Chapter 325: Tonight, We Will Slay the Dragon!

At around 5 p.m., the Knicks arrived at a local hotel in San Antonio.

In the hotel, at the request of the media, the Knicks held a press conference.

"Feilong, my name is Mai Rui, a reporter from San Antonio Sports News. So what do you think the Knicks' chances of winning in the G3 game are?"

a local reporter asked proudly.

"One hundred percent." Zhao Dong said without hesitation.

"What gave you the courage to say that? Are you arrogant?" Mai Rui smiled.

"Ha ha……"

His words also made many local reporters laugh.

Zhao Dong stared at Mai Rui. The fierce gaze made the smile on the other person's face disappear quickly. Then he said coldly: "My courage to say this comes from the strength of the Knicks and myself. And your arrogance , will cause trouble for the Spurs."

"Oh, what kind of trouble can you bring us?" Mai Rui said disdainfully.

"Neither David Robinson nor Tim Duncan has the courage like you. To say such a thing to me, your ignorance and arrogance are simply ridiculous!"

Zhao Dong pushed up the table, stared at Mai Rui coldly, and said: "In the G3 game, I want the Spurs to pay for your ignorance and arrogance."

After saying that, he left the group of reporters in front of him and left.

Mai Rui's face twitched, he glanced at Zhao Dong's back, and said disdainfully to his peers: "We have twin towers. They are both superstars. They have a height under the basket that the Knicks don't have. Every time they Each has the ability to attract double teams, and I believe we will still beat the Spurs in this game."

"Mary, I support what you said. It's time for the Spurs to win the championship."

"Well said, the Knicks can't beat our Twin Towers."

"O'Neal fell under our twin towers, and a flying dragon can defeat him."

Some local reporters echoed this.

"I bet that the Spurs will lose a few rebounds at the SBC Center tomorrow."

"Hopefully my position is under the Spurs' rebound,

That way I could get a few good shots. "

Other reporters from the media were very excited. They knew that the game tomorrow night would be lively, and they started talking about it one after another.

Their discussion was also heard by local reporters. Murray's face suddenly looked a little ugly. He knew that the Spurs' rebounds would inevitably be replaced, but he still said confidently: "Even if Feilong can blow up the rebounds, he can't stop the Spurs." Twin Towers, victory must belong to us, no matter how many rebounds he hits, it will be useless."

Other local reporters chimed in.

Zhao Dong returned to the room, turned on the TV, and happened to see a piece of tidbits from TNT. Dita Vantis returned from performing in the UK, which reminded him of the impressive champagne bath he had seen.

"Linge..."

He immediately took out his cell phone and called his agent Wells.

On the 12th, the g3 battle day.

"After Popovich, San Antonio Sports reporter Murray angered Feilong, and the Spurs once again became enemies with Feilong." New York Times.

"Please prepare a few more rebounds at the SBC Center Arena." New York Sports News.

"Outraging the gods of efficiency, the Spurs are in trouble." Los Angeles Times.

Likewise, the San Antonio media fought back, with the city's sports newspaper publishing an article by Murray titled "Tonight, We Will Slay the Dragon!"

He said in the article: "We cannot allow a foreigner to dominate the league. We must fight back. The Spurs will rise up to slay the dragon and prevent the evil dragon from defending the dynasty."

In his article, he dressed the Spurs as dragon-slaying warriors, which won the support of many people.

Former Bulls player and current Spurs player Steve Kerr accepted an interview with the media and said: "I support Murray. We cannot allow a foreigner to become the signature of our league. We have many stars who can replace him. We should make A powerful counterattack, we must defeat him, we must slay that evil dragon.”

In addition to Cole, some league players supported Murray and made their voices heard in front of the media.

But these players are all minor players, and no significant stars have come forward to support Cole's statement.

This is the influence of Nike and Feilong Sports. Even brands such as Adidas and Reebok do not dare to offend Nike and Feilong Sports now because these companies are afraid of being targeted by the giant storm. These sponsoring companies do not speak, and their Naturally, the stars can’t speak either.

