NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 377
"Rodney..."

When Zhao Dong returned to the defense, he said to Rogers: "You can't get close to the postman if you defend against the postman. You can use the eye-sealing method to cover his sight as much as possible to reduce his hit rate."

"OK."

Rogers nodded repeatedly.

In the backcourt, Zhao Dong still guarded against Iverson's breakthrough. He would rather watch the postman shoot from the outside than let Iverson play a more efficient attack at the basket.

This is actually the same as Larry Brown's defensive goal. They both want to keep the opponent's offense out of the paint, and they want to prevent the offense at the basket.

The postman received Iverson's point again. Facing Rodgers' supplementary defense, his elbow waved more fiercely.

With Rodgers backing away, he once again got room to shoot and he made it.

Rogers just symbolically took off and stretched out his hand to cover it. This time he used the eye-sealing method as Zhao Dong said.

But this defensive method also pays attention to heat. If the movement is too large, it may poke someone's eyes, but if the movement is too small, it will not be able to completely cover the opponent's sight.

This time, he didn't completely cover the postman's view.

After Zhao Dong forced Iverson to split the ball, he actually had a chance to return to the postman, but he did not choose to return to the defense.

One is because the return defense distance is too far, the effect will not be good.

The second is that Willis' rebounding ability is not as good as Ratliff's. He stays at the basket, two-on-one, which is very important for the protection of backcourt rebounds.

This time, he and Willis had the best position with Ratliff at the rim.

"boom!"

I don't know if it was affected by Rogers' eye-closing method, and the postman failed to hit the ball.

Zhao Dong grabbed the rebound and the Knicks attacked.

It was he who attacked by himself, broke through with the ball, and reached the left elbow area. When he was double-teamed by three people, he suddenly stopped and combined the ball, then turned around, and leaned against the postman. Before jumping up, he suddenly turned around again, and there was a turnaround jumper.

Turning around and leaning back, he immediately broke out from the three-person double-team and broke the three-person double-team.

But he was not shooting, because the moment he was about to shoot, he saw Willis had reached the basket, and immediately changed from shooting to passing.

Willis, who was emptied, caught the ball at the basket, took advantage of the opportunity to dunk with both hands, and scored a goal.

Looking back, Iverson made an emergency stop for a jumper and hit a nearly two-pointer on the right line of the paint.

Willis at the basket couldn't make up for it, and Zhao Dong, on the left line of the paint, couldn't make it in time, so he could only watch Iverson make a shot.

Barkley praised: "Iverson is really worthy of lightning. The breakthrough is too fast, and there are continuous emergency stops and changes of direction. Ginobili can't prevent him at all."

Smith said: "His technique of emergency stop and change of direction should be learned from Flying Dragon. It has a great effect on him. When he first entered the league, he did not have this technique. It’s less than [-]% and now it’s more than [-]%.”

Barkley said with a smile: "The emergency stop slowed down his breakthrough speed, greatly enhanced the stability of his shots, and the change of direction increased his ability to escape, weakened the defense in front of him, and his shooting percentage naturally increased. .”

After the first quarter, 28:22, the Knicks led by 6 points.

Because the Knicks strengthened the interception and double-teaming of Zhao Dong at the edge of the paint area, the impact distance was not enough, the impact force was reduced, and the defensive force was too strong, which prevented him from rushing in smoothly to cause damage. With a high-intensity defense.

This kind of high-intensity defense reduced Zhao Dong's offense at the basket, and his offensive efficiency was affected to a certain extent. Most of his shots were near the basket.

However, the digital team's defensive tactics of encircling and suppressing Zhao Dong on the edge of the paint area also has weaknesses.

In fact, every tactic is not perfect, and this is the same.

When the defensive strength of the digital team leaves the basket to cover and concentrate on the edge of the paint, the basket is empty.

Then Willis got a lot of open opportunities, and it was directly at the basket.

Zhao Dong can not only attack, but also pass. In the first half of the quarter, he assisted Willis three times to score directly at the basket.

