So I am the god of basketball?

After the first game, Meng Lang had only one feeling: he must invest more on the offensive end.

To put it bluntly, the Bulls' "five-little" system still relies on the defense of Pippen and Jordan. He made these two guys' lives too comfortable in the beginning, which led to these two guys being in trouble. At the end of the fourth quarter, he still had plenty of energy to double-team him.

In this case, he must provide more threats on the offensive end.

Even this season, Meng Lang's specialty is catching and shooting while running. Especially when dealing with an elderly person who has difficulty using his legs and feet, he should humiliate him severely by running without the ball.

Only by running around with his feet as if he had stayed in a woman's bed for three days and three nights can he basically achieve the offensive threat effect he should have.

As for Kobe, who made 8 of 2 shots and made 4 turnovers, and Ben Wallace, who only grabbed 4 rebounds under the basket tonight, but made 3 turnovers. Meng Lang didn't blame him at all. If you expect these two newcomers to make no mistakes and even perform beyond their normal capabilities to win the Bulls.

So can Michael Jordan use his age as an excuse?
But in fact, losing is very simple. If you lose, you lose. There are not so many reasons and excuses at all. Especially those who use retirement to divert attention are the cowards among cowards.

Any team that meets in a series will have their own strengths and weaknesses. To win is to make good use of your own strengths, exploit your opponent's shortcomings, and defeat them before you gain enough advantage!

In the first game of the Finals, the Lakers failed to take advantage of the Bulls' shortcomings. Instead, they allowed their opponents to take advantage of their team's weaknesses in the fourth quarter and win enough to seal the victory... …

But if you really want to say it, didn't the Bulls make mistakes in the first game?

Naturally, they still have a period of decline. Otherwise, they would not have led by 6 points in the first quarter and were caught up by the Lakers in the second quarter!
So the key issue still lies with the Lakers themselves.

Meng Lang returned to the hotel, took out his mobile phone and saw the message Monica sent him:
——What a pity, just a little bit worse!
Apparently, she watched the game live.

Meng Lang didn't reply to any messages. He took a rest early, woke up early the next morning, and went to the temporary arena for extra practice. While eating breakfast, he took a look at the outside reports. The Bulls, who won the first game, successfully achieved a word-of-mouth counterattack, and now more media are more optimistic about the Bulls.

No wonder, now it's not just the Bulls who won Game 1.

More importantly, the team that wins the first game of the finals can often win the final championship trophy. This is a conclusion reached after statistics from all previous NBA finals. The Bulls already have the psychological advantage.

But the Los Angeles media is still very relaxed, because the current competition system is a 2-3-2 competition system. In theory, the Lakers only need to win one victory from the Bulls' home court and the initiative will go to the Lakers.

They might even end the series in Los Angeles.

Moreover, it’s really not the Los Angeles media’s boasting.

If in the past, they were trailing 0-1 and facing Michael Jordan, they might also be a little panicked. But now they are indeed sitting firmly in Diaoyutai. Let alone falling behind 0-1, even falling behind 0-2 or 0-3, they still believe that the team can make a comeback.

Who knows that their leader now is Meng Lang, who has "reversal attributes"!

As long as the series is not over, there is no game this kid can't overturn!

The top pick of 91 was just arrested. Can you, the top pick of 84, make a huge difference?

Of course, in the eyes of the Chicago media, the Los Angeles media's face is just trying to put on a smile.

After a day's rest, the second game of the series came as scheduled, again at Chicago's home court.

When the Lakers entered the scene, they were filled with boos from the audience, especially the boos coming for Meng Lang. It was like "one mountain is getting higher than the other" and there was no sign of stopping at all. A few of them shouted at each other and kept shouting loudly.

It's no wonder they hate Meng Lang so much. He has kicked Jordan's nose too many times since he debuted. There are already too many to describe. Even before the game started, Meng Lang was still shouting, and they really couldn't listen anymore!

Meng Lang can understand why they hate him so much, as he said in an interview before the game: "(The last game) should be the first time Michael defeated me in the NBA. I think that game was enough for him to remember. long time!"

