God of NBA point guards

Chapter 322 World Boxing Championship Challenge Qualification Tournament
Not far away, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was being interviewed.

"Karim, do you think Mosaic still has a chance?" the reporter asked.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar smiled and said: "There must be a chance. Next is their two home games. Home advantage is an important factor that cannot be ignored."

The reporter asked again: "In fact, many media are very optimistic about Mosaic. Their lineup is really strong. ESPN believes that the probability of Mosaic reaching the finals is as high as 49%, which is only two percentage points lower than the Sonics.

So Karim, before the Western Conference finals series, did you think that the Mosaic team would lose two consecutive away games? "

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said: "As I said before the series, Mosaic has weakened the inside line, but the outside line after reinforcement still can't beat the Sonics' outside line, and they are more likely to lose the Western Conference Finals.

As for the two consecutive away games, this is not the most important thing. They may pull back one or two games at home, but the final result will most likely not change. "

At this time, Dameng returned to the locker room. Although he lost two games in a row, his mood was not as broken as in the previous game. The main reason was that his confidence was shattered in the last game, and he lost too badly. The situation in this game was much better. With a chance to win, he believes that when he returns to the home court, he will have a chance to win back.

"Rudy, we are still playing passively. Their pincer attack gave me a headache. It consumes more energy and is not efficient. You have to find a way to solve this problem." He said to the head coach Tomjanovich .

Tomjanovich nodded and said, "Don't worry, Hakim, I will find a way."

Dameng said again: "We must also strengthen the defense against Iron Fist, and we cannot let him do whatever he wants in our frontcourt."

Tomjanovich smiled wryly in his heart and said, "Unless we have a strong defense like the Bulls on the outside, it will be difficult to guard against him."

"It's an edge ball that can play zone defense." Dameng said.

Tomjanovich immediately shook his head and said, "They can defend you that much, but we don't need to defend them that much.

Because Iron Fist is the core of holding the ball, we can double-team him, either directly on the outside, or when he breaks through with the ball. There is no need for edge balls in zone defense. "

"What should I do?"

Dameng couldn't help becoming anxious, this doesn't work, and that doesn't work, so is it just waiting to be eliminated?

Tomjanovich looked at the glider again. In these two games, Drexler's performance was very poor, with 17 points in one game and 15 points in the other game. Not to mention the offensive efficiency. Iron Fist's defense greatly restricted the glider attack.

Leaving aside the first game, Iron Fist's defense in that game was terrible, but in this game Iron Fist switched to anti-glider, and the glider couldn't talk about performance at all.

He knows very well that if the glider can't play a role, then this lineup is not as good as last year, at least last year with Thorpe, and the inside line is stronger than it is now.

"Clyde, do you have anything to say?" he asked.

Glider smiled wryly: "Although Tekken didn't play a horror game tonight, he had 6 steals and 3 blocks. He also played a top-notch defense. We must find a way to get rid of his defense, otherwise our outside offense, even inside offense, will be destroyed. It's all about his defense."

Tomjanovich nodded heavily. Yes, defense. Only by getting rid of the iron fist defense can you have a chance to beat the Sonics.

No, after getting rid of his defense, you have to restrict him on the offensive end in order to be able to talk about defeating him.

It's just that the mosaic can't do anything now.

Inside, without Thorpe, although Big Dream alone still has an advantage, it has no advantages in rebounding, secondary offense, defense, etc.

On the outside, Iron Fist is unstoppable on the offensive end, and on the defensive end, he alone can suppress half of Mosaic's outside lines, and can also help defend the inside.

"Are you still unable to beat this time? How can we pass this level?"

The heavy pressure weighed on his heart, making him a little out of breath.

……

Mosaic's two-game losing streak in away games immediately caused many American media and commentators to change their views on the series.

ESPN's forecast for the Western Conference finals is 51% for the Supersonics and 49% for Mosaic. They revised the data overnight to 65% and 35% for Mosaic, which became the same as the two teams in the East.

Few media mention Mosaic's toughness anymore, because Mosaic didn't show any toughness against the Sonics in the Western Conference Finals last year.

Even the media in Houston was very frustrated and lost confidence in the Western Conference Finals.

"One of our feet is out!" Houston Chronicle.

"If we had a Michael Jordan on the outside, we would sweep the Sonics, but unfortunately we don't, so avoid being swept, that's the only way we can keep decent." Houston Sports News.

……

"boom!"

At 25 o'clock on the 9th, in the restaurant of the hotel, when Olajuwon saw the news from the Houston Sports News, he was so angry that he punched the dining table.

"Will we be swept away?"

