Chapter 251 The Finals Begin

, NBA dynasty sniper

At half past seven, the first lineup was announced.

Knicks: Ben Wallace, Zhao Dong, Oakley, Alan Houston, John Starks.

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

The finals were broadcast live nationwide on TNT. Bill Walton analyzed: "The Jazz's biggest problems in recent seasons have always been two."

"Bill, which two are they?" Matt asked cooperatively.

Bill Walton laughed: “First, no star center, whether it’s Greg Foster or Greg Ostertag, is a role player.

Second, there is no guy with good offensive ability with the ball. When the offensive tactics fail, there is no star who can execute singles tactics. "

"Ha ha……"

Hearing Bill Walton say this, Matt immediately became happy.

"I know what you are laughing at. Do you think I agree with Feilong's statement that the postman has no offensive ability with the ball, so he is a pie-eater?"

Bill Walton also laughed, and then explained: "But he does lack this ability. This is an undeniable fact. If he had half the ball-handling offensive ability of Feilong, the Jazz would have flown long ago."

In the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Li smiled and said: "The Jazz are still the same lineup. The Knicks have increased their rebounding and interior defense this season. I think there should be no suspense in this finals. The only suspense is how many games the Knicks will spend." , solve this old enemy."

"Zhao Dong said, four to one." Sun Zhenping said with a smile.

Zhang Lili laughed loudly and said after a long time: "It is better to sweep or to sweep. Booking a big score is a greater humiliation for the Jazz. We can humiliate our opponents, but we cannot humiliate so brazenly. We have to be more subtle."

"Director Zhang, this implicit humiliation..." Sun Zhenping asked curiously.

Next, the cast duo began discussing how to implicitly humiliate an opponent.

Starting the game, the two met.

Under the leadership of Zhao Dong, it was the Knicks who held their heads high, as if this was their home court.

As for the Jazz, the master postman completely lost his momentum in front of Zhao Dong, which also caused the entire team to lose morale.

John Stockton felt a little sad. How much hope could he have in this finals?

"Shh!"

When Zhao Dong came on the court, as a sworn enemy who beat up the postman several times, he received the most enthusiastic boos at the Delta Arena.

"How about being an Iverson listener? Forget it." Zhao Dong gave up the idea.

When he entered the court, in the light spots, he raised his arms and raised them up and down repeatedly.

This action immediately caused a boom, the boos rose, and the decibel level exceeded a limit, making the entire arena tremble.

"Oh, damn, is this guy provoking us? Postman, please blow him up, please!" the on-site commentator roared angrily.

"Oh, is Feilong really provoking the home fans?" Bill Walton said in surprise.

"No, he was just asking for louder cheers from the Knicks fans. Didn't you notice that he was facing the away team fans, and they were all his fans there." Matt laughed.

"That's right." Bill Walton laughed.

What a liar, Feilong was obviously the last to switch to the away fans' side just now, and there was provocation ahead.

At this time in the league, Stern was a little restless at home.

He knows very well that the Jazz are no match for the Knicks, and the finals are likely to be a one-sided situation with no suspense.

But this will seriously affect the ratings.

At this time the landline rang, and he hurried over and grabbed the phone.

"I'm Stern."

"Sir, the current price is 26 million." the staff opposite reported.

"I see."

Stern breathed a sigh of relief. The data was just okay and did not fall to an alarming level. At least it was higher than the season when Jordan retired.

He knew that Nike and Adidas were interfering in the Bulls' transaction, and even the Lakers, involving many stars, and he originally wanted to stop it.

Because he cannot let the league lose its balance. The big ball market and the small ball market cannot lose the balance. All the stars cannot be concentrated in a few teams. Otherwise, other small teams will not agree, which may cause the league to lose balance. A split occurs.

But this finals made him give up this idea temporarily.

"Perhaps it would also be a good thing for them to form a few super teams."

He began to make a good deal, and he could let Nike, Adidas and others do it, but the interests of the league must be balanced again, and the interests of small teams must be taken into account.

