God of NBA point guards

Chapter 440 Amazon is going public

No. 2, United Center Arena.

The game was broadcast live across the United States by NBC, with commentators James Worthy and John Moore.

In addition, CCTV will also broadcast the game live.

At 07:30, both sides announced the starting lineup, and at the same time the substitutes came on to warm up.

Bulls: Mutombo, Toni Kukoc, Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan, Ron Harper
SuperSonics: Laettner, Rodman, Sam Perkins, Jose Hawkins, Zhou Quan
"Look at the Bulls' starting lineup, the defensive value is already full." Zhang Liyi sighed.

"Director Zhang, do you think the Sonics can beat this lineup?" Xu Jicheng asked.

Zhang Lili said: "If both sides have a complete lineup, it depends on the tactics. I think the key point for the SuperSonics to beat the Bulls is how to beat Mutombo.

The Bulls' perimeter defense is too strong. It is difficult for the Sonics' perimeter players to get out of the open space on their own. Zhou Quan must use breakthroughs to absorb the defense and create openings for the perimeter.

But the Bulls have Mutombo, and he is at the basket. The Bulls perimeter will probably not double-team Zhou Quan on the breakthrough like before.

So the key point is that the Sonics must use appropriate running tactics to pull Mutombo out, and then Zhou Quan can break in, so that they can attract the defense. "

Xu Jicheng nodded, looked at the list, and said: "Laettner is still good. With Zhou Quan, his shooting percentage reached 51.5%. His shooting percentage in January was higher than that in November and December, reaching 53.5%.

Averaged 35.2 minutes per game, 15 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1 steal. The data is good. He is the fourth scoring point of the Sonics, above the main shooting guard Hawkins. "

Zhang Lijia smiled and said: "You can get a lot of vacancies next to Zhou Quan. He is a high-powered player in the NCAA, and he is very accurate. Back then, the Dream Team didn't draft O'Neal, nor did they ask for Mourning. They picked him. reason."

Xu Jicheng said: "He is not as soft as rumored. He makes a lot of small moves such as elbow strikes, and he also works hard on defense."

"Pull out is his offensive characteristic, not because he is soft."

Zhang Liyi nodded and said: "So far this season, the SuperSonics are first in the Western Conference and second in the league in points lost, which shows that the defense is still quite good.

George Karl's defensive system is well built and has not declined due to the replacement of several new players. "

Xu Jicheng smiled and said: "Zhou Quan is now averaging 29.5 points per game, which is almost the same as Jordan. His scoring has dropped from last season, but there are several people in the SuperSonics who are scoring more than [-] points.

The second scoring point is Drexler, the team's sixth man, who averages 16.8 points per game.The third scoring point is Schrempf, averaging 16.5 points per game.The fourth is Laettner with 15 points, and the fifth is the main shooting guard Hawkins with 14.3 points.Including Zhou Quan, a total of six people scored in double figures. "

Zhang Li said with a smile: "There are also Matt Geiger and Sam Perkins, who all scored close to ten points. The SuperSonics currently average 104.1 points per game, first in the Western Conference and first in the league, higher than the Bulls and Jazz." , both teams scored 103.1 points."

Xu Jicheng smiled and said: "The offensive firepower is really strong and they can score. This is why the SuperSonics can still have the first record in the Western Conference and the second record in the league even though Zhou Quan's condition is not as good as last season."

Zhang Lili said: "Since the season, a few media have said that Zhou Quan's condition has declined because he has passed his peak period. This is ridiculous. Zhou Quan has not suffered any injuries. He was born in March 72 and is not yet 3 years old. It is impossible to pass the peak period at the age of 25.

His statistics have declined. First, his playing time has decreased significantly. Now he only averages 35 minutes per game. How much was it last season? 42.5 minutes, 7.5 minutes less.

Second, he only has one goal this season, to win three consecutive championships. The regular season record is not important, so he must save some energy and reduce playing time for this reason.

Third, there really isn't much time for extra training in the offseason, which affects his physical reserves, so he should focus more on it during the regular season. "

……

At this time, in the player tunnel, Zhou Quan and Jordan were having a "pleasant" chat.

Jordan was in a very good mood. The previous two consecutive seasons of failure made him feel like he was back to the confusing and tormenting years when he was eliminated by the Bad Boys for three consecutive seasons. This time he finally saw the light.

