At the same time as the first round of the NBA playoffs ended, the league also announced the selection of the best team in a timely manner.

Nash, who averaged 15+13 per game, and Stoudemire, who averaged 22+9.6, were selected for the best team with their personal data and the team's 68-win record in the regular season.

The two were joined by Duncan, who was stable at 20+10, Nowitzki at 24+9, and Kobe Bryant, who won the scoring crown with 31.6 points.

The five players selected for the second team are the Rockets' Da Yao, Maddy, the Cavaliers' James, the Raptors' Bosh and the Wizards' Arenas.

The top five are Billups, Wade, Anthony, Garnett and Howard.

Before the announcement of the best team, the call for Wang Chao to be selected for the best team was very loud, after all, his average of 20.9 points per game and his terrifying 360+ three-point shooting in a single season were extremely eye-catching.

But on the one hand, the Suns have Nash and Stoudemire selected for a lineup, and on the other hand, as a forward, none of these forwards who have been selected to the All-Star team can compare.

James at 27+6+6, Bosh at 22.6+10, Anthony at 28.9+6, Garnett at 22.4+12.8+4.

The above four players who were selected for the second and third teams respectively, whether in terms of personal data or status in their respective teams, are far from being comparable to Wang Chao.

It is worth mentioning that Howard, the champion of 04 at the same time as Wang Chao, was selected for the best three teams with a double-double of 17.6 points and 12.3 rebounds, and finally won a city in front of Wang Chao.

After all, as the champion in 04, Howard was selected for the first time as a substitute like Wang Chao when he was an All-Star, and his performance in the All-Star Game was not as good as Wang Chao.

Howard is the NBA champion, and he is actually on par with Wang Chao, a second-round show, which is a bit of a drop, even if only the two of them dominate in the whole 04 years, Howard has to become a better one.

For example, he was selected for the best team before Wang Chao.

It's just that today's league center is withering, O'Neal is dying, Duncan and Stoudemire are not traditional centers in the true sense, and there is only one person in the league.

That's why Howard was able to make the top three teams.

In fact, in the next few seasons, the three places in the center position of the best team are basically divided between Da Yao, Stoudemire and Howard, especially with the subsequent injuries of Da Yao and Stoudemire, Howard has entered the stage of dominance, monopolizing the best team for five consecutive seasons, and winning the best defensive player, the best defensive team, rebounding king, blocking king and other honors in a row.

It was at that time that the league had the remark that Howard could be traded for James alone.

Of course, that's all for later.

All in all, in the coming years, the interior center will be far less competitive than the forward line.

Howard's honor is definitely much easier and simpler than Wang Chao's.

failed to be selected for the best team, and Wang Chao was not discouraged, because he had already learned in advance through the grapevine that the Best Sixth Man Award was his.

Since serving as a substitute at the end of December, Wang Chao has rarely started the game, playing in 82 games in the regular season, including 29 starts and 53 substitutes, which is enough to make him a sixth man of the year.

There was a precedent in the league for the Bucks' Ricky in the '86-87 season. Pierce played in 79 games in the regular season, 31 of which were starts, and was still named Sixth Man of the Year.

In the next 10-11 season, the Lakers' Odom will start 35 of 82 games and still be selected as the best sixth man.

In contrast, although Wang Chao's 29 starts are not a lot, it is definitely not too much to participate in the selection of the best sixth person.

It's just that Barbossa's psychological shadow area is a bit large.

Apparently he came first! He has always played as a substitute in the Suns, why did Wang Chao become a monk halfway through and snatch away the best sixth man who originally belonged to him?

This season, the Suns have a 68-win record, even if Barbosa was suppressed by Wang Chao on the bench and shrunk to 16.8 points and 5 assists, as long as the opponent is not Wang Chao, the probability of success in selecting the best six is extremely high.

