Chapter 139 Elbow and the First Triple-Double in the Playoffs

Along with Zhao Dong, Ewing, Buck Williams, Alan Houston, Charlie Ward.

The Knicks attacked, Zhao Dong got the ball from outside the three-point line on the left wing, and immediately faced Penny's double-team.

"Aren't you going to sweep us away, come on!" Dennis Scott provocatively approached.

"hehe!"

Zhao Dong sneered twice, suddenly started, and forced a step between the two, with a bang, he broke through the double-team and rushed over.

After the defense line was broken, he entered the paint area like a dragon entering the sea, unimpeded all the way.

At this time, two insiders of the Magic came to defend, Zhao Dong passed the ball to Ewing, and Ewing made an open jumper and hit a goal.

"Choose to make a crushing breakthrough from the middle of the double-team. This is a humiliating breakthrough. It completely ignores the double-teaming of the Magic. The advantage of Feilong in the third position is too great."

Bill Walton exclaimed.

Looking back, the Magic attacked, Zhao Dong and Alan Houston switched defenses, focused on Nick Anderson, and were ready to double-team Penny at any time.

Anderson ran quickly, a little faster than Zhao Dong, and got a small open space. At this time, Penny broke through and scored the ball. After he got the ball, he met Zhao Dong who followed him and made a three-point jumper.

"predict!"

Zhao Dong was still a little short of the distance, stretched his arms after taking off as hard as he could, and hit the ball.

"Block, Flying Dragon sent a block! He grabbed the ball, he's running fast, and his fast break is unstoppable..." the on-site commentator shouted excitedly.

bang bang bang...

Zhao Dong took the ball and went down quickly. Nick Anderson chased to the left side. He immediately changed hands to control the ball, then rushed into the paint and jumped towards the basket.

"boom!"

Under the cruelty, the basket whimpered instantly.

"Tomahawk-style dunking, the flying dragon is venting his anger to the Magic..." Amidst the warm cheers from the audience, the on-site commentator roared loudly.

"Brothers, no matter how many of us there are, Magic can't save them from being swept away by us. Did you hear me, we want to sweep them away! Sweeping Magic..."

Looking at the rushing teammates,

Zhao Dong roared loudly.

"Sweeping Magic! Sweeping Magic..."

The Knicks players shouted one after another, and the double-teamer Alan Houston also roared excitedly.

"Sweeping Magic! Sweeping Magic..."

The shouts from Madison Square Garden crossed one decibel peak after another within three seconds, and the atmosphere in the entire arena was already on fire.

"Ho... ho... ho..."

All the magic players felt a huge invisible pressure, which made them breathless.

"I saw the burning flames. Under the leadership of the Dragons, the Knicks' morale has begun to burn."

Bill Wharton said in surprise.

"The role of the team leader is the most critical. He can control the morale of a team, he can determine the style of play of a team, he can turn a group of sheep into wolves, and he can also turn a group of wolves into sheep. ' Matt said seriously.

"This is the leader of a team!"

In the locker room, Oakley looked at the TV screen and sighed, and then added: "The Knicks finally ushered in the best leader on the court."

After saying this, Larry Johnson and John Starks next to him nodded in unison.

"A team can only accommodate one leader. Fortunately, he didn't stay, otherwise you would fight in the locker room, and our team would definitely be divided."

Chicago, Pippen said to Jordan.

Jordan was taken aback, then laughed, and nodded again and again.

Pippen is also lucky, if the rookie stays with the Bulls, he won't even be able to keep the position of the second child, and he will be called Pippen's third child.

"Assist, another assist, Feilong reached 8 assists in the half, and he has become John Stockton today."

Madison Square Garden, the roar of the live commentator was unusually passionate.

The atmosphere in the arena has always been warm, and cheers sounded from time to time as the Knicks scored goals one by one.

In the CCTV live broadcast seat, Zhang Lili shouted excitedly: "In the first half, Zhao Dong played super performance, 5 of 8 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 4 of 5 free throws, scored 15 points, 8 assists, 7 rebounds and 1 steal With 2 blocks, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls, he is all-round offensive and defensive, and at the same time shows his sharpness in organizational work."

