25, Auburn Hills Palace.

At half past seven, the two sides announced their starting lineups.

Suns: Mark West, Charles Barkley, Richard, Dan Marley, Kevin Johnson

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

The game was one of the few Pistons broadcast live in the United States, and it was broadcast live on ABC TV.

Commentator Bill Wharton said with a smile at this time: "One is the first in the league, the other is the fourth in the East, and from the ranking analysis, the Suns have a better chance of winning."

However, this is the first regular season game between the two teams this season, and the Suns lost to the Bulls, and the Bulls lost to the Pistons, so in the end, who wins and who loses depends on the result. ”

Lewis Williams nodded with a smile: "That's right, on-the-spot play, neat lineup, restraint of squad configuration, home and away factors, etc., are all factors that affect the outcome of the game, and the analysis of strength on paper is only one level, which cannot determine the final result."

But, Bill, what do you think about Tekken preparing to go to the San Francisco leg of the All-American Tour during All-Star Weekend? ”

Bill Wharton shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's only been two days of golf, do you think Michael Jordan is missing golf?" As far as I know, he even sent a private jet to pick up Barkley and play a game of golf together, so this kind of thing is normal, it's just a pastime, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that, it's just media hype. ”

In the players' tunnel, the starters of the two teams arrived one after the other, waiting to play.

Zhou Quan and Barkley's relationship is not as good as the first time they met, and the last time they beat Barkley's friend Larry Johnson in boxing in Los Angeles, they couldn't talk about friends, so after they met, they nodded to each other and didn't even say anything.

At eight o'clock, the game officially began.

The center jumps the ball, and the Pistons attack.

Zhou Quan held the ball across the midline and ushered in the lightning alignment.

The lightning is now 6 centimeters shorter than him, and the obvious height gap is only 82 kilograms, and 8 kilograms is also a huge gap for a point guard, so he has no intention of close defense, but retreats and defends, and does not intend to fight.

But Zhou Quan took the initiative to seek confrontation, as soon as the lightning retreated, he immediately accelerated forward, and directly hit the past, if the lightning retreated, he would form a crushing momentum, if he did not retreat, he would be knocked away, and he was even mentally prepared for the lightning side flash to risk stealing.

"This kid is really faster than last season."

The lightning immediately cheered up and did not dare to be careless.

He quickened the pace of retreat, and retreated to the top of the arc in a few steps, but found that Zhou Quan's speed had been completely raised, and the speed of his retreat could no longer keep up, and if he retreated, he would be directly knocked over.

In the next moment, Zhou Quan suddenly turned right and broke through with the ball from the left side.

Almost at the same time, the lightning flashed to his left and Zhou Quan's right, intending to break the ball when he couldn't retreat.

The two of them were one left and one right, and they instantly distanced themselves.

"Brush!"

Zhou Quan took two steps to the left end of the free throw line, faced the make-up Charles Barkley, and hit a jumper.

Bill Wharton laughed: "The crushing breakthrough of the iron fist, not many point guards can deal with it, he should have grown a little taller and lost some weight when he entered the league, but his speed has increased, so his impact will probably be stronger than last season." ”

"Absolute power may be lower," Williams said. ”

At this time, the lightning held the ball all the way on the right side, and Zhou Quan chased closely on the left side, and the speed actually kept up with the lightning that he couldn't keep up with last season.

Of course, this is when he is running in the air and the lightning is in a state of holding the ball, and his absolute speed should still be a little slower than lightning.

The lightning hit outside the three-point line and forcibly changed direction, looking like he was going to hit the basket, but just as Zhou Quan was keeping up, he suddenly turned around and passed back, and the ball flew to Dan Malley behind him.

Dan Marley jumped from outside the three-point line on the right wing, caught the ball, made a jumper, and by the time Joe Dumas stopped to block it, the ball had already been shot.

Zhou Quan did not stop, but rushed to the basket.

"Bang!"

When the ball missed, he jumped high and competed with Barkley, who also rushed to the basket, for a rebound.