But there is no way, Wang Chao doesn't play as a substitute, he doesn't count, the Suns have a head coach, and it's not Barbossa's turn to be a substitute player, and even he can't help but pass the ball to Wang Chao on the court, but whenever Wang Chao runs out of the vacant seat and he passes the ball slowly, D'Antoni will immediately point fingers and scold on the sidelines, and if the situation is serious, he will even directly replace him for reflection.

Sometimes Barbossa wonders if Wang Chao is the illegitimate son of the head coach?

On Wang Chao's side, there is a high probability that he will win the award not only for the best sixth person, but also for nine out of ten, that is, the Most Improved Player Award.

Looking at the league, there is no one more suitable for this award than Wang Chao, in the past year or so, Wang Chao's progress is so fast, who can believe that in the first half of last season, he was just a completely unplayable water cooler administrator who could be cut by the team at any time?

These two awards, which were supposed to be the same as the regular season MVP, were announced as the season's top prizes after the division semifinals and before the start of the Eastern and Western finals.

But unlike the highly competitive regular season MVP, these two awards are not so difficult to select, Wang Chao is too outstanding among the competitors, and on the official side of the league, President Father Stern also hopes that the league will have another star-level Chinese player like Da Yao, and will naturally spare no effort to support Wang Chao.

Even the gossip that Wang Chao received in advance was actually a hint given in advance by the official side of the alliance, intentionally or unintentionally.

The Best Sixth Person and Most Improved Player awards will not make Wang Chao feel too excited, compared with the regular season MVP season awards, this kind of award is completely like leftovers, and no one will remember and value it at all.

If you introduce a player and use the fact that the player has won the Best Sixth Man or Most Improved Player award to introduce him, it means that he is not of high grade and has no honor at all.

Wang Chao will certainly not be satisfied with this, so these two awards are just one of the bargaining chips for him in the summer contract extension negotiations with the team.

And the value of this chip may not be as good as his performance in the next Western Conference semifinals.

Suns vs Jazz, Wang Chao will face his rare nemesis Kirilenko in the league, and even he doesn't know what kind of performance he can play.

There is no way, Kirilenko is almost bloodline suppression of Wang Chao.

When the two are the same height, Wang Chao's arm span of 2.18 meters is already outstanding in the league, but compared with Kirilenko's exaggerated 2.28 meters, it is more than a little bit worse.

While suppressing Wang Chao in terms of static talent, Kirilenko crushed Wang Chao even more in dynamic talent.

With a weight of 107 kilograms, Kirilenko's strength against interior players will not be too much of a loss, and his explosiveness and bounce are not inferior to black players.

Wang Chao has only two advantages over Kirilenko, the first is that he is slightly faster than Kirilenko.

The opponent's speed and agility are at most in their early 80s, which is already a very fast level in the front line, but it is still a little slower than Wang Chao's continuous training through training potions, which has reached the speed of 85 and the agility of 86.

If this difference in values is not enough for Wang Chao to get rid of Kirilenko with his speed, then when the long-distance runner talent is activated and the second stage trait is reached, and the running speed bonus is obtained, the situation is completely different.

And when it comes to long-distance runner talent, we have to mention Wang Chao's second advantage in the face of Kirilenko, physical fitness.

AK47's physical fitness is definitely above the league average, and Kirilenko averaged 37.7 minutes per game in the regular season last season, although it can't be compared with Iverson, James, Kobe and other physical monsters who play more than 40 minutes per game, but it is far better than most of the league's starting main players.

And if he wants to compare his physical strength with Wang Chao...... That's pretty much the heat.

Wang Chao's physical strength value has now reached 91, which should be about the same as Kirilenko.

But the existence of long-distance runner talent is destined to Wang Chao's physical fitness as the race progresses, and his physical fitness will gradually surpass Kirilenko and even crush.

In other words, against Kirilenko, Wang Chao was afraid that there was no chance in the first half, but in the second half, with the decline of the opponent's physical fitness and the increase and decrease of Wang Chao's activation of long-distance runners' natural skills, Wang Chao could get a chance to score steadily.

