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

Chapter 95 Sloan: Kirilenko shouldn't be allowed to defend him!
At the end of the first round of the NBA playoffs, the league also announced the selection of the best team in due course.

场均15+13的纳什与22+9.6的斯塔德迈尔，凭借着自身个人数据以及球队常规赛68胜战绩加持，纷纷入选最佳一阵。

与两人一同入选一阵的还有稳定20+10的邓肯，24+9的诺维斯基以及31.6分摘得得分王桂冠的科比。

The five players selected for the second team are Dayao and McGrady of the Rockets, James of the Cavaliers, Bosh of the Raptors and Arenas of the Wizards.

The five players in the best three teams are Billups, Wade, Anthony, Garnett and Howard.

Before the announcement of the best team, there were very loud calls for Wang Chao to be selected for the best team. After all, his scoring average of 20.9 points per game and his terrifying 360+ three-pointers in a single season were extremely eye-catching.

But on the one hand, the Suns already have Nash and Stoudemire selected for the first team. On the other hand, as a forward, none of the forwards selected to the best team can compare with Wang Chao.

27+6+6的詹姆斯，22.6+10的波什，28.9+6的安东尼，22.4+12.8+4的加内特。

The above four players who were selected for the second team and the third team respectively are far from what Wang Chao can compare in terms of personal data or status in their respective teams.

It is worth mentioning that Howard, the No. 04 pick in 17.6 who was in the same period as Wang Chao, was selected to the best third team with a double-double of 12.3 points and [-] rebounds.

After all, as the No. 04 pick in [-], Howard was selected for the first time as a substitute just like Wang Chao in the All-Star Game, and his performance in the All-Star Game was not as good as Wang Chao.

Howard is the No. 04 pick in the NBA, and he is actually on par with Wang Chao, a second-round pick, which is a bit of a fall. Even if only the two of them dominate the show in [-], Howard has to become the better one.

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

However, today's league centers are dying, O'Neal is getting old, Duncan and Stoudemire are not traditional centers in the true sense, and Yao is the only one in the league.

It is precisely because of this that Howard's data can be selected for the best three teams.

In fact, in the next few seasons, the three places for the center position of the best team will basically be divided by Dayao, Stoudemire and Howard, especially with the follow-up Dayao and Stoudemire. After the injury, Howard entered the stage of dominance. He monopolized the best team for five consecutive seasons, and won the best defensive player, best defensive team, rebounding king, block king and other honors in a row.

It was at that time that the league had the statement that Howard could replace James alone.

Of course, this is a story.

All in all, in the next few years, the competitiveness of inside centers will be far less intense than that of strikers.

It is definitely easier for Howard to win honors than for Wang Chao.

Not being selected for the best team, Wang Chao is not discouraged, because he has already learned in advance through the gossip that the best sixth man award is likely to be his.

After serving as a substitute at the end of December, Wang Chao basically seldom started games. He played full-time in 12 games in the regular season, including 82 starts and 29 substitutes. This number of substitute appearances is enough for him to enter the best third Selection of six people.

There is a precedent in the league. In the 86-87 season, Ricky Pierce of the Bucks played 79 games in the regular season, 31 of which were starts, and he was still elected the best sixth man.

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

In contrast, although Wang Chao started 29 games, although it is not a lot, it is definitely not too much to participate in the selection of the best sixth man.

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

Obviously he came first!He has always been a substitute in the Suns. Why did Wang Chao become a monk halfway and abruptly snatch away the best sixth man that belonged to him?

This season, the Suns have a record of 68 wins. 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 possibility of success in selecting the best six is ​​extremely high.

But there is no way, whether Wang Chao will play on the bench or not, he doesn't count. The Suns have a head coach, and it's not up to Barbosa, a substitute player, to dictate. If he passed the ball slowly when he ran out of the open space, D'Antoni would immediately point fingers and curse at the sidelines. If the circumstances were serious, he would even be replaced for reflection.

