God of NBA point guards

Chapter 280 The end of the regular season, unexpected surprise
On the 16th, Zhou Quan's 22nd birthday.

The team held a simple ceremony at a hotel in Detroit before heading to Minnesota.

On the 17th, the Sonics beat the Timberwolves away.

On the 18th, the Sonics lost to the Bulls in back-to-back away games.

The regular season continued, and by the end of March, the Sonics had never lost.

58 wins and 12 losses, first in the league.

Zhou Quan still maintained the first place in the MVP, followed by Dameng, and then Jordan.

But Zhou Quan didn’t think he would secure the MVP. This is the league’s official ranking, and in the end it’s up to the media to vote. As a Chinese, his competitors are still Jordan and Dameng. What do the American media and commentators think of him? Attitude, he didn't think it would be biased towards him.

And in terms of personal data, these competitors are no worse than him. Whether it is Dream or Jordan, they are all top super giants with both offense and defense.

There are still some strong opponents in the April game, Mosaic has two games, the Suns also have two games, and the Jazz and Trail Blazers.

Fortunately, Mosaic, the second-best team in the Western Conference, has 8 wins behind the Sonics, and there are only 12 games in April. Facing the playoffs, it is impossible for Mosaic to fight against the Sonics. So for now, the team has locked No. [-] in the West.

There is no problem with being number one in the league. The Bulls are still number one in the East, 6 games behind the Supersonics and second in the league.

On April 1994, 4, the Sonics defeated the Trail Blazers away, ending the regular season of the season.

After losing 12 games in the next 3 games, the regular season record was 67 wins and 15 losses, with a winning rate of 81.7%, ranking first in the league.

In addition, in the last game, Zhou Kwon scored the [-]th point in the regular season of his career.

After the final game, back in the locker room, the coaching staff provided the statistics for this season.

周权本赛季出战82场，首发82场，场均40.5分钟，场均21.7分4.6篮板14.4助攻3.8抢断1盖帽3.2失误2.8犯规。

He averaged 16 of 8.2 shots, 51.2% from the field, 1.8 from 0.7 three-pointers, 38.9% from the field, 5 from 4.6 free throws, 92% from the field, 59.6% from the true field goal, and 4.5 turnovers and assists.

This season, the team ranks first in playing time, the number of shots taken, the first in scoring, the third in rebounds, the first in steals, the first in blocks, the first in assists, the first in defensive efficiency, the first in personal plus-minus, and the first in shooting Hit rate third.

本赛季常规赛与职业生涯得分1780分/5008分；篮板377/1128个，助攻1180/2962个，抢断312/733个，盖帽82/176个，失误262/757次。

Among other Supersonic players, Schramf averaged 15 points per game, Kendall Gill 14.1 points, and Sam Perkins 12.5 points. A total of four players on the team scored in double figures.

In addition, swingman Vincent Escher had 9 points, swingman Nate McMillan had 6 points, Michael Cage had 4.6 points and 5.4 rebounds, and Rodman had 6.6 points.

Twelve players, three marginal players, nine important rotations, rookie Johnson's performance is not satisfactory, averaging only 6 minutes per game, in fact, only eight important rotations.

The eight important rotations combined averaged 94.9 points per game, and the four marginal players averaged 11.1 points per game.

The Sonics averaged 106 points per game this season, fourth in the Western Conference, the top three are the Suns, Warriors, and Trail Blazers, and they are also fifth in the league. Only the Hornets in the Eastern Conference averaged 106.5 points per game.

Average conceded 96.4 points per game, second in the West, only the Spurs conceded lower than the Sonics, fifth in the league.

The average field goal percentage is 48.7%, second in the Western Conference, lower than the Warriors, and second in the league.

He averaged 9.6 points per game against opponents, ranking first in the league.

Zhou Quan once again won the assists and steals titles, defending the double crown honor.

It is worth mentioning that Nate McMillan, a supersonic veteran, combo guard, and small forward, averaged 25 steals per game in only 3 minutes of playing time, which is only under Zhou Quan in the league.

It's a pity that McMillan's offensive efficiency is not enough, his shooting percentage is only 44.7%, and he has no lethality. He averages only 0.8 free throws per game, and his shooting percentage is only 56.4%. people.

Kendall Gill, who partnered with Zhou Quan, averaged 1.9 steals per game, but his shooting percentage was only 44.3%, which was a bit low.

