NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 164: Rodman's meritorious service

With the tacit consent of the coach, Zhao Dong strengthened his cooperation with Ewing, mainly through Ewing's pick-and-roll.

Ewing is the one with the strongest mid-range shooting ability among the four super centers. He pulls out from the low post to get the ball, and still has a lot of threat.

And Zhao Dong can take this opportunity to avoid being double-teamed, and take the opportunity to attack the Bulls' paint area, causing a lot of damage.

The Bulls didn't come up with a way to deal with it for a while, and the extreme double-teaming tactic failed.

In the halftime, Zhao Dong scored 24 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls in a total of 22 minutes. He made 7 of 10 shots and 10 of 11 free throws.

Ewing made 5 of 10 shots and 2 of 4 free throws in the half, scoring 12 points.

Jordan made 10 of 18 shots in the half, 1 of 3 three-pointers, 6 of 7 free throws, 27 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls.

The players returned to the locker room, and in the TNT live broadcast, Bill Walton analyzed: "In the final moments of the second quarter, Feilong and Ewing played a good cooperation.

First, the Dragon attracts double-teams on the three-point line, and then Ewing pulls out from the low post to catch the ball to attract double-teams. At the same time, he also brings Kukoc out, creating opportunities for the Dragons to enter the paint.

This is the advantage of the Knicks lineup. The low post and perimeter have superstars who can attract double-teams at the same time, while the Bulls do not.

With the cooperation between the two super giants, the Bulls' Jordan Law lost their defensive goals. They could not double-team the Flying Dragons without the ball, nor could they double-team Ewing without the ball. When the ball passed between the two super giants, The Bulls' defense was at a loss. "

Matt went on to say: "Ewing and Dragon are super giants who can pass the ball. If the Bulls can't cut off the connection between them, then the Bulls will be in danger."

In the locker room of the home team, Phil Jackson said solemnly: "Everyone listen, we cannot allow the ball to pass freely between Flying Dragon and Ewing, we must control their passing..."

The atmosphere in the visiting team's locker room was not bad. Van Gundy said with a smile on his face, "We played with good efficiency and the tactics were right..."

Zhao Dong curled his lips secretly, the blind cat bumped into the dead mouse, if Phil Jackson came up with another trick, he would be caught blind again.

After Van Gundy finished speaking, he stood up and waited for the eyes of his teammates to come over and said: "I don't know what changes will happen to the Bulls' tactics, but there must be, so we must also be prepared for contingencies.

Phil Jackson is the dynasty coach, he is not easy to deal with. "

"Feilong, what do you think?" Van Gundy asked "humbly".

"No, but when the Bulls double-team me and Patrick, other people can do something." Zhao Dong said.

Nodding, Van Gundy said: "Running air cuts, pick-and-roll screens, these are what other off-ball personnel should do..."

On the scene outside, Magic Johnson accepted an interview with the media. Facing the media, he said: "I am surprised that the Knicks have played a good strategy. If they can keep it up, their chances will be even greater."

After a while, the third quarter began, and the Knicks attacked.

Zhao Dong attracted double-teams and then called Ewing's pick-and-roll.

But this time, Kukoc adopted a defense around the front to prevent Ewing from receiving the ball.

Zhao Dong, who was about to pass the ball, failed to pass it at the first time. At this time, Harper's upper body was double-teamed, and he fell into a double-team on the three-point line.

Pippen immediately cut off the passing line between Zhao Dong and Ewing.

Then, seeing that Zhao Dong had no chance to pass the ball to Ewing, Kukoc immediately rushed up and double-teamed the ball.

Facing the formed three-person double-team, Zhao Dong could only raise his hands high to avoid being intercepted.

At this time, Jordan on the weak side and Rodman on the low post have rushed over.

At this time, Zhao Dong could only lob the ball to Ewing.

The lob, the ball stayed in the air for too long, and when Ewing received the ball, Rodman and Jordan had already rushed to his side.

Zhao Dong cut the paint in time and space, but Pippen, Harper, and Kukoc ignored him, and directly implemented an extreme defense against Ewing, with five double-teaming.

"Steal the ball! Pippen steals the ball, Jordan is going down..." the live commentator roared excitedly.

"Shua!"

Jordan went down quickly, unstoppable, and hit a layup.

"Suffocating defense!" Bill Walton exclaimed.

Zhao Dong looked at the head coach, but didn't get any instructions.

46 draws, the game continues.

