At half past eight, the game officially began.

Jump ball, supersonic offense.

Zhou Quan receives the ball, Ron Harper defends, and is no longer Jordan.

The smiling assassin introduced: "Ron Harper is a striker swingman who debuted at the peak, 198 cm, 84 kg tonnage, and averaged 20+ per game in five seasons of his career. ”

Ranbir continued: "This kid has become a pure defensive player after a serious injury in '94, and now it's up to him to defend with an iron fist, then you can free up Michael Jordan's offense." ”

The Assassin said: "Jordan must be declining in fitness as he gets older, and it is very beneficial for Ron Harper to take over the defensive end and concentrate on the offense himself." ”

"Bang!"

At this time, Zhou Quan faked a real shot, and then followed up with a pull-up jumper, but unfortunately missed it under Ron Harper's entangled defense.

The Bulls attacked, Ron Harper ran to the left touchline, and Zhou Quan followed.

Jordan was on the right wing, and Zhou Quan distanced himself, singled Jose Hawkins, broke through and hit a pull-up jumper.

Supersonic offense, Zhou Quan once again singled Ron Harper.

He feels that Ron Harper's defense is much stronger than BJ's, Harper will not have a strong confrontation with him, but he reacts quickly, does not weigh much, moves quickly under his feet, can keep up with his rhythm in time, is difficult to entangle, and his defense is not much worse than Jordan.

"Brush!"

Still broke through with the ball, and then picked up a pull-up jumper, this time hit.

The Bulls attacked, but Ron Harper still pulled to the sideline and pulled Jordan very open.

Zhou Quan found out that Harper had no intention of attacking at all, just running outside the wing, but he was not actively asking for the ball, and it was obvious that the purpose of his running was only to contain his defense, so that he could not contain Jordan and help defend the basket.

In this way, Jordan can attack with all his strength, and Ron Harper, who is not offensive, can also defend him with all his strength on the defensive end, both of which use their physical energy to the blade.

He can use the defense to defend Jordan and crack the Bulls' tactic against him, but in that case, he will have to put all his strength on both offensive and defensive ends, and he will far surpass Jordan in terms of physical consumption.

You can do that in the regular season, but in the Finals, it will be quite disadvantageous, and the physical exertion of the series will be too great, and he will not be in the same shape as Jordan.

If he continues to play like this, then Jose Hawkins will obviously not be able to guard against Jordan, and Jordan can cut double the score on Hawkins' head.

So in this case, if the SuperSonics want to win, there is only one way, and he also beat Ron Harper to play a bigger advantage than Jordan against Hawkins.

Can he do it?

With his current offensive strength, of course he is confident.

Whether it's physical fitness, offensive skills, game experience, etc., he has begun to enter his prime, and Jordan is actually starting to slip from his peak state, but not by a large margin, last season he surpassed Jordan in shooting percentage and true shooting percentage, this season he is stronger and more confident.

With two minutes left in the first quarter, at 24:26, the SuperSonics led by two points.

Jordan was defended by Jose Hawkins, shooting 6-of-9 from the field in 10 minutes, shooting 66.7% from the field, 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, and finishing with 14 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.

At the same time, he made 1 of 4 shots from the defensive end and scored only two points.

Under Ron Harper's defense, Zhou Quan shot 3 of 5 in ten minutes, 1 of 2 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 9 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.

Ron Harper didn't have much of a chance, only one miss.

On the inside, Kevin Willis didn't play highly efficiently under Matt Gegger's full defense, shooting 2 of 5, all of which were mid-range, scoring 4 points and 3 rebounds.

Matt Geiger got a pass from Zhou Quan, made 1 of 2 shots, and had 2 points and 2 rebounds.

In the contest with Kevin Willis, he was not in a state of being crushed, but had a certain amount of resistance.

His tough defense made Willis uncomfortable, and both men were the same weight and height, and it was very difficult for Willis to get to the basket.

With Zhou Quan's organization and strong assist ability, even though Jordan broke Hawkins on both offensive and defensive ends, the SuperSonics were still in the lead.

The only thing is that because of Ron Harper's containment, his ability to help defend is limited, and Harper never holds the ball, and his super tackling ability cannot be played.

In the second quarter, George Karl began to increase the intensity of his pinch attacks on Jordan.

Although Zhou Quan was unable to participate in the pinch shot, the pinch shots of others were also very ferocious, limiting Jordan's breakthrough with the ball, and he could only shoot more on the outside, and his efficiency began to decline.

In the second quarter, he shot 3 of 7, including 0 of 2 three-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, 9 of 16 in the half, 5 of 5 free throws, and a shooting rate of 53.9%, which was not as outrageous as the first quarter, and he scored 23 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 1 turnover, and 1 foul in the half.

