God of NBA point guards

Chapter 223 Jordan's ultimate form, in a desperate situation

At the end of the timeout, Jordan picks and rolls with Grant on the right wing, and then cuts in. Pippen, who is feinting with the ball on the left wing, passes the ball in time. Rodman switches defenses.

"13:6, Jordan made 3 of 2 shots, the touch is good, but the next state, the defensive end must perform." Bill Walton said.

Zhou Quan still played without the ball. When Sekali attacked the paint, he also got in by taking advantage of the crowd inside.

"damn it!"

Jordan got a headache when he saw Zhou Quan enter the paint area, and cursed secretly.

Borrowing Sekali's body to get rid of Jordan, Zhou Quan walked through the penalty area to the left wing. At this time, the ball was in the hands of Joe Dumars on the left wing three-point line, and he immediately passed the ball.

Zhou Quan caught the ball and made a jump shot. Jordan jumped out from inside and flew to block the shot, but the tempo was half a beat slower and he missed the shot.

"boom!"

His mental quality is too stable, Zhou Quan's shooting action is not affected, but this ball failed to make, he missed the first ball tonight.

"mine!"

Rodman rose up and grabbed the offensive rebound over the heads of Cartwhite and Grant.

"Shet!"

Jordan saw another backcourt rebound, which made him very angry.

"Rebounding is really strong!"

Zhang Lili couldn't help but praise.

After Zhou Quan shot the ball, he went to the bottom line immediately, took the ball from Rodman and pulled it to the right wing, and then singled Jordan in front of the basket.

Then Secali runs the pick-and-roll on the left wing for Joe Dumars, who breaks away from Pippen, goes around Cartwhite, and cuts inside along the baseline.

Zhou Quan took a step back after dribbling.

Jordan rushed up quickly, but Zhou Quan immediately dribbled the ball sideways one step, the ball was also pulled up, and he pushed with one hand, and the basketball flew towards Joe Dumars in a straight line close to the baseline.

"brush!"

Along the baseline, Joe Dumars cuts into the paint, the ball arrives, catches a step-up throw, and scores a goal over Grant's head.

Zhang Lili said excitedly: "The tactics are right, the Pistons played too proactively. Zhou Quan used the off-ball running in the penalty area to tear up the Bulls' defensive formation in the penalty area, and then took the opportunity to play a flank cut tactic.

Now the Bulls are quite passive. Not only are they passive on the offensive end, they were intercepted by Zhou Quan twice in a row, but they also couldn't prevent the Pistons' offense on the defensive end. "

"15:6, the Pistons still lead by 9 points." Sun Zhenping said happily.

Phil Jackson shook his head helplessly, and lost another backcourt rebound. This is already the second person, and there are only 5 rebounds in total tonight.

He turned around and hooked his fingers at Scott Williams, Williams stood up excitedly, and after he approached, he urged: "The most important thing after you go up is to control the rebound, understand? It's our lifeline."

"Understood, coach." Williams said in a deep voice.

"boom!"

The Bulls attacked, and Pippen singled Joe Dumars and missed.

"mine."

Rodman was energized and fired again, grabbing a backcourt rebound over Cartwhite's head.

"Di!"

It's just that the referee blew the whistle and gave Rodman a personal foul.

Rodman just smiled and handed the ball to the referee without any excuse.

The Bulls took the opportunity to replace, and Scott Williams replaced Carter White.

"Rebounds, don't give up any rebounds, have you heard it?" Phil Jackson shouted from the sidelines with his hands forming trumpets.

The Bulls attacked, Pippen was marked to death by Joe Dumars, and Jordan came out to catch the ball and play Zhou Quan in singles.

"boom!"

The fake shot was really sudden, and then a jumper with an emergency stop, missed, but Grant grabbed the rebound.

"brush!"

Jordan rushed down to catch the ball, forced a jump shot under Zhou Quan's block, and hit it this time.

15:8, Pistons attack.

"Rebound, bastard!"

Missed a backcourt rebound, and Chuck Daly flew into a rage.

"boom!"

Under Jordan's defense, Zhou Quan missed the second ball of the day.

Scott, who had just played, grabbed a rebound from the backcourt. Jordan counterattacked and scored a goal, chasing the score to 15:10, only 5 points behind.

"Zhou Quan is now 7 of 5 shots and 1 of 1 three-pointers. Jordan's defense has improved, and Zhou Quan's touch has declined." Zhang Reasonable reminded.

