The next reporter was a reporter from the Utah Daily News, who asked, "Jerry, the Jazz have only won one of their four regular season games with the SuperSonics, do you really think the Jazz have a chance to make it to the Western Conference finals?" ”

"Anything can happen in the series." Jerry Sloan said firmly.

Seattle Television also attended Jazz's press conference, and clips from the press conference made the TV news shortly after.

Zhou Quan, Zeng Li, and Philip were on the Iron Fist, and Bill Wharton would come over later, ready to go to the lake for a spin, and was still making preparations, and saw the news on TV.

"Zhou, I feel that Jazz is a little unstable!" Philip said.

"The Utah twins are still very stable. But if it's not stable, we can all win. Zhou Quan smiled.

"Huh!" Philip laughed.

Just then a taxi pulled up at the dock and Bill Wharton and his partner Lewis Williams got down.

"Hey, Bill, Lewis, come up." Zhou Quan beckoned and greeted loudly.

"Haha, I can't wait." Lewis Williams ran over excitedly.

"Am I paying the bill again?"

Bill Wharton muttered, paid for the car, and gave a five-dollar tip.

"Iron Fist, you're too extravagant!"

Williams got on the yacht and sighed as he toured.

"If I could make $100 million in a boxing fight, I'd buy a super luxury yacht bigger than that." Bill Wharton exclaimed.

"Bill, if you have $100 million, you're not going to be a commentator." Williams laughed.

……

On May 7, 96, the second-round series between the Magic and the Knicks, the SuperSonics and the Jazz began.

At eight o'clock, the Seattle Center Gymnasium was already full.

Outside the stadium, there was also a crowd of people, and countless fans gathered here.

Zeng Li sat in the front row, right next to the supersonic bench, behind the supersonic wife and girlfriend group.

At this time, the two sides announced the starting list.

Jazz: Filton Spencer, Karl Malone, Chris Morris, Jeff Hornacek, John Stockton

Hypersonics: Almon Gilliam, Rodman, Schramf, Jose Hawkins, Zhou Quan

The series was broadcast live across the United States by ABC and featured by Lewis Williams and Bill Wharton.

"To be honest, whether it's the lineup or the battle between stars, I don't see a chance for the Jazz to win." Bill Wharton said.

Williams nodded: "In the fifth position, although Almon Gilliam is shorter, he is stronger than Filton Spencer.

At the No. 4 position, the big worm can withstand the Postman, his defense is quite tough, but the Postman can still blow him up, and it is no problem to average 25 points and 10 rebounds on his head per game.

In terms of rebounding, the Big Worm has always been inferior to the regular season in the playoffs, with 14.5 rebounds in the regular season this season, 9.8 in the Postman, and 13.2 and 9.8 in the first-round series, respectively. The combined contribution of the two of them to the team is, of course, the postman greater. ”

Bill Wharton continued: "In the third position, there is no doubt that Schramf is stronger. In the second position, Hawkins and Hornacek are about the same.

These four positions, in general, are about the same on paper, and the superiority of supersonic in the fifth and third positions can make up for the disadvantage of the fourth position.

But in the No. 1 position, Tekken's advantage is too great, which is a disadvantage that the Jazz simply can't make up, and Tekken really has John Stockton. ”

In the players' tunnel, the two teams meet at the starters.

"You're going to break up?" Zhou Quan asked when he met.

"Who said that?" The postman was unhappy.

"What you said at the press conference, is it a fool to be someone else?" Zhou Quan said with a smile.

"I didn't mean that, it was John who brought it up, and I didn't agree." The postman said angrily.

Zhou Quan snorted and didn't speak again, it wasn't interesting.

Only the postman was still angry, but he didn't dare to provoke Zhou Quan, the team had no advantage, he was not favored, and the whole person looked very aggrieved.

At half past eight, the game began.

Jump ball, supersonic offense.

Zhou Quan held the ball from the left wing into the low post, and Gilliam, who was low on the left wing, immediately pulled a step into the three-point line, gave up the low post, and he began to single Stockton in the low post.

The back-to-back hit, crushing John Stockton very easily, pushed one step into the left sideline of the paint area, and was less than two meters away from the basket, and the postman under the basket was in place from the underside.

But Zhou Quan quickly turned around, and after closing the ball, the step burst out, and with a bang, it was a one-handed split dunk against the basket.

"Oh roar!"

The central gymnasium immediately burst into enthusiastic cheers.

The commentator at the scene, Heanem Chrisman, shouted excitedly: "Eating and sleeping and playing white, this is the job of Iron Fist in this series, it is too easy for him, he will not sweat." ”

"Haha......" The audience burst into laughter.

