"Michael, what do you guess Iron Fist's back-gliding dunk is?" Dr. J. Owen asked.

Jordan tilted his head and thought for a moment and said, "Take off head-on, then glide with your back for a distance, and finally complete a dunk with your back in sight." ”

"That's too difficult." Wilkins said.

"If you glide more than a meter in the air with your back and you can dunk the ball, I think it's going to be the first dunk in history," the glider said. ”

"I think so."

"It's in."

The other four nodded their heads, and Jordan did not object.

Zhou Quan took off the sweatshirt outside after moving his body again, and inside was a sports vest, he waved to the fans when he came on the court, and the scene broke out with great cheers and applause again.

With all eyes on him, he took the ball and came to the center circle, when the Auckland Stadium quieted down, he adjusted his breathing, and then grabbed the ball with his right hand and began to help.

With the screeching sound of sneaker rubbing, he got faster and faster, and when he rushed to the top of the arc, he had reached the fastest speed he needed, and then stepped heavily on the free throw line, and the whole person instantly rose into the air.

At this moment, his full-level panoramic vision locked tightly onto the basket a few meters away.

In the next moment, he flew to the highest peak, and when he was still at least two meters away from the basket, he suddenly turned around and formed a posture in the air with his back to the basket.

"It's a free-throw line jump!"

"Turned around!"

"Is this a back fly?"

At the moment when Zhou Quan turned around, countless people's eyes widened.

"Bang!"

In the next moment, Zhou Quan turned his back to the basket, and when he couldn't see the basket, he dunked the ball in with his backhand, and after landing, he took two steps back and was hugged by O'Neal, who was responsible for protecting the basket.

"100 points! 100 points ......"

O'Neill hugged Zhou Quan for the first time, raised his right hand, and at the same time made an extremely excited look, shouting non-stop.

"Oh roar!"

At this moment, the Auckland Stadium erupted in the biggest cheers of the night, and countless fans in front of the TV were also cheering and shouting.

The five scoring superstars held up the 10-point sign at the same time.

"Great!"

"How did Tekken see the basket?"

"It's amazing!"

"Oh, how did the Iron Fist King do it?"

"Back flying dunk, this should be called back flying dunk."

A group of all-stars shouted.

NBC's on-site commentator James Worthy ran to Zhou Quan with the microphone and asked excitedly: "Iron Fist King, this back-flying dunk is fantastic, it's worth 10 points." But not because it's only worth 10 points, it's because we only have a 10-point brand. Now, let's tell me how you did it, right? ”

Zhou Quan shook his head and smiled: "It's just luck, it's a high probability to deduct the fly, I just succeeded once, my luck tonight is really good." ”

"Do the All-Stars want to participate in the slam dunk contest next year?" James Worthy asked.

"No, in fact, this is played by young people, and I, an old guy who is almost 28 years old, will not participate." Zhou Quan shook his head and said.

Because of Zhou Quan's dunk, the atmosphere at the scene reached its peak.

……

On the 13th, the morning is still the official event of various all-stars, there is a main game in the evening, and a rest is arranged in the afternoon, and there is no activity.

In the evening, the Auckland Stadium is star-studded.

The Eastern All-Star locker room is used in the Warriors' visiting locker room, and this time the head coach is Larry Bird, the head coach of the First Pacers in the East.

The Western Conference All-Stars are in the Warriors' home locker room, and the head coach is Paul Westfale, the head coach of the Western Conference's No. 1 SuperSonics.

"Iron Fist, do you have any ideas?" O'Neill sat beside Zhou Quan and asked mysteriously.

"No, I have two AMVPs."

The system has no task requirements for All-Star AMVP, so it doesn't matter if Zhou Quan is in the main game, this thing is not a hard honor, and it has no gold content.

He looked at O'Neill, who was eager to try, understood what this guy was thinking, and nodded: "Okay, you haven't yet, I'll help you." ”

"That's okay, don't just play by yourself, remember to pass the ball to me." O'Neill admonished with a smile.

"It's a deal."

Zhou Quan nodded and said to the other all-stars: "Guys, the sharks want AMVP, do you have any opinions?" ”

Everyone else is speechless, you have said so, who can have an opinion?

In fact, David Robinson is a little itchy, he has played for so many years, and he doesn't have an MVP, FMVP, or AMVP in his hand.

But O'Neill said it in front, and he couldn't say anything more, so he just held it in his heart, he must say to Iron Fist first next year, don't be preempted again.

In this All-Star Game, Zhou Quan played 32 minutes and handed out 18 assists, nine of which were contributed by O'Neal.

