NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 256 Unsolvable Attack

At eight o'clock, the game begins.

Jump ball, Jazz offense.

Zhao Dong followed the postman, man to man, and followed him to the end.

This caught the postman a little off guard, don't you play zone defense?
"Oh, the Knicks didn't play zone defense, or man-to-man?" Bill Walton said in surprise.

"Van Gundy is in charge of the Knicks' defense, how does he think about it?" Matt was equally surprised.

In the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Lili was a little surprised when he saw it, but he quickly reacted and said: "It is reasonable to play Jazz man-to-man, very reasonable, because no Jazz player has a strong offensive ability with the ball.

With man-to-man defense, Zhao Dong can defend against the postman. Once the zone defense is adopted, other Knicks players will face the situation of switching defenses against the postman, so I think it is indeed more reasonable for the Knicks to adopt a man-to-man defense. "

There are too many people in the league paying attention to this game.

In Chicago, at Jordan's mansion, he and Phil Jackson are watching the game.

"That kid Feilong still values ​​the postman very much, so he doesn't worry about letting other people switch defenses." Jordan said.

"No matter how the Jazz play, as long as Feilong strangles the postman, there is not much chance of winning. As Feilong said, the postman has no ability to attack with the ball, and there is no need to double-team him. This is a big flaw between him and the Jazz. Even if Without the Knicks, it would be very difficult for the Jazz to win the championship, they cannot pass our level." Phil Jackson said.

"Just contacted Nike, they tried to operate the postman to Chicago, but Adidas refused." Jordan said suddenly.

Phil Jackson was startled, thought for a while and said, "With him, with his pick-and-roll and mid-range shooting ability, no matter how strong the dragon is, we can beat the Knicks."

"Adi won't agree, last time Adi lost a large sum of money to Feilong, the postman will never be able to get rid of Adi for the rest of his life." Jordan said.

Delta Arena, the game is in progress.

The Jazz attacked, and Jeff Horasek hit a mid-range shot after the pick-and-roll, which made a good start for the Jazz.

Back on the defensive end, the Jazz set up a zone defense.

The core gist of the zone defense is only one thing, which is to strive for local areas as much as possible to form more attacks and less, and concentrate defensive forces to encircle and suppress the ball holder.

There is a qualitative difference between zone defense and man-to-man. The former defends the ball, while the latter defends people.

The Knicks are attacking, and this time the Jazz's defensive formation is a two-one-two zone defense.

In this zone defense, two insiders are on the low wings, two guards are on the outside wings, and the small forward is guarding near the free throw line.

This formation is the basic formation of zone defense, and all other changes come from this formation.

The reason why the Jazz played [-]-[-]-[-] was not because it suited the Knicks' offensive tactics, but because the zone defense had just been allowed, and the Jazz were not very familiar with it. They could only play this simplest basic formation, and they couldn't make many changes.

If you are familiar with the rules of zone defense, several formations can be changed at any time according to the opponent's offensive formation.

Jerry Sloan also tried. If it didn't work, he would switch to man-to-man.

"The Jazz will not double-team the dragons outside the three-point line, because no matter how accurate the three-pointers of the dragons are, they can't kill the Jazz. On the contrary, the Jazz should hope that the dragons will make a lot of shots outside the three-point line."

Seeing Zhao Dong approaching the three-point line from the left wing, Bill Walton immediately analyzed.

But what surprised Bill Walton was that Zhao Dong didn't ask for the ball, but ran directly to the basket.

Each zone defense formation has its own defensive blind spots, and the defensive blind spots of the [-] zone defense have one at the top of the arc, one at the bottom of the basket, one at the two bottom corners, and four positions.

As soon as Zhao Dong ran to the bottom of the basket, he immediately attracted the Jazz's defense, and the postman on the left wing immediately tried to prevent Zhao Dong from approaching the basket.

He took a look at Billups' situation and found that it was good. There was a chance to pass the ball. He immediately turned around and got stuck, stuck the postman behind him, and asked for the ball outside the waist of the paint zone.

After finally getting another chance to play, Billups, who was still in the starting position, tensed up. Seeing Zhao Dong's movement, he immediately passed the ball in.

Zhao Dong faced the top of the arc, caught the ball with his right hand, and was held firmly behind by the postman.

At this time, Greg Ostertag on the weak side and Russell at the free throw line immediately rushed over and double-teamed.

Especially Russell, the next step was to Zhao Dong's left hand side. As soon as Zhao Dong got the ball, his double-team came and he stabbed it.

Zhao Dong grabbed the ball steadily with his right hand and gave way outwards to pass Russell's steal. At this time, he heard the friction of the sneakers behind him and knew that the double-team from the weak side was also coming. , will be blocked exactly.

