NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 381 O'Neal: I want to lose weight!

Knicks attack.

Zhao Dong no longer controlled the ball, and he came to the left wing, three meters away from the paint area, below the dotted line of the free throw line, and Da Ben matched up.

Stackhouse, who was in possession of the ball, passed the ball in, and Zhao Dong caught it and suddenly took a step back.

Daben hurriedly followed, but at this moment, while Daben was moving, Zhao Dong turned around and rushed over, holding the ball and heading towards the paint.

At this time, the Lakers also began to quickly supplement the defense. Kobe, who defended the most, set up a second line of defense before Zhao Dong.

Ginobili was emptied, he moved from the top of the arc to the left wing, and at the same time looked at Zhao Dong, ready to receive the ball.

But Zhao Dong didn't make a pass, it's just Kobe, can he be guarded near the paint?He is sure that he has come to this position, and it is impossible to give it to Ginobili on the three-point line.

"squeak!"

One step on the brake outside the left line of the paint area, Zhao Dong stopped abruptly and got up.

Zhao Dong's emergency stop jump shot technique is unmatched in the entire league, even better than Jordan in this technique. Kobe was already mentally prepared to block the shot, and the moment Zhao Dong took off, he jumped up.

However, when Kobe reached out to block the shot, Zhao Dong lay back in the air, avoiding the former's block, and then the basketball flew past Kobe's palm and slid towards the basket.

"Shh!"

Splashes appeared and two points were hit.

"yeah!"

Everyone in Madison Square Garden was staring at the ball, and the moment the ball scored, they raised their arms and cheered.

"It doesn't feel too bad."

Zhao Dong smiled, and while returning to the defense, he shouted to Kobe who was following up: "Boy, come and help me defend again, and I will kill you together."

"Are you afraid?"

Kobe stiffened his neck and said.

The Lakers are attacking. O'Neal is not going to play this ball. He only looks like an offense in the paint and provides offensive cover for his teammates.

Because Zhao Dong's efficiency is too high, O'Neal's offense at the basket is the key, and offense at the basket symbolizes a more terrifying physical consumption.

Phil Jackson planned it out. O'Neal's physical fitness is the key to winning the game. It is necessary to maintain a good rhythm of the game and give him a chance to breathe.

At the top of the arc, Ron Harper was not in a hurry to attack, giving O'Neal enough time to breathe.

After two seconds in the paint, O'Neal left, and Big Ben's three seconds also came and left, and a brief space appeared under the basket.

At this moment, Kobe ran without the ball and quickly cut to the basket along the baseline.

And Ron Harper's pass was just right, passing the ball in from the gap and being received by Kobe.

Zhao Dong immediately returned to the basket.

Kobe caught the ball and slammed into the air, holding the ball with both hands and sending it to the basket.

At this time, Zhao Dong jumped up and blocked the block with his right hand.

But as soon as Kobe sent and received, he dodged Zhao Dong's block, slipped in front of the latter and under the basket, turned around and pulled the bar, and was about to buckle on Zhao Dong's head.

Kobe's ability to stay in the air is excellent, and his flexibility is also top-notch. He is confident that he can complete this attack.

"Snapped!"

However, Kobe guessed a little wrong, that is, Zhao Dong's ability to stay in the air was more terrifying than his. When he reversed the dunk, Zhao Dong was still on his head. He stretched out his left hand and slapped him to stop his dunk.

Den den den, Kobe landed, took three steps back, and then sat down on the floor.

The ball in his hand also fell to the floor and was snatched away by Zhao Dong.

The Knicks took the opportunity to counterattack, Manu Ginobili and Stackhouse went down quickly, the Lakers couldn't get back to defense, and finally Ginobili made a layup and hit a goal.

2:4, the Lakers attack.

O'Neal made an effort to go deep.

But this time he didn't need to use his strength. Willis went around directly and let him enter the basket.

At this time, Daben's weakness was exposed.

Because he couldn't pull away, he could only stay under the basket, so Zhao Dong was also under the basket, and together with Willis, formed an off-ball double-team for O'Neal.

Willis also has 213 centimeters, and O'Neal, who is 216 centimeters, has no height advantage at the basket.

But Willis is a tyrannosaurus rex, born with short hands, with a wingspan of only 208 centimeters, while O'Neal's wingspan is 228 centimeters, so including the wingspan, O'Neal still has a height advantage of more than 20 centimeters under the basket.

