NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 405 The Invincible Super Center Combination

On October 10, the new season officially begins.

On this day, the league announced a new rule, that is, in the last 2 minutes of each quarter and overtime, fouls against players without the ball will be punished with two free throws and one throw.

The introduction of this rule is extremely beneficial to O'Neal and the Lakers.

According to media comments, the league hopes that the Lakers will win the championship.

At the same time, ESPN announced the top four rankings for the probability of winning the new season.

The Lakers rank first, with a 51% chance of winning, which is extremely promising.

Thanks to Zhao Dong's addition, the Blazers have a 45% chance of winning the championship, ranking second.

The third and fourth are the Nets and Digital teams with 38% and 32% respectively.

In the 13 opening games of the new season, the Blazers played against the Lakers at home.

At noon on the 30th, the Lakers arrived in Portland.

At the press conference held at the hotel, O'Neill uttered a bold statement. Tomorrow night's opening ceremony, he would blow up the Blazers and overthrow Zhao Dong.

A reporter interviewed Zhao Dong on the phone and asked him what he wanted to say about O’Neal’s rhetoric. He said: “The Sharks made it to the finals twice and were swept twice. I know he hates being swept, so here I wish He, in the new season, he won't be swept in the Finals."

"Feilong, do you want to sweep the Lakers in the Finals again?" the reporter over there said excitedly.

"No, the Lakers won't make it to the Finals next year at all," Zhao Dong said.

"what?"

The reporter was startled, but suddenly realized, he couldn't help laughing.

The next day, the content of Zhao Dong's phone interview was exposed.

"He's bragging again. This time he can't stop us. We'll kill the Blazers, we'll kill the Dragons, and we'll make it to the Finals again."

When O'Neill faced the media interview, he said with great momentum.

He does have confidence because he has really reached his peak, he has reached 150kg now, and Kobe is stronger, and David Robinson has been added. If this lineup can't beat Zhao Dong, then he will retire alright.

Of course, because Glen Rice's contract expired and he has left the Lakers, his strength at the third position has been somewhat weakened.

But Glen Rice's strength itself is declining. With his departure, the Lakers' strength has also suffered a limited loss.

In the evening, the Rose Garden Arena was full of seats.

The season ticket sales of the Blazers this season are in a mess, and they have skyrocketed several times compared to last season. Tickets for today's opening game are even more difficult to find.

The home team locker room itself is very luxurious, but after Zhao Dong was traded to the Trail Blazers, it has entered a new decoration, and now it is a completely updated locker room.

After cleaning the Rainman, Little Flying Squirrel and Wells, who hadn't been traded yet, didn't dare to jump anymore. Zhao Dong's control over the locker room was very firm.

Several reporters were allowed to enter the locker room, including Yang Yi from CCTV.

"Zhao Dong, according to media reports, season ticket sales for the Knicks have plummeted this season, and ticket prices have dropped by [-]% compared to last season. What do you have to say about this?"

a reporter asked.

Zhao Dong smiled and said: "There is nothing to say, I can only wish the Knicks better and better."

Yang Yi next to him laughed. After four consecutive championships, the Knicks traded Zhao Dong. How can they get better and better?

Zhao Dong really had no complaints about the Knicks, who made the boss go bankrupt?It is normal for people to save money when they have no money.

He even took the initiative to terminate the Madison Square Garden endorsement contract with James Dowland. If he and Lindsay hadn't hidden most of their wealth, they would have been the richest people in the world long ago, and there was no shortage of that money.

At eight o'clock, the first announcement will be made.

Lakers: O'Neal, David Robinson, Rick Fox, Kobe Bryant, Ron Harper.

Blazers: Zhao Dong, Jermaine O'Neal, Marion, Eddie Jones, Damon Stoudemire.

On CCTV's on-site commentary seats, Zhang Lili and Su Qun were sitting. They will still be in charge of on-site commentary in the new season.

Zhang Lili said at this time: "The situation in the league in the new season is very compelling, especially the Lakers and Nets. The strength is too strong, and the strength of their respective inside combinations is exploding. Zhao Dong's side is a bit miserable."

Su Qun said: "I heard that this Jermaine O'Neal was suggested by Zhao Dong. Is it too weak? Isn't the boss of the Blazers willing to spend money? Why not bring in a better insider?

