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Phil Jackson nodded: "Then we will break through tomorrow night, first, if the iron fist breaks through with the ball, Michael you have to hold the first line of defense, try to force him to shoot outside, if he is rushed, this is very likely to ......"

"Damn Phil!"

Jordan would love to kick it over, what does it mean it's very likely?

Phil Jackson continued: "Pippen has to make up for it in time, don't come out inside, don't give their two interior lines open space near the basket, I'd rather let Ulrich get open spots on the outside. ”

Speaking of which, he said to Pippen: "Scotty, you can let Ulrich go and do it like G2, he doesn't pose much of a threat in the mid to long range. Of course, when you're helping to defend, don't forget to cut the connection between him and Iron Fist. ”

"Understood." Pippen nodded.

"Second ......"

Phil Jackson added: "If Iron Fist has the ball on the outside, you can let him shoot and break through the main defense, but you have to block him and Joe Dumas, as well as the downward passing angle, and encourage him to pass the ball to Ulrich. ”

Speaking of which, he said to Pippen again: "Scotty, don't cut off Ulrich and Iron Fist's passing line tomorrow night like before, Ulrich gets the ball on the outside, his threat is negligible, we want to encourage Iron Fist to pass the ball to Ulrich on the outside."

If Ulrich cuts inside and receives the ball in the box or on the edge, it's up to an inside teammate to deal with him, and you don't need to defend back. ”

"Completely empty him?" Pippen was stunned.

Phil Jackson said: "Your most important defensive task is to get an iron fist, but Ulrich receives the ball in an area away from the penalty area, and you need to defend it back and be fast, try to reduce his shooting percentage.

At the same time, you should note that the main purpose of your pinch attack is to cut off the pass of the iron fist, so when implementing the pinch attack, you must pay attention to cutting off the passing angle. ”

"Offensive ......"

Phil Jackson looked at Jordan and said, "Michael, I hope you will feel better tomorrow night, I hope you will burst the iron fist, you definitely have this strength." ”

"Of course." Jordan gritted his teeth.

"Another ......"

Phil Jackson looked at Pippen again and said to him, "Ulrich has no defense, no rebounding, no assists, only the ability to score, and can only score close to the paint, he's a cancer."

Scottie, I want you to press him in every way, scoring, rebounding, defending, he's our breakthrough tomorrow night.

Tomorrow night's game, both offensively and defensively, your task is as heavy as Michael's, and you and Michael go head to head. ”

"I see."

Pippen was in good spirits.

Phil Jackson nodded, confident for tomorrow's game.

In fact, he has always been well aware of Ulrich's weakness, but has not targeted it, and since last season, he has not touched the weakness of the Pistons.

This weakness, he kept until now, until the Pistons began to pose a real threat to the Bulls, and then he took it out.

That night, the Knicks lost to the Cavaliers on the road, and the two sides fought to a 2-1 draw.

Half an hour later, Mosaic, who had lost two in a row on the road, returned home and beat the SuperSonics to make it even two.

On the 16th, the second round continued.

There will be two games on the night, with the Pistons at home against the Bulls and the Spurs at home against the Suns.

From the afternoon training game, Zhou Quan found that his teammates were very excited, and he understood it very well, because as long as he won tonight's game, the Pistons would get the match point, and the probability of beating the Bulls to reach the Eastern Conference finals would increase tenfold, even he was very excited.

He loved the excitement and was very happy.

Thinking about this time last year, he still had to do everything possible to boost his morale, and now he doesn't need to talk nonsense.

However, the result of the game disappointed him, and at 105:88, the Pistons lost a key game and failed to get a match point at home, but tied it 2-2 with the Bulls.

In the game, the Bulls once again showed the defensive tactics of the G2 game, letting go of Ulrich and pinching him by Pippen.

And this time it was not only on the outside, but when he broke through with the ball, Pippen also carried out a pinch, very fierce and decisive.

The degree of emptiness for Ulrich was to the point of madness, as long as Ulrich was not near the paint area, Pippen let him go slightly.

In this way, the level of pinching on him was also to the point of frenzy, so he was forced to constantly pass the ball to Ulrich's open space.

And in most cases, Ulrich has not yet cut inside, he received his pass outside, he is not strong in offensive ability with the ball, and under Pippen's quick return defense, most of them can only make hasty jump shots outside, and the shooting rate is sparse.

The more the offense is sparse, the more Ulrich wants to score, the more he wants to perform on the offensive end, and he can't defend himself, so he reduces his defensive investment.

At the end of the game, Ulrich scored only 8 points on 4-of-16 shooting, which greatly reduced the team's offensive efficiency and ultimately led to a loss.

