God of NBA point guards

Chapter 283 The Youngest MVP in History
Nuggets offense.

Dikembe Mutombo plays around the basket and in the low post on the left wing, with power forward Rafonso Ellis on the other side.

Lauf holds the ball, still borrows Stitch's cover, then pulls to the right wing, and after changing positions, he faces veteran McMillan.

Stich is at the top of the arc and Zhou Quan is in the high position.

Lauf made two tentative breakthroughs, but was unsuccessful. He was blocked by the experienced McMillan and passed the ball to Stich at the top of the arc.

Reggie Williams is in very good form today and has become the first choice for the Nuggets' offense. Stich doesn't have the confidence to play Zhou Quan in singles. He passes the ball immediately after receiving it, and the target is Reggie Williams.

"Snapped!"

The moment he hit the ball, Zhou Quan quickly went up and completed the steal.

"boom!"

Two steps later, relying on his powerful explosive power, he completely rushed up, and no one could catch up with his pace. When he reached the basket, it was a flying dunk.

"Pretty!"

Zhang Lili shouted excitedly, and said: "The Nuggets used the pick-and-roll to cover Lauf to get rid of Zhou Quan. Sonic defensive energy.

But as long as McMillan restricts Lauf's offense, Lauf can only divert the ball, so that Zhou Quan's defense will come into play. "

Sun Zhenping nodded and said, "That's why one strong person can't lead a team, and other people can't stretch their hips too much."

"Of course."

Zhang Lili nodded and said: "No matter how strong Zhou Quan's defense is, if the ball is not in the hands of his opponent, his defense will not have such a big effect. After all, he does not have the opportunity to participate in defense every time."

Looking back, Zhou Quan began to press in the backcourt. Lauf ran around and finally caught the ball, and he chased him again.

Stitch quickly ran over to pick and roll, but this time Zhou Quan did not switch defenses, but quickly caught up with Lauf.

Stitch ran up quickly, distanced himself from McMillan, and at the same time asked Lauf for the ball.

Lauf saw McMillan pass the ball quickly after Stich took a step.

Because Zhou Quan is between him and Stich, his pass has an advance amount to avoid being intercepted.

But he underestimated Zhou Quan's stealing ability, and also underestimated Zhou Quan's determination to steal the ball.

Zhou Quan reacted in an instant, took a quick step up, and then leaped up with a flying fish, and made a swoop to steal the ball.

"Snapped!"

Just right, he caught the ball with both hands, and then fell to the floor.

"Oh, is this a football goalkeeper diving to save the ball?" Sun Zhenping exclaimed.

"Whoosh!"

Zhou Quan turned half sideways on the floor, threw a single-handed throw with his left hand, and passed the ball to McMillan before Lauf and Stich pounced.

After receiving the ball, McMillan turned around and went down quickly, layup and scored a goal.

Zhang Lili said excitedly: "Zhou Quan sent consecutive steals, and the Supersonics played consecutive defensive counterattacks. Now it is 14 draws, and the Supersonics have evened the score. See how important defense is. Two successful defenses have evened the point difference. "

It was also the first draw tonight, and the last.

Since then, Zhou Quan has played a crazy defensive performance. He sent 9 steals and 2 blocks in a single game. Lively defeated the Nuggets' outside offense.

On his own offensive end, Zhou Quan was no longer polite. Through pick-and-roll changes, he continued to single Lauf. In 48 minutes of the game, he made 27 of 18 shots and a shooting percentage of 66.7%. He also made 6 of 3 three-pointers. He made 10 of 10 free throws, scored 49 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 9 steals, 2 blocks, 1 turnover and 3 fouls. His strong performance directly broke Lauf.

101:91, the Sonics finally won by 10 points in the away game and completed the sweep of the Nuggets.

After the game, Zhang Lili said excitedly: "Congratulations to Zhou Quan and Supersonic Speed."

Sun Zhen said happily: "Tonight Zhou Quan broke his record for scoring in a single game in the playoffs, which turned out to be 47 points.

In addition, Zhou Quan scored 22 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, which also broke his own record of 19 points in a single quarter in the playoffs. "

Zhang Lili said with great regret: "There is only one point difference. There is a gap between 49 points and 50 points. If you cross this gap, you will be 50+ in a single game. The meaning is completely different!"

"Yes, what a pity!" Sun Zhenping also regretted.

Zhou Quan came to Mutombo's side and paid tribute to the same year's show, "Dikembe, 7 caps in a single game, capped me twice, you are strong enough!"

