No. 25, Palace of Auburn Hills.
At 7:30, both sides announced the starting lineup.
Suns: Mark West, Charles Barkley, Richard, Dan Mulley, Kevin Johnson
Pistons: Ronny Seikaly, Dennis Rodman, Orlando Ulrich, Joe Dumars, Zhou Quan
This game is a rare live broadcast for the Pistons in the United States and is broadcast live on ABC TV.
Commentator Bill Walton said with a smile: "One is first in the league, and the other is fourth in the Eastern Conference. Based on the ranking analysis, the Suns have a greater chance of winning.
However, this is the first regular season game between the two teams this season, and the Suns lost to the Bulls, and the Bulls lost to the Pistons, so who wins in the end depends on the result. "
Lewis Williams smiled and nodded: "That's right. On-the-spot performance, neat lineup, restraint of lineup configuration, home and away factors, etc. are all factors that affect the result of the game. The analysis of paper strength is only one level. , cannot determine the final result.
However, Bill, what do you think about Iron Fist preparing to participate in the San Francisco stop of the Golf All-American Tour during the All-Star Weekend? "
Bill Walton shrugged and said: "It's only been two days of golf. Do you think Michael Jordan missed golf? As far as I know, he even sent a private plane to pick up Barkley and then play a round of golf together. So this kind of thing is normal, it’s just a pastime, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it, the media is just hyping it up.”
In the player tunnel, the starters of the two teams arrived one after another, waiting to play.
The current relationship between Zhou Quan and Barkley is worse than the first time they met. Last time in Los Angeles, they beat Barkley's good friend Larry Johnson in a boxing match, let alone friends. So after meeting, they just nodded to each other. Not even a word was said.
At eight o'clock, the game officially begins.
The center jumps the ball and the Pistons attack.
Zhou Quan held the ball across the center line and ushered in a lightning matchup.
Lightning is now 6 centimeters shorter than him. There is an obvious height difference. The tonnage is only 82 kilograms. 8 kilograms is also a huge gap for a point guard. Therefore, the experienced man does not mean to defend personally, but retreats and defends. , and did not intend to engage in confrontation.
But Zhou Quan took the initiative to seek confrontation. As soon as Lightning retreated, he immediately accelerated forward and directly bumped into him. If Lightning retreated again, he would form a crushing force. If he didn't retreat, he would be knocked away by him. He was even mentally prepared for a risky steal with lightning side flashes.
"This kid is definitely faster than last season."
Lightning immediately cheered up and did not dare to be careless.
He accelerated his retreat and reached the top of the arc in a few steps, but found that Zhou Quan's speed had completely increased. He could no longer keep up with his retreat speed. If he retreated further, he would be knocked over directly.
The next moment, Zhou Quan suddenly turned right to pass and broke through with the ball from the left.
Almost at the same time, Lightning flashed to his left and Zhou Quan's right, intending to steal the ball when he could no longer retreat.
The two of them moved to the left and right, and instantly distanced themselves.
"brush!"
Zhou Quan reached the left end of the free throw line in two steps. Facing Charles Barkley, who was coming in, he made a jump shot and hit a goal.
Bill Walton laughed: "Not many point guards can handle Iron Fist's crushing breakthrough. He should have grown a little taller and lost some weight after entering the league, but his speed has increased, so his impact may be greater than We were even stronger last season.”
"The absolute strength may have been reduced," Williams said.
At this time, the Lightning was racing all the way to the right with the ball, and Zhou Quan was chasing after him on the left. His speed actually kept up with the Lightning, which he couldn't keep up with last season.
Of course, this is when he is running on empty and Lightning is holding the ball, so his absolute speed should still be a little slower than Lightning.
The Lightning rushed outside the three-point line, forced a change of direction inward, and looked like he was going to go to the basket. But just when Zhou Quan was following, he suddenly turned around and passed back, and the ball flew past Dan Marley behind him. .
Dan Mulley jumped outside the three-point line on the right wing, caught the ball, and shot a jump shot. By the time Joe Dumars stopped to block the shot, the ball had already been released.
