BJ pushed the ball to the front court, met the defense just now, and saw that Pippen's side was inconvenient to pass, so he could only pass the ball to Jordan.

This time, Jordan cautiously stepped outside to catch the ball and then singled Zhou Kwon one step from the three-point line on the right wing.

Catch the ball with your left hand and hold it high, then lean down to get off the ball, suddenly squeak, start with a force under your feet, and take a strong step from the right (outside) side.

Zhou Quan quickly stepped sideways and stuck to Jordan's left side, Jordan forced two steps, and suddenly stopped the jump shot after reaching the three-point line.

Zhou Quan has been sticking to Jordan's left side, and his right hand has even been on his waist, as soon as the opponent stopped, he immediately reacted, and at this time Jordan jumped, and he immediately followed the jump block.

Jordan forced his shot, and after Zhou Quan landed, he started directly and rushed past Jordan.

This ball hits, he plays fast break, misses, just as fast break, he can't grab rebounds on the outside anyway, and there are Joe Dumas and assassins, and the backcourt is not afraid of people who don't answer the pass.

He believes that Rodman and Secali's rebounding ability is definitely stronger than Cartwight and Grant, and it is more than one notch stronger, with the Pistons averaging 7.7 more rebounds than the Bulls in the first six series. And it's still a backcourt rebound, and the chances of your teammates grabbing it are very high.

"Rebound!"

When Jordan made a shot, he knew that the ball couldn't be hit, and he couldn't help but shout.

At this time, he found that Zhou Quan rushed past him, and he knew what Zhou Quan had in mind, so he quickly turned around and chased after him.

But by the time he started, it was already a step too slow.

"Mine."

Dennis Rodman let out a snort, stuck Grant behind him, and grabbed the backcourt rebound in a frenzy.

"Give it to me!"

The Assassin ran down from above, and Rodman quickly passed the ball over.

After the assassin received the ball, turned around and dribbled the ball to BJ, his eyes swept ahead, and he saw that Zhou Quan had crossed the middle line, and hurriedly passed the ball.

Zhou Quan took two steps to catch the ball across the middle line, and Jordan took the opportunity to tie it, stuck to his left side, and began to fight up, squeezing his center of gravity.

"Squeak!"

He took two steps with a hard punch, and when he reached the top of the arc, he suddenly slowed down.

"Pull-up jump shot!"

Jordan's right hand was always on his waist, and he reacted quickly, and immediately made an emergency stop.

"Squeak!"

But in the next moment, he accelerated with his feet, and used a 92-level acceleration stride to pass him, forcing Jordan and killing the top of the arc.

Jordan hurriedly turned around to chase after the defense, but it was too late, and he was a step slower.

"Beautiful breakthrough with the ball!" Bill Wharton couldn't help but admire.

Before his words fell, on the field, Zhou Quan had already burst out with the ball, and Jordan, who was one step behind him, also jumped up and reached out to chase his hat.

"Bang!"

Under the big hand, the Bulls' rebounds screamed again.

"Oh roar!"

The 2,000 Pistons fans cheered excitedly, and the opening wave of 6-0 attacks made their emotions rush to the peak.

"Iron Fist, come to magic, we'll be partners." O'Neill jumped up from his seat and shouted at Zhou Quan.

"Great! Well played! Zhou Quan started with three consecutive violent dunks, and all three times were considered fast attacks, and the bulls were a little stunned! Zhang Cheng shouted excitedly.

Sun Zhenping said excitedly: "Zhou Quan played two successful defenses, scored 6 points on 3-of-3 shooting, and his condition today is great!" ”

"Phil Jackson couldn't sit still, he got up, the Bulls served, called a timeout." Zhang said reasonably.

The atmosphere at the Union Center was a bit depressing, just like the Bulls bench at this time.

On the Pistons' side, the players were excited on the bench, and the Pistons fans in the audience were also very excited.

Phil Jackson squatted in front of the bench, holding a tactical board and pen in his hand and said: "Don't stand still, run up, why is there no more of our pick-and-roll cover run?" I don't see any tactical movement in the triangle attack and we're having problems now.

Scotty, Joe Dumas cut off your passing angle, but the Assassin's stance is a bit left, BJ has a downward pass angle, and you can cut straight inside.