Sometimes Barbosa doubts whether Wang Chao is the illegitimate son of the head coach?

As for Wang Chao, there is a high probability that the award he will get is not only the best sixth man, but also a surefire award, which is the most improved player award.

Looking at the league, no one is more suitable for this award than Wang Chao. In the past year or so, Wang Chao has improved so fast. Who would dare to believe that in the first half of last season, he was just a The water cooler manager who can't play at all and may be cut by the team at any time?

These two awards, like the regular season MVP, should have been announced as season awards after the division semifinals and before the start of the East and West finals.

But unlike the highly competitive MVP of the regular season, the selection of these two awards is not that difficult. Wang Chao is really outstanding among the competitors, and on the official side of the league, the president's father Stern also hopes that the league will continue to win. When a star-level Chinese player like Dayao appears, he will naturally spare no effort in praising Wang Chao.

Even the gossip that Wang Chao received in advance was actually a hint given by the league officials intentionally or unintentionally.

The Best Sixth Man and Most Improved Player awards did not make Wang Chao feel very excited. Compared with regular season MVP awards, such awards are completely leftovers, and no one will remember and value them at all. .

If you introduce a player by saying that the player has won the Sixth Man of the Year or the Most Improved Player award, it means that his level is not high, and he has no honors that can be achieved at all.

Wang Chao will definitely not be satisfied with this, so for him, these two awards are just one of the bargaining chips when negotiating with the team in the summer.

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

Suns vs. Jazz, Wang Chao will face his nemesis Kirilenko, who is rare in the league, and he has no idea what kind of performance he can play.

No way, Kirilenko almost suppressed Wang Chao's blood.

两人身高一样的情况下，王超2米18的臂展在联盟已经算出类拔萃了，但跟基里连科夸张的2米28相比，简直差了不止01:30点。

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

With a weight of 107 kg, Kirilenko's strength against inside players will not suffer too much. At the same time, his explosive power and jumping are not inferior to black players. Or the defense ability is the top level of the league.

Compared with Kirilenko, Wang Chao has only two advantages. The first is that his speed is slightly faster than Kirilenko.

The speed and agility of the opponent are at most in the early 80s, which is already considered a very fast level among the strikers, but compared with Wang Chao's continuous training potions to assist training, which has reached 85 speed and 86 agility, it is still slightly a little slower.

If such a numerical difference is not enough for Wang Chao to throw away Kirilenko by virtue of his speed, then when the long-distance runner talent is activated and reaches the second stage of characteristics, the situation will be completely different after gaining the bonus of running speed.

When it comes to the talent of long-distance runners, we have to mention Wang Chao's second advantage over Kirilenko, physical fitness.

AK47's physical fitness is definitely above the league average. Last season, Kirilenko averaged 37.7 minutes per game in the regular season. Although it is incomparable with Iverson, James, Kobe Bryant and other physical monsters who averaged more than 40 minutes per game, But it is far better than most starting players in the league.

And if he wants to compete with Wang Chao in physical fitness... that's not close enough.

Wang Chao's physical strength has now reached 91, which should not be much different from Kirilenko.

However, the existence of the long-distance runner's talent is doomed that Wang Chao's physical fitness will gradually surpass Kirilenko and even crush as the competition progresses.

In other words, against Kirilenko, Wang Chao might have little chance in the first half of the game, but in the second half, as the opponent's physical fitness declines and Wang Chao activates the talent skills of long-distance runners. A chance to score consistently.

In addition, there is another point that must be taken into consideration. Wang Chao is now a substitute player for the Suns. He usually plays in the second half of the first quarter and the first half of the second quarter, which is actually different from Kirilenko's playing time. The above is staggered. If the Jazz do not arrange targeted defense, Wang Chao is bound to be able to play on the court.

……

The first game of the divisional semifinals between the Suns and the Jazz was played on May 5 at the Suns' home court in Phoenix.

The Suns' starting lineup for this game has not been adjusted in any way. It is still Nash, Bell, Diaw, Marion and Stoudemire.