In addition, there is another point that must be referenced, Wang Chao is now a substitute player for the Suns, and his appearance is usually in the second half of the first quarter and the first half of the second quarter, and Kirilenko's playing time is actually staggered.

……

The first game of the division semifinals between the Suns and Jazz was played on May 7 at the Suns' home court in Phoenix.

The Suns did not make any changes to the starting lineup for this game, and it was still Nash, Bale, Dio, Marion and Stoudemire.

On the Jazz side, the starting five are point guard Delon Brown. Williams, shooting guard Gordon. Girisek, small forward Andre. Kirilenko, big forward Carlos. Boozer, center forward Memet. Oku.

From the height of the interior, the Jazz clearly have the upper hand.

With 2.06m Boozer and 2.11m Oku, the Jazz are far more likely to be compared to the Suns' 2.08m Stoudemire and 2.01m Marion.

But this situation is already familiar to the Suns.

During the regular season, almost the vast majority of teams had an advantage in height on the inside against the Suns, but why did the Suns have a 68-win record?

No matter how tall your interior height is, you have to keep up with the rhythm of the Suns' running and bombing.

The Jazz are a standard positional team with a modest offensive tempo. Under Williams' control, it is much faster than the Spurs, Pistons and other teams, but it is still a little difficult to keep up with the offensive rhythm of the Suns, mainly because the Jazz can keep up with the outside, and the interior Boozer and Oku are not the type of players who move faster.

Boozer is also slightly better, he is the fastest among the interior players, and Da Yao faced Boozer in the first round because the opponent's flexible inside steps were frequently deflated and could not prevent the opponent.

As for Oku, although he has a fairly good three-point shooting ability, his speed is definitely not fast, and he is even very afraid of fast opponents.

Coincidentally, the Suns' Stoudemire was among them.

Stoudemire's speed is much faster than Boozer's, and it is far behind Oku I don't know how many streets.

What if you have a height advantage on the inside? Can you catch up with me?

At the beginning of the game, Nash frequently cooperated with Stoudemire in blocking and dismantling, and used the offensive routines that Deron and Boozer are best at to attack the Jazz basket.

Oku couldn't keep up with Stoudemire's pace at all, and the opponent kept using his speed to throw off the basket and go straight to the basket.

As a last resort, the Jazz changed their defense, and Boozer defended Stoudemire, but the problem was that Marion was not slow, or the Suns, a team known for their run-and-gun tactics, did not have a slow player before O'Neal's arrival.

The Jazz team had no way to limit the Suns' scoring, but fortunately, on their own side, the strong and strong Delon had an advantage on the offensive end against Nash, and the offensive efficiency around Delon was not low, so the scores of the two teams rose alternately, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner for a while.

It's just that this situation is obviously Jazz head coach Jerry. Sloan wasn't satisfied.

The starting lineup of the Jazz team can't just be on par with the Suns, after all, the Suns bench still has Wang Chao, who averages 20.9 points per game, and Barbossa, who averages 16.8 points per game!

The Jazz don't have that many good players on the bench, and their best performance on the bench is forward Matt Sharplin, who averages 11.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, and that's just that, and then Derlon's backup point guard Derrick Fisher.

Sloan is well aware that once the main players of both sides come off the court and the substitutes come on, the situation on the court will be immediately broken, and the players on their bench will definitely not be able to withstand the Suns' indiscriminate bombardment.

After thinking for a moment, Sloan took advantage of a free throw to replace Kirilenko with Haplin.

In order to ensure the offensive efficiency on the court, Delon, Boozer and Oku must not be off, so in order to limit the Suns' bench double-stop, Sloan's choice is to let Kirilenko go off the court early, and then wait until Wang Chao on the Suns' side will come on the court before appearing and stare at Wang Chao.

