Pippen feinted with the ball on the left wing. Jordan ran to the top of the key to engage in a pick-and-roll with Ron Harper. At this time, Harper suddenly cut inside. Hawkins failed to follow. Pippen passed the ball and Harper received the ball and took the next step at the free throw line. He made an emergency stop jumper and hit a ball.
"Hey, this tactic is good. Pippen and Jordan attract the defensive attention. Jordan uses the pick-and-roll to create an opportunity for Harper to cut inside. Harper takes the shot. Beautiful!" Zhang Liyi praised.
Xu Jicheng said: "During the pick-and-roll, Pippen, Jordan at the top of the arc, and Harper cutting in from the front, these three people formed a triangle.
All three of them can pass the ball to each other, and they can also attract defense for their teammates. All three of them can catch the ball and shoot. "
On the court, after the ball was scored, Gilliam picked up the ball and retreated to the baseline to prepare for a quick serve, but was stopped by Kevin Willis, and the Bulls took the opportunity to complete the defense.
Zhang Lili said: "From the beginning of the G3 game, the Bulls have done a good job in all aspects of details. Especially in reducing the SuperSonics' offensive and defensive rhythm, they did a very good job. Compared with the G1G2 game, the SuperSonics' performance in the G3 game was very good. There’s been a lot less fast breaks.”
Zhou Quan held the ball through half the court, controlled the ball with his right hand, made a gesture with his left hand, and shouted: "Run."
Except for Rodman, who only moved inside and outside the paint area, the other three people were all running around the court. In addition to the Bulls chasing people, seven or eight people were running around in the half court, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.
Zhou Quan's vision is locked on everyone's movement trajectory, coupled with level 96 neural reaction speed, level 95 memory, level 96 prediction, level 98 technical and tactical ability, and level 97 competition experience, it looks very good. The chaotic scene was very clear in his eyes, and everything was traceable.
His rich technical and tactical abilities and game experience allow him to look at this seemingly chaotic scene more calmly, and then make decisive and correct decisions.
Prejudgment allows him to make faster judgments and decisions a moment in advance, and finally the divine speed allows him to make the fastest reaction actions.
Right now, Schrempf is passing directly in front of the basket and is about to reach the right midfielder. Kevin Willis is just one step behind, but the position is above Schrempf. The intention is of course to Cut off the passing and receiving angles between him and Schrempf.
At the same time, outside the right waist, Hawkins was cutting in, followed by Ron Harper, whose position was also above Hawkins, half a step away.
At this time, he has no chance to pass the ball to Schrempf and Hawkins, because the pass is likely to be intercepted. Even if it is not intercepted, the opportunity is not good and there is no opening.
Meanwhile, Luke Longley was on Rodman on the left side of the basket.
Zhou Quan quickly made a prediction. In the next second, Hawkins and Schrempf would arrive at the right waist at the same time. Then Hawkins would pass under Kevin Willis and reach the front of the basket. At this time, there would be a Very brief vacancy.
The next moment, he was two steps away from the top of the arc and suddenly connected with the ball. He pushed his hands forward to the right. Jordan in front of him instinctively moved to the left to intercept.
But the next moment, he realized that he had been fooled. When he reacted, he was already slow and the ball flew past him to the right.
He quickly turned around and saw Hawkins emerging from underneath Kevin Willis and appearing in his sight.
As a cutter and a point guard who assists a passing master like Wang Zhouquan, Hawkins is certainly ready to receive the ball at any time.
His eyes were always looking at Zhou Quan at the top of the arc. He had just passed Schrempf at the right waist, passed Kevin Willis two meters above him, and cut inside to reach the goalkeeper directly in front of the basket. At that moment, I saw the ball flying over like a meteor.
"Snapped!"
He quickly caught the ball with both hands, and it was very comfortable without any adjustment. Then he took off and sent the ball to the basket.
"brush!"
Luke Longley on the left side of the basket reacted too slowly. Before he had time to react, the basketball fell into the basket.
Larry Bird roared excitedly: "Beautiful! A scalpel pass. Iron Fist used his scalpel pass to directly penetrate all the Bulls' defenses. It was really a fatal pass."
Magic Johnson shook his head and said: "Neither Michael nor Kevin Willis had time to intercept, the pass was too fast and too sudden.
At the same time, Iron Fist's pass was a predictive pass, a penetrating pass. He predicted Hawkins' movement in the next second, and also predicted the Bulls' defensive loopholes in the next second. I had to Said, this pass is really good. "
"Boss, your passing is really great! I don't have to do anything, I just need to put the ball into the basket easily."
