At this time, Corimagetti ran a small open space in the middle distance position on the right wing, received a pass from Zhou Quan, and shot, but missed, and the Kings grabbed the rebound.

The Kings played a fast break, Michael Bibby quickly pushed forward and quickly played the ball when Zhou Quan came up, passing to the right wing of the quarterback Doug Christie, who was cutting under the basket, and Cory Magetti was one step behind.

Zhou Quan turned around and rushed to the basket, adjusting his pace, preparing to implement the block.

Doug Christie, who came in from the right side with the ball, suddenly passed the ball to the high post.

Michael Bibby, who was dropped by Zhou Quan, stopped in a high position, caught the ball with both hands, and was about to jump out of his hand, when there was a squeak, Big Ben came out from behind him, and a slap came over, startling him, if it wasn't for his quick reaction, the ball would have been knocked off.

At this time, Divac entered the paint area, Ben Wallace and Zhou Quan did not have a chance to exchange back, Divac turned around after approaching Zhou Quan, stretched out his arms, and stuck Zhou Quan behind him, Michael Bibby did not hesitate to hang the ball down.

"Misplaced! Point guard and defensive center. Zhang Lili's brow furrowed.

"Smack!"

Divac did not pause after receiving the ball, turned directly to the left, left elbow back to the top of the position, and when he stepped on the foot, he held the ball in his right hand and dunked it.

But his left elbow was in the air, and just as he jumped, Zhou Quan, who leaned over his left elbow, rose in shape, and his right hand probed accurately, only to hear a "snap", and the basketball he was holding in his right hand was knocked off.

Zhou Quan's dodging ability is too strong, the world boxing champion can't easily beat him, how can Divac's elbow hit him?

While dodging, he still locks the trajectory of the basketball with his powerful vision function, so he can easily break the ball.

If you change to someone else, you don't know where the ball is when you dodge, and it is impossible to break the ball, so you can only be dunked.

"What?"

Divac was startled, and when he lowered his head, Zhou Quan had already grabbed the ball in his hand and began to go down quickly.

"Beautiful!" Zhang Cheng shouted excitedly.

"Great! Tekken misplaced the defense and made a steal for Divac. Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

Michael Bibby defended from the top of the arc, always in front of Zhou Quan, Zhou Quan swayed left and right when he was about to kill to the top of the arc, and there was no one within two meters nearby, and he immediately came to an emergency stop at the top of the arc.

"Not good!"

Bibi, who had already run to the free throw line, could only watch Zhou Quan shoot, and had no chance to defend against it at all.

"Brush!"

Zhou Quan calmly jumped out and hit an open three-pointer.

John Moore shook his head and said, "You must not give the Iron Fist King a vacant seat, and a small vacancy will not work." The reason why his shooting percentage is so high is that he shoots well.

His shooting moves are among the most standard, textbook-like in the league, and shooting from the open field is a regular occurrence. ”

James Worthy said: "When he first entered the league in '91, he was very good at breaking through with the ball, not one or two techniques, but good at all kinds of breakthrough techniques.

Because of this, he is very strong with the ball and very difficult to defend, and in his rookie season, Jordan can have a headache for his ball-handling breakthrough.

It is precisely because of his strong ability to break through with the ball that he is also very strong in getting rid of defenders, often getting open opportunities, and scoring very easily.

To defend him, you must be like Kobe Bryant, always grab his jersey with one hand, and all kinds of small actions and foul-style defensive actions are on the same page, so as not to let the Iron Fist King protrude and not give him a little space. ”

John Moore smiled: "Kobe Bryant only defends like that on his home court, and you try to defend like that on the home court of the Iron Fist King?" Half time makes you six fouls. ”

At 4-8, the Kings attacked.

The next game still slowly entered the rhythm of supersound.

Although the Kings' offense is good, the defense is also good, but the superSonics' offense and defense are better, under the leadership of Zhou Quan and Daben, and the cheering of 20,000 fans at home, while playing their own offensive rhythm, they gradually began to suppress the Kings' offense with their defense, leading by 13 points at halftime, and finally won the Kings by 18 points and won the G1 game.

Zhou Quan scored 38 points, 6 rebounds, 15 assists, 7 steals and 4 blocks, only one block short of 5*5.

He had five steals and two blocks from the defense and help defense, with only two steals and two blocks each for Michael Bibby.

This is not because Bibby is so good, but because of the king's style of play, Michael Bibby plays the ball as soon as he arrives in the front court, and rarely attacks with the ball in front of Zhou Quan.

