NBA: Goat is actually me

Chapter 148 The smell of Meng Jin's crotch is all over my head

The Knicks still looked for opportunities for Ewing to play one-on-one. Mark Jackson passed the ball and ran to the weak side. The Knicks wanted to create space for Ewing to play one-on-one.

Jordan was very cunning. He pretended to follow Mark Jackson, but actually turned around and double-teamed Ewing.

Ewing turned his head and observed Jordan's actions. He decisively turned to the baseline, then faked Jordan, then took a step forward, pushed Cartwright away in the air and scored.

Ewing said that his physical talent is not bad, but it is not as good as Meng Jin's.

The Bulls serve the ball from the backcourt and the Knicks press the entire court. Pitino will do this from time to time. Fans will think that the Knicks' tactic is to force the Bulls to make mistakes, but insiders can see through it at a glance. This is Pitino's tactic to limit the Bulls' quick serve. The ball cannot be served in the first time, and the Bulls cannot launch a quick counterattack.

Jordan successfully caught the ball after a series of counter-runs. Jordan slowed down and crossed half court, but the Knicks suddenly double-teamed him in the backcourt.

I have to say that Pitino is a real tactical genius. His alternating tight and loose tactics almost caused Jordan to make a mistake.

However, there is a fundamental difference between a near-miss and a mistake. When the basketball was about to go out of the line, Jordan took a leap, stayed in the air for a moment, locked the position of his teammates in the frontcourt, and then swung the ball hard.

Jordan's waist is really good. He can complete a long pass smoothly in this situation.

The Bulls instantly formed a 4 vs. 3 situation in the frontcourt, which brings the risk of double-teaming in the backcourt. Once the opponent passes the ball, there will be a situation of having fewer people defending more in the frontcourt.

John Paxson was open outside the three-point line, but he did not shoot. After taking one dribble, John Paxson made a layup facing Ewing.

Ewing jumped to his highest point, but still couldn't block the basketball.

He felt something was wrong, as it was rare to see a guard throw such a high shot.

Soon Ewing knew why. The next second, he felt a huge impact from behind. He turned his head and saw that he was being penetrated from behind by Meng Jin.

After Meng Jin dunked the ball, he put his hands on the basket and hung his legs on Ewing's shoulders.

Yu Yin was very angry. He pushed Meng Jin's legs apart and cursed, "Next time I will definitely throw you down from the air. If you don't believe me, just try it!"

Meng Jin believed that Ewing was serious about his harsh words, but he was not one to be scared, so he had to dunk when necessary.

At 4 minutes and 47 seconds into the first quarter, the Bulls counterattacked. Jordan grabbed the rebound and took two steps when he saw Meng Jin waving for the ball from a distance. Jordan made a long-distance alley-oop and Ewing jumped up and tried to steal the ball.

However, Ewing jumped while retreating, so the height was limited. When he looked up, he saw Meng Jin's crotch.

"Bang!"

Ewing was ridden by Meng Jin again. Ewing was really helpless about this kind of dunk. He couldn't even commit a foul. There was only one way to avoid being dunked by Meng Jin, and that was to not defend. However, this was not Ewing's character.

A big reason why Ewing is dunked on more often is that he is too aggressive on the defensive end. This is the same as the fact that only those who defend seriously will be knocked down. If Ewing encounters a player rushing in aggressively, he will wisely choose to step aside and he will not be the background board in so many highlights.

There were sighs in Madison Square Garden. CBS commentator Dick Stockton couldn't help but sigh: "Meng Jin is like in a horror movie. He appears behind Ewing from time to time."

At this time, the camera gave a close-up of Spike Lee, and another commentator, Skip Karai, said: "If Spike Lee switches to making horror movies, he can ask Meng Jin to be the protagonist."

After the first quarter, Ewing scored 10 points and 4 rebounds, but no one remembered Ewing's statistics. All the audience had in their minds were the poster-level scenes of Meng Jin dunking over Ewing three times. The commentators said that Ewing would definitely have a nightmare at night, and even Ewing himself thought so. However, it was not time to go to bed yet, and he had to kill Meng Jin before he dreamed of Meng Jin.

After a 3-minute break in the second quarter, Ewing returned to the court. Fans can criticize Ewing for not playing well in the previous games, but they cannot criticize Ewing for not working hard. Since the last round of playoffs, Ewing's playing time has ranked first on the team, averaging nearly 40 minutes per game, which is not easy for a big man.

In the second quarter, Ewing completed his revenge on Cartwright. He not only made four shots over his head, but also completed a dunk.

