Magic Offense.

Under Zhou Quan's half-court pressing, Skeles rushed left and right with the ball, and was forced to the right wing outside the three-point line, at this time Joe Dumas saw the opportunity to get into the bag, he forced a jump shot in the double bag, and the result snapped and was capped by Zhou Quan.

Jo Dumas grabbed the ball, immediately launched a fast attack, and then passed back to the follow-up Zhou Quan, who received the ball in the left elbow area, took a step forward, and played a 360-degree turn in the air to smash the dunk.

"Bang!"

The next moment the basket was smashed, oh roar, the palace of Auburn Hills immediately resounded with a sea of cheers and shouts.

Zhou Quan turned around on the ground and saw that O'Neal beside him had actually arrived at the basket, and couldn't help but be surprised by the speed of this big guy's defense.

Next, Nick Anderson shot again on the head of Joe Dumas, but it still missed.

This time Rodman grabbed the rebound in the backcourt and the Pistons attacked.

Zhou Quan entered the front court and made tactical gestures.

This tactic is a left-wing block cut tactic, Sechari pulls out, pulls Onnick out from the basket, and then blocks with Ulrich, after the split, Sekari stays outside to continue to contain O'Neal, and waits for the pass, Ulrich immediately cut inside the basket after the disassembly.

As soon as the tactical gesture came out, Secali, who was low on the left wing, immediately came out two steps to block for Ulrich, and O'Neill followed to the left midfield.

That's when Ulrich borrowed the wall to get rid of Denis Scott and quickly cut to the basket.

O'Neill chose to switch defenses and immediately turned to follow up.

"Whoosh!"

Zhou Quan passed the ball to Secali in the middle distance position on the left wing.

The 211-centimeter Secali received the ball and faced the 203-centimeter Steko with a mismatch advantage, did not hesitate, and immediately jumped to the ball, which was blocked and did not get the ball in cap.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and hit a two-point shot.

"Allowing Secali to take advantage of the mismatch while avoiding his weakness of undershooting under the basket, he is shooting 51 percent from the field this season, up from 48 percent with the Heat, averaging 18 points per game, the team's third-highest scoring point, up from 14 last season, and his role on the offensive end is still good," said Glasses Dragon. ”

Bearded John Lowes said: "He also averaged 11 rebounds per game, and when Rodman wasn't around, we relied on him for rebounding.

His rebounding and offensive play can make up for some of his weaknesses on the defensive end, but the defense under the basket is up to Rodman to make up for it.

Anyway, compared to John Sailly, there are strengths and weaknesses, and I think he has a stronger role than Sailly. ”

The Pistons shot 3-of-3 and the Magic shot 1-of-4 for the score, and the score was 6-2, and the Magic called a timeout.

After the timeout, head coach Matt Gourcas asked for a reinforcement in the low post and a reinforcement in the number three, exclaiming: "We should see the weakness of Secali on the defensive end and the weakness of Ulric on the defensive end, this is an opportunity that we can take advantage of, the back line should pass the ball in time." ”

Next, Magic Dennis Scott got a lot of passes, and rookie O'Neal got some, but not as many as the former.

Scott really beat Ulrich, shooting 13-of-25 from the field, shooting 52%, and the three-pointer was explosive, shooting 8-of-12, shooting 66.7%, plus 4-of-5 free throws, 38 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Ulrich saw this guy shoot one three-pointer after another, eight three-pointers on his head, and his mentality was a little broken.

Fortunately, he continued to play blocking and dismantling tactics with Secali throughout the game, shooting 7 of 12 and scoring 17 points from free throws, but his performance was too inferior to Sturko.

O'Neal made 7 of 16 shots, 3 of 10 free throws, and got 17 points, 11 rebounds, 5 blocks, 3 turnovers and 6 fouls, and went off the court in the 41st minute.

Although Scott exploded, the Magic still lost the game because point guard Nick Anderson scored just 10 points on 4-of-13 shooting, 1-of-4 free throws, and 1-of-4 three-pointers.

Zhou Quan played 41 minutes, shooting 15 of 26 from the head of Skyles, shooting 57.7%, 3 of 6 three-pointers, plus 5 of 5 free throws, and 38 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 block, 4 steals, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls.

"Shaq, you can practice your free throws again, otherwise you won't be able to get the ball at the critical moment." After the game, Zhou Quan walked to the Magic bench and said.

O'Neill said helplessly: "I want to too, but I just can't do it!" ”

"Don't be lazy, five hundred penalties a day, you'll improve, trust me." Zhou Quan dropped this sentence before leaving.

"Five hundred balls?"

O'Neal felt crazy at the thought of having to take 500 free throws a day like a fool, and immediately decided not to believe in Iron Fist, he didn't believe that 500 free throws a day could improve, absolutely not believing.

