Magic Offense.

At the back, Penny advanced with the ball, and Zhou Quan kept stepping back without trying to make a tackle.

was broken twice in a row, and Penny's heart was like pressing a stone slab, a little stuffy and heavy.

Zhou Quan adjusted his backward pace, he was looking for a rhythm, adjusting his pace to the rhythm of the penny dribble.

Pennies have a height advantage in front of him, but there are two sides to everything, and the height advantage is placed on the height of the dribble, and that is the disadvantage.

Stepping back to close to the halfway line, he finally adjusted the pace and the rhythm of the penny dribble to a certain frequency, and then immediately activated the counter-attack.

Penny just pressed the bounced basketball down, and the moment the ball just left his hand, he found that the iron fist on the opposite side suddenly slammed down, and then pounced, he knew that something was wrong, and quickly leaned over to blow up the ball, and at the same time wanted to turn around to protect the ball.

But it was too late, Zhou Quan took a step forward, reached forward with his arm, and his big hand was very precise on the basketball, stabbing the ball to the backcourt, and then rushed forward, after squeezing the penny, he immediately controlled the basketball and launched a fast attack in the backcourt.

"Another steal!" The assassin roared excitedly.

"Oooooooooo......oo

With a third steal in a row, the entire center gymnasium was already boiling.

"Bang!"

Zhou Quan entered the paint area, and after the outburst, he split the one-handed big loop, which immediately made the cheers of the gymnasium climb to the peak.

After the cheers were quieter, Zhang Li smiled and said loudly to Xu Jicheng: "In the confrontation with Zhou Quan, the height of the penny has advantages and disadvantages, he is not called blocking and dismantling, there is no way to fight with Zhou Quan."

Jordan and Zhou Quan played, and they had to constantly use blocking and dismantling to cover, otherwise he would not be able to win Zhou Quan in the finals. ”

Xu Jicheng nodded again and again, his eyes were only fixed on the field, and he didn't care about talking to Zhang Lili.

This time, Penny moved widely in the backcourt, pulled from the middle to the right wing, did not give Zhou Quan a chance to steal him, and then came to the three-point line to block and dismantle with quarterback Nick Anderson.

Zhou Quan and Kendall Gill switched guards, and after dismantling, Penny was still very cautious, and immediately stayed away from Zhou Quan so as not to be caught by him.

"Bang!"

After pulling away, he made a jumper in the head of Gill, but missed.

On the left wing, Magic forward Donald Loyer is just an ordinary role player, the Magic has no talent to play the starter, the strength is very average, and there are no three-point points, and the mid-range shot is average, Schramf has dropped him at this time and rushed to the basket.

Rodman rushed to the basket one step earlier, and the three surrounded O'Neal.

This is George Karl's emphasis on the fast pinch defense tactics, like O'Neal is a very dominant super center under the basket, if he grabs the offensive rebound under the basket, the consequences are very serious, so it is necessary to strengthen his pinch shots, as well as the protection of the backcourt rebound.

"Smack!"

Matt Geiger protected the rebound, and at this time, Zhou Quan outside had already turned around and was about to go down, and he hurriedly threw the ball out.

"Bang!"

Nick Anderson didn't chase Zhou Quan, and the rhythm of chasing defense didn't keep up, and Zhou Quan once again won the dunk.

The assassin laughed, "0:8, the magic is stunned." ”

Bill Lanbial scolded: "The East has degenerated, and I can't believe that a bad team like the Magic has become the first in the league." ”

"Haha......" the Assassin laughed.

This time, O'Neill finally got on the ball in the low post on the left flank.

Between dribbles, after two back-to-back arches, he entered the paint area, suddenly turned up, and dribbled with his right hand, ready to pull up and get to the basket for a dunk.

But at this moment, Zhou Quan pounced from above, and when the basketball bounced off the floor, when he leaned over, he took out the ball very accurately and fished it out.

"Bastard Iron Fist, give me the ball back."

finally received the ball, but it was stolen by Zhou Quan, O'Neal was stunned, anxious, and turned around and chased after it.

He chased after Zhou Quan and sweated white.

Zhou Quan was blocked by pennies at the top of the arc, and after he changed direction to break through, he found that O'Neill was chasing after him, and then he couldn't get rid of it.

"Wow, the speed of this shark?" The Assassin exclaimed.

"Oh, does this kid have a jet engine on his ass?" Bill Ranbier also exclaimed.

Zhou Quan had a penny on his left and a shark on his right, and when he reached the top of the arc, he suddenly came to an emergency stop.

