Chapter 145: Banned
The Heat attacked, and Mourning and Xiao Chong played a pick-and-roll tactic. The former returned the pass and shot a jumper, but the opportunity came up and he missed the shot.
Ewing protected the backcourt rebound and the Knicks attacked.
Zhao Dong got the ball on the left wing again, and this time Askins made a decisive and fierce foul, throwing him to the floor when he shot a jumper.
"What the hell!"
He became a meat pad, and the combined weight of himself and Askins reached 200 kilograms, and he fell a heavy one.
"Flying dragon?" Oakley rushed over.
"Do not impulse!"
Annoyed, Zhao Dong lifted Askins off his body, and when he saw Oakley rushing over, he hurriedly shouted: "We are sure to win them, everyone, control your emotions and don't affect the overall situation."
"Shet!"
Oakley cursed at Askins.
"Do as we have decided, and control your emotions." Zhao Dong shouted to his teammates after being pulled up by Oakley.
The ball missed, the referee made two free throws.
Next, Zhao Dong made both free throws, 53:63, the Knicks led by double digits, and the Heat attacked.
Xiao Chong scored a goal, it was the Knicks' turn to attack, and the Heat once again took a rude and brutal foul.
Zhao Dong shot a jump shot when he reached the waist in the paint, and PJ Brown, who came to help defend, rushed over with a fierce face, and directly carried out a mid-air hug when he made a jump shot.
"boom!"
Zhao Dong hit the floor and became the one on the back again.
This time I fell harder, without any slowing down, and landed completely hard, with a PJ Brown on top of it, and my head hit the floor.
Now he was angry, it was aimed at destroying him, but for the sake of the championship, he learned from Jordan, and he still endured it.
"Ouch, it's a heavy fall, won't it hurt you? No, Oakley rushed up..." Zhang Lili yelled anxiously.
"boom!"
Oakley punched Brown in the face who hadn't fully got up yet.
Smash him down.
"Charles, calm down."
At this time, while trying to persuade the fight, Zhao Dong hugged Brown to prevent him from getting up. Oakley took the opportunity to beat Brown violently.
"asshole!"
When Mourning saw it, his eyes burst into tears, and he rushed over immediately.
"Charles, Mourning is coming up from behind!"
Larry Johnson clenched his fists and roared from the bench.
There was no need for him to shout, Zhao Dong had already reminded him, Oakley turned around and found Mourning, and the two immediately fought together.
"Don't hit, don't hit!"
Zhao Dong got up, but accidentally stepped on PJ Brown's ankle, causing the latter to groan, and his face turned pale instantly.
"Don't hit, don't hit..."
He ignored Brown, ran towards Oakley, and stopped by the side without trying to persuade the Heat's players to approach.
"NONONO, don't fight."
Other teammates also stopped around at his call to prevent them from reinforcing Mourning.
There are four of them on this side, and only three on the Heat's side. PJ Brown was beaten badly by Oakley, his foot was trampled by Zhao Dong, and he was still moaning on the floor, so the Heat's players couldn't rush in .
"Beep beep..."
The referee whistled extremely sharply, but it was useless. Who would listen to him at this time?
At this time, Oakley hugged and threw Mourning on his body, and then punched Mourning indiscriminately, hitting Mourning in a panic. He was hit on the face several times, and his nose was already bleeding.
"Charles, stop hitting, don't hit hard." Zhao Dong shouted.
When Oakley heard this, did he think that he had acted lightly? Hurry up.
"Pull them off, pull them off!"
Van Gundy didn't know Zhao Dong's plan, so he shouted anxiously from the sidelines.
"..."
Pat Riley was a little embarrassed. This didn't feel like the Knicks he was familiar with. How come Oakley was the only one doing it alone? Shouldn't he rush forward? Can't you do it like the last magic trick?
"It seems that Mourning is really not Oakley's opponent. Oakley really deserves to be one of the four villains. Fighting is better than playing."
Zhang Lili shouted.
"Now we're going to be suspended again." Sun Zhenping said worriedly.
Oakley felt that it was almost done, and there would be problems if he played again, so he stopped.
