Chapter 184 Losing streak and winning streak

Author: Dong Wangyi

Chapter 184 Losing streak and winning streak

Magic offense.

Under Zhou Quan's half-court press, Scales rushed left and right with the ball and was forced outside the three-point line on the right wing. At this time, Joe Dumars saw the opportunity and double-teamed him.

He made a jump shot, but it clicked and was blocked by Zhou Quan.

Joe Dumars grabbed the ball, immediately launched a fast break, and then passed the ball back to Zhou Quan who followed up. Zhou Quan caught the ball at the left elbow, took a step forward, and performed a 360-degree turn in the air to smash the ball.

"Bang!"

The next moment the basket was smashed, oh ho, the Palace of Auburn Hills immediately burst into cheers and cheers like an ocean.

Zhou Quan landed and turned around, and saw O'Neal beside him, who had already reached the basket. He couldn't help but be surprised by the speed of this big guy's return to defense.

Next, Nick Anderson took another shot at Joe Dumars' head, but still missed.

This time Rodman grabbed the backcourt rebound and the Pistons attacked.

Zhou Quan entered the frontcourt and made tactical gestures.

This tactic is a pick-and-roll on the left wing. Seikali pulls out, pulls O'Neal out of the basket, and then does a pick-and-roll with Ulrich. After the separation, Seikali stays outside to continue to contain O'Neal and wait for the pass.

, Ulrich cut inside to the basket immediately after the breakup.

As soon as the tactical gesture came out, Sekali, who was in the low post on the left wing, immediately took two steps to set up a pick-and-roll for Ulrich, and O'Neal followed to the left midfielder.

At this time, Ulrich used the wall to get rid of Denis Scott and quickly cut to the basket.

O'Neal chose to switch defense and immediately turned around to follow up.

"Whoosh!"

Zhou Quan passed the ball to Seikali in the mid-range position on the left wing.

Sekali, who was 211 centimeters tall, received the ball. Facing Steko, who was 203 centimeters tall, he had a mismatch advantage. He immediately made a jump shot without hesitation. The latter blocked the shot without catching the ball.

"brush!"

The water splashed and he hit a two-pointer.

The bespectacled man Lundgrens said: "Let Sekali use the pick-and-roll tactics to gain mismatch advantages, while avoiding his weakness of insufficient confrontation at the basket. This season, his shooting rate reached 51%, which is higher than

He plays 48% of the Heat's numbers, averaging 18 points per game, the team's third scoring point, which is higher than last season's 14 points. His role on the offensive end is still good."

Bearded John Lowes said: "At the same time, he also averaged 11 rebounds per game. When Rodman is away, our rebounding depends on him.

His rebounding and offensive performance can make up for some of his weaknesses on the defensive end, but it is up to Rodman to make up for the defense at the basket.

Anyway, compared with John Salley, he has strengths and weaknesses, and I think his role is stronger than Salley."

The Pistons made 3 of 3 shots and the Magic made 1 of 4 shots. The score was 6:2 and the Magic called a timeout.

After the timeout, head coach Matt Guokas asked to strengthen the low-post offense and also strengthen the offense at the third position. He said loudly: "We should see Sekali's weakness on the defensive end and Ulrich's weakness on the defensive end.

Powerless, this is an opportunity we can take advantage of, and the back line should pass the ball in time."

Next, Magic Denise Scott got a lot of passes, and rookie O'Neal also got some, but not as much as the former.

Scott really beat Ulrich. He made 13 of 25 shots from the field, with a shooting percentage of 52%. His three-point shooting was sensational, and he made 8 of 12 shots, with a shooting percentage of 66.7%. In addition, he made 4 of 5 free throws.

Scored 38 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Ulrich saw this guy hit three-pointers one after another over his head, eight three-pointers, and his mentality was a little shattered.

Fortunately, he continued to play pick-and-roll tactics with Sekali throughout the game. He made 7 of 12 shots and scored 17 points including free throws. However, compared with Steko, his performance was too inferior.

O'Neal made 7 of 16 shots and 3 of 10 free throws. He scored 17 points, 11 rebounds, 5 blocks, 3 turnovers and 6 fouls. He left the game in the 41st minute.

Although Scott had a big game, the Magic still lost the game because shooting guard Nick Anderson only made 4 of 13 shots, 1 of 4 free throws, and 1 of 4 three-pointers, scoring only 10 points.

Zhou Quan played 41 minutes and scored 38 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 block and 4 shots on Skiles's head.

With the statistics of 3 steals, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls, just like the Magic small forward Scott beat Ulrich, he also beat Skiles and had a big hit, scoring the highest score in a single game of his career.

"Shaq, you can practice your free throws again, otherwise you won't be able to get the ball at the critical moment." After the game, Zhou Quan walked to the Magic bench and said.

O'Neal said helplessly: "I want to, but I just can't do it!"

"Don't be lazy, take five hundred free throws every day, and you will make progress, believe me." Zhou Quan dropped these words before leaving.

"Five hundred balls?"