Staring viciously at a pair of fierce eyes, the ferocious Dameng gritted his teeth and shouted at his teammates:
"Those sons of a bitch in the media will only hurt our morale. Our goal is to win, to reach the finals, to kill that Iron Fist guy, not to think about avoiding being swept, and that should never be our goal. What do you say?"

The morale of the Mosaic team was indeed a bit sluggish. When asked by Dameng, no one said anything, and they all lowered their heads to cook.

"You bastards, cowards, softies!" Dameng cursed.

The glider's face was a little ugly. As an old friend of Dameng, he was also one of the scolded, but his character is like this. He didn't want to say anything, but calmly persuaded: "Hakim, calm down, we don't want to lose ball."

"Hakim, calm down." Head coach Tomjanovich also persuaded.

Dameng calmed down somewhat, and said: "Sorry, I'm not targeting you, I just don't want to lose again, we have to win back, we can't fall at the feet of Iron Fist every time, and let him humiliate us."

In the bad atmosphere, after breakfast, the Mosaic team went back to the room to pack their luggage, and then took the bus to the airport.

The supersonic is not in such a hurry. It starts at [-]:[-] noon, arrives in Houston at [-]:[-], and arrives at the hotel at [-]:[-].

After dinner, manager Philip contacted Zhou Quan.

"Zhou, the promoter of your next boxing match is settled."

"Who?"

"I've thought about it for so long and eliminated many promoters. Only Don King and Bob Arum are left. You know them?"

"of course."

"I chose Bob Arum."

"Yeah, I don't like Don King, Michael Tyson says he's a vampire."

"That's why, I know you don't like him."

"What about the opponent?" Zhou Quan asked again.

"The opponent was selected by the WBC, the former WBO world heavyweight champion, Michael Muller." Philip said.

"It's him?"

Zhou Quan nodded. This is a very famous world boxing champion, at the same level as Michael Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis, and Riddick Bow.

"Yes, he will be the first American professional boxer you will face in the ring. I will give you his information, and I will come over tomorrow." Philip said.

That night, the Eastern Conference Finals G2 game started.

O'Neal showed off his power and blasted the Bulls inside. He made 24 of 17 shots, with a shooting percentage of more than 38%, and scored 16 points and [-] rebounds.

但安芬尼哈达威发挥不行，15投仅6中，命中率只有40%，只拿到18分2篮板3助攻。

乔丹23投10中，命中率43.5%，三分球4投2中，命中率一般，但罚球多，16罚15中，轰下了37分5篮板6助攻4抢断1盖帽2失误2犯规的数据。

Pippen scored a quasi triple-double of 17 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists, but his shooting percentage was less than 3%, but he also sent [-] steals.

The Bulls had a total of 12 steals, the Magic only had 4, and the Bulls had 4 more rebounds. In terms of shooting percentage, the Magic was 7 percentage points higher, but the Magic made 17 turnovers, while the Bulls only had 7.

In the end, the Bulls once again defeated the Magic with a higher offensive efficiency at home with a strong perimeter defense, 88:93, and achieved a second consecutive victory.

After Zhou Quan watched the game, it wasn't that O'Neal was not strong enough, but just like a dream, the Bulls controlled the perimeter and controlled the game.

The Magic only lost 5 points, but made 10 more turnovers. If there are fewer turnovers, the Bulls may lose.

This is the same as the Supersonics defeating Mosaic. Mosaic made 1 turnovers in the G29 battle, while the Supersonics only had 8 turnovers, 21 more times. The G2 battle also had 8 more turnovers than the Supersonics.

For a team, the ball must be in the hands of the outside line. When the outside line is suppressed by the opponent, the number of mistakes will increase, the number of mistakes will increase, the offense will not be able to play, and the loss will become inevitable.

"The same way to win, the Bulls and the Sonics have defeated teams with super centers by virtue of their strong perimeter offense and defense. So far, the two super guards have occupied an absolute advantage in the series." The New York Times.

"Those who get inside win the world, but for ten years, this rule seems to be wrong. Now those who get outside get the world." The Washington Post.

On the second day, on the 26th, both the Magic and the Mosaics were criticized by the media, while the Bulls and the Sonics were praised by the media.

At noon that day, Philip arrived in Houston, and Zhou Quan met him in a restaurant.

"Zhou, the contract with Bob Arum has been signed, and his company will invest $6500 million in promotion, starting tomorrow."

"In addition, your appearance fee is 2000 million US dollars, which is double that of the last boxing match. WBC will take 5% of the appearance fee, which is a fixed fee. By the way, Michael Muller is 1500 million, which is not as high as yours. , His influence is not as great as yours, and he has little exposure, and the high exposure of the NBA will help you a lot."

"In terms of PPV, you get 60% and Michael Muller 40%. But Bob Arum has to take 5% first, and you share the rest. In terms of box office and advertising revenue, you and Michael Muller each share 2% and [-]%. %."