For the Jazz, the starting five are point guard Deron Williams, shooting guard Gordon Girisek, small forward Andrei Kirilenko, power forward Carlos Boozer, Center Mehmet Okur.

From the height of the inside line, the Jazz clearly have the upper hand.

2米06的布泽尔与2米11的奥库搭档下，爵士队内线远比太阳队仅2米08的斯塔德迈尔搭档2米01的马里昂可以相比。

But this situation is already familiar to the Suns.

During the regular season, almost the vast majority of teams have an advantage in interior height when facing the Suns, but why can the Suns win a record of 68 wins?

No matter how tall you are on the inside, it doesn't matter if you can keep up with the rhythm of the Suns' running and bombing.

The Jazz is a standard positional team, and the offensive rhythm is not fast. Although under the control of the new point guard Deron Williams, they are much faster than the Spurs, Pistons and other teams. They want to keep up with the Suns' offense The rhythm is still a bit difficult, mainly because the Jazz can keep up on the outside, and neither Boozer nor Okur are the type of players who move faster.

Boozer is a little bit better. He is a relatively fast inside player. When Dayao faced Boozer in the first round, it was because of the opponent's flexible inside footsteps that he was often frustrated and couldn't defend the opponent.

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

Coincidentally, Stoudemire of the Suns is on this list.

Stoudemire's speed is much faster than Boozer's, and he is far behind Okur by a few blocks.

So what if you have a height advantage inside?Can you catch me?

At the beginning of the game, Nash frequently cooperated with Stoudemire in pick-and-roll screens, using Deron and Boozer's best offensive routines to attack the Jazz's basket.

Okur couldn't keep up with Stoudemire's pace at all, and was constantly thrown off by the opponent to attack the basket with speed.

As a last resort, the Jazz switched defenses, and Boozer defended Stoudemire, but the problem was that Marion was not slow to run, or the Suns, a team known for its run-and-gun tactics, were able to defend against Stoudemire before O'Neal arrived. There is no such thing as a slow player.

The Jazz can't limit the Suns' scoring at all. Fortunately, on their own side, the strong and strong Deron has the upper hand on the offensive end when facing Nash, and the offensive efficiency around Deron is not low. As a result, the scores rose alternately, and it was difficult to tell the winner for a while.

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

The Jazz's starting lineup can't just compete with the Suns. After all, the Suns still have Wang Chao, who averages 20.9 points per game, and Barbosa, who averages 16.8 points per game, on the bench!

The Jazz don't have so many good players on the bench. The best performer on their bench is forward Matt Harprin, who averaged 11.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, and that's all. Deron's bench Point guard Derek Fisher.

Sloan knew very well that once the main players of both sides left the field and the substitute players came on the field, the evenly matched situation on the field would be broken immediately.

After thinking for a moment, Sloan took advantage of a free throw gap and replaced Kirilenko with Harprin.

In order to ensure the offensive efficiency on the field, Deron, Boozer and Okur must not be off the field. Therefore, in order to limit the Suns' bench double evil, Sloan's choice is to let Kirilenko off the field early, and then wait until On the Suns side, Wang Chao came on and then came on the field, staring at Wang Chao.

Sloan believes that with Kirilenko's defensive ability, he can definitely effectively limit Wang Chao's performance outside the three-point line. In this way, as long as he can find a way to contain Barbosa's offense, the Suns will have no chance There is a way to use the substitute time to widen the score gap!
On the Suns side, Wang Chao, who has been paying attention to Kirilenko, of course saw this scene.

Kirilenko's early exit will naturally have a certain impact on the strength of the Jazz's starting lineup. His defensive tactical status in this Jazz team is still very high, especially in the face of running and bombing teams like the Suns. All need Kirilenko's defense to help teammates check for leaks and fill vacancies.

His defensive coverage and defense ability are far from what Harprin, who came off the bench, can compare.

