God of NBA point guards

Chapter 198 Victory in the First Battle
At around noon, the Charlotte Hornets arrived in Detroit and held a press conference at the hotel at the request of the media.

"Larry, are you confident you'll make it to the first round?" the New York Times reporter asked.

"Of course, I have the strongest confidence in defeating the Pistons. I can't wait to start the first round of the series. We have made the best preparations." Larry Johnson said excitedly.

"So do you plan to have a rematch with Tekken during the offseason?" the reporter asked again.

"Oh, I have considered it, but I have to wait until after the playoffs to discuss it." Larry Johnson responded calmly.

"Alonzo, I heard that you had conflicts with Larry Johnson in the team?"

The next reporter was a reporter from the Detroit Journal, and he asked a question that the Hornets hated.

Mourning denied with a cold face: "Of course not, our locker room is very harmonious, full of love and peace."

At this time, David Falk called the Bulls general manager Jerry Krause and told him the news.

Klaus was taken aback, and quickly asked, "David, are you sure this is true?"

David Falk said with certainty and some pride: "Of course, my news came from a middle-level manager in the league. And I received it a long time ago, and it has been suppressed until now."

"Have you talked to Michael?" Klaus asked again.

"No, I'm not going to tell him." David Falk said.

"What do you mean?" Klaus asked thoughtfully.

"I'm sure you know the value of this news," said David Falk slyly.

The two didn't talk any more, and ended the phone call quickly.

Krause has actually made a decision to take advantage of the news, but not now, but before the start of the second-round series.

David Falk told him just now that in the middle of the offseason, the Pistons and the Digital Team had reached a deal in which Barkley and Zhou Quan were swapped, which was finally rejected by David Stern.

This news has not been exposed, but if it is exposed, it will definitely have an impact on the Pistons, damage their morale, cause a rift between Iron Fist and the management, and even leave.

On April 1993, 4, the first round of the series began.

Tonight, there will be four games, Pistons vs. Hornets, Cavaliers vs. Celtics, Trail Blazers vs. Spurs, Mosaic vs. Clippers. The former team has home court advantage.

The first-round series of this season is still a five-game three-win system, and a two-two-one home and away system.

This afternoon, the Palace of Auburn Hills, which is [-] kilometers away from the city, welcomed countless private cars, and all the parking places around Auburn Hills were full.

Fans gathered in the plaza outside, anticipating the arrival of the Hornets and then dealing them a mental and psychological double whammy.

It is a pity that the management of the Hornets is very clever and did not arrange for the team to come here for training, but arranged it at the University of Detroit.

It wasn't until 06:30, after dinner, that the Hornets' bus appeared at the Palace of Auburn Hills, and then received boos and abuse from countless Pistons fans.

The game started at eight o'clock, and before seven o'clock, the entire Palace of Auburn Hills was full, and the atmosphere was very hot.

The first-round series between the Pistons and the Hornets was broadcast live across the United States by TNT. The commentators were Robert Gedda and Ringo Wilson, who explained the Pistons and Bulls' Eastern Conference finals last year.

At 07:30, TNT's live broadcast began. At this time, the two teams also announced their starting lineups.

Hornets: Alonzo Mourning, Larry Johnson, John Newman, Kendall Gill, Boggs
Pistons: Ronnie Secali, Rodman, Ulrich, Joe Dumars, Zhou Quan

"Linger, which of these two teams do you think has a better chance of advancing?" Robert Guida asked in the commentary.

Ringo Wilson said with a smile: "Look at the on-the-spot performance. It's possible. Ranking doesn't determine anything. With the Hornets' internal strength, the probability of black six is ​​also very high."

"Black Six?"

Robert Guida smiled and said: "The Hornets do have an advantage inside, but the Pistons also have a great advantage outside.

In the second position, Kendall Gill averaged 16.9 points per game in the regular season, shooting 44.9% from the field, and the defense is not bad. He can hold a stalemate with Joe Dumars.

But the number one, Boggs, the smallest in history, with a height of 160 cm, I don't know how he defends Iron Fist.

On the offensive end, Boggs only averaged 10 points, 8.8 assists and 2 steals per game in the regular season, and his shooting percentage was 45.3%.