Sloan believes that with Kirilenko's defensive ability, he can definitely effectively limit Wang Chao's play outside the three-point line, so as long as they can find a way to contain Barbosa's offense, the Suns will not be able to use bench time to open up the score gap!

On the Suns' side, Wang Chao, who has been paying attention to Kirilenko, certainly saw this scene.

Kirilenko's early departure will naturally have a certain impact on the strength of the Jazz starting lineup, and his defensive tactical position in this Jazz team is still very high, especially in the face of a run-and-bomb team like the Suns, many times Kirilenko's help defense is needed to help his teammates check and fill in the gaps.

His defensive coverage and ability to assist are far from being matched by Haprin who came off the bench.

Therefore, with the departure of Kirilenko, the Jazz team began to gradually lose the bombardment of the Suns on the offensive end, and the point difference began to gradually appear.

But fortunately, by this time the game had entered the end of the first quarter.

After a timeout, D'Antoni replaced most of his main players and sent on the bench.

Wang Chao and Barbossa all appeared.

Seeing this, Sloan's side immediately sent Kirilenko.

Wang Chao, who had just walked on the field, immediately saw AK47 standing in front of him.

"Boy, don't you want to score a three-point in front of me today!"

Kirilenko stared at Wang Chao and said very arrogantly.

"Oh?" Wang Chao's eyebrows raised slightly. "If you can do it, try it!"

If it was at the beginning of the regular season, Wang Chao might really have no way to take Kirilienko, but after the entire regular season, the current situation is completely different.

The Suns possessed the ball, and after Barbossa dribbled past half court, he wanted to let his teammates pull away and let him play alone.

Jazz point guard Deron Brown. Williams is off the court, and on the floor is backup point guard Fisher.

Lao Yu's strength is quite good, and he won't suffer too much in the face of forward players, but as a point guard with a height of 1.85 meters, his speed can no longer be described as simply slow.

Barbossa, on the other hand, is the opposite of Fisher, who is one of the fastest defenders in the league, and the Brazilian Lightning is well deserved.

Past Fisher, Barbossa only needed one step, and in the blink of an eye, Fisher was overtaken by Barbossa by most of his body, and it was only then that he reacted sideways and wanted to follow, and it was naturally too late at this time.

Barbosa led the way inside and made a layup against the Jazz's bench center.

"Squeak—"

The whistle blew and Barbosa failed to find the ball but managed to win two free throws.

In the next few rounds, the Suns were all Barbossa's main attackers, staring at Fisher's onslaught, and the Jazz's defense was shattered by the ball-breaking impact in turns.

As the strongest core figure on the defensive end of the court, Kirilenko has nothing to do about it, as a defensive expert who belongs to the top level in the league with help defense ability, he can't help his teammates to help defend Barbossa's breakthrough at all, because Kirilenko is worried that as soon as he leaves, Wang Chao will immediately catch the ball and shoot three points.

In terms of the level of threat, Wang Chao, who averaged 20.9 points per game in the regular season and averaged 26+ points per game in the first round of the playoffs, is definitely bigger than Barbossa.

While following Wang Chao to stop outside the three-point line, while watching Barbossa constantly use speed to wreak havoc on the Jazz restricted area, Kirilenko inevitably became impatient.

"Didn't you respond to me in a very dragged tone just now? Why is this just hiding outside the three-point line, and not even daring to catch the ball? ”

Kirilenko, who was anxious, couldn't help but spew trash talk at Wang Chao.

Wang Chao looked at each other calmly.

He has no restrictions on system tasks in the Western Finals, and he can play freely, since Barbossa is in good form, why does he have to go head-to-head with Kirilenko? Even if Wang Chao believes that his current self is not too scared of Kirilenko, there is no need for that at all.

It's just that Wang Chao was no longer ready to respond to Kirilenko's provocation, but in the next round, Barbosa suddenly passed the ball to Wang Chao after dribbling on the outside for a while.

Wang Chao, who received Barbossa's pass, was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at the other party, and the latter ran directly to another position after passing the ball.