Only then did Zhao Dong step aside from the Heat players, and looked back at Mourning on the floor, good guy, you have a bruised nose and a swollen face, Oakley, why do you keep hitting people in the face?
"Oakley, you bastard!" Angry Mourning got up, and immediately rushed to Oakley again.
"Calm down, don't do anything!"
Zhao Dong hugged Mourning from the side, including his arms. Oakley immediately punched Mourning twice, and Mourning groaned. There was nowhere to hide, and there was no way to block it.
"Charles, forget it."
Ewing couldn't stand it anymore. After all, this was his junior, and he had a good relationship in private. He quickly blocked Oakley and pulled Zhao Dong away.
"I'm not done with you!"
Pushing Zhao Dong away violently, Mourning knew he had been fooled. This damn Feilong was not trying to persuade a fight, but was playing an offensive cover. He was tricked.
At this time, the referee finally called the security, separated the crowd, and then made a penalty. Oakley and Mourning were sent off at the same time. As for the others, including PJ Brown, they were not punished.
"Sir, he stepped on me on purpose. This time he stepped on me on purpose again. He wanted to cripple my feet. Just now he hugged me and asked Oakley to hit me..."
Sitting on the floor, PJ Brown howled at the referee.
"I didn't see it." The referee didn't bother to pay attention.
"Coach, we were fooled, they are too insidious!"
When Mourning left the field, he still shouted at Pat Riley angrily.
Pat Riley nodded. He already knew that this Knicks team was no longer the team he was familiar with. This team had been mixed with other things and had self-control.
He already knew he couldn't beat this match, he couldn't beat it in the first place, and after two starts, he couldn't beat it even more.
"It's all right now. The Heat won't be able to steal the chicken. Mourning was sent off. PJ Brown's foot seems to be hurt. He has been sitting on the floor. Maybe he sprained Zhao Dong when he hugged him just now. Two insiders It's not worthwhile to exchange one Oakley with all the main players leaving the field!"
Zhang Lili complained.
"Fortunately, Zhao Dong did a good job this time, so he didn't do anything." Sun Zhenping laughed.
Indeed, as Zhang Lili said, after the Heat lost all their main insiders, they were completely unable to withstand the Knicks' offensive. Zhao Dong frequently passed the ball to Ewing after attracting double-teams, directly blowing up the Heat's backup insiders.
After the third quarter, the point difference has reached 20 points, and the game has entered garbage time.
At the end, 72:95, the Knicks won by 23 points and won the second round of G1.
Zhao Dong played 42 minutes, 13 of 20 shots, 6 of 8 free throws, 32 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals, 4 blocks, 3 turnovers and 4 fouls.
In the second round of the series, he once again played a triple-double all-round performance, which was praised by the media and fans present.
Zhao Dong accepted the on-site interview of the media.
The team reporter Thomas asked: "Feilong, why didn't you punch this time?"
Zhao Dong laughed: "Because I know they just want us to make mistakes, we can't do what they want, we have to control ourselves, we have to put all our attention on the game, we only have one goal, that is the championship. "
"How do you evaluate Oakley's combat effectiveness?" a Miami reporter asked angrily.
"Of course he is a strong defensive player with excellent rebounding ability." Zhao Dong said with a smile.
"I'm asking about his combat effectiveness." The reporter said angrily.
Zhao Dong made a look of "sudden realization", and said with a smile: "Generally, he should have suffered a lot from Mourning just now. I think his hands are swollen from the beating."
"Bastard! You hugged Alonzo to prevent him from fighting back. Did you do it on purpose?" the reporter said angrily.
"Nonsense, I've been trying to persuade you to fight, don't talk nonsense!" Zhao Dong said coldly.
The reporter was trembling with anger, bastard, why didn't you hug Oakley to persuade me?
After hastily finishing the on-site interview, Zhao Dong hurried back to the locker room to visit Oakley.
"How is it? Did you get hurt by Mourning?"
"It's okay, he's good at playing, and I'll single out two of them in a fight." Oakley said indifferently.
