On May 30, 94, the West Finals G4 battle.

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

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

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

"Victory! Victory! Victory ......"

At the Compaq Center Arena, there was a huge wave of shouts when the home team started the game, and the Houstonians were very excited, and everyone was looking forward to the victory in the G4 game.

In the face of such a strong home atmosphere, in addition to Zhou Quan and Rodman, SuperSonics began to sweat nervously up and down.

The head coach George Karl is the same, his psychological quality is average, after losing the last game, he was a little panicked, and now the game has not even started, he is already sweating profusely.

Fortunately, Zhou Quan was not in chaos, and when everyone saw him, they calmed down a little.

On the NBC commentary seat, Big O said with a serious look: "The momentum of Mosaic is very strong, the home advantage has been greatly reflected, and the team's will to win the G4 game is very firm." ”

Elgin Baylor nodded: "This game will be difficult for the supersonic speed, and the mosaic that won the G3 battle is stronger than the last game." ”

Big O said: "Once we lose this game again, the SuperSonics will be equalized in the case of winning two games, the momentum will definitely plummet, and the initiative will be transferred to Mosaic, then it will be really difficult to play." ”

Speaking of which, he added: "The more critical the moment, the more important it is to consider the ability of the leader, and the team leader has to withstand the pressure at this time, otherwise he will lose." ”

"Victory!"

At half past eight, after a shout, Zhou Quan led the team to the field.

"Zhou Quan, come on!"

Zhang Lili and Sun Zhenping shouted vigorously.

Jump ball, Mosaic team attack.

After the halfway line, Zhou Quan defended Kenny Smith, and he was immediately ready to pass the ball, not wanting to give Zhou Quan any chance to steal him.

Maniac Maxwell comes over to pick it up, and Smith immediately passes the ball.

But at this moment, Kendall Gill, who is good at predicting the direction of the opponent's pass, suddenly intervened in the passing route.

The passing and receiving route was cut off, and Kenny Smith, who had already closed the ball, was in trouble, and the ball was not passed.

And at this moment, Zhou Quan grabbed up, and his big hand accurately picked up, and the ball in Kensmith's hands was picked up to the sky.

"Oh, broken ball!"

Sun Zhenping shouted.

Zhou Quan grabbed the ball, and by this time Kendall Gill had already turned around and went down, he immediately passed the ball over, and then he started to go down quickly.

"Shh

Mosaic fans frantically began to boo, wanting to put pressure on the supersounds.

Jill rushed forward with the ball, the madman chased on the left, he hit the basket and made a quick stop for a layup, but he missed, the force was a little less, and it bounced out of the front line.

"Ouch!" Zhang Reasonable exclaimed.

"And!" Sun Zhenping drank.

At this time, Zhou Quan and Kenny Smith rushed into the basket almost at the same time, and jumped almost at the same time.

Kenny Smith is known as a jet, can jump and jump, and is fast, but when he and Zhou Quan squeeze together and jump, his weakness in confrontation is immediately reflected, as soon as he jumps, he is immediately squeezed to the side and does not jump completely, while Zhou Quan is very little affected and jumps.

"Bang!"

In the next moment, Zhou Quan grabbed the ball with both hands and smashed it forward, blowing up the mosaic basket.

“……”

The huge boos in the Compaq Center Arena came to an abrupt end at this moment.

"Oh roar!"

The 2,000 away fans cheered and cheered.

"Defend!"

Zhou Quan reminded his teammates loudly.

"Defend!"

Kendall Gill and the others immediately responded loudly, and their nervousness was released to a certain extent.

Only Rodman is still grinning, as an old fritter who has won three finals and three championships, there is no pressure on him in this kind of competition.

Mosaic offensive.

Kenny Smith didn't even catch the ball, and ran straight to the frontcourt, and the madman Maxwell received the ball in the backcourt to advance.

Big O said thoughtfully: "From the individual to the team, Mosaic's defense of Iron Fist has reached a point of great scruples, which is actually very disadvantageous, Kenny Smith can't hold the ball too much, and Mosaic's organizational function is seriously suppressed." ”

At this time, Maxwell missed a jumper, Rodman controlled the rebound in the backcourt, Thorpe blocked in front, he first gave Kendall Gill on the right wing, and Jill immediately passed Zhou Quan, who had already fallen from the top of the arc.

Zhou Quan received the ball, Kenny Smith had already run to the front, and he also accelerated, crossed the halfway line, and then rushed over the top of the arc to the basket.

"It's done." Big O shook his head.

Kenny Smith ran into the paint area, and when he looked back, Zhou Quan rushed behind, and he immediately turned around and flashed to the side.

He also had to dodge from the front, because he was only 77 kilograms, and the tonnage was not a grade at all, and he couldn't resist the impact of Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan slowed down, then hit a layup and scored another goal.

"Vernon, give the ball to the inside." On the sidelines, Tomjanovic shouted loudly.

Zhou Quan still kept an eye on Kenny Smith in the backcourt, which he hadn't done in the previous three games, and he hadn't had a full-court tight defense against the Jets before.