Bill, you're going to have to come up a little bit in the position, come out a little bit and cover Scotty, and you're on the outside of the left midfield. ”

As he spoke, he made a pen on the tactical cardboard, making a circle in a position other than the left waist position, and Cartwhite nodded.

He added, "Hores, you come out to cover for Michael." Michael, you and Hores cut one outside and one inside, BJ gives the right wing, including the right wing low, and the angle of the whole right wing pass is completely open......"

At the end of the timeout, the game began, the Bulls served from the backcourt sideline, and BJ advanced to the top of the arc and stopped.

Pippen cut inside at this point, Joe Dumas chased very closely, defended on the upper side, and still cut off Pippen's receiving angle, but was blocked by Bitwhite, and Secali was forced to switch defenses, but fell behind.

"Whoosh!"

BJ passes downwards and Isaiah Thomas doesn't adjust his position in time to block the pass when Pippen cuts inside.

"Bang!"

Pippen received the ball as he cut into the left touchline of the paint zone, Rodman had already been sent out by Grantra, and with no one under the basket, he flew up and hit a dunk to open the scoring record for the Bulls.

"Oh!"

Finally scored, and the Bulls fans roared with excitement.

"Anti-blocking, pay attention to anti-blocking! Jo Dumas, lock up your man and don't let him leave your side. On the sidelines, Chuck Daly was roaring.

Pistons offense.

The Assassins advance to the frontcourt, and this is the Pistons' first positional battle.

As soon as he arrived in the frontcourt, BJ immediately began to press and go to the physical confrontation.

The assassin was very depressed, his body was not working, and he could not do the previous technical moves, otherwise he could blow up the clown in front of him with one hand.

Secali went into the box, with Cartwhite on his side, plus Rodman and Grant, and there were four men in the box.

At this moment, Zhou Quan ran without the ball and entered the paint area, plus Jordan and him, the six people were in the penalty area, which was already very crowded.

"Drill people heap." Zhang Cheng shouted excitedly.

Zhou Quan moved continuously through the crowd, first around Rodman and then Bit White, then turned around and then bypassed between Rodman and Grant, and returned to the right flank.

His speed is not very fast, but every time he circles around people, it is very silky, like a cow.

"Damn rats!"

Jordan was very passive behind him, and every time he bypassed a man, his rhythm had to be disrupted, and he had to get back on his feet, and when Zhou Quan drilled out of the box and returned to the right wing, he was thrown off.

Grant, who was on the very edge, changed his guard in time and kept up with Zhou Quan.

At this time, the assassin passed the ball, and Zhou Quan received the ball in one step at the right waist, completed the turn to the basket, and shook the ball with both hands.

Grant flew straight up, and the next moment, he dribbled sideways and took a step, and then made a jump shot when Jordan pounced.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and hit a two-point shot.

"The weird running in the penalty area has become the signature technique of Iron Fist." Bill Wharton exclaimed.

Williams nodded in agreement: "Yes, several times in the league, almost no one can do the running technique in the restricted area like Iron Fist."

Even the 160-centimeter Boggs is more agile than an iron fist, but it seems that he doesn't have such a free running ability in the penalty area. ”

8-2, Bulls attack.

On the right wing, Jordan and Grant blocked without the ball, the former cut inside, the latter outside, and Zhou Quan and Rodman switched defenses.

This is an established defensive strategy, and Rodman is also a top defensive titan, stronger than Zhou Quan, because he can defend from the number one position to the number five position, and his movement speed is good, so switching defenses is the best option.

BJ, who was holding the ball at the top of the arc, saw it and quickly passed the ball to Grant, who cut out, and he thought that Grant had a height advantage in playing Zhou Quan.

But his passing awareness is too obvious, and the assassin mainly blocks Pippen's side, and the probability of passing the ball to Jordan's side is very large, plus Zhou Quan's reaction is super fast, at the moment of the ball's shot, he jumped up with his feet, and his right hand backhanded everything, snapped, and broke the ball.

"Oh?"

Countless Bulls fans exclaimed in frustration.

Zhang Cheng shouted excitedly: "Steal! Zhou Quan broke BJ's pass again......"

