Chapter 256 Our Sweep Is Unstoppable!

At this time, at the Adidas headquarters, President Herbert Hainer was discussing the Jazz issue with a group of his subordinates.

"The Postman is still in his prime and still has a 20+10 performance this season. We can't let him rot in the Jazz. He still owes us a lot of money."

"Then let him leave. Like Nike, we are building a super team to compete with the Bulls, Knicks, and Lakers for championships. This will also increase the value of our stars."

"I agree, this is the best way. We can't do nothing. Nike is the biggest beneficiary of the Bulls' success, but what about us?"

"Our McGrady is also in the Bulls. Although he got the starting position, he didn't have many opportunities. He didn't get much ball rights. Should he be traded and left?"

"No, the Bulls will not let us do what we want. Phil Jackson is as hateful as Pat Riley. We can only let McGrady stay there first."

"So which team to choose?"

"How about the Lakers? Kobe is there, he is an All-Star starter this year, his statistics have improved a lot, and he has great potential."

"O'Neal belongs to Reebok, but if the Postman is moved to the Lakers, we will have two stars there. If the Lakers succeed, we will also benefit a lot."

"I agree, the Lakers don't belong to Nike, let's join forces with Reebok."

"agree."

"After the finals, contact the postman immediately and ask him to apply for a transaction."

At noon that day, the Knicks and Jazz's special planes arrived in New York one after another.

At this time, Phil Jackson came to Philadelphia.

He came here looking for a power forward for the Bulls.

Rodman has left the Bulls. He needs a main power forward with strong defensive ability and good rebounding.

He found one, Rasheed Wallace of the Blazers.

Rasheed was the No. 4 pick in the first round of 1995. This regular season, he scored 14.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1 steal, 1.1 blocks, 2.2 turnovers and 3.5 fouls. He is the Trail Blazers' third scoring point.

Both offensively and defensively, the only problem is the technical foul that gives the Blazers a headache.

In just three seasons,

Rashid earned the nickname the Roaring King for his explosive temper and loud voice. He has received 38 technical fouls this season and is the king of technical fouls in the league this season.

In addition, Rashid is also a player owned by Nike.

He is very optimistic about Rasheed Wallace. He has strong mobility, fast defense speed, and a large defensive area. He can become the guardian of the Bulls' paint area and can grow into a new generation of iron-blooded power forward.

Originally, he didn't need to make this trip. Nike would help the Bulls with the transaction, but he was worried about Rashid's temper, so he personally went to Rashid's hometown of Philadelphia to talk to him.

Rasheed Wallace is still very interested in this meeting. A big-name head coach like Phil Jackson came to his hometown to meet with him in person. This represents sincerity and he cares about this very much.

"Rashid, Michael is very optimistic about you as a junior from North Carolina. I wonder how you feel about him as a senior?"

After meeting Rasheed and his agent in the coffee shop and exchanging pleasantries, Phil Jackson asked.

"I have a lot of respect for him, he's a North Carolina legend," Rasheed said.

"That's good. Michael always takes good care of his juniors, you should know." Phil Jackson smiled.

Both parties talked for nearly an hour and were both satisfied.

Phil Jackson offered a six-year, 85 million contract, which will be 9 million next season. Rashid and his agent are very satisfied with this contract.

The Blazers probably won't match this contract.

After securing the power forward, Phil Jackson went to find the next target, the main center.

Because Rasheed is good at offense and defense, he wants to find a defensive center inside. The defensive goal is to be able to hold Zhao Dong. This is the first mountain the Bulls must overcome in the East.

And his rebounding ability must be strong. Without Rodman, Rashid does not have enough rebounds, and he needs an inside player who can average double figures in rebounds per game.

This man, he took a fancy to Ben Wallace of the Knicks, but the Knicks ignored him.

Danny Fortson didn't get it either, and he could only look away from the Knicks.

He actually has a better target, which is the Hawks' starting center Mutombo, who can grab defensive rebounds, has height, is an absolute inside gate, and has better offensive ability than Ben Wallace.

However, Mutombo is a star owned by Adidas. Nike asked him about it, but Adidas refused. Now the only one he can trade is Tracy McGrady.

Returning to Chicago, he tried to contact the Hawks and offered a trade chip, including Tracy McGrady and several role players, but was immediately rejected.

In this era, the inside is king. Look at Zhao Dong, although he was forced back to the low post by the rules, but still defeated the Jazz with his strong inside strength. How could the Hawks agree to use Mutombo in his peak period to trade for an outside rookie? Maddie?

So he was not disappointed and continued to think about the lineup.

That evening, during dinner, Zhao Dong received a call from Chenglong.

"Hello, Brother Jackie Chan, hello."

"Brother Dong, hello, hello."