The main center Sam Perkins averaged 26 minutes per game and his shooting percentage was only 43.8%. As a center who pulls out and shoots, this severely limits his development.

The main forward Schramf's shooting percentage is 49.3%. As a small forward, his efficiency is not bad.

Among the team's eight important rotation players, only Zhou Quan, Rodman, and Michael Cage have a shooting percentage of more than [-]%. Cage and Rodman's scoring is too low, and their contribution on the offensive end is not great.

Especially the low-post offense and scoring mainly rely on the breakthrough from the outside. The real inside players have no low-post offense except for a few second offenses. They all pull out and shoot. The efficiency is too low. An important reason for fifth in the league.

However, Zhou Kwon's shooting percentage and shooting ratio have increased the overall shooting percentage of the Sonics, which is why they ranked second in the league.

Zhou Quan is actually very worried about the lack of low-post offense, because the Supersonic's inside line has no way to improve the quality and proportion of low-post offense, and they rely entirely on the outside line to break through and score.

After entering the playoffs, other teams with strong insiders can improve the quality and proportion of their low-post offense, thereby improving the overall efficiency, which is difficult for the Sonics to do.

Therefore, although the Supersonics have the second-highest field goal percentage in the regular season, in the playoffs, they encountered all strong teams, and this data is not very informative.

The system's tasks for this season did not require data, Zhou Quan didn't care so much about his own data, and just looked at it casually and let it go.

The three requirements, the first record is completed, the rest of the MVP and the championship, this depends on the opportunity and the performance of the playoffs.

There are many stars without a championship in their lifetime. For example, Barkley is on this road, so he has a clear understanding of winning the championship.

What he wants to ensure is to make himself competitive every season, not a spectator of the championship, but one of the competitors involved.

In addition, Dennis Rodman defended his rebounding title again, averaging 17.3 rebounds per game.

Dikembe Mutombo averaged 4.1 blocks per game.

The scoring leader is Michael Jordan, averaging 32.2 points per game.

This is also Jordan's eighth scoring title, and the eighth in a row.

Rodman shook his head triumphantly and said: "Iron Fist, I am the third rebounding leader in a row, and you are only the second assists and steals leader, both behind me, come on, you are younger than me, try to catch up with me. "

"Ha ha……"

The locker room burst into laughter.

Zhou Quan stretched out his fist and said with a smile, "Dennis, we have an appointment. From now on, you will be the leader in rebounds, and I will be the leader in assists and steals."

Rodman stretched out his fist and touched it, and said with a smile: "Then it's settled, I won't lose to you."

At this time, George Karl smiled and said: "Okay, now I will announce the top eight regular season rankings of the eastern and western teams."

"In the East, they are the Bulls, Eagles, Knicks, Magic, Pacers, Cavaliers, Nets, and Pistons."

"The Bulls chased hard, and they caught up to 63 wins, only 4 wins away from us."

"West, Sonics, Mosaics, Suns, Spurs, Jazz, Warriors, Trail Blazers, Nuggets."

"Mosaic has 58 wins, which is 9 wins behind us, but I want to remind everyone that they are very strong, but they just played in the regular season for the playoffs."

"Now let me talk about the Eastern and Western playoffs."

"East, Bulls vs Pistons, Magic vs Pacers, Hawks vs Nets, Knicks vs Cavaliers."

"In the West, the Sonics are against the Nuggets, the Spurs are against the Jazz, the Mosaics are against the Trail Blazers, and the Suns are against the Warriors."

"The winners of the first two groups and the last two groups will play against each other in the second round."

……

George Karl said with a smile: "We played against the Nuggets in the first round. We had a three-to-one advantage in the regular season. I believe there should be no problems in the first round."

At this moment, Zhou Quan felt in a trance, and his consciousness suddenly appeared in a very enthusiastic arena.

"Nuggets vs. Sonics?"

Familiar with the Seattle Center gymnasium, when he saw the match list on the ceiling screen and the players on both sides of the field, he immediately realized that his consciousness had been transported to another time and space by the system.

There is a high probability that this game will be the first round of the playoffs, but without him, Gary Payton, Sean Kemp, Ricky Pierce, Schramff, and Dennis Rodman.

Soon, the Sonics won the game, and then the Sonics won the second game, two straight home victories, and match point.

But then in the Nuggets' away game, it was a two-game losing streak, and then returned to the home court to lose the last game. The SuperSonics were blacked out and became the first black eighth team in NBA history, setting a record.

