Hardaway played two games in a row, missed the key one, and was intercepted after making a mistake. Now that O'Neal is about to reach the position under the basket, he has to pass the ball.
When Zhou Quan heard O'Neal's shout, his nerves immediately tensed up. While squatting down, his eyes not only did not stare at Hardaway, but moved elsewhere.
This paralyzed Hardaway. Hardaway didn't know that Zhou Quan's panoramic vision was only effective even in the peripheral vision, so he immediately joined the ball and prepared to pass the ball.
"Snapped!"
The next moment, when Anfernee Hardaway connected the ball, Zhou Quan accurately raised the ball with his left hand and hit the ball into the sky.
"oh!"
Amid the exclamations of Magic fans, Zhou Quan turned around and jammed Hardaway, then jumped up to grab the ball.
Hawkins at the top of the arc began to go down again, and Nick Anderson chased on the left, cutting off the passing angle between him and Zhou Quan.
Zhou Quan advanced from the left wing, and Hardaway chased on the left. When he reached 60 degrees of the three-point line on the left wing, he suddenly stopped, completed the ball at the same time, and then quickly pushed in the direction of Hawkins who was rushing to the basket.
"Pass! No?"
This action made Hardaway look instinctively towards Hawkins, and he immediately realized that it was a fake action. When he looked back, Zhou Quan had already taken off.
"Three points?"
Zhang Lili stared at the orange basketball, and then shouted excitedly: "I won!"
Xu Jicheng smiled and said: "The Magic failed to attack three times. Zhou Quan stole Penny Hardaway twice. The other time was also a successful defense. He prevented the Magic's attack by one person. The defensive state is really good today!"
On the court, Hardaway wiped the sweat from his forehead, pushed Zhou Quan beside him with his right hand, and asked for the ball with his left hand.
It was Grant who served behind the baseline. He did not serve to Hardaway, but to shooting guard Nick Anderson.
"The Cobras are still very stable. The Magic failed to attack three times. The most important thing now is to get rid of Zhou Quan's defense and attack first." Zhang Liji said with a smile.
"As long as the ball holder is not in front of Zhou Quan, he can pass it to O'Neal. When O'Neal, the big killer at the basket, gets the ball, the SuperSonics have no way to defend it." Xu Jicheng nodded.
Zhang Lili said: "When O'Neal entered the league four years ago, it was 125 kilograms. The current tonnage is about 135 kilograms, maybe 140 kilograms. There is no exact data.
With such a large tonnage, he is as flexible as a shark. As long as he gets the ball under the basket, two or three people can't stop him. "
Anderson came to the frontcourt, saw O'Neal entering the basket, and immediately hoisted the ball in.
When the ball was lobbed in, Matt Geiger, Earvin Johnson, and even Almon Gilliam rushed in to double-team O'Neal.
O'Neal took off in the crowd. He was the tallest, had the best wingspan, and had the best bounce. After he jumped up, he was head-high. The moment he caught the ball with both hands, he didn't make any adjustments and hit the basket directly.
"boom!"
The entire basket frame was smashed and sank, as if it was about to collapse.
"Oh ho!"
The Amway Center Arena immediately burst into warm cheers.
"The alley dunk is so strong!" Xu Jicheng praised.
"Look, the monster under the basket can't stop him at all." Zhang Liji shook his head.
"Nick, good pass!"
On the court, O'Neal shouted excitedly to Anderson after he succeeded.
Zhou Quan noticed that Hardaway's face looked a little bad. He knew that Hardaway must have had an idea, and his relationship with O'Neal was not as simple as before.
In fact, he hopes that O'Neal will stay in the Eastern Conference, so that he can cause some trouble for Jordan in the past two years. When Jordan gets old, with the strength of O'Neal and Hardaway, he can really dominate the Eastern Conference.
But O'Neal really went to the West. Unless he joined forces with David Robinson, he would not be able to compete with the SuperSonics in a short time if he joined other teams.
He judged that if the Magic really did not give O'Neal the contract he wanted, O'Neal's most likely destinations would be the Lakers and Trail Blazers, because only these two teams could afford a billion-dollar contract.
Of course, there are Knicks in the East who can afford O'Neal the contract he wants, but the Knicks already have Ewing, unless they switch teams, and if the Magic choose Hardaway and give up O'Neal, there is a high probability that he will be traded to the West.
8:2, SuperSonics offense.
At the top of the arc, while dribbling, Zhou Quan used a tentative step to break through from the right, then quickly pulled back, tried again, and then pulled back.
