Chapter 233: The Heat Paint Area Has Become a Scorched Earth

The Heat attack and Xiaochong holds the ball.

"Kamen kamen..."

Billups said provocatively from the front.

Xiaochong didn't break through this time, he faked a sudden shot and jumped up from outside the three-point line.

"Snapped!"

With his quick hands and eyes, Billups slapped down the ball and knocked the ball away from the bug.

The on-site commentator immediately shouted: "Steal? Got it, Billups comes down quickly... Feilong comes down quickly on the other wing... pass the ball..."

Zhao Dong ran hard, surpassed Mashburn by one step, and then two steps. After crossing the three-point line, he received a cross pass from Billups. He entered the paint area from the right elbow and flew up, which was a goal. Flat basket tomahawk chop.

"boom!"

Under the violence, the basket wailed.

"I really can't catch up!" Mashburn gasped.

Under the anti-isolation singles rule, Zhao Dong's defense means pulling, pulling, pinching, pulling, pushing, tripping, elbowing, etc. These are all things Jordan has enjoyed.

However, you have to have a chance. If you can't catch up, how can you defend?

"The fast break is so powerful. There is no one who can catch up with Zhao Dong at the small forward position. As long as Zhao Dong stays on the three-point line and plays fast break, how do you ask others to defend? I support the league to restart the anti-isolation singles rule. , if you don’t restrict such a person, how can you win against him?”

In the CCTV live broadcast booth, an excited Zhang Lili cheered.

Heat offense.

This time Xiaochong passed the ball in and gave it to Mourning in the low post on the right wing.

Ben defended Mourning alone, Oakley maintained defense at all times, and Zhao Dong still did not shrink his defense.

Today, Nelson formulated a defensive strategy based on the suggestions of Van Gundy and Thibodeau, that is, Zhao Dong will not shrink his defense and always stay outside.

The Heat's two major insiders, Luke Longley, are of average strength and a role player. However, Mourning's offensive ability cannot defeat the defenses of Oakley and Ben.

But Mourning can't beat the Knicks.

Zhao Dong on the outside can beat the Heat to nothing with just his fast break.

"boom!"

Mourning moved away, but was affected by Oakley's help defense, and the ball hit the basket.

Thanks to Da Chong's ability to predict rebounds, Zhao Dong has already turned around in advance.

Mashburn reached out and grabbed Zhao Dong's jersey, but he slapped him open, and then he couldn't keep up. This was the closest distance between him and Zhao Dong.

Ben turned around to protect the backcourt rebound. Billups rushed in and he quickly passed the ball.

"Whoosh!"

Billups dodged the interference of the bug and made a long pass. The ball flew to Zhao Dong who had already rushed into the frontcourt.

"boom!"

The Heat's basket was blown over again.

2:6, the Heat attacked and Pat Riley called a timeout.

In the TNT live broadcast, Bill Walton shook his head and said: "The league restarted the anti-isolation singles rule and added Article 138. The purpose is to force Feilong back to the low post. But now, Nelson used fast breaks to avoid the rule against Feilong. limits."

"Bill, what do you think the Heat are going to do now?" Matt asked.

Bill Walton laughed: "Start the defense from the source of the offense. During the transition between offense and defense, because the inside passing ability is not enough, the Knicks did not pass the ball directly to the dragon, but used Billups' transfer, which gave the Heat a chance. .

The Heat must delay the Knicks' fast passing at these two points, so that they can suppress the Knicks' fast break to a certain extent. "

On the Heat bench, Pat Riley's brutal voice rang out: "Tim Hardaway, you let a rookie pass the ball out continuously. Is this your defense?"

"Not next time, sir." Xiaochong replied quickly.

"Luke Longley, Alonzo Mourning, watch your guys, I don't want to see Ben Wallace and Oakley take the ball easily again, take advantage of your defensive height, they are shorter than you, do you understand?"

Lowering his voice, Pat Riley roared with a stern expression.

"Understood, coach." The two of them nodded while wiping their sweat.

"I want you to do everything you can to cut off their passes and prevent them from playing fast breaks. We have to force Feilong back to the low post and use the rules to restrict him. Do you understand?"

"Jamal Mashburn, you did nothing today, you know? You are our front line gate. You have to move in advance to keep up with his rhythm. Do you understand? You can use many methods to proactively find strong confrontations, especially with the ball. When it's in his hands and he's above the foul line."

"I have rehearsed the tactics countless times, why can't I execute them when I get on the field? Have your brains been thrown into the cesspool?"