He will turn 34 in March. Although he is still very strong and is still one of the best in the league, he knows that his physical fitness has begun to decline in the past three years and he has to reduce his investment in defense.

In other words, if he can't win Iron Fist in the past two years, he will have no chance in the future.

Fortunately, now Mutombo has allowed him to see the opportunity, so he also has to thank Jerry Krause, a dead fat pig that he hates very much. The boss asked him to come back as his opponent, and Phil Jackson was in the general manager position. His performance is really not as good as his.

"Iron Fist, I'm going to let you know right away that your dream of three consecutive championships is just a pipe dream."

"Flying Man, I have shattered your dream of three consecutive championships, so I can understand your mood. You are welcome to stop my three consecutive championships."

"Humph!"

"By the way, why didn't you watch my last title defense? Did you lose too much last year?"

"Who chops off...who loses more?"

"By the way, Flying Man, I have recently started to save money and plan to buy a yacht in a few years. Now the yacht club is discussing the kind of ultra-luxury yacht that is more than 100 meters long, a sea fortress that costs [-] to [-] million dollars a piece. I think It might become popular in a few years."

The corners of Jordan's mouth twitched. He also heard this discussion when he attended a yacht club recently. Those billionaires really don't regard money as money.

He regretted buying a yacht. It would have been better to buy a private jet. It would be more convenient to go anywhere. Besides, no one in the league now owns a private jet, which would make him stand out.

"Fei Ren, are you following?" Zhou Quan asked.

"I'm tired of playing yachts, and I'm going to buy a private jet for fun. Do you want to join me?" Jordan asked.

"Okay, how about we buy it together?" Zhou Quan said happily.

Jordan is a bit frustrated. He has sold a lot less sneakers this year and his income will be much less. He doesn't want to make such a large expenditure.

"You don't plan to buy it? What the hell are you talking about?" Zhou Quan said angrily.

"Haha..." Rodman burst into laughter at the scene.

Jordan's face was so dark that it was almost turning into ink.

Zhou Quan actually doesn't plan to buy a private jet at all now, but he wants to learn to fly a plane, just to spite Jordan.

Now I have money in my hand, [-] million US dollars in cash is still in my hand, and I am looking for investment targets.

The Amazon company he invested in is not yet profitable. It lost $600 million last year. According to Bezos's development plan, it will still need two to three years of burning money.

Because there is no money to burn, the capital was increased last year. All shareholders took out the money in proportion to their shares. The company originally had a capital of 1000 million US dollars, which is 1000 million shares. Last year, the capital was increased by 2000 million, which became 3000 million shares.

At that time, not all shareholders were willing to take out money, because not everyone continued to be optimistic about Amazon.But Zhou Quan feels that the company's development direction is good. He is optimistic about Jeff Bezos's development style, which is very stable and different from the styles of many current Internet companies.

At present, the development of most Internet companies is like wildfire. They develop very quickly. They seem to be developing rapidly, but the risks are very high. He does not like to invest in such companies, but he likes the development style of Bezos very much. .

However, many shareholders of the company do not like this steady development style, so when the capital was increased last year, some did not increase capital, while others not only did not increase capital, but also requested a withdrawal of capital.

In the end, he and Bezos became takeovers, buying some shares from those who withdrew their capital, and assuming more capital increases.

He originally bought 150% of the shares for RMB 10 million. Last year, he spent US$210 million to acquire 15% of the shares and 25% of the shares, and then increased the capital by another RMB 500 million. Currently, his total investment in Amazon has reached US$860 million. Still holds 25% of the shares.

After the capital increase, the company has sufficient funds. After developing for a period of time, in the past January, the company's revenue increased very quickly, reaching 1000 million in January. Last year, it was only 600 million US dollars. This is a good thing. Momentum, so Bezos has recently been considering going public.

However, in January, Bezos suddenly acquired the shares of the remaining small shareholders at a high price. At that time, he also asked him whether he wanted to sell his shares and buy all his shares for US$1800 million.

As a company that loses money every year and burns money like paper, the founder suddenly collected shares at a high price, which meant that there might be big moves later, so he simply refused.

And he does not lack this little money. When he invested, he invested in Bezos. Now that the company has just started to develop, how could it be possible to withdraw the capital for a small amount of money?

Sure enough, Bezos then told him that the company was going public.