The Pistons won six in a row, boosted their morale, and in the next home game, they defeated the Cavaliers with a score of 103-107 to win seven in a row, and they were firmly in second place in the East, pressing on the head of the Bulls.

The current top four in the East are the Knicks and Pistons, the Bulls and the Cavaliers.

Late at night on the 11th, after playing the Cavaliers, the Pistons immediately set off for the airport to challenge the Knicks back-to-back tomorrow night.

It took off at half past eleven, flew for less than two hours, and after one o'clock in the morning, the plane arrived in New York, and arrived at the hotel at half past two, which was already very fast and very smooth.

Zhou Quan was suddenly awakened by a burst of intense percussion, and when he opened his eyes, the sun was dazzling, the sky was already bright, and Rodman, who was in the same room as him, was writhing in front of the window to the rhythm of the music, which was played from the tape recorder he carried with him.

"Big worm, what time is it?" He asked angrily.

"Ho, Iron Fist, it's already 11 o'clock, you've slept for eight hours, you're going to study with me, you see how energetic I am." Rodman grinned.

"How long have you been out of bed?" He asked.

"Less than an hour. Well, a minute. Well, exact time, ten seconds. Rodman said with a grin.

"You got in." Zhou Quan couldn't help but scold.

He came to the window in shorts, looked at the bustling city outside, and asked, "Dennis, do you want to play in a big city like this?" ”

"I just want big contracts and don't care where I play." Rodman's answer was not a real question.

"Big contract? I want it too. He laughed.

Rodman already has two championships, and money and women are what he's after in the NBA, and he said that to him early on.

"How are you and Madonna?" He asked.

"Yes, she asked me to marry her, but I didn't agree. This woman is so ruthless, demanding, and doesn't care about my body at all, and I don't want to be with her now. Rodman said.

"Poof!"

Laughing, Zhou Quan couldn't help but laugh and said, "No, Dennis, you should agree, didn't you say last time that she was going to spend millions of dollars to have a child with you?" ”

Rodman was dumbfounded, and he immediately thought of the small money that was taken away by his ex-wife, and he was going to be poor and crazy, and his heart moved.

"Haha......"

Seeing Rodman's expression, Zhou Quan laughed.

In the evening, the Pistons, who were playing back-to-back games home and away, lost and their seven-game winning streak was halted.

12-5, because the Bulls were beaten by Mosaic on the road last night, so the Pistons are still second in the East.

The next day, Zhang Reasonable contacted Zhou Quan and said excitedly: "Good news, Xiao Zhou, the division passed a resolution to officially recruit you to join the men's basketball team, and some of your conditions have also been agreed." ”

"So easy?" Zhou Quan was a little puzzled.

Zhang Li said with a smile: "Liu has done a lot of work, and as the director of the basketball department, she can still make a lot of decisions."

In addition, your own influence is also a factor, foreign monks are good at chanting, although you are not a foreign nationality, but you play in the United States, earn dollars, and you can be regarded as half a foreign monk. ”

After chatting a few words, the two ended the call.

He is still quite happy, the dream team has completed the circle with the performance in the Olympic Games, and he will have this opportunity in the future, both public and private, and it is a good thing for him to join the national team.

At this time, in the capital, the training base of the men's national basketball team, a group of national team members are preparing for training.

"Did you hear that, we're going to bring in new people." Shan said with a single dig.

"Which? Which province? Li Chunjiang asked.

"From the province of South Lakes." Shan said with a single dig.

"They even withdrew the provincial team this year, don't be funny, where did the gossip come from?" Li Chunjiang said with a smile.

Shan Di Shen said mysteriously: "Really, it's not funny, you know, Liu has been in charge of our capital basketball." I said it last time, it's the guy who plays in the NBA in the United States.

I have a connection with Ma Jian, this time I went to the United States, I heard that Zhou Quan went to a university, let him enter a university, did not spend a penny, saved tens of thousands of dollars, otherwise Lao Ma would have to come back, the original university did not want him. ”

"I know, I know, CCTV NBA highlights have him in it, it's called Zhou Quan or Zhou Chuan or something." Adi Jiang shouted.

"His right is the right of power, Lao Ma said. The old horse was very grateful to him. Shan said.

"Did he really save tens of thousands of dollars for the old horse? It's really fake, tens of thousands of dollars, and I don't have a net worth of thousands of dollars. Zheng Wu said in surprise.

Sun Jun was also surprised: "Then he has a lot of way in the United States!" “

"I heard Lao Ma say that he is a star in the United States, and as soon as he appears, he is a scene of thousands of people cheering, and he has face." Shan said with a thumbs up.

Sun Jun looked envious, he just had a little salary and subsidies, if he could have an income of tens of thousands of dollars a year, it would be good.

