After Clark served, Alexander held the ball past half court and began to observe the situation on the court.

"Ball!"

At this time, Ji Liang ran near the waist position, stuck Elliott with his back, and asked Alexander for the ball with his open hand.

The ball passed smoothly, and Chi Liang held the ball in his right hand, leaned back, pouted his buttocks and began to sit and play.

Elliott bent his legs slightly, lowering his body's center of gravity, and at the same time reached out to push against Ji Liang's waist, trying to stop Ji Liang's strength.

It's a pity that this can't stop Chi Liang, and there is a significant difference in weight between the two.

Elliott is a agile small forward, and his speed is not slower than Chi Liang, but the problem is that he weighs only 93 kilograms, which is not at all a heavyweight class with Chi Liang.

Bang~

When Chi Liang was sitting and fighting, Elliott only felt a strong surge, and even if he tried his best, he still couldn't stop retreating.

Taking advantage of Elliott's retreat, Chi Liang took advantage of the situation to complete the turn and pressed Elliott ** to succeed.

From the very beginning, after discovering that the opponent was Elliott, Chi Liang wanted to use his weight and strength advantage to eat, even if Elliott's defensive experience was helpless.

The next moment, Duncan hit the board into the basket at a 45° angle, and then Ji Liang hit Elliott again with his back.

Seeing this, Popovich couldn't help frowning, he felt a little bad, Elliott couldn't prevent Chi Liang safely.

Despite this, Popovich did not have the idea of replacing Elliott, but asked Duncan to 'take care' of Ji Liang more.

The Spurs are also helpless, they don't have a physical swingman, and whoever defends Ji Liang feels misplaced.

Not long after, Ji Liang received the ball in the same position and hit Elliott again.

Ji Liang's strength is comparable to that of an interior player, and his body looks much stronger than Elliott, and he has a physical crushing advantage.

Elliott couldn't prevent it at all, and couldn't stop starting to retreat, just at the moment when Chi Liang finished turning, Duncan stepped forward violently, raising his hands high, as long as Chi Liang shot, he was sure to complete the block.

Ji Liang reacted quickly, just lifted it, and immediately gave up the intention of shooting, but flicked the basketball and passed it out from Duncan's armpit.

Duncan was shocked, but there was still time at this time, and with no one watching, McDice stepped into the box and dunked to score.

"It's hard to defend!"

Duncan is very helpless, if Chi Liang is on his own, he has the confidence to give restrictions, the fault is that Chi Liang's passing awareness is excellent, and the last thing he is afraid of is the bag.

This Spurs team, their defense is stable, but the outside is too weak, relying more on interior defense, and the defense focuses on the protection of the three-point line and the restricted area, mainly to reduce the opponent's shooting rate.

Comparatively speaking, the Spurs' defense of the mid-range is very average, which has to do with their outside line, especially Johnson, who is only 178 centimeters, and is easy to become a colander.

It's just that unlike in the past, this time it wasn't Johnson who became a colander, it was Elliott.

In the later process, as long as it is the Nuggets' turn to attack, Ji Liang will use his physical advantage to chisel Elliott in the low post.

Time and time again, Chi Liang fought with Elliott unreasonably, and in the face of such a brutal style of play, Elliot had nothing to do.

Not to mention Elliott, Duncan and Robinson also expressed helplessness, as long as they have a move, Ji Liang will immediately share the ball and assist his teammates to score.

"Rookie, just this one move when you come and go, don't you know other moves?"

Elliott knew very well that if he continued like this, he would be completely blown up by Chi Liang, so he had to resort to trash talk in the hope of changing Chi Liang's offensive methods.

"Old bird, wait until you prevent this move!"

This kind of low-level agitation method is naturally ineffective against Chi Liang, but instead increases the frequency of the fierce chisel Elliott, maintaining a high efficiency.

Beep~

After Elliott was blown up by Ji Liang, Popovich couldn't stand it anymore and immediately made a substitution adjustment, replacing Elliott with Marik Rose.

Unlike Elliott, Malik Rose is 113 kilograms, but he is slower and spends more time as a power forward.

In order to limit Ji Liang's back-to-back singles, Popovich had to retreat to the next best because the Spurs didn't have a physical small forward.

After the change of opposing players, Ji Liang immediately changed his style of play, taking advantage of his speed to easily break through Marik Rose and make a pull-up jump shot.

Compared with Chi Liang, Rose's speed was too disadvantaged, and he couldn't keep up with Chi Liang's footsteps at all, and the Spurs players had to continue to help defend Chi Liang.

In the later time, Ji Liang suddenly combined, broke through Rose again and again, and frequently created opportunities for his teammates.

Unlike in the previous game, the teammates' touch has fully recovered, and they are often able to turn Ji Liang's passes into assists.

On the other side, the Spurs still focus on the interior, mainly relying on Duncan and Robinson to score. They are in excellent form, and with their proximity to the basket, they maintain a high shooting percentage.

For a while, neither side could prevent anyone, and there was a draw on the field, but when the substitutes came on, the situation on the field began to change.

Ji Liang continued to play, and under his tandem, the Nuggets went on offense, with Fortson and Washington combining to contribute six points.

On the other hand, the Spurs' bench lineup relied too much on Elliott to score, but under Ji Liang's defense, Elliott was limited.

Beep~

After only two minutes, Popovich sensed that the situation was not good and let Duncan play early.

In the first few years of the league, Popovich liked to Duncan hard, which also led to Duncan's average playing time often maintained at around 40 minutes per game.

After Duncan came on the court, even if Fortson tried his best to defend, he couldn't make up for the height and skill gap between the two, and was easily suppressed by Duncan.

By the end of the first quarter, the Nuggets had a 3-point lead at 32-29.

Ji Liang played the whole first quarter, scoring a team-high 13 points, in addition to five assists and three rebounds.

It can be said that most of the Nuggets' scoring is related to Chi Liang.

"Guys, you're playing great, but I want us to keep picking up the pace, they've been back-to-back, and they're going to take a toll on their stamina!"

Before the start of the second quarter, D'Antoni pointed to the tactics board and emphasized the tactics to the players.

"It's these words again!"

Chi Liang slandered in his heart, the 'novice' D'Antoni does not pay much attention to defense, and there is often only one set of tactics, except for acceleration or acceleration.

Now the Nuggets' tactics have faintly appeared as a run-and-bomb tactic, that is, the offensive frequency is slower.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Ji Liang sat on the sidelines for a short rest, and was replaced by Fortson, and the rest was the same as the starter.

As for the Spurs, who are also in the starting lineup, Duncan continues to play and has no intention of resting at all.