Therefore, with Kirilenko's end, the Jazz gradually began to be unable to withstand the indiscriminate bombing of the Suns' offensive end, and the point difference began to gradually appear.

Fortunately, at this time, the game has entered the end of the first quarter.

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

Wang Chao and Barbosa all appeared on the stage.

Seeing this situation, Sloan immediately dispatched Kirilenko.

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

"Boy, don't try to score a three-pointer in front of me today!"

Kirilenko stared at Wang Chao and said arrogantly.

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

If it was the beginning of the regular season, Wang Chao might really have nothing to do with Kirilenko, but after the entire regular season, the situation now is completely different.

The Suns had the ball, and after Barbosa dribbled the ball for halftime, he gestured to let his teammates pull away and let him play singles.

The Jazz's main point guard Deron Williams has already left the field, and the backup point guard Fisher is on the field at this time.

Lao Yu's strength is quite good, and he won't suffer too much against forward players, but as a point guard with a height of 1 meters, his speed can no longer be described as simply slow.

Barbosa is the opposite of Fisher, he is one of the fastest defenders in the league, the name of the Brazilian Lightning is not in vain.

To pass Fisher, Barbosa only needed one step. In the blink of an eye, Fisher was passed by Barbosa by more than half of his body. It was only then that he reacted and turned sideways to defend. By this time, of course, it was already too late.

Barbosa took the lead and rushed inside, facing the Jazz's backup center for a layup.

"squeak--"

The whistle sounded, and although Barbosa failed to score the ball, he managed to win two free throw opportunities.

In the next few rounds, the Suns were all Barbosa's main attackers, focusing on Fisher's point of attack, and the Jazz's defense was shattered by repeated breakthroughs with the ball.

And as the strongest defensive player on the field, Kirilenko has nothing to do about it. As a top-level defensive expert in the league, he can't help his teammates defend Barbosa's breakthrough at all, because Kirilenko was worried that as soon as he left, Wang Chao would immediately catch the ball and shoot a three-pointer.

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

While following Wang Chao to make a penalty stop outside the three-point line, while watching Barbosa use his speed to ravage the Jazz's restricted area, Kirilenko inevitably became impatient.

"When you responded to me just now, didn't you have a very flirtatious tone? Why did you just hide behind the three-point line, and didn't even dare to catch the ball?"

Anxiously, Kirilenko couldn't help but spat trash talk at Wang Chao.

Wang Chao looked at the other party calmly.

In the Western Conference finals, he has no system task restrictions and can play freely. Since Barbosa is in good form, why should he have to confront Kirilenko head-on?Even if Wang Chao thinks that he is not afraid of Kirilenko too much now, there is absolutely no need for that.

It's just that Wang Chao was not ready to respond to Kirilenko's provocation, but in the next round, after Barbosa dribbled for a while, he suddenly passed the ball to Wang Chao.

Wang Chao, who received the pass from Barbosa, froze for a moment, turned his head to look at the opponent, but the latter ran directly to another position after passing the ball.

"This is……"

Wang Chao's heart sank slightly, and he became a little upset.

After several rounds of attacking with the ball in a row, Barbosa's ability was perfectly reflected. The Suns also relied on Barbosa's several times of attacking the frame with the ball to widen the point difference with the Jazz.

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

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

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

He could probably guess what Barbossa was thinking.

Although the winner of the best sixth man in the 06-07 season has not been officially announced, everyone already knows that this award is probably Wang Chao's.

For Barbosa, this is not happy news.

Originally, he should be the best sixth man, because at the end of December, Wang Chao changed from starting to playing as a substitute, which caused Wang Chao to take away a lot of his ball rights. Stepped in and became a substitute player.

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

From that moment on, Barbosa's dissatisfaction with Wang Chao has reached a very strong point.

If he is Nash or Stoudemire, I am afraid that the direct showdown will show that he will be in the same water as Wang Chaoshi.

But as a substitute player, Barbosa did not dare to do this, even if it was for his future career, he had to endure this tone.