On Zhou Quan's side, his ability to break through with the ball is stronger than Jordan's, and Phil Jackson also tried to wrap up when he broke through.

However, his passing and playmaking skills were stronger than last season, which made his direct assist ability far superior to Jordan's, and immediately made the Bulls suffer, three packs, two assists, and then the Bulls had to give up the pack.

In this way, Zhou Quan began to attack the Bulls' interior line with recklessness.

In the 10 minutes of the second quarter, he shot 5 of 7 and 6 of 6 free throws, scored 16 points in a single quarter, shot 8 of 12 in the half, and shot 66.7% from the field, a three-pointer, 8 of 8 free throws, and scored 25 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal, 0 turnovers and 1 foul.

At halftime, 50:56, the SuperSonics led the Bulls by 6 points.

Zhang reasonably analyzed: "Hawkins can't prevent Jordan, that's for sure, but under the attack of his teammates, Jordan's efficiency is reduced.

On the other hand, Ron Harper didn't live up to the Bulls' hopes for him, and he couldn't stop Zhou Quan. And the Bulls' trap tactics against Zhou Quan failed, and Zhou Quan played more efficiently than Jordan.

Although Zhou Quan played a small role on the defensive end today, with only one steal, he used his scoring and playmaking assists on the offensive end to gain the advantage.

The Bulls' expectation of Ron Harper's defense of Zhou Quan, and the expected Kevin Willis advantage at the No. 5 position, failed to play. ”

Xu Jicheng said: "Let's see how the second half is played, the Bulls should make adjustments." ”

"Phil Jackson doesn't have much to do with hypersound." On the ESPN commentary seat, the smiling assassin said with great certainty.

"Why?" Ranbir asked cooperatively.

The assassin smiled, "If you want to win the supersound, you must limit the Iron Fist, but Jordan can't limit it, and Ron Harper can't limit it."

If he wants to have a way, will he lose to Iron Fist twice? What did he rely on? It's definitely not a triangular tactic, he's relying on Michael Jordan.

But now the attack of Iron Fist has crushed Jordan, and Jordan is already old, so no matter how he adjusts his tactics, he can't beat the supersonics. ”

This more idealistic commentary came from the mouth of Jordan's sworn enemy, which should have been opposed by many fans, but the fans in front of the TV didn't seem to mean it, but they all agreed with it.

It's a simple reason, because they just witnessed Zhou Quan's performance and Jordan's performance, the Bulls can't defend Zhou Quan's offense, and they can't prevent his passing, and Jordan was blocked in the second quarter, which is why they agree with the Assassins' statement.

In the end, Zhou Quan shot 20 of 33 from Ron Harper's head, shooting 60.6% from the field, 2 of 5 three-pointers, 12 of 13 free throws, and scored 54 points, 5 rebounds, 15 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 1 turnover and 2 fouls.

The SuperSonics had four players score in double figures, the other three being Matt Geiger, Schramf, and Hawkins.

Jordan shot 15-of-31 from the field and shot 48.4 percent from the field, 2-of-6 from three-point range, 8-of-9 from the free-throw line, 40 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls.

In addition, Pippen scored 16 points, Kevin Willis 15 points, and Tony Kukocz 11 points, a total of four players scored in double figures.

96:109, SuperSonics beat the Bulls at home.

"Am I right?"

After the match, the Assassin smirked and said, "Phil Jackson doesn't have a lot to do with his iron fist, if anything, he would have used it a long time ago."

Iron Fist's threat with the ball is higher than Jordan's, he has a ball in his hand, he can break or attack or pass, and it is even more difficult to defend than Jordan.

In a word, the bag can limit Jordan's offensive efficiency, and thus limit the entire Bulls' offense, but it can't limit Tekken's passing and assists, so there is no way to limit the supersonic offense, so Tekken is more difficult to be trapped. ”

Ranbir said with a smile: "Kevin Willis, who the Bulls have high hopes for, only had 15 points and 8 rebounds, and his shooting rate was only 46%, as a center, this efficiency is not high enough, I can knock him over with one hand."

Matt, who was on the opposite side, had 10 points and 8 rebounds, with a shooting rate of 51.2%, and his performance was no worse than him, indicating that the Bulls' reinforcement at the No. 5 position was not successful. ”

The assassin nodded and smiled: "The Bulls management chose to keep Phil Jackson and fire Jerry Kraus, which is really stupid."

Actually, he shouldn't be looking for Kevin Willis, Bill, he should be looking for you, you're better suited to the Bulls than Willis. ”

"Haha......" Ranbir burst out laughing.

