God of NBA point guards

Chapter 207

Looking back, Jordan and Grant performed a pick-and-roll on the right wing, and after getting rid of Zhou Quan, they caught the ball and made a jumper. Unfortunately, Rodman switched defenses quickly and blocked the block in time, allowing him to miss another ball.

Seikali moved in time and grabbed the rebound. Zhou Quan came over to get the ball, advanced quickly, and broke through the interception of Pippen and John Paxson with the ball in a row, and was finally blocked by Jordan at the free throw line.

At the moment of being blocked, he stopped suddenly and turned around to hit Jordan with his back, then turned around again, stepped back and made a jump shot. Jordan, who reacted quickly, immediately took a step to block the shot.

At this moment, Ulrich rushed to the basket and quickly cut to the basket from the left wing. Zhou Quan, who was about to make a strong shot, reacted too quickly, and instantly turned the shot into a pass. With a forceful flick of his fingertips, the basketball passed Jordan's fingertips Pointed, flying to the right of the basket.

"boom!"

Ulrich caught the ball and smashed it into the basket with both hands.

"Beautiful alley-oop dunks! In the Pistons game, there are many such attacks in every game, which is very pleasing to the eye." Zhang Lili said excitedly.

"That Jordan still couldn't defend Zhou Quan's pass, did he not try his best, or was Zhou Quan too strong?" Sun Zhenping asked with a smile.

Zhang Lili calmly analyzed: "Zhou Quan's passing ability is really strong, and he snatched the assist king from Stockton. Who is Stockton? The main point guard of the Dream Team. The assist king.

In addition, it's not that Jordan doesn't try his best to defend. What's the relationship between him and Zhou Quan?But some balls just cannot be defended, not every ball can be defended.

And passing the ball is no more difficult to defend than offense. It is more difficult to lock the pass of a top point guard than to lock the offense of a top scorer.

Just now, if Zhou Quan shot the ball forcefully, he might not be able to hit it. If Jordan missed the shot, it would also affect his shot angle and reduce his hit rate.

But when passing the ball, the hit rate is not important, as long as there are no mistakes in the pass, the difficulty of defending the defender will increase tenfold.

Of course, passing is also particular. If the pass is not good, the receiver needs to adjust, making the shot more difficult, or even lose the chance to make a shot. If the pass is good, the catcher will feel comfortable. "

"boom!"

At this time, Pippen was attacking with the ball on the left wing. Jordan made an air cut from the weak side, received the ball from the former at the right waist, and went further violently, facing Rodman with a dunk.

"Ah hoo!"

The entire United Center boiled instantly, and the morale of the Bulls began to surge.

"Dunk, MJ dunk Rodman! He avenged Cartwhite..."

The passionate voice of the on-site commentator in the United Center Arena immediately sounded, pushing the atmosphere of the scene to a hotter climax.

12:8, Pistons attack.

Joe Dumars missed a shot over John Paxson, Joo Kwon and Jordan both rushed in for the rebound, only to have Rodman grab the ball in the crowd for a valuable offensive rebound .

Then Zhou Quan immediately took over and forced a jumper. Jordan missed the block, fouled the thug and made two free throws.

"Let Iron Fist make free throws, which is to give him points. His free throw percentage this season was as high as 90.4% in the regular season, and it was as high as 96.4% in the first round." Bill Walton laughed.

Lewis Williams said: "Joe Dumars made three of three shots in the front, and now the Bulls replaced John Paxson, and he immediately missed a shot. From this point of view, he really can't play a misplaced advantage in front of Paxson." .”

Bill Wharton said: "He is the physique of a point guard. How can there be any dislocation? Facing Paxson, he has neither a height advantage nor a tonnage advantage."

Williams said: "If Joe Dumars can't play the mismatch advantage, will the Iron Fist increase the individual offense?"

Bill Walton said with a smile: "In less than half a quarter, with four assists, he should try his best to mobilize the offensive power of all his teammates instead of blindly shooting on Jordan's head.

That was MJ, the top perimeter defensive player, from 88 to 92, the best defensive team for five consecutive seasons.

Iron Fist may be able to make a good shot on Jordan's head, but if he takes too many shots on Jordan's head, it will definitely be affected.

As an excellent point guard, the combination of dash, shot, and pass is the offensive method that makes it more difficult for defenders to defend. "

After two swipes, Zhou Quan made consecutive free throws, 14:8, and the Pistons led by 6 points.

