After playing the Spurs, the SuperSonics returned to Seattle the next day.

For last night's game, the media praised Avery Johnson, who was opposite Zhou Quan.

"With only two interceptions and three turnovers, Johnson's performance against the Iron Fist King was commendable." New york times.

"Avery Johnson showed all the point guards how to play up against the Iron Fist King, calm, cautious, patient, and that's why he only had three turnovers." ESPN reports.

"Avery Johnson is one of the best defenders in the league against the Iron Fist, and Bryant should learn the style of the young general." Los Angeles Times.

A media reporter interviewed Avery Johnson and asked, "Avery do you have any secrets to dealing with the Iron Fist King?" ”

The little general Johnson shook his head and said, "No, no, I don't have any secret to dealing with him." The truth is that we lost, he won. ”

"So can you tell us what you need to do when you face him? Perhaps, how do you do it? The reporter asked.

After a deep sigh, Johnson said: "Be cautious, be patient, be calm, and then face him as a weakling, rather than facing him with the mentality of challenging him to win him, this mentality can make me more patient and more cautious in handling the ball."

To be honest, I never thought about how many points or assists I got on his head, he was so strong and I just wanted to make as few mistakes as possible. ”

On the 24th, the SuperSonics defeated the Clippers and rushed to the California capital overnight after winning their 14th consecutive home game.

On the 25th, the SuperSonics started their sixth back-to-back of the month, challenging the Kings away.

The Kings previously had an 8-3 record, playing three fewer games than the SuperSonics.

The Lakers are currently 9-4, the same as the Kings, but the Lakers have beaten the Kings, so the Lakers are now second in the West, the Kings are third, and the strength is not weak.

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

Sonics: Ben Wallace, Campbell, Bowen, Cory Maggetty, Zhou Quan

Kings: Divac, Chris Webber, Pejastojakovic, Doug Christie, Jason Williams

CCTV broadcast the game live, Zhang Li said: "The starting lineup of the SuperSonics has changed again, Patterson lost the starting position, and Margeti played the starting point guard.

Mr. Xu, I think this lineup is more reasonable than letting Patterson play the starting point guard, Patterson does not have the strength to start, and the style of play is too monotonous. ”

Xu Jicheng nodded and said: "This should be the starting lineup arranged for the king, it should be Campbell's defense against Divac, the height does not suffer, the big Ben defense Webb, you can use confrontation to interfere with Webb, Bowen can prevent Peja, his defensive style should give Peja a headache." ”

Zhang Li said with a smile: "The Kings used to be a bad team, and they wanted to trade Zhou Quan in 93, but it didn't work out.

In the '98/99 season, the Kings changed their head coach, and Rick Adelman brought the Princeton system, which made the playoffs that season, and the playoffs last season, but Adelman hadn't made the playoffs for two seasons before he arrived. ”

Xu Jicheng said: "This Princeton's offense is really strong, and there are four teams in the West that have averaged 100 points per game this season, and the Kings are second, averaging 102 points per game. That is, the supersonic speed is stronger than their offensive firepower, and both the Lakers and Mavericks are weaker than the Kings. ”

Zhang said: "This season, the Kings and Mavericks have both been bullish, and their records have surpassed the traditional Western powerhouses Jazz and Trail Blazers, and the Mavericks have finished fourth in the West. ”

Xu Jicheng said at this time: "In recent games, Zhou Quan's defensive intensity has weakened a lot, and the average number of steals per game is only nearly three times, and the block is less than two. ”

Zhang Li said with a smile: "There is no other purpose, it must be to train young people." He let go of the opponent's firepower on the outside, so that the opponent can let go of the play, and the others will have to take on more defensive responsibility.

Let's put it this way, if he locks up the opponent's point guard every game and makes the opponent's offense unable to organize, then the offensive firepower will definitely be much weaker, in that case, he will not be able to force the defensive energy of supersonic speed, and everyone will not be able to hone it under his wings. ”

"That's how it should be."

Xu Jicheng nodded, but said: "But even so, the supersonic speed is 14 consecutive wins, which shows that Zhou Quan's current dominance of the game and his control of the game have reached the peak." ”

Zhang Li said happily: "Yes, that's it." You see that day against the Spurs, they took over the game in the last half minute, and they won it directly, and that was dominance. I'll play with you in the front, it's okay, if I want to win in the end, I'll definitely win. ”

"Haha......" Xu Jicheng laughed.

