Chapter 144 The Offensive Threat, He Is Not Inferior to Jordan

Hubie Brown said with a smile: "Both are iron-blooded teams created by coach Pat Riley. The iron-blooded factor has been integrated into every cell of them. If one is not good, accidents are easy to happen, so a calm court is needed. Leaders to control them. In this regard, Feilong seems to have done a good job just now, better than Mourning."

Cook suppressed a smile and said: "Yes, the Flying Dragon, the leader of the four villains, claims to be a gentleman who uses his words but not his hands. Well, he is a gentleman. However, I don't think Postman Malone, Iron Man Mourning, and PJ Brown would agree. Yes, they might prefer to call him a villain or a gangster."

"Haha..." Both of them burst out laughing after finishing speaking.

Zhao Dong made a free throw and the Heat attacked.

Xiaochong Hardaway broke through with the ball, and then when Zhao Dong on the weak side shrank his defense, he suddenly made a cross pass to Mashburn who stayed on the left wing three-point line.

But Hardaway was fooled, and Zhao Dong didn't intend to shrink his defense at all.

Neither Mo Ding nor PJ Brown on the inside of the Heat has a three-pointer, and they can't open the Knicks' inside. With Ewing and Oakley, two defensive champions in the paint, there is no need for him to shrink the defense immediately. He just Want the bug to pass the ball to Mashburn.

The first time Hardaway passed the ball, he returned to defend Mashburn.

The speed of a first-class defender makes his return to defense faster than Mashburn and Bug Hardaway imagined.

The moment Mashburn shot a three-pointer, out of the corner of his eye he saw Zhao Dong jump up in front of him, and then covered the entire viewing space.

At this moment, to be honest, he was a little terrified.

"Snapped!"

Zhao Dong grabbed the ball with one hand and fished it out.

"yeah!"

The rare appearance of grabbing a cap, or the team's core flying dragon, the entire Madison Square Garden is boiling.

"Beautiful! This is Feilong's perimeter defense ability. He sent a catch shot, and he is going down..." The commentator's mouth trembled quickly, and he roared out a passionate commentary.

"Squeak..."

Amid the sound of sneakers rubbing against each other, Mashben chased desperately, but he just couldn't catch up with Zhao Dong, who was one step ahead, and fell farther and farther. He had no chance of fouling, and he was a little desperate.

All the Knicks fans stared at Zhao Dong who entered the frontcourt,

Their bodies are leaning forward, their mouths are slowly opening, as if they are preparing for something.

The next moment, when Zhao Dongfei stood up and smashed the basket with a flat tomahawk, cheers like a tsunami also rang out.

"Yeah! Flying dragons! Flying dragons! Unstoppable flying dragons..." The roar of the live commentator resounded through Madison Square Garden.

"Integration of offense and defense, a weakened version of integration of offense and defense...Is this a weakened version of integration of offense and defense? One season, only one season!"

On the sidelines, Pat Riley looked at Zhao Dong on the field and muttered.

The first time he noticed Zhao Dong was during Zhao Dong's ten-day short contract with the Knicks. At that time, he asked the Knicks about the situation. Unfortunately, the Knicks didn't give him a chance, and Neil Grant never let go. .

Heat attack.

Xiao Chong broke through with the ball, and after attracting double-teams, he distributed the ball to the shooting guard Voshan Leonard who ran out of the open space.

Leonard is a second-year player, this is his first playoff game, and he doesn't have much experience in the playoffs, but he has a good three-pointer, and his shooting percentage is as high as 38%.

After he received the ball, facing John Starks, who had a vicious look on his face, he made a three-pointer, but he was a little flustered.

"boom!"

The basketball hit the basket, and Ewing protected the backcourt rebound.

"Defense! I want to see your defense!"

Seeing that the offense was unfavorable, Pat Riley on the sidelines was roaring. At this moment, he abandoned his gentlemanly appearance and turned into a tyrant.

Knicks fans, even Pat Riley's assistant coach Van Gundy at the time, had a sense of familiarity, as if they could hear this roar at every home court two seasons ago.

Zhao Dong took the ball after entering the frontcourt, and did not rush to get close to the three-point line. He made tactical gestures and started to organize the offense.

"Go up and bite him with your defense."

Pat Riley roared immediately when he saw that Mash was standing one step away from Zhao Dong.

