"Bang!"
Zhou Quan broke through with the ball and knocked down Mark Jackson.
"Beep!"
In the crucial fourth quarter, the referee whistled for a collision with the ball.
"Shet!"
Chuck Daly cursed loudly: "Damn, this is the best breakthrough with the ball. The defender has no position at all, he is still moving."
He had a bad feeling. This was the home court, and being called for an offensive foul at such a critical moment was very demoralizing.
"Beep!"
Three minutes later, with the Pistons already trailing by 5 points, John Salley's tip-in was blown away.
"That's a good shot, a good shot, did you see it? What do you want to do?"
Chuck Daly was so angry that he yelled at the official scorer's table.
In the 8th minute of the final quarter, the Pistons were still 5 points behind.
Ringo Wilson shook his head and said: "The Pistons' rebounding is still not good. They have grabbed 11 fewer shots. This is 11 shots. One in and one out, which is the difference of 22 shots."
Robert Guida sighed: "If it weren't for the Knicks' offensive efficiency being too low, the Pistons would have been defeated long ago.
The Pistons did not defend as strongly as they did in the last game today and lost their advantage on the defensive end. Fortunately, Tekken and Assassin have good organizational skills. They make the team's offense very efficient and they can bite the score. "
Ringo Wilson shook his head and said: "Actually, the Pistons' defense today is still good, but it's not reflected in the statistics. This can be seen from the shooting percentages of Ewing and the Knicks. They were ten percentage points lower. This data can fully reflect the strength of the Pistons' defense."
"That's true." Robert Guida nodded quickly.
In the end, the Pistons still failed to come back in this game, losing the G2 game by 4 points 89:93, and tied with the Knicks one to one.
Zhou Quan played 35 minutes and made 7 of 17 shots, with a shooting percentage of only 41.2%, which dragged down the team's overall offensive efficiency. He made 4 of 5 free throws and scored 18 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 steals, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls.
The Assassin scored 15 points, shot 50% from the field, and sent out 6 assists, and his condition improved.
Joe Dumars is the team's leading scorer, scoring 21 points and shooting 47% from the field.
In the entire game, they grabbed 37 rebounds, while the Knicks had 49.
"It's better than playing. I only played 29 and lost 17. There was improvement today." Back in the locker room, Zhou Quan said with a wry smile.
Chuck Daly summed up the game with an ugly expression on his face: "Today we lost again on rebounds, steals, blocks and missed shots. The statistics are almost the same, and the offensive efficiency is 10 percentage points higher than the Knicks.
Unfortunately, the gap in the number of shots is too big. We only took 70 shots, and the Knicks took 90. After a full 20 shots, the Knicks only had a 38.5% shooting rate. In these 20 shots, they also hit 7.7 more goals, which is 15 more goals. point. "
Rodman grabbed seven rebounds today and only played 25 minutes, which is similar to the number he played.
At this time, he had no choice but to cover his face with a towel. The reason for the injury was not that he didn't work hard, but that he always felt unworthy of his teammates.
Chuck Daly added: “There were some penalty issues in the second half, but this is part of the game and we have to learn to get used to it.
Next, we have two away games. We must win at least one of these two games, otherwise we will be eliminated by the Knicks on the road. I believe this is not the result you hoped for. "
"I don't accept being eliminated in the first round."
Assassin Thomas first expressed his attitude. His condition has improved today and his confidence has returned.
Zhou Quan also said: "They can win at our home court, and of course we have the ability to win at their home court."
Having said this, he looked at Rodman. This guy is so important. Without his rebounds, it would be really difficult for the team to beat the Knicks.
In the regular season, the Knicks averaged 44.8 rebounds per game, fourth in the Eastern Conference, and the Pistons averaged 44.3, sixth in the Eastern Conference. The Knicks only had 0.5 more rebounds than the Pistons. But now that Rodman is injured, the huge rebound gap can directly defeat the Pistons. life.
He knows that Rodman's injury will definitely not heal so quickly, but as long as the big bug can grab 10 to 12 rebounds per game, the Pistons will have a chance.
Grab a few more rebounds, and the Knicks will grab a few fewer rebounds. Once in and out, the gap is also huge.
