Outside the home team's dressing room, Zhou Quan made a suggestion to Chuck Daley to bring the Assassins on the pitch and revert to a back three.

Isaiah Thomas only played 5 minutes in the first half, the team has been behind, Chuck Daley did not dare to replace Zhou Quan, after hearing this suggestion, he stared at Zhou Quan and asked: "Zhou, the current assassin, can't deal with that guy with Lightning." ”

Zhou Quan nodded and said: "I know this, I will defend against lightning on the offensive end, the assassin will defend Dan Marley, and Joe will go to the third position." Dan Marley had a mediocre athletic talent, and the Assassin might be able to defend him against him with experience. ”

"Let me think about it."

Chuck Daly frowned and began to consider the suggestion.

Zhou Quan wants the assassin to play the No. 1 position, naturally hoping that he can play without the ball and change his style of play, maybe there will be a turnaround, and at worst, he can catch the Suns off guard.

"Try it."

Zhou Quan's off-the-ball is really good, and after thinking about it carefully, Chuck Daley temporarily agreed to this suggestion.

At 9:35 p.m., at the start of the second half, both sides basically fielded their starting lineups, with the Suns replacing backup power forward Tom Chambers and the Pistons replacing the Assassins.

Barkley and Kevin Johnson were also stunned when they saw the Assassins on the court and the Pistons playing three-guard tactics.

"I'll get him."

Lightning said confidently to Barkley.

Although he also suffered a serious injury, his recovery was much better than that of the Assassins, who were no longer at the top level, not first-class, and now at most a second-rate level, and he could barely stay in peak condition, no matter how bad it was, it was the level of a first-class point guard.

"Is there no ball with an iron fist?"

Paul Westfale, of course, knows that Zhou Quan can play without the ball, and he plays very well, and his no-ball movement in the penalty area is a headache for Jordan.

"Kevin, be careful of his off-ball running, or you defend him, only your speed can keep up with him, and the assassin will be handed over to Lei Gong." He hurriedly said to Lightning.

"Me?"

Kevin Johnson was stunned and could only nod.

He and Zhou Quan played fewer games, and when they were in the opposite position, Zhou Quan was always holding the ball, so he had no experience in Zhou Quan's off-ball play.

Pistons offense.

Secali, who had been pulling out to play, did not come out, but was in the penalty area.

As a result, the four major inside lines on both sides are crowded in the paint area, and some are crowded.

At this time, Zhou Quan entered the box from the left wing, and the lightning followed, but two seconds later, he was trapped inside, and Zhou Quan ran out from the right end of the free throw line.

The Assassin passed the ball, and Dan Marley was a little inflexible with a big defense, and he didn't defend this pass.

Zhou Quan received the ball in the right elbow area and made a jumper, and when he jumped, the lightning pounced out of it, one step away from him, and when the lightning jumped to block, his ball had already been shot.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and hit a two-point shot.

"Running without the ball in the penalty area, this is the signature technique of Iron Fist, haha!" Bill Wharton laughed.

Lewis Williams laughed: "So you have to let the assassin go up, only his passing and coordination can take advantage of this open opportunity." ”

Bill Wharton nodded and said: "If the pass is half a beat slower, the lightning will catch up with the Iron Fist, and the empty space will disappear, so the off-ball play of the Iron Fist requires the cooperation of a passing master."

The Assassin is no longer athletic, but his experience is still there, his passing ability is still there, and he is up to the task of passing the ball for Iron Fist. ”

Suns attack.

Zhou Quan leaned over his body, defended and retreated in the backcourt, and did not let the lightning rush up.

After the lightning pushed through the halfway line, he pulled the ball high into the ribs, his shoulders shook, and his right hand pressed on the back of the basketball, and in the next moment, he would accelerate from the right side.

"Chance!"

Just when the lightning shook his shoulders and pulled the ball high, Zhou Quan's nerves tensed and he instantly made a steal reaction.

He is proficient in various breakthrough techniques, and he is too familiar with one-handed virtual breakthroughs, and the breakthrough action of lightning can also turn around and pass people.

He quickly stepped up with his left foot and stabbed his left hand into the side of the ball.

Sure enough, in the next moment, the lightning reacted, turned and passed, and at the same time changed hands to control the ball.

But almost at the same time, he retracted his left foot, and his right foot quickly moved a step to the right back.

Just when the lightning finished turning around, with a full-level panoramic vision, Zhou Quan saw the ball, and his right hand crossed the lightning's body, instantly hitting the ball that was transported to the floor.

"Smack!"

The basketball rolls towards the halfway line.

"Grab ...... Break! ”

The roar of the on-site narrator, bearded John Loweis, immediately rang out, as if an alarm had been sounded.

"What?"

Startled, the lightning hurriedly turned around to look for the ball.

