NBA: Goat is actually me

Chapter 175 No shame

Meng Jin felt no emotion when he lifted the dunk contest trophy, because this was his third time winning the championship and he was used to it.

All the fans were immersed in Meng Jin’s last dunk move, “The Return of Superman”, and on that day he got a new nickname, “Superman”.

This nickname is nothing new, it's just because Meng Jin cosplayed as Superman Clark.

Christopher Reeve, who plays Superman, said bluntly: "At that moment I really felt that he was Superman. He could fly freely in the air without any external force."

Meng Jin once again received a lot of exposure because of his dunk. If he is the most proud person in this All-Star Game, then Jordan is the most frustrated person.

He only scored a pitiful 5 points in the three-point contest. Jordan estimated that this joke would be laughed at for at least a year. However, it was obvious that he underestimated his influence. In the future, whenever a player did not perform well in the three-point contest, someone would jump out to comfort him: "It doesn't matter, think about Michael Jordan, you have done a great job!"

The only thing Jordan was thankful for was that he did not participate in the dunk contest this year. He couldn't think of any tricks he could use to defeat Meng Jin's last two dunks. If he lost the three-point contest and the dunk contest in succession, Jordan would be even more embarrassed.

The next day was the All-Star Game, and Eastern Conference All-Star head coach Chuck Daly found Meng Jin.

"Michael just came to me and said he wants more playing time," said Chuck Daly.

Meng Jin did not respond immediately. His first reaction was: It’s none of my business.

Chuck Daly continued: "How about it? Want to compete with him for the All-Star MVP?"

Meng Jin immediately understood what Chuck Daly meant. He wanted the two core players of the Bulls to play longer in the All-Star Game to wear them down. It would be even better if one of them could be injured.

Meng Jin saw through Chuck Daly's conspiracy and shook his head with a smile: "Not interested, I want to rest for a while, coach."

Chuck Daly didn't expect Meng Jin to answer like this. In addition to tactics, he also paid close attention to the dynamics of various teams in the league and knew that Meng Jin and Jordan had reached the point where they were incompatible.

"Oh! It's hard to imagine that these words came out of your mouth."

Meng Jin said expressionlessly: "After all, I have already won the All-Star MVP once."

Chuck Daly smiled and patted Meng Jin on the shoulder and said, "No problem, Meng, I'll let you rest more."

Chuck Daly is not so easy to control. If one plan fails, he will immediately come up with another one. If Jordan wants to play, he will not let Jordan play for too long. If Meng Jin wants to rest, he will let Meng Jin play more and will never play 48 minutes if he can play the full 47 minutes.

As the team's head coach, Chuck Daly has this right. He is not afraid of offending Meng Jin and Jordan because his relationship with these two people has always been bad because of the Pistons.

Chuck Daly is a man who will do anything to win. In the first quarter, he let Meng Jin play for 11 minutes and Jordan only played for 6 minutes.

However, Jordan took 7 shots in six minutes, hit 3 balls and added two free throws to get the Eastern Conference All-Star's highest 8 points.

Meng Jin was slacking off the entire time. Apart from a counterattack slam dunk, he did not leave any deep impression on the fans. He only took three shots in the entire first quarter.

In the second quarter, Chuck Daly let Meng Jin play for another 10 minutes. Meng Jin's performance was similar to that in the first quarter. He really had no desire to attack tonight. He had already completed a perfect performance in the dunk contest, and he just wanted to take a stab at the main game.

Chuck Daly is very cunning. The Pistons had three players selected for this All-Star Game. Except for Isaiah Thomas whose playing time was a little long, he controlled the playing time of the other two players, Dumars and Dennis Rodman, very strictly.

In the second half, Chuck Daly did not make things difficult for Meng Jin. He strolled around the court like an old man. His occasional dunks did not consume too much energy. It would be better to leave time for those with stronger offensive desire.

Barkley and Wilkins were eager to try and showed a strong desire to attack after coming on the court.

Meng Jin was drinking juice and watching the performance on the sidelines.

"I don't understand you. You had so many opportunities in the first half but you didn't take more shots." Reggie Miller came up to Meng Jin and said.

This year Reggie Miller was selected as a reserve for the Eastern Conference All-Stars, but he did not get many opportunities to perform.

"I'm too lazy to play. AMVP is just that." Meng Jin said.

