The lightning pushed forward cautiously, and Iron Fist's four steals in the half were enough to make him cautious.

Not only that, Iron Fist blocked twice in the half, although he was not a cap, which also made him more cautious in front of Iron Fist.

But when you are too cautious, you will become hesitant, your technical actions will not be decisive enough, and according to Murphy's Law, what you don't want to happen, just happens.

On the left wing three-point line, the lightning took advantage of small forward Richard's blocking, and then burst into the three-point line, trying to take advantage of the opportunity to get rid of Zhou Quan and make a quick stop jump shot.

But he was afraid that Zhou Quan would catch up, so his technical movements were not coherent enough, and Zhou Quan just used this time to catch up.

"Smack!"

Catching up from the left side, he half-turned in the air after jumping, and his left hand was a big hat, and he fanned the far two points of the lightning and deliberately fanned it in the direction of the midline.

"Oh, three caps, is Zhou Quan addicted to capping today?" Zhang Cheng shouted excitedly.

"Damn it!"

Lightning's eyes were bloodshot, and he turned around and ran towards the backfield.

Mark Aguirre scrambled to get the ball first and then passed to Joe Dumas on the left wing, who held the ball across the three-point line and cut diagonally to the basket, with Dan Marley close to the side.

At this time, Zhou Quan followed from the right wing, saw the lightning in front of him rushing to the basket, and stopped at the three-point line.

"Whoosh!"

Joe Dumas jumped to the basket, lightning desperately jumped from the opposite side to block, and Dan Marley also jumped from the top to block, but he suddenly threw the ball out with both hands, and the ball flew to Zhou Quan on the right three-point line.

"Pass!" Bill Wharton let out a loud shout.

"Iron Fist catches the ball and shoots...... Oh, Barkley? Williams yelled excitedly, and finally suddenly exclaimed.

"Smack!"

Zhou Quan made a three-point shot, and Barkley rushed up from behind with a big hat, fanning the ball directly out of the bottom line.

"Damn!"

After receiving a bloody cap, he was also a little depressed.

"Iron Fist Boy, how about evaluating my closure?" Barkley triumphantly authentic.

Zhou Quan didn't say a word and stepped aside.

Barkley had a smile on his face, and he was very happy that the two were in different positions and could take advantage of Iron Fist.

The Pistons attack, baseline serve.

Joe Dumas received the ball at the top of the arc, at which time Zhou Quan cut inside from the right wing, Rodman came out to do a block, the lightning was blocked, and Barkley made an emergency change.

At this time, Joe Dumas passed the ball, Zhou Quan received the ball and smashed into the paint area from the right midfield, Barkley defended on the underside, and squeezed him up.

The tonnage difference was too great, and he couldn't bear it, so he slowed down and stopped, and the dribble pulled a step outward.

But the next moment, with a turn, he suddenly took the next step again, put his hands together on the ball, and jumped up against Barkley.

"Damn it!"

Barkley's tempo was half a beat slower.

"Bang!"

"Tick!"

After the strong sound of the basket, the referee's whistle also sounded, rushed over and pointed at Barkley, making a gesture for a foul.

"Okay, after deducting Barkley, Zhou Quan made a two-plus-one on Barkley again, which is considered to be a response to Barkley's block on him just now." Zhang Cheng shouted excitedly.

"Sir Fliggy, please rate my buckle for you, if there is a shortcoming, I will definitely improve next time." Zhou Quan said politely.

"Want to do it next time?"

Barkley was so angry that the fat on his body trembled, and he said angrily: "Please call me Sir Charles, what the hell is Sir Flying Pig?" ”

"Haha......"

Zhou Quan and Rodman laughed.

In the next time, in the face of Lightning's defense, Zhou Quan began to constantly attack with the ball.

He didn't blindly rush to the basket to make damage, but combined breakthrough layups with breakthrough points, pull-up jump shots, and fake shots from the outside, so that the lightning couldn't be guarded.

From the second half to the 10th minute of the final quarter, he attacked 29 times with the ball in 22 minutes, and two-thirds of the Pistons' offense was initiated by him.

He shot 9-of-14, 1-of-2 from three-point range and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line, and scored 24 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 1 turnover, and 1 foul in the second half.

With 100:94 and 115 seconds left in the game, the Pistons temporarily led by six points.

