NBA: Goat is actually me

Chapter 141 Action Guidance
In 2003, LeBron James, who had just finished the NBA draft, confessed to reporters: "I can't wait to start this new journey. Among all the NBA players, the player I want to play against most is MJ. There is no doubt that in addition to his greatness, there is another reason. When I was five years old, he inspired me. He told me not to waste time. I was so young at that time, but I understood. I cherished every minute and every second, so I came here."

Meng Jin was a little confused when he saw this report. He didn't remember encouraging James. He only remembered that James was running around the field with the ball in the charity event. If you didn't know, you would think he was teaching football.

In the last game of January, the Bulls beat the Pistons 1-110 in overtime at home.

The game against the Pistons is always so difficult. The Pistons are extremely resilient, and the players are the kind of people who will do anything for the Pistons. After Meng Jin punched him twice last season, Laimbeer became a lot more obedient, but not completely obedient. He still makes some small moves from time to time.

As soon as the game started tonight, Laimbeer stretched out his leg to trip Meng Jin during the pick-and-roll, and occasionally stepped on Meng Jin's feet. Meng Jin didn't tolerate him and kicked Bill Laimbeer's mask away when he flew up to block the shot.

Everyone was stunned. The reason for their surprise was not that Meng Jin kicked Lambier's mask off, but that Meng Jin actually used his feet to block the shot.

Meng Jin's original intention for this ball was just to slap Lambier, but Lambier did not jump in this round, and Meng Jin jumped too high, so the famous scene of flying kick on Lambier was born.

Laimbeer asked to leave the game. At first, Pistons coach Chuck Daly was a little nervous. He thought Laimbeer was injured by Meng Jin again. After Laimbeer left the game, he was told that his mask was broken and he had to wait for a new mask to be delivered before he could go on the court. No matter how head coach Chuck Daly urged Laimbeer, he just refused to go on the court. He said that he would never face Meng Jin before putting on the mask.

As the saying goes, every failure makes you wiser. Bill Laimbeer suffered two failures last season, so he was extra cautious when facing Meng Jin.

However, Lambier was a mean guy. He was afraid of Meng Jin's fist but couldn't help making small moves against him.

After returning to the court in the second quarter, Laimbeer did a Michael Jackson-like hip thrust while helping Dantley to screen, hitting Meng Jin hard.

Meng Jin took a step back, then hugged Bill Laimbeer's barrel waist and did a windmill on the spot.

Bill Laimbeer felt dizzy and then his body fell heavily to the ground.

“Yeah!!!!”

"Kick his ass!"

"Bill Laimbeer you coward! Fight back!"

“Ranbir, go find your stretcher!”

The fans at the Chicago Stadium were in a frenzy, and Laimbeer was wriggling on the floor like a maggot.

The referee quickly ran over, and Meng Jin explained: "He bumped into me, and I just wanted to grab something to keep my balance. You can watch the replay."

After discussion, the three referees gave Meng Jin a normal foul. Lambier was lying on the ground pretending to be dead at first, but when he heard that it was just a normal foul, he immediately jumped up on the spot.

Bill Laimbeer argued his case and spit wildly at the referee. The referee was too lazy to listen and gave him a technical foul. There was no referee in the league who didn't know Laimbeer's character.

Chuck Daly quickly replaced Laimbeer to calm him down. Laimbeer walked to the bench dejectedly. He didn't get a flagrant foul but was instead called for a technical foul. It was a complete loss.

Laimbeer played very uncomfortably tonight, but Rodman, who replaced him, broke out. He scored 14 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists. Rodman's previous identity has always been Laimbeer's substitute and Laimbeer's apprentice, but starting this season, there are signs that the apprentice will become a master again. Rodman averaged 26 rebounds per game in about 9.6 minutes of playing time this season, the same as Laimbeer. His efficiency is amazing.

Isaiah Thomas scored 34 points and 3 assists tonight. He was the key figure in the Pistons dragging the game into overtime. Isaiah Thomas wanted to compete with Jordan in scoring, but Jordan did not accept the challenge tonight. Jordan scored 24 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds tonight. He followed his own rhythm, organized the team's offense in an orderly manner, and made one pass after another.

孟进砍下全场最高的37分5篮板1助攻1盖帽，他今晚只专注于得分，格兰特拿到16分18篮板，卡特赖特今晚有点迷失9中3只拿到10分3篮板，格兰特很好的把他缺失的数据被填补了。

Cartwright was not the only one who played poorly in the game. Dantley of the Pistons also played terribly tonight. His stats looked good tonight, with 22 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds, but his shooting percentage was terrible, with only 15 of 4 shots. His free throws were good, with 18 of 14.