Unfortunately, the two collided in the air, and Barkley, who was much more tonnage, knocked him away, but Barkley didn't grab the rebound, and Rodman also rushed in and snatched the rebound.

"Iron Fist is aggressive in grabbing rebounds, and he's one of the most rebounders among point guards, and if it weren't for him, Rodman wouldn't have had a chance to grab the ball."

After Bill Wharton finished speaking, he picked up the topic and said: "Lewis, you can compare the strength of Iron Fist's lower body muscles between now and last season, which means that his lower body strength has been strengthened, and at the same time, his aerial work ability has increased greatly, which means that his core strength has also increased.

So although he has lost weight, his absolute strength should not be reduced much, at most the strength of his upper limbs has been reduced. ”

"Possibly." Williams nodded.

At this time, Zhou Quan steadily pushed through the middle line, immediately picked up speed, and once again formed a crushing impact on the lightning, forcing the lightning to get out of the way.

The lightning retreated at the fastest speed, Zhou Quan quickly approached the top of the arc, and suddenly his shoulders shook left and right, and the one-handed virtual breakthrough of level 90 started.

"Left or right?"

The lightning quickly stopped, stopped to break through, and the center of gravity of the upper body was a little back.

In the next moment, without waiting for him to make a prediction, Zhou Quan took a step from the right, and he quickly moved a step to the left, his center of gravity became more and more unstable, and he was already half a beat slower.

"Bang!"

Under Zhou Quan's intentional confrontation, the two hung their shoulders together, and the lightning, whose center of gravity was already unstable, leaned back on the spot and sat down on the ground, while Zhou Quan's figure paused slightly, and then exerted his strength again and rushed over in one step.

"Suddenly! Iron Fist Burst Lightning! ”

On the commentary seat, bearded John Lowes yelled excitedly.

As Zhou Quan hit the top of the arc, Barkley was still sitting under the basket, and center Mark West hurriedly pounced from the left waist to the free throw line, and Secali on the left wing was empty.

Zhou Quan was not greedy and passed the ball to Sekari.

Ignoring teammates' open positions, that's not what a point guard should do, once he keeps doing that, he will lose the trust of his teammates, and his teammates won't play hard, and they won't try to run anymore, because no matter how hard they try, they won't get his passes, and over time, they will only watch him play five on the court.

Once trust is lost, it will cost more to regain it.

Sekari received the ball, and Mark West had hurriedly returned to the defense, but there was still time, he calmly made an empty jumper, brushed it, and hit a ball.

"Ronnie, good job." Zhou Quan encouraged.

"You're a good passer." Sekari said happily.

"When you run out of space, you never have to worry about not being able to catch my ball, unless a teammate is open and closer to the basket." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

Secali nodded excitedly, because of Iron Fist's passing, his shooting percentage in the Pistons was higher than that of the Heat, which made the media evaluate him better.

0:4, Iron Fist made a shot and a pass to help the Pistons lead the Suns by four points. And as team leaders, Barkley and Lightning should step up and score at this time. Bill Wharton reminded from the commentary bench.

At this time, the lightning rushed again, advancing from the middle to the top of the arc, but his right side was stuck by Zhou Quan, and he could only control the ball with his left hand.

Seeing that Rodman was already under the basket, he suddenly made an emergency stop, then dribbled to the left and broke through, shook off Zhou Quan and then took two steps to the left elbow area, and then stopped and jumped when Zhou Quan had not yet caught up.

Zhou Quan jumped off the cover from the right side, it was too late, and he was half a beat slower.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and hit a two-point shot.

"Bang!"

Looking back, Joe Dumas held the ball and singled to defend Dan Marley, who is known for his ferocity, barely made a shot and failed to hit.

In order to get a position, Rodman and Barkley got tangled under the basket, but neither could jump, and the rebound was snatched away by Secali.

"Bang!"

Sekari received the ball and threw a small toss over Mark West's head, which also missed.

