God of NBA point guards

Chapter 210 Intra-Team Conflict
Tonight, there are two second-round series G1 games, the Knicks vs. Cavaliers in the East, and the Suns vs. Spurs in the West.

The Spurs performed well in the first round of the series, and David Robinson was praised by the media, so in this series, many media believe that the Spurs have a better chance of advancing.

However, in this G1 game, 89:98, the Suns, who played at home, won in the end.

He made 7 of 0 three-pointers and 23 of 13 free throws. These two data were the key to the Spurs' loss.

The key players for the Suns to win were Lightning Kevin Johnson and small forward Richard, who scored 25 and 22 points respectively.

Lightning shot 50% of the field goals and sent 5 steals. He performed very well on both ends of the offense and defense. He also played at the level of the top point guards in the league today. He really deserves to be someone who can compete with the Magician.

But the even better performer was Richard, who made 12 of 9 shots and even hit a 75% hit rate.

On the contrary, the team's only superstar Charles Barkley, the core of the team's inside line, made only 21 of 5 shots, with a shooting percentage of only 23.8%, and only scored 18 points and 10 rebounds including free throws.

"I'm very disappointed in this game, we lost too many chances on free throws and three-pointers, otherwise we would not have lost."

After the game, David Robinson, who scored 32 points and shot 65% from the field, told the media very disappointed.

On the 11th, there are two games, the G2 game between the Pistons and the Bulls, and the G1 game between the Western Supersonics and the Mosaic.

As a result, on the media pages of the day, except for the two games last night, almost all the rest were news about the G2 match between the Pistons and the Bulls.

In the news about the Pistons and Bulls, Jordan accounted for [-]% of the page. The American media collectively targeted him because of his influence. Without this influence, the media would not bother to target him.

The number of times Zhou Quan was mentioned by the media and the pages he occupied were more than those of Barkley, Dameng, Lightning, and David Robinson. Jordan also had a big reason for this. If his opponent was not Jordan, his media attention would also It won't be so big, basically every three mentions of Jordan, he should be mentioned incidentally.

In the morning, the Pistons went to the University of Chicago for training.

There are some international students at the University of Chicago, most of whom are publicly funded international students. When Zhou Quan came here for training the day before yesterday, he had exchanges with some international students.

99 out of [-] of these international students have the idea of ​​emigrating, and it is very strong, and they don't want to go back to China at all.

In other words, the country spends so much money for them to study abroad, but after they finish their studies, they choose to stay in the United States and become an American.

But he was not surprised at all, because he is also an international student, and he knew this situation during the two years at UCLA.

When these international students knew that he had not immigrated, they were very surprised and did not understand him. They asked him why he did not immigrate, but he did not answer this question.

He did not choose to immigrate, there is a very important reason, because he is different from these foreign students, he is now engaged in sports, immigrating to the United States does not help him much.

More importantly, his current achievements, influence, and social status make it unnecessary for him to integrate into this country through immigration.

……

At this time, at the Bulls headquarters, the team is conducting an intra-team confrontation training match.

Phil Jackson put Jordan in the second team, Pippen and Grant in the first team. This is his way of strengthening the competitiveness of the team. It is very effective. For performance, the players even often punch each other without giving in.

Under his training, the intensity of the Bulls' intra-team rivalry even surpassed actual combat, which is one of the important reasons for the Bulls' two consecutive championships. Playing training games as actual combat can quickly improve the team's strength.

Cartwhite is injured and will be on a truce for a week. There are still many substitute insiders. Substitute center Wilperdo, Scott Williams and Spencer King can all play the fourth and fifth positions.

Phil Jackson has decided to make Scott Williams the starting center for G2, but it hasn't been announced yet.

Williams' rebounding is good, even better than Carter White, about the same playing time, Carter White's rebounding is only half of Williams.

In this confrontation, he put Williams in the second team and partnered with Jordan, which is obviously meant to let him play the starting lineup.

He put Perdo in the first team again, partnering with Pippen and Grant.

The confrontation began, and after 2 minutes, Perdo used an illegal screen on Jordan, which made Jordan a little angry, stopped the game, pointed at Perdo and warned: "Vale, don't use such an action again."

"What are you talking about?" Perdo replied with some discomfort.

"You know what I mean, well, that's it for now, just remember what I said." Jordan snorted coldly.

"Keep playing." Phil Jackson shouted from the sidelines.

The confrontation continued, but Perdo made several illegal screens for Jordan one after another. After the fourth time, Jordan threw away the ball in his hand, walked up to Perdo without saying a word, and just punched him. .

"Oh!"

Unexpectedly, Perdo was knocked down with a punch.

Phil Jackson shook his head helplessly, but he was not surprised, because there were almost no players on the Bulls who hadn't been beaten by Jordan.

"Ville, don't be impulsive, calm down."

"Vill, don't mess around."

At this time, other players rushed forward and grabbed Perdo, who got up and was about to fight back.

