Chapter 387: Shark Shows Off Its Power, Super Efficient

Kobe made a free throw, 8:5, the Knicks still led by 3 points, and the Lakers attacked.

Next, the two sides continued an intense offensive and defensive battle.

O'Neal singled out Fordson under the basket. Although Zhao Dong frequently returned to defend the basket, he failed in most cases, so O'Neal's offense under the basket was very good.

But he consumes a lot of physical energy. Although Fordson can't guard against him, he works very hard. Every time he takes a back seat, he must give his full strength to squeeze in.

As for the Knicks, Zhao Dong continued to focus on the offense with all his strength, frequently playing efficient fast breaks during the transition between offense and defense, and the offensive and defensive rhythm was very fast.

After the first ten minutes, 29:26, the Knicks led by 3 points.

During the timeout, Barkley analyzed: "The offense and defense in the first quarter were very fast and the scores were very high because the offensive efficiency of both sides was very high."

"Yes, the Lakers mainly focus on O'Neal's basket attack, while the Knicks use fast breaks and dragon position battles. Neither side can defend the other's offense."

Kenny Smith said.

Barkley smiled: "What I am most concerned about now is whether Feilong can break Thomas' record of 25 points in the finals."

"There is no doubt that this is another offensive battle." Zhang Lili said.

Su Qun took a look at the data record sheet and said with a smile: "O'Neal made 7 of 10 shots and 3 of 5 free throws in ten minutes. His free throw shooting rate was good today and he has scored 17 points.

Zhao Dong, in order to counter O'Neal's efficient offense at the basket, focused on the attack in the first quarter, making 10 of 13 shots, including 5 fast breaks, and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 22 points.

Director Zhang, do you think he can break Thomas' historical record of 25 points in a single quarter in the Finals in the first quarter today? "

"Three points tied, four points broke the record, and there are still two minutes left. With today's offensive rhythm, I think it is certain to break this historical record today, right?" Zhang Li said with a smile.

The timeout ends, the game restarts, and the Lakers attack.

O'Neal did not play and was on the big game.

Kobe took over the offense and made a fake shot. After passing Stackhouse, he made a sudden jump shot and hit a mid-range shot.

Knicks offense.

Willis and Trent are on the inside,

Fordson and Ginobili went down, Zhao Dong went to the first outside position, and Marion was at the third position.

Zhao Dong controlled the ball and approached the top of the arc.

"How do the Lakers defend?" Barkley asked loudly.

On the court, when Zhao Dong approached the top of the arc, Kobe defended him. Glen Rice let Marion go and double-teamed from the left.

Marion followed what Zhao Dong told him yesterday and immediately cut inside.

Big Ben and Horry had been pulled out of the basket by Willis and Trent. Seeing Marion cutting towards the basket, Big Ben immediately chose to return to defend the basket.

Zhao Dong faced a double-team and did not do it himself. He played for ten minutes, focusing on the attack with all his strength, and his physical strength was also exhausted. He wanted to take a rest, so he chose to pass the ball to Willis who was let go, and then he immediately made a move to Willis. Run to the basket and prepare to grab the rebound.

Willis caught the ball on the left wing two steps away from the paint, took one step forward and made an open jump shot, making a hit.

"Attack it yourself, Feilong, didn't you notice that the record was about to be broken?"

In the CCTV live broadcast booth, Su Qun saw Zhao Dong passing the ball and shouted with regret.

Zhang Lili explained with a smile: “He should know, but between a record and victory in this game, he chose the latter.

After all, no matter how strong his physical fitness is, he cannot take over the entire team's offense. If his teammates have a good opportunity, they must choose to pass the ball. Otherwise, his teammates will not be able to touch the ball for a long time. Firstly, his enthusiasm will be affected, and secondly, his touch will be cold. . "

31:28, Lakers attack.

Harper advanced in the backcourt, and Zhao Dong retreated and defended. When he retreated to the top of the arc, he caught Harper's ball and dribbled it to the floor, and suddenly made a steal.

Harper was a little negligent and dribbled a little too high. This was the reason why Zhao Dong suddenly launched a steal.

