God of NBA point guards

Chapter 234 Zhou Quan: Don't use your hobbies to challenge my major in the future

In the final quarter, Oakley sat on the bench.

He is not because of fouls, but because of physical fitness, which is his shortcoming. He has never averaged more than 37 minutes per game in his career, and his average playing time in his career is less than 32 minutes per game.

Mason didn't come up either. The Knicks' inside line consists of the starting lineup of Ewing and Smith, and the outside line is John Starks, Doc Rivers, and Blackman.

On the Pistons side, Rodman, Sekaly, Mark Aguirre, Joe Dumars, and Zhou Quan are composed.

And Rodman defended Ewing. Ewing made 20 of 11 shots in the first three quarters, and his shooting percentage was as high as 55%. In addition, he made 6 of 4 free throws and scored 26 points. The threat is too great. If it is not for the excellent super center Performance, the Pistons should lead by more.

At the beginning of the final quarter, the Knicks attacked.

The three outside lines are still wide open, not giving Zhou Quan and Joe Dumars a chance to attack, and then attack from the flank.

And the offense is generally carried out by the other two. John Starks plays off the ball, so that he can avoid Zhou Quan's defense as much as possible.

"After the second half of the first quarter, the Knicks learned a lesson. No matter who is facing Zhou Quan on the offensive end, just don't hold the ball and don't give him a chance to steal. The effect is really good." Zhang Reasonable said.

"boom!"

Ewing caught the ball and hit Rodman with his back. He actually found it difficult to push the little guy behind him, so he came up with a free jumper, and then took a jumper, but unfortunately missed.

Sekali protected the backcourt rebound and the Pistons attacked.

Zhou Quan didn't ask for the ball, and Joe Dumars attacked with the ball.

He has played three quarters and only rested for 3 minutes. The key is to break through the attack with the ball throughout the second and third quarters, and he needs to adjust his physical fitness.

Now Chuck Daly's tactic of causing damage in the middle two quarters had bad results. When Zhou Quan stopped, the Knicks started a round of fierce attack.

Halfway through the final quarter, the Knicks chased for four points, 88:88, and the two teams tied. This was the first time the two teams tied. The Pistons called a timeout.

"The Pistons should be careful. The Knicks chased for three and a half quarters and finally caught up. Now the pressure is on the Pistons." Robert Guida reminded.

"At the critical moment, it's time for the boss of the team to stand up, and Iron Fist should exert its strength." Ringo Wilson said.

After a timeout, the Pistons attack.

The Knicks have replaced Oakley, plus Ewing, Mason, John Starks, and Doc Rivers.

For the Pistons, Sekaly, Rodman, Joe Dumars, Zhou Quan, Isiah Thomas.

Chuck Daly still arranged for Rodman to guard Ewing, and Sekaly would never be able to guard Ewing.

On the left-wing three-point line, Zhou Quan attacked with the ball.

The Knicks' nerves were tense, especially John Starks, afraid to have any distractions.

Started, Zhou Quan broke through from the right, and John Starks chased with his left hand, but the next moment, he slowed down and opened a distance from the defender.

"not good!"

Knowing that Zhou Quan was about to make an emergency stop jumper, John Starks braked immediately.

But at this moment, Zhou Quan speeded up his stride and rushed past him in one step.

"Oh!"

The feet were in a mess, and John Starks was directly shaken to the ground.

"It's a clean and tidy life!" Zhang Lili exclaimed.

Zhou Quan entered the penalty area from the left elbow area, and Doc Rivers, who was defending the assassin in a high position, immediately made up defense. Zhou Quanyi was bold, and he passed the ball suddenly after Rivers jumped to his side, and the ball flew to the top of the arc. .

The assassin received the ball, and Rivers was two steps away from him. Before he even had time to start his defense, the absolute wide open, he calmly made a jump shot, and the basketball flew to the basket.

"brush!"

Splashes appeared, and the three-pointer was hit.

"Beautiful break through and score!" Zhang Lili said excitedly.

"The assassin's open three-pointer is also very accurate." Sun Zhenping smiled happily.

Zhang Lili said with a smile: "The assassin can shoot open positions now, but he can't hold the ball. If he still has the offensive ability to hold the ball, and the strength of 89 and 90 years, then the Pistons will be terrible. The three top perimeter players No one can stop a first-class master."

Next, John Starks ran without the ball, used the pick-and-roll to get rid of Zhou Quan, and hit a jumper with the ball.

91:90, Pistons attack.

Zhou Quan still broke through with the ball, and once again charged John Starks. This time Doc Rivers dared not let the assassin go, and he drove into the penalty area from the left elbow, forcing Ewing to come up to defend, and he passed the ball For Rodman who was open, Rodman stepped up for a layup. At the critical moment, he didn't dare to play any tricks and hit a goal.