I think that if Zhao Dong plays inside, he is most suitable as a power forward, covering a wider area, and his height as a center is seriously insufficient. "

Zhang Lili said: "It's not that I don't want to trade, but I can't trade at all. According to local media reports in Portland, the Blazers also wanted to introduce Robinson, but was rejected. He chose the Lakers. Therefore, there is no way to promote O'Neal. Good insiders are hard to find, even harder to find than good outsiders.

Zhao Dong has become the god of efficiency. His appearance has intensified the league's demand for high-quality insiders, because they all need efficient offense at the basket.

Now the insiders are all worth a lot, and the second-rate insiders can get the contracts of the first-class insiders before, and they have encountered the best era. "

Nodding, Su Qun said: "I heard that after Duncan entered the free market, several teams competed for him, and the digital team also wanted him. The Magic even sent a private plane to pick him up for a tour in Orlando, but in the end he chose to join forces with Dayao. "

Zhang Lili said: "The alliance between the strong and strong also means that the strength of the Blazers this season is not optimistic, so neither Robinson nor Duncan chose the Blazers."

TNT is the national broadcast for the game, with commentary by Barkley and Kenny Smith.

The duo's partnership is becoming more and more tacit, coupled with Barkley's popularity, they have the opportunity to commentate this year's finals, and in the new season, their commentary sessions have also increased.

After getting the starting list, Smith asked with a smile: "Charles, Robinson joined the Lakers. According to the postman and Iverson, it is a team. What do you think?"

Barkley laughed and said: "The postman and Iverson are greedy, who made Robinson reject the invitation from Philadelphia?

As for the grouping, it’s still out of the question. After all, Robinson is not in his peak period and is already in a period of obvious decline. Duncan returned from a serious injury and injured the most critical meniscus. No one can guarantee that he can still play well. Superstar performance. "

"ESPN lists the Nets, Digital Team, Lakers, and Trail Blazers as the first-tier teams in the new season, the top four in the league, and four championship-level teams. What do you think?" Smith asked.

Barkley said with a smile: "Obviously, the digital team is at least half a grade behind the other three teams. They don't have the strength of a championship."

"Oh, do you really underestimate the email portfolio?" Smith asked in surprise.

"It's not that I look down on them, it's that they are really failing. The postman and Iverson are still strong, but their lineup has not been strengthened. It is still the lineup of last season. They have fallen behind." Barkley said.

"Then do you think the Trail Blazers are stronger than the digital team? Where is the strength?" Smith said.

"It's better, the Blazers have flying dragons, but the digital team doesn't." Barkley laughed.

"You are idealistic. No, it is only flying dragon theory." Smith laughed.

"Haha..." Barkley laughed.

Before starting the game, we met in the player tunnel.

"Feilong, wait to be blown up by us."

As soon as they met, O'Neill yelled at Zhao Dong.

But Zhao Dong ignored O'Neill at all, and said to Robinson: "Mr. General, if you hug the shark's thigh, you won't be safe at night!"

Robinson said angrily, "Aren't you the same?"

Zhao Dong laughed and said, "Can I be like you? I was traded, whose thigh did I hug? I left four championship trophies to the Knicks, what did you leave to the Spurs?"

"..."

Speechless, Robinson's face instantly turned red.

What he left for the Spurs was a mess. The Spurs were directly in rebuilding after he and Duncan left. What else?
But Duncan ran away. There was no hope for him to stay in the Spurs. At the age of 35, he could not play for a few years.He was right.

The visiting team played, as the team that swept the Blazers in the Western Conference Finals, naturally got boos from the Blazers fans.

The home team played, and this was Zhao Dong's debut in the Blazers. All the fans stood up, and the rose garden was flooded with huge cheers.

The Rose Garden does not have the bright stars of Madison Square Garden, and there are no financial practitioners on Wall Street whose pockets are full of dollars, but the fans are more enthusiastic and wild.

"Jermaine, go jump the ball." Zhao Dong said as the game started.

"Yes, boss."

Excited, Xiao Ao jumped up and stood in front of O'Neill.

"Boy, I can blow you up with one hand." O'Neill stared down at Xiao Ao, his words were extremely disdainful.

