God of NBA point guards

Chapter 216
As the players came down, Phil Jackson was brainstorming.

Joe Dumars blocked Pippen's breakthrough just now, and now Zhou Quan's off-ball running position has successfully got a big open. Offensive and defensive, and was restrained by the Pistons.

For Joe Dumars to defend Pippen, he still has some mental preparations. After all, Joe Dumars is the best defensive team three times and the second team once.

But for Zhou Quan to play without the ball, he was not mentally prepared, he thought that the assassin would play without the ball.

Although a timeout was called, in fact he didn't have a good solution, because impromptu changes are not his good ability.

After Jordan and others sat down, he said to Pippen: "Scotty, when you are holding the ball on the wing, do a pick-and-roll with John and try to misplace the assassin as much as possible."

After a moment of hesitation, Pippen nodded without speaking.

He was a little upset, thinking that Phil Jackson didn't believe him, and it was just an offensive failure. He felt that he had the ability to single-handedly beat Joe Dumars.

Phil Jackson said to Jordan again: "Michael, the Pistons' tactics are a bit strange. You have to do your best on the offensive end and try to make up for lost points."

Jordan nodded, but didn't speak.

His attention was still on the offense and defense just now, Zhou Quan used the crowd in the paint to get rid of him easily, which made him feel very bad.

In the Eastern Conference Finals last year, Zhou Quan was also like this when he played off the ball occasionally. This kind of running ability made him helpless.

Phil Jackson said to Williams, Grant, and Pippen: "If Iron Fist continues to play without the ball and gets into the crowd, you must block him in time, or switch defenses, but be careful not to be blown off the ball. folder."

"clear."

Just to remind them to play side-by-side, the three of them nodded.

The timeout ends and the Bulls attack.

On the right wing, Jordan held the ball in singles against Zhou Quan, and made a false shot. After two steps into the three-point line, he was stuck inside by Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan took a step forward, jumped forward and almost covered Jordan's body, defending desperately, although he didn't block the ball, it affected Jordan's shot.

"boom!"

A little off, the basketball hit the backboard again and was caught by Rodman.

"MJ missed the second shot, doesn't he feel good today?" Bill Walton said.

Williams said with a smile: "Normally, his shooting percentage is generally 40% for the far twos, a little higher for the middle twos, and the lowest for the near twos in the paint, in the early [-]s. If the outside jumper is not good, he must strengthen the breakthrough Now, scoring at the basket is his weapon."

The Assassin advances, John Paxson defends.

Zhang Lili joked: "Both of these two are barely playing the starting lineup, both of them have serious injuries, and no one dares to play hard. If they are injured, it may affect the final result of the series."

"Injuries are the number one killer in sports." Nodding, Sun Zhenping said.

Zhang Lili sighed: "If Isiah Thomas is at his peak, John Paxson is not enough for him.

Paxson, a white man, has average physical fitness. If it was two or three years ago, the assassin would have passed with a single breakthrough, very easily. "

Zhou Quan repeated his old trick and entered the paint from the left wing again.

Williams moved laterally to block, but Zhou Quan bypassed him with a turn. Instead of blocking Zhou Quan, he blocked Jordan.

Zhou Quan took the opportunity to pass through the paint area, and Pippen, who followed Joe Dumars into the paint area, quickly turned around and changed defenses.

In this way, Zhou Quan ran to the right wing, the assassin passed the ball down, and he caught the ball and singled Pippen.

Joe Dumars, on the other hand, pulled to the left wing and brought Jordan back to the left wing.

Using small to play big, Zhou Quan made a fake shot and made a real shot. After shaking Pippen, he immediately started to accelerate and step over, sprinted past Pippen, and then made an emergency stop jumper one step away from the right waist before Grant made up the defense.

"brush!"

A two-point open jumper was made, and the basketball went into the basket hollow.

"Wow, the same style of play, Iron Fist made another mid-range shot. I didn't expect Iron Fist to play so well off the ball. His off-ball running ability is quite strong. Jordan has missed twice." Dun said in surprise.

Williams laughed: "During the Eastern Conference finals last year, the Iron Fist occasionally played off the ball, and it was the same, entering the paint and using the crowd to get rid of Jordan.

Moreover, he is also like this on the defensive end. If Jordan wants to pass through the paint area, he can't get rid of him. Later, when Jordan hit him, he didn't even enter the paint area. "

Nodding his head, Bill Wharton said with a smile: "The talent of Iron Fist piercing through crowds is indeed unique and very sensitive. In my opinion, his ability is no worse than that of Boggs."

Next, Jordan made a shot, and Zhou Quan repeated the same trick again, but failed, and was caught in the push of the penalty area.

"Iron Fist's ability to penetrate people's gaps also has a big flaw. Not only the defender may consciously block him, but the movement of his teammates may also block him." Bill Wharton said.

"If the success rate of running positions can reach half, it is very good. It is a first-class off-ball running position." Williams nodded.

At the 10th minute of the first quarter, the Bulls called a timeout for the third time, and the two sides entered the substitution link. At this time, the score was 25:18, and the Pistons had already led by 7 points.

