At this time, Phil Jackson replaced the substitute inside line Scott Williams, Williams's defense and offense are average, the rebounding ball is not bad, 208 cm, 104 kg, moves fast, and can play the fourth or fifth position.

"You play with Secali, you get him out of the box, you have to watch his movements, you have to protect your rebounds." Phil Jackson admonished.

The game resumes and the Bulls attack.

Zhou Quan injured the main center in the first ball, which formed a certain blow to the morale of the Bulls, at this time the atmosphere in the United Center is not as hot as just now, and the Bulls fans are waiting for Jordan's counterattack, and they believe that Michael Jordan will not let them down.

BJ advanced with the ball, and Jordan and Pippen were on the left and right.

Zhou Quan was in front and defended and retreated, looking like he would make a steal at any time, which made the nerves of the bull's three outside lines tense, and no one dared to underestimate him, the king of steals.

Zhang Li laughed and said: "Look, this is Zhou Quan, he is alone, and the Bulls will keep three people in the backcourt, including the first active player like Jordan, and an all-star small forward like Pippen." ”

The men's basketball team is stationed, and when the members of the men's basketball team in Adijiang saw this, they couldn't help but be ashamed when they heard this.

Think about last year's Olympics, as long as they encountered the opponent's pressure in the backcourt, they panicked and made mistakes one after another.

Liu Yumin was also here, and said at this time: "When Xiao Zhou comes back, invite him to the capital, maybe you go to Changsha and practice with him, so that you can get used to this intensity of the competition style." ”

"Uh-huh."

Hu Weidong and other outside players nodded one after another.

BJ faced Zhou Quan, Zhou Quan's momentum was too compelling, he was like facing a tiger ready to pounce, carefully advanced to the front court, and only breathed a sigh of relief after giving the ball to Pippen.

That's when the Bulls start running.

Scottie Pippen passed the ball to Williams in the low post on the left wing and immediately went around Ulrich and cut inside to the basket.

Williams feinted to attack after receiving the ball, and when Pippen cut in, he suddenly passed back, Pippen received the ball, stepped into the paint from the left waist position, and flew up against the basket.

Rodman quickly returned to the basket, Pippen made a solid pass, and the ball flew over the former's head and flew to the right side of the basket.

At this time, Grant cut into the basket along the baseline from the weak side, followed behind Rodman, received a pass from Pippen, and scored a goal with a small throw.

Zhou Quan came down from above to assist in defense, a step slower.

Pistons offense.

Zhou Quan advanced with the ball in the backcourt, Jordan was in front and defended and retreated, and the speed of retreat was very slow, deliberately suppressing the advance speed of the former.

His purpose is not to steal, mainly to prevent Zhou Quan from rushing up, because with Zhou Quan's speed and explosiveness, as well as his tonnage, once it rushes up, it will be a pickup truck with full fuel, just like just now, with static braking, the center will be knocked over.

At this time, Joe Dumas entered the right wing of the frontcourt, directly crossed the three-point line, and went deep into the wing to ask for the ball.

Facing BJ, he has a height advantage of 3 centimeters, a tonnage advantage of 7 kilograms, the height advantage is not big, but the tonnage advantage is great, so the key position is very deep, just outside the right waist position, he does not run, but stands to ask for the ball.

When it came to the frontcourt, Zhou Quan was ready to follow Chuck Daley's arrangement, and let Joe Dumas play one first to see if he could play a misplaced advantage on BJ's head.

If Joe Dumas can play a strong mismatch advantage like he did against Boggs in the first-round series, he can let him attack.

At this time, BJ went around the front defense, and Joe Dumas did not hesitate, immediately turned and cut in, stepped on the right waist position in one step, and looked at the top of the arc at the same time.

Zhou Quan pushed two steps beyond the top of the arc, and Jordan was on the right side of the front, defending his right hand, blocking the passing angle down and to the right wing.

His eyes immediately turned to the left wing, and he looked like he was going to pass the ball to Ulrich, but he was actually about to pass the ball to the right wing.