"Come on, bite him."

Zhao Dong automatically recompiled this sentence in his mind.

"Fuck, when Mash is a dog?" He couldn't help complaining.

Mashburn literally charged up, like a wolf.

Breaking through with the ball, Zhao Dong made an extremely quick turn around, and rushed to the rushing Mashburn.

Mashburn was completely out of position and hurriedly turned around to pursue the defense, but at this time Zhao Dong had already entered the flank with the ball.

At this time, he can make an emergency stop and jump shot, because the double team didn't have time to come up.

This is what Hubie Brown and Cook analyzed before the game, the threat of the offensive organizer with the ball, and the ability to attract double-teams on the outside.

But Zhao Dong didn't make a shot, but continued to break in, out of the paint, forcing the low-post Mourning to come up to defend, and then passed the ball to Ewing who was moving towards the basket.

"boom!"

Ewing hit the ball with a dunk and scored two points.

"The extremely sharp breakthrough with the ball, coupled with the excellent assist ability, Feilong played a beautiful breakthrough and distribution tactic."

Zhang Li said in admiration.

On the sidelines, Pat Riley murmured: "The tonnage of the center, the height of the power forward, the explosive power of the small forward, the speed of a first-class guard, plus first-class breakthrough skills, strong shooting ability, first-class organization ability, first-class Passing ability, terrifying impact, this man is terrible! The next Michael Jordan? Big version of the trapeze?"

0:7, the Heat attacked and asked for a timeout.

"Defense, where's your defense? Is it all on the beach in Miami?"

Pat Riley stared at the Heat players, the kind of harshness in his eyes made them feel trembling physically and mentally.

"When the flying dragon is close to the three-point line, Leonard, you will double-team the defense. You must be quick to guard against his...sudden pass."

When it comes to the latter, he has a headache, because the three possibilities of sudden shots and passes must be guarded against, which is very difficult for defenders, and it is impossible to find the focus of defense.

Even, in a sense, he already felt that Zhao Dong was as difficult to guard as Jordan.

"When the flying dragon breaks through from the flank, Mourning's defense must be fast, and don't let him rush in easily. At the same time, Brown's defense must be fast, and you must fill in Mourning's vacancy..."

"I don't care what you do, don't let them get a shot, I don't care about fouls, I don't want to see them score, I want to see them fall in our paint, understand?"

"On the offensive end, rush in and fight, I want to see your lethality."

Pat Riley continued to roar again, making the Heat players sweat profusely.

The timeout is over and the game is back.

"Bang! Bang!"

After two dribbles, Little Worm Hardaway made a change of direction in front of his body, and his whole body seemed to be split in two in an instant, and then he broke through Charles and rushed to the paint with the ball.

Oakley came up from the low position to defend, and Xiao Chong turned around again, and then rushed into the paint.

Ewing returned to the basket, and Oakley also chased in, but at this moment, Xiao Chong suddenly scored a ball and gave it to PJ Brown, who was in the low post on the right wing below.

Brown, who was open, caught and shot, and Oakley was too late to return to defense.

The Knicks attacked, and Zhao Dong got the ball outside the left wing again.

"Let's see how the Heat will defend this time." Zhang Lili shouted.

Voshan Leonard immediately moved from the top of the arc to the left wing after Zhao Dong took the ball, but at this moment, Zhao Dong, who was two steps away from the three-point line, suddenly passed the ball.

After the defender Leonard moved to the left, John Starks immediately moved to the right and looked at Zhao Dong.

Sure enough, he moved two steps, and Zhao Dong's ball had already passed.

He caught the ball on the right side of the top of the arc, took a look, and took a three-pointer calmly.

"Shua!"

Splashes appeared and a three-pointer was hit.

"Beautiful! The pass was really timely, and it completely caught the loopholes in the Heat's defense." Zhang Lili shouted happily.

Pat Riley shook his head. Such observation ability and quick handling of the ball allowed him to see the shadow of John Stockton in Zhao Dong.

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

Zhao Dong was not surprised by the difference.

Without him, the Knicks would have won the Heat in the last life if they hadn't been suspended for fighting. In this life with him, he doesn't believe they can't beat the Heat.

In the first quarter, he made 3 of 4 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 8 points. He didn't take many shots. Most of them were fast breaks, but he sent 4 assists.

