In the ESPN commentary box, Howard exclaimed with admiration: "4:8, the Pistons lead. Jordan scored 4 points in a row, but Iron Fist scored 8 points in a row. He used his personal offense to stop the Bulls."
Winston said seriously: "The Bulls have a weakness, and this weakness was caught by Chuck Daly. If Phil Jackson can't find a way to change this, Iron Fist will grab Paxson and keep beating until the Bulls are destroyed. "
Before the players on the field returned, Phil Jackson's eyes swept across the bench.
BJ Armstrong and Roy Sparrow are both as tall as Iron Fist and weigh only 79 kilograms. No, they will be knocked away if they cannot guard against them.
Craig Hodges, who is also the same height, 86kg, is two kilograms heavier than Paxson. Is that okay? This is the only point guard left.
His eyes turned to the shooting guard again.
Hansen, 198 centimeters, 86 kilograms, no, the center of gravity is too high and too light. Under the tank-like breakthrough of Iron Fist, he will collapse at the first touch.
Swingman Denis Hopson, 196 centimeters tall and 91 kilograms, was drafted by the Nets in 1987 and just arrived with the Bulls this year.
"Denis, get ready."
"What?"
Hopson, who was about to hand towels to the main players, was startled and the towels fell off.
He is very much looking forward to the opportunity to play, but he definitely doesn't want to touch it in tonight's game, because if something goes wrong, Jordan will scold him to death, and even beat him if he gets anxious.
At this time, Jordan and the others came down, took the towels and water glasses and sat back on the bench.
Phil Jackson said: "Listen up, Denis comes on..."
"What?"
Jordan was startled, what is the use of this parallel import?
Does he not understand that the Nets are blind? If it were him, he wouldn't have chosen such a parallel import with his eyes closed, and he would have lost the third overall pick in vain.
Phil Jackson said: "We have no one who can deal with Iron Fist. After Denis comes on, his height can barely deal with Ulrich. Michael, you switch to defend Iron Fist. Scotty, you switch to defend Joe Dumars."
When Jordan heard it, it was okay. He switched from 196 centimeters to 206 centimeters. Ulrich had no offensive ability with the ball and was not a big threat.
He knew Ulrich very well because he was his teammate in his rookie season and played five seasons with the Bulls. Although he scored 20+ in two seasons, his offensive method was very simple, a typical dunker. Good at eating cakes.
At that time, his most offensive method was breakthrough layups. The two offensive methods were not compatible, so Ulrich was traded.
The timeout ends and the Bulls attack.
"Withdrawing the point guard, are you preparing to switch defense?"
Zhou Quan reacted immediately when he saw that the Bulls did not play the point guard.
"Zhou, either forcefully break through Jordan, or use the pick-and-roll. Don't take action in front of Jordan easily. I suggest you use the pick-and-roll to break through Jordan. This is safer." Chuck Daly immediately ordered.
"I know." He nodded.
At the beginning of the game, Pippen broke through with the ball, but Ulrich's defense was not very good and he was caught.
John Salley blocked the front left side of the basket fiercely. Pippen came forward and suddenly jumped and passed the ball. The ball flew to Jordan who cut into the paint from the right wing.
"brush!"
Jordan got rid of Joe Dumars, cut inside and caught the ball one step outside his right waist. After entering the paint area, he faced Rodman's defense, made a jump shot, and hit a nearly two-pointer.
6:8, Pistons attack.
"Strengthen the attack on Jordan, you know what to do." Chuck Daly yelled from the sidelines.
"as expected."
Zhou Quan took the ball to the frontcourt and met Jordan's defense change.
"Come on, kid, let me see how powerful you are with the ball."
Jordan began to concentrate on defense, while also spouting trash talk.
Zhou Quan smiled, suddenly made a gesture, and then Ulrich ran over from the left wing.
"Pick and roll!"
Jordan was heartbroken.
