God of NBA point guards

Chapter 102 The end of the regular season

Zhou Quan smiled and said: "I am a point guard, offense is not my main task, organizing offense is my main responsibility.

So for a point guard, you can't just talk about offensive efficiency, you have to combine his organizational performance to correctly evaluate his overall performance.

My offensive efficiency is indeed not as good as Larry Johnson, but I am not boasting. I organized the team's offense very well, and my defense is stronger than him, so our Pistons are now No. 3 in the Eastern Conference, and the Hornets are No. 12 in the Eastern Conference. [-]. This is the difference between me and him. My help to the team far exceeds his. "

"It's just that the Pistons have a stronger lineup than the Hornets, rookie, you have a thick skin, and you put all the credit on yourself."

Jordan said angrily.

"You don't want to stir things up here, my teammates won't be fooled, they are smarter than you." Zhou Quan laughed.

Joe Dumas and the others nodded quickly.

"Hmph!" Jordan snorted coldly.

Ignoring Jordan, Zhou Quan said: "The Hornets have seven players scoring in double figures this season, and one scored 20+. Larry Johnson also scored close to 20 points, averaging 10.9.5 points per game, ranking third in the Eastern Conference. , Their scoring ability is stronger than the Pistons, how do you have the face to say that our lineup is better than theirs?"

"This one……"

Jordan was at a loss for words. He didn't expect Zhou Quan to know so much about a team that couldn't make the playoffs.

Zhou Quan said again: "The Pistons conceded the fewest points per game this season, while the Hornets averaged 113.4 points per game, first in the Eastern Conference and second in the league, only slightly better than the Warriors.

Mr. Jordan, we are better than them because their defense is too poor and the contrast is too obvious. Don't you know how to read the data? "

"You really worked hard for the best rookie." Jordan couldn't compete with Zhou Quan, and Jordan immediately said with a look of disdain.

Zhou Quan laughed and said: "This is called fighting for reason. If you don't argue, you don't understand. In this place, I don't fight myself. Would you help me fight?"

"So you don't hesitate to beat him yourself?" Jordan sarcastically said.

Zhou Quan glanced at John Sely next to him, and suddenly said with a smile: "If you want to say that, then I can also use the method you said to deal with the bull."

"What did you say?" Jordan's expression changed.

"How about trying in the playoffs?" Zhou Quan smiled.

"If you dare to do this, the league will not let you go." Jordan snapped.

"Then take your words back."

At this time, the smile on Zhou Quan's face disappeared, and he was full of chills, and said with a serious expression: "Otherwise, I will try to see where the bottom line of the alliance is."

"you?"

Jordan held his breath in his heart, and his heart ached, but he really didn't dare to carry on with Zhou Quan, so he could only say, "OK, I didn't say what I just said."

Pippen, Grant and others looked at Zhou Quan with admiration, feeling that only this guy could force Michael to bow his head and make concessions over and over again.

"let's go."

At this time, the host's voice sounded outside, and Jordan, who was ashamed and angry, didn't want to stay here for a second, and hurried out.

"Michael, the visiting team goes first." Pippen shouted hastily.

"Mr. Jordan, you'd better wait a moment, this is your home court." Zhou Quan pushed Jordan away and left first.

Jordan froze on the spot, his face was flushed, and the blood rushed to his face.

Of course, no one could tell that his face was flushed, and the light was a little dim.

Ten minutes later, the game started.

Jordan resolutely focused on Zhou Quan with all his strength and did not let go, making Zhou Quan play quite passively. At present, his strength is not the opponent's opponent.

In order to solve the defensive problem, he can only frequently call the pick-and-roll, go to BJ, and regain the dislocation advantage of playing big and small.

The two sides played until the end of the final quarter, but Jordan broke out in the final quarter, scoring 21 points in a single quarter, scoring 42 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals. In the double-teaming of the Pistons, his shooting percentage was as high as 51%. , led the team to defeat the Pistons and achieved the third victory against the Pistons in the regular season.

Zhou Quan also lost his temper. If the Assassins were still at their peak, the Pistons would have their own key players. Unfortunately, the Assassins couldn't stand up now.