"When will your movie be released?"

"The schedule has been arranged. It's September 18th. How about supporting me at the premiere?"

"Okay, no problem."

"By the way, I'll watch your finals tomorrow."

“Do you want me to arrange tickets?”

"No need, I took care of it myself."

After chatting for a few more minutes, the two ended the call.

"Husband, which of his movies is about to be released? Is it in the United States?" Lindsay asked.

"The quality of Hollywood movies like Cutting-edge Moments should be pretty good. The 1996 Red Zone movie also had a good box office. If this movie is a big hit, he will be able to make his mark in Hollywood." Zhao Dong said with a smile.

"Last time there were media reports, it seems that Li Lianjie from China also came to the United States to develop his career?" Lindsay said in a Chinese tone.

"He, he settled in the United States ten years ago, opened a martial arts gym here, and later returned to Hong Kong to film Huang Feihong's movie. This year, he seems to have filmed Skycracker 4 in Hollywood, right?" Zhao Dong nodded.

New York, No. 7, the G3 game of the finals begins.

The ratings of the first two finals were lower than those of the Eastern Conference Finals, and the ticket revenue at the Delta Center Arena was only a fraction of Madison Square Garden, so the next Knicks home game is very important to the league.

Many small teams in the league are losing money now, and they are counting on the Knicks and big teams like the Bulls, Lakers, and Heat to make money.

Stern even came to the scene in person.

The NFL-style collision between the postman and Zhao Dong in the last game made him hate it very much. If it weren't for the sake of ratings, he would definitely impose additional penalties on the postman, and he might even be suspended.

Therefore, in this game, he has issued strict orders. For actions that are very dangerous, the penalties must be strictly enforced.

Jazz: Greg Foster, Karl Malone, Brian Russell, Jeff Horasek, John Stockton

Knicks: Ben Wallace, Zhao Dong, Oakley, Alan Houston, Billups.

In this game, Billups continued to start.

In the TNT live broadcast booth, Bill Walton laughed and said: "Rookie Billups' performance on the field is not excellent, it can only be considered passing. But passing is enough. The Knicks don't have too much hope for him at the moment. According to what I got News, he is still in danger of being traded in the offseason.

Including Charlie Ward and Chris Childs, they may be targets for management to purge. With the addition of several players who are ready to leave, the Knicks' lineup will definitely change drastically next season. "

"Billups' shots have been suppressed, which is a good thing. Feilong is so efficient that it is impossible to tolerate him shooting from outside the three-point line. If he continues to shoot wildly, the only result is to be traded." Matt laughed. .

"In addition, Greg Foster, who was injured by a flying dragon at the beginning of the Jazz's G1 game, is back. The original main center Greg Ostertag has been injured, and he can no longer survive a G2 game. "Bill Walton said.

"The Jazz have always lacked low-post offense and people who can attack with the ball. I think they can trade Larry Johnson. Although this guy has a serious back injury, he still has some ability left and averages 10 points per game." Matt said.

"No, he is not tall enough, and after a back injury, he is no longer efficient in the low post. I think he will be traded after this season. The Knicks have no room for him, and his playing time has been reduced a lot this season."

Bill Walton shook his head.

"Right."

Matt smiled: "Nowadays, teams that are interested in winning the championship must consider the Knicks' situation in any transaction."

Returning to the home court, Zhao Dong received shocking cheers.

"Sir Sweep! Jazz Sweep! Sweep Sweep..."

Seeing him enter, countless Knicks fans cheered wildly.

In Madison Square Garden, the front row next to the court was filled with league stars, as well as celebrities and Hollywood stars. This was something you couldn't see in the Delta State Arena. These people also cheered and shouted along with the fans.

When Zhao Dong walked towards the sidelines, Magic Johnson, O'Neal, Willis Reed, Walter Frazier, Larry Bird, Barkley, Grant Hill, David Robinson, Tim Duncan and others all stood up High fived Zhao Dong.

"Feilong, get ready to fight me in next year's finals." O'Neal said cheerfully.

"Shark, you should win against the Spurs next year before we talk." Zhao Dong said angrily.

"It's no problem for us to beat them." O'Neal glanced at Robinson and Duncan next to him and said disdainfully.

Among the four super centers, he has a better relationship with Dameng, while the other two have a relationship where they fight each other whenever they meet.

"That's not necessarily the case."

David Robinson said angrily.

He has given up his position as the core of the tactics on the court, and the Spurs have successfully completed the core replacement. This time he brought Duncan to watch the finals, hoping that Duncan could experience the atmosphere of the finals earlier.

His form cannot be maintained for long. His biggest expectation now is to win the championship within two seasons. In this way, he can still win the championship as the main force or even as a nominal dual-core. Otherwise, he can only be like Ewing. champion.

