On the ABC commentary bench, Bill Wharton said: "This big dream is already desperate, every time I attack, I have to go deep to the basket, although the physical consumption is great, but the effect is good, causing considerable damage." ”

"But the SuperSonics concentrated the defensive power to envelop him, and he attacked with the ball far more than Iron Fist, and although it caused damage, it didn't score much more than Iron Fist, so the SuperSonics defense worked," Lewis Williams said. ”

Bill Wharton nodded: "Iron Fist didn't break into the basket very often in the first three quarters, and most of them were holding the ball and bursting to the edge of the paint area, which should also be a scruple about the defense of Big Dream." ”

"That's for sure, there's no one who doesn't scruple Big Dream's defense, just as no one doesn't scruple about Iron Fist's defense." Williams laughed.

Bill Wharton said: "In the last quarter, I don't know if the physical fitness of Big Dream can still hold on? He's scoring about the same as Tekken, but the physical exertion is much greater than Tekken, and I think if he can't continue to maintain the quality of his offense under the basket, things will be a little bit unfavorable for Mosaic. ”

At this time, the final quarter begins, and the mosaic attacks.

Mosaic's main power forward, Chilcart, didn't come up, Robert Horry played the fourth position, and Mario Eli played the third position.

The SuperSonics have come on as a backup center Matt Geiger, his tonnage strength is bigger and stronger, and George Karl wants to use him to withstand the big dream that has consumed a lot of physical energy, not to defend him, but to reduce the quality of his attack.

At the request of the head coach, Zhou Quan returned to Kenny Smith's side.

Kenny Smith made a lot of passes to the big dream today, all of which were post-break points, and he played better than the glider.

Kendall Gill was still on the bench, with McMillan defending the glider.

McMillan averaged 3 steals per game last season and hasn't been as good this season, but he also averaged 2.1 steals per game and is still working very the defensive end.

Kenny Smith saw Zhou Quan defending him, did not hesitate, immediately played the ball, and the glider attacked with the ball.

The glider received the ball on the right wing to attack, McMillan played a full-body defense, he was just a substitute, there was no need to save physical energy at all, the entangled defense made the glider unable to find any good opportunities to shoot, and the breakthrough was not smooth, at this time he saw that the big dream entered the basket, he quickly hoisted the ball in.

Big Dream moved in quick succession and got rid of Matt Geiger and managed to get to the basket.

However, Matt Geiger also immediately defended to his side, pushed him behind him, and pushed him outward, he could only carry it with all his strength, and his physical energy was greatly consumed in the key position under the basket.

Robert Horry had pulled to the bottom left corner and Rodman followed, and he formed a one-on-one opportunity under the basket.

That's when the ball hoisted in.

Da Meng caught the ball, at this time Zhou Quan pounced two meters away, and only needed one step to get to his side, if he turned around and shot, he was likely to be capped.

The next moment, he suddenly jumped under the basket, but instead of making a shot, he threw his hands in the direction of the top of the arc.

"Divide the ball!"

Bill Wharton let out a loud shout.

Before Bill Wharton could shout, Zhou Quan, who pounced, reacted defensively, jumping up in an instant and fishing up with his right hand.

At the moment when Big Dream threw the ball with both hands, he made a judgment, this must be a straight pass, because Big Dream wants Kenny Smith to catch the big vacancy, so the pass should be fast, the ball path should be short, and not give him and other teammates a chance to return to the defense.

Straight passes, the height is not too high, he has a chance to break, so he jumps, and the level 96 nerve reaction speed gives him enough time to react.

"Smack!"

said that it was too late, that is, the moment after Da Meng threw the ball with both hands, he jumped up.

Da Meng, who had just thrown the ball, saw Zhou Quan jumping, and his heart was shocked.

"Smack!"

In the next moment, when the ball flew overhead, Zhou Quan's hands directly grabbed it.

"Oh, oh, it's broken! Another interception in the air......"

The on-site commentator Heanem Chrisman roared in surprise, and the cheers and shouts of the audience also burst into flames.

Zhang Lili laughed and said: "Zhou Quan's reaction speed, I don't think it's slower than a cat." In the eyes of cats, the fastest human movements are in slow motion. ”

"It's really possible, haha!" Xu Jicheng said with a smile.

