At this time, the last quarter begins.

Bang......

Bang......

Bang......

In the first four minutes, both sides raised the defensive intensity to the strongest level, and then both teams began to play iron.

In four minutes, the Suns shot 1 of 5, and the Pistons shot 1 of 4, and then the Pistons called the first timeout of the quarter.

"The second shot of the Iron Fist missed the last quarter, and the feeling came down again, and it didn't go well tonight! Although the Suns' defense worked hard, the effect was not so good, that is, they couldn't shoot. Bill Wharton shook his head.

"The finals, how did it go so smoothly? Barkley and Lightning are all desperate, especially Barkley, the defense was average, and now they are all on the three-point line, if he didn't rush out to make up for the defense just now, the iron fist will not lose two points. Williams laughed.

"Defend!"

The Pistons bench stepped forward, and Chuck Daley stared at Zhou Quan and said: "Zhou, if you don't feel good, just focus on the defensive end, we can't score points, and we won't let them score."

Remember, we have a physical advantage, their form will definitely go down, and in the end, we will be the winner. ”

Zhou Quan nodded again and again, this is also a way to do it, the scene is ugly, but there is a chance to win.

Chuck Daley said: "Zhou, Joe, Dennis, you three have to show all the defensive attitude, keep an eye on Kevin Johnson, Dan Marley and Barkley, whether you can win this game depends on your defensive performance in the next eight minutes." ”

The trio nodded heavily and won the match point, which means that they can basically win the championship, because there has never been a situation in the history of the league where a 3-1 lead in a Finals series has been overturned.

At the end of the timeout, the Suns found that the Pistons' defensive intensity had been raised another notch.

In the face of Zhou Quan's tight defense, Kevin Johnson felt suffocated.

And the same goes for Barkley and Dan Marley.

Slowly, as time passed, their physical disadvantage began to show itself under the intensity of their strong defense.

In the 10th minute of the final quarter, 91-97, the Pistons led by six points, and the Suns called a third timeout.

Zhang Li sighed: "At 13:17, most of the points are free throws, and this defensive intensity should be the life of the Suns." ”

Sun Zhenping smiled: "After the timeout, the Pistons scored 15 points in 6 minutes, which is normal, the Suns only scored 9 points, the score was lower, and their hand felt down, Barkley missed consecutive shots, and now the Pistons' opportunity has come." ”

Zhang Reasonable smiled: "Zhou Quan strengthened the breakthrough with the ball on the offensive end, and the physical fitness of the lightning has been a little unable to keep up, within 6 minutes, he made 2 of 3 shots, 4 of 4 free throws, scored 8 points, and stealed the lightning once, and his performance after the timeout was still very strong." ”

Sun Zhenping said with a smile: "It's 43 points now, and the second 40+ score in a single game in the playoffs and finals has broken the record of 42 points." ”

At this time, in front of the Suns bench, it was very nervous.

Ross Barkley didn't expect to play so well in the first half, but the situation changed in the second half, and now he is six points behind, which makes his psychology go up and down.

He kept gasping, like a fireball stuffed in his chest, making it difficult for him to breathe, thinking that if he lost this game and lost the match point, his championship dream would be shattered again.

Thinking about it made him even more nervous, the sweat on his head was dripping down, and his wheezing was heavier.

"Give the ball to Charles and let him solve the problem."

Westphall had no other way, and when it mattered, he, like all NBA head coaches, chose to believe in his team's signature stars.

The timeout ends, and the Suns attack.

"Bang!"

Barkley lived up to expectations, pulled outside to catch the ball, and hit a three-pointer on Rodman's head under pressure, and the basketball smashed down the basket.

"Ahhh......h

After he succeeded, he shouted frantically with excitement.

And at this time, Zhou Quan's fast offensive has begun.

Lightning was not physically fit enough to keep up, he ran desperately and didn't give up, but he just couldn't catch up.

"Brush!"

Secali made a long pass, Zhou Quan received the ball, and hit a layup.

"Charles, defend, don't forget to defend!" Westphaal squirted at Barkley.

Barkley wanted to slap himself in the face, but it was too late.

At 94:99, the Suns attacked.

Barkley repeated his old trick and pulled from the low post to the left wing three-point line, while the small forward Ceballos on the three-point line went in to block Rodman and win Charles Barkley a misplaced opportunity to play Joe Dumas.

But this time, Zhou Quan didn't let the ball pass over.

Because Barkley had a misplaced chance, the Lightning didn't fake and passed the ball straight away, trying to take advantage of it.

"Smack!"

