(There are a lot of things today, I'm tired and sleepy after driving for a day, there are only so many, tomorrow should be better.) ）

"The Phoenix Suns eliminated the Utah Jazz 4-1 and successfully advanced to the Western Conference Finals."

Jazz head coach Sloan personally admitted that the real cause of defeat was Wang Chao.

"The league's season awards have been announced one after another, and Suns player Wang Chao won the Best Sixth Person and Most Improved Player awards at the same time! This is the first step in the '98-99 season when Magic player Darrell Darrell. Armstrong is the first player in recent years to win both awards, and the only one of any overseas player! ”

After the division semi-finals, the winners of the season's awards will be announced one after another under the arrangement of the league.

The first to be announced, and the least valuable of the awards, is the Best Sixth Man and Most Improved Player awards.

Although the gold content is far less than the regular season MVP award later, it is still an honor, especially a double yolk egg, which is still very helpful for Wang Chao's influence, at least when negotiating with the team after the season, there are more chips.

The average of 20.9 points per game in the regular season is the highest score in the past ten years after Rickey Pierce's average of 23 points per game in the 89-90 season, and it is also the first best sixth man with an average score of more than 20+ per game since then.

In Wang Chao's impression, the next time a player who averages 20+ points on the field in the sixth man position will have to wait until the 17-18 season, Louis Williams, who averaged 22.6 points and 5.3 assists per game, and that will be ten years later.

As for the Most Improved Player Award, it is more compatible with Wang Chao.

In fact, Wang Chao's performance last season can fully win this award, Wang Chao averaged 16.6 points per game in the regular season last season, compared with the rookie season basically did not play much, and was sent to the development league, it is simply a step to the sky.

However, considering that Wang Chao's appearances were not enough at that time, he was unable to participate in the selection of any awards.

This season is different, Wang Chao has been in full attendance for 82 games, averaging 20.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game, and his performance is already a bit of an All-Star player, and he has indeed been successfully selected for the All-Star bench lineup.

One thing to say, even if you look at the whole league, you can't find a second player who has improved faster than Wang Chao, and after these two rounds of the playoffs, many careful fans found that Wang Chao is still improving and getting stronger, especially in the second round against the Jazz defensive leader Kirilenko, Wang Chao's realistic fake shooting action has deceived the opponent several times, and the off-ball running seems to have become sharper than before.

At this rate of progress, I'm afraid it won't take a few years for Wang Chao to become the top superstar in the league, right?

……

After the Sixth Player of the Year and Most Improved Player awards were announced, the league announced Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the days that followed.

The Rookie of the Year was taken by Blazers Brandon. Roy averaged 16.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4 assists per game in his rookie season.

Although the personal data is decent, among the rookies in the 06-07 season, he is already the most outstanding one, and from the perspective of Wang Chao, a traverser, Roy has grown up rapidly after experiencing his rookie season, combined with the management of the Trail Blazers to adjust the team structure, and in the second year, he can reach an average of 19.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game, and lead the Trail Blazers to a 50% winning record of 41-41 as a team leader.

In the third season, Roy's statistics improved again, reaching 22.6 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.1 assists, and the Trail Blazers won 54 wins and entered the ranks of the league's first-class teams.

What happened after that, fans who know Roy well know.

God is jealous of talent, after Roy played four seasons of rookie contract, he suffered a serious injury just after getting a big contract extension, removed the meniscus, and then his state declined significantly, and he completely disappeared from people's sight after two seasons.

A rising superstar is ruined by injuries like this, which makes people sigh.

And a few years later, the league has another even more difficult star, the youngest regular season MVP in history, Derrick. Rose, a genius who was also ruined by injuries.

Of course, that's another story.

Best Defensive Player by Denver Nuggets' Marcus Brown. Canby obtains.

As for the regular season MVP, as the biggest and most watched award of the season, it was naturally put at the end, and it was finally announced after all the Eastern and Western Regional Finals were over.

Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki, who led the team to 65 wins and averaged 24.6 points, 8.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game in the regular season, defeated rival Suns Steve Nash by a very narrow lead and won the regular season MVP for the first time in his career.