"boom!"

Pippen missed on the strong side.

Jordan rushed in from the weak side and grabbed the offensive rebound. After landing, he immediately got up again, followed by Zhou Quan and Rodman who followed the basket and took off to block the block at the same time.

Jordan hugged the ball with his right hand, then stopped in the air and watched Zhou Quan and Rodman fall back to the ground with cold eyes. At the last moment, before he himself was about to land, he made a throw.

"brush!"

The basketball went into the basket hollow, and then the entire United Center boiled instantly.

"Special!"

Zhou Quan couldn't help cursing, Jordan scored this goal, which hurt morale.

Bill Wharton couldn't help admiring: "Beautiful second attack! It's amazing, jump first and then fall, Iron Fist's bounce is not bad, the vertical jump should be able to reach one meter, but the ability to stay in the air is not as good as MJ. "

"MJ, the king of aerial work." Williams laughed.

"Now MJ is 6 of 4 shots, and the score is 14:10. If the Bulls defend another ball, the Pistons will have no score advantage." Bill Walton said.

The Pistons attacked, and Sekaly and Ulrich picked and rolled on the left wing. After the split, the former cut outside and the latter cut inside.

On defense, Pippen and Scottie Williams switch quickly.

"Whoosh!"

Zhou Quan passed the ball to Seikali who cut outside.

"boom!"

Misplaced singles Pippen, Secali jumper, was stuck to Pippen's body, did not jump up, technical movements were also seriously deformed, but missed.

Grant grabbed the rebound and the Bulls attacked.

When Jordan played against Zhou Quan this season, he kept in mind the lessons of last season and ran outside instead of entering the paint.

But Zhou Quan's speed is a little bit faster than him now. It is already difficult for him to use long-distance running to get rid of Zhou Quan. He needs to use continuous counter-running or changing directions, or play pick-and-rolls to get rid of the opponent's marking.

The triangle tactics used a lot of pick-and-roll tactics. They ran up from the low position on the right wing, and when Zhou Quan caught up, they ran back down again. At this time, Grant in the low position made a pick-and-roll. Jordan took the opportunity to cut into the paint. Switch defense, posted on the underside of Jordan.

Zhou Quan didn't stop at Grant's side, bypassed him, and chased after Jordan.

He is not afraid of Jordan giving the ball to Grant, because the ball is still on the strong side at this time, as long as he bypasses Grant and catches up, he can immediately cut off Grant's connection with the strong side.

At this time, the ball was in the hands of Williams, a low-post substitute center on the left wing. He turned up to avoid Seikali behind him, and passed the ball to Jordan who cut inside.

Jordan dribbled once after receiving the ball, swayed up after a sudden stop at the basket, Rodman flew up, and then took off for the second time.

"not good!"

At this moment, he felt the wind behind him, and was about to make a shot when a big hand slapped him from behind, and it was too late for him to catch the ball.

"Snapped!"

With the sound of slapping, Zhou Quan slapped Jordan's layup, and Sekali turned around and got the ball just in time.

"Oh, MJ with the Iron Fist!" Bill Walton exclaimed excitedly.

Lewis Williams analyzed: "Before the series, both MJ and Tekken had some news that they didn't want to see, but it didn't seem to affect their state. Both of them played very well today."

Zhou Quan has advanced to the top of the front arc, and Jordan is defending in front.

Sekali came out from the basket again, and played pick-and-roll tactics with Ulrich on the left waist, forming an outer cut and an inner cut respectively. Zhou Quan gave the ball to Sekali again, allowing him to single Pippen.

This time, Sekali catches the ball, leans his back against Pippen, turns down suddenly, and dribbles once, stepping on the left line of the paint, and then shoots a jumper.

"brush!"

Splashes appeared and two points were hit.

"Sekari is known as a dancer. His low turn is very good, and he can often get rid of defenders." Bill Wharton praised.

Williams reminded: "But Pippen's defense is very good. He defended the second team once, and last season he was even a first team. This season he should also be selected for the first team. It is actually a bit risky for the Iron Fist to let Sekali misplace Pippen singles.

Pippen's wingspan is very advantageous. Although Sekali has an 8 cm height advantage, he has no height advantage when counting the wingspan.And there is almost no difference in weight between the two, and Ronise Cali should still be at a disadvantage in the confrontation. "

Bill Walton nodded and said, "Iron Fist really wants to see this."