Zhou Quan did not stop, but rushed towards the basket.
"boom!"
When the ball missed, he jumped high and competed for the rebound with Barkley, who also rushed to the basket.
Unfortunately, the two collided in the air, and the much larger Barkley knocked him away, but Barkley did not grab the rebound. Rodman also rushed in and snatched the rebound away.
"Tekken is very active in grabbing rebounds. He is also one of the point guards with the most rebounds. If it weren't for him, Rodman would have no chance to grab the ball."
After Bill Walton finished speaking, he picked up the previous topic and said: "Lewis, you can compare the strength of Iron Fist's lower limb muscles between now and last season, which shows that his lower limb strength has been strengthened, and at the same time, his current aerial work The great increase in ability shows that his core strength has also been enhanced.
Therefore, although he has lost weight, his absolute strength should not be reduced much. At most, his upper body strength will be reduced. "
"It's possible." Williams nodded.
At this time, Zhou Quan pushed steadily across the center line, immediately increased his speed, and once again had a crushing impact on Lightning, forcing Lightning to get out of the way.
Lightning retreated as fast as possible, Zhou Quan quickly approached the top of the arc, suddenly swayed his shoulders from side to side, and started a level 90 one-handed feint breakthrough.
"Left or right?"
Lightning quickly stopped, stopping just short of breaking through, and the center of gravity of his upper body was slightly behind.
The next moment, without waiting for him to make a prediction, Zhou Quan took a step from the right. He quickly moved a step to the left, his center of gravity becoming increasingly unstable, and he was already half a beat slower.
"Bang!"
Under Zhou Quan's intentional confrontation, the two people's shoulders were linked together. Lightning, whose center of gravity was already unstable, leaned back on the spot and sat down on the ground. Zhou Quan paused for a moment, then exerted his strength again, taking a sudden step. past.
"It's sudden! The iron fist bursts with lightning!"
In the commentary box, bearded John Lowes roared excitedly.
As Zhou Quan passed the top of the arc, Barkley was still sitting under the basket. Center Mark West rushed from the left waist to the free throw line, and Sekali on the left wing was empty.
Zhou Quan was not greedy for credit and passed the ball to Seikali.
Ignoring the vacancies of teammates is not what a point guard should do. Once he always does that, he will lose the trust of his teammates, and his teammates will no longer work hard to play or run, because no matter how hard they try, they will not get it. When it comes to his passing, over time, you will only watch him playing one-on-five on the court.
Once trust is lost, it will cost more to regain it.
Sekali caught the ball, and Mark West quickly returned to defense, but before it was too late, he calmly made an open jumper, flicked it, and hit a goal.
"Ronnie, good job." Zhou Quan encouraged.
"You passed it well." Seikali said happily.
"When you run out of space, you never have to worry about not being able to catch the ball from me, unless there is a teammate whose space is closer to the basket." Zhou Quan laughed.
Sekali nodded excitedly. It was because of Iron Fist's passing that his shooting percentage with the Pistons was higher than that with the Heat, which made the media evaluate him better.
"0:4, Iron Fist shot and passed, helping the Pistons lead the Suns by four points. As team leaders, Barkley and the Lightning should step up and score at this time." Bill Walton reminded in the commentary box.
At this time, the Lightning made another wild move, advancing from the center to the top of the arc, but his right side was stuck by Zhou Quan, and he could only control the ball with his left hand.
Seeing that Rodman was already under the basket, he suddenly stopped, dribbled to the left and broke through. After getting rid of Zhou Quan, he took two steps to the left elbow area, and then before Zhou Quan could catch up, he hurriedly made a breakthrough. Stop the jump shot.
Zhou Quan jumped from the right side to block the shot, but it was too late, half a beat too late.
"brush!"
The water splashed and he hit a two-pointer.
"boom!"
Looking back, Joe Dumars held the ball in one-on-one defense against Dan Marley, who was known for his fierceness. He reluctantly took a shot and failed to hit.
