Chapter 239: Aerial Attack and Defense Showdown

"In the first round of the contest, Jordan had the upper hand." Cook laughed in the ABC live broadcast booth.

"The opportunity for Feilong to turn around and fade away just now came out. The double-teaming of Jordan and Tracy McGrady did not restrict his shot. He just missed the shot." Hubby Brown said with a smile.

At this time the Knicks pushed the ball into the frontcourt.

Jordan followed Zhao Dong to the three-point line and was about to get close to him. Unexpectedly, Zhao Dong did not stop, but continued directly to the low post. He couldn't help but be stunned and immediately signaled to change defense.

He definitely can't guard Zhao Dong in the low post. Once he crosses the free throw line and its dotted line, Zhao Dong can use his tonnage and strength advantages.

In this way, Oakley pulls out, Zhao Dong enters the low post, and the two switch positions.

At the same time, Jordan played against Oakley, and Ewing played against Zhao Dong.

"Jason, watch that rookie." Jordan shouted at Kidd.

He can be sure that it will be difficult for Ewing to defend Zhao Dong alone. He can't keep up with his feet alone. The defense must start from the passing point.

Zhao Dong came to the low position on the left wing and kept moving while paying attention to Billups' situation.

Kidd's defense is very strong. He is afraid that the rookie's ball will not come in, so he must actively cooperate. When Billups has a chance to play, he must also have space to catch the ball.

At this time, he saw Billups suddenly moving to the left, and he immediately retreated, attracting Ewing to follow him.

But just as Ewing took a step forward, he suddenly paused, took a step forward, and rushed toward the paint area from Ewing's side.

The next moment, Billups just got the space to play the ball. When he saw Zhao Dong cutting inside the basket, he immediately passed the ball.

"Chance!"

Zhang Lili shouted loudly at this time.

"Snapped!"

Zhao Dong took a step into the paint, caught the ball, took a step forward and flew to the basket.

Under the basket, Rodman, who had suffered a lot from Zhao Dong before, had no intention of hitting the ball hard and immediately ducked down and left the reasonable collision area.

"boom!"

A strong sound of bombing was heard.

"yeah!"

The whole audience burst into cheers.

"Beautiful! The flying dragon threw away the gorilla and successfully exploded the basket!" the on-site commentator roared loudly.

Bulls offense.

Kidd made a tactical gesture to signal his teammates to move.

Except for Rodman, who was still moving in the paint, everyone else pulled away, including Ewing.

"Oh! Feilong found Jordan?" Hubie Brown shouted in surprise.

"Is he confident in guarding Jordan?" Cook was equally surprised.

"Who gave you confidence?"

Jordan moved, spouting trash.

"You give me confidence in your winning rate." Zhao Dong immediately replied.

"..."

Jordan felt that trash-talking was not a good thing, and he actually couldn't criticize the opponent.

After running for five seconds, Jordan was surprised to find that he could not leave Zhao Dong behind.

The opponent is taller than him, with a tonnage more than ten kilograms larger than him. How can he keep up with him?

"Ah, Zhao Dong caught up and was not left behind by Jordan!" Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

But at this time, Jordan reversed and ran upwards.

Zhao Dong turned around to pursue him and collided with Rodman.

It turned out that the Bulls arranged a pick-and-roll tactic for Jordan.

Jordan got the open space, and Kidd, who is best at finding open spaces for his teammates, passed the ball over immediately.

"Uh-huh!"

Jordan made an open jump shot and hit another goal.

"What a pity, a soulless shot." After succeeding, he immediately started trash-talking Zhao Dong and Oak.

This time it was Oakley who faced off against Rodman. He was a little slow in switching defenses. He was very angry when he heard the trash talk.

"Change defense in time!"

Van Gundy, who was in charge of defense, shouted loudly from the sidelines.

"It doesn't matter, let's fight." Zhao Dong shouted to Oakley.

Coming to the frontcourt, Zhao Dong entered the low post on the left wing and went to the basket first. After Ewing caught up, he suddenly pulled out and Ewing couldn't keep up.

Billups' pass was timely this time. As soon as Zhao Dong reached the left sideline of the paint area, his ball came down.

When Zhao Dong received the ball, Ewing defended him. At the same time, Tracy McGrady and Jordan jumped down at the same time, starting a three-man double-team.

But after catching the ball, he immediately jumped up and threw with one hand.

"boom!"