Zhou Quan controlled the ball after landing on the ground, and then began to start counterattacking.

However, the Bulls have taken advantage of this opportunity to start to defend back, BJ at the top arc, Pippen on the right wing, have all turned around, and even Jordan, who is cutting inside, is desperately trying to return to defense.

Holding the ball to the left wing three-point line, Zhou Quan made an emergency stop, calmly jumped and shot a three-point shot.

At this point, Grant had been completely left behind by him, with no defenders around.

"Brush!"

The orange basketball flew towards the basket, made a beautiful arc in the air, and then plunged into the basket.

"Yay!"

The 2,000 Pistons fans and Pistons players shouted excitedly.

Bill Wharton exclaimed: "Iron Fist was in a brave state today, covering all the team's shots, and he has made 5 of 5 shots and scored 11 points. He has completed the fast break after two steals, and his performance on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is super explosive!

Now Jordan should step up, and if you can't stop Iron Fist, then the Bulls' morale will definitely be crushed by Iron Fist. ”

Lewis Williams said: "Almost all the media before the game was not optimistic about the Pistons, and there were even a lot of media that thought that tonight was going to be a one-sided game, but now, it is really a one-sided game. ”

Jordan breathed heavily, he didn't expect Zhou Quan's opening to be so explosive, now 11:2, the team has fallen behind by 9 points, he hasn't scored a point, this is a tie-break, a game that can't be lost, lost, his dream of three consecutive championships is gone.

The honor of two consecutive championships can't support his status as a one-of-a-kind supergiant, and if he loses tonight, he will likely become the next smiling assassin and fall to the dust.

At this time, his eyes were red, and the huge pressure made the battle intent start to soar in his body.

Phil Jackson resisted the urge to call a timeout, it was not a tactical problem just now, but the result of Iron Fist's powerful tackling ability, and it was useless to call a timeout.

The Bulls attacked, and BJ advanced to the frontcourt.

On the right wing, Jordan ran out of the three-point line to catch the ball in one step, and when Zhou Quan followed, Grant came out and blocked Jordan on the three-point line.

Jordan took the opportunity to break through, Rodman changed the defense, he continued to exert force under his feet, and under the powerful explosive force, he burst Rodman again, and Sekari who entered the basket to meet the defense was a violent dunk.

"Bang!"

With the sound of a violent explosion, Secali, who lacked the ability to fight, fell directly under the basket.

"Ahh

After completing a venting forced dunk, Jordan stood under the basket, continuously and forcefully swinging his fists, roaring hard.

"Oh roar!"

The entire Union Center boiled instantly.

"Michael Jordan started to score, and the first shot was blocked by Pistons center Ronnie Secali and dunked the opponent, and the morale of the Bulls started to come back!" Lewis Williams said excitedly.

"Let's see if Jordan can fight a wave, otherwise with the current state of Iron Fist, the Bulls' morale may still be beaten back." Bill Wharton said.

"Guys, we have one more."

On the field, after pulling Sekari up, Zhou Quan roared angrily: "Remember, tonight we are the God of the United Center." Tonight, we're going to master the fate of the bull! ”

"them!"

The assassins immediately agreed, Rodman and they roared at the same time, and the morale of the Pistons was not slightly weakened by Jordan's slam dunk, and under the leadership of Zhou Quan, it became higher and higher.

"Don't think!"

Jordan was furious.

"-for-tat!"

Zhang Li sighed excitedly.

"Click, click, click......"

In the media gallery behind the bottom line, all the reporters have been stimulated by both sides to adrenaline, the excitement is no worse than the players on the field, the shutter is pressed non-stop, and many reporters have already used the second film.

At 11:4, the Pistons attacked.

Next, the two sides were each played by Joe Dumas and Pippen, and the Pistons attacked.

The Assassins advanced to the frontcourt, and Zhou Quan on the right wing asked for the ball, and after receiving the ball, he singled Jordan on the three-point line.

After passing the ball, the assassin did not stop at the top of the arc, but immediately ran to Zhou Quan's side to block him, blocking Jordan, Zhou Quan took the opportunity to move to the top of the arc, Jordan was one step behind when he squeezed away the assassin, and BJ also switched to Zhou Quan, and the assassin got an empty space.

