The Bulls were about to serve, and Zhou Quan, who was standing next to Jordan, suddenly pounced on Trent Tucker, who was about to receive the ball two steps away.

Jo Dumas reacted quickly and immediately got in front of Pippen, cutting off Pippen's angle of catch.

As soon as Jordan saw Zhou Quan pounce on Tucker, he knew that the Pistons were going to press the backcourt, and immediately shouted at Scott Williams, who was about to serve: "Here." ”

The next moment, Zhou Quan, who had just pounced on Tucker, turned around and pounced, and at this time, Scott's ball had already passed.

"Damn it!"

Jordan immediately stepped forward and jumped to catch the ball.

And Zhou Quan also rushed up in one step and grabbed the ball in the air with Jordan.

But he knew that Jordan had a height advantage and jumped higher than himself, so his purpose was not to grab the ball, but to fight Jordan in the air so that Jordan could not receive the ball.

So he didn't jump high at all, but deliberately jumped up and rubbed Jordan, Jordan hadn't touched the ball yet, his body was rubbed crooked, and then the ball was missed.

"Oh!"

The audience exclaimed.

"The bull is in trouble!" Bill Wharton let out a loud shout.

Darnell Walker was lucky at the critical moment, he rushed over to get the ball, and hurriedly handed it to Zhou Quan, who turned around and held the ball to the basket.

"Shet!"

Jordan gritted his teeth in anger and chased after him.

Pippen, Tucker, and Scott, who had just served, hurriedly rushed to the basket to stop Zhou Quan's attack, and Jordan also chased after him, but Zhou Quan pushed with his hand, and the ball flew to Joe Dumas on the right wing.

Pippen hurriedly turned around and pounced on Jo Dumas, but Joe Dumas handled it calmly, did not shoot, but pulled outside the three-point line, waited for his teammates to return, and delayed the offensive time.

Five seconds later, he passed the ball to Zhou Quan on the left wing, Zhou Quan received the ball, the others pulled away, and he began to single Jordan.

The offensive time was almost over, and Zhou Quan faked a real shot and shot three points again, but this time Jordan accurately predicted and almost got the ball.

"Bang!"

The ball was short, and Secali moved first at the crucial moment, grabbed this crucial offensive rebound from Scott's head, and then was fouled by the opponent.

"Ronnie, good job."

Zhou Quan ran up with a smile on his face and applauded Sekari.

Although Secali is not good defensively, he is really good at rebounding, averaging 9 per game in the playoffs, and the offense is okay, averaging 15 points per game in the playoffs.

Under his passing, the shooting rate exceeded 50%, which is a very good performance in the case of the Bulls' interior line, and it is also a key factor in the Pistons can win two games.

"71 seconds, nine points, the Pistons had two free throws, and it was hard for the Bulls to chase them." Bill Wharton said.

Next free throws, Secali hit the first free throw, missed the second free throw, Grant grabbed the rebound, and the Bulls attacked.

"Brush!"

Jordan quickly went down, received a long pass from Grant, and hit the top of the arc with a three-point pull-up jumper, and the basketball pierced the Pistons' net like a sharp arrow.

"Ahh

The whole court boiled instantly, and the Bulls fans seemed to see the hope of the Bulls turning the tables, and the huge shouts and cheers resounded for nine days.

Zhou Quan was in hot pursuit, but was shaken off by Jordan's emergency stop and fell to the floor.

Jordan looked down at Zhou Quan, his eyes were as cold as a knife and as sharp as a sword.

Zhou Quan got up and didn't look at Jordan, walked forward and knocked Jordan away, and yelled at his teammates who were returning to the defense: "The game is not over yet, what about our defense?" Defend! I want to see your defenses! ”

Sekari and Rodman lowered their heads, and it was just because they were careless and didn't stop Grant's fast pass that allowed Jordan to play a fast break.

"The offense took 2.4 seconds, and now there are 68.6 seconds left, 102:95, and the Bulls are still seven points behind." Zhang said reasonably.

"The bull hasn't given up yet!" Sun Zhenping said.

Zhang Reasonable shook his head and said, "There is enough time, how can you give up?" It's crazy, a wave of offense and defense, a 7-point advantage is nothing, one minute is enough.