Grant was very angry because Wilperdo was his good friend. Jordan beat him before, and now he beats Perdo again. He can beat whoever he wants.

It's a pity that he knows very well that if he dares to make a move, everyone here may hold him down and let Jordan beat him back. He doesn't have the courage to make an iron fist, let alone the skill of an iron fist.

Of course, this matter will not be resolved, because it is too common in the Bulls.

……

Late, 07:30, United Center.

Pistons: Secali, Dennis Rodman, Ulrich, Joe Dumars, Joo Kwon
Bulls: Scott Williams, Horace Grant, Scottie Pippen, John Paxson, Michael Jordan

"Yesterday the Bulls announced Carter White's injury and lumbar muscle strain. He will be sidelined for at least ten days. He can still catch up with the G6 game." Bill Walton said.

Lewis Williams said: "In fact, Scott Williams is stronger, but his qualifications are not as good as Cartwhite."

At this moment, Bill Wharton stared at the screen in front of him suddenly, and said in surprise, "Look, Wilperdo's left eye circle is dark. Did he stay up late?"

"Puchi, blackened one eye? Haha..."

Lewis Williams laughed, and Bill Wharton laughed too.

It’s not a big discovery either, the two don’t talk about it anymore, they are both insiders, and Jordan doesn’t just hit his teammates, he often throws punches at his opponents in the game, the number of punches on the court is much more than Zhou Quan’s , but the intensity of the fight was not as strong as that of Zhou Quan, so it had less influence.

At the scene, a reporter saw Perdo's dark circles and quickly asked, "Will, what's going on?"

How could Perdo dare to say that Jordan hit him, he hesitated and said, "I fell."

"Did someone beat you?" The reporter asked loudly without any worries.

"No, of course not, it just fell." Perdo said and went to the court to warm up in a hurry.

"It must have been Jordan again."

"I'm 100% sure."

Some journalists were chattering, very happy that they had something to write again.

At eight o'clock, the game officially begins.

Jump ball, Bulls attack.

"Look at how the Pistons defend against Jordan." Zhang Lili said.

Three seconds later, he said: "It's very clear. Everyone is following his people closely, and there is no obvious sign of helping defense. The Pistons are still the same as the day before yesterday, marking the others to death, and Zhou Quan alone defending Jordan."

"brush!"

On the first ball, Jordan caught the ball and made a jumper after cutting outside, and hit a mid-range shot. Zhou Quan was half a beat behind.

"This kind of shooting technique, no matter how good the defense is, it cannot be defended."

Zhang Lili said, and then he said again: "The Bulls' offense is still a triangle tactic. Jordan used Grant's pick-and-roll to get rid of Zhou Quan, and then took the opportunity to catch the ball and shoot."

Sun Zhenping said with a smile: "If the Pistons still defend Jordan alone, he can actually play with the ball."

Zhang Lili was taken aback, nodded quickly and said: "That's true, the essence of triangle tactics is to create singles opportunities for him, if you don't double-team him, you can indeed directly hold the ball to play Zhou Quan.

But the Bulls have to be on guard. Tactics can be changed at any time. If Jordan really keeps playing singles with the ball, the Pistons are likely to change their defensive tactics.

There is a big difference in this. Man-to-man defense cannot double-team people without the ball, but it can double-team people with the ball. If Jordan holds the ball, the threat is too great, and the Pistons will probably double-team him. "

Looking back, the Pistons attacked.

"Let's see how the Bulls defend." Zhang Lili said.

After watching for a few seconds, Sun Zhenping said: "Director Zhang, Pippen's position is intentionally close to Zhou Quan, and the Bulls seem to be intentionally double-teaming him on the outside?"

At this moment, Zhou Quan was double-teamed, and Pippen suddenly rushed over from the left wing. He immediately chose to pass the ball to Ulrich.

"boom!"

Pippen quickly returned to the defense, and Ulrich made a small open shot, but missed.

Scott Williams protected the backcourt rebound and the Bulls attacked.

"It is indeed an outside double team."

Nodding, Zhang Lili said with a serious expression: "It seems that the Bulls attach great importance to the destructive power of Zhou Quan's pass. Is this trying to lock his pass key through an outside attack? Two top perimeter defenders attack one person. The defensive pressure is enormous."

"It should be." Sun Zhenping agreed.

But Zhang Li thought about it, and said, "It's a bit wrong. This kind of outside pincer attack can hardly lock Zhou Quan's pass button. What's the bull's intention?"

After playing 9 minutes in the first quarter, he finally understood the purpose of the Bulls. At this time, the Bulls had already led by 7 points.

He said in surprise: "I understand. The Pistons used a lot of cut-in tactics in G1. More than half of Zhou Quan's assists came from passing the ball to teammates who cut inside. This is also the reason why the Pistons' offensive efficiency was very high in the last game. Because the inside cut tactic has improved a lot of offense at the basket for the Pistons.