"Jordan made 6 of 4 shots. He feels very hot today. Zhou Quan should be careful and strengthen his defense against Jordan. Don't let him shoot crazy." Sun Zhenping said.

Zhang Lili nodded and said: "The Pistons can take the lead mainly because of Zhou Quan's several defenses. Now the Bulls are recovering and chasing points. Jordan also defended Zhou Quan's two attacks. You really have to be careful."

Next, under the leadership of Jordan, the Bulls stabilized their position, and the scene began to fall into a stalemate. After the first quarter, 30:24, the Pistons still led by 6 points.

After the players left the field, Bill Walton said: "Jordan played the first quarter, made 3 of 1 shots in the next three shots, made 9 of 5 shots in total, made 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 12 points and 1 rebound.

Pippen didn't have much of a chance today, and Joe Dumars was locked up. He made 3 of 1 shots and only scored two points.And Grant also scored 4 points.In the first quarter, 7 players rotated and 5 scored. "

Williams said: "For the Pistons, Zhou Quan also played the entire first quarter. He only took one shot in the back and didn't make a shot. He made 8 of 5 shots and no free throws. He scored 11 points, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 foul.

乔杜马斯4投2中得4分，刺客2投1中得2分，还有塞卡利今天不错，4投3中得到了6分，活塞也是7个轮换，一共5人得分。”

Bill Walton said with a smile: "The Bulls stabilized the situation after a bad start and did not let the game appear one-sided. The performance is still good."

This time the festival begins.

Zhou Quan and Jordan played again, neither rested.

On the Bulls' side, backup guard Trent Tucker played point guard at position [-], Rodney McRae at position [-], and Cartwhite and Wilperdo on the inside.

Zhou Quan, on the other hand, focused on organizing the offense, passing the ball for his teammates, and defending against Jordan alone on the defensive end, as he did in the last few minutes of the first quarter.

In addition to him on the outside, there are Mark Aguirre and Darnell Walker. The inside is Polynes and Terry Mills. Relatively speaking, the second and third positions are weaker than the fourth and fifth positions. The strength of the two substitute insiders not bad.

"In contrast, if the Iron Fist traded against Michael Jordan, the bench lineups of both sides were similar, and the Pistons should still be able to maintain their advantage in the first quarter." Bill Walton said.

He said what he said, and after the second quarter, 52:46, the Bulls were still 6 points behind.

周权单节送出5次助攻，在乔丹头上3投1中，得到2分1篮板4助攻2抢断1失误的数据，两次抢断的是乔丹，半场11投6中，命中率54.5%，三分球2投1中，得13分。

乔丹在周权的头上8投3中得6分，但也送出2助攻2篮板2失误，不过也抢断了周权1次，半场17投8中，命中率47%，2罚2中，得18分。

At the end of halftime, players from both sides returned to the locker room.

The Pistons' bench was closer to the player tunnel, and walked into the tunnel first, when a large group of media reporters blocked them.

"Tekken, you said before the game that you will be the God of the United Center tonight, are you serious?" a reporter asked loudly.

Zhou Quan walked forward slowly and said, "You heard me right, that's what I said."

"Do you think it can be done?" the reporter asked.

"I'm doing that." Zhou Quan smiled.

"You won't succeed. Michael will smash the damned piston and kill you." A local reporter shouted angrily.

Zhou Quan couldn't help laughing out loud, accompanied by some reporters from Detroit. After laughing, he said, "Unfortunately, we are leading now."

After speaking, he pushed aside the reporters and led his teammates into the corridor leading to the visiting team's locker room.

The group of reporters immediately turned around and surrounded the Bulls who came in behind.

"Michael, you said before the game that you want to dominate the fate of the Pistons. Do you think you can do it now?" a reporter from Detroit asked.

His question made all the local reporters very upset, and they all glared at him.

Jordan said coldly with a dark face: "What I said will definitely be fulfilled, and we will eventually dominate the fate of the Pistons."

After leaving this sentence, he pushed aside the reporters and walked over.

"Can the bulls really do it?"

"Maybe, it's Michael Jordan after all."

"Look at the second half. The Pistons' performance tonight was really strong. The Bulls didn't have home court advantage."

After Jordan and the others left, a group of reporters talked a lot.