Don't forget, Jordan is the most powerful killer in this league, and he has enough ability to kill any game if he is given the opportunity. ”

On the ABC commentary bench, Bill Wharton said: "52 points, congratulations to Michael Jordan, you won the sixth single-game 50+ in the playoffs of your career, surpassing Chamberlain, and scored 50 games in a single playoff game, the first in history." ”

"It's amazing." Williams laughed.

Pistons offense.

Zhou Quan estimated that in order to speed up the tempo, the Bulls had to press the backcourt, and Joe Dumas and Darnell Walker were in the back, and he personally held the ball to advance.

"Damn it!"

Jordan scolded secretly, but he could only guard and retreat.

has concerns, he doesn't dare to force Zhou Quan, because Zhou Quan's breakthrough with the ball is too powerful, and once the forcing fails, it will be troublesome.

And there's still time, it's not time to make an all-or-nothing bet.

"Defend! Defending ......"

At this time, nearly 20,000 Bulls fans shouted, and the United Center Arena resounded with a uniform shout.

Zhou Quan carried the ball to the left wing, close to the left touchline, and the others pulled away, forming a pattern of him and Jordan heads-up.

"Jordan, tonight, I'm your God!"

At this time, Zhou Quan, who didn't spray trash talk throughout the game, actually spewed trash talk.

Jordan was stunned, infinite anger surged into his head, and his eyes were like a glow, but the next moment he burst into a foul mouth: "Bastard! ”

"Squeak!"

As soon as Zhou Quan's trash talk came out, his right foot suddenly stepped out, and he began to burst strongly from the right side, Jordan was distracted by his trash talk, and his reaction was slow, and he burst through in one step.

"It's a sudden!" Zhang Cheng shouted excitedly.

Seeing that Zhou Quan burst Jordan and hit the left elbow area in two steps, Scott Williams in the low post had to lose Sekari and make up for the defense.

"Squeak!"

Zhou Quan hit a pull-up jump shot in the left elbow area, and the ball flew to the basket.

This position is the most accurate area for Jordan's mid-range shooting, and it is also the most accurate position for his mid-range shooting, because this position is the weakest defensive area under the man-to-man defense system.

"Bang!"

At the critical moment, Zhou Quan's full-level willpower was very effective, his shot was very resolute, his hands were also very stable, and his physical strength was barely able to persevere, and the basketball stumbled down.

"Beautiful! One ball for another, just do it, use the score to push the momentum of the Bulls back, don't let the opponent get up. Zhang Cheng shouted excitedly.

"49.2 seconds, 104:95, another 9-point difference. If they can't defend against the Pistons' offense, then even if the Bulls can score on their own, they can't turn the game around. Bill Wharton said.

On the three-point line on the right wing, Jordan stood on the ball, leaned down to get off the ball, suddenly started to break through, and broke through Zhou Quan from the left side, and hit the right elbow area is a stop-and-go jump shot.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and the two hits.

Zhou Quan gritted his teeth, it wasn't that he was careless, it was that his physical fitness was not as good as Jordan's, and he didn't keep up with his feet, and at the last moment, Jordan's physical advantage was being reflected.

The Pistons have always had the advantage, and now they still have two timeouts, one long and one short, and the Bulls have another long timeout, and he immediately made a timeout gesture after receiving the ball, asking for a long timeout, giving himself a chance to breathe.

After returning to the bench and taking the towel and sitting down, the masseur came over to massage his calves, and his teammates handed him another energy drink.

"At 104:97, we still have a seven-point advantage, and we have 37 seconds left, so we can't be careless." Assistant teacher Musk reminded.

Chuck Daly crouched in front and said in a low voice: "In the last half minute, cheer up, as long as we survive these 37 seconds, we can win the match point." ”

At the match point, everyone's spirits were lifted.

The Assassins, in particular, had their eyes shining.

"Now we change formations and take them by surprise." Chuck Daly said.

After the timeout, both sides came on.

On the Bulls' side, BJ came on the court and replaced Tucker.

On the Pistons' side, Darnell Walker went off the court and went up to Isaiah Thomas.

"Oh, both sides were bold, and both switched to a point guard." On the ABC commentary bench, Williams said in surprise.

Bill Wharton immediately analyzed: "The Bulls should be going to speed up, time is running out." But the pistons? I don't know what Coach Chuck Daly thinks. ”

The Pistons attacked, and the Assassins advanced with the ball.

Neither Zhou Quan nor Joe Dumas stayed behind to pick up Jordan and Pippen, leaving the Assassin alone to deal with BJ.

