Dunleavy made no substitutions, and this was the strongest lineup he could put out.

Unlike the Trail Blazers, the Nuggets replaced Clarke with Herrera, and the roster became smaller.

Inspired by Dunleavy, the Trail Blazers players were high-spirited and easily scored this goal with ease with a simple pass and cut to regain the score.

When the lineup is full of light players, the Nuggets' offense becomes more comfortable and more suitable for run-and-gun tactics.

After a quick serve, Van Exel's possession of the ball progressed, and the rest of the Nuggets players began to charge, rushing to the front court as fast as they could.

Soon, the tired Sabonis became the tail of the crane again, and O'Neal Jr. was not much better, gradually surpassed by other Nuggets players, and for a time there was a five-on-three situation in the frontcourt.

Stadamire stepped forward to harass Van Exel and buy his team-mates more time to get back into defence.

Van Exel didn't stick to the ball and immediately passed the ball to Ji Liang, and Ryder met it hard.

This time, Ji Liang chose to pass the ball and immediately distributed the ball to Billups, who ran to the bottom corner.

Unguarded, Billups made a three-point shot!

This season, Billups has shot a much higher three-point percentage at 36.2 percent, and he is also the team's player who has made the most three-point shots outside of Ji Liang.

Boom~

However, the original three-pointer in the open position was nine out of ten, but he didn't hit.

However, Ji Liang relied on his superior reaction to grab the offensive rebound, and then before being trapped, he passed to the empty Fortson, who slammed the ball into the basket on the spot.

Dunleavy frowned, feeling a big headache at the Nuggets' fast break. He wants to replace Sabonis, but the consequence of that is also clear is that the Trail Blazers' interior threat will be greatly reduced.

The immature O'Neal Jr. is far from being able to take on the Trail Blazers' interior offense.

In this case, Dunleavy can only let Stoudeyer and Ryder step up the harassment of the Nuggets and give the Trail Blazers enough time to defend.

Time passed slowly, and the scores of the two teams continued to stagger and a draw was played for a while.

Swish~

Despite Herrera's harassment, Sabonis hit an easy shot to regain the score.

With 16 seconds left in the game, D'Antoni opted for a timeout and began to lay out the final tactics.

Since the inside line couldn't get in, D'Antoni pinned his hopes on the outside, replacing Herrera and Fortson with Stich and Alexander, forming a five-man lineup.

In terms of task allocation, D'Antoni arranged Chi Liang to be the first to shoot, even if his right hand was injured, Chi Liang's hand was still good.

Dunleavy was the 'old man', and after the timeout, he also chose to make a substitution, replacing Sabonis and Stoudamire with two players who defended well.

There was no doubt that Dunleavy wanted to hold on to the final score.

The Nuggets served from the sideline, and the Trail Blazers adopted a rotation strategy and began to hinder the Nuggets' serve.

However, it was Ji Liang who served, and with his reaction speed, he was always able to grasp the fleeting opportunity as long as it appeared.

There was no accident, and at the moment when Billups ran out of space, Ji Liang threw a basketball.

After receiving the basketball, Billups didn't make a shot, but passed the ball out again.

The Trail Blazers abandoned the rotation defense and instead adopted a man-to-man defense, which easily did not dare to steal.

In this case, the basketball was tossed and turned in the hands of the Nuggets players, and with the last five seconds left, Ji Liang finally received the basketball.

At the first time, Ji Liang squeezed past Wolft Williams with his strong body and rushed towards the penalty area.

Since he was only one point away, Ji Liang naturally had no idea of shooting three points, and the closer he got to the basket, the higher the shooting percentage, which was also the reason why he hit the restricted area.

If he could, he could settle for a foul and make a free throw. With his background of playing with an injury, it must be easier to win the sympathy of the referee.

At this time, Ryder wanted to leave Stich behind, but was confused by Ji Liang's passing feints, and the time was fleeting, and by the time he wanted to start the defense again, it was obviously too late.

At the moment of stepping into the penalty area, Chi Liang raised his hand and jumped out of his hand, at this moment, everyone stared at the orange basketball, and the fans present prayed, hoping that it would fall into the basket.

Beep~

Before the basketball could be dropped, a buzzer sounded to symbolize the end of the game.

Swish~

In an instant, the basketball fell into the net, splashing a beautiful net flower.

Whistle Kill!

After seeing the ball score, Ji Liang jumped up excitedly, this was his first playoff whistle shut-out, and did not leave any suspense for the opponent.

The whistle is to help the team take away the victory directly, such a wonderful moment, many players have never enjoyed in their lives.

At this moment, the audience roared with joy, both the Nuggets players and the fans, cheered and welcomed the victory in different ways.

Unlike them, the Trail Blazers coaches and players had a frustrated face as they lost and were killed by Ji Liang, who only used his left hand.

Dunleavy was even more bruised, but helpless. Losing is losing, and he is not the kind of person who can't afford to lose, even if this game is very important in his heart, but this is not the end of the world, and the two sides have returned to the original point, and the total score has become 2:2.

But before the start of the series, their advantage was even greater, because Ji Liang was injured, don't look at the last few minutes to play well, but he definitely couldn't play his full strength.

In this game, the best performance was Ji Liang, who played 31 minutes and got 35 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds.

In addition to him, Van Exel scored 22 points, Billups 18, and the three of them combined for 75 points.

"Congratulations to the Nuggets for their victory, they played very tenaciously and fully deserved this victory, especially the resilient Ji Liang. I believe that many teams regret it because they didn't choose Ji Liang in the draft! ”

At the post-match press conference, Dunleavy answered in an interview with reporters.

To be honest, Dunleavy's performance surprised Dunleavy, but he didn't regret it, because last year's Trail Blazers didn't have a suitable draft pick.

"Coach Mike, Raheem's push is very dangerous, I want to ask you what you think of him?"

At this time, the media began to ask Raheem questions, and it was impossible for Dunleavy to speak ill of his players, so he naturally chose to avoid the important and trivial, and finally the press conference could only be unhappily dispersed.

"I can't imagine what the butcher was thinking, what kind of thoughts he had at that time, and made him make dangerous moves that deviated from the spirit of sportsmanship! I hope that the alliance will give him enough punishment and not let such tragedies continue to happen! ”

It was D'Antoni who spoke, and his words were clearly implicit, but the underlying meaning was simple: the Hope League would increase the punishment of Wallace, and it would be better to suspend Wallace.