On the CCTV commentary seat, Zhang Reasonable said: "At present, it is not bad, Kevin Willis can't play an absolute advantage in the No. 5 position, his state is not as good as last season, and he can't recover from injury, which is fine."

As long as the Bulls don't have any big advantage in the No. 5 position, with the strength of supersonic speed, there is a good chance of meeting the Bulls again in the finals. ”

Xu Jicheng nodded and said: "Judging from the shooting percentage, Jordan has declined slightly, and Zhou Quan has begun to enter the peak, one of the two sides is going up the mountain, and the other is ready to go down." ”

Zhang Li said with a smile: "Also, Jordan's defense is not as hard as last season, first, Zhou Quan was handed over to Ron Harper, and second, it should be that his physical fitness is not as good as before." ”

Xu Jicheng said with a smile: "Director Zhang, now that the media in the United States is in the era of iron fist again, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Reasonable smiled with emotion: "The last time was the term Iron Fist era mentioned by the media in Detroit, when Zhou Quan had not won the championship in the Pistons and was ridiculed by the media. But this time, how many media do you see daring to laugh at him?

The media is not blind, they can see Zhou Quan's progress, and they can also see that Zhou Quan has entered his peak, and of course, they can also see that Jordan is coming down from the peak.

Zhou Quan won two championships in four years, as long as he won two more championships, this may be there, in the nineties, he alone won four championships, and there was a prototype in the Iron Fist era. ”

"Can the Four Crowns become the Iron Fist Era?" Xu Jicheng asked excitedly.

Zhang Li shook his head and said, "It's a little difficult." In the era of the magic bird, the magician has five crowns, the big bird has three crowns, and the two have a total of eight crowns, accounting for one era.

Although the magician has two more crowns than the big bird, because it is a competition between the two hegemons, no one says that the 80s are the era of magicians.

If Zhou Quan only has four crowns, a little less, Jordan will have three crowns now, at least more than half, right? If there are six crowns, there should be a dynasty in them, and then it should be able to monopolize an era. Four crowns, he should share an era with Jordan. ”

"Dynasty? Jordan didn't play either, with his age, it is estimated that he will not have a chance in the future, difficult! Xu Jicheng sighed.

Zhang Li sighed: "When Jordan won the championship for the first time in 91, he said a sentence at that time, this is not an accident, this is the beginning of an era.

How ambitious, in his state at the time, really, everyone was expecting him to create a dynasty. ”

"Indeed, the following year, the title was defended, and the dynasty is just around the corner." Xu Jicheng nodded.

Zhang Reasonable smiled: "It's a pity that Zhou Quan, who was born out of nowhere, shattered his dynasty dream with one punch, and now he is 33 years old, with Zhou Quan's current strength and supersonic operation ability, he actually does not have the opportunity and ability to create a dynasty again."

I mean, Michael Jordan has lost the opportunity to create his own personal era, that opportunity is no longer there.

Or, he and Zhou Quan share an era, which is the most likely and the best outcome for him.

Or, Zhou Quan will dominate the league in the next few seasons, play a dynasty, suppress Jordan with an absolute record advantage, and dominate the nineties, which is the worst result for him. ”

When Xu Jicheng heard this, he was very excited, thought about it and said: "Even if Jordan can't win the championship in the future, it will be three championships in ten years, and this is the United States, I think the first one may be the biggest."

I actually think that even if Zhou Quan fights the dynasty, the American media will not think that the nineties belong to him alone, and the Iron Fist era is difficult. ”

"Definitely. Unless, two dynasties? Zhang Li said with a smile.

"Haha, that's impossible, after all, Zhou Quan has only won two championships now, and he hasn't defended his title once, so it's not as good as Jordan." Xu Jicheng laughed and said.

On the sidelines, Zhou Quan was being interviewed on the spot.

"Iron Fist, today you and Jordan both played amazing individual offense, but you were more efficient and scoring than him, do you think you've surpassed him in terms of individual offense?" ESPN's correspondent asked.

Zhou Quan smiled and said: "The reason why my individual attack is better than him tonight is because of my passing ability and direct assist ability in the pack.

So they tried to trap me, but they had to give up when my pass broke it, so I didn't get as much as Jordan tonight.

As for whether the individual offense has surpassed Jordan, I think I have at least reached the same level as Jordan now. ”

He was not modest, and the last remarks about Magic Johnson's comeback were also directly expressed in his heart.

The reason for this is that he is born with an innate personality and an acquired character developed in the United States, but there is another reason, since he has been considered by the media to be one of the greatest athletes in the world, he must show his personality and principles, and he cannot be blindly humble or submissive.

For a superstar, personality is very important, and it is precisely for this reason that Skechers chose him in the first place.

(End of chapter)