At the end of the first quarter, at 30:20, the SuperSonics led by 10 points.

Schramf and Rodman are absent, and the offensive and rebounding capabilities of the main lineup are not enough, so Zhou Quan can only strengthen the offense and defense, rush to grab rebounds with all his might, and use his ability to make up for the losses caused by the absence of the two.

After 11 minutes in the first quarter, he shot 6 of 10 from the glove's head, 2 of 4 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 0 turnovers and 0 fouls in a single quarter.

He didn't rush to the basket to attack, and he was very scruples about the interior defense of Mourning and Cott Thomas, and he usually made a pull-up jump shot after breaking through with the ball.

Payton also played 11 minutes in the first quarter, but he was actually substituted with a minute left before Zhou Quan went off.

He made three turnovers in the first quarter by Zhou Quan, and did not make another shot after shooting 0 of 3, scoring 0 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 turnovers and 2 fouls.

However, the two main players of the SuperSonics were absent, there was a problem with the rotation of the lineup, and the bench lineup in the second quarter was not strong enough, so the Heat pulled back 6 points in the second quarter and only trailed by 4 points at halftime.

The second quarter started very quickly, and Payton didn't play at first, but he got up from the bench after a minute of dead ball.

"Damn bastards! He had his eye on me. ”

Seeing that Zhou Quan on the bench next to him also stood up and prepared to play, he couldn't help but scold.

Some Heat players were very helpless when they heard this, you yourself were talking nonsense before the game, and who are you staring at if you don't target your iron fist?

"You're targeting me, aren't you?"

Peyton, who didn't say a word to Zhou Quan in the first stanza, asked hatefully.

Zhou Quan was stunned and asked in surprise: "Why does a mad dog speak human words?" ”

"You?"

Peyton was so angry that he was about to vomit blood.

In the second quarter, Zhou Quan was still staring at Payton, his main focus was on organization and passing, defense, and physical distribution, reducing some of the offense, and getting 8 points, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 1 turnover.

Because the main focus was on the defensive end, Payton still couldn't score a point the second time, and he was also targeted to shoot very little, only hitting zero of two shots.

"Hey, gloves, how many points did you score? Behave well, or the Heat might trade you. When entering the players' tunnel, Zhou Quan asked with a concerned face.

"What's the matter with you?" Peyton's voice became so angry that it became shrill.

"You idiot, I care about you."

Zhou Quan laughed out loud after speaking, and a group of supersonic players also laughed.

"Bastard!"

Peyton looked at Zhou Quan's back and trembled with anger.

Mo Ning, who was beside him, suddenly said: "Gary, either we will fight with him, even if you are unreasonable, as a teammate, I will help you."

Either stop provoking him, with his current status, you can't afford to provoke him at all, if something happens, the alliance will only punish you, not against him. ”

Peyton froze, glared at Moning, and quickened his pace to the front.

After a fifteen-minute break, the second half began.

At the top of the arc, Payton made a fake shot with a tentative step and suddenly shot a three-pointer.

"Bu!"

But Zhou Quan, who put half a step to defend, reacted too quickly, and immediately grabbed a step up after retreating, and after the basketball shot, he hit the lower part of the ball in time and lit the ball.

"Cover, beautiful!" John Moore shouted.

"Smack!"

Zhou Quan jumped for the second time, grabbed the ball, and then turned around and passed the person, burst through Payton behind him, and began to go down quickly.

Payton secretly grabbed Zhou Quan's jersey and wanted to slow him down, but Zhou Quan opened it with one hand, and then fell behind, and then fell behind, and fell behind forever.

"Bang!"

One step from the free throw line, under the tomahawk split, the Heat's rebound was exploded.

“28：0。” Zhou Quan said to Gary Payton.

"I'll bear it!"

Gary Payton said to himself through gritted teeth.

The Heat attacked, Payton pulled to the right wing and passed the ball to Mourning in the low post on the right wing, Mourning arched Elvin Johnson and then rolled over for a jumper.

At this moment, Zhou Quan pounced from his right elbow area, and with a wave of his hand, he slapped the basketball that Mo Ning had just shot.

He controlled the power and direction when he fanned, and fanned towards the basket, which was picked up by Matt Geiger under the basket.