Jordan made 7 of 3 shots, missed the first 5 shots, and then made 3 of 2 shots on Zhou Quan's head, plus 2 of 8 free throws. He started to feel hot and scored [-] points.

Paxson got an open shot and hit a [-]-pointer.

Pippen went 3-for-1 from the field over Joe Dumars, a mediocre rate.

On the side of the Pistons, Zhou Quan, who played off the ball, went all out to attack. It was a trick to use the paint to get rid of Jordan and take advantage of open or misplaced positions. He made 10 of 7 shots in 5 minutes, with a shooting rate as high as 71.4%. point.

Of the 7 shots, 3 of them got open opportunities, all of which were made, and 4 of them were misplaced shots, and 2 of them were also hit.

The assassin made a big profit, and in less than one quarter, he got 3 assists from Zhou Quan.

"The Bulls have only one way to deal with Zhou Quan's off-the-ball movement, which is to block him in the penalty area. They have blocked him many times. Zhou Quan only took 7 shots, but the hit rate is really high!" Sun Zhenping laughed road.

Zhang Lili said excitedly: "I didn't expect the Pistons to play so well today, I didn't expect Zhou Quan to play so well off the ball, I didn't expect the Bulls to beat the small with a big, but they were beaten by the Pistons, haha!"

Sun Zhenping smiled and said: "If the game continues like this, Director Zhang, the Pistons should be able to win this game, right? It would be great if they can win."

Zhang Lili put away his smile, pondered for a while and said: "If Phil Jackson can come up with a suitable tactic, it is possible to change the situation, it depends on his ability."

At this point, he changed the subject and said with a smile: "But he is good at adjusting players' psychology, maybe he can't find a good way for a while."

On the Bulls bench, Jordan kept chewing gum at a very fast speed, which showed that he was very restless.

Phil Jackson replaced John Paxson and replaced him with BJ, who would face up to the Assassin to give the Assassin more strength.

During these 10 minutes, the Assassins did not attack, but just controlled the ball and passed the ball to Zhou Quan. Paxson couldn't prevent his pass.

For Zhou Quan's off-ball running position, he has a headache, but there is no better way to solve it. He can only use people to block it. The defensive effect is too poor. He did not expect Zhou Quan's off-ball ability to be so strong.

On the side of the Pistons, the Assassin was replaced. It was an old injury. It is already good to start strong, and it is impossible to play the whole quarter.

Chuck Daly replaced Ulrich, Joe Dumars also went down to rest, Zhou Quan returned to the first position, Mark Aguirre played the second position, replaced Polynes and Tre Mills on the inside, five The first starters left Zhou Quan alone.

In the first four games of the second round, Zhou Quan played three full games, averaging 46.5 minutes per game. Facing the mighty Bulls and Jordan, Chuck Daly dared not replace him at all.

On the Bulls' side, Jordan continued to play, and the others also replaced the substitutes.

Zhou Quan did not attack, mainly doing defense and organization.

Joe Dumars and the Assassins are absent, no one is passing the ball to him, he can no longer play off the ball, and attack with the ball, without strong perimeter teammates around him to restrain him, even if he rushes to Jordan, the Bulls will easily attack him When breaking through, he was flanked by multiple people in the penalty area.

Jordan, on the other hand, attacked with all his strength, trying to chase points. Within 2 minutes, he made 3 of 1 shots, including 1 of 0 three-pointers. The touch was not good, and he scored 10 points in the first quarter.

After the first quarter, at 27:20, the Bulls were still 7 points behind at home.

Bill Walton said: "Today Pippen and Joe Dumars' offensive efficiency is not high, Jordan is the same, 10 of 4 shots, 2 of 0 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, only Iron Fist is efficient enough. "

Williams went on to say: "The gap of 7 points is not too big. If Jordan's touch turns hot, it will be easy to chase points. Therefore, if the Pistons want to win, they must not only maintain their offensive advantage, but also maintain their defense against Jordan on the defensive end. Pressure, don't let him explode."

Bill Walton said with a smile: "The key to the outcome of the game is not Jordan's offense."

"what is that?"

Williams was taken aback and looked at Bill Wharton.

Bill Walton said with a smile: "Once the main players come back and Iron Fist plays off the ball again, how can the Bulls defend? Unless Phil Jackson comes up with a solution. Perhaps, Jordan will break through with all his strength to improve his offensive efficiency."

In the second quarter, the two sides were still in the lineup at the end of the first quarter.

Jordan's offense has stalled, and his physical fitness is also limited. It is impossible to play non-stop offensively within 48 minutes, and physical fitness needs to be distributed on the court, otherwise the lack of physical fitness at important moments will also occur.

He has a good understanding, and Zhou Quan also has a tacit understanding. He didn't attack. He knew that if he attacked, Jordan would definitely keep up. However, he is not as good as Jordan in terms of physical fitness, so it is better to save his physical fitness for the second half.

In this way, the second quarter proceeded at an unhurried pace. By the 5th minute, the Pistons had led by 8 points. Quan hit a goal, counterattacked successfully, scored 5 points in a row, and played a wave of 5:0 attacks.

After half a quarter, 38:35, the Pistons still lead by 3 points.

