In the second half, due to the lead in the score, Ji Liang did not play immediately and began to rest and recover his strength.

In this case, D'Antoni began to adjust the line-up, following his plan, sending in John Taylor, Herrera, Stich, Billups and Van Exel.

There is no doubt that this is a small line-up, better at running and impact, suitable for speeding up the pace of the game.

Of course, the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the lack of height, it is difficult to ensure defense and rebounding.

At the same time, the offensive ability of the interior line is almost equal to nothing,

As for the SuperSonics, they changed to the starting lineup again, in addition to replacing Owens with Ellis, but with Ellis's strength, it is enough to become a starter.

The Nuggets' offense, in the face of Payton's defense, Van Exel did not try to break through, but with the help of Herrera's blocking, temporarily shook off Payton and attacked the restricted area with the ball.

At this time, Polinis could only change the defense, but Van Exel waved his hand and made a shooting motion, and Polinis subconsciously stood on tiptoe.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Van Exel's short body, his speed was fast, and at the same time his stride was not small, and he left Polinice behind him in one step.

Without waiting for Stepania to make up for the defense, Van Exel suddenly stopped, and in an instant he accelerated again, easily passed Stepania's block, and scored a layup.

Turning around, Payton broke through with the ball, and as soon as Van Exel came over, he was squeezed aside by Payton.

After completing the breakaway, Payton held the ball and burst to the basket, and before Herrera could help the defense, it was a pull-up jumper, although he missed the shot, but the rebound was grabbed by Schramf.

After grabbing the rebound, Schramf stepped forward, his stride was large, and he immediately opened up the space to shoot.

With the height difference between Schramf and Sticky, it was difficult for Sticky to limit and wanted to commit a foul.

Unfortunately, Schramf's shot was solid, and he earned a free throw while putting the ball in the basket.

Swish~

With a slight adjustment, Schramf hit the free throw steadily.

Boom~

On the next offense, Billups had a shot that went wide of the rim. The pace of the SuperSonics was slow, and due to age and physical problems, they did not fight back, but steadily advanced.

This time, it was Schramf again, who hit an out-of-the-box shot from the three-point line at the top of the arc to close the gap again.

The German big man shoots accurately, shooting 51.4 percent from three-point range in the '94-95 season.

Even now, there is still a three-point shooting rate of about 40%, especially his opponent is Stich, who has a 10 cm gap with his height.

However, the Nuggets' offense is not bad, their offense is fast-paced, and everyone runs at the expense of physical strength.

After re-serving, the Nuggets will run fast to be good, and although the SuperSonics are fast to defend back, Stepania and Polynes, both big men over 210 centimeters, are slow and quickly pulled away.

In 3 of 5 in the part, Steich's shot missed, but taking advantage of the local number advantage, Herrera successfully grabbed the rebound, turned over and hit a dunk, helping the team score two points.

It didn't take long for a similar scene to occur again, this time with Van Exel's shot missed, but John Taylor grabbed the rebound.

Taylor made a shot and immediately threw the ball to Billups from beyond the three-point line after successfully attracting the opponent's bag.

After receiving the basketball, Billups immediately made a shot, which is also what he does best, and naturally it will not fail.

In this case, the Nuggets barely played a tie with the SuperSonics, but the Nuggets' lineup is mainly supported by the outside, and once the outside is restricted, the team's offense is difficult to deploy.

Practice has proved that when switching from defense to offense, actively creating fast-attacking fighters and giving full play to the power of fast-attack can put a lot of pressure on the opponent, and can strive for the initiative to achieve better offensive results.

Beep~

Watching the team's two big men do a switchback run, the SuperSonics head coach immediately opted for a timeout.

At the end of the timeout, the supersonic inside line went up and down twice, replaced by Gerani McCoy and Aaron Williams.

McCoy is 208 centimeters and Williams is 206 centimeters, they may only be blue-collar, but they are definitely not bad at mobility and can effectively stop the Nuggets' fast break.

After the substitution, the SuperSonics team came alive all of a sudden, and when the Nuggets wanted to repeat their old tricks, they were very fast to return to defense, and it was difficult to have a situation of playing more and less locally.

In the process, Schramf once again came out on the three-point line, and then Ellis also came along, with two three-pointers to stretch the margin to within five points.

D'Antoni couldn't sit still for a moment, originally he still felt that there was no problem, maybe if he played well, he could give Chi Liang more time to rest.

But unexpectedly, the SuperSonics limited the Nuggets' fast break, thus quickly narrowing the score.

After hesitating for a moment, D'Antoni did not immediately replace Ji Liang, he felt that the team could not get into the habit of relying on Ji Liang, and they were still ahead.

D'Antoni called a timeout and, after reprimanding the players, switched to sending the squad up.

Unlike before, he replaced Stich with Williams, adding height to the team, and then put Herrera in front of Schramf.

However, such a lineup, because there is no strong point on the inside, relies too much on the outside touch in attack.

Once the outside line is dumbfounded, the consequences are serious.

Soon, the Nuggets reaped the bitter fruits, and under the supersonic targeted defense, the Nuggets were limited on the outside.

On the other hand, the supersonic team, relying on their excellent hand, quickly narrowed the score difference, and then completed the overtake.

In just five minutes, the Nuggets' double-digit advantage was erased by the SuperSonics.

Now everyone can see that the Nuggets' offense is weak, but they are an offensive team and their defense is not very good.

In the end, it was a novice coach, D'Antoni did not grasp the changes on the pitch and did not respond correctly in time.

In desperation, D'Antoni could only let go of his inner thoughts and sent Chi Liang up again.

Ji Liang pouted his ass and received a pass from his teammate in the low post.

Aaron Williams immediately stuck to it, his center of gravity sinking slightly, and at the same time pressed hard against Chi Liang.

At this time, Ji Liang shook his shoulders violently, his body flickered left and right, and he felt Aaron Williams' center of gravity shift, and he completed the turn.

In an instant, Chi Liang stepped out and easily completed the breakthrough, facing McCoy, who was making up for the defense, and made a close shot, which caused the opponent to foul.

As soon as he got on the field, Chi Liang announced his strong return with 2+1.