Chapter 143 The Heat and the Conflicts on the Field in the Second Round

On the 5th, the Heat arrived in New York ahead of schedule.

At noon, at the request of the media, the team held a press conference at the hotel.

"Coach Riley, the Heat had an off-court conflict with the Knicks in the regular season, and there was also a stampede on the court. Are you prepared for this series?"

The Miami Sports News reporter asked.

"We are prepared for everything, we are not afraid of any challenge, and we firmly believe that we can bring back our own victory from New York."

Pat Riley said confidently.

"Mr. Coach, is it because of your knowledge of the Knicks that you are so confident?"

The second question was from the New York Athletic, Knicks team reporter Thomas.

The dry skin on Riley's face twitched, he looked at Thomas and smiled, and said very gentlemanly: "This is one aspect, and more importantly, our strength makes me so confident."

"The Heat have a ghostly ability, can they beat the Knicks with Mourning and Xiao Chong?" Zhao Dong laughed when he saw this scene on TV.

But the current foundation of the Knicks, including the coaches like Van Gundy, was indeed trained by Pat Riley, and his iron-blooded style of play is also the foundation he laid.

He recalled that the upcoming series was famous in league history for having a big brawl.

At that time, the Knicks were leading 3-1. In the fourth quarter of Game 5, the Heat led by more than 20 and should be able to pull back a game. Charlie Ward used an unconventional foul action, which angered Oakley and the others.

Then, a brawl broke out.

Unexpectedly, the iron-blooded kidney fighter Mourning and Larry Johnson were singled out, but they were blown up by the boxer aunt, and their heads were beaten into pigs.

In the end, the Knicks suffered a big loss. Charlie Ward and Ewing, Alan Houston were suspended for the sixth game, John Starks and Larry Johnson were suspended for the seventh game, and only Oakley escaped.

This is still the league giving the Knicks face. After all, this is the best team in the league market, otherwise the punishment will be more severe.

For example, in this fight with the Magic, the league did not ban Ewing, and Ewing also made a move. He should also be suspended, which is considered a face.

The Heat took advantage of the Knicks' multiple suspensions, and finally eliminated the Knicks by a big score of 4 to 3 and reached the Eastern Conference Finals.

"What the hell, history won't repeat itself?"

To be honest, thinking of this matter, he was still quite worried.

The Magic used a substitute to kill three Knicks. Will the Heat be inspired by it?

He felt that he should find an opportunity to chat with Oakley and the others about this issue, otherwise these angry guys would definitely be unable to control it.

After participating in the team training in the afternoon, everyone returned to the locker room.

"Brothers, do you think the Heat will act like a magic trick this time?" Zhao Dong started the conversation.

"Dirty work?" Oakley asked.

"Deliberately provoke our actions, and then..." Zhao Dong nodded.

Oakley scratched, looked at Zhao Dong, then at Ewing and the others, but laughed.

"Feilong, you want us to put up with them? It's not like you. You beat Mourning off the court and the postman on the court. You did it. When it's our turn to do it, you object?"

Larry Johnson was a little uncomfortable.

Zhao Dong nodded and said: "Because it's the regular season, if you play, you play, and if you get banned, you get banned, it has nothing to do with the overall situation of winning the championship.

And now it is the semi-finals of the playoffs, which is related to the overall situation of winning the championship. If we are provoked, you should be very clear about the consequences.

Pat Riley You guys know him well, he's a guy who will do whatever it takes to win, right? "

Ewing and Oakley looked at each other and nodded.

"Then what to do, if they provoke us, we really have to endure them?" John Starks shouted.

Zhao Dong said coldly: "My suggestion is, in order to win the championship, if you really can't control yourself on the field, don't rush forward, but let someone with good skills kill Mourning, so that we can only send one off at most. For example, I , or Charles, Larry Johnson."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, can they still do this?

"Do you think the championship is more important, or is it more important to fight?" Zhao Dong looked at the expressions of everyone and asked again.

Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and they all looked at Oakley and Ewing.

"I, I want to win the championship." Ewing said after a little hesitation.

He and Mourning are both from George University, and they have a good relationship in private, but they are opponents on the field. Now that Zhao Dong arranges someone to deal with Mourning, he doesn't think there is anything wrong.

"What about you, Charles?" Zhao Dong asked, looking at Oakley.

"I?"

Oakley looked at Zhao Dong, thought for a while and said, "You can bear it, I have no problem. Anyway, if you choose someone to do Mourning, let me do it."

"NONO, Charles, let me come, I can blow up that idiot." Larry Johnson yelled.

"Listen to me first."

Zhao Dong nodded, he stood up, walked to the front and asked, "What do you think of Jordan? Is he great enough now?"

Everyone looked at each other, including Ewing and Oakley nodded.

Zhao Dong continued: "The Bulls suffered a lot under the Pistons Bad Boys. How did Jordan do it?"

He didn't wait for other people's answers, and said again: "After he was tripped, sieged, and elbowed by his opponent, he chose to get up and fight again. After being eliminated by the Pistons, he chose to strengthen his own strength, and then challenge the Pistons again .