"Feilong, the Spurs are going to slay the dragon. Do you have anything to say about this?" A reporter from the New York Times interviewed Zhao Dong.

Zhao Dong said coldly: "The Spurs want to slay the dragon, so I will pull out the thorn of the Spurs."

On this day, many media began to hype relevant news.

The Spurs slay the dragon, and the flying dragon pulls out its thorns. These are two different views. Under the influence of the New York media, the latter view is obviously supported by the vast majority of people and media.

From this point of view, the influence of a small team like the Spurs is really limited.

However, the Los Angeles Sports News did not follow the hype, but published an analysis article about the Knicks' lineup.

In the article, the author believes that the Knicks should use Zhao Dong as the point guard and combine with Madman to directly destroy the Spurs' fragile back line, and then attack the Spurs Twin Towers from the outside.

At the same time, this article believes that the Knicks should trade Billups because he does not have much value in the Knicks lineup, and Zhao Dong's organizational ability is far stronger than him.

Well, this article was actually created by Jerry West.

He believes that the possibility of the Bulls collapsing is very small, and they would have collapsed long ago, and now with the resignation of Phil Jackson, the Bulls have not collapsed.

The reason is that the strength of Kidd, McGrady, and Rasheed is enough for the Bulls to form a competitive lineup, and a new Bulls can be built around these three people.

So, he started to take advantage of Billups.

If the Knicks can be fooled into trading Billups, it will kill two birds with one stone, weakening the Knicks and strengthening the Lakers.

In fact, he certainly doesn't think Billups is worthless to the Knicks.

At 6 p.m., the Knicks arrived at the Spurs' home court.

The Spurs home court is sponsored by SBC Telecom Group, so the home court is also called SBC Center Arena.

It wasn't until 2006, when SBC Group was merged with AT&T Telecommunications Group, that the Spurs' home court was renamed the AT&T Center Arena. The Spurs can receive US$20 million in naming fees every year.

At seven o'clock, the SBC Center Arena was already full.

In the TNT live broadcast booth, Bill Walton laughed and said: "In the finals G3 game, the average ticket price of the Spurs' home court was less than one-tenth of Madison Square Garden. The consumption power of the small ball market is too low, resulting in the team's operational capabilities. Seriously inadequate.

I am now very doubtful about how the Spurs will renew Tim Duncan's contract next year. The Spurs do not have the strength to give Duncan a maximum salary, and they cannot afford the luxury tax. "

"Then just leave. I bet that if Duncan enters the free market next year, at least half of the teams will be willing to offer him chips." Matt smiled.

"I think the Knicks will also be willing to offer chips. They just lack an insider like Duncan. And the Bulls. If the Bulls can have Duncan this season, then the Knicks will eliminate the Bulls, or the Bulls will eliminate the Knicks, but I can't say Okay." Bill Walton laughed.

Matt suddenly said: "Bill, what do you think of the popular saying today, that the Spurs slay the dragon?"

Bill Walton laughed and said: "It's just a gimmick. If they have the strength, they can kill the Knicks and successfully slay the dragon.

If they didn't have the strength, they would be overthrown by Feilong and Nils.

This league, this world, has always been about strength. Feilong can become the only signature star in the league today because he has defeated the entire league, including Michael Jordan, by virtue of his strength. It is not something that just any role player can object to. opposing.

What do we rely on for today’s ratings? Relying on the role player Steve Kerr? No, he is not important to the league. We rely on superstars like Feilong. "

Matt laughed and said: "Okay then, we are going to witness tonight, will it be a spur slaying a dragon, or a flying dragon pulling out its thorns?"

In the visiting team's locker room, Nelson was announcing the starting lineup.

"Flying Dragon, Latrell Sprewell, Danny Fortson, Charles Barkley, Wang." He read out five names in one breath.

Billups was a little confused after losing his starting position. Did the team really believe that damn analysis article in the Los Angeles Sports News and want to trade me?

