention to Pippen and Paxson's help defense when you break through with the ball."

The Bulls' outside defense is the strongest in the league, even stronger than us, you need to know that these two steals of theirs are approaching you from behind, you can't see them, the front opponent is not terrible, you have to strengthen the defense from the opponent from behind. ”

Zhou Quan nodded, and began to sum up the lessons learned, it takes a cut to grow wise, if you don't learn a lesson, you are a fool.

After a timeout, the Pistons serve on the left touchline of the frontcourt.

Jordan ran after Zhou Quan, this guy didn't let him catch the ball, and he didn't let this damn rookie catch the ball, using Zhou Quan's methods to deal with him.

Zhou Quan's reaction was very direct and effective, entering the penalty area, he wanted to use the crowd to block and dismantle, and take the opportunity to get rid of Jordan.

In the crowd, he is freer, reacts faster, has a better ability to use tight spaces, and moves faster in small areas than Jordan.

Under the full level of vision, he clearly saw all the players on both sides of the penalty area, and also saw the space and gaps that could be used.

Cutting between Bedford and Cartwhite in the left waist position, when Jordan followed, Bedford deliberately blocked it, and Jordan was already a beat slower and dropped two steps after passing.

He shifted up again, between Rodman and Grant just below the free throw line, and as he ran up from the free throw line, Ulrich immediately passed the ball.

He ran to the top of the arc to receive the ball, and found that he had easily got the vacant position, and Jordan, who was chasing him, was blocked by Rodman, who was still three meters away from him.

There was no hesitation, and he calmly threw a jumper at the top of the arc.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and the big open three-pointer hit it.

"Oh, this off-ball run is beautiful! Continuous intersperse, continuous blocking and dismantling, the iron fist completely shook off Jordan's pursuit. Robert Giddah said excitedly.

Ringer Wilson shook his head and said, "Whether it's Bedford or Rodman, their covering moves are suspected of fouls." ”

Robert Giddah smiled: "Maybe there is, but the referee didn't blow it, this ball has to be counted." Of course, there is indeed a suspicion of moving the block. ”

Ringer Wilson didn't delve into the question, and continued: "This tactical movement is a bit like the previous two-block strategy. ”

Robert Giddah said: "But no, the double-block tactic is that two players on your side block the running player together, and block the chaser by closing the door, whether it is Bedford or Rodman, they are just one person." ”

On the sidelines, Chuck Daley was thoughtful.

It was only in the last game that he really saw Zhou Quan's ability to move in the penalty area, in terms of absolute speed, Zhou Quan is not fast, but in the penalty area, even Jordan can't get rid of his pursuit.

And just now, this no-ball running position, with a big empty three-point position at the top of the arc, once again let him see Zhou Quan's ability to move in the penalty area.

So can he use Zhou Quan's ability to design some tactics?

As for Zhou Quan's ball just now, he didn't think it was very good, because everyone left the basket, and if they didn't shoot, the offensive rebound would probably be lost.

Moreover, he was a little surprised that the ball didn't blow for a covering foul, and this was the home court of the Bulls.

(End of chapter)