"8 assists in the half, Zhao Dong can't hit a triple-double today, I will retire immediately." Ma Jian said with a smile.

"42:54, the Knicks lost three main players, relying on the bench lineup to lead the Magic by 12 points at halftime, the Magic was defeated." Sun Zhenping said.

On the TNT live broadcast, Bill Walton analyzed at this time: "The Knicks' home atmosphere is too strong, the team's morale is too high, the Magic has been severely suppressed, their morale is low, and they feel cold. If the morale does not come back in the second half, G2 The war is worrying."

Matt said: "The Flying Dragon's performance today is indeed too strong. The pass after attracting double-teams is like a scalpel. It can directly tear through the Magic's defense line, which is too harmful to the Magic."

Bill Walton flipped through the table, found a data sheet, and said: "Flying Dragon took the ball 32 times in the half, and was double-teamed 26 times, and the double-team rate reached 80%. Among them, 5 shots and 21 passes.

21 passes and 7 assists. On average, he can send 1 assist for every 3 double-teamed passes. This kind of passing ability that uses itself to attract double-teams is too strong, and this kind of damage is bleeding the Magic with a knife. "

"So Bill, do you think the Magic would dare to double-team the Dragons in the second half?" Matt asked.

Bill Walton thought for a while and said, "I don't know. If the dragons continue to play in the first half, then the Magic will not have a great chance of winning whether they double-team or not. What's more, the Magic have to adjust the team first. Morale, their morale has not yet recovered."

Ten minutes later, the second half began.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Ewing did not play, only Zhao Dong was the main force, plus the former starter Alan Houston.

The Magic collectively felt cold, and Penny held the ball to break through, and wanted to rush in to play, with a higher success rate.

But just after he broke through the two defensive lines of Charles and Alan Houston, he encountered Zhao Dong's third defensive line and slammed into Zhao Dong's body. After losing control of the ball, Zhao Dong snatched it. The Knicks took the opportunity to play quickly. Offensive, Charles made a layup.

The Knicks attacked, because without Ewing, the Magic double-teamed Zhao Dong more fiercely.

Outside the three-point line on the left wing, Zhao Dong did not break through forcefully, but held his hands high to observe the position of his teammates.

With his big hands, he has a very strong control over the ball, and with his height, it is almost impossible to grab the ball from him.

"Beep!"

The whistle sounded, and the referee ran over, pointed at Dennis Scott, and signaled him to foul the thug.

"This is Dennis Scott's fourth foul. Today he is the main player defending Zhao Dong, but the effect is mediocre." Zhang Reasonable shouted.

The Knicks re-attacked. After Zhao Dong got the ball, he was double-teamed again. He immediately passed the ball to Charles, who was open. .

"Nice, another deadly pass." Bill Wharton praised.

After half a quarter, Zhao Dong scored in double figures with an assist, and Ewing played at this time. The Magic had no choice but to change their defensive tactics and no longer double-team him.

In doing so, his offensive firepower was unleashed.

"boom!"

Breaking through Dennis Scott, Zhao Dong took the ball and went directly to the basket. Facing the opponent's center Binkali, he made an extremely ferocious dunk and directly overturned the opponent.

"Dennis, I don't care what method you use to stop him." Magic coach Rich called Dennis Scott over and yelled at him from a low position.

"I see."

Dennis Scott nodded fiercely.

In the next round, the Knicks attacked. Facing Dennis Scott's one-on-one defense, Zhao Dong went straight to force the opponent away, then rushed in, and made an emergency stop jumper on the waistline of the paint zone.

At this moment, Dennis Scott chased after him, and when Zhao Dong fell, he jumped from behind.

"careful!"

Seeing Dennis Scott's action, Zhang Lili yelled instinctively.

"Grass!"

Zhao Dong landed on the ground and stepped on something soft with his right foot. He immediately understood that he had been stepped on.

Subconsciously, he was slamming down with more force on his falling arms.

He heard a bang, his right elbow hit a hard object, and at the same time there was a scream from behind, and then the ball passed the basket.