"It's ......"

Wang Chao's heart sank slightly, and he was a little unhappy.

After several rounds of attacking with the ball in a row, Barbosa's ability was most perfectly reflected, and the Suns also relied on Barbosa's ball-handling frames to widen the gap with the Jazz a little.

Now that the first quarter of the game is coming to an end, Barbosa chose to pass the ball to Wang Chao at this time, and the purpose is obvious.

"That guy, do you want to see your own jokes?"

Wang Chao's eyes narrowed slightly, this guy is really careful.

He could probably guess Barbossa's thoughts.

Although the winner of the best sixth person in the 06-07 season has not yet been officially announced, everyone actually knows that this award is Wang Chao's nine times out of ten.

For Barbossa, this is not good news.

Originally, he should be the best sixth man, because at the end of December, Wang Chao changed from the starter to the bench, which led to his ball being robbed by Wang Chao a lot, not to mention the decline in personal data, Wang Chao also stepped in and became a substitute player.

Not long ago, D'Antoni revealed in an interview that the idea of letting Wang Chao change to a substitute was actually proposed by Wang Chao himself.

From that moment on, Barbossa's dissatisfaction with Wang Chao had reached a very strong level.

If he is Nash or Stoudemire, I am afraid that the direct showdown will be on the same page as Wang Chao.

But as a substitute, Barbossa didn't dare to do it, even if it was for the rest of his career.

But in the situation just now on the field, Barbosa can do something that seems more reasonable and teach Wang Chao a lesson on the field.

"Don't be too complacent, stinky boy! With no one passing you the ball, can you get 20+ points per game? Aren't you very dragged? Try to play Kirilenko in a single like I just did with Fisher! ”

Although Wang Chao couldn't hear Barbossa's heart, he figured out a little bit of the other party's thoughts.

It's just that......

"That guy, you don't really think that I can't do anything about it, do you?"

Wang Chao stood still with the ball in his hand, making a three-threat posture, and at the same time secretly thought in his heart. "It's really flattened!"

At this time, there were only 10 seconds left before the end of the first quarter of the game, Wang Chao did not choose to pass the ball to other teammates to throw the pot, he had to attack this ball himself!

When Kirilenko saw Wang Chao's movements, his body immediately tensed, and at the same time, he took another step forward in his position, almost sticking to Wang Chao, not giving him the slightest space to shoot.

Tri-threat pose? It doesn't matter, you can pass me with a breakaway, just don't shoot!

Kirilenko thought so in his heart, but he immediately saw that even when he was close to Wang Chao, the other party still raised his hand and shot the basketball.

Without thinking, Kirilenko immediately jumped with Wang Chao, stretched his arms straight, and was ready to give Wang Chao a big hat that covered the sky and the sun.

However, as soon as he jumped up, he was stunned to see that Wang Chao actually took the ball back, dribbled on the spot, moved two steps sideways, and then shot directly!

Wang Chao's set of movements was so silky and smooth that the basketball had already flown towards the basket when Kirilenko landed and pounced from one side to defend it.

"Shh——!h

Wang Chao's shot brushed into the frame, crisp and neat, and the 3 points were in hand.

There were less than 3 seconds left in the first quarter.

"That guy ......"

Kirilenko looked at Wang Chao with a flickering gaze.

Wang Chao's shooting feint just now completely deceived him, it stands to reason that he has a lot of defensive experience, if it is a shooting feint, it should be seen at a glance, and even if it is a real shot, he will not easily jump and lose his center of gravity.

But Wang Chao's action just now made him jump subconsciously, which was really too realistic!

And Wang Chao's subsequent dribble and shooting, the whole set of movements was too smooth, and he didn't have a chance to make amends at all.

"He's tougher than he was before......"

When Kirilenko was secretly thinking in his heart, he didn't know that Wang Chao, who was retreating backwards, was also quite rich in psychological activities.

