In the ninth minute of the first quarter, the Pacers led the Nuggets 21:17.

这只是步行者队的正常发挥,在伯德调整后,他们的命中率恢复到了正常水准.

In comparison, the Nuggets' condition can be described as bad. Except for Chi Liang scored 13 points, the rest of the players missed repeatedly, Mike Dyce made 0 of 3 shots, and scored two points with only free throws, Billups made 1 of 3 shots, Fordson made 0 of 2 shots, and Washington made 0 of 1 shots. And under Miller's close defense, Stich had no chance to take action.

The teammates' touch is collectively cold, and as the game continues, their touch may recover.

Judging from the situation, Chi Liang is still normal. Even if Ross tried his best to defend, it was still difficult to limit him. He supported the team's offense alone, otherwise the Nuggets would be likely to fall behind double digits.

During the official timeout, the Nuggets replaced the lineup, and Chi Liang and Fordson continued to play to scoop up the bench.

On the other hand, the Pacers did not send all substitutes, but instead sent out a semi-main lineup, including Jackson, Mullin, Rose, Antonio Davis and Sam Perkins.

Among them, Perkins was also a player of the Diamonds in 1984, and his draft pick was ranked below Jordan, ranking fourth in the first round.

Unfortunately, although Perkins was also selected as the first team of rookies in the 1984th class, his edge was far inferior to alumnus Jordan, but no one dared to ignore this big man who could shoot coldly at the three-point line.

Perkins has excellent shooting ability and can expand the effective attack range beyond the three-point line, but this does not mean that he does not have the ability to do the penalty area.

On the contrary, Perkins' pace is not inferior to the basket, but perhaps because of more emphasis on peripheral technology, Perkins' most famous point is still the periphery shooting.

In addition, at the celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Supersonics, Perkins won 45% of the votes in the team's best bench player in history and ranked first for all candidates.

Even though Perkins is 38 years old, he can still play his remaining energy in a limited time. Perkins, who just appeared, stood outside the three-point line and shot against Fordson after receiving Jackson's pass.

Swish~

After Perkins made a three-pointer, Chi Liang shouted to Fordson: "Danny, focus and don't give him a chance to shoot easily!"

Compared with Fordson, Perkins has a height and wingspan advantage, but he is old and the confrontational decline is inevitable. As long as Fordson fights closely, Perkins will find it difficult to have another chance to shoot.

"I see!"

Fordson slapped his chest hard, and Perkins felt embarrassed.

With the Nuggets' ball rights, Chi Liang naturally became the core of the substitute lineup, but because he wasted a lot of physical strength before, he mainly focused on allocating ball rights in the subsequent offense.

Unlike the main lineup, the feel of the substitute lineup was not affected. With Chi Liang's assist, the Nuggets blossomed in multiple directions and scored consecutively.

Despite this, the Nuggets not only did not narrow the gap, but also had a tendency to be widened.

The reason is simple, the Pacers' efficiency is also amazing, especially Mullin, who made two consecutive three-pointers.

31:26

By the end of the first quarter, the Nuggets had already fallen by 5 points.

In the second quarter, the Nuggets' starting player's feel slightly restored, but his efficiency was still not as good as that of the Pacers, especially during Chi Liang's rest, he was completely suppressed by the Pacers.

In addition, McDace is in a very poor condition and makes mistakes, giving people a feeling of sleepwalking.

By the end of the first half, the gap between the two sides had been widened to double digits.

During the halftime period, D'Antoni lifted Chi Liang's position and partnered with McDace to take the penalty area.

As for the outside, they are composed of Williams, Billups and Alexander respectively.

Compared with the Pacers, this lineup is obviously more flexible, but this lineup also has obvious shortcomings, that is, it sacrifices height.

After the third quarter started, Chi Liang still performed well on the offensive end. His opponent Davis was 211 cm long. Although his steps were still flexible, he still had a big gap with Chi Liang.

After just walking around the bottom line, Chi Liang easily got rid of Davis' entanglement and ran outside the 45° three-point line on the left.

Without hesitation, Alexander passed the ball to Chi Liang.

Before Davis rushed over, Chi Liang stretched out his figure and took action outside the three-point line.

Swish~

The ball went in, narrowing the score difference to single digits.

In the later process, Chi Liang frequently used his flexible steps to get rid of Davis again and again to score, or attract defense and assist teammates to score.

But on the defensive end, the Nuggets have no choice but to take the Pacers. Their personal abilities are very strong, and coupled with the tacit understanding and high advantages, it is difficult for the Nuggets to take advantage of it.

The offense and defense rhythm of both sides is very slow, almost eliminating fast attacks. The Pacers' lineup is seriously aging and is mainly slow. The Nuggets are completely unable to raise the rhythm and cannot lead the Pacers to speed up the pace.

There is no way, Jackson is experienced and has too strong ability to master rhythm.

Time passed slowly, and as the third quarter was about to end, Jackson undoubtedly dragged on himself, dribbling on his back and using his back single to spend time.

Alexander did not dare to be careless, so he tried his best to resist, but due to the gap in tonnage, Jackson kept retreating.

When there were five seconds left in the offensive time, Jackson used his turn to easily wipe out Alexander. After attracting Billups' backup defense, he used the ball to hit the ground and passed the ball to Miller.

Billups wanted to return to defense, but at this time there was no time when he saw Miller jumping up and throwing the basketball in his hand.

Swish~

Miller made a three-pointer, widening the gap to double digits again.

At this time, there are still the last 3 seconds left before the end of the third quarter.

After McDace served, Chi Liang quickly advanced with the ball. Due to limited time, he had to jump up and shoot the basketball hard as soon as he passed the middle circle.

The moment Chi Liang threw the basketball, the rest of the third quarter was exhausted.

Bang~swish~

The basketball flew high, drew a long arc, hit the rebound hard, and then rebounded and fell into the basket.

This long-range three-pointer narrowed the gap to the unit number again. At the same time, Chi Liang's personal score reached 27 points.

"It can be entered!"

"Balloon of luck!"

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在池亮命中远程三分后,步行者队的球迷们先是倍感诧异,但他们的惊讶来的快,去的也快,在他们看来,这只是运气球.

For Chi Liang, this is not just luck, but also closely related to his shooting skills.
Chapter completed!