At the beginning of the second quarter, the Nuggets' shooting touch began to cool, how to shoot and how to iron, in the end, the rookie head coach, and by the time D'Antoni applied for a timeout, the point difference had widened to double digits.

"If you don't feel good, then hit the basket more, make fouls and make free throws! Also, speed up the transition between offense and defense, and run to death the old guys! ”

After finishing the general idea, D'Antoni pulled out the tactical board and drew a few lines on it, signaling the players to follow the tactical position.

After the timeout, Ji Liang soon received the basketball, used the cross step to break through Russell, and rushed towards the restricted area.

Ma Long hurriedly stepped forward to help defend, this time Ji Liang did not pass the ball, but made an emergency stop, raised the ball with both hands, bent his knees sharply, stared at the basket with his eyes, and made a shooting posture.

Ma Long didn't doubt it, and immediately jumped up, and when he began to fall, Chi Liang finally jumped up and took the initiative to meet it.

Ma Long's experience is not abundant, and when Chi Liang came closer, he immediately understood Chi Liang's intentions, and since fouls were inevitable, he naturally didn't want Chi Liang to have a good time.

So in the process of descending, Ma Long stretched out his right hand violently, fanned it fiercely, and slapped it Chi Liang's arm.

Syllable~

With a crisp sound, Chi Liang only felt a sharp pain in his arm, and his strength obviously changed, and he threw a three-no-stick.

Beep~

At the same time, the referee's whistle blew.

At the moment of landing, Chi Liang buffered his strength with the help of retreat. He looked down at his right hand and saw a clear slap mark on his arm, which showed the strength of Ma Long.

"Boy, you're still too tender!"

Malone bared his teeth and flexed his extremely strong biceps muscles, revealing a hideous smile.

Ji Liang didn't speak, first wiped his hands clean on his pants, and stood on the free throw line while rubbing his right hand.

Because there was still pain in his right hand, which affected the free throw shooting rate, Chi Liang slapped it twice and changed it to a left-handed free throw, and the whole action was beautiful and smooth.

Swish~

Swish~

"Old bird, I forgot to tell you, my left hand is also very accurate!" When passing by Ma Long, Chi Liang said, leaving only a dashing back.

Many players are accustomed to right-handed shooting, and the shooting rate of non-dominant shooting will inevitably decline, even left-handed, and there are not many players who can really 'shoot left and right', such as Bird and Mullin.

Chi Liang can also be counted as one, he has both his left and right hands, plus a certain amount of talent and hard work, and he has practiced it over time.

After two minutes, Ji Liang received the basketball again and played with McDyes, forcing Malone to change his defense and block Ji Liang's breakthrough route.

Ji Liang didn't pass the ball, and used a horizontal slide to rush towards Ma Long's right side, his speed was very fast, and he was about to pass Ma Long in one step.

At this time, Ma Long was in a hurry, and grabbed Chi Liang's jersey from behind, Chi Liang stumbled, but still reluctantly threw the basketball.

Beep~

With such an obvious foul, it was impossible for the referee to remain silent, so in the midst of strong boos, the whistle did not change.

Although Ma Long is a superstar, Chi Liang has performed well recently, and Stern wants to open up the Asian market, so he has naturally become his 'new favorite'.

Boom~

Ji Liang threw the basketball casually, but just wiped the rebound slightly, and was forced to bounce out and get two free throws.

Hmmm~mph~

There was no accident, Chi Liang hit both free throws, scored two points, and at the same time, let Ma Long accumulate 3 fouls.

After Malone got into foul trouble, Sloan had to replace Malone with Adam Keefe.

This is a white power forward with some projection ability, he has a solid defense and rebounding, and he is a real blue-collar player.

After Malone was knocked off the court, the Jazz lost their main scoring point, but the Nuggets still struggled to limit the Jazz's blocking and pick-and-roll, and the Jazz frequently won it.

However, the Nuggets are more efficient, taking the opportunity to close the point difference, and the number of fast breaks is gradually increasing.

Adam Keefe's pace is too slow for Malone to keep up with the Nuggets' fast break.

2 minutes and 20 seconds, Ji Liang grabbed the backcourt rebound, immediately chose a long pass, and after receiving the long pass, Alexander ran wildly to shake off Stockton and scored a layup.

In 43 seconds, the Nuggets had another chance to quickly counterattack, McDyce struggled to grab the rebound, and threw the ball to Ji Liang.

After Ji Liang ran through the middle circle, Russell finally returned to the defense, and at this moment, Ji Liang chose to pass the ball again, and Billups received the ball and threw it, scoring two points again.

In the rest of the time, the two teams did not continue to score, and after the first half, Ji Liang scored 16 points and 7 assists in the half, narrowing the gap to only 5 points.

At half-time, D'Antoni did not enact a tactic and let the players rest as much as possible.

After losing the three main players, D'Antoni was very troubled, and the depth of the squad was seriously insufficient, which also led him to rely more on Chi Liang and began to have the idea of Chi Liang hard.

There's no way, this thing is like this, I can't wait to let Chi Liang, McDyce and others play the whole game, and it is easy to hide injuries.

This time, Chi Liang played almost the whole first half, and D'Antoni didn't dare to use it too hard, so at the beginning of the third quarter, and was ready to let Chi Liang rest for a few minutes, McDyes, who came off the court in the second half of the second quarter, led the team to attack, and the other four were Clark, Williams, Stitch and Billups.

On the other side, Malone came on the court again, and continued to rely on blocking and pick-and-roll on the offensive end, and McDyce was strictly guarded on the defensive end.

The Nuggets lost Ji Liang, the team's organization was affected, and at the same time, the offensive and defensive rhythm was reduced, coupled with the Jazz's defense, the offensive firepower was significantly weakened.

McDyce is very strong, but his opponent is Ma Long, who is known as the number one forward in the active team, and he is more or less limited.

Compared with the Nuggets, the Jazz's offense is better and smoother, and the 'Utah Two' cooperate tacitly, and their blocking and pick-and-roll are still sharp, whether it is blocking and splitting empty cuts, low-post strong offense, or covering shots, they can tear apart the Nuggets' defense, so as to score easily.

In addition, McDyes's defense Malone is very difficult, and the opponent is always using his feet and strength to create shooting space, and he can't limit the opponent's mid-range shots.

If you want to limit Ma Long, you must resist him, otherwise once you are knocked back by the opponent, the opponent will have room to shoot easily.

Time passed slowly, and even if McDyes's best efforts were there, he still couldn't stop the difference from widening.

Beep~

Ji Liang didn't have long to rest before he was resent by D'Antoni, which also made McDyce breathe a sigh of relief.

After returning to the court, Ji Liang distributes the ball, and can play alone, or play blocking and dismantling with McDeis, or combine with sudden points, waiting for opportunities to help teammates create opportunities.