Sure enough, when he made a move, Harper had no time to pull up the ball and the ball was swatted away by him.

"It's over!"

Barkley saw Zhao Dong steal the ball in the backcourt and immediately shouted.

Sure enough, in the next second, Zhao Dong turned around and rushed towards Harper, who was about to counterattack, and reached the top of the arc. Three steps later, he hit a one-arm dunk with a 360-degree rotation, winning the three-thousand away game. The cheers of the fans.

Even a large number of home fans couldn't help but clapped their hands and cheered when they saw this wonderful dunk.

"You traitors."

Seeing a large number of Lakers fans cheering for Zhao Dong, the on-site commentator said helplessly.

Barkley laughed and said: "It seems that Feilong's physical fitness is fine. He actually dazzled in the most critical G3 game of the finals. This is something only he can do."

"In addition, I want to remind Feilong that you have already scored 24 points. You are only one point away from Thomas's record and only two points away from breaking his record. There are still 69 seconds left on the clock and you still have a lot. opportunity." Smith smiled.

"Pay attention to the support in the backcourt and don't make any more unnecessary mistakes."

Phil Jackson shouted and clapped his hands to encourage the players.

This time forward, the Lakers were much more cautious. Kobe and Harper advanced side by side, not giving Zhao Dong a chance to steal.

The last ball was made, and this time Kobe came again. He faked a real shot and hit a three-pointer over Stackhouse's head.

"Can you guard me? You even make my shots soulless."

After Kobe succeeded, he retreated to the backcourt and started trash-talking Stackhouse.

"Don't imitate my boss. Don't you have any innovation?" Stackhouse spat back.

At this time, Zhao Dong reached the frontcourt with the ball, and Kobe immediately switched defenses with Glenn Rice to keep an eye on Zhao Dong.

But at this moment, taking advantage of the loophole in the defense switch, Stackhouse began to cut quickly towards the basket.

Zhao Dong also quickly passed the ball here. Stackhouse received the ball and rushed into the paint area, jumping up against Ben who was returning to the basket.

But instead of dunking, he threw.

"Snapped!"

Big Ben exploded. He, who had average shot-blocking ability, actually blocked the ball. Stackhouse was a little confused when he blocked the ball.

The ball was blocked, and Zhao Dong turned around and chased to the center line, regaining control of the ball before Kobe Bryant.

At this time, there was little time to attack. Under Kobe's pressure, he quickly moved to the left wing.

Marion on the three-point line quickly came over to pick and roll. Zhao Dong used the wall to break through. When Glenn Rice changed defense, he suddenly took a step back and retreated outside the three-point line.

This sudden step back not only opened the distance between him and Glenn Rice, but also allowed Kobe, who was chasing around Marion, to miss, and he got a small open opportunity.

Without hesitation, when the attack time came to 22 seconds, he immediately made a jump shot.

"Get in!"

In the CCTV live broadcast, Su Qun shouted loudly.

The next moment, the water splashed and he hit a three-pointer.

"Record-breaking! 27 points, 27 points in a single quarter, 27 points in a single quarter in the finals, the most points scored in a single quarter in the finals in the history of the league..."

Su Qun roared excitedly.

"36:31, Feilong broke the record, and the Knicks also narrowed the point difference to 5 points." Zhang Lili said happily.

Next, Kobe missed a shot, the Knicks counterattacked, Marion missed a jumper, and the first quarter ended.

In the second quarter, because this was a game that the Lakers could not lose, just like the first quarter, all four players except O'Neal played.

For the Knicks, Stackhouse played three minutes and Ginobili came up to replace him.

In terms of the inside, without O'Neal, Willis and Trent can still provide some support, no problem.

Small forward, Rodgers.

In this quarter, the Knicks did not play fast breaks because Ginobili could not run anymore and Rogers had average speed and could only play positional battles.

Zhao Dong mainly played organization in the first three minutes, but his teammates were very tired, with average touch and average offensive efficiency. At 40:38, the Knicks only led by two points, so he could only resume the offense.

But at this time O'Neal came up and Ben went down.

