On the 4th, the Pistons returned to Detroit to wait for the second round.

On this day, needless to say, the media in Detroit, the media in other cities, still praised the performance of the Pistons, after all, they were the first to complete the promotion, and it was a sweep.

Zhou Quan's performance as a leader, as well as his personal performance, no matter how harsh the media is, no matter how much the media opposes him, there is nowhere to say about his performance.

Leading the team, sweeping, not giving the opponent any chance, this is a record that is absolutely not blameless.

Personal performance, although there is no average double-double performance per game, but the data of 32+7+9+4, plus a 55% shooting percentage, a 66% true shooting rate, a free throw shooting rate of more than ninety percent, and an assist-to-turnover ratio of 4, are absolutely blameless data.

As for his performance in the first round, if the media blames again, he will be sprayed to death by the fans.

Of course, Zhou Quan knows very well that once his performance in the second round declines, the media that now praise him will immediately fall to the ground.

Praise you today, earn a wave of sales, trample you to death tomorrow, earn another wave, this is the media.

Think about what Jordan was sprayed by the American media this season, he is a Chinese, how can there be an exception?

This is his mental preparation now, his performance will definitely fluctuate, not to mention against Jordan, how can he still play such a performance in the first round?

So the media will definitely be difficult, if you don't have enough mental preparation, it will affect his performance, let him enter a vicious circle, and eventually affect the second round series.

That night, Jordan shot 16-of-28, shot 57.1 percent, and scored 39 points to lead the Bulls to defeat the Hawks, and the Bulls became the second team to complete the sweep.

Jordan averaged 35.7 minutes per game in the series, averaging 13.7 of 26 shots per game, shooting 52.6%, 2 of 4.3 three-pointers, shooting 46.2%, 5.7 free throws, shooting 88.2%, 34.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.7 steals, 1.7 blocks, 1.3 turnovers and 4 fouls.

Pippen's performance was far inferior to Jordan, averaging 15.3 points, 4 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 2 steals and 3.3 turnovers per game, while shooting only 43.2%.

In the words of commentator Bill Walton, Jordan's performance was still great without full play, and his individual performance made the difference between winning and losing the team.

Zhou Quan watched this game, but saw an opportunity.

Jordan's performance is indeed great, but this year is not last year, this year he is much stronger, and he is closer to Jordan, and the Bulls' offense is too dependent on Jordan, if you can limit Jordan's offense, then the Pistons have a chance.

But, from the bull, he thought of the Pistons again.

In the first-round series, he also averaged 32 points per game, Secali averaged 18 points per game, Joe Dumas 23.5 points, and Ulrich 13 points, which is still the result of a lot of offense focusing on Secali and Joe Dumas.

In other words, the Pistons' first-round series is somewhat similar to the Bulls, he takes on the most offensive tasks, then the Bulls will definitely see this, and they will definitely be the same as what he just thought, as long as he is limited, he can take the Pistons.

And he is not Jordan, Jordan does not control the ball, everyone in the Bulls can pass the ball, he controls the ball, once he is restricted by Jordan, not only his offense, but also the organization will be affected, he will be affected even more, and the consequences will probably be more serious.

"Gotta discuss this with the coaching staff."

The Bulls swept to advance, but the Knicks missed a match point on the road and tied the Nets 2-1.

In the West, the Jazz defeated the SuperSonics at home, 80:90, 2-1, and got the match point, which may knock out the third SuperSonics in the West.

In addition, the Suns, who lost two in a row at home and may have been attacked by the Black Eight, defeated the Lakers and saved a match point.

What surprised Zhou Quan was that the other statistics of the two teams in this game were similar, and the Suns won by one point, three-pointers.

The Lakers shot 5-of-14 from three-point range, with a shooting rate of 35.7%, which is not low, but the Suns shot 6-of-12 from three-point range, and finally won by 5 points at 107-102.

Dan Marley shot 2 of 4, Danny Angie shot 3 of 4, but the core Barkley, the first two games did not shoot three points, this time he shot three points like crazy, but it was 4 shots and 1 shot, fortunately, the sinners of the first two losses will atone for their sins and did not let the team be swept out.

