After the third game, the king got two days off.

The whole team had a day off, and Su Yang took a look at other teams' games. On the West, the Warriors successfully defended their home court, and the big difference in the series with the Spurs became 1-2, while on the East, because LeBron was injured and could not play, coupled with the internal conflict between Butler and Irving, the Raptors successfully defended their home court, temporarily leading the Cavaliers 2-1, while the Kai team tied 2-2 with the 76ers.

LeBron's injury made the situation in the east confusing. Except for the Cavaliers, the other three teams were all like chicken blood, and seemed to have the excitement of "LeBron fell down and it was my turn to be the king of the East". That was really energetic.

The next day, the Kings team resumed joint training. Based on the guiding ideology of "pretending to be casual and ready to do enough", Su Yang told the Kings that they would separate the fourth game from the previous three games, and not have the idea of ​​affirming their promotion, and do not underestimate the Jazz.

After the Jazz changed their moves three times, new changes should not occur anymore, so there is no need to worry about more offensive and defense-related issues. The main Jazz lineup is still biased. Snyder is just fine in setting up those tactics, but it is useless to encounter a disciplined team like the King.

Especially after the Jazz substitute, Claude changed to the starting lineup, Favors and the elderly Seifrosa basically have no scoring ability. The Jazz definitely don't want to form such a lineup, but it's difficult for the Jazz to get a strong substitute through the free market, and there is no way.

On May 6th, the fourth game of the second round of the Kings and Jazz playoffs continued to start at the Salt Lake City Energy Center.

The Jazz continued to use Claude's starting lineup, and the start was smooth and they were able to play back and forth with the Kings.

But in the middle of the first quarter, the Kings suddenly fell into foul trouble. First, Antetokounmpo was blocked in defense, then McGee was beaten to hit the man when the offense was beaten, then Tatum fought for rebounds, and Dunro thugs. Finally, Curry squeezed over the cover and was beaten to hit the man when he was beaten to hit the man when he squeezed over the cover...

With five fouls in a row, the Kings were hit by the Jazz with a 10-0 attack wave, ending the first quarter 24-32.

During the interval between the periods, Su Yang looked through the statistics and found that both the Kings and the Jazz had 6 fouls on a single-player basis, but the Jazz had scattered 6 fouls and did not affect the offensive and defensive rhythm. The Kings had fouls very concentrated, and the whole team was confused during that period.

"I'll go..."

Su Yang was so angry that he scolded the country, but he never thought that the second quarter game started, and the Kings took another 8 fouls in a single quarter.

Brogden and Antetokounmpo were both silly and did not dare to do their best when defending, but the Jazz himself was not good at it. Not only did they fail to seize the opportunity to expand their lead, but instead, due to defensive negligence, Curry made two three-pointers and narrow the gap between the two points.

After returning from the third quarter after halftime, the Jazz suffered 8 fouls, and the Kings overtook the Jazz and entered the fourth quarter with three points.

During the break between the periods, Tatum said excitedly: "The referee has become fair! We only had 4 fouls in the third quarter!"

Su Yang and a group of assistant coaches chuckled when they heard this, and knew the referee's attitude in the first half. The fair call in the third quarter was mostly to pave the way for the Jazz in the fourth quarter. At that time, the King and the Jazz would be almost the same as the number of fouls, which seemed fair.

As expected, the Kings started the fourth quarter with only three and a half points and four fouls. Bridges got twice, and the offense and defense rhythm of the substitute lineup was messed up. Under the leadership of Mitchell, the Jazz played a 12-1 attack wave.

Although the referee blew the side whistle and Su Yang didn't want to give up. After thinking about it, he sent Curry and his men in advance, the Jazz also arranged for the main players to play at the same time. Perhaps he would win the fourth game even if he died, so as to avoid the embarrassment of being swept 4-0 at home.

With the third foul in the fourth quarter, the King completely lost the momentum to chase points and lost 101 to 107.

The series score became 3-1. Su Yang attended a press conference after the game and was teased by reporters and said, "I failed to realize the promise of sweeping 4-0". Instead, he replied with a smile: "Salute to the Jazz who took off his hat without admitting defeat. See you in Sacramento..."

The Jazz were not very happy either. They also understood that although they won the ball, they obviously had the help of the referee, so they were embarrassed to boast.

The King's team flew back to Sa City overnight.

After a day off, the Kings played against the Jazz again at home, and the referee was not biased at all, and finally won 118 to 93.

With the 4-1 series, the Kings advanced to the Western Conference Finals. Su Yang and Snyder hugged and greeted him. After the game, they talked about how to evaluate Snyder and said bluntly: "He is a very excellent coach. He can maximize the lineup he has..."

The meaning of the Jazz is that the broken lineup is, Mitchell is short, Ingles is slow, Rubio is iron, Gobert is biased, and he can play fifth in the regular season and advance to the second round of the playoffs. It is a high-level performance, and it is normal to lose to the Kings.

After seeing off the Jazz, the Kings focused on the Western Conference Finals, and the Spurs were already leading the Warriors 3-2.

Early in the 11th, Su Yang summoned the coaching team and scout team to prepare for the battle, and directly used the Spurs as their opponent. The main battle in Tianwang Mountain, the Spurs won 31 points. The Warriors' passing and cutting system was difficult to use when encountering the Spurs' powerful round switch defense. Even Durant's hard-to-resolve gameplay challenge made Paul, Danny Green and Leonard fight one-on-one, which made Durant feel very uncomfortable.

"In the next round, we must be prepared to play seven games. We may lose our home advantage as soon as the series starts, or even lose two games in a row. If that happens, our coaching staff and scout team will not feel panic at first, and provide demonstration and confidence to the players. By the same token, if we win two games in a row at the beginning, or even three games in a row, we cannot relax. The Spurs are not an ordinary team, and everything is possible. Don't be discouraged or relax until the end!"

Su Yang did not intend to spend too much time discussing offensive and defensive strategies. The Kings and the Spurs, and he and Popovich have fought too many times. They are basically aware of the bottom line. There will inevitably be a lot of on-site adjustments at that time, and what needs to be compared is the details and execution.

The meeting was completed and the video analysis was held.

Su Yang said the same thing to Curry and others: "This will be the most difficult series in recent years. As long as we defeat the Spurs and advance to the finals, we will definitely be the annual championship. This is not arrogance, but confidence..."

“yeah!”

Antetokounmpo shouted excitedly, probably because he wanted to play against the Spurs as soon as possible. After all, Woj and others had previously revealed that the league had completed the MVP voting statistics. Leonard defeated Antetokounmpo with a slight advantage and would be elected to the MVP of this season.

That has a great impact on Antetokounmpo. His personal honor is lost. If you want to win it again next time, the difficulty may further soar.

In the blink of an eye, the Spurs defeated the Warriors 119-115 at the Oracle Center and advanced to the Western Conference Final 4-2.

Su Yang tweeted the first time that he looked forward to the matchup with the Spurs and wished the Warriors good luck in the coming year. Durant will leave the Warriors, and Green and Clay are likely to be traded and entered into the topic of reconstruction, which once again became a hot topic on Twitter.

According to the schedule, the Western Conference Finals will start on May 14th, and the Kings will have three days to prepare. Su Yang will lead the team to the university to train in a long-distance running, using the oldest training method to add a sense of ritual, so that the whole team will be ready for a marathon series.
Chapter completed!