If Vin Baker can continue to play against a team that is good at playing positional battles, but the Nuggets sent a small lineup and played a run-and-gun tactic, it will be a big deal.

During the timeout, McMillan replaced Vin Baker with Don McClen. On the other side, the Nuggets also replaced Williams with Ji Liang.

After playing three minutes, Williams worked hard, but because of Ji Liang and Fortson, he couldn't have found time.

Not long after Chi Liang came on the field, Van Exel saw that there was no chance and took the initiative to pass the ball to Chi Liang.

Schramf is taller than Chi Liang, with a full 208 centimeters, a career three-point shooting rate of 38.4%, an extremely soft shooting touch, and likes to float on the outside, and he is also the best big man shooter in the NBA in the 80s.

The current Schramf is 36 years old and at the end of his career, but he is in good form and still firmly occupies the starting position.

In previous games, Schramf averaged 17 points per game and was the second-leading scorer behind Payton.

Although the state was maintained very well, how could Schramf keep up with Chi Liang's footsteps, in the continuous shaking, with a faster speed, Chi Liang easily completed the breakthrough.

McClen saw that it was not good, and hurriedly stepped forward to help the defense.

Before McClen came up, Ji Liang opted for a pull-up jumper.

Boom~

Unfortunately, the basketball smashed into the basket and was finally grabbed by Polinis.

After switching offense and defense, the SuperSonics didn't have a fast break, and Pollinis threw the ball to Payton, who held the ball through the half.

Now Payton is still in his prime, he is also one of the best guards in the league, and whether the SuperSonics can achieve good results, he is the most critical existence.

On this offense, Payton shook off Van Exel's from the outside, then burst into the box to assist McClen for a mid-range shot.

In the next few rounds, the SuperSonics were still dominated by positional warfare, and their offense was impressive, and at the same time, with excellent defense, they began to limit the Nuggets' offense.

Boom~

Soon, Ji Liang received the basketball again and broke through Schramf again, but unfortunately the shot still ended in iron.

"I don't feel good today!"

Chi Liang shook his hands, although the feeling was not good, it didn't mean that he had no other means.

After the next catch, Chi Liang held the ball in both hands, squatted slightly, and made a three-threat gesture, Schramf did not dare to act rashly, and took a step away from Chi Liang, squatted slightly with his hands outstretched, and stared at Chi Liang deadly.

At this time, Ji Liang's right leg stretched out, and his shoulder shook to the right side at the same time.

Schramf hurriedly made a sliding step, subconsciously trying to block the breakthrough route.

It's a pity that he was deceived by Ji Liang, who instantly retracted his right foot, broke through to the left side with the ball, passed Schramf in one step, and began to impact the penalty area.

McLaren stepped forward again, blocking in front of Ji Liang.

When McClen stepped forward, Chi Liang's eyes moved slightly, and he jumped up towards McLen and made a shooting motion.

McClan didn't doubt it, and hurriedly jumped up, waving his hand towards the basketball racket.

In an instant, Ji Liang straightened his arm and threw the basketball out casually.

Syllable!

McLenn couldn't stop it and hit Ji Liang's arm hard.

Honk~

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

Ji Liang maintained his posture and took a step back slightly after landing on the ground, and the basketball that he threw at random did not even touch the basket. But he wasn't embarrassed, as long as he got his goal.

Chi Liang shook his arm, and there was a clear palm print on it. Standing at the free throw line, Ji Liang slapped the basketball, adjusted it slightly, and then threw the ball.

Swish~

Swish~

After two free throws and two hits, Ji Liang turned around and returned to defense.

In the following time, Ji Liang broke through Schramf again and again, hit the penalty area and forcibly made fouls, and won free throws in a row.

In addition to scoring, other stats are also growing, especially defensively, in addition to defending Schramf, he occasionally uses his speed advantage to move around, giving the impression of a top blue-collar who can do anything from rebounding to steals and even blocks.

Schramf, who is opposite him, is obviously limited, his shooting is very accurate, even if he maintains his condition very well, but after all, he is 36 years old, plus there is not much height advantage, it is difficult to get rid of Ji Liang's entanglement.

It is only with the help of off-ball blocking that Schramf can get some shooting space.

Dealing with shooters, Chi Liang has his own set of methods, especially he has a physical advantage, which gives Schramf enough pressure.

In this case, Schramf's shooting percentage was seriously affected, and under Ji Liang's defense, Schramf shot 1 of 5 and scored 3 points.

Due to back-to-back relationships, Nuggets players are not in good shape, and their shooting percentage has generally suffered.

Of course, this is also related to the defense of the supersonic. After Wen Baker went off, the SuperSonics still had a good defense, even if it was not as good as it was in its prime, and it was still able to limit the Nuggets' offense.

19:14

With the home team in front and the visitors behind, the SuperSonics took the lead after eight minutes of the first quarter.

At this point, the Nuggets called a timeout.

After the timeout, the two sides sent out a substitute lineup to give the main players a certain amount of rest.

Center Clark, power forward Ji Liang, small forward Williams, point guard Stich and point guard Alexander.

Unlike before, Ji Liang began to switch to playing power forward.

In D'Antoni's view, Chi Liang is not lacking in height and weight, coupled with his excellent low-post singles ability, he is fully capable of being a big forward.

In addition, Ji Liang's fast pace is enough to become an excellent assistant defensive player, and may even become the core of the defense.

"This is using me as a special envoy for Garnet!"

Ji Liang said in his heart that in addition to his height and weight, his physical fitness is similar to Garnett's, and he has the potential to become the core of the defense.

The Nuggets possessed the ball, and after re-serving, Alexander held the ball through half court before hoisting it over.

Ji Liang catches the ball with both hands, his opponent is McClen, no matter height or weight, Ji Liang does not have an advantage.

When Ji Liang received the ball, his teammates began to run actively, and as long as they ran out of space, they believed that the basketball would pass.

Chi Liang leaned back to McLen, raised the basketball to his chest with both hands, and immediately turned around, changed the back basket to a face frame, and instantly completed the parallel with McLen.

In an instant, Ji Liang stepped forward, passed McLenn in one step, and was about to shoot.

Stepania rushed forward, he was a supersonic backup center, not good at confrontation, but not slow at all.

However, at this moment, Ji Liang held the basketball in his hand, took a step to the right, and stretched out his arm to pass the ball to Clark's waist.

Unguarded, Clark caught the ball with both hands and scored a dunk on a jump.