Ellis was a second-round pick in 1994, and he was fast and broke through, but he also had a significant shortcoming, which was that he was easily hot-headed.

After holding the ball past half court, Ellis did not play a block and pick-and-roll, but used cross-steps to break through Ji Liang.

Ellis is extremely fast and also very flexible, Ji Liang blocked it, he easily broke through, and rushed towards the penalty area with the ball.

After attracting Fortson's attention, Ellis passed the ball to Malone, and McDyes, seeing that it was not good, immediately pounced on Malone. It's just in the footsteps of Mai McDyce, where is there still time.

After receiving the ball, Malone looked back at the moon and easily hit the mid-range shot.

Seeing Malone score, Sloan was silent on the surface, but he was relieved in his heart.

On the other side, D'Antoni frowned, he was well aware of Ji Liang's 'flaws', the most hated small players who were fast, which is also the flaw of all big men, which can easily be burst into a sieve.

"No, this guy is too fast, he has to do something! Nick, you're here to replace Chauncey! ”

However, that didn't mean D'Antoni had no choice, and he immediately made a substitution, replacing Billups with Van Exel, leaving him to defend Ellis.

Like Ellis, Van Exel is the same type of player, except that he is better at making a lot more shots.

"Nick, he'll leave it to you." Ji Liang took a breather, and after Van Exel's came on the pitch, he knew what D'Antoni was thinking.

"No problem, see me teach him a good lesson!" On the field, Van Exel naturally agreed.

Van Exel's is only 185 cm, so he naturally has to play point guard, which also causes Ji Liang to change positions and start to work as a point guard.

Once Stockton is on the pitch, he can also switch points with Van Exel.

The Nuggets' offense switched to a different set, with McDyce coming up to provide a cover for Van Exel, who got rid of Ellis.

At the moment when he broke through, Ji Liang began to rush into the restricted area strongly, quickly established his position, and then saw Van Exel's random throw of the ball to the basket.

Hornacek tried to stop it, but where could he stop it, he only felt a strong surge, and he flew back involuntarily, and almost fell to the ground.

When he stepped back, Ji Liang had already flown up and dunked the ball into the basket hard.

The basketball hoop made an overwhelmed sound, and by the time Hornacek looked up, Ji Liang had already released the basket and high-fived Van Exel.

By the time the Jazz offense, Ellis was obviously limited, he was just a bench player in the end, and it was difficult to get rid of Van Exel's entanglement, which also made his role drop a lot.

In desperation, Ellis had no choice but to pass the ball to Malone and let him play it.

Malone is very helpless, the Jazz team's tactics are very simple, in addition to blocking and dismantling, only Malone's strong play is left.

Fortson defended and resisted Malone hard, but he also began to make small moves.

Under his defense, Malone's efficiency naturally decreased.

Boom~

The basketball smashed on the rebound, McDyce entangled Ostertag, and Ji Liang easily grabbed the rebound.

Without hesitation, the Nuggets launched a fast attack, while Ji Liang advanced quickly, the other four ran wildly, and for a while there was a five-on-three situation in the frontcourt.

Ellis caught up with Chi Liang and wanted to make a gambling steal, but Ji Liang threw the basketball and passed the ball first.

Without giving the Jazz a chance to react, Van Exel made a quick move on both legs and scored on a three-step layup.

In such a situation, another three minutes soon passed, and the Jazz's offensive efficiency was not high, and most of the points were scored by Malone's individual ability.

The problem is that Malone is mainly stable, and his scoring explosiveness is not very strong.

Unlike the Jazz, the Nuggets are more efficient and have built a double-digit advantage at this point.

At this time, Jerry Sloan's brows were tightly knit, and he felt that something was wrong in his heart, but there was nothing to do for a while.

The Jazz seem to be strong, but it's all based on the 'Utah Twins' pick-and-roll tactics, and once the pick-and-roll tactics are restricted, the Jazz will be very uncomfortable.

The Jazz have an awkward roster, with a poor draft pick due to their perennial playoff appearances, and they don't have any good players other than the 'Utah Twins' and Hornacek, all of whom are role players who can't be used.

At this moment, perhaps it was Fortson's small movements that made Malone lose his calm, and he saw his back exert force, and then in the process of turning, he swung his right elbow out fiercely.

At the same time as Malone waved his elbow, Fortson felt bad and subconsciously raised his hand.

The next moment, Fortson felt a pain in his right hand, followed by a strong surge, staggered back a few steps, and then sat down on the ground.

Beep~

The referee hurriedly blew the whistle and hurriedly suspended the game, because Malone elbowed more secretly, so he didn't know what was happening, and did not immediately execute the penalty, but began to play back the video.

At the same time, the Nuggets players surrounded Malone, and Ji Liang came to Fortson and began to ask about his condition.

At this time, Van Exel's stepped forward and pushed Malone and shouted: "Are you murdering?" ”

Marlon didn't fight back, but followed Van Exel's strength, pretended to take a step back, and then spread his hands and began to excuse himself: "I don't know what's going on!" ”

Seeing that Van Exel was about to break out again, McDèce saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly hugged him, lest he rush up and fight Marlon.

Judging from the size of both sides, even if Van Exel's courage is commendable, it is still easy to lose.

At the same time, the referee blew the whistle again to avoid the situation from getting worse.

Soon, the referees discussed, and in view of the home factor and Ma Long's status, in the end, Ma Long received a first-degree malicious foul, while Van Exel received a technical foul.

After the penalty was over, Fortson stood up, but fortunately he reacted in time, holding his hand against Malone's elbow and not causing injury.

Shhh

At this moment, Jazz fans let out a tsunami-like boo, and all kinds of personal attacks were overwhelming. Whenever there is a penalty against them, they will express their dissatisfaction with boos and name-calling.

A foul in the first degree allowed the Nuggets to qualify for two free throws, and after hitting two free throws, the Nuggets began to serve.

Through a simple combination, Ji Liang successfully got rid of Hornacek and immediately received a pass from Van Exel.

After receiving the ball, Chi Liang dribbled twice and began to break through to the penalty area, Ma Long hurriedly threw down Fortson and pounced on Chi Liang.

At this moment, Chi Liang made an emergency stop and lifted the basketball, Ma Long didn't think much about it and hurriedly jumped up.

When Ma Long began to fall, he realized that he had been fooled, and saw that Chi Liang took the initiative to come over again, wanting to cheat the foul.