Chi Liang glanced at Miller, didn't bother with him, and took the initiative to ask for the ball from McDeis, who was serving.

After holding the ball over half court, Chi Liang dribbled sideways, and at an angle that the referee couldn't see, Miller began to harass Chi Liang, and he made a lot of small movements, either pulling Chi Liang's clothes, or pushing, or pinching the 'soft meat' on his waist, trying to affect Ji Liang's movements.

"Rookie, you can try!"

At the same time, Miller's mouth was not idle, and he pretended to be profound.

"I'll wait until I get the ball first."

Ji Liang moved, endured Miller's harassment, stepped out with his right foot, and broke through to the right with the ball.

Miller reacted quickly and immediately moved his feet, blocking in front of Ji Liang. It's just that before he could stand firm, the bodies of the two had a confrontation.

Boom~

Miller only felt a tightness in his chest, and his steps involuntarily shifted, and when he regained his footing, Chi Liang had already completed the breakthrough.

Davis wanted to help defend and play with Miller on both sides. But at this moment, Chi Liang made an emergency stop and threw the basketball in his hand.

Swish~

Davis was powerless to stop, and the basketball hollow net.

"Old bird, you are too unscathed, I used five points of force to knock you away!"

When passing by Miller, Chi Liang learned Miller's previous tone and movements, and looked very relaxed.

"Rookie, you're going to pay for it, I promise you." Looking at the back of Chi Liang's defense, Miller gritted his teeth and said viciously.

Jackson controlled the basketball, as usual in a gentle manner, and began to observe the situation on the court.

At this time, Mullin ran out of the open space, and Jackson reacted quickly and immediately passed the ball to Mullin.

However, when Mullin jumped, Fortson made up the defense in time and gave Mullin enough interference.

Boom~

The basketball smashed on the basket, and the players engaged in hand-to-hand combat in the penalty area, vying for a strong position, but there were too many people in the penalty area, and no one took advantage.

Under the scramble of several people, I don't know who slapped the ball out, and the basketball began to fly to the periphery.

Jackson grabbed the basketball and passed the ball to Miller, who was on the baseline, and just Ji Liang grabbed the rebound, so Miller was temporarily empty.

Swish~

Miller seized the opportunity and hit the basket easily before Ji Liang returned to defense.

"See, you're a colander, rookie, you can become Pippen's successor just by virtue of this, don't you feel blushing?"

After scoring, Miller continued to chatter.

Ji Liang didn't bother to shoot back, after the Nuggets served, Ji Liang dribbled through the half court again, just like the last time, Ji Liang forced a breakthrough through Miller and took a step inside to shoot.

Even if Schmitz stepped forward to block, he couldn't stop Ji Liang from calmly making a shot, and Ji Liang made a shot from 18 feet away.

"Old bird, I used three points of force this time!"

After scoring, Ji Liang glanced at Miller and couldn't help but shake his head.

"Rookie, you're going to pay for it!" Listening to Chi Liang's trash talk, Miller responded viciously.

"It's this sentence again, you can't change it to something else, my ears are calloused when I hear it, let's be practical, old bird!"

Ji Liang shrugged his shoulders impatiently, too lazy to continue to deal with Miller, and began to defend back.

Staring at Chi Liang's back, Miller's eyes were still calm, and there was no anger as he imagined.

"Damn it, it's really impatient to dare to provoke Miller."

On the bench of the Pacers, seeing Chi Liang and Miller competing, Al Harrington couldn't help but curse angrily.

Harrington and Chi Liang are rookies in the same class, and his pick is 25th in the first round, which is two places worse than Chi Liang. But the treatment of the two can be described as very different, Chi Liang is valued by the head coach, while Harrington does not have many opportunities to play, and has the posture of becoming a water cooler caretaker.

is also because of this, Harrington is unhappy when he sees Chi Liang, and he can't wait to play Miller and teach Chi Liang a good lesson.

7:4

At the beginning of the first quarter, it could only be regarded as a warm-up, and both sides were looking for form.

Boom~

The Pacers' offense, Jackson passed the ball to Mullin again, and this shot missed, but because the shot was very soft, it didn't bounce far.

In the scramble, Schmitz pushed McDèce a hand, pushed McDéces away a bit, jumped a little with his right hand, and put the ball into the basket.

"Sir, he pushed me, it's a foul!" McDyce stood next to the referee and pointed at Schmitz.

Unfortunately, the referee ignored him and let the game continue.

In the current league, the defense is still rough, and the game is constantly stopped, which greatly affects the fluency of the game. It's a small action that can be judged or not, but this is the home court of the Pacers, and the penalty is naturally biased in favor of the home team.

Unlike last time, this time Billups held the ball through the half, so to speak, there were Ji Liang, Billups and Alexander, and the opponent did not know who was in possession.

Billups pushed forward from the right and stopped outside the three-point line to hoist the ball to McDyce.

The Nuggets' tactics are very simple, relying on McDyce to open up the situation during positional battles, so as to drive tactical changes.

Mullin, who was defending Billups, took a step back when he noticed that Billups had a lob move, waving his hands and interfering with Billups' passing lane.

Seeing that the ball could not be passed, Mullin pulled away from him again, and without any hesitation, Billups chose to shoot.

Bang!

It's a pity that the shooting hit the iron, and in the end Davis grabbed the rebound.

After winning the rebound, Davis passed the ball to Jackson, who dribbled through the halfcourt from the backcourt.

Just as the players on both sides began to fall into position, Jackson suddenly threw a cold arrow and made a jumper from inside the three-point line.

Jackson has always been steady and steady, a traditional point guard who puts the ball first, but this time he chose to shoot.

It wasn't Jackson's throw, it was mainly Alexander's distance that allowed him to seize the fleeting opportunity.

Swish~

The basketball hollowed into the net, and the momentum of the fans once again raised a notch.

In the next few rounds, the Nuggets fell into a scoring drought, especially McDyes, who was quite cold to the touch and missed all three consecutive shots.

It's not just McDyes, the rest of the players also have a bad hand and repeatedly misses.

Seeing that the situation was not good, D'Antoni chose to pause and began to grant the strategy.

D'Antoni believes that the Pacers have few weaknesses on the roster other than aging, and the Nuggets will have to make changes if they want to win.

In the previous game, the Nuggets didn't have a chance to break fast due to the Pacers' fast pace of defense. The offense uses McDyce as the main scoring point, Ji Liang as the main initiating point, Fortson up to cover, Billups to thread the needle, and Alexander as the outside auxiliary scoring point.

It's a pity that except for Ji Liang, the Nuggets have poor shooting touches, and the Pacers' defense is very strong, so D'Antoni had to make changes.