God of NBA point guards

Chapter 127 The Pistons Reach the Eastern Conference Finals for Six Consecutive Years

The next day, May 5, the media commented on the two games last night. The evaluation of the Jazz was not as good as after the G11 game, and it declined somewhat, while the evaluation of the Pistons increased.

But the main hype focus of many media is not on these two games, but another topic, that is, a topic that Mark Price said at the post-game press conference: If the 1991 draft is rearranged, Zhou Quan and La Lee Johnson who is more qualified to be the No. [-] pick.

Most of the media still insist that Larry Johnson was the best rookie last year. After all, Larry Johnson's performance is also very good, after all, he is an American.

Only a small number of media think that Zhou Quan is better. This part of the media is mainly Detroit media, and there are several Los Angeles media.

At this time, Larry Johnson was eating breakfast at the dining table. After seeing the news, his nose was twisted with anger. Fortunately, most of the media recognized him more, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

After a hasty breakfast, he left the house and went to the boxing gym.

His agent has already made an agreement with Zhou Quan's agent that they will fight a boxing match under professional boxing rules before the new season, so after the playoffs, he hired two professional boxing trainers, Started my own boxing training.

However, he and Zhou Quan are not professional boxers, let alone have a boxing license, so the boxing match between them cannot be regarded as a real professional boxing match.

He knew that Zhou Quan had also made an appointment with the postman, but the details were not clear.

At present, the news of the boxing match has not been announced to the public. If it is announced to the public, what kind of reaction will it attract from the team and the league? He is a little worried about this, and will it affect his career?

Although he hates Zhou Quan, he doesn't want to ruin his basketball career because of his feud with Zhou Quan. After all, he still has to make a lot of money. Winning Zhou Quan will not bring him a superior life, but basketball does. Yes, he clearly distinguishes who is more important and who is less important.

So he thought it over clearly, and when the news is announced, he will see the attitude of the team and the league before deciding whether to play or not.

This evening, the second round continued.

Zhou Quan still made an appointment with his teammates to watch the game together, and found a bar specifically.

After their cars came to the bar one after another, they immediately attracted a lot of people. After the media got the news, they also rushed over.

When Zhou Quan arrived, the Assassins and Rodman had already arrived. Rodman was the most active and the first to arrive. After sitting for a few minutes, Joe Dumas and the rest also arrived one after another.

The bar manager with a smile on his face personally came forward to receive them and presented some fruit plates as gifts. Zhou Quan ordered some fruit wine and drinks, as well as some food.

"Today is my treat, it was agreed the day before yesterday." He said.

Rodman quit immediately, and shouted: "Iron Fist, will you buy us some fruit wine when you become the boss? No, no, no."

He also encouraged others to object: "Do you think so? At least treat us to a big meal and give us each a gift."

"Yes, that's how it should be."

Darnell Walker chimed in first.

"Dennis is right, Iron Fist, we are waiting for your gift."

"Yes, if you want to be our boss, you have to bribe us, right?"

"Just think about it, we also have dignity."

Others chattered and booed one after another.

"Okay, okay, I'll have a big meal another day, and I'll prepare the gift." Zhou Quan had no choice but to agree.

"Yeah! The blackmail was successful."

Rodman let out a strange cry and cheered with the crowd.

After a while of excitement, Zhou Quan asked, "Guess, can the Bulls sweep the Green Team today?"

"impossible."

The assassin first said: "Even if the sweep happens, it can't be considered a real sweep, because Big Bird won't play, and you himself said that Larry Bird will not give Jordan a chance to sweep him."

"Ah."

As a good friend, Mark Aguirre immediately nodded in agreement.

He and the Assassin, the No. 81 No. [-] pick in [-], had similar fates. They were both in a period of sharp decline. Although they were not very old, they could only contribute to the bench lineup.

He cares about the overall situation. Rodman took the initiative to give up Rodman's main position. Of course, it is also because he knows that his state is not good, and his personality is very low-key. The sense of presence is not high.

Joe Dumas said: "Larry Bird should really be unable to play. The injury is too severe. Even if he makes a forced comeback, he will not be able to help the Green Team. If he is really swept by Jordan, it is really not worthwhile."

At this time, the live broadcast of the game started, and everyone's attention shifted to the TV.

The commentator announced the 12-man roster of the two teams. For the green team, there was no Larry Bird's name.

"Sure enough, Big Bird still cherishes his life." Joe Dumas said with a smile.

The assassin said: "This guy likes to pretend too much. He certainly doesn't want to be swept away by Jordan, and then he can continue to pretend in front of Jordan."

