"You deserve it!"

When Zhou Quan saw the data of the two teams, he couldn't help but scold.

All other stats are similar, and the shooting percentage of the two teams is only two percentage points apart, with the Lakers at 44.3% and the Suns at 42%, with the Suns taking two more shots.

Losing by 5 points, the Suns only lost on two points, one was Barkley's inefficient offense, and the other was three-pointers.

Yes, it was another three-pointer, the Lakers shot 6-of-13, shooting 46.2%, while the Suns did not learn the lesson of the last game, following 1-of-9 shooting, they did another 8-of-1 shooting, shooting only a pitiful 12.5%.

The main quarterback Dan Marley, that idiot shot another 5-of-1 shot, Danny Ainge shot 0-of-2, these two guys think they are god shooters, and they are really committed to three-point shooting!

"So you have to shoot three points less, but you have to guard against the opponent's three points. As long as the opponent dares to throw and defend, it is not far from victory. ”

In this first-round series, there are many three-point shots, which determine the outcome of many games, especially the first round between the Lakers and the Suns, so that Zhou Quan can't help but have such thoughts.

His basic three-point shooting skills are still good, reaching a first-class level, but he shoots less, and when facing defenders, he generally doesn't use it.

From the Suns' downgame, he thought of the Hornets, the next game is the home of the Hornets, will they win three points?

He thought about the Hornets lineup, in the main lineup, point guard Boggs did not have three points, point guard Kendall Gill did not have three points, and the other three did not either.

Fortunately, in the first two games, Curry's three-point shots were not accurate, and they seemed to shoot 2 of 7 together, which did not make a name for himself and did not cause trouble for the Pistons.

……

May 3rd, G3 match day.

At eight o'clock, the Pistons and Hornets announced their starting list.

Hornets: Alonzo Mourning, Larry Johnson, John Newman, Kendall Gill, Boggs

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

At half past eight, the game began.

Jump ball, Hornets attack.

Boggs quickly bypassed Zhou Quan from the right side to advance to the front, he couldn't let Zhou Quan close, once he was on the confrontation, his tonnage, a dip in the position, so the speed was very fast, and he deliberately wanted to widen the distance with Zhou Quan.

But Zhou Quan's speed has now reached level 93, which is definitely not slow, the basketball court is not too big, if it is not a long-distance sprint, it is impossible to completely lift the speed, so the faster Boggs wants to completely get rid of him, it is impossible.

Why is the 160 cm Boggs based in the NBA, speed is a little bit, but it is not a major factor, his agility is the biggest factor, and the combination of the two is his capital to stand in the NBA.

But agility is a quality, and the more complex the environment, the more powerful it can be, so Boggs is very good at drilling through people's cracks and likes to break into the paint area.

It's just that he is agile, Zhou Quan has also reached level 93, and he also has a full-level panoramic vision, he is also good at drilling people's cracks, even Jordan can't get rid of him in the paint area, although Boggs is more agile and faster than Jordan, but if he wants to get rid of Zhou Quan in the paint area, there is also a possibility of missing.

This is also the reason why in the first two games, he did not get the advantage under Zhou Quan's defense.

He has a high ball quotient, suffered losses in the first two games, and after repeated consideration and discussion with the coaching staff, it was decided to change course in this game.

No matter how good the defense is, it is not as effective as a block, this is the NBA's wise saying, and he will use the blockade to get rid of Zhou Quan's pursuit today.

He quickly pulled the ball to the left wing and played a pick-and-roll with small forward John Newman.

He can't go to Kendall Gill to do a pick-and-roll, because Joe Dumas is also a top outside defender, and with Newman, if the Pistons switch defenses, he can play big with a small one, and the 206-centimeter Ulrich will not be able to keep up with him at all, and if the Pistons don't change defenses, they can also take the opportunity to get rid of Zhou Quan.

Of course, Zhou Quan will not change his defense, and immediately quickly bypass John Newman and chase after Boggs, but he is already a step slow.

