"Bang!"

The basketball bounced off the board, Zhou Quan jumped up from two meters in front of the basket, caught the ball and smashed it, and with a bang, it exploded the mosaic basket.

"Oh roar!"

Two thousand away fans shouted wildly.

"Oh, beautiful, throw yourself away, haha......" Xu Jicheng laughed.

After the game restarted, Zhou Quan's continuous violent dunks, the morale of the supersonic has exploded, and they played the momentum of the home team away. The score is now 19:8, and the SuperSonics have an 11-point lead. Zhang said excitedly.

"If you continue to fight like this, Mosaic will lose!" At the bar at the Orlando hotel, Pippen said.

They don't play cards anymore, and they don't have the heart to play when they see Iron Fist with supersonic tyrannical dreams and mosaics.

Jordan said disdainfully: "Big Dream is too wasteful, such a strong lineup is actually beaten like this." ”

Pippen asked curiously, "Michael, we tied the regular season with Mosaic, are you sure if they make it to the finals?" ”

Jordan was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "Idiot, of course I'm sure, they can't even beat supersound, let alone us." ”

Hearing this, Pippen and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

"Michael, do you think they'll be able to pull it back?" Pippen asked.

"Don't you see that the morale of the mosaic has begun to collapse?" Jordan said angrily.

The live game continued, and after Da Meng shook Rodman in the low post on the left wing, he turned up and hit a mid-range hook in the left waist position to hit a goal.

Turning around, Zhou Quan broke through with the ball, attracted Chilkart's help defense, and then distributed the ball to Gilliam, who got an open space on the left wing, but Gilliam missed the open ball.

Big Dream grabs the rebound, Mosaic attacks.

"Guys, let's fight one."

After scoring a goal and defending a goal, the situation stabilized after a pause, and Da Dream saw hope and shouted very actively when he ran to the front court.

"Fight steadily."

Tomjanovich also shouted loudly.

Kenny Smith was holding the ball at the top of the arc and saw Big Dream go around the basket and keep Rodman out, he quickly moved a step to the right and then hit the ground and passed.

Zhou Quan took a step to the left and fished it out, but he didn't touch the ball, and immediately turned around and pounced.

Da Meng caught the ball, saw Zhou Quan pounce, and immediately passed back to Kenny Smith, who had an empty space at the top of the arc.

At this time, Kendall Gill on the right wing was rushing to the top of the arc, Kenny Smith caught the ball and jumped, and the former jumped up from the wing to block it.

"Bang!"

The basketball smashed the basket and rose up, and the big dream under the basket exploded, and with the absolute height advantage, he actually grabbed this offensive rebound on the heads of Zhou Quan and Rodman.

But just as he landed, Zhou Quan jumped again and slapped him on top of the basketball with both hands above his head.

"Smack!"

With a loud blow, the basketball was pulled out and jumped into the air.

"Mine."

This time, Rodman didn't miss a chance and jumped to catch the ball.

Zhou Quan immediately held the ball after receiving the ball, and gritted his teeth in the big dream of chasing after him, but he didn't pull a step, just after one step.

"Beautiful! Zhou Quan's hand is fast and accurate, and it hits with one blow! Zhang Cheng smiled excitedly.

At this time, Zhou Quan had already held the ball to the right of the top of the arc, and suddenly slowed down, and stopped outside the three-point line between his knees.

Dameng, who was one step behind him, also instinctively slowed down, but he was too big, where could he slow down like Zhou Quan, braked under his feet, his upper body couldn't stop at all, and he continued to rush forward, and plunged directly to the floor.

"Oh!"

The Compaq Centre resounded with a huge exclamation from the home fans.

At this time, Zhou Quan jumped calmly on the three-point line and shot three points.

"Brush!"

There was a splash and a three-point shot.

"Damn! Hiss! ”

Da Meng sat on the floor, and when he saw this goal, he was so angry that he slammed his fist on the floor, gasping in pain.

