So I am the god of basketball?

Grant Hill's brisk three-pointer allowed the Eastern Conference to take the lead again.

This is definitely not his style of play at the same time.

It can only be said that Meng Lang's influence on this alliance is slowly emerging.

Especially the group of people who came into contact with Meng Lang had changed even more. And the longer it goes, the more this becomes apparent.

Grant Hill is a good example. His current output of three-pointers is much higher than that of the same period. He has caught up with the 10-11 seasons at the end of his career, when he averaged 1.4 three-pointers per game. That’s also the number of three-pointers he’s taken per game this season.

Meng Lang believes that Hill should also realize how having a three-point shooting package can help him offensively.

Let’s put it this way!

Originally, Hill's first step was quick, so his opponent had to let him go.

But now, once the distance is too large, just like Meng Lang just did, then he will hold the ball without hesitation!

He can both shoot and break out!
This is how Grant Hill feels to the outside world now.

All media believe that he will become the face of NBA small forward, or in other words, he already is...

It’s just that his current honors and achievements are not enough for him to secure this position!

Meng Lang once again took the ball in his hands. He originally planned to give it to Gary Payton, but "Glove" waved his hand. It was obvious that his main energy only wanted to focus on the defensive end. Meng Lang faced Jordan again.

Still standing a big step away from the three-point line, mobilize Jordan's position.

As long as Jordan moves forward, he will try to force a breakthrough.

As far as Jordan's old arms and legs are concerned, even if he doesn't have any effect at first, he will gradually have effects later on.

Facing an "old fry" like Jordan, if you think of knocking him to death with a stick, you will fall into the opponent's rhythm.

Jordan knew his thoughts very well. Otherwise, why was he standing on the three-point line and refusing to go any further?
He also made a "please vote" gesture toward Meng Lang provocatively, which meant:

If you really score all the "big three-pointers", then I think you are awesome. If you lose this game, I will admit it!
"It's boring!"

Meng Lang curled his lips and responded to Jordan's fear of stepping forward.

Jordan was not annoyed and continued to make "please vote" actions.

Sean Kemp stepped forward and set a pick-and-roll for Meng Lang.

Jordan reacted quickly and squeezed past Kemp in advance, but this played into Meng Lang's hands. He moved quickly to the other side, took a lateral step, and shot directly from outside the three-point line.

Pippen, who followed out, successfully interfered.

But Meng Lang's jump was a little too high, right?

This is not a shot...

Jordan reacted, but "Rain Man" had already run to the free throw line at this time. Meng Lang jumped high and made a through pass, passing the ball from Pippen's head to Kemp.

With the ball in hand, Sean Kemp, probably the most violent dunking forward on the planet, dunked hard.

The "shark" didn't dare to come forward at all.

"Pretty!"

"Glove" applauded the old man.

He did not retreat, but directly waited for O'Neal to serve in the Eastern backcourt. As soon as "Little Bug" got the ball, he blocked it. Hardaway had no choice but to give the ball to Jordan.

Jordan didn't take the ball at all and passed the ball directly to Hill's hands.

Hardaway once again became the player guarding him on the Western Conference All-Star team. This time he followed Hill's first move.

Grant simply did not continue to break through, but moved a step towards the outside, and suddenly a through ball was passed towards the inside. The speed was so fast that Hardaway didn't react, nor did the "Big Dream" inside.

When he saw the ball, it was in the hands of a man with his tongue sticking out. He used an incredible pull to avoid Barkley's interference, wiped the ball and successfully completed the score.

This connection was extremely gorgeous, and there were bursts of cheers from the audience.

Quick cut, this is a very typical shooting method of Jordan in the post-"three consecutive championship" period. Use your quick start to get rid of your opponent's defense in an instant, and then catch the ball in an area suitable for your shot to complete the instant shot.

The previous point is that most players who move without the ball can do it.

The latter one, including Meng Lang, couldn't do it so neatly!

Jordan's unique "off-the-ball" rhythm is similar to his rhythm when attacking with the ball:
The movements are accurate and effective, never sloppy!
It can only be said that Jordan's proficiency in all kinds of martial arts has brought Jordan's scoring sense to a very top stage. His teammates just have to make sure to get the ball to him before he reaches that position.

