At noon, the Bulls came to the Central Coliseum and went to the locker room first.

When I went in, I was relieved to see that the wardrobe and TV, chairs, massage chairs, etc. were all replaced with new ones.

"Michael, did you really pay?" Pippen asked.

Jordan glared at Pippen angrily, you are stupid, can they get a new one if you don't give money?

When he thought of the labor cost of more than 100,000 dollars, wasn't it just to change a few wardrobes? The heart responds.

Pippen hurriedly changed the topic and said, "I don't know what happened to the Alliance Headquarters, I heard that even David Stern's chair was robbed, can he still work now?" ”

"I heard that David Stern's special assistant Adam Shaw was the worst, and he was beaten so much that he didn't even know his mother." Ron Harper said.

"Okay, what happened a few days ago, what do you talk about now? Ready for the game. Jordan said in a deep voice.

At this time, Olajuwon had just had lunch with Barkley and was about to go back to his room to rest for a while, when he arrived at the room when a call from his agent, Dan Fagan, came.

"Dan?"

"Hakim, a piece of news, Mr. Jerry Claus, the general manager of the Bulls, just contacted me."

"What?"

Big dreams are stunned.

"Hakim?"

"Is it possible?"

After reacting to himself, he asked in a daze.

"If they trade Mutombo, there's room for next season." Dan Fagan said.

"Pippen's contract is only one year left, I signed a big contract, he is gone, I won't sign it for just one year." Big Dream said.

"Of course, it's going to be long, at least five years."

After Dan Feigen said a word, he said with some confusion: "He didn't tell me clearly, but I listened to him, I should have planned to give you a long-term contract, so ......"

"He wants to trade Pippen?" Big Dream was shocked.

"If I sign you, I won't be able to give Pippen a big contract next season, as it should be." Dan Fagan said.

Speaking of this, he asked again: "Hakim, you and Michael Jordan teamed up, even if there is no Pippen, Ron Harper is still there, he plays point guard, Iron Fist will definitely defend Jordan, I think it should also be able to deal with the SuperSonics, right?" ”

Da Meng said excitedly: "Of course you can." ”

"Then let's leave it at that, don't tell anyone else about this news yet, including Barkley." Dan Fagan gave a word of advice and hung up the phone.

In the evening, the Seattle Center Gymnasium is brightly lit.

Celebrities and stars can be seen everywhere, and hundreds of media reporters from all over the world chase them everywhere, flashing lights non-stop.

Jordan and the others came out of a restaurant in the gymnasium and were surrounded by some reporters.

"Michael, I heard that the gym has claimed more than $200,000 from you, have you already paid it?" A reporter asked loudly.

When Jordan heard this question, he didn't answer it at all, and his face was very bad.

"Michael, how bad is the fighting in the Bulls locker room? Have you ever fought or quarreled? Did you and Phil Jackson fight again? A reporter asked.

"No, there's no infighting, no." Jordan said through gritted teeth.

"Do you have any evidence that you are not infighting?" The reporter asked.

“……”

Jordan stared at the reporter, eager to punch him in the face.

"Michael, how confident are you for tonight's game?" Another reporter asked.

"We only have one goal, and that is to get match points, and no one can stop us." Jordan said in an unwavering tone.

"What gives you that confidence? Is it that the G4 battle has a hit rate of less than 30%? A local reporter asked aloud.

"Poof!"

The other two local reporters burst into laughter.

Jordan was so angry by this sentence that the three corpses jumped violently, barely controlled his temper, glared at the reporter fiercely, and then squeezed the reporter away and left without looking back.

At this time, the supersonic bus also entered the central gymnasium.

"Dynasty! Dynasty! Dynasty ......"

Countless supersonic fans crowded the bus until it reached the entrance of the parking lot, and the high shouts rose higher and higher.

In the No. 1 parking lot, after the car stopped steadily, Zhou Quan picked up his bag and stood up.

"Iron Fist, I'll come." Matt Geiger snatched Zhou Quan's backpack.

Leitner in the back snorted coldly, this season he has always been to Zhou Quan to carry the bag, now he is gone, who likes to mention who mentions, he does not hold the stinky feet of the iron fist.

Outside the bus, dozens of media reporters and more than a dozen cameras were already around, and when they saw Zhou Quan coming down, they suddenly rushed up.

"Tekken, how are you doing tonight?" A reporter asked loudly.

