"Iron Fist, I broke up with Madonna." At this time, Rodman suddenly said.

"What?"

Zhou Quan was a little surprised, he hadn't heard Rodman mention it before, so suddenly?

Rodman shrugged his shoulders and said, "I offered it, and she didn't want to break up with me. ”

"Big worm, tell us quickly, why did you break up with her?"

"Dennis, are you unable to satisfy her?"

"Haha......"

At this time, everyone else heard it, and everyone had a heart for gossip, and immediately gathered around and shouted gossip.

Rodman said with a look of regret and distress: "I've been with her for almost a year, it's so bad, I ask for it again and again, every time I see me, she wants to eat me, I feel like she has sucked 50% of my vitality, no, it's 80%.

Her desire is so strong that I have to break up with her, or sooner or later I will be sucked to bones by her. Seriously, I'm already very proud to be able to hold on for a year, and if I replace you, I will have to run for a week at most. ”

"Haha......"

The locker room burst into laughter.

……

The next day, Zhou Quan slept until he woke up naturally, and didn't get up until ten o'clock.

"Christina, are you going to watch the game?"

"Of course, I'm going to sit behind you."

“OK。”

While making breakfast, I called my girlfriend.

He has a good relationship with Christina Yeri, and he doesn't have many opportunities to go to Los Angeles, most of which are Christina flies to Detroit.

He found that this big beauty was not very ambitious, tranquil, fairy-like, and Catherine were completely two kinds of women.

Even, the last time I was with him, I also revealed the idea of ending the film if I got married.

At noon, he invited Jo Dumas and the Assassin and a few other teammates to go to the course to play golf and relax.

The team is in good shape at the moment, and the injury problems are better than last season.

Rodman has been injured several times during the season, adding up to 30 games, and his body has been well rested, and he is in good shape so far.

The Assassins have played very little this season, averaging 15 minutes per game and often taking rotational breaks, and their injury problems have been brought under control and are currently stable.

"Iron Fist, this playoffs, our goal is ......"

After Zhou Quan kicked off, the Assassin walked up to him and looked at him, obviously eager to understand his attitude.

He looked at the ball in the air from afar, and after seeing it land in the fairway about 200 meters, he turned back to the assassin and said:

"Isaiah, relax, don't think that far, our most appropriate goal is to win the Hornets first, this is the most realistic goal."

The assassin nodded slightly, he didn't dare to think too far, the wasps in the first round alone were not easy to beat.

He also knows that the Pistons are now afraid of such teams with strong interior lines, especially teams with tough interior defense, such as the Hornets and Knicks, who will be restrained by the Pistons' lineup.

On the contrary, it is a team with an average interior like the Bulls, as long as Jordan can't play explosively, the Pistons have hope of winning, and the Pistons are stronger than the Bulls in the regular season.

The 3-2 loss against the Hornets in the regular season is still the reason why Larry Johnson and Mourning have a bad relationship and cannot fully play their due strength.

Of course, the Pistons have an advantage on the outside, and the two teams ultimately depend on the on-court performance and the tactical command of the coaching staff.

At this time, Joe Dumas kicked off, not far, only more than 100 meters, the playoffs are about to start, they are here to relax, will not hit the ball hard, so as not to accidentally get injured.

"Isaiah, are you going to fight?" Zhou Quan asked.

"I'll see you fight."

The assassin shook his head, he was too injured to play, what if he was injured again?

"Hey, Tekken, do you want to play together?" At this time, someone shouted not far away.

Zhou Quan looked at it as Cadillac chief administrative officer Lovis Edward, a white man in his forties, with whom he had played golf.

"Of course, let's play together." He greeted with a smile.

That evening, the league announced some of the season's awards through TNT Sports News.

The first is DPOY, the first time Olajuwon has won this award.

Then came the best rookie, O'Neal won the honor in a way that was not suspenseful, even Mourning, who also played 20+10, was not competitive in front of him.

The Sixth Man of the Year is Cleverd Robinson, the most improved player is Mahan Murdlauf, and the Best Coach is Pat Riley.

Finally, there are five data kings, namely scoring king Michael Jordan, assist king Zhou Quan, steal king Zhou Quan, rebounding king Rodman, and block king Olajuwon.

AMVP, assist king, steal king, player of the month, this is a hard honor won by Zhou Quan in the regular season, not too hard, it is a second-rate hard honor, but it is better than nothing.

In addition, he is still ranked fifth in the MVP rankings.

"Two skill points are not bad either."

He received the rewards of the assist king and the steal king, and the system noted the first time, and it is estimated that there will be no reward for the next time he wins this honor.

