Chapter 58: Section 8+8
In the bench lineup, Ji Liang is the absolute core, obviously more free, without worrying about the thoughts of his teammates, which leads to the sharing of the ball.
After Harper went off the court, Chi Liang faced Derek Fisher, who was faster than Harper, but he had a greater height disadvantage of only 185 cm, a full 20 cm difference from Chi Liang, not to mention his reach.
The Lakers' possession of the ball, after holding the ball over half the court, Fisher temporarily got rid of Chi Liang with the help of center Campbell's blocking.
After attracting the defense, Fisher gave the ball to Kobe, who made a jumper.
Bang dang~
The basketball smashed into the basket for internal testing, Ji Liang stuck the position, stuck Campbell behind hard, lightly stretched his ape arm, and grabbed the defensive rebound.
After Ji Liang grabbed the rebound, Stich started to start, but unfortunately Kobe Bryant saw through it, tightly entangled Stiqi, and lost the opportunity to break fast.
So, Chi Liang slowed down his pace and continued to fight positional battles.
Fisher stepped forward, clinging to Chi Liang tightly, secretly making small movements, wanting to make Chi Liang feel uncomfortable, and by the way, he looked for an opportunity to pull out the ball.
In the point guard position, Fisher is very strong, and his strength can often be ranked in the top five, but unfortunately he faces Ji Liang, a player whose strength is comparable to that of the inside.
In addition, Fisher, who was young, also had the title of 'point guard ATM', as long as he faced a strong point guard, he would be easily beaten, and his defensive skills could be imagined.
Ji Liang has an excellent sense of the ball, Fisher did not find a chance to break the ball, but was easily squeezed out of the position by Chi Liang with his strength and hit the penalty area.
Fisher hurriedly turned around, he was very fast in his youth, and chased after Ji Liang.
On the other side, Kobe abandoned Stitch and began to pounce on Ji Liang.
In this process, Kobe Bryant has one more eye, he knows that Chi Liang's overall view is very strong, so he left a mind when he pounced on Chi Liang, as long as Chi Liang chooses to pass, he will return as fast as possible.
At this time, Chi Liang's footsteps were slightly slow, and he raised his hand to make a passing action.
Kobe Bryant didn't doubt it, and hurriedly stopped, turned around and wanted to pounce on Stich.
As a result, what about the ball?
Chi Liang didn't have the idea of passing, it was just a fake passing feint, the basketball was still in his hands, and when Kobe Bryant came back to his senses, Chi Liang had already jumped up and threw the ball into the basket.
"Damn!"
was deceived by Chi Liang, which made Kobe Bryant feel unhappy, so after Fisher held the ball for half the court, he immediately opened his hand to ask for the ball.
Without hesitation, Fisher passed the ball to Bryant.
After Kobe Bryant received the ball, the Lakers players spontaneously dispersed and pulled out a single space for Kobe.
Kobe Bryant received the ball with his back, his shoulders swayed, and he took a step with his right foot to break through to the right.
Stich used sliding steps to instantly block Kobe's breakthrough direction.
In an instant, Kobe Bryant dribbled under his crotch and quickly broke through to the other side, instantly parallel to Stich.
Stich didn't completely lose his position, while fighting against Kobe, he pulled Kobe's jersey to slow down his footsteps, and at the same time secretly made a small move, pinching Kobe's waist, trying to make Kobe feel uncomfortable.
These are all routine small actions, and in the current NBA league, almost every player will do this.
Steich's small movements did not affect Kobe Bryant much, and at the front of the penalty area, he suddenly stepped on the floor and made a stop-and-go jump shot.
Without hesitation, Stich jumped, but Kobe Bryant did not jump immediately, but waited until the moment Stich fell, and finally jumped up, stretched his posture, and threw the basketball into the basket.
Offense and defense switched, Chi Liang advanced with the ball, this time Kobe and Fisher chose to switch defenses, with Kobe defending Chi Liang and Fisher changing to defend Stich.
Although Chi Liang has the advantage of height and reach, Kobe Bryant's excellent bounce can limit Chi Liang's shooting percentage to a certain extent, and the pressure on Chi Liang is far greater than that of Fisher.
Outside the three-point line, Ji Liang stepped out with his right foot and made a sign of breaking to the right. Kobe reacted extremely quickly, and hurriedly stepped on small broken steps, blocking the direction of Ji Liang's breakthrough.
It was also at this time that Ji Liang pulled the basketball and turned to break through to the left.
Kobe Bryant wanted to continue moving, but he crashed into a wall of flesh, stumbled a little, and almost sat on the ground, and when he looked up, he saw Keon Clark's hideous black face.
With the help of Clark's blocking, Ji Liang temporarily shook off Kobe, quickly burst into the penalty area, and then jumped up against Campbell.
Campbell didn't doubt it, and hurriedly jumped up, raising his hands high, trying to block Chi Liang's vision, but when he saw Chi Liang take the initiative to meet his arm, it was obviously too late.
Syllable~
Campbell slapped Ji Liang's arm to protect the ball, and to his surprise, Ji Liang did not lose his balance in mid-air, but maintained his posture and threw the basketball in his hand.
Swish~
Honk!
The batter commits a foul and adds a free throw.
At the referee's signal, Chi Liang stood on the free throw line and touched the red mark on his left hand, without any change in his expression.
Swish~
After dribbling the basketball, Ji Liang threw the basketball, free throws, no accident, the basketball accurately entered the basket, and by the way, the score difference widened to double digits.
In the later time, even if Harris called a timeout again, the Lakers still couldn't limit Chi Liang's play, whether facing the bag or helping to defend, Chi Liang could divide the ball and assist his teammates to score.
Unlike the Nuggets, the Lakers are mainly played by Kobe Bryant, and occasionally he will choose to pass the ball and lead his teammates to attack, barely biting the score.
Soon, there were still ten seconds left before the end of the first quarter, and it was still the Nuggets' possession, and this time, Ji Liang began to charge in his own half, raising his speed to the peak, and quickly advancing towards the front court in the wind.
Kobe Bryant blocked hard, but was easily knocked away by Chi Liang and continued to impact the penalty area.
In the face of Campbell's defense, Ji Liang used his agile footsteps to open up space and make a layup in a shake.
38:26
At the end of the first quarter, under the leadership of Chi Liang, the Nuggets' offense was extremely efficient, leading the Lakers by 12 points in the first quarter!
In the first quarter of the game, Ji Liang played the full 12 minutes, and he didn't shoot much, and he scored a total of 8 points!
However, compared with scoring, Ji Liang is more likely to assist his teammates to attack, and his teammates are in good shape, with a high shooting percentage, and they contributed 8 assists to Chi Liang in the first quarter.
Seeing Chi Liang's data, Bob was stunned for a moment, and then shouted excitedly: "After joining the NBA, this is the first time that Chi Liang has become a point guard, and as a result, he played 8+8 data in the first quarter!" Of course, this is also related to the Lakers' inability to limit Chi Liang! ”
Tom on the side nodded, and said with Bob: "I agree with Bob's idea, with Chi Liang's state, it is likely to get excellent data!"