Zhou Quan holds the ball, and Anfernee Hardaway defends.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

He advanced with the ball, very fast, three dribbles to the frontcourt, and then broke through with a one-handed dummy and burst Hardaway from the right side, smashed into the top of the arc, and went straight to the basket.

Hardaway is even more athletically gifted, but his height is there, taller than Jordan, so no matter how fast he is, he is not as fast as him, and no matter how agile he is, he is not as agile as him.

O'Neal sat under the basket, raised his hands in the air, and jumped to block.

"Bang!"

Zhou Quan jumped in front of O'Neal, turned around in the air, and turned around, avoiding the opponent and going around to the right side of the basket, and then picked up the basket with his fingertips, and the basketball slammed down.

"Oh roar, turn around in the air at 360 degrees, and pick up the basket with your fingertips, it's so beautiful!" Henem Chrisman, the on-site commentator, roared excitedly.

"Oooh oh ......"

The difficult layup also made all the supersonic fans immediately cheer enthusiastically.

On the CCTV commentary seat, Sun Zhenping said excitedly: "Zhou Quan is playing a big shark!" ”

"The relationship between the two is very good, they have known each other since they were in the NCAA, and yesterday Zhou Quan invited O'Neal to his home as a guest." Zhang Li said with a smile.

"Shark, you're shooting a little less."

Zhou Quan dropped a sentence and ran to Hardaway.

This rookie guards against him, and he is still courteous, of course he also has to give this rookie a welcome ceremony, so as not to be said to be rude.

"Where is the less? I'm almost 20 times this season, three more than last season. O'Neill muttered.

In the following time, Anfernee Hardaway barely had a chance to catch the ball, and was completely targeted by Zhou Quan, who was faster, more agile and more experienced than him.

At the end of the third quarter, the SuperSonics lead reached 27 points.

Zhang Reasonable smiled: "Zhou Quan didn't get a single defensive statistic on Hardaway, this may be a good fighter, no outstanding merit." ”

Sun Zhenping said with a smile: "Keeping the opponent unable to catch the ball is the best defense." ”

At the end of the quarter, the Magic surrendered, and the supersonic naturally came on as a substitute.

"Shh

Seeing that the Magic pulled down all the main workhorses and the stars went down, the Seattle fans stopped doing it and booed vigorously.

"Shark, your partner is still a little weak, no matter how good the talent is, you can't grow up without a year or two, just to gain weight will take a year or two."

After the game, when leaving the field, Zhou Quan said to O'Neill.

"I can wait a year or two, and you didn't win the championship in your rookie season." Big shark O'Neill meets authentic.

Zhou Quan laughed and said, "Shark, I didn't say that you will have the strength to win the championship in a year or two, don't get me wrong." ”

O'Neill raised his arm unconvinced, flashed his biceps, and smiled proudly: "Maybe that's a super center." ”

"Remember, sharks, come to me if you don't win the championship in the future." Zhou Quan patted O'Neill's arm and said.

"You came to me, my thighs are thicker than yours."

Unconvinced, O'Neill lowered his arm and lifted his trouser leg again, beginning to show his thighs.

Zhou Quan also lit up his thighs and said, "That's not necessarily." ”

O'Neill looked down, Shet, why are Iron Fist's thighs so thick?

……

On the 17th and 18th, the SuperSonics played back-to-back, defeating the Bucks and Warriors successively, and got an 18-3 record.

Up to now, Houston Mosaic is indeed in hot form, and super center Olajuwon has been silent for so many years, ushering in a big explosion, leading the team to a 21-1 record, still the first in the league.

The Bulls, Knicks, Pistons and other teams all lost one after another, falling behind the SuperSonics, who are second in the West and second in the league.

But there's one Eastern team that's catching up, and that's the Hawks.

The Hawks are 16-5 with a 76.2% win rate and are currently in fourth place in the East, behind the Knicks, Bulls and Pistons.

