At eight o'clock, the game officially began.

Jump ball, Spurs attack.

Left-handed general Johnson holds the ball in his left hand, and the name of the strongest steal king in the history of Zhou Quan is outside, he holds the ball very carefully, his right elbow is always in front, and his right hand is in the back to avoid being stealed.

Zhou Quan's body is in a relaxed and relentless state, his attention is highly focused, and he is trying his best to catch the rhythm of his opponent.

He is very clear about the strengths and weaknesses of this opponent, he is fast, he is good at breaking through, but he doesn't have three points, and almost never shoots threes, so his defensive strategy is to prevent breakouts and not shoots, and put one step to defend.

The little general Johnson continued to move with the ball at the top of the arc, trying to break in, but was blocked by Zhou Quan, he could only dribble back a step, open the distance and then beckoned to block and dismantle.

But just as he beckoned, when his attention was distracted, Zhou Quan, who had followed him as he retreated, started to grab up, and quickly pounced in front of him with a big stride, and with a stretch of his right hand, he stabbed the basketball he was carrying to the floor.

"Oops!"

He hurriedly leaned over to pull the ball, but it was too late, and the ball was stabbed away by Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan was prepared, he stabbed the ball very accurately, and deliberately hit the ball to the left front, so when the little general Johnson turned around to grab the ball, he didn't see the ball for the first time, and taking this opportunity, Zhou Quan bypassed the little general and rushed over from the left side and grabbed the ball.

"Beautiful!"

"Attack!"

Zhang Lili and Xu Jicheng shouted loudly one after another.

Zhou Quan launched a counterattack from the top of the arc, and with his speed, the 30-year-old junior general Johnson could not catch up with him, and took off directly after killing the free throw line, and the ball exploded with his left hand.

"Bang!"

With one hand, the basket trembled.

Spurs attacked again.

When facing Zhou Quan again, the nerves of the little general Johnson tensed.

In the backcourt, Zhou Quan defended and retreated, and after taking three steps back, his body suddenly paused and made a move to grab it.

"Again!"

The little general Johnson's brain exploded, and he turned to protect the ball as soon as possible, and pulled the ball up to close the ball.

"Huh!"

In fact, Zhou Quan just wanted to scare the little general, interrupt his rhythm, and interfere with his state, but he didn't expect Johnson to react so much.

He reacted immediately, quickly completed the close-up, and blocked the angle of the young general's pass to quarterback Vinid Nagro.

Jose Hawkins is quite experienced, and when he saw this, he immediately threw away De Nagro and rushed over to wrap the bag.

Seeing this, Rodman, who served as a small forward on the other side, also went around the front as soon as possible and cut off Sean Elliott's receiving angle.

In this way, the little general in the back state did not play the ball in the first time, and then was trapped.

"Tick!"

Zhou Quan grabbed the ball of the little general, and when the stalemate was deadlocked, the referee blew a scrum.

"Isn't the reaction of the little general Johnson a little excessive, just close the ball, I don't think Zhou Quan's chance to steal just now is not too good." Xu Jicheng said.

Zhang Li smiled: "It's a bit excessive, but the average of six steals per game can be called a god-level steal, just like Zhou Quan's dodge in the boxing ring, when he makes a steal, who dares to be careless?" ”

"Smack!"

Zhou Quan took the lead in removing the ball and attacked at supersonic speed.

Zhou Quan came to the top of the arc with the ball, facing the 178 cm and 79 kg of the little general, plus the arm span, he has at least 16 cm of height advantage, and the tonnage advantage is as high as 13 kg.

So there was no hesitation, in the face of this kind of opponent, he had only one way, and that was to open the singles.

"Bang!"

The 95-level crushing breakthrough easily knocked the opponent away, then took a step back and retreated to the three-point line for a jumper.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and hit the three-pointer.

After the ball was scored, he looked at the two fingers of his right hand tied together, smiled, and felt a little more comfortable than the previous game.

The Spurs attacked, and while they were still in the backcourt, the young general decisively blocked and dismantled the quarterback Vinnie de Nagro.

But De Nagro's weight was only 84 kilograms, and Zhou Quan directly squeezed him away and blocked the little general in the middle line.

The young general had no choice but to transfer the ball and pass it to De Nagro.

De Nagro didn't stop the ball and passed it directly to David Robinson in the low post on the left wing.

"Bang!"

After Robinson received the ball, he immediately hit the basket and directly broke Elvin Johnson in one step, and it was a violent dunk to hit the basket.

