In the live broadcast room of CCTV in the capital, the commentators are Song Shixiong and Xu Jicheng.
The CCTV Sports Department paid great attention to this All-Star broadcast, but they could not find a commentator who knew the NBA better. They could only pull out veteran Song Shixiong and novice Xu Jicheng to form an old and young combination.
Xu Jicheng only became CCTV's basketball consultant in 1992. His qualifications are very low, but he is one of the few CCTV people who knows something about the NBA.
But his unit is Xinhua News Agency. After graduating from college in 1986, he was assigned to the Xinhua News Agency Sports Department. He is a reporter for Xinhua News Agency, specializing in basketball coverage. Last year, he was hired as a basketball consultant for CCTV.
Seeing Zhou Quan's steal, Song Shixiong exclaimed: "Zhou Quan's reaction was really fast. I thought he was distracted just now, haha!"
Xu Jicheng smiled and said: "Teacher Song, so far, Zhou Quan's steal data in the NBA league is 3.3 times per game, first in the league, more than Jordan, who is second, averaging 2.8 times per game.
He averaged 0.5 steals per game, a figure that would be difficult for Jordan to catch up with. It can be said that Zhou Quan has firmly won the steals title this season. "
"3.3 times?"
Song Shixiong was really surprised. He was not a professional basketball commentator, but he was also familiar with basketball. This statistic was really strong.
"Yes, this is the data provided by Zhang Li's coach. And so far, he is still the NBA's assists leader, averaging 13.8 times per game. The second place is his opponent John Stockton in this All-Star game, averaging 12.0 per game. assists." Xu Jicheng said again.
"Averaging 13.8 assists per game?" Song Shixiong was surprised again.
Xu Jicheng added: "In addition, Zhou Quan is currently fifth in the NBA MVP rankings. This means that so far, he is the fifth best performer in the league this season. This is very powerful. He is only the fifth best player in the league this season." Two seasons.”
"What? Zhou, Zhou Quan is so strong?" Song Shixiong was not surprised this time, but shocked.
As the ace commentator of the CCTV Sports Department, the American men's basketball team was named the Dream Team at last year's Olympic Games, allowing the whole world to see the standard of the NBA, including him.
At that time, when he saw Jordan and the others playing, he was shocked. It turns out that basketball can still be played like this, and it can also fly and play in the sky.
He knew that eleven of the Dream Team were from the NBA and were the strongest stars in the NBA. And now, Zhou Quan was actually one of the five best-performing players in the NBA. In other words, that group of players shocked him. There were actually many people in the dream team who performed worse than Zhou Quan, which immediately shocked him.
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At the Delta Center Arena, the West attacked again, and the Glider stayed in the backcourt to provide support.
He and Jordan were absolute enemies, and he didn't know that Jordan was going to target Zhou Quan, but just after the opening scene, Barkley and the Postman lost their own men to double-team Zhou Quan. This was completely inconsistent with the atmosphere of the All-Stars, so he understood a little bit. Come over, Jordan may have roped in Barkley and the others to deal with Zhou Quan.
But he is a Western Conference All-Star and cannot help Zhou Quan, so he can only pretend to be invisible and do his job well.
With Glider responding in the backcourt, Zhou Quan was of course unwilling to let the ball pass to Drexler, so he did not interfere and allowed John Stockton to receive the ball.
Now there is only O'Neal as a teammate, the other three are traitors, plus the five players from the Western Conference, they have to fight two against eight, and if he wants to perform well, he must not let go of the opportunity on the defensive end.
John Stockton moved forward with the ball, but Zhou Quan defended and retreated from the front. He had no intention of pressing and kept retreating past the center line.
Seeing the postman looking at him from the left wing, John Stockton changed direction to the left to bypass Zhou Quan in front and go to the left wing.
He was relieved because he was two meters away from Zhou Quan.
"What?"
But at this moment, Zhou Quan took a big step with his right foot, leaned forward greatly with his upper body, and at the same time he stepped forward to grab the ball, he stabbed his ball with his right hand. His movement was very sudden, and there was obviously a distance of two meters between the two. , but it was gone in this moment.