"Fake pitchers are so easy to use, even a defensive guru like Kirilenko can fool them."

Wang Chao's offense just now is completely based on the effect of the new talented fake pitcher, that is, the player makes fake moves more realistically, and the connection action and shooting fluency after performing the fake shot are increased by 30%.

It is precisely because of this effect of the fake pitcher's talent that Wang Chao successfully deceived Kirilenko when shooting, and used the dashing action of shooting after dribbling very smoothly.

This trick naturally cannot be used often on the field, but if it is an accidental sudden cold arrow, it is difficult for the opponent to predict and respond in advance, and the effect is excellent.

If Wang Chao can improve his ability to break through with the ball in the future, and directly connect to the breakthrough with the ball after the shooting feint, the power can be even higher!

……

In the remaining 3 seconds of offensive time, the Jazz just dribbled the ball past half court and threw it towards the basket, which naturally failed to hit this distance.

At the end of the first quarter, the score of the two teams was tied to 35:27, and the Suns led by eight points.

This 8-point lead is basically the credit of Barbosa and Wang Chao.

After the two came off the bench in the final stage of the first quarter, Barbosa scored 6 points on 2-of-3 shooting and 2-of-2 free throws, while Wang Chao scored 3 points with the offense just now.

Jazz head coach Sloan stood on the sidelines, his face not very good-looking.

Even the most well-known top coach can't make up for the gap in the strength of the substitute lineup.

The final period of the first quarter was just the beginning, and the first few minutes of the second quarter were the time for the bench players to make a difference.

Sloan was well aware that Fisher could no longer be left on the field, and Barbossa's breakthrough of Fisher was not much different from passing over a tree.

Delong. Williams took a short break from the bench for a few minutes before rushing into the field to lead the bench alongside Kirilenko.

Delong's play, the effect is immediate, although his defensive ability is not strong among defenders, but in the face of Barbossa's speed defender, he is always better than Fisher, after all, DeLong at his peak has the title of eating and sleeping to play Paul, Chris. Paul's speed is definitely at the top of the point guards, which shows that DeLong also has good experience in defending players who are good at speed.

Barbossa's several breakthroughs with the ball were squeezed to the weak side and away from the basket by DeLong using his strength advantage, so he could only stop and shoot, and the shot naturally couldn't be hit.

On the other hand, Delong's side, if he breaks through Barbosa with the ball, he can directly "grind" to the basket and score a layup.

After two rounds, the 8-point difference in the first quarter was forced to close to 4 points.

D'Antoni stood on the sidelines with his hands on his hips, ready to call a timeout and send in his main players.

But his movements paused slightly at a certain moment.

Because he saw it on the field, Wang Chao began to take action.

Looking at Wang Chao, who began to run, Kirilenko's heart sank slightly.

"Are you coming?"

In the last few minutes of the first quarter, Wang Chao was more focused on fixed-point positioning, and did not do much of his signature off-ball running.

Before the division semifinals, Kirilenko watched a lot of videos of Wang Chao's games during the regular season, and sighed that Wang Chao's physical fitness was so good that he could run wildly all over the court without getting tired, and even running faster and faster, he couldn't help but be vigilant.

If it is him, how to defend the opponent in the face of Wang Chao's running without the ball, especially when he has been running for a long time and his physical fitness has declined?

Rao is Kirilenko didn't come up with a good solution, what he could do was to resist as long as possible than Wang Chao in the arena.

On the side of the Suns, even if most of the players on the court are substitute players, when they saw Wang Chao start to run, they all stood up in accordance with the tactical strategies that they had already trained every day, and at the same time that Wang Chao passed by them, they just stood up to cover them without the ball.

Although Kirilenko had been prepared, he was also upset by two off-ball screens in a row, and when he chased out to the outside after getting rid of it, what he saw was Wang Chao receiving a pass from his teammates and raising his hand to shoot.

"Don't think!"