"That's the super center, the size of the center, the athleticism of the small forward and the style of play of the small forward. David Robinson is also the strongest of the four super centers. Zhang Li praised.

Xu Jicheng smiled: "If Zhou Quan or Jordan can join forces with such a super center?" ”

Zhang Lili suddenly smiled: "That's amazing, the inner and outer cores are superstars, see who destroys whom, and the dynasty of three consecutive championships is guaranteed." ”

Xu Jicheng said with a smile: "Didn't the Knicks just want to get Jordan in their hands and join forces with Ewing last time?" Fortunately, the bull made a bloody investment and fired Klaus. ”

Zhang Li sighed: "Klaus single-handedly created the current Bulls lineup, Pippen, Phil Jackson, Grant, this is all brought in by him, won three championships, and the credit is great, it should be said that the Bulls are sorry for him." ”

"Didn't Jordan he pick?" Xu Jicheng asked.

"No, Jordan was drafted by Rodthorne, the general manager of the Bulls at the time."

Speaking of this, Zhang Li said with a smile: "There is also an interesting story in that draft, track and field superstar, Flyer Carl Lewis, actually signed up for the NBA draft, and then was selected by Rod Thorne in the tenth round, but he didn't report for duty." ”

"Lewis? That Lewis, who won four gold medals in the 100m, 200m, long jump, and 4x100 relay at the 84th Olympics? Xu Jicheng said in surprise.

"Yes, that's him. He also broke the 100-meter record in '91 with a time of 9.86 seconds. Zhang Li said with a smile.

Xu Jicheng reminisced for a moment and said with a smile: "Lewis can also be regarded as spanning the two events of short circuit and long jump, but they both belong to the small events in track and field, and Zhou Quan is across the two major events of basketball and boxing." If he really reports to the Bulls, maybe it will also be a crossover legend. ”

"Haha, unless the Bulls win the championship and he is the core, it can't be as legendary as Zhou Quan's crossover." Zhang Li shook his head and smiled.

On the court, at 11:4, the first quarter was three minutes into the game, and the SuperSonics had a 7-point lead.

While keeping a clean sheet against junior general Johnson, Zhou Quan stole David Robinson once in the low post to help defense, and used several successful defenses in the opening game to lead the team ahead of the home team, forcing the Spurs to call a timeout.

George Carr made changes to the lineup, with Matt Geiger coming on and Elvin Johnson coming off.

He only let Matt Geiger resist David Robinson, and didn't let him easily hit the basket, and the main defense of the basket was offensive, and the defense was not prevented, so he let Robinson jump outside the basket, and there were no extra requirements.

Matt Geiger used a defensive strategy of not shooting in the following game, and the effect was really good.

David Robinson, who shot just 30 percent from the nearly two-point line in his career, was more likely to opt for jump shots when Matt Geiger was stuck to the basket and didn't shoot at the break.

It's a pity that today's hand feeling is average, Zhou Quan and Rodman's assistance defense are at the top level, and they frequently go in to assist in defense, preventing him from losing all his hand and making many mistakes.

In the end, while Zhou Quan defended the point guard Johnson, he also limited David Robinson's offense through the inside and outside line of pinch defense, and the Spurs' offense could only rely on small forward Elliott, but it did not play with enough efficiency under Rodman's defense, so the Spurs lost this home court, 110:85, the SuperSonics won by 25 points, and won the 18th game without losing in a row.

Zhou Quan scored 28 points, 5 rebounds, 16 assists, 7 steals, 3 blocks, 3 turnovers and 4 fouls, and the shooting rate was 49.5%, which was lower than the average shooting rate this season.

The SuperSonics had six players score in double figures, while the remaining five were Gilliam with 14 points, Geiger with 11 points, Rodman with 10 points, Hawkins with 18 points, and Vincent Estus with 15 points.

With 18 wins and 3 losses, it is still the first in the league.

On the afternoon of the 14th, the team returned to Seattle.

That morning, the Magic announced that O'Neal would be back for the next game.

Zhou Quan made a phone call and said, "Shark, during your absence, Hardaway has performed well, and I advise you to take back the dominance of the team as soon as possible." ”

"He's my little brother, can he still fight me?" O'Neill doesn't care about authenticity.

"You idiot, the ball is in his hand, not in your hand. We have an old saying in China, it is easy to go from simplicity to luxury, and it is difficult to enter simplicity from luxury, he has been the boss for almost two months, how can he be willing to continue to be your little brother now? Zhou Quan scolded.

"This?"