Mosaic had no other choice but to let point guard Maxwell hold the ball if he didn't want Kenny Smith to hold the ball in front of Zhou Quan's sharp steals.

Maxwell pushed to the right wing of the frontcourt, at which point Big Dream ran to the low post on the right wing to ask for the ball, and Thorpe went to the low post on the left wing.

"Bang!"

Big Dream shook Perkins after receiving the ball, and then slipped to the bottom, Rodman quickly helped defend and blocked him, he stopped and threw it, but missed.

Zhou Quan had already rushed in and grabbed the ball before Thorpe.

Rodman's task of helping to defend the big dream is very heavy, and his control of the rebound will be reduced, so he must strengthen the rebounding rush.

Especially if the backcourt rebounding ball is lost, with Mosaic's interior strength, the success rate of the second offense is very high.

In the positional battle, Zhou Quan came to the top of the arc with the ball, leaned over, constantly dribbled under his crotch, and made preparations for a breakthrough.

Kenny Smith takes a step to defend and breaks through the main defense.

In the first three games, Zhou Quan broke through with the ball almost the whole time, so his defensive strategy is to break through the main defense.

But the next moment, just as he was leaning down one step away, Zhou Quan jumped up with the ball.

“……”

He wanted to prevent it back, but it was too late, Zhou Quan's shot was very fast, the ball flew over his head, he turned around and turned around, just in time to see the basketball brushing down the basket.

"Brush!"

The moment the water splashed, the cheers on the supersonic side immediately rang out.

"Defend!"

Zhou Quan turned around and shouted at his teammates.

"Defend!"

Everyone responded in unison, and the tension in their hearts was released again, replaced by excitement.

"Beautiful! Zhou Quan made three of three shots, 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal. Sun Zhenping said excitedly.

"I got into the groove at the beginning, and it seems that the home atmosphere of Mosaic has not affected Zhou Quan." Zhang Li smiled happily.

At this point, Mosaic serves, and then calls a timeout.

was beaten 7-0, the home fans were very confused at this time, and the crazy Compaq Center had cooled down.

Big O said: "The mosaic didn't score a point and was directly stopped by a wave, this situation is probably not expected by the home fans." ”

Elgin Baylor laughed: "They want to win another game and equalize the score, I guess they shouldn't have considered the possibility of losing." ”

Big O said: "I think the defensive deterrence of Iron Fist is too great, forcing Mosaic not to let Kenny Smith dominate the team's offense, the organizational function is destroyed, mainly relying on the strength of the inside line to play the game, the outside line is alone, the team does not form a whole, once the big dream of playing problems, Mosaic is easy to lose the game." ”

Elgin Baylor said: "The performance of the big dream is still very stable, and with Thorpe, the supersonic inner line is completely unbearable, if the supersonic inner strength is a little stronger, the supersonic should be easier to win." ”

Big O laughed and said, "Then you won't let the other teams live?" The SuperSonics are now very strong, with Iron Fist on the outside, Rodman on the inside, Schramf at the third and Kendall Gill at the second are all qualified starters, with only one obvious weakness in the fifth.

If you put a strong interior player on the Bulls, whether it's a center or a power forward, Michael Jordan would have won three consecutive championships.

"Haha, you're right." Elgin Baylor laughed.

At the end of the timeout, Mosaic serves on the sideline in front of the court.

Kenny Smith receives the ball near the left touchline, and Maxwell provides a pick-and-roll screen, and he wants to take the opportunity to swing around.

Maxwell's tonnage is 82 kilograms, and Zhou Quan's method of breaking the block is very simple, which is to squeeze the other party directly and chase Kenny Smith.

This method is very rough, but it is also the most effective way to break the block, Kenny Smith was just about to bypass Maxwell, Zhou Quan posted him, and the blocking and demolition tactics were broken at the beginning.

If it was at home, Zhou Quan must have taken the opportunity to steal at this time, but this is away, he didn't do that, that might be fouled by the blower, he just blocked in front of Smith again, and at this time Kendall Gill pounced behind Smith, and the two completed the bag.

"Oh, no," Zhang said.

"It's a bag." Sun Zhenping drank.

"Smack!"

Being caught between the front and back, Kenny Smith immediately passed the ball to Maxwell, but at this moment, Zhou Quan's reaction was super fast, and with a wave of his hand, the ball was knocked off.

Kendall Gill grabbed the ball that bounced off the floor, turned around and started to go down.

"It's broken, it's broken again!" Sun Zhenping shouted excitedly.

Jill got the ball into the paint, Kenny Smith and Maxwell were chasing on either side, and he knew Zhou Quan must be behind, so he flicked the ball back and ran headlong off the line.

"Bang!"

The next moment, Zhou Quan caught the ball and hung it on the basket.

"9:0, Zhou Quan sent a second steal at the beginning of the game, scored 9 points in a row, and he played a super explosive start." Zhang Cheng shouted excitedly.

