Magic offense.
In the backcourt, Pence advanced with the ball, but Zhou Quan kept retreating without trying to steal.
After being intercepted twice in a row, Pence's heart felt like a stone was pressed down on him, feeling a little stuffy and heavy.
Zhou Quan adjusted his retreating pace. He was looking for a rhythm and adjusted his pace to the same frequency as Pence's dribbling.
Pence has a height advantage in front of him, but everything has two sides. If the height advantage is placed on the height of dribbling, it will be a disadvantage.
When he retreated close to the midline, he finally adjusted his pace and the rhythm of Penny's dribbling to the same frequency, and then immediately started to counterattack and step forward.
Pence had just pushed down the bouncing basketball. The moment the ball left his hand, he noticed that the opponent's iron fist suddenly stopped and then pounced on him. He knew something was wrong and quickly leaned over to blast the ball while trying to turn around to protect the ball.
But it was too late. Zhou Quan took a step forward, reached forward with his arm, and placed his big hand on the basketball very accurately. He pushed the ball to the backcourt, then rushed forward, squeezed away the penny, and immediately took control. Basketball, launched a fast break in the backcourt.
"Another steal!" the assassin shouted excitedly.
"Oh oh oh……"
After the third steal in a row, the entire central gymnasium was already boiling.
"boom!"
Zhou Quan rushed into the paint area and then made a huge one-handed slam dunk. The cheers in the stadium immediately reached the peak.
After the cheers subsided, Zhang Lili smiled and said loudly to Xu Jicheng: "In the matchup with Zhou Quan, Pian's height has advantages and disadvantages. If he doesn't call the pick-and-roll, there is no way to fight Zhou Quan.
When Jordan played against Zhou Quan, he had to constantly use pick-and-roll screens, otherwise he would not be able to beat Zhou Quan in the finals. "
Xu Jicheng nodded repeatedly, his eyes only focused on the field and did not bother to talk to Zhang Lili.
This time, Pence moved widely in the backcourt, pulling from the center to the right wing, not giving Zhou Quan a chance to steal him. Then he came outside the three-point line and started a pick-and-roll with shooting guard Nick Anderson.
Zhou Quan and Kendall Gill switched defenses. After the split, Pence was still very cautious and immediately stayed away from Zhou Quan to avoid being double-teamed by him.
"boom!"
After pulling away, he made a jump shot over Gill's head, but missed.
On the left wing, Magic forward Donald Loyer is just an ordinary role player. The Magic has no talent and is in the starting lineup. His strength is very average, and he has no three-pointers and average mid-range shooting. Schrempf has already abandoned him at this time and rushed in. Basket.
Rodman rushed to the basket earlier, and the three surrounded O'Neal.
This is the fast flanking defensive tactic emphasized by George Karl. A super center like O'Neal who is very dominant at the basket, if he is allowed to grab offensive rebounds under the basket, the consequences will be very serious, so the flanking attack on him must be strengthened, and Protection of backcourt rebounds.
"Snapped!"
Matt Geiger protected the rebound. At this time, Zhou Quan from the outside had turned around and quickly threw the ball away.
"boom!"
Nick Anderson failed to catch up with Zhou Quan and the defensive rhythm failed to keep up. Zhou Quan dunked again.
The assassin smiled and said: "0:8, Magic was stunned."
Bill Laimbeer scolded: "The Eastern Conference has degenerated. I can't believe that a bad team like the Magic is allowed to become No. 1 in the league."
"Haha..." The assassin laughed.
This time, O'Neal finally caught the ball in the low post on the left wing.
While dribbling, after arching his back twice, he entered the paint area, suddenly turned around, and dribbled with his right hand at the same time, preparing to pull up and drive into the basket for a dunk.
But at this moment, Zhou Quan jumped down from above. When the basketball bounced off the floor, he leaned over and fished the ball away with a very precise move.
"Asshole Iron Fist, give me the ball back."
After finally catching the ball, it was stolen by Zhou Quan. O'Neal was so anxious that he turned around and chased after him.
His pursuit made Zhou Quan sweat all over his body.
Zhou Quan was blocked by Pence at the top of the arc. After he changed direction and broke through, he found that O'Neal was chasing him and couldn't get rid of him.
"Wow, how fast is this shark?" the assassin exclaimed.
"Oh, does this kid have a jet engine installed on his butt?" Bill Laimbeer also exclaimed.
Zhou Quan had a penny on his left and a shark on his right. When he reached the top of the arc, he suddenly came to an emergency stop.
This time, Penny stopped at the free throw line two steps ago, but Shark didn't dare to stop for fear of throwing himself out, so he rushed directly to the basket before stopping.
