Josh. Whether Howard's commitment can quell the angry disappointment of Mavericks fans remains to be said for the time being.

The Suns won the match point 3:2 in advance, which was indeed a surprise to the fans.

You must know that last season's Suns were strong, Nash was at the peak of winning his first regular season MVP, Stoudemire was in a very hot state, and there was Joe in the team. Johnson, Quentin. Richardson and a number of other good players.

However, the result after reaching the Western Conference finals was that the Suns were eliminated by the Spurs with a score of 4:1, and they were almost swept out.

The whole process was uneventful, the Spurs got the match point 3:0 very smoothly, and the Suns barely won one game in the fourth game.

All in all, last season's trip to the Western Conference finals was not a good memory for the Suns as a whole.

The Suns have had a lot of problems this season, and Stoudemire is out for the season. Johnson and Quentin. Richardson has also left the team one after another because of the contract, although the Suns have successively strengthened Bell, Dio and Wang Chao and other cadres, but the overall strength is obviously still a lot weaker than last season, after all, the season reimbursement of top All-Star power forward Stoudemire is a lack of combat power that cannot be made up in any way.

Who would have thought that this Suns team would have overcome all the obstacles all the way to the present, and won the battle of Tianwang Mountain one step ahead of the Mavericks to win the match point, only one step away from the Western Conference championship?

This is perhaps the closest the Suns have come to the Finals and championship in recent years!

No one wants an opportunity to slip through the palm of their hand.

As a result, the entire Suns team has a strong desire to win.

On June 3, in the sixth game of the series, at the home of the Dallas Mavericks, the Suns and the Mavericks, who were only one step away from reaching the finals, once again fought fiercely to the death.

But the Mavericks are indeed tenacious enough, or Nowitzki has reached the peak of his career this season, and he is worthy of being a strong team that can take the lead in two wins against the Heat in the Finals.

Nowitzki shot 11-of-16 from the field, 8-of-10 from the free-throw line, and scored 30 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists to lead the Mavericks to a 102-93 victory over the Suns, refusing to be eliminated from the six-game game and tying the overall score to 3-3.

Wang Chao shot 7 of 16 three-pointers in this game and scored 21 points.

Josh. Howard did keep his promise, and followed Wang Chao closely throughout the game, so he even did not hesitate to reduce his shooting rights on the offensive end, and distributed more balls to Terry, Harris and others, and concentrated on defending Wang Chao.

This also led to a certain decline in the number of three-point shots and shooting percentage of Wang Chao compared with the previous game.

But even so, Wang Chao was able to score 21 points, and his performance was already very good.

On the Suns' side, Dio had 19 points and 11 points, Nash had 17 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, and Marion had 13 points and 11 rebounds......

For the Suns, it was a bit of a shame to lose this game, but they still had a chance, or a better chance than the Mavericks, to win the series and reach the Finals.

Because the last game of the Western Conference Finals, the much-anticipated tie-break battle, was played on the home court of the Suns.

So far, in the few games between the Suns and the Mavericks, the two sides have won far more at their respective home courts than on the road, and whoever is at home naturally has a better psychological advantage.

The battle for the seventh game began two days later, on June 5.

The Mavericks, who were playing away from home, immediately showed a strong desire to attack at the beginning of the game, taking the lead at 37:29 in the first quarter and stabilizing the advantage at 29:27 in the second quarter.

At halftime, the score was 66:56, and the two teams had already taken a double-digit lead.

However, as the game entered the third quarter, the situation suddenly changed, and the offensive rhythm of the Suns suddenly accelerated, scoring 38 points in a single quarter, narrowing the 10-point gap to only 2 points.

The first contribution of this quarter of the game naturally belongs to Wang Chao, who scored 12 points on 4-of-6 three-point shooting.

The game entered the fourth quarter, and the Mavericks' offensive firepower suddenly went silent, Nowitzki shot 2 of 6, and Jason. Terry was 1 of 5, Stackhouse was 1 of 4, and the entire Mavericks could only rely on Nowitzki's free throws to keep scoring, Nowitzki made 8 of 9 free throws in the first quarter and scored 12 points, and the Mavericks only scored 20 points in the fourth quarter of the game.

The Suns didn't score very well in the fourth quarter, but they were slightly better than the Mavericks, finishing with 26 points.

Therefore, in the end, the total score of the two teams was 120:116, and the Suns reversed the game at home, defeated the Mavericks by 4 points, and eliminated the opponent with a total score of 4:3 to advance to the finals.

It was another Novitzki best-effort game, with Novitzki, who shot 11-of-20 from the field and 15-of-16 from the free-throw line, chipped in a big double-double of 37 points and 17 rebounds.

Jason. Terry & Josh. Howard also had 27 and 18 points, respectively.

But the Suns' side was clearly playing better.

Nash had 31 points and 12 assists, Dio had 27 and Marion had 24.

As for Wang Chao, he also scored 24 points in this game.

The four starters combined for 106 points, which shows how good the Suns' offensive rhythm is in this game.

"Win!"

At the end of the game, Wang Chao, who was covered in sweat, was relieved.

In fact, he didn't expect that the idea of defeating the Mavericks and breaking into the finals would really come true.

Originally, Wang Chao just had the mentality of giving it a try, after all, without him, the Mavericks eliminated the Sun with a score of 4:2.

In the process of the game, Wang Chao also experienced first-hand how strong Nowitzki was in this period.

Wang Chao himself is a little skeptical, does he, who has a total rating of only 54, really help the Suns eliminate the Mavericks like this? Is his role on the field really that big?

In fact, he knows exactly what it means to be a player with top-level three-point ability for a fast-paced, small-ball team.

Many times Wang Chao doesn't even need to score at all on the court, as long as he stands in the bottom corner, or runs, he can help the team pull space, attract defensive attention, and make it easier for Nash and others to score offensively.

This is also the reason why Wang Chao can't do anything on the court except score, but D'Antoni will still let him stay on the court.

Sometimes, it takes just one skill to master enough to take a place in this competitive league.