The meeting set a strategy, and the king's training was carried out accordingly. First, practice the mentality of being fouled continuously.

In the training base, Su Yang stared at Cousins ​​and said: "Remember! In the next series against the Rockets, we will inevitably encounter fouls while defending James Harden. No matter how outrageous it is, everyone must control their emotions..."

Harden is a master of fouls, and the league will inevitably urge the Rockets to yell. Su Yang is worried that by then, the Kings and the players' mentality will explode, especially Cousins, who has a powder keg personality, cannot get technical fouls and should be avoided in advance.

Cousins ​​and others said to themselves that they understood. Su Yang then took the whistle and yelled randomly. Cousins ​​and others were mentally prepared. They were in the practice competition and were not irritable at all, but the effect of interrupting the rhythm in advance was completely fine.

The next day, the Rockets and the Warriors started their fifth game. Pachuria seemed to be fine and continued to play normally.

Unfortunately, Pachulia, who dared not be secretly offensive, had a defensive effect. Harden caught military training and Paul caught a mid-range shot, which was the only breakthrough point for the Warriors. During the game, he wasted Durant's high-difficulty score.

In the end, the Rockets defeated the Warriors and won the fifth game, and the probability of returning to home court to advance was very high, almost locked in the Western Conference Finals.

Su Yang took advantage of the time to find out the Rockets game video after Paul joined, and quickly scanned it all, and found that Paul and Harden had deviations in their understanding several times. He guessed whether he could engage in a psychological warfare offensive to reduce the difficulty.

But then I thought about it, the King is an invincible god of war, and those tricks will only damage the image. Just like when the Lakers and the King fell into a tough battle in the Western Conference Finals, Phil Jackson jumped out and mocked the King for being a small town in the Niu District, and it was a loss.

While preparing for the battle, the lottery conference was officially held.

The Celtics drew the No. 1 pick and targeted the popular Mark Fultz. Espn called Su Yang to ask what he said about Fultz. Su Yang said bluntly: "We only have 30 picks this year and are planning to trade and send them away, so I don't pay attention to the draft situation. If you want to ask me the first feeling, this guy just needs to stay healthy and all-star."

In this draft, the Kings have no target players, and they don’t plan to play summer leagues from Taobao, Anthony, Brogden and others in the potential draft. They will sign some two-way contracts to play preseason, or level up for domestic players.

As for Fultz, that's a pity.

But even if it is really healthy, Su Yang believes that the upper limit will not be too high, because the ball quotient is relatively low and quite fatal.

On May 11th, the Rockets defeated the Warriors at home and advanced to the Western Conference Finals 4-2, meeting the Kings.

After failing to compete in the Western Conference Final for two consecutive years, Durant still scored high points and lost. Many discussions believe that his plan in the free market may change. If the Spurs join forces with Leonard, it may be the best way to defeat the Kings, which is a perfect configuration.

Whether the Warriors will renew their contract with a big contract has also become an important highlight of the offseason. After the main Warriors' new boss Lacob took over, he has not been able to achieve results, proving that this lineup is really not good. It is better to trade it to other teams and start over again.

At the Rockets' post-match press conference, talking about what it thinks to face the old opponent again, Harden replied: "We haven't considered too much yet. We will definitely put in 100% effort, but we will definitely meet many times in the future, so don't worry."

Paul replied: "This is our good opportunity. Now many people think they are invincible, but we will prove that it is wrong. James and I can organize and score. The Kings' defense is not that strongly restricting us..."

For the same issue, Harden and Paul have slightly different attitudes. The former usually attaches great importance to it, while the latter attaches great importance to it.

Rockets owner Alexander was also interviewed after the game. When talking about the upcoming Western Conference Finals, he said excitedly: "This is the result of our long-term efforts. No matter what the result is, we will continue to work hard. This is the spirit of the Texans!"

At noon the next day, various predictions were released.

The betting websites have the most bets to buy the Kings defeated the Rockets 4-3 to advance, and the buyer gave two major reasons to support such a decision: the first is that the Rockets' lineup is strong enough, and they showed enough combat power in two rounds of the playoffs, and various running-in has been completed; the second is that the Kings' promotion lacks storyline and is too smooth, and the league definitely does not want the series with the highest ratings to end too early.

espn organized 21 experts to make predictions as usual, of which 14 believed that the Kings would advance, five games, six games, and seven games, but there were no four games, and there were seven that believed that the Rockets would advance, with only seven games and six games, and no four games and five games.

John Hollinger, a well-known data expert, also made a prediction, and posted a Twitter account: "If the Rockets can control the Kings' ability to be below 110 points, then the probability of their final promotion in the series will be more than 80%, otherwise it will be only 20%...."

Commentator Bill Simmons tweeted: "I think the Rockets have a higher chance of winning, because Sacramento does not have any well-known nightclubs and entertainment programs. James Harden will put all his energy into the game, and that will be a horrible moment for the Kings."

Bulls legend Pippen commented on the show: "The reason why I support the Rockets is very simple. They have the best defensive resources in the league. Ariza, Tucker, Paul, Capela, and they will make the Kings' cover tactics difficult to implement. The game situation will often become one-on-one singles. The Kings are not good at that rhythm, and the Rockets are particularly good at..."

Amid all kinds of discussions, in the east, the Raptors defeated the Wizards to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, competing with the Cavaliers for a place in the finals.

But the related topics have not even become hot searches. Most fans and media have agreed that the Kings can decide the title of the championship by playing the Rockets. LeBron may feel a little angry and tweeted that the emperor from Cleveland is preparing to make achievements.

Unfortunately, that tweet is still ignored.

From the Chosen Son to the Lost Championships, fans and the media’s view on LeBron is another Carl Malone.

According to the schedule, the Western Conference Finals will start on the 14th.

The king has three days to prepare.

Su Yang arranged training as usual and led a team to Los Angeles to watch Drake's small concert, which was very relaxed.

On the plane back to Saskatchewan, Thomas Jr. reminded everyone that Saskatchewan was making a bet with the Mayor of Houston.

The bet was initiated by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, which means that there will be a loss and the other side will have to wear the jersey of the opponent's city team to work for a day. Sa City Mayor Kevin Johnson accepted it calmly and emphasized that the screenshots will be kept as a souvenir.

Su Yang was too lazy to pay attention to it. American politicians really had to take advantage of everything in order to gain reputation and attention.

The next day, the first battle of the Western Finals arrived.

Su Yang rushed to the Golden No. 1 Center at 4 pm, arranged warm-up training, and instead accepted pre-match interviews from reporters.

Lindsey, a reporter from ESPN, first asked: "James Harden just received an interview and said that you emphasized that you don't have to face his fouls when fighting the Warriors, which made him feel a little hurt, because you worked with the Thunder for two seasons and should know him very well. He was stigmatized on topics related to fouls. He also said that you hope you just use a psychological warfare strategy..."

Su Yang thought for a moment and smiled: "He is right. I know him very well, but he does have some behaviors that deliberately make fouls. When I speak like that, there is a certain amount of jokes. I hope that he can get out of his comfort zone and regain the means that he can score without considering the referee or the opponent, so as to help him move to a higher level in honor..."

The interview content was quickly released, and many fans sighed that Su Yang had good intentions. Even though he left the Thunder, he still wanted to help Harden improve. This time, he asked Harden not to make a foul. He asked Westbrook not to play a triple-double before, but he didn't seem to give Durant advice.
Chapter completed!