The timeout ended, and it was the Pistons' fourth foul of the quarter, and the Bulls served on the sideline in the frontcourt.

Michael Jordan saw Joe Dumas following him, immediately pushed the opponent close to the paint area, and then asked for the ball.

However, Jodumas immediately circled forward, and the Assassin blocked the right side of BJ, cutting off the connection between the two.

At this time, Pippen asked for the ball on the right wing three-point line, Zhou Quan went online to defend, and BJ passed.

"Smack!"

At this moment, Zhou Quan pounced on the line like a leopard, completed the steal, and then continued to pounce forward and started a fast attack.

"Oh!"

Exclamations rang out from the United Center.

"Beautiful! Iron Fist, well done! ”

"Yes, Iron Fist, just do it!"

Stars who supported Zhou Quan such as Abdul-Jabbar and O'Neal stood up excitedly and shouted.

No one can catch up with Zhou Quan, Pippen is not as fast as him, BJ at the top of the arc and Jordan on the right wing turned back to the defense, the tempo slowed down, and they couldn't catch up with him anymore.

One step past the free-throw line, holding the ball high in one hand, he took off with all his might, and as he glided forward, he turned around in the air at 360 degrees, and then received a tomahawk split.

"Bang!"

There was an instant silence.

"Oh roar!"

Then there was the cheers and shouts from the Pistons.

"Shh

After the Bulls fans reacted, they immediately booed the cheers of the Pistons.

"Zhou Quan scored 22 points. By the way, it was also the 5th steal. There is no way to blow this steal, Pippen hasn't touched the ball yet, otherwise it would be another thug foul. Zhang said happily.

At 61:55, the Pistons still led by six points. Jordan scored 9 points in a row in this quarter, but Zhou Quan also scored 9 points in a row, they are really strong! Sun Zhenping said excitedly.

Phil Jackson stood up from the bench, frowning slightly.

At this time, the Bulls attacked, and he observed the Pistons' defense, and his brow furrowed even more.

Jordan found that he couldn't catch the ball near the paint, and even if he got rid of Joe Dumas, BJ was locked by the Assassins and didn't have a chance to pass the ball to him.

BJ could only pass the ball to Pippen, who took a step forward to catch the ball this time, very cautiously.

After receiving the ball, Pippen leaned sideways against Zhou Quan and raised the ball high with his right hand, not giving the opponent a chance to poke the ball.

At this time, Jordan took advantage of Grant's cover to get rid of Joe Dumars, ran through the box to the left wing to ask for the ball, and Pippen passed the ball over the top.

Level 96 nerve reaction speed, under the condition of full attention, Zhou Quan reacted instantly, his body burst up, and his right hand reached upward.

"Smack!"

Close to the top precision strike, the big hand just grabbed the ball.

"Oh, pretty! It's so beautiful! Another break, another break of the ball, another break of the iron fist! Bill Wharton yelled excitedly.

Pippen and Jordan hit back and forth, trying to counter-rob on the spot, but Zhou Quan shot the ball too fast, and when he landed, he threw his right hand to the right wing, and the ball flew over the top of the arc and flew outside the three-point line on the right wing.

There, Joe Dumas had already turned, and there was only Grant who was blocking and changing the defense next to him, and immediately began to go down quickly after receiving the ball, shaking off Grant and launching a counterattack.

"Bang!"

BJ returned to the defense from the middle, and Joe Dumas held the ball to the basket, which was a flying dunk, completely ignoring BJ.

"Ahh

The most excited was Zhou Quan, who shook his fist and roared again and again.

He raised his right hand, retracted three fingers, and made a Y gesture with only two fingers remaining.

"What is this?"

Countless people have seen the gesture and have experienced it.

Zhang Li laughed and said: "twice for fouls, and I will use two steals to reward you, this should be what Zhou Quan wants to express." ”

"The 6th steal. Now the score is 63:55, and the Pistons lead by eight points. Sun Zhenping said excitedly.

On the field, Zhou Quan shouted at Pippen: "Hey, bison, don't pass the ball in front of me, throw it yourself, this is my advice to you." ”

Pippen opened his mouth and closed it again.

Sorry, I'm already deaf, I didn't hear this, it's his ostrich psychology at this time.

Pippen is also a person with a very tough and arrogant personality, otherwise the nickname would not be called a bison, there is a brute force, and because of this character, he dared to talk to Catherine in front of Zhou Quan last year.