At one o'clock in the afternoon on the 21st, the Pacers, who lost to Mosaic in Houston last night, arrived in Seattle and will play the SuperSonics that night.

At half past five in the afternoon, Zhou Quan, who had completed the team's training, drove Reggie Miller to a French restaurant near the central gymnasium for dinner together.

"Senior, you've made the playoffs four years in a row, but you only have a first-round tour, how is this season?" Zhou Quan asked.

"10-12."

Reggie Miller said with a gloomy face.

"It's 10-13 right away." Zhou Quan smiled.

Reggie Miller glared at him and said, "We're back-to-back, and you won't be able to show your ability to win." ”

"Why don't you let Kendall Gill defend you tonight?" He asked with a smile.

Reggie Miller snorted, "Whatever, or do you want to come?" You didn't negotiate. ”

"Forget it, you're my senior, I can't let you lose face."

Reggie Miller was so angry that he clenched his knife and fork, glared at Zhou Quan and said, "Iron Fist boy, if you have the ability, you will make me lose face." ”

Zhou Quan smiled and said: "That's not good, we haven't had a few talents in UCLA in recent years, and we can't fight in the same room." Why don't you help me? ”

"Huh?"

The latter sentence turned too quickly, Reggie Miller didn't react, and after he reacted, his head shook like a rattle, and he said decisively: "That's impossible, as long as the Pacers don't trade me, I won't leave, especially not for the championship." ”

"Forget it."

Zhou Quan nodded.

Reggie Miller suddenly scolded: "If it weren't for the damn management to trade you, Iron Fist, you wouldn't have left Detroit, right?" ”

Zhou Quan was stunned, thought for a while and said, "At least I didn't think about leaving the piston before that." ”

He then explained: "Senior, haven't you noticed, in fact, except for the Pistons fans, everyone else wants me to leave there, and the constant media hype during that time is driven by various forces. ”

"Really?"

A look of envy suddenly appeared in Reggie Miller's eyes.

That night, the SuperSonics beat the Pacers to claim their 19th victory.

There are two more home courts, the Suns and the Mosaics, and then go to the Bulls on the road. The second game with Mosaic is the Christmas War, No. 25.

On the 22nd, the Suns arrived in Seattle.

The Suns are currently 17-5 with a 77.3% win rate, ranking third in the West.

Personally, the signature stars of both teams are last season's finals rivals, so there's a lot of interest in this match.

According to the analysis of many media, the strength of the two teams is about the same, and it will be a difficult game to win or lose.

The game was broadcast live across the United States by ESPN, and the commentators were Isaiah Thomas and Bill Ranbill.

Upon arrival at the Seattle airport, the Assassin spoke to the media, saying, "As things stand, the SuperSonics are a bit bad at playing strong teams on the inside, and the Suns happen to have a superstar inside lineman Barkley.

However, Barkley is not high enough, although he is an all-round fighter, he is somewhat strong in attack and weak in defense, so supersonic does not suffer much in the low position.

If Iron Fist can gain the outside edge advantage like he did to suppress the Lightning Kevin Johnson in the Finals, then the SuperSonics have a better chance of beating the Suns.

Personally, I believe that Iron Fist will definitely suppress the lightning and disrupt and suppress the Suns' organization and offense, so as to achieve the goal of victory. ”

Ranbir said, "Barkley isn't a good thing either......"

"Let's go, we're in a hurry."

The Assassin hurriedly pulled Ranbir and left.

"Isaiah, why don't you let me speak?" Ranbir was dissatisfied.

"Bill, although Barkley beat you, now that you're the commentator, you have to comment on them from a neutral standpoint." The Assassin said.

"Your ass is not the same as sitting on the side of the Iron Fist kid?" Ranbir was still dissatisfied.

"I'm different from you, I'm Iron Fist's teammate, you're not, I can be biased towards him a little, you can't be biased towards him." The Assassin said.

