"ball!"

With a loud shout, Rodman passed the ball.

"Crack!"

Zhou Quan raised the ball with one hand, and Jordan had caught up half a step behind him, only half a step behind. When he crossed the center line, Jordan caught up to the left side.

"Bang!"

After catching up, Jordan leaned in and directly engaged in confrontation.

But Zhou Quan's center of gravity was lower, and his core and lower limbs were now stronger than before, so he just tilted his body slightly outwards, immediately controlled his center of gravity, and continued to move forward quickly.

Jordan himself was also knocked sideways by the reaction force, which was even greater than Zhou Quan's. He was half a step behind. He quickly used his strength to catch up again.

Judging from this ground confrontation, he lost slightly by half.

By the time he tied it again, the two of them had already reached the top of the arc. He wanted to pass, but he had no chance.

Zhou Quan took one step past the free throw line, jumped with all his strength, pushed his left elbow outward, and raised his right hand holding the ball high, holding an ax to chop it.

Jordan took another step, took off with all his strength, and reached a height higher than Zhou Quan's. His long right arm intended to cross Zhou Quan's body to block the shot.

At the same time, he deliberately engaged in physical confrontation in the air, and the angle of his jump was aimed at Zhou Quan.

He has absolute confidence in his ability to fight in the air, because his core strength is the strongest in the league, and he can fight against centers in the air.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were on the two of them.

"Crack, click, click..."

After the bottom line, in the media gallery, all the reporters' cameras were pointed at the two of them, and they clicked the shutter frantically.

"Bang!"

The next moment, the two of them were in physical contact in the air.

In an instant, an aerial confrontation occurred, and Zhou Quan was knocked to the right. Jordan's tonnage was larger and his core strength was super strong. He was slightly better in ground confrontation, but his aerial confrontation ability was not as good as Jordan's.

"Yes!"

Relying on his strong aerial confrontation ability, Jordan overwhelmed Zhou Quan and shouted excitedly in his heart. He didn't need to block the shot. He didn't believe that Zhou Quan could score the ball in this situation.

"Oops."

The next moment, Zhou Quan was knocked outward.

His ability to stay in the air was not as good as Jordan's. He was hit and pressed by Jordan, and his body sank instantly and accelerated to the ground.

Fortunately, level 96's divine reflexes are indeed very powerful, and his reaction is super fast. Before landing, he looked at the basket, shook his right hand upward, and threw the ball from the front right side of the basket to the basket.

The moment he took the shot, under the influence of his 93-level layup technique, he used his thumb and index finger to correct the direction and angle of the ball.

Jordan was still in the sky. When he saw the basketball being thrown up, he waved his hand, but unfortunately he missed it a little.

"Bang! Bang bang!"

The basketball hit the basket, jumped up and landed on the basket, jumped twice in succession, and stopped on it.

"Get in!"

Zhou Quan shouted loudly.

Under the golden words, the next moment, the basketball rolled inward and fell in.

"boom!"

The Palace of Auburn Hills suddenly felt like a hurricane passing through, and crazy shouts resounded throughout the world.

"Beautiful! 4 out of 4."

roared the bearded John Rowes excitedly.

Zhou Quan also excitedly waved his fist as big as an iron bowl to vent his excitement.

"Shet!"

Jordan shook his head helplessly. It was just luck that the ball hit.

"luck?"

As soon as this idea came up, he couldn't help but be startled. He thought about the must-win goal just now, but it was rejected by the basket, but Iron Fist scored this impossible goal. Is luck on the opposite side tonight?

?

"No, this is impossible, I am the God here."

With a squeeze of his fist, he immediately strengthened his confidence.

What's more, he has already made 2 of 3 shots, so his luck is not bad.

However, sometimes luck is really important, and a little bit of a miss is a little bit of a miss.

This was verified in the following games.

