After Zhou Quan crossed the halfway line, he pulled from the middle to the left wing, and Bowen immediately ran to the top of the arc and ceded the left wing to him.

Before he got close to the three-point line, Kobe Bryant decisively began to press, the confrontation was fierce, his body movements were very large, and he even moved his elbow.

"This kid's strength is not much worse, and the effect of several months of training is good."

After some confrontation, Zhou Quan basically figured out Kobe's current strength, Kobe Bryant, who weighs 100 kilograms, is still inferior to him, after all, he is about seven centimeters shorter than Kobe, with greater muscle content and a lower center of gravity. But the gap is also limited, and he can't squeeze Kobe Bryant as easily as he used to.

However, that didn't make it harder for him to break through Kobe, who didn't get any better at defending him because of the weight gain. Why? Because Bryant's ability to move is a little worse because of the weight gain.

He gained five kilograms a few years ago, which was the reward of the system, so his physical fitness has not changed, and he is still as fast and agile as he was at 92 kilograms.

But Kobe Bryant couldn't do that, after the strength was stronger and the confrontation was stronger, the speed and agility were not as good as when he was 97 kilograms.

"Squeak!"

In the confrontation, he pushed Kobe Bryant away, and then made a strong burst from the right side to attract Kobe to follow, but he suddenly turned around and passed over, and he burst Kobe from the left side, and after breaking through the three-point line, he rushed along an arc to the paint area.

Cobra Grant, who defends Lewis in the left blocking zone, knows Zhou Quan very well, after all, he has been an opponent with Zhou Quan in the Bulls.

He is very aware of Zhou Quan's breakthrough awareness, which is to attract his bag and create open opportunities for Lewis, which is also the most classic breakthrough strategy of the Iron Fist King.

Because there is O'Neal inside, as long as O'Neal wants to defend, the defensive effect is also first-class, so he chose to stick to Lewis and did not go to the bag.

Zhou Quan didn't see that he was attracted to Grant's bag, and Kobe Bryant chased after him in a shortcut, so he immediately accelerated to break through, made a quick stop after two steps to the left waist position, and then pulled the ball back, and then followed up with a step-back jumper.

Zhou Quan's emergency stop jump shot is not weaker than Jordan's, and his mid-range shot is as accurate as Jordan's, with a very high proportion of mid-range shots.

But passive defense is naturally half a beat slower, and his block still can't stop Zhou Quan's shot, and Zhou Quan doesn't even use a back.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and the two hits.

"Kobe, don't be impatient, I said it a long time ago, and you will be able to beat me in ten years." Zhou Quan teased with trash talk.

"Ten years?"

Hearing this word, Kobe's voice was distorted, and he said angrily: "The last time you said the West Finale was 6 years, when I was 28 years old. ”

"No way, you're 28 years old, I'm only 34 years old, I'm in my prime, how can you beat me? I'm definitely talking about 10 years, at the age of 38. Zhou Quan immediately denied it.

Kobe Bryant gritted his teeth, your 10 years, I'm going to beat you now.

On the sidelines, Phil Jackson followed Cobra Grant who ran over, and shouted as he ran to the front court: "Hores, you have to properly maintain the pressure on the Iron Fist King, Kobe Bryant needs you to buy him time, understand?" ”

"Understood." Grant answered.

"It's no problem to give him a small vacant seat." Phil Jackson shouted again.

Grant understood the meaning of the Zen master's words, referring to Rashad Lewis, who could not give large vacancies, only small vacancies.

Next, the Lakers stormed the basket, and the SuperSonics continued to fire from the outside, and each team played their own advantageous offense in the best position.

The SuperSonics didn't cut O'Neal or have a meat shield tactic, and O'Neal unleashed a devastating dominating low-post attack on Big Ben's head.

Under the furious attack of the big shark, Ben Wallace, who is recognized as a first-class defensive center, seems to have lost his sense of presence and is dunked under the basket by the big shark again and again.

Big Ben did not admit defeat, and his roar rang out from time to time in the central gymnasium, and every time he was overturned, he quickly got up and stood in front of O'Neill again.

In the first quarter, O'Neal blew up Big Ben, scoring 18 points, with a shooting rate of up to 70%, while Zhou Quan also beat Kobe Bryant, scoring 17 points, but the shooting rate was only 58%, 32:28, and the SuperSonics were 4 points behind at home.

Kobe Bryant didn't attack much under Zhou Quan's defense, hitting only three shots in the first quarter and hitting one shot.