So, he suddenly turned around, took a step back, and jumped up.

"Turn around and step back for a jump shot?"

At this moment, this thought flashed through countless people's minds, including the postman and Russell.

Karl Malone and Russell pounce, and Greg Ostertag, who had just pounced on Malone, immediately turns around for the rebound.

The postman took off with all his strength, stretched his big hands as hard as he could, and pressed towards the basketball that Zhao Dong was holding upwards, but at this moment, he realized something was wrong, the basketball he was about to touch was getting farther and farther away from him.

Zhao Dong lay back in the air, the terrifying core strength made him effortlessly lean back to forty degrees, reaching an acute angle, his height, his bounce, plus this angle of recline, made him completely Avoided the postman's block, and then the ball was released.

"Shh!"

The ball was hit with precision.

"Turn around, take a step back and step back for a jump shot! It's beautiful, the flying dragon's aerial posture is so beautiful, it's so picturesque!" Bill Wharton roared excitedly.

"Compare the Flying Dragon and Jordan's fadeaway jumper, Bill, who do you think is better?" Matt shouted excitedly.

"In terms of jumping, the two are about the same. In terms of core strength, it seems that the flying dragon's back is more stretched. I bet that his airborne time is definitely not weaker than Jordan. If this is the case, then his core strength should surpass Jordan. Because he's bigger."

Bill Wharton said seriously.

Matt said: "Dragon's fade-away jumper is rarely used. I think it's because of his high efficiency. Maybe he doesn't like this kind of post-up attack. The shooting rate is not high enough.

But let's not discuss for the time being which of the two of them has a higher hit rate and who has a lower hit rate. What I want to know is, who looks better in their actions? "

This question made Bill Wharton frowned and said: "Almost, but as I said just now, the core strength of the flying dragon is better, which makes his posture in the air more comfortable. If you want to divide it up and down, I will vote for the flying dragon One ticket."

This remark made many Jordan fans dissatisfied, but they could not deny that Zhao Dong's actions were indeed no less than Jordan's.

On the court, the Jazz attacked, but they didn't find a chance after the pick-and-roll. Stockton made his own shot and missed it.

Da Ben grabbed the rebound and saw that Zhao Dong was being entangled by the postman, so he passed it to Billups who came to meet him.

The Jazz still have a two-one-two zone defense, and the bottom of the basket is a defensive blind spot.

Zhao Dong still didn't settle on the perimeter, and went directly to the bottom of the basket, attracting the Jazz on the low wings back to the basket, and using his off-ball running to shake the Jazz's defensive formation.

Once at the bottom of the basket, with the postman at his side, he immediately retreated to the low post on the unmanned right wing while asking for the ball to the top of the arc.

However, Stockton defended Billups very well. The latter failed to pass the ball down at the first time. Zhao Dong's withdrawal failed to get the ball. The postman followed up again, and the open opportunity disappeared.

But he immediately turned around again, got rid of the postman, and cut to the basket again.

It happened that Big Ben and Greg Ostertag got to the basket. Zhao Dong took the initiative to use the bodies of the two as a pick-and-roll, completely throwing off the postman and pulling to the low post on the left wing. At this time, Billups passed the ball.

Zhao Dong received the ball, and Jazz small forward Russell came from a high position to defend, but it was too late. After catching the ball, he immediately turned around and took a step, facing Greg Ostertag who was defending, it was a one-shot Remember to fly and smash the basket fiercely.

"boom!"

The moment Greg Ostertag was hit and sunk, the Jazz rim was blown.

"Di!"

The referee signaled that Greg Ostertag was fouled by a thug and Zhao Dongjia made a free throw.

"Flying Dragon played low post today, probably to avoid the modified breakthrough rules in the zone defense, which shows that the alliance's purpose of restricting him has been achieved. In positional warfare, his opponents no longer need to worry about the terrifying mid-to-long distance impact .”

Bill Walton laughed.

Matt said: "Outside breakthroughs are restricted, which is a big limitation for Feilong, but his low-post ability is still extremely powerful, and his movement speed is even more of a bug in the low post. Just like just now, the postman can't keep up at all .”

Zhao Dongjia made a free throw, 5:2, the Knicks took the lead away, and the Jazz attacked.

"Russell, help defend faster." Jerry Sloan growled.

Looking back, the Postman finally got an open spot with two consecutive pick-and-rolls.

Stockton has quick eyes and quick hands, and immediately throws off Billups and passes the ball over.

The postman caught the ball and made a jumper, but when he shot it, Zhao Dong had already squeezed away from Russell, defended him, and flew under him, and the jumper facing him was a ferocious volleyball cap.

"Snapped!"