Michael Bibby averaged 20 points and 5 assists per game on 44.4 percent shooting in the first two rounds of the series, but tonight he only had four points and one assist on 2-of-9 shooting and just 22.2 percent from the field.

On May 19, the Eastern Conference finals began, and the Nets hosted the Celtics.

The Green team still reached the Eastern Conference finals in 88 years and has not reached the Eastern Conference finals for 13 years.

Now there are two big players in the team, Paul Pierce and Anthony Walker, both of whom are All-Stars who average 20+ per game in the regular season and playoffs, but the lineup is average, and they can reach the East finals, more because the East is too weak, and it is difficult to enter the second round in the West.

In the end, the Nets defeated the Green team at home and won the first game.

On the 20th, the SuperSonics won the G2 game at home, and then moved away.

On the 21st, the Green team defeated the Nets on the road, and the Eastern Conference Finals were tied 1-1.

The series continued, and in the end, the SuperSonics completed the sweep of the Kings, and the Nets eliminated the Green team by a score of 4-2.

The finals will start on June 3, and the media's opinion on this finals is very consistent, and the fans' opinions are also very consistent with the media, that is, there is a ninety percent chance that the supersonic will win the championship again after last season.

Although the Nets are the first in the East, no one scored 20+ points in the regular season, three people scored double-doubles, and three more scored nine points, the scoring ability is not weak, but it is not strong, only fifth in the East, with an average of 96.2 points per game.

To put it simply, the team has no superstar scorers on the offensive end, no siegers, and Kenyon Martin averaged only 14.9 points per game for the first scorer and Kidd averaged 14.8 points per game for the second scorer.

On the defensive end, conceding an average of 92 points per game, fourth in the East, is not very good.

And the Nets rely on Kidd to support them on both offensive and defensive ends, and no one can guarantee what kind of performance Kidd can play under the defense of Iron Fist King Zhou Quan.

Such a team is the league's No. 1 supersonic in offense and defense in the finals, and this supersonic team with 74 wins in the regular season is even the strongest team in league history, and being swept is the most likely outcome.

Charles Barkley stepped up again, this time not on a blog, but in an interview with the Houston Chronicle.

"Basically, there is no power to stop the SuperSonics from winning the championship for the sixth time, they will build a second three-peat, and the Iron Fist King will win the championship for the seventh time," he said sourly.

But I think this championship and the second dynasty are far less valuable than the first three-in-a-row dynasty, and they won the championship too easily, which greatly reduces the gold content of the championship.

Next up is a grand final, which is unsuspenseful and competitive, and I will not be there to watch it, because the grand finale does not appeal to me in any way. ”

"Charles, you idiot, do you know what you said?"

Barkley's interview made the sports headlines of the Chronicle the next day, and Kenny Smith was the first to call and curse.

"What, how?" Barkley was stunned, Kenny Smith's tone was not joking, he could hear it.

"You idiot, you're inciting fans not to watch the Finals, what does the league think of you? What do TV stations think of you? Do you still want to work? Damn it, Charles, don't bother me with losing this job. Kenny Smith continued to curse angrily.

After Kenny Smith scolded, Jordan also called and scolded, and then other friends.

Whether active or retired, everyone relies on the NBA league to eat, and Barkley can be said to be guilty of public anger.

"Michael, you're still scolding me? Who are you to scold me? In order to support you, I fell out with Iron Fist, otherwise I wouldn't have had a championship? As a result, you turned around and became friends with him, so what am I? ”

"Charles, you can't blame me, I didn't stop you from hugging his thigh."

"You bastard! I have such a bad relationship with him, how can I hold ...... How to get to the supersound? Also, Michael, when you said you wanted me to join the Bulls, you released my pigeons and chose Mutombo, which I haven't settled with you yet. ”

"Uh, Charles, that's all in the past, forget it, let it be in the wind."

"Shet, I'll go with the wind about your past!"

"Damn fatty, what are you scolding me for?"

"Damn donkey eggs, I'm going to beat you up when we meet."

"What do you call me?"

"Donkey eggs, donkey eggs, do you still want to listen to me again?"

Barkley was so angry that he was dizzy, and the others were left alone, and he and Jordan had a fight on the phone.

In New York, David Stern was a little annoyed.

He also saw the news about Barkley, and the mood was even worse when he thought that the ratings of the Western Conference finals were much lower than the second-round series of the SuperSonics and the Lakers.

It is conceivable that the ratings of the upcoming Finals will not be very good, and Barkley, an idiot, is still pouring cold water on the Finals, does this idiot not want to eat this bowl of rice?

