During the official timeout, Coach Rivers looked at the players on the bench and chose to go up and down to give the starters more time to rest because of the advantage.

The Nets are led by Armstrong and feature Rousios Harris, Margetty, Fayke and McIlvain.

Unlike the Nets, the SuperSonics opted for a semi-main and semi-bench lineup, with Payton and Patterson continuing to play, followed by Grant, Rashad Lewis and Emmanuel Davis, respectively.

Among them, Grant needless to say, he had played before, but unfortunately he was beaten by Chi Liang. Lewis and Ji Liang are rookies in the same class, and compared to last season, he has gained a certain amount of trust from the head coach, between the main substitute and the fringe man.

Judging by the substitution lineup, the SuperSonics are stronger.

In addition, Armstrong, led by the Nets, will face Gary Payton, the only point guard in NBA history who has won the best defensive player.

No matter how you look at it, even if Payton is about to fall to the top, Armstrong is unlucky.

Not unexpectedly, under Payton's defense, even if Armstrong can still break through and score, it is also limited to a certain extent, and the scoring efficiency is not very high, and most of them end up in iron.

After being limited by Payton, Armstrong began to consciously reduce his singles and began to focus on breaking points. Maybe it's because of his small size, but he's fast, and even Payton can't limit it well.

Despite this, the Nets' efficiency is still not high, and in three minutes, the Nets scored a total of 4 points.

Compared to the Nets, the SuperSonics shot more from the field and they seized their opportunity to score another eight points.

32:29

At the end of the first quarter, the Nets maintained a slight advantage, temporarily leading the SuperSonics by three points.

Soon, the second quarter of the game began, and the Nets sent the starting lineup again, and as for the SuperSonics, Payton continued to play, and today he didn't shoot very well and focused more on defense.

According to the rules of the jump ball, the supersonic attack first!

Payton held the ball past half court and began to watch his teammates' movements, and Billups immediately stepped forward to defend himself and tried to stop Payton.

The reason why Payton's shooting percentage in this game is not high, in addition to his own poor hand, is also closely related to Billups' defense.

At this moment, Vin Beckela came out and ran to cover outside the three-point line, Payton immediately moved sideways with the ball, and then violently changed direction to break through, Billups was defenseless, and crashed into the fat Vin Baker in embarrassment, almost being bounced to the ground by his fat body, and naturally failed to keep up with Payton.

Without hesitation, Chi Liang chose to change the defense, Payton immediately lowered his center of gravity very low, quickly crossed the ball with both hands, and completed the breakthrough in a small and big way, but Chi Liang did not lose his position and followed Peyton's side tightly.

Payton didn't stop, and after breaking into the restricted area, he took the initiative to run towards Cage, and just when Cage subconsciously focused on Payton, Grant took the opportunity to run to the basket.

Payton passed, Grant received the ball with both hands, and poured the ball into the basket.

The Nets' possession of the ball, after Billups held the ball past half court, Ji Liang beckoned for the ball, and the two were in the Nuggets last season, so the relationship was naturally better than others.

So, Billups immediately opted for passing.

In the face of Grant's defense, Chi Liang chose a singles with a face frame, he first unhurriedly crossed the ball, Grant did not dare to grab it, and was always separated from Chi Liang by half a step.

In an instant, Chi Liang's dribbling rhythm changed, and he quickly changed direction to the left, Grant immediately moved his feet, but he didn't prevent Chi Liang from taking the initiative to collide with him, Grant only felt a strong surge, and his center of gravity was unstable and fell to the ground.

After easily knocking away Grant, Ji Liang successfully broke through and made a pull-up jump shot before other supersonic players helped to defend.

Grant stood up and grumbled at the referee.

Unfortunately, the referee ignored Grant because Ji Liang had no extra moves. Whether in the Iron Age or later in the era of small balls, such balls were rarely whistled.

In addition, Chi Liang is highly praised by the league, so he naturally has a star whistle, not to mention that this is also the home court of the Nets.

SuperSonic, after Payton dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, this time, he did not take advantage of the cover, but immediately chose to pass.

Not far away, Ruben Patterson took advantage of the off-ball run, shook off Kidders with the help of Vin Baker's cover, and immediately took a shot after receiving the ball, taking advantage of the two points easily.

After the switch between offense and defense, Grant was almost going crazy because Ji Liang opened his hand to Billups again to ask for the ball.

Grant was annoyed, he wanted to play well, but he didn't want to be the background board for Ji Liang.

"Chauncey, quick, give me the ball, there are only five people on the other side!" When asking for the ball, Ji Liang did not forget to hit the opponent.

There is no way, the SuperSonics team does not limit his players at all, and with his hot state, as long as he increases the number of shots, he can undoubtedly score high points efficiently.

Chi Liang doesn't have any psychological burden on Biao Gao's score, and he won't feel embarrassed, he is the cornerstone of the Nets' rebuilding and has unlimited firing rights.

The NBA is a commercial league where every player is pursuing his or her own interests, hoping to get better stats and then a big contract.

Chi Liang is no exception, not to mention that his main goal in the regular season this season is to score the championship, so he naturally has to often score high scores to prove his scoring ability.

Of course, if there is no reason, he can't often soar high scores, in addition to the difficulty of ensuring the state, it is also related to the fact that Biao Gao scores are too tired, and at the same time, he also has to take care of the emotions of his teammates, especially his teammates in the contract year.

Players want to get big contracts, which also leads to most players playing very aggressively during the contract year, trying to improve their stats in order to take the initiative when signing contracts.

Of course, after getting a big contract, these players often become slack, do not work hard, and look like a pensioner.

However, the Nets have just finished rebuilding, and if Ji Liang wants to integrate the team as a whole as soon as possible, he must take care of the feelings of his teammates to achieve a win-win situation.

He is different from Kobe, Kobe Bryant in later generations, especially Kobe Bryant who left O'Neal in the past few years, regardless of his own condition, often shoots crazy regardless of the feelings of his teammates, which also leads to Kobe's popularity is not very good, and he cannot integrate the team into a whole, even if his personal ability is strong, it is impossible to get too good results.

After receiving the basketball, Chi Liang found that Grant was a step away from him, so he threw the basketball without hesitation.

Swish~

The basketball hollowed into the net, and Ji Liang's personal score continued to climb.