But what provoked him was Zhou Quan, a professional boxer who beat him, and he could only endure this breath, just like enduring Jordan's insults for many years, habit became natural.

Bulls attack.

Pippen is also a non-believer, and when he saw that Jordan ran for a few seconds and couldn't catch the ball, he asked for the ball again.

BJ couldn't help it, Jordan's passing angle was locked by the Assassins, the run was not smooth, Grant was entangled by Rodman, and Scott was not an offensive option, he could only pass to Pippen.

Pippen catches the ball with his left elbow in front and his right hand behind. His hands are no smaller than Jordan's, and his control of the ball is very strong.

Zhou Quan stood one step away, pointed to his feet with his right hand, and said loudly to Pippen: "Listen, Scottie Pippen, here it is, I'm going to steal your ball again here." ”

"Oh!"

Anyone who heard it exclaimed.

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

Zhou Quan's voice was not small, and some media reporters heard it behind the bottom line, and the camera in his hand immediately shone wildly.

On the sidelines, Larry Bird was also there, and when he heard this, he patted his knee and laughed.

Abdul-Jabbar and O'Neill were also laughing.

Pippen's face was swollen and red, and he gritted his teeth.

"Iron Fist, you wait for me."

At this moment, he vowed to hit one on Zhou Quan's head.

The referee stood to the side, staring nervously at the two.

"Give it to me."

At this time, Jordan on the right flank ran to Pippen's side.

Pippen turned right and stepped back with his right hand, avoiding Jordan's hands to catch the ball.

Just as Pippen turned right, Zhou Quan instantly burst out, and quickly stepped up from Pippen's left side, his own right side.

As he crossed Pippen's body, Pippen stepped back with his right hand holding the ball in order to get Jordan's hand away.

"Smack!"

The 96-level nerve reaction speed allowed Zhou Quan to react as soon as possible, coupled with a precise strike, with a pick with his left hand, the ball that Pippen grabbed in his right hand flew out and flew to the middle line.

"Oh!"

The audience exclaimed.

"Oh roar!"

Larry Bird jumped up from their seats, screaming as O'Neal, Abdul-Jabbar, and the others as they could.

"Grab the ball!"

Chuck Daly jumped up excitedly.

Pippen didn't have a chance to grab the ball, and Jordan reacted immediately and turned to the ball.

And faster than him, of course, is Zhou Quan, who took advantage of the momentum of the step-up steal, surpassed Jordan one step, took the lead in controlling the ball, and then rushed across the halfline.

This past is a wild horse that has escaped, and no one can catch up with him again.

By the time Jordan's speed came up, he was already two steps behind Zhou Quan, which was one step behind, one step behind, and his explosiveness was full of power, and he couldn't catch up.

"Bang!"

The Bulls' basket was blasted again.

"Oh yes! Iron Fist delivers a tomahawk clapple! It was his 24th point, seventh steal and third steal in the third quarter, and he broke his personal playoff single-game steal record. Bill Wharton yelled excitedly.

Lewis Williams said even more excitedly: "Received the news from Houston, the reporter of this station, just before the steal happened, Iron Fist said to Pippen, right here, I'm going to steal you, yes, that's what he said, he did what he said, he stole Scottie Pippen again." Ha ha! ”

"Oh, did Iron Fist really say that?" Bill Wharton asked excitedly.

"Really, haha, Houston said a lot of people just heard it." Williams laughed.

Bill Wharton said excitedly: "Then this will be a famous scene, a famous scene belonging to Iron Fist and Pippen, haha!" ”

At 65:55, the Bulls trailed by 10 points.

Phil Jackson had called a timeout early.

When Zhou Quan left the court, he did not return to the bench, but came to the Pistons' fans and interacted with them, and the assassins followed.

"Victory will be ours!"

Zhou Quan raised his fist high and roared.

"Victory! Victory! Victory ......"

The crazy shouts of 2,000 Pistons fans actually shouted out the scale of 20,000 people, so that the boos of the home fans could not be suppressed for a while, and the momentum of the Pistons also skyrocketed.

Jordan's face was blue and he didn't have a seizure on the court, but as soon as he returned to the bench, he sprayed at Pippen: "Are you crazy?" Why don't you give me the ball? Are you crazy? It's a tie-break, it's a tie-break, do you want to be knocked out? Don't you want to win three in a row?

