"Who to scare?"

Zhou Quan had only one reaction, jumping up directly one step in front of Oakley, his left elbow in front of him, and his right hand holding the ball high.

"Damn Iron Fist!" Oakley cursed.

If it were someone else, even Jordan, he would definitely go down and kill him, but this is no one else, this is the Iron Fist King.

In his career, he has used rough fight-style defense against too many opponents, but against people like the Postman, the defense is much gentler and will not use particularly bad movements, and Iron Fist is a character ten times more ferocious than the Postman, and he has not suffered a loss, and now he does not dare to try.

So his raised arms kept being held like that, even if Zhou Quan hit him, he didn't smash down.

But he still made small movements, his elbows propped outward.

The next moment, Zhou Quan held a huge impact, his left elbow against Oakley's elbows, and while directly knocking him over, he held the ball in his right hand like an axe, and chopped down wildly.

"Bang!"

"Oh roar!"

With the sound of violent baskets, the entire central gymnasium was jubilant.

"Hey, old oak, are you alright?" Zhou Quan stretched out his right hand to Oakley.

"Get out of here!"

Oakley slapped Zhou Quan's hand, got up in embarrassment, and roared in a low voice: "Iron Fist, if you dare to detain me again, don't blame me for pulling you down." ”

Zhou Quan laughed and said, "Then remember to protect me, otherwise I will blow your head up." ”

Oakley snorted angrily, slammed his shoulder into Zhou Quan and ran to the front.

Knicks offense.

Childs didn't dare to hold the ball in front of Zhou Quan, and Alan Houston received the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, and then faked a real shot and hit a mid-range shot.

Supersonic offense.

Zhou Quan and Hawkins came to a block and pulled to the right wing three-point line, and Alan Houston and Childs switched defenses to face Zhou Quan.

After Alan Houston was drafted by the Heat, he was traded to Gary Payton by the Heat a year later, and after two years with the Pistons, his rookie contract ended and the Knicks offered him a big contract.

Facing the 198 cm, 93 kg Alan Houston, Zhou Quan also played the fake shot real attack that Houston had just used.

His feints have made Jordan suffer countless losses, let alone Alan Houston?

"Oops!"

Alan Houston knew it wasn't good after he was shaken.

"Brush!"

The next moment, Zhou Quan broke through from the left side, hit the right elbow area, faced Oakley's supplementary defense, calmly stopped the jump shot, and hit a mid-range shot.

On the sidelines, Jeff Van Gundy shouted: "The main defense of his breakthrough." ”

Zhou Quan was stunned and glanced at Van Gundy Jr., Mr. Head Coach, my shooting feel has only declined slightly, the season shooting rate is still above 50%, and the outside mid-range shooting rate is also above 40%, do you really want to let me shoot?

Ewing misses a shot, Rodman grabs the rebound, and Zhou Quan holds the ball to the frontcourt.

This time he was too lazy to use the block, and in the face of Childes' defense, contrary to the last offense, he came with a fake burst real shot.

Childes remembered Van Gundy's guidance just now, and was shaken off cleanly.

"Brush!"

Zhou Quan hit an open three-pointer at the top of the arc and hit it.

Seeing that Childs was shaken back a big step, little Van Gundy was a little angry, touched his head, rubbed it a few times, and took a few hairs off.

Which head coach doesn't study Tekken, he has also studied it specifically, and knows that Tekken's shooting touch this season is not good, mainly based on breakthrough scoring, and the outside jumper is greatly reduced, which allows the players to defend his breakthrough.

But the main defense breakthrough, it doesn't mean that you don't shoot at all, you put it cleanly, there is a problem with your comprehension ability, right?

"Forget it, even if Childs becomes Jordan, he can't guard against Iron Fist."

After thinking about it, he was not angry again, how to defend the iron fist in the back, he felt that it was better to let John Starks come up, after all, Starks was selected for the second defensive team in 93, and the defense was the best on the outside of the Knicks.

The Knicks attacked, Zhou Quan took the initiative to switch to Alan Houston, Childes didn't have any strength, he didn't want to defend, it was not interesting.

Seeing Zhou Quan coming over to defend himself, Alan Houston was obviously a little nervous.

"Smack!"

In the next moment, Zhou Quan made a successful steal, and in the cheers of the audience, he played a fast attack and ended the counterattack with a flying dunk.