The game continued, with 3 minutes left in the final quarter, 97:92, the Pistons led by 5 points, the Knicks attacked, and Pat Riley called a timeout.

Zhou Quan broke through 3 times in 5 minutes, sent 5 assists and 4 indirect assist, Rodman and Sekali scored 9 goal each, the Assassins made 4 of [-] three-pointers, and the Assassins assisted Joe Dumars With a goal, the Pistons made [-] of [-] shots and led the team to a wave of [-]:[-] attacks.

Zhang Lili said: "The Knicks are actually good offensively, making 4 of 2 shots, but the efficiency can't keep up with the pace of the Pistons, so they are behind. But the Pistons can't be careless. The Knicks hold the ball and score a goal. It's just a goal difference."

Pat Riley arranged an offensive tactic, and then focused on explaining how to play a good defensive tactic, the focus is on defending Zhou Quan's breakthrough with the ball.

This is actually a problem he has always emphasized. Unfortunately, no matter how he defended today, Zhou Quan scored 38 points and 11 assists. The defense has failed.

This made him realize that Zhou Quan's ball-holding threat is indeed like what ABC TV commentators Lewis Williams and Bill Walton said, it is almost the same as Jordan, belonging to the top level of the league.

Jordan's offense is unsolvable, although Zhou Quan's offense has not reached that level, and even has a long distance, but coupled with the extremely sharp pass, the threat of holding the ball is almost unsolvable.

The timeout ends and the Knicks attack.

John Starks ran without the ball, and Ewing made a pick-and-roll from the low post on the left wing. He wanted to bypass Rodman and cut to the basket, but he underestimated Rodman's defense.

Rodman doesn't plan to switch defenses. He can defend from position one to position five, but Zhou Quan can't. If Zhou Quan switches defense to Ewing, the height disadvantage is too great.

But just when John Starks was about to bypass him, he blocked it in time, which gave Zhou Quan a chance to chase.

At this time, Doc Rivers passed the ball, and Zhou Quan chased him up from the upper side, just in time, with a big hand, and instantly cut off the pass to Starks.

"Oh, the ball is stolen, Zhou Quan's sixth steal!" Sun Zhenping shouted excitedly.

"The Assassins are playing fast, and so is Joe Dumars, and the Pistons are fast-breaking again." Zhang Lili said excitedly.

The assassin, who was coming down from the middle, rushed to the top of the arc and stopped immediately. Doug Rivers also stopped after rushing two meters. At this time, he received a pass from Zhou Quan, and Rivers rushed forward. He didn't force a shot, but passed the ball.

On the left wing, Joe Dumars had already thrown off Oakley and Mason who were back on defense, slanted into the paint, received a pass from the assassin, entered the paint from the left elbow, made a three-step layup, and hit a goal.

"Look, Zhou Quan, Joe Dumars, Assassin, three-guard tactics, two of them pass masters, it is because of the three of them, the Pistons' fast-break tactics today are really good, the turnover rate is low, and the success rate is high " Zhang Lili praised.

"It's 99:92 now, and the Pistons are back leading by 7 points. Come on, win an away game and take the initiative." Sun Zhenping said excitedly.

The Knicks attacked, and Doc Rivers didn't dare to pass the ball to John Starks for the time being. He hung it to Ewing, who was in the low post on the left wing.

Ewing catches the ball and singles Rodman, and after getting rid of the defender, he catches a mid-range jumper.

"Snapped!"

Just when he took off and shot, Zhou Quan from above jumped down and slapped the ball up.

"Oh, big hat! Iron Fist big hat Ewing!" In the TNT commentary seat, Robert Guida shouted excitedly.

Because of the advantage of precise strikes, Zhou Quan has the ability to control the landing point when blocking shots. Instead of fanning out the baseline directly, he precisely pointed at the bottom of the ball with his finger, and the ball was thrown upwards and flew past Rhodes. Man fell immediately afterwards and was caught by him.

At this time, the outside assassins and Joe Dumas had already started to play quickly. Joe Dumas was already one step ahead of Oakley on the left wing. Moved, the distance is still widening.

Rodman handed the ball to Zhou Quan. After Zhou Quan dribbled past John Starks' press, he passed the ball to the assassin.

Pat Riley, who was staring at the sidelines, turned around at this moment and shook his head helplessly.

"brush!"

The assassins assisted Joe Dumars again for a layup.

Knicks ball, Pat Riley called the second timeout of the quarter.

"This is the advantage of the three guards. Neither Mason nor Oakley can keep up with Joe Dumars." Ringo Wilson said.