Many people think that Meng Jin has taken too many free throws this season. In fact, his number of free throws depends on the intensity of the game. The more intense the game and the more physical collisions there are, the more free throws he will naturally take with his style of play. But in this case, the opponent's number of free throws is usually not small. For example, in this game, Dantley took 18 free throws and Isaiah Thomas took 11. It's just that some black fans always like to focus on Meng Jin and selectively ignore his opponents.

After the game, several Chicago media outlets reported that the Pistons had a heated argument in the locker room, with Isaiah Thomas and Dantley being the two parties involved.

Isaiah Thomas criticized Dantley for his inefficiency. Isaiah Thomas said that if Dantley could score two more goals tonight, the team would not have lost.

Dantley responded by criticizing Isaiah Thomas for trying to steal the limelight. He only provided three assists tonight. If he could follow the tactics and do his point guard job honestly, the team's offense would be much smoother.

The season is only halfway through, and the battle between these two for the top spot has already reached a fever pitch.

The Pistons management has made their choice. They plan to trade Dantley for Mavericks All-Star small forward Mark Aguirre.

The Pistons management had been planning this deal for a long time because Mark Aguirre had a bad reputation and was a jerk, but the real reason that made the management determined to complete the deal was that he and Isaiah Thomas were good friends. Both of them were rookies in 81, and they were the No. and No. picks respectively. The arrival of Mark Aguirre could perfectly solve the locker room problem.

The deal has not been made public yet. The Pistons management plans to complete the deal before the All-Star Game, and Dantley's time with the Pistons has entered the countdown.

The Bulls did not play well in early February, winning only 2 out of 3 games. The three overtimes in the two games at the end of January made all the players exhausted both physically and mentally. Fatigue has always been one of the biggest opponents of NBA players. There are 2 games in a season, and even the most energetic people will feel tired, and at this time they need some proper adjustments.

Jordan invited his teammates to his house in Highland Park, which is one of Jordan's many properties. It is located on Cook Lake Road and covers an area of ​​2300 square meters.

It was the first time for all the Bulls teammates to go to this house. Jordan seldom got together with his teammates. To be precise, he was not the kind of person who liked to throw parties. For Jordan, he preferred gambling or organizing golf tournaments rather than getting together.

Jordan did not invite any members of the coaching staff or management to this party. His purpose was to let the players have more relaxation and comfort. The Bulls players thought it was just an ordinary party, but when they entered the door, they found a group of beautiful women in bikinis pushing out a cake.

"Michael, you really gave me a surprise."

After Meng Jin finished speaking, Jordan laughed and said, "My birthday is in a few days. I ordered a cake and asked Falk to find some hot girls to blow me."

Meng Jin frowned: "What are you bragging about?"

Jordan laughed heartily: "Blowing out the candles, of course!"

When Jordan was making a wish, Meng Jin pressed his head directly into the cake.

"Damn it! Meng, I will definitely kill you later."

Jordan couldn't open his eyes, but he knew it must have been done by Meng Jin. Meng Jin was the only one present who dared to do this.

The party lasted for three hours. Jordan patted Meng Jin on the shoulder and asked, "What do you think of those girls?" Meng Jin took a look and said, "They're just average."

Jordan snorted coldly and said, "They are all legendary actresses in adult films, Annette Haven, Sharon Thorpe, Leslie Povey, and Samantha Fox."

"Professional player?" Meng Jin asked.

Jordan nodded, and Meng Jin suddenly became interested. Although he had seen countless women, he had never competed with a professional player.

Jordan patted Meng Jin's thigh and said, "Now it's time to play freely."

After saying that, Jordan led Leslie Bowie and Annette Haven to go upstairs, and Meng Jin quickly stopped the three of them.

He pulled Jordan aside and lowered his voice: "Wait, Michael, what's going on? You have a child and are about to get married, and you're still doing this?"

Jordan looked at Meng Jin with a complicated expression. It always felt weird when these words came out of Meng Jin's mouth.

"Michael, it's time to grow up and take responsibility for your family and Juanita."

Meng Jin's words touched Jordan. Jordan glanced at the two adult actresses and said, "What about them? I spent money on them."

Meng Jin patted his chest and said, "Leave it all to me. I will guide her movements."

Jordan suddenly realized, you kid is waiting for me here!

Without giving Jordan a chance to react, Meng Jin quickly pulled Leslie Bowie and Annette Haven into the room on the second floor.