"Am I biased towards him? When did I lean towards him? It's impossible in the next life, you don't talk nonsense. Ranbir gritted his teeth.

……

On the evening of the 23rd, the Seattle Center Gymnasium was full again.

It was the 23rd regular season game of the season, the 13th home game, and the sixth time the SuperSonics had a full-time game.

You must know that although the ball market rebounded last season, there were only 7 full times in the entire regular season, and in terms of attendance, the ball market has really improved a lot this season.

At eight o'clock, the two sides announced their starting lineups.

Suns: Oliver Miller, Charles Barkley, AC Green, Dan Marley, Kevin Johnson

Hypersonics: Sam Perkins, Rodman, Schramf, Kendall Gill, Zhou Quan

CCTV also chose to broadcast this game live, and the NBA league gave CCTV 42 free rights this season, 34 of which were supersonic games, and 8 of the Bulls' games, and only the games of these two teams were broadcast live, which was similar last season.

"The Suns have strengthened their roster and signed the Lakers' interior AC Green with a big contract." Zhang said reasonably.

"Director Zhang, how big is the contract?" Sun Zhenping asked.

"This season is still a contract with the Lakers, signed in advance, $28.02 million for five years, and an average annual salary of more than five million." Zhang said reasonably.

"Such a big contract? Taller than Jordan! Sun Zhenping said in surprise.

Zhang said: "Green is the main member of the Lakers' championship in '87 and '88, and he is also an All-Star starter, and he has been selected for a defensive second team, and his strength is very strong.

But his most valuable thing is the Iron Man attribute, he has been in the NBA for 8 seasons, including 7 seasons of full attendance, and only three games off in the second season, known as the Iron Man.

His rebounding and defense are good, the Suns failed in the last Finals, and Zhou Quan's breakthrough made them suffer a lot, in order to impact the championship, they spent a lot of money to trade Green to strengthen the interior defense and rebounding. ”

"Then this season the Suns are a lot better than last season." Sun Zhenping said.

……

"Fliggy, how are you feeling down there? Cool? In the players' tunnel, seeing Barkley coming over, Zhou Quan asked loudly.

"Iron Fist, this one will overthrow you." Barkley snorted.

He looked at the passage again exaggeratedly, and said with a look of disgust: "Rotten arena, you are obviously not popular with the Seattle City Government. ”

Zhou Quan's face twitched, this is not to blame him, the boss Ballmer is not as powerful as Paul Allen.

"Hey, Lightning."

He ignored Barkley and instead greeted Kevin Johnson.

"Hey, Iron Fist." Lightning nodded.

He smiled and said, "Lightning, if you can't win the championship this season, I don't think the management will trust Fliggy, after all, he has never proven himself, and he will probably choose to trade him." ”

“……”

Kevin Johnson was speechless and turned to look at Barkley.

Barkley was already so angry that his face was flushed, his fists were clenched tightly, and he yelled at Zhou Quan: "Boy, don't think it's great to win a championship." ”

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "I won the championship in just two years, compared to you, of course it's amazing." ”

Barkley was so angry that he was about to vomit blood, and he pushed forward, Zhou Quan on his chest, and roared, "Boy, are you going to fight?" ”

Zhou Quan was knocked back half a step, and he was not angry, and said with a smile: "Don't move your hands and feet, you are not my opponent, I have no sense of accomplishment when I beat you, my goal is the world boxing champion." ”

"Do you dare to wrestle with me?" Barkley shouted.

"You lose twenty kilograms first." Zhou Quan said.

"Why am I losing weight, why aren't you gaining weight?" Barkley was unconvinced.

"It's you who want to fight, it's not that I want to fight."

Speaking of this, Zhou Quan suddenly realized: "Fliggy, you are too chicken thief, you actually changed the topic, aren't we discussing the championship, come, continue this topic." ”

"Get out!"

The ghost wanted to discuss the championship with you, and Barkley, who was about to vomit blood, turned around and walked out of the aisle.

