At half past eight, the game officially began.

Jump ball, Jazz offense.

When he was still in the backcourt, Jeff Hornacek blocked Stockton, who received the ball, with a clear purpose, trying to get Zhou Quan and Hawkins to switch defenses.

But when Zhou Quan played John Stockton, he never changed his defense, and he would rather let Stockton get a small vacancy.

What's more, he is still in the backfield, Stockton is a cut off from him, and after he bypassed Hornacek, he caught up with Stockton in two steps.

Zhang Li said: "This is restraint, especially serious restraint. Stockton's athletic quality is the most ordinary, playing with experience and technology, not quality, but whether it is experience and technology, or physical fitness, Zhou Quan is stronger, which forms a crushing effect. ”

"I heard that when I was drafted before, Zhou Quan's template was him?" Xu Ji became a Taoist.

At this time, on the field, the postman pulled to a high position and once again blocked Stockton, Stockton took the opportunity to break through with the ball, and Zhou Quan chased after him.

The postman pushed Rodman away and followed, but Rodman was clinging to him, his arms tangled together, and he fell to the ground at the same time.

Stockton forced a shot from a step outside the left midfield, and Zhou Quan directly hit a big hat and gave the ball down, and the basketball was picked up by Perkins.

"Stockton really can't beat Zhou Quan." Zhang Reasonable shook his head.

At this time, the supersonic attack, and the postman and the big worm got up from the floor, their arms still entangled, and they staggered two steps before falling to the floor together.

Xu Jicheng smiled: "Isn't Rodman afraid of the postman elbowing him?" ”

"He really wasn't afraid, the postman played Zhou Quan's team, and he was very polite, without any fierce movements, which is probably one of the reasons why supersonic restrained Jazz."

Zhang Reasonable said, and then picked up the topic just now and said: "There is that kind of saying, and later Zhou Quan's athletic quality was practiced.

Now, it's been a few years, and it seems that there is no rookie point guard who is the template of Zhou Quan. Zhang Li said with a smile.

"After all, the tonnage is too big, and I don't think it will be difficult for any point guard to have such a large tonnage as Zhou Quan in the future, and there are very few quarterbacks with a tonnage of 97 kilograms." Xu Ji became a Taoist.

"Squeak!"

After Zhou Quan broke through Stockton on the right flank, he made a sharp stop and slowed down just one place outside the right midfield.

The center inside Ostertag couldn't defend because Matt Geiger was on the left side of the basket.

But at this time, the postman finally arrived and stopped on his right waist, but at this moment, Zhou Quan started again, accelerated his stride through people, and between dribbling, he burst through the underside of the postman.

The postman also had a small movement, his left elbow was propped up, and he wanted to say goodbye to Zhou Quan, but Zhou Quan's left elbow also had a protective action.

The elbows of the two collided together, and Zhou Quan's breakthrough action couldn't help but pause, and the next moment, he took advantage of his strength to stop and threw when he took a step in the right waist position.

Ostertag saw Zhou Quan burst in, and had moved from the left side of the basket to the front right side of the basket, and saw Zhou Quan shoot two meters away from the basket, and hurriedly stepped up and jumped to block it, but the rhythm was already half a beat slower, and the ball slid over his palm.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and nearly two points hit.

Zhang Li praised: "This ball was played beautifully, and the shot was very decisive. Zhou Quan deliberately used the power of the postman to reduce his impact.

The emergency stop jump shot is a technique that if the impact is too great, the hit rate will be reduced, and it is necessary to have a very good unloading technique, which also hurts the knee a little. ”

Jazz offense.

In the backcourt, Zhou Quan defended and retreated, and occasionally made a tackle, which would make John Stockton's nerves tense.

In the face of Zhou Quan's aggressive defense, John Stockton still got rid of Zhou Quan by blocking and dismantling, and there was no second way.

He has a lot of small movements, which is the reason why he ranks first among the four evildoers, but these small actions are useless to Zhou Quan, such as hiding elbows, pinching flesh with nails, stepping on feet when breaking through, and so on.

When Zhou Quan was playing ice hockey in the NCAA, this little action was no different from scratching for him, and it was not affected.

His athleticism is very ordinary, he relies on these small movements when he breaks through with the ball, and when the small actions fail, his breakthrough loses his threat, and he is easy to make mistakes, and he must borrow the pick-and-roll.

Just as Stockton was getting around Hornacek, Zhou Quan moved around Senisek at a faster pace and got back in front.

