God of NBA point guards

Chapter 392 If You Can’t Beat Me Tonight, I’m Ready to Sweep You
Zhou Quan didn't get up until noon that day, and slept for a full ten hours. The quality of his sleep was not good, and he had a lot of dreams, all of which were clips of playing ball, and some erotic dreams.

After washing up, he and Zeng Li rushed to the headquarters with their luggage, ready to go to Houston.

He has some privileges in the team. Zeng Li can take the team's chartered plane instead of having to squeeze the plane with the wives.

The headquarters has prepared lunch according to the players' requirements, and Zhou Quan went to the restaurant to get his own six lunch boxes.

Zeng Li prepared it herself. The cook at home brought her lunch, which tasted better than the team’s. The team’s oil-free and salt-free dishes are only suitable for athletes, and it is difficult for ordinary people to eat.

More than 3000 kilometers, five hours of flying, arrived at the airport in the evening, and settled down in a hotel in Houston at 06:30.

The team's staff has already booked a small restaurant in the hotel. After dinner, they can watch the Eastern Conference Finals together in the restaurant.

Zhou Quan didn't bother to call O'Neill again this time, he was not very optimistic about the Magic, and only hoped that he wouldn't starve Mi Tuofu if he was swept away by the bulls.

The lineup of this team is too bad, not to mention the substitutes, the remaining three main players in the G1 game add up to 8 points, what kind of rubbish performance is that?
But after the first quarter, at 23:20, the Magic led by 3 points.

Jordan's performance is not good, the offensive efficiency has just reached [-]%, Pippen and Ron Harper are even worse.

O'Neal is still unstoppable in the paint, and as long as he gets the ball at the rim, he's unstoppable.

Zhou Quan felt that if he teamed up with O'Neal, one would attract double-teams in the low post and the other would attract double-teams from the outside, and at least three consecutive championships would be guaranteed. Come out with consecutive crowns.

The Magic performed better in the second quarter, scoring 30:18, 53:38 at halftime, leading by 15 points, and the victory is within grasp.

"The Bulls only scored 38 points at halftime, and the Magic will definitely win tonight!" Schramf said.

"If the Magic loses this game, it is destined to be swept away." Jose Hawkins said like a magic stick.

Zhou Quan was very happy and felt that the magic game was stable.

But in the second half, the situation changed suddenly. The Bulls only allowed the Magic to score 16 points in the third quarter, and they got back 13 points in one quarter, only two points behind.

In the final quarter, Jordan stepped up his offense, but his state was still not very good, and his shooting percentage was not high.

But the Bulls still relied on their strong perimeter defense to limit the Magic's offense, allowing the Magic to score only 19 points, and they scored 26 points.

In the end, 88:93, the Bulls won their second straight at home.

Jordan scored 35 points and shot only 42.9% from the field.

Pippen was even worse, scoring only 17 points on 36.8 percent shooting.

And O'Neal scored 36 points, shooting as high as 72.7%.

Hardaway's game was far inferior to the G1 game. He was restricted by Jordan and only scored 18 points, and his shooting percentage was only 40%, which was not as good as Jordan.

After the game, a data comparison between the two sides appeared on the TV.

George Karl looked at the data and said: "The Bulls had only 7 turnovers, while the Magic had 17, the Bulls had 12 steals, and the Magic had only 4. The Bulls' defense was too strong, which was the main reason for the Magic's loss."

"Defense wins."

Zhou Quan nodded, shook his head and said: "The Bulls' offense tonight is actually very poor, shooting only 40% from the field, and only 26.3% from the three-point range. It is not as good as the Magic, which still has a 47.9% shooting percentage.

But the Bulls' defense is only to bring back some offensive disadvantages. They can win this game by breaking through with the ball and relying on 38 free throws.

Jordan made a lot of breakthroughs and made 16 of 15 free throws. The Magic concentrated on double-teaming him, which reduced his shooting percentage.But Magic's own breakthrough was not good, and it did not cause lethality. "

"That's right. The Magic only made 25 free throws. Jordan and the others blocked Hardaway from the perimeter," Gilliam said.

After chatting for a few more minutes, everyone left. Before leaving, General Manager Whithit told everyone to go to bed early, so as not to affect tomorrow's G3 game.

After Zhou Quan sent Zeng Li back to his room, he went back to his own room, took a shower, and then went to bed to practice the sleeping alchemy.

It was stronger than last night, but there were also many dreams, and the concentration was not deep. I woke up twice in the middle. When I woke up at 1 o'clock in the morning, my energy was not as good as when I was in the G2G[-] battle.