Among them, Zhou Quan's responsibility is also great, because Pippen's pinch is too fierce and fast, he can't wait for Ulrich to cut into the penalty area, so he passes the ball over, and most of them are lobbs, giving Pippen a lot of opportunities to return to defense.

The pass was too early and forced, Jordan blocked the downward passing angle, and Pippen cut off his and Ulrich's passing lanes, and if he didn't get the ball out quickly, he would be pinched.

He played 48 minutes on his own, played the whole game again, was tired to death, still hadn't won the game, and there was a sense of frustration.

After the game, Zhang Li sighed: "After the whole game, Zhou Quan shot 6 of 14, with a shooting rate of 42.9%, and it was okay to have this efficiency under the pinching of Jordan and Pippen, but there were too few shots, Pippen and Jordan didn't give him a chance to shoot at all, and most of the shots were to shoot before Pippen's pinching was in place." ”

Sun Zhenping said: "There are 6 free throws and 6 shots, 3 three-point shots and 1 shot, Zhou Quan got 19 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, 4 turnovers and 4 fouls.

He still made a bit of a mistake, no way, the pinch was too fierce, he was broken by Jordan once, Pippen was also broken once, and two were passing errors. ”

Zhang Reasonable smiled: "It's okay to make mistakes, like him, the ball is in his hands, and his own mistakes are indispensable, and he has been attacked by two top defensive giants, and 4 mistakes are not much."

The main problem tonight was that Ulrich couldn't shoot, so much space, only 4 goals, his mid-to-long range shooting ability is indeed a huge hole.

Also, his defense, hey, sometimes it's okay, but most of the time, he's just a false story, and tonight he let Pippen blast 27 points on his head, shooting a whopping 56% from the field, how to defend it? ”

Sun Zhenping said: "Pippen is really strong, the offense is a little better, I think his defense is stronger than Jordan, he is taller, and his arm span is as good as Jordan."

His defensive height, even on the way to assist the defense, can cut off the passing routes of Zhou Quan and Ulrich, forcing Zhou Quan to pass the ball in the form of a hanging ball, which gives him the opportunity to defend Ulrich. ”

Zhang Reasonable nodded and said: "Jordan has 26 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls tonight, with a shooting rate of 46%, and his performance tonight is better than Zhou Quan."

The Pistons also arranged for him to be trapped, but a lot of the Bulls' offense was played by Pippen to Ulrich, avoiding the Pistons' trapping power.

I think Phil Jackson seems to have found a weakness in the Pistons, and once Ulrich's weakness is magnified, there will be serious consequences, and hopefully the Pistons coaching staff will take notice. ”

The loss in this game made Zhou Quan realize that the team's good state does not mean that it will definitely win, and once the team's weakness is caught, it may be beaten down by the opponent.

After the players returned to the locker room, Troy Weaver called Chuck Daley and a few other coaches to discuss tonight's game outside.

Weaver's main purpose is the lineup, he has no patience with Ulrich, and said: "Chuck, Ulrich can't deal with Pippen, he can't prevent his offense, he can't prevent his passes, and he can't grab Pippen's rebounds, this season's average rebounds per game is only 3.5, which is much less than Iron Fist, and there are no assists, the ball is in his hands, it can't come out, can you replace his starter?" ”

Chuck Daley discussed with Maas and Wilt and said: "If you use Terry Mills to play the starting small forward, the offense is okay, he has a little mid-to-long range shooting ability, his rebounding is stronger than Ulrich, but the assist ability is worse, and the defense is just as sparse, and it is not better than Ulrich." ”

"What about the others?" Weaver asked busily.

Chuck Daly said: "Polinis, who is definitely not good, is 211 centimeters tall and has a tonnage of 114 kilograms, he can move on the inside, but how can he talk to Pippen on the outside?" ”

"What then?"

Weaver's head was big and he suggested, "Why don't you let Rodman go back to the No. 3 position and let Pollinis play the No. 4 position?" ”

"That's over, the inside defense is over, and Grant goes outside, and then cuts inside, Pollinis can't keep up at all, don't remember that Grant is good at cutting inside." Chuck Daly said angrily.

At this time, Musk said: "If we really want to replace Ulrich, we can only let Mark Aguirre play the No. 3 position, he has three-pointers, and we have no other choice." ”

"He's got a lot of injuries, he can't play much, and his defense is average, so it's impossible to defend against Pippen." Chuck Daly shook his head.

"I'm going to trade Ulrich in the offseason and get a small forward who has a mid-range shot and a defensive pass to come in," Weaver said. ”

Chuck Daley was upset with Weaver and said, "You better let Iron Fist stay first, he's leaving, and this team is going to collapse right away." ”

"That's it for today."

Weaver's face changed, he didn't say anything more, and turned around and left.