If the bounce is added, then O'Neal will have a height advantage at the basket.

Of course Ron Harper understood this and immediately lobbed the ball in.

In order to ensure that the ball will not be intercepted by Willis who circled forward, the ball was hung quite high, and O'Neal had to take off to catch the ball.

But as long as he receives the ball, O'Neal can dunk directly and complete an alley-oop.

At the basket, after the ball came in, O'Neal and Willis jumped at the same time.

"mine!"

Zhao Dong let out a deep cry in his heart, jumped up with all his strength, and pointed his right hand at the basketball that slid down.

As for Big Ben, he can only look up, he can't participate in this ball.

"predict!"

The three jumped at the same time. Zhao Dong and O'Neill were clearly ahead of Willis. Their hands touched the ball almost at the same time, and the ball was clicked.

The next moment, the three fell to the ground and rose again.

But this time, Zhao Dong took O'Neill's lead, and Willis didn't keep up with the rhythm at all.

"I want to lose weight!"

O'Neill roared in grief and indignation.

His tonnage dragged down his jumping, not only the jumping height was not enough, but also the speed of continuous take-offs was not enough, and he couldn't keep up with Zhao Dong's rhythm in the second take-off.

"Snapped!"

Zhao Dong grabbed the basketball and was immediately blocked by Da Ben, and then O'Neal also rushed over. He immediately protected the ball with both hands, moved his feet, and swung his elbows mercilessly from side to side, Da Ben and O'Neal Each of them was hit in the chest, and retreated with a muffled grunt.

"Boss."

Ginobili came to meet, Zhao Dong passed the ball, the Knicks began to counterattack.

O'Neill desperately returned to the defense, but both he and Da Ben were left by Zhao Dong.

But it was Willis who fell last, and the veteran couldn't run anymore.

Ginobili and Stackhouse pushed left and right, Rogers followed behind Ginobili, and behind him was Zhao Dong who followed up in the middle. The four formed a suspended four-on-three opportunity in the frontcourt.

Zhao Dong strode across the top of the arc. Lakers small forward Glenn Rice didn't dare to block it. He watched him rush into the paint and then received a pass from Ginobili.

"Oh!"

With a bang, following Zhao Dong's flying dunk, the Lakers' basket was blown up, and the audience was boiling.

2:6, the Knicks lead at home, the Lakers attack.

After seeing O'Neal enter the basket, Kobe made a false shot on the right-wing three-point line, shook Ginobili, went to the flank, and stopped two steps later for a jumper.

Even if the shot is missed, the basket has O'Neal's height and big money. The Lakers' rebounding advantage is not weaker than the defensive Knicks, so Kobe shot quite resolutely.

Because the rebounding ability is not weaker than the Knicks, using outside shots to open up the Knicks' inside defense is also a requirement for Phil Jackson's outside offense.

"Shh!"

The more determined the shot, the higher the hit rate, and Kobe hit the first ball.

4:6, the Knicks attack.

In the backcourt, Ginobili held the ball and advanced, but suddenly encountered Kobe's close-up press, and the ball was broken by Kobe due to a mistake.

"boom!"

Kobe hit the basket with the ball, and it was a tomahawk-style dunk, tying the score at six.

"Manu Ginobili played against Kobe, there is still something to eat! The Knicks should reduce such mistakes, pay attention to the protection of the ball and quick transfer." Zhang Li said.

The Knicks attacked again, this time Stackhouse had the ball and was harassed by Ron Harper to push forward and the others began to run.

Zhao Dong set up a low position to the left wing, and Da Ben immediately pushed up behind him, using his strong upper body strength to prevent him from entering the paint.

"Snapped!"

The ball came in, and as soon as Zhao Dong took the ball, Kobe's double-team came up.

He immediately slid down to avoid Kobe's hand, but Big Ben took a quick step back and stood on the line of his sled first.

However, in the next moment, Zhao Dong made an emergency stop at half a step in the paint and shot a zero-degree jumper.

At this moment, whether it was Big Ben or the double-teaming Kobe, he got rid of them.

"brush!"

The ball passed through the heart and nearly two points were hit.

6:8, the Lakers attack.

"call!"