The basketball flew over Ewing's head and hit the basket, making a hit.

Siping, the Bulls attack.

"Jordan, triple team, does my shot have soul?" After Zhao Dong succeeded, he also started talking trash.

"..."

Jordan was so angry that he groaned. How should he answer this?

Returning to the defensive end, Zhao Dong kept up with Jordan again.

This time, Zhao Dong adopted a personal approach, using his tonnage and strength to bully Jordan, constantly squeezing the opponent's center of gravity, thereby affecting the opponent's movement and achieving the purpose of defense.

The Knicks' defense against Jordan today was one-on-one defense.

This is because with Ewing in the low post, double-teaming Jordan would do too much damage.

Just when Zhao Dong was pestering Jordan, Ewing got a pass from Kidd and hit a hook over the big head.

When Zhao Dong saw it, he immediately turned around and ran away.

"Fast!"

Second assistant coach Thibodeau yelled from the sidelines.

Billups came down to catch the ball, Kidd ran in front to interfere, and Ewing also interfered in front of Ben. At this time, Ben passed the ball between two people, and something went wrong.

Big Ben's passing ability is terrible. He is not good at long passes, but OK at short passes. However, if he makes a short pass through someone, he is very likely to make a mistake, and he made a mistake this time.

"Oh, Ben made a mistake in passing the ball, and Kidd stole the ball in the backcourt!" the on-site commentator shouted.

After stealing the ball, in the low post on the left wing, Kidd immediately dribbled to the basket and hit a layup.

8:4, the Bulls lead away from home, the Knicks attack.

After serving, Nelson called a timeout.

"Ben Wallace's passing has always been a problem. He is not high enough. He avoided Ewing and failed to avoid Kidd. In the crucial Eastern Conference Finals, I think the Knicks should play less of Nelson's small balls and reduce these baseline serves. Fast break." Zhang Lili shook his head.

"Billups is also a rookie, and he is still a little green when facing Kidd." Sun Zhenping said.

In front of the bench, Nelson said: "Next, please note that we only play fast breaks to grab backcourt rebounds..."

After the timeout, the game begins, and the Knicks serve from the frontcourt.

Zhao Dong received the ball outside the three-point line on the right wing. Jordan defended alone and took half a step without getting close to him.

Oakley moved one step inside the three-point line on the right wing, in the short corner near the baseline, and Rodman followed.

"squeak!"

The strength of his lower body exploded, and with the sharp friction of his sneakers, Zhao Dong thrust forward Jordan with one step.

Rodman immediately lost Oakley and came to cover the defense.

At this moment, Zhao Dong passed the ball to Oakley, then bypassed Rodman and rushed to the basket.

Rodman also followed Zhao Dong in, and Jordan switched to guard Oakley.

Oakley caught the ball and made a jump shot.

"boom!"

The jump shot missed, the basketball rebounded, and was caught by Zhao Dong who rushed in. After landing, he took a step forward and flew with all his strength towards Ewing under the basket.

Ewing wanted to get out of the basket, but it was too late. In order to avoid fouling, he had to forcefully jump to defend.

However, he suffered a serious knee injury and his jumping height was only a little over one foot, while Zhao Dong was running and jumping, which was at least fifty centimeters higher than him.

"damn it!"

At this moment, he became panicked.

"Bang!"

In the sky above the reasonable collision zone, Zhao Dong's abdomen hit Ewing's head heavily. Under the powerful impact, the latter was directly hit and sunk, while he paused in the air. The next moment, he continued to The ball hit the basket with a swing of his arm.

"boom!"

Amidst the violent explosion of the basket, Zhao Dong, who was hanging on the basket, separated his legs and his crotch directly hit Ewing's head. The latter fell down with a crash and his back hit the floor heavily.

"yeah!"

Madison Square Garden went crazy.

"Oh, oh, oh, the flying dragon dunked the gorilla. This is really surprising!" the on-site commentator said in a complicated tone.

There were also some fans at the scene who had mixed emotions. They were all Ewing fans, and their eyes were a little hot when they saw him being dunked by Zhao Dongqi.

"Patrick, are you okay?"

Seeing the old man being humiliated by Zhao Dong, Oakley felt equally complicated and ran over to ask.

But he didn't reach out to pull Ewing up. In the NBA, teammates try their best to attack their opponents. If you try to pull your opponent away, it is considered a traitor's behavior.

Ewing glanced at Oakley and climbed up silently.

