God of NBA point guards

Chapter 184 Losing Streak and Winning Streak

Magic offense.

Under Zhou Quan's half-court press, Skiles rushed left and right with the ball and was forced beyond the right-wing three-point line. At this time, Joe Dumars saw the opportunity and double-teamed. He hit a jumper, but with a slap, he was capped by Zhou Quan.

Joe Dumars grabbed the ball, immediately launched a fast break, and then passed back to Zhou Quan who followed up. Zhou Quan received the ball in the left elbow area, took off one step forward, and played a 360-degree turn in the air and smashed dunks.

"boom!"

The next moment the basket was smashed, oh hoo, the palace of Auburn Hills immediately burst into overwhelming cheers and shouts.

Zhou Quan turned around when he landed, and saw that O'Neal beside him had already reached the basket. He couldn't help being surprised by the speed of this big guy's return to defense.

Next, Nick Anderson shot again on the head of Joe Dumars, still missed.

This time Rodman grabbed the backcourt rebound and the Pistons attacked.

Zhou Quan entered the frontcourt and made a tactical gesture.

This tactic is a left-wing pick-and-roll tactic. Sekali pulls out, pulls Onick out of the basket, and then performs a pick-and-roll with Ulrich. After the split, Sekali stays outside to continue to contain O'Neal and wait for the pass. , Ulrich cut inside to the basket immediately after the split.

As soon as the tactical gesture came out, Sekali, who was in the low position on the left wing, immediately took two steps to make a pick-and-roll for Ulrich, and O'Neal followed to the left midfielder.

At this time, Ulrich used the wall to get rid of Dennis Scott and quickly cut to the basket.

O'Neal chose to switch defenses and immediately turned around to follow up.

"Whoosh!"

Zhou Quan passed the ball to Sekali, who was in the middle distance on the left wing.

Sekali, who is 211 centimeters, received the ball. Facing Steco, who was 203 centimeters, he had a dislocation advantage. Without hesitation, he immediately shot a jumper. The latter blocked the shot and missed the ball.

"brush!"

Splashes appeared and two points were hit.

Glasses male dragon Gerlans said: "Let Sekali use the pick-and-roll tactics to gain a dislocation advantage, and at the same time avoid his weakness of insufficient confrontation at the basket. This season, his shooting percentage has reached 51%, which is higher than the He is in 48% of the heat, averaging 18 points per game, the team's third scoring point, which is also higher than last season's 14 points, and his role on the offensive end is still good."

Bearded John Rowes said: "At the same time, he also averaged 11 rebounds per game. When Rodman is not around, we rely on him for rebounding.

His rebounding and offensive performance can make up for some of his weaknesses on the defensive end, but the defense at the basket depends on Rodman to make up for it.

Anyway, compared with John Sely, he has both strengths and weaknesses. I think his role is stronger than Sely. "

活塞3投3中，魔术4投1中，比分是6：2，魔术叫了暂停。

After the timeout, head coach Matt Guocas asked to strengthen the low-post offense, and the other three positions should also strengthen the offense. He said loudly: "We should see the weakness of Sekali on the defensive end and the weakness of Ulrich on the defensive end. Weak, this is an opportunity we can take advantage of, the back line should pass the ball in time."

Next, Magic Dennis Scott got a lot of passes, and rookie O'Neal got some, but not as much.

Scott really beat Ulrich. He made 25 of 13 shots, 52% from the field, and the three-pointer was overwhelming. He made 12 of 8 shots, and his shooting percentage was as high as 66.7%. He scored 5 points, 4 rebounds and 38 assists.

Ulrich saw this guy hit one three-pointer after another on his head, eight three-pointers, and his mentality was a little bit broken.

Fortunately, he kept playing pick-and-roll tactics with Sekali throughout the game. He made 12 of 7 shots and scored 17 points with free throws, but his performance was too inferior compared to Steco.

奥尼尔16投7中，10罚3中，拿到了17分11篮板5盖帽3失误6犯规的数据，第41分钟毕业下场。

Although Scott had a blast, the Magic still lost the game because shooting guard Nick Anderson made only 13 of 4 shots, 4 of 1 free throws, 4 of 1 three-pointers, and only 10 points.

Zhou Quan played 41 minutes, 26 of 15 shots on Skiles' head, 57.7% shooting, 6 of 3 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, 38 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists and 1 block. The data of steals, 4 turnovers and 3 fouls is the same as that of the Magic's small forward Scott who beat Ulrich. He also beat Skiles, a big blow, and got the highest score in a single game of his career.

"Shaq, you can practice your free throws again, otherwise you won't get the ball at the critical moment." After the game, Zhou Quan walked to the Magic's bench and said.

O'Neill said helplessly: "I want to too, but I just can't do it!"

"Don't be lazy, take [-] free throws every day, you will improve, trust me." Zhou Quan dropped this sentence before leaving.