The two of them were just joking, even if Zhou Quan's nerve reaction speed reached the full level, it would not be possible to have a cat's reaction speed, it was too much worse.

Zhou Quan held the ball to the top of the front arc, and the glider blocked in front.

Kenny Smith can't guard against him at all, and today it's always been the glider to guard him, but the effect is average, and Jordan can't guard against him, not to mention the glider whose defense is far inferior to Jordan's?

The glider's defense is to achieve defensive goals with a reasonable position, and his steal ability is not bad, averaging 1.8 times per game this season, but the overall defensive strength has not been selected for the best defensive team once, and it is not an offensive and defensive integration, which is one of the reasons why his evaluation is far inferior to Jordan.

His weight is 95 kilograms, his height is 201 cm, his arm span is 209 cm, his center of gravity is higher than Zhou Quan, his confrontation is not as good as Zhou Quan, and his movement speed is not as good as Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan only used one trick to deal with the glider, which was a strong burst.

As soon as the glider was in front of him, his strong burst began, breaking through with one hand, and then regardless of whether the opponent was shaken or not, he directly burst from the right side.

The glider was shaken, and when it caught up, Zhou Quan had already broken to the side, and he could only stick to the left side and run inside.

Zhou Quan took two steps to the right end of the free throw line, and when Robert Horry pounced on him, he suddenly made a sharp stop, and then received a step-back jumper.

Today's offense is mostly like this, and the number of times he hits directly to the basket is very small, because he is also very concerned about the defense of Big Dream.

Fortunately, today's state is not bad, although it is not as good as the G1 battle, but it feels better than average, and the hit rate is more than 50%.

Robert Horry pounced on the block from the front, and Drexler jumped up from the left side to block it, but neither was as close as Zhou Quan's step-back jumper, which was too bad.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and the two hits.

Drexler sighed secretly, knowing that Iron Fist would most likely make a stop-and-go jumper, but he still couldn't prevent it, because Iron Fist used a backward jumper.

He is Jordan's old opponent, comparing Iron Fist with Jordan's backward jump shot, although Iron Fist's aerial posture is not as good as Jordan's, but the consistency of technical movements is also very good, the backward range is also very large, and the shooting rate is not low at all.

"Beautiful! In the face of the mid-range pull-back jumper in the face of the pack, the shooting percentage is really good, not lower than Jordan. Zhang Li praised.

"Coach Zhang, Zhou Quan's backward jumper and turning jumper are not used much, especially the backward jumper, but now they are used, and they are also first-class level, very good, I don't know why he didn't use it before?" Xu Jicheng asked.

Zhang Li thought for a while and said: "These techniques have only been practiced by him in the past two years, and the backward jumper has even just started to practice last offseason, and he really uses it very little."

In my analysis, it should be that the previous level was not enough, and the technology was not mature, so it was useless to use it less. There is another reason, you can't use it in the regular season, and using other techniques is enough to solve the problem, after all, he is a point guard and not a point guard, and if you use these skills in the playoffs, you can also catch the opponent off guard. ”

"That's how it should be." Xu Jicheng nodded in agreement.

Big Dream went to the basket again, but this time it was blocked by Matt Geiger, the two fought a few times, he felt that his physical strength was not enough, his strength was not enough, and he could not easily squeeze under the basket, and then when the three seconds came, he had to retreat out, and then asked for the ball in the low position on the right wing.

The glider was holding the ball on the outside of the right flank, and when he saw that Big Dream was about to get to the position with his back to Matt Geiger, he hoisted the ball with both hands.

Rodman had been pulled to the left flank by Robert Horry, but by this time he had quietly pounced back into the paint area along the bottom corner, and pounced on Big Dream from behind.

At 45 degrees on the left wing, one step inside the three-point line, Schramf quickly ran to Horry in the bottom left corner, and Zhou Quan in the high post moved a step to the left wing, ready to make up for the small forward Mario Elie there at any time, but at the same time looked at Kenny Smith at the top of the arc.

Big Dream catches the ball, grabs the ball with his left hand, and elbows his right hand against Matt Geiger, first turns around and looks at the position of his teammates, Kenny Smith at the top of the arc has a small vacancy, but he doesn't dare to pass, because Iron Fist's ability to break the ball is too strong.