The next day, May 5th, the team did not arrange training, rested at home in the morning, and went to play golf with his girlfriend in the afternoon to relax.

While playing, I met several executives of automobile companies.

For example, Lovis Edward, the chief administrative officer of Cadillac, who I met last time, and two executives from Chevrolet and Buick.

"Iron Fist, if you can take out the bulls this time, I'm going to give you a Cadillac endorsement contract." While playing, Lovis Edward suddenly said.

Zhou Quan was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Lovia, do you think my temperament is in line with Cadillac?" ”

"Of course."

Lowes Edward laughed: "If you can play golf professionally in the offseason and do well, this endorsement contract will be bigger. ”

"It's a deal."

Of course, this is a great thing, whether it can succeed or not, it symbolizes that he has entered the sight of world-class brands, and Zhou Quan is very happy.

That night, the first round continued.

The Cavaliers eliminated the Green Team 3-1 to reach the second round.

Mosaic, however, lost their second road trip to a 2-2 draw with the Clippers.

The Trail Blazers, who also reached the finals last year, lost their second away game and were eliminated by the Spurs with a score of 1-3.

"I've been so disappointed in this series and we need to change." After the game, the glider spoke to the media in disappointment as he shot 6-of-15.

Zhou Quan paid attention to the data of the glider in the first round, averaging 19 points per game, 41.9% shooting rate, and his performance was worse than him.

The Trail Blazers have five people scoring 10+, and Terry Porter averages 16.5 points per game, so it can be said that in the Trail Blazers, the glider did not play the core offensive level, and did not have Jordan's unyielding resoluteness and sharpness, which is also one of the important reasons why he thinks the glider is not as good as Jordan, no wonder he lost to Jordan in the finals last year.

In his opinion, the glider was inferior to Jo Dumas.

If the Assassin said that the Pioneer was rebuilt and had the opportunity to dig up the glider, he would not agree, and if he came to occupy space, he could only play as a substitute for Joe Dumas, which was not cost-effective at all.

At this time, it was the morning of the country, and the sports department of CCTV in the capital was holding a meeting.

It has already been decided, because the effect of the last live broadcast of All-Stars is good, CCTV is ready to continue to broadcast the finals, anyway, it is free, as long as the effect is good, no one will refuse.

But now that Zhou Quan has made the playoffs and swept into the second round, he will face the Bulls in the second round, and CCTV has more ideas, and they are considering whether to broadcast the next second-round series.

"The Bulls are the most popular, and Michael Jordan is also the biggest star in the NBA, but that is without Zhou Quan, Zhou Quan is our own person, I think the first round of the series should be arranged for live broadcast, and now the second round against the Bulls, it will definitely be broadcast, I suggest contacting the NBA immediately."

"Will the NBA ask us for money? If you want money, you don't know how much it costs, where are we going to get so much foreign exchange? ”

"It's possible."

"Let's get in touch first."

Everyone was gossiping, and Secretary Ma also thought about it repeatedly, thinking that the second round of the Pistons and Bulls should be live.

As for whether the league will continue to be free, he thinks there is no problem this year, that president Mr. Stern will not be so short-sighted, CCTV has just chosen to broadcast the All-Star live, and now increase the number of live broadcasts, the NBA should be willing to continue to be free.

At least, this fishing is a little bit more nesting, right?

At this time, David Stern was waiting for a call from CCTV.

The Pistons and Bulls met in the second round, and because of Zhou Quan's relationship, he saw this as an opportunity, and CCTV would likely choose to broadcast the series live.

On the 6th, the series continues.

This morning, the NBA league received a call from CCTV, David Stern was very happy to hear that CCTV was going to broadcast the second round series between the Bulls and Pistons, and he had been looking forward to CCTV's call for a long time.

"It's free, if CCTV is willing to broadcast all the next series, including the finals, we can provide free satellite signal resources."

After getting the NBA's reply, the sports department was very happy and immediately began to set up a commentary team and a camera team to go to the United States.

And this time, it's not the previous recording and broadcasting, it's a real-time live broadcast, so I'm not going to do any front-line interview + rear commentary, just go to the front-line commentary and make a commentary seat on the spot.

This is because CCTV can't find enough professional NBA commentators, and it is better to have one less link, and the effect will be better.

