God of NBA point guards

Chapter 33
When they arrived at a high-end restaurant, the two sat down and continued to chat.

Reggie Miller introduced a lot of NBA things to Zhou Quan, including some anecdotes, and talked about the past of the Bad Boys and Jordan.

"Iron Fist, if you join the Pistons, you will inherit the feud between the Bad Boys and Jordan, so as long as you perform well, you will definitely become Jordan's target. That stinky brat has a very small mind and holds grudges very much. You have to do this Be careful," Miller warned.

"Now my strength is not enough, far away, and will not become his target. Isiah will come back after a while, and Jordan's target is still him."

"Of course, you are barely at the level of a second-rate point guard."

Miller nodded, and then sighed: "Now in the entire league, the only one who is qualified to make Jordan jealous and hate is the Smiling Assassin. The only one who has made him suffer is the Bad Boys."

The two chatted for a while, and Miller suddenly mentioned Zhou Quan's passing, and said, "Iron Fist, in your last few games, I found that you like to enter the paint area and look for passing opportunities among the crowd.

But your breakthrough speed is actually not fast, and the opponent can easily double-team the paint area.I have watched your few games, almost every time you go in, you will be double-teamed. "

Zhou Quan nodded and said: "My breakthrough speed is really not fast. I go in. Although I compress the opponent's defense and the paint area will be crowded with people, but at the same time I also attract their defense, which will let teammates close to the basket get Chances are, after they get my pass, the hit rate will be higher.

You know, our team has no insiders who can attack with the ball, and their finishing ability is also limited. If I give them the ball outside and let them attack independently, the efficiency will be relatively low.

In fact, every time I go in, I usually don't go too deep, I don't go to the basket, just at the free throw line or a little below, leaving some space for my teammates. "

Miller nodded, then shook his head and said: "Passing the ball in a crowd actually has a high turnover rate, and it is easy to lose the ball, and it is easy to make mistakes in passing and receiving the ball."

Speaking of this, he smiled again and said: "But I found that your turnover rate in passing the ball in the crowd is relatively low, which shows that you are really good at passing the ball like that, with good vision and good ball control. The ability to unite the ball is very strong.

Dare to rush in, you are good at tackling tough battles, you are very imaginative in passing the ball, and you have good creativity. "

"Generally, my assist-to-turnover ratio isn't very good, and I still have a lot of turnovers. By the way, Reggie, how is your team doing today?"

Zhou Quan didn't talk much about himself, because his current strength is still weak, especially his ability to predict is not enough. He can only pass the ball to positions within his sight, that is, his ability to pass the ball without looking at people is relatively weak. Reggie Miller's Pacers and Pistons are both in the Eastern Central District and are the main competitors. Miller cannot be too familiar with his strength.

There are currently 27 teams in the league, 14 in the East and 13 in the West. Each is divided into two divisions. The East has the Central Division and the Atlantic Division.

In other words, every season, the Pistons will play four games against the Pacers, so Miller cannot be allowed to figure out his old background.

The senior just said that after studying all his games, he must regard the Pistons as an opponent.

Miller shook his head and said, "You are 2 wins and 7 losses, we are not much better than you, 3 wins and 7 losses, half a game."

"Brother and brother!" Zhou Quan laughed.

Miller said with a wry smile: "We are currently the number one in the Eastern Conference in points per game, third in the league, with 112.2 points, higher than the Bulls, who only have 109.9 points.

But our scoring average is the second in the East and the third in the league, with 110.3 points per game.Our defense is not good.

Iron Fist, I really want to get you here, Mitchell Williams' defense is not as good as yours. "

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "I have noticed that your offense is really good, with an average of 29.2 assists per game, the first in the Eastern Conference and the first in the league. The average field goal percentage is 49%, which is second only to the Bulls' 50.8% .”

"If you can't defend well, you have to kneel in the playoffs." Miller shook his head.

After dinner, Miller and Zhou Quan came to the Pacers' home arena together.

It was six o'clock at this time, and the Pistons had already arrived at the arena. After he joined the team, he began to prepare for the game.

At 07:30, the starting lineups announced by both sides.

Pistons: John Salley, Orlando Ulrich, Dennis Rodman, Joe Dumars, Joo Kwon.

Pacers: Rick Schmitz, Dale Davis, Chuck Person, Reggie Miller, Mitchell Williams
At eight o'clock, the game officially begins.

John Sely's height of 211 centimeters was not enough for Rick Schmitz of 224 centimeters, and the Pacers won the jump ball.

Zhou Quan was very cautious against Mitchell Williams.

He has learned about this opponent in detail. He is the same height as him and weighs 79 kilograms. He was selected by the Pistons with the No. 88 pick in the second round of 23. He was seriously injured in his rookie season and was traded in the second year.

He was traded to the Pacers last season and became a starter in the second half of the season, averaging 24 points and 11 assists in only 4.8 minutes per game.

The point is, with so little playing time, he can still average 2.1 steals per game.

This season averaged 35 minutes per game, 15 points, 8.2 assists, 2.9 assists and 3 turnovers. He is qualified to compete for the steals king. The assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.7 is also close to an excellent level, and his passing is very stable.

Williams is a breakthrough point guard. He doesn't have a three-pointer. As soon as he reaches the frontcourt, he immediately bypasses Zhou Quan and breaks through from the right wing.

Zhou Quan quickly followed up, blocked the opponent's left side, directly confronted, and squeezed the opponent outward with his body.

Williams almost made a mistake, so he had to turn right and pull back outside the three-point line. The first breakthrough failed.

At this time, power forward Dale Davis, the No. 13 pick in the first round of Zhou Quan's same year show, ran out and set up a pick-and-roll for Williams.

Williams used the wall to break into the flank again, a change of direction, and then broke into Ulrich, who switched defenses, and entered the paint area through the right elbow.

Rick Smith goes to the basket, Williams throws a pass, the latter catches, hooks near the rim, and hits a shot over the head of John Selley.

Pistons attack.

Zhou Quan advanced with the ball, and Williams retreated and defended in front. He saw the timing and the rhythm of the former's dribbling.

"Special!"

Zhou Quan quickly turned around and chased after him.

Williams took the ball to the basket in a few steps and took off for a layup.

"Snapped!"

Zhou Quan chased up from behind, flew to block the shot, and hit the ball on the backboard.

"Ugh!"

It's a pity that the layup was blocked after the steal, otherwise it would be a steal and counterattack to boost morale, and the Pacers' home court sounded a lot of sighs.

"Be careful, he's good at stealing, and Isiah suffered a lot from him last year."

Joe Dumas, who returned to the defense in an emergency, got the ball, handed it to Zhou Quan, and gave an order.

"know."

Zhou Quan summed up the experience and lessons of being intercepted just now, and believed that Williams' steals, which were desperate and sudden, belonged to risky steals. If the steal failed, the consequences would be serious, and he could make targeted arrangements.

He remembered what Reggie Miller said, Mitchell Williams' defense is not as good as him, and this should be the reason.

(End of this chapter)