BJ tried to force the assassin, but although the assassin's body was not good, his experience was not comparable to him, and he easily turned around and rushed over.

When it came to the front, he gave the ball to Zhou Quan on the left wing.

"Understood, it's physical fitness, Iron Fist's physical fitness is not good." Bill Wharton said.

On the court, Jordan immediately went over to grab Zhou Quan, trying to speed up the tempo.

But he couldn't grab Zhou Quan's ball alone, Zhou Quan tossed outside the left wing three-point line for nearly a few seconds, and Jordan's pressing had no effect, so BJ lost the assassin and passed from the top of the arc to the bag.

"The bull is in a hurry!" Zhang Li said loudly.

"Whoosh!"

After BJ took two steps, Zhou Quan suddenly passed the ball, and the basketball flew straight to the top of the arc.

"Oops!"

BJ hurriedly returned to the defense, but where was the time?

What kind of person is the assassin, a super madman with 25 points in a single quarter of the finals, even if his body is not good, but this is a big vacancy.

"Brush!"

The ball flew to the basket and made a splash of white water.

"Yikes!"

Isaiah Thomas roared with excitement, and his excitement was overwhelming.

"Defend!"

Zhou Quan's roar sounded like an alarm.

"Squeak Squeak......"

Jordan is running wildly to the frontcourt.

Under the basket, Grant picked up the ball and retreated to the baseline.

Rodman hurriedly ran forward, waving his hands to stop the cobra from going fast.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhou Quan caught up with Jordan, and Joe Dumas also returned to the defense.

"The bulls are gone!" Bill Wharton shook his head.

"At 107:97, the Pistons lead by 10 points, and there are only 18 seconds left." Williams Road.

On the court, the Bulls took fifteen seconds to complete an offense, Jordan forced a shot and failed to hit, Rodman grabbed the defensive rebound, and there were only two seconds left, and the Bulls gave up.

"Tick!"

As the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match.

"Oh roar!"

Zhou Quan, Joe Dumas, Rodman, the Assassins, all the Pistons players, staff, coaches, and 2,000 Pistons fans, all cheered at this moment.

Not far away, looking at the celebrating Pistons, Jordan was extremely unwilling.

Losing the crucial G5 game at home, giving the Pistons a match point, the biggest difficulty in the three-game winning streak, he would rather be beaten by every other team in the league than beaten by the Pistons.

"Next game, next game, you must come back."

But the game was over, he could only accept the result, and with this thought, he turned and walked towards the players' tunnel, the background was a little lonely.

“MJ！ MJ ...... "A lot of fans kept shouting about him.

On the ABC commentary bench, Bill Wharton said: "At the end of the G5 game, the Detroit Pistons defeated the Chicago Bulls and got the second-round match point. ”

Williams picked up the stats and read: "Jordan shot 22-of-42 from the field, shooting 52.4 percent, 3-of-6 from three-point range, 7-of-8 from the free-throw line, and 54 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls in a single game.

The state in the first quarter was not very good, but Michael adjusted his state in time, and the data of the whole game was still super explosive, but unfortunately this loss was to Iron Fist, which was in a more hot state.

Losing match point, thus casting a shadow over his three-peat, plunged him into a dark situation, and he must have been very unwilling. ”

Bill Wharton read: "Iron Fist shot 16-of-28, 57.1 percent, 2-of-4 three-pointers, 4-of-4 free throws, 38 points, 6 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 steals, 3 turnovers and 4 fouls.

He scored 16 fewer points than Jordan, but his playmaking and passing allowed the Pistons to shoot 50.5 percent overall from the field to the Bulls' 46.4 percent, and the Pistons had the last laugh. ”

Williams smiled and asked, "Bill, Iron Fist should belong to the style of play with the ball, right?" ”

"There is no doubt about it."

Bill Wharton said: "Most of the ball is in his hands, the whole team revolves around him alone, and his individual performance can make the difference between winning and losing. ”

Williams said: "It's a top-tier style of play, but it should be good and bad, right? ”

Nodding, Bill Walton said: "As I said just now, if he is not in good shape, the team will most likely lose the game.

His current style of play is somewhat similar to Jordan at the beginning, and later after Phil Jackson became the head coach, Jordan gave up the ball.

