Soon, the second quarter began, and the Pistons sent their starting lineup on the court again.

Unlike the Pistons, the Nets once again used a semi-main lineup, because Cage is old and has limited playing time, so the interior is partnered by Chi Liang and O'Neal Jr., if O'Neal Jr. reaches his prime, it meets the requirements of the twin-tower combination.

As for the outside line, it is composed of Billups, Kidders and Newman, and this backcourt combination is also quite good.

Even if it's only a semi-main lineup, the Nets' lineup still feels like it's not inferior to the Pistons.

This time, the Nets opted for a twin-tower strategy, but there were some changes compared to the Spurs' twin-tower strategy.

Defensively, whether it is Chi Liang or O'Neal Jr., their physical fitness is enough to complete the task of deterring offensive players and making up for blocks.

In terms of rebounding, both of them are about 210 cm, and they are physically strong, with excellent basic skills in the card position, and their control over the rebound is more dominant.

In terms of offense, Chi Liang can play alone, but also give full play to his passing advantages, and cooperate with O'Neal Jr. in a small range to enhance O'Neal Jr.'s scoring ability and deterrence to a certain extent.

In addition, the Nets' backcourt combination is also good enough, and Ji Liang's passing ability can complete the combination of inside and outside, they are enough to attract the attention of the opposing players and give the Nets Twin Towers more room to play.

Compared to the Spurs' twin towers, the Nets' twin towers may be inferior in strength, but they are more flexible, and they feel like a combination of twin towers and Princeton tactics.

Seeing the lineup of the Nets, the head coach of the Pistons held his chin with his right hand, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he faintly felt bad in his heart, but he just couldn't understand the intentions of the Nets.

Due to the jump ball rule, the Pistons attacked first in the second quarter!

Soon, Hill confronted Newman.

At 201 cm and 86 kilograms, Newman is a lean speed player with a clear emphasis on speed and agility, inferior to Hill in terms of height, strength and weight.

Hill also saw this, and used the advantage of power to easily squeeze Newman away and attack the penalty area with the ball.

At this moment, Ji Liang immediately defended Hill, his speed was very fast, and he appeared in front of Hill in the blink of an eye.

In the face of Ji Liang's defense, Hill immediately passed the ball to Mills, who was temporarily vacant, and when Mills received the ball, O'Neal Jr. immediately appeared behind Mills, not giving the opponent a chance to go up blue.

In this case, Mills, who did not develop offensive ability, could only choose to pass the ball to Leitner, who was not far away.

Without hesitation, Lightner took a jumper shot.

At this moment, Chi Liang appeared on his side and gave Lightner a pegboard hat.

It turned out that when Mills received the ball, Newman had already returned to Hill, and Ji Liang immediately pounced on Leitner, who was vacant at the time, and sure enough, he was caught.

The only pity is that O'Neal Jr. was entangled by Mills, and in the end, Hill grabbed the offensive rebound, reached out a little, and made up the basketball to the basket.

Rushing~

Seeing Hill score, the stadium once again resounded with strong cheers from the fans.

Unlike the cheering fans, despite the basketball score, Hill frowned slightly, feeling that the Nets' interior defense had improved significantly.

Ji Liang's co-defense is of high quality, O'Neal Jr.'s speed is not slow, and both of them have excellent single-defense, co-defense and supplementary defense capabilities, which has also made the Nets' restricted area defense have made great progress.

The Nets have a lot of excellent players, and as long as the run-in is completed, they will definitely be able to become a strong team in the league. If O'Neal Jr. is a little stronger, perhaps the Nets will also have a twin-tower combination at the top of the league.

After the switch, the Nets began to serve, and after Billups held the ball past half court, he passed the ball to Ji Liang, who ran to the edge of the box.

There is no doubt that the main point of attack of the Nets is Chi Liang, who is the Nets' most confident scoring point and the source of the Nets organization, similar to the James of later generations.

In addition, Ji Liang's opponent Mills is too weak, and although he occupies the starting position, his strength is at best a qualified substitute.

Mills, 208 cm, 104 kg, is tall enough, but there is a lot of gap between strength and weight and Chi Liang, and Chi Liang naturally chose to play with his back in singles.

Ji Liang turned on the back play mode, pressed Mills and rushed into the penalty area, blocked with his left hand, raised the basketball with his right hand, and was about to hook his hand.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Leitner left O'Neal Jr., pounced on Chi Liang as fast as he could, and slapped the basketball with his right hand.

Unfortunately, Ji Liang had already taken precautions, and his right hand flipped his wrist, causing Leitner to save the air and pass the ball to O'Neal Jr.

Bang dang~

Without hesitation, O'Neal Jr. completed the slam dunk again.

The Pistons' offense, the situation is similar to just now, the Nets chose a defensive way of defending against shooting and not penetrating, and after Hill got rid of Newman, Ji Liang helped defend again.

This time, Hill chose a pull-up jump shot, but Ji Liang's speed and reaction were beyond his expectations, and Hill was shocked and had to choose to shoot in a hurry, which affected his strength.

Boom~

Hill was too weak, and eventually the basketball smashed into the front of the basket and flew in this direction again.

O'Neal Jr. struggled to entangle Lightner and Mills to prevent them from grabbing rebounds, and in the end, Ji Liang stuck Hill, lightly stretched his ape arms, and easily grabbed the rebound.

"Attack!"

At the moment of landing, Chi Liang yelled, and when Lightner passed by him, he pushed the other party without a trace, delaying the opponent's return to defense.

Although Leitner's speed is not very slow, he is the slowest player on the field, so he naturally became the main target of Ji Liang's harassment.

At this time, Ji Liang controlled the basketball and rushed to the front court at the fastest speed. Under his command, his teammates are also sprinting hard.

The Pistons players hurriedly returned to defense, but due to Leitner's drag, a five-on-four situation was temporarily formed.

When Hill pounced on Ji Liang, the latter immediately found an open player and flew to the edge of the box with a quick through ball.

As Hill went to help defend Ji Liang, Newman was temporarily vacant, and after he received the ball, he immediately stepped into the box and scored an easy layup.

In the following time, with the advantage of the inside, the Nets' twin towers were difficult to defend and began to take advantage of the Pistons in the restricted area.

Because his teammates are still hot, and the desire to attack is not very strong, after receiving the ball, Chi Liang often becomes the organizer, and under his organization, the Nets combine inside and outside and begin to suppress the Pistons.

Defensively, Hill is limited to a certain extent, often assisted by Ji Liang or O'Neal Jr., and rarely has the opportunity to break into the box, which makes his efficiency start to decline.

In this case, the Nets continued to widen the margin and soon pulled it into double digits.