Xiao Fan called a timeout, and after the players came down, he shouted excitedly: "I need you to focus all your attention on the game, don't be easily broken by the iron fist, OK?" ”

But no one paid attention to him, he was an assistant coach with the Knicks for many years, and he also followed Pat Riley, but after all, it was his first time as a head coach, he had no prestige, and like the previous head coach Nelson Sr., he was not able to control the locker room at all.

Ewing and Oakley squeezed out Nelson Sr. just to maintain his position on the Knicks, and he was slightly better to Little Van than to Nelson Sr., after all, he was the old man of the Knicks, but that's all.

Next, after a shout-out, he replaced Alan Houston and went on Starks.

Starks was very happy, and Coach Riley promoted him to the starting quarterback, but as soon as Alan Houston arrived at the Knicks, Van Gundy Jr. took away his position as the main point guard, in fact, he was not convinced, and he was also very unhappy with Van Gundy Jr.

After the timeout, the game resumed.

Zhou Quan still changed the defense Starks.

Starks' speed is very ordinary, otherwise he would not have lost the election, Zhou Quan is the same height as him, and his weight is 15 kilograms, but his speed is faster than him, which makes him very helpless, when he runs without the ball, no matter how he runs, he can't get rid of Zhou Quan.

"Hey, I've been especially restrained by anyone named John, why don't you change your name?" Zhou Quan teased.

"Get out of here!"

Starks's temper is very bad, he, Oakley, and Mason, who have been traded, are the three villains of the Knicks, and they are so angry with Zhou Quan's trash talk that their noses are about to smoke, but in the face of Zhou Quan, that's all.

Starks was targeted, and Childs could only pass the ball to Ewing in the low post on the left wing.

Ewing faced Matt Gegger's all-out top defense, and did not rush in to hit the basket, it was just a regular season game, and the SuperSonics and the Knicks did not have much competition, so they casually turned around and played a sideways hook.

"Bang!"

It's a pity that the feel is not good, and Geiger still has a little action underneath, and the hook is missed.

The Knicks have a poor will to play away from home in the West, especially against a strong team like the SuperSonics, and there is no need to fight to the death.

But the supersonic speed of playing at home is completely different, and so many home fans are watching, whether it is a team in the west or the east, if you can win, you can't lose.

In a completely different mentality, the Knicks did not fully exert their strength and were eventually defeated by the SuperSonics with considerable ease.

63:98, a full 35 points loss.

It's not that the SuperSonics want to win so much, Zhou Quan clocked in in the third quarter and only played 30 minutes, and the other main players didn't have more than 30 minutes of playing time, but the Knicks didn't play the offense at all under the strong defense of the SuperSonics.

Ewing shot 6-of-18 from the field with a shooting rate of just 33.3 percent, and with this at the heart of the team, it was not surprising that the Knicks were defeated.

On the 22nd, supersonic arrived in Salt Lake City.

On this day, after John Stockton was out injured for more than two months, the Jazz officially announced his comeback.

After training at headquarters in the afternoon, Stockton was stopped by reporters outside as he drove away.

"John, did you make a comeback today?"

"Not really."

"John, do you want revenge?"

"I don't have any personal affinities with Iron Fist, there's no revenge, it's just that I'm back now, just in time for a fight against the SuperSonics."

"In the past few seasons, you have been severely restrained by the Iron Fist, which is also an important reason why the Jazz were restrained by the SuperSonics, so do you think it is your own reason that caused the Jazz to not break through in the playoffs?"

The question embarrassed Stockton, and at that moment, the sound of the car door closing behind him, and the postman's voice rang out: "Get out of the way, let John pass, I'll answer you if you have any questions." ”

"John, go quickly."

Carl Malone came up from behind, tapped Stockton's door as he drove the reporter away, signaling him to go first.

"John, did you encourage the postman to leave the knight?" Still a reporter asked loudly.

"Let's go." The postman gestured again.

Stockton, whose eyes were a little red, nodded, stepped on the gas pedal and left.

As soon as he left, reporters surrounded the postman and asked various questions.

"Postman, do you think it's Stockton that is holding you down?"

"Postman, are you really not going to leave Sir?"

"Carl, stay, don't go."

"Carl, don't apply for a trade, stay in Salt Lake City, this is your home."

Hearing the reporters' questions, the postman was a little melancholy and was not in the mood to answer any questions at all.

