On the 24th, Zhang Li and his entourage hurried back to Seattle to prepare for the live broadcast of the Western Finals.

This is the last free season, and the station has arranged a lot of broadcast time, not only to broadcast Zhou Quan's game, but also Jordan's game, and after the first two rounds of the series, the work intensity is several times that of the regular season, and all five of them have lost a lap.

Zhou Quan finished the team training at five o'clock, and invited Zhang Quan and the five of them to eat, the dishes were very rich, and they made up for it.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the Seattle Center Gymnasium was already full.

Some media reporters are interviewing some celebrities and celebrities at the scene, as well as some fans.

"Hey, Rambo, what would you most like to see tonight?"

"Oh, of course it's an iron fist boxing scene, haha! Well, I think I saw the block of Iron Fist the most, as a point guard, he actually played 5*5 stats, although I am not a basketball player, but I know the difficulty of this statistic. ”

At eight o'clock, the two teams announced their starting lists.

Mosaics: Olajuwon, Ostisope, Robert Horry, Vernon Maxwell, Kenny Smith

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

The Western Conference Final Series was broadcast nationwide on NBC and featured Elgin Baylor and Oscar Robertson.

NBC also saw that several TV stations such as ESPN and TNT have hired some retired superstars as commentators, and the effect and response are good, so before the playoffs started, these two superstars were specially invited.

Elgin Baylor, who was only a temporary cameo, has been the Clippers' executive vice president for rebounding since '86 and has now reached the chairman's position.

It's the same with Big O, he has his own manufacturing company and doesn't have that much time.

After getting the starting list, Elgin Baylor immediately said: "The starting lineups of the two sides have not changed much, Big O, this Western Finals, in fact, the media is not more optimistic about anyone, and the probability of the supersonic reaching the finals is only a little higher, what do you think?" ”

Big O said with a smile: "Lord Baylor, I don't think which of these two teams has more chances, and most of the media have the same opinion.

After two consecutive defeats at home, but finally completed the turnaround of the second-round series, Mosaic's resilience has been fully demonstrated, so this time in the West, even if Mosaic has two consecutive defeats away from home, I don't think anyone dares to say that they lost, right? ”

Elgin Belle laughed, nodded again and again: "Yes, that's it, so Mosaic's chances of winning the championship and reaching the finals are not much behind the supersound, and they are almost intimate." ”

Big O said: "The two teams have their own advantages, one inside, one outside, and the lineup attributes are very restrained from each other. It is not unilateral restraint, but mutual restraint.

I think this series is all about their on-the-spot play and tactical command, and whoever can play to their advantage will have a better chance. ”

"So as a point guard, can you rate Iron Fist? You are absolutely qualified to judge him. Elgin Baylor asked with a smile.

Big O shook his head and said, "The first 5*5 in the playoffs, he played such a statistic as a point guard, which amazed me.

And he's also very lucky, he won the championship in the second season, and now he's in the SuperSonics, and he's in the Western Conference finals again, which is amazing, and I'm very optimistic about his future. ”

Speaking of the championship, this made Elgin Baylor very heartbroken, as the king of bad luck, he regretted asking Big O this question, but unfortunately regretted it.

At this time, in the player tunnel, Zhou Quan and Olajuwon stood opposite each other.

Zhou Quan suddenly said: "Big dream, you are very smart. ”

Olajuwon was stunned, what do you mean, is this trying to paralyze me? It's useless for you to praise me, I'm still going to beat you bastard.

Zhou Quan's words did not stop, and continued: "Postman, Oakley, Larry Johnson, the three of them have all fought boxing matches with me, and you are the only smart soft egg who dare not fight me, are you afraid that I will beat you?" ”

"Poof, haha......"

Dennis Rodman laughed heartily, then couldn't control it, turned into laughter, and just lay down on the floor laughing.

Da Meng's face turned blood-red, his eyes were red, his fists were clenched tightly, and he was about to bleed, but his feet still didn't move at all.

"Hakim?"