Zhao Dong let out a sigh of relief. It seems that today's hand feeling is not too bad. He hit two consecutive short-range and mid-range shots.

But looking back, Kobe once again made a sudden stop for a rookie Ginobili and made a jumper.

"boom!"

This time he failed to make a shot, and the four insiders of the two teams squeezed under the basket to grab a rebound. Zhao Dong preemptively blocked the position and protected the backcourt rebound.

Daben played with Zhao Dong for two years and knew him too well. He immediately stood in front of Zhao Dong, preventing him from making a quick pass, and at the same time preventing him from making a quick pass, which prevented the Knicks from making a counterattack.

In the frontcourt of the Knicks, Zhao Dong went directly to the basket this time. After pulling O'Neal and Ben to the basket, he suddenly withdrew.

At this time, Stackhouse, who was holding the ball on the left-wing three-point line, saw the opportunity, pushed the ball with one hand, and passed the ball.

Zhao Dong received the ball, and Da Ben, who followed him, took a step behind him.

He turned around suddenly, made a bottom-slip motion, and immediately made Big Ben come to an emergency stop. Then, the next moment, he jumped up and threw the ball at the backboard with one hand. With a bang, the basketball hit the backboard and went into the basket.

"Beautiful, using repeated running letters, Zhao Dong dropped the defender and hit a ball with ease." Zhang Lili praised.

“6：10，现在飞龙是5投4中，拿下了8分，尼克斯依靠他的高效率领先了4分。”粟群笑道。

On the sidelines, Phil Jackson was scratching his head.

He played three consecutive Eastern Conference finals with the Bulls and Knicks and lost three times. This time he doesn't want to fail again.

However, whether he was in the Bulls or the Lakers, he couldn't prevent Zhao Dong's attack, and this was what gave him a headache to death.

"Efficiency, the God of Efficiency!"

He stared at Zhao Dong, muttering in his mouth.

After Oakley and Big Ben left last season, the Knicks had no rebound advantage, and this season they injured Fordson. In fact, the Knicks are at a disadvantage in rebounding against the Lakers. He knows this well , So he asked Kobe to wait for the outside line to shoot boldly, because the Lakers have the advantage of rebounding.

However, the advantage of rebounding has not yet been manifested, and Zhao Dong's efficiency advantage has begun to be manifested.

After serving, he called a timeout, rearranged his tactics, let the outside line strengthen the flank attack, attracted Zhao Dong's defense, and created opportunities for O'Neal at the basket.

Back from the timeout, the Lakers attacked, Kobe launched a flank attack on the left wing, hit a jumper with an emergency stop, and caused Ginobili's foul, playing a morale-boosting two plus one.

"Shh!"

An extra penalty hit, 9:10, the Lakers were only 1 point behind.

Looking back, Stackhouse missed a shot and the Lakers attacked.

Onick entered the basket to get a position, and Willis still moved forward to let him enter the basket. At the same time, Zhao Dong double-teamed without the ball on one side, regardless of Daben.

A ball was blocked just now, this time Harper didn't dare to pass it in easily and gave it to Kobe.

Kobe made a false shot and threw a three-pointer on the right wing, but missed. After the ball rebounded, he was grabbed by Zhao Dong, who was the first to get stuck.

"Ben Wallace's rebounding is good, but there is a distance from Fortson, and Fortson grew up after learning rebounding skills from Feilong."

Barkley laughed.

Smith was a little surprised and said: "You mean that Dragon's rebounding skills are better than Fortson's? You must know that before Fortson was not injured, he was already approaching Rodman's level."

Barkley said with a smile: "Is it surprising that the Dragons are better at rebounding than Fortson? No, it's just that his main function is offense, so he can't put more energy into rebounding.

In fact, in addition to rebounding, his organizational ability is also the top in the league, and because of the investment in offense, he ignores the organizational function. "

Smith nodded and said, "That's true. Compared with the magician, the flying dragon's offensive ability overwhelms other abilities."

Barkley said with a smile: "So it seems that the Lakers have stronger rebounding ability, but once the Dragons take it seriously and invest more in rebounding, the Lakers' advantage will be lost."

Coming to the frontcourt, Zhao Dong entered the left wing, below the dotted line of the free throw line, leaning on Ben to ask for the ball, and Glen Rice, who was defending Rodgers, was one step above him.