Zhang Li said: "Zhou Quan was in a very good state today, shooting 14 of 24, shooting rate of 58.3%, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 8 of 9 free throws, 37 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists, 6 steals, 3 blocks, 1 turnover and 3 fouls. ”

Sun Zhenping said: "The Lightning is now 5 of 14 shots, 2 of 6 shots in the second half, 35.7% shooting, 3 free throws, 13 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 4 turnovers and 2 fouls. ”

Zhang Li said with a smile: "I thought that the speed of lightning would be faster than Zhou Quan, but now it seems that no, he has been seriously injured this season and has been suspended for dozens of games, his athleticism should have declined, and his running and jumping ability and speed are not as good as before."

In addition to the speed and Zhou Quan, he is not as good as Zhou Quan in terms of other tonnage, confrontation, arm span, physique, etc., especially the confrontation ability, he is really difficult to compete with Zhou Quan's ball-holding breakthrough on the defensive end, Jordan can't prevent it, and he can't prevent it. ”

Sun Zhenping nodded and said: "If it weren't for Barkley's performance, the Pistons would definitely be able to take a big lead." ”

Zhang Li said with a smile: "After the flying pig was blocked by Zhou Quan, it also began to explode, shooting 15 of 28, shooting rate of 53.6%, shooting 1 of 4 three-pointers, plus 5 of 8 free throws, and has already scored 36 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks, 2 turnovers and 4 fouls. ”

That's when the Suns' timeout ends and the game begins.

Barkley holds the ball on the left flank and singles Rodman.

Time is running out, he has to score this goal, and only when he scores it, can he hope to turn the tables.

"Damn, what if you can't make it?"

Rodman desperately withstood the attack of the big ass, and Barkley's physical strength was not enough, he couldn't arch in, he was panting, his mind was a little messy, and he was thinking a little too much.

But he didn't have a second option, and he still forced a rollover jumper.

"Bang!"

missed, the basketball bounced and bounced straight ahead.

"It's over!"

Barkley saw that he missed, and his will broke a little.

Zhou Quan rushed in from the high post to grab the rebound, and the Pistons attacked.

He unhurriedly made his way to the top of the arc, dribbled outside for seven or eight seconds, and then suddenly swooped a one-handed duffle past the man and burst through the left end of the free-throw line into the paint.

"Brush!"

Barkley was forced to come out from under the basket to make up for the defense, and Zhou Quan, who was still in good physical condition, made a quick stop and threw it, and the technical movements were not out of shape, and he scored a goal accurately.

"It's over, it's over!"

Barkley looked back and saw that the ball had gone in, the difference continued to widen, and the time was gone, and he really collapsed.

The lightning caught the ball and played a fast break, but Zhou Quan was more physical than him, caught up to stop his fast break, and he passed to Barkley, who followed up, Barkley shot from the left wing, Rodman's defense didn't keep up, but still missed.

"It's really over!"

With consecutive misses, Barkley completely lost his fighting spirit.

Rodman rushed in to grab the rebound, and the Pistons attacked.

Bill Wharton shook his head and said: "It's the time to chase points, the offense can't score, and you can't prevent it, the Suns are going to lose at home." ”

"No way, Barkley is in good shape, Iron Fist is in better shape than him. Now Barkley's fitness is a little too much to hold onto, and the situation is drifting further towards the Pistons. Williams said.

In the last two minutes, the Suns missed three consecutive shots, including Barkley missed two shots, Lightning missed one shot, and the whole team couldn't score a point, and the Suns played a wave of 6-0 attack waves, 106:94, a big win of 12 points, defeated the Suns in one fell swoop, and won the G1 game.

After the game, Zhang Li concluded: "Zhou Quan played 48 minutes, made 15 of 25 shots, shot just 60%, shot 1 of 2 three-pointers, 8 of 9 free throws, scored 39 points, 6 rebounds, 13 assists, 6 steals, 3 blocks, 1 turnover and 3 fouls.

In contrast, the Lightning stats are not good, and Barkley also has a 50% shooting rate on 15-of-30 shooting, but he missed two shots at critical moments and lost the game, so Zhou Quan's performance was better. ”

"After winning the first away game, the situation will be favorable to the Pistons, even if they lose the G2 game, go back to Detroit and strive to win two home games, hehe!"

Speaking of which, Sun Zhenping was a little overjoyed.

On the ABC commentary bench, Bill Wharton concluded: "The Suns shot 3 of 10 three-pointers in this game, and the shooting rate was 30%, which is a little lower. But Barkley was playing very well and Rodman wasn't very good at defending him.