"After all, it's the NBA champion!" Zhou Quan complained.

"Haha..." Everyone laughed.

Soon after, the game began.

On the first ball, Jordan went in with the ball. After gliding three meters in the air, he hit McHale with a tomahawk-style dunk, opening the record for the Bulls.

Zhou Quan was very envious when he saw this buckle.

The tomahawk split dunk is a dunk method used by the outside line to dunk the inside line. It has sufficient force and is very explosive.

Compared with Jordan's dunk, his dunk is really barely dunked, and the level is too poor.

"Isaiah, can you dunk?" he asked suddenly.

The assassin was startled, and said angrily, "Iron Fist, my running and jumping height exceeds one meter, which is better than yours."

Everyone couldn't help laughing, Zhou Quan chuckled and said: "After my core strength and lower body strength improve, I can also jump one meter."

"Oh!"

Rodman let out a strange cry, and shouted: "Iron Fist, if you can really jump more than one meter and increase your stagnation in the air, then you can play fancy layups and dunks. It won't be like now, whether it's layups or dunks, There is no ornamental value, and the sneakers cannot be sold."

The assassin nodded and said, "Slam dunks are very expensive, and all fans like to watch them."

"Ha ha……"

There was a lot of laughter in the private room, causing people outside to look inside one after another.

Zhou Quan rolled his eyes helplessly. When it comes to sneakers, he really has a headache now.

Although his performance is not bad, especially in the playoffs, but Michael Jordan's state in the playoffs is too explosive, coupled with the league's support and the media's pursuit, the news about the NBA during this period is very likely. Eighty-nine are all about Jordan. Except for the Detroit media, he rarely appears in other media, and the sales of sneakers have also dropped a lot.

Two hours later, the game was over, and the old Celtics could hardly resist the Bulls, who were on the rise, and were swept away.

It is very appropriate to describe the bull at this time as imposing like a rainbow.

It is also very appropriate to describe the bull as a god blocking and killing gods and demons blocking and killing demons.

Jordan scored 42 points in this battle, 28 of 16 shots, 57.1% shooting, no three-pointers, 11 of 10 free throws.

The terrifying efficiency and lethality made the private room fall silent, and even the lively Rodman didn't want to talk anymore. The huge pressure made everyone want to lie down.

“迈克尔乔丹首轮场均45分9.7篮板6.7助攻3抢断1盖帽，次轮还是这般疯狂，他真的是太强太强了！”

Joe Dumas first praised, and then said with some depression: "Oh, we ran into him again, this time it's hard to say!"

When he said this, the scene of being dominated by Michael Jordan in the Eastern Conference Finals series at this time last year flashed through his mind. It was a chilling despair.

But now, Michael Jordan's performance is even stronger, and unconsciously, there is a stronger despair in his heart, which cannot be suppressed.

This kind of despair, let his willpower, his fighting spirit, and his vigor, like thin snow under the scorching sun, are rapidly melting away.

Zhou Quan also didn't want to pay attention to the results of the game between the Suns and the Trail Blazers, so he stepped forward and turned off the TV.

He said to everyone with a calm face: "Brothers, once we reach the Eastern Conference Finals, we will face the terrifying Michael Jordan and the crazy Bulls. This is a Bulls that are much more terrifying than the regular season. What should we do?"

He asked everyone, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

Joe Dumas nestled into the sofa and didn't speak.

He is the first line of defense against Jordan. Even Isiah Thomas, without him, knows the horror of Michael Jordan. The invincibility shown in this playoffs made him, who was already lacking in vigor, unable to afford it. The heart of resistance.

A rebellious look flashed across the Assassin's face. He wanted to say something, but thinking of his current state, his status in the team, and Jordan's horror, he closed his mouth in frustration.

But he glanced at Zhou Quan, wondering how this rookie who had taken everything from him would face such a situation where he was almost certain to lose.

Losing is willing to lose, this is his cognition.

He was swept away last year, and this year his strength has declined further, and he has lost all his vigor. He no longer has the vigor to fight against Jordan, and all that is left is resentment.

Zhou Quan took a look at his teammates, and it was obvious that no one thought they could beat this team.

However, he can accept being defeated, but he does not accept taking the initiative to give up victory and lie flat. This is a completely different nature.

The former can still retain their vigor and fighting spirit, just like Jordan and the Bulls who struggled desperately at the foot of the Bad Boys before. In the end, Jordan and the Bulls stepped on the corpses of the Bad Boys to complete their rise and self-sublimation.

