Chapter Ninety-Five: Showdown with Duncan
When the official timeout ended, the Nuggets' possession of the ball, as soon as the ball was issued, Ji Liang immediately stood in the waist position, which is also his favorite position.
"Senior, you're welcome!"
After receiving the pass, Chi Liang leaned on Duncan and carefully felt Duncan's center of gravity.
Outwardly, Duncan is not very strong, but his strength is not bad, he has a strong ability to complete moves in positions and confrontations, and he is rarely squeezed out of position when defending.
Of course, his strongest point is his physical coordination, you must know that before playing basketball, this thing was best at swimming, and he broke many swimming records at the age of twelve or thirteen.
Duncan didn't speak, and while resisting Chi Liang hard, he was also quite surprised in his heart, because Chi Liang's strength was almost the same as him.
After holding the ball, Chi Liang observed the surroundings a little, and after finding that the Spurs did not implement the pack, he immediately took his left foot as the axis, and his whole body began to turn to the right, and instantly changed from the back basket to the face basket.
Chi Liang's movements were unusually smooth, and under a series of movements, Chi Liang and Duncan opened up a space.
At this time, Chi Liang's legs bent slightly, and he lifted the basketball with a posture of about to shoot.
Duncan reacted quickly, and immediately stood on tiptoe, only to find that Ji Liang did not shoot, but withdrew the basketball, and his steps were very large, passing Duncan in one step.
Although Duncan's coordination is strong, it is difficult to keep up with Chi Liang's pace, which is also Chi Liang's biggest counterpoint advantage.
Without any pause, Ji Liang slapped the basketball, took another step, and instantly rushed into the penalty area.
After hitting the restricted area, the other players of the Spurs couldn't make up for it, and finally Ji Liang jumped up and slammed the basket with one hand!
Rushing~
The Pepsi Center stadium instantly resounded with the cheers of the fans, filling the entire stadium.
Back on the defensive end, the Spurs also passed the ball to Duncan, who they hoped would return the ball.
Of course, in the bench lineup, Duncan is also their main scoring point.
"Let me deal with him!"
Chi Liang resisted Duncan while signaling his teammates not to help, he cherished the opportunity to fight with Duncan.
At the same time, Duncan has excellent ability to move the ball, and the bag clamp does not do much for him.
In the face of the powerful Duncan, Chi Liang was not afraid, but cheered up and began to use all his skills to 'care' Duncan from head to toe, not letting him make easy moves.
At the first time, Duncan completed the turn, from the back basket to the face basket, compared with Chi Liang, his movements were smoother, and lifting the ball was a flicker.
This whole set of actions is almost the same as Chi Liang just now.
However, compared with Duncan, Ji Liang's speed is faster, which also caused Duncan to not complete the breakthrough and was stuck in the bottom line, leaving no space.
However, Duncan's footsteps were extremely solid, and at the same time his stride was larger, and he began to turn inward, and he turned to the most comfortable angle for himself, without any hesitation, he held Chi Liang with his left hand, turned over and hooked his hand, and the ball went in!
With Duncan's height advantage, it is difficult for Chi Liang to limit his hook hand, which is also the first time Chi Liang feels Duncan's strength.
It's not flashy, but it's extremely stable.
The Nuggets' offense, Ji Liang began to play low on the left side of the basket, and Alexander smoothly put the ball in his hands.
After catching the basketball, Ji Liang took a step out, and then turned to the bottom line, looking like he was about to be parallel to Duncan.
At this moment, Ji Liang lifted the basketball, this time it was another shooting feint, and regardless of whether he had deceived Duncan or not, he rushed to the basket again.
Duncan wasn't so easy to deceive, but his movements couldn't help but pause, and Ji Liang took the opportunity to use his speed to wipe over, and he was about to hit the basket.
At this moment, Marrick Ross hugged Chi Liang, and the whole person almost pressed on Chi Liang's arm, brutally pulling him down from the air.
Beep~
The referee's whistle blows.
Shhh
Meanwhile, Nuggets fans booed Rose with boos.
Faced with Rose's rough foul, Chi Liang felt annoyed in his heart, and suddenly rubbed up from the ground, his head against Rose and yelled, "What do you want to do?"
If you don't react quickly enough and end up sitting on the ground with your buttocks, you may be injured.
"Rookie, don't think about scoring easily!"
Ross has a tough style, and he is also against Chi Liang's head, not afraid at all.
"Old bird, do you think you can stop me? You can score as many points as I want! ”
Chi Liang is also angry, and he wants to fight with Ross.
In today's NBA games, on-court conflicts are very common, and there are many people who disagree and fight.
In this era, players are known for their toughness, and if you don't go toe-to-toe, you'll be looked down upon by other players.
Beep beep beep ~
Seeing that the situation was not good, the referee kept blowing the whistle and stepped forward to separate the two to prevent the two sides from turning into a brawl.
Stern made it clear that the shrinking season had diminished the league's credibility and influence a lot, and he didn't want another major accident in the league.
After the referee intervened, coupled with the dissuasion of their teammates, both sides were more restrained, allowing the game to continue.
Ji Liang stood on the free throw line and took a deep breath to suppress the anger in his heart to avoid being affected by emotions.
Hmmm~mph~
Ji Liang was unaffected, hit two free throws, and scored two points again. After glancing at Rose, he turned back to defense.
"Marik, you don't need to provoke him!"
Before re-serving, Duncan patted Rose on the shoulder, and he knew exactly what Rose was thinking.
"Tim, are you players from Wake Forest so old!"
Rose shrugged his shoulders and showed a depressed expression, and it was clear from the free throws that his actions did not affect Ji Liang much.
"Who knows, maybe this is a tradition at Wake Forest University!"
After the Spurs served, almost exactly as the last time, Duncan received the basketball again, relying on excellent footwork to turn to a 45-degree shot.
Swish~
Listening to the sound of the net flower, Chi Liang felt depressed.
Duncan is so stable that even if he turns on the dynamic vision, Chi Liang doesn't dare to say that he can defeat him.
After switching between offense and defense, Ji Liang used his feet to break through Duncan again, and then passed the ball to John Taylor before Rose helped to defend.
Maybe it was because he hadn't played for too long, Taylor adjusted, but when it came to shooting, the force was still a little lighter.
Feeling the arc of the basketball, Chi Liang immediately took action, and while grabbing the position with Duncan, he also grabbed in front of everyone, first dialing the ball back.
In an instant, Ji Liang jumped up, took the lead in grabbing the basketball in the air, and at the moment of landing, he used the ground pass to pass the ball to Taylor again.
This time, Taylor took his chance and threw the ball into the basket.