"ah!"

Dennis Scott clutched his forehead and fell to the floor, blood was already flowing between his fingers.

And Zhao Dong, also frowning, sat on the floor, covering his right ankle.

But he's actually fine, he's just putting on airs. He didn't jump high for the pull-up jump shot just now because there was no defender in front of him.

However, he was still vigilant, and he should take better precautions to avoid being stepped on in the future. Maybe you can learn from Curry in the future, and spread your feet when the shot lands?

Amidst the abuse of the Knicks fans, the referee ran over and suspended the game.

"He did it on purpose, he was the next postman and he should have been sent off straight away."

"It was he who stepped up to send it up. The flying dragon just hit him after shooting. The one who stepped on is the most shameful, and the scum stepped on..."

On the sidelines, there were continuous problems in tonight's game, and the coaching staff of both sides couldn't control their emotions. The two assistant coaches rolled up their sleeves and scolded each other.

"here you go!"

In the locker room, Oakley and others were cheering.

"Feilong, how do you feel?"

"It's okay, no problem."

Zhao Dong was helped down again, and a group of people surrounded him.

The referee did not make a penalty in the end, and regarded this contact as a normal contact, and neither party was intentional.

But Dennis Scott had already been sent down. He had a four-centimeter gash on his forehead and needed at least 20 stitches, maybe 40 stitches like Thomas.

"Kill the magic, sweep them!"

Before playing, Zhao Dong yelled at his teammates.

"Sweep! Sweep..."

Including all the players, all the fans cheered.

One side's morale was high, the other's morale was low, and the Magic lost another main force, but they couldn't get it back in the end.

At the end, 75:98, the Knicks won the G2 game and won by 23 points.

Zhao Dong played 43 minutes, made 11 of 20 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 7 of 9 free throws, scored 30 points, 14 rebounds, 15 assists, 2 steals, 4 blocks, 4 turnovers and 4 fouls.

This is the second triple-double of his career, the first triple-double in the playoffs, and the second double-double in assists, which is of great significance.

"Michael, this kid averaged a triple-double in the first two games, a triple-double of 30+." Chicago, Pippen said very scrupulously.

"No matter what stats he plays, we must win, we must win. The Bad Boys can't stop us, the Knicks can't stop us, and that rookie is not qualified to stop us from winning the championship."

Jordan, with terrifyingly firm eyes, said without hesitation.

Seeing Jordan's appearance, Pippen was relieved, this is his reliance, Jordan can give him a sense of security, he will not panic, but there is still a question in his mind: "Michael, you really don't regret it. Chase him away?"

Madison Square Garden, Zhao Dong is being interviewed on the spot.

"Feilong, congratulations, you hit your first triple-double in the playoffs. You are also the first player to hit a triple-double in his rookie season since the Magician in 1980." Zhang Lili laughed.

"Thank you." Zhao Dong smiled.

"Are your knees and feet okay?" Sun Zhenping asked.

"It's okay, I've been lucky in my life." Zhao Dong said.

"Flying Dragon, do you have anything to say about elbowing Dennis Scott?" Magic's team reporter asked coldly.

"A useless scum." Zhao Dong stared at the reporter and cursed.

"snort!"

The reporter just wanted to vent. The team lost 0-2 and was about to be eliminated. He was very upset.

"Flying Dragon, what do you want to say about the Magic's defense?" Knicks team reporter Thomas asked.

"Dirty, they may want to be the next bad boy army, but we are the Knicks, this is all tough, no one cares about their dirty work, no one cares about them." Zhao Dong sprayed.

After the on-site interview was over, Zhao Dong looked back, haha, Lindsay is still there, and he was in a good mood immediately.

"It's an achievement to have a goddess waiting for me." Zhao Dong walked over and smiled.

"Goddess level?" Lindsay laughed.

"Yes, you made me have blasphemous thoughts, which is really a sinful thought, but it cannot be stopped." Zhao Dong laughed.

Lindsay gave Zhao Dong a blank look, is this bad guy teasing me?

"Come on, tell me, where is my surprise?" Zhao Dong said again.

