God of NBA point guards

Chapter 293 O'Neill in Position [-]
On May 94, 5, the Western Conference Finals G30.

At eight o'clock, the two sides announced the starting list.

Mosaic: Olajuwon, Austin Thorpe, Robert Horry, Vernon Maxwell, Kenny Smith
Sonics: Sam Perkins, Rodman, Schrempf, Kendall Gill, Zhou Quan

"Victory! Victory! Victory..."

Compaq Center Arena, when the home team started the game, there was a huge shout after wave. The people of Houston were very excited, and everyone was looking forward to the victory of the G4 game.

Faced with such a strong home atmosphere, except for Zhou Quan and Rodman, the Sonics began to sweat nervously.

The same is true for head coach George Karl. His mental quality is average. After losing the last game, he panicked. Now the game has not started, and he is already sweating profusely.

Fortunately, Zhou Quan was not in trouble, and everyone calmed down when they saw him.

In the NBC commentary booth, Big O said solemnly: "Mosaic's momentum is very strong, the home court advantage has been greatly reflected, and the team's will to win the G4 game is very firm."

Elgin Baylor nodded and said: "This game will be difficult for the Sonics. After winning the G3 game Mosaic, the momentum is stronger than the previous game."

Big O said: "Once we lose this game again, the Sonics will be tied after winning two games first, and their momentum will definitely drop. The initiative will be transferred to Mosaic, and it will be really difficult to fight."

Speaking of this, he added: "The more critical the moment, the ability of the leader is considered. The team leader must bear the pressure at this time, otherwise he will lose."

"victory!"

At 08:30, after a shout, Zhou Quan led the team to play.

"Zhou Quan, come on!"

Zhang Lili and Sun Zhenping shouted vigorously.

Jump ball, Mosaic team attack.

After the center line, Zhou Quan was defending Kenny Smith, and he was ready to pass the ball immediately, not wanting to give Zhou Quan any chance to steal him.

Crazy Maxwell came over to meet, and Smith immediately passed the ball.

But at this moment, Kendall Gill, who is good at predicting the direction of the opponent's pass, suddenly inserted into the passing route.

The passing and receiving route was cut off, and Kenny Smith, who had already joined the ball, was in trouble, and the ball was not passed.

And at this moment, Zhou Quan grabbed the ball upwards, and the big hand raised it accurately, and the ball in Ken Smith's hands was picked up into the sky.

"Oh, steal the ball!"

Sun Zhenping gave a loud shout.

Zhou Quan caught the ball. At this time, Kendall Gill had turned around and went down quickly. He passed the ball immediately, and then started to go down quickly.

"Shh!"

Mosaic fans booed frantically, trying to put pressure on the Sonics.

Jill rushed forward with the ball, and the lunatic chased on the left. He rushed to the basket and stopped for a layup, but he missed. He used a little less force and bounced out of the front.

"Ouch!" Zhang Lili exclaimed.

"More!" Sun Zhenping shouted.

At this time, Zhou Quan and Kenny Smith rushed into the basket almost at the same time, and took off almost at the same time.

Kenny Smith is known as a jet, he can jump and jump, and he is fast, but he is squeezed together with Zhou Quan to take off, and his weakness in confrontation is immediately manifested. As soon as he jumped up, he was squeezed to the side, and he didn't jump up completely. , while Zhou Quan was slightly affected and jumped up.

"boom!"

The next moment, Zhou Quan grabbed the ball with both hands and smashed it forward, blasting Mosaic's basket.

"..."

The huge boos at the Compaq Center Arena came to an abrupt end at this moment.

"Oh hoo!"

The two thousand fans of the visiting team raised their arms and cheered.

"Defense!"

Zhou Quan reminded his teammates loudly.

"Defense!"

Kendall Gill and others immediately responded loudly, and their nervous emotions were released to a certain extent.

Only Rodman is still smiling. As an old fritter with three championships in three finals, there is no pressure on him in a game like the Western Conference Finals.

Mosaic attack.

Kenny Smith didn't even catch the ball, and ran directly to the frontcourt, and the madman Maxwell caught the ball and advanced in the backcourt.

Big O said thoughtfully: "From the individual to the team, Mosaic's defense against Iron Fist has reached a point of being very scrupulous. This is actually very unfavorable. Kenny Smith can't hold the ball too much. Mosaic's organizational function is serious. suppressed."

At this time, Maxwell missed a jumper, Rodman controlled the backcourt rebound, and Thorpe blocked the front. He first passed to Kendall Gill on the right wing, and Gill immediately passed Zhou Quan who had already come down from the top of the arc.

Zhou Quan received the ball, Kenny Smith had already run to the front, he also accelerated, crossed the center line, then rushed to the top of the arc, and went straight to the basket.

"The quick break is over." Big O shook his head and said.

Kenny Smith ran into the paint area, looked back, Zhou Quan was rushing behind, he immediately turned around and dodged to the side.

He also had to dodge from the front, because he was only 77 kilograms, and his tonnage was not at the same level at all, so he couldn't resist Zhou Quan's impact.

Zhou Quan slowed down, then hit a layup and scored another goal.