Now that we're in a shame, he's done to steal you, and you're the eternal backdrop, is this the result you want? You idiot! You idiot! ”

Pippen was sprayed so much that he buried his head in his legs, like an ostrich.

Fortunately, the Union Center was too noisy at this time, and the Bulls fans were booing the Pistons fans, but no one heard Jordan's roar.

"Alright, Michael, calm down." Phil Jackson persuaded.

"How do you calm me down? We're 10 points behind. ”

Michael Jordan's snarl pointed at Phil Jackson, and at this moment, he was a tyrant.

After the timeout, the game restarted and Jordan took over possession, sometimes receiving the ball at the back and sometimes over the halfway line.

For the remainder of the third quarter, the Bulls pulled away and he singled Joe Dumas with the ball again and again.

On the defensive end, he is still the main defender Zhou Quan.

The front 3 shots, 3 free throws and 3 free throws, scored 9 points in a row, the back 7 shots and 4 shots, the shooting rate was 57.1%, 2 free throws and 2 shots, and the shooting rate was as high as 70% in the whole quarter, and the single quarter scored 19 points, and the efficiency was very amazing.

But even so, the Bulls still did not recover the point difference, but were widened.

Because Chuck Daley adjusted his defensive strategy in time, he let Jordan play alone and lock up the other four of the Bulls, which is another extreme manifestation of Jordan's rule.

Zhou Quan made all four shots in the first four of this quarter, one of which was a three-point shot, and in the back of Jordan's defense, he still played a combination of sudden shooting and passing, which was very threatening.

The back felt a slight decline, with Jordan shooting 2-of-5, 5-of-5 free throws, 6-of-9 shooting in the single quarter, shooting 66.6%, 18 points in a single quarter, plus 3 assists and 3 steals.

However, when he broke through with the ball, he was whistled for an offensive foul, three fouls in a single quarter, and has committed four fouls so far.

In addition, the Pistons still have the advantage in rebounding, Rodman grabbed 6 rebounds in the third quarter, Secali 3, the Pistons had 14 rebounds in a single quarter, compared to the Bulls only 8, and the Pistons got more shots.

The score of the two sides in the third quarter was 32:25, and under Jordan's crazy offense, relying on Zhou Quan's super explosive performance and rebounding advantage, the Pistons played a better offense and led by 7 points in a single quarter.

At 84:71, the third quarter was played, and the Pistons had a 13-point lead.

"Congratulations to Iron Fist, 18 points in a single quarter, which is the highest single quarter scoring record in your career playoffs." Bill Wharton laughed.

He also had seven steals, which is also his record for the most steals in a single playoff game. Lewis Williams said.

"But Iron Fist has to be careful, four fouls, three in the third quarter, if you don't control it, the fifth foul is too early, there will be trouble." Bill Wharton reminded.

Williams said: "Judging from the situation in the third quarter, Jordan and Iron Fist are indeed mutual explosions in the case of single defense.

Jordan's individual offensive firepower is more powerful, and Iron Fist combines multiple options for sudden throwing, and the threat of holding the ball is not weaker than Jordan's. ”

Bill Walton said: "Rebounding is a big problem, there are not enough shots, no matter how strong Jordan's firepower is, no matter how efficient he is, he can't win the ball.

I'm going to give a shout-out to General Manager Troy Weaver for John Seiley and the draft pick in exchange for Ronnie Secali, who did a great job of strengthening the rebounding game. ”

On the Bulls bench, the atmosphere was dull, while on the Pistons bench, it was the complete opposite.

"Rebounding, everybody goes in for me to grab the rebound." Phil Jackson's expression was extremely stern.

"Rebounding, continue to improve the control of the rebounding ball, we have to crush them with our shots." Chuck Daly snapped.

Soon, the final quarter began, and the Pistons attacked.

At the beginning, Jordan first stole the assassin in a ferocious pinch, played a counterattack, and then prevented Zhou Quan's jump shot from missing, and successfully counterattacked again, hitting 2 of 2, and also caused Joe Dumas's foul, scoring 5 points with free throws, and his ultimate form was finally forced out by the Pistons.

In the final minute of the quarter, the Pistons didn't score a point, 84:76, and still led by 8 points.

Chuck Daly called a timeout and replaced the assassin.

The assassin was no longer good, and after 25 minutes of playing in the first three quarters, his body could no longer support it.