"101:92, the Knicks are already behind by 9 points, and now there are 2 minutes left in the time, it should be said that there is still a chance." Robert Guida said.

"Tekken's defense today is really strong, with 6 steals and 3 blocks. This is the game he blocked the most in a single game. His defensive performance is no worse than the 10 steals in a single game last time." Ringo Wilson laughed.

Robert Guida laughed: "If he doesn't work hard on the defensive end, how can the Pistons beat the Knicks, who are the number one defensive player in the league?"

Ringo Wilson said: "From the offensive end, his offense with the ball has destroyed the Knicks' iron-blooded defense. In three quarters, he made 18 of 17 free throws. This kind of lethality, this ability to break through with the ball, If it weren't for the Knicks' strong willpower, the average team would have been destroyed long ago."

"Coach Pat Riley has indeed created an iron-blooded defensive team with strong willpower. If the Bulls are not eliminated and the Knicks meet the Bulls, I think it must be a close series." Robert Gedda said.

On the Knicks bench, John Starks was scolded by Pat Riley, telling him to pull Zhou Quan away when he runs next, don't get too close to Ewing, and double-team Zhou Quan Chance.

After the timeout ended, Ewing still attacked.

Zhou Quan didn't have a chance to double-team this time, and was led around by John Starks. Ewing caught the ball and singled Rodman.

He just rested for 4 minutes today, his physical fitness was at the limit, his feet were heavy, and he couldn't get in, so he hooked Rodman's head.

"boom!"

It's a pity that the critical moment was missed and it was too short.

"mine."

Rodman was still full of energy, turning around and grabbing the rebound.

"Ewing can't stand up at the critical moment!" Shaking his head, Robert Jeddah said.

At this time, the three major guards of the Pistons all rushed down. Rodman passed to Zhou Quan on the right wing. The assassin rushed to the top of the arc and stopped. Dumars caught the ball and drove to the basket for an easy layup.

"103:92, the Pistons have already led by 11 points, and the Knicks probably won't be able to pull it back. Oakley can't keep up with Joe Dumars, his physical fitness is not good, and Joe Dumars has played three consecutive fast breaks." Lin Greg Wilson shook his head.

Robert Guida said: "In order to defend, the Knicks let Mason, Oakley, and Ewing stay on the court together, reducing their speed, but the Pistons used fast breaks to make their defense have no chance to play at all. The Pistons Take the initiative tactically, Pat Riley's tactics are problematic."

"brush!"

Mason received the ball from the low post on the right wing, single-handed the soft guy Sekali under the basket, arched to the basket with his extremely strong body, and easily arched to the basket, then turned around for a layup and hit a goal.

Ringo Wilson said with a smile: "Coach Pat Riley put Mason in the fourth position, not just for defense, but to increase offense. Mason is the Knicks' most efficient offensive player.

But today the Pistons' fast break is really powerful. The three guards combined are extremely powerful. All of them can pass, shoot, and rush, and play fast and slow, haha!That is to say, the assassin can't move now, but his open shots are also good today. "

Robert Guida said at this time: "Speaking of offense, the Knicks, alas, according to my observations, Patrick Ewing's ability at critical moments really needs to be improved, and his psychological quality at critical moments does not seem to pass the test. "

Ringo Wilson nodded and said, "Some people are born with big hearts, maybe Ewing is not that kind of big heart."

Robert Guida said: "Now Ewing can't stand up, John Starks is stared to death by an iron fist, and the Knicks can't score the first and second points. It depends on Mason's offense. If he can't play again, then The Knicks lost."

"boom!"

Zhou Quan missed a jumper with an emergency stop, and Mason grabbed the rebound.

"103:94, 56 seconds left, the Knicks basically have no chance." Zhang Lili said.

"With a gap of 9 points, the chance is not great." Sun Zhenping shook his head.

John Starks ran desperately in the frontcourt, but his speed is his weakness, he just couldn't get rid of Zhou Quan, Ewing came up to do the pick-and-roll, and only then ran out an open space.

"Snapped!"

Doc Rivers passed the ball quickly, but his awareness of passing the ball to John Starks was too obvious. The extremely experienced assassin rushed up at the right time and cut the ball just in time.

"Shet!"

Seeing this, a fan cursed angrily, stood up and left his seat.

Like him, many fans stood up and prepared to leave.

"boom!"

Zhou Quan went down quickly, received the assassin's pass, dunked a goal, and once again widened the point difference to double digits.

Pat Riley tried his best to call a timeout, but he couldn't change the ending. In the end, the Pistons defeated the Jagged Knicks in the away game.

The score was 107:96, winning by 11 points.

