NBA: Goat is actually me

Chapter 187 Leading Version of One Star Shooting

After losing two games in a row, Chuck Daly, contrary to his usual behavior, did not get angry.

Losing two away games is not something unacceptable. The Pistons' shooting percentage in the first two games was not bad, and there were no major problems with defense. In the first game, Meng Jin disrupted the Pistons' rhythm, and in the second game, Meng Jin and Jordan both exploded.

Before G3, Chuck Daly asked the players to forget the previous two games and play this game as the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals. This kind of talk is only effective for veterans like the Pistons who have experienced many battles and seen big scenes. If you say this in a team dominated by young people, it will not work, because most young people's mentality is not stable enough, and they cannot completely forget the previous two losses.

The Pistons did a great job in Game 3. They put the emotion of defeat behind them and fought hard for the game. In the end, the Pistons defeated the Bulls 93-90. With 7 seconds left in the game, the Bulls were trailing by three points. Chuck Daly deployed all his forces to defend Jordan. He knew that three-pointers were Meng Jin's weakness. Through the emotional analysis of Jordan in this game, he most likely would not pass the ball.

Sure enough, Jordan's three-pointer on the last shot missed, and when he walked into the player tunnel, fans on both sides of the Pistons mocked him wildly.

"Michael, you should participate in the three-point contest again. You will definitely set a new record!"

"Michael, if you had shot three-pointers in the first two games, the Pistons would be leading 3-0 now!"

"Michael, your three-point shot is even crookeder than my son's! By the way, my son is four years old!"

"Fuck! Michael, you are the best three-point shooter in the league!"

Jordan was so angry that he almost smashed the locker room, but Jordan was not just a person who would sulk. Two days later in Game 4, he responded to the Pistons fans in his own way.

In this game, Jordan threw in 7 three-pointers. When interviewed after the game, the Pistons fans could no longer laugh, but Jordan smiled and said, "Yes, they are right, I am the best shooter."

Not only Jordan was happy with this game, Meng Jin was also happy. He was the first to experience the one-star shine. In the second and third quarters of the game, Bach sent out a small lineup of Grant + Meng Jin + Jordan + Craig Hodges + Paxson.

In addition to Grant's all-around three-point shooting, this lineup now also has a long shooting range and can fire from high positions, so this lineup can be regarded as the earliest one-star and four-shooter lineup.

孟进这场比赛砍下40分15篮板13助攻3盖帽3抢断的全能数据，这是他季后赛第一次三双，也是职业生涯的第一次。

The reason why Meng Jin couldn’t get a triple-double before was mostly because he didn’t have enough assists. However, tonight assisting was the easiest thing for him. He rushed to the inside, and as long as the Pistons tightened their defense, he would pass the ball.

Whether it is Jordan, Paxson or Hodges, they all had a good touch tonight, and Grant also had a good mid-range and long-range shooting percentage tonight.

Under the leadership of Meng Jin, the Chicago Bulls defeated the Detroit Pistons 118-95 away from home.

The Pistons' defense couldn't take care of both ends tonight. If they retreated to defend Meng Jin, the Bulls' outside shooters would punish them. If they expanded their defense, Meng Jin would start his dunk performance.

Bulls General Manager Krause watched the game on TV tonight. After seeing the Bulls win by a large margin, he was so excited that he ate five donuts in a row. Krause kept telling people around him that this was his ideal lineup, with Meng Jin as the core player with the ball, and Jordan and others as functional players. Facts have proved that Krause's ideal lineup can only appear in his dreams. Jordan can't float outside and shoot three-pointers in every game, and his three-point ability is only good for pretending occasionally, but he is not qualified to be a professional shooter.

In Game 5, Jordan increased his shooting rights a lot and took 34 shots in the whole game. However, he only made 12 shots under the special care of the Pistons. Jordan confronted the entire Pistons' defense tonight. The worse his shooting was and the more he couldn't make the shot, the more he had to shoot.

Meng Jin's shooting percentage was also average tonight, making 29 of 14 shots.

The Bulls' biggest advantage is Meng Jin and Jordan, but their disadvantage is that when they fail to perform well or cannot maintain an efficient shooting percentage, this one-on-one style of play is harmful to the team.

Bulls fans were disappointed tonight. According to the script, they should have won tonight and eliminated the Pistons with a total score of 4-1 to advance.

The Pistons rekindled their fighting spirit after tying the total score to 2-3. Before the game started, fans trash-talked Meng Jin. The staff of the Detroit Pistons went even further and directly hid the magnesium powder in the stadium.

You know, it is Meng Jin's habit to sprinkle magnesium powder before the game. They deliberately want to make Meng Jin uncomfortable.

After returning to their home court, the Pistons played steadily in G6. The two sides ended the first half with a 41-11 tie, which seemed to be more favorable to the Pistons. The slow pace, unstable shooting, fierce physical confrontation, and Meng Jin received three fouls at the beginning of the second quarter and rested for minutes. However, the Pistons failed to widen the score during this period, which was what Chuck Daly was most worried about.

Chuck Daly was afraid that Meng Jin would return to full strength in the second half and take over the game, so he deliberately arranged defensive tactics against him during the halftime break. In the second half, Meng Jin did score 4 points in a row, but it was not Meng Jin who took over the game, but all the Bulls players.

The Bulls scored two small climaxes at the beginning and middle of the third quarter, 12 to 4 and 9 to 1 respectively, and the stalemate on the field was suddenly widened. Hubie Brown said with emotion: "Everyone on the Bulls tonight is eager to try and grab the limelight, just like the classic "Family Question" game show."

Chuck Daly wanted to make a final struggle. He tried to catch up with points in the last quarter with a small lineup. This was not what he was good at. It was just a last-ditch effort. Naturally, the result was not satisfactory.

109 to 99, the Bulls won an away game after losing a home game, advancing to the finals with a total score of 4 to 2.

Six Bulls players scored in double digits in this game, Meng Jin 6 points, Jordan 29 points, Grant 26 points, Cartwright 15 points, Paxson 14 points, and Hodges 12 points. This was a team victory.

Chicago Bulls head coach Bach made a joke after the game, saying to the camera: "Thank God, we don't have to see the faces of those Pistons players anymore."

Bach expressed the thoughts of the Bulls players. Although the Pistons cannot be called their nightmare, they are definitely the team they hate the most. The matchup with the Pistons has never been easy.

After defeating the Pistons, the Bulls felt like they had sailed past thousands of mountains. Whether they faced the Trail Blazers or the Jazz in the finals, they were fully confident.

(End of this chapter)