In the second half, Ratliff strengthened his defense against the basket, which was considered to have stopped Willis from scoring under the basket.

But when he returned to the basket, Zhao Dong's defensive pressure immediately dropped, and he stepped up his offense again, leaving Ratliff in a dilemma.

Larry Brown was very decisive and directly instructed Ratliff to strengthen his defense back to the basket, because his defensive goal was to prevent Zhao Dong from going to the basket and force Zhao Dong to take a shot away from the basket, which is exactly what he wanted.

In the first quarter, Zhao Dong played a full game, 14 of 8 shots, 57% from the field, and his shooting percentage dropped. In addition, he made 4 of 4 free throws and scored 20 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

However, the digital team was still behind by 6 points. At this time, because Iverson also couldn't get in, his efficiency outside was not as good as that of Zhao Dong.

At the same time, the Postman felt mediocre today. In the first quarter, he made 10 of 4 shots and 3 of 2 free throws, scoring only 10 points.

In the second quarter, Marion and Gary Trent partnered inside, Zhao Dong topped the point guard position, Ginobili took a rest first, and Stackhouse rotated at the second position, and the small forward played John Wallace .

This lineup is very poor.

Although the guard combination of Zhao Dong and Stackhouse is extremely strong, the other three positions are very poor, and they cannot be compared with the digital team at all.

This is also impossible. After one season and the first round of the series, the physical fitness of the players is almost exhausted, and the rotation must be strengthened. Players like John Wallace who have little playing time in the regular season, in the second round Both got more than ten minutes of playing time.

Zhang Li sighed: "If Fortson is here, he can play at least 35 minutes. Without him for 35 minutes, the Knicks' rotation is really a problem.

The traded Marion is too young, Rodgers has no defense, and Ginobili is not good, but these three are important rotations or main players. "

Su Qun said: "If you ask me, the Knicks should strengthen their roster during the offseason. Isn't the boss rich? Put in the money! Bring in more stars."

In the second quarter, the lineup was not good, Zhao Dong continued to attack, and Stackhouse assisted.

Relying on his offense, after this quarter, 55:45, the Knicks actually led by 10 points.

次节他10投6中，5罚4中，轰下了16分3篮板1助攻，半场24投14中，命中率58.3%，9罚8中，轰下36分7篮板5助攻2抢断3盖帽的数据。

The email duo also played the full half. Together, they made 32 of 14 shots and a shooting percentage of 43.7%. This efficiency is actually good, because there are very few offenses at the basket, and most of them are outside jumpers.

But compared with Zhao Dong's efficiency, even if Zhao Dong's efficiency decreased this time, the efficiency of the email combination also decreased, which resulted in the Knicks' lead.

To put it bluntly, the defensive strategic goals of both sides have been achieved, the offense of both sides under the basket has been reduced, and the outside jump shot has been increased. However, Zhao Dong still helped the team gain the lead by virtue of higher efficiency.

During the half-time break, Barkley commented on the performance of the two teams in the first half, saying: "Everyone enjoyed watching this series, right?

Anyway, the ratings of our TNT series has repeatedly broken records, and now the number of viewers for a single game has exceeded 6000 million.

The fierce confrontation between the two teams is the guarantee of high ratings, which shows that in basketball, offense is the eternal theme. "

At this point, he took a sip of water, and then continued: "I would like to talk about the performance of the two teams. Let me talk about the digital team first. The performance of the email team in this series is beyond reproach.

The postman played the best playoff performance of his career. Iverson combined personal offense and passing very well, averaging five assists per game for the postman.

Together, they can contribute 50+ per game on average. They are one of the best inside and outside combination in the history of the league, not weaker than the OK combination at all. "

"Email is indeed a historical combination." Smith nodded.

Barkley added: "But they met Flying Dragon, the god of efficiency, my teammate, with the highest offensive efficiency in history, averaged 50+ points per game in this round of the series, he smashed the email group alone all the hard work."

