"Hey, postman, don't be impulsive." The referee quickly stepped in front.
"Damn boy, did you do this on purpose?"
The postman lifted up Stockton at his feet with one hand. When he saw that his good brother's nose was bleeding, he immediately pointed at Zhou Quan and said angrily.
A gentle smile appeared on Zhou Quan's face, but he nodded and said: "He stepped on my foot deliberately for the second time. I did pull him down on purpose. Do you have any objections?"
"asshole!"
The postman was furious.
Mark Eaton was very surprised. He didn't expect this rookie to dare to provoke the postman. Did he think the postman was as soft as Ranbir?
But he also had to admire Zhou Quan, a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers! Such a rookie will suffer a big loss at the hands of the postman sooner or later.
At this time, the fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills became excited. What they liked to watch most during the Bad Boys era was fights. This was also the reason why the Pistons had the highest attendance in the league in those years.
They know that Iron Fist can fight, and now they are looking forward to a fight between Iron Fist and the Postman, so that they can see Iron Fist's fighting skills.
The referee's head also started to hurt. Rookie, aren't you adding fuel to the fire?
He immediately shouted to the two of them sternly: "Stand back, otherwise I won't mind letting you eat."
"damn it!"
The postman's eyes flashed sharply and he backed away.
"Shh!"
Seeing the postman retreating, huge boos erupted from the Palace of Auburn Hills.
In the audience, Thomas kept smiling.
He was very happy to see Stockton suffer at the hands of Iron Fist, which made him very comfortable.
At the same time, Iron Fist dared to confront the postman head-on, which also made him very happy. Few people in the alliance dared to confront the postman.
"If you dare to do this with the postman, this rookie will suffer a big loss." Ranbir said next to him.
Thomas turned around and glanced at Ranbir, curling his lips.
He knew this buddy very well. If it were Ranbir, let alone confronting the postman, with his status as a rich man, there was no need to put himself in danger, and he would hide behind him in ordinary fights.
On the court, the referee made a penalty and gave Zhou Quan a defensive foul.
Jerry Sloan called a timeout and asked team doctors to take care of Stockton's nose.
"There should be a fracture in the nasal cartilage, no big problem."
The team doctor checked it, sprayed some hemostatic agent inside, found a transparent mask and put it on Stockton.
"John, I'll make that boy look good."
The postman was annoyed and allowed Stockton to get hurt, which was his responsibility, instead of protecting his good brother.
"Jeff, Blue, from now on, you will switch to defending against Iron Fist." Jerry Sloan ordered.
"I know, coach." The two replied quickly.
The timeout ended, the Jazz served from the frontline, and there were 14 seconds left in the attack time.
Stockton used a pick-and-roll to get rid of Zhou Quan and ran to the top of the arc to catch the ball. Seeing Zhou Quan catching up again, he quickly pulled to the right wing. Jeff Malone came over to pick-and-roll again.
But Zhou Quan quickly bypassed Jeff Malone and caught up with Stockton. The latter could not get rid of the defender and had to hand the ball to Jeff Malone first.
"boom!"
Jeff Malone faked a shot in front of Joe Dumars, but missed.
Dennis Rodman grabbed a rebound over the postman's head and the two became tangled up and fell to the ground.
Before Rodman fell, he threw the ball to Zhou Quan who ran over to catch the ball. After the latter caught the ball, he was caught by Jeff Malone, and the Jazz took the opportunity to return to defense.
When he came to the frontcourt, seeing Jeff Malone still blocking the front, Zhou Quan immediately dribbled to the right wing.
Joe Dumars took one look and immediately came over to pick and roll.
Just like that, Zhou Quan replaced Stockton again and made a gesture to John Selly below. Selly immediately entered the basket and gave up the right wing in the low post.
"Iron Fist beats Stockton in the post again."
shouted the bearded John Rowes excitedly.
"Bang!"
Zhou Quan did not test this time, but suddenly pushed his back and arched his back. Stockton was too light and was knocked to the ground.
The postman's eyes turned red when he saw it, and he rushed over from the basket.
"Bang!"
When Zhou Quan turned around, he had already seen Ulrich and the postman coming. He quickly pushed the ball to the floor. The basketball bounced off the ground and hit Ulrich's hand.
Ulrich caught the ball and immediately jumped sideways and sent the ball to the board.
But at this moment, Mark Eaton, who is 224 centimeters tall and has a wingspan of 250 centimeters, didn't even jump. He waved his hand and pressed the ball on the backboard.
"well!"
The Pistons fans who were about to cheer couldn't help but sigh in disappointment.
The game continued to attack. At the end of the first quarter, at 18:25, the weaker Pistons led by 7 points.
Zhou Quan played the entire quarter and kept beating Stockton in isolation. He made 4 of 7 shots and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 10 points while grabbing 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, but he also had 1 Mistakes.
4 goals, 2 layups, all of which are the kind of layups that take the head of a general among thousands of troops and get into the crowd, which are very difficult.
But equivalent to the unreliable pull-up jump shot, this more expensive offense is still more efficient.
Scoring 10 points in a single quarter, he has a certain degree of confidence in his offensive ability.
Although the system's offensive evaluation of him is still level 75, he believes that the system's evaluation should be like the median. In real games, his offensive ability should fluctuate depending on the strength of the opponent. of different manifestations.
Although Stockton is one of the most powerful point guards in this era, the strength and tonnage of the two sides are several notches apart, making it impossible to guard against him.
But he can guard Stockton. Although Stockton is thin, he is not very fast. Once there is a physical confrontation, he will take advantage of it.
In this quarter, Stockton played for 10 minutes. Under his deliberate targeting, he fell to the ground 7 times, almost once every three rounds.
So although Stockton is very strong, he can restrain his opponents, so his performance today is very good.
Stockton did not play again in the second quarter. He suffered a big loss under Zhou Quan and needed time to recover.
In this quarter, Zhou Quan played the last 7 minutes. Facing the Jazz's backup point guard Eric Murdock, his performance was worse than in the first quarter.
Murdoch is 3 centimeters shorter than him, with a tonnage of 86 kilograms, which is nearly 10 kilograms heavier than Stockton. His ability to fight is stronger. Although he is still 9 kilograms lighter than him, the impact of his persistent pursuit has affected him. His play.
Another reason is that the physical energy consumption in the first quarter was too great, and he had to save his energy until the second half to deal with Stockton, so he saved some energy in the second quarter.
However, he still controlled the ball and stopped rushing in to play. After missing a shot from the outside, he concentrated on organizing the offense.
At halftime, 42:47, the Pistons still led by 5 points.
Zhou Quan made 4 of 8 shots and 3 of 4 free throws in 19 halftime minutes, scoring 11 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls.
Not long after, the third quarter began.
Stockton returned to battle, and both sides also sent out their main lineups.