Listen, is this human language?
How could Chicago fans not hate him?
Not to mention them, even Michael Jordan had a gloomy look on his face when he saw Meng Lang today. Meng Lang wanted to remind him that he was already in his mid-thirties, why were he still so petty?
But think about it carefully, this guy later retired for the second time because a rookie from the Bulls kept telling him that he could beat him in the bullring. This guy actually drove his car and ran to the arena to clean up the rookie. A meal.

This is Michael Jordan!

An extremely cautious man!
Meng Lang's pre-match interview is certain to anger him.

But, Meng Lang had expected this.

He just said this just to anger Jordan.

Even when he was on the court, he was still challenging Jordan: "Michael, I hope you can guard me in this game!"

It was loud enough for all the reporters on the sidelines to hear it, as well as some Chicagoans in the stands.

Jordan looked at the obvious "provoking method" and cursed unmoved: "Shut up, I will send you back to Los Angeles with 2-0 today!"

The game officially started, with Divac Longley taking the jump ball.

The right to attack first belonged to the Lakers. Meng Lang brought the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt and gave the ball to Johnson.

The Bulls still had Harper to defend Johnson and Pippen to deal with Meng Lang as they did in the previous game.

Watching Meng Lang start running after handing over the ball, Pippen had a vague premonition in his heart. ——When Meng Lang was still on the Magic team, he often defended Meng Lang who was running without the ball. He knew very well that Meng Lang was like a perpetual motion machine when running without the ball, as if he never felt tired.

Can……

He is a perpetual motion machine!
Not Pippen!
At his age, what he fears most is this kind of aggressive young man who "wants and wants, wants and wants".

Facing Harper, Johnson can calmly control the ball with his back. Although Harper, who is 1 meters tall, is not inferior to ordinary strikers in terms of height, there is still a slight height gap with Johnson. In addition, he is already 98 years old and has been seriously injured, so his explosive power is not cheap.

"Magic" can calmly wait for his teammates to run tactics.

Barkley and Meng Lang's "pick-and-roll" is a unique skill of the Lakers.

But now, even if neither of them has the ball, the pick-and-roll between them is still outstanding!
Pippen followed and lost track of Meng Lang. When he stabilized his body and found Meng Lang, Meng Lang was already receiving the ball from the right three-point line and preparing to take action. Michael Jordan made up for it in time.

Meng Lang seized this opportunity and continued to pass the ball to Jones. Jones passed the ball in and Barkley made a strong kill under the basket. Rodman pushed it, but after being pushed away, he did not dare to move and watched Barkley jump. Start and complete the layup.

In the previous game, they didn't score a single goal in the first few rounds, but in this game, the Lakers started the game from the very beginning!
Chuck Daly stood watching from the sidelines and muttered softly: "If you run, you can better disrupt the Bulls' entire defensive formation!"

Meng Lang's style of play with the ball is actually very good. The Lakers' record this season and his personal data all illustrate this. But as far as this round is concerned, Meng Lang is still running, which can better bring out his characteristics.

Let Pippen follow and let Jordan cover up. This is Meng Lang's ability to run without the ball...

Of course, this is inseparable from the help of other members of the Lakers, such as Barkley's pick-and-roll, and Johnson's timely passing. But from this perspective, Johnson's ability to dominate the ball, as well as other people's abilities, including Meng Lang's ability to run without the ball, are all used. This is obviously the most suitable way of play for the Lakers. Of course, as a result, some people were also sacrificed.

This is inevitable. In the case of running-in, no tactic can fully bring out the characteristics of the five people.

Just comparing the original Lakers tactics to the current Lakers tactics, Meng Lang did sacrifice himself at the beginning, but now it seems that only by fully utilizing his characteristics can the Lakers play better.

To put it bluntly, the entire Lakers team should revolve around Meng Lang!
In the Bulls' counterattack, Eddie Jones stood in front of Jordan.

Standing in front of Pippen was Barkley.

