After the Pistons appeared, the Bulls' five starters came belatedly.
Jordan stood at the entrance of the players' tunnel, looking at Zhou Quan on the court, with strong hatred flashing in his eyes.
If the assassin was the person he hated the most before, then now, it was Zhou Quan.
Ten minutes later, the game started.
"Clamp him to death!"
Pointing at Jordan, Zhou Quan gave a sharp shout.
The Bulls are missing three main players, their rotation has been seriously affected, and their strength has been greatly reduced.
In particular, Grant's absence made it difficult to operate the triangle tactic. The inside line lost its backbone, and the strength of the main lineup was reduced by at least 30%.
For such a Bulls, as long as they try their best to double-team Jordan and limit his performance, without the assassin, the Pistons, who are also not strong enough, will have a chance to win.
The result was indeed the same. The Pistons won another away game. In the first three regular season games, they won two and lost one.
Jordan made 9 of 28 shots in this game. He was double-teamed almost every time he attacked. The number of triple-teams reached 9 times and the number of double-teams reached 16 times. He had to do his best in every attack and finally scored 21 points, hitting The rate is only 32.1%.
In order to vent his anger, Jordan personally defended Zhou Quan on the defensive end. As a result, Zhou Quan was in average condition today. He only scored 13 points and his shooting percentage was only 30.5%. However, he still sent out 9 assists and his performance was not bad. It also shows that Jordan can Limit his personal offense, but cannot limit his passing.
The Pistons have 28 wins and 13 losses, with a winning rate of 68.3%, still third in the Eastern Conference, behind the Bulls and Cavaliers.
On the 25th, the Pistons visited Boston.
This is Zhou Quan’s first time to come to this city full of racial discrimination. This oldest city in the United States is the center of New England. It is the most educated city in the United States and is home to the largest number of old white people in the United States. It is also home to other ethnic groups. The city with the fewest immigrants.
He knew some of the traditions here. For example, the back bay area that the bus just passed through is the most prosperous area in Boston. There are many 19th-century English-style red houses there. Those red houses are not sold to Chinese.
Compared with the east, he prefers the west, where development was late, white power is not as strong as in the east, and the living environment of the Chinese is slightly better.
No. 26, home court of the Green Team, Boston Garden.
This is an arena built in 1928. It was originally called Madison Square Garden in Boston, or Boston Garden for short. The Green Team began to move in in 1955.
In addition to the Green Team, the Bruins, a famous Boston ice hockey team, also use this ancient arena, and the arena has a closer relationship with the Bruins than the Green Team. It has been the Bruins' home stadium since it was built in 1928.
However, the arena is very old and is currently on the countdown to demolition.
In other words, because there will be no home arena soon, both the Bruins and Green Team are now considering relocating to other cities.
“Larry Bird is still on the injured list?”
Zhou Quan was a little disappointed. Thomas the Assassin defeated the Birds several times in the playoffs and also swept the Birds. However, Jordan was swept by the Birds in the first round twice in the playoffs. This is a generation of heroes, and he really wants to face him. See it.
Big Bird has suffered serious injuries this year. He has only played twelve games since the beginning of the season. There are media rumors that Big Bird may choose to retire after this season.
But this guy is really unbelievable. As long as he plays, he can average 37 minutes per game. He can also average 20.4 points, 9.6 rebounds, 6.8 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.7 blocks per game. Is this data that someone who is about to retire can produce? ?
The Green Team is currently ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference, below the Pistons, but the difference is only half a game. This is even with Bird injured, which shows that the Green Team is very strong.
At eight o'clock, the home team came out, and Zhou Quan saw Big Bird in a suit on the sidelines.
He immediately walked over, extended his right hand to Big Bird, smiled and said, "Larry, nice to see you."
"Rookie, you and Michael have been having a lot of trouble lately!" Larry Bird said with a smile after holding Zhou Quan's hand.
"No one can easily trample us to death, and the so-called Black Jesus is no exception. And for the Pistons, he has never been a Black Jesus. He has no qualifications. In front of our Pistons, he only has the fate of struggling. He used to be, I I believe it will be the same in the future." He smiled.
The smile on Larry Bird's face stagnated slightly, and he said seriously: "Rookie, I can see his shadow in you. When Michael Jordan was suppressed by the bad boy army, you are now, and you will never Accept defeat.”
Zhou Quan let go of Bird's hand and said: "Sorry, Larry, I have never been anyone's shadow, and I will never be anyone's shadow.
Moreover, as long as the assassin comes back, no matter how strong this Bulls team is, I don't think it can suppress the strength of our Pistons. "
After saying that, he turned back to his teammates.
"A very special boy."
Larry Bird suddenly became very optimistic about this young man.
He knew that this young man's athletic talent was average, but talent, how should I put it, his athletic talent was average, but he could make many people with huge talents despair.
There are many talents, talents that can determine a person's lifelong achievements, which are invisible to the naked eye of scouts and cannot be reflected by data. He is convinced of this.
Although the Pistons were not weaker than the Green Team, they still lost this game.
Zhou Quan, Joe Dumars, and Ulrich scored 20+ points. Zhou Quan also suppressed the opponent's point guard and sent out 11 assists, but still lost.
It was not the loss to the main lineup, but to the substitute lineup. The Pistons only had Mark Aguirre as a capable substitute, but he only played 9 minutes tonight before he was injured and left the field.
Then three players from the Green Team's bench stood up. Douglas scored 18 points, and Rick Fox and Joe Klein scored 10 points each. The three of them teamed up to score 38 points. The Pistons lost without temper.
On the 27th, Zhou Quan received two pairs of sneakers from Philip. They were products from the Skechers laboratory for him to try on.
On the 28th, the Pistons defeated the Magic on the road and then rushed back to Detroit overnight.
I went to bed on the morning of the 29th and did no strength training. I rushed to the headquarters in the afternoon and completed 300 pull-up jump shooting training. I also completed the fourth round of training tasks. My basic shooting skills improved to level 90, which is a first-class level. The jump shot has also been upgraded to level 84.
That night, in back-to-back games, the Pistons lost to the Cavaliers at home.
After trying them on in two games, he felt pretty good about the quality of Skechers' sneakers. They were no worse than the ordinary Nike sneakers he wore, and their protective and cushioning properties were better.
He informed Philip of the trial results, and Philip was very happy and said he would immediately speed up negotiations with the company and strive to sign a contract during the All-Star Weekend.
On the 31st, the Pistons defeated the visiting Heat at home. The Pistons ended all games in the first month of the new year. Halfway through the regular season, they had 30 wins and 15 losses, with a winning rate of 66.6%, third in the Eastern Conference.
The Bulls are still first in the Eastern Conference, but their winning percentage has dropped from more than 80% to more than 70%, only four more wins than the second-place Cavaliers, and the Cavaliers have four more wins than the Pistons.
After defeating the Heat, the Pistons ushered in back-to-back away games and rushed to Atlanta overnight.