For example, in this game, if Rodman grabs 10, the team will have 40, and the Knicks will have 46, only 6 short.
And this can narrow the huge gap in the number of shots between the two sides. The Pistons have to take 6 more shots, and the Knicks have to take 6 fewer shots. One in and one out is 12 shots. Based on the situation of this game, the Pistons only need three more rebounds. There is really no guarantee that we will lose. If there are five more, there is hope of winning.
After Chuck Daly concluded, Zhou Quan asked assistant coach Musk to bring his data.
After averaging with the G1 game, the points, rebounds, and assists met the task requirements, and the field goal percentage and true shooting percentage also barely reached the goal. Only the assist-to-turnover ratio was a little worse, and we must continue to reduce mistakes.
It's easy for him to make mistakes when he gets into the crowd, but if he doesn't get in, his offensive efficiency will be very poor. This is a choice that considers one thing and loses another, which is very embarrassing.
At this time, Musk said: "The other three games are over. The Green Team defeated the Pacers twice and got the match point. The Suns did the same. They got the match point from the Spurs. The Warriors pulled one back and played against the SuperSonics. draw."
"Larry Bird is the same as when he played, but he didn't play again." Another assist, Lelo Wilt, said.
The assassin smiled and said: "The green team is still very strong. Even if Big Bird is not there, they can easily take care of the walkers."
Zhou Quan walked into the bathroom with a towel and said: "If we don't even play in the playoffs, Big Bird will definitely retire."
"His injuries are no less severe than mine." The assassin couldn't help but sigh.
"Isiah, I hope you can stay in the same state as you are today in the next game." Joe Dumars said.
"I will." Isiah said confidently.
The next day, the media commented on last night's four games.
The Green Team and the Suns, who got match points, were certainly well received. The Sonics, who tied with the Warriors, were also well received. Because it was a weak game against a strong one, only the Pistons were criticized.
"The third-placed team in the Eastern Conference played the sixth-placed team in the Eastern Conference and was tied at home. The Pistons' chance of advancing to the first round has dropped significantly. The possibility of advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals is almost zero. The chance of winning the championship is zero. ESPN should immediately adjust the Pistons' championship chance data." Miami Daily.
This media’s view was immediately recognized by the mainstream media.
Of course, the mainstream media refers to the New York media, but ESPN did not make adjustments immediately and insisted on the original data.
"Mr. Zhou Quan, your car has been shipped from the United States and will arrive in Shenzhen in 15 days..." That morning, Citibank contacted Zhou Quan.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Pistons arrived in New York, settled into the hotel at 4:30, and then held a press conference at the request of the media.
"Coach Daly, the media believes that the Pistons' chance of advancing to the first round is less than 30%. What do you think?" a reporter from the New York Times asked.
Daley said coldly: "The media refers to the New York Times? We in the Detroit media don't think so. We think we will defeat the Knicks and advance to the second round."
"With your rebounding ability, do you think it's possible?" the reporter said with disdain.
Daley sneered and said: "Look at the first two games, how many rebounds you led us, but the result, one to one, I really don't know where your confidence comes from? Patrick's shooting percentage is less than 40% ?"
"You?" The reporter's face turned dark with anger.
All the New York media shared the same hatred and kept asking questions that embarrassed the Pistons.
Of course, Zhou Quan is the focus of the New York media. All his violent acts and the Detroit Killer King have been exposed.
After finally getting over the press conference, it was almost six o'clock. After everyone had dinner, it was already past seven o'clock. After washing up, they gathered together in Joe Dumars' room to prepare to watch the game.
After everyone discussed it, they decided to watch the Bulls vs. Heat game.
After Michael Jordan won the championship, he has become a signature star that the league strongly supports, and he is very attractive, including NBA players like them.
Even Zhou Quan, although he had great conflicts with Jordan, still had to be convinced of that guy's strength.
After watching halftime, the Bulls led by 23 points with a score of 64:41.
Not only was Jordan in good shape, Pippen was in very good shape tonight, and his offensive efficiency was even higher than Jordan's, with a shooting percentage of over 60%. He scored 16 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals in the first half.