When O'Neal thought about having to take 500 free throws every day like a fool, he felt like he was going crazy. He immediately decided not to believe in Iron Fist. He didn't believe that 500 free throws a day could make progress. He absolutely didn't believe it.

The Pistons won six consecutive victories and their morale was boosted. In the next home game, they defeated the Cavaliers with a score of 103:107, winning seven consecutive games and firmly ranking second in the Eastern Conference, overtaking the Bulls.

The top four teams in the Eastern Conference are currently the Knicks, Pistons, Bulls and Cavaliers.

Late at night on the 11th, after beating the Cavaliers, the Pistons immediately left for the airport to challenge the Knicks in back-to-back away games tomorrow night.

It took off at 11:30, and after flying for less than two hours, the plane arrived in New York at a quarter past 1 in the morning. It was already 2:30 when we arrived at the hotel where we checked in. This was already very fast and very smooth.

Zhou Quan was suddenly awakened by a burst of intense percussion. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the sun was dazzling and it was already dawn. Rodman, who was in the same room with him, was twisting in front of the window to follow the rhythm of the music. The music was coming from the tape recorder he carried with him.

released.

"Big Chong, what time is it?" he asked angrily.

"Hoho, Iron Fist, it's already 11 o'clock, you've slept for eight hours, you want to learn from me, look at how energetic I am." Rodman said with a smile.

"How long have you been up?" he asked.

"Less than an hour. Okay, one minute. Okay, the exact time, ten seconds." Rodman said with a smile.

"Your dog got in." Zhou Quan couldn't help but cursed.

He came to the window wearing shorts, looked out at the bustling city, and asked: "Dennis, do you want to come to a big city like this to play ball?"

"I just want a big contract, I don't care where I play." Rodman's answer was genuine.

"Big contract? I want it too." He laughed.

Rodman already has two championships. Money and women are the goals he pursues in the NBA. He said this to him very early.

"How's it going with you and Madonna?" he asked.

"Yes, she asked me to marry her, but I didn't agree. This woman is too cruel, demanding, and doesn't care about my body at all. I don't want to be with her now," Rodman said.

"Poof!"

Laughing, Zhou Quan held back his laughter and said, "No, Dennis, you should agree. Didn't you say last time that she would spend millions of dollars to have a baby with you?"

Rodman was stunned. He immediately thought of the small money that his ex-wife had taken away, and he was going to be crazy poor, and his heart started to move.

"Ha ha……"

Seeing Rodman's expression, Zhou Quan laughed.

In the evening, the Pistons lost in back-to-back games at home and away, and their seven-game winning streak was suspended.

12 wins and 5 losses. Because the Bulls were defeated by Mosaic on the road last night, the Pistons are still second in the Eastern Conference.

The next day, Zhang Lili contacted Zhou Quan and said excitedly: "Good news, Xiao Zhou, the division has passed a resolution to formally recruit you to join the men's basketball team, and you have agreed to some of the conditions."

"So easy?" Zhou Quan was a little confused.

Zhang Lili said with a smile: "Liu has done a lot of work. As the director of the Basketball Department, she can still make a lot of decisions.

In addition, your own influence is also a factor. Foreign monks like to chant sutras. Although you are not a foreign national, but you play in the United States and earn US dollars, you can be regarded as half a foreign monk."

After chatting for a while, the two ended the phone call.

He is still quite happy. The Dream Team has made it out of the circle with its performance in the Olympics. He will also have this opportunity in the future. It is a good thing for him both in public and private life and to be able to join the national team.

At this time, in the capital, at the men's national basketball team training base, a group of national team members were preparing for training.

"Have you heard that we are recruiting new members?" Shan Da said.

"Which one? Which province?" Li Chunjiang asked.

"He's from Nanhu Province," Shan Dao said.

"They even withdrew the provincial team this year. Don't be ridiculous. Where did the gossip come from?" Li Chunjiang laughed.

Shan Dao said mysteriously: "Really, it's not funny. You know, Liu Chu has been in charge of basketball in our capital. The guy I talked about last time is the guy who plays NBA in the United States.

I have contact with Ma Jian. This time he went to the United States. I heard that it was Zhou Quan who used connections to let him enter a university without spending a penny and saving tens of thousands of dollars. Otherwise, Ma Jian would

He has to come back, the original university doesn’t want him.”

"I know, I know, there is him in CCTV's NBA highlights, his name is Zhou Quan or Zhou Chuan or something." A Dijiang shouted.

"His power is the power of power, Lao Ma said. Lao Ma is very grateful to him." Shan Dao said.

"Did he really save Lao Ma tens of thousands of dollars? Really or not, tens of thousands of dollars. I don't have a net worth of several thousand dollars." Zheng Wu said in surprise.

Sun Jun was also surprised and said: "Then he has a very good career in the United States!"

"I heard from Lao Ma that he is a star player in the United States. When he comes on stage, tens of thousands of people will drink together. Beier has a lot of face," Shan said with a thumbs up.
To be continued...