On the Bulls bench, Jordan was angry, but couldn't vent.

This section of the game reminded him of the G4 battle in the 89 East Finals.

He was eliminated by the Pistons in the second round in '88, and in '89 he made it to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time against the Bad Boys Pistons for the first time.

The Bulls won two games and lost one in the first three games, and they also led by 4 points in the first quarter of the fourth game, but in the second quarter, they were attacked by the most powerful defense of the Bad Boys Army, and the whole team only scored 13 points in a single quarter.

That game ended up being lost, tied 2-2 with the Pistons, who then went on to win two straight games and his team was eliminated in the Eastern Conference finals.

After losing to the Eastern Conference finals that time, he was eliminated by the Pistons in the Eastern Conference finals the following year, and was eliminated by the Pistons in the playoffs for three consecutive years.

And this time, if he loses to the SuperSonics, the consequences will be even more dire, and he will be defeated in the Finals for three consecutive seasons by Iron Fist, who will step on him to complete the greatest three-peat.

"You can't lose!"

He didn't want to bear such consequences.

In the second quarter, Zhou Quan and Jordan came on in the third minute.

At this point, the Bulls pulled back four points, Kerr and Kukoc each hit a three-pointer, and only the glider scored two points on the SuperSonics, still trailing by 10 points.

"Brush!"

As soon as Zhou Quan came on the court, when he reached the top of the arc with the ball, he made a pull-up jump shot and hit the second three-pointer of the game.

"Jordan was a little caught off guard!"

In the bench lineup, the Bulls could not maintain the defensive intensity of the main lineup, and logically speaking, according to the experience of the G1 and G2 battles, Zhou Quan should stick to the previous tactics and focus on breaking through the ball.

But he didn't, Zhang Lili guessed wrong.

He knew that his mental state was very good today, plus he was banned for one game, and his physical condition was also very good, so he used the Sleep Pill Gong to adjust for a few days, and he also held it for several days, just waiting for an outbreak.

"Smack!"

After making a three-pointer, he returned to the defensive end, cut off Pippen's horizontal pass to Jordan again, and then hit a counterattack.

"Squeak!"

Hit to the top of the left arc, stopped the brakes suddenly, Jordan didn't stop, rushed over, and the next moment, Zhou Quan rose from the ground and made another three-point shot.

"Can you still win?" Zhang Li shouted.

"Brush!"

Zhou Quan answered Zhang's reasonable question with an accurate three-point shot.

"Oh roar!"

The whole stadium burst into flames, and countless supersonic fans and Zhou Quan's fans stood up and cheered.

"Great! It's 20:38, and the SuperSonics have an 18-point lead, and the Iron Fist King has scored six points in a row with two three-pointers in a row. Robertson said excitedly.

"There are 9 minutes left in the second quarter, the bulls should be careful, if they continue to play like this, they will definitely lose." Elgin Baylor reminded.

"The Iron Fist has made 4 steals and 1 block in this game, and has made 3 of 3 three-point shots, so the Bulls really have to be careful." Robertson said.

"Ho Ho Ho ......"

On the field, Jordan was wheezing violently.

It's not tired, it's caused by mental abnormalities.

He didn't want to lose, but tonight he ran into the strongest opponent, and the opponent is in better shape than him now, and how to throw and how to have it, which makes him both angry and helpless.

"Brush!"

Pippen hit a jumper on Sam Perkins' head.

“22：38。 Oh, the fast break has begun......" Zhang Li shouted.

After Pippen threw it, Leitner picked up the ball and retreated to the baseline for the first time, and the quick serve was successful.

"Attack! The Iron Fist King went down quickly with the ball, and Jordan chased after ......" Heanem Chrisman yelled.

Zhou Quan received the ball outside the three-point line, Jordan pulled and pulled, and when he hit the left wing outside the three-point line, he stopped urgently, dribbled back a step, and Jordan hurriedly stepped up to follow up.

But at this moment, Zhou Quan broke forward again, Jordan followed again, and pulled back again, this time Jordan couldn't keep up, couldn't control the center of gravity, and fell directly to the floor.

"Oooooooooo......oo

Seeing this scene, the entire Seattle Center Gymnasium was in a boil.

Zhou Quan returned to the three-point line, and then he rose from the ground and shot three points again.

"Can you get in?" Xu Jicheng shouted loudly.

"Get in!"

The moment he shot, Zhou Quan shouted with confidence in his heart.

"Brush!"

In the next moment, the orange-red basketball plunged into the basket and splashed a white splash.

"Oh roar!"

Cheers, applause, like a boiling volcano soaring into the sky in the central gymnasium.

"Three shots and three shots, Zhou Quan made three three-point shots after coming on the court in the second quarter, scoring nine points in a row. He's already scored 25 points. Xu Jicheng shouted excitedly.