"predict!"
Zhou Quan's poke was fast and accurate. John Stockton was changing direction to the left. Before he could protect the ball, the ball was knocked away and rolled across the center line. He turned around hurriedly to grab the ball.
"The ball is stolen!" Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.
At this time, Zhou Quan was in a posture of leaning forward greatly, taking long strides, with his right foot in front and his left foot behind. It was difficult for him to exert force, but he still exerted force and rubbed his left (back) foot violently. He used his hands on the ground to support himself and pounced forward like a tiger.
This action, like a tiger pouncing on food, puts his center of gravity on his upper body, forcing his feet to move quickly and continuously.
He kicked forward slightly to prevent himself from falling to the ground.
However, he could no longer catch up with John Stockton. He immediately kicked off his feet and jumped forward, rushing past the opponent. He flew more than two meters away and landed on the floor with a bang, taking the lead. Caught the ball in one step.
"Got the ball!" Zhang Lili shouted excitedly again.
But at this time, John Stockton also rushed to Zhou Quan's side to grab the ball.
"Ball, give it to me quickly."
"Give me."
Jordan, Pippen, and Larry Johnson rushed over.
Zhou Quan was lying on the floor, slamming the ball with both hands. Stockton on top had very little strength. Although his hands were on the ball, he couldn't grab it at all.
With his strength, he could have forced the ball out, but he didn't do that. He didn't want to pass it to Jordan and the other three guys. The purpose was to cause a scramble for the ball, and then let O'Neal get the ball when he jumped the ball.
When Jordan saw that he was in a hurry, he went up to grab the ball, but Zhou Quan dunked the ball and he couldn't grab it for a while. At this time, the referee's whistle sounded and it was time to fight for the ball.
"Why not give it to me?" Jordan asked angrily.
"Old guy, do you think I don't know your tricks?" Zhou Quan stood up and said in Michael Jordan's ear.
Jordan snorted angrily, turned around and left.
"Shaq, don't forget, I'm going to give you the ball."
"I'll get back to you."
Next, there was a jump ball in the center circle. Zhou Quan ran to O'Neal first, communicated with him, and then stood in the center circle.
"Snapped!"
For the jump ball, Zhou Quan is taller than Stockton, has a longer wingspan, bounces faster and higher, and reacts faster. There is no suspense. He touches the ball first and flicks the ball towards O'Neal in the air. The ball hits accurately flew over.
As soon as O'Neal caught the ball, Jordan and the other three immediately asked him for the ball, but he didn't give it to him. He threw it with both hands and passed it back to Zhou Quan.
"Damn shark! Follow that bastard Iron Fist, wait and see, you will feel better." Jordan cursed secretly.
As soon as Zhou Quan received the ball, he immediately knocked away Stockton in front of him, rushed past and then accelerated forward, holding the ball towards the basket.
According to the scheduled plan, Barkley and Postman Malone ignored their own men and rushed to the free throw line to establish a defensive line, forming a closing trend against Zhou Quan who came over.
Their purpose was to force Zhou Quan to pass the ball to Jordan and the others, without giving Zhou Quan a chance to attack.
Larry Johnson and Pippen were completely empty and in very good positions. At this time, they reached the basket from both wings and reached out to Zhou Quan for the ball.
At the top of the arc, Zhou Quan suddenly stopped, ignored the two people asking him for the ball, and stepped back to shoot a jumper.
It was too late for Buckley and the postman to pounce, so they could only defend with their eyes.
The glider just one step away had no intention of coming to help defend, and allowed Zhou Quan to take action.
Jordan's hands were a little itchy and he wanted to rush over and slap Zhou Quan.
"brush!"
The water splashed and he hit a three-pointer.
"Hey, Flying Man, I feel good today, what do you think?" After winning, Zhou Quan spat trash talk at Jordan, who was just around the corner.
