During the official timeout, Coach Rivers looked at the players on the bench. Because he had an advantage, he chose to go up and down five times to give the starter more rest time.

The Nets' replacement lineup is led by Armstrong, and is also equipped with Rucios Harris, Mageti, Faik and McIlvain.

Unlike the Nets, the Supersonics chose a half-main and half-substitute lineup, with Payton and Patterson continuing to play, with the rest being Grant, Rashad Lewis and Emmanuoer Davis respectively.

Among them, Grant has played before, but unfortunately he was beaten by Chi Liang. Lewis and Chi Liang are rookies of the same class. Compared with last season, he has gained a certain amount of trust from the head coach, between the main substitute and the marginal person.

Judging from the replacement lineup, the Supersonics are stronger.

In addition, Armstrong, led by the Nets, faces Gary Payton, the only point guard in NBA history who won the best defensive player.

No matter how you look at it, even if Payton is about to fall to the peak, Armstrong is in danger.

Unexpectedly, under Payton's defense, even if Armstrong could still break through and score, it was subject to certain restrictions. The scoring efficiency was not very high, and most of them ended in a blacksmith.

After being restricted by Payton, Armstrong began to consciously reduce singles and began to focus on breaking through and passing the ball. Perhaps because of his small size, his speed was very fast, and even Payton could not limit it well.

Despite this, the Nets' efficiency is still not high. In three minutes, the Nets' team scored a total of 4 points.

Compared with the Nets, the Supersonics have a higher shooting percentage, and they seized the opportunity and scored 8 points again.

32:29

After the first quarter, the Nets still maintained a slight advantage and temporarily led the Supersonics by three points.

Soon, the second quarter began, and the Nets sent the starting lineup again. As for the Supersonics, Payton continued to play. Today, his shooting percentage was not very high, and he focused more on defense.

According to the rules of jumping balls, the supersonics attack first!

Payton passed the half and began to observe his teammates' running position. Billups immediately stepped forward to defend closely and tried his best to stop Payton.

The reason why Payton's shooting percentage in this game is not only because he doesn't feel very good, but also closely related to Billups' defense.

At this moment, Wen Beck pulled out and ran to the outside of the three-point line to cover. Payton immediately dribbled the ball and then made a sudden breakthrough. Billups was not prepared and hit the fat Wen Beck in a mess. He almost fell to the ground by his fat body, so he naturally failed to keep up with Payton.

Without hesitation, Chi Liang chose to change defense. Payton immediately lowered the center of gravity very low, crossed his hands quickly, and completed the breakthrough by playing small and large. However, Chi Liang did not lose his position and followed Payton tightly.

Payton did not stop. After breaking into the penalty area, he took the initiative to run towards Cage. Just as Cage subconsciously put his attention on Payton, Grant took the opportunity to run to the basket.

Payton passed the ball, Grant received the ball with both hands and poured the ball into the basket.

The Nets' ball rights were right. After Billups passed the half-time, Chi Liang waved to ask for the ball. Both of them were in the Nuggets last season, so their relationship naturally was better than others.

So Billups immediately chose to pass the ball.

Facing Grant's defense, Chi Liang chose to play in the face frame. He first crossed the ball slowly. Grant did not dare to grab it, and was always separated from Chi Liang by half a step away.

In an instant, Chi Liang's dribble rhythm changed and quickly changed direction to the left. Grant immediately moved his footsteps, but he was not careful that Chi Liang would collide with him on his own initiative. Grant felt a strong force surge, and his center of gravity was unstable and fell to the ground.

After easily breaking Grant, Chi Liang made a breakthrough and made a quick stop jump shot before other supersonic players assisted in defense.

Grant stood up and couldn't help but complain to the referee.

Unfortunately, the referee ignored Grant because Chi Liang had no extra moves. Whether in the Iron Blood era or the later era of small balls, such balls were rarely called.

In addition, Chi Liang is highly praised by the league and naturally has a star whistle, not to mention that this is the home court of the Nets.

After Peyton dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, this time, he did not use the cover, but immediately chose to pass the ball.

Not far away, Ruben Patterson used the ball to run without the ball, and with the help of Vin Baker's cover, he threw away Kidders, and immediately took action after receiving the ball, easily scoring two points.

After the offense and defense conversion, Grant almost went crazy because Chi Liang opened his hand to Billups again for the ball.

Grant was very worried. He wanted to play the game well, but he didn't want to be Chi Liang's background board.

"Changxi, hurry up, give me the ball, there are only five people on the other side!" When he was asking for the ball, Chi Liang did not forget to hit the opponent.

There is no way, the Supersonics have no limit to his players at all. With his hot state, as long as he increases the number of shots, he can undoubtedly score high points efficiently.

Chi Liang has no psychological burden on such high scores, nor does he feel embarrassed. He is the cornerstone of the Nets' reconstruction and has unlimited firepower.

The NBA is a business league, and every player is seeking his own interests, hoping to win better data and then win big contracts.

Chi Liang is no exception. Moreover, his main goal of the regular season this season is to score the top scorers, so he naturally has to score high scores often to prove his scoring ability.

Of course, if there is no reason, he will not be able to score high scores often. In addition to being difficult to ensure his condition, it is also related to being too tired to score high scores. At the same time, he also needs to take care of his teammates' emotions, especially his teammates of the contract year.

Players all hope to get big contracts, which also leads to most players playing very positively in the contract year season and working hard to improve their data so as to take the initiative when signing contracts.

Of course, after getting a big contract, these players often become slack, work hard, and look like they are retired.

However, the Nets have just been rebuilt. If Chi Liang wants to combine the team into a whole as soon as possible, he will have to take care of his teammates' feelings to achieve a win-win situation.

He is different from Kobe. Kobe in later generations, especially Kobe who left O'Neal in the past few years, did not care whether his condition was good or not, and often took crazy actions regardless of his teammates' feelings. This also led to Kobe's popularity being not very good and he could not combine the team into a whole. No matter how strong his personal ability is, he would not be able to achieve too good results.

After receiving the basketball, Chi Liang found that Grant and him had taken a step apart, so he shot the basketball without hesitation.

Swish~
Chapter completed!