As long as you are not stupid, you can guess the intentions of the Trail Blazers, and if D'Antoni messes up, Dunleavy will be even happier.

Compared to Dunleavy, D'Antoni is still too tender.

Not long after he played, Ji Liang faced Walter Williams.

At 203 cm, 99 kg, coupled with a slightly emaciated body, it must be on the side of speed and agility. But regardless of height, arm span or weight, Ji Liang has an advantage.

At Chi Liang's signal, Clarke, who was on the inside, withdrew and came to the high position to block and dismantle for Chi Liang.

At this moment, Ji Liang broke through with the ball, and Williams wanted to move his feet, but he crashed into Clark.

However, Ji Liang did not break through, but took a step back and slipped outside the three-point line, and he even had time to adjust, until Williams was about to pounce, and finally made a move.

After throwing the basketball, Ji Liang didn't bother to look at the result, and immediately turned backwards and raised his arms high.

Swish~

At the same time, the basketball passed through the basket with precision.

Rushing~

The next moment, there were strong cheers in the stadium, fans cheered, the mascot Rocky Lion clapped his hands, and no one else performed a very creative burlesque performance.

The Trail Blazers' offense, their main point of attack is naturally the 'Roof of the World' Sabonis, who is also the Trail Blazers' most sure scoring point.

Of course, it also has to do with Sabonis's opponents, Clark is too weak and at best a good substitute.

Sabonis received the ball in the low post, directly opened the back play, pressed Clark to rush into the penalty area, blocked with his left hand, raised the basketball with his right hand, and looked like he was about to hook his hand.

At the critical moment, Ji Liang threw off Williams, pounced on Sabonis as fast as he could, and slapped the basketball with his right hand.

Seeing Chi Liang pounce, Sabonis was shocked and hurriedly made a move, but his strength was more or less affected.

Boom~

The basketball smashed into the front of the basket and flew towards this direction again.

Clark didn't go to grab the rebound, but used his power to jam Sabonis hard, giving Ji Liang a chance to grab the rebound.

On the other side, Chi Liang took the opportunity to move and sandwiched Sabonis on the other side, forcing Sabonis to be unable to jump, and could only watch Chi Liang lightly stretch his ape arm and easily grab the rebound.

"Attack!"

At the moment of landing, Chi Liang screamed, and at the same time, he cocked his ass at Sabonis without a trace, pushed him up, and slowed down his pace of defense.

Due to his height and weight, Sabonis was slow, and he was 'harassed' by Chi Liang, so he naturally fell last.

Ji Liang did not pass the ball, but controlled the basketball and directly launched a fast attack.

The Trail Blazers players hurriedly returned to defense, but in the case of a local five-to-four, coupled with the possession of Ji Liang, a top playmaker, they found an opportunity in an instant.

At this time, Williams, who quickly returned to the defense, pounced, and Chi Liang took the ball away and resolutely chose to pass.

A quick hit pass from the right side of Williams flew into the bottom right corner.

A pass that tore through the defense, Billups, who appeared in the bottom corner, received the ball and threw it, jumped up, and easily hit three points without defense.

"In, in! The Nuggets hit back-to-back three-pointers to stretch the margin to 15 points. ”

Bob, the commentator, looked excited and hoarsely narrated the game.

However, the Trail Blazers' lineup is not bad, and with the advantage of the inside, they began to take what they wanted in the restricted area.

In addition, the Trail Blazers didn't give Ji Liang a chance, and every time Williams pulled him away and didn't give him a chance to unfold the bag.

In the next period of time, because his teammates were still hot, Ji Liang's attack was not strong, and after receiving the ball, he was observing the running position of his teammates for the first time.

In this case, the success rate of the two teams was high, and the Nuggets did not continue to widen the point difference, which has been hovering around 14-16 points.

In the fifth minute of the second quarter, Dunleavy voluntarily requested a timeout and then made a substitution.

He replaced Greg Anthony with Stoudeyer, replaced O'Neal with Wallace, and let Wallace partner Sabonis to form a twin tower again and continue to attack the Nuggets' weak interior line.

It's a big game for both teams, and it goes without saying that the Nuggets have to win, and a win for the Trail Blazers would be almost the equivalent of advancing to the Western Conference Finals. At the same time, they can also have more time to rest and better deal with the opponents behind them.

In order to bring out the strength of the players, Dunleavy adopted a rotation system. The starters in the first quarter were all out, but the ball possession was limited after all, and the five players with All-Star strength were suppressed by the Nuggets.

So in the second quarter, Dunleavy took turns to play, allowing them to play in batches. In order to maintain the strength of the inside line, Sabonis continued to play.

After the timeout, the Trail Blazers' offense, Stoudamire broke through with the ball, but didn't shake off Billups.

Billups' defense is still good, at least not easy to lose position, and harass Stadameyer at all times.

In the face of the offensive disadvantage, Stoudeyere immediately passed the ball to Wallace, and since there was not much time to attack, he chose to turn over and jump shot in the face of Fortson's defense.

Boom~

Or he just came on the court, and his hand didn't warm up yet, so he shot the iron and was grabbed by Ji Liang again.

This time Sabonis learned to be obedient, and in order to prevent the Nuggets' fast break, he didn't scramble for offensive rebounds, and immediately turned back to defense after Wallace shot.

After grabbing the rebound, the Nuggets had another chance to widen the difference.

Seeing that there was no chance to break quickly, Ji Liang did not pass the ball, but controlled the time and dribbled to the frontcourt.

After his teammates were in place, Chi Liang chose a wide range of transfer balls, the basketball rebounded from the ground, and outside the three-point line on the other side, Billups received the basketball and quickly threw the ball out, another three-pointer!

Swish~

The three-pointer hit again, extending the Nuggets to 18 points.

Dunleavy's rotation system is very targeted, but their form is still a little worse.

In the next two minutes, the Trail Blazers fell into a cycle of iron, and their lineup was not strong, but it was a little worse, and it fell into a scoring drought.

In addition, Sabonis is also a little tired, he feels like Yao Ming after aggravation, and his huge size makes his physical strength wear a lot.

In addition, Stadameyer was unable to do it, and Wallace was in good shape, but he just didn't take advantage of the opportunity and shot all the iron.

In the ninth minute of the second quarter, the Nuggets sent a replacement lineup, and the Trail Blazers were still the semi-main lineup, except that Grant replaced Sabonis.

Even with Van Exel's escort, the Nuggets' efficiency inevitably dropped a lot, and they finally led by more than 20 points, and began to show signs of cannibalization.

However, after all, there were only three minutes, not to mention that the Nuggets did not stop scoring.

63:43

After halftime, the Nuggets still held a 20-point lead. And Ji Liang also got 12 points, 13 assists and 6 rebounds, which is likely to translate into a triple-double according to past practice.