God of NBA point guards

Chapter 276 Julia, do you have time to play all-stars?

In the player tunnel, when seeing Zhou Quan leading the team appear, Ewing's mood was a bit complicated.

If the Knicks won the Eastern Conference finals last time, with their strength, they could also beat Barkley's Suns, then he would be the one who won the championship and FMVP.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh deeply.

But thinking about the situation this season, although the team's record is very good, but the Bulls seem to be better, Michael is still so strong, he can't help but sigh again.

"King Kong, why are you always sighing?"

Zhou Quan was a little dissatisfied and said: "Why, you are not happy to see me?"

"What's so good about seeing you?" John Starks said coldly.

"Hey, you're still in the NBA as an amateur?" Zhou Quan said in shock.

"Who's an amateur?" John Starks was furious.

"Ha ha……"

Rodman laughed loudly and shouted, "So we're going to play an amateur team tonight, and we can't lose."

Zhou Quan reached out and nodded Oakley, and said with a smile: "There is also an amateur here, an amateur boxer, Dennis, you are right, this is really an amateur team."

The veins on Oakley's forehead twitched again and again, he stared at Zhou Quan and said, "Iron Fist, don't make jokes."

Zhou Quan nodded and said with a smile: "If you know it's a joke, don't put on a sullen face. Who are you going to show? How nice it is to play happily. Look at each of you. If you don't know, you may think that you are going to the execution ground."

"Pfft!"

Rodman and Kendall Gill burst out laughing.

Unable to fight, unable to speak, Oakley and others snorted coldly and stopped talking.

"Hey, Greg."

"Hey, Iron Fist."

Zhou Quan and the same year show Anthony said hello.

Anthony is 5 years older than Zhou Quan. He is 26 years old this year. His original intention was to enter the political arena rather than engage in professional sports. He is very smart. Very nice and smiling.

After Rivers was injured, he was given a heavy responsibility by Pat Riley and became the starting point guard because of his tough defensive style.

"Hey, Coach Riley."

After playing, Zhou Quan greeted his teammates, and then greeted Pat Riley who was standing on the sidelines.

"Hey Zhou."

Pat Riley, smiling and with his hands in his pockets, responded graciously.

Don't look at him with a smile on his face, but he is bitter in his heart, because before he traded Mark Jackson for Smith and Rivers in the offseason last year, he thought about trading Zhou Quan, but in the end he chose Smith.

If Zhou Quan was traded at that time, although there is little hope, it is not impossible, otherwise the Pistons will not trade Zhou Quan this time.

Ewing + Zhou Quan's combination of inside and outside, plus Oakley + John Starks, on both offense and defense, he has the confidence to sweep the entire league, including the Bulls.

At eight o'clock, the game officially begins.

Jump ball, Knicks attack.

Greg Anthony faced Zhou Quan and was under tremendous pressure.

In the face of pressure, there are two reactions, one is to play stronger performance because of excitement, and the other is to make frequent mistakes because of nervousness, which depends on psychological quality and personal strength.

Anthony also wants to perform better, but unfortunately, neither his psychological quality nor his personal strength is allowed.

In the first 4 minutes, he was intercepted once by Zhou Quan and was forced to make a pass error. Under Zhou Quan's strong defense, he could not perform the function of point guard well.

The Sonics used defensive counterattacks and a good outside jumper, 4:10, leading by 6 points.

Pat Riley called a timeout, brought in backup guard Derek Harper, and had him and John Starks play more pick-and-rolls to get away from Zhou Quan's defense.

Harper was selected to the defensive second team twice, but he is 32 years old and old, his offensive and defensive quality is declining, and he can't deal with Zhou Quan.

After he played two rounds on the court, even if he switched positions with John Starks, his performance was average against Kendall Gill. The Knicks' offensive and defensive quality still did not improve. Pat Riley had no choice but to let the outside line Pass the ball directly to the low post, let the low post dominate the offense and the ball.

But the super center Ewing can do everything. He can attack and defend, but he just has no organizational skills. If you give him the ball, there is usually only one result. Either feel great and use a jumper to kill the opponent.

George Karl arranged for Rodman to defend against Ewing, and asked others to strengthen the flanking attack on Ewing, which made Ewing make frequent mistakes.

Soon, the first quarter ended, and at 16:32, the Sonics almost beat the Knicks.

Zhang Lili sighed: "Look, this is the advantage of the outside line. Once the opponent's outside line is locked and the organization function of the opponent is destroyed, the victory will be obtained.

The last time the Pistons played against the Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals, that's how they played. The Knicks didn't have a chance to take advantage of the inside and lost the game.

