On the court, the Bulls attacked.

Jordan pulled to the left wing low post, received a pass from Pippen, and singled Zhou Quan.

"Get it out."

When Phil Jackson saw it, he shouted anxiously.

Jordan didn't pass the ball, because the low-post singles were the most efficient position in the offensive except for the offense under the basket, which was more accurate than the mid-range shot in the left and right elbow areas.

It was his ability to play in the low post that was so strong that the league introduced an anti-isolation singles rule to limit his offense.

If he doesn't dare to fight this kind of attack, he still fights with Iron Fist, so it is better to retire directly.

Back once, then immediately close the ball, then turn and fall back for a jumper.

Zhou Quan was behind Jordan, his vision was blocked, and he couldn't see Jordan's closing action, but he could see it.

According to Jordan's arm movements, in his brain, the movement of Jordan closing the ball was automatically simulated in an instant, which was no different from direct visual vision.

In fact, the human retina only has about ten optic neurons connected to the brain, and the visual signals transmitted to the brain are quite few, so the visual function of the human brain actually depends on the brain's own brain supplement, and Zhou Quan's visual brain supplement function is the most perfect one.

The moment Jordan turned around, Zhou Quan began to step up and rush, and his vision had locked the position of the basketball, which was on Michael Jordan's chest.

The next moment, Jordan jumped backwards, Zhou Quan jumped up, and hit the basketball with his right hand at the same time.

At this moment, under the extreme concentration of attention, he combined all his abilities, full-level panoramic vision, nerve reaction speed, movement speed, bullet speed, precision strike, etc., to the extreme.

"What?"

Jordan was lying on his back in the air, and the moment the ball was raised from his chest to the top of his head, he saw a big hand hit, and his pupils instantly dilated.

"Smack!"

Zhou Quan hit the basketball with one hand, and the ball hit Jordan's chest and bounced.

"Oh roar!"

Seeing this scene, the supersonic fans in the central gymnasium instantly cheered.

"Beautiful! Zhou Quan broke the ball, he grabbed the ball again, and he was about to get off the ......," Zhang said excitedly.

Zhou Quan advanced to the three-point line, and Jordan chased after him.

Sam Perkins had already run to the front of the court, with Pippen chasing behind.

Zhou Quan passed to Perkins in front, and then ran forward with all his strength, the speed exploded with all his strength, and the distance between him and Jordan also widened a little.

Drexler raced down the middle, Ron Harper chased after him, and Perkins drove the ball to the basket when he reached the three-point line on the right wing.

Drexler catches the ball and makes a layup.

At 12:19, the Bulls attacked.

Zhou Quan slowed down and stopped, and said to Jordan who was parked beside him: "Flyer, I want a 5*5 tonight, why don't I block it when you shoot?" ”

was seriously provoked, Jordan's eyes instantly turned red, like a rabbit, staring at Zhou Quan and saying angrily: "You try? ”

"Try it, just try it." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

Jordan swore that if he won the fight, he would blow the damn bastard Iron Fist on and off the court.

"Michael, calm down, have you forgotten how you played in the first half of the quarter? Don't be irritated by him, don't fall for him, he wants you to fight the way he wants. Don't attack with the ball in front of him, don't do that. Phil Jackson shouted from the sidelines.

Jordan gasped twice, and between the heaving of his chest, he felt like he was about to explode.

If, if his strongest low-post singles can't beat Iron Fist, why should he win Iron Fist? Find a few superstars to pile him to death by the lineup? What does that mean to him? That's a shame for yourself.

"I don't need that kind of win, I'm going to beat him on my own, that's what I won." At this moment, his brain was congested, and he actually had this thought.

"Iron Fist, do you dare to fight me alone?" Scarlet eyes stared at Zhou Quan, and he said almost in a roaring tone.

Zhou Quan was stunned, a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he nodded without hesitation: "Michael Jordan, as you wish." ”

"Oh!"

The people who heard it on the sidelines, a large number of media reporters, fans, people from both teams, all exclaimed in amazement when they heard the words of the two.

"Michael?"

Phil Jackson can't believe it, are you crazy, at this time, you single-handedly fight the iron fist, do you want to fulfill his three-pronged dynasty and hang ourselves on the pillar of shame forever?

At this moment, he felt that Jordan was too selfish, because no matter what the reason or idea, he went head-to-head with Iron Fist, putting the interests of the whole team at the back of his mind.