"Five hundred balls?"

O'Neill felt like he was going crazy when he thought he had to take [-] free throws a day like a fool. He immediately decided not to believe in Iron Fist.

The Pistons won six consecutive victories and their morale was boosted. In the next home game, they defeated the Cavaliers with a score of 103:107, achieved seven consecutive victories, and firmly ranked second in the Eastern Conference.

The current top four in the Eastern Conference are the Knicks and Pistons, Bulls and Cavaliers.

In the middle of the night on the 11th, after playing the Cavaliers, the Pistons immediately set off for the airport. They will challenge the Knicks in back-to-back away games tomorrow night.

It took off at 11:02, and it took less than two hours to fly. The plane arrived in New York at a quarter past one in the morning, and arrived at the hotel at 30:[-]. This is considered to be very fast and very smooth.

Zhou Quan was suddenly awakened by a burst of intense percussion music. When he opened his eyes, the sun was dazzling and it was already dawn. Rodman, who was in the same room as him, was twisting in front of the window following the rhythm of the music. The music was from the tape recorder he carried. released from.

"Big Worm, what time is it?" He asked angrily.

"Hey, Iron Fist, it's already 11 o'clock, you have slept for eight hours, you want to learn from me, look how energetic I am." Rodman said with a smile.

"How long have you been up?" he asked.

"Less than an hour. Well, 1 minute. Well, the exact time, ten seconds." Rodman said with a smile.

"You're a dog." Zhou Quan couldn't help but cursed.

He came to the window wearing shorts, looked at the bustling city outside, and asked, "Dennis, do you want to play in this big city?"

"I just want a big contract, I don't care where I play." Rodman's answer was authentic.

"Big contract? I want it too." He laughed.

Rodman already has two championships, money and women are his goals in the NBA, and he said this to him very early.

"How are you and Madonna?" he asked.

"Yes, she asked me to marry her, but I didn't agree. This woman is too ruthless, demanding, and doesn't care about my body at all. I don't want to be with her now." Rodman said.

"Pfft!"

Smiling, Zhou Quan held back his laughter and said, "No, Dennis, you should agree. Didn't you say last time that she would spend millions of dollars to have a baby with you?"

Rodman was dumbfounded. He immediately thought of the small money stolen by his ex-wife, and he was going to be poor and crazy, so his heart moved.

"Ha ha……"

Seeing Rodman's expression, Zhou Quan burst out laughing.

In the evening, the Pistons, who played back-to-back home and away games, lost and their seven-game winning streak was suspended.

12 wins and 5 losses, because the Bulls were defeated by Mosaic in the away game last night, so the Pistons are still second in the Eastern Conference.

The next day, Zhang Lili contacted Zhou Quan and said excitedly: "Good news, Xiao Zhou, the Secretary has passed a resolution to officially recruit you to join the men's basketball team, and some of your conditions have also been agreed."

"So easy?" Zhou Quan was a little puzzled.

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "Director Liu has done a lot of work, as the director of the basketball department, she can still make a lot of decisions.

In addition, your own influence is also a factor. Foreign monks are easy to recite scriptures. Although you are not a foreigner, but you play in the United States and earn US dollars, you can be regarded as half a foreign monk. "

After chatting for a few words, the two ended the phone call.

He is still very happy. The dream team has completed the circle with its performance in the Olympics. He will have this opportunity in the future. It is a good thing for him to be able to join the national team, whether it is public or private.

At this time, in the capital, at the training base of the men's basketball national team, a group of national team members are preparing for training.

"Have you heard, we are going to recruit newcomers." Shan Po said.

"Which one? Which province?" Li Chunjiang asked.

"From Nanhu Province." Shan Po said.

"They even withdrew the provincial team this year. Don't be ridiculous, where did you get the gossip?" Li Chunjiang laughed.

Shan Tiao said mysteriously: "Really, it's not funny, you know, Director Liu has been in charge of basketball in our capital. The guy I said last time is the guy who plays in the NBA in the United States.

I have contact with Ma Jian. This time I went to the United States. I heard that Zhou Quan used his connections to let him enter a university without spending a penny, saving tens of thousands of dollars. I have to come back, the original university doesn't want him. "

"I know, I know, there is him in CCTV's NBA highlights, Zhou Quan or Zhou Chuan or something." Adi Jiang shouted.

"His power is the power of power, as Lao Ma said. Lao Ma is very grateful to him." Shan Po said.

"Did he really save the old horse tens of thousands of dollars? True or false, tens of thousands of dollars, I don't even have a net worth of thousands of dollars." Zheng Wu said in surprise.

Sun Jun was also surprised and said: "Then he is very successful in the United States!"

"I heard from Lao Ma that he is a star player in the United States, and when he comes out on the stage, everyone is drinking together. Bel has face." Shan Tiao said with a thumbs up.