And at this moment, Rodman's pinch shot was in place, and it came out from the underside of Big Dream along the bottom line.

Big Dream of course noticed Rodman's pinch, and he immediately turned up and wanted to pass the ball to Robert Horry, who was released by Rodman in the bottom left corner.

But Schramf had already pounced in front of Horry, the space was gone, and in a hurry, he had to pass to small forward Mario Elie on the left three-point line.

He had to pass because Rodman and Matt Geiger had already formed a trap on him and could knock him off at any moment.

When the ball flew towards Mario Eli, Zhou Quan had already pounced.

Mario Elie had just received the ball and saw the iron fist pounce in front of him, so he had to make a hasty shot.

"Smack!"

Zhou Quan didn't give him a chance to make a move, and when he just jumped up, he jumped into the air at a faster speed, sealed it above, and pressed it directly on the ball in his hands with one palm, and pressed it down with the ball.

"Tick!"

Mario Eri was pressed back to the floor with both hands on the ball and staggered two steps back when the referee's whistle blew.

"Oh roar!"

The cheers at the Seattle Center Arena burst into flames.

"Cover! Iron Fist sent the second block of the game......" The roar of the on-site commentator Henem Chrisman rang out again.

"Walk! Ball exchange. Xu Jicheng said excitedly.

Zhang Li smiled: "A very successful defense! This time the defense played the defensive style typical of supersonic fast pinch shots. ”

Supersonic offense, right sideline serve, Zhou Quan advanced to the right wing three-point line, fake sudden real shot, after the glider was shaken back, immediately combined the ball and shot.

"Brush!"

The basketball hole pierced the basket, and the water splashed instantly.

"Beautiful! Zhou Quan hit his second three-pointer of the day, and it was his third three-pointer. Xu Jicheng said excitedly.

"72:76, Zhou Quan made consecutive steals and blocked opponents in the final quarter, and they were all assisted defenses, scoring five points in a row." Zhang Li smiled happily.

Tomjanovic called a timeout and rearranged the offensive and defensive tactics.

He saw that Da Meng's physical fitness was not good, so he asked the glider to strengthen his personal attack, and Da Meng waited for an opportunity to attack in the low post, and used this stage to recover his physical fitness.

On the defensive end, he has nothing to do, no one can prevent Zhou Quan at all, he only emphasizes the need to prevent others from dying, he doesn't think that Zhou Quan can shoot a mosaic alone.

The timeout ends and the game begins.

The glider held the ball on the right flank, and in the first three quarters because it was Zhou Quan who defended him, he played very poorly, and now Zhou Quan went to defend Kenny Smith, and he had to seize this opportunity to shoot.

Fake throw is really sudden, McMillan is shaken, his feet don't follow, the glider bursts in, the speed is very fast, and at this time the big dream pulls to the left wing, Matt Geiger can't get back to the basket for a while, and the basket is empty at this time.

Zhou Quan quickly sank from the high position and made up for the basket.

The glider stepped up to the right waist position, took off, and began to glide.

It was as if he had wings on him, and he could even be seen leaving a strong trail in the air.

Zhou Quan rushed to the ground, adjusted the rhythm under his feet, jumped, and quickly pumped his left hand to the top of the basket, the basketball that fell down at high speed.

"Smack!"

Under the precise blow, the basketball was instantly pumped up.

"Bang!"

The glider's right hand was heavily buckled on top of the basket, but the basketball was already flying into the sky.

"Oh roar!"

The cheers of the audience swept like a tornado.

"The hands of the Iron Fist are so accurate! Truth be told, he should play tennis, which is a sport that requires precision strikes. Lewis Williams exclaimed.

After this block, the glider's momentum went down at once, and after that, he rarely attacked the basket again, but made jumpers from the outside.

Of course, the shooting rate of the jump shot is not as good as the offense under the basket, and Da Meng's physical fitness cannot be recovered for a while, and the offensive efficiency is not as good as the first three quarters, so the supersonic speed slowly widens the difference.

In the first ten minutes, with two minutes left in the end, at 87:96, the SuperSonics already led by nine points, and Mosaic called a third timeout of the quarter.

Bill Wharton said at this time: "The glider is similar to the current Iron Fist style, and it is also similar to Jordan, with equal emphasis on scoring and rebounding and assists, and you want any data."