"Fliggy, if you are traded by the Suns again, come and hug my thigh, and I will take you to win the championship, I have experience in this area." Zhou Quan shouted loudly in the back.

"Iron Fist, I'll fight with you."

With a roar, Barkley turned around and pounced.

Fortunately, there were security guards who immediately blocked him.

"Let me go." He roared.

"Mr. Buckley, we're protecting you." A security guard.

"I'm going to fall him to death!"

Barkley was really vomiting blood.

"Haha......"

Zhou Quan, Rodman and others are already dying of laughter.

……

At half past eight, the game began.

"Smack!"

Jumping ball, Oliver's tonnage may have reached 135 kilograms, and he couldn't jump up, Sam Perkins actually won.

"According to statistics, this is the seventh jump ball success of the season for the SuperSonics." On the ESPN commentary seat, Ranbir complained.

"Oliver has only gained weight in his second season, and he is only 206 centimeters tall, is this ready for horizontal development?" The assassin also complained.

Ranbir sneered: "He's ready to compete with Barkley's pig, two pigs on one team, and I bet the Suns won't even be able to run in the West this season because they're too heavy to run." ”

"Yes, Iron Fist will take care of them." The assassin hurried.

"I'm talking about mosaics." Ranbir corrected.

"No, it's hypersonic." Assassin Road.

"Mosaic." Ranbir insisted.

The two of them have big eyes on each other, which made the on-site director of ESPN secretly complain, why don't you two guys fight first?

Zhou Quan held the ball to the front court, did not rush to attack, and first observed the situation on the field.

Sam Perkins pulled up to the left three-point line, Oliver followed, Rodman was in the paint, A.C. Green was in the box, Schramf was on the left wing, Barkley was on the opposite side, and Kendall Gill and Dan Marley were on the right wing.

Lightning, Thunder, Iron Man, these are all guys with good defense, although Barkley is strong in offense and weak in defense, but his defense is also above the level, that is to say, the Suns' defense this season is stronger than last season.

How to play this team in positional warfare?

He doesn't say it here, the other four positions have no advantage in positional warfare.

In other words, it is up to him to fight for his teammates' opportunities.

When you have an idea, immediately raise your right hand and make a tactical gesture.

The teammates reacted immediately and ran one after another, repeatedly blocking and dismantling to cover the run, repeatedly reversing, and constantly cutting inside and outside.

The Suns' defensive formation was torn apart by the superSonic's off-ball running, and Zhou Quan also began to break through with the ball.

Take a step back with the ball first, and when the lightning catches up, it suddenly activates and makes a crushing breakthrough from the right side.

The lightning is only 185 centimeters, 6 centimeters behind Zhou Quan, and there is a difference of 10 kilograms in weight.

AC Green could only come out from under the basket to make up for the defense, Zhou Quan raised the ball and jumped, attracting the opponent to jump, but suddenly his right arm was deflected, let the opponent's block, and with a flick of the wrist, the basketball flew to the basket.

Rodman entered the paint from the low post on the right wing, received the ball and made a layup, first missed, and then grabbed an offensive rebound and scored.

"Big Worm has 17 rebounds this season, 18 last season, and if it goes on, the rebounding king is his again." Ranbier said.

"Well, the big worm has always had good frontcourt rebounds, with a 33% percentage, and he has a lot of experience in how to grab frontcourt rebounds." The assassin grinned.

Suns attack.

The lightning held the ball, and in the face of Zhou Quan, there was a lot of psychological pressure.

The Finals series put 37 points, 10 assists and 5 steals on his head, and that's the source of the pressure, and he will never forget that losing series less than half a year in his life.

Out of pressure, he saw Barkley pull out of the three-point line to ask him for the ball, and he passed.

The passing action is very cautious, taking a step back and passing the ball again, without giving Zhou Quan any chance to steal.

