Jackson felt Billups' center of gravity while hitting with his back, and when Billups' center of gravity shifted, he immediately broke to the right.

In the blink of an eye, Jackson was parallel to Billups, who tried to grab Jackson's clothes, but only caught air.

Although he completed the breakthrough, Jackson's offense was not successful, and when he was about to shoot, he was covered by Fortson.

As he took the shot, Fortson's fingertips touched the basketball, causing the basketball to deviate from its flight trajectory.

Boom~

The basketball slammed into the front of the basket, and Ji Liang immediately stuck in the best position and pocketed the backcourt rebound.

The Pacers hurriedly retreated, but it was obviously too late, just a little observation, Ji Liang threw the basketball hard, a pass that spanned most of the court!

In the blink of an eye, the basketball was accurately passed to Washington, who did not dribble, but took a big step and made a layup.

Beep~

As the referee's whistle blew, Pacers head coach Larry Bird had to call a timeout, and he saw that the team was struggling and had to make immediate adjustments to improve the team's offensive success rate, while also stifling Ji Liang's play defensively.

Last season, Bird began as head coach of the Pacers and was named Best Coach the same year. In the playoffs, the Pacers fought Jordan's Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals for seven games and ultimately lost.

There is no doubt that D'Antoni's adjustment played a role. After strengthening the defense, the shooting percentage of the Pacers players was reduced, and Ji Liang took on the scoring burden, and achieved good results.

"Guys, you're playing great, but it's just the beginning of the game, and we've got to keep it up if we want to win the game, so focus and don't let up!"

After the players went off the pitch, D'Antoni gave a reminder. He knew very well that Larry Bird was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and that Larry Bird was better at winning both experience and accolades.

After the timeout ended, the Pacers made personnel changes, replacing Mullin with Jalen Rose, and Miller moving up to shooting guard.

While playing at the University of Michigan, Jalen Ross was known as the 'Michigan Five' along with Chris Webb, Juwan Howard and others.

At the same time, he is also the sixth man of the Pacers, with quasi-All-Star level strength, and can only act as the team's sixth man because he cannot compete with Miller and Mullin.

In terms of strength, Jalen Rose and Mullin are not much different, can continue to maintain outside firepower for the Pacers, and compared to Miller and Mullin, Jalen Rose is taller and stronger, and Bird hopes that he can effectively contain Chi Liang's play.

After Rose came on the court, the Pacers' lineup was rather bizarre. With the exception of Schmitz, who is a serious center, the rest of the players can play both positions, which also makes the Pacers' lineup more flexible.

The Pacers' possession, with the help of Schmitz's blocking, Jackson shook off Billups and was about to burst into the restricted area.

Ji Liang hurriedly started to help defend, but before he could help defend in place, Jackson passed the ball to Rose.

As Rose was about to shoot, Washington rushed to stop Rose from shooting, but it ended up hitting him in the arm.

Swish~

Even after being fouled by Washington, the basketball still hit the basket.

Beep~

At the referee's behest, Rose stepped onto the free-throw line and easily hit the free-throw line.

With Rose completing 2+1, the arena was lively again, and countless fans were in high spirits and let out amazing cheers.

"Oops!"

On the Nuggets bench, D'Antoni frowned, and with Rose completing 2+1, the Pacers began to show signs of recovery.

"Steady, we have to hit this ball back!"

At this time, D'Antoni stood up and began to remind the players on the field.

Unfortunately, it was Washington who made a mistake again.

After holding the ball for half time, Billups passed the ball to Ji Liang, and with the help of Fortson's blocking, Ji Liang broke through to the penalty area with the ball.

At this moment, Miller threw aside Washington and made up the defense as fast as he could.

Before Miller could make up the defense, Ji Liang passed the ball to Washington, who was in the open space.

After catching the basketball, Washington's heart was a little flustered, but he still shot hard.

But he is only a bench after all, and he can occupy a place on the Nuggets team, relying entirely on defense, with extremely poor performance on the offensive end and extremely inconsistent shooting.

Boom~

The ball was so hard that it ended up smashing on the rebound and not even touching the basket.

Schmitz jammed the position, lightly stretched his arm, pocketed the rebound, and then handed the ball to Miller, who started it.

The Nuggets' return speed was fast, which caused Miller's fast break to not work. In this situation, Miller slowed down his tempo, slowly came to the three-point line, and began to wait for his teammates to settle down.

In this case, Washington's alert naturally dropped a notch.

Miller seized the opportunity, no longer caring whether his teammates were in position or not, and went straight to the three-point line.

By the time Washington reacted, Miller was about to jump to the top point, and with little interference, Miller threw the basketball.

Swish~

In less than a minute, the Pacers chased six points in a row and easily overtook the score.

Offensively, it's all about individual ability. Compared with the Nuggets, the Pacers' lineup is significantly stronger, and they all have excellent individual ability, as long as they play their individual ability, even if they don't use tactics, they are still terrifyingly strong.

D'Antoni was a little annoyed, hesitated slightly, and finally didn't call a timeout, knowing that it wasn't a tactical problem with the Nuggets and was ready to wait and see.

Still, D'Antoni took steps to bring on Stich early to replace Washington, who was doing poorly.

In the case of his teammates' poor condition, Ji Liang stood up again, at the 45° position on the right side, Ji Liang received the ball with both hands, shook Rose with a feint, and then used the sliding step to move to the left and jumped directly.

The whole process was done in one go, and Ji Liang's jump height may be average, but the shooting rhythm was excellent, and he didn't give Rose any chance.

Swish~

The basketball was hollowed into the basket, and Ji Liang's goal gave the Nuggets a firm footing.

“So easy！”

After scoring the goal, Ji Liang did not forget to hit Miller.

Miller squinted and glanced at Chi Liang, ignoring his thoughts, even though his heart was on fire, he still remained calm.

However, the current Nuggets team relies too much on Ji Liang to score. On the other hand, the Pacers, each of them has strong offensive ability, and when the situation is unfavorable, there are always players who stand up to save the decline and lead the team to score.

Because of this, the momentum of the Pacers did not slow down in the slightest and began to dominate the court.