Nelson also did not stop, replacing Ginobili, who was in poor condition due to physical collapse, and replaced him with Marion.

But Marion is not good either. Although he is physically stronger than Ginobili, he is a bit messy in one game. He often makes mistakes in tactical movements, his shooting is not good, and his timing of cuts is not good. He makes passing and receiving errors one after another, which is in vain. The ball was wasted.

Barkley smiled and commented on Marion's performance, saying: "In the critical G3 game of the finals, Shawn Marion's performance was in line with the normal performance of a rookie."

After the first half, 55:58, the Knicks fell behind by 3 points.

Zhao Dong made 6 of 8 shots in the second quarter, 1 of 1 free throw, and scored 13 points. He scored 40 points in the half with a shooting rate of 66%, which was amazingly efficient.

Unfortunately, the rest of the Knicks are in average shape.

The performance of the two rookies Ginobili and Marion did not improve in the away game. As soon as they got the ball, the home fans booed them and the whistle was a little harsh on them.

As for the Lakers, O'Neal made 13 of 18 shots, 5 of 9 free throws, and scored 31 points in 19 half-time minutes. His shooting percentage was as high as 72.2% and his free throw percentage was as high as 55.5%. He was more efficient than Zhao Dong.

It is O'Neal's high efficiency, coupled with the fact that the Lakers' perimeter efficiency is higher than that of the Knicks' perimeter, that puts the Lakers ahead of the Knicks.

The team finally took the lead at halftime. The atmosphere at Staples was very high, and the momentum at home was growing.

Barkley analyzed: "O'Neal's strong attack at the basket opened up space for the outside. Not only did he play with high efficiency, but also allowed Kobe and Glen Rice to play with high efficiency on the outside.

On the other hand, the Knicks do not have a basket dominance like O'Neal. In positional battles, Feilong's impact on the inside is not enough to open up space for the outside. In addition, the outside status is low, resulting in low efficiency on the outside, so the score falls behind. . "

Smith smiled: "Although Fordson is back, his offense is mediocre, so he cannot help the team on the offensive end. Although his presence has increased the Knicks' interior rebounding and defense, it has also made the Knicks' offense worse. Ability further diminished.”

Barkley said: "He grabbed 7 rebounds in the half, and his performance was good, but defensively, he was still not as good as before, unable to withstand O'Neal and score at the basket. The knee injury had a great impact on him. "

At this time in the CCTV live broadcast booth, Zhang Lijia shook his head and said: "Marion made 0 of 3 shots in the second quarter and made as many as two mistakes. Rogers was slightly better, 1 of 4 shots and a few inside shots. If Zhao Dong hadn't played the ball efficiently, the point difference would have been even wider."

Su Qun said: "Coach Zhang, Zhao Dong didn't take many shots in the second quarter. He played a few fast breaks and a few outside shots. He didn't break through and hit O'Neal at the basket. He should be saving energy, right?"

"That's for sure. Properly deploying physical fitness is the skill and experience a superstar should have." Zhang Li said with a smile.

Su Qun smiled and said: "I scored 40 points in this half. If Zhao Dong continues to attack in the second half, maybe he can beat Jordan's 69 points?"

Zhang Lili was startled. When he thought about it, it was really possible, but after taking into account the tactical changes and Zhao Dong's physical fitness, he said: "Today the Lakers double-teamed Zhao Dong significantly reduced. If they strengthen their defense against him in the second half, then he While physical energy consumption increases, efficiency will decrease to a certain extent, and changes we don't want to see may occur. We must also be mentally prepared for this.

O'Neal scored 31 points at halftime and played 19 minutes. His physical energy consumption must be very high. He will definitely need to recover in the second half. During this time, the Lakers will definitely increase their defense against Zhao Dong to reduce the Knicks' Offensive efficiency. "

He really said that Phil Jackson planned to increase the double-team defense against Zhao Dong in the third quarter.

At the beginning of the second half, O'Neal did not play. He sat off the court and continued to rest and recover.