Nowitzki's award was both unexpected and reasonable.

While Nash is on par with Nowitzki, if not better, in terms of individual performances and team wins, he has won the regular season MVP two years in a row, and if he is re-elected this year, it will be a three-time MVP.

Looking at the history of the League, there is only Larry. Bird, Chamberlain, and Bill. Russell has won the award for three of the world's top stars, including basketball god Jordan and point guard icon Magic Johnson.

Although the league wants to launch top superstars, it also doesn't want a situation where one family dominates, and that kind of superstar-studded situation is what they want.

And putting aside the possible alliance conspiracy.

In the Mavericks, Nowitzki is the absolute core of the main team, and he is also the best player on the team, except for him, the best players in the entire Mavericks team are Josh Howard, who averages 18.9 points per game, and Jason Terry, who averages 16.7 points per game.

On the other hand, on the Suns' side, although Nash is the engine and brain of the team, and the key to the extreme reliance on the run-and-bomb tactics, the reason why the Suns can get 68 wins is that the overall strength of the players cannot be ignored.

Stoudemire averaged 22 points and 9.6 rebounds per game, Wang Chao 20.9 points and 3.7 rebounds, Marion with 16 points and 9.8 rebounds, and Barbossa with 16.6 points and 5 assists......

From this point of view, the contribution of the two to the victory of their respective teams is also slightly better than Nowitzki.

Therefore, although Nash failed to win the regular season MVP three times in a row, which made many Suns fans very unhappy, if you look at it from the perspective of neutral fans, it is not surprising that either of these two won the regular season MVP, and both deserve the final award this season.

……

The announcement of the regular season MVP also means that the Eastern and Western Regional Finals are all over.

On the West side, the Suns eliminated the Jazz 4:1 and advanced to the Western Conference finals early, while the other matchup, Spurs VS Mavericks, the classic bull-horse battle can be described as exciting.

Dodging the curse of being black-eight by the Warriors in the first round, the Mavericks still showed the combat effectiveness of a 65-win team in the regular season in the playoffs, and staged a fierce matchup with the Spurs in the division semifinals, the two teams fought to 7 games, and finally won the Mavericks in the tie-break game, and were narrowly won by the Spurs 88-85 and fell on the stage of the division semifinals.

The Spurs also made it to the Western Conference finals to complete the meeting with the Suns, avenging the 4-3 elimination by the Mavericks in the division semifinals last season.

In this way, the Western Conference Finals is the Phoenix Suns vs San Antonio Spurs, the strongest spear in the league vs. the strongest shield, and the suspense and highlights are instantly full.

On the Eastern side, the Pistons defeated the Bulls 4-2, and the Cavaliers also eliminated the Nets 4-2, and the two sides will meet in the East.

There is no defensive core Ben. Wallace's Pistons are much weaker than before, and on the Cavaliers' side, James single-core led the team to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time, and the momentum reached its peak for a while.

As a traverser, Wang Chao, of course, knows that this year, whether it is the referee's secret assistance or the James is really strong, the Cavaliers did defeat the Pistons with a score of 4:2 in the Eastern Conference Finals and reached the finals.

It's just after the finals......

In the fourth season of James' career, he may have grown into one of the league's top superstars, but the Cavaliers can't be called a strong team.

On the Western side, whether the Suns or the Spurs win the Western Conference finals and enter the Finals, they can basically celebrate winning the championship in advance.

As a player of the Suns, Wang Chao certainly hopes that it is the Suns who will win the championship in the end!

Without him, the Spurs are definitely the strongest team this season, there's no doubt about that.

Duncan is at the peak of his career, and the GDP trio is in full swing, and not only that, but the Spurs also have Michael in the lineup. Finley, Bruce. Quality role players like Bowen and even the Suns' proudest bench lineup isn't far behind.

Ginobili, a player with enough strength to start, sat firmly on the bench and played the same role as Wang Chao and Barbossa.

This matchup is expected to be a battle of the dragons.