At this time, Mourning, who was low on the left wing, made a second block, blocking Zhou Quan when Boggs burst into the paint area from the left midfield.

Boggs went to the basket and met Rodman with a throw.

"Brush!"

Rodman jumped, but missed the ball and the basketball went through the basket.

"Did you learn from Jazz?"

Zhou Quan's eyes moved, took the ball from Rodman, and moved forward.

Kendall Gill ran over, the Hornets still switched defenses, he advanced to the frontcourt, saw Joe Dumas go deep into the right wing to get into position, and immediately passed over.

This is to let Joe Dumas try his luck, and if he can do it, let him beat Boggs like in the G1 fight, this tactic is also the most incomprehensible.

"Brush!"

He passed the ball high and Joe Dumas received it and hit it high and hit a mid-range jumper over Boggs' head.

Looking back, Boggs repeated his old trick and wanted to use the pick-and-roll to get rid of Zhou Quan.

But Ulrich is not exactly a waste on the defensive end, just ordinary, when the blocking and dismantling occurred, although he did not change the defense, he deliberately blocked Boggs, which won an opportunity for Zhou Quan, and Zhou Quan immediately blocked in front of Boggs.

After the block-and-roll failed, Boggs could only deflect the ball, first overboard Newman, then withdraw himself and then pick the ball back.

But at this moment, Zhou Quan did not chase after Boggs anymore, but decisively began to wrap up Newman with Ulrich.

"Smack!"

Newman held on for just two seconds before Zhou Quan knocked the ball out of his hands with a quick and precise strike, and then Ulrich grabbed the ball and the two successfully worked together to complete a steal.

On the TNT commentary seat, Ringer Wilson said with a somewhat strange face: "Robert, I don't know if you have noticed, Iron Fist ......"

"Bang!"

When he said this, Zhou Quan played a quick defensive counterattack and completed a very strong flying dunk.

"Oh, the iron fist counterattacked, and the violent dunk was successful."

After commenting on the game, he turned back to pick up what he had just said, and continued: "Iron Fist is very good at it, no, it can even be said that it is particularly good at percussion sports, or percussion movements. ”

Robert Giddah was stunned, he really didn't think about it, he immediately thought about it and said: "For example, the home run under the main pitcher Angie of the Los Angeles Dodgers, such as boxing, such as golf, such as ...... Precise tackles? ”

"That's it."

Ringer Wilson snapped his fingers, as if he had discovered a big secret, and excitedly said: "He doesn't spend a lot of energy and time on other sports except ice hockey and basketball, and why every sport can have a professional or quasi-professional level, I think it's a talent in the hitting category." ”

Robert Giddah laughed: "To put it this way, there are many percussion sports, and the level of Iron Fist should also be good, such as tennis, table tennis, volleyball, etc." ”

"I can suggest he try it." Ringer Wilson laughed.

Far away in a luxury hotel in Atlanta, Jordan heard these words, and said thoughtfully: "It seems that there is some truth, that kid's reaction is very fast, his hands are also very fast, and he is very accurate, he should indeed have talent in this area, it seems that he can't touch him in these sports in the future, and he has to find a sport that he is not good at to play with him." ”

This thought made him a little aggrieved, but it was better than being slapped in the face, and the last golf made him lose a lot of money and lose face.

Live, the game continues.

After a tentative first quarter, Joe Dumas had a good hand today, scoring six points on 3-of-6 shooting from Boggs' head, which was played with Mourning's frequent defense.

But Sekari had a mediocre touch, and Larry Johnson made a lot of defensive moves, scoring 2 points on 1-of-4 shooting.

Zhou Quan adjusted in the middle, and when he saw that Secali's attack was average, he reduced the passes to him and strengthened the attack on Jodumas's side, and in order to make up for the lack of firepower, he also strengthened his personal attack.

The Hornets, for their part, also stepped up their low-post offense, plus the home factor, and got some free throws, and Rodman committed two fouls in the first quarter.

Played to the 9th minute of the first quarter, 24:24, the Pistons' possession.

