NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 327 Tonight, We Will Slay Dragons!

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, the Knicks arrived at a local hotel in San Antonio.

In the hotel, at the request of the media, the Knicks held a press conference.

"Flying Dragon, my name is Mai Rui, a reporter from the San Antonio Sports News, so what do you think is the probability of the Knicks winning in Game 3?"

A local reporter asked proudly.

"100%." ​​Zhao Dong said without hesitation.

"What gave you the courage to say that? Arrogance?" Merry laughed.

"Ha ha……"

His words also made many local reporters laugh.

Zhao Dong stared at that Mai Rui, his ferocious gaze made the smile on the other party's face disappear quickly, and he said in a cold voice: "The courage for me to say this comes from the strength of Nix and myself. And your arrogance , will cause trouble for the Spurs."

"Oh, what kind of trouble can you bring us?" Merry said disdainfully.

"David Robinson and Tim Duncan don't have the courage like you. Your ignorance and arrogance are simply ridiculous when you say such things in front of me!"

Zhao Dong pushed the table to his feet, stared at Mai Rui coldly, and said, "G3 game, I want the Spurs to pay for your ignorance and arrogance."

After speaking, he left behind a group of reporters in front of him and left.

Mai Rui's face twitched, he glanced at Zhao Dong's back, and said disdainfully to his colleagues next to him: "We have Twin Towers, they are all superstars, they have the height under the basket that the Knicks don't have, and they every Both have the ability to attract double teams, I believe we will still beat the Knicks in this game."

"Merry, I support your words, it's time for our Spurs to win the championship."

"Well said, the Knicks can't beat our Twin Towers at all."

"O'Neill fell under our twin towers, and the flying dragon can also defeat him."

Some local reporters have echoed.

"I bet that tomorrow the Spurs will be replaced by the Flying Dragon on the backboards of the SBC Center Arena at home."

"Hopefully I'm under the Spurs' rebound so I can get some good shots."

But some other media reporters were very excited. They knew that tomorrow night's game must be exciting, and they started talking about it.

Their discussion was also heard by local reporters, and Murray's face suddenly became a little ugly. He knew that the Spurs' rebounds would inevitably be replaced, but he still said confidently: "Even if Feilong can blow up the rebounds, he can't stop the Spurs." Twin Towers, the victory must belong to us, no matter how many rebounds he blows up, it's useless."

Other local reporters followed suit.

Zhao Dong went back to the room and turned on the TV, just in time to see a TNT lace news, Dita Van Teese returned from a performance in England, which reminded him of the impressive champagne bath he had seen before.

"Ringer..."

He immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed the number of agent Wells.

On the 12th, the day of the G3 battle.

"After Popovich, San Antonio Athletic Reporter Murray offended Dragon, Spurs once again feud with Dragon." The New York Times.

"Please prepare a few more rebounds at the SBC Center Arena." The New York Athletic.

"Ruff God of Efficiency, Spurs in Trouble." Los Angeles Times.

Likewise, the media in San Antonio fought back, with the city's sports paper running an article by McRae with the headline "Tonight, We'll Slay Dragons!"

He said in the article: "We cannot allow a foreigner to dominate the league. We must fight back. The Spurs will rise up and slay the dragon to prevent that dragon from defending the dynasty."

In his article, he dressed the Spurs as dragon-slaying warriors, which won the support of many people.

Former Bulls player and current Spurs player Steve Kerr accepted an interview with the media and said: "I support Murray, we cannot allow a foreigner to become the signboard of our league, we have many stars who can replace him, we should make Fight back powerfully, we will defeat him, we will slay the dragon."

In addition to Cole, there are some league players who support Murray and voiced their voices in front of the media.

But these players are all small players, and there are no influential stars who stand up to support Cole's statement.

This is the influence of Nike and Dragon Sports. Even brands like Adidas and Reebok dare not offend Nike and Dragon Sports now, because these companies are afraid of being targeted by the giant storm. Naturally, the stars can't speak.

