"Bang!"

This time, Rodman blocked Ewing's jumper and Secali grabbed the rebound on Mason's head.

"Come on, all three guards come down...... "Bearded John Lowes, the on-site commentator, shouted excitedly.

Zhou Quan received a pass from Rodman, and he was one step faster than John Starks, and the speed was obviously a notch faster.

Holding the ball into the right wing, straight to the basket, at this time Doug Rivers rushed down from the top of the arc, but he did not slow down, took off directly from the right waist position, and pushed his left elbow in the air to prevent Rivers, and when he walked in the air, he held the ball in his right hand like an axe, and slashed wildly against the basket.

"Squeak!"

Rivers was so frightened that he stopped suddenly, not daring to rush over.

"Bang!"

In the next moment, a violent sound of exploding baskets sounded.

"Ahh

Nearly 20,000 Pistons fans raised their arms in unison and chanted, and the Palace of Auburn Hills was like an erupting volcano, and the home stadium momentum was at its peak.

"you!"

Zhou Quan fell to the ground and shouted at Doug Rivers and John Starks.

He feels very good physically, he rested for an extra day after the G2 battle, he didn't shoot much in the first half, he didn't break through in the third quarter, he had a good blood return, and his body was still full of strength, so he could do it with all his strength and try to kill the Knicks in one wave.

"Don't be complacent, it's us who are leading now." John Starks said angrily.

"You're ahead?"

Zhou Quan smiled: "What you do is the leading of you, if you don't lead, I won't exert my strength." ”

John Starks just wants to scold Zhou Quan for being shameless, can you take the lead and be polite to us?

Knicks offense.

Ewing, who shot 3 of 4 in the final quarter, stepped up and spared no effort to enter the basket to ask for the ball.

Rodman went around the front to defend when Ewing suddenly dropped out and ran low on the left flank before reaching out to keep the ball going.

Zhou Quan was on the left wing, and with his head swinging from time to time, all the places in his field of vision could not escape his sight.

Seeing Ewing withdraw to ask for the ball, he realized that Doug Rivers, who was holding the ball at the top of the arc, was about to pass the ball.

Sure enough, seeing Ewing retreating, Doug Rivers immediately took a step back, and after opening up the distance from the assassin, he pulled the ball up and hung it over the top.

The assassin jumped and couldn't jump, one was physically weak, the other was injured, and the ball flew off his head.

Ewing retreated to the low post on the left flank, and when the ball arrived, he carried Rodman with his left hand and caught the ball with his right hand.

"Smack!"

But at this moment, Zhou Quan pounced, flew up, grabbed the ball with his left hand, and broke the ball before Ewing.

The bearded John Lowes roared excitedly, "Oh, haha, the Iron Fist is broken, the Assassin is fast, Jo Dumas is also fast, the Iron Fist passes...... Joe! ”

Zhou Quan's ball was passed to Joe Dumas, but Oakley defended him, but he was not as fast as him, he was left behind, received the ball over the halfway line, and hit the basket.

In the middle, Doug Rivers overtook the Assassin and returned to the basket.

Joe Dumas hit the left midfield, but with a shake of his hand, he didn't force a shot on Rivers' head, but passed it to the assassin who stopped at the top of the arc.

"Brush!"

The assassin catches the ball and shoots a three-point jumper, this time hitting the ball with a sword through the heart.

"Ah, the assassin finally hit a shot!" On the on-site commentary seat, the glasses man Rynger Lance said excitedly.

"The Assassins made one of three shots in the final quarter, all three-pointers, and this shot was crucial, and we finally got ahead." The bearded man said happily.

"Now the score is 76:78, after we were beaten 0-6, we played a wave of 8-0, overtook two points, Iron Fist shot 2 of 2, 1 free throw 1, got 5 points and 1 steal, and at the critical moment, he stepped up." The man in glasses laughed.