Stackhouse, holding the ball, gave the ball to Rogers at a 45-degree angle from the left wing three-point line. Rogers lobbed it to Zhao Dong below, and then immediately ran to the left bottom corner.

When Rogers was passing the ball, Glen Rice, who was defending him, suddenly turned around and rushed towards Zhao Dong, double-teaming him.

As soon as Zhao Dong took the ball, he was immediately double-teamed, but he immediately turned around and slipped to the bottom, and was blocked by Da Ben who quickly retreated.

But then there was a thud, a backhand pass, and his ball went to the left corner.

Rodgers sank to the left bottom corner, caught the ball and took off, and Glen Rice, who returned to the defense, had mediocre defensive skills, and the return to defense was not enough.

"Shh!"

Splashes appeared and a three-pointer was hit.

"Beautiful, the Dragons totally got the attention of the defense, and Rodgers hit an open [-]-pointer in the left corner."

Barkley exclaimed excitedly.

Zhao Dong saw that Rogers was feeling good, so he played him a few more times in the following time.

Rogers also lived up to expectations. He made three more shots and hit one again. In total, he made two of four shots. The [-]% hit rate was very good, which was equivalent to more than [-]% of the two-pointers.

In the 10th minute, at 18:25, the Lakers trailed by 7 points, and Phil Jackson called a timeout again.

Because the Knicks don't have a strong center inside, O'Neal mainly played at the basket today, and spent all of the first 10 minutes at the basket. However, under the Knicks' off-ball double-teaming tactics, he only received 4 balls in total and made 4 of 3 shots. He made 3 of 1 free throws and scored 7 points.

This score is actually okay, 75% shooting rate, very efficient, but against the Knicks, this performance is not enough, playing too little, no matter how efficient it is.

In the CCTV live broadcast seat, Zhang Reasonable analyzed: "Now it's time to switch to the bench. Although O'Neal doesn't play much, he always faces Zhao Dong and Willis' double-teams at the basket, and his physical energy is still very high. .

Today, the Knicks' off-ball double-teaming tactic against O'Neal is quite successful. Specifically, it has two effects.

On the one hand, when O'Neal entered the basket, the four insiders on both sides were all squeezed under the basket, which left no room for outside breakthroughs.

Take Kobe, for example, he rarely goes to the basket, and most of his offenses are pull-up jumpers outside the paint.

On the whole, the Knicks double-teamed the basket, which not only limited O'Neal's reception, but also limited the efficiency of the Lakers' outside line.

On the other hand, the Knicks, on the other hand, did not attack much at the basket, but Zhao Dong's nearly two-pointers on the edge of the paint area were very efficient. Today, he made 7 of 5 shots and 2 of 2 free throws in the first quarter. With 12 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, the efficiency is quite high.

So through the double-teaming tactics at the basket, the Knicks gained the advantage. "

Su Qun said with a smile: "The Lakers have O'Neal as a giant under the basket, and because the Knicks can't handle O'Neal inside, so today they choose to let him enter the basket to play more. You don't know that this has advantages and disadvantages. The inside line stops under the basket, and the outside line has no room to break through."

Zhang Lili nodded and said with a smile: "The Lakers have no way to let O'Neal focus on the basket. O'Neal's nearly two-point shooting percentage is less than [-]%, more than [-]%, which is not high enough. The overall shooting percentage is less than [-]%. There is no way." To compete with Zhao Dong, he must get into the basket and improve his shots to improve his offensive efficiency."

Su Qun said with a smile: "Then it depends on how coach Phil Jackson adjusts, not only to improve O'Neal's efficiency, but also to prevent him from being double-teamed without the ball, otherwise it's useless if he can't catch the ball at the basket. "

After the timeout, the two sides came on the bench, and the Sharks sat on the bench a little depressed.

Both the Lakers and the Knicks have mediocre bench lineups, bad versus bad, depending on the main players.

For the Lakers, Kobe led the bench, plus Ben, and for the Knicks, it was Zhao Dong and Ginobili.

After 2 minutes, there was no big shark in the paint, and Zhao Dong frequently attacked the basket. The Lakers couldn't stop it with a big book alone. He scored 8 points in a row and made 2 shots in [-] minutes. And played the big two two plus one.

At the end of the first quarter, at 22:34, the Knicks led by 12 points.

(End of this chapter)