I'm sure that in this series, the Pistons will definitely target Boggs, whether it's Joe Dumars or Iron Fist, they will stare at him. "

Ringer Wilson said: "There is no doubt that the most powerful threat to the Pistons now is the iron fist, offense, and passing. Exploding Boggs will not let the iron fist do whatever it wants on Boggs' head."

Robert Jeddah nodded and said, "Indeed, anyway, Iron Fist is about the same height as Joe Dumas. Iron Fist has not announced his latest height, but I think he is not shorter than Joe Dumas, and his shoe height should reach 190 cm."

Ringo Wilson said: "Even if he is 190 centimeters, Kendall Gill's shoes are 196 centimeters high, his defense is also good, and his tonnage is 88 kilograms. I think he can make Tekken very uncomfortable."

At this time, the two teams met in the player tunnel.

"Hey, Mom."

Before approaching, Zhou Quan greeted with a smile.

Larry Johnson hated his nickname more and more. Hearing this, he snorted coldly, "Iron Fist, are you interested in a second fight?"

"you?"

Zhou Quan came in front of him, with obvious contempt in his eyes, he shook his head and said, "You have to prove that you have professional standards first, I don't want to be criticized by professionals, saying that I can only fight amateur boxers.

Actually, I think they're right, I don't want to score on you guys, it makes me feel unfulfilling, it's a waste of life. "

"Ha ha……"

Rodman immediately held the field and laughed.

Larry Johnson glared at Rodman, and said dissatisfiedly to Zhou Quan: "Iron Fist, what do you mean?"

"I just look down on you."

Rodman groaned with a grin.

"Big worm, do you want to fight?"

Larry Johnson became angry and glared at Rodman.

"Boy, this is the Palace of Auburn Hills. As long as you dare to make trouble, I guarantee that your grandma can get out of here, but you can't." Rodman shouted.

"Ha ha……"

Zhou Quan couldn't help laughing, as did Joe Dumas, Sekali, and Ulrich.

"We're out."

At this moment, Mourning couldn't stand it any longer, walked between Zhou Quan and Larry Johnson, cut off the sight of the two, glanced coldly at Zhou Quan, and then walked outside.

Zhou Quan glanced at Mourning thoughtfully. This rookie is very imposing, and he is not afraid of him at all. Could it be that he can fight well?
Next, the Hornets ushered in shocking boos.

Behind the Pistons bench, a casually dressed Christina Yeri covered her ears when the boos rang out.

When it was the home team's turn, the boos immediately turned into cheers.

Zhou Quan was the finale, and when he walked out of the passage, the rumbling cheers suddenly surged, sweeping the Palace of Auburn Hills.

After two seasons, with his outstanding performance, he has become the absolute core of this team, the most influential signature star, and the most famous sports star in Detroit.

Of course, in order to truly establish a huge influence in this city, it needs continuous hard honors to support it. An all-star AMVP is far from enough, and cross-border influence is far from enough.

So at present, his influence here is just a flower on the water, the moon in the mirror, and it cannot completely replace the assassin's influence in this city.

Zhou Quan greeted his teammates, and went to the sidelines to greet people.

The Palace of Auburn Hills doesn't attract Hollywood stars, but there are many local rich people and politicians who come to watch the game, many of whom have played golf with Zhou Quan.

Golf has been of great help to Zhou Quan. Basketball allows him to get to know these upper-class people, but it can't let him get involved in that circle.

Higher social status and greater influence will allow him to move more steadily in the discriminatory country of the United States, with much less trouble, and the level of commercial sponsorship will be higher.

Then he came to the bench and greeted all the fans together with Christina who was sitting in the back towards the live camera of TNT.

This kind of behavior undoubtedly made many Americans very unhappy with him, and everyone was jealous, because he met another white beauty star, and she was also a French beauty.

As we all know, Americans have a British complex, but the British have a French complex, so Americans also have a French complex.

"We are tough, tough, iron-blooded, and we are fearless..."

Before going on the court, all the players put their hands up around Zhou Quan and chanted the Pistons' team motto together, and then the entire Auburn Hills Palace resounded with orderly and loud shouts.

