For the Nuggets, Trail Blazers head coach Mike Dunleavy naturally has a deep understanding, as long as the Nuggets' fast break is limited, it is difficult for the opponent to pose a threat to the Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers have a strong defense, especially in the restricted area, and Sabonis, not to mention, has a very high height and reach, which makes him a great threat to all players who violate the box.

Raheem Wallace has a balanced offense and defense, top-notch defensive awareness, doesn't rely solely on his body to defend, has different strategies for different types of defenders, and rarely gambles on steals and blocks.

In addition, Wallace's co-defense ability is quite outstanding, with good mobility and long arms, and the co-defense coverage area is quite large, which is more like Garnett in this regard.

After advancing over, looking at Stadamier, who was defending himself, Van Exel, didn't have much to do, the two were similar in type, the height difference was not big, and it was not easy to get rid of it.

Van Axel began to watch his teammates perform, and Billups finally found a gap by running back.

Without hesitation, Van Axel handed the ball to Billups.

Ryder wasn't slow and made a quick save when Billups received the ball.

At this time, Billups lifted the basketball and broke through after successfully shaking Ryder.

After taking two steps, Billups made a pull-up jumper.

At the critical moment, Wallace appeared in time, stretched his arm hard, and interfered with Billups' shot.

Boom~

The basketball smashed on the basket, and Sabonis, who was experienced, pressed Ji Liang to collect the rebound.

Like last time, the Trail Blazers continued to play positional battles at a tight pace, this time with Grant singled Williams.

Compared to Williams, Grant is taller and more agile and can easily complete the breakthrough.

After attracting the attention of the defense, Grant split the ball in time and Ryder hit a three-pointer!

There was no accident, the Nuggets chose to go fast again, this time Ji Liang took the initiative to retreat to the baseline to serve, and waved a long pass, passing the ball to Van Exel, who ran to the frontcourt.

On the receiving occasion, Stadamire and Ryder managed to get back to block Van Exel's path.

Van Exel immediately distributed it to Billups, who shot a three-pointer.

Boom~

Three-point iron, the Nuggets got off to an unusually bad start!

On the other hand, the Trail Blazers, after grabbing the rebound, once again scored two points in a steady way.

9:0

Compared to the Nuggets, the Trail Blazers played too well!

This time, the Trail Blazers came back to defend quickly, and the Nuggets didn't have a chance to break quickly.

"A goal has to be scored!" When running to the frontcourt, Ji Liang made a decision in his heart that if he didn't score again, the morale of the Nuggets team would inevitably be affected.

"Nick!"

Soon, Ji Liang landed in the low post, stuck Sabonis behind him, and reached for the ball from Van Exel.

Without hesitation, Van Exeel hoisted the ball to Chi Liang.

In this ball, Chi Liang made good use of his advantages, Sabonis has the advantages of strength, tonnage, height and reach, but Chi Liang also has the advantage of speed and flexibility.

With just a shake, Ji Liang easily completed the breakthrough, he did not burst into the penalty area, and before Wallace helped defend, he hit a stop-and-go jump shot.

The Nuggets finally scored and managed to break the scoring drought!

However, the Nuggets didn't be happy for long, and Sabonis once again forced Ji Liang to score two points on a close-range jumper.

Beep~

The referee's whistle blows!

In the first three minutes of the game, the Trail Blazers launched an 11-2 shockwave that directly stopped the Nuggets.

D'Antoni felt helpless, the current situation is very simple, he can't defend and can't prevent it, and even the offense has been affected.

There is no way, the lineup gap is obvious.

Looking at the starting line-ups of both sides, Van Exel can play against Stoudmeire; Billups did not reach the peak, and now he has barely taken off the title of parallel trade, and his strength is naturally inferior to Rydell; Williams and Fortson were blown up by Grant and Wallace; Chi Liang and Sabonis blew each other up, and maybe they can take advantage of it.

After thinking about it for a while, D'Antoni quickly made an adjustment, replacing Fortson with Clark, and Ji Liang moved down to the opposite position with Wallace.

This substitution not only increased the height of the inside line, but also reduced Chi Liang's physical loss. After all, there is a great loss of physical strength in a physical confrontation with Sabonis.

After deciding to make a substitution, D'Antoni took out his tactical board and began to write and draw on it.

"Chi Liang, among the players who played, you have the greatest advantage, so you are the core of our attack, and you must attack resolutely. Also, Wallace has a short temper, you're going to try to ......"

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

Van Exel advanced with the ball, and Ji Liang resolutely left the penalty area and went straight to the outside of the three-point line.

Wallace didn't dare to be careless at all, Ji Liang's three-point shot was extremely good, and he was also the player with the highest three-point shooting rate this season, how could he let it go.

At this time, Chi Liang received the basketball, and because Wallace was sticking tightly, Chi Liang immediately chose to break through.

Wallace was not slow, first taking a step back and then stepping aside to intercept.

At this moment, Ji Liang retracted his steps, returned to the three-point line, and raised the basketball with both hands.

Wallace was in a hurry, where was there time to think at this time, and hurriedly pounced.

After Wallace jumped, Chi Liang still stood in place, and when he began to fall, he took the initiative to come up.

Syllable~

After Wallace hit, Ji Liang threw the basketball casually.

Beep~

The referee's whistle blows.

Boom~

The basketball smashed into the front of the basket and bounced out far away.

Boom~

Standing at the free throw line, Ji Liang hit three free throws and scored three points again.

In the following time, Ji Liang occupied a large number of balls, singled out Wallace and won repeatedly, and his personal scoring began to climb steadily.

That said, he didn't narrow the score, and the Nuggets' defense was so poor that the Trail Blazers could barely limit it.

"Hell!"

During the official timeout, Ji Liang began to play, and he played a total of eight minutes in the first quarter, scoring 12 points, and all of them were scored in the last five minutes.

Looking at the replacement lineups of the two sides, Chi Liang was even more helpless, the replacement lineup of the Nuggets team was average, and Stich and Alexander had a little strength.

But it is undoubtedly dwarfed by the Trailblazers.

Jermaine O'Neal, a future All-Star. He is still relatively immature, but he has full potential, and the reason why he has not played yet is mainly related to Sabonis and Wallace, resulting in his playing time being extremely limited.

Jim Jackson, who was once the heart of the Mavericks, averaged 25.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game in the 1994-95 season. Although it is no longer at its peak, it can still exert its residual heat.

Walter Williams, a perennial bench bandit who averages 10 points per game.

In addition, there are Kevin Cato and Greg Anthony, such substitutions are hardly worse than the starting lineups of some weak teams.