The Knicks want to win the game unless Ewing hits 40+ or ​​50+ efficiently, or makes the Sonics' offense impossible through defense. "

Sun Zhenping said with a smile: "But tonight, the Sonic's outside jumper feels good. Zhou Quan, Kendall Gill, and even center Perkins made a three-pointer. The offense is all outside, not inside. The Knicks Even the strongest interior defense doesn't have a chance."

Nodding his head, Zhang rationally analyzed: "Actually, this also has disadvantages, once the hand feel is not good, this style of play will definitely lose.

It is still necessary to combine breakthrough scoring and outside jump shots. One end is not good, and the other end is not good. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Of course, this is also a good hand feeling, no matter how good the shot is today, the Supersonics played like this, otherwise Zhou Quan would definitely rush in to play. "

Sun Zhenping nodded and said, "The Knicks are the best defensive team this season, and they should adjust their defensive tactics in the future."

"For sure, the Knicks' defense has already been overwhelmed by letting the Sonics score 32 points in a single quarter." Zhang Lili laughed.

Then he said: "As I said last time, the reason why the Knicks' defense is so strong is because of their fierce defensive style. Oakley, John Starks, and Mason on the bench are very defensive. Great, especially Oakley.

But facing Zhou Quan, judging by their defensive strength just now, they dare not defend like that, so the Knicks' defense is greatly reduced. "

In the second quarter, Pat Riley changed his defensive tactics, expanded the inside defensive area, and at the same time let Oakley play the third position on the defensive end to strengthen the defense outside the paint zone.

In the first 3 minutes, this defensive tactic worked very well. Tonight, the Sonics felt good. Everyone shot outside, but the Knicks strengthened their perimeter defense. Ewing defended out of the paint, and the feel dropped.

In the 4th minute of the second quarter, at 24:34, the Knicks recovered 6 points, the Sonics called a timeout, replaced the main lineup, and Zhou Quan played.

On the defensive end, John Starks still defends Zhou Quan.

Zhang Lili smiled and said, "If John Starks could guard Zhou Quan, the Knicks would not have lost the Eastern Conference Finals last time."

At the top of the arc, everyone opened up, and Zhou Quan played a single.

False burst, pull back, and then burst, John Starks finally fell to the ground.

"Oh ho ho ho..." There was laughter in the central gymnasium.

Zhou Quan reached the free throw line in two steps, forced Ewing out of the basket, and passed the ball suddenly. Rodman, who cut from the low post on the right wing, caught the ball and scored a layup easily.

"Just play like this. If the Knicks strengthen the outside defense, then the inside must be empty, so they should strengthen the breakthrough." Zhang Lili said happily.

Going back, John Starks catches the ball and singles Kendall Gill.

This is the Knicks' offensive tactic. They don't attack the opponents in Zhouquan, but only contain them. This can avoid the strongest defender of the Supersonics.

"brush!"

The false sudden shot succeeded in shaking Jill, and after rushing in, he stopped the jumper and hit a ball.

Supersonic attack, Zhou Quan holds the ball at the top of the arc.

John Starks was directly close to the body, with his elbows up, and even his face, trying to withstand Zhou Quan.

But Zhou Quan's tonnage was a full ten kilograms, no matter how much he could hold it up, he couldn't hold it up.

Facing the right wing and holding the ball with his right hand, Zhou Quan leaned sideways and made a crushing breakthrough. John Starks finally tried his nose hard, but couldn't hold it.

Seeing Zhou Quan rushing to the free throw line, Ewing didn't dare to come out. Oakley outside the left wing could only go to help defend, and Schramf was empty.

Zhou Quan was facing the right wing, and he didn't see Oakley's pincer attack from behind, but he heard the sound of sneakers rubbing fast approaching behind him, and he knew that someone was flanking him, and it would only be Oakley .

The next moment, when the wind was blowing behind him, and Oakley suddenly appeared from the right side behind him, he immediately put his hands together and swung the ball upwards.

This time, both John Starks in front and Oakley in the back were shaken.

"Whoosh!"

But the next moment, he passed the ball to Schramf.

"Beautiful! The fake vote is true." Zhang Lili praised.

"brush!"

On the three-point line, Schramf received the ball, and there was no defender within three steps. He took a step forward with the dribble, aimed at the basket before taking a calm shot, and hit a two-pointer from far.

Sun Zhenping smiled and said: "If you don't attack, then go in and fight with Rodman. If you attack, then distribute the ball to the open teammate."

Pat Riley shook his head slightly. He has top-notch ball-holding offensive ability, top-level ball-holding breakthrough ability, and top-notch organization passing ability. In his opinion, the threat of such a person holding the ball is no longer at all. Weaker than Jordan, who has no solution to attack.

The Knicks defense he created is indeed strong and can defend against any team, but when facing Jordan and Zhou Quan, they are often penetrated.

Jordan used offense to penetrate the Knicks' defense, and Zhou Quan used offense and passing.

