In addition to shooting in the open position, most of the time Ji Liang has to face the encirclement of the Spurs, whether it is Elliott, or Duncan and Robinson who are supplementing the defense, he can always use quick shots to score the ball.

Under Ji Liang's outburst, his teammates saw hope, immediately cheered up, and began to play well with the Spurs.

Not long after, Duncan missed a shot, and after being grabbed by Fortson, D'Antoni hurriedly called a timeout and began to teach the players that it was appropriate to cooperate with Ji Liang and close the gap as soon as possible.

"No problem!"

The other players naturally did not object, and the better Chi Liang's hand felt, the more reassuring they were.

After losing two games, everyone on the Nuggets wanted to win the last one and was naturally willing to work harder.

After returning from the timeout, Ji Liang continued to run, and at his signal, his teammates took the initiative to cover for him.

Under the cover of his teammates, Ji Liang soon ran out of the open space, and the player who defended him was blocked, several meters away from him.

Outside the bottom corner three-point line, Ji Liang received the basketball, and he even had time to adjust, and before the defender arrived, he threw the ball out softly, and his shot was like a textbook, and he shot into the basket hollow.

Ji Liang hit a three-pointer again, which suddenly made his teammates who were familiar with him faintly look forward to it.

They know very well that once such a sign appears, it means that Chi Liang feels hot and is likely to break out in three points of rain.

Whether it is the regular season or the playoffs, as long as Chi Liang breaks out with a three-point rain, it will burst out with a strong power, and even he is afraid of himself.

On the Spurs bench, Popovich rubbed his forehead vigorously, he tried all the methods he could think of, but he couldn't limit it.

The other party is too difficult, and the combination of body and technology makes him almost flawed at all, and it doesn't feel like going into battle with an injury at all.

With such an all-round player, there are only a few people in the history of the NBA, such as Big O and Magic.

When Popovich was thinking hard about countermeasures, the situation on the court suddenly changed, and Ji Liang scored a three-pointer again, and he was stunned to chase the difference to only five points.

Seeing that Ji Liang narrowed the gap to five points by himself, this is undoubtedly a dangerous signal for the Spurs, and if they don't pay attention to it, it is very likely that the opponent will take advantage of the opportunity to overtake.

On top of that, it's only the second quarter of the game, and the Nuggets still have a lot of opportunities, which is why the Spurs are worried.

In addition, the referee who presided over the game, I don't know what's going on, and his blowing penalty is obviously biased in favor of the Nuggets.

This is not just the home court, because whenever there is a dispute, the referees always provide favorable penalties for the Nuggets, which also results in the Nuggets getting significantly more free throws than the Spurs.

The reason is simple, David Stern wants a fierce game, the more intense the better, so that the ratings can be increased.

In a sense, ratings are closely related to the influence of the league, and if Stern wants to restore the influence of the league, he naturally does not want the Spurs to easily beat the Nuggets.

Under Stern's instructions, the referees took care of the Nuggets as much as possible.

Referees can change the game and control the pace of the game, of course, although manipulating the game is a well-known unspoken rule, it is impossible to put it on the surface, otherwise there will be a shady scene, which may have the opposite effect.

Because of this, it is impossible for the referee to give a penalty for no reason, at most it is just to give the Nuggets some convenience.

But if your own strength is insufficient, even if the referee takes care of it, there is still a possibility of losing the game.

At this time, Popovich stood up and shouted at the players on the court: "Run, don't give him an easy shot!"

Under Popovich's command, Chi Liang faced a lot more defensive pressure. The Spurs would rather let go of others than give him an easy shot,

It's just that this aroused Chi Liang's desire to score, and in the face of Elliott's close defense, Chi Liang resolutely turned around and played with his back to himself.

Elliott thought that Chi Liang wanted to fight back, so he immediately sank his center of gravity, and entangled Chi Liang unrelentingly, trying his best to resist Chi Liang's impact.

Boom~

Unfortunately, the difference in strength between the two is obvious, and even if Elliot tries his best, he will only be knocked back.

Ji Liang did not break through, nor did he continue to hit, but under Elliott's surprised gaze, he turned over and shot a three-point jumper!

Swish~

Elliott was shocked to see the basketball fly into the hoop again, and an indescribable feeling rose in his heart.

It's still 1999, and although many teams are paying more and more attention to the three-point shot, it's still very different from a decade later.

If Chi Liang continues to maintain such a hit rate, he will soon be able to erase the difference between the two sides, and even overtake is not necessarily.

The Spurs' offense was still a steady positional battle, and Duncan finally shot, but unfortunately the basketball didn't hit.

Robinson tried to grab the offensive rebound, but was entangled by Clark, and finally Fortson grabbed the rebound.

Without hesitation, Fortson passed the ball to Billups, who dribbled the ball quickly, and as soon as he ran past the center circle, he passed the ball to Ji Liang, who was running in front.

When Duncan missed, Chi Liang had already started, but the Spurs did not have extremely fast players, so Chi Liang ran to the front, and there was no trace of the Spurs players in front of him.

If it is an ordinary player, it is natural to make layups at this time. But Chi Liang is not an ordinary player, when he ran outside the three-point line, he jumped up violently and chose to chase after the three points.

Bang~唰~

This time, the basketball smashed on the rebound and rebounded into the basket, which was also the fourth three-pointer Ji Liang hit in the quarter, and under his outburst, the Spurs still had a one-point advantage.

At this point, the Spurs also bottomed out, first using a hammer tactic to shoot back with a three-pointer from Johnson, followed by two consecutive goals from Duncan to halt the Nuggets' momentum.

So, in the last minute of the second quarter, the Spurs still had the score advantage.

It was the Spurs' offense again, and this time Duncan, after attracting the pack, immediately passed the ball to Elliott, who threw the basketball.

Boom~

The basketball smashed on the basket, this time bounced far, and in the end, after some scramble, Billups was lucky to grab the basketball.

This time, the Nuggets didn't launch a fast break, first, the Spurs returned quickly, and second, there were 20 seconds left before the end of the second quarter.

The Nuggets must lower their tempo and not give the Spurs a chance to attack.

With a few seconds left on the clock, Billups passed the ball, with Ji Liang acting as the finisher, and in almost the same action as before, Ji Liang turned over again and shot the ball into the basket again.

Swish~

The fifth three-pointer hit the score and overtook the score at the same time.