"How is it?" Jordan asked worriedly.

"It's okay," Ewing gasped.

His main injury is his leg. His style of play has always been jump shots. The low post confrontation is not too intense, and he doesn't have any major back injuries.

8:6, Bulls attack.

This time Jordan did not play without the ball, but held the ball on the right three-point line, and Zhao Dong defended alone.

In a tentative step, Jordan passed Zhao Dong, and Oakley immediately came up from the low post to cover the defense.

At this time, McGrady on the weak side suddenly started and cut inside to the basket.

Double-teamed, Jordan suddenly passed the ball to McGrady who cut into the paint.

McGrady caught the ball and hit Ben under the basket with a flying dunk.

"boom!"

Ben's reaction after moving his defense was not fast enough, he took off too late, was dunked, and almost turned over.

"yeah!"

After the dunk, rookie McGrady pumped his fists and roared excitedly.

"Just do it, rookie," Jordan encouraged.

"We'll give you one more."

Zhao Dong shouted unhappily after being retaliated by the bull.

10:6, Knicks attack.

Back on the offensive end, Zhao Dong stopped on the outside line, on the left three-point line.

But when Jordan came over, he suddenly bypassed the opponent and rushed in.

In the low post, Oakley lifted up at the same time, changed positions with Zhao Dong, and blocked Jordan at the same time, setting up a pick-and-roll for Zhao Dong.

Jordan and Rodman immediately switched defenses, and at this time, Billups passed the ball down.

Zhao Dong caught the ball, changed direction, and directly knocked away Rodman, who was lacking in tonnage and strength, with the ball, entered the paint area, and flew towards Ewing again.

It's not that he wants to target Ewing, but because he must target Ewing and try his best to attack Ewing in various ways until he destroys this opponent.

Limited to reasonable collision zone rules, Ewing could only take off to defend.

But he still jumped very low, far less than Zhao Dong's jump height.

Zhao Dong was knocked down, but he was too dominant in the collision, and easily knocked down Ewing again. The latter was directly knocked over and hit the basket.

"boom!"

When the basket was exploded, the whole audience cheered.

"Oh, another crazy dunk! Feilong dunked Ewing again. Feilong was too violent tonight!"

The on-site commentator shouted excitedly.

He was used to seeing Ewing being humiliated by Zhao Dong again.

On the sidelines, Phil Jackson shook his head and called a timeout.

It's not the offensive tactics that are wrong, but the defense. Ewing can't defend like this anymore. If this continues, injuries are inevitable. He doesn't think Ewing can last long, maybe next time.

"Patrick, let him attack the basket. With such a violent style of play, even a physical monster won't be able to hold on for long. We can just consume his physical energy."

After the players came down, he said to Ewing: "Your task is mainly to share Michael's offensive pressure, assist Rodman in defense, and then control rebounds, not to withstand the impact of Feilong."

Ewing panted and nodded. He just wasn't convinced by Zhao Dong, but he was humiliated twice in a row. Even if Phil Jackson didn't say anything, he didn't dare to stand up anymore.

On the Knicks' side, Nelson asked Van Gundy to emphasize the tactics. Now they are lagging behind, but it is not the offense that has a problem, but the defense.

10:8, the timeout ends and the Bulls attack.

This time Jordan moved without the ball, pulling the Knicks' defensive formation across a wide range, and frequently used pick-and-rolls to find openings and mismatched opportunities.

He attracted defensive attention on the right wing. Ewing in the low post on the left wing took the opportunity to drop his base and cut to the basket. At this time, Kidd passed the ball.

"Uh-huh!"

He caught the ball and made a layup.

"The Bulls' offense played very well today, making full use of the mutual restraint between the outside and the inside, preventing the Knicks from double-teaming either Ewing or Jordan, and scoring quite easily." said Hubie Brown.

"This is the best game the Bulls have played against the Knicks in two seasons." Cook laughed.

In the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Liyi said: "Ben Wallace is still a little too young. Half of his attention just now was on Jordan and ignored Ewing."

12:8, Bulls attack.

Billups held the ball in the backcourt and was forced by Kidd. He was in a hurry. At this time, Jordan saw the opportunity and double-teamed, causing a mistake.

"Oh, Jordan stole the ball in the backcourt and counterattacked on the spot!" the on-site commentator exclaimed in surprise.

Jordan held the ball and entered the paint area. He heard footsteps approaching from behind, and a strong sense of oppression came from behind. The only one who could return to defense so quickly and put pressure on him was Zhao Dong.