But there is also a difference, that is, he is a point guard himself, not a point guard, if his offensive state is not good, he can also concentrate on organizing the offense, passing the ball to his teammates, and he can make moderate adjustments between the organization and the individual offense, and his psychological quality is very stable, so his state has been very stable. ”

"Michael Jordan is so strong, he couldn't make it to the Eastern Finals with his big nuclear play, and after giving up the big nuclear play, he changed to a triangle offense, and won two consecutive championships, why did the Pistons change to a ball-holding big core play because of the iron fist?" Williams asked again.

Bill Wharton said: "Jordan is not a point guard after all, there must be drawbacks to having too much ball, and Pippen's growth is a necessary condition, his existence has liberated Jordan's singles ability, and the ultimate goal of the triangle offense is to let Jordan play alone, so this tactic is most suitable for Jordan."

But the big core style of play with the ball does not mean that you have to attack with the ball, it does not mean that you have to play by yourself, Iron Fist has improved a lot of personal offensive ability this season, he can hold the ball to attack by himself, or he can hold the ball to create opportunities, and then divide the ball and let his teammates attack, so this style of play is also the most suitable for him.

Everybody has a style of play that suits him, Jordan and Tekken are different types, so they need different styles of play, and thankfully, they both got their chance and met the right manager. ”

At the scene, Zhou Quan was being interviewed.

"Iron Fist, are you confident that you can win this series at home?" The ABC's correspondent asked.

"We hoped, but we were all mentally prepared." Zhou Quan didn't say anything to death.

"Is there no absolute faith?" The reporter asked.

"What is absolute faith? Do you think the bull is a kitten and a shrimp? Then you underestimate Michael Jordan too much, he's not the waste you think he is. ”

Zhou Quan can be sure that this reporter has bad intentions and his attitude is biased towards the bull.

The reporter was embarrassed to explain: "No, no, I didn't mean that, I didn't say he was a waste." ”

After Zhou Quan embarrassed the reporter, he explained: "It is to make all the psychological preparations, which can make us not mess up under any circumstances." ”

"You gave up the ball at some point tonight to Joe Dumas and even Isaiah Thomas, and they did a good job, no worse than you, will you share the ball with them in the future?" The reporter immediately changed the subject.

Zhou Quan smiled: "I will play how the team asks me to play, are you satisfied with my answer?" ”

"Satisfied ghost!" The reporter said dissatisfiedly in his heart.

"Alright, that's the end of it."

Zhou Quan ended the live interview in due time, walked to the bench, and said goodbye to Pistons fans with his teammates, as well as to friends he knew.

Back in the locker room, Chuck Daly didn't make a summary and told the players to take a shower.

Zhou Quan came out of the shower, and Musk said: "Iron Fist, 97:109, the Suns won at home and also got the match point."

Barkley shot 11-of-16 from the field, shooting 68.8 percent from the field and 13-of-15 from the free-throw line, finishing with 36 points and 12 rebounds, the best performance.

David Robinson shot 10-of-16 from the field and shot 62.5 percent, but only made 4 of 9 free throws, which was not as lethal as Barkley, and he couldn't make free throws, scoring only 24 points and 8 rebounds. ”

He said with some surprise: "15 free throws? That guy is very lethal! ”

"Don't underestimate him, the flying pigs who fly on the heads of the three super centers, he and the Postman are the most powerful power forwards in the league. By the way, that rain man, Sean Kemp, is also getting stronger and stronger. Musk laughed.

"Match point, we got match point, haha!"

At this time, in Phoenix, in the Suns' locker room, Barkley was already so happy that he didn't even know where to get a bottle of champagne to celebrate.

The first round series was almost blacked out by the Lakers, and in the second round, two consecutive home wins followed by two consecutive away wins, made him like a roller coaster, and now he finally got the match point, so he is very happy.

"Charles, the Bulls lost, the Pistons got the match point." A staff member said.

"Ahem, ahem......"

Buckley, who was binge drinking champagne, almost choked to death when he heard this.

"Do you want to call a doctor?" Lightning asked with concern on the side.

"No, no...... Ahem...... Thank you, Kevin, I'm not there yet. ”

Barkley relented, thanked him, still didn't believe it, and shouted: "This can't be, how could Michael lose the match point, he said that he wanted to win, and the iron fist couldn't beat Michael." ”

"Michael scored 54 points, but Iron Fist was more efficient, knocking down 38 points and 12 assists to take out the Bulls." The staff member shook his head.

"How is this possible?" Barkley was stunned.

(End of chapter)