God of NBA point guards

Chapter 472: Record-breaking ratings?
"Michael, pay attention to the pick-and-roll. Dikembe, guard the basket."

When he didn't want to change his tactics, he could only tell Jordan that as long as Jordan kept up with Iron Fist and prevented Iron Fist from getting open positions, he didn't expect to completely defend Iron Fist.

Bulls attack.

Jordan ran to the top of the arc, Harper picked and rolled, and when Zhou Quan bypassed Harper to catch up, Hawkins quickly began to double-team Jordan. When Harper saw it, he quickly ran to the right and reached for the ball.

Pippen threw the basketball with one hand, not to Jordan, and to Harper.

When Zhou Quan saw Pippen's passing action, he immediately turned around and ran away, but it was already too late. No matter how fast he was, he couldn't keep up with the speed of the ball. Moreover, Harper had already moved to the right wing, widening the distance from him.

"brush!"

The ball was a little high. Harper jumped to catch the ball, then made an open three-point jumper and hit one.

"He Huo, no need to double-team, just keep an eye on Harper." Zhou Quan shouted to Hawkins.

"OK."

Hawkins nodded quickly.

"This is Jordan using his ability to draw double teams and create openings for his teammates," Elgin Baylor said.

"When guarding Jordan with an iron fist, the SuperSonics rarely double-teamed Jordan on the outside, and more when breaking through," Robertson said.

Zhou Quan took the ball to the frontcourt and approached the top of the key.

At this time, Rodman ran from the low post to the high post again, but Mutombo stayed one step in front of the basket and did not follow.

Jordan heard the scuffing sound of sneakers behind him and knew that Rodman was coming. He immediately stepped forward and pounced on Zhou Quan.

"Press!"

When he saw Jordan suddenly making a move, Zhang Lili shouted loudly.

The moment Jordan stepped forward to grab the ball, Zhou Quan reacted the fastest, pulled the ball back with his right hand, and then turned right to pass.

The next moment, Jordan missed, Zhou Quan had already completed his turn, passed the ball to his left hand, and with the force of his feet, he passed from the left side to Jordan's right side.

"Suddenly!"

Xu Jicheng shouted excitedly.

"brush!"

When Zhou Quan took two steps to the free throw line, he forced Mutombo to retreat to the basket. At this time, he made a quick stop and made a small throw, easily hitting a goal.

"The King of Iron Fist's reaction speed is so fast!" Elgin Baylor exclaimed in admiration.

"Watch the replay."

Robertson stared at the replay on the screen in front of him and exclaimed in admiration: "When Michael Jordan stepped forward to grab the ball, Iron Fist's reaction came out the moment he stepped out with his left foot. It was so fast!"

"Michael Jordan's choice to press will definitely destroy the Sonics' high pick-and-roll tactics." Elgin Baylor said.

3:4, the Bulls attack.

Jordan reversed and cut out on the right wing to get the ball, and Harper, who was holding the ball, passed it over.

"squeak!"

When Jordan caught the ball, Zhou Quan jumped into position.

Jordan quickly feinted and then dribbled through from the left.

After Zhou Quan was shaken for a moment, he immediately turned to defend, half a step behind.

Jordan reached the right elbow area and made a sudden jump shot. Zhou Quan took off from the back right side to block the shot. He was a little slow and his hand almost touched the ball.

Jordan's willpower was very strong, his shot was not affected, and the basketball flew to the basket.

"brush!"

Splashes appeared and two points were hit.

"Yes, Jordan hit the target on his first shot." Zhang Li said with a smile.

5:4, supersonic attack.

Rodman wanted to make a quick start, but Mutombo stopped him. Schrempf came down to catch the ball, and Hawkins and Zhou Quan made quick starts.

When Zhou Quan rushed across the center line from the left wing, he saw Schrempf receiving the ball on the right wing and immediately ran towards the center.

Schrempf wanted to pass to Zhou Quan, but Pippen stopped him. After a delay of two seconds, he passed to Hawkins who came over to respond.

At this time, the fast break is no longer possible, and there is no point in forcing a fast break, because Mutombo has already passed the center line.

Zhou Quan took the ball and started to organize the offense.

"The Bulls did a good job this time and didn't let the Sonics' offensive and defensive rhythm get out of hand." Elgin Baylor said.

At this time, Robertson suddenly said very excitedly: "Oh, I received good news. The ratings now exceed 5000 million, which has broken the highest ratings for the G1 game."

"Wow, that's great!"

Elgin Baylor said excitedly: "We thought we could break through the G4 game, but the Bulls pulled back later, and the ratings died midway. Today we finally broke through. It is now the highest ratings in this finals series."

Robertson said excitedly: "In the G95 game of the 5 Finals, the SuperSonics and the Bulls created the highest single-game viewership in the league's history of 5600 million. I wonder if this historical record can be broken today? Hoho, I'm looking forward to it!"

