In ESPN and TNT's predictions, the Lakers were predicted to win Game 6 and eliminate the Suns 4-2 to advance to the Finals.

The reason is simple, the god of basketball never plays a tie-break.

Ah no, I went to the wrong set.

It was the Suns who won so thrilling Game 5 on their home court, and Game 6 on the Lakers' home court, and it was not easy to win.

What's more, there are still G6 grandchildren waiting for them there.

At the same time, the Eastern Conference finals are also predicted, and the favored team is the Wizards.

Inserting the Eastern Conference finals, the two teams played to Detroit after a 1-1 draw, and the Wizards also took a home court from the Pistons.

After 4 games, it was difficult to win and lose 2-2, and then in G5, Maddie scored 35 points to help the Wizards beat the Pistons 106-86 at home to win the battle of Tianwang Mountain.

It also gave the Wizards the initiative in the series.

On the second day of the media's prediction, the East Finals G6 took the lead.

The result of the game was similar to what the media predicted.

Despite the Pistons' tenacious play, Anthony played very well.

But the Wizards were full of momentum after winning G5, and Yao Ming played well and hit a big double-double of 33 points and 12 rebounds!

Under his leadership, the Wizards defeated the Pistons 109-99, thus eliminating the opponent with a big score of 4-2 to advance to the Finals!

Not only did they successfully avenge last year's revenge, but it was also the first time the Wizards had reached the Finals since Jordan retired!

In between, there was only a gap of 3 years!

"Who is a pillar of optimus, only I am Generalissimo Yao!"

"He's coming, he's coming, Yao Shark Finals Showdown!"

"Everything is ready and only the east wind is owed, now it's up to the Lakers!"

“gogogo！ The Lakers shoot down the Suns and meet in the Finals! ”

"I really want Da Yao to win a championship now, but I don't want to see the Lakers fail to defend the title, what should I do?"

"+1, why can't Da Yao and Sun Hao be on the same team? Then we, the domestic fans, will not have a choice difficulty. ”

"Or, tear down the championship trophy and half for one person?"

"I just want to see them play and whoever wins! It's the process that counts! ”

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After the game, fans were excited in the forum, they were looking forward to the Wizards Lakers Finals for a season, and now they are only the last step!

Of course, not all fans.

What Suns fans are looking forward to now is for the Suns to give it a try.

Because on the Eastern Conference side, the Wizards won on the road, and the Suns also had a chance.

On the day of the game, after the Suns' training session, Dior was interviewed by reporters on the sidelines.

"Do you know G6 Sun?"

After asking some regular questions, the reporter asked Dior an interesting question.

"Of course I know, I am a player from Europe, and I pay more attention to Sun than others."

Dio replied with a smile.

What he didn't say was that he had been to Sun Hao with Parker when he was in Europe.

"So do you think the Suns can win? There are G6 grandchildren. ”

The reporter asked with a smile.

"Yes, we have, because we have G6 Steve, G6 Amare, G6 Sean, and G6 Boris, that's right, me."

Dio laughed at the end.

It's a joke, but judging from Dior's answer, despite the pressure, the Suns' mentality is relatively relaxed.

The message is reassuring for Suns fans.

Because of this kind of critical battle, the most feared thing is that the psychological pressure will lead to abnormal performance.

That night, the Lakers and the Suns duel G6 kicked off.

The Staples Center was packed, and many fans held up signs with slogans such as "Next stop Washington" and "Lakers championship".

During the warm-up before the game, Sun Hao was the focus of on-site camera capture.

The name of G6 Sun is now not only circulated among fans, but also officially known.

After the opening ceremony, the starters of the two teams were released one after another.

Both sides have used the same starting line-up for the past three games.

After the whistle blew, the game officially began, and Stoudemire gave the Suns a chance to jump first.

Nash carries the ball to the frontcourt.

Stoudemire mentioned the high pick-and-roll, and the Suns' tactical play hasn't changed much from the previous games.

Seeing the Lakers' defense line retracted inside, Nash directly chose a high jump shot with long hair.

"Huh!"

The Dove trio, the son of the wind who drives every day.

Coming back, Payton hit Nash with his back in the low post, drew to the bottom corner of the bag and split Ariza, who made a three-point shot.

"Phew!"

The ball looked straight and about the same force, but it bounced off the edge of the basket.

There was a scramble under the basket, O'Neal jumped up to pick up the offensive rebound, and Dio quickly fouled the big shark to the free throw line.