This wave of offense hit the morale of the Knicks, especially the dunk Ewing, which dealt a serious blow to his morale, and then Ewing's shooting rate declined, and he missed two consecutive shots, 3 of 6 shots in the final quarter, and then the position was not very positive.

The Pistons took the opportunity to counterattack and began to widen the difference, and the momentum of the home court became stronger and stronger, and began to press the Knicks to play.

Zhou Quan doesn't understand Ewing very much, didn't he just miss three goals, as the core of the team, as a super striker, but he didn't actively ask for the ball at such a critical time?

With this kind of psychological quality, how can you compete with him? How to compete with Jordan? How to fight for the championship?

In the end, 90:98, the Pistons defeated the Knicks at home, won the G3 game, and took the lead in the Eastern Conference finals series with a big score of 2-1.

Robert Giddah sighed: "Ewing shot 13 of 22 in the first three quarters, 3 of 7 in the final quarter, 45 minutes of the game, a total of 16 of 29 shots, a shooting rate of 55.2%, plus 4 of 6 free throws, got 36 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks, 4 turnovers and 5 fouls. ”

"The performance at the critical moment in the end was too poor, the first three shots in the final quarter, but the next 4 shots were 0, and then there was no shot, he was invisible when he was needed the most, and the Knicks lost unjustly."

After commenting on Ewing, Ringer Wilson turned to say: "Look at the performance of Iron Fist, 48 minutes in the game, a total of 13 of 20 shots, a shooting rate of 65%, 2 of 5 three-point shots, 11 of 11 free throws, 39 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 steals, 1 block, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls."

He shot 6 of 8 in the final quarter, 3 of 3 free throws, scored 15 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in a single quarter, and shot 66.7% from the field. ”

"Yes, at the critical moment, King Kong is not as good as an iron fist." Robert Giddah nodded.

"Robert, have you noticed the shooting percentage of Iron Fist in these three games?" Ringer Wilson asked suddenly.

"What do you mean?" Robert Giddah asked cooperatively.

Ringer Wilson said excitedly: "John Starks was also selected for the second defensive team, but Iron Fist faced his defense, as well as the pinching of others, and hit 57.9% in the G1 game, which was as high as 65%, and only the G2 game was a little low, and the three games combined for 51 of 56 shots, with a shooting rate of 55.3%.

I mean, Jordan is really a top defender, a six-time member of the defensive team, and he can't play with the offensive efficiency of John Starks. ”

"Haha......"

Robert Gidda laughed, and then said: "Jokes are jokes, when Iron Fist faced Jordan in the second round, the seven games combined also reached a 50.3% shooting rate, so John Starks' defense is not too bad, and it is not for nothing that he was selected for the second defensive team." ”

Winning the crucial G3 game has put the pressure on the Knicks, and if they lose the next away game, they will not only lose match points, but also the hope of advancing to the finals.

With his blazer open, Pat Riley stood behind the locker room door with his hands in his trouser pockets, and no one dared to speak, including Oakley and Ewing.

G2 and this G3 battle, his tactics are no problem at all, he won the G2 battle, and he has a chance to win tonight, but the team was taken down by a wave of iron fist at the critical moment, and no one could stand up at the critical moment, which made him very disappointed.

This situation made him feel like he met Jordan, Jordan's ability at critical moments, sometimes he could change the situation of the battle by himself, and Zhou Quan's offensive and defensive performance in the final quarter just now also gave him this feeling.

He has been in charge of Ewing for two seasons, and he admires this super center very much, with top offense, first-class defense, daring to fight, and iron-blooded, but at critical moments, it is soft.

An hour later, the post-match press conference took place.

"Patrick, in the last few minutes of the final quarter, you didn't make another shot, and let Iron Fist lead the team to defeat your team, what caused you not to shoot?" A reporter from the New York Times asked.

Ewing had no expression on his face and was very slow to react, completely different from his alertness in the game, and he snorted for a long time before saying, "At that time, my teammates had better chances." ”

"What?"

The media was in an uproar.