Facing the big shark, Xiao Ao was too weak, so he didn't respond forcefully, but instead looked back at Zhao Dong, like a child who was bullied and went home to ask an adult to help him out.

Zhao Dong said helplessly: "Didn't he want to hit you? You're done with him, he's definitely not going to beat you, go ahead, hit him on the floor."

As soon as Xiao Ao heard it, he was eager to try it, and he still knew how to fight.

"Feilong, how can you say that? I'm talking about playing basketball, who is fighting with you?" O'Neill immediately shouted dissatisfied.

"Yes, this is a basketball court, not a field court." Kobe also began to chime in.

"Di Di!"

The referee who was about to throw the ball blew his whistle, and he couldn't listen anymore. Are you going to play, or are you going to fight and play a ball?
"Snapped!"

The ball fell and was slapped away by O'Neal.

O'Neill was taken aback, how high does this kid jump?

Trail Blazers attack.

Zhao Dong and Xiao Ao entered the low position, the three of them stretched out from the outside line, and the ball was in the hands of Little Flying Squirrel.

The Lakers played man-to-man tactics. When Zhao Dong entered the low post, O'Neal defended and Robinson maintained a defensive posture on the other side.

On the left-wing three-point line, Eddie Jones faced Kobe, and he relied on the latter to ask for the ball from the flying mouse at the top of the arc.

He was in the Lakers and was traded because of Kobe's rise.

Before being traded, he had a conflict with Kobe because of the ball rights issue, and the relationship between the two was not very good.

Eddie Jones, like Kobe, needs the ball. With the ball in his hand, he is more threatening. Without the ball in his hand, the threat is greatly reduced.

His strength is still strong, he is versatile on both offensive and defensive ends, and his three-point accuracy is more accurate than Kobe.

Jordan's career three-point shooting percentage is 32.7%, Kobe's is 32.9%, and he is 37.3%.

He is very unconvinced that the Lakers chose the younger Kobe and traded him. He will never let go of the opportunity to show off to the Lakers.

He didn't have a chance in Charlotte, the team was too bad, but now he is in the Trail Blazers, with the basketball gods around him, he feels that the opportunity has come.

Seeing Eddie Jones asking for the ball, Momonga, who was about to rush in by himself, hesitated for a moment.

As a super small point guard, he also wants the ball. Without the ball, he is not threatening at all on the court.

This hesitation gave Ron Harper a chance to make a personal steal.

"Snapped!"

The ball was lost, and Harper launched a fast break directly after stealing the ball.

After reaching the basket with the ball, Momonga chased after him. Harper suddenly pulled to the left, turned around and pushed at the same time, and the ball flew to the right wing.

"boom!"

Kobe cut in from the right wing, and the catch was a flying dunk, opening the scoring for the Lakers.

"Little Flying Squirrel is careless. Ron Harper, like the Bulls, specializes in defense. With Kobe added, the defense of the Lakers' back line is at the top level in the league."

On the TNT live broadcast, Smith reminded.

Barkley said with a smile: "In the last Western Conference finals, he was blown away by Kobe and Harper, and his strength is still a little worse. The Blazers were swept by the Lakers, which means that all positions are two grades weaker."

Just as Zhao Dong returned to the frontcourt and the Lakers had already scored, he immediately yelled at Flying Squirrel, "Listen, give me the ball when you get to the frontcourt."

Through the previous few days of training games, he had already noticed that there was a dispute between the two defenders for the possession of the ball. Of course, he could not let this situation continue and decisively took back the possession of the ball.

"Understood." Little Momonga replied bluntly.

He is very clear that if he does not surrender the ball, the only possibility is to end.

But what he doesn't know is that he will be traded sooner or later.

The Blazers have no shortage of guards, but Zhao Dong plays point guard himself, which is at the same level as Magic John.

The Blazers attacked, and the flying mouse advanced to the top of the arc. Zhao Dong pulled from the paint to a high position and received the ball.

Once the ball was in his hands, Eddie Jones didn't want the ball anymore.

"Run position."

Zhao Dong shouted after taking the ball.

Therefore, Little Flying Squirrel and Eddie Jones could only honestly start running without the ball.

O'Neal followed Zhao Dong to a high position. At this time, Marion quickly cut to the basket from the right wing, and Zhao Dong's right hand that grabbed the ball suddenly threw Marion.

