Joe Dumars broke through with the ball and faced All-Star backup guard Ricky Pierce.
Pierce was the 18th pick in the first round of 1982 by the Pistons. He only played for one year before being traded. He has been a substitute for other teams in his career. He won the best sixth man honor in two seasons with the Bucks. He did a good job on the bench. He once scored 45 points as a substitute in one game. Starting from this season, he entered the starting lineup for the first time and played the main role.
The two played against each other for 29 games, with Pierce having the slight upper hand and scoring slightly above his normal level, while Joe Dumars' scoring was slightly below his normal level.
But this does not mean that Pierce is stronger, because in those games, Pierce played as a substitute, and most of the opponents were substitutes, while Joe Dumars was the main player, and he played against the main players. The two actually played face to face. There are not many opportunities.
Joe Dumars paused for two seconds after receiving the ball, and then suddenly made a motion to get up and take off the ball, which shook Ricky Pierce. Then he immediately leaned over and broke through with the ball, reaching the right elbow area to see Rain Man. Kemp stood in front and immediately chose a pull-up jumper.
"Good guy!"
Zhou Quan saw Kemp jumping to block the shot. He was only a little bit away from the ball. His jumping height was definitely 110 centimeters or higher. This guy's athleticism was really at a historical level, reaching the realm of monsters.
"boom!"
To avoid being blocked, Joe Dumars adjusted his release angle.
"There!"
While the ball was still flying in the air, Rodman had already predicted that the ball would not hit the ball and would land on Rain Man's side. He immediately ran over and blocked Rain Man behind him.
Sure enough, the basketball was short and bounced off the basket, exactly in the direction of Rain Man.
"Snapped!"
Rodman grabbed the ball.
"Give me."
Zhou Quan rushed into the paint, ran past Rodman, caught the ball, and then ran toward the right wing.
At this time, at the edge of his right eye's field of vision, he could see Joe Dumars at his right elbow.
The next moment, he ran out of the paint area, and Joe Dumars disappeared from his sight. At the same time, his ball also disappeared from his hands and flew towards Joe Dumars.
At this time, all the defensive attention was on him. When Joe Dumars took off, the SuperSonics players realized that it was already too late.
"brush!"
The water splashed and hit two points.
“Don’t watch the pass?”
One of the on-site commentators was a little surprised.
"He is growing very fast. He currently averages eight assists per game and has averaged nine assists per game in recent times. We cannot be careless."
said another narrator.
Sonics offense.
Zhou Quan started to press directly in the backcourt, targeting Payton.
The two move at the same speed, and Payton is not a speedy point guard. For a while, the Sonics were unable to serve the ball.
Ricky Pierce ran back to catch the ball and advanced it downfield before handing it back to Payton.
"Gloves, do you have low self-esteem?" Zhou Quan stood in front and talked trash.
"Why do I feel inferior?" Payton replied.
"You must know that I am older than you." Zhou Quan said.
Payton choked and said angrily: "I'm bigger than you."
"Let me try."
Zhou Quan's right hand suddenly stabbed Payton's lower body.
Although Payton learned this technique, he didn't want his lower body to be dug out, so he quickly dribbled the ball and took half a step back.
But at this moment, Zhou Quan took a step forward and stabbed the basketball with Payton's right hand. At the same time, he got into a physical confrontation and squeezed past with his body as strong as an ox.
"not good!"
Payton tilted his body and the ball was instantly out of control.
The next moment, when the ball became a free ball, Zhou Quan knocked Payton away with all his strength, and even directly knocked over his opponent. After grabbing the ball, he immediately launched a quick kick.
"Damn it!"
Payton cursed angrily, got up and chased after him, but he was too far behind. He could only watch Zhou Quan holding the ball into the paint area, and then took off.
"boom!"
Flying up with all his strength, and under the tomahawk chop, the SuperSonics home court was silent for a while, and then there were huge boos.
Zhou Quan landed on all fours and felt that although his jumping had improved to level 90, due to his height, dunking was still a bit difficult. He had to try his best to take off every time, which hurt his muscles and bones, and his movements were not very stretchy and powerful.
Sonics offense.
This time Zhou Quan did not press in the backcourt. Payton took the ball to the frontcourt, pulled it to the right wing, and started a pick-and-roll with Pierce.
"You can't run away."
Zhou Quan did not change defense, bypassed Pierce, and followed Payton.
"You can't get rid of the dead soul!" Peyton cursed secretly.
He felt that it would be better to fight Joe Dumars. Dumars weighed only 86 kilograms, while he weighed 83 kilograms. There was no disadvantage in strength. He was two centimeters taller than Dumars in height.
Suddenly, he pretended to throw himself, trying to shake Zhou Quan, and then rushed in.
But Zhou Quan was unmoved. This is the three-point line. Does Gary Payton have a three-pointer?
Payton only took a step forward and was blocked by Zhou Quan. Then Zhou Quan engaged in a physical confrontation. He couldn't stand anymore and had to withdraw from the three-point line again and called Rain Man's pick-and-roll.
Kemp came behind Zhou Quan, and Payton immediately used the wall to break through with the ball, but Rodman could guard people in five positions, so he immediately changed defense and kept up with Payton.
"Whoosh!"
Payton passed back, Kemp caught the ball and made a jumper one step inside the three-point line.
Although Kemp participated in the draft at the age of 20, he was drafted out of high school and has never played in the NCAA. His skills have not been developed yet. Not only is his shooting rhythm slow, he needs to make adjustments. Now he relies on his physical fitness to play.
This gave Zhou Quan the opportunity to take off with all his strength. Although he knew there was a high probability that he would not touch the ball, he could achieve his defensive purpose by affecting Rain Man's shooting.
"boom!"
Sure enough, the ball missed.
Rodman rushed in, caught the rebounding basketball, and passed it to Zhou Quan.
Zhou Quan quickly made the first move, but he was caught up by Kemp.
"Idiot!"
The point guard was actually caught up by a power forward, and he couldn't help but curse.
He stopped at the three-point line and did not rush in to beat the big one with the small one. This kind of dislocation advantage actually has no advantage under Kemp's super athletic quality.
He remembered that Kemp had a game last year where he had ten blocks in a single game, and he didn't want to take one when he was going for a layup.
Then Payton came and replaced Kemp.
From the three-point line, Zhou Quan took two steps back, suddenly started, and began to break through with the ball from the right side.
Payton moved sideways in time and blocked the front.
However, Zhou Quan did not slow down. After a slight change of direction, he accelerated and stepped past others.
"Bang!"
Payton moved sideways again, the two made contact instantly, and their shoulders hung for a moment.
"It's going to be bad!"
The moment the confrontation arose, he knew he was in trouble.
Under the huge impact, his upper body was knocked backwards, but his feet failed to keep up. The two legs were twisted together, and then turned sideways and hit the floor, and his face was still hit on the floor. pain.
Zhou Quan paused for a moment, but under the strong inertia, he broke into the three-point line and headed towards the left elbow area.
Center Benjamin could only come up to cover the defense, while Rainman Kemp guarded the front right side of the basket.