At the critical moment, you are the person who should stand up the most, now there is no joint defense, it is man-to-man defense, you yourself are not active, but you say that others have better chances? Did someone else's opportunity fall from the sky?

Pat Riley next to him shook his head secretly, King Kong, you just said that the injury is a little uncomfortable, and it is better than this?

After losing the G3 game, the Knicks were blamed by almost all the media, including the New York media, especially the super center Ewing, who was heavily blamed by the New York media.

"The most crucial moment, Patrick Ewing, the super center, learned stealth." New york times.

"The Knicks need a core team that can step up in crunch time, trade Michael Jordan, or Iron Fist!" New York Sports Newspaper.

At 9 a.m. on the 4th, Ewing saw these reports in the hotel restaurant, and the wrinkles on his forehead were much deeper.

"Don't worry, Patrick, we're going to win tomorrow night, and if we draw it, we'll have a chance to make it to the finals."

As the team's locker room leader, Oakley comforted.

Ewing sighed, nodded, and began to turn his grief into appetite, burying his head in the food on the plate.

That night, the G3 battle of the Western Finals began.

As a result, the Suns played well on the road, beating the SuperSonics to take a 2-1 lead.

Zhou Quan thinks that Barkley's flying pig is not staying, this 20 shots and 7 shots, the shooting rate is only 35%, and the lethality is not there, only 3 free throws and 2 hits, 16 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals and 1 block.

But once again he saw the strength of the Suns' lineup, a total of ten people in the rotation, 7 of them scored double-doubles, and 3 of the 5 benches scored double-doubles, and the bench lineup scored a total of 45 points, accounting for 43% of the total score.

In this game, the SuperSonics grabbed 55 rebounds, the Suns only had 38, but the SuperSonics only shot 40%, while the Suns reached 47%, and they deserved to lose the game in the end.

The Suns' bench lineup worries him a little bit, it's a little stronger than the Pistons' bench lineup, and if the bench is strong, the main team will be more fully rotated, and if this team goes crazy, any team can win.

Fortunately, the Pistons' bench lineup is not very bad, Terry Mills, Polinis, Mark Aguirre, are all good, as long as they have enough playing time, they can score double-doubles.

However, he believes that the key point is not to let the Suns go crazy, and to use crazy outside defense to lock up the Suns' guys who like to shoot three-pointers.

In this game, the Suns shot 3 of 11 from three-point range, but the SuperSonics were even worse, shooting 2 of 11.

……

The time came to the 5th, the day of the G4 match of the Eastern Finals.

At half past seven, the two sides announced their starting line-ups, and at the same time came off the bench.

Knicks: Ewing, Charles Smith, Charles Oakley, John Starks, Doug Rivers

Pistons: Secali, Dennis Rodman, Joe Dumas, Zhou Quan, Isaiah Thomas.

"Bang Bang ......"

Orlando Ulrich showed up on crutches and sat behind the bench, and Pistons fans applauded.

On the CCTV commentary seat, Zhang reasonably analyzed: "Charles Smith's performance in the G1 battle was not very good, he lost the start in the G2 game and the G3 game, was robbed of the starter by Anthony Mason, and returned to the starting line today, which shows that Coach Pat Riley wants to increase the height of the inside." ”

"Coach Zhang, will the Knicks' defensive quality decline?" Sun Zhenping asked.

"Smith played in 81 regular season games and started 68 games, and the Knicks have the best defense in the league this season, and his defense is not bad. ”

"He's defending so well?" Sun Zhenping said in surprise.

Zhang Reasonable said: "It's just not bad, it's not very good, second-rate, but he is taller than Mason, and his ability to protect the basket is a little stronger."

In addition, the reason why the Knicks are so strong defensively, and the game the day before yesterday forced the Pistons to almost lose at home, is because there are Ewing and Oakley on the inside.

Both of them are top-notch interior defensive stalwarts, Ewing is a three-time two-up, Oakley is a one-time defense and a two-team, and the interior defense is particularly strong.