So if it's just defeated, it doesn't matter, the Pistons just completed a swap with the Bulls, and it's the Pistons' turn to attack the Bulls.

But voluntarily giving up the victory is the worst thing. It means that the team has lost all spirit and fighting spirit. It means that this team has lost courage and lost the tenacity, toughness, iron blood and fearless spirit and willpower of the Pistons. .

Now this Pistons, except for him, the main players are all veterans, all of whom have achieved success and are even in the state of retirement. He finds it difficult to lead, because even if the spirit of these veterans is stimulated, it is difficult to last.

This is the biggest problem facing the Pistons now. When the willpower is not enough, how can it be possible to play the strongest performance against a terrifying opponent like Jordan?
Originally, the strength is not as good as the opponent, and if there is no way to play the strongest performance, it is even more impossible to defeat the opponent.

"Do you guys think we have no chance against the Bulls? Do you guys think you can't beat Michael Jordan at all?" he asked.

Joe Dumas glanced at Zhou Quan, then at the assassin, and then remained silent.

As a two-time champion and FMVP winner, the desire to win is not the strongest type of person. As a person who already has many honors, he really can't raise his fighting spirit to face the terrifying Jordan.

He and Jordan have faced each other so many times, but he has never taken advantage of it. He is in a position of being crushed all the time, and his psychological shadow is great.

Rodman also didn't speak, the injury affected his state in the playoffs, and he really didn't have the confidence.

Isaiah Thomas originally wanted to see how Zhou Quan would deal with the team's loss of fighting spirit, but now he couldn't see it. He still expected Zhou Quan to lead the team to help him avenge Jordan. He couldn't really lose his fighting spirit, so he stood up quickly. Get up and say loudly to everyone:

"Hey, boys, we definitely have a chance. Michael Jordan is nothing special. I think he was very desperate when he faced us back then, and even asked Chuck pitifully if he had a chance to beat us in this life. If you don't believe it, you can Ask Chuck, who came over after the game when we were getting ready to get on the bus.

So you guys, don't think he's invincible, we have the best defense in the league and we have the ability to kill him. "

Everyone looks at me and I look at you, and I feel a little more angry.

Zhou Quan nodded to the assassin, the old guy was alright, his resentment towards Jordan made him a bit more energetic, he was stronger than Joe Dumars, Dumars looked like he was going to lie down.

He coughed dryly, and after everyone looked over, he withdrew his usual smile and said seriously: "Isaiah is right, there is nothing invincible in this world, so is the Bull, and so is Michael Jordan.

Jordan is also human, he has only one championship so far, he was eliminated by our Pistons for three consecutive seasons, you know this better than me, because you killed him for three consecutive years, so he is nothing special .

We are very strong. We have also beaten the Bulls twice in the regular season this season. We have enough confidence to face Jordan and his Bulls.

If we meet the Bulls and Jordan again in the Eastern Conference Finals, maybe we will be defeated, but we should remember that temporary failure is not terrible, because we can get up and fight them again.

But we must not lose our fighting spirit and vigor, otherwise our team will fall into a situation of irreparable doom.

Repeated defeats and repeated battles are the portrayal of Jordan's career facing the Pistons in the early stage, so he became a fighter and a warrior who dared to challenge.

As an opponent, we should learn from him. Being defeated by a powerful opponent cannot be an excuse for us to lose our fighting spirit.

Even if the opponent is very powerful and super powerful, it cannot be an excuse for us to fail willingly. If so, we are cowards. "

Having said that, he stared at Joe Dumars and asked, "Joe, are you willing to be a coward?"

"Of course not."

Even though Joe Dumas is full of honors and has no pursuit of honors, he is absolutely unwilling to consider himself a coward. He immediately stood up and said loudly, "Iron Fist, make it to the Eastern Conference finals. I will fight with you."

"No, it's a series."

A smile reappeared on Zhou Quan's face, and his eyes were cold and authentic: "No matter how strong Jordan is, we must let him understand that in the Palace of Auburn Hills, we are the gods."

"Yes, that's our territory." Rodman jumped up and shouted.

"Jordan wants to sweep us away and live his dream." The assassin snapped.

"To hell with his half a million dollars," snapped John Selley.

"Morale is still available."

Seeing that the morale of his teammates had finally risen, Zhou Quan breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't know how long this breath would last.

They are all veterans who have won two championships, and they will no longer work hard for honor. Facing the extremely strong Bulls and Jordan, even if they work hard, they may lose, so he is still a little worried about morale.

