God of NBA point guards

Chapter 213 Weaknesses
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Phil Jackson nodded and said: "Then let's go tomorrow night, first, if Iron Fist breaks through with the ball, Michael, you have to defend the first line of defense and try to force him to shoot from the outside. If he is attacked, it is very likely..."

"Damn Phil!"

Jordan really wanted to kick in the past, what do you mean this is very possible?
Phil Jackson continued: "Pippen should make up the defense in time, don't come out inside, and don't give their two insiders an open space near the basket. I would rather let Ulrich get open outside."

Speaking of this, he said to Pippen: "Scottie, you can empty Ulrich, just like you did in the G2 game. He is not a big threat in the middle and long distances. Of course, when you are assisting in defense, don't Forgot to sever the link between him and Iron Fist."

"Understood." Pippen nodded.

"second……"

Phil Jackson added: "If Iron Fist holds the ball outside, you can let him shoot and the main defense breaks through, but you must block him and Joe Dumars, as well as the downward pass angle, and encourage him to pass to Ulrich. ball."

Speaking of this, he said to Pippen: "Scotty, don't cut off the passing line of Ulrich and Iron Fist like before tomorrow night. Ulrich gets the ball from the outside, and his threat is negligible. , We want to encourage Tekken to pass the ball to Ulrich on the outside.

If Ulrich cuts inside and catches the ball in the box or on the edge, it's up to him on the inside and you don't need to come back. "

"Let him go completely?" Pippen was taken aback.

Phil Jackson said: "Your most important defensive task is to pinch the iron fist, but Ulrich received the ball in an area far from the penalty area, you need to return to the defense, and be fast, and try to reduce his hit rate.

At the same time, you should pay attention to that the main purpose of your pincer attack is to cut off the pass of Iron Fist, so when you implement the pincer attack, you must pay attention to the angle of cutting off the pass. "

"Offensive end..."

Phil Jackson looked at Jordan and said, "Michael, I hope you will feel better tomorrow night. I hope you can blow up the iron fist. You definitely have the strength."

"Of course." Jordan gritted his teeth.

"in addition……"

Phil Jackson looked at Pippen again, and said to him: "Ulrich has no defense, no rebounds, no assists, only scoring ability, and he can only score close to the paint. He is a cancer.

Scottie, I want you to suppress him in every way, scoring, rebounding, defense, he is our breakthrough tomorrow night.

Tomorrow night's game, whether it is offense or defense, your task is as heavy as Michael's. You and Michael go head to head. "

"I understand."

Pippen was in good spirits.

Phil Jackson nodded, full of confidence in tomorrow's game.

In fact, he has always been aware of Ulrich's weakness, but he has never addressed it. Since last season, he has not touched the Pistons' weakness.

He has kept this weakness until now, when the Pistons started to pose a real threat to the Bulls.

That night, the Knicks lost to the Cavaliers on the road, and the two sides fought [-]-[-].

Half an hour later, Mosaic, who had lost two consecutive away games, returned home and defeated the Supersonics, and the two sides also drew one to two.

On the 16th, the second round continues.

There will be two games tonight, the Pistons at home against the Bulls and the Spurs at home against the Suns.

From the training game in the afternoon, Zhou Quan found that his teammates were very excited. He understood very well, because as long as they win tonight's game, the Pistons will get the match point, and the probability of defeating the Bulls and reaching the Eastern Conference Finals will increase tenfold. , even he was very excited.

He likes this excited state very much, very happy.

Thinking about this time last year, he had to do everything possible to improve morale, but now he doesn't need to talk nonsense at all.

However, the result of the game disappointed him. At 105:88, the Pistons lost a key game and failed to get the match point at home. Instead, they tied with the Bulls [-]-[-].

In the game, the Bulls once again resorted to the defensive tactics of the G2 game, emptied Ulrich, and Pippen flanked him.

And this time not only on the outside, when he broke through with the ball, Pippen also flanked him, very fierce and decisive.

The degree of vacating Ulrich is almost insane. As long as Ulrich is not close to the paint area, Pippen will vacate him a little.

In this way, the level of flanking on him has reached a frenzied level, so he is forced to keep passing the ball to Ulrich's open space.

Moreover, in most cases, Ulrich received his pass from the outside without cutting inside. He is not strong in offensive ability with the ball. Under Pippen's quick return to defense, most of them can only Rush jumpers on the outside, and the hit rate is pulpy.

The worse the offense is, the more Ulrich wants to score, and the more he wants to perform on the offensive end. He can't defend himself, and because of this, he reduces his defensive investment.

After the whole game, Ulrich made 16 of 4 shots and scored only 8 points, which greatly lowered the team's offensive efficiency and eventually led to the loss.