Kirilenko shouted, and then jumped up to block Wang Chao.

But the moment he jumped up, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have forgotten something.

Really! Wang Chao, who raised his hand, actually put the basketball down again at this moment, still moving the ball smoothly and naturally sideways, and then shot again.

Kirilenko, who flew past Wang Chao, could only watch as the other team flicked the basketball towards the basket.

"Huh!"

Three points again!

Kirilenko, who staggered to the ground, turned his head to look at Wang Chao.

This is the second time he has been fooled, but compared to the first time, this time he has no choice.

Kirilenko was very sure that if he hadn't sprinted and jumped immediately just now, Wang Chao would have shot directly.

With the distance at that time, there was no way to form an effective interference just by stepping forward to defend, and this jump was necessary, even if it was so embarrassed that the opponent was shaken out.

"Wang Chao......"

Jerry. Sloan's brows were tightened, the Suns' bench was too difficult to deal with, and he didn't expect that even DeLong couldn't immediately grasp the initiative on the court.

Letting the main players play in advance is a way to quench their thirst, unless it is Kobe, Iverson, James, and other physical monsters who can still live and vibrate the whole game, and other players will be seriously consumed with the passage of time in the game, which will inevitably affect the performance of the game in the fourth quarter.

But for Sloan and the Jazz, they don't have a choice.

Now let the main team play, you can still bite the score, but if you have to let the substitute go to the substitute...... It is estimated that before the end of the half, the game is almost over.

In the next few rounds, the Jazz continued to play steadily, catching up with the difference step by step.

Wang Chao waited for an opportunity to shoot 3 more times on the outside, but only hit 1 of 3 three-pointers, but Rao was so, and the offensive efficiency of 6 points was not low in less than 5 minutes, and it was also under Kirilenko's highly targeted defense.

When the margin was forced to close to 2 points, the Suns called a timeout, and then Nash, Stoudemire, Marion and others all came on the court.

The Suns' on-court lineup has become Nash, Barbosa, Wang Chao, Marion and Stoudemire, an almost suffocating combination of offensive ability.

On the other hand, the Jazz team, although they also sent a full main lineup, Boozer, Oku and others appeared one after another.

But the core of Delon. Williams was already sweating on his forehead.

Since the start of the game, he has been on the court for nearly 15 minutes, the longest among the players in the game, not only that, he is the starting point on the offensive end, and he has successively marked Nash and Barbossa on the defensive end, and the physical consumption is quite huge.

At this time, he should have been rested, but in the face of such an exaggerated lineup of the Suns, if Delon went down, how could the Jazz resist?

……

As a result, Delon still played the remainder of the second quarter.

The scores of the two teams were 66-63 at halftime, and the Suns led by three points.

It's basically all DeLong's work.

He scored 8 points on 4-of-5 shooting in the first quarter, 3-of-5 shooting in the second quarter, and 8 points on 2-of-4 three-pointers. Williams' scoring has reached a game-high 16 points, and he also has seven assists, even Nash's assists are only six at this time, which shows how much this Jazz team relies on him on the offensive end.

But resisting the first half, can't bear the second half.

As the game entered the second half, the Suns began to quickly take the initiative.

The score of the two teams was 29:21 in the third quarter.

The Jazz's offense finally collapsed, scoring just 21 points in the quarter.

Delon didn't play in the first half of the game, and after coming out in the second half, he didn't play as well as before, scoring just three points on 1-of-3 shooting and 1-of-2 from the free-throw line.

Obviously, he was tired.

The Suns don't care if you're tired or not, whether you talk about martial arts or not, it's just a meal of chopping melons and vegetables.

Stoudemire had 7 points and 4 rebounds, Nash had 6 points and 3 assists, Wang Chao had 6 points and 1 rebound, and Barbosa had 4 points......

The Suns all blossomed and widened the margin to more than double digits in one fell swoop.