In addition, the defense of a group of people such as John Starks on the outside is not bad, and the role of the defensive system created by Pat Riley makes the Knicks' defense so strong. ”

Sun Zhenping nodded and said: "Then the starting lineup of the Pistons, the assassins are now a fixed starter." ”

Zhang Reasonable shook his head and sighed: "I think the Pistons have no way, Ulrich himself has no defense and no mid-range shooting, he is a loophole when he starts, even if he is not injured, he will probably not start."

But his injury still has a serious impact on the Pistons, and if he is still there, he can steal points from the bench.

Now that he's gone, there's no one to play in the No. 3 position, and the assassin barely tops the No. 1 position, and I don't know how long he can last. But he didn't play much in the regular season, and the Pistons should have been prepared. ”

At this time, the lights went out and he started the game.

"Let's welcome the New York killer king, the worst professional heavyweight of all time, Mr. Charles Oakley."

With the shouts of the host on the spot, the face of Oakley, who was waiting to appear, instantly changed color.

"Haha......"

There were no boos, and countless Pistons fans burst into laughter.

"Bastard!"

Oakley cursed hatefully and ran out with his head down.

None of the Knicks' five starters received much good treatment, and the ridicule and abuse accompanied their appearances.

"Now, please, one of our leaders, the toughest, greatest, and most iron-blooded smiling assassin, Isaiah Thomas!"

"Oooooooooo......oo

When it was the turn of the home team, the scene fell silent, and then with the shouts of the host, the entire Auburn Hills palace suddenly fell into a boil.

"Please, Mark Aguirre, our two-time champion and great All-Star swingman."

"Please, Joe Dumas, one of our leaders, who will be our leader forever."

"Please, Dennis Rodman, the ever-energetic guy, our ever-time rebounder."

"Now we have our leader, it's he's who keeps our red, white and blue era alive, he's who has led us back to defeating the mighty Bulls, he's led us back to putting Michael Jordan under our feet, he's got us back to being the bulls, shout, roar, let's welcome the league's new superstar, the Detroit Killer, welcome our Iron Fist Slayer, welcome our future heavyweight champion...... Zhou Quan! ”

"Oooooooooo......oo

The earth-shattering shouts tended to tear the roof of the Auburn Hills palace open, and all the Pistons fans cheered and cheered to their heart's content.

There is an upward staircase at the exit of the players' tunnel at the Palace of Auburn Hills, and Zhou Quan slowly ascends the stairs, enjoying the cheers of the fans.

To be honest, he did enjoy the cheering scene of thousands of people, which made his adrenaline rush and allowed him to improve his state very quickly.

When he came to the stadium, he and his teammates interacted with the fans for a while, and then went to the sidelines to greet some people he knew.

Detroit doesn't have the glamour to attract Hollywood stars, and Zhou Quan doesn't have the influence that Jordan has built up over the years, but Detroit has the characteristics of Detroit, just on the sidelines, but sitting on the executives and directors of car brands.

With a minute of eight o'clock, the players were ready to play.

Zhou Quan stood in the middle, all his teammates rallied around, with TNT's No. 1 camera over their heads and microphones.

He yelled, "Guys, what do we want tonight?" ”

Through the microphone overhead, his voice rang out throughout the audience.

"Victory!"

The crowd shouted loudly.

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

At this moment, the palace of Auburn Hills, a loud and neat cry sounded.

"Remember our team motto?" He roared again.

"We are tough, tough, iron-willed, and we are fearless! We ......"

The next moment, the neat shouts of nearly 20,000 Pistons fans at the scene sounded again, and the momentum was earth-shattering.

"When the morale comes up, it depends on the performance." Zhang Lili was in good spirits.

"Patrick, too?" In front of the Knicks' bench, Oakley saw the Pistons' on-court ceremony and quickly asked.

"Come on."

Ewing shook his head.

Oakley shook his head helplessly, he would only fight, and he would not do this kind of work.

(End of chapter)