Zhang Li said: "After the SuperSonics won the Spurs, Zhou Quan once analyzed the restraint of the Spurs, Lakers, and SuperSonics.

He said that the Lakers played the Spurs, and they should play Kobe's offense, let Kobe be the main offense, and let O'Neal and the Spurs pair the two towers.

The Lakers' previous game against the Spurs this season was indeed played like that, but O'Neal played average and was limited by the twin towers, so the Lakers lost.

Kobe Bryant's offense didn't go much today, and O'Neal's offense was the main offense, which was different from the last Western Conference final. Last time, Kobe Bryant was locked by Zhou Quan, but he still kept attacking and wasted a lot of shots. ”

Xu Jicheng said: "Could it be that Coach Phil Jackson used the style of play that Zhou Quan said, O'Neal played supersonic and had an advantage on the inside, but Kobe Bryant was at a disadvantage to Zhou Quan, so the Lakers played supersonic tonight, and O'Neal's offense was the mainstay, so Kobe Bryant reduced his shots." ”

Zhang Li smiled: "There is that possibility, but Phil Jackson is also a very powerful head coach, Zhou Quan knows this, and he must know it."

But the result is still a little bad, in the first quarter, Zhou Quan also made efforts on the offensive end, but still lost two points, and the outside efficiency is not as good as O'Neal's, O'Neal plays Big Ben, and the advantage is too great. ”

"Yes, I can't even tell that he is a first-class defensive center." Xu Ji became a Taoist.

At the beginning of the second quarter, O'Neal and Big Ben were not on the court, Kobe Bryant and Zhou Quan also went down, and the two teams played as substitutes.

After three minutes of play, the SuperSonics tied the Lakers, and then the two sides were back in the main lineup.

But this time, Lewis didn't come up and replaced him with Campbell, who Westafar told Campbell and Big Ben to defend O'Neal like they did in the West.

As a result, after the second quarter, O'Neal made 2 of 5 shots and 3 of 6 free throws within 9 minutes, scoring only 7 points, and Zhou Quan scored 14 points in 9 minutes on Kobe's head, preventing Kobe from shooting 1 of 4 in the second quarter, and the supersonic speed exceeded by 6 points.

"It's still the meat shield tactics that work, and after limiting O'Neal's scoring, Zhou Quan can gain an advantage on the outside." Zhang Li said with a smile.

Xu Jicheng said: "I think this is actually what Zhou Quan said last time that the Lakers played the Spurs, the supersonic inside line does not have the strength to get rid of the big shark, but you can use the meat shield tactics to limit O'Neal's offensive efficiency, and then Zhou Quan beat Kobe Bryant on the outside." ”

Zhang Li nodded and said: "It's really the same, it's that kind of play, so the supersonic was able to sweep the Lakers last time."

The problem now is that last time there were three meat shields, and now there is one less Brad Miller, Ewing is old and injured, he can't be a meat shield. ”

Xu Jicheng said: "Don't be afraid, there is also a fringe center Geralney McCoy, I think he will have to go on the court to carry O'Neal sooner or later."

The SuperSonics still have three centers, plus Campbell, that is, four centers, and there are a lot of people available, which must be to deal with O'Neal. ”

Xu Jicheng's words were really right, in the third quarter, Geralney McCoy, who had no chance to play before, was sent on the court as a meat shield to top O'Neal.

McCoy, who is only 208 centimeters tall and weighed 112 kilograms when he entered the team, is in the process of gaining weight at the request of the team, with a target tonnage of at least 120 kilograms, and he is Whithitt's meat shield for O'Neal.

However, now his tonnage is only 114 kilograms, and he can't withstand O'Neal at all, after coming on the field, under O'Neal's first low position, the defense is about to collapse, and he didn't block it for half a second, and he was directly knocked away, and he couldn't create a weak-side defense opportunity for Campbell.

O'Neal first knocked McCoy away, then dunked Campbell, who was a beat slow to help defend the defense, and Campbell was knocked straight under the basket.

"Bang!"

"Tick!"

In the violent explosion, he hung on the basket, hiding McCoy and Campbell at his feet, and in excitement, he hung on the basket and did not come down, and roared domineeringly, and then was blown a technical foul by the referee.

"Keep him gaining weight, preferably to 125 kilograms." Head coach Paul Westphal said to the team's strength trainers.

