In Wang Chao's memory, the Suns, who played two rounds of tie-break battles in the playoffs, should have a final score of 4:2 in the Western Conference finals with the Mavericks, which means that they are not without resistance in the face of strong opponents.

Now that the Suns have an extra Wang Chao, who has averaged 20+ points per game so far in the playoffs, they definitely have a chance to win the opponent.

Wang Chao also knows very well that the only thing he can do and what he can do on the field is to score.

Against the Mavericks, how they can score more points will be the difference between winning and losing the game.

The Mavericks will come to defend their own players, most likely starting small forward Josh. Howard, a player who joined the league in '03, was first drafted by the Mavericks and was mainly a defensive guard in the team, but in recent years, with the improvement of his ability, he has gradually become one of the main scoring players of the Mavericks.

This season's regular season Josh. Howard is averaging 15.6 points, 2 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, the team's third-highest scorer below Nowitzki and Terry.

Wang Chao knew Josh. Howard's real explosive period is the next two seasons, averaging 18.9 points and 6.8 rebounds and 19.9 points and 7 rebounds per game, respectively.

With strong physical fitness and outstanding personal strength, he is not an easy opponent to deal with.

Wang Chao estimated that in the entire playoffs, except for Kobe Bryant when he played against the Lakers, this may be the strongest opponent he faced.

What's more, Kobe Bryant has to take care of the team's scoring responsibilities while defending himself, and he can't keep an eye on himself all the time. Howard is different.

The Mavericks have Nowitzki and Terry scoring points, and it's highly likely that Howard will be assigned to mark himself throughout the game and contain his three-point shots.

"I don't know how talented a long-distance runner is playing against Josh. Howard's time, how it worked. ”

Wang Chao understands that the only thing he can rely on is the full-level three points and natural skills rewarded by the system.

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On May 24, the first game of the Western Conference Finals officially kicked off at the Suns' home court.

The Suns started Nash, Bell, Wang Chao, Dio and Marion.

The Mavericks' starting five were Harris, Terry, and Josh. Howard, Nowitzki, and Dampier.

As Wang Chao expected, at the beginning of the game, Howard was like a piece of kraft candy, sticking to him, not leaving half a step.

Wang Chao, who had been mentally prepared, did not ink, and directly led Howard to start going around in circles.

Howard's physical fitness is really good, and his speed is much faster than Wang's, and he follows him closely, and he can't run out of the gap that connects the ball.

But this is just the beginning, as the game progresses, the physical energy is consumed, and sooner or later there will be opportunities.

Wang Chao persevered and ran frequently, trying to find opportunities.

But he didn't expect that the opportunity would come so soon, and it was a big opportunity.

In a rebounding scramble after the Suns missed an offensive game, Josh. Howard jumped high to pick up the rebound, but when he landed, he fell directly to the ground, clutching his ankle with a pained expression.

Moments later, Josh. Howard actually limped to the players' tunnel.

Howard sprained his ankle and will largely not return for this game.

At this time, the first quarter of the game was only 6 minutes old.

The sudden surprise made Wang Chao a little confused.

He couldn't remember exactly what was in the original history. Howard had no injuries but with Josh. Howard retired from injury, and the Mavericks had to send in backup forward Jerry. Starhouse comes on.

Compare to Josh. Howard, Stackhouse's defensive ability is more than a notch worse, and more importantly, compared to Josh, who is 2.01 meters tall and has an arm span of 2.18 meters. Howard, who is only 1.98 meters and has an arm span of 2.03 meters, is much worse at guarding Wang Chao, who is 2.06 meters tall.

With Howard off the court, Wang Chao quickly found opportunities to shoot three-pointers on the outside, scoring 6 points on 2-of-3 three-pointers in the first quarter.

In the first quarter, the Mavericks scored 29 points and the Suns had 35 points, building a six-point lead.

After the game entered the second quarter, the Suns still maintained a very high scoring efficiency, scoring 31 points in a single quarter, while the Mavericks only scored 27 points, and the margin at halftime also came to double digits.

Wang Chao didn't have many opportunities to perform in the second quarter of the game, because Nash was powerful, and Nash scored 12 points and 3 assists on 6-of-8 shooting in a single quarter, breaking down the Mavericks defense.

"It seems that in the original history, Josh. Howard must have been injured as well. ”

Although Wang Chao doesn't remember it so clearly, the first game between the Suns and the Mavericks seems to be the Suns winning the game.

In this game, there were not many opportunities for him to play.

Nash, Marion and Dio are all in excellent form, scoring constantly.

If the second quarter of the game belonged to Nash, then the third quarter of the game belonged to Dior's chance to play.

Against Nowitzki, Dio was not afraid at all, shooting 5 of 6 in the third quarter, 3 of 4 free throws, and scoring 13 points.

Wang Chao also hit two three-pointers in the third quarter to score six more points, and the Suns scored 29 points in the third quarter.

The Mavericks finally bottomed out in the third quarter, scoring 37 points in a single quarter and chasing the deficit to just 2 points.

But in the final fourth quarter, the Suns didn't give the Mavericks another chance.

30:23, the total score is 125:116 to win the game, winning the West Finals.

Dio became the brightest boy in the game, shooting 13-of-23 from the field and 8-of-10 from the free-throw line, scoring 34 points and 6 rebounds, and even suppressed Nowitzki, who was opposite him, with 25 points and 19 rebounds.

Nash had 27 points and 16 assists, and Marion had 24 points and 13 rebounds.

Wang Chao shot 5 of 9 three-pointers in this game, and successfully tricked Stackhouse from outside the three-point line into a foul, making 2 of 3 free throws, and finally scored 17 points.

It's just that the Suns haven't been happy for long, and then in the second game of the Western Conference finals on May 26, the team lost the game, and the total score came to 1:1.

In this game, the Mavericks' Nowitzki broke out, scoring 30 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists on 12-of-21 shooting, while Josh, who twisted his ankle in the first game and retired early. Howard started the game and was on a hot streak, finishing with 29 points and seven rebounds on 10-of-10 shooting from the field and 6-of-10 from the free-throw line.

Let Howard score 29 points, this pot Wang Chao has to be carried up, no way, although the three-point shot is extremely accurate, but Wang Chao's overall ability value is too poor, and the defensive end faces Josh. Howard's breakthrough had absolutely no way.

But Wang Chao is not easy to bully, Josh. Howard scored 29 points, and his score was not low, because Howard focused on the offensive end, the defensive end was always inevitably run out of the vacant position by Wang Chao, and finally Wang Chao shot 8 of 16 three-pointers in the game, scoring 24 points.