BJ caught the ball in the backcourt, and Zhou Quan made a pressing gesture towards Kendall Gill. Gill immediately started to press. BJ was not interested in the ball. When he saw Zhou Quan behind Jordan, he immediately passed the ball over.
Jordan was very cautious and took a step forward to catch the ball, but at this time Zhou Quan's pressing had already begun, and he stepped forward faster than him. The two hands of the two people met the ball at the same time, and it was not known who touched it, and the ball bounced to the other side. BJ and Jill's side.
Gill was in a better position and immediately saved the basketball, picked it up first, then dribbled upward toward the basket, carrying BJ's defense for a layup.
"boom!"
Gill missed a layup. Zhou Quan and Jordan took off at the same time. One wanted to grab the rebound and the other wanted to make up for a dunk. Jordan jumped higher and hit the ball high in the air first.
The next moment, Rodman rushed in and grabbed the rebound before four people under the basket.
When Zhou Quan received the ball, the rest of the Bulls ran back. His panoramic view saw Schrempf stopping on the right three-point line. There was no one around him. Pippen had already run into the paint area and quickly retreated. One step and passed the ball.
"brush!"
Schrempf received the ball, and there was no Bulls player within three meters, so he calmly took off, shot a three-pointer, and the basketball went hollow into the basket.
"96:83, it's 13 points again." Xu Jicheng said excitedly.
"Beautiful, this is considered a steal by Iron Fist. It's the fifth time and the second time in this quarter." Zhang Lili said excitedly.
Bulls offense.
"boom!"
When Jordan saw Zhou Quan hitting consecutive three-pointers, he also wanted to try for a three-pointer, so he stopped outside the three-point line and made a jump shot, but missed.
"boom!"
Looking back, Zhou Quan shot another three-pointer, but also missed.
Jordan has upgraded the defense of his three-pointers to the highest level, and even mainly defends shots from outside the three-point line.
"6 out of 11 shots, the hit rate is over 50%." Zhang Lili said with a little regret.
"brush!"
Jordan changed his tune and hit his best mid-range shot.
"44 points," Larry Bird said.
When it was the Sonics' turn to attack, Zhou Quan also changed his tune.
The last time he attacked Jordan, the defensive focus was already on shooting, so he had to catch Michael Jordan off guard.
When advancing to the top of the arc, he first transitioned the ball and then caught it back, and then assumed a triple threat posture outside the three-point line.
"This kid must be pretending to commit suicide."
Jordan is the top outside defender. Last time he defended Zhou Quan's three-pointer, so this time he guessed that Zhou Quan would probably break through. Otherwise, Zhou Quan would not have to make a transition ball at all and would be a three-threat player.
Sure enough, the next moment Zhou Quan put his feet up, and while standing up, he held the ball in his hands and swayed upwards.
Jordan reacted quickly. He also raised his feet and stretched his hands upward, making a blocking gesture.
The next moment, Zhou Quan collected the ball, lowered his body, and quickly stepped forward with his right foot to the left of Jordan.
But at this moment, Jordan seemed to be faster. He moved his feet and retreated in an instant.
"Damn it, it turned out to be a fake attack and a real one?"
However, just when he finished retreating, he was stunned and looked at Zhou Quan with his right foot retracted in surprise.
"Three points!" Zhang Lili shouted.
When Jordan retreated, Zhou Quan had retracted his right foot, then calmly took off, and the ball in his hand flew towards the basket.
"brush!"
The moment the water splashed, a burst of enthusiastic and excited cheers erupted from the Supersonic side.
"Hey, Fei Ren, this means I've predicted your prediction." After succeeding, Zhou Quan's trash talk came.
"Damn predictions!"
Jordan was so angry that his face was almost bleeding, and the anger turned into sharp light from his eyes, staring hard at Zhou Quan's face.
At this time the Bulls attacked and called a timeout.
"Haha, 41 points. Continuous fake moves, Zhou Quan's fake moves are really many, and they are very realistic." Xu Jicheng laughed excitedly in the CCTV commentary box.
"This shows that he has a good mentality and only dares to make moves at critical moments." Zhang Li said with a smile.