"Also, the last ten years is the era of guards, don't say I didn't remind you, don't take your status as a super center too seriously, Hardaway is Jordan's successor. By the way, I suggest you renew your contract with the team early and get a big contract to ensure your status in the team. Zhou Quan said.

"Okay, listen to you." O'Neill said.

On the 15th, the main battle faced the Warriors, and the injury struck again.

Rodman made physical contact with someone in the air during the second seventh-minute rebound, fell to the ground and injured himself, and went off the court with an old back injury.

However, Zhou Quan struggled to score 45 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 steals and 2 blocks, and although the shooting rate dropped to 46%, he still beat the Warriors.

In opposition to him, Tim Hardaway was knocked down by him several times and went off the court with an ankle injury in the fifth minute of the third quarter.

At 9 a.m. the next day, Zhou Quan went to visit Rodman in the hospital.

"Iron Fist, I'm going to take two months off this time."

Rodman didn't have any negative emotions after the injury, and he was still smiling.

Zhou Quan nodded, sat down and chatted a few words, thinking that Rodman's contract was coming to an end this season, so he asked: "Dennis, what do you think in the future, how about staying in Seattle?" ”

Rodman shook his head and grinned, "Then you have to help me ask the management for a good contract, I want ...... What do you think of a five-year long contract? ”

"What year are you?" Zhou Quan asked.

"May '61."

Zhou Quan calculated, he will be 35 years old after playing the regular season, with a five-year contract, and he will retire at the age of 40.

Rodman tilted his head and looked at Zhou Quan with some expectation, he wanted to stay by Zhou Quan's side to play.

Zhou Quan pondered for a while and said: "That's it, Dennis, I'll help you talk to the management after the season, after this season, you will play in the Supersonic for three consecutive years, in line with the Big Bird clause, I will try to help you get a veteran contract, so that you can also reduce some of the salary space." ”

"Great! Then we're done. ”

Rodman was excited to get up from the hospital bed, Zhou Quan hurriedly went up and held him down, and persuaded: "During this time, you should toss less, abstain, don't have any parties, and play again when your body recovers."

If we can't defend the title this time, maybe you won't get your next contract, and several of you have ended their contracts, and the team will have to change blood. ”

Rodman said with a look of embarrassment: "This is too hard, Iron Fist, you don't know how popular I am, just now two nurses tried to climb into my bed." ”

"Haha......"

The two of them burst out laughing.

Zhou Quan said: "From last year's ex-rights to the present, Microsoft's stock has risen again, and the three million dollars you invested have doubled.

But don't sell it for the time being, Microsoft's development is very good, it has become the boss of the industry in the world, its market share is getting bigger and bigger, it has the right to speak in the industry, and the investment is very stable, and I judge that the company will continue to expand its outstanding shares. ”

"I don't understand, anyway, if you ask me to sell it, I'll sell it." Rodman grinned.

After chatting for a while, Zhou Quan left.

The next game is on the 19th, and on the 18th he goes away, and he can rest in Seattle for two days, he practices boxing for an hour in the morning, shoots for two hours, and then takes Zeng Lifu to play golf in the afternoon.

On the 18th, supersonic arrived in Vancouver.

Vancouver has a large number of Chinese, with a population of more than 2 million, at least 300,000 Chinese, and the proportion of Chinese population continues to increase, and a large number of Chinese immigrants are pouring into the city.

The arrival of Zhou Quan caused a large number of Chinese to pour into the stadium, and when he appeared, he found that half of the people were Chinese, at least seven or eight thousand people.

"Am I going back to China to compete?"

It was the first time that so many Chinese people watched him play, and he was a little excited.

"Do you speak Mandarin?"

He shouted at a young Chinese man in his twenties.

"I graduated from Qinghua and have been in Vancouver for three years." Seeing Zhou Quan talking to him, the young man was very excited.

"Have you emigrated?" Zhou Quan asked.

"It's still scheduled, it's almost there." The youth said excitedly.

Zhou Quan nodded, waved at them and went to warm up.

Science intellectuals immigrated to the Western world, and most of them can mix well, only the kind of domestic liberal arts students, even if the liberal arts professors come to the United States, they only have to wash dishes.

He himself is mixed in the United States, and it is not good to think that these international students choose to stay in the United States is wrong, people are selfish.

Although the supersonic lacks major generals, they have lost two main forces, and Zhou Quan himself is injured, but the Grizzlies are too poor, Zhou Quan scored 33 points, 4 rebounds, 14 assists, 6 steals and 3 blocks, and still led the team to win this away game.

With 20 wins and 3 losses, it is still the first in the league.

(End of chapter)