NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 223 NCAA Final Four Tournament

After changing the rebound, less than 2 minutes later, Zhao Dong blocked O'Neal again in the defense again, and O'Neal was so angry that he wanted to fight him.

"This is All-Star, Feilong, what are you trying to do while staring at my cap?" Shark roared extremely dissatisfied.

"Are all-stars not allowed to block shots?" Zhao Dong asked in surprise.

"..."

O'Neal almost died of anger. He glanced at the others and said in a low voice, "Hit other people, such as the postman, and don't stare at me alone."

"shark?"

The postman was on the side. Hearing this, he really wanted to shake his iron fist at O'Neill.

After the third quarter, the on-site commentator roared excitedly: "You know? There will be a historical record today, a historical moment will appear, someone will play a 5*5 that no one has ever played in the All-Star Game... ..."

"Oh!"

The audience exclaimed.

这时吊屏上出现赵东的数据，伴随着现场解说员的嘶吼声：“15分……7篮板……7助攻……4抢断……5盖帽！”

"Flying dragon! Flying dragon! Flying dragon..."

"AMVP! AMVP! AMVP..."

"Steal! Steal! Steal..."

All the Knicks fans roared excitedly.

"Everyone listen, stay away from him on the offensive end, he must be staring at the ball in your hands like a wolf." O'Neal shouted.

"We must not let him complete the fifth steal. We cannot be the background board." Postman Malone said angrily.

"I promise, if he completes 5*5, the league will definitely edit today's All-Star Game into highlights and promote it all over the world. So, can I not play? I think I have played enough today." Ganesh Te said.

"I have a problem with my foot, coach, you let Stockton play?" Payton said.

There was a lot of discussion on the West All-Star bench, and a few of them put on their training uniforms directly, which means they are not ready to play.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the West attacked.

After playing for 3 minutes, the West's offense all avoided Zhao Dong. Wherever he stood, the person who received the ball passed it immediately, and he was not given a chance to steal it.

"Isn't a horse riding a 5*5?" Zhao Dong scolded.

Unable to get a steal, he began to work hard towards a triple-double, grabbing two consecutive rebounds and sending out two assists within 2 minutes.

In the 6th minute, it was the west attack again.

When Zhao Dong saw Stockton taking the ball and Karl Malone going up to do the pick-and-roll, his mind moved.

In the high position, Stockton bypassed the postman who was making the wall and was about to break through to the paint area. At this time, his sight was blocked by Malone.

At this moment, Zhao Dong moved quickly, blocked Stockton's front, and stopped first. The latter bumped into his body, lost control of the ball, and was snatched by him.

"It's over!"

The Western All-Stars were dumbfounded.

"Yeah yeah..."

All the fans stood up and cheered.

The on-site commentator shouted excitedly: "Steal, steal, steal! Feilong completed the fifth steal..."

Ten minutes later, the All-Star game ended perfectly in a warm atmosphere.

Following Jordan's first triple-double last year, Zhao Dong once again hit a stat that has never been seen in history in this All-Star Game.

上场33分钟，11投8中，三分球2投1中，4罚3中，赵东打满了下半场，是所有全明星中上场时间最长的，轰下20分11篮板10助攻5抢断6盖帽1失误2犯规的超豪华数据。

"5*5, the first 5*5 in the All-Star Game in the history of the league, and it is a triple-double + 5*5. Congratulations to Feilong, you have made history, and you are the well-deserved MVP of this All-Star."

The live commentator shouted excitedly at the end of the game.

"Clap clap clap..."

Stern is so satisfied. He really hopes that this kind of All-Star game can be like this every time.

He wants to edit this game into a wonderful highlight, and then promote it to the world, letting everyone know that the highest palace of basketball is in the NBA.

Without any accident, Zhao Dong won the All-Star Most Valuable Player. Holding the AMVP trophy awarded to him by Stern, he said to the media:

"I am very happy to receive this award. I am even more happy to show my ability and basketball skills to all the fans around the world who love me and the NBA. Thank you, All-Star, this is a great stage for superstars."

"Clap clap clap..."

Madison Square Garden burst into applause.

"Avril, here you are."

After the media interview, Zhao Dong came to the sidelines and handed the trophy to Lindsay.