"By the way, the sales unit price of PPV is 78 US dollars, which is a very high price. I hope there will be a good result."

Zhou Quan asked, "Is the time set?"

"It's fixed, I'll give you three months, and it will be held in Las Vegas on September 9. I fought for it, but Michael Muller didn't agree to play in Los Angeles, and neither did the WBC. They all think that Los Angeles is your This boxing match must be held at a third-party venue.”

"which hotel?"

"MGM Grand, it can hold 2 people."

"it is good."

"Bob Arum has prepared a training team for you, all the top people in the world, including the top sparring partners. By the way, this is Michael Muller's information."

Zhou Quan took a piece of paper and a few CDs, and after putting the CDs in, he looked at the contents on the paper.

Michael Muller is 188 centimeters tall naked, the same as himself, and weighs 101 kilograms, which is 9 kilograms heavier than himself.

Born in 67, now 27 years old, the peak age, left-handed boxing champion, attacking tricky and fierce, jab quite lethal, heavy punch has a certain strength.

The most important achievement is defeating the former world boxing champion Cooper in 92 and winning the heavyweight world champion gold belt of the world's four major boxing organizations WBO.

In April 94, he defeated Holyfield in 4 rounds and became the heavyweight world double champion of WBA and IBF.

In November 94, with all the advantages, he was suddenly punched by Foreman in the 11th round, and was directly knocked out of the ring, losing all titles.

The current WBC heavyweight world ranks sixth, and the top five are all current world boxing champions, or former world boxing champions, as is Michael Muller.

"Being able to defeat Holyfield, being able to fight with Foreman to the tenth round, and even having an advantage before, it's just that Foreman seized a chance to hit hard, Zhou, his strength is definitely the best, you Don't be careless." Philip warned cautiously.

"I know."

"However, his heavy punch strength is the worst among the world boxing champions at his level. It is not as good as Tyson, Lewis, and Holyfield, but it is definitely stronger than yours. You should also be careful not to be fooled by him. The hard hit was solid.

By the way, his style of play is somewhat similar to that of Holyfield, you can refer to Holyfield's style of play. "

"Okay, I see."

Zhou Quan looked at it, put the paper away, and said, "The current head of WBC is Oliver McCall, right?"

Philip nodded and said: "Michael Tyson's previous sparring ability was stronger than the David Tua you defeated. All Tyson's sparring partners were stunned and injured by him. They couldn't hold on for long. Only McCall could carry it." Stop his punch.

In September last year, he directly knocked out the world boxing champion Lewis in the second round, which was a big upset. This guy is very strong. "

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "I guess Lewis must have shed tears secretly."

"Puchi, it's really possible to be KO in the second round." Philip couldn't help laughing.

That night, the Western Conference Finals G3 game started.

"victory!"

Mosaic returned to the home court. With the support of countless home team fans, his momentum surged. When he played, the shouts of victory shook the sky.

In this game, 100:108, in the end, Mosaic relied on home court advantage to defeat the Supersonics, regained a game, and the two sides scored [-]-[-].

周权的发挥依然不错，轰下32分5篮板11助攻5抢断2盖帽3次失误和5次犯规，投篮命中率54.5%。

He mainly defended against Kenny Smith in the first half and the anti-glider in the second half.

可惜，大梦却打出了超爆的状态，24投16中，命中率66.7%，14罚13中，轰下了45分18篮板6助攻4抢断7盖帽的超级数据。

"We won! We will win another game next time. As long as we win another game, we will be the winners." Back in the locker room, Dameng shouted excitedly at his teammates.

The glider was also very excited, he saw a little hope of reaching the finals.

Today he played better than the previous game and scored 22 points.

But he still couldn't break through the Iron Fist's defense. His main performance was in the first half. Arrived at 15 points.

Mosaic regained a game, which immediately changed the media's opinion. The next day, reports about Mosaic's tenacity abounded.

However, starting from this day, Zhou Quan's boxing match promoters also began to promote boxing matches, and overwhelming advertisements were seen in major media.

This is not only in the United States, but a world-class promotion. The headlines of the world's major media are all news reports of this boxing match.

From a global point of view, Zhou Quan's boxing news received far more attention than the NBA playoffs, and even in the United States, it still overwhelmed the NBA.

David Stern has a headache. Isn’t it good to promote after the playoffs? What are you doing to grab the NBA’s limelight? Is it easy for me to drag the NBA to the present?

Countless media called Zhou Quan, but his mobile phone was turned off, and he refused all interviews, not wanting to be distracted by the boxing match. Currently, the playoffs are the most important thing for him.

(End of this chapter)