That's why he came to take Duncan in person, hoping that Duncan's strength could be further improved with Zhao Dong's stimulation.

"Brother Dong?"

The past few seats were occupied by dragons, waving to Zhao Dong repeatedly.

Zhao Dong greeted him with high fives and came to Chenglong to chat for a few words.

Ten minutes later, the game started, and the Jazz won the jump ball and took the lead.

The Knicks still man-to-man, Zhao Dong and the defense guard.

He felt that today's postman was like a volcano suppressing fire, and it was likely to explode.

In fact, Karl Malone didn't know that Adi was dealing with him. The reason why he was depressed and angry was because Zhao Dong's words of "lifelong enemy" were likely to end the Jazz's hope of winning the championship.

Using Russell's pick and roll, he ran into an open space to receive the ball and received Stockton's pass. At this time, Zhao Dong defended.

"boom!"

As he twisted around, postman Ma Long put his elbow on Zhao Dong's left shoulder. With the strong strength of his upper body, the latter grunted and leaned back.

Taking this opportunity, he got the space to shoot and immediately took a jump shot.

Zhao Dong gritted his teeth and rushed to block the shot, but his fingertips still missed the shot by a hair.

"boom!"

The ball bounces upward after hitting the basket.

"Go in." Karl Malone growled.

In order to avoid Zhao Dong's block just now, his shooting angle was adjusted.

Big Ben and Oakley jumped under the basket to grab the rebound, but the basketball eventually fell into the basket.

"Beautiful, the postman hit a mid-range shot over the dragon's head." Bill Walton shouted.

"Still the old way, use the elbow to get the shooting space. Now I'm looking forward to Feilong's counterattack." Matt said with a smile.

Zhao Dong lowered his left wing to a low position, and the postman defended.

Russell above has already begun to move downward, playing side kicks and double-teaming people without the ball in advance.

When Billups passed the ball, he immediately pounced down and was there in one step. He even interfered with Zhao Dong's catch, forcing Zhao Dong to take half a step forward before getting the ball first.

As soon as Zhao Dongqiu got it, he immediately took a step back with the ball and opened up a distance. When the two of them rushed forward, he suddenly turned around and passed by the postman.

He moved so fast that the postman stepped forward to grab him, but it was too late to move downward. He instinctively reached out and grabbed Zhao Dong's right arm.

Zhao Dong broke away suddenly, then rushed into the paint area and rushed towards the bottom of the basket.

Greg Foster, who was knocked away and injured by Zhao Dong at the beginning of the G1 game, returned to defend the basket and still jumped up in the face of Zhao Dong's strong rush to the basket.

However, how can his jumping compare to Zhao Dong? What's more, Zhao Dong is jumping while he is jumping vertically.

His head only reached between Zhao Dong's chest and abdomen, and with a bang, the basket above his head exploded.

At the same time, Zhao Dong crossed his legs and dunked the opponent.

"Bang!"

Greg Foster's back hit the basket directly, cracking his teeth and teeth, gasping for air, and his eyes fell straight.

"Yeah yeah yeah..."

The on-site commentator screamed with excitement and shouted sternly: "Flat basket riding dunk, an absolutely brutal performance, it comes from the superstar Fei Long."

"Oh my God, this is so violent! It's even more brutal than last year!"

When Chenglong on the sidelines saw the buckle happening, he jumped up from his seat.

On the sidelines, Duncan's face twitched.

This scene reminded him of the first time he faced off against Zhao Dong this season. He was treated like this. He was almost tortured to death by the violent flying dragon and was knocked over many times.

"Remember, when he charges up, don't confront him head-on. He'll be injured too easily. Defend from the side. This guy's physical fitness is so good. The Postman is known as the strongest man in the league, but I think he's ten times stronger than the Postman. , it’s so bearable.”

Robinson began to teach Duncan some lessons.

In the TNT live broadcast booth, Bill Walton roared excitedly: "This is why Feilong has more and more fans, the perfect fusion of power, violence, and technology."

Matt laughed: "But I think as long as there is two to three steps of space, he doesn't need Jordan's layup skills at all. His terrifying explosive power can crush any opponent who dares to block him."

"But coupled with technology, it is a truly perfect, dominant, and unsolvable offense." Bill Walton laughed.

In the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Lili shouted: "A power forward, a small forward, their double team is too slow for Zhao Dong.

Because Zhao Dong has the mobility of a first-class defender, the ball-handling ability of a first-class defender, and his ability to break double teams is so powerful that he cannot be defended even in the low post where there is not enough space.