Maxwell looked at Big Dream angrily, compared to Big Dream, he was the person who hated Zhou Quan the most on the Mosaic team.

"And you, madman, aren't you clamoring to practice boxing, to fight me, and want me to give you some experience in boxing?" Zhou Quan looked at Maxwell and said with a smile.

"Sooner or later, I'm not a softie!" Maxwell said angrily.

"Haha......"

Rodman, who was on the floor, was about to get up when he fell down again, and he couldn't get up now, and he laughed a lot.

"Shut up!"

Big Dream yelled at Maxwell.

"Hakim, I didn't say anything about you."

"Shut up!"

Maxwell, who was sprayed with spit, reacted and closed his mouth stupidly.

At this time, the visiting team came out, and after they left, Rodman finally managed to suppress his smile and get up.

"Dennis, guard our rebounds." Zhou Quan admonished.

Rodman patted his chest and promised, "I'm in good shape right now, Iron Fist, look at me." ”

"Also watch out for Thorpe, who averaged 14 points and 8 rebounds per game in the second-round series against the Suns, Mosaic's second-highest scoring point. Also, to assist in defense, we must pay attention to the assistance defense of big dreams. Zhou Quan said again uneasily.

"I will." Rodman nodded heavily.

Zhou Quan deliberately said those words just now, just to provoke Dameng and them, so as to affect their next state.

In the just-concluded series, the Mosaic team actually had six players score double-doubles, and this team must not be underestimated.

The low position is of course the world of the Mosaic team, and even the supersonic no one can defend against the big dream, and the team is ready to be blown up by the big dream in the fifth position.

Correspondingly, this requires him to blow up the mosaic's perimeter at the No. 1 position to make up for the disadvantage in the low post, and then he needs to suppress the opponent's offense on the defensive end and destroy its organizational function to get a chance to win.

In short, in this series, he must play top-notch performances on both offensive and defensive ends, only one of them shines, and it is unlikely that he will win, unless the state of the big dream is not good.

"Iron Fist! Iron fist! Tekken ......"

When Zhou Quan appeared, 13,000 supersonic fans shouted to their heart's content.

Ross Barkley sat in the second row of the East Stand, with the first row in front of him being the best position of the game, behind the home team's bench.

His mood is very complicated, last year he was able to fight the finals with Iron Fist, but this year he did not make it to the Western Finals, and it is getting worse and worse year by year.

At this time, he suddenly thought of what Iron Fist had said to him, Iron Fist said that he would never make it to the finals again, and he really couldn't make it to the finals in the future?

Thinking of this, his heart was extremely sad, but there were also bursts of anger rising in his heart.

The thought that the supersonic would not even give him a place in the front row and throw him behind the supersonic bench made me even more angry.

He's the sworn enemy of Iron Fist, is this for him to cheer for Iron Fist? Shouldn't he be put behind the bench for the Mosaics? These hypersonic executives are bastards.

Surrounded by supersonic fans wearing Iron Fist's No. 1 jersey, he felt that his mood was getting worse and worse.

……

At half past eight, the game officially began.

Jump ball, mosaic offense.

As soon as Zhou Quan blocked Kenny Smith, the Jets immediately diverted the ball to Maxwell, the madman on the right wing.

In Mosaic, although Kenny Smith is the main point guard, the main point guard Maxwell is not weak in assists, and his assist statistics in the regular season and playoffs this season are better than Smith's.

Head coach Tomjanovic was concerned about Zhou Quan's defense, so when arranging the attack, he asked Kenny Smith to transfer the ball in time and not hold the ball in front of Zhou Quan for a long time.

That's when Maxwell catches the ball and Kendall Gill blocks in front.

The next moment, the madman faked a real shot and suddenly scored three points.

"Bang!"

Unfortunately, it was a little off, and the basketball smashed into the basket and was caught by Rodman.

The Mosaics immediately returned to full speed to the defense, including Big Dream, and only power forward Ostithop was in front of Rodman to stop his fast serve.

"The madman is somewhat similar to Reggie Miller." Elgin Baylor said.