"Iron Fist still can't beat you." Mutombo said helplessly.

The two shook hands, Zhou Quan said with a smile: "I feel good today, and I played well under your pressure."

Mutombo's performance today was really strong, with 17 points, 14 rebounds and 7 blocks. Under such a strong suppression, that is, he could still rush in and play, causing Mutombo to foul three times. Others dare not go behind rushed.

If it weren't for his explosive state on the defensive end and his explosive touch, this game would really be impossible to win.

His offensive and defensive performance is so strong, and he only won by [-] points in the end, which shows how strong the Nuggets are tonight.

After sweeping the Nuggets, he also got a little pre-judgment reward, which is now level 91, and nothing else has changed.

Back in the locker room, the atmosphere was quite active. Rodman was being funny, imitating Madonna singing her dance song "Fashion", and writhing in time with the rhythm, making others laugh.

Zhou Quan no longer prevented his teammates from celebrating, but also participated in it, and beat Rodman.

"Good day, Nate."

In the shower, he said to McMillan.

McMillan said excitedly: "Iron Fist, I'm not old yet, I can help you. I'm looking forward to this year's harvest, really."

"That would be the best. I also look forward to your performance." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

Kendall Gill was a little frustrated. His performance tonight was mediocre and he made a lot of mistakes. He only played 18 minutes and made three mistakes.

After coming out of the bathroom, Zhou Quan noticed Jill's expression and said to him: "Kendall, it doesn't matter how well I perform in a game. I also have bad performances. Didn't you notice?"

"Thank you, Boss, my condition will be back." Jill said gratefully.

In the other three games, the Jazz beat the Spurs at home and won the first round match point.

The Eagles lost the game away and fell behind one to two, and the Nets got the match point.

The Knicks lost away, leading [-]-[-] and holding a match point.

On the 3rd, the Sonics returned to Seattle.

That night, the Bulls lost an away game and were pulled back by the Pistons.

In the regular season, the fourth-ranked Orlando Orlando Magic lost on the road, and the fifth-ranked Pacers in the Eastern Conference defeated the Pacers to complete the first-round sweep and advance.

In the West, the Suns swept the Warriors in an away game with a score of 140:133. There was no overtime, and they played a super-explosive offense.

However, Mosaic, who played in the same away game, was pulled back by the Blazers and still led [-]-[-] with a match point in hand.

There is no war on the 4th, and the first round continues on the 5th.

That night, the Jazz beat the Spurs at home and advanced by a big score of [-]-[-].

There are striking similarities between the East and the West. The Spurs, who were fourth in the regular season, were eliminated by the fifth Jazz.

In addition, the Eagles beat the Nets away to a two-to-two tie.

At the same time, the Bulls beat the Pistons away to complete the first-round promotion [-]-[-].

On the evening of the 6th, the first round continued.

The Knicks defeated the Cavaliers in an away game, eliminated their opponents [-]-[-], and completed the first-round promotion.

At the same time, Mosaic defeated the Blazers and also eliminated their opponents [-]-[-] to complete the first round promotion.

On the evening of the 7th, the Eagles returned home, defeated the Nets, and struggled to advance to the first round.

In this way, all the events in the first round of the East and West are completed.

At this time, the Sonics, which were the first to complete the first round, had already rested for 5 days.

The second round starts on the 8th, with a seven-game four-win system, and a home and away game system of [-].

East, Bulls vs Pacers, Eagles vs Knicks.

The West, the Mosaic vs. the Suns, the Sonics vs. the Jazz.

The former team has the home court advantage. The first group of East and West will play from No. 8, and the latter group will start from No. 10.

The Eagles have just finished the first round and can only play on the [-]th. At the same time, Stern made special adjustments to stagger the Bulls and Sonics games.

But some people were very angry. Dameng Olajuwon said angrily in an interview with the media: "The league's schedule is problematic. Last year, Charles' finals were like this, biased towards the Pistons, and this time it's the same. "

"Hakim, what exactly are you referring to?" the reporter asked.

Dameng was very dissatisfied and said: "The Supersonics are the first to finish the first round, and their second round actually starts on the tenth, and they have to give them two days to rest.

And what about us?We just finished the first round on the [-]th, and actually started the second round on the [-]th. Have they considered the rationality?We should be playing on the [-]th, not the Tekken team. "

"Who made your game ratings not as good as ours?"

When Zhou Quan saw the words about Dameng through the media, he couldn't help laughing.