New York's David Stern laughed with relief when he heard the news.

Rodman came up again to do a high pick-and-roll. Jordan heard the friction of sneakers behind him, and his nerves immediately tightened. He quickly took a small step forward with his left foot and made a stabbing motion with his left hand.

The next moment, Zhou Quan repeated his old trick and turned right to pass.

But Jordan's stab was a fake, in order to force Zhou Quan to turn right to break through, so he quickly moved one step to the right.

Zhou Quan hadn't completed his turn yet, and as soon as he turned to face the left wing, he caught Jordan's lateral movement from the corner of his right eye.

At this time, Jordan has not completely completed the lateral movement. His right foot is in place and his left foot is still moving.

The next moment, he turned left again, and with a bang, while dribbling, he passed from the right side and the left side of Jordan and Rodman.

"damn it!"

Jordan moved his defense again, but it was too late and he watched helplessly as Zhou Quan rushed over.

When Zhou Quan reached the free throw line, Mutombo chose to take a step up to cover, not daring to defend at the basket.

Defending two steps in front of the basket can not only force Zhou Quan to make a sudden jump shot from a farther position, but also allow him to return to the basket in time.

"Be careful below!"

Jordan shouted from the high position.

"what?"

When Mutombo heard Jordan's reminder, he felt someone cutting under the basket from the left wing. He glanced back and saw that Laettner had entered the paint along the baseline.

"Oh!"

At this time, he heard the sound of the basketball hitting the ground, looked down, and saw nothing.

"Through the crotch and pass the ball." Zhang Lili shouted.

"boom!"

The next moment, Laettner cut to the basket, received the rebound ball, and easily completed a two-handed dunk. "Beautiful! Laettner's timely cut inside gave him a chance for a layup." Xu Jicheng said.

"With the three-in-one high-post pick-and-roll tactics, break-up tactics and inside-cut tactics, George Karl's tactical ability is pretty good." Zhang Li said with a smile.

5:6, the Bulls attack.

Pippen missed a jump shot, Rodman protected the backcourt rebound, and Mutombo defended on the spot, preventing his quick pass.

Rodman passed to Laettner, and Laettner passed a pass from outside the three-point line. Mutombo had just reached the free throw line. Zhou Quan immediately accelerated his advance to force a fast break.

When he advanced to the three-point line on the left wing, he saw Hawkins one step ahead of Ron Harper in the middle, had already passed the top of the arc, and immediately passed the ball.

When Jordan in front looked towards Hawkins, Zhou Quan suddenly ran towards the left corner.

When Hawkins caught the ball at the free throw line, he heard Harper's gasp behind him. At this time, he saw Zhou Quan running towards the left corner. Jordan failed to follow and immediately passed the ball.

"not good!"

Jordan saw Hawkins' passing action and discovered Zhou Quan's movement. He quickly turned around and chased after him, but he was already two big steps behind.

Zhou Quan received the ball one step up from the left corner. Jordan was still two steps away. He calmly took off and shot a three-pointer.

"Go in!"

Zhang Lili let out a loud shout.

"brush!"

Splashes appeared and a three-pointer was hit.

"Pretty!"

Xu Jicheng shouted excitedly.

Zhang Lili said happily: "5:9, SuperSonics lead by 4 points. Zhou Quan made three of three shots, scored 7 points and 1 assist, and was in very good offensive condition.

Now it depends on the state of the defensive end. In the last game, we relied on defense to prevent Jordan from losing his state. We will also strive to play a good defensive state in this game. "

"The Bulls are currently shooting two out of three, and Schrempf guarded Pippen's jump shot." Xu Jicheng said.

Bulls attack.

Jordan decided to take one of his own, asking for the ball after half-court, and then started a single on the right wing.

The reason why he wanted to fight one by himself was because he felt that Iron Fist's defensive state today might not be as good as the day before yesterday. He just failed to defend his first shot. He wanted to test Iron Fist's defensive state.

"Singles, king versus king." Elgin Baylor said excitedly.

"The ratings are 5200 million." Robertson said with equal excitement.

At this time, Jordan advanced to a position outside the three-point line on the right wing. Zhou Quan did not retreat, but used a sudden step up to poke the ball, forcing Jordan to turn around to protect the ball and take a step back.

"The threat of stealing is too great. Even Jordan had to deal with Zhou Quan's stealing action with all his strength." Zhang Li said with a smile.

On the court, Jordan did not stubbornly continue to hold the ball. He turned around and passed the ball to Harper who was withdrawing from the top of the key to get the ball, and then ran towards the top of the key.

But after only two steps, he suddenly turned around and ran back, then changed direction downwards and quickly cut into the three-point line.

Zhou Quan was a step slower, but he was on the inside. After catching up, he immediately cut off the passing route with Jordan at the top of the arc without losing his defensive position.

Harper saw that Jordan had no chance and had to pass to Pippen on the left wing.