If the Jazz want to guard Zhao Dong, they should make some adjustments. Russell will be the main defender, Greg Foster will be the assistant defender, and Postman Malone, who has the strongest shot-blocking and basket-protecting abilities, will sit at the basket. If it still doesn't work, then we can only adopt extreme defense, let go of others, and come over to double-team them all. "

"This time in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Bulls did not adopt extreme defense like last season, because Zhao Dong was too good at passing the ball and did too much damage. If he had defended like that, Zhao Dong would have had 15 assists."

Sun Zhenping smiled.

"Yes, so there's nothing we can do about it?" Zhang Lili joked.

The tragic Greg Foster was injured again, and Zhao Dong was killed in the same start. The Jazz replaced substitute forward Chris Morris.

The Jazz attacked. The postman just scored a goal and was more active this time.

Running, pick-and-roll, catching the ball, flashing the elbow, Malone will take action at the next moment.

At this moment, Zhao Dong rushed over, actively pushed Malone's elbow with his chest, and slapped the basketball at the same time.

"Bang!"

"Snapped!"

He knocked the postman's ball away while hitting the elbow.

The ball bounced off the ground. He reached out with his big hand and pulled the ball to his side with one hand. Then he immediately put his hands together. When Malone grabbed it, he turned sharply and hit the latter's chest with an elbow.

Malone groaned in pain and staggered back.

"Yeah, the elbow fight has begun!" the on-site commentator yelled excitedly.

"snort!"

After getting rid of Ma Long, Zhao Dong snorted coldly and immediately started the machine.

When he rushed to the three-point line after three steps, his speed had already picked up.

At this time, small forward Russell rushed from the top of the key to intercept him. He suddenly changed direction and hit the opponent's shoulder.

With a bang, he suddenly slowed down, but Russell was knocked over directly.

"Beautiful, Feilong changed direction like a defender, and he knocked over the arrogant Russell." The on-site commentator continued to roar.

The whistle didn't sound, and Zhao Dong quickly started accelerating.

But at this time, postman Malone took the opportunity to catch up, passed him, and then ran as fast as he could. At the age of 35, he actually ran faster than a small forward.

Zhao Dong pushed forward with all his strength, held the ball to a position one step to the right of the top of the arc, and followed Malone in.

"squeak!"

Malone rushed to the basket, turned around suddenly without applying the brakes.

But the moment he turned around, he saw Zhao Dong flying up and quickly jumped to block the shot.

This time, his take-off was not sufficient. In addition, his bounce was not as good as Zhao Dong's. He also took off vertically, so the take-off height was simply not high enough, not at all.

At this moment, countless people's eyes focused on the two of them.

"Idiot, you can't stop me!"

Seeing Malone turning around under the basket, Bill Walton immediately cursed in his heart.

With a sprint distance of nearly twenty meters, he didn't know how powerful Zhao Dong's impact was this time, but it was definitely not something that the postman could withstand. Even O'Neal couldn't withstand such a long sprint, he was sure.

"Bang!"

In the sky above the collision zone, Zhao Dong, who was high up, bumped into the postman Ma Long from above.

At the moment of collision, the terrifying impact instantly knocked Ma Long over.

"boom!"

The next moment, the basket exploded.

"Bang!"

The postman's back hit the floor, and the sound of the fall covered up his groan of pain. He slid backwards and hit the two reporters behind the baseline. The three of them rolled into a ball, and the cameras fell to the floor. superior.

"Ouch!"

Madison Square Garden was filled with excitement, and almost all the fans were shouting wildly, except for the more than a thousand away fans.

"Kacha kacha..."

All media cameras were flashing crazily at Zhao Dong.

"Shet!"

O'Neal was shocked. Did he need to gain dozens of kilograms more? The current tonnage is a bit small and cannot withstand the impact of Feilong's beast.

He glanced at the postman lying on the floor and felt that this guy was so pitiful.

Zhao Dong landed, glanced at the postman coldly, strode to the bottom line, and shouted sharply at a live broadcast of TNT:

"New York fans, do you know now? Our sweep is unstoppable!"

"Sweep! Sweep! Sweep..." The whole place, the whole of New York, was shouting.

"..."

In the VIP room, Stern shook his head helplessly.

He also wants to take control and let the finals play one more time at Madison Square Garden. Four to one is not bad, but unfortunately, with the current situation, I'm afraid it won't be possible.

This loss, just from ticket sales, is several million dollars.

The referee has paused the game. The postman fell hard. The Jazz replaced Antoine Kyle as a substitute and the game continued.

"Are you injured?"

The Jazz bench came forward, looking at the pale postman, Jerry Sloan asked with a stern expression.

"Fortunately, it's just a flaw. There's nothing wrong with it. Just catch your breath and rest for a few minutes," the team doctor said.

Jerry Sloan breathed a sigh of relief. He was not injured in such a terrifying impact. Thanks to the strong postman, if it had been another person, he would have been killed.