On December 20, the Pistons returned to Detroit.

That afternoon, the Houston Mosaics arrived in Detroit.

From the second regular season game with Mosaic last season, after clashing with Big Dream on the court, it took more than half a year to have passed, and this was the first game between the Pistons and Mosaic.

At the request of the media, the Mosaic team held a press conference at the hotel at 4 p.m., which was broadcast live on Detroit TV.

The New York Times reporter asked: "Big Dream, Larry Johnson and Oakley both challenged Iron Fist in the ring, and although they lost, and they lost cleanly, they dared to challenge Iron Fist, so they can still be called warriors."

The postman also said that no matter what, you have to fight with Iron Fist after getting your license, so what about you who have been beaten by Iron Fist? ”

Da Meng's face is pale, these shit reporters who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, I wish you to fall into the sewer when you go out.

After thinking for seven or eight seconds, he said, "It's not that I don't fight him, I'm going to play in the Olympics in the offseason, and I don't have time to do boxing training at all."

You know, he's a professional boxer, and you're not going to let someone like us who hasn't trained professionally go and fight him in a professional ring, because that's not fair to us at all, and I don't think it's necessary to do that, and I'm not qualified to play professionally.

In fact, the postman played in the Olympics like me, didn't he apply for a boxing license, this is the protection of the boxing committee for us non-professional people, they will not allow non-professional boxers to play professional boxing.

But I also have a plan, I'm going to do boxing training next offseason, and I hope to get a boxing license in the future, that's my idea, I'm not afraid of Iron Fist, I'm not afraid of him at all. ”

After saying a lot, Da Meng finally coped with the reporter's questions and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Vernon, would you be interested in applying for a boxing license and then challenging Iron Fist in the professional ring?" The next reporter threw the topic to Maxwell.

This irritated Maxwell, and last time Zhou Quan kicked his large intestine with both feet, cracked in several places, knocked out all his feces, and burst his stomach, and then the doctor removed almost a meter of large intestine, and it is said that the stomach full of stool at that time made several young interns vomit with disgust.

suffered a big loss on Zhou Quan, and with a hot temper, he suddenly waved his fist and smashed it on the table, and roared in an almost roaring tone:

"I can tell you unmistakably that I'm training professionally, and one day I'll go into the ring and finish him off, and I'm not going to let him go."

"It seems that I can't relax, these bedbugs have been staring at me, and if they are careless, they will suffer, and they all have to be taught a good lesson."

Zhou Quan, who was sitting on the sofa at home, muttered.

……

On the night of the 22nd, Auburn Hills Palace.

At eight o'clock, the two sides announced their starting lineups.

Mosaics: Olajuwon, Ostisope, Robert Horry, Vernon Maxwell, Kenny Smith

Pistons: Ronnie Secali, Dennis Rodman, Orlando Ulrich, Joe Dumas, Zhou Quan

The game was broadcast live by the Pistons in the United States, broadcast live on ABC television, and the commentators were Bill Wharton and Lewis Williams.

Bill Wharton, who is now stuttering, said very smoothly: "The second time this season to talk about the Pistons, the last game was very good, and I hope tonight is another good game."

We know that Iron Fist has often staged wonderful dunks and layups this season, he is the No. 1 point guard with such ability, he also has wonderful passes again and again, more stable jump shots than last season, tough defensive style, he has gradually become a rare offensive and defensive star in the league's No. 1 position. ”

Williams nodded: "In comparison, the Assassin's defense is inferior to his, and his offensive ability is stronger than his current one, but he is more balanced than the Assassin." ”

Bill Wharton smiled: "The Assassins won two consecutive championships, and this season the Pistons have reached the first place in the East, which is better than the Knicks and the Bulls, and I also hope that Iron Fist can have a chance to fulfill the dream of a championship like the Assassins." ”

"Iron Fist, you, an alumnus, like Abdul-Jabbar, have been supporting you." In the home dressing room, said Joe Dumas.