This time, the penny stopped at the free throw line two steps ago, but the shark didn't dare to stop, for fear of throwing himself out, and rushed directly to the basket before stopping.

Zhou Quan jumped up at the top of the arc to shoot a three-pointer, and Nick Anderson pounced on the left side to block, a beat slower, and didn't catch up.

"Brush!"

There was a splash and a three-point shot.

"Oh roar!"

The audience rejoiced.

"It's so unstoppable, Iron Fist made 5 of 5 shots, scored 11 points in a row, and stopped the magic." The assassin laughed.

"The opponent is too bad." Ranbir said helplessly.

The assassin analyzed: "This magic team is indeed good, but the penny is still too tender to deal with the defense of Iron Fist, and his performance tonight is not worth looking forward to."

As for O'Neal, I think it's hard for him to make a difference under the supersonic powerful quick flanking tactics. ”

In the end, the SuperSonics successfully defeated the Magic, 17-4, and the Magic 17-5, and the SuperSonics topped the league by half a win.

O'Neal played 30 minutes, shooting only 6 of 15, shooting 40%, 3 of 7 free throws, and got 15 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 turnover and 4 fouls.

Pennies were too poor under Zhou Quan's defense, scoring only 2 points on 1-of-4 shooting, and only played 17 minutes before coming up.

Zhou Quan punched in the third quarter, shooting 14 of 20, shooting rate as high as 70%, 3 of 5 three-point shots, 4 of 4 free throws, and 35 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, 7 steals, 1 block, 0 turnovers and 2 fouls.

"Shark, your pennies may not be able to help you, why don't you come and help me after the contract is over, the boss will definitely give you a veteran contract."

After the game, Zhou Quan sincerely made a suggestion to O'Neal.

O'Neill's two small eyes widened, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Iron Fist, you broke my ball three times today, I remember." But you really didn't have a seed, you didn't dare to rush in to fight, and you rushed in to beat me in the next game! ”

Zhou Quan said in surprise: "Shark, do you have masochism and want me to rush in and detain you?" ”

"Who has masochism? Don't talk nonsense, it's slander. You can't keep me in the way, don't think about good things. O'Neill was so angry that he screamed.

Zhou Quan laughed and said: "I have been separated from Da Meng and Ewing, and the four super centers are only you and David Robinson, and sooner or later I will get you both together." ”

"I'll kill you!"

O'Neill slapped him in anger.

……

It was only 8 o'clock the next morning, and he had not yet gotten up when he was woken up by a phone call.

"Iron Fist, Dennis played with several women for the night after last night's game, slipped in the bathroom in the morning, suffered back and lower back injuries, and has been sent to the hospital. The results of the examination were not very good, the old injuries attacked, and it is estimated that there will be at least twenty or thirty truces. ”

It was the general manager Whithitt who called to inform him of a very bad news.

Zhou Quan really wants to kill Rodman, and he plans to rush this season and win another MVP, which is estimated to be in vain.

After a hurried breakfast, he rushed to the hospital.

"Dennis, you fell down after playing with your legs at night, right?" Zhou Quan said angrily.

Rodman, who was lying on the hospital bed, didn't speak, just laughed non-stop.

The results came out in the afternoon, and it was determined that there would be at least a two-month truce, and it would take some time to recover after the comeback, at least two and a half months.

The team announced Rodman's news, and many big media immediately adjusted the supersonic speed out of the first tier of teams.

The SuperSonics then played six more games, winning five, losing to the Nuggets, who were swept in the first round of the playoffs last time, and completing all the regular season games in the last month of '94.

With 22 wins and 5 losses, it is still ranked first in the league for the time being.

But the Bulls have caught up with a wave of winning streaks, and like the Magic, they are 21-6, only one win away from the SuperSonics.

On January 1, 1995, the league announced the MVP rankings, and Zhou Quan ranked first.

December's Player of the Month went to Ceballos of the Lakers.

At the same time, the league announced the start of all-star voting, which lasted for four weeks and ended in the early morning of January 29.

This year's Chinese New Year's Eve is January 30, Zhou Quan contacted his family and asked them to come to the United States for the New Year, and the passport or something was given to them in advance last time.

On the 3rd, Zhou Quan was already in Washington and received a call from his agent.

"Zhou, WBC wants you to play a qualifying challenge during the All-Star period, and if you win, you will play the World Champion Challenge this offseason." Philip was very excited.

"In such a hurry?" Zhou Quan was a little surprised.

"You think about it, you have to reply to them as soon as possible, it's only more than 20 days, and once you decide, you have to start promoting it immediately." Philip said.