"Mine."

"Mine."

Barkley and Rodman were fighting under the basket, one arm hooked, and instead of grabbing the rebound, they both fell to the floor.

"Bang!"

At this time, Zhou Quan rushed in from the free throw line, and while completing a flying dunk, it can be regarded as a dunk under Mark West.

"The awareness of the second attack of the iron fist is very strong." Bill Wharton praised.

On the field, Zhou Quan pulled Rodman up and encouraged: "Dennis, good job, vent your momentum on Madonna on Sir Barkley, he will satisfy you." ”

Barkley is disgusting like a piece of shit, damn iron fist, I satisfy my wife, and I won't satisfy damn Rodman.

Rodman shook his head and smirked, "He's not even as good as one of Madonna's toes." ”

"Bastard! Did you lick Madonna's toes? ”

Barkley, who was so disgusted, became angry that he came up and shoved Rodman, who almost fell.

"Bang!"

Zhou Quan took a step forward, forcefully pushed the fat Barkley away two steps, pointed to the other party's nose, and said in a warning tone: "Flying Pig, it's just trash talk, if you want to do it, then think about the consequences." ”

"Iron Fist, are you afraid of you kid?"

As a superstar, Barkley can't show weakness, and his personality is also a temper tantrum, and he immediately pushed up with his chest.

"Shut up! Get out of the way. If you want to fight, go to the off-court and come up when you're done, OK? When the referee saw this, he hurriedly reprimanded, ran up and pushed the two away.

"Flying Pig, remember, the Palace of Auburn Hills is not a place for you to go wild." After Zhou Quan warned again, he turned around and ran to the backcourt.

Lei Gongdan Marley is also a person with an extremely tough personality, seeing that Zhou Quan had a conflict with Buckley, when Zhou Quan ran past him, he deliberately elbowed horizontally, and Zhou Quan stumbled and almost fell down.

"Shh

This stimulated the fans at the scene, and nearly 20,000 people immediately shouted and shouted.

"Bang!"

Zhou Quan punched Dan Marli in the face.

Dan Marley tried to dodge, but his blow was too precise to dodge, and he knocked him to the ground with a punch.

"Didi!"

The referee hurriedly blew the whistle.

"Bastard!"

When Barkley saw this, he pounced on him from behind, hugged Zhou Quan is a powerful takedown, threw him to the ground, and then rode up.

"them!"

Darnell Walker rose from the bench and shouted.

"Don't mess around!"

Chuck Daly looked back and shouted, "It's a small scene for Iron Fist. ”

"Get out of here!"

At this time, Zhou Quan's core exerted force, rolled up his two legs, and strangled Barkley's neck, and under the force, Barkley had to let go of his hands and was strangled to the ground.

Barkley was still up, but he didn't expect Zhou Quan to hit him in the face, and suddenly he lay down again with an ouch.

Zhou Quan hurriedly got up and held down Barkley, and was about to punch and beat him.

Barkley saw Iron Fist raise his fist and panicked, if he was beaten, what kind of face would he have as a villain?

Fortunately, at this time, the rest of the two teams and the three referees rushed up and pulled Zhou Quan away, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

There were already boxing moves, and the referee showed no mercy and directly sent Zhou Quan off the court, and also sent Barkley and Dan Marli who caused the conflict off.

Glaring fiercely at Barkley and Dan Marley, Zhou Quan stepped off the pitch amid the cheers of the fans and walked to the players' tunnel.

He only hopes that there will be no additional suspension, as the system has a limit on the number of appearances he has to play this season, and he must play 80 games this season.

And today's game has just started, and he doesn't have any data yet, which will also drag down his average data per game, which is not conducive to the completion of the task.

Walking to the players' tunnel, he didn't go to the home team's dressing room, but to the away team's dressing room and stood around the corner.

Ten seconds later, the swearing Barkley and Dan Marley walked into the players' tunnel.

Dan Marli's mouth was bleeding, and several of his teeth were loose and swollen, and he looked very embarrassed.