These 4 assists made the Heat's double-team defense against him useless, and at the same time made the Heat's defense shattered.

However, a pass error was sent, the ball was broken, and the opponent played a fast break.

After all, his passing skills are only level 85, and sometimes the intention of passing the ball is too obvious, and the defender sees the passing route.

To be honest, Pat Riley doesn't know how to defend Zhao Dong anymore.

If you double-team, you will be killed by his pass. If you don't double-team, you will be directly blown up. Mashburn's single defense will definitely not be able to guard against him.

In the fourth minute of the second quarter, at 28:34, the Heat pulled back two points, and Zhao Dong came on and led the bench.

"When he gets close to the three-point line, double-team him immediately. Be quick and don't let him have a chance to shoot. Mashburn, you have to be close, and don't let him pass the ball until you double-team. But In case he breaks into the flank, immediately surround him with three people."

Pat Riley glanced at Ewing, who was still sitting on the bench, and wanted to seize this opportunity to get back some points. He dispatched all the main players, and at the same time took extreme defense against Zhao Dong.

The double team couldn't prevent Zhao Dong's pass, so he could only add another one to try to pinch Zhao Dong who was holding the ball, thus disintegrating the Knicks' offense.

Zhao Dong held the ball outside the left wing and approached the three-point line.

At this time, Heat shooting guard Voshan Leonard suddenly rushed over and began to double-team.

The Heat's supplementary defense was very fast this time. Zhao Dong saw a few short-term openings formed in the supplementary defense, and he failed to pass the ball in time.

This is because the passing skills are not top-notch, and the Heat's defensive speed is really fast, the passing opportunity is fleeting, and then double-teamed.

"squeak!"

Seeing Leonard approaching, he immediately turned back. With the sharp friction of the sneakers, he completed the turn, dribbled the ball with his left hand, and began to break through with the ball.

"Turn around and break through so fast!"

The two people who double-teamed him were amazed at the same time.

One step into the three-point line, and one more step, Zhao Dong suddenly stopped the brakes.

The emergency stop was done so well that both Mashburn and Leonard were caught off guard and got rid of it.

"Emergency stop jump shot? Hit, hollow ball! Flying Dragon made a long two-pointer." The on-site commentator roared loudly.

"A top-level technical move, which allowed the dragon to get rid of the double-team defense and complete an open jumper." Hubie Brown praised in the ABC live broadcast.

In the CCTV live broadcast seat, Zhang Lili said excitedly: "The perfect combination of the two techniques of breakthrough with the ball and emergency stop jump shot gives Zhao Dong a good ability to break double-teams."

"Stakes, your only role is to act as a bench. Maybe I can sit down and rest when I'm tired of shooting." After Zhao Dong scored, he continued to use trash talk to attack the opponent's psychology.

The Heat attacked, and the bug Tim Hardaway made an emergency stop jumper after breaking through, and also hit a mid-range shot.

Zhao Dong took the ball on the outside and continued to attract double-teams.

At this time, he saw Alan Houston, who was open, making an air cut to the basket, and immediately made a jump pass. From a condescending height, he smashed the ball to Houston in a straight line with both hands.

Houston caught the ball and made a layup and hit a goal.

The Heat attacked and Mashburn received the pass.

"Asshole, I'm going to take a shot here and shoot a three-pointer over your head." After receiving the ball, he spat out trash talk.

"Pile, you cast it."

Zhao Dong defended directly close to the body, using the tonnage and strength to squeeze the opponent's center of gravity, leaving no room for Mashburn to make a move at all.

His movement and agility are stronger than the opponent's, and his perimeter defense is also superb. Mashben can't make a shot, and he has no chance to turn around and break through.

Marsh could only turn his back and pass the ball back to the top of the arc.

But at the moment when he passed the ball, Zhao Dong slammed out, stole the ball, and then took advantage of the trend.

"boom!"

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Zhao Dong ended the fast break after the steal with a single-arm dunk with a flat basket.

"Maybe I'm exaggerating the strength of Flying Dragon, but I think his threat is no less than that of Michael Jordan, whether on the offensive or defensive end."

In the ABC live broadcast, Hubie Brown said seriously.

"This is an amazing idea, he is still a rookie season." Cook said in surprise.

"Yes, he does need more seasons to prove, and of course he can't compare with Jordan." Hubie Brown nodded.