"Shit, just give me your playing time," Reggie Miller complained.

"Just watch the game carefully." Meng Jin patted Reggie Miller's smooth and shiny head.

The competition in this year's All-Star Game was not fierce. The game was one-sided and there was no suspense by the middle of the fourth quarter.

At the end of the game, the Eastern Conference All-Stars won 132 to 113.

After the game, Barkley ran to Meng Jin with excitement and said, "I think I will be the All-Star MVP this year!"

Barkley scored a team-high 19 points, but he was not the only player to score 19 points, as Michael Jordan also scored 19 points.

Barkley's confidence comes from his higher efficiency. He only took 19 shots to get 13 points, while Jordan took 18 shots tonight.

The All-Star Game MVP is usually given to the player with the highest score on the winning team, and the broadcast camera naturally switched back and forth between Jordan and Barkley.

Suddenly the camera shook and froze on Magic Johnson, and then David Stern came on stage to present the award and give a congratulatory speech.

The All-Star players in the Eastern Conference were all confused, and many of them didn't understand what happened. Although Magic Johnson scored a game-high 22 points tonight, isn't the MVP generally given to the winning player?

The official did not give any explanation, and Magic Johnson himself was also confused, but he was a man who had seen big scenes after all. After quickly reacting, Magic Johnson showed his signature smile and then held up the All-Star MVP trophy.

Meng Jin didn't know what Jordan's reaction was after the game, but Barkley was furious. After the game, he pulled Meng Jin aside and complained for three hours, cursing everyone from Magic Johnson to David Stern.

Barkley feels that the league has lost all its dignity in order to promote Magic Johnson!

Meng Jin comforted him and said, "Charles, believe me, this is definitely not the most bizarre thing that happened in the All-Star Game."

"What could be more bizarre than this?" Buckley asked.

"A star asked me if I wanted to play with his girlfriend. He was watching from the side. The worst thing was that his girlfriend was a transgender," said Meng Jin.

"Marefaq! How come you always encounter anything? So did you agree?" Barkley asked. "Of course not, I have a bottom line, okay?" Meng Jin continued, "There's another person who said he wants to kill his mother..."

Barkley suddenly forgot his worries and immersed himself in the joy of eating melons. Barkley had to admit that Meng Jin was indeed more charming than him. Barkley had never heard of these things, let alone encountered them.

Meng Jin excited Barkley with just a few words. Barkley turned around and asked Meng Jin: "Do you want to go to a strip club? I know there are some really good ones in Miami."

Meng Jin smiled mysteriously: "Expert?"

Barkley also laughed and said, "It's just a little hobby."

Barkley is more familiar with this business than Meng Jin, so Meng Jin is very confident in handing tonight's happiness to him.

Barkley did not disappoint Meng Jin. He found a typical American sweetheart girl for Meng Jin. The girl had blonde hair and blue eyes, which was very much to Meng Jin's taste. He himself came with a "rainbow".

When he woke up the next day, Meng Jin remembered what Barkley said last night. He got some inspiration from his words. This period was still the era of the Magic-Bird rivalry, and the league was still supporting Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. If he wanted to break the monopoly and win heavyweight honors such as the regular season MVP from them, he had to come up with more explosive data and a performance that would completely crush them, otherwise it would be difficult to compete with them.

After the All-Star Game, Meng Jin will continue to stay in Miami, and their next opponent will be the Heat.

Jordan was furious during the scrimmage, elbowed Armstrong twice, and verbally abused Hodges and Grant.

This All-Star Weekend hurt Jordan a lot. Jordan is not the kind of player who keeps things in his heart. He must vent when something happens.

In the game against the Heat, Jordan took 32 shots, made 16 of them, and scored a total of 10 points with 42 free throws. Meng Jin also scored 30 points. According to the normal script, the damage of the Bulls' double guns would easily kill the weak Heat, but tonight the two sides fought until the last quarter to decide the winner.

罗尼-塞卡利统治了内线，全场22中15，用超过65%的命中率砍下40分并且还抢下17个篮板。

Relying on his outstanding performance, the Heat held on to the last four minutes. In the end, they couldn't hold on any longer. The other Heat players couldn't step up, and it was difficult to defeat the Bulls' dual cores relying on one person's outburst.

On February 2, the same script happened again. The Magic's Kotlis and Reggie Seuss both exploded and scored 14+. The Bulls relied on overtime to narrowly beat the Magic 30-135.