But in the situation just now on the field, Barbosa was able to make some seemingly reasonable behaviors and teach Wang Chao a lesson on the field.

"Don't be too complacent, brat! You can get an average of 20+ points per game without anyone passing the ball to you? Aren't you very cool? Try it out against Kirilenko like I singled out Fisher just now. !"

Although Wang Chao couldn't hear Barbosa's heartfelt thoughts, he could figure out a little bit of the other party's thoughts.

only……

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

Wang Chao stood still with the ball and made a three-threat pose, thinking to himself at the same time. "It's really underestimated!"

At this time, there were only 10 seconds left before the end of the first quarter. Wang Chao did not choose to pass the ball to other teammates to throw the blame. He wanted to attack this ball by himself!
When Kirilenko saw Wang Chao's movements, his body immediately tensed up, and at the same time, he took another step forward, almost sticking to Wang Chao's body, without giving him the slightest space to shoot.

Triple threat pose?It doesn't matter, if you can pass me with a breakthrough, then go for it, as long as you don't shoot!
Kirilenko thought so in his heart, but he immediately saw that even when he was close to Wang Chao, the opponent still raised his hand and shot.

Without thinking about it, Kirilenko immediately followed Wang Chao and jumped up, with his arms stretched straight, ready to give Wang Chao a big hat that blocks the sky and the sun.

However, he had just jumped up when he saw in astonishment that Wang Chao actually took the ball back again, dribbled on the spot, moved two steps sideways and shot directly!

Wang Chao's moves were so smooth that the basketball was already flying towards the basket when Kirilenko jumped to defend from one side after landing.

"Shh-!"

Wang Chao's shot brushed the net and entered the frame, simply and neatly, and scored 3 points.

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

"That rascal……"

Kirilenko looked at Wang Chao with flickering eyes.

Wang Chao's fake shooting just now completely deceived him. It stands to reason that he has very rich defensive experience. If it is a fake shooting, he should be able to tell it at a glance. Even if it is a real shot, he will not Take off easily and lose your center of gravity.

But Wang Chao's movements just now made him jump subconsciously, which was a bit too realistic!

Moreover, Wang Chao's subsequent shots after dribbling were too smooth, and he was not given a chance to make amends at all.

"He's tougher than ever..."

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

"The fake pitcher is really easy to use. Even a defensive master like Kirilenko can fool him."

Wang Chao's offense just now is entirely based on the effect of the new talent fake shooter, that is, the player's fake moves are more realistic, and the connection movement and shooting fluency after shooting fake moves are increased by 30%.

It is precisely because of this effect of the fake shooter talent that Wang Chao successfully tricked Kirilenko when he was shooting, and he used the chic movement of shooting after dribbling very smoothly.

Naturally, this move cannot be used frequently in the arena, but if it is an accidental sudden shot, it is difficult for the opponent to predict and deal with it in advance, and the effect can be described as excellent.

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

……

In the remaining 3 seconds of offensive time, the Jazz just dribbled the ball towards the basket just after half court. Naturally, they failed to make a hit at this distance.

At the end of the first quarter, the score between the two teams reached 35:27, with the Suns leading by 8 points.

The 8-point lead is basically due to Barbosa and Wang Chao.

After the two came off the bench at the end of the first quarter, Barbosa made 3 of 2 shots and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 6 points, while Wang Chao scored 3 points with his attack just now.

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

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, even if it is a well-known top coach, there is no way to make up for the gap in the strength of the substitute lineup.

The final stage of the first quarter is just the beginning, and the first few minutes of the second quarter is the time for the substitute players to exert their strength.

Sloan knew very well that Fisher could no longer be left on the court. Barbosa breaking through Fisher was no different from passing a big tree.

Deron Williams took a short rest on the bench for a few minutes and then went into battle urgently, driving the team's bench lineup together with Kirilenko.