Bill Wharton shook his head and sighed: "Stockton's defense is very good, but it's a pity that the confrontation ability is too poor, and Iron Fist is really a genius." ”

Williams laughed: "His defense mainly depends on attitude, and there are small movements, but these have no effect on Iron Fist, which directly crushes him." ”

On the CCTV commentary seat, Zhang Li said happily: "Zhou Quan's entry into the low-post singles is a very good tactic, and the Jazz are difficult to defend."

The postman's bag is clamped, and I didn't prevent it just now. If you don't cover the clip, you can guard under the basket, and Zhou Quan's shooting is also at the top level, and it is not good, and he plays with high efficiency on Stockton's head. ”

Xu Jicheng smiled: "Anyway, this doesn't work, that doesn't work." Stockton was two or three laps smaller in front of Zhou Quan, not as fast as Zhou Quan, faster and more agile than him, and it was too easy to beat him. ”

"Haha......" Zhang Li laughed when he heard it.

This ball is a microcosm of the whole game.

In the whole game, Zhou Quan stared at Stockton to play, and most of the time he played singles in the low post, making Stockton colorless, soft and soft, and in the end, he had no fighting spirit and morale.

On the defensive end, Zhou Quan still locked up Stockton as always, which largely undermined the Jazz's blocking and pick-and-roll tactics and seriously damaged the Jazz's organizational function.

He showed the attributes and ability of John Stockton's nemesis very well on both ends of the floor.

In the end, 89:105, the SuperSonics won by 16 points at home, which is still Zhou Quan's third quarter, otherwise the difference is even greater.

In the other game, the Magic defeated the Knicks at home and won the G1 game.

The next morning, the agent Philip contacted Zhou Quan.

"Zhou, I've already talked with WBC and Holyfield, and the title defense is after the Olympics, on September 1st, what do you think?"

"Yes."

"WBC is willing to continue to support you because of your influence, and they are also a boxing organization that focuses on the interests of the champions.

And Holyfield is also optimistic about your influence and ability to attract money, and a fight with you will help him climb out of the trough and make a lot of money. ”

"It's okay to make money, but climb out of the trough? That has to be able to win me, or he'll stay in the doldrums. ”

"Haha......"

He's very happy that the date of the boxing match is ready, the next offseason will be very busy, getting married, the Olympics, defending the title, all three major events take time, and his rest time is very tight, so he has to arrange it.

The Olympics can't be arranged, only the time for marriage and title defense can be arranged.

The Olympics started on July 19, and there was a period of joint training before that, so after the finals, he could only rest for about ten days at most, and he had to report to the national team.

The Olympics end on August 4 and the title defense is scheduled for September 1, just in between for him to train for boxing without interruption in his physical training.

With two months left before the regular season after defending his title, he can still have some rest.

However, the form in the early part of the new season is not guaranteed, and he will not be able to resume training until the regular season starts, so he has already considered that he will not have to pursue the regular season results too much next season.

As for getting married, the family is ready, the time is too tight, I don't plan to make a big deal, I will get married when I go back, and then I will report to the national team.

That night, the Bulls and Mosaics defeated the Heat and Spurs, respectively, at home.

After that, the series continued, and the SuperSonics completed a sweep of the Jazz on the 13th and advanced to the Western Conference finals, which was also the second sweep in this playoffs.

On the 14th, the Bulls eliminated the Heat with a score of 4-1 and advanced to the Eastern Conference finals.

On the same night, Mosaic also eliminated the Spurs with a score of 4-1, which is also the third consecutive year that Mosaic has faced off against the SuperSonics in the Western Finals.

Only the Magic and the Knicks fell into a bitter battle, the first four games were drawn, the G5 battle Magic got the match point, but the G6 game was equalized by the Knicks, and the two sides launched a tie-break on the 19th, and the Magic finally won.

Eastern Conference Showdown: Bulls vs. Magic.

Western Showdown: Supersonic vs. Mosaic.

The Western Final will start on the 20th, and the Eastern Final will be on the 21st.

……

"Ahri, I'm going to wronged you, and I'm going to keep the empty room alone."

"Husband, I also want to practice Sleep Dangong."

"Okay, I'll teach you later. Let me tell you, this immortal skill can beautify and nourish the skin, and youth is always there. ”

"Really?"

After watching the robbery battle, Zhou Quan moved out of the master bedroom and went to the second bedroom to sleep alone.

When he arrived at the second bedroom, he put down his practice posture and began to adjust his breathing and restrain his distracting thoughts.

He had been practicing this Sleeping Pill Exercise for two years, and as he entered the realm, he felt that this Taoist exercise did have the effect of hypnosis, and it also had the effect of condensing the spirit.

