After losing the opener, the team then flew to Phoenix to take on the Suns.

This season's Suns, Kidd began to enter his peak, and in the opener, Kidd got a quasi-triple-double of 15 points, 12 assists and 8 rebounds.

Compared to the Suns, the Nuggets are stronger on the inside, and although the Suns' Clifford Robinson is good enough, there is still a big gap with McDyes.

As for the Suns' center Luke Longley, although he is 218 centimeters and was once the main center of the Bulls dynasty, he has given people a feeling of unadaptability since he was traded to the Suns.

Maybe it was the performance in the last game, or maybe it was Stickic's poor form, Billups was valued by D'Antoni, and he eventually replaced Steic as the team's starting point guard.

On the other side, the Suns fielded center Luke Longley, power forward Clifford Robinson, small forward Tom Gugliotta, shooting guard Rex Chapman and point guard Jason Kidd.

This season, with the strength of the Nuggets, it is difficult to win too many games, so it is natural to grasp every game.

D'Antoni has just become head coach and naturally doesn't want the team to have a bad record, otherwise he is likely to lose his job.

After the start of the game, the Suns began to take the initiative on the court, and under Kidd's leadership, they won the Nuggets by 7 points in the first quarter.

Midway through the second quarter, McDyess started to work hard and scored seven points in a row to help the team pull the score.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, this time the Nuggets' bench dropped the chain, and after being replaced by Billups as the starter, Steich's form was obviously affected and he did not perform well on the court.

Forget about Sticky, Williams performed even worse, scoring two points on one of five shots, and was suddenly cut into a sieve by the opponent.

Due to the lack of help from the bench, by halftime, the Suns had a 59-51 advantage.

After the start of the third quarter, the Nuggets fought to catch up, but they never reversed the decline, and the Suns still took the initiative.

In the fourth minute of the third quarter, D'Antoni could no longer stand Williams' poor performance, he was fed up with Williams' lackluster on the offensive end and his miserable defense.

After a slight hesitation, D'Antoni asked Foxon to continue resting, and then called Ji Liang's name.

In fact, D'Antoni is not worried about Chi Liang, but Chi Liang is a first-round pick after all, coupled with the usual hard training and a basket, it may be helpful to the team.

In order to avoid Chi Liang being too impatient and eager to show himself, D'Antoni began to advise: "Chi Liang, remember to defend well, don't hesitate if there is an opportunity, shoot as soon as possible!"

"Yes, Coach!"

Ji Liang responded and began to walk towards the field.

"Man, that's a yellow man?"

Seeing Ji Liang on the field, a fan sitting in the front row was full of doubts.

Historically, Chi Liang is the second yellow to join the NBA, and it has been decades since the first yellow man played.

"If that's right, he's supposed to be a yellow man!"

"I've never seen a yellow guy who can play basketball, and it feels like the Nuggets are giving us points!"

"That's not a good thing, haha!"

……

Amid the chatter of Suns fans, Ji Liang stood on the court, and his teammates were Lafrentz, McDyce, Washington and Billups, with Billups in control.

At this time, Billups held the ball past half of the court, and Lafrentz ran out of space with the help of nimble footwork.

As he gets older, combined with his tall stature, Luke Longley's role on the defensive end has gradually diminished, and it will be difficult to keep up with Lafrentz.

Without hesitation, Billups passed the ball to Lafrentz.

Lafrentz wanted to shoot, but the Suns' backup small forward Morris hurriedly threw off Chi Liang and pounced on Lafrentz.

Without forcing a shot, Lafrenz withdrew the basketball and passed the ball to Ji Liang.

Without waiting for Morris to return, Ji Liang, who was standing outside the three-point line, jumped high, stretched his posture, and threw the ball to the basket.

Brush~

The basketball hollow into the net, this is also the first time that Ji Liang has scored in the regular season.

68:61

After this goal, the original double-digit point difference was still seven points.

Double-digit and single-digit pressures are clearly different, and at least the Nuggets players breathe a sigh of relief.

"Good vote!"

"It's you who passed it well!"

Before the Suns served, Ji Liang and Lafrentz raised their right hands and slapped each other.

Soon, Kidd held the ball past half court and began to organize the team's attack.

With Longley's pick-and-roll, Kidd easily avoided Billups and began to attack the box with the ball.

McDyce was the closest, and hurriedly left Robinson behind to help defend Kidd.

Without waiting for McDyes' to step forward, Kidd made a ground-hitting pass and accurately passed the ball to Robinson.

Without hesitation, Robinson jumped up and wanted to dunk with both hands.

At this moment, Chi Liang appeared in front of Robinson, and while jumping up, he slapped his right hand the basketball.

In mid-air, Robinson's arms and muscles burst out, and he wanted to force a dunk, but what shocked him was that Ji Liang's strength was not weaker than him, but was still above him, and finally slapped the basketball on the rebound.

When the basketball was falling, Robinson wanted to snatch the offensive rebound, but was stuck firmly behind by Ji Liang, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't squeeze it out.

Ji Liang lightly stretched his ape arm and easily grabbed the defensive rebound.

"Good shot!"

D'Antoni stood up, he didn't expect Chi Liang, who had just come on the court, to show his role between offense and defense.

This steady posture doesn't feel like a rookie, but like an old ball ruffian.

After Ji Liang won the rebound, seeing that there was no fast break opportunity, he passed the ball to Billups.

After half-time, Ji Liang moved to the bottom corner and opened up low space for McDyes.

After finding out there was no chance, Billups passed the ball to McDyes.

Among the Nuggets' players, McDyce is also the most advantageous scorer in positional battles.

In the face of Robinson's defense, McDyce played with great ease, once again in the low post.

Soon, McDies used his nimble footwork to break through Robinson and jump up to shoot before Longley could help defend him.

However, his luck was not good, the basketball missed, hit the outside edge of the basket, and bounced towards Ji Liang.

Morris wanted to scramble and entangled with Chi Liang, but Chi Liang's feet seemed to be rooted in the ground, and no matter how hard Morris tried, he couldn't push Chi Liang away, and finally Chi Liang grabbed the offensive rebound.

At this time, Ji Liang raised his hands and made a gesture of shooting.

Morris was startled and hurriedly jumped up, but what he saw was Chi Liang's playful smile, and he saw Chi Liang collect the basketball and began to break through to the penalty area.