Pat Riley continues to rant.

"The Heat are likely to adopt a defensive strategy of cutting off passing lines, which will affect our fast break tactics. Then we will immediately switch to positional warfare and let Feilong control the ball..."

In front of the Knicks bench, Nelson was arranging new offensive tactics.

Next to the bench, general manager Neil Grant and Van Gundy were talking.

"Jeff, Don's coaching style has changed a lot!" Grant said with some sigh.

"Yes, the playoffs are no better than the regular season, and the defensive pressure is very high, so the offensive tactics we set are mainly based on positional warfare, which is also Feilong's requirement." Van Gundy said.

In the 1995/96 season, Pat Riley left and Nelson took over the Knicks. However, his small-ball style disgusted Ewing, the team's mainstay, and refused to cooperate. Nelson even wanted to trade Ewing.

A major conflict between the head coach and the players led to a mutiny in the locker room. Ewing fought back and led the players to force the management. In the end, he chose to fire Nelson to calm the anger in the locker room.

And when Nelson is welcomed back this season, he is actually worried about conflicts between the old coach and Zhao Dong, who has a stronger temper.

But the results were very good. Nelson's tactical style has changed. He no longer blindly pursues the small ball style, but combines small ball fast breaks with traditional positional warfare, which perfectly suits Zhao Dong. This is what he is most happy with. seen.

The timeout ends, the game begins, and the Heat attack.

Xiaochong broke through to attract the defense and distributed it to Mourning. Mourning made a single attack and hit a goal.

This is Ben's weakness. Even in his peak period, his single defense ability was not enough. After all, his height is there and his defensive height is limited. This is a common problem of short insiders.

"Defend them, stay up there and limit their passing."

In transition, Pat Riley yelled from the sidelines.

Everyone in the Heat strengthened their defense, the big quick serve failed, and the fast break opportunity disappeared.

Entering the frontcourt, Zhao Dong wants to pass the ball and go outside the three-point line on the left wing. Mashburn defends alone.

At the same time, due to the first restriction of the anti-isolation singles rule, all other Knicks players cannot be concentrated on the weak side. At least one person must stay with Zhao Dong on the strong side, and this person is Oakley.

In this way, Heat power forward Alonzo Mourning is also on the left wing.

However, in order to increase the distance between Mourning and Zhao Dong, Oakley did not come up and waited in the low post. This made it more difficult for Mourning to help defend and double-team Zhao Dong.

But there are advantages and disadvantages, because there are Ben and Oakley in the low post. When Zhao Dong holds the ball above the free throw line and its dotted line, due to the second rule, the other two Knicks players cannot sink. , you have to stay up there, this is the first drawback.

Neither Ben nor Oakley has much low-post offense. This is the second drawback.

When Oakley didn't come up and stayed in the low post, the Heat's response was to immediately strengthen their defense to prevent Alan Houston and Billups from running out of space.

The result of this reaction is to force Zhao Dong to play by himself, force a shot in a double-team, or pass it to the low post to play for Ben and Oakley, who have no low offensive ability.

So what is the Knicks’ tactical strategy?

When Zhao Donggang received the ball, Mashburn had already moved forward and actively sought strong confrontation.

This is because Article 138 of the Feilong Law states that above the free throw line and its dotted line, when faced with a single defense, Zhao Dong is restricted from hitting people when he breaks through with the ball, so he took the initiative to strengthen the confrontation and increase the possibility of Zhao Dong fouling.

His confrontation ability is also very strong. He is 203 centimeters and 110 kilograms. His quality is very good and he is not afraid of confrontation.

But as soon as he got close to him and pushed his left elbow towards Zhao Dong, Zhao Dong suddenly took a step back while dribbling the ball and avoided his movement. He couldn't help but pause.

"boom……"

At this moment, Zhao Dong started up again, stepped out with his left foot very quickly, and rushed from his left while dribbling.

He stretched out his left arm, blocked it, and punched Zhao Dong in the stomach, but he still couldn't stop the latter's sudden thrust.

"So fast!"

exclaimed Bill Walton.

As Zhao Dong penetrated the wing and crossed the dotted line of the free throw line, the second restriction of the anti-isolation singles rule was broken.

The second limit is that no more than two players can sink while the ball carrier is high above the foul line and its dotted line.

At this time, Alan Houston started quickly, dropped the defender, and cut inside towards the basket.

Zhao Dong passed the ball and Alan Houston received the ball and reached the paint area.