"Charles, do you mean the Knicks are sure to win? I don't agree with that." Out of the needs of the show, Smith immediately sang a different tune.

Barkley laughed and said, "Kenny, it doesn't matter whether you agree or not. This is the fourth game. In the four games, how many times has the digital team led?"

"this?"

Smith was at a loss for words and couldn't find a reason.

"What does this mean?"

Barkley smiled proudly: "This shows that the Knicks' ability to control the game is to stabilize the opponent. No matter how good the email team is, the god of efficiency can dominate them by himself. Haha..."

"It's a pity, Charles, you should have gotten another ring." Smith said regretfully.

Barkley almost jumped up, and said with a smile: "What do you mean getting another one? I won the championship as the main power forward in the finals. I am the main force, do you understand the main force? That's not called a mix , I am the main force. Look, look here, the camera shows a close-up of my hand..."

As he spoke, he raised his right hand, flicking his thick index finger non-stop, on which was his championship ring.

During his short commentary career, this is the 132nd time he has shown off his championship ring.

"Ha ha……"

Seeing Barkley's smug smile, Smith couldn't stop laughing.

In the second half of the game, even though he was behind, Larry Brown had no choice but to emphasize on strengthening the double-team defense against Zhao Dong.

His defensive tactics remained the same, just double-teaming Zhao Dong in the paint.

This position is not far from the basket. Once the Knicks cut into the basket, the double-teamer can return to the basket in time.

At the same time, it allowed Zhao Dong to have a certain distance from the basket. Zhao Dong's efficiency dropped in today's game, which shows that this tactic is correct.

Of course, Larry Brown also thought about double-teaming farther from the basket.

But at a farther position, once the Knicks cut to the basket, it would be too late to return to defense. With Zhao Dong's passing ability, the loss outweighs the gain.

In response to this kind of defense, Old Nelson made some weak-side cutting tactics to strengthen, so as to reduce the power of double-teaming Zhao Dong.

He used Marion for weak-side cuts.

Marion is as fast as a horse and has a very strong frontal cutting ability, which is very suitable for this kind of tactic of cutting to the basket.

Of course, if there is a defender under the basket, Marion's weak and almost non-existent offensive ability is useless.

This arrangement really worked. As soon as the digital team started double-teaming Zhao Dong, Marion would immediately plunge into the basket from the weak side like a sharp knife.

After the third quarter, Marion took advantage of this tactic of cutting into the basket from the weak side, and received three passes from Zhao Dong, all of which were dunks.

This tactic restrained the double-teaming of Zhao Dong by the insiders of the digital team, and made Ratliff and the postman feel helpless. The double-teaming of Zhao Dong was not tight enough, and it was not clean enough.

As a result, Zhao Dong's impact immediately exploded, and he began to hit the basket continuously. In this quarter alone, Ratliff and the postman caused four fouls, which were full of lethality and stopped the number team consecutively.

After three quarters, the Knicks had the advantage, and the point difference was pulled to 18 points, and the victory was confirmed.

In the final quarter, the digital team was powerless and lost the G4 game.

At this point, the digital team lost two home games in a row, fell behind the Knicks by a big score of [-] to [-], and fell into a desperate situation. With the strength of the Knicks, it is almost certain to lose this series, and the fate of being eliminated is already doomed .

Zhao Dong scored 4 points again in the G57 game, and his shooting percentage returned to 61%, as high as [-]%, showing an extremely strong attack power.

Thanks to the fierce confrontation between the two teams, the ratings of this series are extremely hot, and the stars who performed well have also received great attention.

For example, Iverson has a lot of attention. This round of the series has brought him to a higher level of attention, and he has grown into a real superstar. As long as he wins certain hard honors, it is also possible to become a superstar.

However, for the Knicks, Pippen's statement may have some truth, because Zhao Dong's performance is too dazzling, and other players do not receive much attention. generally.

It is not without attention, but as long as the media mentions the performance of other players, it is not a good thing. This kind of attention is better than no.