This eased Ewing's embarrassment to a certain extent. After the second quarter, the Knicks led by 1 point. The Bulls' hit rate was not as high as in the first two games. The Knicks showed a different defensive intensity. Everyone knows what it means to lose three games in a row in the playoffs. So far, no team has turned the tables after losing three games in a row. The Knicks received some biased whistles, but Meng Jin had already prepared himself mentally. Any penalty from the referee would not affect his mentality. Meng Jin did not complain and lowered his head to play his own basketball. In the third quarter, the Bulls overtook the score, still relying on their best running.

三节孟进拿到27分7篮板2盖帽，尤因拿到24分11篮板，他们各自是双方球队表现最亮眼的球员。

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Ewing was defeated by Meng Jin again. After getting the ball, Ewing jumped sideways and hooked the ball, but Meng Jin rushed over from the wing and directly blocked the ball.

"Hey! Patrick, be careful, I'll be there for you any moment."

Meng Jin's trash talk sounded more like a horror line, but Ewing refused to believe it. After getting the ball again, he forced his way past Cartwright and rushed to the basket.

Although Cartwright failed to defend Ewing, he prevented Ewing from fully jumping, and Meng Jin, who was chasing behind him, blocked the shot with both hands.

Meng Jin was not targeting Ewing, he was just strictly implementing the defensive strategy arranged by Collins in the fourth quarter. When Ewing got the ball, he resolutely contracted the defense line. Tonight, Cartwright alone would definitely not be able to limit Ewing, and the strength of the team must be used.

The Bulls launched several counterattacks in succession, and the Knicks' defense was torn to pieces by the Bulls. Pitino called for two timeouts but to no avail. He could only watch the score gap widen to double digits. Seeing victory gradually fading away, Pitino simply made up his mind and let the team play the three-point tactic.

Cartwright reminded his teammates that the Knicks were going to start shooting three-pointers. Their tactics were simple, with Ewing as the axis, attracting the defense and then passing the ball to his teammates to complete the finish.

But even such a simple tactic is ahead of its time, because no team will use this anti-mainstream three-point tactic, and no team will use this tactic in crucial playoff games.

Pitino's ideas were very avant-garde. No one from the commentators to the fans was optimistic about this tactic, and even the Bulls did not take it seriously. However, this tactic had an unexpected effect, and the Knicks once narrowed the gap to 3 points.

However, Pitino did not realize that he was coaching an NBA team, not an NCAA team. The players here, especially the big-name players, would not completely obey him. When the game came to the most critical moment, Ewing did not implement Pitino's three-point tactics. He chose to be a hero and took the ball and forced it inside. Due to the interference of Cartwright and Jordan, his layup missed.

After Meng Jin grabbed the key rebound, he took the ball and pushed forward without waiting for his teammates to arrive. Ewing wanted to make up for his mistake, so he buried his head and returned to the defensive half as quickly as possible.

However, what greeted him was not a successful defense, but the fourth dunk by Meng Jin in this game.

Commentator Dick Stockton once again made a move, jokingly saying, "The first thing Patrick Ewing will do after the game is probably to go to the locker room to take a shower, because his head is full of the smell of Meng's crotch tonight."

After this goal was scored, the score difference was more than 5 points, and the Knicks' morale was also destroyed, and they failed to score in the last minute.

With 10 seconds left in the game, boos were heard in the stadium. These boos were directed at the Knicks players. As it turned out, the boos would not disappear but would only shift.

The Bulls won Game 3 and got the match point.

Pitino wanted to leave after this game. In fact, he had already contacted college teams in the middle of the season.

Ewing hurriedly left the stadium without accepting any interviews. He could guess the questions the reporters would ask with his toes, and he really didn't want to mention Meng Jin tonight.

Ewing hated Meng Jin to death, but there were many people in the league who hated Meng Jin, and his hatred was not even ranked among these players.

Before G4 started, Meng Jin was interviewed by Zhang Weiping. Meng Jin usually does not accept interviews before the game starts, unless it is from Zhang.

Lao Zhang only asked one question: "I interviewed a lot of Knicks fans in the waiting area before the game. They all vowed that the team would not be swept. What do you want to say?"

Meng Jin said without hesitation: "We will definitely sweep our opponents, because what I am best at is disappointing the fans of the opponents."

This game became the least suspenseful one in the series. The Knicks only lasted half the game before surrendering. After Game 3, the Knicks had lost all their fighting spirit and half of the players were already thinking about taking a holiday.

Patrick Ewing fought as hard as ever, but he fought in the wrong direction and fouled out before the end of the third quarter. In the end, the Bulls defeated the Knicks 112-87 on the road, completing a sweep of two consecutive rounds of the playoffs.

(End of this chapter)