However, he didn't intend to admit defeat, and immediately began to adjust his defensive tactics. Instead of double-teaming Zhou Quan, he cut off the connection between other people and Zhou Quan, and stared at other people, which is Jordan's law of beating Chuck Daly.

There's no way around that, just look at John Starks' defense.

As a result, in the next game, Zhou Quan felt good, and with his strong personal offense, he blasted John Starks.

In the end, 91:108, the game was won relatively easily by the Sonics.

Ewing scored 36 points, but his shooting percentage was only 33.3%, all relying on the accumulation of shots.

Zhou Quanhong scored 42 points, shooting 55.5%, and sent 10 assists and 3 steals.

After winning this game, with 33 wins and 7 losses, the Sonics rank first in the Western Conference and first in the league.

此时马赛克是31胜10负，太阳队28胜13负，马刺29胜14负，分列西部第二、三、四名。

In the East, the Bulls have 29 wins and 12 losses, the Pistons have 28 wins and 13 losses, the Eagles have 30 wins and 11 losses, and the Knicks have 30 wins and 11 losses, ranking the top four in the East.

On February [-]st, the league announced the best player of the month and the MVP ranking, and at the same time announced the end of the All-Star voting.

David Robinson became the player of the month in January, and Zhou Quan still ranked first in the MVP rankings.

The schedule is almost halfway through, the Sonics are still No. [-] in the league, and Zhou Quan's MVP is also No. [-], but his negative news seems to be less, which is very strange.

The agent Philip gave him an explanation, because the media’s negative news about him was nothing new, it was always speculation, so people’s interest was not great. Will do this stuff again.

In terms of All-Star voting, Jordan is still the top voter with 94 votes, followed by Zhou Quan with 91 votes, 14 votes more than last year, which was 77 votes last year.

Jordan had 103 million votes last year, but this time he lost 9 votes. His popularity has been divided by Zhou Quan, but he is still stable.

Also because of Jordan's pressure, Zhou Quan's popularity seems to be growing slowly.

In addition, Barkley asked for leave due to injury, and the league designated Karl Malone to replace Barkley in the starting position.

Western All-Star starters: Olajuwon, Karl Malone, Chris Mullin, Richmond, Zhou Quan

Western All-Star Subs: David Robinson, Clifford Robinson, John Stockton, Drexler, Sprewell, Danny Manning, Kevin Johnson.

Eastern All-Star starting: O'Neal, Sean Kemp, Pippen, Kenny Anderson, Jordan.

East all-star bench: Ewing, Gary Payton, Derrick Coleman, Wilkins, John Starks, Oakley, Mucci Blaylock.

Kendall Gill received 34 votes, the second-highest vote for the Sonics, but did not qualify for the All-Star Game.

Entering February, on the 3rd, the Sonics arrived in Detroit.

When he came out of the airport, Zhou Quan was surrounded by many media and some Detroit fans.

"I'm very happy to be back here. My career started here and entered the peak period here. I won my first championship and FMVP here. This place is very important to me."

"I am very grateful to the fans here. Their support for me is an important factor in my success. My sneaker sales here are still ranked third among all cities, second only to Seattle and Los Angeles. I am very grateful to them."

The next night, in front of 2 fans, Joo Kwon reappeared at the Palace of Auburn Hills, getting cheers as he walked out of the tunnel.

Philip did a good job last year and didn't make him a traitor to this team. Although it is true that the team wants to trade him, and it is true that the league wants him to leave, sometimes if the work is not done properly, it is the players who are to blame.

Under the witness of the fans, he received his championship ring, eight or nine months had passed since winning the championship.

The ring was made according to his opinion, and it has his Chinese name on it, which is Han Li script, not pinyin, very beautiful and delicate.

He was very excited to get the championship ring, and then led the team to defeat the Pistons.

……

In February, the Sonics had 4 wins and 1 loss, and lost to the Nets. They completed all the games before the All-Star Weekend, with 37 wins and 8 losses, ranking first in the league.

After entering February, Mosaic lost first to the Jazz and then to the Bucks, with 35 wins and 13 losses. They played three more games than the Sonics, and the gap widened.

This year's All-Star game was held in Minneapolis, home of the Timberwolves.

However, no one from this bad team was selected as an All-Star. Its current record is the second-to-last in the Western Conference, only a little better than the Mavericks, and it is aiming for the No. [-] pick.

On the 10th, Zhou Quan rested at home for a day, practicing shooting and golf, or doing some boxing training.

There are still a few paparazzi outside guarding him, and even the garbage bags thrown by the workers cannot escape their hands, forcing the workers to drive a long way to throw garbage.

He called the big-mouthed beauty, and after exchanging pleasantries, he asked, "Julia, do you have time to play All-Stars?"

"Well, I can spare time tomorrow."

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(End of this chapter)