Under this situation, Hardaway, who repeatedly retreated and came back, failed to keep up with the rhythm. He was shaken back by the second test step and almost fell down.
"brush!"
Zhou Quan calmly took a three-pointer from the top of the arc and hit it.
"An open three-pointer? Beautiful!" Xu Jicheng said excitedly.
"He scored eight points on three of three shots and two of two three-pointers. Zhou Quan's touch today seems not to have been affected by back-to-back games." Zhang Li said with a smile.
11:2, the Magic called a timeout.
Next, Hardaway increased his passes to O'Neal. Facing Zhou Quan's strong defense, he had to reduce his shots.
Then the game entered the performance time of O'Neal and Zhou Quan. One was devastating on the inside, and the other was invincible on the outside.
In the first half, O'Neal was very physical. He made 9 of 12 shots in the half, plus 3 of 8 free throws, and scored 21 points.
Zhou Quan made 10 of 16 shots in the half, with a shooting percentage of 62.5%, 2 of 5 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 26 points.
However, because Gilliam and Hawkins reduced their playing time, and without McMillan, Zhou Quan played with a few fringe players for half of the second quarter. Therefore, after the first half, the Magic relied on a complete The rotation equalized the score.
In the third quarter, after halftime, O'Neal's physical fitness could still be maintained. He made 4 of 7 shots in a single quarter, a shooting percentage of 57.1%, and 3 of 7 free throws. Although he scored 11 points, his efficiency began to decline.
George Karl used Earvin Johnson and edge men Steve Scheffler and Sherrel Ford to double-team O'Neal, draining his energy and forcing him to do his best on every offense.
Zhou Quan felt very good today. In the third quarter, he made 5 of 8 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws. He scored 14 points in a single quarter and 40 points in three quarters.
After three quarters, the Magic trailed by 7 points.
In the final quarter, O'Neal couldn't play or run, and Hardaway took over the offense.
Zhou Quan immediately focused his main energy on the defensive end. Knowing that his opponent would definitely take a lot of shots, he stole the opponent three times in eight minutes, played consecutive defensive counterattacks, and directly defeated Hardaway and the Magic with defense. He scored another 10 points on 5 of 7 shots in the quarter.
Hardaway made 2 of 7 shots in a single quarter, made as many as 5 turnovers in a single quarter, and the team fell behind by 15 points, and then the Magic surrendered.
After the game, Zhang Lili said: "O'Neal played 42 minutes, making 15 of 24 shots, a shooting percentage of 62.5%, and 7 of 17 free throws, a shooting percentage of 41.2%. He scored 37 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 blocks, 4 turnovers and 4 fouls.
Hardaway made 5 of 15 shots, shooting 33.3% from the field, 0 of 4 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 12 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 9 turnovers and 3 fouls. "
Xu Jicheng said: "Zhou Quan played 45 minutes, making 20 of 31 shots, a shooting percentage of 64.5%, 3 of 7 three-pointers, and 7 of 7 free throws. He scored exactly 50 points in the game, and also had 4 rebounds, 10 assists, and 7 steals. Data of 2 blocks, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls.”
Zhang Liji said with a smile: "This is the fourth time Zhou Quan has scored 50+ points this season and played 50+ points. He hit 50+ points again tonight. His firepower this season is obviously stronger than last season.
Of course, this is also due to injuries. No one is available. He can only strengthen his personal offense, and even his playing time has increased significantly. "
Xu Jicheng nodded and said: "I would like to remind Zhou Quan that he still needs to control his playing time to avoid injuries."
With 27 wins and 4 losses, the Sonics continue to sit first in the league.
The next away game is the Bucks on the 9th. There are still three days in between. The SuperSonics have decided that it is impossible to return to the West. They will stay in Miami for two more days and go to Milwaukee on the 8th.
At noon the next day, Philip called from Los Angeles and told Zhou Quan that the first round of contract renewal negotiations with Skechers had gone well and the results were good.
“They are willing to give a lifetime contract in exchange for 7% of Skechers shares, as well as certain endorsement fees and signing fees.
It also promised to establish a separate company for the Iron Fist brand after the listing, and use 5% of Skechers shares to replace two-thirds of the shares of the Iron Fist brand company, 66.7%.
Zhou, by then, in addition to the shares of Iron Fist Brand Company, you will also own 2% of the shares of the parent company Skechers. "
"It sounds pretty good. As long as Skechers doesn't collapse and my brand shoes can still be sold, this will be a lifelong job." Zhou Quan said.
Philip smiled and said: "It's not a lifelong job. This job can still be inherited. It's a company share, as long as you don't sell it."