Zhou Quan nodded and smiled: "Their support is very important to me, I have to thank them." ”

Soon after, he met Big Dream and Maxwell in the players' tunnel.

Maxwell saw Zhou Quan, it was the enemy's eyes that were red, his fists were immediately clenched, and his eyes were on fire.

But Zhou Quan didn't look at Maxwell, but he found Da Meng and teased: "Hey, Mr. Big Meng, do you want me to introduce a boxing trainer to you?" I guarantee that he is professional and can get you the license in the shortest possible time. ”

"Boy, don't be too crazy." Big Dream said fiercely.

"I hope you apply for a license as soon as possible, don't delay, if it drags on for a few years or more than ten years, I won't fight with you, I don't want to bully the old man." He continued to tease.

"Iron Fist, I think that's what he thinks." Rodman shouted.

"Big worm, do you want to stir up trouble?" Big Dream's fierce eyes were fixed on Rodman.

Zhou Quan stared at Da Meng with a smile on his face, stretched out his hand and nodded at the other party, and said: "Da Meng, if you dare to move a finger of my people in the Palace of Auburn Hills, I will let you walk around without eating, and let you lie down and go to the hospital." ”

Seeing the ferocious eyes of the iron fist, Da Meng's cheeks twitched and twitched, although he was angry, he just couldn't afford to be beaten.

His guard with a knife, Mosaic team's main power forward Osti Thorpe has a heart to protect the master, but he is far from being an opponent, and he does not dare to stand up easily.

"Iron Fist, one day I'll ask you to fall at my feet in the ring." At this time, Maxwell's suppressed angry voice rang out.

"You? Okay, I'll wait for you, don't make me wait too long. Also, train your abs and don't let me punch you to the point of. Zhou Quan said disdainfully.

"You?"

Maxwell was so angry that he was about to have a cerebral hemorrhage.

"Haha......"

Rodman had Zhou Quan by his side, he was bold, and after a strange laugh, he said: "Do you think you can be a professional boxer now?"

Iron Fist, the appearance fee you paid in the last fight against Oakley was two million dollars, and it will definitely go up in the next game, but if you pick garbage as an opponent, you will lose your value. ”

"Dennis, you have a point, it seems that they want to fight me, they have proved that they are not trash, and then I can't fight trash again." Zhou Quan nodded.

"Haha, that's it." Rodman laughed.

"You two bastards!"

Da Meng and Max Weiss were furious in their eyes, staring at Rodman and Zhou Quan, both of them were so angry that they wanted to vomit blood, but they were helpless.

At this time, the visiting team came out, and the big dream was not the finale, and the first one went out, and then Maxwell.

"It's your turn, rookie."

Zhou Quan saw Robert Horry looking at him and urged kindly.

"Huh?"

Horry was startled and found that he was the only one left, and hurriedly ran out.

"This rookie is a bit silly, Orlando, you can keep an eye on him a little bit today and maybe have a chance to play with a first-class defensive quality." Zhou Quan teased.

"Haha......"

Rodman and Jo Dumas laughed.

"I will." Ulrich said awkwardly.

Secali was also a little embarrassed because his defense was about the same as Ulrich's.

At half past eight, the game began, Big Dream won the jump ball, and the mosaic attacked.

Zhou Quan kept up with Kenny Smith, he had studied this guy, he was fast, so he was called a jet, and the speed should be a little faster than him.

Three-point accuracy, shooting 2.7 three-pointers per game this season, shooting 43.8%, shooting 52% overall, averaging 13 points, 5.4 assists and 1 steal per game, this season is the peak of the Jets.

And the Jets don't have much possession, run a lot without the ball, and are good at pulling the opposing defense and creating opportunities for other teammates to cut inside.