Although there was Luke Longley under the basket, he was restrained by Ben. Mourning had no choice but to immediately return to defend the basket.

Behind him, Zhao Dong, who had just passed the ball, rushed into the paint area.

Alan Houston drove to the basket with the ball, attracted a double team, and immediately passed the ball with a direct hit pass. The ball passed from Mourning's feet to behind him.

"Flying dragon?"

Mourning was startled and hurriedly turned back to defend.

"not good!"

As soon as he turned around, he found that his entire field of vision was blocked by Zhao Dong's figure.

Zhao Dong caught the ball, strode towards the basket, and flew towards Mourning in the reasonable collision area.

"Bang!"

A dull impact sounded. As soon as Mourning turned around, he was knocked over by the terrifying impact. He didn't even have a chance to take off and directly hit Luke Longley behind him. The two of them fell to the basket together.

"boom!"

The next moment, a strong sound of bombing exploded, resounding throughout Madison Square Garden.

"yeah!"

At the referee's whistle, all Knicks fans cheered.

"Oh, it's a flat-basket dunk from Iron Man. Feilong used the most brutal flat-basket dunk to overturn the iron man Alonzo Mourning. He made Mourning miserable..."

The excited roars of the on-site commentators sounded like rolling thunder.

"Hoo ho..."

Mourning got up in embarrassment, his whole chest aching from the collision. He felt as if he had been run over by a tank.

"damn it!"

Cursing, he turned and pulled up Luke Longley.

"Don't block my way, otherwise destruction will be waiting for you ahead." Zhao Dong spat trash talk at the two of them, and then walked to the free throw line.

"This bastard!"

Staring at Zhao Dong's back, Mourning gritted his teeth and cursed.

"Beautiful offensive coordination, through continuous passing, tore through the Heat's defense and double teams. This is an offense that the Knicks did not have last season." Bill Walton laughed.

"This is what Nelson is good at." Matt laughed.

In the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Liji smiled and said: "As a powerful forward, you must be like Feilong, able to shoot, break out, and attack the inside.

Definitely not like Postman Malone, who can only shoot jumpers from the outside. No matter how accurate such a mid-range shot is, it has no lethality or deterrence.

Look at Zhao Dong playing like this, the Heat fell down twice inside, and then they attack and defend again. How will they defend? Do you still dare to guard against getting out? If you can't defend yourself and stay under the basket, the Knicks can shoot you down. "

Zhao Dongjia made a free throw, 4:9, the Heat attacked.

Left wing, Mashburn's run.

He is one of the best small forwards today, good at both offense and defense. For him, Pat Riley gave up Tracy McGrady, who was full of potential.

First, he moved downward, and when Zhao Dong kept up, he suddenly ran back, got an open space to catch the ball, and received a pass from Xiaochong.

However, as soon as he got the ball, his space was gone. Zhao Dong returned to him and got directly close to him. He immediately took a step back. Zhao Dong continued to press, forcing him to turn around to protect the ball. The face basket became a back basket.

Carrying the basket means losing sight of the low post. At this time, Oakley came up from the low post and implemented a double team.

"Snapped!"

When Marshal was avoiding Oakley, Zhao Dong knocked his ball away and completed the steal.

"Get back to defense quickly!"

Pat Riley roared.

The Heat quickly returned to defense, and both Alan Houston and Billups were restrained. Zhao Dong wanted to get down quickly with the ball, but was blocked by Mashburn with a pulling action that was almost a foul.

In the playoffs, especially the game between the enemies of the Knicks and the Heat, the referee's standard for under-whistle is that if you don't use your fists, you will be whistled. If you dare to use your fists, you will be whistled.

In a positional battle, Zhao Dong advanced with the ball to the three-point line on the right side of the front court, and Mashburn came up.

"boom!"

At this moment, before his opponent could get close to him, he dribbled the ball from his hip. He suddenly transferred the ball to the left, controlled the ball with his left hand, and stepped out with his right foot to the left at the same time, making a breakthrough from the left.

Mashburn subconsciously moved in the direction of Zhao Dong's breakthrough, but at the next moment, Zhao Dong dribbled the ball under his hips again, pulled the ball back to the right, retracted his right foot, then stepped to the right, and broke out from the right. Mashburn, cutting into the flank.

Mashburn hurriedly turned around to pursue him and lost two steps.

"Testing a breakthrough!"

Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

On the low right wing, Mourning lost Oakley and quickly came up to cover.