"The east is weak and the west is strong, the east is weak and the west is strong......"

He made a decision, starting with this year's draft, he wanted to favor Eastern teams and pull a few strong teams out in the East.

It's a pity that this year's draft is not ideal, there are no good rookies, and it is almost certain that it will be a small year.

On June 1, thirteen teams that did not make the playoffs gathered at Madison Square Garden in New York for the 2002 draft draw.

As a result, the bull had a lot of luck and won the lottery.

The Bulls have only 28 wins this season, but they are stronger than the previous two seasons, with a record that ranks first from the bottom of the East, tied for fourth in the league and Mosaic, and the chances of winning the lottery are slim.

Mosaic was also lucky, with the same record as the Bulls, and won the lottery.

On June 3, 2002, the finals began.

In the G1 game, Zhou Quan only scored 32 points, but handed out 24 assists, setting the latest record of assists in a single game in the finals.

He broke his own record with 22 assists, and that time he broke Magic Johnson's all-time record of 21.

Next, the SuperSonics continued their winning streak and completed a sweep of the Nets on the night of the 9th, winning the championship for the sixth time and the third consecutive championship for the second time.

And Zhou Quan also won the second three-consecutive championship dynasty and the seventh championship in his career, pushing his NBA career achievements to another peak, which can be called the height of God.

However, as Barkley said, the attention of the Finals is indeed average, with an average rating of only 23.5 million per game, which is not even as good as the 27.2 million in the Western Conference Finals, and even worse than the second round of the Lakers and the SuperSonics, which is as high as 35.5 million.

But after the finals, both SuperSonics and Zhou Quan have won incomparable praise, no opponent's complete victory to win the championship, and no opponent's second three-consecutive championship dynasty has not reduced the recognition of fans and media for SuperSonic's strength of Zhou Quan.

"The great Iron Fist King has achieved great supersound, and the Iron Fist era will continue to advance!" The Seattle Times.

"The second three-pronged dynasty, this is our time, the era of the god of point guard." The Seattle Post.

"From the nineties of the last century to the zeros of this century, it belongs to the era of hegemony of Tekken, he made SuperSonics the only super team in this era, he is the only symbol of this era." Los Angeles Times.

"Seven crowns and two dynasties, the professional achievements of the Iron Fist King have surpassed that of the Lord of the Rings." Detroit Worker Daily.

"If the opponent is stronger, the Iron Fist championship will be more golden. If the Iron Fist King wants to reach the heights of the Lord of the Rings, his current record is not enough, not to mention eight consecutive championships, at least six consecutive championships. The New York Times.

"For Tekken to become the god of basketball, he must at least surpass Russell's eight consecutive championships." Associated press.

At noon on the 10th, on the special plane returning to Xiya Tiantu, Zhou Quan flipped through a stack of newspapers.

There are sincere praises, and there are sour and demeaning news like the New York Times and the Associated Press, and now his state of mind has long been tempered like a well, and he casually flipped through it and put it aside.

According to his own thoughts, his career achievements in seven crowns and two dynasties can at least be tied with Russell, and he will not lose a single star.

Russell's era, the NBA had only eight teams at the lowest and 18 at the highest, and the competitiveness and intensity were far less than they are now, and the physical fitness of the players was not as good as it is now.

However, everywhere there are rules of respecting the predecessors, the predecessors have laid the foundation, and the latecomers have no reason to belittle the seniors, so every time the media asks relevant questions, he avoids answering, or lets the media evaluate themselves.

As for the attitude of the New York Times and the Associated Press, it can only show one point: as a Chinese, if you want to surpass the Americans in the United States, you must reach the height of silencing everyone, otherwise someone will definitely question you.

After the finals, he had already made good on his promise to his teammates last night by giving each of them a high-end men's watch that had been prepared for a long time.

He also knows that there will be a lot of people on this team going to leave, whether it's a trade or a free agent, which is understandable.

There is a championship, many people have more than one, these people will pursue team status, playing time, main position, long-term contract, commercial income, etc., staying in the supersonic no longer means much to them, they will only continue to be a foil, no matter who it is, it can only be hidden under his starlight.

Even if Big Ben leaves, he won't be surprised, because Big Ben's second contract is not big, and as a blue-collar center, the SuperSonics can't give Big Ben much of a contract.

Big Ben still has a year left on his contract, and he wants Big Ben to stay, but unless SuperSonics promises an annual salary of tens of millions of dollars and a long-term contract of at least five years, the chances of Big Ben staying are very small.

(End of chapter)