O'Neill adjusts his breathing.

First penalty, deflected.

The second penalty is still deflected.

"Big Shark" misses two free throws!

Stoudemire defended the defensive rebound, and the Suns immediately pushed the defense to counterattack, and Nash passed the ball to Dio, who was following up on the right.

Dio broke through with the ball, faked a real pass to Nash, and Nash made a mid-range shot.

"Huh!"

And also!

4 to 0!

"The Suns were in really good offensive form tonight."

Yang Wu's broadcast seat, Su Qun spoke.

As soon as his words fell, on the Lakers' side, Sun Hao's three-point shot at the top of the arc came out of the basket.

"Tonight's basket isn't very friendly to the Lakers!"

Su Qun continued.

If O'Neal's free throws are also counted as shots, the Lakers missed 4 consecutive shots in the opening game!

"This basket is a cover for your own team!"

Zhang Weiping on the side sighed.

The Suns' offense, Nash burst into points, Petrus missed a three-point shot from the outside, but Marion grabbed the offensive rebound!

Nash made a three-point shot at the top of the arc after receiving a pass from Marion.

"Huh!"

Nash's three-pointer, and!

He has scored 7 points in the opening game!

"The Lakers are in danger!"

Zhang Weiping continued.

Before, the Lakers' inability to shoot themselves was a disadvantage, and now Nash feels so good, which is another aspect.

In the first five games, Nash averaged 18.6 points and 11.8 assists per game, which is also the standard statistic of his career.

In the future, people often compare Nash to Curry, and some fans believe that Nash's scoring ability is far inferior to Curry's.

But in fact, they are the same type of players, but they are in different times and the requirements of the team, so they show a different appearance.

Many people may use the stats to refute it, saying that Nash averages a maximum of 20 points per game.

But those who don't look at efficiency and look at the total amount are hooligans, you must know that Nash is a perennial member of the 180 Club.

Note that it is "perennial", 180 is worth blowing for a long time for most players.

So the media's assessment of Nash is very objective: this is a super pitcher who doesn't like to score and puts passing first.

Now this super pitcher has the momentum to start scoring!

As Zhang Weiping said, this is dangerous for the Lakers.

Payton continued to press the tempo with his back, and this time he passed the ball to Walker in the bottom corner on the other side.

Walker's three-point shot.

"Phew!"

Or not!

I don't know if it's because of the psychological pressure, or if it's really the basket plus Gaier, the Lakers played three minutes in the opening game and haven't scored a goal yet!

Looking back, Marion's three points in the bottom corner are scored again!

10 to 0!

Phil Jackson reached out and called a timeout.

This start, it's a direct punishment game!

The scene was also restless.

I'm afraid no one could have imagined this situation before the game!

"Sun, you hold the ball."

The only adjustment Jackson can make is to give the ball to Sun Hao.

Don't ridicule, there are Sun Hao, Kobe, Jordan, James, you don't give them the ball at the critical moment?

Taryn Lew was very good when he saw this.

Coming back from the timeout, the Lakers had a substitution, with Finley replacing Payton.

Tactically, it is still a low-post back play, but the ball carrier has changed from Payton to Sun Hao!

As soon as the ball arrived in Sun Hao's hands, Dio chose to put Ariza in the bottom corner of the right side to sandwich the basket.

As Dior said, G6 Son knows it now, and the rest of the Suns obviously know it too.

Even if it is just to force the ball out of Sun Hao's hands, it will not be a loss.

Sun Hao chose to break through to the free throw line!

It was a surprising choice, but it did give itself room to break the bag.

And under the basket, Stoudemire did not dare to come out, and the ball was not disturbed too much when it was shot.

"Bang!"

The ball hit the rebound, bounced off and fell into the net!

Sun Hao, breaking the scoring drought!

He knew that he didn't feel good tonight, so he deliberately chose to play the board.

The scene erupted in cheers.

In adversity, you still have to look at Sun Hao!

It's just that the cheers haven't completely fallen, the Suns play a cooperative frontcourt, and Nash fakes a fake fax after blocking and causing O'Neal's defensive foul.

After he went to the free throw line and hit both free throws, he had already scored 9 points in the quarter!

Nash is, it's really going to be a big hit!

12 to 2!

As far as the series began, the Lakers have been in the most difficult situation.

Because even if Sun Hao continued to score, the Suns' offense continued, and they always held the initiative on the court.