After Weaver left, Musk said worriedly: "Chuck, do you think Iron Fist will choose to leave?" ”

Chuck Daly sighed, with a very tired look on his face, and said: "You should know his character, his motherland is very weak, the Chinese are the lowest race in the United States, and the Chinese are generally bowed in the United States, but he is very strong here, and even sometimes desperate, why?" Because he has a very strong sense of self-esteem.

When he first arrived the year before last, the locker room violence was an internal problem of the players, a problem in the dressing room, and he chose to stay and did not leave.

But this time it was Weaver who was going to trade him, and that's the attitude of the management towards him, and we promised him to be the boss of this team, and he did a really good job, but now Weaver is out of faith, so it's not a locker room issue, I guess...... I don't think he will put up with it. ”

Hearing this, several coaches fell silent for a while.

"Also, the boss is there ......"

Chuck Daly said with some hesitation: "We have just won two consecutive championships, in fact, whether it is the boss or the management, the desire to chase the championship is not very strong, and now Detroit's economy is declining step by step, the ball market is average, as far as I know, the boss will not increase investment in order to chase the championship."

And after the iron fist fights next season, it is possible to jump out of the contract, and the team certainly wants to renew his contract early, but how big is the contract?

He and Larry Johnson are rivals, and they are stronger than Larry Johnson, and with such a big contract, how much does he expect from his next contract? The boss doesn't want to increase the investment, how big a contract can he give? ”

Speaking of this, he sighed and said faintly: "If the team rebuilds again, it is time for me to leave." ”

Not only did the Pistons lose tonight, but the Suns also lost, drawing 2-2 with the Spurs.

Barkley once again played a hip-pulling performance, scoring just 18 points on 7-of-20 shooting, shooting 35% from the field, and committing a whopping six turnovers.

And David Robinson shot 9 of 20, shot 45 percent, and made 18 of 23 free throws, with unlimited lethality, and scored 36 points.

……

On the morning of the 17th, Zhou Quan opened his eyes and looked at the time, it was already 10 o'clock.

Christina wasn't around, it was time to get up, he got up too, opened the curtains, and the sun was shining brightly outside.

"Weekly ......"

Christina walked in, a newspaper in her hand.

"What was written?"

He took it and looked at it, the Chicago Sports Newspaper.

Christina pointed to the front page, a smile on her face.

Zhou Quan took a look, good guys, this damn newspaper said that the Pistons lost last night and Christina was the culprit.

"Iron Fist's sluggish performance throughout the court should be the reason why Christina Yerry, the French rose, wasted too much energy."

French Rose stroked Zhou Quan's chest, leaned on him, and said with a teasing smile: "Zhou, I can't let the media wronged me, you'd better let what they say be the truth." ”

Looking at the roses in front of him that could be picked at any time, Zhou Quan, who had just gotten up, couldn't help but move his index finger.

It's a pity that the full-level willpower made him suppress the evil thoughts in his heart, and at this time, he was a little bitter that his willpower was too firm.

The G5 battle was on the 19th, and there were two days of rest and adjustment time, and Zhou Quan stayed at home for a day and didn't go anywhere.

On this day, almost all the media attention was on the G5 battle between the Bulls and the Pistons, and many stars also stood up to analyze this game, and the other games did not make a splash, and there was almost no attention.

The vast majority of media and stars are still more optimistic about the Bulls, just because the Bulls have the first active Michael Jordan.

That night, the Knicks beat the Cavaliers three times to make it 3-1 and become the first team to pick up a second-round series point.

Then Mosaic won at home to a 2-2 draw with the SuperSonics.

In this game, Mosaic was in great shape, with the four starters scoring double-doubles, scoring a combined 77 points, the lowest shooting percentage of the four reached 57%, the highest Otis Thorpe was as high as 72.7%, and the team's shooting rate was as high as 58.7%, while the supersonic was only 40.7%, and only 2 of 11 three-point shots, losing without temper.

This time, the Pistons changed their itinerary and decided to go to Chicago on the day of the 19th, because the two places were less than 500 kilometers apart, and the plane flew less than an hour, and this time there was only one away game, so they simply decided not to spend the night away from home and come back immediately after the game.

At noon on the 18th, after lunch, Zhou Quan went to the team for adaptive training.

At 11 a.m. on the 19th, the piston stepped onto the plane.

Because she didn't spend the night away from home, she had to rush back overnight, so this time Christina didn't go, and there weren't many people in the wife's group.

A quarter past twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the Pistons arrived in Chicago.

Lunch was eaten on the plane, it was prepared a long time ago, and it was eaten on the plane, and before I had eaten it, I arrived in Chicago.

In the afternoon, I went to the University of Chicago for training, and in the evening, the G5 battle began.

(End of chapter)