Dealing with this kind of speed-type, blue-collar point guard who is good at long-range shooting, he was not good at it before, but now his speed and agility have improved a little, although it may still be inferior to the jet, but it is not much worse, the jet is the same height as him, and he is still confident to defend against it.

The Jets held the ball close to the top of the arc, and when Zhou Quan just pressed up, he immediately stepped back and hoisted the ball low on the left wing.

On the outside, Horry is a rookie, and has poor offensive ability with the ball, mainly without the ball and defense, and Joe Dumas has been selected for the best defensive team several times, Maxwell has average ability, so the tactics formulated by Tomjanovic today are to take advantage of the weakness of Sekat's defense that is too soft, strengthen the low-post offense, let the strongest point of his own side, hit the weakest point of the opponent, and attack the weak with the strong, that is, the main attack by the big dream.

After Da Meng received the ball, he took his left foot as the axis, his right foot moved, up and down, and at the same time felt the reaction and position of the defender with his ass, and found that Sekari behind him was shaken upward, he immediately turned down and slipped to the bottom, burst into the paint area, and rushed towards Rodman under the basket.

"Ahh

Rodman screamed, fell to the sky, and slipped backwards.

"Shh

The boos sounded immediately, and Zhou Quan and the others immediately ran over.

Da Meng stopped there, holding the ball in his hand, looking at the referee who ran over with an innocent face and shouting: "Fake fall, he faked fall, I didn't hit him." ”

The referee looked at Da Meng expressionlessly, did not speak, but played a gesture of hitting people with the ball, attacking fouls, and exchanging balls.

Pistons offense.

At the top of the arc, Zhou Quan faced a jet as tall as him, and did not hesitate to choose to play alone.

The reason for the singles is fairly simple, because a jet is a jet because he is light, only 170 pounds, 77 kilograms.

And he doesn't have to fight with his back, he doesn't need it at all, he plays directly in front of the basket, and he breaks through in three-in-one.

His pace was only a little slower, dangling first and then bursting, changing hands to dribble while breaking through from the left side.

"Bang!"

At the moment of being sudden, the confrontation occurred, the shoulders were hung, and Kenneth directly fell to the ground on his side, with no power to resist at all.

It's a pity that the whistle didn't sound.

Zhou Quan took a step from the top of the arc to the left to kill the three-point line, from the left end of the free throw line into the paint area, at this time the fierce dream from the low post to take a step, as long as he went further, he would face the top defensive center, so he decisively stopped the jump shot at the free throw line one step in the position, the right hand instantly pulled the ball up, and the left hand was closed.

Da Meng took a step forward, saw Zhou Quan stop urgently, and immediately took another step, blocking in front of Zhou Quan and preparing to jump off the cover.

But at this moment, Zhou Quan, who worshiped the Buddha, pushed the ball to Da Meng's crotch with his right hand, and with a bang, the basketball bounced off the ground and disappeared behind Da Meng.

"Sekari!"

The big dream is not good, but it is too late to turn around.

After the big dream made up the defense, Secali immediately cut in from the low post on the left wing to the basket, and then received the ball and jumped, facing Thorpe who was making up the defense, and made a small throw to score the ball.

Although Thorpe's defense is good, he can pick up the gaps for the big dream, and the interior combination with the big dream can be called one of the best interior combinations in the league, but he is better at one-on-one single defense, and his ability to make up for defense is average, especially as a big forward, the blocking ability is not good, and this time the defense is not blocked.

Bill Wharton laughed: "Kenny Smith is very difficult to defend against Iron Fist, this point will be blown up, once you let Iron Fist kill it, either Big Dream or Thorpe, you have to make up the defense, so that one of Rodman and Secali can get an empty spot."

I think it's best to let Thorpe make up for it, Rodman doesn't have any shooting ability after he leaves the basket, and if he's under the basket, he has big dreams to watch him on. ”

Williams shook his head and said: "Bill, when the iron fist rushes in, Sekari will definitely pull out, the big dream can't be under the basket, he must at least follow the left waist position."

