During the break, Coach Rivers began to explain the tactics: "Although we had a little advantage in the first quarter, we had to be careful not to get caught up in the rhythm of the Kings! Also, we have to strengthen our defense and if anyone is lazy, be ready to sit on the bench. Jermaine, you had a terrible first quarter, the capable up, the mediocre down, I think you need to calm down on the bench! ”

"Yes, Coach!" O'Neal Jr. lowered his head, he also knew how bad his performance was, if it weren't for Chi Liang in charge, the Nets' interior would have been blown up a long time ago.

Soon, the second quarter of the game began.

Cage replaced O'Neal Jr., with the rest of the players being Ji Liang, Newman, Billups and Armstrong.

On the other side, the Kings fielded Divac, Webb, Peja, Anderson and Jason Williams, which can also be arguably the strongest lineup for the Kings.

It's a pity that the Kings still didn't take advantage, because the Nets showed a tough defensive attitude as soon as they got on the court, even Armstrong and Newman, who were not very good defensively, also put their defensive attitudes right, and they were defensive opponents with unremitting physical strength.

Ji Liang sits in the restricted area, defending Webb while also attacking everywhere, and his figure is almost everywhere, interfering with the Kings' shooting rate.

The change in the Nets immediately caught the Kings off guard, causing the Kings' offensive fluency to drop a lot and their efficiency to drop significantly.

However, due to the focus on defense, while limiting the Kings, the Nets' offense was also affected, and for a while the two sides seemed to be competing to see who played more iron.

Two minutes later, Billups shot a three-pointer against Anderson's defense, but unfortunately the basketball was a little off, and he touched the basket slightly and bounced towards the basket.

For the first time, Cage and Divac were entangled, and on the other side, Chi Liang and Webb fought hard, taking advantage of their strength, Chi Liang was in a better position, and immediately jumped up and grabbed the offensive rebound one step ahead of Weber.

At this moment, Divac left Cage behind and wrapped Chi Liang under the basket with Webber, not giving him the possibility of a second offense.

Even though he was trapped, Ji Liang remained calm, his feet kept moving, and he quickly found a passing opportunity and passed the ball to Billups, who ran to the bottom corner.

Billups caught the basketball, and this time, he adjusted a little and shot a three-pointer again.

Unfortunately, the ball still didn't go in, and it smashed into the basket and bounced high.

When Billups was shooting, Ji Liang didn't care whether he could shoot or not, and was immediately ready to fight for rebounds in the frontcourt.

This time, the basketball landed in the restricted area, and Divac was trying to use his height advantage to grab rebounds, but before he could touch the basketball, Ji Liang appeared in front of him, and then cocked his ass hard.

Although Divac was tall, he was not as strong or heavy as Ji Liang, and his steps involuntarily retreated, forcing him to give up his best position.

On the other side, Cage pestered Webb, who was once a rebounding champion and naturally knew what he had to do.

Ji Liang lightly stretched his ape arm and grabbed the offensive rebound again, this time, he did not choose to pass, but jumped straight up, threw the ball into the basket and made Divac foul.

Swish~

Ji Liang steadily hit the ball and played 2+1.

Once a person is in a good state, it is difficult to contain it, and in just over ten minutes, Chi Liang grabbed 5 offensive rebounds, which also made him obviously interested in offensive rebounds.

Not long after, Armstrong made a quick stop jumper, threw the ball a little shorter, hit the front of the hoop and bounced out, and the restricted area immediately became a hand-to-hand combat field, with several long arms stretched out, all trying to compete for the basketball.

Among them, two arms with obvious colors and other very different colors grabbed the rebound first, and as soon as Chi Liang landed, he remembered to jump and dunk, but was cut on his wrist by Weber.

Under the severe pain, the basketball in Chi Liang's hand was forced to get out of his hand, but the referee happened to see this scene and immediately blew the whistle.

Honk~

On the free throw line, Chi Liang shook his left wrist, feeling some pain, and then switched to one-handed free throws. He holds the basketball with his right hand and throws it to the basket.

Hmmm~mph~

Even if he only used one-handed free throws, Chi Liang also hit two free throws.

"Rebound, protect the rebound, and see how many offensive rebounds he grabs!" On the sidelines, Adelman was furious, shouting a shoutout to Divac and Webb.

Whether it is Divac or Webber, they are a little depressed in their hearts, not that they don't work hard, but God knows how Chi Liang could be so fierce today and grabbed offensive rebounds in a row.

However, they also cheered up and were obviously much more interested in rebounding, and if they were grabbed like this by the other side, the Kings were likely to lose the game.

At this time, the situation on the court changed, and Peja, who had been inactive in the first quarter, suddenly began to explode, hitting consecutive shots, including two three-pointers.

Under Peja's outburst, the Kings were about to overtake the score.

At the critical moment, Ji Liang strengthened his personal attack, and although Weber worked very hard to defend, it was still difficult to prevent Ji Liang from scoring.

Ji Liang's performance was quite sharp, and he successfully stopped the trend of being overtaken by the Kings.

Soon, Rivers opted for a substitution, replacing Newman, who was blown up by Peja, with Eric Williams.

Newman was depressed, and he was helpless in his heart, not that he didn't work hard to defend, but that Peja's height and arm span were too advantageous, and his hot hand was difficult to restrict.

Originally, Coach Rivers wanted to bring on Margeti, but like O'Neal Jr., Margeti was also out of shape.

After Williams came on the court, although it was still difficult to restrain Peja, due to the difference in weight and strength, Peja was also difficult to guard against Williams.

As soon as he got on the court, Williams broke through Peja in a row, scored two shots, and made a defensive foul on Divac with a layup, helping the team stabilize the trend.

In the last attack of the first half, Ji Liang did not rush into the penalty area, but pulled Webb to the outside of the three-point line.

Webber was very depressed, but he had to follow along, which was mainly related to Chi Liang's three-point shooting rate, and naturally he couldn't let Chi Liang do it arbitrarily.

At this moment, Chi Liang received the basketball, he first glanced at the timer, and when he found that there were still more than ten seconds left, he immediately began to delay the time.

Weber understood Chi Liang's intentions, but he didn't dare to step forward, in terms of speed and flexibility, Chi Liang was above him, once he got close to Chi Liang, it would be easy for the other party to complete the breakthrough.

When there were only five seconds left, Ji Liang's dribbling rhythm changed sharply, and he took a step forward with his right foot, Webber immediately became vigilant and immediately blocked Ji Liang's breakthrough direction.

But just as he was moving, Chi Liang violently retracted his right foot, jumped straight up, and threw a basketball.

Swish~

Even if Webber reacted, he was still a step late and was hit by Ji Liang for a three-pointer, and the score between the two sides became 49-54, with the home team in front and the away team behind.

The most surprising thing is Chi Liang's data, he only used the first half to get 22 points, 20 rebounds and 5 assists, including 20 rebounds, 8 frontcourt rebounds.