Seeing the failure of the block, Hornacek immediately pulled away and asked for the ball, Stockton hurriedly passed the ball, but at this moment, Zhou Quan quickly stepped in, stretched out his arm, and held everything in his hand.

"Smack!"

Under the precise strike, the steal happened instantly.

"It's over!"

Stockton and Hornacek hurriedly turned around and chased, but where could they catch up with Zhou Chuan, who was going to go down quickly?

"Bang!"

Zhou Quan took off after crossing the free throw line in a few steps, grabbed the ball with his right hand and raised it high, and after rotating 360 degrees in the air, he smashed the Jazz's basket with a tomahawk slam.

"I'm curious, why didn't Zhou Quan participate in the slam dunk contest?" Xu Jicheng said excitedly.

"We didn't really ask him. When he first entered the league, he was very reluctant to dunk, but later he was able to jump, so he should have little interest in the dunk contest. Zhang reasonably.

"I really can't beat it!"

Stockton and the postman looked at each other and sighed to themselves.

The Jazz are a team that fights as a team, the iron fist limits Stockton, the Postman does not have Stockton's thread, and when he plays the supersonics, he generally has limited play and can only rely on his own efforts.

"We said okay, let's fight with all our might." The postman cheered.

"Hmm." Stockton nodded.

In the seventh minute of the first quarter, at 18:10, the Jazz trailed by 10 points at home, and the offensive tactics could not be played.

At this point, the Jazz attacked, and Stockton gave the ball to Hornacek, who in turn handed it to the Postman, who singled Rodman on the left wing.

With the ball in his hands in front of his chest, he propped up his elbows and swept left and right, trying to get space to shoot.

But Rodman leaned back in the upper half of his body, waving his hands incessantly, but his feet did not retreat, nailed like a nail in front of the postman.

The postman had no choice but to turn around and play, Rodman immediately defended with all his might, and the former forced a jump shot, but missed.

At this time, the center of the supersonic was Leitner, who grabbed the rebound in the backcourt and passed it to Zhou Quan outside, who immediately began to counterattack.

Later, Rodman and the postman got entangled again, and they both fell to the ground.

"Shhh

The moment he fell to the ground, Rodman felt a twist in his left ankle, some pain, and quickly let go of the arm wrapped around the postman.

In the frontcourt, Zhou Quan stopped at the top of the arc.

"Bang!"

At this time, the glider cut diagonally from the right wing, cut the basket in the air, he threw the ball into the air in front of him, and the glider jumped from the right waist position, received the ball in the air, and completed a one-handed slam dunk.

"Iron Fist, Dennis seems to be injured." That's when McMillan shouted.

Zhou Quan was stunned, looked back, and saw Rodman lying on the floor, holding his left ankle, and hurriedly ran over.

"How?"

"Iron Fist, I'm not trying to be lazy, I sprained when I fell." Rodman grinned.

Zhou Quan was helpless for a while, what the hell, you haven't been back for a long time, Schramf hasn't come back yet, and you're injured again?

"George, let me come back, I can." Schramf, who was sitting on the bench, said at this time.

George Karl looked back and said: "Let the team doctor give you another detailed examination, the regular season is not important, our goal is the playoffs, you have to recover as well as possible before you come back." Rest assured, we still have someone available. ”

“OK。”

Schramf could only nod.

However, in the 11th minute of the first quarter, McMillan fell to the ground in a defensive attack, and the old injury of his left knee recurred, and he was helped down.

The team doctor quickly checked that there was a problem with the cruciate ligament, which was not broken, but it should have been torn or severely strained.

Either way, McMillan won't be able to play the regular season, and if he has surgery, he won't be able to play the playoffs.

"It should be quite badly injured, and if you don't get the season reimbursement, it's troublesome, McMillan can play three positions on the outside, and without him, there will be problems with the rotation." Xu Jicheng was so anxious that he was sweating.

Seeing McMillan being taken away on a stretcher, Zhang said: "The injury problem of the SuperSonics this season is very serious, Rodman and Schramf are injured, which will inevitably increase the playing time of others."

That is, the thickness of the lineup is good, so that it can persist in the case of injuries to the two main players, and it also played the second in the league and the first in the West, which is similar to the situation last season.

Schramf and Rodman are indeed not young, Schramf is 34 years old, and Rodman is almost 36 years old. ”

"And Zhou Quan has not returned to the form of last season." Xu Jicheng said.

"Zhou Quan's performance this season is actually very good, and he also played a top offensive and defensive all-round, stronger than Jordan, but not as good as last season." Zhang said reasonably.

