Chapter 516: Broken Plates
At this time, Zhou Quan made a tactical gesture, and Campbell saw it, and hurriedly continued to pull out from the left waist position, until he reached the position of one step in the three-point line.
He has some ability to score two points away, but unless he puts a big gap and gives him a small space, his shooting speed is too slow, it is useless, the defender quickly returns to the defense, and his little offensive ability is not efficient enough in the face of the defender.
So does Duncan follow?
Duncan chose to follow halfway, that is, put more than two meters of space, outside the left waist position, so that he could not only watch the paint area, but also prevent Campbell from getting a large vacancy.
On the sidelines, Spurs head coach Popovich was staring closely at the court.
Of course, he could see at a glance Zhou Quan's intention to let Campbell pull out, and this tactic was also in his surprise, because using the ball to break through to create an open space for his teammates is the offensive tactic that Tekken is best at, and not even one of them.
In this regard, his proposed defensive strategy is that Duncan does not care about Campbell, who has little offensive talent, and is supplemented by others on the outside.
Even if the outside defense is unsuccessful, with Campbell's offensive ability, he won't score many points, and it doesn't matter.
But if the penalty area is lost, with the breakthrough scoring ability of the Iron Fist King and the lethality of the inside, it is a fatal thing.
Between gains and losses, he saw very clearly.
Between dribbling, Zhou Quan shook his shoulders from side to side, and then immediately broke through from the right side, and did not break through from the left side, which was closer to Duncan.
The little general Johnson was shaken, and when he turned to follow the defense, he had been suddenly broken and half a body behind.
There was David Robinson inside, and he simply slowed down, and when he fell behind Zhou Quan, he took the opportunity to reach out and pull out the ball.
When the little general Johnson suddenly slowed down and disappeared from his field of vision, Zhou Quan thought of the possibility of him pulling the ball from behind, so he immediately changed hands from the front, and Johnson took out a hole and completely fell behind.
Zhou Quan controlled the ball with his left hand, from the right end of the free throw line, along the right side of the paint area into the penalty area.
At this point, David Robinson stood a meter in front of the basket, just outside the reasonable impact zone.
Duncan had already returned from outside the paint area, one step away from Zhou Quan, and returned to the front of the basket, and with one more small step, his hand could touch him.
"Pull-up jump shot!" Zhang Li shouted at this time.
Indeed, as he expected, Zhou Quan suddenly had a sudden pause at this time, and at the same time, his left hand was closed and he made a movement to close the ball.
Duncan on the left, David Robinson in front, and Johnson, the junior general in the back, all three of them jumped up and made blocking movements in unison.
But the next moment, Zhou Quan's right hand that pulled the ball up dribbled the ball to the left front, suddenly changed direction and accelerated, and burst through the gap between David Robinson and Duncan.
"Oh!"
The Spurs roared with exclamations at home.
"Bang!"
Two steps later, Zhou Quan burst out, smashed the ball in his right hand, and smashed the ball into the basket.
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
The Alamo Dome was greeted with applause.
"One dozen three, beautiful! Look at the reaction of the home fans, this is completely Zhou Quan's home stadium! Zhang Li said with a smile.
"This is the ranking of the unified king of professional boxing and the double king of boxing and basketball, turning away from home into home." Xu Jicheng said excitedly.
Looking at the countless San Antonios in the audience who applauded and cheered for the Iron Fist King, Duncan was a little confused, which of you are the one?
Seeing Duncan's appearance, David Robinson said to him: "Normally, after getting the first World Championship belt from Tekken, he can get the cheers of the home fans away from home, and we are no exception, you can get used to it." ”
On the sidelines, Popovich didn't look at the fans who applauded and cheered for Zhou Quan, he had long been used to it and didn't care.
He beckoned to Duncan, and when Duncan ran over, he admonished, "Tim, don't go up with David, one is blocked, the other is under the basket." ”
Duncan nodded and ran towards the front.
In fact, how to defend against Zhou Quan, the Spurs have long formulated countless defensive tactics.
In a situation like just now, after the little general Johnson was completely passed, according to the formulated tactics, David Robinson should come out to block Zhou Quan first, and then Duncan took the opportunity to return to the defensive basket.
The goal that the Spurs need to achieve in the paint defense is not to completely stop him, but to reduce his shooting percentage.
In the front court of the Spurs, the junior general Johnson holds the ball close to the top of the arc.
Zhou Quan stood on the three-point line, and when he heard the sound of dense footsteps behind him, he knew that someone had run up, probably doing a high-position blocking and dismantling tactic.