O'Neal's physical fitness is the key. Playing against the Knicks is different from playing against other teams. Against other teams, most of O'Neal's offenses are close to two points, but when playing against the Knicks, he must play more offenses under the basket. Those 50% Small hook shots and small throws with low hit rate are unreliable and cannot be done without physical fitness.

Today, he did not arrange for O'Neal to double-team Zhao Dong in the area outside the basket, that is, to prevent O'Neal from guarding him. This saved O'Neal some physical energy.

Zhao Dong saw that the defense he faced had strengthened and O'Neal was sitting off the court, and he immediately made a targeted response.

Without him, we need to strengthen the offense and bring O'Neal up. We can't let him sit down all the time.

There is no problem with his physical fitness today, because the presence of Fordson saved him a lot of physical energy on the defensive end. In addition, there were not many offenses in the second quarter, and he did not attack the basket too much in the positional battle in the first half. Most of them are jump shots. He has enough physical fitness now.

Next, he went for Ben at the basket. In just five minutes of the third quarter, Ben was fouled twice and Horry was fouled once. He made 4 of 7 shots and 6 of 6 free throws. 14 points, showing strong lethality and scoring ability.

Under his leadership, they launched a 16-7 offensive wave, 71:65, overtaking the Lakers in one fell swoop, and leading by 6 points.

Phil Jackson couldn't stabilize, called a timeout, and replaced O'Neal, who could no longer sit still.

Moreover, he did not change his defense against Zhao Dong, allowing others besides O'Neal to double-team Zhao Dong, even when Zhao Dong was near the paint area without the ball.

In addition, he replaced Ben and played Horry to open up space for O'Neal and create singles opportunities.

After the timeout, O'Neal came on the court and immediately attacked the basket, causing Fordson's fourth foul and earning two free throw opportunities.

"O'Neill..."

Zhang Lili quickly checked O'Neal's foul record, shook his head and said, "Only twice."

Su Qun was a little surprised and said: "Fortson committed more fouls today than before he was injured! If we continue like this, he may end up with six fouls in the third quarter."

Zhang Lili said: "It's very simple. When his knees are not strong enough and he can't withstand it, in order to stop O'Neal, he can only foul."

"Yes, yes." Su Qun nodded.

On the court, O'Neal stood on the free throw line in fear. He was afraid that the Knicks would chop him again.

"Danny, there's no need to save your fouls. If he wants to dunk you, then fuck him." Zhao Dong looked at Fordson seriously.

"Yes, boss." Fordson gritted his teeth and nodded.

Today he was dunked at least five times by O'Neal, and at least three times by O'Neal, which made him dizzy.

Bang bang, O'Neal's free throws were okay today, but he failed to make two free throws. The Knicks attacked.

Bang, it was not O'Neal who fell, but Zhao Dong. When he rushed in to dunk O'Neal, he was knocked down directly by the opponent.

"Boss?"

Fordson rushed over.

"fine."

Zhao Donghu, who was lying on the floor, straightened his waist and performed a clean and neat carp thrust. This action surprised everyone in the audience, and then the three thousand away fans burst into warm cheers.

O'Neal was knocked down by Zhao Dong and lay on the side stunned. He rested for 5 minutes in the first half, 15 minutes in the middle, and another 5 minutes in the third quarter, but he was still very tired, but what about this monster?

Phil Jackson's jaw almost dropped to the floor. Doesn't this problem of physical fitness that troubles him and O'Neal exist for Zhao Dong?

Zhang Lili laughed and said: "Phil Jackson reduced O'Neal's defensive investment, but Fordson's comeback also reduced Zhao Dong's defensive investment. Now Zhao Dong still looks vigorous!"

"I doubt Feilong knows kung fu."

During the TNT live broadcast, Smith said: "Charles, you should know better, right?"

Buckley looked at Smith with contempt and said, "Every Chinese knows Kung Fu, don't you know?"

"That's it." Smith looked suddenly enlightened.

Standing on the free throw line, Zhao Dong shouted to O'Neal: "Shark, if you don't pick up the urinal, you will never win the championship."

"Absolutely impossible." O'Neill said with a sad and angry look.

After two swipes, Zhao Dong scored two yuan in a row, and the Knicks led by 8 points.