The game started at 8:30, and at 7:00, fans began to enter the stadium, pouring in like a tide. At 7:30, the empty stadium was quickly filled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Many stars from Hollywood also appeared on the stage. Together with celebrities from all walks of life, many NBA stars, such as O'Neal, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chamberlain, etc., the United Center quickly became star-studded.
The wives of both teams also came to the stadium and divided into two camps.
"Hey, Christina."
"Hey Tom."
Some Hollywood stars saw Christina Yeri next to the Pistons bench, and they greeted her because they were familiar with her.
Christina Yeri is not a first-line star in Hollywood, because her works are limited, she is a bit Buddhist, and the only big brand she endorses is Lanco. She is not exposed enough, and her popularity is not too high, but she is beautiful enough, and can be called the most beautiful La Traviata in contemporary times. From time to time, the live footage is put on the hanging screen and comes into the sight of countless people.
In the west stands, there were several diplomats from the Consulate General in Chicago, holding several small five-star red flags in their hands.
Oddly enough, there were some Chinese and international students in the audience, about a hundred people.
At eight o'clock, both sides announced the starting lineup, and the substitute players also entered the court to start warming up.
Pistons: Ronny Seikaly, Dennis Rodman, Orlando Ulrich, Joe Dumars, Zhou Quan
Bulls: Bill Cartwright, Horace Grant, Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan, B.J.
This series was broadcast live nationally by ABA Television, with commentators Bill Walton and Lewis Williams.
Bill Walton said with some surprise: "In the first two games of the regular season, the Bulls' lineup suffered a loss and lost to the Pistons. Then in the next two regular seasons, the point guard was removed, but they won both games. Now they are on the court again." If he loses the point guard, what does Phil Jackson want to do?"
Williams analyzed: "It should be a try. Michael Jordan must have switched to the Iron Fist and let BJ try Joe Dumas's state. After all, he is only three centimeters shorter than Joe Dumas, although he weighs 7 kilograms." gap, but what if Joe Dumars is in average shape?
You must know that in last year's Eastern Conference Finals, Joe Dumars was in average shape against John Paxson in mismatched singles. Paxson was the same height as BJ, but weighed 84 kilograms, only two kilograms less than Joe Dumars. "
Bill Walton nodded and said: "Lewis, what you said makes sense. After all, if you remove the point guard and replace him with a small forward or an inside line, the speed will slow down.
In fact, the Bulls can replace a shooting guard with good defense, so that the speed will not slow down, but there is no such shooting guard in the Bulls' lineup. "
Williams smiled and said: "BJ and Paxson can be allowed to play together, but Paxson's injury is a bit serious and he won't be able to play for long."
"Oh, this is Zhou Quan's girlfriend, Christina Yeri."
At this time, the CCTV live broadcast had also begun. Zhang Lili saw a close-up of Christina on the hanging screen and hurriedly introduced her.
"Oh, it's so beautiful!" Sun Zhenping praised.
"She is a big star in Hollywood and is of French nationality. By the way, Zhou Quan's girlfriend last year was a British female star. She was also very beautiful. She later returned to the UK." Zhang Li said.
"Uh, okay."
Sun Zhenping smiled awkwardly and kicked Zhang Liyi.
"Oh, now let's see their starting lineup..."
Zhang Lili reacted immediately. It had been many years since he had explained. He still spoke as usual. He had not yet adapted to being cautious in front of the camera, so he spoke a little casually.
"She, she is Xiao Quan's girlfriend? Lao Zhou, our Xiao Quan has found a girlfriend?" Lin Yufen was speechless at Zhou Quan's house in Changsha.
"I don't know. Xiaoquan didn't say he had a girlfriend when he called." Zhou Jianguo scratched his head.
At this time, the close-up shot of Christina disappeared. Lin Yufen retracted her gaze from the TV and suddenly smiled: "This foreign girl is quite beautiful, with nice eyes, but I don't know what her personality is like."
"Come on, wife, please stay out of this matter. Didn't you hear what the commentator just said? This is this year. If he brings someone back one day, it will only count." Zhou Jianguo said.
…
United Center, tunnel.
When the two teams' starters met, four or five reporters and a camera followed them, a team of security guards and even the general managers of both teams, Jerry Krause and Troy Weaver, were there.
A Japanese reporter died here in the Eastern Conference Finals last year. Although Zhou Quan was the victim, no one dared to be careless anymore. If Jordan was injured by Zhou Quan, even if Zhou Quan was suspended, the Bulls would probably lose three players. A chance to win consecutive championships.
"Boy, how does it feel to be put on the shelf?" Jordan stared at Zhou Quan and asked.
"Damn it Jordan, sooner or later you're going to get beat up with an iron fist."
Before Zhou Quan said anything, Weaver's face became very ugly and he continued to slander.
