Mobley jumped up to catch the ball, and by the time he hit the ground, Van Exel had already caught up.

Without hesitation, Mobley took a step and threw the ball to the basket before Dixon scored with an empty dunk.

On the other side, after appealing to the referee to no avail, Chi Liang glanced at Pippen and quietly turned back to defend.

Pippen's movements were too hidden, completely in the blind corner of the referee's line of sight, and the referee could not seek justice for Chi Liang.

Ji Liang did this just to complain, accumulate the referee's 'sympathy', and avoid the home whistle and the superstar whistle being too dense.

With the prestige of the Rockets' Big Three, coupled with the fact that this is the home court of the Rockets, it is easy to get the care of the referees and get more favorable penalties.

The current Chi Liang is a rookie, and he is against Pippen, some blow-up or not-blown penalties, the referee will definitely favor Pippen.

After re-serving, this time Van Exel chose to break through with the ball, he was very fast, even if Mobley tried to defend, he still broke through easily.

Pippen's sense of assistance was excellent, and at the moment when Mobley was out of position, he immediately launched a defense.

Without hesitation, Van Exel's took advantage of the ground pass and passed the ball to Ji Liang.

Van Axel is not alone in his game, he is still willing to pass whenever the opportunity arises.

Before Pippen could return to defense, Ji Liang stretched his posture, jumped and shot, and the basketball swept into the basket to win three points for the Nuggets.

After the Rockets served, Mobley dribbled past half court, and Pippen resisted Chi Liang hard and took the initiative to ask Mobley for the ball.

Mobley was just a rookie, but he didn't dare to offend the three bigwigs of the team, so he hurriedly passed the ball over.

Chi Liang wanted to grab it, but was stuck by Pippen, and his right hand slapped with the momentum, holding the ball to make a breakthrough posture.

Chi Liang hurriedly moved his footsteps, blocking the direction of the breakthrough.

At that moment, Pippen retracted his steps, stepped beyond the three-point line, stepped back and made a jumper.

Ji Liang wanted to jump to block, but he had already lost the best opportunity, and it was difficult to interfere with Pippen much.

Brush~

The basketball arced and fell into the net.

Pippen's offense is not inferior to defense, and the three-point shot is his lethal weapon, and he is the player with the most three-point attempts and shots in the history of the Bulls, which is the only place where Jordan is inferior to him.

"Rookie, welcome to the NBA!"

Before returning, Pippen smiled, and the usual greeting was still a rookie Chi Liang.

This is also the custom of the old birds, they like to bully the rookies, and if it can influence their will, it will be even better.

Chi Liang shrugged his shoulders, his face expressionless, but he didn't have the idea of competing with Pippen in his heart.

"Rookie, do you need to call back?"

At this time, Van Exel took the initiative to come to Chi Liang and showed a mouthful of white teeth.

"Nick, ball!"

did not refuse, Chi Liang stretched out his right hand, Van Exel immediately understood, and threw the ball to Chi Liang.

In his own half, Ji Liang began to charge with the ball. He didn't start very quickly, but when he got to the opposition half, he was about to reach his peak.

Pippen hurriedly greeted him, wanting to stop Chi Liang, but before the two sides made contact, Chi Liang half-turned around on the spot and exerted his strength sideways.

In the face of Chi Liang's charge, Pippen was obviously taken aback, obviously he didn't expect Chi Liang's charge to be so strong, and barely stopped the center of gravity of his body, but he was still knocked out of space by Chi Liang.

In an instant, Chi Liang slapped the basketball, his shoulders shook with him, and his body changed direction and began to pass by Pippen's side.

Ji Liang did not slow down, his body burst out with great strength, and his speed surged again, successfully completing the breakthrough.

After being broken through by Chi Liang, Pippen hurriedly turned around to chase the defense, but he was already two or three positions behind, and he could only try to chase and defend, looking forward to the help of his teammates.

When Chi Liang was about to rush into the penalty area, Olajuwon reacted, stepped forward, and blocked Ji Liang's front.

Even though Olajuwon won the best defensive player twice, Ji Liang did not hesitate, his legs instantly burst with powerful power, and he kicked hard with his left foot, holding the ball and breaking through to the right.

Although his physical fitness is declining year by year, Olajuwon's consciousness is still there, and he immediately wants to block the direction.

But after all, it was beaten by a small one, Chi Liang hurriedly pulled the basketball, kicked with his right foot, and broke through in disguise with the ball, and was about to wipe Olajuwon.

Before Ji Liang could complete the breakthrough, Olajuwon stretched out his left hand and wanted to pull Ji Liang's arm.

At the moment of being pulled, Ji Liang raised the ball above his head with his left hand and used the strength of his wrist to flick the basketball towards the basket.

After pulling out the basketball, Ji Liang sat on the ground.

Brush~

The basketball smashed into the hoop, spun in a circle, and eventually fell into the frame, recovering two points for the Nuggets.

Beep~

It was also at this time that the referee's whistle sounded, signaling Olajuwon to foul, and Ji Liang added a free throw.

"Lucky rookie!"

Olajuwon was a little helpless and pulled Ji Liang up from the ground.

Brush~

In the boos of the audience, Chi Liang was not affected, slapped the basketball, and steadily added free throws.

"Rookie, good job!"

After Chi Liang made it 2+1, Van Exel slapped Chi Liang's ass hard.

That's how the NBA compliments, with a pat on the butt to show encouragement.

"Pippen, don't let him rush up!"

On serve, Olajuwon complained to Pippen.

"Don't worry, he won't have another chance!"

Pippen nodded and began to run towards the front.

In the following time, Pippen showed stronger aggression, constantly pestering Chi Liang, using his rich experience, but he didn't let Chi Liang rush up.

Despite this, Ji Liang still used his wide vision and accurate passing to get two assists.

23:17

The home team is in front and the away team is behind, which is also the score of the ninth minute of the first quarter between the two sides.

In eight minutes, Ji Liang scored a total of 6 points, 2 assists and 2 rebounds.

The Rockets are strong defensively, with players in all five positions possessing a strong sense of defense. At the same time, they relied more on interior firepower, and in eight minutes, Olajuwon and Barkley combined for 14 points to give the Rockets a six-point advantage.

At this time, the official pause begins.

With 2 minutes and 59 seconds remaining in each quarter, if neither side calls a second timeout, the recorder will take a mandatory timeout on the first dead ball, which is registered in the name of the team that was not previously registered in the quarter.

After the official timeout, the two sides tacitly sent a replacement.

Chi Liang sat on the bench, sipping Gatorade while watching the situation on the field.

In terms of bench lineup, the Nuggets are relatively weak, don't look at Foxson has the strength of a starter, but after all, it is led by defense, and the offense is not outstanding enough.

Compared with the Nuggets, the Rockets' bench lineup has more firepower and has a not weak defense.

32:23

By the end of the first quarter, the margin between the two sides continued to widen, almost reaching double digits.