Barkley received the ball from outside the three-point line on the left wing, and Schramf opened his arms to block in front, and he turned around and started back-to-back.

At this time, Sam Perkins, who was low on the left wing, seized the opportunity of Barkley's back and immediately came out to flank the attack.

Rodman, who was under the basket, adjusted his position and stood on the left side of the basket to close the defensive distance with Oliver.

Sam Perkins only needed 2.5 seconds to complete the defense, and Barkley was in a state with his back to the low post and the open space under the basket, and even if he did, it was difficult to pass the ball to the low post under Schramf's confrontation.

He arched back a few times, arched inside the three-point line, and by the time he rolled over for a jumper, Perkins was already on his side.

The moment he took the shot, he was forced to adjust the angle to avoid Perkins' block, but the course of the ball had completely changed, smashing on the rebound and not touching the basket.

"Smack!"

Dennis Rodman accurately predicted the landing, preemptively moved the card first, and grabbed the rebound on the heads of Oliver and Green.

Zhang Lili praised: "The supersonic defense is getting better and better, although Perkins' single defense ability is not very good, not as good as Zhou Quan, but under this defensive system of pinch rotation and rotation, it can play a defensive effect of 1+1 greater than 2." ”

The supersonic fast break didn't come out, AC Green and Oliver counter-grabbed on the spot, Rodman didn't pass the ball, Zhou Quan went down to respond, and the positional battle began.

In the middle, he stopped two steps in front of the halfway line, two steps from the top of the arc, and played tactical gestures and organized the attack while dribbling.

Although Perkins is not good at attacking in the low post, he has a strong ability to pull away, and he pulls to the left wing three-point line, and the Suns only have AC Green alone under the basket.

Zhou Quan feels that an inside player like Sam Perkins also has his advantages, and it would be better if Rodman could pull away.

"There is some space under the basket, and I deliberately stop outside, and the iron fist should still break through with the ball." The Assassin said.

Sure enough, as soon as his words fell, Zhou Quan began to break through.

It was a crushing breakthrough, and the lightning was squeezed away after two steps, and he successfully broke through to the top of the arc.

On the left wing, Barkley, two steps from the three-point line, quickly returned to the defense, Schramf was empty, only one step away from the three-point line, and his hands were raised to his chest, ready to receive the ball.

Zhou Quan smashed in from the free throw line, Barkley pounced on his left, Green blocked in front, he slowed down, the moment the ball pulled up, flicked a backhand, and the ball flew towards Schramf.

"Don't look at people's backs!"

The assassin shouted.

"Brush!"

Schramf received the ball, Oliver, who was three steps away, pounced, it was too far, he calmly started, shot two points from the distance, and hit a ball.

"Fliggy, I can sabotage and suppress your organizational attack, but you can't suppress our organizational attack, you are not a big dream, big dream can win us, relying on his defense, so I will win you." Zhou Quan said to Barkley.

"Not necessarily." Barkley snorted.

But the result was the same as Zhou Quan said, and in the end, SuperSonics won the game.

Zhang Li explained at the end: "The Suns are a bit similar to the SuperSonics, the low-post offense is average, there are a lot of outside jumpers, a lot of three-pointers, and the feel is very important."

So when Zhou Quan suppressed Kevin Johnson, thereby destroying the Suns' organizational function, the Suns' offense was affected.

And the lightning Kevin Johnson had no way to suppress Zhou Quan, and neither could Barkley, so the superSonics' offense was still normal, and the superSonics won the game in the end. ”

Sun Zhenping said: "Playing mosaic, Zhou Quan actually suppressed Kenny Smith, but Da Meng's performance was too strong, and he almost single-handedly suppressed the supersonic offense, and he defended to the three-point line." ”

Zhang Li nodded and said: "He can't be so strong in every game, it still depends on the state, he and Zhou Quan have an inside advantage, an outside advantage, in fact, anyone has a chance to win." ”

……

(End of chapter)