The Hornets called a timeout and the two sides began to make substitutions.

Zhou Quan wanted to win this away and complete the promotion with a sweep, so he took the initiative to stay on the field, join forces with the Assassins in the back line, and control the ball himself, the Assassins played without the ball, and Mark Aguirre played small forward.

Over there, backup quarterback Dell Curry was replaced, and Zhou Quan was opposed.

Speaking of Dell Curry, it is also a wonder, playing basketball and baseball in the NCAA, participating in the Major League Baseball Draft in '85 and being selected with the 14th pick in the first round.

But he played baseball for a year, participated in the '86 NBA Draft, and was drafted by the Jazz with the No. 15 pick in the first round, and has since joined the NBA.

Curry is two centimeters taller than Zhou Quan, and the tonnage is 4 kilograms smaller, which has a big advantage against Zhou Quan, and there is no disadvantage in height, because he has an advantage in arm span.

Coming to the frontcourt, close to the top of the arc, he went straight to the crushing breakaway, forced a push to the free throw line, and then turned and stepped back to shoot a jumper.

"Brush!"

Curry's defense was average, and the ball hit accurately.

"Obviously, Iron Fist has more finishing skills now than he did in the playoffs last season, which makes him more daring on the outside." Ringer Wilson said.

Robert Giddah nodded: "When the offensive means of the players are very monotonous, the defender is very good to defend, and when the offensive means are abundant, it is really difficult to defend, because the defender simply cannot judge which offensive means the opponent will use."

The reason why Jordan is strong is that he is proficient in all offensive techniques, and now Tekken's offensive skills have been greatly enriched, so the difficulty of defending him has also increased significantly. ”

It was the Hornets' turn to attack, and Curry picked up the ball from outside the three-point line on the right wing.

Zhou Quan was preoccupied, and he was ready for Curry to shoot three-pointers, mainly defensive shots.

In this first-round series, there are too many three-point shots, and Curry is the Hornets' sharpshooter and the only three-point shooter, who came up to grab points, and the three-pointers are the most capable of stealing points, so he has to defend against them.

Curry started suddenly, fake sudden real shot, after the technical action came out, he didn't care about the defender's reaction, his body was pulled up directly, and he made a three-point shot, and the action was very crisp.

He's explosive and jumps high, which makes his shots high, which is one of the reasons why his three-point shot is accurate.

But Zhou Quan was prepared, and he didn't move when Curry faked a spurt, and when Curry closed the ball in front of him, and then got up from the ball, he slapped him.

The combination of a 96-level nervous reflexe, top-notch precision strikes, and a 95-level single-defense skill set is the reason why he's averaging 3.3 steals per game this season.

"Smack!"

With a crisp sound, the moment Curry jumped up, he only felt a pain in his hand, and the ball in his hands was knocked off.

"Oh, it's broken."

Robert Giddah let out a loud shout.

"Smack!"

Zhou Quan struck twice with both hands, grabbed the ball that bounced off the floor in his hand, and then bypassed Curry and quickly held the ball to the front court.

Curry turned to chase after him, already two steps slower.

In the middle, Boggs went all out to defend back.

But Zhou Quan was not slow, from the left wing to the left elbow area, he didn't look at Boggs, and took off directly.

Boggs can only slow down, how dare he really go up to the mantis arm as a car?

"Bang!"

With a strong tomahawk split, Zhou Quan exploded the Hornets' basket, making the entire noisy court instantly quiet.

"Smack!"

Ninety seconds later, Curry was about to shoot a three-pointer, and Zhou Quan knocked out Curry's ball again, and then completed a counterattack again.

Since then, Curry has been restrained under Zhou Quan's defense, and he no longer dares to make easy moves.

The first quarter of the game ended quickly, relying on the strong defense in the last three minutes, Zhou Quan led the bench lineup to play a wave of 8:2 attack, 32:26, leading by 6 points in one fell swoop.

Robert Gilda exclaimed: "The second-rate offensive and defensive integration is only a role player, the ceiling is too low, you can't become a star, and the ceiling can only become an ordinary main force."