The effect of condensing the spirit is discovered this year as the sleep pill gong is getting better and better, and after an occasional outbreak at this time last year, there will be a state of poor spirit, which is the sequelae, but this year, the sequelae are becoming less and less obvious, and the number of outbreaks is increasing.

This season, he played 7 50+ times, and was able to maintain the first and second place in the league when Schramf and Rodman were away, and it is for this reason.

That said, this time last year, in the series, he was able to break out once in a while, but only occasionally, and he couldn't sustain the entire series.

But now, although it can't break out in the whole series, it's certain that it will explode every other game, as long as Zeng Tanuki doesn't harass him at night.

After a dreamless night, at eight o'clock the next morning, after nine hours of deep sleep, Zhou Quan woke up and only felt a hundred times more energetic.

Thinking and reacting very quickly, he felt that the cat should be nothing more than that.

"Well, take another nap at noon, and you should be in better shape at night."

But he found that his current state was not the state of the previous state of energy bursting and urgently needed to vent on the brain, although the energy was better and more vigorous than before, but it belonged to a state of introverted, which was probably the cultivation of Taoist Gong.

……

May 20, 96, the day of the G1 match of the Western Conference Finals.

At nine o'clock in the morning that day, the league officially announced the best team and the best defensive team.

As analyzed by the media, Zhou Quan and Jordan were selected for the first defense team at the same time, which is also the fourth consecutive year that Zhou Quan has been selected for the double team.

On this day, a number of mainstream media also gave analysis and predictions for the east-west showdown.

NBC believes that the Bulls have an 80% chance of advancing to the Finals, while the Magic only have a 20% chance, while the SuperSonics have a 45% chance and the Mosaics have a 55% chance.

ESPN's predictions are that the Bulls have an 85% chance of qualifying, the Magic 15%, the SuperSonics 49%, and Mosaic 51%.

ABC's predictions are 75% for the Bulls, 25% for the Magic, 51% for the SuperSonics, and 49% for Mosaic.

TNT is 70% for Bulls, 30% for Magic, 40% for Hypersonic, and 60% for Mosaic.

Zhou Quan flipped through the newspaper and watched the sports news on various TVs when he was eating breakfast, and the local media in Seattle did not count, and I felt that these media were not very optimistic about their teams, the best was ABC, and there was only a 51% chance of advancing to the finals, while the Bulls were generally favored.

There is no doubt that the lineup of the mosaic triumvirate is indeed very strong, so strong that these media cannot ignore it.

The four regular season games of SuperSonics and Mosaic, two wins and two losses, are comparable, and the record is the first in the league, why is the media more optimistic about the Big Three?

The various media outlets themselves gave their reasons, which are very similar.

These media generally believe that although the SuperSonics won two Mosaics in the regular season, both victories relied on Zhou Quan's super play, and the West Final is a series, and Zhou Quan is absolutely impossible to play a super performance in the entire series, so he is more optimistic about Mosaic.

TNT, the only big media that is more optimistic about hypersound, is actually not more optimistic, they did not make a special statement.

At noon, some friends visited Zhou Quan's villa.

The West Finals is very attractive, and the influence of the Mosaic Big Three and Zhou Quan has brought many Hollywood stars to Seattle, and a large number of NBA stars have also come to the city.

Zhou Quan had training in the afternoon, and after lunch, he slept for half an hour before leaving.

However, he hired a yacht pilot, and Zeng Li, who took these friends on a boat trip.

In the evening, the Seattle Center Gymnasium is very lively with stars.

"The media is not optimistic about hypersound, what do you think?"

"The Big Three are too strong, I think it's enough!"

"Come on, supersonic is the first record in the league, the Big Three are so powerful, why didn't they become the first in the league?"

"It should be to stay, the Big Three are older, they all have injuries, and they stay in the playoffs, so they are coming to Zhou Quan."

"It's possible."

"Rodman is also a giant! Schramf and Hawkins add up to one, and they are also three-on-three, and the lineup does not lose. ”

"You're funny, aren't you? Can giants still be counted like this? The giants have at least a little bit and must have the ability to attract the bag clip, does Rodman have it? Schramf: Do they have it? ”

"I'm still optimistic about the supersonic, playing the Big Three, Zhou Quan will definitely break out, lock the opponent's No. 1 position, you can destroy the opponent's organizational function, and suppress their attack from the source."

"That's right, the offensive engine has been destroyed, so what if the Big Three are so powerful?"

"Yes, Mosaic doesn't even have a decent point guard, the bench lineup is even worse, and it's not good to say who wins or loses, you only know after playing."

More than a dozen journalists from China gathered in the media booth behind the bottom line to discuss the series.

(End of chapter)