Jordan scoffed, Ulrich has a fart offensive ability with the ball, I'm his old teammate, I don't know?

He didn't bother to care about the passing angle of Zhou Quan and the left wing, Ulrich still had Pippen by his side, just pass it, he raised his hands in agreement, the question is do you dare to pass with an iron fist?

Zhou Quan saw that Jordan was unmoved, knowing that he couldn't deceive him, and at this time, he looked at BJ around the front to defend Joe Dumas, and immediately realized that he was going to pass the ball.

In the next moment, he suddenly pulled to the right, and at the same time blew up the ball, and the ball also pulled up.

Almost at the same moment, Jo Dumas turned inside and stepped on his right flank.

"Squeak!"

Jordan quickly moved sideways and blocked Zhou Quan's front.

But the next moment, Zhou Quan quickly turned around, handed the ball to his left hand, suddenly passed by Jordan, and held the ball to the top of the arc.

"Fooled!"

Michael Jordan was stunned in his heart, and after turning around to chase after the defense, Zhou Quan had already killed the top of the arc and was too late to catch up.

At this time, Williams and Grant returned to the penalty area from the left and right, and formed a closing trend two meters below the penalty line.

Jo Dumas cut to the basket, didn't receive the ball, saw Zhou Quan holding the ball and killed, quickly stopped, stretched out his arms, and blocked BJ, who was chasing behind.

Zhou Quan hit the free throw line and went one step further to stop in front of Williams and Grant.

"Bang!"

With a push, the basketball slammed into the ground, and his ball bounced off Williams' crotch and into Joe Dumas's hand.

"Brush!"

After receiving the ball, Joe Dumas made a backhand layup and hit an easy shot.

On the ABC commentary seat, Bill Wharton smiled: "The person who can block the Iron Fist, but he can't block his ball, the current Iron Fist is not the one who fought in the East last year, at that time he could only be regarded as a point guard, the offense was not strong, barely attacking, and the efficiency was not high, but now, he is another assassin." ”

Lewis Williams laughed: "Michael's iron fist defense is also invincible, not only to prevent passing, but also to prevent breaking, and when he is close to the three-point line, he has to prevent shooting."

Tekken's three-point shooting percentage was 37.2 percent in the regular season and 37.5 percent in the first-round series. ”

4:2, the Bulls attacked.

This time, Zhou Quan and Joe Dumas switched defenses, and he followed Jordan.

When BJ saw it, he breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, Joe Dumas's defense is very strong, after all, it is three times to defend for a while, but he does not have Zhou Quan's momentum of cannibalism, in the face of Joe Dumas, BJ does not have that feeling of being out of breath, and the pressure is much less.

After he advanced to the frontcourt, he still handed the ball to Pippen, and he stayed at the top of the arc to receive it, and at the same time helped to return to the defense quickly.

At this time, Grantra came up and blocked Pippen, who broke through the wall and bypassed Secali, who was following him, and entered the paint area.

Zhou Quan quickly went down to make up the defense, Pippen reacted quickly, and with a push, the ball flew to the top of the arc, and BJ, who was temporarily in the vacant position.

On the right wing, Joe Dumas quickly made up the arc, Rodman in the low post on the right flank pounced on Jordan, and the Pistons began to rotate quickly.

The Pistons' defense is not as good as last season, but between Rodman, Joe Dumas and Zhou Quan, they can still form the most powerful wing defense.

BJ made a quick pass to Jordan on the right wing.

Jordan received the ball, singled Rodman, first leaned on, and then quickly turned around and threw a jumper, and the entire offensive time was completed in only 1.3 seconds, and Zhou Quan was too late to help the defense.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and the two hits.

"The offense at the beginning was good!" Bill Wharton praised.

Pistons offense.

Zhou Quan advanced to the top of the arc, first passed the ball to Ulrich outside the three-point line on the left wing, overdid it, and then immediately picked it up.

Jordan confronted him closely, and put one hand on Zhou Quan's body.