There was no training in the morning, only a tactical meeting was held. After lunch, the team rushed to the Compaq Center for training.

However, Zhou Quan asked for leave and took a half-hour nap on the massage table in the locker room.The situation was better than last night, and I fell into meditation quickly. After waking up, I felt okay, like having half a tube of chicken blood.

After finishing the restorative training in the afternoon, we rested for a while, and everyone took a shower. At this time, the wives also arrived at the arena, and we all went to the restaurant for dinner.

While eating dinner, some reporters began to wait outside, and when we came out after eating, there were already a lot of reporters.

It was almost dark after the Supersonic arrived yesterday, and no press conference was held, so the reporters all asked Zhou Quan and the others to be interviewed, and they had no choice but to agree.

Zhou Quan and Zeng Li were surrounded by the most reporters, more than 20, with seven or eight cameras, half of which were from domestic reporters.

"Zhou Quan, will you continue the miraculous performance of the first two games tonight?" A domestic reporter asked excitedly and expectantly.

"I hope too." Zhou Quan smiled.

"Zhou Quan, Jordan was completely inferior to you in the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals. If you make it to the finals, are you sure you can beat him?" Another domestic reporter asked.

Zhou Quan smiled and said: "Michael Jordan is a very powerful guy, but he is not fully in the state yet.

It's hard to say the state of the game, it doesn't mean you just enter it, and all kinds of conditions have to be combined to achieve that state.

For example, opponents, strong opponents are one of the main factors that make you play well. "

"Zhou Quan, are you saying that magic is not strong enough?"

"Of course. And although Jordan's offense was mediocre last night, his defense was good. He had 4 steals and 1 block. Together with Pippen and Harper, he locked down the Magic's outside offense."

"Zhou Quan, there is news in China that your family is preparing a wedding room for you. Are you planning to get married?" Another domestic reporter asked.

"Haha, yes, I will get married after the playoffs." Zhou Quan glanced at Zeng Li and nodded with a smile.

"congratulations!"

"Congratulations!"

Then he received a wave of congratulations, and then answered a few more questions before ending the interview.

……

At 07:30, the two sides announced the starting lineup.

Mosaic: Olajuwon, Barkley, Mario Eli, Drexler, Recastna

Sonics: Gilliam, Rodman, Schrempf, Jose Hawkins, Joo Won

"victory!"

When the substitute came out to warm up, the Compaq Center couldn't wait to hear a huge shout.

The assassin said in a joking tone: "Mosaic fans still refuse to admit defeat. They hope that the team will take advantage of the home court to bring the series back. But I want to say that the possibility is not great."

"That's not necessarily the case." Lambiel sang antiphonally.

"Why?" asked the assassin.

Lambiel chuckled and said, "The Iron Fist boy has exploded in two rounds, so there is no rest for this round. Do you really think he is a god?"

The assassin also nodded and said: "If Iron Fist can't play that kind of attack, Dennis, the second giant of supersonic speed, can't stand up."

"Haha..." Ranbir burst out laughing.

The assassin laughed a few times and then said: "But the Sonics have a lot of players who can score, except for Rodman in the main lineup, the other three can score.

Schramff, Hawkins, and Gilliam can all average 15 points per game. If Iron Fist reduces their offense, their offense is not weak, and the Big Three may not win.

Moreover, in the first two games, Iron Fist took on too many offensive tasks. The physical consumption of the few of them is not high, and the state should not be bad. "

Lambiel looked at the starting lineup, shook his head and said, "Although Gilliam's offense is better than Geiger's, his height and tonnage are not enough. Dameng's performance today should be better than the previous two games."

刺客点头道：“系列赛的G1和G2战，大梦分别是34分和26分，场均30分。

The G2 game only played three quarters, and it would be better if the statistics were full, so his performance is actually not bad. Geiger can't defend him alone, and relying on the defense also made Dameng play such a performance. This super center is really enough. powerful. "

In the player channel, the two teams started to meet.

When Dameng saw Zhou Quan, he couldn't help snorting coldly, his face was ugly.

"Dameng, tonight is your good chance. If you can't beat me tonight, I will sweep you away." Zhou Quan joked with a smile.

Dameng's face became more and more ugly, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Are you so confident?"

Zhou Quan smiled and said, "Could it be that the three of you really think that the Big Three lineup is very strong?"

At this time, the glider looked ugly and said: "Iron Fist, I never said that I am a giant. I was not at the top three years ago."

Zhou Quan was taken aback. He didn't have a bad impression of the glider. On the contrary, the two of them had a good relationship. They played together during the All-Stars, so he nodded and said, "Sorry, Clyde. By the way, if you finish this game If you still have an idea about this contract, why don’t you help me.”