Nelson continued: "In this game, Feilong plays point guard."

"The boss plays point guard. This is the same as what Los Angeles said. Do you really want to trade me?" Billups was very uneasy.

In fact, he was overthinking it. The article written by Jerry West just happened to coincide with Nelson's schedule tonight.

Barkley was very happy to finally start in the finals. After winning the championship, who would dare to doubt the gold content of his ring?

He is still very confident about whether he can win the championship.

Nelson began to arrange the tactics. Of course, the tactics had actually been discussed in the morning tactical meeting, and now it was just a final emphasis.

"We use surprise tactics."

After explaining the basic tactics for tonight, he looked at Da Zhi.

Although Da Zhi's performance in the last game was not very good, he still let Da Zhi start because the team needed Da Zhi's ability to stretch and his height under the basket.

"Wang, on the offensive end, you pull to the bottom corner and ambush there. On the defensive end, you must hold on and don't let the Spurs twin towers get close to the basket easily," he said.

"yes."

Da Zhi nodded to express his understanding.

"Danny..."

Old Nelson looked at Fordson again and said: "Your first task is to grab rebounds. On the offensive end, when the outside line breaks in, you have to cover well."

"Got it, coach." Fordson nodded quickly.

"Charles, your task is to contain one of the Spurs' twin towers. They will definitely use a role player to play point guard with Wang and Feilong. The one facing you must be one of the twin towers."

Nelson said to Barkley.

"I know." Buckley nodded: "Don't worry, Don, I will do it well."

Nelson nodded and said with a smile: "On the offensive end, you pull them out of the paint area so that Feilong has room to break through. On the defensive end, you have to be prepared to enter the low post to help defend and double-team."

Buckley nodded: "Understood."

After explaining the inside and forward lines, Nelson began to talk about the back line. He said to Zhao Dong: "Feilong, this game is very crucial. We must win it. We now need your breakthrough ability and your impact on the basket. , it requires your lethality, as well as your passing and organizational skills. How to play, whether to attack or organize, you decide on the court."

Nelson's words represent that he has handed over all the command rights on the field to Zhao Dong, giving him the greatest degree of freedom, including unlimited firing rights, and even the power to temporarily change tactics.

Zhao Dong nodded and said: "My plan for tonight's game is..."

When he said this, everyone looked at him.

"Kill David Robinson first." Zhao Dong said coldly.

"Kill Robinson?"

Everyone's spirits were lifted.

In the G2 game the day before yesterday, super center Robinson was still going strong and scored 37 points. He was the main contributor to the Spurs' win.

"Kill Robinson, once the Spurs Twin Towers are broken, we will win," Zhao Dong said.

"Feilong is right, he went in and committed a foul on Robinson. He is an old guy. Rasheed Wallace's ribs were broken in two. It is impossible for him, an old guy, to withstand Feilong's impact. We won." deal."

Buckley immediately chimed in enthusiastically.

"Boss, give them some more rebounds." Fordson shouted.

The atmosphere in the locker room quickly became lively.

Zhao Dong smiled, shook his head and said: "Changing the rebounds will only give them some time to rest. The Spurs are under semi-military management, with the Spurs twin towers in charge, and Popovich's tough management methods. In this way, , it’s hard to really break their morale.”

Fordson said regretfully: "It's an advantage for them."

At 7:30, the starting lineups for both teams were announced.

Knicks: Wang Zhizhi, Danny Fortson, Barkley, Latrell Sprewell, Zhao Dong

Spurs: David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Sean Elliott, Mario Elie, Avery Johnson

In the TNT live broadcast booth, Bill Walton analyzed: "Ben Wallace continues to be abandoned. His height disadvantage was magnified against the Spurs Twin Towers, and he only plays as a substitute.

In addition, the King of China continues to play, and he performed poorly in the G2 battle. So I guess that Nelson's use of him will still be a high-position turret?