Jordan's teeth are a little itchy. It's a pity that he is not in the Western Conference All-Star Team today, otherwise he would have slapped this bastard with a big shot just now.
Pat Riley sat on the bench and watched the show. Of course he saw the secret battle between Zhou Quan and Jordan, but it had nothing to do with him. It was just an All-Star. He could play whatever he wanted.
The west attacks again.
Stockton held the ball across the center line. This time, his attitude was more cautious. Even if Zhou Quan in front was two meters away from him, he did not dare to be careless at all.
He tried to push towards the top of the arc, but Zhou Quan did not take a step back and immediately pressed forward. This made him understand that Zhou Quan did not intend to let him get close to the top of the arc, and on the Postman's side, Larry Johnson took a step forward, and he did not It was such a long-distance pass, so I immediately raised my hand and blocked the postman's pick-and-roll at the midline.
Zhou Quan knew very well that he couldn't let Stockton get close to the top of the arc, or he didn't want the opponent to get close to the Postman, because the Postman was facing Larry Johnson, a dwarf. As long as the ball was given to the Postman, the Postman would hit the dwarf in isolation. There will be dislocation advantages.
So if he controls Stockton far away from the three-point line, Stockton will have concerns about passing the ball to the postman, because the passing distance is too far and it is easy to be intercepted. This is why he is so far away. Location is the reason for strengthening defense.
At this time, the postman came from the left wing to Zhou Quan's right side. His weight, physique, and strength were the best wall. He couldn't squeeze through, and he was too slow to get around. If the defense was changed, he would be misplaced to play the point guard in isolation. The advantage would be too great. Big.
At the same time, he is good at mid-range shooting and is the best player in pick-and-roll tactics. He complements each other well when working with Stockton.
At this time, Stockton went around the postman and was about to rush between the postman and Larry Johnson. But at this moment, Zhou Quan turned around the postman very quickly and blocked him again. With a big hand, he knocked his ball away.
The next moment, the four people fought together, and among them Zhou Quan, who was stabbing the ball, was the most prepared and took the initiative.
Not far away, Jordan and the others also rushed over to grab the ball, but at this time Zhou Quan had already caught the ball in his hands, squeezing the ball with both hands, turned around suddenly, shook off the hands on top, and then dribbled the ball. He took a step back, ignored Jordan and his team's request for the ball, bypassed Larry Johnson, and began to advance quickly.
"The third steal, Zhou Quan performed really well!" Sun Zhenping said excitedly on the sidelines.
"It should only be counted twice, not the second time." Zhang Liang said.
The two of them are just frontline interviews this time, not commentary. Only when the camera switches to them will they introduce the situation at the scene.
At this time, Zhou Quan attacked the right wing of the frontcourt and took the ball to the basket. Jordan quickly came down from the center and reached out to him for the ball.
Neither Larry Johnson nor John Stockton is as fast as him. The fastest Stockton is two meters away from him. In this case, it is impossible for him to pass the ball and ignore Jordan. Rush past the right waist and take off directly.
"This bastard!"
Jordan cursed secretly as he rushed out of the baseline from the basket.
After playing several rounds, he had yet to touch the ball. This made him feel like he was back to the scene of his first All-Star game, when he was isolated by a group of assassins.
He felt very aggrieved. They had obviously agreed to isolate that bastard together, but why were they isolated instead?
"boom!"
The next moment, Zhou Quan flew to the basket and performed a crotch dunk, which again received a burst of warm applause.
At 9:0, the Western Conference All-Stars had not yet scored, and head coach Paul Westphal had to call a timeout.
Zhou Quan scored 7 points in a row and sent 2 steals and 1 assist. He was the one who performed the most and was a star among stars at the beginning.
"It seems that Michael Jordan, Pippen, and Barkley haven't touched the ball yet?" Howardn asked uncertainly in the ESPN commentary box.
"It doesn't seem like it, but I just haven't touched the ball."
Winston couldn't help laughing and said: "Iron Fist made three steals in a row, and the second one should be counted as well. He played two fast breaks and gave O'Neal an assist. The two of them took over the Eastern Conference's offense."