On the Knicks bench, Ewing sat comfortably watching Zhao Dong scoring points on the court, drinking a drink, and was short of a hamburger.

The current him has basically completely handed over the dominance on the field, and Zhao Dong is in charge of the ball, but his statistics have not decreased, but the difficulty of scoring has been greatly reduced. Coupled with the prospect of the team winning the championship, this makes He easily accepted the current situation.

Of course, in his heart, he was displeased with Zhao Dong, after all, he was a guy who took his boss position, but he had to endure it.

In the second quarter, Zhao Dong played 8 minutes and sent out 2 assists. Because he was a substitute except Alan Houston, he added some offense. He made 4 of 6 shots and scored 8 points again.

6 shots, one fast break, and the remaining 5 shots after getting rid of double-teams in positional battles. He made 3 goals, and his hit rate was 60%.

However, most of the Heat's main players were on the court in the second quarter, and the scoring situation was better. 45:48, a total of 5 points were recovered, and they were still 3 points behind.

"In the second quarter, the Knicks played against the Heat's main force as a substitute. Only the Dragon played for 8 minutes. In terms of physical fitness, the Heat will be at a disadvantage."

Hubie Brown analyzed.

"In this way, the Knicks will gain an advantage in the second half, especially in the final quarter, and the physical advantage will be even greater." Cook said.

In the visiting team's locker room, Pat Riley is arranging tactics.

In the second quarter, the score was basically regained, but it did not make his expression relaxed, but became more severe.

"In the second half, we stepped up our defense and made it very difficult for them to score every time, you know what I mean?"

"Understood." Everyone said.

Nodding, Pat Riley looked at the substitute player Askins and said to him: "In the third quarter, you go to the flying dragon, use your fouls to prevent him from scoring."

"Yes, coach." Askins nodded nervously.

In the third quarter, Alan Houston continued to play, and the other main players played, and the Heat unexpectedly played half of the main players and half of the substitutes.

Zhao Dong was playing against the Heat's backup forward, Wei Yao, and Askins.

The Heat attacked, Askins led Zhao Dong to run all over the field, but he didn't catch the ball, and finally Mourning made a two-pointer.

Back on the offensive end, Zhao Dong held the ball close to the three-point line.

Askins was only less than 90 kilograms, almost hanging on his body, and then the double-teaming of another backup swingman Dan Marley took the opportunity.

These two forwards and guards were all attached to Zhao Dong's body, and they were all stalking defenses, which made him very uncomfortable.

He chose to pass the ball to Allan Houston.

But the Heat have already seen his intention to pass the ball. Bug Hardaway defended Houston and broke the ball.

"Oops, the Heat played a fast break..." Zhang Lili lost his voice.

Zhao Dong desperately pursued and defended. At this time, Xiao Chong made a layup. He caught up from behind and slapped the ball directly on the backboard.

"Beautiful! Flying Dragon sent out a big cap, and he directly pressed the Heat's fast break to death on the backboard." The on-site commentator roared loudly.

Knicks attack.

Zhao Dong learned the lesson of the last goal, this time he didn't hold the ball beyond the three-point line, but went directly to the flank.

Askins circled forward, but his speed and agility were at most comparable to Zhao Dong. The latter took the opportunity to retreat and got the space to catch the ball.

After getting the ball, the Heat immediately began to double-team him, but he didn't wait for the double-team to come up, and immediately stepped back and shot a jumper.

Askins kept up with the block, but the defensive height was not enough, and he missed the block.

"Shua!"

Splashes appeared and two points were hit.

"Hey, this style of play is smart. Taking the ball in an area with a high shooting rate is better than taking the ball outside, and it is closer to the basket. The rules do not allow early double-teaming, so we can only wait for Zhao Dong to get the ball and then double-team. , but he shoots as soon as he gets the ball, without waiting for your double-team, and this player named Askins can't defend him alone." Zhang Lili yelled.

In the next few minutes, Zhao Dong continued to maintain this flanking style of play. No one in the Heat could defend him alone. His movement speed and shots were so fast that it was too late for double-teaming, and the mid-range shooting percentage of the flanks was guaranteed. In the 7th minute of the third quarter, he made a total of 3 of 5 shots and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 8 points in the half quarter and sent an assist. He led the team to a wave of 13:6 attacks, 53:61 , Pulling the point difference to 8 points.