He himself is still very immature in offense now, and he doesn't have the ability to stand up at critical moments, so he needs to redouble his efforts to improve his offensive finishing ability.

Although his emergency stop jump shot has reached level 87, it is only second-rate. Under Jordan's defense, his shooting percentage is very low.

He played 41 minutes in this game, only scored 18 points and 8 assists, and had 4 turnovers, and his shooting percentage was only 33%.

Fortunately, for this game, the impact on the average data should not be great.

"Tekken, here are your season statistics."

Back in the locker room, assistant coach Rick Musk, who was in charge of sorting out the data, handed him a data sheet.

"Thank you!"

He quickly took it over and looked at it.

He has played a total of 75 games this season, with five injuries and two suspensions.

场均出战35.1分钟，16.2投7中，命中率43.2%，5.6罚5.1中，命中率91%，19.1分5.1篮板9助攻2抢断0.6盖帽3.1失误2.6犯规。

In the regular season, he scored 1433 points, 382 rebounds, 675 assists, 150 steals and 233 turnovers.

51.1% true shooting percentage, 2.9 assist-to-turnover ratio, second on the team in shots, third in scoring, third in rebounding, second in defensive efficiency, No.10 in field goal percentage, and personal plus-minus on the team second……

Holding his breath and watching it, he was relieved. The shooting percentage, true shooting percentage, and assist-to-turnover ratio all met the requirements of the rookie mission. Now it's up to him to see if he can get the best rookie.

The next morning, the Pistons returned to Detroit.

On the plane, Chuck Daly asked assistant coach Rick Marks to tell the players about the regular season.

Max stood at the front with some information, and said loudly with a smile on his face: "Gentlemen, we have 54 wins and 28 losses this season, with a winning percentage of 65.85%, ranking third in the Eastern Conference and sixth in the league. Last season we were 50 wins, four more wins this season, congratulations on a beautiful and exciting season."

"Clap clap clap..."

Zhou Quan took the lead in applauding, and the others followed suit.

Assassin Thomas is very happy. Although his health is not good now, the Pistons have hope. Although they may not have a decent record in the past two seasons, the future can be expected. He can see the hard work and progress of Iron Fist.

Joe Dumars was equally happy. He was happy that the team lost all vigor after two consecutive championships and was swept by Jordan's Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals, thus falling into the abyss. After some twists and turns, this team was full of fighting spirit again, which he was very happy to see.

He also doesn't want to compete with Tekken. Two championships, one FMVP, three All-Stars, two defenses, one second team, and two best third teams. He has long been satisfied with honors. His career is quite successful. Now just want to hand the Pistons into the hands of the Iron Fist and watch this team rise again, if ever, his career will be perfect.

He is still the team's leading scorer this season, but he has already considered it. If Tekken's offensive efficiency improves next season, he will take the initiative to give up some shots.

As far as the current situation of Iron Fist is concerned, the shooting has been getting better and better in the past two months, the efficiency is improving, and the progress is continuous, and Iron Fist has also said that he will conduct additional training during the offseason. He believes that the attack of Iron Fist next season will be better.

He very much hopes that Iron Fist will become the next assassin, the kind of guy who can not only help his teammates become better, but also have strong personal offensive ability, and can stand up at critical moments.

He himself does not have such ability, and the explosive scoring ability is not enough, so he hopes that Tekken can become that kind of existence.

So far, he still misses the great assassin who dragged his injured leg and scored 25 points in a single quarter of the finals, the great assassin who made Magic Johnson dumbfounded.

The era of the black and white duo is over, the era of the magician is over, and the era of the Bad Boys is also over, but he believes that the Pistons are more successful than the Lakers.

There is only one reason, the Los Angeles Lakers are still looking for the next magician, but the Pistons have found its successor.

Thinking of this, he looked at Thomas beside him.

It happened that Thomas also looked over, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Rodman shook his head. He enjoyed the current atmosphere of the team. He hoped that the team would be like a big family where everyone is brothers.

In the past, Lambiel beat him and scolded him angrily. He didn't feel any dignity. If it wasn't for Coach Daly, he wouldn't be able to stay on that team.