Ulrich ran to Jordan's side. The next moment, Zhou Quan used the wall to get rid of Jordan, bypassed Ulrich, and rushed to the left elbow area, facing the left shoulder of Hopson, who was changing defense.
"Bang!"
Hopson's tonnage was too small, only 91 kilograms, and its center of gravity was a little higher. The lower body had no strength, and it was directly hung up and rolled over.
"..."
When Phil Jackson saw this scene, he could only shake his head helplessly.
Zhou Quan's path to the paint area was wide open and he drove in with the ball.
Jordan turned around and chased, forming a double attack with Cartwright under the basket.
Grant on the right low post also entered the basket, forming an encirclement.
Ulrich behind Jordan moved according to tactics and went down.
"Whoosh!"
After Zhou Quan took two steps forward, he saw that the Bulls were about to attack. He immediately turned left, lifted the ball with his right hand, and the basketball flew towards Ulrich.
"not good!"
Jordan's expression changed when he saw Zhou Quan's return pass.
The next moment, there was a sudden sound of wind behind him.
"call!"
A figure in a red and white basket passed by.
"boom!"
The next moment, a violent bombing of the basket sounded, Ulrich hung on the basket, and Cartwright staggered back under the basket, and finally sat on the ground.
"Oh ho!"
The whole audience suddenly burst into loud cheers.
"ah!"
Bearded John Lowes excitedly pumped his fist and shouted: "Iron Fist broke through and scored, assisted Ulrich, and he dunked on Cartwright."
Lens, a man with glasses, said excitedly: "Ulrich's high-post pick-and-roll tactics at the top of the arc, although Ulrich does not have three-pointers, his down-turn dunks and mid-range shots are good, and there is no waste of iron fist passes."
6:10, Bulls attack.
Hopson, who just came on the field, had little strength. In such an important game, he became more constrained and couldn't let go at all, and his performance was even worse. The Pistons ignored him and stepped up their attack on Jordan.
"boom!"
Under the attack of Rodman, Joe Dumars, and Ulrich, Jordan missed a shot.
When he saw the basketball bouncing off the rim, Zhou Quan, who was not involved in double-teaming Jordan, immediately turned around at the top of the arc and started to come down quickly.
"No one can rebound from me."
Rodman turned around and grabbed the rebound with great ferocity.
"here."
At this time Zhou Quan's voice sounded outside.
Rodman saw that Iron Fist was almost down to the center line, and there was no defender around him, so he quickly threw the ball over.
Zhou Quan caught the ball across the midline, crossed the top of the arc, crossed the free throw line two steps, flew up with all his strength, held the ball with one hand like a tomahawk, and slashed towards the basket.
"boom!"
"ah!"
With the sound of the fierce manganese exploding basket, the entire Auburn Hills Palace was completely boiling.
After falling from the basket, Zhou Quan rushed to the media box. A row of Pistons cheerleaders excitedly raised their legs towards him. He ignored several microphones stretched out to his mouth and did not appreciate the cheerleaders. He pointed at the scenery under the player’s skirt, pointed at the auditorium, and shouted to the Pistons fans:
“Who is God at the Palace of Auburn Hills?”
But he didn't intend to listen to their answer at all, and immediately shouted loudly: "It's us, it's you, it's the Detroit Pistons."
"Piston! Piston! Piston..."
Countless fans rose to their feet, and with one thousand voices and earth-shattering cheers, the momentum of the Pistons' home court was in full swing, like a forest on fire, and could not be suppressed.
"I made 5 of 5 shots and scored 10 points. Today's Iron Fist was beyond the standard!" Howard exclaimed in the ESPN commentary box.
"In the face of Jordan who promised to score 50+, he still performed like this. Iron Fist is really lucky! Today is his highlight moment." Winston laughed.
Jordan looked at Zhou Quan in disbelief. He didn't expect that this rookie who was not good at offense would play so actively and efficiently on the offensive end today, which made him and the entire Bulls feel caught off guard.
But so what, he can still crush such a small fish to death on the basketball court.