……

On May 20, the first game of the Western Conference finals was played at the home of the Phoenix Suns.

This battle of focus has received widespread attention, not only the well-known local TV stations TNT, ESPN and other TV stations in the United States broadcast the commentary live, but even the CCTV sports channel in China also broadcast the game live.

Wang Chao knew the news from Zhang Mingji, the head of the team of Da Yao Yao.

Originally, in China, all games involving Wang Chao would not be broadcast live, but because after the All-Star Weekend, Da Yao used his domestic influence to do dredging work, which has gradually changed the attitude towards Wang Chao in China.

What's more, Wang Chao's momentum is getting bigger and bigger, this is the Western Conference Finals, which has attracted much attention, how can it be blocked?

Even if CCTV Sports does not broadcast live, fans in Huaguo will try their best to watch this game in various ways.

In fact, a similar situation occurred in last year's Western Conference Finals and Finals.

The real ratings are there, you can control me, and who the audience likes to watch?

Therefore, even if Da Yao does not use the relationship, under pressure from all sides, CCTV Sports will most likely broadcast this game live in the end, and since it is a live broadcast, it is impossible to avoid Wang Chao's footage through editing.

In other words, this will also be the first time that Wang Chao has officially appeared in CCTV Sports, the most official live TV broadcast in the country, since he was banned in China.

"Wang, if you can, you'd better show 200% of your strength in this game and play the most wonderful and beautiful performance, the stronger your strength, the smoother our work will be!"

This is what Da Yao told when he called Wang Chao before the game.

In fact, there is no need for Da Yao to say, Wang Chao himself knows.

It's just that it's not just a matter of making a name for himself in China, in the NBA, he also needs a better and eye-catching performance to prove his strength in order to get a maximum salary contract.

And the Spurs are definitely the strongest opponent the Suns have encountered this season, whether they can win the championship depends on the series of the Western Finals, and Wang Chao naturally has to go all out.

……

At Phoenix's home stadium, the fans wore T-shirts in the home color early, and the entire stadium was completely a sea of white, and the noisy cheers resounded throughout the stadium, and the home atmosphere was full.

But the Spurs have seen the big scene, as the favorites for the championship over the years, the Spurs have often been able to go far in the playoffs, facing many strong teams, including but not limited to the Suns, Mavericks, Pistons, and the Lakers during the OK combination period.

The shouts of the fans of the opposing team were simply not enough to affect them.

However, when the Suns on the other side began to introduce the starting players, there was a slight fluctuation on the Spurs' side.

Spurs head coach Popovich sat on the bench, his eyes deep in the direction of the Suns.

"Is this what you're doing to me? Mike? ”

Popovich glanced at D'Antoni, who was dressed in a straight suit and had a calm expression, and thought to himself.

In the first game of the Western Conference finals, the Suns made some changes in the starting lineup, and the team's starting small forward changed from Dio to Wang Chao.

That's right, after a long regular season and the first two series of the playoffs, Wang Chao is back in the starting lineup.

The Spurs are different from other teams, as the league's lowest points conceded per game this season, with only 90.1 points, even if they have 68 wins in the regular season, and as the league's highest scoring average per game, the Suns must not be underestimated.

Therefore, after some consideration, head coach D'Antoni decided to put Wang Chao in the starting position to strengthen the offensive ability of the team's starting lineup.

Wang Chao's super deterrent power and scoring ability outside the three-point line will allow the Spurs to play a role in pulling space on defense, and Wang Chao's scoring ability is also extremely strong, and he is second only to Stoudemire in the team's stable scoring point.

As for the bench, with Barbossa and Dio coming down from the start, at least against the Spurs' bench led by Ginobili, he will not fall behind.

As a result, the Suns' starting five became Nash, Bell, Wang Chao, Marion and Stoudemire.

On the Spurs' side, it's Parker, Finley, Bowen, and Robert. Horry and Duncan.

The starters of both sides stood up, Stoudemire and Duncan came to the center circle to prepare for the jump ball, and the Western Conference finals were about to begin!

(End of chapter)