At this moment, he had a big opinion about Jordan.

He was also very puzzled why Jordan suddenly went crazy.

Jordan's behavior has happened once before, that is, the finals are in a very unfavorable situation, psychologically unbalanced, and the opponent is also an iron fist.

But today, the situation is not so unfavorable, two wins and two losses, this one is only a few points behind, why did you suddenly go crazy?

At this time, the Bulls were about to serve, and he made a timeout gesture, and Ron Harper, who received the ball, called a timeout.

Jordan's face was gloomy, and before he could sit down, Phil Jackson came over and said, "Michael, did Iron Fist say anything trash to you?" Can you calm down?

He is good at psychological warfare, don't fall for him, we have to fight according to tactics, and if we insist on going our own way, you alone can't win him. ”

Jordan didn't speak, only drank water to wipe his sweat.

Elgin Baylor said in the commentary seat: "I received the news, just now Michael Jordan shouted that he was going to fight the Iron Fist King, which surprised me, why?" ”

Robertson said: "Heads-up can be done off the court, so why do it in such a crucial G5 match? The game is never a one-man affair, and Jordan is too uncool. ”

Elgin Baylor said: "If it's really heads-up, then the Bulls lose, Jordan attacks with the ball, he can't handle the iron fist defense. ”

On the Bulls bench, Phil Jackson persuaded him for a minute, but Jordan calmed down, understood that he was stimulated by Iron Fist's trash talk, and agreed to play according to tactics.

After the timeout, the game resumed.

followed Jordan around, but Jordan didn't want the ball, Pippen hit a ball, Zhou Quan said angrily: "Flyer, aren't you going to fight me alone?" This is your heads-up, are we heads-up? ”

"Idiot, I'm teasing you, you're so gullible to be deceived?" Jordan sneered.

"I believe you're a ghost!"

Zhou Quan glanced at Phil Jackson standing on the sidelines, the head coach who adjusts the psychology of players with his strengths does have a hand, and his relationship with Jordan is already a little problematic, and he can also adjust Jordan's psychology.

Next, the game continues.

Jordan still played the same way in the first half of the quarter, running without the ball, passing out the opportunity if it was not good, and not attacking with the ball in front of Zhou Quan.

The Bulls were in good shape, Jordan and Pippen each hit a three-pointer late in the first quarter, and by the 11th minute of the first quarter, the Bulls were only two points behind at 24:26.

In the last minute, both were substituted at the same time.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the duo, who had only rested for two minutes, came back on the court to lead the bench lineup.

Zhou Quan still followed the original rhythm in the second and third quarters, because the Bulls were on some benches and could no longer maintain the strongest defense, and when his teammates had opportunities, they focused on organization and defense, reducing individual offense to preserve physical fitness.

However, the Bulls' defense played well today, and their teammates were in average condition and made more mistakes, so the supersonic gradually fell behind.

After the third quarter, 80:74, the SuperSonics trailed by 6 points.

Zhang said: "Pippen performed well today, no worse than Jordan. He scored 18 points in the third quarter and shot 50 percent from the field, and neither Schramf nor Sam Perkins could stop him.

But his biggest contribution was three steals and two blocks, limiting Schramf and Perkins' offense, which was a big reason for the Bulls' lead.

In addition, Ron Harper also achieved a good defensive effect against Hawkins and Drexler, and the SuperSonics played average from the outside today, shooting only 3 of 11 from three-point range.

In terms of interior attack, under the defense of Mutombo, there has been little performance. ”

Xu Jicheng said: "Jordan scored 21 points today, with a shooting rate of 48%, which is good under Zhou Quan's defense, which is about the same as the regular season." ”

Zhang Reasonable said: "This is because of his style of play today, how to say it, too cautious, too patient to run without the ball, Zhou Quan passed the ball as soon as he arrived at his side, and did not give Zhou Quan the opportunity to defend him head-on." Zhou Quan only had two steals today, only one steal for Jordan and one block.

He usually grabs around seven balls per game on average with steals and defense, and his defense is a key guarantee for the SuperSonics to win, but only grabbed three today. ”

Nodding, Xu Jicheng said: "Zhou Quan got 24 points and 7 assists, with a shooting rate of 50.4%, the scoring and assist data are not very outstanding, and the Bulls' defense is indeed strong." ”

Zhang said: "Fortunately, the superSonics' bench lineup is slightly better than the Bulls, otherwise the point difference will be even greater."