"Haha, three points in the empty position, in. It's really not good for Da Meng to do this kind of emergency stop action, if he can do it like a defender, it will be unreasonable. Zhang Li laughed.

"At 21:10, the SuperSonics lead by 11 points."

Xu Jicheng reported the score and said: "Now the head coach of the Mosaic team has called a timeout again to see how they adjust." ”

"Strengthen the outside offense, shoot decisively, it doesn't matter if you can't shoot, we have to use the outside offense to contain the iron fist, and we can't let him go to the basket unscrupulously to trap Hakim."

In front of Mosaic's bench, Tomjanovic once again emphasized the outside offensive tactics he had laid out before the game.

After the timeout, Mosaic attacked.

Kenny Smith pushed to the top of the arc and had one step to go when he suddenly made a jumper.

Zhou Quan reacted very quickly, and when he saw Kenny Smith closing the ball, he knew that the other party wanted to make a move, and immediately grabbed half a step.

At this time, Kenny Smith jumped with the ball, and Zhou Quan also jumped, blocking the space in front of him with a pair of big hands, forcing Kenny Smith to adjust the angle of his shot and force his shot.

"Three don't stick!"

Zhang Li looked at the ball and immediately shouted.

Sure enough, the basketball fell half a meter away from the basket, and Rodman jumped in time to catch the ball, and at this time Zhou Quan was already about to fall, and he immediately threw it out.

"Bang!"

Zhou Quan received the ball, and Kenny Smith, who was back in front of him, advanced quickly, and forced a burst into the paint area, ending the fast break with a violent dunk.

"23:10, a difference of 13 points."

Bill Wharton shook his head and said: "There is a big problem with Mosaic's offense, I think the outside line should still cooperate with the inside line to play and form a containment with each other." ”

Williams said: "Kenny Smith's three-pointer is a little impatient, and while his three-pointer is good, it's an iron fist in front of him. ”

Bill Wharton analyzed: "The purpose of Mosaic should be to strengthen the outside offense and not let the iron fist go down to help defend the big dream.

The first few offenses, all of which were with an iron fist to wrap up the big dream and destroy the big dream's basket offense, this idea is still right, but if the outside shooting doesn't work, then it's really troublesome, and the score is increased to 20 points, and the game is lost. ”

Williams nodded: "If the SuperSonics win, they will get the Western Conference finals point, and with the usual stable play of the iron fist, it is almost impossible for Mosaic to have a chance to turn the tables three times." ”

Mosaic continued to implement Tomjanovich's tactics, but the effect was not good, and the morale was hit by Zhou Quan's smashing rebound, and then the continuous offensive failures, morale was low, and he missed two consecutive goals.

The SuperSonics seized this opportunity, counterattacked one after another, and scored four points in a row, stretching the difference to 17 points, forcing Mosaic to call a third timeout in the first quarter.

Tomjanovic had to change his outside offensive tactics and let Big Dream take over the offense.

Mosaic's outside line couldn't shoot in, and the inside line took over the offense, which immediately produced a result, George Carr decisively ordered to strengthen the bag in the low post and under the basket.

Big Dream was in the low position on the left wing, Rodman went around the front, Robert Horry hung his back hand, and Zhou Quan in the high position did not hesitate and immediately pounced.

Big Dream catches the ball with his back hand, Rodman has moved inside, blocking the route to the bottom, and Zhou Quan takes Rodman's place and puts the bread clip in place.

He chose to split the ball and pass to Kenny Smith at the top of the arc, but at the moment of passing, it suddenly closed again.

"Feints?"

At this time, Zhou Quan had already jumped up and knew that he had been fooled.

However, he has stalled for his teammates on the perimeter to make up for it in time.

The next moment, Big Dream passed again, and the ball flew to the top of the arc.

"Smack!"

At the critical moment, Kendall Gill, who quickly made up the arc from the right wing, made the right prediction, which is what he does best, and swept past Kenny Smith and took the basketball with him.