But the first-class offensive and defensive integration, directly skipping the level, is a top star, with the potential to become a superstar. Tekken plays for a few more seasons and continues to be a superstar, and he's the next superstar. ”

Ringer Wilson is a Jordan fan, but as long as Jordan is not involved, his brain is still normal, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but nod and said:

"Judging from the performance of Iron Fist this season, the offensive efficiency has improved a lot, reaching an excellent level, the offensive and defensive organization and rebounding are very good, he has indeed reached the level of first-class offensive and defensive integration, and has the potential to become a superstar.

What's even more rare is that he's a point guard, and there's never been a point guard like it before him, or even in league history. ”

"That's true."

Nodding, Robert Giddah said: "The Assassin's offensive ability at his peak is incomparable, and his defense is also quite strong, but his defense is indeed inferior to Iron Fist, and it is not really a first-class offensive and defensive integration.

And Magic Johnson, the defense is not as strong as Iron Fist, his strength is mainly reflected in the offensive end, which is reflected in the ability to play in five positions.

In terms of offensive and defensive attributes, Iron Fist can indeed be called the only first-class offensive and defensive point guard in the history of the league. ”

The second quarter begins.

The Pistons still dominated from the outside, while the Hornets used a strong interior playmaking to launch a counterattack in the low post and play to the Pistons.

At this time, one of Rodman's abilities was reflected, and he launched a psychological war against Moning, through constant trash talk and some body movements, slowly messing up the other party's mentality, and the two gradually began to conflict, and their body movements became bigger.

In the second minute of the third quarter, the Hornets still trailed by 7 points, and Mourning's temper finally couldn't be controlled, and he overturned Rodman to the ground.

Mourning had already committed two fouls before, and the referee only blew one ordinary foul for the face of the Hornets' home court, and did not give a physical foul.

After that, Zhou Quan's offense went to Mo Ning, and he broke through with the ball continuously, and in the fifth minute of the third quarter, he caused Mo Ning's fourth foul, and then Mo Ning was substituted.

This time, the Pistons had the absolute upper hand, and soon widened the margin to double digits.

Larry Johnson was alone and his own defense was average, with one foul in the first half, and after Zhou Quan strengthened the breakthrough, his foul count soon came to the third time, and he was even more afraid to make moves on the defensive end.

In the 10th minute of the third quarter, the Pistons had a 14-point lead, and the Hornets had no way back and replaced Mourning on the court.

Although Mo Ning committed four fouls, this person's willpower is extremely firm, not bothered by too many fouls, and he is still very fierce on the defensive end.

However, Zhou Quan did not put out the fire, and he was still not afraid of death and kept attacking Mo Ning, just to beat him down, even if he did not hesitate to eat his hat, he was not afraid of being pulled to the ground.

After the third quarter, Mourning committed five fouls, but relying on his and Larry Johnson's low-post offense, the Hornets barely narrowed the gap to nine points.

It's just that no matter how strong Morning's defense is, it can't stop the Pistons' offense.

In the 6th minute of the last quarter, he slapped Zhou Quan, who broke in, and even if the referee showed mercy, he had to punish him.

He had several suspected fouls against Zhou Quan and Joe Dumas before, and the action was very big, but this was his home stadium, and the referee didn't blow it.

Mourning went down, the Hornets could no longer resist, and the Pistons successfully completed the sweep and advanced to the first round.

Zhou played 47 minutes, and with the Pistons leading by 13 points a minute before the end of the game, he was replaced by Chuck Daley.

He shot 11-of-20 from the field, shooting 55% from the field, 1-of-3 from three-point range, shooting 33.3%, 11-of-12 from the free-throw range, shooting 91.6%, and scored 34 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 steals, 1 block, 2 turnovers and 4 fouls.

That is, the referee did not blow it several times, otherwise he would have more free throw opportunities.

In this series, he didn't have many assists, because according to the tactical requirements, he reduced his possession and gave the ball to Jodumas and Secali, especially Jodo Dumas, who played the wrong attack with the ball, and there were defenders in front of him, and scoring did not count his assists.