"The SuperSonics didn't play much of a low-post offense today, and they didn't attack much under the basket, which is a concern for the Heat's interior defense." James Worthy said.

"It's true, the inside is mainly a secondary attack, and the outside is responsible for the main attack. Iron Fist scored 26 points in the half, Hawkins 10 and Gilliam, who played small forward today, 7 points. Now in the second half, Iron Fist should step up the individual attack. John Moore analyzed.

"Brush!"

Zhou Quan came to the top of the arc and suddenly pulled up, which was an unreasonable three-pointer, and Payton didn't react.

“31：0。”

Zhou Quan's trash talk came again, and Gary Payton's face was already black and purple.

"Haha, the gloves were completely blown by the iron fist today." John Moore laughed.

"He only looks up to Jordan, not Iron Fist, and it's very normal to be blown up by Iron Fist. With Iron Fist's current status, he can't tolerate Gary Payton, and it's inevitable to teach him a lesson. James Worthy laughed.

John Moore said: "Actually, the relationship between the gloves and Jordan is also average, and there have been conflicts on the court, but he has a greater opinion of Iron Fist." ”

James Worthy shook his head and said, "Iron Fist went to Seattle to be traded, and he didn't mean to grab his position." To be honest, Iron Fist stayed with the Pistons that year, and there may be hope of defending the title. ”

"It's not good to say, the management won't keep Rodman, to save costs, without his rebounds, it's very difficult to defend the title." John Moore Dao.

Payton came to the top of the arc with the ball, and Zhou Quan put half a step to defend, and he was a little uncomfortable to defend.

Take a step back, it's too far from the three-point line and there's no threat, he doesn't have the ability to go beyond the three-point line, it's too close, it's easy to get a steal.

At this time, Billy Owens, a two-step small forward from the three-point line on the left wing, leaned his back against Gilliam to ask him for the ball.

Zhou Quan dominated Gary Payton's left hand, his body slightly leaned to the left wing, and he also saw Owens' ball action below him.

But he pretended not to see it, and suddenly reached out and poked the ball.

Gary Payton immediately spun around to protect the ball and then passed the ball to Billy Owens.

But Zhou's steal was just a feint to lure his opponent into passing, and when Payton turned, he quickly used a jump step in his boxing pace to grab his opponent's right side in one fell swoop.

"Smack!"

At the moment of Payton's pass, he stretched out his right hand to complete the break, and rushed forward to start a quick counterattack.

"What?"

Peyton was shocked and hurriedly chased after him.

"Bang!"

With a steal counterattack outside the arc, Zhou Quan was able to succeed nine times out of ten, and once again ended the attack with a tomahawk split.

"Payton's turning and passing action is actually very fast, turning around and closing the ball and then passing, the technique is very good, but unfortunately Iron Fist's tackling ability is too good!" James Worthy said.

"Was it deliberate, or did you anticipate that Payton would pass the ball?" John Moore asked.

James Worthy pondered for a moment and said, "It should be deliberate, Iron Fist often uses the action of stabbing the ball in the single defense to force the opponent to make mistakes." ”

"I think there is a prediction, Iron Fist should have noticed that Billy Owens was coming to the position and saw that he was asking, so it was expected that Payton would probably pass." John Moore said.

"It makes sense, predicting that Payton will pass the ball, and then deliberately digging a hole for Payton with a stabbing motion, and finally completing the steal." James Worthy said.

"It's a classic defensive trap, Tekken is the best hunter, he's the best at that." John Moore exclaimed.

In this game, 105:85, in the end SuperSonics won by 20 points.

The SuperSonics relied on the outside offense, and they also played some inside, but under the strong defense of Mourning and Cott Thomas, the efficiency was very low, so they never attacked much.

The interior offense was limited, Schramf, the second scorer last season, was absent, and Zhou Quan was full of firepower, playing 46 minutes, and scored 51 points again, which was his third 50+ this season, and also had 10 assists, 6 steals and 4 blocks.

Hawkins played 44 minutes and scored 14 points, Gilliam played 40 minutes and had 15 points and eight rebounds, and Vincent Estus played 36 minutes off the bench and scored 15 points, and the four combined for 95 points.