Lindsay bit her lip and suddenly chuckled, "I'm the most devout Catholic, is this a surprise?"

"ah?"

What, this is a complete surprise, how can there be joy?

"Giggle..."

Seeing Zhao Dong's appearance, Lindsay couldn't help chuckling triumphantly.

After exchanging contact information, a disappointed Zhao Dong sent Lin Sai out of the arena.

Some reporters followed him and Lindsay all the time, trying to get Lindsay's information, but Zhao Dong sent them to the parking lot all the time, and didn't give them a chance to get in touch with Lindsay.

But when he saw Lindsay's supercar, he was a little stunned. He didn't expect the girl to be so rich.

"Feilong, tonight is a good night, what do you think?" After getting into the sports car, Lindsay opened the window and said.

"Yes." Zhao Dong smiled.

"bye."

"bye."

Smiling and waving at Zhao Dong, Lindsay stepped on the gas pedal, and the supercar slid forward, the wind gushing into the car window blew her wine-red hair up, making Zhao Dong feel dreamy.

"well!"

Watching Lindsay's sports car drive out of the parking lot, he felt as if he was falling into loneliness again, and he couldn't help but sigh.

In the sports car, Lindsay looked at Zhao Dong in the rearview mirror until he turned the corner.

At the press conference, Van Gundy angrily said to the media: "The Magic's defense is too much today, they just want to kill the dragon.

This is just like what the Pistons did to Jordan back then. Whenever the game starts, they will see Jordan's blood. Today, the Magic is holding the purpose of abolishing the dragon. We'll appeal to the league tomorrow, the Magic went too far tonight. "

But in fact, he also knew that it was useless, just to win the sympathy of public opinion.

"Dragon, do the Knicks still have the determination to sweep the Magic?" The New York Times reporter asked.

"Nothing can stop our determination to sweep the Magic. The more rampant they are on the court, the more we want to sweep them."

Zhao Dong said in a firm tone.

"It's not us who are crazy, but you." Pence was really angry, and interrupted Zhao Dong's words without caring about his gentlemanly manner.

"Look, this is madness. This is our home field. Some guys don't even allow me to finish my sentence." Zhao Dong said coldly.

"You?" Penny almost died of anger.

Back at the hotel, Zhao Dong soaked in the bathtub, and then turned on the system.

"Congratulations, host, you have obtained the iron knee of the hammer, please choose whether to cover it."

"Override." Zhao Dong immediately said.

The next morning, the league made a penalty decision on the on-court brawl between the Knicks and the Magic yesterday.

Brian Evans received a one-game suspension and a $10,000 fine.

Oakley was suspended for one game and fined $20,000.

John Starks and Larry Johnson each, plus a fine of $10,000.

After the ticket came out, James Dowland immediately stated that all the fines will be borne by the team, and the players only need to bear the loss of wages.

"Charles, someday there will be Tita's champagne bath again, I will treat you."

"It's a deal."

Zhao Dong immediately called the three of Oakley as a thank you for their help.

"Nothing can stop our determination to sweep the Magic!"

The New York Times took this as the title and reported yesterday's game.

In the report, they severely condemned the Magic's defensive behavior, praised Oakley and others for their efforts to stand up for Zhao Dong, and also praised Ewing and Zhao Dong's ability to lead the bench to blow up the Magic.

Led by the New York Times, the New York media attacked the Magic, and a large number of media followed up. The Magic and Orlando Multimedia were powerless to fight back.

However, the Chicago media came out and satirized the Knicks wantonly, saying that the Magic used a substitute player to get the Knicks' two main players and a main substitute. It is impossible for the Knicks' brainless IQ to become an obstacle to the Bulls.

The Knicks and the New York media really couldn't fight back against this statement, and the Chicago media took the upper hand.

In addition to these news, because Zhao Dong is the one who hit a triple-double in his rookie season in the past 16 seasons after the magician, and he has a triple-double of 30+, many media also wrote a lot about it.

At the same time, Zhao Dong's idol is also a magician, so a lot of media interviewed Erwin Johnson.