The game entered the fourth quarter, and Delon, who had recovered a little, tried to launch a counterattack, shooting 4 of 7 in a single quarter, 3 of 4 free throws, and getting 11 points and 2 assists, but unfortunately it was too late.

The offensive rhythm of the Suns was fully upplayed in the third quarter, and it was getting better in the fourth quarter, even if Delon broke out in the small universe, it only led the team to fight with the Suns, and the hole dug in the third quarter could not be filled at all.

116:109。

The Suns defeated the Jazz by seven points to win their first game in the division semifinals.

Delong. Williams played top-notch in this game, scoring 30 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists, and his teammates also played well, Boozer had 21 points and 16 rebounds, Oku had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Kirilenko had 13 points and 7 rebounds......

The Jazz have an absolute advantage in interior height, grabbing 20 frontcourt rebounds in the whole game, far ahead of the Suns, but they can't stand the Suns from blooming more.

Stoudemire had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Nash had 18 points and 12 assists, Marion had 16 points, Barbosa had 14 points and Bell had 10 points......

Although Wang Chao was marked by Kirilenko throughout the game, he relied on the talent of the fake pitcher and successfully deceived the opponent many times, and after activating the talent of long-distance runners in the third quarter and the fourth quarter of the game, he also relied on speed to get rid of Kirilenko and hit an open three-pointer, and finally shot 6 of 11 and 5 of 9 three-pointers, and got 17 points and 3 rebounds.

After the Suns won the first game, they immediately took advantage of the victory and defeated the Jazz again on May 9 112-108.

The big score is 2:0 ahead.

In this game, Nash broke out strongly, shooting 13-of-22 from the field, 4-of-9 from three-point range, and 7-of-7 from the free-throw line, scoring 37 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists. Williams is a two-time regular season MVP.

In addition to Nash, the Suns also have Stoudemire who scored 25 points and 12 rebounds and Wang Chao who scored 21 points and 3 rebounds.

The Jazz Boozer, Oku and Kirilenko scored 30, 23 and 20 points, respectively, but still couldn't win the game.

In the face of the Suns' defense, the Jazz can indeed score, and the scoring efficiency is even higher than in the regular season, but the problem is that they score high, and the Suns are higher, what's the matter?

On May 11, the Jazz finally won a rare victory on their home court, relying on Delon who scored 32 points and Boozer who scored 25 points, the Jazz narrowly defeated the Suns by 2 points 115-113 at home, chasing the total score to 2-1.

But the good times didn't last long, on May 13, the fourth game of the series, still on the home court of the Jazz, the Suns defeated the Jazz 115-101 by 14 points, rewriting the overall score to 3:1, and taking the lead in getting the match point.

The total score of 3:1 directly announced the failure of the Jazz's defensive arrangement against the Suns, especially against Wang Chao's defense, which did not have any effect.

In four games, Wang Chao averaged 19.6 points per game and shot 47% from three-point range, although it was a slight decline from the regular season, but the price paid by the Jazz was indeed Kirilenko's complete sacrifice of his ability to defend the whole game.

Kirilenko's defensive strategy in the Jazz team is of great significance, sacrificing his ability to help defend in exchange for only Wang Chao's score is 1.3 points lower than the regular season and 2% shooting rate, not only failed to limit Wang Chao, but also made the Jazz lose their previous defensive ability, which is a bloody loss.

After four games, the Suns, who returned to their home court, did not give the Jazz a chance, 103:99, a wave took away the Jazz, defeated the opponent 4:1 to reach the finals.

At the end of the series, the Jazz were eliminated by the Suns. Sloan said in a post-game interview.

"Our defensive strategy against the Suns was wrong from the beginning, I wanted to limit the three-point shooting of Suns forward Wang Chao too much, and made a lot of targeted tactical adjustments for this, but Wang Chao was not affected by this, but we first messed up under the Suns' offense."

"The Suns have been really strong this season, there are no flaws, and I look forward to them winning the championship."

(End of chapter)