"7 of 12 three-pointers, Zhou Quan's three-pointers today are going to the sky!" Xu Jicheng burst into laughter.
"In the battle to win the championship, there must be something shocking, haha!" Zhang Lili was the same, smiling so hard that his face fell.
In the TNT commentary box, Larry Bird laughed: "Seven three-pointers. This seems to be the game in which Iron Fist has made the most three-pointers."
Magic Johnson said: "In the 1992 Finals, Michael hit 6 three-pointers in the half and scored 35 points in the half. The touch is coming, no matter how you shoot, the touch of Iron Fist today is not as hot as Michael's in that game. It's a pity today Michael didn't play like he did that day."
Larry Bird laughed and said: "Iron Fist's defense is not comparable to that of a glider. Although he can't guard Jordan who is attacking with all his strength, he can't let Jordan hit so many three-pointers on his head."
Magic said a little dissatisfied: "Larry, are you saying that Michael's defense is not as good as Iron Fist?"
Larry Bird smiled and said: "Ervin, Iron Fist's stealing ability is too strong. When he attacks with the ball in front of Iron Fist, he is more cautious than when Iron Fist attacks with the ball in front of him.
What I mean is that Iron Fist was more daring to make moves in front of Jordan. Let me ask you, when have you ever seen Jordan do such fake moves in front of Iron Fist?
I can tell you for sure that as long as he dares to expose the ball to Tie Fist for a long time, Tie Fist will definitely steal him. "
The magician thought for a while and it seemed like this.
Larry Bird added: "Jordan's shooting percentage is higher when playing alone, relying on his more comprehensive and mature shooting skills, richer experience, and natural physical height advantage.
In terms of height and wingspan, he must be at least 15 centimeters taller than Iron Fist. This advantage can never be made up by Iron Fist. "
But in terms of breakthrough skills, movement speed, fake moves, three-pointers, and threat with the ball, Iron Fist is indeed better than Michael Jordan. "
"Strengthen your defense and don't let them catch up."
In front of the SuperSonics bench, a sweaty George Karl shouted nervously and excitedly.
"Michael, you have to stand up."
On the Bulls side, Phil Jackson, who was not in good form, had no other choice but to place his hopes of a comeback on Jordan.
At this time the timeout ends and the game restarts.
Jordan tried his best and wanted to make a comeback on his own, taking consecutive shots.
But how could Zhou Quan lose the championship he had almost won? In the last few minutes, he focused all his energy on assists and defense.
Jordan had been working hard for the whole game. At this time, with the consumption of physical energy, his condition finally declined. Under Zhou Quan's defense, he missed one after another and was intercepted once.
The Sonics were also distracted due to physical reasons and because the players were about to win the championship, and their condition also declined, but fortunately they did not let the Bulls narrow the point difference.
The game is gradually coming to an end. The two thousand fans of the Sonics at the scene are getting more and more nervous and excited. The same goes for players like Kendall Gill and Schrempf who are eager to win the championship.
As far away as Seattle, countless SuperSonics fans feel the same way.
"There's no suspense anymore."
With two minutes left on the clock, the Bulls were already 15 points behind, and Larry Bird said in a very positive tone.
"Michael failed to defend his title, Iron Fist will win his second crown." Magic Johnson nodded.
"Two championships in four years. This is his fourth season. He has just entered his peak period. I can definitely say that two championships are definitely not his limit." Larry Bird said with a smile.
"Snapped!"
At this time, Zhou Quan once again stole Jordan, who was about to break through with the ball, and made a fast break, helping the team widen the point difference to 17 points.
"The 7th steal. Zhou Quan scored 47 points and Jordan scored 48 points." Zhang Liangli's voice began to tremble with excitement.
"That's right, there are less than two minutes left, time goes by so slowly!"
Xu Jicheng was even more nervous and excited. This was the first time for him to watch Zhou Quan win the championship live, and it was the second time for Zhang Liyi.
"brush!"
With 48 seconds left, Zhou Quan hit another three-pointer, raising his score to 50 points.
"It's amazing. He made 8 of 14 three-pointers and a shooting percentage of 57%. Zhou Quan performed like Jordan did in the first half of the Finals in 1992, and scored 50+ points for the first time." Zhang Lili said very excitedly.