"It's 22:42, and the SuperSonics have a lead of 20 points, a difference of 20 points!" Zhang said excitedly.

"Allen, the three-point shooting of the Iron Fist King is really accurate, and I also have to practice the three-point shot."

"Three points, I'm going to practice too. But I want to practice the pull-up jump shot more, that one suits me better, and I don't have the height to make three points. ”

Bryant and Iverson muttered.

"Alas!"

Barkley in the back lamented, God, you better tell me, am I going to the Bulls to play brother basketball, or to hug the thighs of the iron fist? I'm going to supersonic now, will Tekken want me? By the way, why don't you ask Clyde first?

The big dream next to him has strengthened his plan to join forces with superstars, and he must be a superstar at his peak, because of such a terrifying iron fist, he can't deal with it alone.

On the field, Jordan got up from the floor, gasping violently.

He glanced at Zhou Quan, his eyes were extremely sharp, and the battle intent in his heart rose.

Being shaken to the ground gave him a sense of shame, but it was okay because it wasn't the first time he had been shaken down by an iron fist.

Off the court, Phil Jackson wiped the sweat on his forehead with the back of his hand, and he didn't feel it in front, but the three consecutive three-pointers of Iron Fist made him feel a kind of madness.

That's his tactic tonight, and it's also the tactic of this series, to prevent others from killing and forcing Iron Fist to shoot alone.

However, if Iron Fist continues to maintain this feel, the bull will also be thrown to death.

He is now worried about one thing, Michael is affected, and he fights with Iron Fist.

Then he served, and he called a timeout.

When the player came down, he came to Jordan, leaned down and said, "Michael, you have to calm down. ”

Jordan was wiping his sweat, and when he heard this, he took the towel off his face, stared at Phil Jackson with fierce eyes, and roared in a low voice:

"20 points, we're already 20 points behind, how do you calm me down? Do you think I should calmly accept that my opponent is less than 20 points ahead of us in two quarters? ”

Hearing Jordan's fierce eyes, hearing this angry question, Phil Jackson's eyes couldn't help shrinking, and still said: "We must follow the tactics, otherwise we will ......"

"Tactically we're 20 points behind and now it's only four minutes into the second quarter, which is the worst possible result." Jordan roared under his low voice again.

Phil Jackson sighed secretly, straightened up, and said no more.

He knows he's lost control of this team, at least for this game.

The timeout ends and the game resumes.

The Bulls attacked, and Zhou Quan followed Jordan.

He felt a kind of pressure from Jordan, who was now like a dynamite bag that was about to explode.

"Whew!"

He let out a sigh of relief, and the excitement in his heart quickly rose.

Jordan entered the right wing of the frontcourt, and after entering, he made a sudden reverse run and made a move to ask for the ball.

Harper didn't dare to refuse, and immediately passed the ball.

Jordan had just received the ball on the three-point line, and with a squeak, a large hand stabbed his ball with the sound of a sharp shoe rubbing.

After letting Zhou Quan stab the ball, his rhythm of catching the ball and jumping shot was also interrupted, and he immediately dribbled back a step, put his left elbow in front, and began to hold the ball to play Zhou Quan alone.

But Zhou Quan was too excited to give Jordan a chance to calmly single him at all, and stepped up again to stab the ball.

"Zhou Quan's defense is quite active and aggressive," Zhang said excitedly......

Jordan wanted to break through Zhou Quan with the ball, but Zhou Quan moved a little faster and more flexible than him, and deliberately increased his physical confrontation, he almost lost the ball, and could only continue to step back one step to two steps beyond the three-point line.

"Flyer, you can break through me a little faster." When he arrived at this position, Zhou Quan didn't force it anymore and spewed trash talk.

"Bastard!"

Jordan's forehead jumped, and after scolding, he suddenly stepped to the right and began to rush strongly, and if he didn't break through, there would be no time to attack.

Zhou Quan quickly stepped back, stuck to Jordan's left side, and squeezed out with his chest against the opposite direction.

Under the strong confrontation, Jordan's breakthrough speed was immediately reduced, Jordan took two steps, and when he burst to the three-point line, he couldn't move, so he had to close the ball sideways, because there was no time.

Zhou Quan reacted very quickly, and when Jordan closed the ball sideways, he predicted that the opponent would definitely use the backward jumper, and immediately grabbed Jordan's left side, and then Jordan really jumped up and leaned back.

"Smack!"

When he jumped, he waved his hand and slapped the cap of the ball he had just shot to the halfway.

"Oh roar!"

There was another round of enthusiastic cheers.

"Beautiful! Zhou Quan blocked Jordan for the second time, he was fast, got the ball, crossed the halfway, Jordan was two steps behind and took off! ”

With Xu Jicheng's excited roar, Zhou Quan's right hand holding the ball smashed into the basket.