16:10, the Bulls attack.

This time, Jordan cut outside to catch the ball and then singled Zhou Quan on the right-wing three-point line.

"brush!"

After the tentative step, he broke through from the outside, and when Zhou Quan retreated in time, he made an emergency stop and made a jump shot and hit a ball accurately.

"16:12, the Bulls are still 4 points behind. This is a two-point pull-up jumper. Now MJ has scored 8 points on 5 of 10 shots. Iron Fist's single defense should be said to be at the top level, but it still can't defend against MJ. ’” Bill Wharton exclaimed.

Williams said: "Iron Fist has very few shots, 1 of 1 shots, and one shot was fouled by Jordan. Currently, he has 4 points, 4 assists and 1 block. His performance is not lost to MJ at all."

"boom!"

After the pick-and-roll change, Sekali got Zhou Quan's pass again, but missed the shot under Pippen's defense, and Grant, who was in a better position, grabbed the rebound again.

Sekali made 3 of 1 shots. Zhou Quan originally hoped that he would open up the situation on the left wing and get a dislocation advantage in Pippen's singles. Now he is a little disappointed, and Chuck Daly on the sidelines is also a little disappointed.

Jordan came to the front court to run, and played a pick-and-roll with Grant. Paxson, who was holding the ball at the top of the arc, was locked by Joe Dumars. Chance.

"boom!"

Paxson forced a [-]-pointer over Joe Dumars, missed, Rodman grabbed the rebound, and Chuck Daly called a timeout.

After the players came down, he said to Sekaly and Ulrich: "You guys come out a little more in the pick-and-roll position, and Orlando should be quick when he cuts in. If they still switch defenses, you will play Scott Williams. "

Zhou Quan also thinks it is good. Ulrich is only two centimeters shorter than Williams, but he is much lighter and faster. After the in-cut distance is lengthened, he can gain a dislocation advantage in speed, and use fast to beat slow .

After the timeout, the Pistons served from the backcourt sideline, and Zhou Quan advanced to the frontcourt.

That's when Ulrich and Sekaly run a pick-and-roll on the left wing two steps out of the paint, and Ulrich cuts inside.

Pippen and Williams still switch, but this time Zhou Quan's ball flies to the inside Ulrich.

Ulrich caught the ball and drove into the paint, Williams fell behind, and he dribbled in front of Grant.

"Snapped!"

Jordan rushed down in time, slapped the ball, the ball bounced off the backboard, flew over Jordan's head, and was caught by Zhou Quan who was chasing down.

Zhou Quan grabbed the ball with one hand and shook it upwards, Jordan was shaken.

The next moment, he turned around and rushed to the front of the basket with one step, held the ball high with one hand, and suddenly ignored Grant under the basket, and slashed towards the basket with all his strength.

"Don't think about it!"

Grant rises to block.

"boom!"

In an instant, there was a strong sound of exploding baskets.

"Oh hoo!"

On the Pistons' bench, two thousand fans of the visiting team erupted in joy.

"Beautiful! Zhou Quan shook Jordan and then dunked Grant. This is a tomahawk-style dunk!" Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

"It also caused Grant's thug foul, this ball really boosts morale!" Sun Zhenping said excitedly.

Seeing Zhou Quan complete the dunk on Grant's head, the veins in Jordan's head twitched. Now he knew very well that it was not easy to win against the Pistons. The bastard Iron Fist was getting stronger and harder to deal with.

But this can't hit him, it can only make his fighting spirit stronger, and his heart to conquer the Pistons and defeat Zhou Quan becomes more and more determined.

"boom!"

It seems that the dunk affected the touch, and Zhou Quan's extra penalty missed.

"mine."

Rodman rose to the basket, grabbed the offensive rebound, and then jumped up in the crowd for a layup, but missed.

"It's still mine."

He took off for the third time and grabbed the offensive rebound over the heads of Grant and Williams.Grant came up to grab the ball, was elbowed open by him, and then passed the ball.

Zhou Quan received the ball from the outside, and after a feint shot, he broke through with the ball from the right side. Jordan followed closely and stuck to the left side. He carried Jordan with his left elbow and dribbled the ball into the top of the arc.