"Not bad." Zhou Quan smiled.

"The media broke the news that on the 5th, that is, the day of the anti-racism demonstration against the NBA, your agent Roger Fee appeared in New York, do you think he has anything to do with the demonstration?" A New York Times reporter asked.

Zhou Quan glanced at the reporter, shook his head and said, "Although Rogge now lives in Seattle, he spends at least two months a year in New York and a few months in Los Angeles.

He went to New York this time to discuss my boxing fight with Mr. Donkin and Mr. Bob Arlum, and if you put him in New York to the demonstration, you know, he will definitely sue you, and I suggest he sue you. ”

"I'm sorry, I'm just guessing based on the revelations in the media, and I didn't say that he had anything to do with the demonstrations." The reporter hurriedly said.

"Iron Fist, many media have advised you to concentrate on boxing and leave the NBA, what would you choose?" A reporter asked.

"There are a lot of media outlets that even want me to quit sports, but I won't let them get their wish, they are all people with ulterior motives, because of huge interests, as well as racial discrimination, they have been creating public opinion that is not good for me." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

After answering this question, he stopped giving interviews.

The game started at eight o'clock, and at seven o'clock, the central gymnasium was already full, and at this time, Zeng Li's others entered the stadium.

Sixty people, except for the Zeng Li's sisters and Zhou Jun, the others are either stars or stars, and suddenly became the most brilliant group in the central gymnasium, and a large number of reporters ran up to conduct interviews.

"Why do so many people support him?"

In the away team's locker room, seeing this scene through TV, Pippen was unconvinced.

Jordan glanced at it, his face was not good, and he was not in a good mood.

He also doesn't understand why so many celebrities support Iron Fist, especially those Hollywood stars, who are almost all first-line, how can they be willing to support a Chinese?

Mutombo said: "I heard that Iron Fist led them to invest, Rodman earned millions last year, and this year it has doubled, and the income is tens of millions a year, which is much higher than his salary."

The newly listed Amazon Internet company, Iron Fist is the second largest shareholder, and must have brought this group of people in. ”

"Deacon Bay, you and Tekken were the same year, and you played in the NCAA, right? He didn't take you? Ron Harper asked with an envious expression.

Mutombo shook his head and said, "I haven't played in the NCAA, we're not in the same zone. I don't have a lot of personal contact with him, at most it's a meal when I'm playing away. But I'm going to talk to him and ask him to take me with him in the future, he's not a stingy person, so he should agree. ”

Pippen's eyes began to glow red, and he said to Jordan without yin or yang: "Michael, when are you going to take us to make some extra money?" Don't just make money alone. ”

Jordan's cheeks twitched and twitched, I didn't find an investment opportunity myself, and I still take you? Don't know if my university major is geography and mathematics? It's okay to take you on a tour, and you won't get lost.

At half past seven, the two sides announced their starting lists.

Bulls: Mutombo, Tony Kukoc, Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan, Ron Harper

Sonics: Leitner, Rodman, Schramf, Jose Hawkins, Zhou Quan

On the NBC commentary bench, Elgin Baylor said: "The G4 game played a one-sided game, which affected the ratings later, and I hope this crucial G5 game can play a balanced game." ”

Robertson sighed: "Now the NBA has really developed, and there is a lot of multimedia, most of which are overseas media. ”

Elgin Baylor said: "The NBA's overseas development really started after the Dream Team, but it was in the past two years that Iron Fist won the professional heavyweight world championship. ”

"This New York incident is also famous." Robertson said suddenly.

Elgin Baylor coughed dryly twice, and kicked his partner at the foot, Oscar, we are not an iron fist, not as thick as his waist, or don't poke the lungs of the alliance, okay?

On the CCTV commentary seat, Zhang Reasonable said: "Jordan's strength is beyond doubt, the last game was because of Zhou Quan's defense, and second, his own state was not good, so his performance was very poor."

He's definitely going to make adjustments in the next two days, so I think it's going to be a close game. ”

Xu Jicheng said: "The Japanese media described this game as the battle of Tianwang Mountain, and many domestic media quoted this word.

Director Zhang, Zhou Quan is very popular in Japan, very popular, there are a lot of media every time he comes, and they are all big media. ”

Zhang Li smiled: "Oh, yes, the Japanese worship the strong, Zhou Quan rarely accepts interviews from the Japanese media, but the Japanese media still flock to him."

