From the court, it seems that the Nuggets have no way to fight back, and for a while they can only score through Stich's strong shots, and they are not very efficient.

Compared to the Nuggets, the Trail Blazers had a high success rate and began to widen the gap with the Nuggets.

By the end of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers had opened a double-digit gap with the Nuggets with a score of 28-18.

In the second quarter, Ji Liang came on the court again, and according to the jump ball rules, the Nuggets controlled the ball.

Being suppressed by the opponent in the first quarter, coupled with the short rest time, led to poor form. Except for Ji Liang, the Nuggets players do not have a strong desire to attack, and it is difficult to play to their full strength.

So, after Ji Liang stood up, he began to signal Van Exel to pass.

Van Exel also knew that the Nuggets were in trouble, but he was helpless, and now only relying on Ji Liang's god-level play could he defeat the Trail Blazers, and immediately chose to pass.

Ji Liang leaned against Wallace, his back began to exert force, and he forced himself towards the penalty area.

In terms of physical fitness, Wallace and Garnett are relatively similar, with good speed and flexibility, and the flaw is a lack of core strength. At least the current Wallace has a certain gap with Chi Liang in terms of strength.

Under Chi Liang's back, Wallace only felt a tightness in his chest, and even if he tried his best, he was still retreating.

After squeezing two or three times in a row, Chi Liang no longer exerted force on his back, but used Sikma to quickly turn from the back basket to the face frame, opened up the shooting space, and lifted the ball.

His movements were quite realistic, and Wallace subconsciously thought he was going to shoot, and couldn't help but jump.

When Wallace jumped up, he was stunned to realize that it was a shooting feint, but by this time it was too late.

When he began to fall, Chi Liang took the initiative to lean up. Seeing that the foul was inevitable, Wallace immediately waved his right hand and slapped it Ji Liang's arm.

Syllable~

With a crisp sound, Ji Liang struggled to control his center of gravity and threw the basketball.

Beep~

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

Bang~唰~

The basketball hit the board into the basket, and compared to Malone's strength, Wallace was obviously much worse and did not prevent the goal.

After landing on the ground, Ji Liang didn't even retreat, rubbed his arm casually, and took the initiative to come to the free throw line.

Swish~

I adjusted it a little and hit the free throw with ease, and it was 2+1!

Dunleavy began to make substitutions in light of Wallace's third foul, and he originally wanted to play Walter Williams, but his weight was too light for him to limit Ji Liang's play.

Eventually, Dunleavy's eyes fell on 'Little O'Neal' and was ready to give him some chances.

Jermaine O'Neill, 211 cm, 120 kg, and he's not slow. In terms of physical fitness, it is undoubtedly top-notch, but the Trail Blazers have piled up too many high-quality interior lines, resulting in him having very little playing time.

This season, O'Neal has played very little, averaging less than nine minutes per game, and sometimes not even playing.

Every time he plays, O'Neill cherishes it because it's one of his few chances.

Not long after, Chi Liang received the basketball again and leaned towards O'Neal to test his strength.

After discovering that the top was not moving, Ji Liang immediately changed his way and began to shake from side to side while feeling O'Neill's center of gravity.

When O'Neal's center of gravity shifted, Chi Liang immediately activated, and he was about to pass O'Neal.

Unexpectedly, O'Neill was extremely tenacious, even if his body was offset, he still clung to Chi Liang and did not give him a chance to make a move.

Sabonis, meanwhile, stepped forward and was ready to make up for it.

In this case, Chi Liang could only force his shot, jumped up directly, his body leaned back slightly, his right leg knee bent, and immediately threw the basketball after opening up the shooting space.

Golden Rooster Independence!

In order to avoid hitting Ji Liang's knee, Sabonis hurriedly stopped and jumped up one step away.

At the same time, O'Neal also jumped, stretching his arm and trying to interfere with Ji Liang's shot.

Swish~

A difficult shot, the basketball hollowed into the basket, even if the two elders tried their best to defend, they were still powerless to prevent Chi Liang's goal.

"It's not going to be easy!"

Even if he succeeded in scoring a goal, Chi Liang was still quite annoyed, and finally beat Wallace, but the opponent sent an even more difficult little O'Neal.

It's not that Wallace's defense is inferior to O'Neal Jr., it's just that the two have different styles, one focuses on helping defense, and the other focuses on protecting the penalty area.

On top of that, Wallace still has to focus some of his energy on offense, while O'Neal Jr., with his low position in the team, how many balls to speak of, and most of the scoring relies on secondary offense.

"He must be beaten, and Sabonis!"

After the decision, Chi Liang chose a more brutal style of play, he kept hitting the interior of the Trailblazers, and kept making fouls.

All the players who wanted to block him were fouled or 2+1 by him.

Before the first half was over, the Trail Blazers began to get troubled by fouls, with Wallace committing three fouls, O'Neal Jr. committing two fouls, and Sabonis committing two fouls.

It's a pity that when the two sides sent a replacement lineup, the Nuggets, who could still compete with the Trail Blazers, collapsed again.

In addition to the main players, the play of rotation players has become the key to whether the Nuggets can win.

As a result, at the end of the first half, the Nuggets trailed by nearly 20 points, a result that made D'Antoni feel helpless.

Looking at the score difference of nearly 20 points, Ji Liang felt a little uncomfortable, knowing that it was difficult to reverse the score by himself when his teammates were restricted.

Even so, Ji Liang still didn't give up because he didn't want to lose the game.

So in the third quarter, Chi Liang once again increased the number of shots, firmly controlled the ball, and began to continuously brush up points and lead the team forward.

Ji Liang broke through O'Neal and scored a layup with a change hand; In the two-person bag, Chi Liang rode a horse and shot arrows, scoring two points again; Outside the three-point line, Ji Liang suddenly cast a cold arrow and hit a three-point shot......

In the latter process, Chi Liang scored wildly, but under the overall strength gap, it still didn't help.

From the perspective of the field, the situation of the two teams is completely opposite, the Trail Blazers blossom more and rely on the overall easy scoring; On the other hand, the Nuggets, Chi Liang used his personal ability to renew the life of the Nuggets. Even if defeat seemed inevitable, Ji Liang didn't give up and wanted to fight until the last second!

But manpower is always exhausted, and Chi Liang is only one person after all, with limited physical strength, and it is difficult to reverse the situation when his teammates are weak.

By the end of the third quarter, Ji Liang had scored 34 points, but the Nuggets were still 20 points behind the Trail Blazers and had not seen the dawn of a reversal.

Seeing such a result, D'Antoni made a decisive decision to withdraw the main force and replace all the substitutes.

On the other side, the Trail Blazers also brought on a bench player after confirming the victory.

In garbage time, the two sides played fiercely off the bench and began to score points continuously, and finally the Trail Blazers beat the Nuggets with a score of 103-85.