Big O immediately retorted: "No, no, Reggie Miller has a career average of 47% per game, which is very efficient, while the madman is less than 40%, and this season is only 38.9% in the regular season and 37.5% in the playoffs, and he and Reggie Miller are not players of the same grade." ”

"I'm talking about style." Elgin Baylor laughed.

"Well, they both like three-point shots, and their defense is good." Big O nodded and smiled.

Unable to play a fast attack, Zhou Quan unhurriedly advanced to the front court and came to the top of the arc, and it was the madman Maxwell who defended him.

Horry is on the left wing, averaging two steals per game in the second-round series, and he won't go to the left wing, and it's safer to play a single maniac at the top of the arc.

Maniac 193 cm, 82 kg, he has a huge advantage in the confrontation.

"Brush!"

Leaning sideways, the madman couldn't bear it at all, and when he hit the free throw line, he turned around and stepped back to make a jumper and hit a ball.

Zhang Li smiled: "Why has Iron Fist's shooting rate increased to 51.2% this season? Just because he has this confrontation advantage on the outside, let alone a point guard, the average scoring guard can't hold him at all.

Jordan's best shooting percentage was in the 90/91 season, 53.9 percent, and the year he won his first championship, he shot more than 50 percent in six out of 10 seasons, and dropped to 50 percent from last season, when he was 30 years old. ”

Sun Zhenping said: "It should be said that since last season, Jordan has reached the real peak, but his athletic quality may have declined to a certain extent. ”

"Brush!"

Big Dream was going to the deep post, only 1.5 meters away from the basket, and then caught the ball, and then pressed Perkins to shoot a nearly two-point hook.

The corners of Zhou Quan's eyes twitched, Da Meng's attack was completely crushing, it was too easy.

Perkins was crushed in all aspects of height, tonnage, reach, strength, confrontation, athleticism, and technique.

But he alone can't lock Mosaic's passes, Kenny Smith, Maxwell, and Rob Horry can all pass, and it's useless to lock one.

Supersonic offense.

Zhou Quan also crushed the madman at the top of the arc with color, and ended the attack with a mid-range shot.

"Two shots and two hits, Zhou Quan's hand should be the same today." Zhang said reasonably.

Mosaic offensive.

Big Dream still has to go deep, Perkins defends with all his might, and stands two meters away from the basket, but the ball does not come in time, and he can only retreat.

The ball was in Kenny Smith's hands at the top of the arc and was blocked by Zhou Quan for a downward passing angle, and he immediately passed it to Horry on the left wing.

Horry received the ball, just as Big Dream retreated to the low post on the left flank, and he immediately passed it.

After receiving the ball, Big Dream continued to shake left and right, and after four hits, Perkins was stunned, and then Big Dream turned around and slipped to the bottom.

At this time, Rodman made up for the basket in time, and Da Meng threw it, and the ball smashed on the basket and bounced.

Thorpe rushed to the basket to grab the offensive rebound, and immediately jumped to the ground for a second layup.

"Smack!"

Zhou Quan had already rushed in, waved his hand and slapped the ball on the rebound.

"Oh roar!"

The Seattle Center Stadium immediately resounded with a burst of enthusiastic cheers, since Zhou Quan hit a 5*5, supersonic fans now especially like to see Zhou Quan's block.

Rodman was in just the right position, snatching the basketball and attacking at supersonic speed.

Coming to the top of the arc, Zhou Quan observed the scene and did not rush to attack.

Zhang said quickly: "Perkins still pulled out, and it was not Da Meng who was with him, but Thorpe, Mosaic changed defenses on the defensive end, and let Da Meng sit under the basket."

Although Thorpe's defense is good and can support the mosaic's inside sky, first, Dameng's defense is better, and secondly, he can save energy under the basket, and he doesn't have so much running, anyway, Rodman won't attack with the ball, there is no confrontation, and he only needs to guard against the outside breakout offense. ”

"Bang!"

His teammates didn't have a good chance, so Zhou Quan still came by himself, but the ball failed to hit and missed the first goal of the game.

