After the players left the game, Zhang Liji said: "Jordan played 22 minutes in the first half. He rushed in with the ball and hit a few good shots. Rodman and Perkins committed consecutive fouls, which caused damage. He made 8 of 14 shots. The shooting rate was 57.1%, plus 5 of 5 free throws, he scored 21 points in the half.
In addition, Pippen made 5 of 9 shots, including a three-pointer. Schrempf failed to guard him. In addition, he made 1 of 2 free throws, allowing him to score 12 points. "
Sun Zhenping continued: "Zhou Quan also made 22 minutes, 7 of 11 shots, 63.6% shooting rate, two of which were fast break goals, 1 of 2 three-pointers, and 8 assists in the half, three times Stealing, making 3 of 3 free throws, and scoring a total of 18 points, the offensive and defensive performance is still very good."
Zhang Lili said: "In addition, thanks to Zhou Quan's pass, Schrempf performed very well today, shooting 5 of 8 in the half. He is the key to the SuperSonics' ability to bite the score. And Rodman, in the half Nine rebounds, very good performance.”
Sun Zhenping said: "Perkins' performance was average, and so was Gill's. However, substitute McMillan contributed a steal and made 2 of 3 shots. His performance was good."
Zhang Lili said: "The Bulls will probably continue to seize the weakness of the SuperSonics' interior strength and attack fiercely. In the first half, they will mainly break through with the ball from the outside. In the second half, they may attack inside to allow Jordan and Pippen to recover their strength."
Sun Zhenping nodded and said: "It is possible. But Jordan's physical fitness is very strong, he may continue to break through and cooperate with the inside."
Not long after, the third quarter began.
Sun Zhenping really got it right. In addition to playing without the ball in this quarter, Jordan still made many breakthroughs with the ball. After breaking in, he distributed the ball to the inside. The Bulls' inside relied on height and used high to beat short under the basket. Hit some good shots.
However, Zhou Quan also rushed in to help defend the basket and sent out a block and a steal to help stabilize the situation inside.
After the third quarter, 75:74, the Bulls led by 1 point.
"Jordan had 31 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals. He stole a ball from Zhou Quan, and his shooting percentage was still over 50%. He was in really good condition." Zhang Lili praised.
Sun Zhenping said: "Zhou Quan is not bad either, with 25 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 steals and 1 block. He only had two turnovers and two fouls. His shooting percentage is a little higher than Jordan's."
Zhang Liyi nodded and said: "Pippen played well today. Fortunately, Schrempf also played well for the SuperSonics. He withstood the Bulls. It depends on how he plays in the final quarter."
In the final quarter, the two teams played all their main players from the beginning. With two minutes left in the game, Zhou Quan stole Jordan for the third time in the game and made it a fast break.
95:95, the SuperSonics tied the score, and the Bulls called a timeout after serving.
Phil Jackson replaced the center and replaced him with backup power forward Toni Kukoc, and replaced BJ and replaced him with Steve Kerr.
BJ's defense was pretty good today, and he made Kendall Gill lose a lot of quality and sent two steals, but he was also guarded by Gill on the offensive end.
Phil Jackson's idea of replacing BJ was to use Cole, who had better physical fitness, to impact Gill.
On the SuperSonics side, George Karl was sweating profusely and became nervous at critical moments.
He replaced Kendall Gill and Perkins. Gill only made 2 of 8 shots against BJ today. Perkins missed several open shots. At the critical moment, he could not trust them anymore.
He replaced veteran McMillan at the three position, Schrempf at the four position, and Vincent Estiu at the two position.
"victory!"
Zhou Quan shouted loudly, causing all the SuperSonics fans in the audience to cheer.
"Jill went down?"
Phil Jackson saw the SuperSonics lineup, but didn't think there was a problem. Cole was also good and trustworthy at critical moments. Like BJ, he once shot over 40% of his three-pointers.
Bulls offense.
Jordan attacked with the ball, playing a pick-and-roll with Cole on the right wing, then broke through and Cole cut outside.
At this time, Zhou Quan caught up with Jordan, and Jordan immediately distributed the ball and passed it to Steve Kerr from the outside to the three-point line.
When receiving the ball, Cole was very excited. This was the first time Jordan passed the ball to him in a game. Michael actually passed the ball to him?
The next moment, he took a shot from the three-point line.
Vincent Esqiu, who was chasing after him, was half a beat too late to block the shot, and the basketball flew toward the basket.
"brush!"
The water splashed and he hit a three-pointer.
"Good job, kid, you'll still catch my pass." Jordan shouted excitedly to Cole.