"Vernon, give the ball to the inside." Tomjanovich shouted from the sidelines.

Zhou Quan still stared at Kenny Smith directly in the backcourt, which he hadn't done in the previous three games. Before that, he didn't play a full-court press defense against the Jets.

Mosaic had no other choice. He didn't want Kenny Smith to hold the ball to face Zhou Quan's extremely sharp steals, so he had to let shooting guard Maxwell hold the ball.

Maxwell pushed to the right wing of the front court. At this time, Dameng ran to the low post on the right wing to ask for the ball, and Thorpe went to the low post on the left wing.

"boom!"

Dameng shook Perkins after receiving the ball, and then slipped to the bottom. Rodman quickly defended and blocked him. He stopped and threw a shot, but missed.

Zhou Quan had rushed in and grabbed the ball before Thorpe.

Rodman's task of assisting the defense against Dream is very heavy, and his control over rebounds will be reduced, so he must strengthen his rebounding rush.

Especially if the backcourt rebound is lost, with Mosaic's inside strength, the success rate of the second attack is very high.

In the positional battle, Zhou Quan held the ball to the top of the arc, leaned over, dribbled the ball continuously under his crotch, and made preparations for a breakthrough.

Kenny Smith took a step to defend and the main defense broke through.

In the first three games, Zhou Quan used the ball to break through almost all the way, so his defensive strategy is to break through the main defense.

But the next moment, when he was one step away, Zhou Quan jumped up with the ball.

"..."

He wanted to defend back, but it was too late, Zhou Quan's shot was very fast, the ball flew over his head, he turned around, just in time to see the basketball hit the basket.

"brush!"

The moment the water splashed, the cheers from the supersonic side immediately rang out.

"Defense!"

Zhou Quan turned around and shouted at his teammates.

"Defense!"

Everyone responded in unison, and the tension in their hearts was released again, replaced by excitement.

"Beautiful! Zhou Quan made 7 of 1 shots, 1 points, [-] rebound and [-] steal." Sun Zhenping said excitedly.

"I entered the state at the beginning. It seems that the home atmosphere of Mosaic has not affected Zhou Quan." Zhang Lili smiled happily.

At this time, Mosaic served and then called a timeout.

After being beaten seven to zero, the home fans were very confused at this time, and the crazy Compaq Center had cooled down.

Big O said: "Mosaic didn't score a point and was stopped by a wave. This situation is probably not what the home fans expected."

Elgin Baylor said with a smile: "They want to win another game and equalize the big score. I guess they haven't considered the possibility of losing."

Big O said: "I think Iron Fist's defensive deterrence is too great, forcing Mosaic not to let Kenny Smith dominate the team's offense, the organizational function is destroyed, mainly relying on the strength of the inside to play the game, and the outside is to go it alone. The team has not formed a whole, and once there is a problem with Dameng's performance, Mosaic will easily lose the game."

Elgin Baylor said: "Dream's performance is still very stable. With Thorpe teaming up, the Supersonic's inside line can't handle it at all. If the Supersonic's inside line is stronger, it should be easier for the Supersonics to win. .”

Big O laughed and said, "Then don't you let other teams live? The Sonics are already very strong now, with Iron Fist on the outside, Rodman on the inside, Schramff at the third position and Kendall Gill at the second position. He is a qualified starting player, with only one obvious weakness at the fifth position.

If you match the Bulls with a strong insider, whether it is a center or a power forward, Michael Jordan would have won three consecutive championships.

"Haha, you're right." Elgin Baylor laughed.

The timeout ended, and Mosaic served from the sideline of the frontcourt.

Kenny Smith received the ball near the left line, and Maxwell made a pick-and-roll screen, and he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity.

Maxwell's tonnage is 82 kilograms. Zhou Quan's method of breaking the pick-and-roll is very simple, that is, to squeeze the opponent away and chase Kenny Smith.

This method is very rough, but it is also the most effective way to break the pick-and-roll. Kenny Smith was just about to bypass Maxwell, and Zhou Quan posted him, and the pick-and-roll tactic was broken at the beginning.

If it was at home, Zhou Quan would definitely take the opportunity to steal at this time, but this is an away game, he didn’t do that, he might be fouled by the blower, he just blocked in front of Smith again, and at this time Kendall Gill threw Smith Behind him, the two completed double-teaming.

"Oh, I didn't get rid of it," Zhang Lili said.

"Double-teaming." Sun Zhenping yelled.

"Snapped!"

Being pinched back and forth, Kenny Smith immediately passed the ball to Maxwell, but at this moment, Zhou Quan's reaction was super fast, and he knocked the ball away with a wave.

Kendall Gill grabbed the ball off the floor, turned around and started to play fast.

"It's broken, it's broken again!" Sun Zhenping shouted excitedly.

Jill drove the ball into the paint area, Kenny Smith and Maxwell were chasing on both sides. He knew that Zhou Quan must be behind, so he swung the ball back, and then rushed out of the baseline.

"boom!"

The next moment, Zhou Quan caught the ball and hung it on the basket.