After the Spurs had Duncan, the high-post blocking tactics became one of the conventional tactics, both by Duncan in the low post, David Robinson pulled to the high post to block and dismantle the ball carrier, after the ball carrier broke through, he had the opportunity to shoot himself, or pass to Duncan for him to play alone, or pass back to Robinson who stayed in the high post.
The Spurs are now considered one of the strongest opponents of the SuperSonics in the West, so Zhou Quan has long studied the Spurs' game footage and knows very well the power of this tactic.
Duncan and David Robinson are high and low, forming two commanding heights, so that the two interior lines of the other party cannot help defend each other, nor can they change defenses.
David Robinson is good at mid-range shooting, he can form a high battery in the high post, and at the same time he can also hold the ball to kill it, and he is very threatening with the ball in the high post.
As for Duncan in the low post, in the case of single defense, he only used one rookie season to prove that no one in the league can really defend him in the low post.
At this time, behind Zhou Quan, sure enough, it was David Robinson who ran up, followed by Campbell, Ben Wallace or Duncan.
At this time, the test is Zhou Quan's ability to prevent and break blocks.
So before David Robinson was in place, he suddenly pressed the junior general Johnson closely, not giving the Spurs a chance to play a high-post blocking tactic at all.
With his defense, the junior general Johnson was immediately forced to dribble back, and Zhou Quan continued to follow the step, not giving the opponent a chance to pass the ball to Robinson and Duncan, and blocking the direction of his downward pass.
David Robinson saw it, and hurriedly ran to the top of the right arc, widened the distance between Zhou Quan and Campbell, and then asked Johnson for the ball.
Because his position is below Zhou Quan, he thinks that Zhou Quan should not immediately notice his position.
Zhou Quan really can't see Robinson's running position, because the breadth of people's left and right perspectives generally does not exceed 160 degrees, Robinson's position is behind him, and his vision cannot be seen if he does not shake from side to side.
But he still has ears, and when he hears the sound of sneakers rubbing behind him, he knows that Robinson must be running, so when he was pressing the little general, his eyes immediately swept left and right very quickly, and he immediately saw Robinson's running position.
At that moment, he predicted that Avery Johnson would have a ninety percent chance of passing to David Robinson if he blocked the downward passing angle.
In the next moment, Johnson hit the ball on the ground.
"Smack!"
Zhou Quan reacted the fastest, leaned over, reached out with his long arm, pressed the ball directly on the floor with his left hand, and then grabbed it with one hand and immediately began to dribble quickly.
"Oh!"
It wasn't until he started up that the fans of the Alamo Dome reacted, and countless exclamations rang out.
"Beautiful! This reaction speed is amazing! Zhang Cheng shouted excitedly.
Where can the little general Johnson follow Zhou Quan, Zhou Quan holds the ball and takes a big step at the top of the arc before closing the ball in his hand, raising his right hand with one hand, and flying up with all his strength just after two steps over the free throw line.
After pulling the body back and pulling the body into a bow, the powerful core power exploded instantly, and the right hand held the ball down, holding a huge explosive force, and instantly smashed the ball into the basket.
"Bang!"
With the sound of an extremely explosive basket, the entire transparent rebound instantly bloomed, and then exploded into countless pieces.
"Oh! Oh ......"
The Alamo Dome suddenly erupted into a loud exclamation, and then turned into a tsunami of cheers and shouts.
"Oh, Zhou Quan dunked the rebound, he dunked the rebound......" Zhang Li was startled at first, and then shouted hysterically.
"The first guard to dunk a rebound." Xu Jicheng said excitedly.
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The next day, a large picture of Zhou Quan smashing the rebound made headlines in major media outlets.
Last night's game, 101:95, the SuperSonics defeated the Spurs on the road, 25-8, and continued to remain in second place in the West.
Zhou Quan made 7 steals and 4 blocks in a single game, not only did he perform very well defensively, but he also had a very good offensive state, scoring 52 points and shooting 62.5% from the field, and his performance was the only reason why the SuperSonics beat the Spurs.
Ben Wallace didn't guard Duncan, and judging from his current performance, there is no problem with defending the average interior line, but defending the interior line of Duncan and O'Neal is not enough.
Paul Westfale and Zhou Quan both believe that with Ben Wallace's height, when defending these top interior lines, the single defense ability is not enough, and a strong co-defense is needed.
On the 14th, the SuperSonics welcomed the challenge of the Spurs at home.
In this game, Rodman returned to the starting position.
This is Paul Westfaal's attempt at the playoffs, hoping to use Rodman's defensive ability to help Ben Wallace.