This fake pass made everyone believe it was real.

Marion thought that Zhao Dongzhen had passed it to him, and while cutting in, he stretched out his hands, but it was empty.

O'Neill also thought that Zhao Dong had passed the truth, so he turned around abruptly.

But Zhao Dong didn't make a pass, and when O'Neal turned around, he drove into the paint with the ball, and after one step, he exploded, facing Robinson under the basket with a strong dunk.

Robinson was distracted by Marion's cut and Zhao Dong's pass fake, and didn't notice Zhao Dong's attack from behind O'Neal.

When he turned around and saw Zhao Dong rushing in, Zhao Dong was already flying in the sky.

"boom!"

With the violent sound of exploding the basket, Robinson, who was too late to take off to block the shot, fell down and was knocked over while being dunked.

"Di!"

The referee blew his whistle and pointed at Robinson to block the foul.

"Oh!"

The Rose Center arena was boiling, and countless fans raised their arms and shouted wildly.

"Woooooooo..."

Above the rose garden, the sound of the bomber simulated by the live commentator sounded.

"Are the two super centers invincible? Let's beat them anyway!"

After succeeding, Zhao Dong yelled at his teammates who excitedly rushed up to celebrate.

"Fuck them!"

Marion first followed the yelling, and then everyone else, even the players on the bench, stood up and followed the yelling.

In the TNT commentary booth, Barkley laughed loudly and said, "Did you see it? Did you see it? So what about Feilong? He's just that strong."

In the CCTV commentary booth, Zhang Lili also said excitedly: "The last finals has proved that O'Neal can't guard against Zhao Dong, at most they will explode each other.

Judging from this offense, the combination of the two super centers does not mean that the Lakers' paint area will become impregnable. Zhao Dong can still blast the Lakers' basket with his powerful offense. "

Su Qun reminded: "But now the competition is the quality of offense at the basket, and the Blazers probably won't be able to defend against the combination of super centers. The height of the Lakers under the lake is too dominant."

After Zhao Dongjia made a free throw, the Lakers attacked and O'Neal took a strong position at the basket.

Robinson pulled to the right wing, Zhao Dong defended, and let O'Neal defend the Sharks alone under the basket.

"boom!"

O'Neill caught Jermaine O'Neill to catch the ball, and when he got up, he hit a heavy dunk.

Xiao Ao didn't defend much at all, and directly withdrew from the basket.

"It's too easy, it's too easy for the Sharks to score at the basket." Barkley shook his head.

"Little Ao's defensive attitude is problematic. If you can't stand it, you can move forward." Shaking his head, Kenny Smith sighed.

Zhao Dong was not surprised by Xiao Ao's performance at all. Xiao Ao was like this in his previous life. Not to mention the defensive end, even the offensive end, he didn't use his explosive athleticism. , The shooting rate is significantly lower than that of Garnett and Duncan's first-line power forwards. Like Nowitzki, he was dubbed a softie by the media.

This is also one of Xiao Ao's problems. In addition to his serious psychological instability, he can only play downwind and cannot play against the wind, which severely limits Xiao Ao's upper limit. Throughout his entire career, under the influence of injuries, he was unable to play against the wind. Too short, and failed to grow into a real first-class power forward.

In fact, after Rasheed Wallace left, the Trail Blazers still did not use him. There is also a reason for this. His offense is too outside, but now under the influence of Zhao Dong, the league attaches great importance to offense at the basket, so Xiao Ao has to It's normal to be reused. If Zhao Dong hadn't come to the Blazers now, maybe his growth would be worse than in his previous life.

Four starting teammates, Xiao Ao is weak, two guards scramble for the ball, Marion has not grown up, Zhao Dong wants to compete for the championship with such a starting lineup, and he feels that it is very difficult for himself!
Thinking about the system's season missions, he has a big head and it's as difficult as heaven.

However, he must work hard. The system has hardly issued tasks in the past two years. Now that it has finally shown mercy and issued a task, it is impossible not to fight.

The Blazers are not without confidence. The bench lineup sitting on the bench is the Blazers' strength.

"Jermaine, can you defend? If you can't, then go down and sit down. People will replace you." He yelled at Xiao Ao.

"Boss?"

Xiao Ao was dumbfounded, why is the boss so aggressive to me?

(End of this chapter)