In the commentary seat of ABC TV station, Bill Walton analyzed: "Jordan's touch began to decline in the last period of the first quarter, and he has not been able to adjust to the end of the halftime. Of course, this is also the result of the iron fist defense. In contrast, passing Iron Fist, which is better combined with personal offense, has a higher hit rate and more reasonable shots."

Williams said with a smile: "Judging from the situation in the first two quarters, the Pistons obviously intended to let Jordan play alone. He took 17 shots in the half, which is a lot."

"Yes, Joe Dumars locked Pippen's receiving angle today, and the Pistons are exactly this way." Bill Walton said.

Williams reminded: "If this continues, the Bulls will be passive unless Jordan can play a hot state against the iron fist.

This kind of opportunity is still very high. Jordan has this ability and this kind of willpower.But the Bulls and Jordan should pay attention. This kind of single-handed iron fist opportunity is only on the outside. The Pistons did not double-team Jordan on the outside. Once Jordan's touch is not good, it will be really troublesome.What should be noticed is that his touch has actually been declining. "

Bill Walton nodded and said: "Yes, neither Jordan nor Iron Fist made any breakthroughs with the ball today, probably because the jumper feels good, so there are very few free throws.

Jordan has two more, but it was also a foul by Iron Fist caused by outside shooting, and Iron Fist has not made a free throw yet. "

Williams said: "The reason why Jordan made a jump shot from the outside should be because he was worried that he would be double-teamed when he rushed in. In addition, he felt good, so he rarely broke through with the ball, except for the second dunk against Sekali."

In the locker room of the home team, the atmosphere was very tense, because after returning, Jordan actually angered the head coach Phil Jackson.

"Phil, they locked up Scotty, don't you see that? You have to fix this, it's your responsibility, OK?"

Phil Jackson was a little embarrassed, how could he not see that, in fact, he had already let the inside out to pick and roll for Pippen in the first quarter, but the effect was mediocre, Pippen still couldn't get rid of Joe Dumars.

Pippen pulls outside to catch the ball, and the effect of breaking through with the ball is average. Joe Dumars' defense is very strong, so that he can't get in, and he can't get in. Jordan creates chances.

The effect of Pippen's strong beating on Joe Dumars was also mediocre, and he didn't have the advantage of playing big and small. In the 18 minutes of the two quarters, he made 8 of 3 shots, and his shooting percentage was only 37.5%, including 3 of 1 three-pointers.

To be honest, if Grant hadn't been good today and scored 12 points, the team would have fallen even further behind.It's not that he didn't see these situations, he saw them, and tried to solve them, but the effect was not good.

"Michael, calm down. At the critical moment of the tie-break, we must not have internal problems." Jerry Krause persuaded.

Jordan snorted and sat down, like a volcano about to erupt.

"Phil, find a way to solve the problem." Jerry Krause whispered to Jackson.

Jackson nodded, and said after pondering: "Michael, for the current plan, you need to reduce outside jump shots. Your shooting percentage has dropped. You must increase your breakthrough with the ball, or cut inside without the ball. We want a higher shooting percentage."

"How to solve Scottie's problem? It was you who made me give up playing with the ball. You have to find a way to solve his problem and let him get the ball. If I just blindly attack with the ball, they won't double-team when I go in. Me?" Jordan said with suppressed anger.

Phil Jackson pushed his glasses, and said calmly: "The main task of the assassin is to lock the connection between BJ and Scottie, and Joe Dumars is the same, so it is difficult for Scottie to catch the ball at a deeper position on the flank." The ball, you can only catch the ball from the three-point line, but with Joe Dumars defending, he didn’t play a threat far from the penalty area, which is what we have to solve now.”

Jordan nodded, motioning for Phil Jackson to continue.

Phil Jackson used his brain and said: "There is no other way, or only the simplest pick-and-roll can solve this solution. The simplest is the best."

Jordan knew that Phil Jackson had no other options, so he decided to do it himself.

In New York at this time, Stern was contemplating.

The Bulls were at a disadvantage in the tie-break, and he hoped that the Bulls would complete their three-peat championship, which would help Michael Jordan, whom he was very optimistic about, reach the peak of his career. Jordan would benefit the NBA if he reached the peak.

The Olympics made the dream team, the dream team went to the world, and it also made the NBA go to the world, and it also made him firm in his idea of ​​​​creating gods.