Zhou Quan is also very responsible for this, because Pippen's pincer attack was too fierce and fast. He passed the ball before Ulrich cut into the penalty area, and most of them were lobs, which gave Pippen a lot opportunity to defend.

The pass was premature and forced, with Jordan blocking the angle of the down pass and Pippen cutting off his and Ulrich's passing lanes and getting caught if he didn't get the ball out quickly.

He played 48 minutes by himself, the full court again, tired to death, not yet winning the game, and a sense of frustration.

After the game, Zhang Lili sighed: "After the whole game, Zhou Quan made 14 of 6 shots and a shooting percentage of 42.9%. It is not bad to have this efficiency under the pincer attack of Jordan and Pippen, but there are too few shots. Pon and Jordan didn't give him a shot at all, and most of the shots were taken before Pippen's pinch was in place."

孙真平道：“还有6罚6中，三分球3投1中，周权拿到19分5篮板8助攻3抢断4失误4犯规的数据。

He still made a lot of turnovers. There was nothing he could do about it. The flanking was too fierce. He was intercepted once by Jordan, once by Pippen, and twice due to pass errors. "

Zhang Lili said with a smile: "Mistakes are okay. With a ball like him, the ball is in his hands. Mistakes are inevitable. He also encountered two top defensive players. Four turnovers are not too many.

The main problem tonight is that Ulrich can't make a goal. With so much space, he only scored 4 goals. His mid-range shooting ability is indeed a huge hole.

In addition, his defense, hey, sometimes it is okay, but most of the time, he is just telling the story, let Pippen blast 27 points on his head tonight, and the shooting percentage is as high as 56%, how to defend ? "

Sun Zhenping said: "Pippen is indeed strong, and his offense is better. I think his defense is stronger than Jordan, he is taller, and his wingspan is as good as Jordan.

His defensive height, even on the way of assisting defense, can cut off the passing route of Zhou Quan and Ulrich, forcing Zhou Quan to pass the ball with a lob, which gives him the opportunity to return to defend Ulrich Chance. "

张合理点点头道：“乔丹今晚26分8篮板8助攻2抢断1盖帽2失误3犯规，投篮命中率46%，今晚的表现要比周权好。

The Pistons also arranged to double-team him, but Pippen beat Ulrich in many of the Bulls' offenses, avoiding the Pistons' double-teaming power.

I think Phil Jackson seems to have found the Pistons' weakness. Once Ulrich's disadvantage at this point is magnified, there will be serious consequences. I hope the Pistons coaching staff can pay attention to this. "

The loss of this game made Zhou Quan realize that the team is in a good state, but it does not mean that it will definitely win. Once the team's weakness is caught, it may be beaten down by the opponent.

After the players returned to the locker room, Troy Weaver called Chuck Daly and other coaches to discuss tonight's game outside.

Weaver's main purpose is the lineup, he has no patience with Ulrich, said: "Chuck, Ulrich can't deal with Pippen, can't guard his offense, can't guard his pass, rebounds I can’t beat Pippen either. This season, he averaged only 3.5 rebounds per game, which is much less than Iron Fist. He has no assists. Once the ball is in his hands, he can’t get it out. Can you change his starter?”

Chuck Daly discussed with the assistant coaches of Mars and Wilt, and then said: "If Terry Mills is used as the starting small forward, the offense is not bad, he has a little mid-range shooting ability, and his rebounding is better than Urrey's. Strange, but the assist ability is even worse, and the defense is also poor, and it is no better than Ulrich when it goes up."

"Where are the others?" Weaver asked hurriedly.

Chuck Daly said again: "Polynis is definitely not good either. With a height of 211 centimeters and a tonnage of 114 kilograms, he can still move inside, but how can he compete with Pippen outside?"

"What should I do?"

Weaver had a big head, and suggested: "Should we let Rodman return to the third position and let Polynice play the fourth position?"

"That's over. The inside defense is over. In addition, Granta went outside and cut inside. Polynice couldn't keep up at all. Don't forget that Grant is good at inside cuts." Chuck Daly said angrily.

At this time Musk said: "If you really want to replace Ulrich, you can only let Mark Aguirre play the third position. He has a three-pointer. We have no other choice."

"He's seriously injured, can't play much time, and his defense is so-so, it's impossible to defend against Pippen." Chuck Daly shook his head.

Weaver said: "In the offseason, I plan to trade Ulrich and find a small forward who has a long-range shot, defense and passing."

Chuck Daly was upset with Weaver and said: "You'd better let Iron Fist stay first. If he leaves, this team will collapse immediately."

"That's it for today."