After the first round is over, the major media have updated the data on the chances of winning.

According to TNT TV, in the East, the Bulls 24%, the Knicks 16%, the Eagles 10%, the Pacers 1%, the four teams add up to 51%; the West, the Supersonics 15%, the Mosaic 15%, and the Suns 15% , Jazz 4%, add up to 49%.

According to ESPN data, in the East, the Bulls 36%, the Knicks 12%, the Eagles 6%, the Pacers 1%, the four teams add up to 55%; the West, the Supersonics 17%, the Mosaics 13%, the Suns 10%, Jazz 5%, add up to 45%.

Seeing the ESPN data, Zhou Quan was a little confused. Is ESPN optimistic about his team reaching the finals?But it is also obvious that this TV station is not optimistic about him winning the championship, with only a 17% chance of winning.

However, the 17% probability of winning the championship is already the second among the eight teams, which means that ESPN is optimistic about the opponents in the finals, which are the Bulls and the Sonics.

And ESPN is still optimistic about Jordan as always, with a 36% chance of winning the championship. The other three teams in the East add up to only 19%, and the second supersonic and the third Knicks add up to only 29%.

……

The next day, on the 8th, at 08:30, Zhou Quan came to the headquarters.

The supersonic training has resumed for three days, and they started to increase their volume yesterday, so that their bodies can be excited and get into the state as soon as possible, so as to avoid the occurrence of excessive rest time and loss of state.

"Iron Fist, are you nervous about announcing the MVP at nine o'clock?" Rodman yelled as soon as he saw him.

Zhou Quan touched his heart and said with a smile, "I'm really nervous."

"Boss, you have the best stats and record, so it must be yours."

"Yes, I think so too."

The teammates shouted one after another.

Zhou Quan nodded with a smile. He hoped so, but this is the United States, and American reporters and basketball commentators voted. He has a natural disadvantage.

Near nine o'clock, Houston, Olajuwon's home, he couldn't sit still, he stood in front of the TV, feeling his heart pounding.

This year's MVP, he wants it so much, it feels like this is the closest year to the MVP.

But the competitors are too strong. Whether it is Jordan or Iron Fist, their personal statistics are not weaker than him, and his record is even worse, which makes him feel uneasy.

In Chicago, Jordan is sitting on the sofa, holding a cup of coffee, looking very relaxed.

He already has three MVPs. This kind of hard honor, which is rare for other superstars, is not very important to him.

But this MVP, he also wants very much, why?Competitiveness is one, and the second is that if he takes it, Zhou Quan will have no chance to take it.

So don't look at his relaxed appearance now, but his eyes are very serious.

At nine o'clock, ABC TV began to announce the MVP winners of the NBA this season.

The camera is on David Stern, and the scene is the president's office at league headquarters.

David Stern did not sit, but stood in front of the desk, held a white envelope, opened it with a smile on his face, and said: "NBA League's 93/94 regular season most valuable player, from UCLA Zhou Quan, the main point guard of the University and Supersonics."

"what!"

At the Supersonic Headquarters, when Zhou Quan only heard about UCLA, he shouted excitedly and raised his fists vigorously.

"Shet!"

When he heard UCLA, Olajuwon swears directly, rushed forward and kicked the TV over.

"The championship, only the championship can make up for my loss." His face was a little grim due to excitement, and he snapped.

When Jordan heard about UCLA, the coffee cup in his hand couldn't help shaking, and he almost spilled it.

He knew that his rival, Iron Fist's status in the league would rise again, and that guy who was 9 years younger than him was chasing him with strides, which gave him a very anxious sense of urgency.

This sense of urgency made him feel that this year's championship must be won. The two championships are too few to be safe. Sooner or later, he will be caught up by that kid. The chance to win the championship prevents that kid from catching up with him.

Zhou Quan received a lot of calls from his agent, from his father at home, from domestic Liu Yumin, from Zhang Lili, from many sponsors, from friends, from assassins and Joe Dumas, and from Dazui Both Roberts and Christina Yeri also made congratulatory calls.

"The youngest MVP winner in NBA history is born!"

Since the announcement of the roster, TV stations across the United States have reported on it. This news even suppressed the second round of the series that will start in the evening, and the attention is very high.

As the NBA began to go global, coupled with the influence of the Dream Team in the Olympics, and even Zhou Quan himself had a little cross-border influence, this news spread to the whole world, and the attention was even higher.

(End of this chapter)