"Without Pippen, Jordan wouldn't have beaten us last year." The assassin suddenly said unwillingly.
"How did Pippen perform in the Eastern Conference Finals last year?" Zhou Quan asked.
The assassin thought for a while and said: "I was very impressed. I remember it was 22 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. Jordan's performance in that Eastern Conference Finals was slightly better than Pippen."
Zhou Quan felt that even if Jordan didn't have Pippen next to him last year, there would be someone else. The Pistons might not be swept, but it would be almost impossible to beat the Bulls.
But of course he wouldn't argue with the assassin, there was no need.
The game ended after an hour, and the Bulls scored 120 points, beating the Heat by a full 30 points.
Jordan made 12 of 23 shots, 52.2% from the field, 9 of 10 free throws, and scored 33 points.
Pippen made 10 of 15 shots, a shooting percentage of 66.7%, and 10 of 12 free throws, scoring 30 points.
Zhou Quan was surprised to find that the two of them didn't make a single three-pointer in total. They just kept breaking through the whole process. They killed the Heat with a mid-range shot, and then continued to break into the penalty area to cause damage. In the end, the Heat didn't even dare to kill inside. Defended.
In addition, Jordan's rebounding ability is really strong. He actually grabbed 13 rebounds and was the Bulls' rebounding leader in this game.
He recalled that during the G1 game, Jordan should have grabbed 11 rebounds, which was also the most for the Bulls.
"This guy averages 12 rebounds per game? The team is short of rebounds right now. Jordan, a shooting guard, can grab so many rebounds. It seems I have to tap into my rebounding potential."
He couldn't help but secretly make up his mind to invest more in rebounding players.
However, his ability to predict is not good now, and his rebounding ability is average. He averages five grabs per game, which is also the result of hard work.
…
On the morning of the 27th, Zhou Quan completed 300 pull-up jump shot training in the hotel, and then completed another 300 pull-up jump shots in the afternoon at Madison Square Garden. He completed the last round of training and improved his basic shooting skills to level 94. Upgraded to level 88.
So far, he has completed eight pull-up jumper training tasks.
"Is there a mission?"
At this moment, the system screen automatically unfolded in front of him, and he was very excited.
"Please host complete thirty hours of ball control training. Ball sense +1, ball control +1, breakthrough +1. This task can be completed once."
"Ask the host to complete 3,000 emergency stop jump shots, emergency stop jump shots +1. This task can be completed 3 times in a row."
"Ask the host to complete three thousand throws, throw +1. This task can be completed 5 times in a row."
"Ask the host to complete 3,000 turnaround jump shots, turnaround jumpshot +1, this task can be completed 15 times."
"Ask the host to complete 3,000 step-back jump shots, step-back jump shots +1. This task can be completed 5 times."
"Ask the host to complete three thousand hooks. The hooks will increase by +1. This task can be completed 25 times."
…
"The host has completed three of the above shooting training tasks, basic shooting skills +1, offensive +1. Completed six of them, basic shooting skills +2, offensive +2. Completed all of them, basic shooting skills +3, offensive +6, physical fitness +1 .”
He looked a little confused. There were too many tasks, more than ten, so the shooting skills all had tasks. Is the system cramped by issuing so many tasks at once?
But having tasks is a good thing, and training tasks are also tasks. If the system does not issue these tasks, he still needs to train these technologies.
The only difference is that he is still not sure who is faster between the two through the improvement of self-training and the improvement of the system after completing the task.
However, in comparison, the rewards for the playoff missions issued by the system are not very good. The first round promotion of 3 to 2 only has one skill point, which is not as good as the training mission. It seems that the system hopes that he will improve his skill level through training, at least This is currently the case.
Except for ball control training, these dozen training tasks are all shooting training, and the number of consecutive completions limits the improvement limit of this technology to level 91 or 92.
Of course there are exceptions, such as layups, which are currently level 90 and can be upgraded to level 95 in five attempts.
He estimated that this should be the limit of the technical level that the current physical quality can achieve. If he wants to improve his technical level, he needs to make his quality stronger.