For example, local broadcast rights revenue needs to be moved. The league must divide a portion of the benefits from big teams such as the Lakers and Knicks, and then distribute them equally to smaller teams.

There is also income from the broadcast rights of the national live broadcast, which also needs to be redistributed.

Peripheral income such as tickets and jerseys must also be redistributed.

In addition, it is time to introduce the luxury tax. This is the key point to balance the interests of large and small teams.

If those big teams don't want to, then block their trade.

Since Adi Nike wants to join the league, let them bleed a little more.

The only thing is that the Knicks seem to be difficult to deal with. They are being targeted and only a fool will agree to cut the profits from the Knicks.

However, there are still ways to make major sponsors such as Nike and Adidas bleed, and the Knicks can have actual benefits, such as increasing sponsorships.

Five minutes later, the game started.

Big Ben won the jump ball and the Knicks attacked.

The starting lineup arranged by Nelson was arranged according to his preferences, that is, he did not pay attention to the position of the players and only pursued the strongest strength, which was the five strongest people in the Knicks.

It was Alan Houston who controlled the ball past half-court. After passing the midline, he handed the ball to Zhao Dong outside the three-point line on the left wing.

"Look, will the Knicks still use the two-headed snake tactic?" Bill Walton asked curiously.

"It's a two-headed dragon tactic." Matt corrected.

"I think the three-headed hell dog tactic is better. You must know that Feilong is also responsible for organization, and one person is responsible for three positions at the same time." Bill Walton said with a smile.

"Haha, that's a good idea, that's what we call it." Matt laughed.

Zhao Dong held the ball on the outside. The Jazz did not let the postman match up. The postman was too slow. Instead, they asked small forward Brian Russell to match up. Moreover, the defensive strategy was crazy close, with the elbows up, and they only had to bite with their teeth. .

Without the last piece of the Flying Dragon Law, Zhao Dong could directly crush Russell and easily break in, but that was not possible now, he had to go around.

Zhao Dong suddenly dribbled the ball and took a step back, changing direction to bypass Russell and enter the wing. The latter moved immediately, but at this moment, the former turned and passed.

"Sudden!"

Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

"Bang!"

When Russell moved again to block him, Zhao Dong decisively knocked the former away and then broke into the flank.

The referee did not blow the whistle because Russell was on the move and had no defensive position and no cylinder, which did not violate Article 138 of the Flying Dragon Law.

Three steps later, with the blessing of more powerful explosive power, Zhao Dong's speed increased and he entered the paint area from the left elbow area. The impact visible to the naked eye has been formed.

At this time, Jazz center Greg Foster was sitting under the basket, and the postman was returning to defend from the right wing.

After a total of four big steps, he also knocked over Jeff Horacek who was coming down to defend. Zhao Dong took the last small step. Driven by the stronger power of his lower limbs, his speed increased to the highest level. He left. The basket flew three meters high.

"So fast!"

Ma Long's eyes shrank. He was using Zhao Dong's speed to return to defense, but Zhao Dong actually increased his speed again when he finally took off. He was actually too slow to catch up.

"call!"

With the sound of wind, Zhao Dong flew past the postman Ma Long.

Karl Malone wanted to reach out and pull Zhao Dong directly from the side, but his hands were too itchy.

However, the consequences were something he couldn't bear.

Even if he killed Zhao Dong, the consequences would be unbearable. He would be killed directly, or shot dead, or thrown into the sea to feed sharks, or thrown into prison to collect soap for the rest of his life.

So, he retracted his outstretched hand and watched Zhao Dong fly towards the basket.

"boom!"

At the same time as the rim exploded, Jazz center Greg Foster flew into the air and was knocked out of the air.

"Am I going to die?"

In the extremely violent collision, Greg Foster felt like he had been hit by a heavy truck traveling at 80mph.

The moment he was hit, he felt his chest collapsed, all the air in his chest was squeezed out, his breathing came to a halt, and he felt like he was suffocating.

"Bang!"

The next moment, he hit the floor. While groaning in pain, he continued to slide and bumped into a media reporter.

"oh!"

There was a huge exclamation in the Delta Arena.

"yeah!"