He replaced him with Mark Aguirre and asked him to play against BJ.

"Listen, from now on, pack Jordan, as long as he has the ball in his hand, he will pack it immediately."

He rearranged his defense and said to Mark Aguirre, who replaced the assassin, "Mark, if you have a chance outside, you can wrap Jordan and play the sideline." ”

"Understood."

Mark Aguirre nodded.

The next game entered the real white heat, from the low post to the outside, from the top position to the rebound, from the offense to the defense, every position began to fight hand-to-hand.

In the 10th minute of the final quarter, 100-94, the Bulls still trailed by six points and called a second timeout.

In the past ten minutes, Jordan was surrounded and suppressed, Joe Dumas, Mark Aguirre, plus Rodman in the low post, and even Zhou Quan would hit him when he had the opportunity, and he was exhausted and it was difficult for him to get in, but he still shot 4 of 7 on the outside jumper, including 1 of 2 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 11 points.

Zhou Quan was under Jordan's defense, his fitness was poor, he reduced his offense, mainly organized passes, and once again sent three assists and one steal, breaking the ball of the unlucky ghost Pippen, who had already broken Pippen's ball three times in the second half.

With his playmaking and passing, the Pistons barely withstood the crazy Jordan's offense.

Williams said: "There wasn't much Iron Fist offense in this quarter, 1 of 3 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, and the Pistons had a mediocre feel, and they were chased by 7 points when they shot more, and the final outcome was still undecided." ”

"The Bulls are still the same old problem, the Pistons still have three more rebounds than the Bulls in this quarter, and the Bulls have two fewer shots than the Pistons." Bill Wharton said.

"Jordan played really well today, 19 points in the third quarter, 11 points in the final quarter, 18 points in the first half, 30 points in the second half, 19 of 34 shots in the whole game, the shooting rate was as high as 55.9%, 1 of 2 three-point shots, 9 of 9 free throws, and 48 points have been hit, and it looks like a 50+." Williams said with a shocked look on his face.

Bill Wharton smiled: "The iron fist is not bad, he also sent three assists and one steal in the final quarter, he has eight steals, 13 of 23 shots in the whole game, the shooting rate reached 56.5%, 7 of 7 free throws, 2 of 4 three-point shots, got 35 points, 11 assists and 8 steals, and his performance was not inferior to Jordan at all." ”

"Now the Pistons still have a six-point lead, the Bulls' possession, Beal, do you think the Bulls can get it back?" Williams asked.

Bill Wharton said with a solemn face: "With the state of Iron Fist today, the advantage of the Pistons' rebounding is a little difficult. However, Iron Fist missed his second shot in the final quarter, and his shooting lost its threat, which is an opportunity for the Bulls, and there is still hope. ”

On the CCTV live broadcast seat, Zhang Li said solemnly: "Now there are only 6 points left, and 7 points are chased by the bull, Zhou Quan can't be careless, there are still two minutes left, and the bull has time." ”

Sun Zhenping said: "In this seven-game battle, the Pistons are still playing very well and have been in the lead. ”

Zhang Li said with a smile: "The tactics are the opposite, focusing on locking Pippen, which has produced miraculous results." As soon as Pippen was locked up, Jordan controlled the ball, and then watched the others, and the Bulls' triangle offense couldn't be played. ”

On the Bulls bench, Jordan's bald head was covered with green tendons, several big tendons jumped and jumped, chewing gum quickly in his mouth, and his eyes did not fluctuate, even if it was frighteningly bright and frighteningly cold, it was extremely intimidating.

From 13 points down to six, he saw hope, and with two minutes to go, he finally saw his chance to come back.

Phil Jackson, who was sweating profusely, crouched in front of him with a tactical board and was laying out offensive tactics.

He was extremely unhappy with Jackson tonight, because Jackson couldn't come up with a corresponding tactic to solve Pippen's problem, which made the Bulls' triangle offense impossible to play at all.

On the Pistons' side, Chuck Daly didn't set up defensive tactics.

He only emphasized the defensive tactic of continuing to lock Pippen tonight, and then laid out an offensive tactic.

At the United Center, the atmosphere was very tense, few fans went to the bathroom, they were all holding back, and the Coke had been thrown aside and did not dare to touch it again.

At this point, the timeout ends, the game begins, and the Bulls attack.

(End of chapter)