But Zhou Quan quickly stepped forward, and his right hand instantly cut into the passing route and completed the steal.

"Oh roar!"

When the steal happened, the Pistons fans in the audience raised their arms and shouted.

Zhou Quan took advantage of the situation to play a fast attack, and when the lightning chased the defense, it was too late, he had no physical fitness, and he couldn't catch up desperately, so he could only watch Zhou Quan kill under the basket.

"Brush!"

Zhou Quan hit a layup to widen the gap to 7 points.

"94:101, 7 minutes, no time, only 75 seconds left, we have victory in sight, the championship is in sight!" The bearded John Lowes roared excitedly.

"Overall Champion! Overall Championship ......" A huge shout rang out from the Palace of Auburn Hills.

"Bang!"

In the low position on the left wing, Barkley shot again under pressure, and he was not physically fit, and his technical movements were deformed under Rodman's top defense, and he failed to hit the ball.

Secali defended the rebound and was fouled by Tom Chambers.

"Free throws!"

Zhang said: "The Suns want to use foul tactics to get the ball back and chase points, I think it will be difficult, unless they foul Rodman. ”

Secali then missed the first free throw, and then the Suns called a third timeout of the quarter to give Barkley a little rest and set up offensive tactics.

After a timeout, Secali missed two free throws, Tom Chambers grabbed the rebound, and the Suns attacked.

"Ouch, missed two penalties at the critical moment?" Zhang is reasonably worried.

"Whoosh!"

Tom Chambers passes, long passes, passes to lightning that is fast down the halfway.

The lightning catch continued to go fast, and Zhou Quan followed behind and did not go over, in fact, now his physical fitness is better, and he has every chance to surpass.

The lightning rushed to the free throw line, feeling the pressure behind him very strong, the wheezing sound of the iron fist seemed to be behind his ears, the ball was too critical, he didn't dare to shoot, and when he reached the basket, he turned around and pulled towards the left wing.

Dan Marley rushed to the left three-point line, and the Assassin was a step behind when a lightning pass.

Dan Marley received the ball and shot a three-pointer, and the assassin flew from behind to block with all his might, and the moment he jumped, he used too much force, and he felt a pain in his left knee.

"I touched the ball!"

Before he landed, he yelled: "Rebound! ”

Zhou Quan immediately turned around, and at this time, the ball flew over his head, slammed into the basket, and bounced.

In the next moment, Zhou Quan and Lightning, as well as Barkley and Rodman, who rushed in, jumped up and fought for rebounds almost at the same time.

"Smack!"

He was in a better position and just grabbed the ball.

The lightning wanted to foul and hesitated, because he knew that Zhou Quan's free throw shooting rate was more than ninety percent, and the foul was a point.

With this hesitation, Zhou Quan had already dribbled and turned around and ran away, rushing to the front court with all his might.

The assassin got up from the ground, not daring to exert his left leg, but he gritted his teeth and limped after him.

Zhou Quan held the ball to the basket, but it was pulled to the right, and the ball flew to the assassin who had just run to the three-point line on the right wing.

At this time, the assassin, because of the injury, the Suns had no one to defend him, Dan Marley pounced on Zhou Quan's side, he received the ball, exhaled, and padd up slightly with one foot, and shot a three-point shot.

"Brush!"

The orange basketball flew towards the basket, made a wonderful arc in the air, and then plunged into the basket with a splash of white water.

"Oh roar!"

20,000 Pistons fans raised their arms at this moment and began to shout frantically.

The bearded John Lowes roared excitedly, "Assassin! This is the greatest smiling assassin, he can kill our opponents with one leg......"

At this moment, countless Detroiters remembered the feat of smiling assassin Isaiah Thomas dragging a broken leg and scoring 25 points in a single quarter on the head of the Magic in the G6 game of the '88 Finals.

At this moment, they burst into tears.

Bill Wharton excitedly said: "Now the score is 94-104, the Pistons have a 10-point lead, and the Suns have no chance. ”

That's when Chuck Daly called a timeout.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Zhou Quan and Joe Dumas went over to help the assassin off the court, and the Pistons fans all stood up and gave Isaiah Thomas a very warm applause.

"Perhaps, with this injury, the Assassin may really want to consider retiring." Bill Wharton said.

"Winning this crown is three crowns, and he can retire." Williams said with a look of envy.

Bill Wharton laughed: "The most important thing for him is to beat the Bulls and re-step Michael Jordan, and this is his best chance to retire." ”

"Haha......" Williams laughed.

At the end of the timeout, Barkley shot again, but still missed, Rodman protected the rebound, time was running out, and the Suns gave up.

