Next, Jordan and Zhou Quan entered a one-on-one mode.
Zhou Quan wanted to continue to assist his teammates to score. Today, several teammates shot the open ball very well, but Jordan did not give him a chance. Pippen and others focused on Schrempf and the others. Without double-teaming, they only He can use pick-and-roll counter-runs and other methods to find a small opening, but he can't get a big opening.
He played too much in the first half. Because his physical strength needed to be properly distributed, he did not make too many breakthroughs with the ball and was unable to create openings for his teammates.
Because of this, in one-on-one situations, the offensive efficiency of both sides began to decline.
After the first quarter, the Sonics relied on their super efficiency in the first half to score 38 points in a single quarter, leading the Bulls by 16 points and the Bulls by 22 points.
Zhang Lijia said with a smile: "The Bulls' morale has been declining again and again, and they have never recovered. After not packing and teaming tactics, the point difference widened."
Xu Jicheng said: "Zhou Quan made 2 of 4 shots from behind, 6 of 8 shots in the quarter, 75% shooting, 2 of 3 three-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, 17 points, 8 assists, 1 rebound, 2 steals, 1 block and 1 shot. Foul data. Later, he stole Jordan again.
Jordan made 3 of 7 shots from the field, and a total of 6 of 12 shots. In fact, he was also very efficient, 2 of 5 three-pointers, 2 of 3 free throws, 16 points and 1 rebound, but he had 4 turnovers and 2 fouls in a single quarter. "
Zhang Lili said: "The SuperSonics team had a total of 10 assists, and the whole team's strength was used, and everyone was able to score.
Behind the Bulls, Jordan was holding the ball and attacking alone. The team only had 22 points, and he alone accounted for 16 points. The others added 6 points. In the second half of the quarter, they only scored two points in total. They watched Jordan play alone. .
The Bulls only had a total of 3 assists, two fewer rebounds, and a lower shooting percentage than the SuperSonics. This was the reason why they fell behind by a big score. "
"Jordan has abandoned Phil Jackson's triangle offense, but in singles, he can't break through Zhou Quan's defense! Later, Zhou Quan stole him once, forcing him to make two more turnovers in the first half of the quarter." Xu Jicheng said.
Zhang Liji smiled and said: "Basically, this game is decided. After the SuperSonics win, it will be three to one, and the match point is in hand."
However, Jordan did not give up. He came on the court at the beginning of the second quarter and attacked crazily.
Zhou Quan also began to devote all his efforts to defense, and on the offensive end, he began to break through with the ball more and create open opportunities for his teammates.
After the second quarter, Jordan made 4 of 10 shots in a single quarter, which was not very efficient. Especially in order to chase points, he took crazy three-pointers and only made 1 of 4 three-pointers. He scored 11 points including free throws, and 27 points in the half.
Zhou Quan's offensive efficiency was not very high under Jordan's defense in the second quarter. He made 1 of 3 shots in the single quarter and 3 of 4 free throws. He only scored 5 points and 22 points in the half.
However, he used his breakthrough with the ball to create many opportunities for his teammates and sent out 5 assists. On the defensive end, he once again gained two steals and a block.
After half a quarter, he had 22 points, 13 assists, 2 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 blocks, 1 turnover and 2 fouls.
After halftime, 64:42, the Bulls were already 22 points behind at home, and the point difference was getting wider and wider.
But this point difference is not too desperate to chase, so the Bulls did not give up, especially Jordan.
In the third quarter, Jordan played the entire first half and came on the court from the first second without any intention of saving energy.
Zhou Quan did not let down his guard and followed suit.
But in this quarter, Jordan's physical fitness was not enough. He had to hand over the ball and began to play without the ball.
This change has brought some improvement to the Bulls, because with the consumption of physical energy, the state of the SuperSonics players began to decline.
After the third quarter, the two teams tied at 20:27. In the first three quarters, the score was 84:69. The Bulls were only 15 points behind and regained 7 points.
Seeing the hope of coming back, the Bulls' morale recovered, and Jordan and Phil Jackson communicated again.
"Michael, please continue the way you played in the third quarter?" Phil Jackson said tentatively.
Jordan was panting heavily, sweating like raindrops, and panting heavily and said: "In the first half of the quarter, play as you say."
Phil Jackson nodded. He knew that this was not because Jordan was giving in, but because Jordan was not physically fit enough.
Time was limited, so he immediately began to lay out tactics.
On the defensive end, he did not dare to deploy any more double-team tactics. Iron Fist's superb performance in the first half of the first quarter had already made his double-team tactics a joke.
"Man-to-man, we will follow our original tactics on the offensive end," he said.