The effect of Deron's playing is immediate. Although his defensive ability is not strong among defenders, he still performs better than Fisher when facing speed guards like Barbosa. After all, Deron at his peak has Eat, sleep, play the title of Paul. Chris Paul's speed is definitely at the top level among point guards. It can be seen that Deron has good experience in defending players who are good at speed.

For Barbosa's several breakthroughs with the ball, Deron took advantage of his strength and squeezed him to the weak side and away from the basket.

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

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

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

But his movements paused slightly at a certain moment.

Because he saw the field, Wang Chao began to act.

Seeing Wang Chao who started to run, Kirilenko's heart sank slightly.

"Are you coming?"

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

Kirilenko had watched a lot of videos of Wang Chao’s regular season games before the division semifinals, and lamented that Wang Chao’s physical fitness was so good that he could run wildly without getting tired, and even run faster and faster. , can't help but be vigilant.

If it was him, how would he defend Wang Chao when he ran without the ball, especially when his physical fitness declined after running for a long time?

Even Kirilenko didn't come up with a good solution. All he could do was to fight Wang Chao for as long as possible.

On the Suns side, even though most of the players on the field were substitute players, when they saw Wang Chao start running, they all stood in their respective positions according to the tactics they had already trained in their daily routine. At the same time, he stood up just right to make an off-ball screen for him.

Although Kirilenko had been prepared for a long time, he was also disturbed by two consecutive off-ball screens. When he got rid of it and chased to the outside line, what he saw was that Wang Chao received a pass from his teammate and raised his hand to shoot. Actions.

"Don't think about it!"

Kirilenko shouted loudly, then jumped up and made a move to block Wang Chao.

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

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

Kirilenko, who flew past Wang Chao, could only watch helplessly as the opponent moved the basketball to the basket.

"Shh!"

Three points again!

Kirilenko staggered to the ground and turned 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, Wang Chao would have shot directly.

With the distance at that time, it was impossible to form effective interference just by stepping forward to defend. This jump was necessary, even if he was thrown away by the opponent in such a mess.

"Wang Chao..."

Jerry Sloan frowned. The Suns' substitute Shuangsha was really difficult to deal with. He didn't expect that even Deron would not be able to grasp the initiative immediately when he came on the field.

Letting the main players play in advance is a way to quench thirst with poison. Unless it is Kobe, Iverson, and James who are still alive and well after playing the whole game, other players will be severely depleted as the game goes on. Affect the performance of the fourth quarter game.

But for Sloan and the Jazz, they have no choice.

Now that the main players are on the field, they can still hold the score, but if the substitutes are forced to face the substitutes... it is estimated that the game will be over before halftime.

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

Wang Chao waited for an opportunity from the outside to take another 3 shots, but he only hit 3 goal with 1 three-pointers. However, in less than 5 minutes, he made 4 of 2 shots and scored 6 points. The offensive efficiency is not low, and Still under Kirilenko's highly targeted defense.

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

The Suns' lineup on the field became Nash, Barbosa, Wang Chao, Marion and Stoudemire, an almost suffocating combination of offensive ability.

On the other hand, the Jazz, although they also deployed the full main lineup, Boozer, Okur and others appeared one after another.

But the core Deron Williams has sweat on his forehead.

Since the start of the game, he has played nearly 15 minutes on the court, and he is the one who has played the longest among the players in the game. Not only that, he is the starting point on the offensive end, and he has marked Nash and Barbosa successively on the defensive end. , The consumption of physical energy is quite huge.

At this time, he should have rested, but facing such an exaggerated lineup of the Suns, if Deron goes down, how can the Jazz resist?
……

As a result, Deron still played the rest of the second quarter.

The halftime score of the two teams reached 66:63, with the Suns leading by 3 points.

This is basically the credit of Deron.

In the first quarter, he scored 5 points on 4 of 8 shots, 5 of 3 shots in the second quarter, 4 of 2 three-pointers and 8 points. At the end of the half, Deron Williams scored 16 points, the highest in the game. He still has 7 assists, and even Nash has only 6 assists at this time, which shows how much this Jazz team relies on him on the offensive end.