In addition, the pull-up jump shooting training was issued three more times, still 3,000 times per round, but only the pull-up jump shot was improved, and the basic shooting skills were no longer improved.
This is the same as his previous guess. It seems that it should indeed be forced to increase one level every three thousand times.
For these tasks, he is ready to make a training plan and train during the offseason.
But there are too many tasks, and it is definitely not possible to complete them all. Some skills need to be selectively improved first.
…
At seven o'clock in the evening, the star-studded Madison Square Garden was already overcrowded.
There were a large number of Hollywood stars and supermodels on the sidelines, as well as a large number of wealthy businessmen and celebrities, and some sports stars in other fields.
The Knicks' number one fan, Spike Lee, was standing on the sidelines, admiring the cheerleaders' dance.
In the visiting team's locker room, Zhou Quan looked at the TV. From the TNT live broadcast, he saw many well-dressed celebrities and couldn't help but think of Catherine.
If things don't go well for Catherine. Maybe I will choose to go back to the UK for further development, and then we will have no choice but to break up again.
At 7:30, both sides announced the starting lineup.
Pistons: John Salley, Dennis Rodman, Orlando Ulrich, Joe Dumars, Zhou Quan
Knicks: Ewing, Charles Oakley, McDaniel, Gerald Wilkins, Mark Jackson
In the TNT commentary box, Robert Guida said: "For the Knicks, this game must be won. If they lose the first home game, it will give the Pistons a match point. This is a very demoralizing result. .”
Ringo Wilson said with a smile: "The Pistons don't want to lose. They were able to reach the Eastern Conference Finals last year. If they can't even get past the first round this year, it means this team is really finished."
"How to say?"
Robert Guida asked cooperatively.
Ringo Wilson said: “Everyone knows that the Pistons are indeed rebuilding and have found a new core, but we know that the Pistons’ main lineup has not changed much. Joe Dumars is still averaging 20 points per game at the All-Star level. After entering the substitute lineup, the thickness of the bench has also been increased. Although there is one missing Laimbeer, on paper analysis, this team should be stronger than last season's lineup.
I mean, the lineup is stronger than last year, but if it can't even advance to the first round, does that mean that the reconstruction with Tekken as the core has failed? "
"But he's the rookie."
Robert Guida said.
Ringo Wilson smiled: "No, no, he is the best rookie, and his performance in the first two games of the playoffs was also amazing, averaging 22 points, 6.5 rebounds, 10.5 assists and 3.5 steals per game. Is this the playoff data for a rookie? ?
No, this is All-Star data, so we can't just deny his strength just because he is a rookie. "
"Linge, you are right." Robert Guida nodded.
Ringo Wilson added: "Iron Fist alone can offset the decline of Laimbeer and Assassin, which is why I think the Pistons' lineup is stronger than last season.
But if he is unable to lead the team to promotion, I will consider it as his failure and the failure of the Pistons' reconstruction. "
Robert Guida had been echoing his partner’s statement, but now he retorted: “But Ringer, you can’t think that Tekken alone can offset the declining strength of Ranbir and Assassin just because of the data, or even more.
In fact, Laimbeer's deterrence at the basket is very great. Without him, no one would dare to hit the Pistons' basket. This is a big loss for the Pistons. You have not calculated this loss. Inside. "
Ringwell smiled and said: "That's right, but counting this, I think Iron Fist can also offset the declining strength of Ranbir and Assassin. After all, he has a 20+10 figure."
Robert Guida countered again: "You can't ignore the decline in quality of Rodman and the assassins due to injuries. Looking at their performance in the first two games, you can ignore the impact of this decline on the team. No? No, you can't. The Pistons grabbed a total of 29 fewer rebounds than the Knicks in two games.
What I want to say is that if they perform slightly better, Rodman can grab 12 or 3 rebounds, the assassin can average 10 points per game, and his shooting percentage can reach 40%. The Knicks have already won two consecutive games. Defeat, the Pistons have already got the match point.
So, Ringer, I'm sorry, I don't agree with your statement. I think that for a rookie, Tekken's performance in the first two games can even be compared to Magic's performance in the playoffs of his rookie season. Yes, he won That playoff game of FMVP. "
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(End of chapter)