"Whoosh!"

Zhou Quan found that Jordan and BJ were following him, and the moment he pulled the ball up, he then passed the ball with a backhand to the assassin behind him.

"Not good!"

Jordan reflexively lunged at the Assassin.

"Bang!"

The assassin received the ball and made an open three-point shot, Jordan's block was a little slower, but the ball missed and the feel was a little worse.

"Smack!"

Sekari picked up an offensive rebound on Cartwhite's head, then jumped back and put the ball in the basket.

"Ronnie, good job!"

Zhou Quan immediately shouted encouragement outside.

At 13:4, the Pistons led by nine points on the road, and Phil Jackson called a timeout.

"The Bulls are suffering a little bit on rebounding!" Lewis Williams said.

Bill Wharton flipped through Secali's information, shook his head and exclaimed: "Ronnie Secali, so far in his career, has averaged 10.8 rebounds per game, including 3.64 frontcourt rebounds, and the proportion of frontcourt rebounds has reached 33.7%, and one of the three rebounds is a frontcourt rebound, which is a very high percentage, and Rodman is only 36.6%. ”

"He's small tonnage, he's tall, he's fast, a lot faster than Cartwhite. And the position awareness is excellent, and if he wasn't so soft under the basket, he would have more rebounds. Williams laughed.

"People are not always perfect, small weight is faster, but the ability to fight will definitely be worse." Bill Wharton laughed.

"Now the Bulls are a little passive, rebounding 3:1, steals 2:0, turnovers 0:2, the Pistons have three more shots, 6 of 7 shots, and the Bulls have 2 of 4 shots." Williams said.

"There's no doubt that the Pistons got off to a better start tonight, playing at the top of their game on both ends of the floor," Bill Wharton said.

Among them, Iron Fist's three defenses were key, two steals of BJ's passes to Jordan and Grant, and one defense of Jordan's shots.

In contrast, Michael Jordan didn't play well on the defensive end on 1-of-2 shooting, and he just said before he came out on the court that he wanted to control the fate of the Pistons, so now he needs to work harder, otherwise Iron Fist will lead the Pistons to the Union Center, on the home court of the Bulls, and dominate the fate of the Bulls. ”

Williams said: "Judging by the performance so far, Iron Fist is dangerous with the ball, Beal, I think it's not even better than Michael Jordan? ”

"Threatening with the ball?"

Bill Wharton groaned for a moment, and immediately nodded: "The offense is weaker than Jordan, that's for sure, Tekken's offense is far less incomprehensible than Jordan's."

But his organizational skills, his passing ability, are not comparable to Jordan, coupled with first-class individual offensive ability, indeed, Lewis, Iron Fist's threat with the ball is not inferior to Michael Jordan, otherwise Phil Jackson can make Jordan change the defense Iron Fist? This speaks volumes about the threat of Iron Fist with the ball. ”

Williams said: "That's it, Jordan still can't defend against an iron fist, a ball carrier who has reached a first-class level of sudden shooting and passing, and he can't prevent it at all with single defense." And the passing of the iron fist, the breakthrough, even reached the top level. ”

Bill Wharton said with a smile: "The breakthrough of Iron Fist is mainly too comprehensive, coupled with realistic feints, Jordan has also been fooled repeatedly, and it is common to be surprised." ”

The words of the two of them were heard in the ears of many people and triggered their thinking.

For example, Lakers general manager Jerry West, such as Kings general manager Athos Rochel, such as Warriors general manager Gary St. Jean and so on.

With the same ball-handling threat as Jordan, the league's top ball-handling core, and only a sophomore, he is frighteningly young, and such a potential superstar is worth trading for any chip, or even an entire team.

"Rebounding, protecting our backcourt rebounding, that's the minimum I want from you, understand?" Before the Bulls bench, Phil Jackson spoke to Carter White and Grant.

If it weren't for Carter White's status with the Bulls and his experience, he would have been replaced by Scott Williams, who is better at rebounding.

But in the crucial tie-break, he didn't dare to let Scott play the main team, but if Cartwhite didn't perform again, he could only be forced to trust the draft.

(End of chapter)