At this time, Zhou Quan, who had better vision, had already rushed through the lightning to catch up with the ball, quickly blew the ball, pulled the ball up from the floor, and then killed the halfway line.

"Shet!"

By the time lightning started to defend itself, it was already two steps slower and could no longer catch up.

"Bang!"

Zhou Quan hit the free throw line, threw the ball to the rebound, and then jumped up, caught the ball with both hands in the air, and smashed it.

"Oh roar!"

20,000 people raised their arms and shouted, and the shouts of the mountains and seas rang out.

"Yay!"

The bearded John Lowes stood up excitedly, grabbed the microphone on the table and roared loudly: "Steal + self-toss and self-dunk, now it's time for the Iron Fist performance, and our counterattack begins!" ”

"The Suns have to be careful, they're only six points ahead. If Tekken's condition returns, this score is nothing. Bill Wharton reminded.

"Are the Pistons going on a counterattack?" Williams said excitedly.

"We have one more." Lightning roared.

"One more." Barkley shouted.

Lightning advanced to the frontcourt, Zhou Quan strengthened the defense, did not give him a chance to break in, and with the steal just now, he passed the ball to Barkley.

Barkley received the ball on the left flank, but this time he didn't hit it with his back, but he got rid of Rodman with Richard's block and drove the ball to the box.

Sekari took a step up to keep Barkley out, but Barkley was nimble and shifted his way into the box.

Rodman, who caught up, was close behind, but had completely lost his position, while Secali was burst and the Pistons' basket was empty.

Zhou Quan rushed down from a high position to assist in defense, Barkley just came out from under Secali, didn't see him, facing the basket is a violent dunk, he jumped up is a slap, and the precision strike function exploded.

"Smack!"

The ball was fanned into the sky.

"Oh roar!"

The palace of Auburn Hills once again resounded with a huge shout and cheer.

"Big hat, big hat flying pig, he did what he said, he said he wanted to block Barkley, haha!" The bearded John Lowes yelled excitedly.

“……”

The dunk that must be scored was slapped by Zhou Quan, and Barkley was a little confused.

"Smack!"

The ball didn't go out of bounds, Secali grabbed the ball, handed it to Zhou Quan, and the Pistons attacked.

"Settle down, let's fight one."

Zhou Quan handed the ball to the assassin who came to pick it up, and shouted loudly at the same time.

"Hit one! Hit a ......" The audience began to shout, and the huge sound gradually rose.

Zhou Quan still turned on the left flank first, and then turned around and entered the penalty area, but just as the lightning followed, he turned around and drilled out again.

The person who follows the defense is always passive, and the lightning is a beat slower.

Just as Zhou Quan entered the penalty area, the assassin was ready, and when Zhou Quan turned around and returned to the left wing, he immediately turned to the right side and made a pass to the right wing, but his ball was behind his back and quietly flew to Zhou Quan on the left wing.

"Back pass!"

Zhang Li shouted.

"Smack!"

Zhou Quan came out of the paint area and took two steps to catch the ball basket, at this time the lightning pounced, he immediately dribbled forward to break through, the lightning stopped sharply, but the next moment, he pulled it back.

"Fake and real!"

Lightning's heart froze, but he had stopped there, unable to get up.

Zhou Quan jumped calmly, shook his wrist, flicked his five fingers forward powerfully, and the basketball flew to the basket.

"Brush!"

"Oooooooooo......oo

When the refreshing sound of brushing the basket sounded, the audience instantly boiled.

"Whew!"

Zhou Quan also breathed a sigh of relief, his feeling finally came back a little, the dunk could be dunked, and the vacant position could be shot.

"With 3 shots and 3 shots, Iron Fist regained his grip in the second half, and his form returned. Oh, the Suns called a timeout. Zhang said excitedly.

"Now it's 7-of-15 shooting, and the shooting percentage is over 40." Sun Zhenping said happily.

"At 51:55, the Suns only have a four-point lead." Bill Wharton reminded.

Westphale didn't have any special set-ups, he just wanted to interrupt the Pistons' rhythm and give his side a chance to recover.

He only explained one point about Zhou Quan's no-ball running in the penalty area, allowing Dan Marley to tighten the blockade of the assassin and lock his passing angles to the wings.

Dan Marley has a headache because he has his back to the penalty area, and he doesn't know which side Zhou Quan will run to, how to block it?

However, Westphal still had an idea, and he asked Barkley and Tom Chambers to cooperate to try to prevent Zhou Quan from running at will in the penalty area, and at the same time try not to let Zhou Quan pass through the right wing, that is, to force Zhou Quan back to the original side as much as possible, so that Dan Marley can focus on locking the passing angle of that wing.

In addition, he asked Dan Marli to make a bold move, and he stared at the assassins to fight them.