Xu Jicheng said: "In this last section, let's look at Zhou Quan's performance." The Bulls are too strong defensively for others to count on. When he was behind, he did not chase hard, and he should have spare strength. ”

On the NBC commentary box, Robertson said with some regret: "Today's game was very exciting, but it still failed to break the record of 56 million viewers. ”

"There's still a chance, it's 54 million now." Elgin Baylor said expectantly.

On the Bulls bench, Phil Jackson said to Mutombo: "Deacon Beybe, now the team needs your offense, understand? ”

"Me?" Mutombo was stunned,

He's obsessed with defense, and like Rodman, he's obsessed with rebounding and doesn't like offense very much.

But he didn't really have an offense, he just underestimated the offense because the defense was too good.

He averaged 16.6 points per game in his rookie season, averaged 12.2 shots per game, and shot 49.3% from the field.

Phil Jackson nodded and said: "The team needs you to attack in the low post, after Tony Kukocchi pulls out, it is usually Leitner who follows the defense, you single Rodman in the low post and under the basket, Rodman has average single defense ability under the basket, he is too short, and his blocking ability is very poor." ”

“OK。”

Mutombo nodded.

At this time, the final quarter began, and the two sides sent a full starting lineup, supersonic offense.

Leitner pulled to the bottom left corner, and Tony Kukocz followed.

Mutombo was under the basket and Rodman was active in the low post.

Zhou Quan held the ball close to the top of the arc and did not advance quickly.

Jordan defended and retreated, no longer retreating when his foot stepped on the three-point line at the top of the arc, but tried to disrupt Zhou Quan's offensive rhythm and distract him with the action of stabbing the ball.

"Preview, flyer, I'm going to break through from the right side, you be careful."

Zhou Quan spat out a trash word, and then immediately started to break through, between dribbling, his left foot stepped to the right, his left elbow was in front, and he started to make a strong burst from the right side.

Jordan moved quickly, but Zhou Quan deliberately went to the physical confrontation, and in the process of moving each other, the bodies collided together.

At this moment, Zhou Quan relied on his tonnage and strength to burst out with a powerful impact, and the passive defensive Jordan was directly knocked away, and even almost knocked over.

"Shet!"

After Jordan was knocked away, he lost his center of gravity and lost the time and opportunity to chase the defense.

This is also the reason why Zhou Quan used a crushing breakthrough, that is, to use his strong confrontation advantage, after completing the breakthrough, so that Jordan had no chance to chase defense, so that the Bulls did not have a chance to wrap themselves in the penalty area.

As long as there is no bag, he singles Mutombo in the penalty area, with his strength, it is not without confidence.

"Kill in!" Zhang Cheng shouted excitedly.

Seeing Jordan being abrupt, Mutombo under the basket took a deep breath, took a step up, and stood in front of the basket.

Grabbing the ball with his right hand held high, Zhou Quan jumped up against Mutombo.

Mutombo jumped up and blocked and raised his arms high, completely blocking the space directly in front of the basket.

But the next moment, Zhou Quan suddenly slipped in the air, and actually leaned on Mutombo to make a 360-degree rotation, from the front to the front of the basket, completely bypassing the defensive barrier of Mutombo, an African mountain, before his feet landed, his right hand was sent, and his five fingers gently picked the ball to the basket.

"Brush!"

In the eyes of countless people who were surprised and excited, the basketball gently fell into the hoop.

"Oh roar!"

The Seattle Center Gymnasium was boiling in an instant.

"Beautiful! Zhou Quan rotated 360 degrees in the air and successfully picked up a basket after bypassing the defender, which was a very difficult layup. Xu Jicheng said excitedly.

"This goal shows that Zhou Quan has the strength to challenge Mutombo under the basket, and the Bulls' defense under the basket is not so indestructible." Zhang said excitedly.

Bulls attack.

Jordan ran to the top of the arc to receive Pippen's pass, Harper did a pick-and-roll screen, got a small open space at the top of the right arc, and quickly shot a three-pointer after receiving Jordan's pass.

"Smack!"

Zhou Quan changed his defense in time and slapped the ball to the sky from the wing.

"Beautiful! Zhou Quan grabbed the ball and started to go down! Xu Jicheng shouted excitedly.

(End of chapter)