Big Dream controlled the rebounding ball in the backcourt, and the mosaic attacked.

"Mosaic's outside defense is actually very strong, Kenny Smith, Maxwell, Horry, the defense is good, and in the second-round series, the three of them combined to contribute 3.8 steals per game." Zhang said reasonably.

"Bang!"

Thorpe attacked low on the right flank and singled Rodman and missed.

"Bang!"

But Big Dream grabbed the rebound on Perkins' head, and then jumped twice and directly dunked Perkins.

"Yay!"

Two thousand visiting fans from Houston cheered.

"Beautiful!"

Behind the supersonic bench, Barkley raised his arms and cheered.

He was surrounded by supersonic fans, who glared at him angrily at this time, if he wasn't Barkley, just an ordinary fan, he was afraid that there would be a group fight.

"Ouch, this ball is really the strength of a super center, a crushing dunk, and Perkins can't compete with it at all." Sun Zhenping said in amazement.

“4：4。”

Zhang said: "Mosaic's offense is mainly concentrated in the low post, which is to play to their advantages through the low post attack.

SuperSonics has an advantage on the outside, but the outside shooting rate is not as good as on the inside, so the SuperSonics also have to play the advantage of outside defense on the defensive end, and strive to suppress the opponent's organizational offense, so as to create a chance to win. ”

Zhou Quan once again held the ball to the top of the arc, and the big dream under the basket sat down, eyeing him.

"Kill it!"

That's all he has in his mind.

Big Dream has too much advantage over Perkins, most of them can play a suppressive offense, explosive state and extremely high efficiency, which is Mosaic's restraint on supersound, and it is also the reason why he hopes to meet the Suns in the West, but it is a pity that Barkley is useless.

The SuperSonics can beat the Nuggets and beat the Jazz with relative ease, and the two-round series has a huge 7-1 advantage, while the Nuggets have Mutombo, and the Jazz also have the Postman, both of whom are interior superstars, but Big Dream is completely different from these two.

Big Dream should be a comprehensive upgrade of these two people, since they have strong low-post offensive ability, as well as mid-range shooting ability, and strong basket protection ability, the top offensive and defensive integration.

Last year's Eastern Conference finals against the Knicks, facing the same super center Ewing, he and the Pistons also won not very difficult.

But Big Dream is not Ewing, Ewing simply can't stand up at critical moments, and Big Dream, the last series has proven his ability at critical moments.

At the same time, in addition to Big Dream, Thorpe is also a strong interior defender, and Horry, Maxwell, and Kenny Smith are not bad defensively.

It can be said that the five main forces of Mosaic can constitute a very strong overall defense.

Therefore, he must break through with the ball to improve his offensive efficiency, so as to equalize the huge disadvantage on the inside.

At the same time, by breaking through with the ball, compressing the Mosaic team's defense, creating space and opportunities for outside teammates.

"Squeak!"

After a fake shot and a shaking maniac, he burst to the three-point line from the right side and only had two steps to the free throw line.

But Mosaic didn't shrink his defense, because Tomjanovic didn't want to leave a gap for the supersonic outside, and he was very concerned about Zhou's passing and assist ability.

And he believes very much in Da Meng's ability to protect the basket, and believes that Da Meng can limit Zhou Quan's breakthrough.

He didn't expect Da Meng to be able to prevent all of Zhou Quan's breakthroughs, but as long as he guarded against the next part, it would be enough.

Zhou Quan entered the penalty area from the front, jumped before Da Meng's step, and held the ball in his right hand to dunk.

"Look for death!"

Da Meng snorted coldly in his heart, and immediately jumped up, his arms raised high, and a pair of big hands had blocked all the space.

"Hat him!"

Barkley shouted excitedly, drawing another glare, but he ignored it.

The next moment, Zhou Quan retracted his right hand.

"Not good!"

Big Dream waved his left arm downward.

But Zhou Quan's ball had already been passed, from under his left elbow, to Rodman.

Rodman catches the ball, jumps up for a layup, and hits an easy shot.

(End of chapter)