Just like the first game, the Lakers won the game with a wave of leads in the third quarter!

And that's exactly what happened, with the Suns holding the lead in the first quarter and continuing to extend the lead in the second.

By halftime, the score was 65-50 and the Suns were ahead!

Nash shot 10-of-12 in the half, scoring 26 points and 3 assists!

Tonight's Steve, it's a brand new version you've never seen!

"The Lakers may be ready to steal seven."

In the commentary seat, Kenny Smith made an analysis.

"No, there is still half of the game, and they still have Sun."

Barkley immediately retorted.

Smith laughed and shook his head.

The Lakers didn't play badly in the first half, and 50 points is not low in the playoffs.

And Sun Hao also had a 20-point performance in the half, even for him personally, such a performance cannot be considered bad.

The point is that the Suns are in too good shape, especially Nash.

It was said that Nash would not soar to a high score, but he soared tonight!

And his high score is different from the way others get high scores, others make fouls by high shots, he is accurate, simply accurate!

10 of 12 shots, almost no missed shots!

In the locker room at halftime, the atmosphere in the Lakers team was a bit dull.

Payton, in particular, as the strongest outside defender in NBA history, was a bit disgraced by Nash.

Although it has something to do with the fact that he is getting older and slower, the competitive spirit of the players of the last century is there.

Sun Hao was also thoughtful.

From getting the system at the beginning, to embarking on the road of professional basketball to the NBA, he has taken an offensive basketball path.

Defense, when he was only in the Mavericks, he had training with Deng Ward, who was assigned to him, and he learned more reasonable small moves.

Taking the system's badge as an example, he only has a silver-level "aggressive" on the defensive end.

It's not that he deliberately doesn't pay attention to it, but many times he doesn't need it.

Because as the core of the offense, his defense just needs to be passable.

The problem of defense will naturally be handed over to his partner's backcourt or forward.

At this point, after he started to become the core of the team, first Bell, then Ariza, and now Payton, they are all of this type.

Even if he breaks through the backcourt defense, there are defensive barriers like Dampier and O'Neill on the inside.

But this game gave him a new way to think about whether he should also be more involved in defense.

Whether it's Jordan, Kobe, or James, these most well-known players in history are basically offensive and defensive.

Especially now in the situation of the Lakers, O'Neal is almost difficult to lose weight and unstoppable as he gets older.

Therefore, it can be predicted in advance that the Lakers' interior line will become weaker next season than this season.

If the outside line can't stop the opponent from entering the penalty area, then it is likely that the situation in the game is that O'Neill will graduate before the game is finished!

This is not alarmist, the Lakers have actually encountered this problem when they played the Spurs in the first round.

But at that time, it was more about Walker's poor interior defense ability and not about the outside defense.

So the defensive problem, unless O'Neal is traded away by the Lakers, will be something that Sun Hao will have to consider in the next few seasons.

"Gary."

Thinking of this, Sun Hao stood up.

Peyton heard the voice and saw that it was Sun Hao, and looked puzzled.

"I'll wrap up Steve with you, and you watch for Petrus."

Hearing what Sun Hao said, Peyton looked surprised.

Actually, not to mention Payton, the rest of the Lakers didn't expect it.

Sun Hao rarely communicated with others about defensive issues before, let alone took the initiative to ask for defense assistance at this time.

"I see."

Peyton nodded, and in front of Sun Hao, he let go of his heart.

"Guys, it's not just Nash, these guys from Phoenix are in great shape tonight, and we're going to have to work harder on the defensive end if we want to win."

After Sun Hao finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the others.

"Sun is right, you don't want to go to Phoenix again, do you?"

O'Neill was the first to stand up and echo.

Everyone else nodded their heads one after another, and their faces were full of fighting spirit.

The morale of the players of this Lakers team is actually not low at all, and the depression is more because they don't know what to do.

Sun Hao, as the boss of the team and the core of the offensive end, stood up and said that he should do a good job in defense, and that kind of appeal cannot be compared to chicken soup.

It was like fighting in ancient times, when the general said that he would take the lead in the charge, and the soldiers below were naturally in a high-pitched mood.

Sun Hao saw the reaction of the players and raised his hands into fists.

The rest of the Lakers players got up and folded their hands on top of each other.

"Lakers Championship!"

A team slogan, the voice before the game must be high-pitched!

That also represents their determination now!