7th, 99/00 Season Finals G1 match day.

"We can expect that Gary Payton should be a little bit better than the dog against the Iron Fist King." New york times.

"Uh-huh......"

When Peyton saw the news, he exploded.

Beginning in the morning, countless people drove from all over the Seattle metropolitan area to the Central Arena in the heart of the city, and by noon, the outside of the stadium was already packed.

The central gymnasium had to open all the restrooms, otherwise the entire gymnasium would have been covered in the smell of feces and urine.

Since Zhou's comeback, the SuperSonics have regained the No. 1 spot in Seattle's professional sports team.

No matter in terms of attendance, ratings, the number of live broadcasts in the United States, team peripheral sales, sponsorship income, revenue, etc., it is the first, and it has steadily suppressed the teams of the other three major leagues.

At half past six in the afternoon, Zhou Quan's car came to the outside of the gymnasium.

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

The cheers suddenly began to grow louder and louder, and gradually became a shout, with an earth-shattering momentum.

Zhou Quan was followed by some friends' cars, which drove into the parking lot.

At eight o'clock, the two sides announced the starting list.

Heat: P.J. Brown, Mourning, Jamal Mashburn, Dan Marley, Gary Payton

SuperSonics: Ben Wallace, Campbell, Bowen, Brent Barry, Zhou Quan

On the NBC commentary box, Elgin Baylor said: "Now the media is bullish on the supersounds, but in fact, the strength of the Heat is very strong.

Gary Payton was the Heat's No. 1 scorer, averaging 24 points per game and shooting 44.8 percent from the field in the regular season and 25.5 points per game on 44.2 percent shooting in the first three rounds of the playoffs.

Mourning was the second-leading scorer, averaging 22 points and 9.5 rebounds per game on 55 percent shooting in the regular season and 21 points and 10 rebounds per game on 48.4 percent shooting in the playoffs.

Marshburn was the third-highest scorer, averaging 17.5 points per game in the playoffs while shooting 40 percent from the field.

The Heat have three people who score double-doubles, two of whom average 20+ points per game, from this point of view, the supersonic is inferior to the Heat, and the supersonic only has an average of 20+ points per game for the Iron Fist. ”

Oscar Robertson said: "But Elgin, I'm still more optimistic about the supersonic and sweeping to win the championship. ”

"Ahem......"

When he heard the first half of the sentence, Elgin Baylor was nothing, but Robertson came out behind him with the words "sweep to win the championship", and he was choked by his own saliva.

Robertson laughed: "Don't be surprised, Elgin, if you look at the Heat's top three scoring points, none of them shot more than 50 percent.

Including the inside, not having enough offensive efficiency is the biggest problem for the Heat against the SuperSonics, can you be similar to the situation faced by the Heat under the crazy firepower of the Iron Fist?

Defensively, they will be blown to smithereens by Tekken's super high offensive efficiency. On the offensive end, how many points do you think the gloves can score on the head of the Iron Fist King? ”

Don't talk to me about the defense of the glove, the glove can't even prevent Michael Jordan, let alone the Iron Fist who is more threatening with the ball? He has never taken advantage of the Iron Fist King, and he has always been the one who has been blown up. ”

On the CCTV commentary seat, Zhang reasonably analyzed: "The biggest problem of the Heat is that there are no people who hold the ball and rely on Payton's organization. And Peyton faces Zhou Quan, what kind of performance he can play is questionable. ”

Xu Jicheng said: "PJ Brown is just a blue-collar worker, Mourning is weak in attack and strong in defense, but I think the small forward monster Mashburn is good, shooting, breaking, three-point shooting, three-point shooting, and also has a good offensive technique with the ball." ”

Zhang Reasonable shook his head and said: "He is not very valued in the Heat, it is better when he is in the Mavericks." And his efficiency in the playoffs is average, and Bowen is dedicated to defending him, so he shouldn't be able to play offenses that can threaten the supersounds. ”

In the players' tunnel, the two teams meet at the starters.

NBC's live cameras were overhead, and the videographers were expecting something to happen.

After arriving, Gary Payton looked at Zhou Quan unconvinced and said, "Iron Fist, whoever loses and who wins, you will only know after fighting." ”

Zhou Quan smiled, but he had no interest in speaking, and he didn't bother to pay attention to this stinky mouth.

Peyton's heart is angry, I don't have the qualifications to let you speak?

Mo Ning observed Zhou Quan, and his mood was extremely complicated.

This Chinese, who entered the league a year earlier than him, has already been full of honors, crossed the three realms, and became the greatest athlete in the world, not even one of them, and he has not achieved anything so far, this huge sense of disparity is what makes him feel complicated.