That's when the game started, Divac won Campbell on a jumper, and the Kings attacked.

The four Kings kept running and interspersing in the half, accompanied by constant counterruns and air cuts, plus covering each other from time to time, which looked very chaotic.

Zhou Quan blocked the white chocolate Jason Williams from the outside and did not let him burst in with the ball, otherwise the scene would be more chaotic and difficult to control.

In that chaotic scene, with his defensive strength, I am afraid that he will not be able to prevent the white chocolate with the ball and nine people panicked passing.

However, he still does not plan to defend White Chocolate with all his might, and the SuperSonics are likely to meet the Kings in the second round, and the team will have to adapt to the Kings' style of play in the regular season so that the series will not be messed up.

At this time, Peja ran back to the three-point line through a screen block with Webb, Bowen was blocked and did not keep up, Big Ben did not change the defense, he got the open space, and the pass of White Chocolate reached him in time.

"Brush!"

Peja hit a three-pointer.

Zhou Quan shouted loudly: "Be careful of their positioning. Ben, you have to change your guard in time. ”

"Yes, Boss." Ben Wallace replied immediately.

Zhang Reasonable said: "In terms of the ability to change defense, Ben Wallace is not as good as Rodman, if it was Rodman just now, Peja would probably not be able to get a vacant seat." ”

Xu Jicheng nodded and said: "Yes, Rodman's sense of defense is stronger and faster, and Big Ben is more suitable for blocking the paint area, where his ability to assist in defense is not weaker than Rodman." ”

The game went halftime, and at 54:59, the Kings led by five points.

Zhang Reasonable said: "Today's supersonic state is average, but not very bad, 14 consecutive wins, and the sixth back-to-back, the body and spirit are already very tired, playing this state is actually very good." But the Kings are in better shape, and if Zhou Quan doesn't go all out, this game is likely to be lost. ”

Xu Jicheng said: "Zhou Quan only got 16 points, 7 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, I don't know if he will take over the game in the second half." ”

At the beginning of the second half, Zhou Quan stepped up, but his idea of taking over the game fell through, and things went wrong.

When he locked up White Chocolate, he couldn't completely lock up the Kings' offense, because everyone on the Kings team could pass the ball.

The Kings were running and passing every second, and the ball never stopped in one man's hand for more than a second, and each pass could tear through the supersonic defense.

At the end of the third quarter, 84:84, he scored 16 points in a single quarter, delivered two steals, and barely led the team to tie the score.

In the last quarter, he scored 18 points in a single quarter again, sent two steals and a block again, and scored 50 points, 16 assists, 5 steals and 2 blocks in the game, and got the 15th 50+ in his career before defeating the King with a score of 115:110 and getting his 15th consecutive victory.

"Tekken, what do you think of the Kings? Six of them scored in double figures tonight. The reporter asked in the post-match interview.

"It's strong, everybody on the court can score, everybody can shoot, everyone can shoot, they can pass, they have a very good Princeton system, they're getting more and more mature." Zhou Quan made no secret of his admiration for the Kings.

"Do you think the Kings will pose a threat to the SuperSonics in the playoffs?" The journalist asked.

"We have to be careful with the Kings, they were good offensively and defensively, we were actually very passive today, and I was forced to go all out to win this game."

"Tekken, how many winning streaks do you hope for? The previous SuperSonics' winning streak was 18, tied for fifth all-time, fourth with the Lakers' 19-game winning streak, and tied for second with Washington's Congress and Bucks' 20-game winning streak. The reporter said again.

"First of all, we want to go beyond the 18-game winning streak and hit the 19th and 20th winning streak." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

"Have you ever thought about hitting the Lakers' 33-game winning streak?" The reporter also asked with a smile.

"The Lakers of Goodrich, Chamberlain, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor in '71/72? It's terrifying, four all-time superstars who have entered the Hall of Fame as players, three superstars of the top 50, our roster can't compare to them. Zhou Quan shook his head and smiled.

On the 26th, the SuperSonics returned to Seattle, and then on the 27th, they flew to Portland to challenge the Trail Blazers away.

The Trail Blazers are 10-5 and fifth in the West, not as good as last season, where the Trail Blazers had a third-place regular season record in the West and reached a tie-break with the Lakers in the second round.

But it's not that the team has declined, but that there are some internal problems and it has become a problem team in the league.

The main power forward, Rasheed Wallace, the person who eats the most T in the league, even intimidated the referee after eating T, and Damon Stoudemire was prosecuted by the police with drugs.