The ball just shot was slapped away, Zhao Dong's huge palm hit his nose, and the strong wind brushed his face, his eyes couldn't help but close.

"yeah!"

Such a morale-boosting volleyball hat, and it was the postman, the core leader of the opponent, immediately made the away fans, the Knicks bench, and the players on the field cheer, and their morale rose a lot.

"Haha, Zhao Dong's jump is too high. He jumps in a rush, which is better for blocking shots. This defensive height is too scary." Zhang Reasonable laughed.

"Postman, congratulations, your shooting has a soul, do you think it's wonderful?" Zhao Dong said in a very cold tone.

"Soul like shit." The postman said angrily.

The ball came out and the Jazz served from the sideline.

Stockton moved after receiving the ball, when the whistle blew, and the referee pointed at Stockton, making a motion violation gesture.

"..."

Looking at the referee, Stockton was dumbfounded.

"Ha ha……"

Zhao Dong laughed, and the first victim of the rule appeared.

If it is replaced by Jordan, this move may not be blown, just like James' sloppy breakthrough in the future, because they are all signs of the league.

But Stockton wasn't, so his walk was blown.

He played the low post today because he wanted to temporarily avoid the restrictions of this rule, and then get used to it in the regular season next season. In the finals, the Jazz doesn't have a good center anyway, and he can win the championship if he beats the Jazz in the low post.

The ball is exchanged and the Knicks attack.

Two guards plus Oakley on the outside and two inside in the low post.

The Jazz still have a [-] zone defense, and small forward Russell is in the high position.

Billups approached the top of the arc with the ball while making tactical gestures.

Zhao Dong was under the basket, saw the tactical gesture, and immediately withdrew to the low position on the left wing.

At this time, Stockton and Jeff Horasek on the left and right flanks quickly moved to the top of the arc, and at the same time, Russell also quickly moved to the top of the arc, making a three-in-one situation, forcing Billup Si transfers the ball.

At this moment, the two-one-two defense allowed the Jazz to form a three-on-one situation at the top of the arc.

If the ball handler doesn't get out fast enough, double teams can quickly form.

At this time, Oakley and Alan Houston, who had small gaps on the left and right wings, were ready to receive the ball.

At the same time, Zhao Dong, who had just withdrawn from the paint, suddenly ran back and cut to the basket again, and the postman was a step slower.

The right wing is low, and Greg Ostertag, who defends Big Ben, quickly returns to the bottom of the defense.

At the top of the arc, before double-teaming the upper body, Billups passed the ball and directly hoisted the ball to the left side of the basket.

Zhao Dong controlled the rhythm well, then stepped up and took off, grabbed the hanging basketball with one hand, and smashed it violently.

"boom!"

Under the violence, the basket wailed.

Greg Ostertag missed the return and jumped to the right side of the rim. He didn't make an effective defense, but he didn't foul this time.

"Look, here's his dominance in the paint, around the rim, when the post player's mobility is a bug."

In the TNT live broadcast, Matt sighed.

Bill Wharton also frowned and said: "It seems that what Feilong said is right. The three-second defense is indeed beneficial to him. He can use the gap between another low-post defender to leave the three-second zone and use the same movement speed as a bug to get rid of himself. Defender cuts to the basket."

7:2, the Jazz attacked and called a timeout after serving.

"As long as the time difference strategy is played well, there is no one under the basket at this time, Ren Zhao Dong can do whatever he wants!" Zhang Lili laughed at the live broadcast.

"Time difference tactics?" Sun Zhenping nodded again and again, and said excitedly, "It's like volleyball. I'll smash the ball after you go down."

"That's right, that's how it was just now."

Zhang Lili danced and explained: "Greg Ostertag happened to be defending for three seconds. He withdrew from the three-second zone. Then Zhao Dong took advantage of this opportunity to get rid of the postman and cut to the basket. The opportunity came out. As long as the pass The ball was in time and the score was fairly easy.

Old Nelson's tactical ability is quite strong. In this tactic, he took several aspects into consideration, Zhao Dong's ability, and then used relevant rules.

If the Jazz want to defend against this tactic, they can only let the high-post Russell not double-team Billups, but move to the basket in advance, hit the side ball, double-team the off-ball, and prevent Zhao Dong from receiving the ball.

It can be said that there was no defense for three seconds in the past, and defenders could be stationed at the basket all year round, eat, drink, and scatter all in the paint area. Zhao Dong's mobility will be greatly restricted in the paint area, because there are too many people. You can only force dunks, or jump shots outside.

But now that the defense has been implemented for three seconds, the restrictions on him have been released. The defensive side cannot accumulate too many people in the paint area, but instead magnifies his advantage of moving speed inside.