And it was Mutombo who made the Nuggets complete the black eight.

This pervert's ability to protect the rim is unbelievably strong. In the first two games he lost, he sent four or five blocks, but in the last three games he won, he sent six, eight, and eight blocks respectively. The five-game series , A total of 31 blocks were sent, averaging 6.2 times per game, and an average of 7.33 times per game in the last three games.

Its powerful ability to block shots and protect the basket is as terrifying as Zhou Quan's steal in the last finals, and even stronger.

It is relying on the perverted ability to protect the basket and a crazy big cap. The cap is so supersonic that he dare not hit the penalty area and can only shoot outside.

For example, Rainman Sean Kemp, under the care of Mutombo, averaged only 37% of his shots per game.

After watching the five series, Zhou Quan's consciousness instantly returned to the current time and space.

At this time, his expression immediately became extremely serious, his smile stopped, and he said to George Karl and others very seriously:

"Coach, guys, the Suns had the best record in the league last season. They beat the Lakers in the first round, but they lost two straight at home. They got the match point by the Lakers, and they were almost hacked. So we must not be careless. The Nuggets are definitely not Weak teams, and there are no real weak teams in the NBA."

George Karl was startled, and so were the others.

Zhou Quan didn't care what they thought, and said again: "Mutombo's ability to protect the rim is one of the best in the league, and our low-post offense is not of high quality. We mainly focus on outside breakthroughs and layups. He will definitely take special care of us. Once the person who rushed in was blocked by him several times, would we still dare to rush in with the ball?"

George Karl couldn't help thinking that after Mutombo blocked his own outside line continuously, his outside line dared not rush in to play again, and the low-post attack was completely lost, so he touched his forehead, already sweating, and nodded quickly: "Iron Fist, You said yes, don’t be careless, once we are hacked, it will make history.”

Several main players couldn't help nodding their heads. There had never been a black eight in the history of the alliance. If they were black eight, they would be famous in Qing history, so no one dared to be careless.

At this time, a new task appeared in the series: "The host must change the original history of the supersonic being black eight by the Nuggets, and eliminate the opponent to enter the second round. Failure will randomly deduct a little quality, and success will reward a little prediction."

"It's not bad to predict at all. Mosquitoes are meat no matter how small they are. Anyway, they must win. If they dare to lose even the Nuggets, they deserve to be the first to be hacked."

"However, those two idiots, Gary Payton and Sean Kemp, were the first to be hacked. It's a pity that they escaped their original fate."

"No, it's not the original fate, it should be their fate in another time and space."

"But why is there no me in that time and space? Could it be that I didn't join the NBA in that time and space? It's also possible, maybe I went to play ice hockey and didn't get this system. One day the system will let me see me in that time and space. alright."

At this time, George Karl said again: "We really need to be careful in the first round. If we make it to the second round, we will face the winner of the Spurs and Jazz. Relatively speaking, the second round should be better than the first round."

Rodman yelled: "We have killed the Spurs four times this season, and we have four wins and one loss against the Jazz. No matter which one we meet in the second round, we will sweep them."

Zhou Quan said: "If we can sweep in the second round, of course sweeping can save us energy, but sweeping should not be our goal, it will only put more pressure on us."

Rodman squeezed to Zhou Quan's side at this moment, and said in a low voice, "Iron Fist, the Pistons will definitely lose against the Bulls in the first round."

Zhou Quan shook his head and said, "The Pistons should be able to rebuild again. Let's use gloves and Rainman to exchange draft picks, even including this year's pick. I don't think it's a problem for the two of them to change to the first and second picks in the first round."

……

On the 25rd, the Sonics returned to Seattle.

The first round of the Sonics started on the 28th, with only one day off, and resumed training on the 26th.

At 9 o'clock this morning, the league announced some honors in the regular season.

In addition to the five data kings, the best rookie is Chris Webber, the best sixth man is Dell Curry, the most improved player is Don Macron, and DPOY is Zhou Quan.

As the number one record in the league this season, with 67 wins, George Karl very much hopes to get the honor of the best coach. With this honor, he can also enter the list of first-class coaches.

At one o'clock at noon, just after getting off the plane, he received a message that the best coach was given to Lenny Wilkens, but not to him.

Standing in the open space of the airport, he was a little dazed, but after he realized it, his face was full of wry smiles.