"This is also Zhou Quan's first 50+ in his career." Xu Jicheng smiled in surprise.
"Beep!"
As the referee's whistle sounds, the game ends.
"We won! We are the championship!"
Zhou Quan threw the basketball in his hand high into the air and yelled at his teammates.
After being traded from the Pistons to the SuperSonics, he was also under a lot of pressure, because the SuperSonics reached the Western Conference Finals the previous season, and now they successfully won the championship in the second season, and his pressure was finally relieved.
"We are the championship!"
Schrempf and Kendall Gill cheered and ran towards Zhou Quan.
"Oh ho!"
People on the SuperSonics bench rushed to the court one after another. Two thousand visiting fans had already stood up and started cheering heartily.
"Congratulations to Zhou Quan! Congratulations to the SuperSonics! This is Zhou Quan's second championship, and it is also the SuperSonics' second championship..." Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.
"Awesome! Congratulations to Zhou Quan, haha..."
Xu Jicheng was so happy that he burst into tears and shouted: "Qiaodan will get older and older, and it may be the era when Zhou Quan dominates the world."
"The era that belonged to Zhou Quan, the Iron Fist era that Jordan once mocked? Haha!" Zhang Lili couldn't help but think about it.
"Congratulations to Iron Fist, you once again defeated the current number one Michael Jordan. You have proved with your performance that you now indeed have the strength and influence to challenge the number one Michael Jordan." Larry Bird said with a smile. .
"..."
Magic Johnson turned his head and glanced at his career nemesis Larry Bird in shock, but could not refute this sentence.
"well!"
The Bulls fans at the scene and in front of the TV were disappointed and sad at this time, and countless people burst into tears.
"Is it finished?"
On the sidelines, Phil Jackson's eyes were confused. Like Jordan, he also wanted to defend his title and win three consecutive championships, but his dream was once again shattered by a Chinese punch.
The loss was all Jerry Krause's fault. If it hadn't been for him, the team wouldn't have had internal strife at the most critical moment. At this moment, he hated the fat man.
Not far away, NBA Commissioner David Stern stood up, smiled and applauded the victors, the Sonics and Zhou Quan.
In this finals series, with the exciting showdown between the two most popular and influential superstars in the league, the ratings have exceeded all previous history. This game reached its peak of 56 million, and you can see the back of the Super Bowl.
This is an unprecedented peak in ratings for the NBA. If this development continues for a few more years, the league should be able to reach the second position among the four major professional sports leagues in North America.
Jordan lost the finals and was unable to defend his title. At his current age, he is afraid that he will never have the chance to complete three consecutive championships in the future. He is very sorry, but that's all.
Zhou Quan won the All-Star vote this year, which makes him very happy. No matter how many of those votes are not basketball fans, he believes that a large number of them are likely to be converted into NBA fans, and this is the influence of Zhou Quan now. force.
In fact, what he wants to see most is that such a superstar wins the championship in the competition with Jordan. After the Magic Bird era, the black and yellow era has begun.
He now only hopes that Jordan can stick to it for a few more seasons to avoid allowing Zhou Quan to dominate alone. Otherwise, the media will definitely attack him in groups, which is what he does not want to see.
On the court, at the moment the game ended, the exhausted Jordan knelt directly on the floor, covering his face with his hands, and uncontrollable tears immediately mixed with sweat and poured down like rain.
"Hey!"
At this time Zhou Quan's voice sounded in front of him.
Jordan suddenly wiped his face and looked up. It was the person he hated the most at this time, Iron Fist.
He gritted his teeth and climbed up, stretched out his hand, but closed his mouth tightly.
Zhou Quan reached out and shook his hand, then immediately let go, but said: "I will have a boxing match next to compete for the qualification to challenge the WBC heavyweight world boxing championship. You should know that, I hope you can come to watch the match."
After saying this, he turned around and left without waiting for Jordan's reaction, continuing to celebrate with his teammates and friends.
"let's go."
Jordan also turned around and left his home court with his teammates.
"Congratulations, Iron Fist." Ballmer sent his congratulations.
"Congratulations to you too, boss." Zhou Quan smiled.