"Bang!"

As the sound of the explosive basket sounded, boom, like an aerial bomb exploding, the cheers of the central gymnasium suddenly became violent, and it was even higher than when the steal had just occurred.

"22 points, and now the SuperSonics have a 22-point lead. Zhou Quan has scored 27 points, five steals and two blocks. Zhang said excitedly.

"Ho Ho Ho ......"

The fists were clenched tightly, Jordan gasped violently, his heart pounded and beat rapidly, as if it was about to explode, and the veins on his bald head were like wriggling earthworms.

On the NBC commentary box, Elgin Baylor smiled bitterly: "Michael Jordan, a guy who forced the league to introduce anti-isolation singles rules to limit his scoring ability, he was even in his prime, but unfortunately he touched the iron fist that entered his prime, a guy who is more terrible than him." ”

Robertson said: "It should be said that Iron Fist's defense is unique in the history of the league, so he won the DPOY twice as a point guard.

Without such a strong defensive ability, Iron Fist wants to win against Jordan, I have to say, it may be several times more difficult than it is now. ”

Elgin Baylor nodded, "Actually, Iron Fist has been the most qualified person for DPOY in recent seasons, and he is now the most terrifying defender in the league. ”

On the field, the game continues.

Zhou Quan threw himself into defending Jordan, and his form tonight was so good that his defense reached a more terrifying level.

Specifically, Jordan, who has an unusually strong catch-and-shoot jump shot, is difficult to complete the catch and shoot under his defense, forcing Jordan to constantly hold the ball and single him.

But with his aggressive and active defense, Jordan's offensive efficiency has been greatly affected.

In the 6th minute of the second quarter, Zhou Quan made his 6th steal of the game, stealing Jordan again, and successfully counterattacked again.

At this point, the margin widened to 25 points, and Phil Jackson called a timeout.

In the 9th minute of the second quarter, Zhou Quan sent the third block of the game, capped Jordan again, and fought back again.

The margin had reached 30 points, and Phil Jackson called another timeout.

"Michael, you can't fight alone, if you do this, we're going to lose, and we're going to lose very ugly."

He was very angry and rarely got angry at Jordan.

"Ho Ho Ho ......"

In the heat of the night, the adrenaline was gushing like a fully open faucet, and Jordan's heart was about to explode, and he had to open his mouth wide to gasp.

Phil Jackson said in a pleading tone: "Michael, today's iron fist is crazy, you can't handle his defense, you can't hold the ball to hit him anymore, pass the ball out, okay?" ”

Jordan didn't say a word, put the towel over his face, leaned back in his chair and continued to gasp.

"It should be said that with the state of Iron Fist tonight, the Bulls have absolutely no chance to get it back in this game." Elgin Baylor said.

"Agreed, even if Michael Jordan has the next wave of outbursts, I'm afraid there is no chance, after all, Iron Fist's performance tonight is too strong!" Robertson said.

At this time, the assistant handed over a statistical table, Elgin Baylor took it and looked at it and said: "Jordan came on the court in the third minute of the second quarter, and was defended by an iron fist in 6 minutes and made 1 of 7 shots, ate two big hats, and was cut off by a ball. He shot 4-of-15 from the field, shot just 26.7 percent from the field, and made five turnovers.

Iron Fist also played 6 minutes in the second quarter, shooting 6 of 7, including 3 of 4 three-pointers, 13 of 17 shots from the field, with a shooting rate of 76.5%, 4 of 5 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and has scored 32 points, 6 assists, 6 steals and 3 blocks, and only 1 turnover. ”

Robertson said: "In addition to playing a terrifying defense, Iron Fist's offense today is too fierce, too efficient, and the feel is too good, almost all of it is fast, and there are few times when he stops to play positional battles, Jordan can't defend him at all." ”

"The best thing the Bulls can do right now is to give up this game and get ready for the next game," Elgin Baylor said.

If Michael Jordan continues to fight to the death, not only is it meaningless, but it is also very detrimental to the next G5 battle.

If the Bulls can win the G5 game and get the match point, there are two more home games to go, and they can also get the advantage of the series. ”

Robertson interrupted him by kicking his partner below, saying, "Now for the good news, our ratings have once again rushed to 40 million, not far from the highest rating of 46.7 million in the G1 game.

This is the influence of the current No. 1 Iron Fist King, without his finals, and with his finals, the ratings are the difference between heaven and earth. ”

Elgin Baylor reacted and closed his mouth.

Indeed, if Jordan is off, the ratings will definitely drop in response, and NBC is afraid that it will change the commentator soon.

Although the job is part-time, he can earn $300,000 in just over a month in the playoffs, and he doesn't want to lose it.

(End of chapter)