Chapter 109 The secret of ghost hands

Author: Dong Wangyi

Chapter 109 The secret of ghost hands

Soon after, the second half began and the Pistons took the lead.

Zhou Quan no longer uses a crushing breakthrough, which consumes too much physical energy. The team needs his breakthrough and must break through in the most energy-saving way.

He discussed it with Joe Dumars and the two worked together.

At this time, he pushed across half court, first handed the ball to Joe Dumars at the top of the arc, and then ran to the left wing, two steps outside the left midfielder in the paint area, and began to claim position.

Just like an inside player, holding Mark Jackson in position and reaching for the ball.

Mark Jackson tried his best to stop it, but the strength and tonnage were indeed lacking. Zhou Quan successfully received the pass from Joe Dumars.

At this time, John Salley came out of the penalty area to set up a pick-and-roll. Zhou Quan took the opportunity to get rid of Mark Jackson and took the ball to the left midfielder.

Ewing was guarding the basket, and Oakley was already one step inside the left midfielder, blocking Zhou Quan's breakthrough run.

Even if Zhou Quan can break through Oakley, he will be guarded by Ewing. He currently does not have the ability to beat Ewing hard at the basket.

This is also the Pistons' dilemma on the offensive end, unable to break through the Knicks' interior defense.

At this time, Rodman entered the basket from the low post on the right wing. When he saw Zhou Quan starting to break through, he immediately pulled up, intending to pull Ewing away from the basket, but Ewing didn't even look at him.

"Bang!"

Zhou Quan dribbled the ball and feinted with one hand. After shaking Oakley, he rushed into the paint area from under Oakley and went straight to Ewing under the basket.

When he got to the basket and faced Ewing, holding the ball high with one hand in his right hand, he took off for a layup without fear.

"No, I was fooled!"

Ewing raised his hands high and jumped to block the shot, but after he jumped up, his heart suddenly jumped.

Zhou Quan jumped into the air, but his right hand holding the ball did not meet the block for a layup. Instead, he threw the ball into the air in front of the basket.

"What?"

Oakley, who was turning back to defend the basket, felt his eyes flash as a red, white and blue figure flew past him.

After Joe Dumars passed the ball at the top of the arc, he immediately cut downwards. Then Rodman pulled up from the basket and set up a pick-and-roll for him, blocking Wilkins.

He rushed into the paint area, saw Zhou Quan fake a pass in the air, immediately jumped up, flew in front of Oakley, caught the ball in the air with both hands, and dunked.

"Bang!"

The Knicks' basket was instantly exploded.

"..."

Ewing, who took off to block the shot, had no time to take off again and was dunked hard. He staggered and was almost knocked over.

"Oh ho!"

The first half was unfavorable, and the atmosphere in the Palace of Auburn Hills had already cooled down a lot, but this dunk immediately made the arena boil again, and the cheers erupted like a volcano.

"ah!"

After dunking on super center Ewing, the excited Zhou Quan and Joe Dumars jumped high under the basket and bumped their chests in celebration.

Oakley wanted to go up and drive them away, but he was afraid of being beaten.

This goal boosted the Pistons' morale a lot.

In the following time, Zhou Quan continued to cooperate with Joe Dumars. He broke through with the ball, and the latter ran open outside or waited for opportunities to cut inside. The cooperation was quite good.

At the same time, others frequently provided offensive screens to create open opportunities and space for Joe Dumars and Zhou Quan to break through.

At the end of the third quarter, at 60:57, the Pistons were only 3 points behind and recovered 6 points in a single quarter.

Zhou Quan played the entire third quarter, making 1 of 2 shots and 3 of 4 free throws in a single quarter. He went in and took another shot from Ewing, but still hit a goal, grabbed two rebounds, and gave out 4 assists.

Three of them were given to Joe Dumars and one was given to John Salley.

The defensive end also performed well, stealing Mark Jackson once again, forcing the opponent to make three passing errors in a single quarter, and making one of his own.

In the TNT commentary box, Robert Guida said: "The Pistons' offense has resumed, their defense is still very strong, and their rebounding is a little better than in the first half, but they have grabbed 16 fewer rebounds than the Knicks in the third quarter, and they have grabbed less in this quarter.

Got two.”

Ringo Wilson said: "If it weren't for the poor rebounding, the Pistons would have led the Knicks by a big score today.