"Hey, did Feilong play without the ball? This can indeed avoid extreme double-teaming, but he plays without the ball, which is far less threatening than with the ball. Is it worthwhile?"

Bill Walton immediately analyzed.

"It can be on par with Jordan. Jordan played off the ball a lot of the time, and Pippen was in charge of organizing." Matt laughed.

Zhao Dong didn't ask for the ball immediately, but ran around, pulling the Bulls' defense.

Pippen was smaller than him and couldn't keep up with him. He used the crowded paint to shake off Pippen, pull back to the left wing, and asked Charlie Ward for the ball.

As soon as the ball was in hand, Pippen didn't keep up, and it was too late for the Bulls to double-team him.

Both Harper and Jordan rushed over, Zhao Dong didn't even look at it, he just shot a mid-range jumper and hit an open shot.

"Beautiful! Use better mobility to get rid of defender Pippen. At this time, the Bulls are limited by the rules and cannot double-team him, but when he catches the ball, it is too late to double-team." Bill Walton admired.

"This is the same as Jordan's style of play, which requires good running ability. However, in the shot just now, I think that although Feilong's moving ability is very good, his running skills are average. This is not just about moving ability. .As long as the Bulls react, they will be able to make a countermeasure soon." Matt laughed.

"Let's switch defenses in time," Bill Wharton said casually.

Matt nodded with a smile and said nothing.

Sure enough, the next time Zhao Dong ran without the ball, the Bulls immediately switched defenses, and Jordan followed him.

His running skills are only level 75, which is not enough to get rid of Jordan, who is more mobile.

When he caught the ball, Jordan and Harper teamed up to double-team him.

He came up with a step-back jumper, and Harper almost fell on him, affecting his balance, the ball missed, and the rebound was caught by Rodman.

Jordan caught the ball and went down quickly, Zhao Dong chased after him, and when he reached the top of the Bulls frontcourt, he was only one step slower.

"This guy is so fast!"

Jordan was frightened. When he rushed to the basket, he didn't dare to layup or dunk. Instead, he stopped suddenly and turned around, hoping to layup again after Zhao Dong rushed out of the baseline.

Zhao Dong knew that his impact was too strong, and he had already slowed down when he approached the basket. At this moment, he made an emergency stop and stopped at the basket.

It happened that Jordan turned around for a layup at this time, he quickly stepped up and took off, and directly grabbed the ball with a slap.

"Oh, grab a hat?"

The on-site commentator held his head and shouted in surprise.

At this time, the Knicks played a quick counterattack, and the players on both sides turned and ran, and the scene was a bit chaotic.

After Zhao Dong passed the ball, he started to play quickly. When he crossed the center line, the ball was in the hands of Alan Houston on the right wing. He made a move, and the latter immediately passed the ball over.

Zhao Dong received the ball and headed towards the top of the arc.

Harper and Pippen immediately double-teamed, but at this time Zhao Dong passed the ball in again and gave it to Ewing who had just arrived in the low post.

Ewing received the ball, and Rodman and Kukoc rushed over. At this time, he saw that Zhao Dong had crossed the free throw line and immediately passed back.

Jordan, who was on the right, immediately rushed into the paint when he saw it.

Zhao Dong received the ball, and one step later, he flew up to meet Rodman and Jordan who were returning to the basket.

"boom!"

Amid the violent basket explosion, Rodman and Jordan were knocked into the air at the same time, fell to the floor with two bang bang bang bang, and then continued to slip backwards.

"Beep!"

The whistle sounded.

"yeah!"

When the Bulls fans were silent, the away fans burst into cheers.

The referee ran over to signal that Rodman made a foul and Zhao Dongjia made a free throw.

"ah!"

Clenching a pair of fists, looking at Rodman and Jordan struggling on the floor, Zhao Dong also roared excitedly.

"Zhao Dong played an excellent offensive and defensive performance, blocked Jordan in one round, and then played a two-plus-one fast break. Rodman has committed three offenses so far, and Jordan has committed three offenses now." Zhang Lili excitedly shouted.

"boom!"

Zhao Dong was too excited and missed an extra free throw, but the rebound was caught by Oakley and passed to him again.

"Shua!"

High open jumper, the ball brushes down the basket.

"Beautiful, the Knicks had an advantage in rebounding, and played a good offense and defense. The Bulls took a few hits, and now their momentum is a little weak. Phil Jackson called a timeout." Bill Walton yelled.

The timeout ended, the Bulls attacked, and Jordan scored a goal.

52:50, the Knicks lead by two points.