The main point guard, Damon Stadamayre, illegally possessed Dama, drove overspeeding, and overdosed on drugs, and is currently facing multiple charges.

The famous rain man Sean Kemp, Coka Addict and alcoholism, entered the rehabilitation center several times to rehab drugs and alcoholics, but they still tired of teaching.

In addition to these people, there are also Bunch Wells, who tried to do it, Eric Barkley, who was arrested for insulting the police in a bar, and so on, according to media statistics, at least half of the team has been prosecuted and charged by the police and imprisoned.

Back then, the owner of the Trail Blazers, Paul Allen, wanted to recruit Zhou Quan, but Zhou Quan did not choose the Trail Blazers, one of the important reasons is that the management of the Trail Blazers is very chaotic, and now the chaos has extended to the team, which is about to rot.

After defeating the Trail Blazers, the SuperSonics returned to Seattle at two p.m. on the 29th.

At three o'clock that day, the Lakers' special plane also arrived in Seattle.

O'Neill got off the plane and took out his mobile phone and called Zhou Quan.

"Shark, you're here?"

Zhou Quan had just driven away from the headquarters and had not yet arrived home.

"Iron Fist, don't you want to win all this month, we're going to win this time." O'Neill shouted.

"Shark, of course dreams can be made, but do you have what it takes to make them happen?" Zhou Quan said lightly.

"Of course I have the skills."

O'Neill said angrily: "Iron Fist King, don't you want to take care of us this season like last season. ”

"Really? It seems that you have increased your ability, so why is the current record only 11-4? Zhou Quan scoffed.

"We started in a mediocre game, and now we're on a five-game winning streak and tomorrow night we're going to have six in a row." O'Neill said unhappily.

"Shark, you are a giant in mind and a dwarf in action, haha!" Zhou Quan laughed.

"What do you mean?" O'Neill asked.

"That means you're a mouthpiece." Zhou Quan explained.

"Bastard, you're the king of mouths."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, are you going to come to my house for dinner?"

"Of course, I still have some investment questions for you."

"Then come on, call a taxi at the hotel yourself, I just left the airport, I won't pick you up."

“OK。”

O'Neal hung up the phone, turned his head and asked Kobe Bryant in the back: "Kobe boy, Iron Fist King, please have dinner, are you going?" ”

"Of course." Kobe nodded.

O'Neal glanced back at Kobe Bryant and couldn't help but say, "Kobe, do you really plan to marry that woman next year?" ”

"Her name is Vanessa, not that woman."

Kobe's face immediately turned cold, and then said, "Yes, I don't want Vanessa to wait any longer, I love her." ”

'You're going to be distracted, it's important for us this season.' O'Neill said unhappily.

"I'm not going to be distracted, I've been training much longer than you, so you should be more involved in training." Kobe Bryant didn't give way to the tunnel with half a step.

"Damn boy!"

O'Neal muttered, quickened his pace, and stopped talking to Kobe.

After the hotel was arranged, the two asked the hotel to arrange an SUV, and at about half past five, they came to Zhou Quan's villa.

After dinner, Zhou Quan and O'Neill Bryant chatted about investment.

He found that Kobe Bryant was not in a very good mood, and he didn't talk to O'Neal much, so he asked directly: "What, you two came over together, is there a contradiction?" ”

Kobe glanced at O'Neal and said very irritably: "He doesn't support me and Vanessa either." Iron Fist, why? Why are they opposed? From the management to my teammates, to my parents, my sisters, they all fall in love, they all get married, why stop me? ”

"Shark, why are you against Kobe?" Zhou Quan asked.

O'Neal opened his mouth, thinking of Kobe's words just now, and closed it again, saying that Kobe Bryant was distracted because of his love was a little unspeakable, although he did think so.

He's very, very, very much wanting to win a championship now, and he has five Iron Fists, and he doesn't have one, so he really doesn't want Kobe to be distracted by something else.

"It's really unpleasant."

Zhou Quan nodded and said to Kobe: "This is a matter for you and Vanessa, you decide everything yourself, I bless you." ”

"Great! Iron Fist, I have to thank you. No, it's me and Vanessa who thank you together. ”

One sentence made Kobe Bryant ecstatic, because this was the first blessing he received after being with Vanessa.

Seeing Zhou Quan's support for Kobe, O'Neal was a little unhappy, but he was helpless.

(End of chapter)