The reason why everyone is often called to watch the game together is that they do not want the morale of the Pistons to be frightened by the strong performance of Jordan and the Bulls. Everyone watches the game together, and he can immediately find a way to intervene to boost morale after psychological problems occur. If the old guy watches the game at home, there is no guarantee that he will not have psychological problems, and it will be more difficult to intervene later.

On the 12th, the G4 match day.

Leveraging last night's morale-boosting move, the Pistons had high morale and played a good performance in the G4 game. They won two consecutive home games in one fell swoop, leading the Cavaliers [-]-[-] and winning the second round match point.

At the same time, the Jazz beat the Sonics again, leading [-] to [-], and also won the match point.

In addition, the Suns lost again last night, and the Blazers also achieved a [-]-[-] advantage, with the match point in hand.

On the 13th, the Blazers defeated the Suns and entered the Western Conference Finals first.

On the 14th, the Jazz defeated the Supersonics and joined the Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Finals.

Half an hour later, the Pistons defeated the Cavaliers again and reached the Eastern Conference Finals for the sixth consecutive year.

G4G5两战，周权场均40分钟，轰下了14.5分12.5助攻6篮板3.5抢断1盖帽3失误2犯规的数据，投篮命中率44.4/%。

The offense is average, but on the organizational and defensive ends, he performed very well, and his assists were excellent.

In his entire second-round series, he averaged 36.8 minutes per game, made 12.53 of 5.45 shots, 43.5% of his field goals, 1.6 of 0.5 three-pointers, 31.25% of his field goals, 5.6 of 5.2 free throws, and 92.9% of his free throws. Points, 16.6 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 11.4 steals, 3 block, 1 turnovers and 3 fouls. The true shooting percentage is 3%, and the assist-to-turnover ratio is 55.3.

Adding up the two rounds of the series, his field goal percentage per game was only 42.7%, which is still a long way from the 45% required by the system.

The true shooting percentage is 53.5%, the assist-to-turnover ratio is 3.43, and the three items of scoring, rebounding and assisting also meet the task requirements of the system, but if you want to get the bonus of jumping +1, there is only one way, to increase the offense at the basket in the Eastern Conference Finals. Improve your shooting percentage.

Zhou Quan also breathed a sigh of relief after eliminating the Cavaliers and reaching the Eastern Conference finals. The management still felt pressure to push him to the leadership position in the second round.

He only lost one game in the second round, and he was rewarded with four skill points.

The emergency stop jump shot can no longer be added, because there is no + sign behind it, he chose among the skills with the + sign, and finally chose a layup.

Since the offense at the basket is to be increased in the Eastern Conference Finals, the layup skills must be better. Now the layup skills are only 90, which is obviously not enough.

He first tried to improve his layup skills. Starting from level 90, after upgrading to level 93, the + sign at the back disappeared. There should be no room for improvement. His physical fitness does not support a higher level.

With one skill point left, he raised his throw from level 89 to level 90.

In this way, among his shot-finishing skills, the three items of throwing shots and layups, as well as the 91-level emergency stop jump shot, have reached the first-class level, which finally improved some of his offensive strength.

After the throw and layup were improved, the original 80-level offensive strength was also raised by one level, reaching 81, which was still only the second-rate offensive strength.

Analyzing from the system's grade evaluation, it is actually in line with his offensive strength. His current offensive efficiency is still too low. Bear the name of Data Brush on his back.

In fact, in order to improve his offensive efficiency, he reduced some shots in the playoffs. He averaged 16.2 shots per game in the regular season. In the two rounds of the playoffs, he averaged less than 13 shots per game, with fewer points and more assists. .

But what is sad is that after two rounds of the series, his shooting percentage was not as good as in the regular season. It's about height and feel.

After analysis, the biggest reason was that the shooting percentage in the first round was too low. He felt that Coach Daly was right. He must reduce his shots by nearly two points. In the second round, his shooting percentage was better than that in the first round. About the same as the regular season.

As for why he reduced his shots by nearly two points, his shots are still similar to those in the regular season and have not improved. This can only be attributed to the higher defensive intensity in the playoffs.

His current offensive skills are not yet able to overcome the defense in the playoffs and perform more efficiently than in the regular season.

Even if it is a superstar, nine out of ten will not be as efficient in the playoffs as in the regular season, let alone him?

For the time being, the system has not issued any tasks related to the Eastern Conference finals, so he is looking forward to it.

However, his game experience has been raised from 86 to 87 after finishing the second round of the series.

In addition, the most critical organization has been raised from level 88 to level 89.

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(End of this chapter)