Seeing that he couldn't open the score, Zhao Dong felt that he had to change his style of play and add more changes to make the opponent's defense more difficult.

He thought of Chris Webber's high-post style of play in the future, and thought he could give it a try.

When he came to the frontcourt, he didn't ask for the ball first, nor did he go to the wing, but passed the top of the arc and came to a high position.

This position is very critical. He can shoot, pass, and rush in directly. He is very close to the basket and can dunk in two steps.

"Give me the ball."

When off the ball, only Pippen guarded him, and the other Bulls players could only approach him and shrink the defense. They couldn't really double-team him in advance, and they couldn't get on him.

Charlie Ward stepped back and passed the ball in.

When he passed the ball, Jordan and others immediately rushed towards Zhao Dong.

They are well aware of the danger of Zhao Dong when he gets the ball in a high position. Except for Ewing's Kukoc, everyone else rushed towards Zhao Dong.

But just as Zhao Dong got the ball, before double-teaming his upper body, he threw the ball with one hand to Ewing, who was in the low post on the left wing.

This time, all the defenders looked at Ewing.

"Not passed!"

At a glance, they saw that Ewing hadn't caught the ball, and they knew they had been fooled.

At this time, Zhao Dong passed the ball again, to the low post on the right wing.

Alan Houston cuts to the basket, catches the ball for a layup, and hits a goal.

"Beautiful, Zhao Dong tricked the bulls with fake moves. His fake moves are very realistic, because his hands are big and his passing moves are very realistic. Ewing was fooled, thinking that he was really passing the ball, and stretched out his hand Go pick it up."

Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

54:50, the Knicks lead by 4 points.

Zhao Dong made up his own mind and constantly changed his style of play. Van Gundy, who lacked ingenuity and short of offense, couldn't say anything, as long as the effect was good.

When the Bulls attacked, Zhao Dong simply made another change, and switched defenses with Alan Houston, facing Jordan.

"Charlie, double-team quicker. Everyone else switch quicker," he yelled at the others.

"yes."

The team is leading, and everyone is full of energy. The impact of the Bulls' home court on them is getting smaller and smaller.

"Jordan, it looks like you're about to lose again, your teammates are too weak!"

On the right-wing three-point line, Zhao Dong single-handedly defended Jordan, spraying trash talk to interfere with Jordan.

"How many points do you need me to score on your head to make you shut up your stinking mouth?" Jordan snarled.

"80+?" Zhao Dong said.

Jordan's face twitched, wishing he could punch him.

Xie Te, you can score 80+ in the Eastern Conference finals?

At this time, the ball came over, and Jordan caught the ball sideways, and suddenly turned left and broke through.

Zhao Dong was swayed back, and Jordan actually turned around and made a fallback jumper, not turning around and breaking through.

"Shua!"

Water splashed, and a sword pierced through the heart.

"Your defense is so weak!" After the three-pointer succeeded, Jordan continued to hit Zhao Dong with trash talk.

"Go away!"

After retorting, Zhao Dong smacked his lips. The more critical the moment was, the more capable Jordan was.

He immediately started the fast down and started the fast break.

After the third quarter, 67:63, the Knicks led by 4 points.

Zhao Dong and Ewing played some tacit understanding and cooperated a lot. In addition, they continued to play defensive counterattacks and speed up the rhythm of offensive and defensive transitions, so that the Bulls' extreme defense did not achieve the purpose of freezing Zhao Dong.

But the Knicks couldn't really limit Jordan. When Zhao Dong faced Jordan, Pippen played his organizational role, and Jordan's off-ball style, Zhao Dong couldn't defend him well.

Neither offense nor defense can really limit the opponent, so the score is still tight.

"Jordan made 15 of 26 shots in three quarters, 1 of 3 three-pointers, 10 of 11 free throws, 41 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls. He scored 40+ points in the playoffs again. ’” explained Bill Walton.

"Flying Dragon scored fewer points, scoring 6 points in a single quarter, but he is more versatile than Jordan. So far, he made 9 of 15 shots, 12 of 14 free throws, scored 30 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, 4 blocks, 3 turnovers and 3 turnovers. Foul, there is a possibility of another 5*5 or a triple-double." Matt continued.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the two sides entered the stage of real hand-to-hand combat.

The Bulls are absolutely not allowed to lose this game, and they are playing at home again, so they have a lot of defensive moves, even if they are defending from the outside, they are also very aggressive.

In the 9th minute, 79:77, the Knicks led by 2 points, and the Bulls called a timeout.