"Beautiful! Kendall Gil made another contribution. Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

"If there is no Zhou Quan's interception action, the big dream will be the first to come out, and Kendall Gil should have no chance to break the ball and can't catch up." Xu Ji became a Taoist.

"Well, everyone can play the strongest defense when they work together." Zhang Li said with a smile.

When Kendall Gill hit the three-point line on the right wing, Kenny Smith chased after him, and he stopped at the three-point line, at which point Zhou Quan rushed in from the top of the arc, and the glider had already returned from the left wing to the basket.

"Ball!"

Kendall Gill let out a loud shout and threw the ball in front of Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan rushed to the top of the arc, received the ball at the free throw line, strode into the paint area, and began to hit the glider under the basket head-on, and flew up against the opponent.

"Bang!"

The next moment, the basket trembled, and the 201-centimeter, 95-kilogram glider was directly knocked under the basket.

"Oh!"

Two thousand away fans, supersonic benches, and players on the field cheered instantly.

"Victory!"

Zhou Quan raised his fist at his teammates, and the shouting seemed to be full of murderous energy.

"Victory!"

The supersonic players roared in unison, their morale was bursting, and their fierce momentum rose to the sky.

The few mosaic players next to them, except for Da Meng, who glared angrily at Zhou Quan and the others, the rest of the people all had gloomy faces and no morale.

"Clyde, please, don't hurt you!"

At this time, Da Meng found that his old friend Drexler did not get up, lying on his back on the floor, his left hand on his waist, and his face was a little painful, and he hurriedly ran over.

"Trouble, Hakim, trouble now! Trouble! My back hurts terribly......" Drexler said in frustration.

"At 29:10, Mosaic hadn't scored for several minutes and their attack had completely failed." On the ABC commentary seat, Williams said excitedly.

Bill Wharton exclaimed: "The SuperSonics are playing top-notch defense again, and their defensive system of quick pinching and quick rotation is really good.

It is this top-notch defense that allows them to lock up Mosaic's offense and lead their opponents by a large margin. ”

"In this game, mosaic is difficult! Morale has collapsed. Williams shook his head.

At this time, Bill Wharton saw that Drexler had not yet gotten up, and said in confusion and surprise: "God, the glider can't be hurt, right?" ”

"It's possible that the impact of the iron fist is too great, the glider is already injured, and it is getting older." Williams said.

The glider was then replaced, and Mosaic's original main point guard, Maxwell, had been reimbursed, and now there was no one to replace, so he had to go on as a backup point guard Sam Kassel and play a double point guard strategy.

More than an hour later, the game ended, at 125:81, SuperSonics faced the super strong team Mosaic, played a crazy victory again, won by 44 points, and won the Western Conference finals point with a big score of 3 to 1.

Zhou Quan played 40 minutes, 14 of 19 shots, a shooting rate of 73.7%, 14 goals, 8 dunks, 3 of 6 three-point shots, only two of 13 two-point shots, plus 6 free throws, 37 points, 6 rebounds, 15 assists, 7 steals, 3 blocks, 3 turnovers and 4 fouls.

Schramf shot 10-of-15 from the field, shooting 66.7 percent, 3-of-5 from three-point range, 3-of-4 from the free-throw line, and finished with 26 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover, and 2 fouls.

Kendall Gill shot 7-of-15 from the field, shooting 46.7 percent, and had 16 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals, 1 turnover, and 2 fouls.

Gilliam scored 14 points on 51 percent shooting, Rodman scored eight points and the five combined for 101 points.

Without the glider, Da Meng shot wildly, scoring 35 points, 14 rebounds, 2 steals, 4 blocks, 5 turnovers and 2 fouls, but under the crazy attack of the supersonic, the shooting rate was only 33.3%.

Glider Drexler went off injured and scored only three points.

Kenny Smith was locked up by Zhou Quan, shooting only 2 of 11, scoring 5 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 4 turnovers and 3 fouls.

Robert Horry scored 14 points, Chilkat scored 4 points, and the five main forces combined for 61 points, 40 points less than the supersonic five main forces.