David Stern sat on the sidelines and shook his head helplessly, but he would not interfere. In matters on the field, whoever has the ability will be in the limelight.
He likes Jordan to become the one with the brightest star, but if Zhou Quan has the strength and influence, he doesn't mind Zhou Quan becoming Jordan's competitor.
He is not worried about Zhou Quan usurping Jordan's status. In terms of personal strength, Jordan is enough to crush Zhou Quan. At the same time, in terms of influence, because Zhou Quan is Chinese, he has a natural identity in the United States and the entire Western world. Weakness, this cannot be changed, even if it is borrowed from the United States, it cannot be changed.
But this All-Star start gave him the idea of sending Zhou Quan to the Western Conference. However, Zhou Quan is only in his second season and has a two-year contract. He will have to finish at least the next season before he has a chance. .
"Iron Fist, you stole Jordan's limelight, aren't you afraid of being substituted?" Roberts said with a teasing smile when Zhou Quan came off the field.
"I'm not afraid of competition."
He smiled, looked at Christina Yeri next to him, and said to the two girls: "Let's play golf together someday?"
"Let's make an appointment when everyone has time."
Roberts said, and Christina Yeri smiled and nodded.
After the timeout, neither side made any substitutions. After all, it was just the start of the game and it was not suitable to replace the starter.
The West attacks again and serves the ball from the backcourt sideline.
Stockton suffered losses in the hands of Zhou Quan one after another, was embarrassed continuously, was not in a good mood, and moved forward with the ball with a cold face.
In the past few times, Zhou Quan did not press in the backcourt, but only pressed after passing the center line, but this time he decided to surprise.
"What?"
John Stockton dribbled down, and in the next moment, he saw Zhou Quan step up to grab the ball and stab him with his big hand. He couldn't help but be shocked.
"Snapped!"
The next moment, when the basketball bounced off the floor but had not yet fallen into Stockton's hands, Zhou Quan's big hand inserted it in time and then pulled it back.
"Oh, steal the ball, steal the ball again!"
In the ESPN commentary box, Larry Winston immediately shouted sharply.
"squeak!"
Zhou Quan used his feet to rush forward and swept past Stockton. The latter was directly knocked to the ground by him, and he headed towards the basket a few meters away.
Barkley entered the court after serving and quickly ran towards Zhou Quan, but how could he make it in time?
Zhou Quan took two steps into the paint area and then took off, not gliding, but flying into the air with all his strength, turning 360 degrees, and then connected with a powerful chop.
"boom!"
The Western Conference All-Stars' rim was blown again.
On the sidelines, a stream of star players stood up and applauded Zhou Quan.
In the CCTV broadcast room, Xu Jicheng and Song Shixiong were shocked.
A few months ago, they just experienced seven defeats in seven games for the Olympic men's basketball team. The Chinese men's basketball team has a very obvious weakness, that is, the back line cannot face the full-court press of foreign teams. It is not adaptable and makes many mistakes. .
But now, Zhou Quan can continuously steal the starting point guard of the Dream Team.
Xu Jicheng was so excited that he stammered: "If, if we had Zhou Quan in the Olympics last year..."
"Ahem..." Song Shixiong immediately started coughing dryly.
Xu Jicheng reacted immediately and quickly changed the topic and said, "What a pity, we didn't know about him at all last year."
At Liu Yumin's house, she felt very sorry when she heard Xu Jicheng's words.
If Zhou Quan had been brought along last year, there would have been seven defeats in seven games. With Zhou Quan's strength, the men's basketball team might still have a chance to advance out of the group stage. If so, the worst it could be would be eighth in the world.
"Let's see how many times you can break!"
Jordan was extremely depressed, but Zhou Quan had no choice but to steal Stockton based on his ability.
"Stockton is such a loser!"
Depressed, he cursed his teammates again, but he could only curse in his heart. If he really wanted to curse out his mouth, the postman might hit him in the face with an elbow.
(End of chapter)