Klaus's face didn't look good either, and he thought to himself, "I'm provoking Iron Fist at this time. Michael, are you crazy?"
This sentence also made Joe Dumas look ugly.
Like the Assassins, he didn't want his home team to have problems and hoped that Zhou Quan could lead the team back to the top, but now things are likely to go wrong.
There's nothing wrong with Sekali and Ulrich. They don't belong to the Bad Boys. The former only came this season, and the latter came to Detroit with Zhou Quan for only two seasons and doesn't have that much affection for the place.
As for Rodman, there are some regrets. He likes the atmosphere of the current team, but he still looks heartless on the outside.
"Crack, click, click..."
Several reporters kept clicking their shutters excitedly, hoping that there would be a conflict.
Zhou Quan stared at Jordan for three seconds, then suddenly turned around and asked Joe Dumars: "Qiao, why is this guy saying this to me now?"
Joe Dumas stared at Jordan coldly. He used to respect this person. After Jordan won the championship in 1991, the Assassins and the others left, and he was the only one shaking hands with Jordan. But now, he hates this person because this person wants to Completely destroying his home team.
After hearing Zhou Quan's words, he said: "Iron Fist, he wants to interfere with our psychology and destroy our morale. This is psychological warfare."
Jordan's face twitched, waiting for Zhou Quan's reaction.
Zhou Quan nodded, glanced at Ulrich and the others, and his voice suddenly rose: "Guys, can we let him succeed?"
At this time, the assassins who were waiting outside saw the movement in the passage, and after his greeting, they rushed in one after another.
The boss of the team is a professional boxer, and his iron fist has swept through all the bad guys in the league. Both the old and new players in the Pistons are confident and aggressive.
After everyone in the Bulls saw it, they couldn't help but lose their momentum and immediately took a step back.
Jordan regretted it a little. What if the two lunatics Iron Fist and Assassin took action? Although there was security around him, if the matter got serious, the media wouldn't be able to target him like crazy? At the moment when he is competing for the third championship, he is already a coquettish person, but he actually doesn't want to cause trouble.
The security personnel at the United Center also made a commotion, and then calmed down after seeing that Zhou Quan made no movement. Jordan and others on the Bulls side also breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Quan nodded towards the assassins, without waiting for their answer, and shouted loudly: "You want to destroy our morale with just one sentence, and want our efforts for a season to be in vain? You have worked hard for the whole season, and you just want to get there. Here, and then willingly fall at the feet of the Bulls, do you just want to lie at the feet of Michael Jordan and become his stepping stone?"
"No!"
The assassin roared.
"Fuck him!"
Taking a step forward, Rodman stared at Jordan and shouted.
"Fuck him!"
Darnell Walker and others followed suit one after another with a aggressive attitude, which instantly made the atmosphere in the player tunnel tense. The security personnel immediately rushed up to block the situation, and the two general managers quickly shouted to dissuade them.
The reaction of his teammates made Zhou Quan secretly nod. He raised his hand, immediately silencing the surging Pistons players, and then said: "It's just a trash talk, just treat it as a fart."
"Haha, yes, just think of it as a fart!" The assassin laughed wildly.
"Ha ha……"
Everyone in the Pistons laughed.
Jordan's face was livid, but he really didn't dare to continue provoking the Pistons and intensifying the conflict, because now there was a team of security to protect him, but when he went on the court, there would be no security. The crazy Pistons could do anything. .
"We show up."
At this time, Zhou Quan waved and led all his teammates out of the tunnel.
"Oh, Zhou Quan and the others are here." Sun Zhenping reacted quickly and said immediately.
"Come out together?"
Zhang Lili was startled, but immediately realized that something must have happened in the player tunnel. Did he beat Jordan again?
The lights outside haven't been extinguished yet, and the host is still talking. When he saw Zhou Quan and the others coming out, he was dumbfounded. I'm not ready yet. Are you in a hurry to come out and reincarnate?
"Shh!"
The home fans, who were also unprepared, were slow to respond. They booed when Zhou Quan and the others were about to reach the stadium.
Zhou Quan went over to say hello to some people he knew. The beautiful Roberts was not here today, but there were also a few celebrities who had played golf with him.
It has only been two days since Wang Zuxian returned home to Xiangcheng. This time she went back to AH's hometown. Her hometown was so poor that she donated 100,000 yuan to the village to build an asphalt road.
As a basketball player, she has always been obsessed with basketball. In February, ATV broadcast the NBA All-Stars. She was filming and missed it, so her family helped her record it.
After reading it, she learned that a Chinese basketball player named Zhou Quan had joined the NBA. Later, she also collected some news about Zhou Quan and was very surprised to learn that he had become one of the best point guards in the NBA.
I happened to have time today, and I knew that the Pistons were going to play a second-round series with Jordan's Bulls, so I got up early.
