Chapter 184: Low-level textbook

The Nuggets won, and the major media have reported on it, and those who don't know think that the Nuggets won the championship.

Before the heat dropped, many reporters gathered in the training gym to interview Nuggets players, coaches and even staff.

It's a critical moment, and the Nuggets are still behind in the overall score, so how can they be disturbed. So much so that the Nuggets began to close the museum to prevent reporters from blending in.

Before Game 4 began, the Nuggets' players were low-key, and it was difficult for media reporters to find them. Their goal is to beat the Trail Blazers, and it doesn't matter if they are uplifted or disparaged by media reporters, they will respond with actions and will not take advantage of their words.

Even so, they underestimated the discipline and patience of the reporters, who waited at the door of the training gym, or crouched in the residential area, and even tried to blend in with the training volume.

The reporters were very patient, and they did not let go of all the Nuggets players, coaches, staff and even janitors who appeared in public, carefully digging out all the details about the Nuggets and Ji Liang.

In the past two days, for the sake of the state of the players, the Nuggets team still focused on recovery training and practicing tactics.

Time flew by like a white horse, and it quickly came to May 24th, and today was also the fourth game between the Nuggets and the Trail Blazers.

Before the start of the game, countless fans gathered from all over the world and came to the Pepsi Center.

The Pepsi Center was packed, and it was hard to find tickets, and many fans who had not purchased tickets stood outside the stadium and waited for the results of the game.

At 7 p.m., players from both sides started playing, which also meant that the fourth game was about to begin.

Nuggets starters: Clark, Fortson, Ji Liang, Stich and Billups.

The big win over the Trail Blazers in the last game gave D'Antoni a boost of confidence, so he fielded the same starting lineup as in the previous game, and Van Exel continued to lead the bench.

Trail Blazers starters: Sabonis, Wallace, Walter Williams, Jim Jackson and Stoudamire.

Unlike last game, the Trail Blazers sent a semi-main lineup, but from the perspective of the lineup alone, it was not inferior to the Nuggets, but it was better than two points.

It's game on!

There were no surprises, Sabonis beat Clark and won the jump ball easily, and the Trail Blazers attacked first.

To everyone's surprise, by the time the referee threw the ball up, the Trail Blazers had already started to get down!

Aggro!

This undoubtedly caught the Nuggets off guard, who would have thought that the Trail Blazers, who like to press the rhythm, would suddenly start a fast break.

Stadamire received the ball, quickly pushed forward and flicked his right hand before Billups came up, and Jim Jackson, who ran to the bottom corner, caught the ball and jumped the ball.

Swish~

Three-point hit!

After scoring, the Trail Blazers immediately returned to defense, not giving the Nuggets the slightest chance to break fast.

It was just one ball in the opening game, and the Nuggets were not affected, seeing that there was no fast break opportunity, they had to press the rhythm and Billups advanced with the ball.

As soon as he came to the three-point line, Stodameyer took the initiative to post it, and Stoudeyer was also helpless, he was too short, so he naturally focused on shooting.

Of course, this also has to do with the Trail Blazers' twin towers, with Sabonis and Wallace in the restricted area, and the defense is very efficient.

Just like in the previous game, Billups handed the ball to Ji Liang and then ripped it off with his teammates.

Unexpectedly, the Trail Blazers opted to switch defenses, with Wallace defending Chi Liang and Walter Williams defending Fortson under the basket.

On top of that, Williams, like Fortson, is 203 centimeters.

Of course, in terms of weight, Fortson crushed Williams, a full 118 kilograms, and his bottom set is solid, so it's no wonder that he can become a rebounding maniac.

The Trail Blazers' change of defense is naturally more effective, which is related to Fortson's offense.

Fortson's scoring is mainly based on secondary offense or eating cake, even if Williams defense is average, it is enough to watch Fortson.

If it was to fight Williams, Ji Liang could easily knock him away, and the fight was like playing, but he didn't expect to become Wallace.

But if it is replaced by Wallace, it is undoubtedly much more difficult, from the perspective of physical fitness alone, the two sides have their own advantages, Chi Liang's strength, weight and speed are better, but the gap is not very big, far from the extent of crushing.

Wallace naturally also has an advantage, that is, his height and arm span can bring more pressure to Chi Liang.

Chi Liang leaned his back against Wallace, his back began to exert force, Wallace felt a little uncomfortable, and couldn't help but take half a step back.

If it were anyone else, Ji Liang might have made a turnaround jumper, but Wallace was different, he was too tall and easily interfered with his shooting.

After a few back pushes, Ji Liang pushed to the front of the penalty area, and because the penalty area was too crowded, he immediately changed his strategy, and his shoulders shook violently, giving people the feeling of turning around at any time.

"Left or right?"

Through these games, Wallace naturally knows a lot about Chi Liang, but it is still very difficult to limit Chi Liang.

At the moment when Wallace changed his center of gravity, Chi Liang immediately turned to the right, and Wallace wanted to move his footsteps to block the direction of Chi Liang's breakthrough.

If it's better than running, it will definitely be Ji Liang who wins.

But with this kind of close-range lateral movement, Wallace, who is good at supplementing defense, can barely keep up with Ji Liang's footsteps.

In the blink of an eye, Chi Liang suddenly stopped his movements, turned to step in the opposite direction, and opened up space with Wallace.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ji Liang jumped up vigorously and threw the basketball in his hand.

Wallace didn't have a good heart, so he didn't continue to step forward, jumped up on the spot, and tried his best to interfere with Ji Liang's shot.

Wallace's bounce was not bad, coupled with the timely interference, which caused Chi Liang to miss the close-range shot!

After Ji Liang made a shot, Sabonis easily grabbed the defensive rebound by virtue of his tonnage.

This time, the Trail Blazers didn't go fast, and their fast break at the beginning was nothing more than an attempt to send the Nuggets the wrong signal.

For example, now, the Nuggets are fast to defend, and the physical exertion is naturally more.

The Trail Blazers' offense, Wallace also sat in the low post to ask for the ball, and his opponent was Fortson, after receiving the ball, he did not try to hit it inside, but quickly completed the turn and made a successful shot.

Wallace's offense was explosive, and later his and Duncan's low-post singles were called a "textbook" by the league, which shows his offensive ability in the low post.

When grabbing rebounds, Clark and Fortson were specially stuck, and Ji Liang grabbed the defensive rebounds and launched a fast attack at the fastest speed, which was tried and tested!

After picking off the rebound, Ji Liang immediately made a long pass, Billups and Stich had already started, but the Trail Blazers were obviously on guard, and Stoudeyer and Jackson returned in time to defend and targeted one person each.

Ji Liang threw the ball to the front court, like a scalpel, and under Jackson's entanglement, Billups received the basketball, and then scored the ball and passed it to Stitch, who ran to the basket.

Bang dang~

Facing the diminutive Stoudamayre, Stich jumped to his feet and dunked the ball into the basket hard.