At this time, Toni Kukoc, who was in the low post on the right wing, suddenly came up and started a pick-and-roll, actively blocking Zhou Quan. Jordan took the opportunity to cut into the paint area, and Rodman, who was switching defense, fell behind.

Pippen's vision was very good. He saw Jordan cutting inside and immediately passed the ball.

Jordan cut right in front of the basket, caught the ball and jumped for a layup.

At this time, Laettner, who was defending under the basket, slammed his arm down fiercely, knocking Jordan back to the floor with the ball.

"Di!"

The referee blew the whistle, and the defense had to blow it.

Jordan glanced at his Dream Team teammate Laettner, snorted in his heart, turned around and walked to the free throw line.

"Laettner is the replica of Oakley!" Zhang Lili couldn't help but said happily.

"This move is fierce. It's not too dirty. If it comes from the front, it's easier to guard against." Xu Jicheng said.

"Zhou Quan's team does not allow those dirty moves. In the past when Laettner played, there were a lot of small and dirty moves." Zhang Liang said.

At this time, in the NBC commentary box, Elgin Baylor picked up the previous topic and said: "If today's ratings can exceed 5600 million, it means that the media's targeting of Iron Fist this season will completely fail."

"Yes."

Robertson nodded and suddenly said with emotion: "When Jordan won two consecutive championships, the highest ratings of the finals were close to 2000 million. I didn't expect that it has more than doubled now."

Elgin Baylor said: "This year's Super Bowl viewership in the United States is 1.01 million. No matter how the NBA develops, there is no hope of catching up.

However, there is hope for the NBA to catch up with MLB (Major League Baseball). In fact, for the past three years, the ratings of the finals have surpassed MLB. However, the ratings of the regular season and previous rounds are not as high as MLB. "

At this time Jordan made the first free throw.

Robertson nodded and said: "In the 80s, MLB's finals were watched by an average of more than 4000 million people. At that time, our NBA finals only had a few million viewers, a tenfold difference.

However, after entering the 90s, under the influence of Jordan, the number of viewers of our finals increased to 1000 million, and even reached 2000 million. In the past three years, it has exceeded 5000 to [-] million with the influence of King of Iron Fist and Jordan.

At this time, Jordan hit his second free throw, 7:9, and the Sonics began to attack.

Robertson continued: "After MLB entered the 90s, it dropped from more than 4000 million to more than 3000 million, and it has never returned to 4000 million in six or seven years.

Judging from the ratings of the finals alone, the NBA indeed surpassed MLB.But looking at the entire season, there is still some distance to go. "

"It's not much different. This regular season we have 425 million, and they have 501 million. Maybe we can surpass them next season, and by then we will be second in the four major professional sports leagues." Elgin Baylor said.

"There is still profit, and we are still some distance away from MLB. That is the key." Robertson said.

Halfway through the first quarter, at 12:17, the SuperSonics led by 5 points at home, and the Bulls called their first timeout after serving.

"Jordan had 6 points, 4 of 2 shots, and 2 of 2 free throws. Zhou Quan had 7 points, 3 assists, and 4 of 3 shots. Both of them are in good shape, but they haven't shown much performance on the defensive end yet." Zhang Liang said.

"No one can guard against anyone else," Xu Jicheng said.

Zhang Liyi nodded and said: "The key is that Jordan played very patiently today. Without a chance, he immediately moved the ball and then ran around to look for opportunities. He did not resist Zhou Quan's defensive attack, which made Zhou Quan's defense useless. room."

"Michael, you played well on the offensive end, but Iron Fist didn't do much on the defensive end."

In front of the Bulls bench, Phil Jackson praised Jordan and then said: "Next, we will continue to stick to this style of play. The offense must be patient, the ball must be moved quickly, and the movement must be fast."

On the SuperSonics side, George Karl said to Zhou Quan: "Iron Fist, continue to strengthen your defense against Jordan and don't let him get the ball easily."

After the timeout, the Bulls did not make any substitutions. The Sonics replaced Laettner and replaced Matt Geiger. They replaced Schrempf with Sam Perkins at the third position and Glider Drake at the second position. Sler replaced Hawkins.

"The SuperSonics have replaced three substitutes, but they still hope to use the substitute lineup to consume the physical strength of the Bulls' main lineup." Elgin Baylor said.

Robertson said: "Although the Bulls have Mutombo, it is a pity that Mutombo does not have the ability to attack with the ball in the low post and cannot suppress the SuperSonics defense from the outside.

Although he has strengthened his inside defense and rim protection capabilities, there is a fly in the ointment. When encountering a team like the SuperSonics that is good at outside shooting, if he does not go in and fight with him, his defense will have no chance to play unless he has no touch at all.

Of course, if the Sonics' shots don't feel good, they have to rush in and challenge Mutombo's defense. In that case, I think it will be a situation of more losses than wins.

It's a pity that so far, Tekken's shooting touch is good, or he has continuous bursts. "

(End of this chapter)