Zhou Quan took off from the top of the arc and shot a three-pointer. Nick Anderson rushed from the left to block the shot, but was a beat too slow to catch up.
"brush!"
The water splashed and he hit a three-pointer.
"Oh ho!"
The whole place was filled with joy.
"It was so unstoppable, Iron Fist made 5 of 5 shots, scored 11 points in a row, and stopped the magic." The assassin laughed.
"The opponent is too bad." Ranbir said helplessly.
The assassin analyzed: "This Magic is indeed good, but Pence is still too young and cannot deal with Iron Fist's defense. His performance tonight is not worth looking forward to.
As for O'Neal, I think it will be difficult for him to make a difference under the SuperSonics' powerful fast flanking tactics. "
In the end, the Sonics successfully defeated the Magic, 17 wins and 4 losses, and the Magic 17 wins and 5 losses. The SuperSonics topped the league with an advantage of half a game.
O'Neal made only 6 of 15 shots in 30 minutes, a 40% shooting percentage, and 3 of 7 free throws. He scored 15 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 turnover and 4 fouls.
Pence performed too poorly under Zhou Quan's defense, scoring only 2 points on 1 of 4 shots. He only played 17 minutes and didn't come up.
Zhou Quan clocked in three quarters and made 14 of 20 shots, with a shooting percentage of 70%. He made 3 of 5 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws. He scored 35 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, 7 steals, 1 block, 0 turnovers and 2 fouls.
"Shark, your pennies may not be able to help you. Why don't you help me after the contract ends? The boss will definitely give you a veteran contract."
After the game, Zhou Quan sincerely made suggestions to O'Neal.
O'Neal's little eyes widened and he said dissatisfiedly: "Iron Fist, you broke my ball three times today, I remember it. But you are so stupid that you don't dare to rush in and fight. If you rush in and hit me in the next game, ah!"
Zhou Quan said in surprise: "Shark, do you have masochism and want me to rush in and dunk you?"
"Who has masochism? Don't talk nonsense, it's slander. You can't isolate me, so don't think about good things." O'Neal screamed in anger.
Zhou Quan laughed and said: "I have dunked on both Dameng and Ewing. The only shortcomings among the four super centers are you and David Robinson. Sooner or later, I will get you two together."
"I'll kill you!"
O'Neill was so angry that he slapped his hands in the air.
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It was only 8 o'clock the next morning. He hadn't gotten up yet and was woken up by a phone call.
"Tekken, Dennis played with a few girls all night after the game last night. He slipped in the bathroom this morning and suffered a back and waist injury. He has been sent to the hospital. The results of the examination were not good. He suffered from an old injury. It is estimated that there will be a truce for at least twenty or thirty games."
The caller was General Manager Whithit, telling him very bad news.
Zhou Quan really wants to kill Rodman. He also plans to try his best to win another MVP this season, but this is probably going to be ruined.
After a quick breakfast, he rushed to the hospital.
"Dennis, did you fall because your legs were weak from playing at night?" Zhou Quan said angrily.
Rodman, who was lying on the hospital bed, didn't speak, but just laughed non-stop.
The results came out in the afternoon, and it was determined that he would be out for at least two months. After returning, it would take some time to recover, at least two and a half months.
The team announced Rodman's news to the public, and many major media immediately adjusted the SuperSonics out of the first-tier team.
The Sonics then played six more games, winning five and losing to the Nuggets, who swept the first round of the playoffs last time, completing all the regular season in the last month of 1994.
22 wins and 5 losses, still ranked first in the league for the time being.
But the Bulls have caught up with a wave of winning streak. Like the Magic, they have 21 wins and 6 losses, only one win behind the Sonics.
On January 1, 1995, the league announced the MVP ranking list, and Zhou Quan ranked first.
December's Player of the Month goes to Ceballos of the Lakers.
At the same time, the league announced the start of All-Star voting, which will last for four weeks and end in the early morning of January 29.
This year's New Year's Eve is January 30th. Zhou Quan contacted his family and asked them to come to the United States to celebrate the New Year. Passports and other matters were already issued for them in advance last time.
On the 3rd, Zhou Quan was already in Washington and received a call from his agent.
"Zhou, the WBC hopes that you will play a qualifying challenge during the All-Star period. If you win, you will play in the World Boxing Championship Challenge this offseason." Philip said very excitedly.
"So urgent?" Zhou Quan was a little surprised.
"Think about it. You need to reply to them as soon as possible. There are only twenty days left. Once you decide, you need to start promoting it immediately." Philip said.