Matt Geiger played 40 minutes, grabbed 11 rebounds, and scored 6 points, and his performance was actually not bad, although his rebounding ability was not as good as Rodman's, but it was not bad.

Elvin Johnson had 2 points and 7 rebounds, and his performance was not as good as Geiger.

McMillan played 24 minutes and went off with an injury to score just two points.

For the Heat, Zhou Quan disrupted their playmaking function with a strong defense, thus suppressing their offense.

Payton was completely targeted by Zhou Quan, with 0 of 11 shots in 46 minutes, 0 points, 5 assists and 9 turnovers, Mourning got 26 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks, Cott Thomas 13 points and 7 rebounds, Billy Owens 11 points, Rex Chapman 10 points, and the five main forces combined for 60 points.

After the game, James Worthy shook his head and said: "It's good that the SuperSonics beat the Heat with a crippled lineup and won by twenty points, but I think it's an overdraft behavior, a huge increase in the playing time of important rotation players, and it's their fitness that is overdrawn."

The SuperSonics are in the throes of injuries, and Iron Fist has lifted them, but Schramf and Rodman are far from returning, and now they have injured McMillan, and their rotation will be a big problem next. ”

John Moore said: "If you use more marginalists, the record will definitely go down. If the main rotation lineup significantly increases playing time, the likelihood of injury increases.

Gilliam is 31 years old and Hawkins is 29 years old, in fact, they are not young, depending on their luck, whether they can survive this hurdle. ”

"Iron Fist, such a good performance in this game, 50+ hits, and a clean sheet Payton, is this a response to Glove Payton?" In the post-game interview, an NBC reporter asked.

"In response to what?" Zhou Quan looked surprised.

The reporter smiled: "He said yesterday that it is not difficult to beat the supersonics, and said that Michael is still the first person in active service, didn't you respond to him to hit 50+ and keep a clean sheet against him?" ”

Zhou Quan smiled and said, "Of course not, what is he, do I need to do anything because of his words?" There's no need for that.

The team has a lot of injuries and I have to play better to win, and that's the only reason why I got 50+. ”

The reporter died of laughter in his heart, you are not a ghost because of Peyton, people all over the world know it.

Zhou Quan also laughed when he saw the reporter's expression, and then said: "Okay, I admit it, I taught Gary Payton a small lesson, hoping that he will remember this lesson and pass his mind when he speaks in the future." ”

"Haha......"

Several reporters and photographers laughed.

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

"Gary, the iron fist slammed down 50+ on your head, you didn't get a penny, now you want to say something?" A reporter from the Los Angeles Daily asked.

Peyton's face was so dark that he opened his mouth and burst into a slang foul language, which meant fuck you, and then said angrily:

"I was knocked over by him nine times today, my bones were about to break, he could blow for an offensive foul every time he attacked, but he didn't blow him once, I suspect this is his home field, Shet!"

"Haha......"

The reporters below were happy.

"Fack!"

Seeing this, Peyton gritted his teeth and cursed again, but he didn't dare to scold loudly, only those who were close to him could hear it.

"So now do you think the first person on active duty is still Jordan?" A reporter asked loudly.

“Yes！ I will never admit that he is the first person on active duty. Peyton yelled, then got up and walked away.

"Haha......"

A group of reporters in the back laughed.

The next day, the media commented on the performance of Zhou Quan and Gary Payton in this game.

"Gary Payton said that defense is his profession, and offense is just amateur work, and he was wrong about that, in front of Iron Fist, his offense is amateur, and defense is also amateur, and he is an amateur basketball worker." Seattle Daily News.

"In front of Iron Fist, Gary Payton and John Stockton are no different. So we recommend that the gloves gain weight, if you gain 95 kilograms, you may be able to compete with the Iron Fist. Los Angeles Daily News.

"The injury problem forced Iron Fist's strongest attack, three 50+, and Iron Fist is the first person in the active service." Detroit Worker Daily.

"The end of the first person to provoke the active duty is to bombard your head with 50+ and keep you clean." Seattle Sports News.

However, the SuperSonics received bad news, and McMillan's injury report came out, and he will be out of action for at least 30 games, and he may not return until early March.

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(End of chapter)