These two skill points, you can add them when you turn around, and you can't add them if you add a little bit, but level 92 is already very good.

The rest of the point, he added to the one-handed virtual break, and it was promoted to level 91.

……

On the morning of the 27th, Zhou Quan went to the swimming pool to swim and continue to relax his body.

He was a little envious of those villas with swimming pools, the single-family villa that Pistons helped him rent was just a very ordinary residence, not a real villa, and he decided to buy a villa with a swimming pool for himself after signing the next contract.

At noon, he drove to the airport to pick up his girlfriend.

27-year-old Christina Yerry, as delicate as a blooming French rose, can pinch out water, which belongs to the time period when her appearance can be the most effective.

She is wearing a burgundy classical dress, with her own classical temperament, the whole person has a dreamlike feeling, as if independent of the world, people can't help but indulge in it.

Zhou Quan likes her blue eyes the most, shrouded in her eyes like a layer of mist, mysterious and pure, making people have the urge to explore them.

"Click, click, click......"

Some reporters kept pressing the shutter at the duo.

……

After the end of the regular season, there was more news about the playoffs, and the major media analyzed the situation of the playoffs.

For the Pistons and the Hornets, one is third in the East, the other is sixth in the East, and the regular season is three wins and two losses, and most of the media's evaluation is that the Pistons are stronger on paper, but the Hornets have lineup restraint against the Pistons.

Most of the media's first-round speculation about the two teams is not one-sided, with some believing that the Pistons will advance and others thinking that the Hornets will advance.

In fact, this is not good news for the Pistons, who are third in the East and face sixth, but they do not have much advantage.

Zhou Quan's own opinion, of course, is to advance in the first round, although the Hornets are strong inside, but the Pistons also have a great advantage on the outside, and the rebounding is also the Pistons have some advantages.

At noon on the 27th, ESPN launched its own playoff conjecture as usual.

The first is the championship probability prediction, 16 playoff teams do not pull, the Bulls are once again the starters, and the probability of winning the championship is as high as 51%.

The Bulls' triangle offense has fully matured, and the defensive system has also made the Bulls second in the league in points per game, second only to the Knicks, Michael Jordan has entered the real peak, his dominance in the locker room and the game is beyond imagination, the Bulls roster has no major injuries, even after two consecutive championships, it is full of infinite sharpness, under the leadership of Michael Jordan, it is time for the Bulls to attack for three consecutive championships.

ESPN spoke highly of the Bulls, and was full of admiration for Jordan, overflowing with words, eager to kneel and lick.

"ESPN's predictions have always been very accurate, and I'm going to make them so accurate this time." Jordan said this in a telephone interview.

He's under a lot of pressure this season, not just the pressure of a three-game winning streak, but also the problems within the team, all of which have come up and he'll need to put more effort into managing the dressing room.

For example, Cobra Grant, one of the Iron Triangle, he doesn't like this guy, the other party hates him, Grant has decided to leave the Bulls, how to stabilize the relationship between him and Grant and play well in the playoffs, it gives him a headache.

At the same time, because gambling and other negative news have been seized by the media, and even intensified, his psychological pressure is very great.

Internal pressure, external pressure, and even once made him have the idea of retiring, but fortunately, his father constantly encouraged him and made him persevere.

The Suns, the No. 1 regular season record this season, have a 15% chance of winning the championship.

Barkley is very unhappy, we are all playing first, the Bulls are only third in the league, why are they 51% and we are only 15%?

In a phone interview, he said dissatisfiedly: "ESPN is underestimating us, and we will surprise people this time." ”

The Pistons have only a ...... chance of winning the championship

Zhou Quan is really angry, damn ESPN, only gave 1% to the Pistons last season, and here it is again this season, are they really not afraid of being slapped in the face?

The Pistons' injury situation is ostensibly better than last season's playoffs, but Rodman's injury suspension reached 30 games during the regular season, which is a huge concern, and it's hard to guarantee that he won't suffer as many injuries as he did in the playoffs last season, and the best solution is to trade him.

Even if Rodman can stay healthy, the Pistons are not likely to advance in the first round against the Hornets' strong interior combination, and they are even lower than the Hornets.

Even if the Pistons struggle to break into the second round, they will fall at the feet of the Bulls without any suspense, and its chances of reaching the Eastern Conference finals are even zero.

Here's ESPN's analysis of the Pistons' playoff situation.

Zhou Quan scoffed at this, the Hornets are so powerful, why is it sixth in the East? The Bulls are so strong, why don't ESPN top their chances of winning the championship to 100 percent?