"Have we changed the male lead?" asked Lesri Bowie with a charming smile.

"Big guy, let me see who is better, you or Michael." Annette Haven smiled and stroked Meng Jin's abdomen. She originally planned to touch his chest, but was limited by her height.

Meng Jin's expression was relaxed: "Believe me, after trying it, you won't want to look for Michael again."

The party was very successful, and the Bulls won the next two games.

Time quickly came to the Houston All-Star Weekend. Meng Jin received 835010 votes this year, second only to Jordan and "Magic" Johnson in the entire league.

In the dunk contest, Meng Jin successfully defended his title. He entered the finals with a simple dunk in the preliminary round. This year's opponents were not strong. In addition to Wilkins, the others were Clyde Drexler, Spott Webber, Sheldon Jones, Kenny Walker, Jerome Kelce, Ron Harper, and Chris Morris.

This is Webber's third time participating, Kelce's fourth time participating, and Drexler's fifth time participating.

Among the three of them, Drexler has participated in the dunk contest since the first one, and Dr. J. Irving, who participated with him, became the judge of this contest. Drexler was the real uncrowned king of the dunk contest in that era.

As a result, Drexler failed in the preliminaries, ranking fourth and missing the finals. Kenny Walker from the Knicks became the dark horse, not only squeezing out Drexler, he also made it to the finals with the first place in the total score.

For a moment, Kenny Walker thought he was just one step away from winning the dunk contest, but he soon realized that it was just an illusion.

In the final, Kenny Walker continued his excellent performance, getting high scores of 48.9 and 49.6 points in his first two dunks respectively, but the other two perverts all got full marks in their first two dunks.

Wilkins' first dunk was a stunning 360-degree windmill, which was a combination of strength and beauty. The second dunk was a visually impactful two-handed pull-back dunk. The creativity of the action in this dunk was a bit mediocre. The reason why he got full marks was entirely because of Wilkins' explosive power, which brought this action to the extreme.

Meng Jin's first dunk was a self-throw dunk. After jumping, Meng Jin made an elegant change of hands between his legs and then dunked the ball into the basket. This ball was not difficult for Meng Jin, and the reason he got full marks was that it was full of beauty.

For the second dunk, Meng Jinna used his ultimate move. He had the Bulls mascot stand under the basket and lift the basketball over his head.

The fans at the scene immediately became excited when they saw this scene. No one has ever jumped over the mascot in the dunk contest since its inception. For people of this era, this is a great idea.

Meng Jin takes a run and jumps!
He didn't simply jump over the mascot from the front, which would have been too boring for Meng Jin. Instead, he jumped from the side, grabbed the basketball in the air, and then passed it under his thigh.

"Bang!!!"

Meng Jin slammed the ball into the basket with a dunk that no one had ever thought of!
Everyone at the scene went crazy, including the judges and "Dr. J" Julius Irving, who had been through many battles and seen all kinds of big scenes. The reporter in charge of the broadcast called this the Meng Jin effect. In the entire league, only Meng Jin's dunking action could make the audience go crazy in an instant.

"Dr. J" Julius Irving regretted that he should not have given Wilkins 50 points for his move. If Meng Jin's move was 50 points, Wilkins' move just now would be at most 45 points.

What really killed the game for Meng Jin was the last dunk. He jumped over Reggie Miller and John Paxson and inserted his forearm directly into the basket.

After Meng Jin landed, Reggie Miller hugged him excitedly, because only Meng Jin had the opportunity to show up in the All-Star Weekend. Pippen in front of the TV looked jealous. Meng Jin chose Reggie Miller instead of Pippen because Meng Jin was shorter and it was easier for him to fly. After all, Meng Jin was not only considering dunking the ball into the basket, but also inserting his forearm.

After this dunk, there was no suspense in this dunk contest.

If Wilkins still had some complaints about his defeat in the last dunk contest, Meng Jin made him admit defeat in this dunk contest.

In an interview after the game, "Dr. J" said: "Meng brought the dunk contest to a new level. No one can instantly ignite the emotions of so many people like him. I suggest that Meng's participation in the dunk contest be made a reserved program of the All-Star Weekend."

Jordan also came to the scene today. As soon as Meng Jin came off the court, he excitedly greeted him and asked, "How did you come up with that?"

Meng Jin: "How did you do that?"

Jordan: "What a creative idea to fly over two people and then put your forearm into the basket!"

Meng Jin thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it was the inspiration he got from Leslie Bowie and Annette Haven at the party a few days ago."

Jordan leapt over two players and shot into the basket. The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

(End of this chapter)