G4 between the Suns and Jazz starts two days later.
During the past two days, Chen Yan's winning goal was repeatedly broadcast on major sports stations, and fans rushed to imitate Chen Yan's "good night" celebration.
Chen Yan is like a trendsetter, and all young people love him.
In the fourth game, the Jazz's desire to win was not strong. After trying their best but losing in G3, the morale of the Jazz team was like a deflated rubber ball.
On the other hand, the morale of the Suns team is high, and they are eager to defeat their opponents quickly.
The Suns scored 5 three-pointers in the first quarter, and all the starting players except Stoudemire scored three-pointers.
Stoudemire still couldn't find his form in this game. After all, he was injured for nearly half a season, and the lost form cannot be regained in one or two games.
However, the status of the Suns' role players rebounded, and the Jazz's bench was beaten to a pulp in the second quarter!
Sloan urgently replaced Deron Boozer, but the two of them were no longer fighting for victory. Boozer now only cared about his own data, while Deron seemed to be fighting with Sloan. The more Sloan refused to give in,
When he plays in singles, the more he wants to go 1v1, the more Sloan wants him to play reasonably, and the more he wants to mess around.
Deron behaves like a rebellious child who just confronts his parents and is done.
The most obvious thing is that in a round before the end of halftime, Sloan deployed a "4-up" tactic, but Deron Williams, as the field commander, blatantly defied the coach's deployment and implemented the completely opposite "4-up" tactic.
4-down”.
Sloan was so angry off the court that during halftime, a fierce verbal conflict broke out in the tunnel between the two players.
When Xiaosi saw it, he whispered in Chen Yan's ear: "Master and apprentice are at odds. It's going to be a good show."
Chen Yan shrugged indifferently: "Amare, you should pay more attention to yourself."
Xiao Si curled his lips and pulled away from the emotion of eating melon.
He played 15 minutes in the first half, with 3 points and 3 rebounds. He was hesitant to break through the frame, which he was most proud of. Part of the reason was due to being out of action for a long time, and part of the reason was psychological. Although he had already worn the
Although he put on goggles, Stoudemire was still afraid of hurting his eyes again, so he would subconsciously dodge during the confrontation.
None of this can be overcome overnight. The outside world is very optimistic about Stoudemire's comeback, but as teammate Chen Yan sees it very clearly, the Suns have already made money if Stoudemire can return to 70% level in this year's playoffs.
In the second half, the Jazz still didn't make any waves. They played like scattered sand at home. The Suns took advantage of the victory and launched a 12-3 offensive in the last three minutes of the third quarter, widening the point difference to 25 in one fell swoop.
The Jazz's psychological defense completely collapsed, and the fourth quarter became garbage time. Even their die-hard fans couldn't help but leave the game early.
Sloan remained silent on the sidelines. This was definitely the most frustrating defeat in his career. The entire team had no fighting spirit throughout the game.
114 to 88, the Suns swept the Jazz and entered the second round!
The players simply gave high fives on the court without much celebration. Entering the second round was expected for them, and there was not much excitement.
The Suns' next opponent is the winner of the Trail Blazers and the Mavericks. The two sides are currently tied at 2-2. The battle at Tianwangshan will begin in two days. Whoever wins will win the initiative in the series.
At the post-match press conference, when Chen Yan was asked which opponent he hoped to face in the next round, he said: "I don't pick my opponent, it's meaningless. If you want to defend your title, you must have the strength and confidence to defeat every opponent."
, no matter who our opponent is in the next round, we will go all out."
Chen Yan doesn't pick his opponents, but NBA executives want to help the Suns pick their opponents.
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New York, NBA headquarters.
David Stern met with Vice President Adam Silver, and David Stern asked: "Who can advance to the next round, the Trail Blazers or the Mavericks?"
Xiao Hua thought for a while: "The Trail Blazers are more energetic and impactful. The Mavericks have superstars and they also have experience in the finals. They all have a chance to advance to the next round."
David Stern hesitated to speak. Xiao Hua's words were like farting. What he said was as if he didn't say it.
Xiao Hua is not a person in the professional basketball field, so he can't say which team will advance, but he is very good at trying to figure out David Stern's psychology, and he knows what David Stern means when he asks this question.
Xiao Hua spoke again: "Compared with the Trail Blazers, the Mavericks have a larger fan base, and they have superstars on their team. The scores of Nowitzki and Chen Yan are also more eye-catching. Two goals.
Both teams are also veteran teams in the Western Conference, and fans will be more happy to see such a matchup."
After Xiao Hua finished speaking, David Stern narrowed his eyes and nodded. Box office, ratings, gimmicks, this is Mane's way of thinking at the top.
After all, the NBA is still a business alliance, and everything is based on money.
David Stern also agreed with Xiao Hua's statement. As long as David Stern nods, the league can properly "take care" of the Mavericks and allow them to meet the Suns in the second round.
This is not the first time that the Mavericks have been taken care of by the league. When they were trailing the Rockets 0-2, they relied on the referee's deflection to reverse the series.
The world is not pure, and it is the same everywhere, but "care" is also based on the situation of equal strength. Last year and the year before, the league wanted to give the Cavaliers a little care so that they could win one or two games in the finals, thereby achieving
The interests are maximized, but due to the disparity in strength between the Cavaliers, Spurs and Suns, this kind of care becomes meaningless.
The Mavericks lived up to the expectations of the league. After winning G5 Tianwangshan, they followed up in the next game and eliminated the Trail Blazers with a total score of 4-2 to advance to the next round!
Other games are also going on, and the sun continues to sit on the mountain and watch the battle between tigers and tigers.
The Lakers also eliminated their opponents 4-2. Although the Rockets fell in the first round again, they won everyone's respect. It is really difficult to fight this Lakers to the sixth game when there is an obvious gap in overall strength.
easy.
Before the series started, many fans predicted that the Rockets would go 1-4 or even be swept out.
In the sixth game that decided life and death, McGrady, who was suffering from injuries, chose to play in isolation. In this game, he also delivered a perfect answer of 31 points and 6 assists, but the trajectory of his career would also change.
When Chen Yan saw the news about Tracy McGrady playing in isolation, he suddenly realized that many events did not disappear due to the butterfly effect caused by his appearance, but were just postponed.
But all this is due to personality. Tracy McGrady is lazy on the surface, but has a strong competitive spirit in his heart. Otherwise, Kobe and he would not have become good brothers.
A person with Kobe's personality would not be close to a lazy person. McGrady was holding back his energy to prove himself this time. He wanted to step on the corpse of his good brother and advance to the second round, but he had no choice but to fall again.