Also, congratulations Charles, you were able to start in the finals. This is surprising. Does this mean that the Knicks have no one available inside? "

Matt laughed and said: "In the last game, the Spurs let go of Ben Wallace and Fordson, and even let go of Billups and Wang, and used great strength to double-team Feilong, but now this The starting list tells us that it will be impossible for the Spurs to double-team the Dragons tonight. At least, they will never dare to let Barkley go short."

"Yes, even if Buck only has one leg left, no one would dare to let him go, just like Robinson can still attract double teams now."

Bill Walton laughed: "But in this game, the Spurs may still let Wang and Fordson go. They can still double-team Feilong."

"No, no, Bill, you are wrong, Billups did not start." Matt shook his head.

Bill Walton was startled, slapped his head suddenly, and smiled awkwardly: "Sorry, sorry, yes, I missed it."

Matt added: "If Billups doesn't start, and Barkley enters the starting lineup again, Feilong will definitely appear at the No. 1 position.

Then the Spurs want to double-team Feilong on the outside. Even if there is a Feilong law that limits Feilong's breakthrough ability, they can't prevent others from breaking through.

I'm referring to Madman. Once the Spurs double-team Feilong on the outside, Madman will definitely cut in on the weak side. With Feilong's height on the outside, he can easily see Madman's open space and pass the ball to Madman's hands.

Once Feilong doesn't have the ball in his hands, the Spurs can no longer double-team him. At this time, he can also make cuts.

Facing the Knicks' two wings cutting in, how can the Spurs, who have concentrated their defensive power on the outside, defend the cutting from both sides in the low post? "

Bill Walton continued: "So, the most likely defensive tactic for the Spurs is to let go of one person and double-team Feilong on the outside, above the dotted line of the free throw line, so that no one in other positions will be allowed to play. The defense is too weak."

Matt smiled and said: "Yes, learn the Bulls' tactics of double-teaming the Dragon from the outside in the Eastern Conference Finals."

At 7:40, the two teams started the game.

The Knicks received huge boos at the SBC Center.

SBC is no better than Madison Square Garden. Even in the finals, the stars here are very dim, and there are very few stars from the league.

"We will definitely succeed in slaying the dragon tonight."

In the media box behind the baseline, local sports reporter Mai Rui saw Zhao Dong playing and said loudly to his two companions.

At eight o'clock, the g3 battle officially begins.

Da Zhi and Duncan jumped the ball, and the Spurs attacked.

"The Spurs are using the high-low twin towers strategy again?"

Bill Walton looked at the position of the Spurs players and immediately said: "Robinson is not positioned at the three-point line at the top of the arc, but at the free throw line. This is his shooting range and is more threatening. It seems that Popovich Qi made some improvements to the high and low tower tactics.”

The Knicks played a two-one-two zone defense, with Robinson on the high post, Fordson on the left wing against Duncan, Barkley on the right wing against small forward Sean Elliott, and the Madman on the right wing against Spurs shooting guard Mario. Eli and Zhao Dong faced young general Johnson on the left wing at the top of the arc.

Zhang Lili said in surprise: "The little general is very fast. On the defensive end, Zhao Dong does not go into the low post to strengthen the low post defense, but instead defends the No. 1 position. Is there any problem?"

At this time, young general Johnson was holding the ball and approaching the top of the arc, and Zhao Dong stepped forward to prevent the former from approaching the top of the arc smoothly.

According to the tactical requirements of the 212 zone defense, the madman pounced on the young general Johnson at this time, forming a double-team on him.

This is the essence of zone defense, forming a local trend of using more to attack fewer.

"Avery."

At this time, Robinson in the high position was carrying a big ball and asked Johnson for the ball.

The young general suddenly took a step back and distanced himself from Zhao Dong.

"Pass down."

Zhao Dong immediately determined Johnson's intentions.

There are still two meters away from the top of the arc. If you take one step back, it will be close to three meters. It is absolutely impossible for the young general Johnson to take action by himself. When passing the ball to the left and right wings, there is no need to take a step back at all, so the only way is to pass downward. You need to distance yourself from the ball.

At this moment, his attention was highly concentrated.

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