"It's a pity that I don't have the field."
Larry Johnson was very sorry, and suddenly started boxing, and shouted: "It should be in the second quarter. I was on the court at that time, and I could knock him down with a few punches."
"Damn the Heat, their defense is really dirty. Dragon, you didn't fall, did you?" Ewing asked.
"I bumped my head, it's okay." Zhao Dong shook his head.
"That's because you are lucky. If you are thrown down, your joints are easily injured. There used to be an All-Star player. I forgot what it was called. He was thrown by someone, broke his knee joint, and retired immediately." Ewing said.
Zhao Dong nodded, and reminded himself that in the future, facing this kind of defense, he must be careful not to jump too high.
He still remembers that in 2000 or 2001, Pat Riley used Bruce Bowen to step Alan Houston.
"By the way, Bowen seems to be in the Heat this season, but he didn't make the playoff roster?" He thought for a while, and it seemed to be.
"Dragon, do you think the Heat's dirty defense will continue?" John Starks asked.
"Pat Riley is very cunning. He may see our countermeasures. However, if the Heat don't use these methods, they will never win us, so we still have to be careful, and be careful that they put all their eggs in one basket." Zhao Dong reminded.
Then he and Ewing went to a press conference.
For the Heat, only Bug Hardaway attended the press conference, and Mourning did not come.
"Flying Dragon, you stepped on PJ Brown, and he has already gone to the hospital. According to the medical examination results of the Heat team doctor, your foot may have caused his right ankle ligament torn. You crippled him. What do you want? Did you say that?"
A Miami reporter said angrily.
"Sorry, I just wanted to stop Mourning and Oakley, and I accidentally stepped on him. You have to know that he was moving at the time, and I was also moving. We bumped into each other. This was unintentional. Compared to him deliberately hugging The action of throwing me, he directly hugged me from the air and smashed me to the floor, I am an angel, and he is a devil." Zhao Dong said coldly.
"you?"
The reporter turned black with anger, he had never seen such a shameless person.
"Then you hugged Brown, then hugged Mourning, and let Oakley beat them, what do you say?" the reporter asked.
"As I said, I just want to persuade a fight, and I will hug whoever is closer to me. Isn't that normal? In this case, do you want me to be far away? I think what you have to do is praise me, not accuse me , because I went up to break up a fight against their fists, and I was easily accidentally injured."
Zhao Dong said nonsense seriously.
"..." The reporter almost died of anger.
"Puchi!" Many New York reporters burst out laughing.
At this time, Van Gundy said angrily: "Tomorrow we will apply for an investigation from the league. PJ Brown's hugging action is too much. He just wants to destroy the flying dragon. How should this defensive action appear on the basketball court? Is this a wrestling action? Does he want to get a copy on Feilong?"
Zhao Dong nodded on the side, and added: "At that time, my head hit the floor, and I fell head-on-foot. At that moment, I felt that he wanted to kill me."
"Coach Riley, did you tell Brown to do this?" a New York Times reporter asked.
"of course not."
Pat Riley smiled. He knew how the New York media hated him, so he had to be careful when answering.
In fact, he really didn't instigate it, this is not his style.
Judging from the iron-blooded style of the Knicks he created, there is no such dirty defense. He is just iron-blooded, not dirty.
While organizing his words, he said: "Brown just wants to win, he can't hurt Feilong, he is a kind person."
"Are you so kind that you want to kill someone?" the reporter mocked.
"As I said, he just wanted to guard against the dragon. He didn't mean it, just like the dragon stepped on him." Pat Riley laughed.
The press conference became a wrangling meeting between the two sides, but the media's microphone was in the hands of the Knicks, so most of the firepower was concentrated on the Heat, which made Pat Riley a bit embarrassed. As a speaker, he was asked by the media Get speechless frequently.
The next day, the New York media began to praise Zhao Dong for his third triple-double.
"The Magician had 5 triple-doubles in 16 playoff games in his rookie season, and now the Dragon has 3 triple-doubles in 4 games. This is an era beyond." New York Sports News.
When Zhao Dong saw this headline article, he blushed a little.