"Flying dragon, the Spurs want to slay the dragon. Do you have anything to say about it?" The New York Times reporter interviewed Zhao Dong.

Zhao Dong said coldly: "The spur wants to slay the dragon, so I will pull out the spur of the spur."

On this day, many media began to hype the relevant news.

Spurs slaying dragons and flying dragons drawing thorns are two different viewpoints. Under the influence of the New York media, the latter viewpoint is obviously supported by the vast majority of people and the media.

From this point of view, the influence of a small team like the Spurs is really limited.

However, the Los Angeles Sports News did not follow the hype, but published an analysis article about the Knicks lineup.

In the article, the author believes that the Knicks should use Zhao Dong as the point guard and a madman as a combination to directly destroy the Spurs' fragile back line, and then attack the Spurs twin towers from the outside.

At the same time, this article believes that the Knicks should trade Billups, because he does not have much value in the Knicks lineup, and Zhao Dong's organizational skills are far stronger than him.

Well, actually this article was brought up by Jerry West.

He believes that the possibility of the Bulls crashing is very small, and they would have collapsed long ago, and now with the resignation of Phil Jackson, the Bulls have not collapsed.

The reason is that Kidd, McGrady, and Rasheed are strong enough for the Bulls to form a competitive lineup, and a new Bulls can be built around these three.

So, he started playing Billups' idea.

If the Knicks can be fooled into trading Billups, it will kill two birds with one stone, which can weaken the Knicks and strengthen the Lakers.

In fact, he certainly doesn't think Billups is worthless to the Knicks.

At [-] pm, the Knicks arrived at the Spurs home court.

The Spurs home stadium is sponsored by SBC Telecom Group, so the home stadium is also called the SBC Center Arena.

It was not until 2006, when SBC Group was merged by AT&T Telecom Group, that the Spurs home court was renamed AT&T Center Arena, and the Spurs could get a naming fee of 2000 million U.S. dollars every year.

At seven o'clock, the SBC center arena was full.

In the TNT live broadcast seat, Bill Walton said with a smile: "In the finals G3 game, the average ticket price of the Spurs home court is less than one-tenth of Madison Square Garden. The consumption power of the small ball market is too low, which leads to the team's operating ability Seriously inadequate.

I am very doubtful now, how the Spurs will renew Tim Duncan next year. The Spurs do not have the strength to give Duncan a maximum salary, and they cannot afford the luxury tax. "

"Then leave. I bet that if Duncan enters the free market next year, at least half of the teams will be willing to offer chips for him." Matt laughed.

"I think the Knicks will also be willing to open chips. They lack an insider like Duncan. And the Bulls. If the Bulls can have Duncan this season, then the Knicks will eliminate the Bulls, or the Bulls will eliminate the Knicks, but just say no Alright." Bill Wharton smiled.

Matt said suddenly: "Bill, what do you think of a popular saying today, Spurs Slaying Dragons?"

Bill Walton laughed and said: "It's just a gimmick, if they have the strength, they can kill the Knicks and successfully slay the dragon.

If they don't have strength, they will be overthrown by Feilong and Nils.

This league, and this world, has always been based on strength. Feilong can become the only signature star in the league today. It is because of his strength that he has blown up the entire league, including Michael Jordan. opposing.

What do we rely on for today's ratings?Rely on the role player Steve Kerr?No, he is not important to the league, we rely on superstars like Dragons. "

Matt laughed and said, "That's good, we're going to see tonight, is it the spurs slaying the dragon, or the flying dragon pulling out the thorns?"

In the visiting team's locker room, Nelson Sr. is announcing the starting lineup.

"Flying Dragon, Latrell Sprewell, Danny Fortson, Charles Barkley, Wang." He read out five names in one breath.

Billups, who lost his starting position, was a little confused. Did the team really listen to the damn analysis article in the Los Angeles Sports News and want to trade me?

Old Nelson continued: "In this game, Flying Dragon will play the point guard."

