With three points at the start, Nash begged for a maximum salary to renew his contract

Chapter 46 The key fifth battle, Tianwangshan

After the two games, the two teams fought to a 1:1 tie. Although Wang Chao scored 17 points and 24 points in these two games, his performance was not bad, but he did not play a key role in the game.

There is no way. With Wang Chao's current ability, he can contribute 20+ points per game is the limit. He can't score 30+, 40+ points in a game like those top stars in the league with three-pointers alone. + or even 50+ points to help the team win.

On May 5, the third game of the series, the venue came to the home court of the Dallas Mavericks.

坐镇主场下，诺维斯基继续延续火热状态，全场23投10中拿到28分，约什.霍华德22投9中得到22分，小牛队以95:88赢下这场比赛，总比分2:1取得领先优势。

In this game, the Suns players did not perform very well as a whole. Only Nash scored 50 points and 21 assists with 7% shooting.

Of the remaining few, Marion scored 12 points on 4 of 10 shots, Barbosa had 14 points, and Diaw had 17 points.

Wang Chao's score in this game is not too high, scoring 12 points on 5 of 15 three-pointers.

When the team's overall shooting rate is not good, even he is more or less affected.

Wang Chao knew that if this continued, the Sun might really be eliminated by the Mavericks.

It's really not surprising that it will be reduced to that point. Although the Suns have an extra Wang Chao, in the final analysis, Wang Chao's overall ability rating 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 method is still too easy to be targeted, and the open mid-range shot that has been trained to 88 before is difficult to use against Josh Howard's defense.

With the presence of Wang Chao, it will be easier and easier for the Suns to play against the wind, because after the speed of the running and bombing tactics is fully raised, no matter how much the opponent pays attention to defense, they will still be exposed under the ultra-fast-paced offense and defense. Flaws, Wang Chao's three-pointer is very useful.

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

Two days later, on May 5, the fourth game of the finals perfectly interpreted this point.

The Suns, who are still playing away games, this game has changed from the previous game's decline, the offensive rhythm is perfect, and the Mavericks can't find the north after a round of bombing.

王超在这场比赛中多次获得空位出手三分的机会，最终三分球17中8，罚球4中3，全场砍下27分4篮板的数据。

In addition to Wang Chao, Nash, Diaw and Barbosa also scored 20+ points.

太阳队最终以116:96，客场大胜小牛队20分，将比分扳平至2:2平。

Back on the same starting line, the most critical game for the two teams is coming.

Battle of Tianwang Mountain!
Whoever can win the battle of Tianwang Mountain will be the first to win the match point and seize the opportunity in this battle between dragons and tigers.

Before the start of the fifth Western Conference Finals, the league first announced the NBA regular season season awards.

Nash defeated James, Nowitzki and other competitors, and successfully won the regular season MVP, becoming the third guard player in the league to win the regular season MVP consecutively, second only to Jordan and Magic Johnson.

In fact, Nash's 06 regular season MVP is quite controversial.

场均18.8分10.5助攻的数据，外加上180俱乐部，看上去似乎不错，但MVP榜第二的詹姆斯场均31.4分7篮板6.6助攻的数据显然更具震撼力。

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

But in the end the regular season MVP award was awarded to Nash. After all, the Suns could support all the way to the Western Conference Finals despite Stoudemire's reimbursement for the season. Nash's role cannot be ignored.

On June 6, the fifth game of the Western Conference Finals, before the much-anticipated Tianwangshan battle, the league first presented the regular season MVP trophy to Nash at the home court of the Suns under the witness of all Suns fans.

Subsequently, the G5 game of the Western Conference Finals officially began.

For this game, Wang Chao still has some impressions, because this is the classic battle of Nuo Tianwang in the playoffs in 06. In the crucial battle of Tianwang Mountain, Nowitzki's small universe broke out. He made 26 of 14 shots and 6 three-pointers. He made 5 of 18 free throws and scored 17 points, 50 rebounds and 12 assists. He single-handedly defeated the Suns and won Tianwangshan.

Then the Mavericks did not give the Suns a chance to play the tiebreaker, 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 must win this game!
……

It was the same as Wang Chao remembered.

At the beginning of the game, Nowitzki showed a strong desire to attack. In the first quarter, he made 8 of 4 shots, 2 of 2 three-pointers, and 4 of 3 free throws to get 13 points.

太阳队这边，王超三分球4中2得到6分，马里昂6投3中得到7分，纳什4分2助攻。

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

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

In order to seize the opportunity as much as possible, Wang Chao ran frantically in the second quarter to try to get an open shot. A lot of running without the ball really gave him a lot of good opportunities, and finally in the second quarter 7 Scored 4 of 12 points and scored [-] points in a single quarter.

Relying on Wang Chao's three-point offensive, the Suns scored 34 points in the second quarter, while the Mavericks only had 22 points.

"Now that the halftime game is over, the score of the two teams has reached 59:58. The Suns successfully equalized the score in the second quarter and overtook it by one point. It is foreseeable that the next second half of the game will be a more intense battle between dragons and tigers."

……

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

In the second quarter of the game, he ran tirelessly throughout the entire game, which consumed a lot of energy, and he was already feeling a little tired at this time.

This is also thanks to his talent as a long-distance runner, otherwise it would be hard to say whether he would have the strength to continue playing in the second half.

"Everyone did a great job."

At this time, head coach D'Antoni is still encouraging the players of the team.

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

Looking at the confident D'Antoni, Wang Chao couldn't help but reminded him.

"Coach, I think we must pay extra attention to Nowitzki in the second half of the game. It is best to double-team him when necessary, and don't let him catch the ball and score easily."

(End of this chapter)