"The defense in the final quarter was already melee. Their shooting percentages were too low and they scored very few points. But the Bulls still took advantage of the home court, and their shooting percentages were still higher. They had 38% in the final quarter, while the Knicks only had 31%."

In the TNT live broadcast, Bill Walton said.

Matt went on to say: "If it weren't for the Knicks' rebounding advantage, how could it be possible to lead by two points?"

Before the Bulls bench, Phil Jackson said to Rodman: "Dennis, you grabbed 10 rebounds, which is good, but I need you to do more."

"What do you want me to do?" Rodman asked.

"Help the team with your defense. The last two minutes, we have to beat them, we can't lose this home."

Phil Jackson looked very serious and authentic.

"I tried it. Oakley didn't know how to do it. He didn't respond to my trash talk and petty moves today." Rodman said.

Phil Jackson frowned.

His goal is Oakley, and he hopes that Rodman will beat Oakley down, so that the Knicks will lose a lot of power to double-team Jordan. Oakley's defense is very strong, which greatly restricts Jordan.

"Dennis, use some thought, you can do it, now is the time to use your eloquence." Jordan encouraged.

The timeout ends and the Bulls attack.

Jordan runs a wide range.

At this time, Pippen cut inside, received the pass from the top of the arc, and rushed to the paint, forcing the Knicks to shrink the defense.

At this moment, Jordan threw off Zhao Dong, Pippen passed the ball, and when he was about to make a shot, Oakley's supplementary defense arrived, and he slapped him down, knocking him to the ground.

"Beep!"

The referee blew his whistle and Jordan made two free throws.

"Charles, how many times have you fouled?" Zhao Dong went over and asked.

"Four times." Oakley said.

"Be careful, don't get knocked down." Zhao Dong warned in a low voice.

"Don't worry." Oakley nodded.

Standing on the free throw line, Jordan shook his hand, and was hit a little hard just now.

"Rookie, do you want a hand?" But he still chose to provoke Zhao Dong.

"I knew it, you are indeed a professional gambler, and you don't miss any chance to gamble." Zhao Dong said coldly.

"You?" Jordan asked angrily.

He hates people saying that he is a gambler. The last time he retired, apart from his father being robbed and killed, he was chased and beaten by the media because of gambling.

But his anger can often be transformed into motivation.

With two swish swishes, he made two free throws and tied the score with a sore wrist and hand.

The Knicks attacked, Zhao Donggang received the ball, suddenly something happened on the field, Oakley punched Rodman on the floor, and then the whistle blew.

"Hush!"

Huge boos rang out, drowning out all voices in the United Center.

"Fuck!"

Zhao Dong cursed.

"Oh, the Knicks are in trouble. Oakley failed to control his emotions at the critical moment." Bill Walton said in surprise.

"Rodman is going to make a contribution, and his defense played a key role." Matt said.

In the live broadcast of CCTV, Sun Zhenping sighed and said, "It's the last bit of time, why can't you control it?"

Zhang Lili shook his head and sighed: "Rodman's defensive characteristics are like this. He is especially good at provoking opponents. In the finals between the Bulls and the Supersonics, he was the one who provoked the Rain Man, and then the Rain Man attacked him and was sent off. , The Sonics lost the Rainman at a critical moment, and thus lost the game."

"Charles, what's the matter?" Zhao Dong ran over and asked.

"Shet, this guy's mouth is too stinky, he involved my family, I can't hold back. I'm sorry, Feilong, I'm really sorry."

Oakley said angrily.

At this time Rodman climbed up from the floor with an obvious smug smile on his face.

The referee made a penalty, a second-degree malicious foul, and Oakley was sent off.

Van Gundy replaced Larry Johnson, another grumpy boxer who was currently a member of the New York gang fighting trio.

"Larry, control your emotions and don't be dragged down by the worm. If you really can't control it, just drag him down together."

After Larry Johnson came up, Zhao Dong urged.

"Okay, I promise to let him go down with me, he won't be able to fight in the next game." Larry Johnson hurriedly said.

Second-level malicious foul, two free throws and one throw, Jordan made two free throws, 79:81, the Bulls took the lead, and the Bulls attacked.

"The Knicks have lost too much this time, and Oakley doesn't know if he will be suspended." Bill Walton said.

"If the Knicks lose this game, they may not be suspended. If the Bulls lose, they will definitely be suspended." Matt laughed.

After speaking, the two laughed. \u003c/div\u003e

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