The three thousand away fans and the Knicks bench were in a state of excitement.

The repeated collisions and impacts made Greg Foster unable to get up. He was coughing painfully while covering his chest. He felt that his entire chest was numb.

When the on-site commentator saw that Greg Foster could not get up, he roared angrily: "He is killing people! The Chinese are using his impact force to try to kill Greg Foster! He wants to kill Forster!

The Alliance should immediately ban such violent collisions! Even in the NFL, they have protective gear to protect players, but not here, and the league should take immediate steps to protect our players..."

"Shh!"

The Jazz fans who had fallen into silence reacted and immediately booed extremely horribly.

In the TNT live broadcast booth, Bill Walton wiped his head. There was a layer of fine beads of sweat there, which had appeared just now.

"The flying dragon seems to be faster!"

He shook his head and sighed: "His explosive power, his speed, and the impact it creates are really terrifying, even comparable to the strongest fullbacks and tight ends in the NFL."

Matt nodded and said in an unbelieving tone: "The intensity of the collision caused by his impact is completely comparable to the most intense collision in an NFL game, the intensity that would kill someone without protective gear.

But you have to know that in order to avoid collisions that hurt the body, NFL players are protected by a set of protective gear, but there is no such thing here.

What I want to say is that as an inside player who blocks Feilong from hitting the basket, he is indeed in a very dangerous situation. "

Bill Walton sighed: "I remember O'Neal once said that the league should prohibit the flying dragon from sprinting more than ten meters, but he didn't have ten meters just now. I think this distance should be limited to... five meters?"

"The maximum was seven meters or five meters just now. It should be able to reduce his impact. Even if he is hit, the risk of being injured is very small." Matt nodded.

Bill Walton added: "But this kind of rule is not conducive to the enjoyment of the game, will also seriously damage the offense, and goes against the true meaning of basketball."

"So do you have any good ideas?" Matt asked.

Bill Walton laughed: "Actually, this issue has been discussed after the Knicks' first and second rounds."

"Zone defense?" Matt said in surprise.

Nodding, Bill Walton smiled and said: "Man-to-man defense is good for defending the mid-range area, but it is not as powerful as zone defense in terms of tactical restrictions such as breakthrough points.

When an offensive screen occurs, the defender will be taken away by the offensive screen. At this time, there will often be a direct channel to the basket. It is less difficult to break through from the outside, and the protection of the inside attack is insufficient. This is also the reason why Feilong can rush in and cause damage. one.

As for the regional defense, each area has a fixed defender, which is very defensive against inside attacks. It can also effectively prevent damage caused by outside breakthroughs. Under layers of interceptions, it is difficult for opponents to break through like Feilong. "

Matt nodded and said: "Yes, yes, this is like a level. The speed of the flying dragon cannot be raised that high, and the impact will naturally be limited."

"What?"

At this time, Bill Walton suddenly exclaimed.

"37 million?"

Matt also received the news. The director gave them data. The latest ratings data jumped by 10 million, and the data continues to rise.

Bill Walton shook his head and laughed: "I think our American citizens have a special preference for this kind of fierce confrontation?"

He knew very well that it was the terrifying collision of Feilong just now that caused the ratings to skyrocket.

"So the NFL has always been at the top of the four major sports leagues, that's why." Matt shrugged and smiled.

"Oh, the Jazz doctor came up and he signaled for a substitution." Zhang Liyi shouted at this time.

"I wonder where you were injured?" Sun Zhenping asked curiously.

"The chest was hit. The ribs shouldn't be broken, right?" Zhang Lili guessed.

On the sidelines, on the Jazz bench, Greg Ostertag was called out by Jerry Sloan.

Due to injury, he gave up his position as the starting center. Although he is also a role player, in terms of strength, he is better than Foster.

However, seeing what happened to Fortes, his legs are now shaking.

"What's going on?" Jerry Sloan asked, staring at the team doctor.

"The collision was too strong. His head was a little dizzy, and he injured his back muscles when he fell. He won't be able to fight this time. Look at the consequences of the collision..."

The team doctor said as he pulled up Foster's jersey.