At this time, she saw Zhou Quan appear and felt that he was quite handsome. His crew cut was particularly energetic, like a big Li Lianjie.
I was a little surprised to see Zhou Quan greeting several big Hollywood stars familiarly. Does Zhou Quan also want to change careers like her?
At this time, Zhou Quan greeted Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and he whispered to O'Neal: "Shaq, why don't we join forces next season?"
O'Neal immediately said excitedly, as if he had been injected with a tube of chicken blood: "Iron Fist, don't lie to me, can you keep your word?"
"You're kidding, haha!" He laughed and left.
"This bastard!" O'Neill muttered dissatisfied.
"Crack, click, click..."
Zhou Quan and Christina Yeri stood together and let the media take a bunch of photos before going to warm up.
"Zhou Quan, Zhou Quan..."
At this time, he heard someone shouting in Mandarin and hurriedly searched the audience. It turned out that they were several young Chinese men and women, probably international students. He waved to a few people.
After searching again, there were some Chinese and international students everywhere, all waving at him, and he responded to them one by one.
"Zhou Quan has just turned 21, and his girlfriend is 27, but I think they are a good match." Zhang Li said with a smile.
"Ah, six years older?"
Changsha and Zhou's mother Lin Yufen were a little confused when they heard this. One gold brick is okay, but two gold bricks are a bit heavy!
But if the son likes it, that’s not impossible, but if he gives birth to a child in the future, wouldn’t it be a nuisance?
"Victory! Victory! Victory..."
At this time, under the leadership of Jordan, the United Center Arena burst into loud cheers.
"We are tenacious, tough, iron-blooded, and we are fearless! We..."
At the other end, under the leadership of Zhou Quan, he also loudly shouted the Pistons' team training, and the two thousand visiting fans also roared as hard as they could.
Although there was no splash under the pressure of 20,000 home fans, the Pistons' morale, amidst this roar, was like a hidden dragon gathering momentum, just waiting to reach the sky.
"Come on!"
Zhou Quan gave a sharp shout and led his four starting teammates onto the court.
At 8:30, the game starts.
Sekali and Cartwright jumped the ball and the Pistons attacked.
Behind the center line, as soon as Zhou Quan received the ball, Jordan stood in front of him. In the next moment, Level 91 made a one-handed feint breakthrough and he passed Jordan from the right.
However, Jordan caught up quickly and immediately stuck to his left side, directly confronting him.
Michael Jordan's weight is controlled very strictly, always at 98 kilograms. His muscle mass talent is so good, he has explosive power, absolute strength, strong confrontation ability, and can carry the inside.
Zhou Quan's strength and resistance used to be better than Jordan's because of his muscle content, but now his tonnage is 90 kilograms, he has lost weight, and his body has grown 3 centimeters taller, so his muscle content is lower. The two competed for four games in the regular season, and his current confrontation ability is weaker than Jordan's.
So when Jordan came up, he immediately took the initiative to deviate to the right, then accelerated away, holding the ball towards the top of the key.
In terms of speed, within short distances, he is now on par with Jordan, and in long-distance sprints, he is even a little faster than Jordan.
Jordan passively accelerates, and the rhythm will be slower, half a step slower.
"squeak!"
Zhou Quan reached the top of the arc and suddenly slowed down.
"squeak!"
The next moment, Jordan on the left caught up and braked and slowed down half a step ahead of Zhou Quan's left side.
But the next moment, Zhou Quan accelerated and passed by Jordan.
At this time, Seikali pulled to the left wing, Grant followed, Rodman was in the low post on the right wing, and Cartwright was on the right side of the basket. Seeing Zhou Quan break through Jordan, he quickly moved to the front of the basket.
"not good!"
Jordan quickly turned around to catch up, but this time he was a step slower.
"Beautiful rhythm control!" Bill Walton praised.
When he said this, Zhou Quan had already taken off, grabbed the ball with his right hand, and took off with all his strength towards Cartwright under the basket.
"Detain you!"
At this moment, his eyes were extremely determined. With the first ball, he wanted to let the whole world see the Pistons' morale and fighting spirit.
At this moment, holding the ball in his right hand like an axe, he was like a death warrior launching a frontal charge against a powerful enemy.
"Don't even think about it!"
Cartwright's strength is not very good. He is 216 centimeters tall and only averages 0.7 blocks per game. He cannot jump at all, but his style of play is quite tough and he still tries his best to jump and block shots.
However, he did not dare to make any small moves on Zhou Quan for fear of angering him.
Jordan also tried his best to take off from behind, trying to back up Zhou Quan.
At this moment, the Bulls were inside and outside, forming a pincer attack on Zhou Quan from the front and back in the air.
"Bang!"
Zhou Quan bumped into Cartwright's body, making a heavy impact.