After playing the third quarter, O'Neal scored 14 points in a single quarter, 39 points in the third quarter, a shooting rate of 54.5%, Zhou Quan scored 11 points in a single quarter, 42 points in the third quarter, and the Lakers still trailed by 3 points.

Entering the final quarter, Zhou Quan took over the game, and O'Neal, who was over-consumed in the first three quarters, died down, and finally Zhou Quan scored 14 points in the final quarter, scoring 56 points in a single game, and led the team to defeat the Lakers.

"Congratulations to Zhou Quan, who broke the personal record of 55 points in a single game in the regular season." After the game, Zhang said happily.

This is also the third single-game 50+ game of the season and the 16th 50+ of my career. For the regular season alone, it does not include the 50+ data of the playoffs. Xu Ji became a Taoist.

Zhang Li nodded and said: "In this game, O'Neal scored 45 points, and the shooting rate fell to 49.5%, and he has done his best.

On the outside, Zhou Quan still held Kobe Bryant's hand, preventing Kobe from shooting 3 of 12, plus free throws and only scoring 8 points.

If Kobe Bryant can play a 20+ performance on Zhou Quan's head and hit more than 45%, it will really be difficult to say whether he wins or loses. ”

Xu Jicheng said: "It's still the tactics of the Western Finals, and it's also the tactics of the Lakers playing the Spurs that Zhou Quan himself said, which is really effective." ”

Zhang Reasonable said: "In this way, Zhou Quan can still maintain a great advantage over Kobe Bryant at both offensive and defensive ends, and the supersonic is still advantageous to the Lakers." ”

Xu Jicheng said with a smile: "O'Neal made 8 of 16 free throws today, which is not too bad, and the number of fouls on him by the supersonic has reached 17 times, which is full of lethality!"

It's a pity that Zhou Quan's advantage on the outside is really too big, just a 50+, Kobe Bryant is not not strong, I think he is much stronger than last season, but in front of Zhou Quan, he just can't. ”

"Kobe Bryant is not yet 23 years old, and he has not yet entered his prime, and Jordan in his peak is also at a disadvantage in front of Zhou Quan, let alone him?" Zhang Li said with a smile.

"Shark, when you are old, the Lakers don't want you anymore, you will come to me, and the ring guarantees to have one of yours." At the scene, Zhou Quan bid farewell to O'Neill, who was a little depressed, and comforted him kindly.

O'Neill is so angry, bastard, you're just over a month younger than me, I'm old and you're old, you can guarantee a fart!

Kobe Bryant was beaten by the Iron Fist King on the field again, he was in a bad mood, his face was cold, and when he heard Zhou Quan's words, he said angrily: "Iron Fist King, don't be complacent, sooner or later I will surpass you one day." ”

Zhou Quan nodded and smiled: "I know, you will definitely surpass me in 15 years." ”

"15 years?"

Kobe Bryant has the urge to vomit blood, wasn't it just 10 years?

O'Neill is also an old man, 15 years, 15 years later, he will definitely retire, at that time he will be 43 years old.

"Just blow it."

glared at Zhou Quan angrily, he turned around and left.

Kobe Bryant looked at Zhou Quan and was about to say something, Zhou Quan preemptively said: "I know, you don't have to say anything, you will definitely surpass me in the future, young man, the present is mine, and the future is yours." ”

"Of course."

After hearing this, Kobe Bryant felt a little more comfortable, turned around and left.

"In 20 years, the future will be yours, I promise." Zhou Quan shouted loudly from behind.

"20 years?"

Tekken, you're kidding me? Kobe's face instantly turned black, turned his head and glared at Zhou Quan fiercely, and sped up and walked into the player's tunnel.

"Iron Fist, what did you mean when you said 20 years to Kobe Bryant?" Some reporters came over to interview at this time, and happened to hear Zhou Quan's last sentence.

"Nothing, nothing, just kidding." Zhou Quan smiled and shook his head.

"Iron Fist, does beating the Lakers again today mean that the SuperSonics still have a clear advantage over the Lakers?" A reporter from NBC asked.

"It's up to us to limit O'Neill's development." Zhou Quan said.

"The big shark scored 45 points today, do you think it has a limiting effect on him?" The reporter asked again.

"What's his hit rate?" Zhou Quan asked.

"Close to fifty percent. 8 of 16 free throws. A reporter from the Los Angeles Times said right away.

"That's a certain limit, I should have outscored him, but the limit wasn't the best, so we dragged it until the end of the game to finish them, and I had to attack with all my might to win." Zhou Quan said.

(End of chapter)