After returning to the defense, Ji Liang stood near the penalty area and began to watch McClen.

Jose Hawkins is in control of the basketball, and he is a two-way guard who is responsible for scoring and handling the ball when he comes off the bench.

With Stepania's pick-and-roll, Hawkins managed to break through Alexander and wanted to shoot a jumper.

Without hesitation, Chi Liang hurriedly left McLenn behind, appeared in front of Hawkins in the blink of an eye, and also jumped up.

Under Hawkins' horrified gaze, Ji Liang straightened his arms, and with his height and arm length, he successfully completed the block and slapped the basketball to the court.

Stich reacted quickly, grabbed the basketball as soon as possible, and rushed to the court with the ball as fast as he could.

Darle Ellis quickly flicked his arms and chased after Steic, who was so fast that he was about to catch up.

Before Ellis could catch up, Stich opted for a pass and passed the ball to Alexander on the other side, who made a layup.

After re-serving, Hawkins was visibly more careful, and after completing the breakthrough again, he passed the ball to McLen before Ji Liang helped defend.

Unfortunately, Hawkins' passing was not of high quality, and McClen had to make some adjustments after receiving the ball before he started to shoot from the jumper.

At the moment when McClen jumped, Chi Liang pounced from the side, and in order to prevent being covered, McLenn was forced to raise the height of his shot.

Boom~

When Ji Liang landed, the basketball smashed on the neck of the basket and bounced towards this side.

McLaen wanted to scramble for a rebound, but was stuck firmly behind by Ji Liang, lightly stretched his ape arm, and easily grabbed the rebound.

After Ji Liang grabbed the rebound, Stich, Alexander and Williams started to start and rushed towards the frontcourt.

McClen wanted to entangle and give his teammates time to return to defense, but was deceived by Ji Liang's feints and threw the basketball to the front court.

Like a scalpel, Ji Liang's passing accuracy was excellent, and Williams caught it, and after taking a step forward, he poured the basketball into the basket hard.

Drink~

Williams yelled out to vent his frustration during this time. However, when I think of Ji Liang's pass, I can't help but feel a little embarrassed.

"It's a great pass!"

After returning to his own half, Williams finally let go of his face.

"Play well, as long as there is an opportunity, I will not be stingy with passing!"

From beginning to end, Ji Liang didn't pay much attention to it. The contradiction between him and Williams has now been diluted a lot, and now that Williams has put down his face, he naturally won't put on a face.

was continuously beaten into a fast break by the Nuggets, and at the same time the score was overtaken, which made McMillan's face look very ugly and had to call a timeout.

After the timeout, the SuperSonics' offense and defense improved, increasing the speed and coordination of the defense, with Hawkins and Ellis as arrows, and began to play offense and defense with the Nuggets.

26:29

At the end of the first quarter, the Nuggets had a slight advantage and conceded just seven points to the SuperSonics in four minutes.

D'Antoni said that he was very satisfied, and the ability of Ji Liang to help defend was more than he expected.

Although D'Antoni likes to attack, he is still a rookie coach and naturally does not dare to take defense lightly.

"The tactics are the same, but as long as Wen Baker is on the court, everyone will run for me, Nick, remember to seize the moment of the fast break!"

D'Antoni's tactics were almost identical to those of the first quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two sides again sent out their starting lineups, and because the jump ball was grabbed by McDyce, the SuperSonics had the ball after the start of the second quarter.

In this round, Payton made a shooting feint, but did not fool Van Exel.

Despite this, relying on more strength, Payton forced a squeeze past Van Exel, holding the ball and breaking forward.

In the process of chasing, Van Exel began to harass, constantly performing small movements at an angle that the referee could not see, pulling, pulling, twisting, pinching, and doing everything to make Payton uncomfortable.

Chirping~

Suddenly, a shrill grinding sound sounded, Payton made a sharp stop, and Van Exel hurriedly 'braked', but was still pulled away by Payton by a step.

When Payton took off, Van Exel had to hit Payton the arm, but he still couldn't stop the basketball from going into the net.

Honk~

Under the instructions of the referee, Payton stood at the free throw line and steadily hit the ball, completing 2+1!

At this time, the SuperSonics chose to press the defense, giving Vin Baker enough time to defend, which is also McMillan's response.

Seeing that there was no opportunity for a fast break, the Nuggets had to switch to positional warfare. After half-time with the ball, Van Exel passed the ball to McDyes.

Near the penalty area, McDéce had his back to Vin Baker, used his back to feel the center of gravity of Vin Baker's defense, and immediately chose to turn to the left, and instantly paralleled Vin Baker.

Vin Baker was too fat to keep up with the speed of McDyce, and was easily broken by McDyce.

Polinice hurriedly stepped forward, and McDyce raised the basketball with both hands, used the shooting feint to shake Polinis, stepped forward, and slammed the basketball into the basket.

In the first half of the second quarter, the rhythm of the two sides was relatively slow, and under the supersonic coping, it was difficult for the Nuggets to find a fast break opportunity, so they could only choose positional battles.

However, that doesn't mean they're afraid of positional battles, and McDaceth has become the Nuggets' most consistent scoring point, and neither Vin Baker nor Pollinis can limit McDyes' scoring.

McDyce, who was at his peak, was undoubtedly a low-post killer, even in the face of top power forwards such as Duncan and Malone, he could also form a mutual explosion.

Unlike McDyes, Van Exel was said to be uncomfortable, and he was clearly limited under Gary Payton's defense.

Even if Van Exel is an All-Star player, he is still a notch behind Payton, especially Payton is still the best point guard on defense.

Under Payton's defense, Van Exel played very tangled, shooting 2 of 7, even with free throws, to score 6 points.

In addition, Van Exel had two more errors, and this was only the second quarter, and I don't know how many will end the game.

What I have to say here is that after Chi Liang left the court, Schramf began to exert his strength and hit two three-pointers in succession, completing the overtake in one fell swoop.

After the supersonic completed the overtake, D'Antoni said that he was helpless and had to replace Chi Liang.

The current D'Antoni, who doesn't even know himself, gradually has Chi Liang's dependence.

After Ji Liang came on the court, Schramf was restricted again, as if he had become an invisible man on the court.

Without Schramf, the supersonic firepower has dropped significantly, but with Payton's efforts, the Nuggets did not overtake the score for a while.