If it weren't for the injury, they would have had a chance to knock down the Bulls in the Eastern Conference last season, and this season is just as good, and the Bulls are not invincible.

"Tekken, what do you think of our predictions?"

After ESPN TV released the data, it also called and interviewed the leading stars of each team one by one, and also interviewed Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan lay comfortably on the lap of the French beauty, kept a faint smile on his face, and said without showing joy or anger: "Oh, the forecast data is very beautiful, as romantic as a dog's tail flower, which is full of fantasy." ”

"Poof!"

Christina Yeri burst into laughter instantly, and her delicate body trembled.

"Uh, well, Iron Fist, I won't bother you, may you and Miss Christina have a good day." The other side hung up the phone in embarrassment.

……

On the morning of the 28th, the Pistons assembled, held a tactical meeting in the morning, and conducted intra-team training in the afternoon.

At the beginning of the meeting, assistant coach Rick Musk first introduced the current situation of the Charlotte Hornets, and then said:

"Their five main positions, the one, two, four and five positions are fixed, and only the third position belongs to the rotation, David Wingate started 55 games and John Newman started 27 games.

Of these two players, Newman plays more benches, but he is stronger, averaging 11.9 points per game, Wingate only 5.6 points, and in the first round of the series, the Hornets coaching staff is likely to let Newman play the starting lineup in order to enrich the main lineup. ”

He continued: "On the Hornets inside, Larry Johnson is the main offense, and this young man averaged 22.1 points, 10.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.8 turnovers per game in the regular season, shooting 52.6% from the field, and we have to pay attention to his low-post offense and control his rebounding.

Fifty percent of his offense came in the paint, and his mid-range shot was terrible, and he didn't have a three-point shot, but watch out for his mid-two points, where he shot nearly 18 percent and didn't shoot more than three out of three.

Mourning is the main defense, averaging 21 points, 10.3 rebounds, 1 assist, 3.5 blocks and 3 turnovers per game in the regular season, with a shooting rate of 51.1%.

In addition, his offense is also good, with accurate shots from the near two points inside and two points from the outside, and good from the low post, with 74% of his offense coming in the paint, 43% of his offense under the basket, and a whopping 70% shooting percentage. ”

At this time, Chuck Daley took over the conversation and said, "The inside line is on the offensive end, and we have to pull it out to play." Ronnie ......"

He looked at Sekari and said, "You pull to the flank, take Mourning out, weaken his basket, but if it's Larry Johnson with you, then Zhou ......"

He looked at Zhou Quan again and said: "You can give Ronny more passes, Larry Johnson's defense is average, the height is not enough, and Ronnie has a mismatch advantage." At this time, it is necessary to pay attention to rushing for offensive rebounds and strive for a second offensive opportunity. ”

Both Zhou Quan and Sekari nodded.

Daley continued: "If Mourning goes out, we have to break in more from the outside, and Larry Johnson can't guard it, he has limited ability to protect the basket.

He then looked at Rodman again and said, "Dennis, you have to be responsible for offensive coverage under the basket and grab every rebound you can." ”

"Of course, I'll do it, Daddy Chuck." Rodman grinned.

Chuck Daly smiled kindly, he was glad that Rodman and Madonna had broken up, that had wasted too much of Rodman's energy, and was about to suck the worm dry.

Then he said: "On the outside, we have an advantage, try to get the advantage we should have at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, to make up for the disadvantages of the inside."

Whether we can win this series or not depends on whether the advantage on the outside can make up for the disadvantage on the inside, I think you should understand that.

Another point, don't think that the Hornets don't have height inside, their two big interior rebounds are not weak, you have to grab every rebound you can. ”

Next, he began to explain the tactics to be used in the first round.

There is no specific determination of which tactics to use, which were all used in the regular season, and now it is just based on the characteristics of the Hornets lineup, as well as the restraint of the lineup of both sides, to highlight some of the tactics that are more likely to be used in large quantities.

For example, the blocking and dismantling + inside cutting + outside cutting tactics of wing Ulrich and Secali, which is often used in the regular season, can pull out the opponent's inside line, and then cut Ulrich inside by the dunk, and Secali cut outside.

Both Secali and Ulrich have improved their shooting percentages this season compared to last season, because this tactic suits them well and works so well together.

Another example is Secarili pulling to the high post or wing, and Zhou Quan blocks and picks, and Joe Dumas and Zhou Quan block and pick and roll outside.

Chuck Daley simply let him pull out and play according to the characteristics of Sakkari's unconfrontational basket and mid-range shooting, and the effect was still good.

(End of chapter)