NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 383 Phil Jackson: We are fighting God!
"Get me down!"

Gritting his teeth, after he jumped up, before Zhao Dong was about to hit him, he pressed down with his raised hands.

In this defense, he was either going for the ball, or trying to pull Zhao Dong down.

This defensive action is of course a foul, because his arms have exceeded his cylinder, and his arms are pressed down. This is a redundant action, and it is a foul to touch the attacker.

Just as Zhao Dong was about to bump into O'Neill, he was directly pulled down by the latter.

Fortunately, O'Neill didn't dare to hurt Zhao Dong. While pulling him down, he hugged Zhao Dong again.

"Di!"

The referee blew his whistle and pointed at O'Neill. Zhao Dong made two free throws.

In the live broadcast of CCTV, Zhang Lili said: "O'Neal made two fouls, and Zhao Dong also made two fouls. In this attack, Zhao Dong was very strong. Although O'Neal blocked his attack with foul actions, in fact his offensive goal was achieved. , causing damage to O'Neill."

Su Qun said: "If you fight like this a few more times, O'Neill will be in trouble."

Zhang Lili said: "But we must also be careful not to get hurt. Just now O'Neill protected Zhao Dong, so it will be hard to say next time."

After two swipes, Zhao Dong made consecutive free throws and the Lakers attacked.

This time when Marion assisted in the defense, O'Neal at the basket chose to score the ball and gave it to Glenn Rice who was emptied. Rice hit a three-pointer.

Off the court, Phil Jackson nodded repeatedly. In the Bulls, he has never had a strong center, but in the Lakers, he has Shaquille O'Neal, the strongest center who is unparalleled in the basket. This allows his triangle offense to create more offensive space. .

That is, O'Neal compresses the opponent's defense in the low post, and then creates an open shot from the outside, just like just now.

53:63, the Knicks lead by 10 point.

"Glen Rice scored 5 points in a row in the second half. This was the result of Marion emptying him continuously to help defend O'Neal. Ginobili's switching speed was not enough."

Barkley reminded on the live broadcast.

"Manu, switch defenses faster, faster." Xiao Fan yelled at Ginobili on the sidelines.

Ginobili gasped and nodded, his physical fitness was failing and he couldn't run anymore.

Since entering the NBA, he has been the main player from the regular season to the finals. Such a long schedule has already exhausted his physical reserves.

After O'Neal stepped up his distribution, the Knicks were in trouble again on the defensive end.

O'Neal played singles at the basket when he had a chance, and if he didn't, he scored the ball. Kobe and Glen Rice got a lot of open space on the left and right wings. They kept shooting, and their outside shooting percentage was significantly higher than in the first half.

However, although the Lakers have improved the efficiency of the perimeter, the Lakers can't do anything against the Knicks on the defensive end, because they can't defend against Zhao Dong's offense.

Facing the possibility of being pulled down by O'Neill and injured, Zhao Dong hit O'Neill continuously.

In the first 4 minutes of the third quarter, O'Neal made two consecutive fouls and got the third foul. This directly made O'Neal shrink back. As a result, when Zhao Dong hit him again, he withdrew from the basket.

In this way, Zhao Dong's attacking the basket became even more unscrupulous. He scored 14 points in the third quarter with penalties, and scored 47 points in the third quarter.

At the end of the third quarter, 70:80, the Knicks led by 10 points.

Barkley laughed: "After O'Neal failed to attack twice at the beginning of the third quarter, he reduced his hard play at the basket. He played smarter, using his dominance at the basket to create opportunities for the outside. The advantage of this is that his physical consumption is greatly reduced, and the team scores a lot."

Smith exclaimed: "But what surprised me is, isn't there no limit to the physical fitness of Feilong? Although he only scored 14 points in the third quarter, he invested more energy on the defensive end. How much is this physical energy consumption? But He's still hitting Shaquille O'Neal."

Barkley shook his head and smiled: "Don't go to explore his physical limit, I can tell you very accurately, no, I am his teammate, my words are true, he has no physical limit, he is an iron man, a real iron man .

