If he hadn't been injured, Ji Liang would have been able to blow up Elliott in minutes, but now his index finger injury has limited him.

Although Elliott's defense is not at the top level, his experience makes Ji Liang feel uncomfortable.

Ji Liang didn't try to break through, and Elliott was no slower than him, so it was difficult to throw him away.

In this case, Chi Liang resolutely chose to play with his back to his back!

Ji Liang dribbled with his left hand, leaned back, and pouted his ass hard.

Elliott struggled to lower his center of gravity, pressing one hand against Ji Liang's waist and the other trying to harass.

Unfortunately, there is a significant weight gap between the two. Elliott, who is only 93 kilograms, is Chi Liang's opponent.

Boom~

On the first impact, Elliott felt a strong surge, and even though he tried his best, he couldn't stop retreating.

Bang~Bang~

Two more hits, Chi Liang's progress was very fast, and he came to the front of the penalty area, taking advantage of the moment when Elliott retreated, Chi Liang completed the turn and was about to press the opponent to shoot.

At this moment, Duncan left Fortson behind Elliot and jumped violently.

Ji Liang reacted quickly, and seeing that he was about to be blocked by Duncan, he immediately switched to a pass and passed the ball out by feeling.

Syllable~

Although Ji Liang moved quickly, he forgot that there was Elliott after all, and at the moment of his pass, Elliott completed the steal.

The Spurs didn't go on a fast break, and after protecting the basketball, Elliott passed the ball to Johnson, who held the tempo through the half.

This time, the Spurs opted for a hammer tactic and easily tore apart the Nuggets' defense, with Duncan misplaced and hitting the board against Billups.

After switching offense and defense, the Nuggets still didn't have a fast-break opportunity, and finally ended up with Billups hitting the iron.

On the Spurs bench, Popovich was expressionless, giving people a feeling of wisdom in his hands.

Popovich has studied the Nuggets very thoroughly, and he believes that as long as they limit the Nuggets' fast break, the Spurs can easily win.

In addition, the Spurs are known for their defense, especially in the restricted area, Robinson and Duncan are in the restricted area, and all Nuggets players who want to invade the restricted area have to think twice.

As a result, the Nuggets mostly end the battle with outside shots, and unless they are hot, it will be difficult to shoot the Spurs.

Boom~

Soon, Ji Liang shot and hit the iron, and the situation of the Nuggets was very unfavorable!

On the other hand, the Spurs, after protecting the main defensive rebounds, once again scored two points in a steady and steady way.

In the first five minutes of the game, the Spurs directly stopped the Nuggets with a 13-5 shockwave.

D'Antoni was a little anxious, he could naturally see the Nuggets' problems, but there was not much he could do.

The reason is simple, the Nuggets don't have a strong interior offensive point, which is why Duncan continues to help defense.

If McDyce hadn't been injured, he would have been able to implicate Duncan, but looking at the current Nuggets inside, there's no way to do it.

After thinking about it for a while, D'Antoni made an adjustment, replacing Williams with Van Exel, and Ji Liang as the small forward.

This substitution has enhanced the outside attack, Ji Liang + Van Axel + Billups, it is simply an alternative three musketeers.

D'Antoni's intention is simple, as long as they feel hot, they can shoot the Spurs to death.

Soon, the timeout ended and the Nuggets began to serve.

Van Exel advanced with the ball, Ji Liang and Billups began to run, and the Spurs did not dare to be careless, tightly pestering them and not giving them a chance to run out of the open space.

Soon, Ji Liang and Billups covered each other, and finally the latter ran out of the empty space.

Van Axel passed, but Billups didn't take his chance and shot again.

In the following time, there was almost no difference from before, except that Van Exel increased his breakthrough with the ball, but never turned the situation around.

The Spurs are too strong defensively, stronger than in the regular season, and don't give them an easy shot.

In addition, the Nuggets' defense was poor, especially on the inside, which was completely blown out by the Spurs, and Duncan and Robinson were unable to form any restrictions.

In addition to the main team, the highly-anticipated substitution lineup also did not prevail, and the Spurs' bench, although not very good, was crumpled into a whole by Popovich, and their defense caused the Nuggets a headache.

By the end of the first quarter, the Spurs had a clear advantage with a score of 26-19.

In the second quarter, Ji Liang came back on the court, and he increased the number of back-to-back singles, suppressing Elliott, or turning and shooting, or attracting defensive points.

It's just that the Nuggets have an average shooting percentage, but the Spurs are more efficient, not only did they not turn the situation around, but the Spurs widened the difference again.

"What a headache!"

Seeing this situation, Chi Liang was quite annoyed, but he had no choice but to hope that his teammates' feelings would rise.

At the same time, Chi Liang is also very painful, and the Spurs have increased their defense against him, especially his senior Duncan, who has obviously increased their co-defense.

In this case, Chi Liang wanted to change his style of play, increase the number of times he hit the penalty area, wanted to make fouls, and finally knocked Duncan or Robinson off the court.

It's a pity that this is the home court of the Spurs, and Duncan and Robinson are not ordinary people, with home whistles and star whistles, it is naturally not easy to make their fouls.

So, after the end of the first half, the margin was widened again, and the Nuggets were already trailing by 15 points. In particular, their best fast attack, was almost stopped, which also made D'Antoni quite helpless.

Looking at the score between the two sides, Chi Liang also felt uncomfortable, the Spurs are not the Trailblazers after all, the two interior lines are not slow, and there is no physical crisis, and the Nuggets' run-and-bomb tactics cannot be played at all.

Even so, Chi Liang still didn't give up.

In the third quarter, Ji Liang increased the number of shots and chose to shoot again and again.

Step-back shots, step-back jumpers, turn-over jumpers, Rooster Independent, Straight Arm Shots......

Ji Liang was full of fire and moved his shooting arsenal out, but the injury to his right index finger affected his shooting and he could only maintain a 40% shooting rate. Even if he scores like crazy, it still doesn't help under the gap in overall strength.

Judging from the field, the Spurs rely on the absolute advantage of the interior, plus the tandem team, they can easily score; On the other hand, the Nuggets can only rely on outside shooting, but the Spurs have a strong defense and are always inferior to the Spurs in terms of efficiency.

So, by the end of the third quarter, Chi Liang had already scored 25 points, but the difference between the two sides did not narrow, but expanded to 21 points, and with the defense of the Spurs, there was almost no possibility of a reversal.

Seeing such a result, D'Antoni made a decisive decision and began to withdraw the main force and replace all the substitutes.

After the Nuggets surrendered, the Spurs also made substitutions, and in the end, the Spurs won comfortably with a score of 93-75.