Chapter 49: Approaching the Record
After squeezing back Payton, Ikegami took the opportunity to complete the turn, changed the back frame to the face frame, and without waiting for Payton to make a move, he passed the ball with a coquettish back, like a scalpel, and the basketball accurately fell into the hands of Stage at the edge of the penalty area.
In the process just now, through the cover of his teammates, Stich temporarily shook off Ellis and fell into the open position for a while.
Before Ellis arrived, Stich adjusted a little and took a jumper.
Bang~唰~
This is a typical slap shot, where the basketball first slams on the rebound, then rushes into the basket with the help of a rebound, once again narrowing the difference.
However, the opponent was stronger after all, and in the time that followed, the supersonic offensive was in full swing, and Payton's organization was also good, completely dominating the advantage on the field.
Under the gap in ability, even if the Nuggets players try their best, they still can't limit the opponent.
However, on the offensive end, the Nuggets have not been completely contained, at most they have been slightly restricted, and the offensive success rate has decreased a little.
Especially Chi Liang's point, even if Payton personally handles it, it can't limit Chi Liang's play. Even if the bag clamp is used, Chi Liang, who is in a dynamic vision state, has a perfect grasp of the timing, and his passing awareness is extremely prominent, as long as he forms a gap, he can instantly pass the basketball to the vacant player.
Payton's defense is strong, but he is only a guard after all, and there is a significant gap between him and Ji Liang's height, strength, and weight.
Ji Liang knows this very well, so as long as he encounters Payton, he will choose to break through with strength, and after squeezing Peyton, he will pass or throw or burst, and under his drive, the point difference is not quickly widened.
In addition, Payton tried to control the rhythm and wanted to guide the rhythm of the Nuggets, but he was not a rhythm master after all, and Ji Liang's deliberate targeting had no effect at all.
In this case, although the supersonic speed had the advantage, five minutes passed, and the difference was stretched to eight points.
At the same time, in the process, Ji Liang assisted in a successful double-double, and completed a block again, one step closer to a triple-double +5×5.
At this time, the Nuggets voluntarily requested a timeout.
When the timeout ended, the Nuggets sent their main players, namely McDyce, Chi Liang, Williams, Stich and Billups.
There is no doubt that D'Antoni once again opted for a small line-up, with Ji Liang and McDyce in the penalty area.
Compared with the supersonic, McDies and the others rested for five minutes more, and more or less recovered some physical strength, and their abilities were not greatly affected, at least they were able to survive until the end of the game.
Compared to the superSonics, the Nuggets are no longer physically weak, and the two sides are on the same level.
With five minutes left before the end of the game, there is only an eight-point difference, and it is not yet known who will win or lose.
The Nuggets' possession of the ball, Billups held the ball past halfcourt, and then hoisted the ball to McDeis, who was stuck in position.
Under Polines' defense, McDece turned and broke through, shook off the shooting space, and jumped to shoot.
Maybe it was because he had rested for too long, which caused McDyce to feel cold, and the basketball slammed into the front of the basket and popped out.
The ball bounced out of the box and bounced in Payton's direction, and Payton jumped lightly to grab the rebound with ease.
"Be careful!"
At the moment when Peyton landed, a figure appeared on Peyton's right side, bowing his head and waist, and waving his right hand from the bottom to the top.
Syllable~
Although Payton reacted quickly, he was a step late after all, and was easily completed by Ji Liang for a steal.
As soon as the basketball landed, the players on both sides rushed towards the basketball like sharks smelling blood.
For a while, the scene was a little chaotic.
In the chaos, the basketball kept shifting directions, and Ji Liang finally grabbed the basketball with his amazing reaction, and then used the boccia ball to roll the ball to the top corner.
At this time, Billups was just outside the three-point line in the top corner, and after crouching down to catch the basketball, Billups jumped up and threw the basketball in his hand.
Swish~
After successfully hitting a three-pointer, the difference between the two sides was narrowed to five points.
With the supersonic ball, the Nuggets were in high spirits and began to defend desperately, trying to prevent this ball.
McDyce pestered Polines, Chi Liang watched for Defense Baker, Williams cautiously followed Schramf, Stitch stared at Owens, and Billups was in charge of Payton.
Compared to Alexander, Billups' defense is obviously much better, at least at the passing line, and Payton will undoubtedly need to spend a lot of effort to break through.
With Billups defending, Payton hoisted the ball to Vin Baker, who was stuck in position.
Wen Baker's figure is too huge, it's like a wall of flesh, it's easy to get stuck in the position, and Chi Liang is helpless about Wen Fatzi's card position.
"Boy, I advise you to save some effort!"
For this ball, Wen Baker can be said to be nine out of ten, and naturally ridiculed to the extreme, hoping to affect Chi Liang's mentality.
Feeling the power coming from behind him, Wen Baker's fat face showed a hideous color, how could such a force stop him.
The next moment, Wen Baker exerted force on his back and used his weight to eat Chi Liang. Under the huge weight, even if Ji Liang tried his best, he was still staggered back by the hit, and he was helpless against Wen Baker's back beating.
This thing is too heavy, weighing three or four hundred pounds, it is easy to knock back Chi Liang, after two consecutive hits, Wen Baker finally squeezed into the restricted area, and while exerting force on his back, he wanted to turn around and dunk.
Unfortunately, Wen Baker is not O'Neal, and the sharp increase in weight has made him lose his previous flexibility, causing him to turn very slowly, and also providing a good opportunity for Ji Liang's defense.
At the moment when Wen Baker turned around, Chi Liang regained his position, took a step back, and appeared in front of Wen Baker's side.
Before Wen Baker jumped, Chi Liang chose a gambling steal, turned his palm into a knife, and slashed the basketball, completing the steal in an instant.
Syllable~
Wen Baker was caught off guard and the basketball in his hand fell to the ground and bounced out of bounds.
Without hesitation, Williams flew over and grabbed the basketball while passing the ball to Billups.
This steal also brought Chi Liang's steals to five times, plus the scores and assists have doubled, and they are one step closer to the record.
With the help of teammates, the rebounding problem is not big, the biggest problem is the block, and it is undoubtedly difficult to complete another block in the remaining time.
After receiving the basketball, Billups opted for the fast break and advanced with the ball as fast as he could.
On the other side, Williams climbed up and ran forward with his head buried in the same way.
After a steady pass, a five-on-four situation soon formed on the court, and Wen Baker was too slow, and by the time he returned to the halfcourt, the Nuggets had already torn apart the defense and Williams scored a layup.