At eight o'clock, the game officially begins.

The jump ball, this is the Hornets' weakness, the inside line is not high, Sekali touches the ball first, and the Pistons attack.

"Oh, sure enough, I was right. The Hornets switched, Kendall Gill switched to Iron Fist, and Boggs switched to Joe Dumars."

In the TNT commentary booth, Ringo Wilson shouted excitedly.

Robert Guida also immediately shouted: "Iron Fist passed the ball, and the Pistons all opened up. Joe Dumars singled out Boggs. The height difference between the two sides is 30 centimeters, and the wingspan is at least [-] centimeters."

"brush!"

Joe Dumars didn't dribble after receiving the ball, but hit it high, avoiding being intercepted by Boggs, and hit a three-pointer on the right wing.

"Pretty!"

In the on-site commentary seat, bearded John Rowes yelled: "Joe Dumars, the scoring leader of our Detroit Pistons, hit a three-pointer in the opening game, and his touch is hot!"

At this time, the Hornets served the ball, and Boggs realized that it was wrong. Zhou Quan was in front of him, not Joe Dumars.

"Oh, the defensive iron fist is back again, and he defends Boggs himself?" Ringo Wilson asked in surprise.

Robert Guida laughed and said: "Although Joe Dumars' defense is very good, he has been selected to the defensive first team three times and the second team once, but now Tekken's defense may really be stronger than him, at least younger than him. This season In the four regular season games with the Bulls, Jordan was also defended by Iron Fist.

Iron Fist is very likely to be selected for the best defensive team this season. Anyway, the second team can't escape. The guard who defends better than him, counted in the entire league, is Michael Jordan. "

Zhou Quan didn't press in the backcourt, and after retreating to the backcourt, he didn't press close to him. Against Boggs, the shortest point guard in the league's history, the press is very easy to be overwhelmed.

Moreover, Boggs is too short, his dribbling height is very low, his assist-to-turnover ratio is very high, and his turnovers are very few. Almost no one can intercept his ball, and the risk of close pressing is too high.

He mainly defends breakthroughs, because Boggs has a weakness, that is, he has no three-pointers.

In other words, because of the height, if you shoot from the outside facing the defender, it is easy to be blocked, so Boggs rarely shoots three-pointers.

When Boggs is attacking with the ball, the center of gravity is generally very low, which forces the defender to also lower the center of gravity, and then he can find opportunities to make a sudden shot. If the opponent does not lower the center of gravity, he will directly charge go in.

Zhou Quan released Borg two meters, plus the wingspan, that is, the distance of one step.

At this time, Boggs lowered his center of gravity while dribbling.

Zhou Quan leaned over slightly, but did not lower his center of gravity too much.

He's not afraid of Boggs rushing into the paint at all, because he's also good at drilling.

Seeing this, Boggs immediately broke through with the ball, swipe, bypassed Zhou Quan like a mouse, bypassed the left elbow from the top of the arc, and rushed into the paint.

Zhou Quan didn't relax, and directly chased into the restricted area, one big and one small, like a squirrel chasing a mouse, they were very sensitive in crowds.

Boggs is really sensitive, while Zhou Quan relies on the ability of full-level panoramic vision.

Boggs turned left and right, thinking that he had thrown off Zhou Quan, and then flashed past Rodman, who was directly in front of the basket, and rushed to the front right side of the basket to make a small throw.

But at this moment, Zhou Quan suddenly appeared from behind Rodman, and with his figure together, he directly grabbed the ball with one hand.

"what?"

Boggs was taken aback.

"Oh, grabbing the hat with one hand, beautiful!" the bearded John Rowes shouted excitedly.

"Clap clap clap..."

There was also warm applause from the Palace of Auburn Hills.

Coming to the frontcourt, Boggs is still defending Joe Dumars.

This time, Joe Dumars was not going to throw a three-pointer. After all, the three-pointer is not a conventional weapon, but a mid-range shot. He came to the right elbow and asked Zhou Quan for the ball.

Immediately after Zhou Quan's pass, he moved to the right wing along the three-point line, taking Kendall Gill away to prevent Joe Dumars from being double-teamed.