In order to get stuck, Rodman and Barkley were entangled under the basket. Neither of them could jump up, and the rebound was stolen by Seikali.
"boom!"
After receiving the ball, Sekali made a small throw over Mark West's head, but failed to hit.
"mine."
"mine."
Barkley and Rodman were fighting under the basket, with one arm hooked together. Not only did they miss the rebound, but they both fell to the floor.
"boom!"
At this time, Zhou Quan rushed in from the free throw line and completed a flying dunk. At the same time, he dunked Mark West under the basket.
“Iron Fist’s awareness of the second attack is very strong.” Bill Walton praised.
On the court, Zhou Quan pulled Rodman up and encouraged: "Dennis, you did a good job, vent your energy on Madonna on Sir Barkley, he will satisfy you. "
Barkley is as disgusting as eating a piece of shit. Damn Iron Fist. If I satisfy my wife, I will not satisfy damn Rodman.
Rodman shook his head and said with a proud smile: "He's not even as good as one of Madonna's toes."
"Asshole! Did you lick Madonna's toes?"
Barkley, who was so disgusted, was so angry that he came up and pushed Rodman hard, causing Rodman to almost fall.
"Bang!"
Zhou Quan took a step forward, pushed the fat Barkley two steps away, pointed at the opponent's nose with his hand, and said in a warning tone: "Flying Pig, it's just trash talk. If you want to take action, then think about it." as a result of."
"Iron Fist, do you think I'm afraid of your kid?"
As a superstar, Barkley couldn't show weakness, and he also had a bad temper, so he immediately hit him with his chest.
"Shut up! Get out of my way. If you want to fight, go off the court and fight. Come back up after the fight, okay?" The referee quickly scolded them when he saw them, and ran up and pushed the two of them away.
"Flying Pig, remember, the Palace of Auburn Hills is not a place for you to run wild." Zhou Quan warned again before turning around and running into the backcourt.
Thunder Lord Danmarley was also a man with an extremely tough personality. When he saw a conflict between Zhou Quan and Barkley, when Zhou Quan was running past, he deliberately raised his elbow, causing Zhou Quan to stumble and almost fall down.
"Shh!"
This excited the fans at the scene, and nearly 20,000 people immediately booed loudly.
"Bang!"
Zhou Quan punched Dan Malli in the face.
Dan Marley wanted to dodge, but his blow was too precise. He didn't dodge, and was knocked to the ground with one punch.
"Didi!"
The referee blew the whistle quickly.
"asshole!"
When Buckley saw it, he rushed up from behind, hugged Zhou Quan and gave him a strong hug, knocking him to the ground, and then rode up.
"Fuck them!"
Darnell Walker stood up from the bench and shouted.
"Don't mess around!"
Chuck Daly turned back and shouted: "This is a small scene for Iron Fist."
"Get away!"
At this time, Zhou Quan exerted his core strength, rolled up his legs, and twisted Buckley's neck. Under the force, Buckley had to let go of his hands and was twisted to the ground.
Buckley was still standing up, but Zhou Quan unexpectedly kicked him in the face, causing him to lie down again with an ouch.
Zhou Quan quickly got up and held Barkley down, intending to punch him violently.
Buckley panicked when he saw Iron Fist raising his fist. If he was beaten, what shame would he, a villain, have?
Fortunately, the rest of the two teams and three referees rushed forward and pulled Zhou Quan away, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
There was already a boxing action, but the referee was merciless and sent Zhou Quan off the field. He also sent off Barkley and Dan Marley, who had caused the conflict.
After giving Barkley and Dan Marley a hard look, Zhou Quan left the field to the cheers of the fans and walked to the tunnel.
He just hopes that there will be no additional suspension, because the system tasks have restrictions on the number of appearances, and he must play 80 games this season.
Moreover, today's game has just started and he has no data yet. This will also drag down his average data and is not conducive to the completion of the task.
When he walked to the players' tunnel, he did not go to the home team's locker room. Instead, he turned towards the visiting team's locker room and guarded the corner.
Ten seconds later, a cursing Barkley and Dan Marley walked into the tunnel.