At half past eight, the game officially began.

Jump ball, PJ Brown and Campbell jump ball, supersonic offense.

Zhou Quan advanced with the ball, approached the top of the arc, and suddenly broke through with a one-handed drum.

Gary Payton was shaken, and the next moment, when he turned to follow Zhou Quan, he was half a step behind.

He secretly reached out and grabbed Zhou Quan's jersey, and then took the opportunity to chase after him, and with his chest, he began to confront Zhou Quan.

When Zhou Quan reached the left end of the free throw line, the breakthrough slowed down.

At this time, Mourning pounced viciously from under the basket, and PJ Brown, who was pulled by Campbell to the right waist position, immediately made up for the gap left by Mourning.

Zhou Quan stopped suddenly, but the moment he made a move, Mo Ning flew in from the opposite side and grabbed his arm at him.

"Smack!"

He was smashed back to the floor with the ball by a man, took three steps backwards, and almost fell.

"Tick!"

The referee's whistle blows.

"Oh, that's too much, isn't it?" Xu Jicheng said in surprise.

"Pat Riley is that style with both the Knicks and the Heat." Zhang said reasonably.

On the field, Mo Ning looked at Zhou Quan with indifferent eyes, and then turned around and walked to the right sideline of the paint area.

Zhou Quan touched his right wrist and was smashed by Mo Ning's arm, and then his head was also smashed, with great strength.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

On the sidelines, a gentlemanly smiling Pat Riley applauded.

Zhou Quan glanced at Pat Riley, then at Moning, and couldn't help but smile.

The referee was next to him, and he said to Ben Wallace: "Guys, have you seen it, that's their defensive style tonight, so we have to go-for-tat, they're tough, we're going to be tougher than them, you know?" ”

"Understood."

Ben Wallace had a fierce look on his face and roared first, followed by the others.

Zhou Quan's voice was so loud that everyone nearby heard it, and a team of cheerleaders behind the bottom line screamed excitedly and danced a leg-raising dance, and the media seats were also clicking.

Seeing that the Iron Fist King reacted so violently and did not back down, Mourning and Payton glanced at each other, and a hint of gloom flashed in their eyes.

Next, Zhou Quan hit two free throws, and Mo Ning hit his wrist, affecting his feel.

0:1, Heat offense.

Payton ran to catch the ball in the backcourt, Zhou Quan chased closely, and at a faster speed, he always cut off the angle between Payton and the serve PJ Brown, and finally Payton used Mashburn's cover to receive the ball, and was almost blown for a five-second violation.

Payton carried the ball into the front court, and when he was close to the top of the arc, Zhou Quan forced him to turn around and protect the ball with a threatening stabbing action.

Then Zhou Quan quickly stuck to Payton's back and went up to confront, and the powerful force squeezed Peyton couldn't stand at all, so he could only dribble and retreat immediately.

"The Iron Fist King is 97 kilograms, Gary Payton is only 82 kilograms, and the tonnage difference of 15 kilograms is too big." Robertson said.

"The tonnage is small, but the speed is not as good as the Iron Fist King, this is the super talent of the Iron Fist King." Elgin Baylor said.

On the court, Payton shifted to the right wing, and Zhou Quan followed, always blocking in front of Payton, so that he could not score an inch.

"Iron Fist, do you like me, keep up with me." Peyton's foul mouth is starting to spew trash talk.

However, Zhou Quan always smiled, but did not say a word, and did not respond to Peyton's trash talk at all.

"Damn bastard, don't you look down on me, do you?" This made Peyton even more embarrassed.

As the time approached, he was forced to force a pass to Mashburn, who ran to the top of the arc.

"Smack!"

But at the moment of passing, Zhou Quan's big hand quickly cut into the passing route and completed the break.

"Beautiful!" Zhang Li praised.

"Looking at the replay, before Payton's ball was passed, Zhou Quan had already made an accurate prediction, predicting that Payton was going to pass the ball to Marshburn at the top of the arc, and he grabbed it first." Xu Jicheng said loudly.

"Smack!"

Zhou Quan held the ball quickly, and when he got into the paint area and got up to dunk, Gary Payton smashed him down with an arm from behind.

This time, he was smashed to the floor, his back hit the ground, and he fell.

"Tick!"

The referee's whistle blows again.

"Buzz ......"

A loud noise rang out from the central gymnasium, and countless invectives sprayed at Peyton.

But the gloves didn't matter, shrugged his shoulders, glanced at Zhou Quan on the floor with disdain, and then turned around directly.