"9:0, Zhou Quan sent out the second steal at the start and scored 9 points in a row. He made a super explosive start." Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

Sun Zhenping said loudly: "A wave of [-] to [-], now the supersonic momentum has been played, but the mosaic momentum of the home game has been beaten down by Zhou Quan."

Kenny Smith looked at Tomjanovich on the sidelines. Just now the head coach asked him to use the pick-and-roll to get rid of the iron fist, organize the offense with the ball, and restore the team's organizational functions. Do you want to continue now?

Tomjanovich signaled to continue. It is impossible for him to deny the tactics just arranged with just one ball. That is self-denial, and frequent changes in tactics will make the team at a loss.

Mosaic attack.

Zhou Quan began to press in the backcourt, preventing Kenny Smith from receiving the ball, and continued to suppress the Jets, thus achieving the purpose of destroying Mosaic's organizational function.

Smith couldn't catch the ball for a while, and Maxwell could only catch the ball first. After advancing to the right wing of the frontcourt, Ken Smith ran to his side and took the ball with the pick-and-roll cover.

This time Zhou Quan didn't get in front in time, Kenny Smith immediately broke through, trying to get past Kendall Gill and go in.

However, Kendall Gill's defense was not bad, he switched defenses decisively and caught up with Smith.

At this time, Zhou Quan also chased up decisively, and began to attack Kenny Smith most viciously.

"here."

Maxwell, who stopped outside the three-point line, yelled.

But Kenny Smith didn't have a chance to pass the ball outside, because Kendall Gill was on the left side, and there was the sound of sneakers rubbing behind him. Obviously, Iron Fist was chasing after him.

He could only give the ball to Thorpe in the low post on the right wing, and then ran to the right bottom corner.

Zhou Quan didn't even look at Kenny Smith, and went directly to Thorpe who was catching the ball, while Kendall Gill chose to return to defend Maxwell.

Thorpe saw that Zhou Quan was coming. He didn't have the strength to shoot in a double-team, so he immediately threw the ball with both hands, and passed the ball to Kenny Smith from above Zhou Quan's head.

"Whoosh!"

The ball was passed high, and Kenny Smith, who was running towards the right bottom corner, was caught off guard, missed the ball, and the ball flew directly out of the right line.

"what!"

This is the defensive system he created with his own hands. George Karl pumped his fists and roared excitedly, and the nervousness was replaced by excitement.

"Pretty!"

Big O praised: "The fierce and decisive continuous flank attack forced Mosaic to make another mistake."

Supersonic attack.

Zhou Quan received the ball in the backcourt, and Maxwell, who switched defenses, wanted to reciprocate and not let him catch the ball, but the tonnage of 10 kg was a huge gap. He seemed to be two circles smaller than Zhou Quan, and Zhou Quan's arm was enough. Get out of the way.

"This is the advantage of confrontation, this is the advantage of strength, and this is the advantage of tonnage." Zhang Lili was very happy, and talked about three advantages in a row.

Zhou Quan held the ball to the top of the arc and made tactical gestures.

Perkins, who was in the low post on the left, immediately ran to the three-point line, and Thorpe followed.

Schramf ran to the bottom left corner and took Horry away.

Kendall Gill approached the right line along the three-point line, took Kenny Smith away, and opened the distance with Zhou Quan.

In this way, all the teammates pull away, and Zhou Quan has no possibility of being double-teamed in the high position. If anyone wants to double-team him, there will be a large space on the outside of the Supersonics.

Hitting sideways, he began to crush Maxwell and advance to the free throw line.

"Eat it raw, this is O'Neill in position one!" Big O couldn't help sighing.

Elgin Baylor was taken aback, and laughed, "Big O, it's true when you say that."

On the bottom line of the left wing, Schramf suddenly started, and made an air cut along the bottom line to the paint area. Horry was a step slower, but he kept on chasing.

Zhou Quan rolled to the free throw line and didn't stop, but continued to roll down.

Dameng rushed forward resolutely and began to double-team Zhou Quan.

But just then, Schramf cut into the paint.

Almost at the same time, Zhou Quan suddenly joined the ball, then turned right and held Maxwell with his right elbow, passed the ball with his left hand, and the basketball flew towards Schramf.

After receiving the ball, Schramf stepped up and scored an easy layup.

Horry, who was chasing behind, was one step behind and failed to defend the ball.

"11:0, the Sonics played a suffocating defense, Mosaic was in trouble, couldn't score, and the offense was severely suppressed." Big O said.

Elgin Baylor said: "After the timeout, Kenny Smith called the pick-and-roll continuously. He must want to attack with the ball and restore the team's organizational functions, but they all failed under the Sonics' defense.

This idea is correct, if the organizational function is not restored, the Mosaic team should not be able to win this series. It is impossible for Dameng to play the terrifying all-around performance of the previous game every game. "

Big O nodded and said: "The key point is, if Kenny Smith can't get rid of the iron fist, he can't hold the ball, unless he has the strength of Michael Jordan."

"Last year, the Flyers were intercepted by the Iron Fist five times in a single game, and the Bulls were crushed by the Pistons." Elgin Baylor laughed.

(End of this chapter)