"I'm worried that if I do boxing at All-Star Weekend, it's going to spark opposition from the league." Zhou Quan said with some hesitation.

"So, or is it scheduled for the offseason?" Philip was clearly worried.

'I think it's the best, I don't want to be distracted in the middle of the season.' Zhou Quan said.

"Alright, I'll let them know."

When Fei Libing said this, he said: "Zhou, the boxing match with David Tua was recommended by the WBC to us as a boxing promoter, and the result is that the PPV sales are very good, and there will definitely be more promoters in your challenge who want to cooperate with us, what do you mean?" ”

"You're an agent, you decide." Zhou Quan said.

"Okay, Zhou, I won't let you suffer, this time I'm going to find you the best top promoter and talk about the best conditions." Philip said happily.

The January schedule continued, and in Rodman's absence, the SuperSonics' record began to slowly decline, but there was no significant drop.

Zhou Quan has increased his playing time, which did not exceed 40 minutes in the first two months, and from this month, the playing time has increased to 43 minutes, and the average playing time per game is slowly increasing, and the statistics are also increasing.

On the 8th, the first round of All-Star voting ended.

Jordan had 940,000 votes last year, which did not break one million, but this time he received 450,000 votes in the first week, which is very amazing, which means that his popularity has fully returned after regaining the championship.

After Jordan, there was Grant Hill, with 350,000 votes in the first week, which is also very impressive as a rookie.

He was followed by O'Neill, with 340,000 votes in the first week, which is not low.

But the most amazing and jaw-dropping thing is Zhou Quan, who received a terrible 510,000 votes in the first week, surpassing Jordan by 60,000 votes and ranking first.

The NBA editor-in-chief of the New York Times ran a front-page headline saying, "In this All-Star vote, the influence of the supercross king is best represented.

But we don't think it's fair, and a lot of people who vote for Tekken aren't necessarily basketball fans, they may be golf fans, or boxing fans.

We firmly believe that Michael Jordan is still the most popular basketball player in the world in the world. ”

"It's incredible that Iron Fist outvoted the winner, Michael Jordan, as the loser of the finals, and we think it's unfair, and we recommend increasing the voting power of professional journalists." Chicago Sports Newspaper.

"It's a little sour."

In an interview with the media, the smiling assassin Isaiah Thomas, speaking of the news reports of the New York Times and the Chicago Sports Newspaper, said in a mocking tone:

"Across the sports world, this vote speaks volumes about the fact that Tekken has surpassed Jordan in terms of influence and popularity.

Some people want to stop it, but they can't control the world, they can only make some sour and smelly remarks. ”

On the 14th, Zhouquan's wharf was built, and it cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

His pier attracted the interest of many wealthy people who lived here, many of whom came to visit, including Bill Gates and Ballmer, and even walked his design drawings to modify their own private docks.

Half-lying on the deck chair of the transparent café on the pier, the wind could not blow, and he could bask in the sun and enjoy the lake view, Zhou Quan leisurely drank coffee while flipping through a yacht magazine.

Now among those rich people, a yacht of about 30 meters is popular, and the luxury type is about 3 million dollars or more, although it is a little expensive, but he is ready to get one.

After having a yacht, you can play in Lake Washington or go out to sea along the canal, which is very convenient.

And playing yachts is higher than playing sports cars, after joining the yacht association, his network will be further expanded, and the yacht association is full of rich people.

He is not an American, and it is difficult for him to really enter the upper social circle, so he needs to further stabilize and expand, and make more contacts in order to continue to improve his social status.

He is well aware that it will be difficult for him to enter high society, whether it is basketball or boxing.

Michael Tyson is strong, the most aggressive world boxing champion in history, but his social status is very low, and according to media reports, Tyson, who is now in prison, is often subjected to racial discrimination and has a very hard time inside.

Jordan is strong, Michael Jackson is strong, but so what, which one hasn't been hacked into a dog by the media?

The social status of Chinese in the United States is the lowest, far inferior to blacks, and it is very important that he can come to this day, that is, during the NCAA period, he showed his toughness and iron blood as the first execution of the NCAA, so as to fit the hobbies of Americans, lay a foundation for himself, and obtain preliminary social recognition.

But that's the social identity of the general class, and boxing is the same, but it can continue to strengthen that social identity.

And in order to enter high society, he also needs a new identity, golf, tennis and other sports, yachting, some contacts with Hollywood, etc., these are all channels to high society.

Since he lives in the United States, he certainly wants to live a better and more dignified life.

……

(End of chapter)