"The boss plays point guard, this is the same as what Los Angeles said, do you really want to trade me?" Billups was very disturbed.

In fact, he thought too much. The article that Jerry West produced just happened to coincide with Old Nelson's arrangement for tonight.

Barkley is very happy, finally able to start in the finals, after winning the championship, who dares to doubt the gold content of his ring?
He still has great confidence in whether he can win the championship.

Old Nelson began to arrange the tactics. Of course, the tactics have already been discussed in the morning tactics meeting, and now it is just the last emphasis.

"We play the tactic of breaking points."

After explaining the basic tactics for tonight, he looked at Dazhi.

Although Dazhi's performance in the last game was not very good, he still let Dazhi start because the team needs Dazhi's ability to stretch and his height at the basket.

"Wang, on the offensive end, you pull to the bottom corner and ambush there. On the defensive end, you must withstand it, and you can't let the Spurs twin towers easily approach the basket." He said.

"Yes."

Dazhi nodded, expressing his understanding.

"Danny..."

Old Nelson looked at Fortson again and said, "Your priority is to grab rebounds. On the offensive end, when the outside line breaks in, you have to cover."

"Understood, coach." Fortson nodded quickly.

"Charles, your task is to contain one of the Spurs' twin towers. They will definitely use a role player to play with Wang and Feilong as the point guard. The one you are facing must be one of the twin towers."

Old Nelson said to Barkley.

"I know." Buckley nodded and said, "Don't worry, Don, I will do well."

Old Nelson nodded and smiled: "On the offensive end, you pull them out of the paint, so that the Dragons have room to break through. On the defensive end, you have to be prepared to enter the low post and double-team."

Barkley nodded and said, "Understood."

After explaining the inside line and front line, the old Nelson began to talk about the back line. He said to Zhao Dong: "Feilong, this game is very important. We must win it. We need your breakthrough ability and your impact on the basket now. , requires your lethality, and your passing and organizational skills. How to play, whether to attack or organize, you decide on the field."

Old Nelson's words meant that he handed over all the commanding power on the field to Zhao Dong, giving him the greatest degree of freedom, including the right to fire unlimitedly, and even the right to temporarily change tactics.

Zhao Dong nodded and said, "My plan for tonight's match is..."

When he said this, everyone looked at him.

"Get rid of David Robinson first." Zhao Dong said coldly.

"Get rid of Robinson?"

The crowd cheered.

In the G2 game the day before yesterday, super center Robinson was always strong and scored 37 points. He was the number one contributor to the Spurs' victory.

"Kill Robinson, once the Spurs twin towers are broken, we will win," Zhao Dong said.

"Flying Dragon is right. He went in and fouled Robinson. He is an old guy. Rasheed Wallace's ribs were broken in two. He, an old guy, couldn't withstand the impact of Feilong. We won. deal."

Barkley immediately echoed enthusiastically.

"Boss, give them a few more rebounds." Fortson roared.

The atmosphere in the locker room quickly became lively.

Zhao Dong smiled, shook his head and said: "Changing rebounds will only give them time to rest. The Spurs are under a semi-military management, and there are two Spurs in charge, plus Popovich's tough management methods. , it is difficult to really blow up our morale."

Fortson said regretfully: "It's cheaper for them."

At 07:30, the two teams announced their first starts.

Knicks: Wang Zhizhi, Danny Fortson, Barkley, Latrell Sprewell, Zhao Dong
Spurs: David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Sean Elliott, Mario Ellis, Avery Johnson

On the TNT live broadcast, Bill Walton analyzed: "Ben Wallace continues to be abandoned. His height disadvantage was magnified when he played against the Spurs Twin Towers. He only needs to play as a substitute.

In addition, King of China continued to play, and he did not perform well in the G2 battle. Then I guess, the old Nelson will still use him as a high-level fort?

Also, congratulations to Charles, you were actually able to start the finals. This strength is amazing. Does this mean that no one is available inside the Knicks? "

Matt laughed and said: "In the last game, the Spurs emptied Ben Wallace and Fortson, and even emptied Billups and Wang, and used great strength to double-team the Dragons, but now this The starting roster tells us that it is impossible for the Spurs to double-team the Dragons tonight. At least, they will never let Barkley go short."