"Oh roar!"

The moment the whistle blew, Zhou Quan, Joe Dumas, Rodman, etc., the assassins on the bench, the Pistons fans in the court, and the whole Detroit cheered heartily.

Zhang Li said excitedly: "Congratulations to Zhou Quan, congratulations to the Pistons." ”

Sun Zhenping said excitedly: "Three to one, there is also a home court, I hope the Pistons can win smoothly and win the championship at home." ”

On ABC TV, Bill Wharton picked up the stats and read: "Iron Fist played 48 minutes, shooting 17-of-33 and shooting 51.5 percent.

He couldn't do it in the first half, it all relied on a blow in the third quarter, and the final quarter was not bad, 4 of 7 shots, 4 of 4 free throws, otherwise the Pistons would have lost today.

In addition, he made 1 of 4 three-pointers, 12 of 14 free throws, 47 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, 7 steals, 2 blocks, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls. ”

Williams said: "It's still top-notch offensive and defensive performances. ”

Nodding, Bill Wharton added: "Barkley is also doing well, but he has a better iron fist, which is doomed to a tragedy." ”

Williams also nodded: "Barkley played 44 minutes today, shooting 14 of 24 in the first three quarters, shooting 58.3%, and 4 of 10 in the final quarter, a total of 18 of 34 shooting, shooting 53%, a little higher than Iron Fist."

In addition, he shot crazy three-pointers today, shooting 4 of 10, shooting as high as 40%, plus 5 of 8 free throws, 45 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls. ”

Bill Wharton shook his head and sighed: "Fate is so magical, Barkley's performance in the Finals is not bad, shooting 49% of 107 in four games, shooting 45.8%, averaging 30 points and 13 rebounds per game, but such a performance cannot bring a victory for the Suns." ”

"Iron Fist was the better in four Finals games, shooting 55.8 percent from the field on 53-of-95 shooting, averaging 37.2 points, 10 assists and 5.25 steals per game, and he deserved to win," Williams said.

Seriously, I was so amazed at his tackling ability, the stabbing action was fast and accurate, I think he was the fastest nervous reflex in the league, and this ability took his defensive ability up a notch. ”

"Haha, as long as he stands on the opposite side, the ball carrier has to panic, and Jordan is afraid of 5 steals per game." Bill Wharton laughed.

"That's it."

Williams nodded, and added: "In addition, the lightning was completely unsuccessful in his defense, and it was incredible that he averaged 37 points per game in the Finals." ”

Bill Wharton laughed: "Iron Fist in the face of lightning is to have a mismatch advantage. Strength, confrontation, height, impact, in addition to speed, he can suppress lightning in almost every way. I admire Irwin now, he foresaw the performance of Iron Fist. ”

At this time, Zhou Quan was being interviewed on the spot after the celebration, and he was still very excited, because in the case of 3-to-1, he could almost book the championship, and with his performance, FMVP was also stable.

"Iron Fist, you didn't play well in the first half, but in the second half you played a very different performance, how did you adjust?" ABC TV asked.

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "In addition to the coach's tactical adjustment, the lineup adjustment, for me personally, is to calm down and play the game with the firmest and calmest mentality, I always believe that my state will come back, it will not go forever." ”

"Now what do you think the Pistons' chances of winning a championship are?" The reporter asked again.

"One hundred percent."

Zhou Quan smiled very brightly and said: "There is no factor that can prevent us from winning the championship, and neither can God." ”

"Do you think Barkley and Lightning don't have any power anymore?" The reporter asked.

"I mean, they're not strong enough to stop us from winning the championship, we can't lose three games in a row, the chances are zero." Zhou Quan explained.

A few meters away on the bench, the Assassin sat in an interview with local journalists.

He already had a large ice pack tied to his left knee, but he looked so excited that he didn't take the injury to heart at all.

"Isaiah, how's the injury?" A reporter asked.

"Leave it alone, it doesn't matter." The smiling assassin said excitedly.

"But can you still play in G5?" The reporter asked worriedly.

'There's absolutely no problem, I can play even if I only have one leg, no one can stop me, not injuries. The Assassin was adamant.

"If you can't play, do you think the Pistons will be overturned by the Suns?" The only out-of-town reporter among the reporters asked.

This question made all the local reporters glare, and the reporter was embarrassed.

The assassin immediately said: "No way, I believe in Iron Fist, I believe in Joe, I believe in Dennis, and Mark and Ronnie them, I believe in them, and I will never fall, I will fight until we win the final victory." ”

(End of chapter)