Wilkens' qualifications are much older than him. He has been coaching for 21 seasons and has coached more than 600 games. He is only in his seventh season and has not won the best coach. Give it to him. Well, that's all he could think about.

"DPOY is me?"

Contrary to George Karl, Zhou Quan received good news.

This is something he didn't expect. As a point guard, he never thought he would get this honor.

Philip, the agent who called him, said happily: "Iron Fist, you are the fifth guard to receive DPOY and the first point guard to receive DPOY. Congratulations!"

"Thank you!"

……

The results of the regular season MVP will be announced after the first round of the series, and voting will start tomorrow. However, Zhou Quan has no energy to pay attention to this. All his energy is focused on the upcoming first round of the series.

Arriving at the headquarters by bus, he did not go home immediately, but instead received some materials from the Nuggets and took them home for detailed research.

From this day on, the media's analysis of the regular season MVP and the playoffs also began.

TNT announced its guess for the playoffs, the main one is the prediction of the probability of winning.

夺冠机率前五分别是公牛、超音速、马赛克、尼克斯、太阳，夺冠机率分别是22%、20%、18%、13%、10%，从第六的老鹰开始，夺冠机率都在5%以下。

In fact, there are not many valuable things in this forecast data. The only thing is that TNT is optimistic about the top five teams to win the championship.

Other media also have their own prediction data, such as ESPN, which is also more optimistic about the Bulls. The Bulls have a 33% chance of winning the championship on ESPN.

Zhou Quan didn't pay attention to the media's championship predictions, and didn't even read the news. He preferred to watch the analysis of the MVP.

ESPN's well-known NBA commentator Ronnie Hambas, who is also one of the MVP selectors, wrote in his column:

"For the MVP vote, I think it will be a difficult selection process, because the data of Jordan, Olajuwon, and Zhou Quan are all very good. I can't even tell which of them is better. From the perspective of the team's record, Undoubtedly Iron Fist is more dominant.

I personally think that from the analysis of personal data and team record, Iron Fist will have a greater advantage, and he should get more points.

But considering other factors, Iron Fist's advantages are easily overlooked, so I hope this MVP will be more fair. "

Commentators and reporters like Ronnie Hambas, and a few more, are speaking up for Joo Kwon.

But at the same time, the attitude of many media reporters is biased towards Jordan and Olajuwon.

Basically, at least [-]% of the media believe that the MVP will be produced among the three.

This made Ewing very disappointed and even very angry, but there was nothing he could do about it, because not only did the team's record lag behind the Supersonics, Bulls, and Knicks, but their personal data also lagged behind Zhou Quan and the three of them.

"Zhou, the sponsoring companies behind you all hope to win this year's MVP. Don't worry, you also have twelve first-line and top-level endorsements. The capital is not small." Manager Philip called and said.

"Rogge, how much did I sell this season?" Zhou Quan asked.

"Fifty-one million dollars," said Philip.

"Where's Jordan?" he asked.

"Oh, Zhou, he sold 2.8 million. But Zhou, there is no comparison. Jordan's brand shoes sold 1.2 million US dollars in the first year, when his first generation was 65 US dollars a pair, the price is your iron fist generation 350% of that, so you can’t compete with him on this.”

Zhou Quan shook his head. The price of his sneakers is still a little lower. The second generation of Tekken is only 40 dollars, while Jordan’s current shoes are more than 100 dollars, and even the third generation of MJ is already 80 dollars. It was still in the [-]s. Now his shoes And Jordan's shoes, the price difference is nearly three times.

If his sneakers were priced the same as Jordan's, his sales this season would be no different than Jordan's, at most tens of millions of dollars.

At this time, Philip said excitedly: "But Tekken, Skechers has already planned to improve the quality of Tekken III, and the price will also increase significantly.

Skechers didn't expect you to be so strong in the past two seasons. You won the championship last year and changed teams this year. The Sonics still have the strength of the championship. Their development has not kept up with your rhythm. "

"Oh, this is a good thing!" Zhou Quan said happily.

The technical content of the first and second generations of Tekken is not high, and they are low-grade basketball shoes, so the price is low, which is not a good thing for him.

For a first-line star like him, the brand shoes on his body must be mid-to-high-end basketball shoes, at least including mid-to-high-end basketball shoes.

And Skechers has the technology, and the shoes he wears are not bad, and he is fully capable of competing in the market for mid-to-high-end basketball shoes.

(End of this chapter)