"It's a win-win for us," Ballmer said with a smile.
In the CCTV commentary box, Zhang Lili took over the information compiled by his assistant and said: "It was a really fierce game tonight. Jordan scored 50 points, super data, but the winner was Zhou Quan, who also scored 50 points."
Xu Jicheng continued: "In the six finals, Jordan scored 38, 33, 43, 31, 48, and tonight's 50 points. He scored a total of 243 points, averaging 40.5 points per game, and his field goal percentage was 46.5. %.
His state is really strong. He was forced out by Zhou Quan. Without Zhou Quan, he should not be able to perform like this. "
Zhang Liji nodded and said: "Potential is forced out by opponents. Michael Jordan is so strong. As a winner, Zhou Quan is in even better shape.
But by self-comparison, Jordan's efficiency is not as good as last year. Last year's shooting percentage in the finals was 47.5%. His strength is indeed declining.
Zhou Quan scored 30, 32, 41, 25, 47 respectively in the finals, as well as 50 points tonight, for a total of 225 points, averaging 37.5 points per game and shooting 52.1% from the field.
Several other statistics include 4.5 rebounds, 11.5 assists, 6.3 steals, 2 blocks, 2.7 turnovers and 3.2 fouls. His offensive efficiency is one of the key reasons for winning the championship. "
Xu Jicheng praised and said: "Zhou Quan's scores, steals and blocks all exceeded last year's finals, which shows that Zhou Quan is stronger than last year, while Jordan is on the decline. With this performance, it would be a pity not to beat Jordan."
"Haha!" Zhang Lili couldn't help laughing.
By this time, the Bulls fans had begun to leave, and the championship award ceremony had begun.
Boss Ballmer took the championship trophy from David Stern and raised it high. Two thousand SuperSonics fans and countless fans as far away as Seattle immediately raised their arms and cheered.
When Zhou Quan received the trophy, the cheers reached their peak.
"The only regret is that it's not at home!" Zhang Li said with a smile.
"Indeed, the home stadium must be ten times more lively than here." Xu Jicheng also said regretfully.
"Crack, click, click..."
The media reporters began to take pictures, and after taking a few pictures, the staff handed an envelope to David Stern.
"Okay, the voting results for FMVP are out. There is no doubt about this. Quan was unanimously elected in the Pistons the year before last, and it will definitely be the same this time." Zhang Lili said excitedly.
"Congratulations to Zhou Quan, who received 9 votes and was unanimously elected as the MVP of this finals." David Stern said with a smile.
"Oh ho!"
Warm cheers erupted from the scene.
"Oh oh oh..."
Zhou Quan laughed and took the trophy, holding it high, making the cheers even louder.
Seeing Zhou Quan holding two trophies and being baptized by the media cameras, superstars such as Barkley, Dameng and Ewing went crazy with envy.
"When will it be my turn?" Buckley's jealousy, envy, and hatred overflowed.
"This is mine. If I reach the finals, I will definitely beat Jordan." Dameng couldn't wait to rush up and grab it.
"There is no hope in the East, and there seems to be no hope in the West. Where is my path to winning the championship?" Ewing was very confused.
His contract has ended, and the Knicks management is negotiating with his agent, David Falk, who is also Jordan's agent. There is no hope of winning the championship. He can only pursue his pursuit of tens of millions of annual salary. It is reasonable to make a little more money. .
"I will definitely have it too."
David Robinson looked at the championship trophy with envy in his eyes.
"Iron Fist, come on, lend me a photo."
"And I."
After the media took photos, Reggie Miller and a group of O'Neal's friends ran over and snatched both of his trophies away.
"Iron Fist, congratulations." Rambo smiled and walked up to hug Zhou Quan.
"Thank you!" Zhou Quan smiled.
A group of Hollywood stars gathered around and sent their congratulations.
"Iron Fist, I will support you on September 15th." Denzel Washington, an avid boxing fan, then asked.
Zhou Quan smiled and nodded: "Your support is very important to me."
The celebration at the United Center ended abruptly. At twelve o'clock, the Sonics left the arena and went to a booked nightclub to celebrate all night long.
(End of chapter)
