Thomas was able to gain a foothold in the NBA with his height of 175. In addition to his developed arms and thighs, another important reason is that his hips are well-melted, which makes him excellent core strength, has super explosive breakthroughs, and has strong confrontational stability.

If the hip muscle is strained, Thomas will lose most of it. With his shooting and organization alone, it will be difficult to compete for such high-intensity confrontation games. The Kings will also lose one important substitute, which will lead to difficulty in fighting against the Thunder Shockwave in the substitute stage.

Su Yang remembered what Tom said in his heart, flew back to Sa City to rest for one night, and asked about the test results the next day, and learned that he had confirmed the strain.

Thomas Jr. took the initiative to call: "Coach, I'm just a slight strain and can continue to lead the team."

"Get a good rest. Our goal is to win the championship. You need to be in full swing to beat the Spurs' back..." Su Yang spoke confidently, but he was unsure. He just wanted to prevent Thomas from thinking too much, and he had to cross the Thunder in front of him first.

Thomas Jr. immediately hung up the phone, and his agent called again to ask if the injury would affect the offseason renewal.

Su Yang said bluntly: "What I promised will not change, and this is one of the reasons why I let Thomas rest. For humanitarian and business planning, I don't want him to lose his explosive power because of his injury. Am I not Danny? Angie..."

The agent thanked him repeatedly and offered to say that if 25 million yuan in four years would affect the Kings' off-season recruitment plan, the contract format could be changed. Anyway, it was just a verbal promise before, so that Su Yang would not be under pressure. The entire Thomas team was very grateful.

Su Yang did not agree to it, and guessed that Thomas's agent probably asked around and found that there was a lack of good opportunities in the free market.

After all, in the free market in 2014, there were many point guard players, including Sean Livingston who performed well in the Nets, Bledsoe, the rising Suns point guard, Darren Collison, and Thomas Jr.'s competitiveness is just average.

The main Thomas Jr. has excellent data, but the premise is to build an offensive and defensive system around it, and few teams are willing to try it.

Just the stupid rebound like the Suns in the previous life, he would have spent $27 million on Thomas Jr. in four years, and then renewed the contract with Bledsoe for four years, resulting in the three main point guards of the Suns who had to choose to send Thomas Jr. and Dragic away in the middle of the season.

Hang up the phone and announced the news of Thomas Jr.'s quit. Cousins ​​and others expressed their blessings and encouragement, and also told Su Yang not to worry. It was so difficult to play the Thunder in the regular season before, and there were still many rounds in the playoffs, but it was just a little more fight.

During the discussion, the NBA officially announced that Antetokounmpo defeated Michael Carter Williams and won the Best Rookie.

Everyone congratulated everyone on the news that Antetokounmpo will win the award before, but due to the Sterling racial discrimination incident, various awards were confusing. The league first gave Durant an MVP and then awarded the Best Rookie awards.

Su Yang turned to the training base and found Antetokounmpo who was actively training: "Giannis, you must be prepared to lead the second lineup organization, and you must not lose defense. The playing time may reach 45 minutes. In short, your task will be heavier..."

Antetokounmpo nodded excitedly: "Coach, I'm ready! I want to surpass Kevin Durant, and have an offense and defense..."

Su Yang said that the offense wanted to surpass Durant, and said, "Come on, I believe you can achieve your goal."

Snyder and other assistant coaches rushed to the base one after another to discuss how to adjust the rotation, and finally decided to share the time when Thomas Jr. was absent. Cousins ​​and Watzquez both played for a few more minutes to help Antetokounmpo share the organizational pressure during the substitute stage.

The news that Thomas was injured and absent soon appeared on WOJ's Twitter account. Su Yang was very angry after seeing it, but this is the unspoken rule of the NBA circle. Unless it is extremely confidential, it is easy to leak the news. Players, coaches, team doctors, and trainers may be the targets of the message, which may be intentional or unintentional. It is very troublesome to check, and there is no need for general news.

Various disdain followed.

Fans and the media all know that Thomas Jr. is an important reason why the Kings can score efficiently in the substitute stage. In the previous five games, except for the first game, the other four games were hard to distinguish with the Thunder because of Thomas Jr.'s outstanding performance in the substitute.

Famous commentator Jaylen Ross tweeted: "Unfortunately, the Kings' goal to the Western Conference Finals was locked by injuries, but they are still outstanding enough to reach the Western Conference semi-finals from the last to the West. It is also rare to look at the NBA history."

