Chapter 66: The Golden Rooster Independence
At the start of the third quarter, Ji Liang sat in the penalty area, and his opponent was Robert Traylor, a short power forward who was only 203 centimeters.
As for McDyes, his opponent, Teylon Hill, is a pocket centre-forward who is only 206 centimeters, the same height as McDyes.
In other words, Chi Liang and McDyce are in the penalty area, not only have no disadvantage in the height of the inside line, but also have a slight advantage.
The Bucks' possession, Brandon dribbles the basketball steadily, he is a two-way guard, and a player who is responsible for scoring and ball control at the same time, but unfortunately he is only 180 centimeters.
In the face of Billups' defense, Brandon broke through with the ball, his speed was extremely fast, and the breakthrough was very large, just two strides, he successfully broke through Billups and jumped to shoot.
At the moment when Brandon completed the breakthrough, Ji Liang immediately abandoned Traylor, appeared in front of Brandon in the blink of an eye, and jumped high.
Chi Liang straightened his arm, wanting to use his height and arm length advantage to complete the block, in order to prevent being covered, Brandon hurriedly leaned back and raised the height of his hand at the same time.
Boom~
The basketball smashed into the basket for internal testing, and Hill wanted to scramble for frontcourt rebounds, but unfortunately he was stuck behind by McDyce and lost the opportunity to scramble for frontcourt rebounds.
After grabbing the rebound, McDyce tossed the ball to Billups and slowly ran to the frontcourt.
After possession of the ball past half-time, Billups passed the ball to McDyce.
At the edge of the penalty area, McDice had his back to Hill, felt Hill's defensive center of gravity, and completed the turn in the wobble, turning from the back basket to the face frame.
Hill was startled, and subconsciously took a step back, and at the moment when Hill retreated, McDyce raised the basketball and jumped to shoot.
Boom~
Unfortunately, McDyce didn't feel good and finally smashed on the neck of the basket, but at this moment, Ji Liang jumped up hard and put the ball into the basket.
In the later process, although Chi Liang performed well on the defensive end, compared with the second quarter, the Nuggets' feelings cooled down again, and when the third quarter ended, the Bucks once again opened up the difference.
Being pulled apart by the Bucks made D'Antoni's face look very unsightly, but helpless, the players were not in good shape, and it was very hard to be able to leave the suspense until the fourth quarter.
After the start of the fourth quarter, the Nuggets felt better, and the best performance was Fortson, who scored consecutive baskets and finally closed the gap.
92:93
Soon after, Billups hit a three-pointer to close the deficit to one point, and with one minute remaining, anyone could win.
In the Bucks' offensive round, Brandon glanced up at the timer, deliberately suppressed the rhythm, and successfully got rid of Billups with the help of Hill's blocking.
Before Ji Liang could help defend, Brandon passed the ball to Ray Allen.
As soon as he received the basketball, Ray Allen cut into the box and finally dunked through McDyes.
Ray Allen is full of physical fitness, and he has not yet transformed into a goalscorer, but is mostly a dunk.
After Ray Allen's goal, the Bucks extended the deficit to three points with 36 seconds remaining.
Without hesitation, the Nuggets opted for a timeout, replacing Fortson with Williams, who had just been released from the ban, to strengthen the offense.
After the timeout, Billups came to the three-point line with the ball, and immediately raised the basketball with both hands to make a shooting gesture.
In this game, Billups was hot, shooting 4 of 6 from three-point range, and he was also the biggest contributor to the Nuggets' narrowing of the score.
Due to the obvious difference in height, Brandon had to jump. It's a pity that Billups didn't shoot immediately, but waited for the moment when Brandon fell, and took the initiative to meet Brandon.
Honk~
Boom~
In mid-air, Billups took a shot but unfortunately did not score. At the referee's instructions, Billups stood at the free throw line and began to take the free throws.
Swish~
Boom~
Swish~
Billups made two of three free throws to narrow the score back to one point.
This time the offense was on the fast side, with 25 seconds left after Billups' free throw, and even if the Bucks pressed the clock to 24 seconds, the Nuggets could still have a theoretical offense.
The Bucks' possession of the ball, Brandon continued to choose to press the time, and then passed the ball to Glenn Robinson, with the combination of speed and power, Robinson successfully broke through Williams and held the ball to the basket.
It was also at this time that Ji Liang was in place to help defend and block Robinson's breakthrough direction, Robinson did not pass the ball, nor did he want to pass the ball, so he jumped and shot at Chi Liang.
Ji Liang immediately jumped up and straightened his arms vigorously, his movements were clean, avoiding the possibility of being fouled by Robinson.
'Big Dog'' talent is not strong, his bounce is excellent, even if Ji Liang tried his best, he still didn't touch the basketball.
Boom~
But under the interference of Chi Liang, the basketball did not enter the basket, and finally smashed into the basket for internal testing and bounced high.
Unexpectedly, Williams got stuck in position and struggled to grab the backcourt rebound.
After grabbing the defensive rebound, Williams immediately hugged the basketball and called a timeout.
At this point, there are only 4 seconds left until the end of the game.
When the timeout was over, McDyce stood on the sidelines, basketball in both hands, ready to serve.
The Bucks immediately launched a tight defense, closely following the Nuggets players and not giving them a chance to receive the ball.
Ji Liang began to run, and with the help of Williams' cover, he temporarily got rid of Trayler and appeared at the edge of the penalty area.
Seeing Ji Liang running out of position, McDyce hurriedly served and passed the ball to Ji Liang.
Ji Liang had just received the basketball, and Ray Allen was in place to help defend and appeared in front of Chi Liang in time.
Without hesitation, Ji Liang took a step back, using his left foot as a support point, and jumped up on one leg.
Ray Allen wanted to step forward to intercept, but saw Chi Liang's right foot arched forward, and quickly stopped castration, if he stepped forward, the arched foot might hit his lower body.
That's it, what makes Ray Allen most helpless is that in the process of jumping, Chi Liang's body leaned back slightly, how can this be restricted.
In desperation, Ray Allen could only jump on the spot and interfere with Ji Liang's shot as much as possible.
The one-step buffer distance, coupled with the micro-strip back, made Ray Allen's defense almost useless, and it was difficult to interfere with Ji Liang, and even Ji Liang's vision was not affected.
Golden Rooster Independence!
This was undoubtedly Nowitzki's signature move in the future, a position that was extremely difficult to defend and a forward-arched foot that allowed him to stretch the shot while avoiding physical confrontation. Coupled with the back-up, this has also become one of the most inexplicable shots in the NBA.
Ji Liang stretched his body, and after rising to the highest point, he looked at the basket not far away, and threw the basketball softly, and in the process of the basketball flight, the game just ended.