Sun Zhenping said loudly: "A wave of nine to zero, now the momentum of supersonic speed has been played, but the mosaic momentum of the home battle has been beaten down by Zhou Quan." ”

Kenny Smith looked at Tomjanovic on the sidelines, just now the head coach asked him to borrow the pick-and-roll to get rid of the iron fist, hold the ball to organize the offense, and restore the team's organizational function, now to continue?

Tomjanovic signaled to continue, he couldn't just one goal to negate the tactics he had just set, that was self-denial, and frequent changes to tactics would confuse the team.

Mosaic offensive.

Zhou Quan began to press in the backcourt, preventing Kenny Smith from receiving the ball, and continued to press the jets to achieve the purpose of destroying the organizational function of the mosaic.

Smith couldn't catch the ball for a while, and Maxwell could only take the ball first, and after advancing to the right wing of the frontcourt, Ken Smith ran to his side and took the ball through the pick-and-roll cover.

This time, Zhou Quan didn't block the front in time, and Kenny Smith immediately broke through, trying to break through Kendall Gil and kill in.

However, Kendall Gill's defense was not bad, and he changed his guard decisively and caught up with Smith.

At this time, Zhou Quan also chased after him very decisively and began to carry out the most ferocious flanking attack on Kenny Smith.

"Here."

Maxwell, who stopped outside the three-point line, shouted.

But Kenny Smith didn't have a chance to pass the ball to the outside, because Kendall Gill was on the left, and with the sound of his shoes rubbing behind him, it was clear that Iron Fist was chasing after him.

He could only give the ball to Thorpe in the low post on the right flank and run towards the bottom right corner.

Zhou Quan didn't even look at Kenny Smith and pounced directly on Thorpe, who received the ball, and Kendall Gill chose to defend Maxwell.

Thorpe saw that Zhou Quan was coming, he didn't have the strength to shoot in a double bag, and immediately threw his hands and passed the ball to Kenny Smith from the top of Zhou Quan's head.

"Whoosh!"

The ball was passed high, and Kenny Smith, who was running towards the bottom right corner, was caught off guard and did not receive the ball, and the ball flew directly off the right touchline.

"Ahh

It was a defensive system he had single-handedly created, and George Karl threw his fists and roared with excitement, and the nervousness was replaced by excitement.

"Beautiful!"

Big O exclaimed: "The fierce and decisive continuous pinching forced Mosaic to make mistakes again. ”

Supersonic offense.

Zhou Quan received the ball in the backcourt, and Maxwell, who changed the defense, wanted to return the color and not let him catch the ball, but the tonnage of 10 kilograms was a huge gap, and he looked two laps smaller than Zhou Quan, and was blocked by Zhou Quan with one arm.

"This is the confrontation advantage, this is the strength advantage, this is the tonnage advantage." Zhang was happy and talked about three advantages in a row.

Zhou Quan held the ball to the top of the front court arc and made a tactical gesture.

Perkins, who was low on the left wing, immediately ran to the three-point line, and Thorpe followed.

Schramf runs to the bottom left corner and takes Horry away.

Kendall Gill moved along the three-point line near the right line, taking Kenny Smith with him and pulling away from Zhou.

In this way, all teammates pull away, and Zhou Quan has no possibility of being caught in the high position, who wants to trap him, there will definitely be a big vacancy on the outside line of the supersonic speed.

Leaning sideways, he began to crush Maxwell and push towards the free-throw line.

"Eat it raw, this is O'Neill in the first position!" Big O couldn't help but sigh.

Elgin Baylor was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "Big O, when you say that, it's true." ”

On the left baseline, Schramf suddenly activated and cut along the baseline towards the paint area, and Horry was a step slower, but kept in hot pursuit.

Zhou Quan ran to the free throw line, did not stop, but continued to grind down.

Da Meng decisively pounced and began to wrap up Zhou Quan.

But that's when Schramf cut into the paint zone.

Almost at the same time, Zhou Quan suddenly closed the ball, then turned right and carried Maxwell with his right elbow, passed the ball with his left hand, and the basketball flew towards Schramf.

Schramf received the ball and stepped up to his feet and scored an easy layup.

Horry, who was chasing behind, was a step behind and didn't defend the ball.

"At 11:0, the SuperSonics played a suffocating defense, the mosaic was in trouble, it couldn't score points, and the offense was seriously suppressed." Big O said.

Elgin Baylor said: "After the timeout, Kenny Smith called for a series of pick-and-rolls, and he definitely tried to attack with the ball and restore the team's playmaking, but they all failed under the supersonic defense.

The idea is right, without restoring the organizational function, the Mosaic team should not be able to win this series, and Big Dream can't play the kind of terrifying all-round performance that he did in the last game every game. ”

Big O nodded: "The key thing is that if you can't get rid of the iron fist, Kenny Smith can't hold the ball, unless he has the strength of Michael Jordan." ”

"Last year, the Flyers were also tackled five times in a single game, and the Bulls were crushed by the Pistons." Elgin Baylor laughed.

(End of chapter)