In fact, the Pistons' offense was better today. Iron Fist's organizational ability and assist ability are indeed good. At the same time, he also restricted Mark Jackson.

Although the Knicks are ahead, except for rebounding, their performance is actually not as good as the Pistons."

Robert Guida said: "The Pistons' defense today was really good, especially the outside defense, whether it was Iron Fist or Joe Dumars, they worked very hard.

Iron Fist gained 3 steals. Under his defense, Mark Jackson made 7 turnovers, 3 interceptions and 4 pass errors in the three quarters.

The Pistons currently have a total of 15 turnovers, but the Knicks have committed 22. At the same time, the Pistons have 11 steals and the Knicks have only 7 steals.

Although the Knicks have a huge rebounding advantage, in other aspects, the Pistons have made up for their rebounding disadvantage well by using a stronger defense.

Ringer, if the Pistons hadn't been too disadvantaged in rebounding, as you said, they would have led the Knicks by a big score today."

On the Pistons bench, Zhou Quan had a towel covering his face, his chest was rising and falling, and he was breathing heavily.

He was very tired. He broke through the whole process and lasted for three quarters. His energy was exhausted and he could no longer play.

In the entire regular season, he has never been so successful. Today's three quarters showed him what the playoffs are like.

"Iron Fist, replenish some energy."

Darnell Walker handed him an energy drink, which he drank in one gulp and asked for another.

"The Iron Fist will rest down there for now. Isiah, come up." Dailey said.

He didn't want to replace the assassin who was in poor condition now, but he had no choice. Iron Fist had surged too much and he had to take a rest.

His expression was extremely serious and he said to everyone: "Before Iron Fist came on stage, we focused on defense.

I don’t care how you defend, whether you let your opponents see blood or break their legs, you can’t let the point difference widen.”

On the Knicks' side, Pat Riley looked extremely serious and did not relax because of the lead.

Because whether it is the Assassin or the Bug, as long as one of the two performs slightly better, the Pistons will be in the lead now, not the Knicks.

"Cheer up, everyone, the last quarter is the real beginning. They will definitely try their best to counterattack. We must guard against it, don't let them rush in, and we must prevent them from entering the paint area."

After saying this, he couldn't help but look at the piston.

In today's three quarters, his understanding of Zhou Quan has improved a lot.

That ability to break through with the ball, that ability to pass the ball in between people, that ability to find and utilize small spaces, made him frightened.

"If this young man has Erwin's height, he may be as good as Magic in the future."

Not to mention the first two quarters, in the third quarter alone, Zhou Quan sent three assists in a single quarter, all of which were points after scoring. If it weren't for Zhou Quan's 18 points, 8 assists and 3 steals in the three quarters, the Knicks would not only be in the lead.

3 points.

"It's a pity that his offensive talent is limited, otherwise his future achievements would be even higher."

In addition, he felt that if Zhou Quan had Jordan's finishing ability, he might be able to score 40+20, and the Knicks would probably be swept by the Pistons.

At the beginning of the final quarter, the Knicks attacked.

Three minutes later, at 62:59, the Pistons were still three points behind.

In these three minutes, the Pistons worked hard on the defensive end. They only scored two points and the Knicks only scored two points. The two teams played defense like a meat grinder.

The Pistons couldn't get in from the outside, but it was also difficult for the Knicks to get in. After Ewing was knocked down once by John Salley, he didn't get in anymore and missed both shots from the outside.

In the fourth minute, Joe Dumars fouled and took advantage of the dead ball opportunity. Zhou Quan came on and replaced the Assassin.

"Bang!"

The Knicks attacked again. At the critical moment, Ewing missed another shot and Rodman finally grabbed his fourth rebound.

"Crack!"

At this time, Oakley rushed forward fiercely and knocked Rodman's ball away with a slap. Then he elbowed Rodman away and grabbed the ball in his hands.

Although Rodman was ferocious, depending on who he was, in front of a villain like Oakley, his ferocity was still a little bit fierce, and he didn't dare to fight back even if he was elbowed.

"Crack!"

But then a big hand came and knocked the ball away from Oakley.

"who?"

Oakley was furious and immediately fought back.

"Go away!"

Zhou Quan knocked the ball away from Oakley, grabbed it in his hand, swung his hands fiercely left and right to protect the ball, and knocked Oakley away with his elbow.

"hiss!"

Oakley gasped, and the tip of his elbow hit his left rib, causing pain.
To be continued...