Sun Jun looked envious. He only had a little salary and subsidies. It would be great if he could earn tens of thousands of dollars a year.

Thinking that Zhou Quan also used to be in China, and Ma Jian also went to the United States to play. His own strength is not bad, and he is not too old. I wonder if there is a chance?

This thought made my heart itch.

But when they thought about the domestic policies, they couldn't help but feel depressed. After Ma Jian ran away, they couldn't contact foreign scouts in private. How could they still have the opportunity to go out to play?

A group of people discussed a lot, only Adijiang and Wu Qinglong were a little worried, because Zhou Quan was a point guard, and once he really entered the national team, the number of places was limited, and some of them might have to return to the provincial team.

This afternoon, the basketball department officially announced that Zhou Quan was recruited as a member of the national men's basketball team.

CCTV has already learned about Zhou Quan's detailed information from Liu Yumin, and the Minister of Sports Ma Li immediately decided to edit the highlights of the last game about Zhou Quan and make a separate program.

This program is on Saturday at [-] o'clock, and it is CCTV [-]. It can be seen overseas, and the audience is very wide.

That night, Zhou Quan appeared on CCTV's seven o'clock news broadcast.

He has a lot of publicity points. The first point is that he is the first person in China to engage in professional sports, setting a precedent for domestic professional sports.

At present, the domestic sports world has not entered professionalization, which means that there are currently no professional athletes in China, and he is the first one.

At the same time, he is also the first Chinese to engage in professional sports abroad.

It's not that no one has engaged in professional sports abroad before, but he is the only star player, and no one else has made much noise, so this number one naturally falls to him.

He is also the first Chinese basketball player to play in the NBA, the first Chinese professional athlete with an annual salary of one million dollars, the first professional boxer registered abroad, and the first Chinese professional boxer abroad. Chinese, the first Chinese to participate in the NCAA basketball championship, the first Chinese to have a signed sneaker contract, the first Chinese to participate in the NCAA ice hockey championship, the first Chinese to win the NCAA ice hockey championship , the first Chinese ice hockey executioner, the first...

It took 3 minutes just to read the title, and the entire news period lasted 6 minutes, which is a very large space.

Now, he is famous in the country.

At Zhou Quan's house, the whole family was shocked when they saw that Zhou Quan was on the news broadcast, and then they couldn't close their mouths with joy.

"Brother has many firsts. I am also the first in the class and the first in the grade. I will get more firsts in the future."

In Zhou Quan's house, Zhou Ye bounced around proudly.

Zhou Jun immediately became dejected. His elder brother used to be the first in the city in the college entrance examination, and his younger sister's grades are not bad now. It's his turn as the second child, and he can't do anything. It's really embarrassing!

"Immediately rebuild the provincial team, we will also recruit Zhou Quan, and let him come back to play in the National Games this year."

"The National Games is in September, and I know he should be in China at that time."

"Contact his family immediately."

After hearing the news about Zhou Quan, several leaders of the Municipal Sports Committee were very excited.

"I'm afraid not. I have news. He has negotiated with his superiors. He will only play in the Olympics and World Championships. He will not play in domestic competitions, and he will not even play in Asian competitions." Someone said.

"How can this work? No organization, no..."

"Okay, he is not from the system, we can't control it. Didn't you see the news just now, his annual salary is one million dollars, and he is a big shot in the United States. Do you know how much a million dollars is? Tens of millions of yuan. You Get a few hundred dollars a month now?"

"Is it about money?"

"Why is it not a matter of money? He has a lot of money and works in the United States. What can you do with him? Don't let him play in the NBA, don't let him join the national team, don't let him join the provincial team, don't let him go back to China. Changsha?"

"I don't think it's a disaster, or sooner or later people will immigrate to the United States."

"Why is it blind?"

"Is the provincial team still rebuilding?"

"Let's rebuild it, now the higher ups are asking for reconstruction."

People who paid attention to Zhou Quan were not only people from the Provincial Sports Commission, but also the Changsha City Government.

"Annual salary of one million dollars, my God, where is this foreign exchange? Contact his family immediately, we will try to get this foreign exchange. With this foreign exchange, we can do a lot of things."

……

Next, the Pistons won the Eagles in the away game first, then the Eagles at home, the Pacers, and the Bucks in the away game. They won a wave of four consecutive victories and achieved a record of 16 wins and 5 losses, with a winning rate of 76.2%. , surpassed the Knicks, and ascended to the No. [-] throne in the Eastern Conference for the first time this season.

Magic Johnson talked about the performance of the Pistons in an interview with the media, saying: "The Pistons' record this season is very strange. First, they won five consecutive victories in the first start, then lost four consecutive games, and then won seven consecutive victories. Four in a row.

Three consecutive victories, this can only show that the Pistons are a real championship-level team, and they do have the strength to hit the finals next year. "

(End of this chapter)