This time the alliance said that Zhao Dong was restricted by the rules, but in my opinion, it restricted his outside breakthroughs, but magnified his inside advantages. "

"Listen, we're playing mixed defense now."

On the Jazz bench, Jerry Sloan changed his defensive tactics.

The reason for changing the defensive tactics is that in man-to-man defense, Stockton's defensive ability can well suppress the rookie Billups, thereby suppressing the Knicks' offense.

But if you play a two-one-two defense, there is no way to give full play to Stockton's defense.

But at the same time, the Jazz need a zone defense formation to speed up the defense against Zhao Dong, so he wants to play mixed defense.

The so-called mixed defense is man-to-man + zone defense.

He is also taking a risk, because the Jazz players don't even understand the zone defense. What is it if playing mixed defense is not a risk?
"John, you stare at Billups alone, understand?" he said to Stockton.

"clear."

"Others still play [-] defense, do you understand?"

"clear."

Then, Jerry Sloan told Russell again: "Your position should be closer to the low position, and you must pay attention to the movement of the low post dragon. When he has the intention of cutting in, immediately move to the low position.

The flying dragon is not only the first offensive point of the Knicks, but also the main offensive point. From now on, I allow you not to double-team the opponent's perimeter. "

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

"boom!"

John Stockton played a pick-and-roll tactic, and the postman was stared at by Zhao Dong, so he had to force a shot over Billups' head, and the ball hit the basket.

Jerry Sloan shook his head helplessly. The postman was stared at by the flying dragon, and his attack was still very difficult. If this continues, it will be very difficult to win!
The Knicks attacked, Billups advanced to the top of the arc, and Stockton immediately attacked and pressed.

At the same time, Russell's position is a bit low, one step below the free throw line, turn around and return to the basket, and only come out when three seconds are up.

The right wing is low, and Greg Ostertag also glanced at Zhao Dong, who was low on the left from time to time. Most of the defensive attention was on this side, and he didn't defend Daben much at all.

The left wing is low, and the postman Ma Long is also close to Zhao Dong's side, his thick right arm tightly clamping the latter's left arm, preventing him from moving freely.

Zhao Dong paid attention to the situation of Billups, and saw that he got rid of Stockton, and when he had a chance to pass the ball, he suddenly forcibly slammed in, and the postman immediately died. With the latter's strong upper body strength, he really advanced don't go.

But this was just his fake action. After the postman tried to block the defense, he suddenly stepped back and got rid of the postman's defense.

At this time, Billups passed the ball.

Zhao Dong received the ball, and the postman pounced on him. He turned around and slid to the bottom, easily overtook the latter, and entered the paint area in one step.

At this time, Greg Ostertag and Russell above had already defended to the basket, and Big Ben and Oakley got open opportunities at the same time.

But Zhao Dong didn't give it to anyone, and suddenly jumped up to face the two, and threw the ball with one hand. The ball flew over Greg Ostertag's head, hit the board and rebounded, and passed through the basket accurately.

"Pretty!"

Zhang Lili yelled happily: "Four interior attacks, one post-up mid-range shot from the edge of the paint, two dunks, and one close-to-basket hit. Zhao Dong's rich offensive skills make him impossible to be guarded to death."

Sun Zhenping smiled and said, "Yes, the Jazz already had two people shrink the bottom of the basket just now, but Zhao Dong doesn't need to go in at all, and it's useless if you shrink again, it will only give him space and opportunities to shoot outside."

"It's impossible to prevent death!"

Seeing Zhao Dong scoring another goal and making all 4 shots, the Jazz players, coaching staff, and fans were all very heartbroken and felt powerless.

"Dragon played an unsolvable low post attack in the opening game."

Bill Walton used one sentence to describe Zhao Dong's first four attacks.

Matt shook his head and said: "The alliance has successively introduced the rules of flying dragons, zone defenses, and restrictions on the start of breakthroughs in zone defenses. This has largely restricted the outside attack of flying dragons. All I can say is that the Dragons and the Knicks deserve the championship, and the Jazz don't deserve it."

"Defending for three seconds should be said to have liberated Feilong's hands and feet in the low post, making his low post offense easier." Bill Walton laughed.

"Then you can't tie up all the hands and feet of the flying dragon, can you?" Matt laughed.

Bill Walton nodded and smiled: "Actually, I heard that Iverson's agent complained to the media that the league modified the rules for the start of the breakthrough, which is a great harm to Iverson. Was it an accidental injury?"

Matt laughed and said: "Iverson's speed is too fast, I think it's right to have some restrictions, otherwise, after a long time, an imbalance will definitely form again."

Bill Walton nodded: "People are always looking for a balance. When the balance is broken, a new balance will be created."

(End of this chapter)