But the lightning was targeted to death by an iron fist, without him, relying on Barkley alone, and the three-point shot was not thrown, the Suns played quite difficult, and Barkley also consumed more physical energy, and finally the state declined at the critical moment and lost the game. ”

Williams said: "The Pistons are still defensively effective, Iron Fist has 6 steals and 3 blocks, and 3 blocks have also broken his single-game block record, without his defense, the combination of Lightning and Barkley inside and out, the Suns' offense would have played better, and he and Barkley had no cooperation in this game, and Iron Fist didn't give him a chance." ”

Bill Wharton nodded: "The combination of lightning and Barkley is generally lightning to break through the ball and create opportunities for Barkley, but today he broke through with the ball, but he couldn't break through the iron fist defense, Barkley is more of his own ball-holding offense, which is the key to the Suns' loss." ”

At the scene, after the game ended, Zhou Quan shouted at Barkley: "Fliggy, congratulations, cut 40+ empty, continue to play." ”

"How can there be 40+?" Barkley said exasperatedly.

"Congratulations, 30+ air cuts." Zhou Quan immediately corrected.

"I'll teach you a lesson in the next game."

Dropping a façade word, Barkley angrily turned around and left.

"Maybe I'll win next time." Zhou Quan said happily.

At this time, a group of reporters rushed up and began to conduct live interviews after the game.

Asked by a reporter from ABC TV, he asked: "Iron Fist, give away three big hats today, tell me how you feel?" ”

Zhou Quan shook his head and said: "I hope to cap Barkley, that fat man hated me once, very proud." ”

"But you detained him." The reporter laughed.

Zhou Quan laughed, and then said: "It feels good to lock him, but I still hope to cap him once and let his big mouth close for me, haha!" ”

"Winning the G1 game away, are you ready for two consecutive away wins?" The reporter asked again.

Zhou Quan smiled: "I'm even ready for four consecutive wins, but the game has to be played one game at a time, and we have to take into account all possible processes, two consecutive wins away from home, or two consecutive defeats away from home, one win and one loss, etc."

For us, the Suns are a very strong team, we are very mentally prepared and we can't shake our will under any circumstances.

In the end, we will move forward and we are confident that we will come to the end and be the winner of this season. ”

After the interview, Zhou Quan and his teammates said goodbye to the less than 300 Pistons fans, and then chatted with the star stars he knew for a while before returning to the locker room.

At this time, David Stern received a report that the highest rating for tonight's game was 22.5 million, and the average rating was 18.6 million, although it was not as good as the second-round series between the Pistons and the Bulls, but the data was not bad, ranking third in history, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Compared with last year's Finals G1 game between the Bulls and the Trail Blazers, the average viewership was only 800,000 lower, which actually surprised him a little.

Michael Jordan's absence from the Eastern Conference Finals caused ratings to plummet, but the ratings for the Finals did not plummet, is this because of the matchup between Barkley and Zhou Quan?

He has to think like this, because the East Final also has Zhou Quan, but the average rating is less than 13 million, there is no doubt that the duel between Zhou Quan and super center Ewing is not attractive enough, or rather, Ewing is not attractive enough.

"It's a pity!"

At this time, he had to regret that Zhou Quan was not white or black, if so, he would create another era of magic birds again.

……

"Age of Iron Fist!"

The next day, the Detroit media chanted that the Piston era had come, and even they named it the Iron Fist era.

This naming was immediately opposed by many media people and league stars, and the attitude was very fierce.

Larry Johnson took the initiative to be interviewed by the media and mercilessly accused: "The Detroit media's praise of the iron fist has no bottom line, it's too shameless!" It's too low!

He doesn't have a championship, a scoring champion, and an MVP, does he have any hard honors?

Let's say this after he dominates an era like a demon bird, now he doesn't have any qualifications to say so, and calling it an era now can only mean that he is a clown. ”

Pippen was also very unconvinced, and he also mentioned the disappeared Jordan, saying: "Michael has two crowns in his hand, and there are countless hard honors, he didn't say that he created an era, and the face of Iron Fist is too thick, right?" The media in Detroit is so shameless! ”

The media in other cities expressed their opinions, and a wave of public opinion against Detroit and Zhou Quan quickly formed, and Zhou Quan suddenly stepped onto the cusp.

"I'm in!"

Zhou Quan was very helpless when he saw these reports, did the media in Detroit roast him on the fire?

Before the finals, Barkley complained about the schedule and the wave of public opinion did not involve him, but now this wave of public opinion, he will be under a lot of pressure.

(End of chapter)