And "Magic" Johnson switched to the inside.

This is clearly to let Jordan bully Eddie Jones.

In fact, Jones was not successful in defending Jordan in the last game. However, the Bulls were completely at their own pace in that game, and Jordan also played singles according to his own physical rhythm. Including the last game when he stepped up and scored the first goal of the two teams, which was also a shot made just after Pippen and the others took action.

The Bulls relied on Jordan to make late plays.

It is also worth mentioning that Jordan will therefore give more time to his teammates and let them find their form. Only in this way can there be enough people to stand up when there is a stalemate.

Chuck Daly was obviously putting pressure on Jordan.

Jordan finally chose to take action himself.

Because Pippen still has another important task today, which is to keep an eye on Meng Lang.

I saw Meng Lang take advantage of his off-ball movement when he was with the Magic. Jordan knew very well that this game would be a test for Pippen's physical fitness.

It's just that his first shot hit the front of the basket.

Rodman protected the rebound.

But he couldn't hold the ball to attack, and passed the ball to Jordan's hands on the outside.

Jordan singled Jones again.

It's strange to say that his movements are not fast and his movements are not that fast, but Jordan can find opportunities to take action in simple movements. When Jones reached out to interfere, the ball had already flown out of Jordan's hands.

This time Jordan seized the opportunity and hit it steadily.

Returning to the Lakers' offense again, it was still the same. Meng Lang's running disturbed the Bulls' defensive formation. After a few "back-and-forth runs", the Bulls' formation was completely messed up. Divac seized the opportunity and scored under the basket. Completed a strong kill and caused the opponent to foul.

Two free throws made firmly!

This round is earned.

In the next round, the Lakers took advantage of Meng Lang's running and were very efficient on the offensive end. Clear away the gloom of the first few minutes of the last game.

The rest of the Bulls are a bit slow in getting up, basically relying on Jordan and Pippen to attack, and in terms of form, Pippen is only slightly better than the others. But he still has the important task of defending Meng Lang. They also shoulder the heavy responsibility on the offensive end. If this continues, the Bulls will only become more and more passive.

Phil Jackson can only replace Kukoc in advance to increase the number of ball holders on the court.

At the same time, Meng Lang also began to adopt a personal close-up strategy for defense.

Regardless of whether Pippen can follow him all the time, he will only be allowed to defend Meng Lang.

As for others, if they can interfere with the passer and prevent him from finding the open Meng Lang in the first place, then they can try to delay. Otherwise, take good care of your own people.

As a result, Pippen was even more stressed.

But at least the Bulls' defensive formation won't be so messy anymore...

After Kukoc came on the court, the Bulls' scoring was guaranteed.

From the second half of the first quarter until 10 minutes passed, the Lakers only led by 5 points.

This point difference is within the Bulls' acceptable range.

Chuck Daly made the first substitution at this time, taking on Kobe Bryant and Ben Wallace, also putting the "Five Little Lakers" on the court.

This lineup failed to perform sufficiently in the last game, and the main problem is naturally the two newcomers.

No, when they came up again, the expressions of these two people were obviously much more serious.

Especially Kobe, he held his breath to prove himself.

In the first round, he took the shot without hesitation when he got the chance. Needless to say, he looked much more composed tonight than last night. He seized the opportunity and the ball fell straight into the basket.

"beep!"

This was a three-pointer, and the score difference suddenly reached 8 points.

For the Bulls, this is a big blow.

Kobe has made a great contribution.

The TNT commentator believes that the Bulls' problem was exposed at this time, which is what some media said before the game that they did not have enough "x factors". Although Kobe became an "experience baby" in the last game, after giving away his experience, he showed signs of becoming the x factor!
The Bulls are here...

"Shh!"

Relying on his "poisonous milk", the Bulls responded with a three-pointer from the future Warriors' "meritorious coach" Steve Kerr.

At this time, he was not so pretentious. He only made a 3-pointer and quickly returned to defense, showing the professionalism of a role player. (End of chapter)