Weaver's expression changed, he turned around and left without saying anything.

After Weaver left, Musk said worriedly: "Chuck, do you think Iron Fist will choose to leave?"

Chuck Daly sighed, with a very tired expression on his face, and said: "You should understand his character, his motherland is very weak, the Chinese are the lowest race in the United States, and the Chinese generally keep their heads down in the United States. , but here he is very strong, even sometimes reckless, why? Because he has a very strong self-esteem.

When he first came the year before last, the violence in the locker room was a problem within the players and the locker room. He chose to stay and did not leave.

But this time it is Weaver who wants to trade him. This is the management's attitude towards him. We agreed to him and let him become the boss of this team. He has done a very good job, but now Weaver has broken his promise, so this It's not about the locker room, I guess... I guess he won't bear it. "

Hearing these words, several coaches were silent for a while.

"Also, the boss..."

Chuck Daly hesitated and said: "We have just won two consecutive championships. In fact, whether it is the boss or the management, the desire to chase the championship is not very strong. In addition, the economy of Detroit is declining step by step. The ball market is average. As far as I know, the owner will not increase investment in order to chase the championship.

After the next season, Tekken may jump out of the contract. Of course, the team hopes to renew his contract in advance, but how big is the contract?
He and Larry Johnson are rivals, and his performance is stronger than Larry Johnson. Larry Johnson has won such a big contract. How much does he expect from the next contract?If the boss doesn't want to increase investment, how much contract can he offer? "

Having said that, he sighed and said quietly, "If the team rebuilds again, it's time for me to leave."

Not only did the Pistons lose tonight, but the Suns also lost, tying the Spurs [-]-[-].

Barkley once again played the performance of stretching the hips, 20 of 7 shots, 35% of the shots, only 18 points, and as many as 6 turnovers, completely out of shape.

And David Robinson made 20 of 9 shots, 45% from the field, 23 of 18 free throws, unlimited lethality, and scored 36 points.

……

On the morning of the 17th, Zhou Quan opened his eyes and checked the time. It was already 10 o'clock.

Christina was not around, so he should get up, so he got up too, opened the curtains, and the sunlight outside was very dazzling.

"week……"

Christina came in with a newspaper in her hand.

"What did you write?"

He took it over and looked at the Chicago Athletic.

Christina pointed to the front page with a smile on her face.

Zhou Quan took a look, good guy, the damn newspaper said that the Pistons lost last night, and Christina was the culprit.

"Iron Fist's sluggish performance in the audience should be due to wasting too much energy on Christina Yeri, the French rose."

French Rose stroked Zhou Quan's chest, leaned against him, and said with a teasing smile: "Zhou, I can't let the media wrong me, you'd better make what they say come true."

Looking at the roses in front of him that he could pick at any time, Zhou Quan, who had just woken up, couldn't help but move his index finger.

It's a pity that the full-level willpower allowed him to suppress the evil thoughts in his heart. At this time, he felt a little painful that his willpower was too firm.

The G5 match was on the 19th, and there were two days of rest to adjust the time. Zhou Quan stayed at home for a whole day and didn't go anywhere.

On this day, almost all the media attention was on the G5 match between the Bulls and the Pistons. Many stars also stood up to analyze this game. The splashes of the other games did not come out, and there was almost no attention.

Most of the media and stars are still more optimistic about the Bulls, just because the Bulls have the active No.1 Michael Jordan.

That night, the Knicks beat the Cavaliers three times, [-]-[-], and became the first team to win a second-round series match point.

Then Mosaic won at home and tied with the Sonics [-]-[-].

In this game, Mosaic was in excellent condition. The four starters scored in double figures and scored 77 points. The shooting percentage of the four players was the lowest at 57%, and Otis Thorpe was the highest at 72.7%. The shooting percentage was as high as 58.7%, while the Sonics only had 40.7%. They only made 11 of 2 three-pointers, and they lost their temper.

This time the Pistons changed their itinerary and decided to go to Chicago on the 19th. Because the distance between the two places is less than [-] kilometers, and the flight time is less than an hour, and there is only one away game this time, they simply decided not to stay overnight at the away game. The game is right back.

At noon on the 18th, after lunch, Zhou Quan went to the team for adaptive training.

At 19 am on the 11th, the Pistons boarded the plane.

Because she didn't spend the night in the away game and had to rush back overnight, Christina didn't go this time, and not many people from the wags went.

At a quarter past twelve, the Pistons arrived in Chicago.

I ate lunch on the plane. I had prepared it long ago. I ate as soon as I got on the plane. I arrived in Chicago just after eating.

In the afternoon, I went to the University of Chicago for training. In the evening, the G5 game started.

(End of this chapter)