Grant took a step up from the basket, and when Zhou Quan hit the free throw line, he saw Pippen rushing from the left wing to help defend, and quickly stopped and stepped back to shoot a jumper.

It's just that under Jordan's confrontation, his rhythm was a little inconsistent. When he shot, Jordan jumped up in time to block the shot and sent his ball flying.

"Oh, Zhou Quan was hated by Jordan." Zhang Lili exclaimed.

"Snapped!"

Fortunately, the ball deflected to Zhou Quan's side after being tapped. He took off for the second time and caught the ball.

But at this time, Pippen jumped to his side, formed a double-team with Jordan, and formed a close-fitting confrontation with him, forcing him to turn around and protect the ball.

If Pippen helps defend him, then Ulrich must be free. He doesn't even have to think about it. According to Ulrich's style of play and today's tactical arrangement, he must be cutting inside at this time.

At the moment when he turned around to protect the ball, Ulrich slammed into his field of vision, and had already cut into the left waist, his left front side, two steps away.

In the next moment, his left elbow was against Jordan, and he suddenly stood up, grabbing the ball with his right hand and shaking it upwards.

"Fake action!"

Jordan made a prediction in an instant, and blocked his hands upwards, but his body was firmly held down by his strong willpower. Not only did he not take off, but he squeezed forward to strengthen the confrontation. Even if Zhou Quan really jumped up and shot, Nor will it be accurate.

And Pippen, because he was on the side, didn't have the slightest scruples, and immediately took off, trying to block from the side.

Neither of these two people noticed Ulrich's cut behind him.

Zhou Quan really jumped up, under Jordan's squeeze, he didn't jump high, and with a one-handed throw, the ball flew from above Jordan's hands to the left side of the basket.

Ulrich cut into the left waist and took a step. When he saw the ball passed, his adrenaline surged instantly. After catching the ball, he immediately jumped from the left front side of the basket, smashed the dunk vigorously with one hand, and blasted the basketball into the into the Bulls basket.

Grant was standing right in front of the basket, and Zhou Quan's offense attracted his defensive attention. He failed to adjust his defensive position in time and was dunked again.

That is to say, there is no reasonable collision zone yet, otherwise there will be free throws.

"what!"

The Pistons immediately cheered, and the Bulls fans booed a lot.

"Beautiful! 20:12, the Pistons lead by 8 points. The Bulls have been very passive so far, and have not led once." Zhang Lili said excitedly.

"But this attack was really difficult." Sun Zhenping sighed.

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "The Bulls' perimeter defense is very strong. Pippen and Jordan are the strongest defenders in the second and third positions. They teamed up to double-team Zhou Quan, which can prevent his offense, but cannot prevent his pass." The ball, that's the threat of a point guard with a strong offense."

He thought of the Smiling Assassin, and said: "The current Zhou Quan can be called another assassin, but he is an assassin with better pass assist ability but weaker personal offensive ability. But I think Zhou Quan's current strength has already Not weaker than an assassin at his peak."

Speaking of this, he suddenly cheered up and said: "Thinking about the past few seasons, the Assassins led the team to win two consecutive championships in his peak period, and the current lineup of the Pistons is not bad. I think there is hope.

The difference is that Jordan has entered the peak period, Pippen has also grown up, coupled with a more mature triangle system, the current Bulls are much stronger than the Bulls at that time, and they are only stronger than the Pistons. It's much harder to beat this Bulls than those two years. "

In the ABC commentary, Bill Walton praised: "Iron Fist made 3 of 2 shots and 3 of 2 free throws today. He scored 6 points and 5 assists. He is in very good condition.

He used his personal offense, especially the breakthrough with the ball, to attract most of the Bulls' defensive strength and create opportunities for his teammates.

Moreover, he has a clear understanding of personal offense and passing, and fully mobilized the offensive ability of the whole team. In this regard, no one in the Bulls can do it. "

Lewis Williams nodded and said: "There must be a problem with the Bulls falling behind, first of all is the Iron Fist, which cannot be defended.

MJ didn't prevent Iron Fist's pass, but in terms of personal offense, he didn't seem to prevent Iron Fist either. He had some difficulties on the defensive end today. "

Bill Wharton said with a smile: "At present, the two are still fighting each other, and neither can prevent the other. Iron Fist's offense is not as good as Jordan's, but the lethality caused by his passing must have given Jordan a headache."

(End of this chapter)