We should learn something from him. It is difficult because our emotions are difficult to control, but this is a key for us to challenge ourselves. Only by defeating ourselves can we finally defeat our opponents.

Of course, I don't mean to learn from him completely. Our iron-blooded spirit cannot be given up, but our goal should be the championship, and everything must serve this purpose.

Therefore, when we encounter provocations, if we really can't control them, if we need to use toughness to fight back against them, my suggestion is to pay the smallest price.

Larry? "

Having said that, he looked at Larry Johnson.

"Are you letting me go?"

Larry Johnson perked up.

"If the Heat provoke us, if you are on the court, you go up, find Mourning and fight him one-on-one." Zhao Dong said coldly.

"OK, I see." Larry Johnson eagerly said.

"Charles, if Larry isn't on the court, it's you." Zhao Dong said to Oakley again.

"OK." Oakley nodded.

"I didn't arrange myself, do you have any opinions?" Zhao Dong asked.

"No." Everyone replied.

"You must not do anything." Oakley said seriously.

Nodding his head, Zhao Dong said to Ewing: "Patrick, you don't want to fight, if the rest of the Heat want to fight, it's not too late for us to fight, then we make more sense, but try to let Charles or Larry single out Mourning. "

"Yes." Ewing said.

At noon on the 6th, the task that Zhao Dong had been looking forward to was released.

Sniper missions for the second round of the playoff series: 1. Lead the team to advance; 2. Average 30+10 per game, with a hit rate of more than 50%.

Series mission rewards: 10 random quality points or skill points (sweep opponents, double rewards)

The task is almost the same, but the difficulty is increased, and the hit rate requirement is five percentage points higher.

The time came to May 7, and the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Knicks and the Heat started.

Heat: PJ Brown, Alonzo Mourning, Jamal Mashburn, Voshan Leonard, Tim Hardaway

Knicks: Ewing, Oakley, Zhao Dong, John Starks, Chris Childs

The game was broadcast live across the United States by ABC, and Hubie Brown analyzed after getting the starting roster: "The lineups of the two sides have not changed, the Knicks have the advantage in the interior and the front line, and the guard line is slightly weaker.

In this series, I think the Knicks will win, but the Heat have the same chance. Their chance is to limit the performance of the dragon, because the dragon is already the first offensive point of the Knicks, and it is also the initiator and organizer of the offense.

Simply put, Flying Dragon is the Knicks' offensive organizer with the ball. Limit him, and you can limit the Knicks' offense. "

Cook went on to say: "The so-called offensive organizer with the ball is not a traditional point guard. He is an organizer with the ability to attack the ball. The offensive ability with the ball is very important, and the threat is greater than that of a simple point guard.

And an offensive organizer like Feilong who can attract double-teams with the ball is even more terrifying. "

"Darwin, who do you think is more threatening, Flying Dragon or John Stockton?" Hubie Brown asked suddenly.

Cook was taken aback, thinking and said: "There is no doubt that John Stockton is the best point guard, even the best in history.

As for Feilong, we have just seen his organizational ability, but the time is too short, he needs more proof..."

"No, no, Darwin, I didn't ask you to evaluate their historical status. Flying Dragon is a rookie season. No matter what statistics he plays, he is not qualified to evaluate their historical status with John Stockton. He can't even talk about it. What kind of historical status does it have?"

Hubie Brown stopped.

"Okay, I get it, threatening, huh?"

Cook went on to say: "In terms of threat, I think the threat of the offensive organizer with the ball is greater than that of the pure point guard."

"Why?" asked Hubie Brown.

Cook said with a smile: "Comparing the two, Stockton can't attract double-teams on the outside, only when he breaks through with the ball can he be able to attract double-teams.

But Feilong is different. He is very dangerous when he is close to the three-point line, and he must double-team him on the outside.

As a result, it is obvious that the Flying Dragons have more opportunities to create open spaces for their teammates, while Stockton often needs to play pick-and-roll tactics with the postman, or break into the interior with the ball in order to create open spaces for teammates. So in terms of threat, I think Mutalisk is bigger. Hubie, what do you think? "

Hubie Brown laughed: "I think so too."

At this time, in the CCTV live broadcast seat, Zhang Lili said: "Oakley and the others have returned today. The Knicks have a complete lineup. According to their strength on paper, the Heat can't beat the Knicks. But there are no weak teams in the NBA, and the Knicks still have to be careful. superior."

There are no guests in today's live broadcast, just him and Sun Zhenping. At this time, Sun Zhenping continued: "I think the most important thing for the Knicks is not to fight. From the regular season to now, they have fought several times on and off the court. Especially There are a few main players, and the next opponents are getting stronger and stronger, and it will be troublesome if they are suspended."

"Yes, yes... You must control your emotions." Zhang Lili immediately agreed.

Inside the exit, the starters of the Knicks and the Heat met.

"snort!"

Mourning stared at Zhao Dong. He couldn't forget the loss he suffered under this bastard rookie, and he would always find a chance to pay back.