When Zhang Li received the news in Los Angeles, he jumped for joy, and he immediately found the beer company to resign, ready to devote himself to basketball-related affairs.

Now that CCTV is going to broadcast the second round of the playoffs, then it is likely that the regular season will be broadcast live next season, and he must prepare first.

In this live broadcast alone, a lot of information must be collected, from the Pistons to the Bulls, and even the information of the Knicks and Cavaliers, all of which must be collected, otherwise when the commentary is conducted in the future, no one will provide these things, and CCTV will all point to him.

"Xiao Zhou, good news......"

Then he contacted Zhou Quan and told him the good news.

"Really?"

Of course, Zhou Quan is very happy, and he very much hopes that more Chinese people can see his game.

That night, the Knicks defeated the Nets to advance by a score of 3-1.

In this way, the first-round series in the East is all over, and the second-round matchups are also out, the Bulls vs. the Pistons, the Knicks vs. the Cavaliers, and the former has home-court advantage.

The second round between the Bulls and Pistons will start at No. 9, with the Knicks and Cavaliers at No. 10.

In the West, the Jazz lost and tied 2-2 with the SuperSonics.

In addition, the Suns pulled another game, won two consecutive away games, and also equalized the big score, and stood on the same level with the Lakers again.

Equalising the score, Barkley was even moved to tears after the game.

He shot 13-of-21 tonight, shooting 61.9% from the field, scoring 28 points, and was the only person on the team to score 20+.

On the 7th, the Pistons resumed intra-squad training and had a tactical meeting in the morning.

Zhou Quan raised some of his doubts, when he was restricted by Jordan, how the team organized the offense, how to play the offense.

In the same way, he also pointed out that the Bulls' ball possession is very average, even if he stares Jordan, there is no way to really limit the Bulls' offense, not to mention that he can't stare at Jordan, no one can stare at that guy.

In response to his problem, the whole team discussed it and put forward some suggestions and ideas.

Defensively, Chuck Daley decided to work on the Bulls' passing, which is to cut off or delay the ball transfer of the triangle offense.

This is the question that Zhou Quan just raised, the Bulls' ball possession is very average, so as long as the Bulls' passing is restricted, their offense can be limited.

But this requires everyone on the field to stare at their own people, which is quite difficult, at least Ulrich can't stare Pippen.

However, the method has been proposed, whether it can be executed on the field, this is the player's business, and the coaching staff cannot replace the player to play.

On the offensive end, in response to the problem raised by Zhou Quan, Chuck Daley also came up with his solution, which was to let him get the ball in.

In the four regular season games, the first two wins and the next two Bulls changed formations and lost, but Chuck Daly seized a weakness of the Bulls' change of formation, that is, although the Bulls don't want a point guard anymore and increase the height, the increase in height will inevitably reduce the speed, and this is Zhou Quan's opportunity.

The Bulls don't have defensive giants on the inside, and Grant and Carter White work hard defensively, but neither of them can be called giants, which is something that can be exploited.

……

The Bulls and the Pistons have been bitter rivals for many years, Zhou Quan has replaced the position of the smiling assassin, and Jordan is an irresolvable mortal enemy, and at the same time, this series is the first to start, Jordan is not only the signature player of the league, but also the target of the media, so the attention is very high.

Even the remaining two first-round G5 matches have received little media attention, and the media has shifted their attention to the series.

On this day, some stars also made various comments about the Bulls-Pistons series.

The ancient monster Zhang Dashuai was unwilling to be lonely, and accepted an interview with the media, and when talking about this series, he said:

"On paper, the two teams are similar, they don't have serious injuries, and the coaches are both championship coaches, so the factor that affects the final outcome of the series is the leader of the team.

And that's something I'm very optimistic about Michael Jordan, I believe in his ability to lead, I believe in his ability to step up when it counts, and he's proven himself in the last few seasons, and he's proven himself in two consecutive championships.

Again, I'm not too bullish on Iron Fist, he hasn't really proven his ability to lead the team and step up in crunch time, he's never proven that he has what it takes to dominate a close match.

In last year's Eastern Conference final, he not only failed to prove himself, but failed, which is why I don't believe him very much. ”

(End of chapter)