"hiss!"

Including Jerry Sloan, the Jazz bench gasped at the same time.

I saw that Greg Foster's entire chest was abnormally red. This was a phenomenon after a strong collision, and a large number of capillaries in the muscles were exploded.

This is not to say that the injury is serious, but it will definitely take time to recover, otherwise the team doctor will not be able to let him play.

"Mr. Sloan, the impact on his chest was so strong that it was no less than a car accident. He must go to the hospital for examination now. There may be bleeding in the lungs, and I can't guarantee that there are no fractures," the team doctor said.

"Go ahead." Jerry Sloan waved.

"37 million?"

In New York, Stern was a little surprised when he received the report for the second time, but after thinking about it for a while, he understood why it suddenly jumped so much.

He has been limiting violence on the court, but now, it seems that this collision is not a violence on the court, but a normal collision? There is indeed no foul.

Of course, he heard the commentary from Bill Walton and Matt, and felt that this fierce collision was too harmful to the players, but now it seemed that it was not the right time for him to come up with restrictive rules or switch to zone defense.

Because the rule that limits sprint distance cannot be extended to other players. It is harmful to basketball and can only be targeted at Zhao Dong, because only he has such terrifying impact.

A superstar who can make the ratings soar by 11 million, continuously introduces rules to restrict his performance. This needs to be carefully considered and cannot be decided on the head.

The introduction of rules must comply with the principle of balance and cannot break this balance.

Of course, if someone's ability is really too outstanding and breaks the balance, then restrictions should be imposed. After all, this is a team sport, not an individual competition.

Therefore, he is now thinking more about zone defense.

In fact, many teams are now playing around with the zone defense rules, and there are not many obstacles to the implementation of the zone defense rules.

Perhaps, we can also consider canceling illegal defense and allowing double-teaming of people without the ball.

The league used to allow double-teaming people without the ball, but he changed this rule in the 1981/82 season because he wanted to create stars.

But now, because of Feilong and O'Neal, it may be time to change, otherwise the balance will be out of control and it will lead to bad consequences.

"Snapped!"

In the frontcourt of the Jazz, Zhao Dong burst out and slapped away the postman's mid-range shot.

"Cool!"

Looking at the dull-looking postman, he felt very happy.

It feels like his current bullet speed, with the help of Silver Demon, should be almost the same as Rain Man's terrifying bullet speed.

The Jazz attacked again and Stockton made a shot.

Two draws, the Knicks attack.

Zhao Dong took the ball outside the three-point line on the left wing again.

Seeing him receiving the ball and preparing to break through Russell, all the Jazz players, and even the Jazz fans in the stadium, felt a little scared. They didn't know what would happen next moment. Maybe someone would be knocked away again?

"I am coming!"

Zhao Dong's eyes passed through Russell's shoulder, staring at Karl Malone on the right waist of the paint area and said.

The postman's face twitched and he couldn't help but breathe.

"Brian Russell, use everything you have to stop him from starting!" Jerry Sloan's roar sounded from the sidelines.

Russell's pressure is too much. He has the courage to challenge Jordan and also challenged Zhao Dong in last year's finals, but now, his pressure is really too much.

He stood in front of Zhao Dong, his hands pulling Zhao Dong somewhat wildly, as if he was venting the pressure in his heart.

Zhao Dong carried Russell with his left hand, grabbed the ball with his right hand, and swept it back like an eagle's wings.

At this moment, he took a step forward with his right foot and thrust out from the right side.

Hill's step was so fast that Russell couldn't react. When Zhao Dong rushed over, he had to drag Zhao Dong's arm with both hands.

Zhao Dong was pulled and staggered, and the ball was lost.

But at this time, the referee's whistle also sounded, and he came over to signal Russell to pull a foul.

"Boy, with your kind of defense, you will be replaced soon." Zhao Dong laughed at Russell.

"Go down, just go down, don't even think about passing by me." Russell said with a serious expression.

"Ha ha!"

Zhao Dong laughed. He felt that Russell, this idiot, was really begging? How can such a team compete with him for the championship?