"Iron Fist, before the series began, the media thought your probability of advancing was 55, and now you have swept the Hornets, what do you think the Pistons did best?" In the on-site interview after the game, the reporter asked.

Zhou Quan smiled: "We have the height and take advantage of it to play a good flank attack.

Then we were more balanced defensively than the Hornets, both inside and outside, and we were stronger on the outside, and Rodman played his part well on the inside. ”

The reporter added: "Yes, Rodman grabbed 46 rebounds in three series, an average of 15 per game. ”

Zhou Quan nodded and smiled: "He is an important part of us. ”

The reporter asked: "The bulls have an iron triangle, do you think the pistons have an iron triangle?" You, Jo Dumas, Rodman? ”

He thought for a moment and said, "We don't play triangle offense, we don't have iron triangle, all of us are very important."

I'm in charge of playmaking and offense, Joe Dumas is in charge of outside offense and defense, Ulrich is in charge of blocking and racking, Sekari is in charge of rebounding and low post offense, Rodman is in charge of rebounding and defense, and everyone has their own responsibilities. ”

The reporter asked, "You mean, the piston doesn't have a core?" But you and Jo Dumas have always been at the core, haven't they? ”

Zhou Quan smiled: "How can there be no core? Each is responsible for his own responsibility, don't confuse the two, okay? This is a different concept, is it true that the bull only needs three people in the Iron Triangle, and the other two don't?

In the game, we should pay attention to the tactical focus, although we have five people, although each has its own responsibility, but the tactics are focused and have the core.

We focus tactically on the opponent's defensive weaknesses, such as in this series, our attack is focused on Joe Dumas and Secali, and how to master this focus and control the flow of the game is the responsibility of our core players. ”

After saying goodbye to the Pistons fans, back in the locker room, the Pistons celebrated and went to take a shower.

Zhou Quan came out of the bathroom, and Rick Musk gave him the stat sheet.

In the first round of the series, he averaged 45.3 minutes per game, shooting 33 of 60 shots, shooting 55%, 3 of 8 three-pointers, shooting 37.5%, 27 of 28 free throws, shooting 96.4%, 96 points, 22 rebounds, 28 assists, 13 steals, 3 blocks, 7 turnovers and 10 fouls, averaging 32 points, 7.3 rebounds, 9.3 assists, 4.3 steals, 1 block, 2.3 turnovers and 3.3 fouls per game, with a true shooting rate of 66% and an assist-to-turnover ratio of 4.

He was the team's leading scorer, assists, steals, and even blocks and rebounds in the first-round series.

Among the five positive statistics, four are the first, the offensive efficiency is also the first in the team, the personal plus/minus is also the first in the team, and the defensive efficiency is also the first in the team.

"The assist is almost there."

Everything else is fine, it's just two assists needed to meet the mission requirements.

Musk said at this time: "The Cavaliers lost away and didn't win the first match point. Mosaic won away and got match point. ”

Zhou Quan asked, "What about the Trailblazers and Spurs?" ”

Musk said: "The Trail Blazers lost on the road, 1-2, and let the Spurs get the match point. ”

The Assassin said, "I don't think the Pioneer is dead, maybe it will be rebuilt." We might be able to poach people from the Pioneers. ”

Chuck Daly said: "Not for the time being, it's not easy to rebuild, and a team won't rebuild easily if it doesn't really have a chance. ”

Musk laughed: "If the Trail Blazers rebuild, the glider will definitely be traded, and if he is not traded, he will also seek to leave." ”

At this time, Zhou Quan stood up and clapped his hands, and said: "Okay, gentlemen, we successfully won the first round, and the Bulls will definitely complete the sweep tomorrow, the Eagles don't have the strength to stop them, we have to face the most powerful enemy."

So although we swept the Hornets, we can't relax, we need to keep it up, we can't be careless, you know? ”

"Understood."

The players shouted.

(End of chapter)