"I'm worried that if we have a boxing match during the All-Star Weekend, it will trigger opposition from the league." Zhou Quan said hesitantly.
"So, should it still be arranged in the offseason?" Philip obviously also had some concerns.
"I think this is the best, I don't want to be distracted during the season." Zhou Quan said.
"Okay, I'll notify them."
Feliping said this and added: "Zhou, the last boxing match with David Tua was a boxing promoter recommended to us by WBC. As a result, the PPV sales were very good. Your challenge will definitely have more Promoters want to cooperate with us, what do you mean?”
"You are the agent, you decide." Zhou Quan said.
"Okay, Zhou, I won't let you suffer. This time I will find you the best top promoter and negotiate the best terms." Philip said happily.
The January schedule continued, and in the absence of Rodman, the Sonics' record began to decline slowly, but there was no significant decline.
Zhou Quan has increased his playing time. In the first two months, he did not exceed 40 minutes. Starting from this month, his playing time increased to 43 minutes. His average playing time per game is slowly increasing, and his data is also increasing.
On the 8th, the first round of All-Star voting ended.
Jordan got 940,000 votes last year, not exceeding one million, but this time he got 450,000 votes in the first week, which is amazing. This means that his popularity has completely returned after winning the championship again.
After Jordan, there is Grant Hill, with 350,000 votes in the first week. As a rookie, this number of votes is also amazing.
Followed by O'Neal, with 340,000 votes in the first week, which is not low.
But the most astonishing and jaw-dropping thing is Zhou Quan, who received a terrifying 510,000 votes in the first week, surpassing Jordan by 60,000 votes, ranking first.
The NBA editor-in-chief of the New York Times published an article on the front page, saying: "In this All-Star voting, the influence of the super crossover king has been best reflected.
But we think this is unfair. Many people who voted for Iron Fist are not necessarily basketball fans. They may be golf fans, or boxing fans.
We firmly believe that in the field of basketball and around the world, Michael Jordan is still the most popular basketball player. "
"As the loser of the finals, Iron Fist actually received more votes than the winner Michael Jordan. This is incredible. We think this is unfair. We recommend increasing the voting power of professional media reporters." Chicago Sports News.
"It's a little sour."
In an interview with the media, Isiah Thomas, the Smiling Assassin, talked about the news reports of the New York Times and Chicago Sports News, saying in a mocking tone:
“In the entire sports world, this vote fully demonstrates that Iron Fist’s influence and popularity have surpassed Jordan’s.
Some people want to stop it, but they can't influence the world. They can only make some sour and smelly remarks. "
On the 14th, Zhou Quan's dock was built, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars.
His pier has attracted the interest of many wealthy people who live here. Many people come here specifically to visit, including Bill Gates and Ballmer. Many people even take away his design drawings and plan to modify their own private piers.
Half lying on a lounge chair in the transparent coffee room on the pier, protected from the wind, able to bask in the sun, and enjoy the lake view, Zhou Quan drank coffee leisurely while flipping through a yacht magazine.
Nowadays, yachts of about 30 meters are popular among the rich. The luxury type costs more than three million US dollars. Although it is a bit expensive, he plans to buy one.
After owning a yacht, you can play in Lake Washington or go out to sea along the canal, which is very convenient.
Moreover, playing with yachts is of a higher standard than playing with sports cars. After joining the Yachting Association, his circle of contacts will be further expanded. The Yachting Association is full of rich people.
He is not an American, so it is difficult for him to truly enter the upper-class social circle, so he needs to further consolidate and expand, and make more connections, in order to continue to improve his social status.
He knew very well that whether it was basketball or boxing, it would be difficult for him to enter the upper class.
Michael Tyson is very strong, the most aggressive world boxing champion in history, but his social status is very low. According to media reports, Tyson, who is now in prison, often suffers racial discrimination and his life in prison is very difficult.
Jordan is very strong, Michael Jackson is very strong, but so what, which one of them has not been blackballed by the media and turned into a dog?
The social status of Chinese people in the United States is the lowest, far inferior to that of black people. One thing that is very important for him to reach this point is that during the NCAA period, he showed his toughness and iron-bloodedness as the first executioner in the NCAA, thus fitting in with the United States. People's hobbies have laid a foundation for themselves and gained initial social recognition.
But that is a social identity belonging to the ordinary class, and boxing is the same, but it can continue to strengthen this social identity.
And if he wants to enter the upper class, he also needs new recognition, golf, tennis and other sports, yachting, some contacts with Hollywood, etc. These are all channels to the upper class.
Since he lives in the United States, of course he hopes to live a better and more dignified life.
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(End of chapter)