In the CCTV commentary box, Xu Jicheng said: "In the third quarter, Zhou Quan deliberately retained his physical fitness. He took few shots and made fewer breakthroughs. He mainly focused on defense."
Zhang Liyi nodded and said: "Definitely, the advantage is so huge in the first three quarters, seize the opportunity to adjust your physical fitness, play steadily in the last quarter, with Zhou Quan's usual stable performance, the Bulls will never be able to overturn the game."
"Yes, Zhou Quan's performance in the final quarter is the most stable and trustworthy." Xu Jicheng said with a smile.
Zhang Lili looked at the statistics table and said: "Now Jordan has 32 points and Zhou Quan has 27 points, but Zhou Quan still has 17 assists and 4 assists in the third quarter. His assists should have a chance to reach 20 today." times."
Speaking of which, he added: "Actually, the Bulls should double-team Zhou Quan in the last quarter like they did in the first half of the first quarter, because the condition of the rest of the SuperSonics has declined. It depends on whether Phil Jackson has the courage and whether Jordan will let him Then fight."
"Beep!"
At this time, the final quarter began and the whistle sounded.
On the other side of the Bulls, Jordan was still breathing. After he stood up, he immediately looked towards Zhou Quan.
Zhou Quan happened to turn around and look at Jordan, smiled, threw the towel on the seat, and pointed towards the court.
"snort!"
Jordan snorted coldly and threw down the towel unwilling to be outdone.
He originally hoped that Zhou Quan would not play at first so that he could have some time to chase points, but he didn't expect that this guy wouldn't give him a chance at all.
How could Zhou Quan give Jordan a chance? After winning this game, he got the match point. He used all his physical strength to win this victory. He didn't want to give Jordan any chance and just beat him to death with a stick.
Sonics offense.
"Or man-to-man? It seems that I was frightened by my passing and assist numbers today."
Zhou Quan advanced to the frontcourt with the ball and saw that the Bulls were still man-to-man and no one was trying to double-team him, so he immediately started attacking.
Two steps from the center to the top of the arc, he immediately feinted with one hand and began to break through from the right.
Jordan's physical exertion is greater than that of Zhou Quan. He has to devote himself fully to both offense and defense. For a while, he still played alone while others watched, so now he can't keep up with Zhou Quan.
Zhou Quan deliberately controlled his personal offense in the second and third quarters, and also controlled the number of breakthroughs in the third quarter, so his physical fitness is better than Jordan's now and he is still very fast with his feet.
Originally having better mobility and better physical fitness than Jordan, he suddenly passed by and reached a position two meters to the right of the top of the arc. With the blessing of full-level panoramic vision and prediction ability, he saw An arc-shaped breakthrough channel was about to appear, and then he rushed in.
There were originally defenders and teammates on this channel, but the next moment, they all left while they were on the move, and then he just happened to burst through.
Under the basket, backup centers Bill Wennington and Matt Geiger were competing.
From the right end of the free throw line into the penalty area, Zhou Quan got behind Matt Geiger in two steps. On the right side of the basket, there was a layup. With Rodman across the way, Bill Wennington could only use his eyes. Playing defense, Jordan chased the ball from behind, but failed to catch up.
"brush!"
The basketball bounces and falls into the basket.
"Okay, in this state, even if Jordan performs in the final quarter, it will not be enough to regain the 15-point difference. The SuperSonics will definitely win today." Zhang Li said with a very sure tone.
Twenty minutes later, as the buzzer sounded at the end of the game, Zhang's reasonable view was proved correct, and the Bulls did not come back.
Not only did they not come back, the final score difference widened to more than 20 points, 110:89, and the SuperSonics won by 21 points.
Jordan only scored 6 points in the final quarter and 38 points in the fourth quarter, shooting only 36% from the field. He was substituted after playing 10 minutes in the final quarter.
In the final quarter, Zhou Quan had 6 points, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. He finished the game with 33 points, 5 rebounds, 21 assists, 7 steals, 3 blocks, 3 turnovers and 4 fouls. He scored a super stat of 30+20 and his shooting percentage was as high as 58.5%.
At the end of the game, Jordan got up from the bench and left without a bunch of reporters stopping him.
In the TNT commentary box, Larry Bird said with a smile: "Congratulations to Iron Fist, for tying Earvin Johnson's record of 21 assists in a single game in the G3 game of the 1984 Finals.
Facing Larry Bird, the great Magic scored a super triple-double of 14 points, 11 rebounds and 21 assists, and broke the single-game assist record.
Triple-double and 30+20, you all performed great in the finals. "
Magic Johnson laughed a few times and said: "Fortunately, Iron Fist only had 21 assists tonight, so I can still keep this record."