For example, in this cut, only Barkley, an old rival, reacted under the basket and created some interference for him.

This is a sense of smell that Kobe also doesn’t have.

In other words, this is also one of the many differences between Kobe and Jordan.

Kobe's shot selection has always been a big problem!

Jordan is the ultimate in his type, and it’s hard to have another one...

This is a trait more terrifying than omnipotence.

Think about it, how many scoring players have been produced in this league, but have you ever seen a player like Jordan who can attack with and without the ball to this level again in subsequent leagues?
You can't shoot like Jordan, right?

Jordan switched to this mode, which means that he is indeed serious at this moment.

Meng Lang did not give up the ball this time. He slowly walked forward with the ball and continued to play pick-and-roll with "Rain Man". This time Jordan was not in a hurry to squeeze past "Rain Man". Meng Lang did not hesitate and immediately bypassed Kemp. screen and rush towards the basket. But Jordan came around abruptly, but what Jordan didn't expect was that "Big Dream" also came over at this time to set a pick-and-roll for Meng Lang.

In this way, Meng Lang successfully penetrated the inside line.

Shaquille O'Neal blocked it in time this time. Meng Lang had no room to take action, so he passed the ball from his crotch behind him. Olajuwon followed, with the ball in his hand...

"Bah!"

A heavy dunk!
"Nice!"

This goal made "Big Dream" happy.

This cooperation with Meng Lang also made him feel comfortable.

After playing basketball for so many years, he has never encountered such an outside partner!
If this outside line was given to him... wouldn't he have won the championship long ago?

Oh, no, if it weren't for this outside line, he would have won the championship long ago!
If it hadn't been for him in 94, that championship would definitely have been his.

Maybe we can win "two consecutive championships" after winning the championship in 95!

Shaq, this kid, has nothing but a good life!

He looked at Shaquille O'Neal with a little more contempt.

"Shark" can clearly feel that he is despised by "Big Dream".

Didn't you just dunk one in front of me?

What's so great about this?
I'll be back soon!
cut!
Shaquille O'Neal wanted to fight back, but Jordan kept directing him to give up space inside, with a very tough attitude. How has "Hot Shark" ever been so angry? Tim Hardaway has also performed very well this season, but in the Heat, as long as he wants to play hard, even the "little bug" has to quickly get the ball into his hands. It had been a long time since he had been commanded like this. The feeling from the Magic days is back.

But...even if he didn't want to move, looking at Jordan's eyes, he finally gave up and reluctantly came out of the basket.

Jordan gave the ball to Hill with confidence.

Hill has used his performance to prove to the "Basketball God" that if you give him the ball, even in an All-Star Game like this, he can handle the ball well. Pippen next to him almost smiled with relief:

Danzi, Danzi, okay, okay!

You are amazing!

You are noble!
You can't see me, can you?
"Move, Scotty!"

He was full of complaints, but Jordan's words rang in his ears again.

you can!

He actually asked him to coordinate with the "newcomer"'s movements.

The inside line was pulled open, and the right end was also pulled out of the space. Hill singled out Hardaway and successfully completed a breakthrough layup.

He didn't stand firm when he landed, and he almost fell on the camera man in front of him.

If this was Rodman, he might have kicked him directly in the crotch.

But Hill carefully held the camera that was shining on him, smiled gently, and asked the cameraman if everything was okay.

This gentleman looked so good that Hardaway behind him almost couldn't help but come up and give him an "electric cannon".

Who are you showing this relaxed look to?

Crossing me is like crossing the road in the early morning?

Meng Lang also cleared the space on the right side for Hardaway in the next round. With the ball in his hand, Hardaway pretended to pass the ball and deceived Hill in front of him to turn his head, and then raised his hand to shoot. But when Hill pounced on him, he changed his shot to a pass. During the mid-air turn, he made a "no-look" pass. Meng Lang, who had made a successful air cut, took the ball in his hand and took a step forward. Just dropped the ball.

Facing Shaquille O'Neal who made the save, he chose to move sideways to the right.

This gave Jordan a chance to pounce.