But Zhou Quan pressed Jordan with his left elbow to prevent him from getting close, and raised the ball high with his right hand, ready to pass.

Although Jordan's strength is a little stronger now, it is also very limited, and he can't be close to him if he is resisted.

At this point, BJ continued to go around the front to defend Joe Dumas, who immediately turned and cut inside to the basket.

The Bulls only have Grant on the right side of the basket in the restricted area, and backup center Williams is in the left waist position, and there is no space under the basket, but there is a chance.

At this moment, Zhou Quan suddenly turned on the right side, waved his right hand to grab the ball, and made a passing action.

Jordan was fooled, and when he moved sideways, Zhou Quan quickly passed back, flicked his backhand, and the ball instantly flew from behind him to Joe Dumas, who cut in, along a passage without obstacles from top to bottom.

Joe Dumas received the ball and stepped over the basket to the front left side of the basket, then turned and went to the basket, where Grant couldn't block it and hit an easy shot under the basket again.

"The elusive biography! There is no way to prevent this kind of pass, and no matter how good a defender is, he can't prevent this kind of pass. Zhang Li exclaimed.

Jordan then conceded a goal under Zhou Quan's defense, and then Zhou Quan assisted Joe Dumas again.

In the 3rd minute of the first quarter, 8:4, the Pistons led away, and the Bulls called a timeout.

Jordan didn't take many shots in the first quarter, shooting 1-of-2. After the first shot was dunked by Iron Fist, he handed out three assists in a row, and Joe Dumas made 3 of 3 shots. Did the two of them agree not to exert their strength in the first quarter? Iron Fist, who averaged 32 points per game in the first round and even played better than Jordan, should now be the Pistons' best scorer. Lewis Williams said.

Bill Wharton laughed: "Michael Jordan is not in shape today, let Iron Fist send three assists in a row on his head."

With so many assists, Iron Fist doesn't have to shoot himself at all, and Joe Dumas can blow up the Bulls. So I'm willing to bet that Phil Jackson should have changed lineup, taking out his point guard and letting Pippen or Jordan control the ball. ”

In front of the Bulls bench, Phil Jackson called the backup point guard, John Paxson, who was the main point guard last season.

He doesn't want the lineup to lose speed, the inside line is already very slow, and if there is another striker on the outside, the overall speed will be slower, so it is the best choice to change to a defender who can carry Joe Dumas.

In the last two games of the regular season and the Pistons, he didn't do so well, and he was all on the front line, in order to paralyze the Pistons.

John Paxson had a good effect in defending Joe Dumas in the Eastern Conference last year, and he has been playing as a substitute in the regular season this season, and he does have injuries, but they are not that serious, and he deliberately put smoke bombs to prepare for the playoffs.

"John, I don't ask you to defend Joe Dumas, you don't have to go around, you just need to reduce his offensive efficiency after he receives the ball." He admonished.

"Understood, Coach." John Paxson nodded.

The head coach's intention is clear, which is to let Joe Dumas receive the ball and make the Pistons' offense focus on his hands, so that the defense is more purposeful.

Joe Dumas's scoring is not explosive, unlike the previous assassins, who scored 25 points in a single quarter, and that is the kind of scoring explosiveness that can kill people in one fell swoop.

The suspension ends.

"Oh, really John Paxson?" Bill Wharton was a little surprised.

"Dual point guards?"

Lewis Williams said with a smile: "Actually, Joe Dumas is also the height and tonnage of the point guard, the first and second positions can be played, and the Pistons are also double point guards, and now the two sides are on the right."

In last year's East Finals, Joe Dumas singled John Paxson, and the effect was average, and he didn't play a mismatch advantage, so what about this time? ”

Chuck Daley saw that the Bulls were replaced by John Paxson, and immediately shouted to Zhou Quan: "Zhou? ”

Zhou Quan, who had just come on the court, immediately ran over, and Daley said: "Block and dismantle, exchange with Joe, you go to play Paxson." ”

“OK。”

He nodded.