He once again moved without the ball, borrowed Grant's pick-and-roll on the right wing and got space to receive the ball, and then Paxson passed the ball at the top of the key. After he received the ball, Rodman and Zhou Quan double-teamed him.

, Zhou Quan also cut off the passing angle between him and Grant, so he had to choose to force a fadeaway jumper, but the touch was still a little worse and he still missed.

In the following time, under Zhou Quan's desperate pursuit, Jordan had to do his best every time he moved. He could not enter the penalty area, otherwise he would not be able to get rid of Zhou Quan. He also had to use pick-and-rolls when running on the wing, just like Zhou Quan.

Quan has to use pick-and-rolls to get rid of his defense.

Using the pick-and-roll to catch the ball on the wing actually creates a problem that affects the implementation of the triangle tactic. When the pick-and-roll is used, there is no triangle on the wing where he is.

The wing he is on is usually him, the ball holder at the top of the key, and in the low post. These three positions form a triangle.

He mostly asks for pick-and-rolls when cutting inside, so the only person who can provide him with pick-and-rolls is Grant in the low post.

In this way, after he catches the ball, he can either take the shot against the defense or even double-team, pass back to the top of the arc, or drive into the paint with the ball.

In fact, passing back to the top of the arc is not a good choice, because generally according to tactical requirements, point guard John Paxson stays at the top of the arc, defended by Joe Dumars, and Paxson is allowed to play Joe Dumars in isolation.

, it is better for him to take action himself.

It is not a good choice to reach the paint area with the ball and be blocked by Rodman who is changing defense. Then Zhou Quan will immediately double-team.

So in the following time, he often used pick-and-rolls to get the ball on the right wing, and then immediately took action. Most of the time, Rodman switched to guard him. In a few cases, he would take action over Zhou Quan's head.

According to his skills, no matter which one he hits, he is sure of it. Neither of the two can really guard him face to face, nor can he be double-teamed. And at the moment of shooting, he even has most of the balls.

Self-confidence that will make progress.

But the result was that he was just a bit unlucky. Most of his shots were just a little bit off, and the overall shooting rate in the quarter was barely over 40%, which was far less than his average shooting rate in the playoffs.

His paranoia grew. The more he missed the shot, the more he took the shot. He didn't believe he couldn't hit Rodman and Zhou Quan.

After the first quarter, at 20:28, the Pistons led by 8 points at home.

Robert Guida said: "Jordan played the first quarter, making 2 of 2 shots from the front and 3 of 10 shots from the back. A total of 5 of 12 shots, a shooting percentage of 41.7%, plus 2 of 2 free throws, scored 12 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 assist.

1 mistake, 1 foul, only 1 point per shot, low efficiency."

Ringo Wilson shook his head and sighed: "Michael's touch was always a bit worse in the first quarter. I think it's just a matter of touch."

Robert Guida laughed: "Everything is complicated and cannot be a single reason. Iron Fist defended Jordan very tightly, and Michael had to use pick-and-rolls to get rid of him, which resulted in a hasty shot, so I think there was a problem with his touch.

, it’s because of the iron fist defense.”

"Maybe."

Ringo Wilson was noncommittal.

Robert Guida added: "Because of the full defense of Jordan, Iron Fist made four out of four shots in the front, but his shots in the back were significantly reduced. After missing two emergency stop jumpers from the outside, he didn't take any more shots.

For 12 minutes of the quarter, he and Jordan played the entire quarter, making a total of 4 of 6 shots and scoring 8 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 1 turnover, and 1 foul. Judging from his performance in the first quarter, he

Better than Michael Jordan."

Ringo Wilson shook his head and said: "That's the case for the time being, but I think Michael will adjust his condition. His physical fitness is more dominant, and the further he goes to the back, the more advantage he has. He is a typical king of the final quarter."

Robert Guida agreed: "Yes, physical advantage is Michael Jordan's most powerful guarantee when defeating evenly matched opponents."
Chapter completed!