Zhao Dong changed direction upwards, bypassed Mourning and entered the paint area, changed direction downwards again, threw himself at the basket while pulling up the ball, holding the ball high in his left hand, and it flew up after one step.

Mourning, who returned to defend the basket, jumped up and slapped the basketball from the wing.

At this moment, Zhao Dong, who was gliding forward, suddenly retracted his left hand and dodged Mourning's block.

At the next moment, Luke Longley took off and blocked the shot in the reasonable collision area.

"Bang!"

The two collided instantly.

"boom!"

Amidst the strong sound of the basket exploding, Luke Longley was directly knocked over and landed unsteadily. He took two big steps back and hit the photo booth behind the baseline. Everyone in the area was suddenly turned upside down.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle and pointed at Luke Longley. The thug fouled and an extra penalty was awarded.

"Oh, how beautiful! Feilong is like a bomber. Under his bombing, the Heat's paint area has been reduced to scorched earth."

The on-site commentator roared loudly.

"Zhao Dong continuously changed directions and broke through, single-handedly destroying all the Heat's defenses, and also caused another foul on the Heat's inside line. It was very lethal!"

Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

"Now Zhao Dong is shooting 5 out of 5, all of which are dunks that hit the basket. He played extremely violently today!" Sun Zhenping shouted excitedly.

Luke Longley got up with a pale face, and the muscles in his lower back were twitching constantly. This was telling him that if such a collision happened again, he would not need to fight again.

Zhao Dong made another free throw. At 4:12, the Heat attacked and called a timeout.

After the timeout, the Heat scored a goal from Xiaochong. At 6:11, the Knicks attacked.

Zhao Dong holds the ball outside the three-point line on the left wing. Mourning is two meters below Oakley, just two steps below Zhao Dong. As long as he breaks in, he will face a back-up defense and then a double-team.

At the same time, the little bug at the top of the arc also kept Billups two meters away, maintaining a posture of double-teaming Zhao Dong at any time.

In the TNT live broadcast, Bill Walton said: "Because Feilong showed unparalleled impact, one person destroyed all the Heat's defenses. Pat Riley adjusted his defensive strategy. Now he should double-team Feilong, and It’s a double-team.”

Matt said: "The previous defensive tactics were to defend against Feilong alone, plus a certain amount of supplementary defense, and then to defend against others. However, this kind of layer-by-layer sniping and fueling defense really couldn't stop Feilong's attack. His The impact is so powerful that it can't even be compared to those smaller defenders."

"The two core principles of Jordan's Law are to double-team to defend Jordan, or to defend Jordan alone, and then defend his teammates to death. It seems now that these two methods are not effective enough against Feilong." Bill Walton said .

"In these few minutes of the game, I defended Feilong alone. Feilong's response was to hit the basket directly and cause damage. The impact and lethality of his offense are even stronger than Jordan's. How do you defend the enhanced version of Jordan? ? If you guard against him alone, you won't be able to guard against him at all. The inside line will be directly blown up, so you must think of another way." Matt analyzed.

Mashburn once again sought active confrontation and wanted to cause Zhao Dong to violate the rules, but the latter turned around and overcame him.

However, as soon as Zhao Dong took a step into the flank, Mourning's defense came up. At the same time, Xiaochong also rushed to his side, and Mashburn also chased after him, forming a three-man double-team.

This is the complete Jordan Law. If the offensive side cannot conduct isolated singles, it will face faster defensive double-teaming.

Nelson has already made tactical adjustments. In this situation, Zhao Dong can force a single. He has this ability.

If he plays in isolation, Oakley and Ben will have to get into the basket to grab offensive rebounds. This is one of the Knicks' strengths.

Sufficient offensive rebounds allow Zhao Dong to shoot unscrupulously without fear of missing the shot. Anyway, he has the guarantee of a second offense.

At the same time, the two players on the outside must be prepared to return to the backcourt because offensive rebounds may be lost.

Of course, there is another response, which is passing the ball, which is also one of the strengths of Zhao Dong and Niels.

But the Heat's double-team position is also particular. It happens to be on the dotted line of the free throw line. This is limited to the second rule of Jordan's rules, so the Knicks' outside line cannot cut inside. If Zhao Dong wants to pass the ball, the outside line will be watched. If it dies, it can only be passed to Ben and Oakley who are not capable enough in the low post.

How does Zhao Dong choose?

He hit the ball.

After the ball is combined, you can no longer dribble, only pass or shoot.

Under this situation, the three Heat players who were double-teaming immediately accelerated to complete the double-team, and grabbed Zhao Dong with six hands.