As for the Battle of Tennoyama, which was a key battle that took place in Japan 400 years ago, but the combined size of the two sides was only 50,000 people, and later Japan used the Battle of Tennoyama to Go, and now to the NBA series. ”

At this time, the starters of the two teams met in the player tunnel.

There were a couple of media in the room, an NBA camera was there, and the media was expecting something to happen here.

"Flyer, I heard that you smashed the locker room the day before yesterday and lost more than 200,000 yuan?" Zhou Quan asked curiously.

"Calm down, I'm going to be calm, this bastard is fighting psychological warfare."

Jordan took a deep breath and turned his head, when he didn't hear the words.

"What's the matter with more than 200,000 yuan, Michael has a lot of money, and he can't afford to lose it? Even if you shout two million, he can afford to pay it. Pippen's unconvinced voice suddenly sounded.

Zhou Quan's gaze swept over, and Pippen flashed behind Jordan's back.

Jordan trembled with anger, turned around and glared at Pippen fiercely, you idiot, is that a question of whether you can afford to pay or not? Besides, why should I lose 2 million?

"Dynasty! Dynasty! Dynasty ......"

Next up, after boos from the visitors, the home team came out with a shocking shout from the Seattle Center Arena.

"Iron Fist! Tekken ......"

After Zhou Quan's final appearance, the shouts gradually changed.

"Now Zhou Quan's nickname has begun to change from Iron Fist to Iron Fist King." Xu Jicheng said excitedly.

"Iron Fist was originally called by his boxing fans, and now basketball fans are starting to call him too." Zhang Li said with a smile.

"The momentum is so strong, I hope that the SuperSonics will win two consecutive victories after two consecutive defeats and win the match point smoothly." Xu Jicheng said with anticipation.

At eight o'clock, the game began.

Jump ball, Leitner wins, supersonic offense.

Leitner got under the basket and then suddenly ran to the bottom left corner.

Tony Kukoc quickly followed up and didn't let Leitner run out of the open space.

When Zhou Quan was close to the top of the arc, Rodman, who had just entered the basket, suddenly ran to the high post.

"High-mounted pick-and-roll?" Zhang Li shouted.

Rodman didn't run to Jordan's side, but stood behind Jordan, at which point Zhou Quan began to break through with the ball.

"Oops!"

Jordan had his back to the basket and couldn't see Rodman's run, so when Zhou Quan broke through from the right side, as soon as he turned around, he was blocked by Rodman from behind.

Mutombo followed Rodman out of the basket, and when he saw Zhou Quan breaking through with the ball, he immediately blocked Zhou Quan in front of Zhou Quan at the free throw line.

But between dribbling, Zhou Quan turned around and passed, with his top breakthrough technology, and then burst into Mutombo, hit the basket, and between the bodies, it was a one-handed split.

Although Mutombo had turned to chase after him, the free throw line was several meters away from the basket, and it was too late to take at least two big steps.

"Bang!"

The sound of the basket was heard.

"Oh roar!"

The Seattle Center Gymnasium was suddenly boiling.

"Beautiful! The high block got rid of Jordan, and although Mutombo changed the defense in time, after he came out of the basket, he had already lost the opportunity to protect the basket, and his movement ability was far inferior to Zhou Quan. Zhang said excitedly.

"He shouldn't have come out that far, the basket was completely empty." Xu Jicheng said with a smile.

Zhang Li immediately shook his head and said: "If he doesn't follow, Zhou Quan will get a vacant position, with Zhou Quan's ability to stop and shoot in the vacancy, he doesn't dare to bet on how high the hit rate of the vacant mid-shot is." ”

On the sidelines, George Carr applauded happily when he saw the ball hit.

This high-post blocking tactic has never been used, it has not been used in the regular season, and it has not been used in the first four games of the finals, and today is the first time it has been used.

Tactics are not uncommon tactics, but the Bulls should have a hard time dealing with them, and Mutombo can either protect the basket and get open with Iron Fist, or follow him and Iron Fist will go in.

With Leitner pulling Tony Kukoc out, the Bulls also struggled to rely on other positions to make up for the basket.

A few steps away, Phil Jackson was brainstorming.

If he goes to other positions, it means that his defensive tactics are going to change, which is a change he doesn't want, because several finals have proven that those tactics are useless, and Iron Fist's passing can easily break down those defensive tactics.

(End of chapter)