The Pistons called a timeout, and then switched to the starter, and the Bulls followed suit, but instead of Paxson, BJ was on.

"If he wants to get into the crowd, we will squeeze him to death."

There is no better way, Phil Jackson can only let the players do this, the paint area is so big, Zhou Quan's physique is not small, not like Boggs's 160 cm 60 kg mouse physique, he does not believe in the paint area So many people on both sides couldn't stop Zhou Quan.

Pistons attack.

The assassin held the ball at the top of the arc, and BJ pressed for it. He responded calmly while observing Zhou Quan's running position.

Zhou Quan entered the paint from the right waist this time, but Grant moved up and sideways with one step and blocked him.

He went down and around the opponent into the paint, trying to get rid of Jordan through the screen of Rodman, but Jordan followed closely and was unsuccessful.

As soon as he got around Grant, he saw that there was no obstacle on the way to the left flank, and he couldn't get rid of Jordan, so he immediately turned upwards, deliberately slid into the crowd, and slipped through the gap between Grant and Sekali past.

Grant wanted to move and block Zhou Quan again, but it felt too late, so he didn't move.

Jordan followed Zhou Quan to run up, and Sekali didn't dare to move the screen. This is the Bulls' home court, and it is not worthwhile to be blown a mobile screen.

But just as Zhou Quan ran between the two, he suddenly changed to the left, bypassed Grant, and ran back to the left.

Jordan quickly bypassed Grant from below and chased after him, but he was already a step behind.

However, his speed is very fast, and the distance of one step is within reach. If Zhou Quan catches the ball and makes a shot, he can still catch up to block the shot. If Zhou Quan moves slowly, he will not even have a chance to make a shot.

The assassin's eyes lit up at the top of the arc, and he suddenly stepped back and took off, passing the ball from BJ's head to Zhou Quan with both hands, the passing speed was very fast, and there was an advance.

Seeing the ball coming, Zhou Quan took advantage of the situation to move forward, and after catching the ball in the air, he completed his turn and was already facing the basket when he landed.

At this time, he saw Jordan pounced from a step away, and immediately raised the ball with both hands, and Jordan immediately flew up.

"Oh!"

The next moment, collect the ball, dribble one step to the left, and shoot a jumper.

"Shet!"

Flying past Zhou Quan's side, Jordan flew into the air.

"brush!"

Splashes appeared and two points were hit.

"It's beautiful! No one can keep up with this movement!" Zhang Lili said excitedly.

Sun Zhenping laughed and said, "Zhou Quan just circled around Grant and then dumped Jordan."

Zhang Lili smiled and said, "Jordan is indeed strong, and he caught up. Fortunately, Zhou Quan was quite calm and used fake moves to shake Jordan away."

"boom!"

Jordan returned to the offensive end, broke through Zhou Quan with a tentative step, and went to the basket for a dunk. Sekali didn't dare to stop him, and under the vigorous dunk, the Pistons' basket exploded.

"what!"

He let out a bad breath, and he, who was quite depressed, also roared excitedly.

When Zhang Lili saw this dunk, he couldn't help sighing and said: "I think Jordan was like this when he was playing with the Bad Boys. He was not afraid at all when he faced a villain like Bill Lambert. He just rushed in and made Chuck wear it. Leigh came up with Jordan's Law.

Now the hardness of the Pistons' inside defense is far inferior to that of the past, and he is even more unscrupulous. Rodman can't defend him at all. "

40:37, Pistons attack.

Zhou Quan repeated his tricks, but this time his movement was not smooth, he was blocked by Scott Williams and Sekali, and then Jordan chased him up. Under Jordan's intentional entanglement, both of them fell into a crowd among.

"boom!"

So the assassin gave the ball to Joe Dumars, who singled Pippen and missed a jumper.

The basketball rebounded to the front right side of the basket, where several people took off at the same time, and the ball flew, and then Rodman took off for the second time, and Superman grabbed the basketball.

"Not bad! At the critical moment, the tiger grabbed an offensive rebound." Bill Walton praised.

Joe Dumars moved down, caught Rodman's ball near the baseline on the right wing, and made another jumper that Pippen flew to block.

"boom!"

Still missed, the rebound was taken by Sekali, and he quickly gave Zhou Quan to the left wing.

Facing Jordan's defense, Zhou Quan took a tentative step. When Jordan retreated, he withdrew his right foot. Instead, he took a step back after dribbling the ball, completely distanced himself from Jordan, and then shot a jumper.

"brush!"

Splashes appeared and two points were hit.

Bill Wharton said excitedly: "Testing false breakthroughs + step-back jump shots, beautiful! Iron Fist hit the 8th ball tonight, less than halftime, scored 12 points on 8 of 16 shots, and the shooting percentage was as high as 66.6% .

His state is too explosive today, whether it is open or misplaced, and facing Jordan, he can make shots. He is the most critical factor for the Pistons to lead tonight. "

Williams said: "Jordan has made 15 of 7 shots and a shooting percentage of 46.7%. He made 10 of 4 shots in the first quarter and 5 of 4 shots in the second quarter. At that time, no one can guard against it."

42:37, the Bulls attack.

(End of this chapter)