And now Iron Fist doesn't beat him or scold him, and respects him a lot. Compared with the previous Pistons, he likes the current Pistons better.

Musk's voice continued to sound: "At the beginning of the season, this is something that no one expected, but now, with the efforts of everyone, our Pistons have huddled together and become a tough, tough, iron-blooded team again. Fearless team, thank you for your efforts!"

"Clap clap clap..."

There was once again warm applause in the cabin.

"I'm going to give credit to some people, they deserve credit."

Musk continued: "Assassin, for the team's willingness to give up the core identity and main position, he deserves our warmest applause."

"Clap clap clap..."

Zhou Quan took the lead in applauding, very enthusiastically.

"Then there is Joe Dumars, who averaged 21 points per game. Our scoring leader and the team's best defender, his efforts on both ends of the offense and defense are the greatest guarantee of our record."

"Dennis Rodman, averaged 18.7 rebounds per game. Here I want to say, Dennis, I hope you can grab that many rebounds in the playoffs."

"Haha..." The cabin burst into laughter.

"OK."

Rodman laughed, and nodded somewhat awkwardly. He knew that this statistic was indeed a little watery.

Musk continued: "Ulrich averaged 19.2 points per game this season, and his alley-oop performance with Iron Fist is a strong guarantee for our box office."

"Zhou Quan, oh, it's more easy to call Iron Fist. He averaged 19.1 points, 9 assists and 2 steals per game. His offensive and defensive and organizational performance, and his incredible passing are the keys to our 54 wins."

There was round after round of applause in the cabin.

When Zhou Quan heard Ulrich's data, he recalled the data of this guy last season. Last season, Ulrich averaged 25.1 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.3 steals per game in the Nuggets. The role players played the All-Star data , Unfortunately, he was seriously injured halfway. Although he played well this season, he has actually fallen a lot.

Of course, this is also related to the right to shoot. In the Pistons, Ulrich did not have as many shots as the Nuggets, and it is normal for the data to decline severely.

Thinking about other people, the current lineup of the Pistons is actually quite old, with serious injury problems.

The management also wants to trade some young people to come in, but it is a pity that few capable young players are willing to come here.

He turned on the system and looked at his current information.

In more than a month, the weight has dropped from 92.8 kg to 92 kg, and the strength has not changed, but the ability to resist injuries has increased from 87 to 88, which should be the result of the improvement in lower body strength.

After long-term strength training, the physical fitness has been raised from 91 to 92, and the speed and jumping have been raised again, and they are all 91 now.

These are the improvements in quality, which can be improved during the season, which is the result of hard training.

He has already made a plan. After the season is over, he will go back to China first, visit his relatives, rest and adjust, and then return to the United States for systematic training.

In terms of technology, the prediction from level 74 has been raised to level 75, thanks to the increase in experience, whether it is tactics or understanding of teammates and opponents, it will help improve the ability to predict.

另外，球感和控球技术都从90级提升到了91级，突破由83级提升到了85级，进攻由78级提升到了80级，防守由91提升到了92级，抢断由83提升到85级，91级的技战术能力提升到了94级，比赛经验由75级提升到了85级。

In terms of breakthrough, the main improvement is the one-handed feint breakthrough, which has been raised from level 72 to 79. The rolling breakthrough, accelerated stride, and feint turn have not improved.

In the shooting method, there are also some skills that have been improved. For example, the floating shot has been raised from level 86 to 89, which is close to the first-class level. In addition to the emergency stop jump shot, the floating shot is also his key improvement technique.

In addition, the most critical organizational ability has been raised by another level. After a season of training, it has been raised from 85 to 88. In addition to the 10-level improvement of the full-level panoramic vision, a total of 13 levels have been raised.

However, his passing is still at level 91, and it has not been improved since the panoramic vision was improved. This technology should not be a passing skill, but is limited by the predictive vision, so it cannot be improved for the time being.

After Musk finished speaking, Zhou Quan asked Rodman next to him, "Dennis, when is the best rookie usually announced?"

Rodman smiled and said, "Iron Fist, are you in a hurry?"