Danmarli's mouth was bleeding, several of his teeth were loose and swollen, and he looked very embarrassed.
This is because he has a mouth guard to protect him. If he didn't have a mouth guard, Zhou Quan would definitely have a few big teeth knocked out.
The left side of Barkley's face was covered with a reddish sneaker sole from his forehead to the corner of his mouth, which was very obvious. It was obvious that Zhou Quan's kick was merciless, which made him very embarrassed and his face was burning.
When the two of them turned the corner, they almost bumped into Zhou Quan standing there and were startled.
"Iron Fist, what are you doing here? If you want to fight, I will fight to the end." Buckley said angrily.
Zhou Quan smiled and said, "That's just right. The postman and I have another match. I don't know if that loser can apply for a boxing license. Don't let me down."
"Who is playing boxing with you? I want to play wrestling with you." Buckley said slyly.
"What's your weight? What's my weight? Do you want face? Either boxing or unrestricted fighting." Zhou Quan also said angrily.
Buckley said excitedly: "In freestyle wrestling, I weigh 115kg and am not in the 130kg category. I can only compete in the 97kg category. You are in the 85kg category. I am only one level above you. Don't you dare?"
Zhou Quan scolded: "Your tonnage is 25 kilograms greater than mine, and your level is one level greater than mine. How dare I say you dare not?"
"Charles, just play wrestling with him, he's scared." Dan Marley shouted.
"Thunder Lord, right? If you dare to elbow me, what can we do for fun?" Zhou Quan stared at Dan Malli and asked.
"I'll play whatever you want." Dan Malli said forcefully, squeezing his neck.
"Then you go apply for a boxing license." Zhou Quan said immediately.
"this……"
Dan Malli's momentum stagnated. He really couldn't do this. He spoke too loudly just now, and now he couldn't pick it up. He was a little embarrassed, and his momentum suddenly dropped.
Zhou Quan looked at Barkley again and said, "You don't want to box or fight. My tonnage is too small for wrestling. Why don't we play golf? Whoever loses will donate half a million dollars."
"I never gamble."
Don’t you know what my level is? Why should I donate half a million dollars in vain? Buckley immediately shouted.
Zhou Quan had no choice but to say: "Then let's fight one on one. If you have the ability to fall, I will count it, but it is not limited to wrestling."
Buckley didn't want to take action, but he still knew it well, that is to say, he was somewhat sure about wrestling. He would win with strength and tonnage, but he might not be able to defeat him in other ways. He pretended to be angry and said: "Iron Fist, I treat you as a friend, and you treat me like this?"
Zhou Quan said with contempt on his face: "Come on, even if my friends don't take my side, they will remain neutral. Whether it's Jordan or Larry Johnson, who do you think I don't know? Who do you think I am? Behind my back. The friend who stabbed me several times?"
Buckley was speechless, looking embarrassed.
"Don't provoke us next time, otherwise I will recognize you, but my fist will not recognize you." Zhou Quan didn't bother to pester him any more, and left after warning.
"Charles, we have suffered a loss, so let's forget it?" Dan Marley asked unwillingly.
Buckley glanced at Marley's swollen mouth and wanted to laugh, but he held it back. The man struck an iron fist with his elbow just to vent his anger, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I will settle the score with him in the future."
Dan Malli curled his lips. It doesn’t count now, but it will count in the future. Do you think I’m stupid?
But just now Barkley took action for him on the court, and he didn't say anything anymore.
In this game, the Pistons finally won.
After Barkley was kicked off the court, the Suns lost control inside. Not only were there no offense, but also no rebounds. Sekali and Rodman attacked and defended, and also controlled the rebounds, helping the team win.
26 wins and 13 losses, a winning rate of 66.6%. The Cavaliers lost, and the Pistons, who had stopped their losing streak, climbed to the third place in the Eastern Conference. The gap between the two teams was only half a game.
The green team in fifth place had 23 wins and 17 losses, with a winning rate of 57.5%. It was three and a half games behind the Cavaliers and could not catch up for a while.
(End of chapter)