In addition, O'Neal didn't dare to defend after the third foul, so although the dragon kept hitting the basket, the physical consumption should not be too great. "

Smith nodded and said: "In a single quarter, he made 7 of 5 shots and 4 of 4 free throws. His shots in the third quarter are still limited, not too many."

During the live broadcast of CCTV, Zhang Reasonable analyzed: "The Lakers are [-] points behind, if they don't exert their strength in the last quarter, there is no chance of winning the game.

But it is very difficult to get back [-] points from the Knicks, because Zhao Dong's efficiency is too high. "

"Director Zhang, what do you think the Lakers should do if they want to win back?" Su Qun asked.

Zhang Li thought for a while and said: "There is only one way, O'Neal must find a way to hit the basket more, and can't distribute the ball too much.

He scored too many points in the third quarter. Although his outside efficiency was higher than in the first half, it was far less efficient than his efficiency at the basket. If he could play more at the basket, it would definitely be more efficient to score. "

In front of the Lakers bench, Phil Jackson is arranging tactics for O'Neal.

Although there are two outsiders with strong offensive capabilities, Kobe and Glen Rice, the core of the offense has always been O'Neal, which is the core of his triangle tactics and the most critical corner.

He said confidently: "Through the third quarter, we opened up the outside line. The Knicks must not dare to double-team Shaq in the low post. Then in the final quarter, Shaq will start to exert force in the low post. We must play high-quality baskets." attack.

But we should pay attention to the outer line to respond to Shaq, but I don't want open space on the outer line, because we are now [-] points behind, we need to chase points, and we need to play a more efficient offense.

So, after Shaq pulls out of the basket, I need you guys to cut inside and shoot at the basket. "

Then he made a request to the defensive end, saying: "Kobe, you and Ron need to strengthen the pressure on Ginobili. He is a rookie, and his physical fitness is almost the same now. He is our opportunity."

At the beginning of the final quarter, the Lakers played a surprising offense in the first half.

O'Neal, who had a rest in the third quarter, began to exert strength. After getting close to the basket, he made consecutive double-team shots. While scoring, he also caused a foul by Zhao Dong and Marion.

The Knicks stepped up their defense against O'Neal. O'Neal didn't have a chance at the basket, so he pulled out of the basket. Then Kobe and Glen Rice began to cut inside frequently, and played a wave of 14:8 attacks in half a quarter. 84:88, reducing the point difference to 4 points.

The Knicks did not do a good job on the defensive end, and on the offensive end they encountered the strong defense of the Lakers outside. Ginobili made consecutive mistakes, and the Knicks were stopped twice in half a quarter.

Barkley said solemnly: "The defensive end is not doing well, the offensive end, and the back line makes continuous mistakes. The Knicks must pay attention to it, and don't carelessly lose the must-win G1 game."

The timeout ended and Zhao Dong took over the ball.

Ginobili sat on the bench and made two mistakes 6 minutes before the final quarter. It was because of his mistakes that the Lakers seized the opportunity to narrow the score.

The Knicks have Willis and Gary Trent on the inside, Rodgers on the front line, and Stackhow at the shooting guard. All four of them are pulled apart. The first two are pulled to the flanks, and the latter two are directly pulled to the left and right wings for three points. on-line.

For the Lakers, O'Neal and Horry were also pulled away from the basket, guarding outside the left and right sidelines of the paint area.

Bang, bang, Zhao Dong pushed the ball to the top of the arc, Kobe switched to him, and Harper went to defend Stackhouse.

"squeak!"

As soon as he reached the top of the arc, Zhao Dong suddenly exerted force on his feet, and his sneakers made a harsh friction sound, and he directly rushed towards Kobe.

Kobe didn't have much stamina left until now, his reaction was a bit slow, and his feet were also slow. After being attacked, he instinctively reached out and pulled Zhao Dong's arm. Then the whistle blew, and Zhao Dong made two free throws.

He shook his hand in frustration, he really hated the rule of illegal hand use in high positions.

"Looking at Feilong's physical fitness, he still maintains a very good speed. As an inside physique, his physical fitness is even better than Kobe's as a guard. Kobe's reaction and speed are obviously not as good as him." TNT live broadcast , Smith exclaimed.

Barkley said with a smile: "At critical moments, physical fitness determines the state, determines the final efficiency, and determines the final... victory or defeat."