Xu Jicheng said: "Now that Schramf has not returned, McMillan is injured again, and the No. 3 position can only be carried by Sam Perkins."

On the back line, there is no McMillan, and the main substitute is only a glider, and now I am more worried about him, he is almost 35 years old, and he will play more time in the future, in case he gets injured again? ”

"He's going to get hurt, and the supersonic is really in trouble, I guess it's not that unlucky, right?" Zhang Li was stunned and said.

"Schramf should be back soon, and he went up and shot a few shots during the warm-up. When he returns, he can alleviate the rotation problem a bit. Xu Ji became a Taoist.

In this game, with Rodman and McMillan injured off the court, the situation gradually tilted in favor of the Jazz, George Karl did not want to fight to the death with the Jazz, there was no need for that, and when it came to the final quarter, the team fell behind by ten points, so he replaced Zhou Quan.

The Jazz eventually seized their chance and claimed their fourth and only regular-season win of the season for both teams.

This made Carl Malone very embarrassed, saying that if he won the battle, he would stay, and now that he has won, do he really want to stay?

Stockton was the same, thought for a moment and said, "Karl, their injury problem is serious, you say, is this our chance?" ”

The postman was also a little moved, he calculated, Rodman is almost 36 years old, Schramf is 34 years old, and the glider is also 35 years old, right? Adding up to 105 years old, the supersonic lineup is really seriously aging.

"Let's talk about it after this season. If they make the playoffs and don't solve the injury problems, that's our chance. Finally he said.

“OK。”

John Stockton nodded hurriedly, and the confidence of the two came back a little because of the supersonic injury problem.

Supersonic returned to the locker room, followed by some reporters.

"Iron Fist, now it's February, do you think the team's injury problems will affect the playoffs?" A reporter asked.

Zhou Quan said as he walked: "As a professional athlete, injuries are a problem that we can't avoid. It depends on their specific situation, and I can't give you an answer at the moment. ”

"Schramf and Rodman have both just renewed their contracts for three years and five years, and both have an annual salary of almost five million, but they are already seventy years old, do you think the management is right to renew their contracts?" A reporter asked.

"I believe they can still fight, and I believe in the decision of the management." Zhou Quan said.

"Detrev, will you choose to make an early comeback?" A reporter asked Schramf later.

Schramf said: "I've been able to come back and I've been training with the ball for the last week, so even if I come back now, it's not too early. But the team asked me to do another medical and then I would come back. ”

Back in the locker room, just after taking a shower, I received the injuries of Rodman and McMillan.

Rodman sprained a ligament in his left ankle and needs to rest for another six weeks or so, and should be back before the end of the regular season.

And McMillan is a torn cruciate ligament, chose conservative treatment, the season is reimbursed, and whether he can play in the playoffs depends on the recovery.

After thinking about it, George Karl said: "Detreve should be able to come back, he and Sam rotate in the number three position, no big problem.

On the inside, Matt Geiger and Lightner, Steve Scheffler, and Cummings rotate two positions, and there is no big problem.

On the back line, Iron Power, Hawkins, you only have David Wingate as a backup, but Bob said just now that he's going to get someone from the free market, and we're only a twelve.

In addition, McMillan can be said to be reimbursed for the season, we can apply to the league for an injury exception, his annual salary this season is $1.3 million, we can apply for an injury exception of 1.3 million, and strive to find a better free agent to come in, reduce the intensity of the rotation, and not make you overly tired so that it affects the playoffs.

The most important thing now is that you have to rest well and we can't have any more injuries. Especially important rotation players. ”

After explaining to the players, George Carr and Whithitt went outside the dressing room to discuss injuries.

"Bob, the trading window has just closed, and we can only find people from the free market now, so I guess it's not very useful." George Carr said helplessly.

Whithy nodded, Thursday of the 16th week of each season is the fixed trade deadline, and the deadline for this season is February 20.

After thinking about it, he said: "Terry Cummings is not in good health as a veteran, so you have to think about what happens if he gets injured.

We're going to fill all 15 lists, we're going to have to apply for the injury rules, and I'm going to arrange for McMillan to undergo an official medical examination right away. ”

Speaking of this, he thought for a while and said: "Try to control the playing time of the glider as much as possible to avoid injury."

He played just 52 games at Mosaic last season and he has only been out of action for five games in front of us this season, so if he has a problem, it's even more troublesome. ”

George Karl nodded, his head a little bigger.

(End of chapter)