"Feilong, I'll build you a cabinet to store your trophies." Lindsay laughed.

"No no, the cabinet is too small, you should prepare a big room, so that I can put all my honors down." Zhao Dong laughed.

Lindsay nodded again and again with a smile on her face, saying that the room should be prepared as soon as she gets home, and that she needs to decorate it well.

"Brother and daughter-in-law, take the trophy for me and Dad, and take a picture." Zhao Dacheng shouted.

"Well, here it is." Lindsay handed it over quickly.

She brought a camera and snapped a snap of Zhao Zhenguo and Zhao Dacheng.

At this time Zhang Lili and Sun Zhenping came over, leading a photography team to interview Zhao Dong.

"Still broadcasting live?"

After Zhao Dong asked, he quickly pointed to his feet and shouted: "Come on, come on, take a picture of my shoes first, and give me a close-up."

"... let's shoot."

Sun Zhenping had no choice but to ask the photographer to point the camera at Zhao Dong's feet and take a picture.

"Zhao Dong, you are married now, when are you going to have a baby?" Sun Zhenping asked gossipingly when the interview started.

Zhao Dong was startled, what are you asking?
"No rush, no hurry..." he said hastily.

"Why are you not in a hurry? Your grandparents are getting old, so they are in a hurry, and they are urging you this morning." Zhao Zhenguo yelled beside him.

"That's right." Zhao Dacheng agreed.

"Brother, what's the matter with you?"

Zhao Dong glared at Zhao Dacheng angrily and said, "You are the eldest son, and it is your task to carry on the family."

"I'm only 22 years old, what's the hurry?" Zhao Dacheng asked hurriedly.

"I'm only 20." Zhao Dong said dissatisfiedly.

"Who made you marry so early? You are very capable, and you should inherit the great task of inheriting the family." Zhao Dacheng said.

"Ha ha……"

At this time, people in China who saw this interview all laughed.

The day after the All-Star, Li Meizhu and the others boarded the flight back home.

They are not used to it here, they are used to living in the alleys and courtyards every day, and they are used to the bustle, and a day here feels like a year.

After the family left, Zhao Dong and Lin Sai started their life in the world of two.

The sales of Silver Devil in the United States continued to grow, word of mouth began to ferment, and it began to slowly cut its own piece of cake in the share of big brands such as Adidas Nike.

In East Asia, sales in Japan and South Korea are also good.

In China, the sales of the first generation of Silver Devils is that the autumn wind sweeps the fallen leaves, and directly sweeps Li Ning's basketball shoes into the warehouse. Once they are released, they begin to occupy the domestic basketball shoe market.

Liu Yumin has promised Zhao Dong that as long as the sponsorship contract with Li Ning ends, the national team and CBA will sign a sponsorship contract with the Silver Devils.

February NO.11, only five days before the closing of the trading window.

At 11 o'clock this morning, the Bulls and the Heat reached a deal. The Bulls used the unprotected first-round pick in 2000, and a role player + 60 cash to trade the Heat's backup small forward Tracy McGrady.

This is a deal facilitated by Nike, which not only strengthens the Bulls' forward line, but also after Jordan gets old, the Bulls' first-round pick can guarantee the Heat's strength to a certain extent, killing two birds with one stone.

Originally, Nike wanted to operate the Heat's main small forward Jamal Mashben to the Bulls, but the Heat refused.

Pat Riley chose Mashburn over Tracy McGrady.

There is no problem with his choice. Even in 2003, Mashburn was one of the top ten power forwards that year, and was even the draft template for James LeBron and Carmelo Anthony.

Of course, in 03, Mashburn could still maintain the stats of 21+6 and was still at his peak. Unfortunately, the team doctor of the Hornets misdiagnosed his right knee at that time, which caused aggravated injuries. He chose to retire during the season, and Peak was only 31 years old when he retired.

But at the moment, after Pippen gets old, there are no stars at the small forward position. In this position, Mashburn, if there is not Zhao Dong's BUG, ​​he has the strength to dominate the second.

The Bulls got another boost, but the Knicks' record fluctuated after the All-Star break, losing six games in February.

Billups struggled a lot, unable to balance between his own offense and organizing the team's offense, which affected the team's offense.