O'Neal shot 15-of-23 from the field in 35 minutes, shooting 65.2 percent from the field and 6-of-12 from the free-throw line, finishing with 36 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks.

In the end, the West defeated the Eastern All-Stars, and O'Neal got his wish to win the AMVP of this year's All-Star Most Valuable Player.

After the All-Star, the regular season continues.

SuperSonics main small forward rookie Cory Magetti hit his head against the rookie wall, and his form declined, and Bowen got more opportunities to play.

Bowen and Lewis are the main substitutes at the No. 3 position, and the two have been practicing three-point shooting this season, and Lewis's three-point is not good now, but Bowen's open three-point is not bad now, and he has a high shooting percentage in practice, but he doesn't have many opportunities.

Bowen invests most in the outside defense that the team needs, kraft candy style defense, as long as he is on the court, he sticks to the opposing player, the defensive attitude is even more positive than Zhou Quan, and the scoring is negligible, not as good as Ben Wallace.

He's the opposite of Lewis, who is still the same defensively, so he's getting more opportunities to play.

And Ben Wallace, who soaked in the equipment room every day and worked on iron, strengthened his strength training to fight O'Neal and Duncan, and trained himself into a muscle stick like black iron.

Ruben Patterson is the man with the highest supersonic shooting percentage, higher than Zhou Quan, who is now shooting 53.8 percent from the field, averaging nearly 13 points per game in 27 minutes per game, and is the team's sixth man.

Brad Miller, Ben Wallace's first substitute, also averaged 15 minutes per game, began to show his playmaking and passing talents, and after Zhou Quan went off, there were some opportunities to play, and occasionally played eye-catching performances.

However, there are too many young players, Miller, Lewis, and Patterson are all sophomores, and their physical fitness is better than that of rookie Margety, but it is not much better, because of age, physical fitness has not entered its peak, so after the All-Star, the state has declined a little.

The SuperSonics then lost to the Heat and Pistons in the East, while the Lakers went on a 16-game winning streak after the All-Star break.

On March 1, O'Neal surpassed Zhou Quan and climbed to the top of the MVP rankings.

By March 14, the SuperSonics were 53-12, the Lakers were 53-11, and the Lakers had more than half a win.

But on the 16th, the Lakers lost to the Wizards away, while the SuperSonics defeated the Grizzlies at home, and the SuperSonics completed the overtake, winning more than half of the game.

Subsequently, the Lakers won 11 in a row, while the SuperSonics lost to the Trail Blazers and Spurs successively, and the record was overtaken again.

On April 1, O'Neal continued to be in the first position in MVP.

No. 6, O'Neal suffered a toe injury in training and announced that he would miss the game against the Spurs.

On April 8, the Lakers were defeated by the Spurs at home, 64-13, and the record is still above the 62-14 superSonics, 1.5 more games.

On April 9, the SuperSonics arrived in Los Angeles and will challenge the Lakers.

This is the fourth and final regular season game for both teams, with the SuperSonics winning one and losing two of their first three games.

If the SuperSonics win this game, they will catch up with one win, only half a win away from the Lakers, and there are still four or five games to go, and there is still a chance to overtake, so for Zhou Quan, this game must be won with all his might.

He has analyzed that the next five games of the SuperSonics are against the Timberwolves, Mosaic, Clippers, Kings and Mavericks, all of which are Western teams, although they are two home and three away, but they all have a great chance to win.

The Lakers still have four games behind them, the opponents are the Kings, Timberwolves, Mavericks, and Spurs, and the last two games are away.

O'Neal also wants to win this game, he won the AMVP, and he doesn't have an MVP yet, how can he give up? If you grab the MVP on Zhou Quan's head, the gold content of this hard honor will be particularly golden.

It's a pity that his injured toe is not healed yet, the playoffs are about to begin, and the championship is of course more important, and he can't play with an injury.

At five o'clock in the afternoon of the 9th, O'Neill took Kobe Bryant to pick up Zhou Quan from the hotel and invite him to dinner.

Kobe Bryant drove, O'Neal pulled Zhou Quan to the back seat, got in the car and shouted: "Iron Fist, I'm injured, it's not fair for you to win, so you should give up tomorrow's game, right?" ”

Zhou Quan looked at O'Neal with idiotic eyes, and said mockingly: "Shark, I retired for two years, but you didn't grab anything, MVP, AMVP, championship, none of them, and were swept by the Jazz and Spurs in the playoffs in a row, are you embarrassed to let me give up now?" ”

“……”

O'Neill's eyes widened, and his heart was very sad and angry, Iron Fist King, are you stabbing me in the wound, can you still be friends?

