Nov. 30 Night, Rutgers Athletic Center!

"We've lost two in a row, and it won't be good if we lose again, so we have to win this game!" When he appeared, Ji Liang made up his mind.

If he loses three in a row, it will definitely hit the team's morale and hinder his race for Player of the Month.

That's right, Ji Liang wants to compete for this month's Player of the Month, and with his stats and team record, as long as he wins this game, he has a good chance.

If it ends with three consecutive defeats, then it is difficult to say. In short, this is a must-win game for Ji Liang.

Thankfully, they will face the Wizards in this game.

Judging from the lineup alone, the Wizards seem to be very strong, they have top quarterback 'Rock' Richmond, top power forward Juwan Howard, assist king Rod Strickland, and future 'Mask Man' Richard Hamilton, no matter how you look at it, their strength is extremely good.

Unfortunately, similar to last season, the Wizards have a poor record, and now they only have a 4-10 record, ranking third from the bottom in the East.

In front of the home fans, the starters of both sides took off their coats and started to play.

Nets starting lineup: O'Neal Jr., Ji Liang, Williams, Billups and Armstrong

Wizards starting lineup:

Center: Isaac Austin

Power forward: Howard

Small forward: Michael Smith

Shooting guard: Richmond

Point guard: Strickland

In the jump ball session, O'Neal Jr. occupied the height and arm length, beat Austin, and grabbed the ball first.

After dribbling past half-court, Armstrong held the ball past Strickland, who was 33 years old and had far from being his opponent with speed and agility.

At that moment, Howard deployed his help and rushed towards Armstrong, who threw the basketball towards the basket before Howard could rush to the basket.

Bang dang~

Ji Liang rose to the ground and poured the ball into the basket with both hands to open the scoring for the Nets.

"Darrell, good pass!" In the process of returning to the defense, Ji Liang and Armstrong slapped their palms.

After Rahim scored, the fans in the stadium began to cheer, giving the impression that Rahim had hit the shot.

Austin picked up the basketball and subconsciously threw the ball to Strickland.

At this moment, Armstrong, who was ambushed on the side, moved, suddenly appeared on the passing route, easily stealed the basketball, and scored a layup without guarding.

"I'm sorry!" Austin held his head, he was too casual just now, and if he was a little vigilant, he wouldn't have been stealed by Armstrong.

After resuming the serve, Strickland advanced with the ball, and after passing the center circle, Armstrong stepped up and pressed Strickland.

Somehow, Armstrong was quite passionate in this game.

Under Armstrong's defense, in order to avoid being tackled, Strickland switched to a sideways dribble, and when he saw Howard standing in the low post, he used his height advantage to hoist the ball over.

At the edge of the penalty area, Howard received the ball with both hands, pushed down Chi Liang with his back, and when he found that he couldn't move at all, he immediately shook his shoulders and quickly completed the turn.

The next moment, Howard strode out, regardless of whether he got rid of Chi Liang or not, and immediately threw the basketball in his hand.

At the moment of the shot, a large hand appeared in front of Howard, forcing Howard to raise the angle of the shot.

As soon as he threw the basketball, Howard felt worse, and his strength was noticeably less due to the elevated angle of the shot.

Boom~

There was no accident, the basketball hit the front of the basket and bounced back to this side, and before Howard could react, Chi Liang instantly stuck the opponent and grabbed the advantageous position.

In the blink of an eye, Chi Liang jumped up, lightly stretched his ape arm, and easily grabbed the rebound.

"Attack!" At the moment of landing, Ji Liang completed the turn, passed Howard in one step, and rushed towards the opposite half with the ball.

When he was about to approach the middle circle, Richmond hurriedly rushed up, and saw Ji Liang flick the basketball hard and appear in the opposite three-point line.

When Ji Liang grabbed the defensive rebound, Armstrong had already started, and Strickland couldn't keep up with him at all, at this time he was in the dust, striding forward again after getting the basketball, and scored on a three-step layup.

The Wizards' offense, while Strickland was holding the ball, Armstrong began to make small moves to try to affect Strickland's rhythm.

Resisting Armstrong's harassment, Strickland passed the ball to Richmond, who stepped out and broke down to the right with the ball.

Billups moved quickly to try to block Richmond's breakaway, but before he could get his feet, Richmond swerved with a dribble from behind.

Using skillful movements, Richmond easily broke through Billups, and Ji Liang immediately left Howard and rushed towards Richmond quickly.

Richmond immediately passed the ball, but at the moment when Howard received the ball and shot, O'Neal Jr. helped defend in place, giving Howard some interference.

Boom~

The basketball smashed on the neck of the basket, and Austin wanted to get stuck in the position, but in the competition with Ji Liang, he was easily squeezed out by the latter and grabbed the basketball first.

After grabbing the rebound, seeing that there was no fast break opportunity, Ji Liang passed the ball to Armstrong, who dribbled through the half.

Soon, Ji Liang came to the waist position, which is also his favorite position.

Armstrong pretended to break through and stuffed the ball to Ji Liang at the moment when Strickland moved.

Howard pressed against Chi Liang hard, and pinched the soft flesh on Chi Liang's waist behind his back, not giving him a chance to hit his back easily.

Compared with Howard, Chi Liang is taller, heavier and stronger, at the moment of receiving the basketball, Chi Liang looked in all directions, and after finding that there was no one to wrap up, he leaned back, Howard only felt a strong surge, and couldn't help but take a step back.

It was also at this time that Chi Liang turned from a basket to a frame, strode out, and instantly completed the parallel with Howard.

Before Howard could react, Ji Liang jumped and shot.

Swish~

The basketball hollowed into the net and scored two points for the Nets again, and the momentum of the Nets' home court was once again raised to a new level.

In the next few rounds, except for Chi Liang's brother Armstrong, the rest of his teammates were not strong enough, even so, under Chi Liang's strength, Howard inevitably suffered the fate of being blown up, which made the Nets occupy the advantage on the court.

Of course, this is also related to the Wizards' poor hand, they repeatedly missed shots, and their state is worrying, which is the main reason why they were suppressed by the Nets.

18:8

By the time of the official timeout, the Wizards were still in single digits, temporarily leading by the Nets by 10 points.