To be honest, Old Nelson is good at offensive tactics, Van Gundy and Thibodeau are good at training defense, and none of them are good at training point guards. Billups didn't get a better training environment here than the Heat.

Zhao Dong felt that Billups might be abolished here if things continued like this.

In addition to Billups, Big Ben and Fortson are also not stable, and they need more time to hone, but the situation is better than Chauncey Billups, and it only takes time to develop.

37 wins and 18 losses, the same record as the Pacers, temporarily ranked first in the East, second in the Bulls East, three wins away from the Knicks.

In the West, the Spurs' record has also declined. The Jazz, Lakers, Supersonics, and Spurs occupy the top four, the Suns are fifth, and Mosaic is sixth.

Zhao Dong noticed that after getting more chances to play, Nash's performance has improved to a higher level than last season, surpassing his previous performance in the previous life.

In addition, the Jazz's performance continued to be strong, and the black and white double evil pushed the Jazz's record to the first place in the league, surpassing the Knicks by two wins.

At the end of this month, Zhao Dong was still at the top of the MVP rankings, and the honor of the month went to postman Karl Malone.

Entering March, the first game is against the Lakers at home.

Daben played well in this game. Under the plan of Van Gundy and Seaber, he adopted the strategy of going around the front to defend O'Neal, forcing the Lakers to hang the handball. Then Oakley assisted in the defense in time, limiting O'Neal's performance, making him only 16 of 6 shots. , a lot of mistakes.

After several months of strength training, Da Ben has developed a body of strong muscles. The tonnage is not large, but the muscles are particularly solid, like black iron.

His maximum bench press has reached 190 kg, which is close to the top level of the league, and he can carry and top in the low position.

The smaller tonnage allows Daben to maintain a faster movement speed. Whether it is assisting defense or fast attack, it is more in line with the old Nelson's style of play, and can adapt to both positional warfare and fast attack.

Danny Fortson's technical foul is not a big problem, just keep your mouth shut when you are on the court, and talk after you are off the court.

However, his fierce fighting for rebounds still allowed him to maintain a high number of fouls, which affected his playing time. This still needs time to change, and the habits of many years are not so easy to change.

However, the old Nelson has been determined. When Oakley is getting old, Big Ben and Fortson are the future combination of the Knicks insiders.

The only shortcoming of the two is offense, and their scoring ability is not strong, especially Daben. As his muscles get stronger and stronger, his scoring ability gets worse.

In this way, the Knicks' scoring is completely biased towards the outside line, attacking from the outside and defending from the inside, with both offense and defense, and positional warfare and small ball play in parallel.

The old Nelson strengthened the tactical change, that is, the offensive and defensive transition after grabbing the backcourt rebound.

Big Ben and Fortson are both good rebounders. After grabbing the backcourt rebounds, they quickly passed them to Billups.

In addition, because the inside line has no offensive ability, the efficiency of the outside line attack in positional warfare must be lower than that of the inside line. In view of the decline in the offensive quality of positional warfare, Nelson also made tactical adjustments to this.

It is a tactical adjustment to reduce three-point shots, increase mid-range shots, and increase breakthroughs in positional warfare.

Another, when needed, Zhao Dong should enter the low post in positional battles. This is what Zhao Dong and Nelson discussed. In the playoffs, he will play the low post more and maintain a higher offensive efficiency.

Of course, when he enters the low post, Daben or Fortson, who have no ability to stretch, will definitely end up in another game, otherwise there will not be enough space in the paint area, and there may be more encounters with help defenses.

Another point is that because Big Ben and Fortson are not strong offensively, Nelson added a lot of pick-and-roll tactics in the positional battle. The task of covering the outside cut or holding the ball is very heavy.

Because the team practiced various tactics, the record continued to fluctuate. Any team that played well could win, and any team that played poorly could lose.

Zhao Dong tried his best to carry the team, but in some games his teammates did not perform well, and he really couldn't carry it. This made him understand that basketball is really played by five players, not alone.

On March [-]nd, there was good news from Dayao, Duke University entered March Madness, and he invited Zhao Dong to watch his game.

"Okay, if you can make it to the semi-finals, I will definitely watch the match." Zhao Dong laughed.