So if Thorpe goes to make up for the iron fist that burst in, Rodman will definitely go to the basket, and Da Meng will return to the basket, and Secali will still have to be free.

Unless, Thorpe can stop Tekken's pass to Rodman, but that's hard, so there's nothing wrong with Big Dream going to make up for it, he's on the left side, closer to Tekken. ”

The game continued, Zhou Quan stared at Kenny Smith on the offensive end, either bursting through the opponent and then making a pull-up jump shot at the free throw line and left and right elbow area, or rushing in to attract the defense and then passing, the efficiency of offense and assists was very high.

He had a total of seven attacks in 4 minutes, controlling all the ball, so he initiated the offense, scoring 4 points on 2-of-3 shooting, 3 assists on 4 passes, and 5 of the seven offenses, with a success rate of 70%.

In addition, Joe Dumas made a steal of Maxwell once, and Mosaic had two errors in four minutes.

In just 4 minutes, at 4:10, the Pistons led by 6 points and stopped the opponent.

Bill Wharton analyzed: "In the first four minutes, the Pistons made three turnovers through strong defense, laying the foundation for the lead.

At the same time, Iron Fist delivered three assists, and he made a series of good passes through Smith's singles to attract Mosaic's interior defense.

He tore through the Mosaics' strong interior defense through wonderful passes again and again, which is also an important reason why the Pistons lead. ”

Williams nodded: "Big Dream and Thorpe are the strongest interior combinations in the league, but Iron Fist breaks through through with his ball, and through his passing, the Mosaics' interior defense is useless." ”

Bill Wharton nodded: "The Mosaics team succeeded twice in 4 attacks, and Big Dream made 2 of 3 shots on Secali's head, but unfortunately there were too many mistakes. ”

In front of the Mosaic bench, Tomjanovic was emphasizing defense, not only on interior defense, but first and foremost on outside defense, saying to Kenny Smith:

"Kenny, can you use your brains? Don't fight Iron Fist, you'll get hurt. You have to be flexible and use your movement speed to your advantage to disrupt him and interrupt his rhythm. ”

Kenny Smith is helpless, he's just a little faster, and it's hard to stop the opponent from breaking through if he doesn't establish a defensive position in the front.

However, he didn't defend it once just now, and he was suddenly attacked every time, so he didn't insist on his thoughts, nodded and said, "Got it, coach." ”

Tomjanovic doesn't think that after Smith changes his defensive strategy, he can prevent Zhou Quan, Zhou Quan's strength is far greater than Smith's, and in the case of moving speed, it is difficult to cross the confrontation advantage in tonnage and strength alone, but you always have to try other methods, right?

He then said to Big Dream and Thorpe, "Iron Fist will definitely continue to stare at Kenny, and then you don't make it up, Robert will make it up." ”

"Me?"

Robert Horry was stunned.

"Yes, that's you. Ulrich's mid-range shot is average, and you can let him go when Tekken is breaking in. At the same time, when Iron Fist breaks through, you are in the right position to cut off the passing path between him and Ulrich, so just pay attention to the timely defense. ”

After Tomjanovic told Horry, he said to Thorpe: "Osti, Ulrich's mid-range shot is average, and there are no three-pointers, Secali is pulled to the left wing, and the position overlaps with him a little, and then you change the defense Secali, and at the same time help Robert keep an eye on Ulrich, I believe you can handle it, right?" ”

Thorpe thought for a moment and nodded.

Tomjanovic added: "The basket will be handed to Hakim, but you don't try to block the Iron Fist, don't make it up completely, because the passing ability of the Iron Fist is too strong.

If the Jazz don't have a postman, John Stockton will definitely have a lot fewer assists than Iron Fist, so you just need to stop him from getting to the basket, forcing him to make a pull-up jumper, disrupting him, but pay attention to his passing and get back to the basket in time. ”

(End of chapter)