Hornets defense, when Secari pulls to the left wing, it's Larry Johnson following, with Mourning sitting at the basket, so when Joe Dumars catches the ball, Mourning comes out of the basket, to the right elbow Fast-moving.

Joe Dumars received the ball and turned around, held it up high, and was about to shoot Boggs on the head. When he saw Mourning rushing over, he couldn't help but feel a meal.

But at this moment, Zhou Quan quickly emerged from his side, passed by Mourning, and at the same time reached out to him for the ball.

It turned out that Zhou Quan saw Mourning coming out of defense, so he immediately changed direction and cut to the basket.

Seeing this, Joe Dumars quickly passed the ball with both hands, and the ball was thrown from Mourning's head to the basket.

"boom!"

The next moment, Zhou Quan, who rushed into the paint area, jumped up, caught the ball in the air, and smashed his hands violently, blasting the Hornets' basket.

Mourning, who turned back to defend, was more than a beat slower, and it was completely too late, watching Zhou Quan smash his basket.

"Oh hoo!"

The audience suddenly boiled.

"Iron Fist's air cut was too timely. He took advantage of Mourning's gap from the basket. Joe Dumars's pass was also very critical, and he cooperated very well."

In the TNT commentary seat, Robert Guida laughed.

Ringo Wilson said: "This time the Pistons' offensive tactics fully passed the ball, mobilized the Hornets' inside defense, and then scored an empty basket with an iron fist. The key to the problem is Boggs."

Robert Guida said: "Don't underestimate Boggs' defense. He can stand firm in the league and serve as a starter. The defense is passable. He will use his own advantages to defend against big players. If Joe Dumars is careless, It’s likely to suffer.”

Ringo Wilson said: "Looking at these two offenses, Joe Dumars was not careless. He didn't dribble after receiving the ball, but played high and high, and didn't give Boggs a chance to steal the ball.

Boggs uses small defenses to defend big, that is, he is close to the body during sports. He can jump into the arms of the center forward to grab the ball, but if he holds the ball high, he has nothing to do. "

Robert Guida nodded and said: "How should I put it, Boggs's steal data is indeed good, even more than Joe Dumars, but his defensive weakness is indeed quite obvious. Can't do it."

The game continued, and the Pistons didn't keep their eyes on Boggs' offense. After Joe Dumars played a few shots, Seikali played pick-and-roll air cut tactics with Ulrich on the wing, and the effect was not bad.

Zhou Quan organized in the center, controlled the offensive rhythm, and adjusted the offensive tactics and offensive direction in time according to the Hornets' defensive tactics.

However, the Hornets are not easy to match. The offense is very strong. They averaged 110.1 points per game in the regular season and ranked second in the league, second only to the Suns' 113 points.

Boggs then changed course. He seldom took shots, so he went through the needles for his teammates. With the inside offense of Larry Johnson and Mourning, he still played well.

Larry Johnson and Mourning were overwhelmed in the low post, and both shot more than [-]% of their field goals.

But the Pistons still had the height advantage, and Sekaly and Rodman grabbed more rebounds.

Especially Rodman, who played 42 minutes and grabbed 17 rebounds, and the two teamed up to grab 26 rebounds.

And Mourning and Larry Johnson, the two only grabbed 19 rebounds, a difference of 7.

In addition, the Pistons' outside rebounding ability is also stronger than that of the Hornets. The team caught a total of 44 rebounds, and the Hornets only had 34 rebounds, which is a full 10 less.

In addition, Sekali singled Larry Johnson on the wing, shooting 55%, two percentage points higher than Larry Johnson, and scored 24 points.

Joe Dumars hit Boggs in singles, shooting 61% from the field and scoring 28 points.

周权全场43分钟，在肯达尔吉尔的防守下，17投8中，命中率47％，三分球5投2中，4罚４中，拿到22分7篮板11助攻3抢断3失误3犯规的数据。

The advantage of rebounding, the advantage of height dislocation, the three scored 20+, and with the assist of Zhou Quan, the Pistons finally won the G105 game at home with a score of 115:[-].

(End of this chapter)