Bill Simmons and others also tweeted that the King had a weak prospect of advancing, and praised the King for not needing further self-provement. They believed that Millsap and Gay performed well and would have good results in off-season whether they jumped out of contract or execution options.

When Su Yang saw the news, he took a screenshot of his mobile phone and told the Kings generals: "Compared with criticism and ridicule, we must also be vigilant and praise, and do not believe that the Kings players are good enough. There is no need to continue to prove such nonsense. That is to weaken our fighting spirit!"

Millsap and Guy took the lead and expressed their determination to do their best and would not accept losing because Thomas Jr. was injured.

Cousins ​​and others agreed, and the Kings' ideological work and rotation arrangements were completed, and they hurriedly entered temporary tactical training.

On the fifteenth of the next day, the Kings faced the Thunder at home.

It was related to advance to the Western Conference Finals. Sas City Mayor Kevin Johnson came to watch the game. The well-known rapper Rick Ross sat in the VIP seat with a huge gold chain. He claimed to be a loyal fan of the King. He started with the Mike Beebe era and admired it in a pure way.

Su Yang knew Rick Ross because that guy and Nanzhengbei Zhan combined to work together with a super unpleasant song.

The central large screen shot was given to Rick Ross, and the audience cheered wildly, and Su Yang almost shook his head on the spot.

Sass City fans have never seen big stars, Los Angeles fans, and Drake won't scream or cheer when he comes to watch the game.

The King’s influence must be enhanced through new media, break geographical restrictions, and attract more stars to become King’s fans.

In the espn commentary seat, Mike Bryn said: "This time G6 is the highest-rated game in the semi-finals. According to the news the director just told me, there are currently more than 8 million users watching this game, and online live viewers calculate it separately."

Jeff Van Gundy chuckled: "This game is very critical to the Thunder, and they have not proved that Su Yang can succeed."

The game started in a blink of an eye, and the two teams started to enter the game.

Thunder, Westbrook, Seifrosa, Durant, Ibaka, Perkins.

King, Vazquez, Thorton, Antetokounmpo, Millsap, Cousins.

Amid the cheers of the whole audience, the Thunder won the jump ball.

Westbrook dribbled the ball to the right wing, turned his hand and passed it to Ibaka who was mentioned above, and then used Perkins' right elbow to cover the basket.

Ibaka took the ball and turned left, passed Sefrosa at 45 degrees, then turned right and quickly walked to the right wing, forming a double cover with Perkins who had been parked at his right elbow, while Durant took the opportunity to go straight to the top of the arc from the right bottom corner.

A typical shift in strength and weakness starts. The Thunder, like the Heat, did not change even if they played well in the Year. After all, Durant and LeBron were too strong.

But the efficiency is really low.

Durant had only 10 seconds left to receive the ball, and he took another 1 second to call to cover, followed by a breakthrough on the right, facing Cousins ​​who was robbing.

As he was about to fight one-on-one, the referee suddenly blew a whistle and yelled Antetokounmpo to pull Perkins and got a technical foul. Perkins was pushed by Antetokounmpo and got an offensive foul. He needed the Thunder to send someone to execute a technical foul free throw, but the ball was transferred to the Kings.

The audience was confused when they watched it. Su Yang curled his lips slightly, thinking that this was setting the tone for the game to control the game, and it was hard to stand it.

Durant then stood on the free throw line and hit a technical free throw with booing all over the field. The Kings turned to the rear kickoff to launch an attack.

The horn formation started, Millsap took the ball high in the right elbow area, and Antetokounmpo ran to the left waist position simultaneously, and joined Cousins ​​to build a wall to cover it. Sauton took the opportunity to get rid of Seifrosa, cut into the paint area, and headed straight to the right bottom corner.

Typical ladder covers running, creating opportunities for open-air catch and shoot, but Perkins delays first, and Sefrosa chases closely.

The expected open space on the right bottom corner did not appear, Antetokounmpo immediately retreated to the 45-degree three-point line on the left, raised his hand to take over Millsap's pass, and then passed the left waist position. Cousins ​​held Perkins back to catch the ball, successfully sat down and hit the basket, turned around and sank the bottom.

The speed was quite fast, and Perkins failed to react in time, but Ibaka on the right elbow and Sefrosa on the right bottom corner made up for defense.

But Cousins ​​passed the ball to the right wing, and Vazquez received the ball and made a steadily three-pointer, completely ignoring Westbrook's big stride and jumped.

Swish! Three-point hollow into the net.
Chapter completed!