Zhou Quan got up, his face was very cold.

He knew what the Heat wanted to do, all they wanted to do was to use the rules to provoke him, and then swap him out and expel him.

However, he has absolute confidence, even if he plays Payton now, the referee will not be able to send him off, and Stern will definitely not allow the Finals to appear without him.

But how could he be rough with Peyton, a small role that is not a fart, and he is not qualified to let him do it, it is not cost-effective at all.

He glanced at Rodman, who had already stood up from the bench, and Rodman understood, and immediately yelled at Ben Wallace: "Ben, him!" ”

"What?"

Peyton was stunned, and quickly turned around to look, only to see that a black iron-like muscle stick had pounced.

"Damn it!"

He turned around and wanted to run.

"Run for what?"

But at this moment, Zhou Quan hugged Peyton tightly in his arms from behind, and even his two arms were clamped to death, making Peyton unable to move.

"Iron Fist, let me go." Peyton was in a hurry.

"Bang!"

Ben Wallace's big fist slammed into Peyton's face.

"Ouch!"

Peyton screamed.

"Bang!"

Ben Wallace continued to clench his fists.

"Oooo Robertson said in surprise.

The referee rushed up. And the security personnel ......," Elgin Baylor said loudly.

"Haha, is Iron Fist learning from Barkley?" Robertson burst out laughing.

"Gary!"

On the field, seeing Payton being beaten, Mo Ning and others were in a hurry and rushed over.

"Mo Ning, if you dare to do it, then I will be self-defense." Zhou Quan's loud shouts rang out.

Which one has the guts to face the iron fist of the heavyweight unification king? What's more, it is an iron fist without gloves, even if Tyson eats a punch, he may be beaten out of the concussion.

Zhou Quan's words were like brakes, causing Mo Ning and the others to stop, and looked at Pat Riley with a panicked expression, not knowing what to do.

On the sidelines, Pat Riley also opened his mouth wide.

At this time, three referees rushed over, cutting off the two sides, and a team of security guards quickly entered the field and controlled the situation.

Ben Wallace was pulled away by two big fives and three thick guards, but he had already punched Gary Payton four times.

Peyton's face was already swollen, and he was hugged by Zhou Quan from behind, and he couldn't even dodge, so he took four punches and punched him so hard that he had gold stars in his eyes, and he howled miserably.

Zhou Quan pushed forward with both hands, Payton was knocked unconscious, he couldn't stand on his feet at all, and a dog eating came directly and planted himself on the floor.

"Bastard!"

Peyton looked up in embarrassment, his nose had been broken, and his face was already red.

"Gary!"

Mourning ran up and pulled Payton up.

"Iron Fist, you mean!"

Payton looked at the three Zhou Quan in front of him, this bastard held him and didn't allow him to fight back, and he was so angry that he was about to vomit blood.

Zhou Quan didn't bother to look at Payton, and said to the referee: "Sir, after I jumped, he knocked me down from behind, and there was no protective action, I think it was a serious malicious foul, he was trying to destroy my career, what do you think?" ”

The referee nodded, glanced at Payton coldly, and said to Zhou Quan: "Iron Fist King, the alliance will never allow this kind of malicious foul. ”

With that, he walked over to Peyton.

“……”

Payton was stunned when he saw the referee's second-degree foul gesture.

The referee then sent Ben Wallace off as well, also for a second-degree malicious foul.

Then he ran to the sideline and gave Rodman a technical foul.

Rodman didn't bother to say anything, just a T, he didn't know how many times he had eaten it.

Mourning and the others looked at Pat Riley on the sidelines, and Riley spread his hands helplessly.

He knew that it was impossible for the referee to punish the Iron Fist King, let alone Ben Wallace beating someone, even if the Iron Fist King beat someone, it would be impossible to punish him for the sake of ratings.

What he expects is that after the Iron Fist King makes his move, he will give him a first-degree malicious foul, and he can tie the hands and feet of the Iron Fist King.

But alas, the Iron Fist King was too calm, and it was Ben Wallace who did it, which frustrated his plan.

"Pat Riley's tough defense got the wrong target, and if Mourning and Payton injure the Iron Fist, neither he nor the Heat will be able to bargain, and they will definitely become public enemies of the league." Elgin Baylor said.

"Not only the public enemies of the alliance, but all the sponsors of the alliance, the TV broadcasters, will look at them unpleasantly." Robertson added.

"Without Payton, the Heat won't have to play this game, and they will lose." Elgin Baylor said.

"If the league chases a penalty and doesn't have to play in the end, God has made a wrong calculation, making this finals a joke." Robertson said.

(End of chapter)