Larry Bird laughed: "Tekken currently only holds one record in the finals, which is 10 steals in a single game. It was set in last year's finals. It seems to be in the G2 game. In that game, he had a triple-double of steals."
At the end of the game, in the CCTV commentary box, Xu Jicheng said excitedly: "Congratulations to Zhou Quan, congratulations to the SuperSonics, the match point is in hand, and the championship is right in front of us!"
Zhang Lili said excitedly: "Three to one, the SuperSonics got the match point in the finals. No team in NBA history has ever completed a comeback after falling behind three to one in the finals.
In other words, according to historical reasoning, the possibility of the Bulls coming back is zero, and the possibility of the SuperSonics winning the championship is 100%.
But we also have to remind you not to be careless, after all, this is Michael Jordan's Bulls. Of course, with Zhou Quan's usual caution, it was impossible for him to lose Jingzhou carelessly. "
Xu Jicheng looked at the statistics table in his hand and said with a smile: "Director Zhang, Zhou Quan's shooting percentage is much higher than Jordan's tonight!"
Zhang Lili also stretched his head to take a look, nodded and said: "Jordan took crazy shots, even when faced with double-teams, he still took forced shots. It is normal for the hit rate to fail.
But Zhou Quan is different. He has the best passing ability. Most of his shots are the most reasonable shots. He rarely takes shots when he is double-teamed by several defenders, so his shooting rate is Much higher.
It's not that he doesn't have Jordan's ability to force shots in double teams. For him, it's really not necessary. He has a better offensive method. "
"So Zhou Quan and Jordan are of different types, one is a point guard and the other is a shooting guard." Xu Jicheng nodded and smiled.
Zhang Lili said: "Now in the 1990s, since Jordan won the championship for the first time in 1991, then Zhou Quan came out of nowhere, and then the two took turns to win the championship.
Jordan won three championships, and if nothing else goes wrong this time, Zhou Quan will also win three championships. Both of them have won the championship in the previous six years. "
"Awesome!" Xu Jicheng praised.
Zhang Lijia smiled and said: "In the next few years, I estimate that the situation will be biased towards Zhou Quan, because Jordan is starting to get older, almost 34 years old, and Zhou Quan is only 24 years old. Even if his peak period is not as long as Jordan's, he is only 28. Years old, there are still 4 years left.
In other words, in the next four years of the 1990s, Zhou Quan will encounter a good opportunity to create his own era. "
"If you successfully defend your title this time, will you create a dynasty next year? Jordan has never done that before!" Xu Jicheng said excitedly.
Zhang Liji said with a smile: "Zhou Quan's team is not bad, with Rodman, the rebounding champion, and a player like Schrempf who is very practical on both offense and defense.
Boss Ballmer is still very generous. The new arena will be put into use next year. The old arena will only be used for one year. He hopes that after the finals, he can keep Rodman. Rodman wants to Want a long-term contract, Zhou Quan said before.
The management is okay, and general manager Whitsitt's ability is still good. Although he did not get that kind of All-Star star in the reinforcement, whether it is Matt Geiger or Gilliam, or Hawkins, who was traded last year, is a practical player.
Especially Matt Geiger and Gilliam, such practical insiders are rare, cheap and easy to use, and they are healthy and have no injuries.
Look at the Bulls, Kevin Willis, the All-Star center that Phil Jackson traded in, is it useful? It was not easy to use. After the injury, it fell off a cliff. He lost the bet and lost the championship. "
Xu Jicheng nodded and said: "It seems that Phil Jackson's ability as a general manager is still not enough. He has a bad eye for players. He is not as good as Jerry Krause."
Zhang Li said with a smile: "I don't know if the Bulls will disintegrate this time. I think the relationship between Jordan and Phil Jackson is not as good as before. They rarely communicate."
"Everything is caused by losing." Xu Jicheng said.
"Losing is the original sin, and all contradictions will be exposed." Zhang Liji nodded.
Xu Jicheng thought for a while and then said: "Including this finals, Jordan has five finals, three wins and two losses, a winning rate of 60%. Zhou Quan has four times, three wins and one loss, a winning rate of 75%, surpassing Jordan .”
Zhang Lili continued: "The two of them met directly in the finals three times in total. Zhou Quan won twice, and Jordan won the first time. Zhou Quan also had the advantage."
Xu Jicheng smiled and said: "Look at next year. If the dynasty succeeds next year, Zhou Quan's historical status in the NBA should surpass Jordan, right?"
Zhang Li thought for a while and said: "It is indeed possible, but this is the United States. It has no absolute advantage and cannot convince everyone!"
"Ha ha……"
The two laughed.
(End of chapter)