Today the Bulls double-team Zhou Quan from the perimeter. The ultimate goal is not to lock his pass. The Bulls must know that this is impossible, so their real purpose is to force Zhou Quan to pass the ball in advance. , Accelerating the offensive and defensive rhythm, allowing the Pistons to complete the offense in a hurry, and there is no chance to play an inside tactic. "

"That's right! No wonder the Pistons seldom play inside cut tactics today. The basket and low-post offense are much less than those in G1." Sun Zhenping suddenly realized.

Chuck Daly obviously realized the purpose of the Bulls. After calling a timeout, he said to the players: "From now on, as soon as someone is open, cut in immediately, try to get as close to the basket as possible before shooting, don't just shoot outside, we must Improve offensive efficiency."

However, this small adjustment did not solve the problem. The Bulls' rotation speed was very fast, mainly by Pippen, but each time they only left a small space for Ulrich, and Ulrich's touch today is so-so. , did not play an efficient offense, and there were many passing errors with Zhou Quan.

After the ineffective tactics of the inside cut, the focus of the attack was shifted to Joe Dumars. Even Zhou Quan gave the ball to Joe Dumars. Unfortunately, Joe Dumars felt average today, and there was no point in John Paxson's head. Make a deadly attack.

At the end of the first half, 41:55, the Pistons have trailed by 14 points.

Zhou Quan made 8 of 3 shots, 2 of 1 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 9 points. This is not important. The key is that he made 25 passes in the first half and only received 3 assists.

That is, after he passes the ball, the receiver usually does not have the opportunity to get an open shot. The open space left by the Bulls in other positions because of his flanking, in fact, when he passed the ball, through the rapid rotation of the defense, it has already been filled. on.

On the defensive end, he stole Jordan once, Pippen once, and rushed in to block Grant once. Through his personal defense, the Bulls caused a total of 6 turnovers.

However, he also had 3 turnovers in his own half, one was intercepted by Jordan, and two passes were missed. Ulrich and Joe Dumars each missed his pass once.

In the third quarter, he strengthened his shots in the double-team. Several first-class shooting techniques only allowed him to make 11 of 4 shots, and his shooting percentage was only 36.4%.

In the final quarter, he began to break through with the ball crazily, but the whistle was against him. This was his home court, and he was called for an offensive foul, a walking violation, and an wrist flip.

In the end, the Pistons were unable to recover, 88:102, lost the G2 game, and tied the Bulls one to one.

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"I said we're going to get back on track, and we did. Next, we're going to play the way we need to be on the road."

In the post-match interview, Jordan, who scored 36 points, excitedly told the media.

"Tiequan, are you satisfied with your performance in this game?" Zhou Quan was on his way back to the locker room, and a reporter followed him to interview him.

"Of course there are some problems, I can do better." He said.

"Are you mentally prepared to be double-teamed by the Bulls on the outside before the game?" The reporter asked again.

"Honestly, I have, because they did that in the Eastern Conference finals last year, and I'm stronger now than I was then, but it was only a small amount of time at that time, but they have been doing that tonight." He said. road.

"Later, you also changed your defensive strategy and double-teamed Jordan with all your strength. Jordan shot 48% from the field tonight and was also double-teamed. He is [-] percentage points higher than you. Do you think there is a gap between you and him in terms of offense? How old is it?" another reporter asked.

"It's true that there's a pretty big gap, and I need to admit that," he said.

"For this series, what do you expect?" The reporter asked.

"We've already won a road game, and the Bulls haven't, so we have the advantage in the series now, and you know that, so I'm still looking forward to it."

After he finished speaking, he had already walked to the door of the locker room, thus ending the interview.

Others came in one after another, Zhou Quan got up and closed the door of the locker room, and then said: "Guys, it's just a loss. I never thought that I would sweep the Bulls this time. We don't have that kind of strength, so don't be disappointed. Let's go back home and fuck them."

The assassin said loudly: "Iron Fist is right. For the next two home games, we will play better and try to win them all."

Everyone nodded and their morale stabilized.

Zhou Quan smiled as he sat down: "Of course it's good to win both home games, that's the best result, but we also need to make other mental preparations.

This is not a question of confidence, but a question of sufficient psychological preparation. We must take into account all the results.

There is an old saying in our country, maybe you have heard of Sun Tzu's Art of War, he thinks about defeat before winning, so a hundred battles are never imperiled.

It means that before considering victory, we should first consider the situation of failure, so that we will have enough psychological preparation to face any difficult and possible situation, so that we will not be confused. "

Through his psychological adjustment, the psychology of the Pistons players became more stable, and the atmosphere in the locker room also relaxed.

"Tekken, what major did you study at UCLA?" the assassin asked curiously.

"Building," he said.

"I thought you studied psychology." The assassin laughed.

"You want to be an architect?" Joe Dumas asked with a smile.

"Of course, I want to design the tallest building in the world, but I'm afraid I won't be able to realize this wish. I haven't graduated yet." He said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)