"I am waiting."
Cole excitedly raised his fist at Jordan.
"Ha, he came on the court and threw a three-pointer at a critical moment. This guy has a good psychological quality!" Larry Bird praised.
"He doesn't have a strong psychological quality. Coach Phil Jackson, who pays the most attention to conditioning the players' psychology, won't let him go up." Magic Johnson said with a smile.
Zhou Quan took the ball to the top of the arc, passed the ball, and placed a triple threat in front of Jordan.
"I bet that at critical moments, he can only pass the ball." Chamberlain said on the sidelines.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Quan took action. The rhythm of the action was very fast, he jumped very high, and the height of the action was also very high.
Jordan also reacted quickly, but not as quickly as Zhou Quan. He took off half a step to block the shot without touching the ball.
"brush!"
There was a splash, and Zhou Quan hit his second three-pointer of the day.
"What did you just say? Hey, Mr. Chamberlain, what did you just say?" Reggie Miller shouted at Chamberlain on the sidelines.
"Shut up!"
Chamberlain said angrily.
"You should shut up!" Reggie Miller spat.
Zhang Lili said excitedly: "Two of three three-pointers were made. Zhou Quan's breakthrough, shooting, and passing are all top-notch. Jordan has to defend against breakthroughs, shots, and passes. The threat of the three threats is too great. It’s impossible to guard against it.”
Bulls offense.
"Flyer, haven't you practiced three-pointers? You only made one shot today, so you haven't practiced it yet, right?" Zhou Quan used trash talk to provoke him while retreating with Jordan.
"Shut up, you idiot! The record for three-pointers in the first half of the Finals is mine," Jordan spat back.
Steve Kerr advanced with the ball. When he reached the frontcourt and approached the top of the key, he saw that Jordan did not ask for the ball, so he passed the ball to Pippen according to the tactical requirements.
"You don't even want the ball, are you afraid of my defense?" Zhou Quan continued to provoke with trash talk.
Jordan snorted, I'm not that stupid.
Seeing that Jordan was not fooled, Zhou Quan was helpless. He could only keep an eye on Jordan and try not to give the opponent a chance to catch the ball.
Pippen was attacking on the left wing. Jordan ran towards the top of the arc and passed behind Cole. Cole immediately made a pick-and-roll to block Zhou Quan who was catching up.
But Zhou Quan changed direction to the right, turned sideways, passed between Cole and Vincent Esqiu, and caught up with Jordan.
At this time, Pippen passed the ball to Michael Jordan. Jordan turned sideways to catch the ball. When he turned to face the basket, Zhou Quan stabbed him with his left hand.
"Snapped!"
At the critical moment, the most accurate striking effect appeared in the eyes of countless people, and the ball in Jordan's hands was thrown into the sky.
"What?"
Jordan only thought that Zhou Quan would be blocked by Cole's pick-and-roll, but he never expected to catch up with him.
"ah!"
The home fans immediately started cheering.
Zhou Quan took a step forward, flew down, caught the falling ball, then turned around and started to advance forward.
"Attack attack!"
Henem Chrisman's roar sounded at this time.
"Get back to defense quickly!"
No matter how calm Phil Jackson was, he almost jumped up in excitement at this time, pointed at the backcourt and shouted loudly.
Jordan ran in front of Zhou Quan and got back to the basket first.
Zhou Quan never showed weakness. When he reached the right waist position, he took off directly, holding the ball in his right hand and raising it high, as if he wanted to dunk Jordan head-on.
"asshole!"
Jordan stood up and raised his hands in the air.
The next moment, Zhou Quan retracted his right hand and flew in front of Jordan and the basket. When he fell, he made a backhand move and the basketball flew towards the basket.
Jordan waved his right arm in the air, hit a backhand, and hit the basketball on the backboard, blocking Zhou Quan's lob at the critical moment.
"well!"
Countless SuperSonics fans were ready to cheer, but when they saw this, a huge sigh sounded from the Central Stadium.
"ah!"
Two thousand visiting team fans burst into loud cheers.
"besides!"
Zhang Lili suddenly shouted.
The position was just right. Zhou Quan landed again and caught the rebounding basketball. At this time, Jordan had just landed. He immediately stepped forward, pushed his left elbow forward, and dunked with the ball in his right hand.
"Damn it!"
Jordan hurriedly took off for a second time to block the shot, but was blocked by Zhou Quan's left elbow and did not jump up.
"boom!"
The next moment, Zhou Quan dunked Jordan.
"Oh ho!"
The Seattle Center Stadium felt like it was exploding. Huge shouts erupted instantly. Countless fans stood up from their seats, raised their arms and cheered.
