Chapter 44: Knocking out the Clippers

"The Suns eliminated the Clippers 4-2 and reached the Western Conference Finals for the second year in a row. Stoudemire, they're still a league powerhouse! ”

"Elton. Brand averaged 33.2 points, 10.4 rebounds and 4.3 assists in 6 games, and his performance was impeccable, but unfortunately he could only fight alone, and the only helper was the aging Cassel. ”

"Marion averaged 25 points and 12.6 rebounds in six games, Nash had 18 points and 11.4 assists, and Wang Chao scored 22.4 points.

It is somewhat surprising that the Suns can reach the Western Conference Finals, although they have eliminated the Lakers and Clippers two Los Angeles teams in a row, but we have to admit that the ranking caused by the division has given the Suns a lot of convenience.

Originally, with the Suns' record, they could only rank third in the West, lower than the Spurs and Mavericks, who won 63 and 60 respectively.

However, because the Spurs and Mavericks are in the same division, the Mavericks can only finish fourth in the West with a record of 60 wins, staggering the possibility of meeting the second Suns in the West.

As a result, the Spurs, who are the first in the West, and the Mavericks, who are fourth in the West, met in the division semifinals in advance, and staged a classic bull-horse battle, and finally the Mavericks came out on top and eliminated the Spurs 4:3 to enter the Western Conference finals.

The Spurs will be eliminated by the Mavericks, which can be regarded as an upset, Duncan is at the peak of his career, and his combat effectiveness is extremely strong, averaging 32.3 points, 11.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.6 blocks in 7 games, shooting 55.6% from the field, showing a dominant performance on both offensive and defensive ends.

Parker and Ginobili, the big three of GDP, also averaged 20+ points per game.

But this season's Mavericks are really strong.

Facing Duncan at his peak, Nowitzki performed no less, averaging 27 points, 13.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, and the shooting rate was also as high as 52.7%, while the overall performance of the other players of the Mavericks was better than that of the Spurs. Howard, Sterkhouse, Devon. Harris and others each scored in double figures.

On the other hand, the only Spurs team that can score is forward Michael Finley, who averages 10.6 points per game.

The elimination of the Spurs in the tiebreaker gave the Mavericks a big boost, and the opponent in the Western Conference finals was still missing Stoudemire's Suns, which was arguably their best chance to win the championship.

Wang Chao knows very well that if the normal historical development is followed, the Suns will indeed stop at the Western Finals.

In the years when the Suns were at their peak, if Nash was the team's brain and steering wheel, then Stoudemire was undoubtedly the team's engine, which directly determined the team's maximum speed ceiling.

Last season, Stoudemire averaged 29.9 points and 10.7 rebounds per game in the playoffs, shooting 54% from the field, and his performance was explosive, especially in the Western Conference finals with the Spurs.

In five games, Stoudemire averaged a terrifying 37 points and 9.8 rebounds on 55 percent shooting per game, and even suppressed Duncan's 27.4 points and 13.8 rebounds in a performance.

Everyone knows how important Stoudemire is to the Suns, so even if the Suns suddenly make a big win this season, it will be difficult for most people to compete with the Mavericks.

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Before the finals of the East and West began, the league announced the results of the season's roster selection.

Nash, who averaged 18.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 10.5 assists per game, was undoubtedly selected to the best team, along with Kobe, James, Nowitzki and O'Neal.

The five players in the best second team are Billups, Wade, Brand, Duncan and Ben. Wallace.

The five players selected for the third team are Arenas, Iverson, Anthony, Marion and Da Yao.

This is the second time that Da Yao has been selected to the best team in his career, and it is also the first time in his career that Da Yao has scored 20+10 double-doubles in the regular season.

Fans all over China are cheering for Da Yao's achievements, the only regret is that the Rockets were eliminated by the Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs, although the score was 4:3, Da Yao's average of 21.4 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in 7 games is not inferior to Nowitzki, but the Rockets lost after all.

It is worth mentioning that Wang Chao paid special attention to the recent domestic sports news.

Sure enough, no news about him could be viewed on the television media, magazines and newspapers, or on the computer Internet, which was gradually developing and expanding in China at this time.

It seems that he must have been blocked, and the blocking is not small, after all, after two rounds of the playoffs, he averaged 21.7 points per game, even higher than Marion and Nash, and is the Suns' team scoring leader so far in the playoffs.

His three-point shooting and tireless running on the court have caused a lot of buzz in the league.

Wang Chao knows that with his current performance, there must be many fans discussing him in China, but there is no way to get feedback through simple methods such as news newspapers in the United States, which is far away across the ocean.

During this time, Wang Chao also tried to ask what happened to him in China on the phone with his family, but his parents were hesitant every time, and seemed to be reluctant to mention Wang Chao's difficult past.

"No matter what, with an average of 21.7 points per game to reach the Western Conference finals, I can hold it down, and when I play better and better in the future, I will become a top star in the league who is no less than Da Yao or even stronger than Da Yao, and it is only a matter of time before they can hold it down."

Wang Chao is not in a hurry about this, the only impact of this matter on him at present is that he can't sign a contract with a domestic manufacturer to endorse Kar Leeks like Da Yao.

Anyway, he has asked his father to use all the salary he sent back to buy a house in the capital, and he plans to continue to do so after the follow-up team salary is paid, and the income from this investment will be quite considerable after a few years, enough to eat and drink for a lifetime.

This was just a small episode for Wang Chao, and he quickly turned his attention to Xiao Mao, the opponent of the Western Finals.

If he could, he wanted to help the team win the Mavericks and reach the Finals as much as he could.