At this point, the timeout ends and the game resumes.

"Brush!"

Dan Marley made a fake shot and hit a three-pointer in the Assassin's head.

"Oh, Lei Gong hit this ball so resolutely, really accurate!" Bill Wharton exclaimed.

"He must be resolute in fighting small with the big." Williams said.

At 51:58, the Suns led by seven points and the Pistons attacked.

Westphal's method still worked, this time after Zhou Quan entered the penalty area, hit the wall, and then sank inside.

The assassin at the top of the arc had to pass the ball to Joe Dumas on the right wing, Joe Dumas singled Richard, came to a fake shot, and made a stop-and-go jump shot, but he couldn't hit.

A bunch of people in the restricted area grabbed the rebound, and the ball didn't know who picked it up, and then Rodman, who had the strongest ability to jump twice, grabbed this valuable offensive rebound.

Zhou Quan pulled to the left wing after receiving the ball, and the lightning followed, he turned around, arched the lightning with his back, and then immediately turned around and stepped back to make a jumper.

Lightning stepped up to seal the block, did not touch the ball, only to the wrist position.

"Get in!"

This is a shot against the defender, Zhou Quan is not sure, staring at the ball that flew to the basket, and forgot to put down his right hand.

"Bang!"

The basketball smashed on the basket, and Zhou Quan's heart also jumped, but in the next moment, the basket fell down and fell into the basket.

"Oh roar!"

The audience burst into cheers.

4 shots and 4 hits, Zhou Quan also swung his fist excitedly, shouting angrily.

"The ball will be given to Zhou Quan, his hand is starting to explode, and it is reasonable to give it to him." Zhang Li shouted.

"Bang!"

This time, Dan Marley still shot a three-pointer, bullying the assassin to be shorter than him, but this time he missed.

"It's still mine."

Rodman grabbed the rebound and threw it to Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan launched a fast attack, carrying lightning into the basket for a layup, but he smashed the basket and jumped out.

But fortunately, he grabbed the rebound again, saw Dan Marley rush in, and immediately used a fake layup to shake Dan Marley and Kevin Johnson at the same time, and then got up again to make a layup and hit a ball.

"Beautiful! In the second half, Zhou shot 5-of-6 from the field, 55-58, and the Pistons only trailed by 3 points. Sun Zhenping said excitedly.

"It's really hard to say how it feels, it's coming! At the critical moment, Zhou Quan finally stood up. Zhang Li said with a smile.

"Brush!"

Twelve seconds later, Barkley ran to the left wing to catch the ball outside the three-point line and hit a three-pointer.

Next, the two sides entered a white-hot offensive and defensive situation.

After the third quarter, 80:80, the two teams were tied.

"The Pistons scored 35 points in a single quarter, tied the score, and played really well." Bill Wharton said.

"At 35:25, the Suns scored ten points less in the first quarter, and they have to cheer for the last quarter." Williams laughed.

Bill Wharton said: "In the third quarter, Iron Fist made 14 crazy shots, and the back 8 shots were 4 shots, which was not as good as before, but 9 of 15 shots, a shooting rate of 60%, 2 free throws and 2 three-pointers, 2 of 2 three-point shots, 21 points in a single quarter, it was his outburst that the Pistons tied the score."

With 21 points in a single quarter of the finals, Iron Fist has almost played the pinnacle of the Assassins that year, but in that game in the finals, the Pistons lost in the end, and the Assassins did not win that game with 25 points in a single quarter, I hope it will not be this time. ”

Williams said: "Iron Fist played the full third quarter, shooting 13-of-26, shooting percentage has improved to 50%, shooting 1-of-4 from three-point range, 8-of-10 free throws, 35 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 steals, 2 blocks, 3 turnovers and 2 fouls.

Barkley was still in good form in the third quarter, shooting 5-of-10 from the field, but not as good as in the first half, shooting 14-of-24 from the field and shooting 58.3 percent, down 6 percentage points from the first half.

The other three-pointers were 3 of 7 shots, 4 of 6 free throws, and now they are all 35 points, as well as 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls. ”

"Barkley was better on the offensive end tonight than Iron Fist, but Iron Fist was better on the defensive end and assists, with three steals and one block in the third quarter, so the two teams were tied," Bill Wharton said. ”

Williams said: "Dan Marley played the Assassins in a misplaced third quarter, shooting 3-of-6 from the field and 2-of-5 from three-point range for eight points in the quarter, and he and Barkley almost took the Suns' shot in the quarter. It's just a pity that Tekken performed better in this section.

In addition, let's not forget about Rodman's rebounding, he has grabbed 17 rebounds, 7 in the third quarter, and the Pistons took 3 more shots in this quarter than the Suns, his role is very critical, and the Pistons can't do without him. ”

(End of chapter)