A triple-double is a matter of luck. Sometimes teammates don’t feel good, and you can’t get assists. So although he has 3 triple-doubles in 4 games, it doesn’t mean that there will be such a good chance later.
Moreover, this is also the reason for the weaker opponents. In the original timeline, the Magic and the Heat were not opponents of the Knicks at all. Now that there is one more him, they are even less opponents.
"Michael, Oakley beat Mourning, I'm curious why he was the only one doing it?" Pippen asked in a low voice as the Bulls were having a tactical meeting.
"We don't have to worry about this kind of thing. We don't have that kind of dirty defense. As for why Oakley did it alone, you watched the game last night. It should be arranged. The Knicks know how to control them. Great." Jordan laughed.
"Are you worried?" Pippen asked.
A trace of persistence flashed in Jordan's eyes, and he said with great confidence: "We lost three games in the regular season, and we will get it back in the playoffs. I want that kid to know what kind of Michael Jordan he will face."
In his heart, there is still a sentence that he has not said, that is, no one can stop him from becoming a god.
"However, that kid has really become very strong, and his assist ability has suddenly appeared, which is terrible!" Pippen said at this time.
Jordan's expression also became serious. Yes, he also understood that that kid was difficult to deal with.
With the ability to assist, it means that the Bulls cannot double-team him unscrupulously.
If you still choose to double-team, the result is likely to be the same as the Magic and the Heat, being killed by the kid's triple-double.
As for the single defense, he looked at Pippen, can the old man Pippen guard against the rookie?
In addition to the front line, the Bulls' inside line is not as good as the Knicks. Rodman could support it before, but now he may not be able to support it.
That kid not only has the ability to assist, but also his rebounding ability has suddenly skyrocketed, and he is even better in the matchup with the big bug, which is too strange.
When he thinks of Big Worm, his head hurts, because this guy actually went to PT again, and he didn't even participate in the tactical meeting. At such a critical time in the playoffs, he is also old, and his injury has not fully recovered. Useless energy consumption.
"If, if it doesn't work this season? An All-Star insider should be traded in during the offseason."
He didn't know why, but this idea suddenly popped up in his mind.
As soon as this idea came out, he was very surprised.
"How is it possible? How could I lose? This is absolutely impossible." With a cold snort, he immediately put aside the idea.
He didn't know when it started. He no longer underestimated Zhao Dong, and even put Zhao Dong on the same level. I'm afraid he didn't realize it himself.
That night, the Bulls beat the Eagles, Jordan scored 40+, and led the team to victory in the semifinals of G1.
This morning, the league announced the punishment decision for the fight between the Knicks and the Heat in the G1 game. Oakley and Mourning were suspended for the G2 game and each played one board.
This decision was a blow to the Heat. They were already weak, but now that they don't have the inside pillar and the second scoring point, what else is there to play?
"The league favors the Knicks, it's unfair."
The Miami media immediately reacted to this, and the Miami Sports News publicly criticized: "PJ Brown did defend too hard, but the dragon's stampede should be punished. This is the second time he stamped on Brown. Poor Brown. It is very likely that the career will be reimbursed, and the league will turn a blind eye to it.
We need to know that when you turn a blind eye to evil deeds, you stand with the wicked and show that you are supporting such evil deeds. This is extremely wrong and should be condemned. "
The league official responded immediately: "According to the investigation, we can confirm that the stampede of the flying dragon was just an unintentional act..."
"Shet, that damn villain must be laughing."
In the hospital, PJ Brown was so angry that he almost jumped out of bed after seeing the league's response.
Mourning, who came to visit him, shook his head and sighed: "This is the benefit. The Knicks' tickets are several times higher than ours. No one wants to see us win. They just want to get a share of the Knicks' huge ticket sales."
"Alonzo, then we just admit defeat?" Brown said unwillingly.
"Of course not, we are waiting for them at home."
Mourning's face was cold and serious. He thought for a while and said: "The league definitely hopes that we will play two more games with the Knicks. We should have some home calls in the next two home games. This is our opportunity and we must seize it. "