After two games, the two teams fought to a 1:1 draw, although Wang Chao scored 17 points and 24 points respectively in these two games, the performance was not bad, but it did not play a key role in the game.

There is no way, with Wang Chao's current ability, it is already the limit to contribute 20+ points per game, and he can't score 30+, 40+ or even 50+ points in a game like those top superstars in the league with three-point shooting alone.

On May 28, Game 3 of the series, the venue was played on the home court of the Dallas Mavericks.

Sitting at home, Nowitzki continued his hot form, scoring 28 points on 10-of-23 shooting. Howard scored 22 points on 9-of-22 shooting, and the Mavericks won the game 95-88 to take a 2-1 overall lead.

The Suns players didn't play very well overall, with only Nash scoring 21 points and 7 assists on 50% shooting.

Of the remaining players, Marion scored just 10 points on 4-of-12 shooting, Barbossa 14 and Christian Dior 17.

Wang Chao didn't score very much in this game, scoring 15 points on 5-of-12 three-pointers.

With the team's overall shooting percentage poor, even he was more or less affected.

Wang Chao knows that if he continues like this, I'm afraid the sun will really be eliminated by the calf.

It's not surprising that it really wants to fall to that point, although the Suns have one more Wang Chao, but in the final analysis, Wang Chao's overall ability value is only 54, which can be regarded as the lowest in the team.

Although he has a full three-point ability value of 99, a single offensive style is still too easy to target, and he has practiced to 88 in the open position to shoot against Josh. Howard's defense is also difficult to use.

The existence of Wang Chao, for the Suns, playing a tailwind game will become easier and easier, because after the speed of the run-and-bomb tactics is fully raised, no matter how much the opponent attaches importance to defense, it will still show flaws under the ultra-fast-paced offense and defense, and Wang Chao's three-point shot is very useful.

But once the Suns fall into a passive situation like the third game of the finals, the offensive rhythm will be affected, and the offensive speed will not be improved, and it is unrealistic to rely on Wang Chao to break the situation.

Two days later, on May 30, the fourth game of the finals was a perfect illustration of this.

The Suns, who are still fighting away, changed the decline of the previous game in this game, and the offensive rhythm was perfect, and the Mavericks couldn't find the north at all.

Wang Chao got many opportunities to shoot three-pointers in the open position in this game, and finally made 8 of 17 three-pointers and 3 of 4 free throws, and scored 27 points and 4 rebounds.

In addition to Wang Chao, Nash, Dior and Barbossa also scored 20+ points.

The Suns finally beat the Mavericks by 20 points at 116-96 to tie the score at 2-2.

Back on the same page, the most crucial game for both teams is coming.

The Battle of Tennoyama!

Whoever can win the battle of Tianwang Mountain on both sides will be the first to get the match point and grasp the opportunity in this dragon battle.

And before Game 5 of the Western Conference finals began, the league announced the NBA regular season awards.

Nash defeated James, Nowitzki and other competitors to win the regular season MVP for consecutive consecutive years, becoming the third guard player in the league to win back-to-back regular season MVP, behind Jordan and Magic. Johnson.

In fact, Nash's regular season MVP in '06 was more controversial.

The data of 18.8 points and 10.5 assists per game, plus 180 clubs, looks good, but James, who is second on the MVP list, averages 31.4 points, 7 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game is obviously more shocking.

In terms of team record, the Suns, who only won 54 in the regular season, are also inferior to the Mavericks led by Nowitzki, with 60 wins.

But in the end, the regular season MVP award was still awarded to Nash, after all, the Suns can support all the way to the Western Conference finals with the Stoudemire season reimbursement, and Nash's role cannot be ignored.

On June 1, before the start of the fifth game of the Western Conference Finals, that is, the much-anticipated Battle of Tianwang Mountain, the league first presented Nash with the regular season MVP trophy in the presence of all Suns fans on the home court of the Suns.

Subsequently, the G5 competition of the Western Finals officially began.

For this game, Wang Chao still has some impressions, because this is the classic battle of the 06 playoffs of Nuo Tianwang, in the key battle of Tianwang Mountain, Nowitzki's small universe broke out, shooting 14 of 26 from the field, 5 of 6 from three-point range, 17 from 18 free throws, and 50 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists from the whole game, defeating the Sun with his own strength and winning Tianwang Mountain.

Then the Mavericks did not give the Suns a chance to play the seven-game game, won the sixth game, and finally eliminated the Suns with a score of 4:2 to advance to the finals.

If you want to beat the Mavericks in the Western Conference finals, you have to win this game!

……

It's the same as Wang Chao remembers.

At the beginning of the game, Nowitzki showed a strong desire to attack, scoring 13 points on 4-of-8 shooting, 2-of-2 three-pointers, and 3-of-4 free throws in the first quarter.

On the Suns' side, Wang Chao scored 6 points on 2-of-4 three-pointers, Marion scored 7 points on 3-of-6 shooting, and Nash scored 4 points and 2 assists.

The scores of the two teams were 36-25 in the first quarter, and the Mavericks directly took a double-digit lead.

After the game entered the second quarter, Nowitzki's hand slipped slightly, only 1 of 5 shots, and only scored 4 points, but Wang Chao knew that this was just a prelude to the storm.

In order to seize the opportunity as much as possible, Wang Chao ran frantically in the second quarter of the game to try to get an open shot, and a large number of off-ball runs really allowed him to get a lot of good opportunities, and finally scored 12 points in the second quarter with 4 of 7 three-pointers.

The Suns relied on Wang's three-point offensive and scored 34 points in the second quarter, while the Mavericks only scored 22 points.

"Now that the halftime is over, the score of the two teams is 59:58, and the Suns managed to tie the score in the second quarter and take a one-point lead, and it is predictable that the next half of the game will be more intense."

……

In the locker room, Wang Chao was panting while wiping the sweat from his forehead.

In the second quarter, he ran tirelessly almost the whole time, and his physical exertion was quite large, and he was already feeling a little tired at this time.

This is also due to the fact that he has the talent of a long-distance runner, otherwise it is difficult to say whether he will have the stamina to continue playing in the second half.

"Everybody did a great job."

At this time, head coach D'Antoni was still encouraging the players.

"In the second quarter, we are getting better, and we will continue to maintain the offensive rhythm in the next game, break the enemy and win the game!"

Looking at D'Antoni, who was full of confidence, Wang Chao couldn't help but remind.

"Coach, I think in the second half, we have to pay extra attention to Nowitzki, and it's better to cover him when necessary, and don't let him catch the ball and score easily."