And the departing Stockton was also in a very complicated mood, he did not prevent the postman from leaving, but he also did not encourage it, of course he did not want the postman to leave.

However, the Postman is his brother, the best brother to him, the brother who can stand out for him, because Iron Fist knocked him over a few times in the attack, and then clashed with Iron Fist, resulting in three broken ribs, such a brother, can he really watch him waste his entire prime in the Jazz?

The car slowed down and eventually stopped on the side of the road, where he sat down and began to think about it as a brother.

The postman sent a group of reporters and left the headquarters in his own car, and after driving far, he saw Stockton's car parked on the side of the road, he quickly parked behind it, and then got out of the car to investigate.

"Snatch!"

Seeing that Stockton was stunned in the car, he didn't notice him, he knocked on the window and shouted: "John, what's wrong with you, is the car broken, why is it parked here?" ”

"Oh, Carl, the car is fine, you come up, I have something to tell you." Stockton reacted and said with mixed feelings.

“OK。”

The postman walked around the front of the car, sat down in the passenger seat, and half-turned around and asked, "John, what do you say, are you in trouble?" Leave it to me and I'll help you out. ”

Stockton sighed, opened his mouth, and closed it again, but under the postman's expectant eyes, he still said: "Carl, after this season, you better go." ”

"What?" The postman was stunned.

As soon as Stockton's words came out, his heart was relieved, and he said: "I can't deal with the iron fist at all, we have suffered too much loss in the No. 1 position, and the Jazz can't win the supersonic at all."

You go, go to a strong team, or simply go to the east. Jordan is old, even if he wins Iron Fist this year, it will be the era of Iron Fist in the future, and you will have a chance to reach the finals when you go to the East. ”

"John, you?"

The postman was speechless for a moment, he didn't expect his good brother to take the initiative to let him go.

"We've played three games with the SuperSonics this season and lost them all, so why don't we play against the SuperSonics tomorrow night, and if we win, you stay, and if you still lose, you leave?"

Stockton said in a joking tone, kind of giving the postman a step down.

The postman hesitated, but nodded, "OK." ”

Stockton is very regretful, it seems that Carl really wants to leave, but he also wants to leave, just leave, staying is just a waste of time, the two of them can't get through the Iron Fist level at all.

No. 23, Delta Center Gymnasium.

At eight o'clock, the two sides announced their starting lineups.

Jazz: Ostertag, Karl Malone, Brian Russell, Jeff Hornacek, John Stockton

HyperSonics: Matt Geiger, Rodman, Sam Perkins, Jose Hawkins, Zhou Quan

"There is a lot of news that the postman is leaving Jazz now, in fact, there were rumors last year, when Big Dream applied for a deal, Mosaic also tried to trade the postman, but Jazz did not agree, and this matter has been reported by the media, but there is no specific transaction information." Zhang said reasonably.

Xu Jicheng said with a smile: "I'm afraid it's not a good deal, how many years has the Jazz lineup been honed, and now it's getting better and better, in fact, it just can't beat the supersonics, this season is losing three games in a row, playing with Mosaic, this season is two wins and one win, and playing with the Bulls, it is one win and one loss." ”

Zhang Reasonable smiled: "It's that the No. 1 Stockton was too dead by Zhou Quanke, and the Mosaic fight, Stockton beat Tim Hardaway, it can be won, and the Bulls, Ron Harper can't help Stockton, so there are losses and wins." ”

Xu Jicheng analyzed: "If the postman really wants to leave, he will definitely only go to a championship-level strong team."

However, there are several teams like this in the league, the Bulls, Knicks, and Heat in the East, and the Jazz, Mosaic, and SuperSonics in the West. ”

Zhang Li said: "Not counting this season, the postman has a two-year contract for the next two years, that is, an annual salary of more than 5 million, and the contract is not big, about 11 million US dollars."

Salary space is actually not a big problem, it should be enough to vacate a main player and a substitute, the main reason is that his trade value is too great, and without good chips, the Jazz will not agree at all. ”

Xu Jicheng nodded and said: "The Jazz don't have the money to bring in stars, so the postman will really leave." By the way, the postman is almost 34 years old, right? ”

"Yes, his peak period is about these two years, and now he should be at the end of his peak, so he is in a hurry! It's understandable to seek a deal. Zhang said reasonably.

(End of chapter)