After receiving the basketball, Chi Liang raised the basketball. Given Chi Liang's good shooting percentage, Russell dared not be careful and quickly stretched out his right hand and even tiptoed.

In an instant, Chi Liang retracted the basketball, took the opportunity to break through Russell, and made a layup before Ostertag made up for defense.

It was the Jazz's turn to attack, Stockton still slowly used the basketball to minimize the pace. After spending ten seconds, he began to seek Malone's pick-and-roll.

On the other hand, Hornersek and Brian were restrained on the wing, Chi Liang and Stich did not dare to relax. Both of them had excellent shooting percentages, but the Jazz also had Stockton, who was very good at passing the ball. If they were allowed to do so, the consequences would be serious.

At this time, Stockton started to attack the penalty area with the help of pick-and-roll. The Nuggets immediately replaced the defense, with Mike Dess alone defending Stockton.

Stockton is not good at physical fitness. With his current age, he has no dislocation advantages when facing the stunning McDace.

At this moment, Stockton turned around and passed the ball to Malone not far away.

Compared with Billups, Malone is half a head taller. Relying on her height and wingspan advantages, Malone uses her mid-range shot to easily score a goal.

Soon, McDyce received the ball with his waist and leaned his back on Malone, feeling Malone's center of gravity.

Suddenly, McDace played basketball and turned to the right. When Ma Long's defensive center of gravity changed, he exerted force on his left toe and completed the turn like a compass, thus opening up the shooting space.

Ma Long was experienced and his reaction was extremely quick. He immediately stretched out his right hand and jumped up.

Before he was injured, McDace was a famous spring man in the league. His jumping height was naturally not comparable to Malone, so McDace's turnover jump shot has strong power.

Swish~

After landing, Ma Long shook his head helplessly. He had already defended this ball well, but the opponent jumped too high, making it difficult to restrict him.

The offensive and defensive transition, Hornersek failed to make a jump shot, Ostertag grabbed the offensive rebound and made a second attack.

It was the Nuggets' turn to attack, Chi Liang broke through and passed the ball, but unfortunately Stic failed to make a jump shot and was snatched by the Jazz.

Turning back, Russell used the pick-and-roll and made a mid-shot shot. Finally, the basketball hit the basket and was grabbed by Chi Liang.

After taking the rebound, Chi Liang rushed into the frontcourt with one dragon. At the moment of attracting defense, he distributed the ball to Billups, who ran outside the three-point line in the bottom corner, and made an open three-pointer.

With the Jazz's offense, Malone scored another mid-range shot, and scored his 20th point in the game.

After Chi Liang came on the court, the Nuggets' performance improved significantly, but they still found it difficult to limit the Jazz's pick-and-roll tactics. No matter how they defended, they could not limit the pick-and-roll, which led to the scene falling into a burning tug-of-war.

The Nuggets want to accelerate, but compared with Stockton, both Chi Liang and Billups have a much worse ability to master rhythm and cannot accelerate the opponent's rhythm.

D'Antoni shook his head. He was still too young and had a long way to go to influence the other person's rhythm.

86:78

After the third quarter, Chi Liang sat wet on the bench, gasping heavily, feeling his breathing heavier, and he couldn't help but close his eyes, eliminate distractions, and try to adjust the rhythm of his breathing.

Like Chi Liang, other teammates are also recovering their physical strength as soon as possible. The Jazz's defense is very strong, and the Nuggets will not be able to score easily, so they naturally consume a lot of physical strength.

Of course, this is also related to D'Antoni. This guy likes to fuck the main players hard. If you look at the statistics, you will find that before the fourth quarter has reached half an hour of starting time.

D'Antoni is not a fool. He also knows the harm of this situation, but he is also very worried. It's really a bad substitute for the Nuggets.

Only Williams and Stich are still reliable in the Nuggets’ substitutes now, and the substitutes are not as good as the Jazz.

"Guys, there is still one period of time, I believe we still have a chance to overtake. In the fourth quarter, the players on the court were McDyce, Chi Liang, Williams, Stitch and Billups. Compared with those old guys, we have more physical strength. I won't say much more about the extra words. I believe you all know your responsibilities, do you understand?"

"I understand!" Everyone shouted loudly, speeding up the time to recover their strength.

By the start of the fourth quarter, the Nuggets will play again. Unlike the Nuggets, the Jazz have replaced the substitute lineup, and only Malone is still on the court.

The nickname "postman" is not just a saying. After entering the NBA, Malone has hardly missed the competition for many years, just like the postman who will send you a letter regardless of wind or rain every day.

"Hey, novices, you're on the court again. Hey, why is it your turn to play against me this time!"

After running to the frontcourt, Malone looked at Chi Liang who was facing him and showed no contempt.

"Old bird..."

Chi Liang wanted to speak, but at this time, Jazz substitute point guard Howard Esley passed the ball to Malone under the harassment of Billups.

Chi Liang stopped talking and was about to fight Ma Long. The two were similar in height, but Chi Liang was still much worse in terms of strength and weight.

Bang bang~

At this time, Ma Long began to exert force on his back. His strength was very strong, which made Chi Liang feel very uncomfortable. He had to calm down his center of gravity again before finally stabilizing the trend.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ma Long turned around and almost jumped against Chi Liang. Chi Liang could not exert force, so he could only watch Ma Long shoot.

Swish~

With almost no interference, the basketball was hollowed into the net, widening the gap to ten.

Before returning to defense, Ma Long raised his chin and said, "Boy, your strength is good, but you need to practice for a few more years!"

Looking at Ma Long's back, Chi Liang shook his head and slowly ran towards the frontcourt.

After halftime, Billups began to observe the situation.

Chi Liang started running, using faster speed to temporarily get rid of Malone and receive a pass from Billups.

After receiving the basketball, Chi Liang changed direction and broke through Ma Long, using an emergency stop jump shot, easily scored two points.

Chi Liang could not limit Ma Long's mid-range shot, and Ma Long could not prevent Chi Liang's breakthrough. But compared with Ma Long, Chi Liang's teammates were more powerful and began to tend to narrow the score gap.

Not long after, Malone received the pass again and wanted to use the same trick again, but this time McDace gave up the match and rushed towards him.

Malone is not Stockton and does not have such good passing skills. He was anxious and wanted to force his turn before McDace pounced.
Chapter completed!