After Hawkins made a layup, he ran to the top of the arc very excitedly and gave Zhou Quan a high-five.
"Jose, you just need to move. As long as there is space, my pass will arrive without any delay. It will be more punctual than a flight." Zhou Quan encouraged.
"Ha ha……"
Hawkins laughed excitedly.
Jordan on the court and Phil Jackson off the court looked at each other with complicated eyes.
They are now discovering that an iron fist that goes all out to pass the ball may be more difficult to defend than an iron fist that goes all out to attack.
Just because an iron fist who passes the ball with all his strength will not give you a chance to double-team him. The fatal pass makes the Bulls' defense look full of loopholes.
11:5, Bulls attack.
Jordan ran on the right wing, took advantage of Kevin Willis' pick-and-roll screen, ran behind him to catch the ball, and then immediately jumped up.
He was very cautious and even used a fadeaway jumper because he was worried about Zhou Quan's defense.
Zhou Quan and Gilliam chose to defend Jordan at the same time. Even with their two big hands blocking the shot, they were both unable to reach the goal. Jordan's shot was still as firm as iron.
"brush!"
The water splashed and hit two points.
"Not bad, Michael scored 5 points on 2 of 3 shots. He felt good tonight." Magic Johnson said with a smile.
"When his hand feels good, no amount of double-teaming can stop him from scoring." Larry Bird also praised.
At this point, he changed the topic and said with a smile: "But no matter how many points he can score, even if he is possessed by God, as long as the opponent is me, I will definitely win in the end."
"Ha ha……"
After saying that, he became happy himself.
Magic Johnson was also overjoyed and said: "Yes, God wore the No. 23 jersey tonight, but I was the one who won in the end."
"Ha ha……"
Larry Bird's laughter suddenly intensified.
11:7, SuperSonics offense.
Zhou Quan controlled the ball while observing the situation on the court.
He didn't have to shake his head left and right to update his vision. His position was three meters away from the top of the arc, and everyone was within his field of vision.
He doesn't have to stare at Jordan on the opposite side. With full-level panoramic vision and 96-level neural reaction speed, Jordan can't make any moves. Even the smallest defensive moves can be seen immediately and made. Fastest response.
“His vision is so good!”
Even Magic, currently the number one point guard in history, has to admire and envy him.
He has the height of a center and has unobstructed vision from a high position, but he feels that his vision is still not as good as Iron Fist. In this case, he has to constantly shake his head left and right to prevent blind spots in his vision.
The Sonics players kept running, running pick-and-roll screens, running counterattacks, and making air cuts, tearing the Bulls' defensive formation to pieces.
"Watch them cutting in!"
Phil Jackson shouted loudly from the audience with his hands formed like trumpets.
Jordan's nerves were tense. He couldn't bear it anymore. His position was too high and he couldn't see what was going on behind him. He didn't know when Zhou Quan would pass the ball, so he decided to actively defend and go up to press. , interfering with Zhou Quan's rhythm.
Just as Jordan stepped forward with his right foot, Zhou Quan reacted immediately, dribbling the ball with his crotch, pulling the ball up from behind with his left hand, then stepping diagonally with his right foot, and started to break through with the ball from his left side.
Jordan's right foot had just stepped forward, but before it landed, he had no time to react. When his right foot landed, Zhou Quan's right foot also stepped on his right side. When he turned around to pursue him, Zhou Quan had already reached the top of the arc, and he was completely caught.
"What a fast breakthrough speed!" Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.
"squeak!"
Zhou Quan reached the top of the arc and made an emergency stop for a jumper.
When Jordan caught up from behind, and when Pippen and Harper rushed from the left and right wings, they were all a beat too late to block the shot.
"brush!"
The knife fell from the hand and hit the three-pointer.
"Three points? Beautiful! Zhou Quan made 2 of 2 shots and scored 5 points, 4 assists and 1 block." Zhang Lili said excitedly.
"The SuperSonics have made 6 of 7 shots. Jordan's defense today is average. He has failed in consecutive defenses and has not succeeded in double-teaming once." Xu Jicheng said happily.
At this time, the Bulls served, and Phil Jackson actually called a timeout again.
Zhang Lili said: "It can be said that neither Jordan nor Zhou Quan can guard each other. And as long as Zhou Quan is in good condition, it will be difficult to double-team him when his teammates are far apart.
He can do it all, sudden, shoot, pass. This kind of point guard is the most difficult person to double-team, and it is even impossible to be double-teamed on the outside. "
"Zhou Quan's reaction just now was very fast. As soon as Jordan moved his feet, he immediately started to break through. I felt that the two of them moved at the same time. Jordan's center of gravity moved and there was no time for the next reaction." Xu Jicheng said with a smile.