But Tekken is more important than organization and assists, and even if it is an individual attack, the main purpose is to create opportunities for teammates.

And Jordan is also an individual offense that is more important than everything, both of them are more pure than the glider, a little more heavy, and in a certain field, both are more dominant than the glider. ”

Williams nodded: "Relative to the two, the glider is the kind of person who lacks the desire to win, and he famously said that basketball is a pleasure and has nothing to do with winning or losing."

This is in line with his character, his character is that kind of strong calm, as if there is no quarrel with the world, occasionally making sour remarks, and under normal circumstances, he will not take the initiative to quarrel with his rival Jordan.

Such a person is difficult to play explosive performances, difficult to stand up in desperate situations, and compared with Iron Fist and Jordan, he is a little mediocre and does not have the demeanor of a superstar. ”

After the timeout, Big Dream took over the offense.

It's just that even if his physical strength recovers slightly, it is only a slight recovery, and it is still difficult to recover the defeat, so in the end, Mosaic still lost the second away game, and the SuperSonics won two consecutive home games.

The SuperSonics scored 30 points in the final quarter, while Mosaic scored only 19 points, 91-102, and ultimately won by 11 points.

Dream made 3 of 8 shots, 2 of 3 free throws, and scored 8 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 2 turnovers and 1 foul in the final quarter.

In the fourth quarter, he shot 11-of-24 from the field, shooting 45.8%, and 12-of-17 free throws, shooting 70.6%, and scored 34 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 4 blocks, 5 turnovers and 4 fouls.

Under Zhou Quan's defense, the glider performed the same as in the G1 battle, scoring 15 points and shooting only 33.3%.

Zhou Quan shot 5 of 8 in the final quarter, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 13 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 1 turnover and 1 foul.

In the fourth quarter, he shot 13-of-22 from the field, shooting 59.1%, and made 2-of-4 three-pointers, plus 6-of-6 free throws, and scored 34 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists, 6 steals, 3 blocks, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls.

Bill Wharton said after the game: "Mosaic carried it in the first three quarters, but it was broken in the final quarter as Big Dream's fitness declined, which is a pity. ”

Williams said: "The SuperSonics also have a lot of physical exertion, and they have too many runs in their flanking tactics.

Especially Iron Fist, who frequently assists in defending the basket, 3 of Da Meng's 5 mistakes today were caused by him. It is precisely because of his co-defense that Da Meng's performance has been affected, and the shooting rate is not as good as Iron Fist's jump shot on the outside, otherwise he may not lose. ”

Bill Wharton smiled: "Iron Fist shot 12 balls today, 5 of which were backward jumpers, and 10 of the 22 shots were backward jumpers, which is a lot of difficult shots, which means that Mosaic's defense is also quite strong, otherwise he would not have used so many difficult shots." ”

"5-of-10 shooting, a 50 percent step-back jumper, that's pretty high for a mid-range shot," Williams said. ”

Bill Wharton said: "But this game is better than the last one, it has been played quite anxiously, and the winner is only decided in the final quarter, so the mosaic will come back to their home stadium and probably rely on home field advantage to pull it back." ”

"It's quite possible." Williams nodded.

At this time, Zhou Quan was on the sidelines for a live interview for the season.

In addition to ABC TV, which interviewed the interview, many media reporters surrounded them, but they were not qualified to ask questions.

"Iron Fist, you used a lot of step-back jumpers in this game, and your technique is very mature, is this the result of your offseason practice?" The ABC's correspondent asked.

Zhou Quan nodded and said, "From the offseason to the entire regular season, I have been training in various shooting techniques to enrich and strengthen my offensive means. However, due to height, I usually use this technique very rarely. ”

"So now that the SuperSonics are 2-0 ahead, how many more games do you think it will take to end the Western Conference Finals?" The reporter asked again.

"Well, let's play one game at a time, next is their home stadium, and we have to be mentally prepared." He said after a deep sigh.

"What do you think is the most important factor in winning two consecutive home games?" The reporter finally asked.

"Tactics. Lock up the outside offense, cut off the connection between the inside and outside, and flank the inside offense, reducing Olajuwon's offensive efficiency. He said.

(End of chapter)