Chapter 90: It's hard to do it alone
Chi Liang held the ball in his right hand, lifted the ball and shook it, using a whole set of worship actions, regardless of whether he had deceived Marley or not, he wanted to break through with the ball.
The worship of the Buddha is very deceptive, there is a problem of switching the center of gravity at the moment, the center of gravity stays on the front foot at the moment of pause, the center of gravity switches to the right foot when performing the worship action, and finally breaks through the center of gravity and cuts back to the front foot again, and the back foot breaks through.
When the defender thinks you're about to make a shot, make a fake hesitation, the opponent's defensive center of gravity will change, and all you have to do is to speed up the break!
was confused by Chi Liang's movements, which caused Marley's center of gravity to change, and in just a blink of an eye, he was successfully cut in by Chi Liang.
By the time Marley turned, Ikegami had already made a breakthrough, and PJ Brown hurriedly dropped McDyce and pounced on Ike.
Ji Liang raised his right hand, used the passing feint to shift Brown's center of gravity, and used the cross step at the moment of pause to hand the ball to the left hand, and broke through Brown.
From beginning to end, Ji Liang didn't have the idea of passing on to McDeis, this ball is too important, with McDyce's state, even if there is an empty position, it is possible to hit the iron.
Bang dang!
After connecting the two, Chi Liang had a smooth road in front of him, and the moment he rushed into the penalty area, his speed surged to the limit, he jumped with all his strength, stretched his body as hard as he could, and smashed the basketball into the basket with one hand.
10:2
After Ji Liang scored a slam dunk, the Nuggets finally broke the scoring drought, and by the way, it also boosted their morale.
When the Heat attacked, Hardaway broke through and passed the ball to Mourning, who singled out Fortson.
Mourning leaned in, and compared to the stocky Fortson, he was more agile, easily opened up the space, and hit the basketball.
Before he was diagnosed with kidney failure, Mourning had excellent low-post singles, coupled with an offensive style that could be inside and out, and his offense on the court was very diverse.
Of course, Mourning's strongest is defense, and the Heat restricted area with him and Brown has become a nightmare for many teams.
In the next attack, Ji Liang temporarily shook off Marley with the help of blocking and dismantling, and hit a stop-and-go jump shot.
Soon, Mourning leaned on Fortson and scored easily with his hook hand.
Compared to Mourning, Fortson is noticeably shorter.
For the rest of the game, the first quarter almost turned into a scoring show by Ji Liang and Mourning, with Chi Liang beating white defensive titan Dan Marley. On the other side, Mourning was in a hot state, turning over the river and the sea on the inside, and also broke Fortson.
Even if Fortson defended seriously, his flexibility could not keep up with Mourning, and he was easily thrown off by his opponent again and again.
At the end of the first quarter, Ji Liang scored 15 points in a single quarter, and Mo Ning was not to be outdone by scoring 13 points, and the Heat temporarily led the Nuggets 28-21.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Ji Liang did not play, he had already played the first quarter and needed a certain amount of rest.
The situation on the court changed rapidly, McDyce was tired offensively, and resolutely increased the number of shots, but in the face of the Heat, which is known for its defense, McDyce's offensive efficiency was very poor, and the Heat easily had the upper hand.
In just two minutes, the Heat once again widened the gap to double digits, and D'Antoni said that he was helpless and could only continue to rely on Ji Liang to avoid the second half becoming garbage time.
Unlike in the first quarter, after entering the court, Ji Liang increased the number of passes, using excellent vision, and passed the ball to his teammates who were in the open position again and again, and what they had to do was very simple, that is, throw the ball into the basket.
It's a pity that McDyce, Stitch and others are in extremely poor shape, and even if they are in the open seats, they have wasted several opportunities.
The Nuggets players on the court, except for Ji Liang and Billups, who can still maintain efficiency, everyone else is sleepwalking.
In this situation, the Heat were more efficient, with Mourning, Hardaway and Marley scoring consecutive points to continue to widen the difference.
The poor performance of his teammates made Ji Liang feel very uncomfortable, and he decided that he could not sit still, so he began to strengthen his individual attack.
first broke through Marley to score a layup, and then raided the Heat's interior, caused a foul on Mourning, and used free throws to score. It didn't take long for him to burst into the Heat box again, and avoiding PJ Brown was a pull-up layup.
Ji Liang's continuous scoring has undoubtedly increased the morale of his teammates and made their performance much better.
Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long, just when Billups was catching the ball and shooting, he was brutally knocked to the ground by Rex Waters, he wanted to stand up, but he only felt pain in his legs, and hurriedly sat on the floor.
"It's okay, it's just that his foot is twisted, but he can't play again in this game!"
After the team doctor's examination, he shook his head at D'Antoni.
The roof leak happened to rain overnight, the boat was late and had a head wind, D'Antoni said it was very painful, Lafrenz was out for the season, Van Exel was suspended, McDyce and others were not in good shape, and now they have injured Billups.
Thankfully, Billups is not seriously injured and can recover in just a few days, but even if he recovers quickly, he will not be able to play in tomorrow's back-to-back games.
In this case, D'Antoni had no choice but to send Washington up.
After losing Billups, Chi Liang can be said to be alone, and Billups can still share some pressure, but with the current lineup, it is definitely hellish difficulty to defeat the Heat.
57:44
By the end of the first half, the Heat had already led the Nuggets by 13 points, and this was still Chi Liang who strengthened the scoring relationship, otherwise it would only be pulled bigger.
In just half time, Ji Liang scored 23 points, but it also consumed too much of his physical strength.
In the second half, Ji Liang rested for a few minutes, but it was also these few minutes that the Heat continued to expand their advantage. By the time D'Antoni felt bad, the margin was more than 20 points.
In the remainder of the third quarter, even though Ji Liang played again and led the Nuggets to catch up, he still did not narrow the difference.
Seeing that there was no hope of winning, D'Antoni replaced the main team as much as possible, and the entire fourth quarter became garbage time.
After the Nuggets 'surrendered', Pat Riley also made the bench, and finally the Heat won 102-87 against the Nuggets.
After losing the game, the Nuggets went to Boston to challenge the Celtics back-to-back.
This Celtic team, led by Antoine Walker, has gone through a total of 13 games, with 6 wins and 7 losses.
In terms of strength, the two teams are not much different, but due to back-to-back, the Nuggets players are in a low state as a whole, and Chi Liang has also been affected.
In this situation, the Nuggets were suppressed, and their shooting percentage was low, only 39% from the field, and finally lost the game with a score of 94-102, reaping two straight losses.