The Magic and the Heat are both teams with only a dozen wins. Meng Jin doesn't know what's going on recently. The core players of these weak teams explode when they meet the Bulls, but fortunately they hold on.

After the All-Star Game, the Bulls went on an 8-game winning streak, and the Chicago Bulls only lost one game in the entire month of February.

Meng Jin won the best player of February, and the progress of [Rise Up] exceeded 2%. He also got a new skill [Left and Right Balance]. This skill can improve the ability of Meng Jin's left hand to the same as his right hand, greatly improving Meng Jin's finishing ability.

After entering March, the Chicago Bulls' record surpassed the Detroit Pistons and ranked first in the Eastern Conference.

After Coach Bach took over the Bulls, the tactic was no tactics. Basically, he let Meng Jin and Jordan go wild, and the others served them, helping them with screens or creating space for one-on-ones. Coach Bach gave this tactic a nice name, called free combat.

Teams in the league have discovered that they could have somewhat limited the Bulls' tactics in the past, but now they are really unstoppable when the two players play one-on-one. The most annoying thing is that other teams can't imitate them even if they want to.

Which team can have two historical attackers who average 30+ points per game?

Meng Jin and Jordan used damage to force their opponents to death almost every night. In the last game in February, Meng Jin scored 2 points and the Bulls defeated the Bucks 50-121. In an interview after the game, a Milwaukee reporter asked: "Meng, recently I heard people outside discussing the Bulls' tactical play. Everyone is saying that basketball is not played like this. This kind of pure personal heroism is not real basketball. What do you think of this?"

Meng Jin was very unhappy with this question. He suppressed his anger and responded: "I don't know how to play real basketball, I only know how to win."

Meng Jin's words also became the headlines of major sports media the next day. Meng Jin's remarks mobilized the support of a large number of young people across the United States. They regarded Meng Jin as an idol, not only because of Meng Jin's data, nor just because of Meng Jin's playing style. They admired Meng Jin's attitude against the mainstream, which made these children feel very cool.

In the first game of March, the Bulls defeated the Nets 112-90. After entering March, the Bulls prepared for the end-of-season sprint. The team wanted to maintain the first place in the Eastern Conference. The Nets were also sprinting. They were ready to sprint for the No. 8 pick. At present, it seems that the Nets have a good chance. They have only won games as of March.

On March 3, the Bulls nearly defeated their old rival, the Celtics, 4-122.

Meng Jin exploded again tonight, scoring 31 points with 22 of 53 shots. Some media statistics show that the Celtics are Meng Jin's favorite team. Meng Jin gets excited when he plays against them and can average 35 points per game.

This season, the Bulls have completely suppressed the Celtics in the regular season and have won both games so far.

A day later, the Bulls defeated the Milwaukee Bucks again and returned to their home court with an 11-game winning streak.

After getting off the plane, Meng Jin immediately drove home alone. At the door of his house, he saw a familiar figure, it was Mira Sorvino, the beautiful woman he met in BJ.

Meng Jin was a little surprised, but more scared. He remembered that the last time a similar scene occurred was when Julie was pregnant.

Meng Jin is not the kind of man who escapes. He got out of the car and greeted Mira Sorvino. They chatted for a few words. Fortunately, Mira Sorvino was not pregnant, she just missed him.

"How do you know my home address?" Meng Jin asked.

"Oh my God, didn't you give it to me? When I was in BJ, I said I would never come to you, and now I'm breaking my promise," Mira Sorvino said.

Meng Jin smiled foolishly twice. He had indeed forgotten.

Meng Jin smiled and asked, "When will you return to the United States?"

"Probably... the second week after you return to the United States," Mira Sorvino said.

"It's been half a year, why didn't you come to see me?" Meng Jin asked.

"Busy with school, busy with work, in short, busy with all kinds of things."

Mira Sorvino lied, she was not that busy. She was just not sure about Meng Jin's attitude, so she didn't rush to find him directly. Today she really couldn't help it.

Mira Sorvino looked up at the sky. There were few stars tonight.

Mira Sorvino said: "I dreamed about you yesterday. We were playing in BJ's alley."

This sentence was spoken in Chinese, and Meng Jin's thoughts were immediately brought back to half a year ago.

(End of this chapter)