That night, the Lakers beat the Mavericks, and like Niles, got a big [-]-[-] advantage.

On the 13th, the Knicks returned to New York.

The second round of the series is 5. The two teams will play G6 in New York. If the Knicks lose, they will have to go to Philadelphia to play G[-] again.

That night, the Pacers tied with the Bulls, and coincidentally, the Blazers also tied with the Suns.

On the 14th, the Knicks started the G5 battle with the digital team.

In this game, the Knicks did not let any accidents happen. Zhao Dong continued to explode strongly, scoring 55 points and grabbing 18 rebounds. He led the team to eliminate the super strong digital team and entered the Eastern Conference Finals first.

In the five series in the second round, he scored 68 points, 38 points, 66 points, 57 points, and 55 points respectively. He averaged 56.8 points per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as 62.1%. 1 and the demeanor of the god of efficiency.

At the same time, Zhao Dong became the player with the most 50+ points in a playoff series.

The previous one was Jordan, who scored 50+ twice in a series, while Zhao Dong scored four times this time.

At the same time, he is also the star who scored the most 50+ in the playoffs in the history of the NBA.

The previous one was Jordan, eight times.

The famous Zhang Dashuai only had 50+ in the playoffs twice. His performance in the playoffs was the same as that of the postman, which was weaker than the regular season.

Counting this series, Zhao Dong has scored 13+ in the playoffs 50 times in four seasons.

In addition, he is also the only one who averaged 50+ per game in a series.

Zhao Dong has yet to break the historical record of scoring in the playoffs, including Jordan's 69 points in a single game, Thomas the Smiling Assassin's record of 25 points in a single quarter in the finals, and the record of 29 points in a single quarter in the playoffs.

"Now it can actually be said that Feilong is the most terrifying scorer in the history of the league." Barkley said proudly.

On the same night, the Lakers won another game, eliminated the Mavericks, and took the lead in reaching the Western Conference Finals.

On the 15th, the media hyped up the Lakers-Knicks Finals matchup, completely ignoring other teams that hadn't completed the second round.

The Pacers and the Bulls tied for two, and the Trail Blazers and the Suns also tied for two. These four teams have a chance to reach the Western Conference Finals and the Eastern Conference Finals, so the attitude of the media made these four teams extremely angry.

Pacers boss Reggie Miller was interviewed in the locker room before the start of the G5 game and sprayed angrily: "Those media are talking about the stinky feet of the Knicks and the Lakers. We will definitely surprise them."

Rasheed Wallace of the Bulls is still fighting for the boss with McGrady, and the Bulls locker room is very discordant. If Oakley hadn't been suppressed by the prestige of the four villains, internal strife might have erupted long ago.

The Bulls lineup is very strong. Rasheed Wallace and the old and strong Oakley are carrying the inside line. McGrady and Mobley are on the outside line. Kidd is in the organization. The lineup is very good. Except for Oakley, it can be regarded as a group that has already played The youth army has unlimited potential. If it weren't for internal strife, they might have killed the Pacers.

Seeing that the media underestimated them, these youth troops were also very angry. Under Oakley's mediation, Rasheed Wallace and McGrady temporarily reached an agreement to put aside internal disputes and go all out for the Eastern Conference Finals.

However, in order to boost morale, Oakley stood up and accepted an interview with the media, saying: "The strength of the Knicks and the Lakers is indeed very strong. I understand this very well, but our Bulls are not vegetarians. If we are allowed to reach the Eastern Conference Finals, We're confident we can go to Game [-] against the Knicks."

Under the leadership of Oakley, the Bulls really won the G5 game that night, leading the Pacers [-]-[-] and getting the match point.

"Haha, Charles, do you really have the confidence to fight us to the tiebreaker?" Zhao Dong called Oakley after the game and joked happily.

"Feilong, do you think I'm willing to say this? I can't help it. These young people are too capable of causing trouble. They argue all day long. If they don't set a unified goal for them, they can make trouble in the locker room." Overturned." Oakley said helplessly.

(End of this chapter)