"What?"
Two thousand cheering fans of the away team were stunned. Why did the situation suddenly turn around?
"Hey, Mr. Chamberlain, do you have a dunk like this?" Reggie Miller yelled at Chamberlain.
Chamberlain pressed his pocket. There was less medicine belt today, and he decided not to be as familiar with this junior.
"Dunking, Zhou Quan dunked on Michael Jordan, haha..." Zhang Liangli laughed excitedly.
"Block the shot and change the buckle, one for one." Sun Zhenping smiled excitedly.
Larry Bird couldn't help but sigh: "It's really powerful to beat a flying man with an iron fist. The two are natural enemies. No one will obey the other. This is a showdown between kings."
Magic Johnson laughed: "Just like you and me."
"ah!"
Right in front of Jordan, Zhou Quan excitedly waved his fists and roared repeatedly.
After being dunked by Zhou Quan, Jordan's face turned black and his teeth were almost bleeding.
98:100, the Sonics lead by two points, the Bulls attack, and 72 seconds are left on the clock.
At the critical moment, Jordan took over the ball.
On the right three-point line, Zhou Quan and Jordan faced off like two leopards.
"Deduct one from me, or give me a three-pointer." At the critical moment, Zhou Quan kept talking trash.
Jordan is not a fool, let alone a rookie, but an experienced player. He was not affected by Zhou Quan's trash talk, but calmly started to break through with the ball.
He took a tentative step and broke through from the right. When Zhou Quan's center of gravity shifted, he immediately retracted his right foot and took a step to the left.
"Oops!"
Zhou Quan moved to the left, but Jordan broke through from the right. He immediately chased after him, but he was already a step too late.
"brush!"
Jordan reached the right elbow, made a pull-up jumper, and hit a mid-range shot to tie the score.
"No, the defense was too passive this time. We need to be more proactive and aggressive." Zhou Quan immediately summarized the reasons for the failure of the defense.
Sonics offense.
Zhou Quan held the ball to the top of the arc, transitioned the ball, and then made a three-threat move after receiving it back.
The veins on Jordan's forehead twitched, and he spat out trash talk: "Take action, boy, don't you dare to take action at the critical moment?"
"Surprise, throw, pass, you guess." Zhou Quan replied.
"I'm guessing!" Jordan cursed in his mind.
The next moment, Zhou Quan stood up and kicked the ball.
"Hate you!"
Jordan jumped up.
"Shet!"
He couldn't help but curse as he jumped into the air.
Zhou Quan collected the ball and got low. While dribbling, he jumped past Jordan who was being shaken up and went straight to the basket.
There was only Grant guarding Rodman under the basket. When Zhou Quan took a step forward, he jumped up and held the ball with one hand to dunk.
Grant took off to block the shot. Zhou Quan deflected with his right hand, then pressed Grant's arm and smashed down.
"boom!"
"Beep!"
At the same time as the basket was exploded, the referee's whistle sounded.
"Oh ho!"
The cheers in the Central Gymnasium rang out again.
"Two plus one, beautiful!" Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.
"Up until now, Zhou Quan's physical fitness is still very good!" Sun Zhenping said with a smile.
"I had a few days of rest before the finals and recovered well." Zhang Li said with a smile.
The Bulls called a timeout, and Phil Jackson arranged an offensive strategy while giving the players some rest time.
After returning from the timeout, Zhou Quan walked to the free throw line, turned around and glanced at Jordan at the midline, and asked with a smile: "Flyer, you will definitely lose today."
"snort!"
Jordan snorted and ignored it.
"brush!"
Zhou Quan calmly hit the extra free throw.
"100:103, 33 seconds left," Larry Bird said.
"There's still a chance," Magic Johnson said.
Bulls offense.
Steve Kerr took the ball to the frontcourt and handed it to Pippen.
Pippen broke through with the ball on the left wing, using the big one to beat the small one, and pushed McMillan to the left elbow.
At this time, on the right wing, Jordan used Toni Kukoc's pick-and-roll to cut inside. Zhou Quan followed up, and Kukoc ran to the right corner. Schrempf was a step slower.
"Whoosh!"
Pippen passed the ball to Kukoc.
Kukoc caught the ball and calmly took off the ball under Schrempf's flying block. The basketball flew towards the basket, and then penetrated the basket with a swipe.
"ah!"
Two thousand Bulls fans instantly became excited, and their cheers and shouts resounded throughout the central stadium.
"Rookie, good job!" Jordan shouted excitedly to Kukoc.