But the attempt failed, and was blown up by the Spurs' twin towers' high-post pick-and-roll tactics.
After Rodman was pulled to a high position by David Robinson, with his height and single defense ability, he couldn't defend against the admiral at all.
After 28 wins and 9 losses, on the 17th, the SuperSonics welcomed the Lakers at home.
The preseason doesn't count, the first two regular season games were lost, and this is the third regular season game for the SuperSonics and Lakers.
At noon on the 16th, Zhou Quan came to Paul Westfaal's office to discuss with him how to play the Lakers tomorrow.
"Paul, we can't afford to lose again, lose again, and when we meet in the playoffs, our morale will definitely suffer," he said. Add in the media rendering, and we're at a disadvantage. ”
Westphal poured Zhou Quan a glass of water, nodded and said, "Iron Fist King, do you have any ideas?" ”
"Fortify the defense." Zhou Quan said.
Then he added: "O'Neal we can't limit him, so limit the people who pass the ball to him." And O'Neal's tonnage is too big, his physical strength is limited, and if he scores alone, we still have a chance to win.
At present, the outside core of the Lakers is Kobe Bryant, who is currently averaging 22 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game in the regular season, shooting 46.8% from the field and 31.9% from three-point range.
This kind of strength is not much of a threat to me after entering the playoffs, and if I lock him up, I can destroy the connection between the Lakers and the inside and outside of the core and let them fall into their own singles. ”
Westphale said: "Phil Jackson's triangle tactics are still very powerful, especially the Lakers' triangle tactics with O'Neal, a low-post big killer, and I think the Lakers' triangle tactics are more powerful than the Bulls' triangle tactics." ”
Zhou Quan nodded, he understood the head coach's words, he could limit Jordan's play to a certain extent, thereby destroying the Bulls' triangle tactics, but he couldn't limit O'Neal, so his triangle tactics facing the Lakers would be more difficult than facing the Bulls' triangle tactics.
Westphaal thought for a while and said, "Then that's it, Iron Fist King, it's up to you to lock Kobe Bryant, the outside core, and force him to fight alone." Then in the low position, let Big Ben consume the physical energy of the big shark, and then the other inside lines take turns to grind him to death. ”
"That's it." Zhou Quan nodded.
At three o'clock, the Lakers arrived in Seattle, and Zhou Quan called O'Neal and said that he was invited to dinner with Kobe.
At six o'clock, Zhou Quan drove an SUV to the hotel.
After O'Neill sat in the co-pilot and fastened his seat belt, he grinned and raised three fat fingers and shouted, "Count the preseason, Iron Fist, you lost to me three times." Say, what do you want to do with me tomorrow night? ”
"It must be to wrap you up in advance and play the side ball." Kobe, who was sitting in the back, glanced at Zhou Quan and shouted a little proudly.
Zhou Quan smiled, and said while hanging up the gear to give oil: "Even if you two fools want to win me?" Can Phil Jackson's triangle tactics win me? Can Jordan + Mutombo beat me? ”
"That's different, I'm not like Mutombo's guy who can only defend, I'm the most dominant super center." O'Neill immediately shouted.
"I ......" Kobe Bryant wanted to say something as well.
"What are you? Your current strength, the current Jordan is estimated to be able to equalize you. Zhou Quan looked at Kobe Bryant in the rearview mirror and said.
"Not necessarily." Kobe Bryant was unconvinced.
"Did you practice your turnaround and step-back jumper?" Zhou Quan asked with a smile.
"Well, it's a little worse, I don't have Michael's ability to stay in the air, he can wait in the air for the defender to go down before he shoots, I can't." Bryant was a little frustrated.
"What do you want to stay in the air? You're not him, and you're not as good as him, whether it's dynamic or static talent. Don't stay in the air, you increase the angle of recline, make the movement coherent, and shoot directly after pulling away from the defender in the air and it's over. Zhou Quan said casually.
Kobe Bryant's eyes lit up when he heard this.
The Iron Fist King is the guy who has completed three consecutive championships on Jordan's head, and his turnaround and backward jumper skills are no worse than Jordan's, and his advice must be useful.
"Shaq, put me down, I'm going back to training." He immediately grabbed the back of O'Neill's chair and shouted.
"Idiot, aren't you skipping dinner?" O'Neill laughed and scolded.
Zhou Quan laughed, he still admired such a Kobe.
Kobe Bryant's talent is definitely not as good as Jordan's, but with Jordan's shadow on him, he will definitely have some achievements in the future.
The point is, step over him.
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(End of chapter)