Swipe, Zhao Dong made two consecutive free throws, 84:90, the Lakers attacked.

"Snapped!"

Looking back, Zhao Dong suddenly double-teamed Harper at the top of the arc, broke his ball, and immediately played an outside fast break.

"boom!"

Even though Kobe was desperately chasing and defending, he lost two steps to Zhao Dong due to his physical exhaustion. At this time, Zhao Dong still had the strength to complete a flying dunk, which made Madison Square Garden applaud like thunder.

After Zhao Dong became the point guard, the Lakers not only couldn't continue to cause Knicks' mistakes in this position, but were blown up by Zhao Dong, because no one outside the Lakers could guard Zhao Dong, and Zhao Dong faced any outside line , have a huge dislocation advantage.

At the last juncture, he, who has the advantage of physical fitness and the advantage of outside misalignment, exploded the Lakers' back line and established the victory.

In the 11th minute of the last quarter, 92:102, the point difference reached double digits again, and the Lakers called the last timeout.

Zhang Lili breathed a sigh of relief and said, "At this point, I think the Knicks have won this victory. It's really not easy!"

Su Qun nodded and said, "O'Neal has already scored 38 points, and his shooting percentage is as high as 72%, which is very efficient. Kobe and Glen Rash also scored 26 points and 21 points respectively, and their shooting percentages reached 53% and 46.5% respectively. , The Lakers' overall shooting percentage reached 52%, and today's performance is really very strong.

但赵东表现更好，全场34投23中，命中率67.6%，14罚13中，砍下了59分18篮板6助攻2抢断4盖帽1失误4犯规的数据。”

In the TNT live broadcast, Barkley smiled excitedly: "The historical record in a single game of the Finals is Elgin Baylor's 61 points. It just so happens that Kim Baylor is a famous Lakers star. So today, the dragon is likely to break this record."

Smith said expectantly: "Three points, as long as Feilong scores another three points, he can break this record."

The timeout ended and the Lakers attacked. O'Neal, like Zhao Dong, worked hard on both offense and defense, but without Zhao Dong's physical fitness, he couldn't move anymore, and was pushed outside the paint by Zhao Dong.

Harper passed it down, and O'Neal took a look at the ball. The Knicks didn't double-team him again, and he began to dribble inward.

He arched twice with all his strength, arched in two small half-steps, stepped into the paint area with one foot, then swayed left and right, then got up and hit a sideways small hook.

His stamina was exhausted, and the little hook didn't jump at all.

"Snapped!"

Even at this point in the fight, Zhao Dong still maintained a strong physical fitness, and while his figure was violent, he slapped O'Neal's hook directly with a slap.

"yeah!"

The cap-grabbing hook, and it was O'Neal's hook, Madison Square Garden boiled directly, and the home fans cheered and shouted.

This grab cap directly broke the last bit of morale of the Lakers.

Zhao Dong made a two-pointer after that, tying Kim Baylor's record, but failed to break it and tied for first place.

At the end, 94:104, the Knicks won the G1 game.

After the game, Zhao Dong accepted an on-site interview.

"Feilong, congratulations, you scored 61 points in this game, tied with Kim Baylor for the highest scoring record in a single game in the finals."

CCTV reporter Yang Yi said excitedly.

"Really? I haven't noticed this yet." Zhao Dong said happily.

"Feilong, your shooting percentage was as high as 68.5% in this game, and you still maintained an excellent state at the last moment. You played a very dominant performance. How did you do it?"

Team reporter Thomas said excitedly.

"I want to do it, and I can do it."

Zhao Dong took the towel handed over by Ginobili, wiped his sweat, and said, "Humans have limits, but we can break this limit."

It happened that Kobe was passing by, and when he heard Zhao Dong's pretending to be 13, he couldn't help being startled, and his movements of wiping his sweat slowed down.

"Break the limit of the human body? How to break it? More brutal training?" He muttered as he walked.

"What's your opinion on the performance of the Lakers tonight?" Thomas asked again.

"They performed very well. The OK combination is indeed a historical-level dual-core combination. They can even be said to be the most powerful combination in history... What kind of black and white double evil, what kind of email combination, it's nothing..."