In a hurry, Cartwright jumped at most one foot, and the height of his head was at most 250 centimeters. However, Zhou Quan jumped at least 95 centimeters with all his strength, and the height of his head should have reached 290 centimeters. He was knocked down by the above. , a powerful impact exploded instantly, and his chest hit Cartwright's face, directly knocking down the 111-kilogram defender.
The next moment, he slashed with an axe.
"boom!"
As the fierce bombing of the basket sounded, he used a tomahawk dunk, instantly clearing the huge roar of the United Center Arena, and 20,000 Bulls fans fell into silence.
"Damn it!"
Jordan took off from behind and swept the air with one hand, a little slower.
When he saw Cartwright being forcibly dunked, his eyes were filled with tears. This was the first goal and it would definitely have a blow to the Bulls' morale.
"Bang!"
Cartwright fell to the ground, butt first, and his waist suddenly hurt. He couldn't help but cry out in pain as he slipped.
"oh!"
Only then did the United Center react, and there was a huge exclamation.
"Oh ho!"
On the bench of the Pistons, there were two thousand Pistons fans. Everyone suddenly burst into flames, shouting wildly with their arms raised. The adrenaline rushing through their bodies made them want to rush onto the court.
"Oh oh..."
In the media box behind the baseline, Fang Lin and Wu Qifeng both roared like crazy. The atmosphere here had made them lose the subtlety in their characters.
"..."
Liu Fangping's eyes widened and he looked at Zhou Quan hanging on the basket, and then at Cartwright at Zhou Quan's feet, in disbelief.
"Dunk, tomahawk style, Zhou Quan dunked the opponent's center. He went in from the top of the arc and dunked the opponent's center head-on with the first goal. He scored the first goal in the most powerful way..."
In the CCTV commentary box, Zhang Lili kept roaring with excitement.
"Oh My God!"
At this time, in the conference room of the Capital Men's Basketball Team, a group of men's basketball team members were watching the game collectively. Sun Jun, Hu Weiwei and others were stunned when they saw this goal.
"..."
At this moment, everyone watching the game in China was stunned. They had never seen a Chinese basketball player play such a violent offense, and Zhou Quan was also a point guard.
"This, this Zhou Quan, well, so awesome! He, he can actually play like this?"
In Xiangcheng, Wang Zuxian was about to drink coffee. When he saw the ball, his hand trembled and he spilled half of the coffee without knowing it.
At the United Center, Zhou Quan fell to the ground and saw the CCTV camera in the media box behind the baseline. He pointed with a big hand, smiled, ran up and grabbed the camera lens with both hands, and shouted in Mandarin: "Hey, everyone, do you still remember me? ?The All-Stars have met with everyone, I am Zhou Quan, from Nanhu."
"Crack, click, click..."
In the media gallery, all the cameramen pointed their cameras and camera lenses at him. The reporters with microphones ran over, crowded together, and pointed their microphones at him. ABC's No. 1 camera also stretched out from the sky. come over.
At this time, Rodman and four others ran behind Zhou Quan, surrounded him, and greeted the CCTV cameras.
At this point, Zhou Quan half-turned around, pointed at the court behind him, and said loudly in a firm and passionate tone: "This is the NBA, this is the home of the Chicago Bulls, and here is the most powerful star in the league, Michael Jordan, but now I want to ask everyone to follow me and conquer this place together, beat the Bulls together, and beat Michael Jordan together."
These words caused great irritation to domestic fans.
In this era, the United States has become a dominant, super-hegemon. Its power has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people even at home.
In the hearts of basketball fans, after the Olympics, the strength of the Dream Team is obvious to all.
Some NBA highlights broadcast by CCTV in the past two years also let them know the power of Michael Jordan and the power of the Bulls who won two consecutive championships.
But now, there is one of their compatriots, on the territory of the Americans, on the territory of the NBA, on the territory of the Bulls, on the territory of Michael Jordan, openly shouting that he wants to conquer this place. This kind of momentum and this kind of courage are very important to him. They were very shocked.
Other reporters couldn't understand, but ATV reporter Liu Fangping understood Mandarin. He was stunned. He couldn't believe why this mainlander was so arrogant?
In Xiangcheng, ATV purchased ABC's satellite signal, and a large number of people in Xiangcheng who watched the game also heard Zhou Quan's words.
They all feel the same as Liu Fangping, why is this mainlander so arrogant?
Even Wang Zuxian, who was very surprised by Zhou Quan's goal just now, also felt this way.
"Zhou Quan, you have extraordinary courage." Sun Zhenping said excitedly in the CCTV commentary box.
"Can you find a translator? What did Iron Fist just say?" Bill Walton said in the ABC commentary box.
Cartwright was injured and was helped down. Jordan was standing under the basket, not far from Zhou Quan. If he heard these words, he would definitely be very angry if he could understand them, but unfortunately he couldn't understand them.
(End of chapter)