"Brother Dong, it's a deal." Dayao laughed.

March NO.15, another good news came from Dayao, Duke University successfully reached the semi-finals.

"Brother Dong, the semi-finals and the finals are scheduled to be held in New York, at your home court." Dayao called and shouted excitedly.

"Which team?" Zhao Dong asked.

"Number 19, and the University of Utah." Dayao said.

"Utah?" Zhao Dong suddenly thought of Jazz.

He also can't remember which school won the NCAA championship in 98. He only knows that the later superstars who participated in the draft this year, such as Carter and Pierce, did not win the championship. That is to say, the school that won the championship this year in the previous life , there should be no influential guy.

On the 19th, the Madison Square Garden Center ushered in the NCAA Final Four, Duke University vs. University of Utah.

In this era, the popularity of the NCAA is crushing the NBA, and it is the same in New York.

When the Final Four begins, NBA games will all have to give way.

The Stony Brook University that Zhao Dong studied in the past was so weak that he couldn't even beat the division, let alone March Madness, so there was not much attention.

But the attention of this semi-finals has surpassed the NBA playoffs.

In the past few days, the New York media has also shifted their focus from the NBA to the NCAA.

As one of the top four, Duke University is also an absolutely prestigious school in the NCAA, which has received great attention.

The team's main center, Dayao, is naturally the focus of attention. He has become the most watched Chinese basketball player after Zhao Dong.

In this season, he averaged 18 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 0.6 steals and 2.1 blocks per game. He is famous for his flexible pace, absolute height, and good shooting touch, and has been widely praised by the media.

The New York media are even hyping Dayao's prospects in the draft, generally making lottery predictions.

Hu Weidong has also played for more than half a season, but the attention he has gained is far less than that of Dayao these days.

The Knicks played three away games in the West in the past five days. Zhao Dong returned to New York at noon on the 19th, and went to the hotel where Duke University was staying in the afternoon.

"Brother Dong, here we come."

Dayao was waiting at the entrance of the hotel, and when he saw Zhao Dong, he ran up smiling.

"Let's go and meet your coach K. I'll treat you to dinner later. I've already made an appointment with Coach K." Zhao Dong laughed.

"Okay." Dayao said with a smile.

"Hey, this is a gift for you."

Zhao Dong casually handed over a pack of game consoles he brought.

"Wow, awesome!"

Dayao was very happy when he saw this bag.

Today's Dayao is too immature, and the game console is a very good gift for him.

"Hey, Coach K."

"Hey, Dragon."

After getting out of the elevator, Zhao Dong turned around and saw Coach K walking towards him in the corridor.

"Mr. Coach, you should thank me. I think Duke should have a chance to win the championship this year. There is no absolute strong team this season."

After shaking hands, Zhao Dong smiled.

Coach K laughed, looked at Dayao next to him, nodded and said, "Yes, I really should thank you for recommending Yao to me, thank you very much."

"What do you think of his career prospects?" Zhao Dong asked.

"He will have a great career prospect." Coach K said without hesitation.

"Do you have any suggestions?" Zhao Dong asked again.

"He's not even 18 yet. I don't think there should be a rush to get to the NBA. He should have a good foundation at Duke."

Coach K said cautiously.

Zhao Dong nodded and said with a smile: "I think so too. He needs to stay at Duke for at least three years to practice all the center skills. I think he will have a rookie season that will be the peak when he debuts."

Dayao scratched his head when he heard this, and smiled modestly.

"Ha ha……"

The old coach K laughed, but nodded: "I agree with you."

Looking at Dayao, he said again: "He has an absolute advantage in height, but it doesn't affect his agility. More importantly, he also has the top touch. By the way, you told me, hope He learned from Olajuwon's game, and that's what I thought and raised him that way."

"Thank you!"

Zhao Dong said seriously: "Our basketball environment in China is far inferior to that of the United States. It is not easy to produce a good seed. If you cultivate Dayao well, you will be thanked by Chinese fans. There are tens of millions of fans there."

"Oh, it's hard to imagine how many people there are." Old Coach K laughed.

Next, Zhao Dong met Battier and the others, who were destined to enter the NBA. He also chatted with them and communicated with them. After dinner, they went to Madison Square Garden together.

(End of this chapter)