Zhao Dong returned to defense with all his strength, and finally caught up with Jordan at the next step below the free throw line. At this time, Jordan flew up, and he also flew up.

The aerial attack and defense duel between two of the most influential basketball players in the world attracted all the attention.

At this moment, the nerves of everyone in the audience and hundreds of millions of fans around the world were tense.

When Jordan flew up, he held the ball in his right hand, and Zhao Dong was also on his right back. At this time, he held the ball and sent it to the basket, attracting the latter's block.

But just when Zhao Dong blocked the shot, Jordan retracted his right arm, dodged the former's block, then changed hands, holding the ball with his left hand, and sent it to the basket while his body was gliding under the basket. .

Through rigorous training, he still has strong core strength, which supports his airborne time and allows him to complete the layup before landing.

The moment he landed, Jordan looked back, wanting to see the ball go into the basket with his own eyes.

"What?"

But at this moment, he was shocked because his opponent was still in the sky.

Zhao Dong's block was dodged, which was what he expected. The next moment, his waist and abdominal muscles tensed up wildly, and his 100-level core strength exploded, causing his body to freeze in the air.

At this time, Jordan made a layup for the second time.

"Snapped!"

Between the waves, the moment Jordan landed, Zhao Dong's big hand crossed the basket and slapped the ball on the backboard.

"yeah!"

All the Knicks fans stood up from their seats crazily, cheering wildly.

"Damn it!" Jordan cursed angrily.

He has never been blocked on a ball like this, and it is very demoralizing to be blocked on a counterattack after a steal in the backcourt.

"Big hat on the nail board! Big hat on the nail board! Feilong blocked Jordan's drawbar. He blocked Jordan's drawbar. He won this aerial offensive and defensive duel..."

The on-site commentator roared crazily.

"The first aerial offensive and defensive duel, Feilong defended successfully!" Cook shouted excitedly in the ABC live broadcast booth.

"Incredible ability to stay in the air! He is a big man, how could he have such a terrifying ability to stay in the air?"

Hubie Brown stared at the TV screen dumbfounded and murmured.

In the CCTV live broadcast booth, Zhang Lili was so excited that his face turned red and he yelled nonsensically: "Look, Zhao Dong must have a pair of invisible wings, otherwise he wouldn't be able to fly for so long. Do you know how much he weighs?" 115 kilograms, Jordan went down, he was still flying in the sky, it was too exaggerated! Haha, the Chinese can fly too."

When Zhao Dong came down with the ball, he was entangled by Jordan. The fast break failed and turned into a positional battle.

Kidd's defense cannot be underestimated, and Billups is not very reliable. This time he simply advanced with the ball by himself and waved everyone else to the frontcourt.

No one was double-teaming, and Jordan didn't take the risk of stealing. He defended and retreated.

"God of Gamblers, does your layup have soul this time?" Zhao Dong pushed forward while spewing trash talk.

"Farke!"

Jordan was so angry that smoke was coming out of his nose, and he swore swear words.

After crossing the center line, Zhao Dong continued to move toward the left three-point line, not very fast. When he was close to the three-point line, he suddenly accelerated and changed direction to beat Jordan.

But at the same time, Jordan made a personal move.

This time, the two had made an appointment, and their shoulders collided directly. Jordan was knocked down, and Zhao Dong lost control of the ball.

The referee was stunned for a moment and wanted to blow the whistle, but then stopped and pointed toward the Knicks' half, indicating that the game should continue.

Although Zhao Dong knocked down Jordan and his position was above the free throw line and its dotted line, Jordan was moving and there was no cylinder, so the referee determined that the collision was normal.

When the referee signaled, Zhao Dong picked up the ball and ran into the wing.

McGrady and Ewing, who was in the low post on the left wing, immediately double-teamed. Zhao Dong slowed down for a moment, then accelerated again, took one step forward, and forced his way out of the double-team between the two, entering the paint area.

"boom!"

After the flying dunk, the whole audience roared wildly.

"This offense was so exciting! Feilong first broke through Jordan, and then used his speed to control the double team. His ability to break through with the ball is really strong! No wonder the league has formulated 138 rules to limit His crushing outside breakthrough."

exclaimed Whoopi Brown.

"If his crushing breakthroughs are not restricted, then his dislocation advantage on the outside will be too great." Cook said with a smile.