"You're already a couple of MVPs, is it fun to compete with me?" He said depressedly.

"I only have two, Jordan five, Shark, you can't catch up with him, I still have a chance, you don't fight with me." Zhou Quan said.

"No, I can't give up. Tomorrow we lose, and our record is still ahead of you. O'Neill was unconvinced.

"How many games do you want to take off?" Zhou Quan asked with a concerned face.

"Two more." O'Neill suddenly became depressed.

"At the end of the day, you have to play Spurs away from home, are you confident? The Lakers and Spurs have three regular season games, one win and two losses. Zhou Quan teased.

"I, of course I have faith." O'Neill airway.

The next night, the SuperSonics defeated the Lakers without O'Neal to get Game 63.

On the night of the 11th, the Spurs challenged the Kings away, and Tim Duncan suddenly injured his knee during a dunk near the end of the final quarter.

The next day, the Spurs announced that Duncan's meniscus was torn and the season was reimbursed.

"I'm X!"

When he saw the news, Zhou Quan was a little unhappy, Duncan was injured, so didn't the Lakers win the Spurs away at the end?

But this news is good for the supersonics, because without Duncan's Spurs, they are no longer the opponent of the supersonics in the West.

The regular season continued, and Zhou Quan fired at all speed, defeating the Timberwolves on the night of the 12th, achieving a 64-14 record and a draw with the Lakers.

At the same time, the record between the two sides is two wins and two losses, and the two teams belong to the Pacific zone and have a draw in the same zone.

But comparing the difference between the scores and losses of the two teams, the SuperSonics have more points per game than the Lakers, and the average points conceded per game is also lower than the Lakers, so this one wins, surpasses the Lakers, ranks first in the West and first in the league.

On the 14th, the SuperSonics defeated the Mavericks again, 65-14.

That same night, the Lakers without O'Neal beat the Kings to go 65-14.

"Iron Fist, I still have a chance." After the game, O'Neal, who did not play, called Zhou Quan and said in a very excited tone.

On the 16th, the two teams defeated their opponents separately, and the record was still the same, and the superSonics only had a slight advantage by the difference between wins and losses.

On the 18th, the SuperSonics defeated the Kings on the road, 67-14.

On the same night, the Lakers, who had O'Neal, unexpectedly lost to the Mavericks on the road, 66-15, and the difference between the victory and defeat of the SuperSonics finally widened, with a difference of 1 game.

O'Neal was very disappointed, there was only one last game left, even if the Lakers won and the SuperSonics lost, the winning rate of the two sides was the same, comparing the difference between wins and losses, the Lakers were second, and the SuperSonics were first.

In other words, after the penultimate game of the regular season, the regular season battle between the SuperSonics and the Lakers, and the MVP battle between Zhou Quan and O'Neal, have ended.

On the 19th, both sides were back-to-back, the last regular season game.

The Lakers challenged the Spurs on the road, starting at eight o'clock, and the game between the SuperSonics and the Clippers was half an hour slower.

O'Neal and Kobe Bryant both scored 20+ points and scored 45 points combined.

None of the Spurs scored 20+ points in the whole team, and only two of the main players scored in double figures, but four substitute players stepped up, and six players scored in double figures on the team.

With the Spurs outbursting at full strength, they defeated the OK Combo and the powerful Lakers.

The SuperSonics faced the Clippers in Seattle and easily won the last regular season game, with 68 wins and 14 losses, with a winning rate of 82.9%, first in the league.

At the end of the game, there was a loud shout in the New Center Stadium, and more than 22,000 fans sent warm congratulations to the SuperSonics for their league-leading record.

After saying goodbye to the fans, the supersonic players returned to the locker room, and some of the data from the regular season came out and sent to the players.

Zhou Quan played in 82 games, started 82 games, averaged 40.2 minutes per game, 32.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, 13.6 assists, 5.5 steals, 2.6 blocks, 2.5 turnovers and 2.2 fouls.

The shooting percentage of 50.7% from the field is slightly lower than in 96/97, while the three-point shooting rate of 39.1% is slightly higher than in 96/97, and the assist-to-turnover ratio of 5.44 is higher than in 96/97.

This season, he ranked first in the team in playing time, first in the team in shots, first in scoring, sixth in rebounds, first in steals, first in blocks, first in assists, first in defensive efficiency, first in personal plus/minus, and third in shooting percentage.

2,829 points/16,066 points in the regular season and career this season; 377/2661 rebounds, 1115/7308 assists, 451/2496 steals and 213/815 blocks.

(End of chapter)