"Yes, you can discuss the details with them and then sign the contract. I have no other opinions." Zhou Quan said.
"OK."
Philip added: "By the way, Zhou, I entrusted Bob Arum to apply to the WBC, and the WBC agreed to postpone your first mandatory title defense, but it must be held before October 1 next year.
In other words, WBC gives you a full year. The general defense period is half a year, with a maximum extension of three months. "
"Great, then give Arum the promotion rights for the title defense. This is what he deserves." Zhou Quan said happily.
"Okay, I'll inform him, he will be very happy, haha!"
When Philip said this, he paused and said: "Zhou, do you want to arrange Michael Tyson as your challenger? I actually don't recommend that you fight him. Don King is too difficult to deal with.
And I think it’s better for you to fight Holyfield, Arum also suggested this. He weighs about the same as you, but his physical fitness is worse than you. "
Zhou Quan said: "Tyson's popularity should still be higher than Holyfield's now, right? In this way, isn't Tyson's contract with Don King about to end? If he finds another agent, he can also consider it. But Holyfield Field can do it too, I agree to fight him."
He believed that Philip recommended him to fight Holyfield, and Arum should have done the work for him.
Holyfield was also a boxer under Don King before. His current manager and promoter is Lou Duva, a very senior boxing manager and promoter in the United States. He is over 70 years old and has a deep relationship with Arum.
Philip suddenly said: "Zhou, I talked with Mr. Bob Arum, and he promised me to take me into the industry.
What I mean is that I can officially intervene in your boxing match as your boxing agent and promoter.
Don't worry, Zhou, I will never harm your interests, I promise. "
"Oh, that's no problem. As an investor, you can make more money from it, but being a promoter also requires a large investment." Zhou Quan said with a smile.
"Haha, Zhou, how could you lose money in your boxing match?" Phillip said very happily.
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"Don, where did the money in my account go?"
At this time, Michael Tyson was furious at Don King on the other end of the phone.
After being released from prison, Tang Jin arranged his schedule very tightly. In addition to training, he also gave him three million US dollars to spend. He did not even notice that more than 100 million US dollars were left in his account. Not much. If he hadn't used his credit card to buy a car today, he wouldn't have known about it at all.
After checking at the bank, it turned out that his agent, Don King, had transferred all the money one after another during the past three years.
"Who asked you to hit me? You sent me to the hospital that time, and this money is compensation for me." Tang Jin didn't explain at all and directly retorted.
Tyson immediately remembered that there was a party before he was imprisoned. In order to make Tang Jin look embarrassed, he wrote a check for five million US dollars and asked Tang Jin to withdraw cash. However, it was midnight and there was no cash at all. Tang Jin King refused his request, and he rushed Don King to the hospital.
"Damn it, Don King, you bastard, if you don't give me back the money, you're dead!" Tyson said angrily.
Tang Jin let out a bad breath and immediately explained: "Okay, Michael, I was just joking, don't take it seriously.
Sorry, Michael, I invested the money in you, but sorry, I suffered a serious loss, and I have already given the last few million dollars to you. "
"You lied to me!"
No matter how stupid Tyson is, he knows the worst. He handed over all his assets to Tang Jin for management. The old immortal can dispose of his assets at will. I'm afraid he won't get the money back.
Don King said forcefully: "Come on, Michael, it's just that the investment failed. I didn't take a dollar from you. If you trouble me, all the boxing matches I arranged for you will be cancelled.
Think about it, I arranged a boxing match worth 200 million US dollars for you, do you want to give up? Without me, Michael, there wouldn't be any agent that would allow you to make as much money as you do. "
"damn it!"
Tyson was so angry that he almost crushed his phone.
Now he really can't live without Tang Jin. Tang Jin has taken care of everything for him these years, including asset management and finding women. What should he do?
Giving up that $100 million for $200 million? He really doesn't have much brains, but it's still clear that two to one.
"When I earn 200 million US dollars, I will take that old bastard Tang Jin to court and ask him to compensate me." In the end, he decided this way.
Don King hung up the phone and scolded Tyson with disdain: "This idiot!"
Leave the assets completely to him for management. If he doesn't take the opportunity to take the money away, he will be struck by lightning.
After scolding Tyson for a while, he started contacting Phillip.
Although he hates Tyson very much, business is business. Tyson is his money-making machine, and so is Zhou Quan now, so he desperately wants to organize a WBC world boxing title defense challenge between Zhou Quan and Tyson.
If he gets the right to promote this boxing match, he thinks he can get at least 100 million US dollars in income from this boxing match, so he has the right to promote this boxing match.
(End of chapter)