"Tekken, don't mess around."

Dameng was in a hurry, because he knew that the glider's contract had ended, and he would be a free agent after the playoffs. The only obstacle to joining the Supersonics was whether the contract satisfied him, and there were no other difficulties.

The glider's expression was also a little complicated, and he didn't directly reject Zhou Quan's kindness.

Barkley said with complicated emotions: "Clyde's contract has ended."

Zhou Quan was stunned, and laughed, "Isn't that just right? We also have a few people in the Supersonic whose contracts have come to an end this time, and not all of them may get the desired contracts from the management."

He also didn't avoid Schramff and others, because everyone knows that the Supersonics can't provide everyone with the big contract they want when their contract expires, and someone will definitely leave.

"Bastard, did you do that?" Hearing Zhou Quan's words, Dameng said with extreme indignation.

Zhou Quan stared at Dameng, and his cold gaze immediately calmed Dameng, and said: "Dameng, don't say that Clyde's contract is over, even if it is not over, you can still trade, what right do you have to stop it?" trade?"

Dameng was at a loss for words, he was just not reconciled.

"Besides, you can go too. I said I would give you a chance to hug my thigh. Did you forget?" Zhou Quan said again.

"Puff!" Rodman laughed.

"asshole!"

Dameng gritted her teeth angrily.

At this time, the playing time is up, and the visiting team goes first.

"Clyde, why don't you stay for another season? Charles still has a one-year contract. Next season we will fight for another year. It really won't work. I won't force you to stay."

After Zhou Quan left, Dameng said sincerely to the glider.

"Hakeem, I'll think about it."

The relationship between the two is too strong, and the glider did not refuse, nodding.

None of the three realized that even Dameng didn't realize that there was something wrong with his words, but in fact, his words had been revealed. In his subconscious, for this Western Conference finals series, there was no such thing as a certain victory. belief, but has saved hope until next season.

At eight o'clock, the game begins.

Jump ball, mosaic attack.

Zhang Lili said: "It's better to use the containment tactics. Rekasna will pull Zhou Quan to the right wing, and the glider will attack with the ball on the left wing."

Xu Jicheng said: "This is actually one of the reasons why Mosaic lost. There is no serious point guard to organize the offense."

"Correct."

Zhang Lili nodded.

The glider is on the left wing three-point line, Barkley is in the middle, the left wing is the big dream, and the three giants are all on the left wing.

The glider passed the ball to Barkley below and ran to the top of the key, taking away Hawkins in case he went to double-team Barkley.

He didn't go to the bottom corner, because he was afraid that if the attack failed, he would not be able to return to the defense quickly. Zhou Quan's defensive counterattack and fast break in the first two games made Mosaic suffer a lot.

When Barkley received the ball, Dameng immediately turned around and moved around Gilliam to the basket. Gilliam followed immediately, otherwise Barkley's ball would definitely be passed to Dameng.

But Barkley still passed, hoisting to the big dream of entering the basket.

Dameng faced Gilliam, with his height, wingspan, and jumping, he had an absolute height advantage. After jumping and catching the ball at the basket, he didn't make any adjustments, and just took advantage of the situation and made a dunk.

"Oh! The lob dunk from Flying Pig and Dameng..." The roar of the on-site commentator immediately rang out.

"The big three are on the same wing, Barkley pulls out, Rodman can't help defend the basket, and Mosaic plays a good offense." Zhang Lili praised.

Xu Jicheng said: "It's very difficult for Gilliam alone to guard against Dameng. No, he can't guard against it at all."

"It's better to let Matt Geiger go up. After all, it has height and tonnage, and the top defense effect is still good. Gilliam really can't defend Dameng." Zhang Lili nodded.

Supersonic attack, Zhou Quan held the ball to the top of the arc, and after reading the defensive formation of the Mosaic team, he made a tactical gesture.

Dameng sits at the basket, facing Rodman, and Barkley keeps up with Gilliam.

His current state is definitely not as good as the previous two games, so tonight his style of play has been decided, reducing outside jumpers, increasing offense at the basket, and fully organizing offense and strengthening defense.

This is a gesture of a breakthrough tactic. The specific tactic is that Gilliam pulls to the left block, he breaks through from the left elbow, and after attracting Barkley's supplementary defense, he shoots or distributes the ball to Gilliam.

The tactic is very simple. It depends on whether your breakthrough with the ball can attract double-teams and create opportunities for Gilliam.

(End of this chapter)