During the game, Bill Wharton said with emotion: "In the G1 battle, Mosaic was slaughtered by supersonic away from home, and when he returned to his home stadium, he was slaughtered again, and his luck was too bad. ”

Williams laughed: "In this game, the SuperSonics gave 16 steals, and the mosaic was six. 5 and 6 caps, respectively, and one more mosaic. In terms of mistakes, the supersonic has only 8 times, while the mosaic has as many as 23 times. In terms of hit rate, the supersonic speed is as high as 54.5%, and the mosaic is only 39.5%.

In terms of rebounding, the supersonic had 44 and the mosaic had 38, and the mosaic with the height advantage was 6 less, because Rodman grabbed 19 rebounds alone. ”

Bill Wharton shook his head and said, "Mosaic didn't lose unjustly. But in fact, their squad is not bad, not only is it not bad, but it is very strong, and to be honest, I can't figure out why they were slaughtered twice at home and away.

In this game, they started better and led 3:8, but after being overtaken, they never returned, and they lost to the end. ”

Williams analyzed: "In the G1 battle, Iron Fist played an extraordinary offensive and defensive state, and this time it was the same, 7 steals and 3 blocks, more than 70% shooting percentage, and also played an extraordinary state, which is the main reason for Mosaic's loss."

In fact, in the G3 battle, Da Meng also played an extraordinary state, and that iron fist did not play an extraordinary performance, so Mosaic won.

In this game, defense is still the biggest key, and the supersonic outside defense is really strong, which seriously affects Mosaic's offense.

Especially the defense of Iron Fist, in these four series, he sent a total of 29 steals and 9 blocks, averaging 7.25 steals and 2.25 blocks per game, which is a god-level defensive performance.

In addition, the iron fist smashed the rebound was also a big turning point, and the morale of the Mosaic team was greatly damaged and never recovered.

Therefore, who wins or loses depends on the core performance, and the psychological pressure is very high in a series of this level of the West Finals, which is the performance stage of superstars, and superstars of this level of gliders can only be eclipsed. ”

On the sidelines, Zhou Quan was interviewed by ABC TV for a live post-match interview.

The reporter asked: "Iron Fist, following the G1 battle, this game once again played a super offensive and defensive performance, and now that the Western Conference finals are in hand, do you think Mosaic still has a chance to turn around?"

As a reminder, in the history of the NBA, there have been four times when they have come from behind 1-3 to complete a comeback. ”

"No way. We will not be careless in the next matches, and we will continue to play with all our strength before we really qualify, and we will not give Mosaic any chance to turn the tables. Zhou Quan said immediately.

"So what are your expectations for the finals?" The journalist asked.

"Of course it's the championship, we lost to Michael Jordan and the Bulls last season, and I'm looking forward to beating them in the Finals," Zhou said. ”

"Do you think the Bulls can sweep the Magic?" The journalist asked.

Zhou Quan laughed: "You know, I have a good relationship with the shark, and I don't want to hit him, but in fact, if he doesn't work hard, he is likely to be swept by the bull." ”

"Never."

In front of the TV, O'Neill swallowed a large burger in his mouth, took a large sip of iced Coke, and swore to it.

An hour later, the post-match press conference took place.

"Hakim, now that we're down 3-1, will you give up?" A reporter from the Houston Chronicle asked.

"Of course not, I'll never give up, we still have a chance, the league has a history of coming back from 1-3 down several times, and we will definitely not give up." Big Dream is extremely determined.

"Big Dream, compared to the lineup, Mosaic's lineup is by no means worse than the supersonics, why do you think there is a serious deficit of one to three scores?" The next reporter asked.

Da Meng sighed secretly and said: "It's just luck, Iron Fist is lucky, we actually played two super explosive states in four games, it's not that our strength is weaker than them."

I'm sure we're going to come back, we're going to win the next away game and we're going to come home with a win and we still have chances. ”

(End of chapter)