This is still because he has a mouth guard, if he doesn't have a mouth guard, he will definitely be knocked out by Zhou Quan.

And the left side of Barkley's face from his forehead to the corners of his mouth is covered with a reddish ball sole, which is very obvious, obviously Zhou Quan's kick was merciless, which made him very embarrassed, and his face was hot.

As soon as the two of them turned the corner, they almost ran into Zhou Quan who was standing there, and they were startled.

"Iron Fist, what are you doing here? If I want to fight, I'll be with you to the end. Barkley said angrily.

Zhou Quan smiled: "That's right, the postman and I still have a fight, and I don't know if that waste can apply for a boxing license, don't let me down." ”

"Who plays what boxing with you? I'm going to wrestle with you. Barkley said slyly.

"What weight do you weigh, what weight do I have, do you want a face? Either boxing or unlimited fighting. Zhou Quan was also angry.

Barkley excitedly said: "Freestyle wrestling, I weigh 115 kilograms, less than 130 kilograms, I can only fight 97 kilograms, you are 85 kilograms, I am only one level higher than you, don't you dare?" ”

Zhou Quan scolded: "Your tonnage is 25 kilograms bigger than me, and your level is one level higher than me, so I'm embarrassed that I don't dare?" ”

"Charles, just wrestle with him, he's scared." Dan Marley exclaimed.

"Lei Gong, dare to elbow me, what are we going to do?" Zhou Quan stared at Dan Marli Dao.

"I can play however you want." Dan Marli stiffened his neck.

"Then you go and apply for a boxing license." Zhou Quan said immediately.

"This ......"

Dan Marli's momentum was stagnant, this, he really can't do it, he said it big just now, and now he can't pick it up, it's a little embarrassing, and his momentum suddenly goes down.

Zhou Quan looked at Barkley again and said, "You don't do boxing and fighting, my tonnage is too small in wrestling, why don't we play golf?" Whoever loses donates half a million dollars. ”

"I never gamble."

Don't I know what level I have, why should I donate $500,000 for nothing? Barkley immediately screamed.

Zhou Quan had no choice but to say: "Then let's fight a single game now, if you have the ability to fall, I will count it, but it is not limited to wrestling." ”

Barkley didn't want to do it, he still knew it in his heart, that is, he was a little sure of wrestling, strength and tonnage to win, and he might not be able to beat it in other ways, so he pretended to be angry and said: "Iron Fist, I treat you as a friend, and you treat me like this?" ”

Zhou Quan said with a look of contempt: "Come on, even if my friend doesn't stand on my side, he will remain neutral, whether it's Jordan or Larry Johnson, when you stand over there, I don't know, what kind of friend are you my friend?" A friend who stabbed me in the back a few times? ”

Speechless, Barkley looked embarrassed.

"Don't provoke us next time, or I'll recognize you, and my fist won't recognize you." Zhou Quan didn't bother to dwell on it any longer, and left after the warning.

"Charles, we've suffered a loss, so forget it?" Dan Marli asked reluctantly.

Barkley glanced at Marley's swollen mouth and wanted to laugh, but he couldn't help it, but he elbowed the iron fist in order to vent his anger for him, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, I will settle accounts with him in the future." ”

Dan Marli pouted, it doesn't count now, it will be counted in the future, are you stupid to me?

But just now Barkley did it for him on the field, and he didn't say anything anymore.

In this game, in the end, the Pistons won.

After Barkley was ejected, the Suns lost control inside, not only did the offense disappear, but the rebounds were gone, Sekari and Rodman attacked and defended, and also controlled the rebounds to help the team win.

With 26 wins and 13 losses, a winning rate of 66.6%, just as the Cavaliers lost, the Pistons, who ended their losing streak, climbed to the third place in the East, and the two teams only had half a win apart.

The fifth-place Green team is 23-17, with a winning rate of 57.5%, three and a half wins behind the Cavaliers, and it can't catch up for a while.

(End of chapter)