Because of this idea, he even vetoed the one-swap deal between Barkley and Zhou Quan for unreasonable reasons. For this reason, the boss of the digital team and the boss of the Pistons also criticized him, but he had to do it and did not regret it.

He is the spokesperson of the team owner. His interests are basically the same as those of the owners of the 27 teams. The ultimate goal of vetoing the deal is to increase the value of the league. In the end, the two owners of the Pistons and the Digital Team reluctantly agreed to his decision.

If his idea is realized, the value of the Pistons and the digital team will also be improved. The purpose of the businessman is to make money, so the two bosses can only acquiesce in his approach in the end.

This is also the reason why the news of this transaction was suppressed and not announced, because no one wanted this news to be exposed.

Of course, in private, he also promised the two teams that they would give some preferential treatment when appropriate, such as special regulations and so on.

But now, the Bulls can't beat the Pistons, which he didn't expect. He didn't expect Zhou Quan to improve so much this season.

……

United Center, start of the third quarter.

Both sides are basically on the starting lineup, only the Bulls are Scott Williams at the fifth position, not the starting center Carter White.

Bulls attack.

On the left wing, Pippen crossed the dotted line of the free throw line and played a flank pick-and-roll with Scott, but the assassin blocked BJ's passing angle and the movement was unsuccessful. He could only turn around and run outside the three-point line to ask for the ball.

This is also the way to receive the ball in the first half, but Joe Dumars' defense is too good, which did not allow him to play well. He missed several three-pointers and repeatedly failed to break through with the ball. He will continue to try in this quarter , because he has no other choice.

But Jordan didn't give him a chance and took the ball out of BJ's hands.

On the right wing, Jordan holds the ball, facing Zhou Quan's defense, he wants to use the sharpest spear to pierce through the iron fist's defense.

"Oh, back?" Bill Wharton exclaimed suddenly.

"This guy!"

Zhou Quan knew he was in trouble when Jordan leaned on his left shoulder.

Jordan began to dribble and lean back. His strength was not too small, and it was tentative. Zhou Quan could only defend against it. If his strength was weak, it would be useless to withdraw the stool. It would only make Jordan strengthen his attack.

He expected that Jordan would suddenly increase his strength next time he relied on a fight, which would catch him off guard.

"what?"

However, in the next moment, Jordan suddenly turned around and jumped at him directly.

After Jordan broke through Zhou Quan, he went in two steps, forcing Rodman to come up to cover the defense, but he suddenly changed his direction, and then broke through the second line of defense, stuck to the bottom line and entered the paint area, and then flew He rose up, holding the ball in his left hand, as if about to dunk.

Sekali returned to the basket and blocked the shot.

"boom!"

"Di!"

Jordan deflected his left hand, dodged Sekali's big hand, and made a strong dunk. Not only did he dunk the opponent, but he also fouled the opponent's thug, causing the referee to blow the whistle.

"Oh!"

The audience erupted instantly.

On the sidelines, a large number of football stars and Hollywood stars stood up and applauded for the ball.

"ah!"

Jordan roared excitedly.

"Is Jordan going to play a wave?" Lewis Williams excitedly said.

"Two plus one, if the penalty is scored, it's only three points away." Bill Wharton laughed.

Williams said excitedly: "The Pistons performed very well tonight. In the crucial tiebreaker, the Bulls are likely to be killed. The dream of three consecutive championships is about to be shattered. The team's tactics are at a disadvantage and will force Michael Jordan's ultimate goal." form?"

"possible."

Bill Walton said with a smile: "Jordan's ultimate form is either desperate or angry. Now he has both."

Williams said: "Bill, Jordan doesn't seem to have ever punched an iron fist with his back. I'm talking about the outside, not the low post. He did it in the low post."

Bill Wharton nodded and said: "Jordan is taller, his strength is also very good, and his confrontation ability is definitely not weaker than Iron Fist. After Iron Fist loses weight, it may even be slightly stronger. In addition, his turnaround jumper, his back hit A great threat to Iron Fist.

Let's put it this way, under a single defense, no one in the league can defend against Jordan, including Iron Fist. He can only deal with Jordan's offense in other ways. "

"brush!"

Jordan made a free throw.

"Jordan scored 21 points, Zhou Quan should be careful." Zhang Lili reminded.

52:49, the Bulls trailed by 3 points and the Pistons attacked.

(End of this chapter)