At present, no Internet company in the world has IPOed. He feels that there should be an opportunity, and Bezos's ability is really strong, so it should be worthy of continued investment, so he plans to continue to invest some funds in the secondary market to maintain his share of shares.

However, the news that it was preparing to go public has not been disclosed. Bezos only told him one person and told him not to disclose it to others. He could guess that Bezos wanted to collect shares.

At this time, the visiting team came out and when Zhou Quan went out for the finale, there was a lot of applause and cheers from the United Center.

"These traitors!"

“Damn it, Iron Fist fans should be banned from the United Center.”

Seeing so many people welcome Zhou Quan, many Bulls and Jordan fans scolded him one after another.

"This is the influence of the world heavyweight boxing champion, haha!" James Worthy laughed in the NBC commentary box.

John Moore said with a smile: "The Iron Fist King is not an ordinary world heavyweight boxing champion. He is the top world boxing champion with the most entertaining style of fighting and has continuously set PPV sales records. His popularity in the professional boxing world has even surpassed Michael Tyson.

So in this All-Star voting, he actually received 441 million votes.You know, when I saw this vote count, my eyes fell to the floor.

There are now a lot of boxing fans in the United States who have become NBA fans because of Iron Fist. The league's ratings this season have increased by 25% compared with last season, and last season increased by 10% compared with the previous season.

In other words, in these two seasons, the ratings increased by 94% compared to the 95/[-] season. This is his influence.If someone says that Iron Fist has less influence on the NBA than Jordan, I disagree. "

"I don't agree either."

James Worthy said excitedly: "By the way, I want to watch the unification fight between the Iron Fist King and Tyson this year. I don't care how expensive the ticket is."

"Me too, I hope I can get tickets," John Moore said.

"Don't worry, let's go directly to the Iron Fist King. He can definitely help us get tickets, and maybe there will be discounts." James Worthy smiled.

"That's a good idea." John Moore nodded and smiled.

At eight o'clock, the game officially begins.

Jump ball, Laettner beat Mutombo, SuperSonics offense.

Zhang Lili said: "Jordan defended Zhou Quan, and Zhou Quan advanced from the middle. Both Perkins and Hawkins were drawn close to the sideline, and it was difficult for Pippen and Harper to double-team the middle.

Christian Laettner pulled to the left corner, Toni Kukoc followed, and Mutombo and Rodman were under the basket. "

At this time, Zhou Quan was close to the top of the key, and Jordan's defense was obviously strengthened. He stood a little to the left, holding Zhou Quan's waist with his left hand and raising his right hand.

"Jordan defended Zhou Quan's right hand, and Pippen did not let go of Perkins' move to double-team." Xu Jicheng said immediately.

Dribbling with his left hand and pressing Jordan with his right elbow, Zhou Quan controlled the ball at the top of the key for five seconds. After Rodman entered the paint area again, he began to attack.

He broke through from the left, and Jordan quickly followed up, sticking his left hand tightly and squeezing him with his chest, directly engaging in confrontation.

If he chooses to make a pull-up jump shot, in this confrontational situation, he will face a defender of Jordan's level. With his current touch, which is not very good, his shooting rate will not be very high.

In addition, Mutombo took a step under the basket. As long as he dared to get into the paint, he would immediately face a double attack from Jordan and Mutombo.

Others on the outside, including Laettner, were stared at by the other three Bulls, and they couldn't get out of the way no matter how hard they ran.

As for passing the ball to Rodman under the basket, it is not a good choice, because with Mutombo's defensive ability, he can directly block Rodman, who has poor offensive ability, with just one turn.

"squeak!"

Zhou Quan made an emergency stop, stepped back, and then took a fadeaway jumper.

Jordan's left hand was always attached to Zhou Quan's body. He immediately stopped and then took a step forward to block the shot, but did not touch the ball.

"boom!"

It's just that Zhou Quan didn't make the shot either, and his hand feeling was still a bit poor, and he didn't use his power with ease. The basketball hit the basket and was caught by Rodman.

"Snapped!"

After missing a defensive rebound, Phil Jackson clapped his palms, he was worried about this.

When Tekken breaks through with the ball, Mutombo has to come out from the basket to form a double attack, so Rodman has an open space under the basket and the defensive rebound is easily lost.

"Huh!"

He blew a hooligan whistle, then closed his horn and shouted, "Dikembe, you're under the basket."

Mutombo raised his hand to indicate that he heard.

(End of this chapter)