Zhou Quan nodded and said, "I'm really in a hurry."

Can he not be in a hurry and wait to complete the task of the best rookie? If he gets the reward, his strength should have a considerable improvement. In addition, the additional conditions of the Skechers company must be completed, and the income of 600 million US dollars!

Rodman persuaded: "Iron Fist, these honors are vanity. In the NBA, tickets and women are the best things."

"Dennis, shut up! Who taught you this?"

Chuck Daly, who was sitting at the front, immediately stood up and scolded.

Rodman immediately shrank his neck and slid down on the seat, avoiding Daly's stern gaze.

Seeing Rodman's frightened look, Zhou Quan laughed.

Joe Dumars in the front row stood up and leaned on the back of his chair and said to Zhou Quan: "Iron Fist, the best rookie is selected by 117 reporters from the United States and Canada. There are three candidates. Each reporter has three votes. Five points, three points and one point, and whoever scores the most becomes the rookie of the year."

The assassin's voice sounded: "The alliance should announce the start of the selection today, maybe it has already been announced, and we will know the news as soon as we get to Detroit."

Joe Dumars smiled: "Iron Fist, the league should want you to be the best rookie, otherwise you won't be the first two weeks in the last two weeks.

But what the end result is, you have to be mentally prepared, you know that the attitude of most of the media is not good for you. "

"I see."

Zhou Quan nodded.

Chuck Daly said at this time: "The first round will start on the 23rd and 24th. Now Lei Luo, you come and tell them about the playoffs."

"Okay, Chuck."

Assistant coach Leroy Wilt stood up with a few pieces of paper, and said to everyone: "Now the East and West playoffs are out, let me tell you."

"In our East, the top eight in the regular season are the Bulls, Cavaliers, Pistons, Celtics, Pacers, Knicks, Nets, and Heat."

"The Eastern Conference's first-round matchups are: Bulls vs. Heat, Celtics vs. Pacers, Cavaliers vs. Nets, Pistons vs. Knicks."

"In the West, the top eight are the Trail Blazers, Jazz, Warriors, Suns, Spurs, Supersonics, Clippers and Lakers."

"The first round matchup in the Western Conference is: Trail Blazers vs. Lakers, Suns vs. Spurs, Jazz vs. Clippers, Warriors vs. Sonics."

"In the second round, the winners of the [-]st and [-]th place will play against the winners of the [-]th and [-]th place, and the winners of the [-]th place will face the winners of the [-]rd and [-]th place. .”

"Our Pistons played against the Knicks in the first round. If we reach the second round, we will face the winner of the Cavaliers and the Blue Nets. If we reach the Eastern Conference Finals again, we will face the Bulls again, unless the Bulls are eliminated."

Having said that, Wilt's expression suddenly became serious and he stopped.

"Huh!"

The smiling assassin Isiah Thomas couldn't help but take a deep breath when he heard the word Eastern Conference Finals. In his mind, he instantly remembered the tragedy of the Eastern Conference Finals being swept away last time.

Like him, Joe Dumars, Rodman, Mark Aguirre, John Sely and other old people all thought of the miserable Eastern Conference finals series last year.

In that series, the Pistons, who won two consecutive championships, were directly knocked out of the dust, and their image as the league's public enemy villain was overturned.

"If, if Isiah hadn't been injured in 88, we might have won three consecutive championships." The general manager McCloskey who had been silent all this time suddenly said softly.

Everyone was startled, three consecutive championships?dynasty?The league's greatest achievement and honor?

Yes, as long as they won the championship in 88, plus the next two championships, wouldn't that be a dynasty?It turns out that the distance between the Pistons and the Dynasty was just an accidental injury of the assassin?

"Always remember the past, always immersed in the glory of the past, can't forget those missed opportunities, I am really old!"

McCloskey suddenly smiled bitterly and said, "Sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned this at this time."

He couldn't help looking at the assistant Troy Weaver across the corridor, it was time to give the position to this young man.

He feels that he can no longer cope with the current Pistons. This team has a new core, a future, and energy. It needs a general manager who is full of energy and drive, not his old-fashioned old guy.

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(End of this chapter)