"Oops, at the critical moment, Cole and Kukoc, who came on the bench, both threw in a three-pointer and tied the game again." Zhang Liji shook his head.
Sun Zhenping said: "There are still 15 seconds left, and the SuperSonics called a timeout."
"Give the ball to Iron Fist, that's it."
At the critical moment, George Karl was already very nervous, but he still knew that he could only trust the team leader at this critical moment.
Seeing that George Karl had nothing else to say, Zhou Quan quickly called everyone over and said: "Guys, I will wait until the last minute to take action. If I can't score, it will go into overtime.
Remember, everyone spreads out. I hold the ball on the right wing and break through. Jordan will definitely double-guard against my breakthrough, but I will unexpectedly shoot a three-pointer. At this time, all of you rush in to grab the rebound. Do you understand? "
"Iron Fist, we only need two points to beat them. Will three points be a little risky?" George Karl said quickly.
Zhou Quan said: "Coach, you didn't expect me to ask for a three-pointer, and they must not have expected it either. In addition, I won't go out of my way to shoot a three-pointer. I mean shooting from the three-point line area."
Seeing Zhou Quan's insistence, the nervous George Karl could only nod in agreement.
On the Bulls bench, Phil Jackson is arranging defensive tactics.
"We'd better go to overtime. Except for Iron Fist and Rodman, they are all rookies in the finals. We have experience."
"To defend against this ball now, they must attack with an iron fist and hold the ball."
"Michael, although Iron Fist's three-pointer is very accurate, two-pointers are more stable. They only need to score two points, so I judge that they will ask for a two-pointer. You have to be careful of Iron Fist's breakthrough."
"clear."
The timeout ended and the SuperSonics served from the frontline.
Zhou Quan ran out from inside to catch the ball, and then immediately pulled it to the right three-point line, and was blocked by Michael Jordan.
Jordan went all out and kept moving his feet in small steps in order to react as quickly as possible.
"squeak!"
At this time, Zhou Quan broke through, without any probing steps, but directly from the outside.
Jordan retreated immediately, very timely.
"squeak!"
Zhou Quan stopped suddenly and dribbled the ball with his hips. After Jordan also stopped suddenly, he started to break through again, but this time he broke through from the inside.
Jordan quickly moved to the right, Zhou Quan braked again, turned around, took a step to the right, and once again tried to break through from the outside.
"No time!" Zhang Lili stood up from his seat in a hurry.
At this time, Michael Jordan changed direction again and moved to the left, but the distance from Zhou Quan was already widened and his center of gravity was unstable.
At this moment, Zhou Quan retracted his right foot and took a step back to outside the three-point line. The distance between him and Jordan suddenly widened to two meters.
"not good!"
Jordan knew it was broken as soon as he saw it, but his focus had been lost by the continuous changes of direction, and he could no longer go back.
"Take action!" Zhang Lili shouted.
The next moment, Zhou Quan took off, and with the support of his full level of mental willpower, he shot the basketball in his hand with the most calm attitude.
"brush!"
The basketball drew the most wonderful arc, and when the lights on the backboard came on, it plunged into the basket, splashing a pool of white water.
"Oh oh oh……"
When the crisp sound of washing baskets sounded, the loudest shouts swept through the Seattle Center Arena, and the scene was boiling.
Looking at the pierced basket, Jordan's eyes were filled with tears, but he was unable to change the result.
"Three-pointer, Zhou Quan hit a three-pointer, his third three-pointer of the game, he beat the Bulls, beat the Bulls!" Zhang Lili roared and shouted in excitement.
"Kill! Kick! Tekken three-pointer to kill the Bull!" Hnem Chrisman roared excitedly in the commentary box.
"It's so beautiful! At the critical moment, Iron Fist used continuous breakthroughs to make Jordan lose his defensive position, and then used a three-pointer to kill Jordan and beat the Bulls. The person who played the best tonight was Iron Fist." Liburd admired.
Magic Johnson smiled and said: "This is Tekken's first buzzer beater in the playoffs. It is the first buzzer beater in a total of ten series in the three playoffs. Congratulations to Tekken for winning the G1 game."
Larry Bird said: "I also want to remind the SuperSonics that if they play like this with the Bulls at home, if they play away from home, they will probably lose."
Magic Johnson nodded, shook his head and said: "The SuperSonics have one more home court. If this is the case, the SuperSonics will have the advantage.
But today, two of the Sonics' main players did not perform well, Perkins and Kendall Gill. Especially Gill, the absolute main shooting guard, his poor performance had a greater impact on the SuperSonics. "
(End of chapter)