At the end of the game, the Pistons received applause from many Knicks fans.

"Crazy, you said you asked me to blow you up, so did I do it?" After the game, Zhou Quan said to John Starks with a smile.

John Starks' small face was as black as carbon, he snorted coldly, walked around Zhou Quan and walked towards the player tunnel.

He was defended by Zhou Quan and fell short. He made 18 of 6 shots, only 33.3% from the field, and only 14 points. The key efficiency is too low.

But Zhou Quan scored 40 points on his head. The key is that he has a much higher shooting percentage.

"Remember, don't use your hobbies to challenge my major in the future." Zhou Quan sincerely urged from behind.

"damn it!"

The hot-tempered John Starks cursed secretly, quickened his pace and rushed into the player tunnel.

“本场比赛周权上场45分钟，19投11中，投篮命中率57.9%，三分球2投1中，18罚17中，40分5篮板12助攻6抢断3盖帽2失误4犯规的数据。他在攻防两端打爆了和他对位的约翰斯塔克斯。”罗伯特吉达说道。

林格威尔逊拿着数据统计表说道：“乔杜马斯今晚14投9，命中率高达64.3%，其中三分球5投2中，2罚2中，拿到了22分3助攻1抢断。

刺客伊赛亚托马斯8投4中，三分球4投2中，拿到了10分7助攻2抢断的表现。

三大后卫联手贡献72分22助攻9抢断，加上罗德曼的12个篮板球，塞卡利11分9篮板的准两双，他们五个人是活塞赢球的保证。”

Robert Guida picked up the Knicks data sheet again and said: "Ewing made 20 of 11 shots in the first three quarters, made 6 of 4 free throws, scored 26 points, and performed very well.

But he only made 8 of 3 shots in the final quarter, and 3 of 3 shots in the crucial last 0 minutes. This is what he deserves to criticize, and his ability at critical moments is not good.

尤因全场44分钟28投14中，命中率50%，加上9罚7中，拿到了35分9篮板1助攻1抢断3盖帽4失误3犯规。”

林格威尔逊接着说道：“梅森上场36分钟，14投9中，命中率高达64.3%，加上5罚3中，得到21分7篮板。

His offensive efficiency has met Pat Riley's expectations of him. Whether it is Sekali or Polynice, even Rodman, his defensive effect is not good. "

Robert Guida said with a smile: "The Knicks are the same as the Bulls. The most important reason for losing is that they can't defend against the iron fist, and John Starks was defended to death by the iron fist."

"The process and results of this game seem to make me feel that the Knicks may not be able to drag the Pistons to the tie-break like the Bulls did." Ringo Wilson said.

At this time, Zhou Quan accepted the post-match interview of TNT TV station on the sidelines.

"Iron Fist, as a point guard, how does it feel to block a super center?" The reporter asked with a smile.

"I want to try that taste again." Zhou Quan smiled.

"So what does winning the first away game mean for the Pistons?" the reporter asked again.

"It means that the way we deal with the Knicks is very effective. We beat them twice in the regular season. In fact, we have always had a way to beat them." He replied.

"Is this way to strengthen your own personal offensive and defensive strength?" The reporter asked.

Zhou Quan laughed, but nodded and said: "The Knicks don't have top defenders. They are different from the Bulls. The Bulls have two top defenders, while the Knicks' strongest defense is inside. They even hit three. Insider.

But the speed of the inside will be slower, so we have to use different methods to deal with the Bulls and the Knicks, that is, use fast breaks and constant defensive counterattacks so that they have no chance to build their defense line, so as to draw from the bottom and disintegrate them defense. "

"Win the first away game, do you have a stronger sense of anticipation for the finals?" The reporter asked again.

"Of course, I haven't tasted the finals yet, that's my dream." He nodded.

After the interview was over, Joe Dumas and the others were still being interviewed, so he went to bid farewell to his friends, and made an appointment for lunch with the Roberts couple again tomorrow.

He said a few words to some Chinese who came over to say hello to him, took a few photos, and signed some autographs before he and his teammates went back to the locker room.

Chuck Daly summed up the game and said: "Except for Zhou, Joe and Isiah, everyone else's shooting percentage is average. We must pay attention to this and increase our running. Only in this way can we get open.

We must not underestimate the Knicks' defense. In the middle two quarters, the ball-handling breakthrough like the Iron Fist is infinitely lethal, but the Knicks still prevent the rest of you from repeatedly missing shots. This is worth our vigilance. Once the Iron Fist and Joe's touch decline , or there is a problem with Tekken's physical fitness, and if he can't move suddenly, we can only wait for the loss. "

His words made the Pistons players calm down because of the excitement of winning.

(End of this chapter)