Meng Lang didn't hesitate and threw the ball towards the basket.

It's an alley-oop to Shawn Kemp.

But "Big Dream" jumped ahead of schedule.

"Bah!"

Okay, to whom is it not a dunk?
"Good!"

After "eating cakes" twice in a row, "Da Meng" was so excited that he gave a thumbs up.

The game suddenly became easier...

Chuck Daly gestured toward the Western Conference All-Stars as they retreated. "Glove" understood it well. The moment Tim Hardaway handed over the ball, he and Meng Lang formed a double-team.

Hill was not in a hurry to release the ball and pulled back.

In just a moment, Meng Lang retreated to Hardaway's side, taking the initiative to fight and pester him. Don't let him have an easy chance to catch the ball. When Hill faced the "glove", he made all his first breakthrough moves. He didn't pay attention to his hand, and Gary Payton took it out.

But the "glove" failed to control the ball, and the ball right in front of him was taken back by Jordan.

When Gary Payton approached Hill, Jordan immediately approached. He is still very familiar with this old opponent from last season's finals. The "glove" didn't disappoint him either, and almost succeeded in "stealing the chicken" for him.

Fortunately, he responded quickly.

Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.

When "Glove" saw Jordan, he suddenly didn't even care about Hill and rushed straight towards Jordan.

Looking at him like this, you can tell that he hasn't let go yet.

Of course, there is no way to let go. They guarded Jordan like that, but they still couldn't let the finals enter the seventh game.

What the hell...

Even if he failed to beat Jordan, he didn't even break his record of "not playing in Game 7 of the Finals".

Judging from his low shooting percentage in last season's finals, this was his most promising one!
Such a defeat, you say that even a season has not passed, can the "Glove" forget it?
I don't know why, even though the "glove" was coming menacingly, Jordan didn't take him seriously and made escape movements without any panic. Gary Payton, who had originally pounced hard, also gradually changed in his escape movements.

One step ahead of the free throw line, Jordan made a mid-range jumper and hit the ball steadily.

Payton gasped, his eyes even more unhappy.

Jordan smiled jokingly, as if to say, do you really think you can guard me? If it weren't for your Sonics' team defense, would you want to limit me?
Jordan was also angry with Payton.

He faced Payton in the finals last season and averaged a field goal percentage in the early 40s. In a previous game in Seattle, he shot 37.6%.

This is 48.7 percentage points lower than his 11.1% field goal percentage this season. Many media say that the "glove" is Jordan's nemesis.

But from Jordan's perspective, it wasn't Payton who guarded him alone, but the entire Sonics team guarded him.

And although his shooting percentage was not high, he grabbed 18 rebounds in that game.

Unable to score, he also has other ways to help the team.

At the same time, it can be regarded as proving one thing to Rodman:
It's not that I can't grab the board, but I have to let you grab the board. I need to do more important things!
Meng Lang called Barkley's pick-and-roll this time.

He cooperated well with Kemp, but there were only the last 5 minutes left, and every subsequent attack was particularly important. Under such circumstances, he still believed in his own people more.

There is another reason:
Barkley is much wider than Kemp.

Can better block Jordan.

Kemp's pick-and-roll was very motivated, but the quality of the pick-and-roll was not high, and he was bypassed by Jordan just now.

Meng Lang's judgment was correct. Against Barkley's butt that could hold up several bottles of Coke, Jordan couldn't completely bypass it. Meng Lang rushed to the basket, but O'Neal didn't dare to make up for it this time.

Because he was fed up with Olajuwon smiling contemptuously at him after completing a dunk.

Meng Lang scored easily.

"Make it up later, Scotty!" Jordan pointed to Pippen's position just now.

At critical moments, he also trusted his own people more.

But Pippen misunderstood:
Grant was given to Grant on the offensive end, but Scottie came to mind on the defensive end, right?

However, he didn't dare to say out loud any thoughts he had.

If he had the courage to speak out, he wouldn't be Pippen.

Hill encountered an even more fierce fight, and the ball he passed was slapped off the court by Barkley.

There were screams of exclamation at the scene, and Barkley's active fighting meant that the last three minutes of the game would enter a more intense confrontation. (End of chapter)