Zhao Dong praised the OK combination vigorously, so that it can appear that he is stronger after defeating the OK combination.

"Are we that strong?"

This is O'Neill passing by again. Hearing Zhao Dong's praise, his heart is surging!
An hour later, the post-match press conferences of both sides began.

"Coach Jackson, you lost to the Knicks and Dragons again. Do you have anything to say about this?"

The Los Angeles Sports News reporter asked.

If you want to say who feels the most uncomfortable right now, it must be Phil Jackson, because as the reporter who asked the question said, with such a strong OK combination and starting lineup, he lost to the Knicks again, but once again Defeated by Zhao Dong.

Thinking of Zhao Dong's terrifying efficiency and scoring ability, as well as his seemingly inexhaustible physical strength, his heart trembled, and a sense of powerlessness was constantly destroying his belief in victory.

Due to psychological reasons, his complexion is very bad now, pale, and his hands and feet are cold.

"Today...today's game..."

He opened his mouth, but his voice was hoarse for no reason, and he couldn't continue.

Both O'Neal and Kobe turned to look at Phil Jackson in surprise.

But Phil Jackson had to continue talking, raising his voice and saying: "We have done well enough, but, but, Flying Dragon, he has done better than us, and he has once again played the efficiency of the god of efficiency... we , fighting against God..."

His tone was very heavy, but as a dynasty coach, he still had a strong desire for victory in his heart, so he forcibly lifted his spirits and said:
"But even if we are fighting God, we still have to defeat him, we must have greater courage, we have to... kill God!"

"We are at war with God!"

These words of Phil Jackson made headlines on the front pages of countless media across the United States the next day, and spread widely to the world.

"We want to kill God!"

Similarly, his words were also used as the title of the article by many media in Los Angeles, and entered the eyes of countless people.

The Los Angeles media tried this sentence to inspire the morale and courage of the Lakers.

"Kill God? Don't even think about it!"

On the third day, the New York Times hit back at the Los Angeles media with this headline.

The two most powerful media groups in the United States started a round of fierce competition for sales, and the intensity was definitely no less than the finals between the Knicks and the Lakers.

On this day, on the 30th, the final G2 battle started.

The format of the finals is two-three-two. After G2, the Knicks will have three away games. Therefore, in this game, the Knicks hope to win as much as possible and go to Los Angeles with two home victories.

But the confidence of the coaching staff is not great, because the two rookies Ginobili and Marion are not in good condition, and their physical fitness has serious problems.

One is the starting main guard, and the other is an important rotation main small forward at the third position. They have a great influence on the team.

Old Nelson made a decision to put Zhao Dong on the No. [-] position and Ginobili on the bench.

At the same time, the rotation lineup has also been increased, and substitutes with little playing time, such as John Wallace, have also entered the rotation.

At the same time, he asked Zhao Dong to strengthen his impact on O'Neal and try to beat the Lakers' strongest point.

Lakers: O'Neal, Ben Wallace, Glen Rice, Kobe, Ron Harper.

Knicks: Willis, Gary Trent, Rodney Rogers, Stackhouse, Zhao Dong.

When Barkley saw the list, he shook his head and sighed: "The inside line is too weak, and both offensive and defensive ends will be blown up by big sharks."

Smith laughed and said: "According to the Knicks' internal news, Ginobili's physical fitness has collapsed, and he can only play as a substitute. inside, but the Dragons can also blow up the Lakers outside."

Barkley said with a smile: "Ron Harper is getting old. I bet it will be Kobe's little family who will face the dragon. He will be miserable today."

Smith laughed and nodded in agreement.

In the locker room of the visiting team, Phil Jackson is doing the final ideological work for the players, stimulating the potential of the players is his best skill.

"We can't lose anymore. We must be mentally prepared for a decisive battle with God. We have no other way except to kill God..."

He said passionately.

"Then kill God!"

Kobe clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

"Now, we do meditation again, it can help us to focus more on the spirit, so that we can focus more on the game."

Phil Jackson said.

O'Neill and Kobe rolled their eyes at the same time, sleep, right, let's sleep for a while.

(End of this chapter)