Thinking that Zhou Quan also went to the past in China, Ma Jian also went to the United States to play, his strength is not bad, and he is not very old, I don't know if there is a chance?

This thought made my heart itch.

But when I think of the domestic policy, I can't help but be depressed, after Ma Jian ran away, they can't contact foreign scouts privately now, how can they still have the opportunity to go out to play?

A group of people talked about it, only Adijiang and Wu Qinglong were a little worried, because Zhou Quan is a point guard, once he really enters the national team, the number of places is limited, and some of them may have to return to the provincial team.

In the afternoon of this day, the Basketball Department officially announced that Zhou Quan was recruited as a member of the men's basketball team of the national team.

CCTV has learned the details of Zhou Quan from Liu Yumin, and the Minister of Sports Ma Li immediately decided to edit out the highlights of the last game about Zhou Quan and make a separate program.

This program is placed at eight o'clock on Saturday, and it is four sets of CCTV, which can be seen overseas, and the viewership group is very wide.

That night, Zhou Quan appeared on CCTV's seven-o'clock news broadcast.

He has a lot of propaganda points, first of all, the first point is that he is the first person in China to engage in professional sports, which is a precedent for professional sports in China.

At present, the domestic sports industry has not entered the profession, that is to say, there is no professional athlete in China, and he is the first.

At the same time, he was also the first Chinese to engage in professional sports abroad.

It's not that no one has been engaged in professional sports abroad before, but only he is a star, and no one else has made any noise, so this first place has naturally fallen on his head.

He is also the first Chinese basketball player to play in the NBA, the first Chinese professional athlete with an annual salary of one million dollars, the first professional boxer registered abroad, the first Chinese to play professional boxing abroad, the first Chinese to participate in the NCAA basketball tournament, the first Chinese to have a signed shoe contract, the first Chinese to participate in the NCAA ice hockey tournament, the first Chinese to win the NCAA ice hockey tournament, the first Chinese to win the NCAA ice hockey tournament, the first Chinese ice hockey executioner, the first ......

It took three minutes just to recite this title, and the entire news session was six minutes long, which is a very large length.

This time, he is famous in China.

Zhou Quan's family, the family just saw that Zhou Quan was actually on the news broadcast, and they were all shocked, and then they were so happy that they couldn't stop talking.

"Big brother has a lot of firsts, I am also the first in the class, and I am also the first in the grade, and I will get more firsts in the future."

Zhou Quan's house, Zhou Ye jumped up and down proudly.

Zhou Jun immediately hung his head and became depressed, his brother used to score first in the city in the college entrance examination, and his sister's grades are not bad now, it is his turn to be the second child, and he can't do anything, it's really embarrassing!

"Rebuild the provincial team immediately, and we will also recruit Zhou Quan and let him come back to play in the National Games this year."

"The National Games are in September, and I know he should be in China at that time."

"Contact his home right away."

Municipal Sports Commission, after learning the news of Zhou Quan, several leaders were very excited.

"I'm afraid not, I have news, he has negotiated with the above, only playing the Olympics and the World Championships, not domestic games, not even Asian games." Someone said.

"How's that going to work? No organization, no ......"

"Well, people are not from the system, so we can't control it. Haven't you seen the news just now, people's annual salary is one million, it's dollars, and they are all big names in the United States. Do you know how much a million dollars is? Tens of millions of yuan. Do you get a few hundred dollars a month now? ”

"Is it about money?"

"Why isn't it about money? People have a lot of money and work in the United States, what can you do with him? Don't let him play in the NBA, or don't let him participate in the national team, or don't let him play in the provincial team, don't let him go back to Changsha? ”

"I don't think it's a fool, or sooner or later people will immigrate to the United States."

"Why is it a blind disaster?"

"Is the provincial team still rebuilt?"

"Let's rebuild, now the above is asking for reconstruction."

It is not only the people of the Provincial Sports Committee who pay attention to Zhou Quan, but also the Changsha Municipal Government.

"Million-dollar annual salary, my God, where is this foreign exchange? Contact his family immediately, and we will try to get this foreign exchange. With this foreign exchange, we can do a lot more. ”

……

Next, the Pistons won the Hawks on the road, then the Hawks on home, the Pacers, and the Bucks on the road, playing a wave of four consecutive wins, achieving a 16-5 record, with a winning rate of 76.2%, surpassing the Knicks, and topping the first place in the East for the first time this season.

Magic Johnson spoke to the media about the Pistons' performance, saying: "The Pistons have a very strange record this season, first five straight wins, then four straight losses, then seven straight wins, only one loss, and then four straight wins.

Three consecutive wins can only show that the Pistons are a true championship-level team, and they do have the strength to hit the Finals next year. ”

(End of chapter)