But resist the first half, can't hold the second half.

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

In the third quarter, the two teams scored 29:21.

The Jazz's offense finally collapsed, scoring only 21 points in a single quarter.

德隆在上半节并没有出战，下半节登场后发挥也远不及先前，3投1中罚球2中1仅得3分。

Obviously, he was tired.

The Suns don't care whether you are tired or not, whether you talk about martial arts or not, just go up and chop melons and vegetables.

斯塔德迈尔7分4篮板，纳什6分3助攻，王超6分1篮板，巴博萨4分……

All the members of the Suns blossomed more, widening the point difference to more than double digits in one fell swoop.

The game entered the fourth quarter, and Deron, who had recovered a little bit, tried to launch a counterattack. In a single quarter, he made 7 of 4 shots and 4 of 3 free throws. He scored 11 points and 2 assists, but it was too late.

The offensive rhythm of the Suns was fully activated in the third quarter, and it was getting better and better in the fourth quarter. Even if Deron Cosmos broke out, he only led the team to a match with the Suns. The hole dug in the third quarter was basically Can't fill it back.

116: 109.

The Suns defeated the Jazz by 7 points and won their first victory in the conference semifinals.

Deron Williams played at the top level in this game. He scored 30 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists. His teammates also played well. Boozer had 21 points and 16 rebounds, Okur had 17 points and 12 rebounds, Kirilenko 13 points and 7 rebounds...

The Jazz have an absolute advantage in the height of the interior, grabbing 20 offensive rebounds, far ahead of the Suns, but the Suns can't hold back more blooming.

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

Although Wang Chao was guarded by Kirilenko throughout this game, he relied on the talent of a fake pitcher to successfully deceive the opponent many times. Lilenko hit an open three-pointer, and finally made 11 of 6 shots and 9 of 5 three-pointers, scoring 17 points and 3 rebounds.

After the Suns won the first game, they immediately pursued the victory and defeated the Jazz again at 5:9 on May 112.

The big score led 2:0.

In this game, Nash broke out strongly. He made 22 of 13 shots, 9 of 4 three-pointers, 7 of 7 free throws, scored 37 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists. He told Deron Williams what two regular season MVPs are. .

In addition to Nash, the Suns also had Stoudemire with 25 points and 12 rebounds and Wang Chao with 21 points and 3 rebounds.

Jazz Boozer, Okur and Kirilenko scored 30 points, 23 points and 20 points respectively, but still failed to win the game.

Facing the defense of the Suns, 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 even higher. What's wrong?
5月11日，回到自家主场的爵士总算是拿下一场难能可贵的胜利，依靠砍下32分的德隆与25分的布泽尔，爵士队在主场115:113险胜太阳队2分，将总比分追至2:1。

But the good times didn't last long. On May 5, the fourth game of the series was still at the Jazz's home court. The Suns beat the Jazz by 13 points 115:101, rewriting the total score to 14:3, and took 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 the defense against Wang Chao, which did not have any effect.

In the four games, Wang Chao averaged 19.6 points per game and made 47% of his three-point field goals. Although it was slightly lower than the regular season, the price paid by the Jazz was that Kirilenko completely sacrificed his defense ability and defended alone all the way. .

Kirilenko's defensive strategy in the Jazz is of great significance, but at the expense of his defensive ability, Wang Chao's score is only 1.3 points lower than the regular season and his shooting percentage is 2%. Not only did he fail to restrain Wang Chao , On the contrary, the Jazz lost their previous defensive ability, which was a blood loss.

After four games, the Suns, who returned to their home court, did not give the Jazz a chance. They took away the Jazz in a wave of 103:99, and defeated their opponents 4:1 to enter the finals.

The series ended and the Jazz were eliminated by the Suns, head coach Jerry Sloan said in an interview after the game.

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

"The Suns are really strong this season, without any flaws. I am optimistic that they can win the final championship."

(End of this chapter)