Zhang Lili said: "Nervous reaction speed is very important. The first talent in track and field sprinting is reaction speed. Fast reaction speed can give you an advantage at the start. Sprinters with average nervous reaction speed are all sprinters.
Zhou Quan's quick reaction just now shows that he is really in good condition today. When you are in a bad state, your mental attention is very scattered and your reaction is relatively slow. "
"It's 14:7 now, the Bulls are attacking. Coach Zhang, Zhou Quan must have intentionally increased the number of passes today and used them to break the Bulls' double-teaming tactics against him," Xu Jicheng said.
Zhang Liyi nodded and said: "Absolutely, I think the Bulls' perimeter double-teaming tactics need to be adjusted, and the tactics must be adjusted according to the opponent's state.
The reason why they succeeded in the G3 game was that Zhou Quan and his teammates were not in good condition. When the ball was double-teamed, the pass was passed out, and his teammates couldn't make the shot even if they were open. "
"If Phil Jackson ignores this, Coach Zhang, the SuperSonics will have a chance in tonight's game." Xu Jicheng said with a smile.
"Three to one, we have the match point, and the series is secure." Zhang Lili said excitedly immediately.
On the Bulls bench, the score was 7 points behind. The offense was not good and the defense was not good, so the atmosphere was a bit heavy and no one spoke.
Jordan felt that his defense was very passive. He wanted to actively press forward to defend and disrupt Tie Fist's offensive rhythm, but Tie Fist's reaction was too fast, and his defensive rhythm was destroyed instead.
This situation made him feel that the ball was very frustrating to play. He was always a beat behind his opponent and was led by the opponent. The initiative was completely controlled by the iron fist.
Phil Jackson leaned down in front of Jordan and said: "Judging from the two attacks of Iron Fist, he can no longer easily get close to the top of the key. As the distance increases, it becomes more difficult for us to double-team.
Obviously, he will not give us the opportunity to double-team him on the outside, so we can only change our defensive strategy. "
"How to defend?" Jordan asked briefly.
Phil Jackson felt a lot of pressure from Jordan's words. He said seriously: "They will definitely continue to open up tactics. Since we can't double-team Iron Fist on the outside, let him go in, and then..."
At this point, he pinched his hands fiercely and said in a very decisive tone: "There were many people in the penalty area who double-teamed him and cut off his shooting angle and passing angle."
"Ultimate defense? Okay."
Jordan nodded decisively.
He is not the head coach, so he can't think of a way to deal with it. If he doesn't have the ability, he can only listen to Phil Jackson.
Phil Jackson nodded and said: "He is a point guard. As long as he enters the penalty area, everyone will go up together and completely drown him.
Michael, the most critical thing is that you have to guard against shots and not breakouts, but you have to keep up with his breakthrough rhythm. You can't give him a chance to stop for a jump shot, and you can't let him rush up. You have to create opportunities for double teams. "
"Understood." Jordan nodded.
The timeout ends at this point and the Bulls attack.
Jordan cut out from the right wing and caught the ball and shot a jumper from outside the three-point line. Zhou Quan was very fast. He jumped up and blocked the shot, forcing Jordan to speed up his shot, otherwise it would be like his first shot. Also blocked.
"boom!"
Short, the basketball hit the basket and rebounded. Rodman grabbed the backcourt rebound and was entangled by Luke Longley. He had to hand the ball to Hawkins who came down to receive it.
Zhou Quan, who was about to turn around, took a look and quickly came back to take over the ball before moving forward.
"Today the Bulls did a good job in terms of offensive and defensive rhythm. It was difficult for the Sonics to speed up. There were very few fast break opportunities and fast break points. They were all positional warfare attacks." Larry Bird said.
At this time Zhou Quan arrived in the frontcourt, two big steps away from the top of the arc, nearly three meters away.
Jordan took a step to defend, but after four or five seconds, he didn't move forward to press. Zhou Quan understood that this was to prevent breakthroughs and not shots.
"No, that's not right."
But he immediately felt something was wrong. He was three meters away from the top of the arc, a super long three-pointer. He didn't have such a far basket at all. Jordan was not afraid of him taking a shot at all. So in fact, this was to prevent shots or sudden breaks?
Moreover, Pippen and Ron Harper's defensive positions are not like before. They are just one step away from Schrempf and Hawkins, and there is no momentum to double-team him.
(End of chapter)