Bulls attack.

Joe Dumas defended John Paxson, Pippen received the ball over the half, broke through with the ball on the left wing, Secali couldn't come back from the outside, Joe Dumas came down from the high post to help defend, and then passed the ball to Paxson, who had an open space at the top of the arc.

Zhou Quan let go of Jordan and immediately made up for the arc top.

Jordan saw the opportunity and immediately cut inside from the outside, and Paxson passed Jordan again.

Jordan entered the three-point line on the right wing and took two steps to catch the ball, met Rodman's supplementary defense, and made a pull-up jump shot to hit another shot accurately.

"8:6, Jordan hit two of three shots." Bill Wharton said.

Pistons offense.

Zhou Quan carried the ball to the front court and headed to the right wing.

"Pick-and-roll."

Jordan knew that Zhou Quan must have gone to Joe Dumas to block and dismantle, and then get the opportunity to single John Paxson.

Joe Dumas only had a three-centimeter height advantage over John Paxson and a two-kilogram tonnage advantage, so he didn't have any mismatch advantage in the East final last year.

But Zhou Quan is different, with a tonnage advantage of 6 kilograms, and a stronger confrontation ability than Joe Dumas, it is possible to play a misalignment advantage on Paxson's body.

Coming to the right wing, Joe Dumas took the initiative to block and dismantle, and immediately ran to the top of the arc after dismantling, while Zhou Quan broke through to the right wing with the ball.

Jordan didn't switch defenses, bypassing Joe Dumas to chase Zhou Quan, while John Paxson chased to the top of the arc, but both were one step slower, and no matter how fast they switched defenses, they couldn't be immune to the pick-and-roll.

Zhou Quan entered the flank, and Jordan chased to the front by taking a shortcut.

But at this moment, he came to an emergency stop, and then immediately dribbled back and opened up a distance from Jordan, and the ball was also pulled high and his left hand was closed.

"Pull-up jumpers? Or is it a feint? ”

At this time, Jordan was difficult to do, he could only choose to pounce on it, and did not dare to let go of Zhou Quan's emergency stop jump shot.

But the next moment, Zhou Quan started to break through with the ball again, accelerated with a change of direction, and after bursting through Jordan, he hit the paint area.

When he took two steps to the right waist position, Grant came up from the low post to make up for the defense, and Rodman, who was in the low post on the right wing, took the opportunity to cut to the basket, and then received a pass from Zhou Quan and made a one-handed empty basket.

"Bang!"

missed, smashed on the edge of the basket.

"Bang!"

The next moment, he made a successful layup.

The moment he made the basket, Jordan rushed in from behind and was just a little bit close to hitting the ball.

Zhou Quan glared at Rodman and didn't speak, and the latter smiled awkwardly: "Iron Fist, really, the first time I really didn't put it in." ”

"If you don't score this goal and end up losing by two points, Dennis, you will be my boxing sparring partner for a month." Zhou Quan "threatened".

Rodman's face was bitter, iron fist, it's just a rebound, so you don't have to ask for my life, right?

Jordan glared at Rodman fiercely, you bastard, you dare to brush up on rebounds in this kind of game, don't you take me seriously?

Bill Wharton explained: "This ball is played very well, the iron fist is a head-on breakthrough of Jordan, this is the second time he has broken Jordan head-on today.

If Jordan can't prevent Iron Fist's pass and his ball-handling breakthrough, the Bulls will definitely fall into passivity. ”

Williams analyzed: "10-6, the Pistons are still ahead. Judging from this offense, Iron Fist wanted to use the pick-and-roll to get rid of Jordan and single John Paxson, but Jordan did not switch defenses.

Judging from the current situation, Jordan did not prevent Tekken's passes, and twice allowed Tekken to complete the breakthrough with the ball, Jordan needs to be more engaged on the defensive end.

So will Iron Fist give up his blocking tactics and start an attack with Jordan next? I'm looking forward to it. ”

(End of chapter)