"Giggle..."

PJ Brown, whose second child was stepped on, stared at Zhao Dong, gritted his teeth.

Huge boos turned into a thunderous noise as the visiting team came out on the field.

The main players came out, and almost all the lights in the entire Madison Square Garden went dark, leaving only two beams of spotlights pointing at the exit.

At this time, the passionate voice of the live commentator sounded:

"What is going to be played now is the future of the Knicks, the New York Wolf King, the all-around king of the Knicks, and Fei Fei Fei Fei, who just averaged a triple-double in the first round of the series... Feilong!"

"ah!"

When Zhao Dong appeared under the spotlight, there was a tsunami of cheers.

"Feilong, kill Mourning, kill the Heat!"

"Patrick, the Eastern Conference Finals, we want the Eastern Conference Finals!"

Countless Knicks fans shouted in the dark Madison Square Garden.

"Kill the Heat!"

Zhao Dong raised his arms and shouted.

"Kill the Heat! Kill the Heat..."

The audience gradually formed a unified shout, and the entire Madison Square Garden fell into a near frenzy, and the atmosphere of the home court was in full swing.

The Heat's away fans are only a thousand, far less than the Knicks' away fans in the last game. This is because the Knicks' playoff tickets are too expensive, more than five times that of the Heat.

The voices of these fans were completely suppressed, and no voice could be heard to support their team.

Huge sound waves hit the Heat players, and the strong pressure forced them to open their mouths to breathe. Before the game started, everyone's foreheads were covered with fine sweat.

"Take advantage of the atmosphere of the home court to overwhelm people with momentum and hit the opponent's psychological morale first. Zhao Dong has mastered the essence of the art of war!" Zhang Reasonable said in admiration.

After the warm-up, the game started, Zhao Dong won the jump ball, and the Knicks attacked.

On the left wing, Zhao Dong asked for the ball as soon as he crossed the center line, and then made a tactical gesture of pulling away.

Heat small forward Jamal Mash is a native of New York, and has been built by Pat Riley into an outside defensive champion. He is 203 cm long and has a tonnage of nearly 110 kg. He is not too different from Zhao Dong, but in terms of speed, he It's not on the same level as Zhao Dong.

Zhao Dong's speed has been raised to level 90, the real first-class level, and it is also first-class in the back line.

When Mashburn was pressing up, he first slowed down, then suddenly accelerated. Through the rhythm control of Paul's breakthrough with the ball, he easily rushed past the defender and entered the flank.

His invasion, like an invisible big hand, immediately compressed the Heat's defense greatly.

The Knicks only had Ewing in the low post on the left wing, and everyone else was outside. The open came out, but he didn't pass, and he had to play the first ball himself.

Mourning, who was defending Ewing, saw Zhao Dong coming aggressively, and immediately came out to defend.

But Zhao Dong once again came to control the pace of speed, shaking Mourning directly, and then changed direction and broke through the Heat's second line of defense, entering the paint area.

On the right wing, PJ Brown, who was also made into an iron-blooded defensive champion by Pat Riley, rushed in.

He suffered a great loss at Zhao Dong's feet, the spongy body was ruptured, and he had more than twenty stitches. If anyone in the alliance hates Zhao Dong the most, he is probably not under the postman Ma Long. When he rushed in to defend now, his fist was already Pinch it tight.

When Zhao Dong rushed to the basket, he slammed up, facing PJ Brown, who was blocking the block, with a crazy one-arm dunk.

"Snapped!"

PJ Brown hit Zhao Dong on the head with a slap.

"boom!"

There was a violent smashing sound, and Zhao Dong smashed the ball into the basket, sinking PJ Brown.

"Beep!"

The referee blew his whistle.

"yeah!"

In the opening game, there was a ferocious slam dunk that overturned a person, and the whole audience was excited.

"Aw!"

Zhao Dong became excited, and after falling to the basket, he yelled at PJ Brown who was struggling on the floor: "Chop Suey, two people like you tied together can't stop me."

"Go away, are you going to fight?"

Seeing that Zhao Dong humiliated Brown with a button, and provoking him with trash talk, Mourning pushed Zhao Dong violently from behind.

"You just got lost, have you forgotten whose territory this is?" Oakley rushed over and pushed Mourning away violently.

"Oh, is the game about to start? Control your emotions!" the live commentator shouted.

"The atmosphere is too intense. Players on both sides should control their emotions." Hubby Brown called on the ABC live broadcast.

"Zhao Dong has to control it first, you are the core, you can't take the lead in fighting!" Zhang Lili said anxiously in the CCTV live broadcast.

"Fuck!"

Zhao Dong calmed down at this moment, seeing that Oakley was about to attack Mourning, he hurried over and hugged him, and shouted in his ear: "This is not the time, Charles, control yourself."

"Mourning, remember, this is the Knicks, not where you are rampant. Be careful next time, be careful."

The angry Oakley pointed at Mourning and cursed.

The two sides finally did not fight, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.