"Yes, even if Buck only has one leg left, no one would dare to let him go, just like Robinson can still attract double-teams now."

Bill Walton said with a smile: "But in this game, the Spurs may still empty the King and Fortson. They can still double-team the Dragon."

"No, Bill, you're wrong, Billups didn't start." Matt shook his head.

Bill Wharton was taken aback, slapped his head suddenly, and smiled awkwardly: "Sorry, sorry, yes, I missed it."

Matt added: "If Billups doesn't start and Barkley enters the starting lineup again, then the dragon will definitely appear at the first position.

Then the Spurs want to double-team the dragons on the outside. Even if there are dragon rules to limit the breakthrough ability of the dragons, they can't stop others from breaking through.

I am referring to the madman. Once the Spurs double-team the dragon on the outside, the madman will definitely cut in on the weak side. With the height of the dragon on the outside, he can easily see the madman's open space and pass the ball to the madman.

And once the dragon has no ball in his hands, the Spurs can no longer double-team him, and he can also cut in at this time.

Facing the Knicks' two wing cuts, the Spurs, who have concentrated their defensive power on the outside, how can they cut in on both sides of the low defense? "

Bill Walton continued: "So, the most likely defensive tactic for the Spurs is to let go of a person, on the outside, above the dotted line of the free throw line, and double-team the Dragon, so that it will not let other positions. The defense is too weak."

Matt smiled: "Yes, learn the Bulls' tactics of double-teaming the Dragons on the outside in the Eastern Conference Finals."

At [-]:[-], the two teams started.

The Knicks were greeted with huge boos at the SBC Center.

SBC is no better than Madison Square Garden. Even in the finals, the starlight here is very dim, and there are very few stars from the league.

"We will succeed in slaying the dragon tonight."

In the media seats behind the baseline, Mai Rui, a reporter from the local sports newspaper, saw Zhao Dong appearing on the stage, and said loudly to his two companions.

At eight o'clock, the G3 battle officially began.

Dazhi and Duncan jumped the ball, and the Spurs attacked.

"The Spurs play high and low double tower tactics again?"

Bill Walton saw the positioning of the Spurs players, and immediately said: "Robinson did not position on the three-point line at the top of the arc, but on the free throw line. This is his range, which is more threatening. It seems that Popovich Qi has made some improvements to the high and low double tower tactics."

The Knicks play two-one-two zone defense, up to Robinson in the high post, Fortson in the low post on the left wing against Duncan, Barkley in the low post on the right wing against small forward Sean Elliott, and the Madman against Spurs shooting guard Mario on the right wing Ellie and Zhao Dong are on the left wing against General Johnson at the top of the arc.

Zhang Lili was surprised and said: "The little general's speed is very fast. On the defensive end, Zhao Dong didn't enter the low position and strengthen the low position defense, but defended the first position. Is there a problem?"

At this time, the little general Johnson was holding the ball close to the top of the arc, and Zhao Dong went to meet him, preventing the former from approaching the top of the arc smoothly.

According to the tactical requirements of the two-one-two defense, at this time, the madman rushed to the young general Johnson, forming a double-team trend.

This is the true meaning of zone defense, forming a trend of fighting more and fighting less locally.

"Avery."

At this time, Robinson, who was in the high position, asked Johnson for the ball with a big ball.

The little general suddenly took a step back, opening the distance between him and Zhao Dong.

"Pass down."

Zhao Dong immediately identified Johnson's intentions.

There is still two meters away from the top of the arc, and one step back, it will be close to three meters. It is absolutely impossible for the young general Johnson to make a shot by himself. When passing the ball to the left and right wings, there is no need to take a step back, so the only way is to pass down. The ball, you need to distance yourself from yourself.

At this moment, his attention was highly concentrated.

(End of this chapter)