After the start of the third quarter, Ji Liang did not immediately go on the court, and sat on the sidelines to watch the game on the court.

Without Ji Liang and McDyce, the Nuggets' offensive point is mainly initiated by the perimeter, and Van Exel and Billups have strengthened their perimeter projection.

Here's the problem, the Jazz are clearly prepared and have significantly strengthened their defense from the perimeter, and with their targeted defense, the Nuggets' efficiency has dropped significantly.

Even if he is targeted defended, Van Exel is not relentless, using his personal ability to keep shooting, but his shooting percentage is not high, but due to the accumulation of shots, the score is also rising.

Although his teammates worked very hard to stop every attack of the Jazz, after Chi Liang left the court, he was no longer able to limit the Jazz's blocking and pick-and-roll, and was beaten by Stockton and Ma Long.

In just three minutes, the Jazz managed to overtake the score and had a tendency to widen the difference.

Beep~

In the fourth minute of the third quarter, D'Antoni finally called a timeout and sent Ji Liang on the court.

"When you come on the pitch, you have to step up your inside attack. In addition, if you have a chance, increase the co-defense against Malone! As for you, share some of the pressure and try to shoot in the most comfortable place. If it doesn't work, break into the inside line and make a foul. If it doesn't work, then focus on defense and rebounding, do you understand? ”

Due to McDyce's injury, in order to avoid the Jazz continuing to encircle the outside, the Nuggets had to strengthen their interior offense, so they had to use Chi Liang as the center.

As long as they are players, their form will eventually fluctuate, which is related to their own form, mentality and opponents, even if they are superstars, there is no guarantee that they can stay in the best condition all the time.

The players of the Nuggets, their fighting spirit is very poor, but the feeling of this thing has little to do with the fighting spirit, coupled with the Jazz's targeted defense, resulting in reduced efficiency.

Given the team's cold hand, D'Antoni was more inclined to defend and reduce his opponent's shooting percentage.

"Yes, Coach!"

The Nuggets players looked solemn and didn't have any objections.

Unlike the Nuggets, perhaps because of the upper hand, Sloan only gave a few words of encouragement and asked the players to continue with the pattern they had just had.

After the timeout, Ji Liang entered a dynamic vision state and responded to the game with the strongest strength.

The Nuggets served, and after halftime, Van Exel began to observe the situation on the court.

At this time, Ji Liang used his speed to easily get rid of Ostertag and appeared 15 feet away on the left.

Van Axel passed, and when Chi Liang received the ball, Malone wanted to help defend, but was confused by Chi Liang's passing feints and hurriedly stopped.

Without hesitation, Chi Liang stretched his posture and gently threw the basketball.

Without looking at the basketball thrown, Ji Liang turned around and returned to defense, with a confident look on his face.

Swish~

The moment he turned, the basketball hollowed into the net.

After the Nuggets strengthened their defense, the Jazz's offense began to suffer, especially Stockton, Van Exel obviously strengthened his physical confrontation, and there were a lot of small movements, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

With the help of Malone's blocking, Stockton rushed forward with the ball, and after the Nuggets changed defenses, they wanted to pass the ball back to Malone.

Seeing the basketball flying towards this side, Malone stretched out his hands and wanted to catch the basketball.

Before that, Ji Liang, who was in a state of dynamic vision, rushed over and flew to intercept the basketball.

"It's not good, back to defense!" Seeing Chi Liang get the basketball, in order to avoid the opponent from playing fast, Ma Long hurriedly entangled him.

Soon, Ji Liang got rid of Ma Long's entanglement, but the opportunity was fleeting, and this little time was enough for the Jazz to return to defense.

Seeing that there was no chance, Chi Liang had no choice but to pass the ball to Van Exelel and continue to play positional battles.

After running past half the court, Ji Liang began to run without the ball, and Ostertag did not dare to let go of the opponent and followed closely behind.

It's just that his speed can't be compared with Chi Liang, especially when Chi Liang also runs into the crowd.

Taking advantage of the cover of his teammates, Chi Liang easily shook off Ostertag several positions, and Van Exel hurriedly passed the ball to Chi Liang.

Before Ostertag arrived, Ji Liang adjusted a bit before throwing the basketball.

Two steps away from Ji Liang, Ostertag hurriedly jumped and tried his best to interfere with Ji Liang's shot.

Unfortunately, he did useless work, and the basketball hit the basket again.

Beep~

After Ji Liang scored two goals in a similar way, Sloan couldn't sit still and had to replace Ostertag with Adam Kife.

In terms of speed and agility, Kife is also inferior to Chi Liang, but his defense target is not Chi Liang, but Fortson.

As for Chi Liang, it was dealt with by Ma Long.

In Sloan's view, Ma Long's strength and weight are superior, and his speed is not much slower than Chi Liang's, which can more or less limit Chi Liang's play.

But he obviously forgot that after the outbreak in the first half, Malone lost a lot of physical energy, and if he focused on defense again, he would inevitably continue to increase his physical consumption.

After the game restarted, Ma Long felt very uncomfortable in the face of Chi Liang in a dynamic vision state, no matter how he made a move, Chi Liang could always react as quickly as possible.

Under the defense of Chi Liang, Ma Long was almost stealed, so he had to hold the ball with both hands and pass the ball back to Stockton, who responded.

Under the defense of the Nuggets, after some passing and control cooperation, they never found a good shooting point, and it was not until the offensive time was about to run out that Hornacek forced a shot.

Boom~

The basketball smashed on the basket, Ji Liang quickly stuck in position, crossed his ass and pushed Ma Long behind him, lightly stretched his ape arm, and grabbed the defensive rebound.

Ma Long wanted to harass and not give the Nuggets a chance to break fast, but who knew that he was deceived by Chi Liang using a passing feint, and then Chi Liang's long pass instantly penetrated most of the field and landed near the penalty area in the front court.

At the moment when the basketball bounced, Van Axel grabbed the basketball, took a step forward, and scored a layup.

As soon as Ji Liang came on the court, he made three consecutive attacks, and blocked the Jazz's two attacks, regaining the point difference.

Sloane frowned, but he was helpless in his heart, he didn't want to restrict Chi Liang all the time, but there were so many cards in his hand, how could there be a better way.

"If only he was so serious throughout the game!"

Looking at the active Chi Liang on the field, D'Antoni was excited and at the same time, his tone was also full of helplessness.

In D'Antoni's view, Chi Liang is always staying strong, and he will only exert his strength at critical moments.

Soon, the third quarter is over!

After turning on the offensive mode, in just seven minutes, Ji Liang scored 15 points in a row.

In addition, thanks to the efforts of the Nuggets, the Jazz's offense has been limited.