863 Western Conference Finals, Kings vs. Suns: 2 to 2
Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals between the Kings and Suns starts very early.
The fight started at 1:30 noon.
People are unanimously optimistic about the Kings in this game.
The Kings had swept their opponents in the previous two rounds.
The Suns won 4:2 in the first round and even reached 7 in the second round.
Their dominance is inferior to that of kings.
The Kings played their last game and have had a full 9-day break today.
The Suns had a day off today after playing Game 7.
The Kings are waiting for work, so of course they will play more easily.
In addition, this is the home court of the Kings, so they have home court advantage.
Among many factors, people are certainly more optimistic about the Kings.
But it was beyond everyone's expectation.
The Kings were beaten by the Suns with a 10:0 attack wave as soon as they came up.
Everyone thought that veteran Paul Paul was mentally and physically exhausted when he grabbed 7 in the last round, and he would be very tired after playing.
Unexpectedly, looking at the first quarter of both sides, it turned out that the Suns played more energetically, while the Kings seemed to be unprepared and played very lazily.
At the end of the first quarter, the Kings fell behind by 15 points.
The reason is that the Kings underestimated their opponents.
Although the Kings struggled to catch up in the second quarter, due to the point guard Saint Paul controlling the court, the Kings could only chip away at the points.
It is basically difficult to make a wave of attacks to catch up with the score difference.
In the second half, although Wang Yi's condition remained at a normal level, the Suns' defensive strategy was to cut off the connection between Wang Yi and his teammates.
The key team members are Wang Yi's teammates, not Wang Yi.
You beat me to death by yourself, I admit it.
But as long as you can't kill me, then I will kill you.
In this game, Wang Yi just performed normally, not extraordinary.
So even though he scored 53 points by himself, the Kings unfortunately lost by 5 points in the end.
The trend in Game 2 was exactly the same as Game 1.
The Kings were still behind by more than ten points at the beginning. After that, Wang Yi performed normally, but the Kings were completely guarded against other players. Wang Yi alone could not defeat the entire Suns team.
In the final game, the Kings lost by another 5 points.
The Kings fell behind 0:2 as soon as they started, which was something no one could have imagined.
After the Kings fell behind, the direction of public opinion changed instantly.
People are unanimously optimistic that the Suns will advance.
The media predicts that the Kings' promotion probability is only 12%.
This is exactly what the Kings were like last year.
However, the difference from last year is that last year people were not optimistic about the Kings but they were also not optimistic about Wang Yi. This year they are not optimistic about the Kings, but they still unanimously praised Wang Yi's performance.
Because in these two games, Wang Yi scored 53 points in one game and 51 points in the other.
He has done everything he can.
That's what I said before: Wang Yi tried his best, teammate cba.
Just when everyone was not optimistic about the King, Wang Yi suddenly exploded in Game 3.
Although the Suns adopted the same defensive strategy as before, they still adopted a 1-on-1 defense against Wang Yi, mainly cutting off the connection between him and his teammates.
But Wang Yi seemed to have some divine help in this case.
He made 15 of 17 3-pointers, played the full 48 minutes, and scored 72 points.
Among them, his three-point layup made a great contribution.
As long as he rushes up, his three-point layup will definitely go in.
When Wang Yi's three-point shooting percentage is higher than other people's free throw shooting percentage, no one can guard him.
In the end, the Kings defeated the Suns with a huge difference of 37 points, evening the score to 1:2.
By the 4th game, the game routine was exactly the same as the 3rd game.
After Wang Yi continued to hit three-pointers, the Suns could not guard Wang Yi no matter what strategy they adopted.
Wang Yi personally scored 69 points and 15 rebounds.
In the end, the Kings defeated the Suns by a huge margin of 29 points.
The score was tied at 2:2.
This time the direction of public opinion finally changed again.
Everyone is unanimously optimistic that the Kings can advance.
It’s time for the fifth battle of Tianwang Mountain.
The Suns still adopted the defensive strategy of the first two games against Wang Yi, without double-teaming.
And Wang Yi's state this time was not as hot as before.
He only scored 47 points and 13 rebounds.
With two minutes left in the 4th quarter, the Suns still led by 5 points.
But at this moment, rookie Danny stepped forward.
He hit 4 three-pointers in succession.
The Kings took a three-point lead in the last minute.
In the last minute, both sides fought frequently, but no one could score.
In the end, the Kings narrowly defeated the Suns by three points.
As a result, the Kings also won the Battle of Tianwang Mountain.
The score between the two sides was rewritten to 3:2.
The Kings are just one win away from advancing to the Finals again.
Finally, the time came to May 20th.
On the day of 520, the sixth game between the two sides started.
According to media predictions, the two sides have almost the same probability of winning this game.
The Kings' probability of winning is 57%, and the Suns' probability of winning is 43%.
In the Tencent NBA live broadcast room, the commentators invited today are two acquaintances.
These two people are Wang Meng and Huang Jianxiang, who became popular in China for their commentary at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Because the two of them were very popular as commentators at that time, many sports events later wanted to find them as commentators.
But generally, Wang Meng and Huang Jianxiang refused.
They will only provide commentary when there are short track speed skating events.
The reason given by Wang Meng is: Professional people do professional things.
She only knows short track speed skating, so she always explains short track speed skating. Even though Huang Jianxiang invited her several times to commentate on football, she didn't go.
But this time, Wang Yi's basketball game was explained for the first time, which gave all the viewers in the live broadcast room some unexpected surprises.
When they turned on the live broadcast and saw Wang Meng on the screen, the barrage immediately became popular.
"Hey, the alliance leader is here, the alliance leader is here."
"Wow, I thought the leader only explained short track speed skating. When did he come to explain basketball?"
"By the way, does the league leader also like basketball? I've never heard of it."
The host of the scene is Wang Meng.
He made a simple opening statement, and then after introducing Wang Meng and Huang Jianxiang, he asked questions:
"Let me ask a question on behalf of the fans in front of the screen: Wang Meng only commented on short track speed skating before, why did he agree to commentate on the basketball game today?"
Wang Meng laughed loudly and said with a strong Northeastern taste: "Are you from China?"
"yes."
Wang Meng scratched Na Beierliang's forehead, not knowing what Wang Meng meant.
"How can a Chinese not pay attention to Wang Yi's game? I think any Chinese would not refuse the opportunity to commentate on Wang Yi's game. Even if I don't understand anything, I can just say a few words, 'Well, this is
,Oh hey hey hey, go to hell', then I have to come too."
"What's more, after Wang Yi entered the NBA, I watched his games every day and studied the rules every day. Don't you know, last time an NBA referee came to China, I spent two hours humbly asking them for these NBA rules. . Now I can be considered a semi-professional. Even if Wang Meng has something to do and you can't come today, I can still help you. Anyway, our names are similar."
Wang Meng laughed loudly: "Are you just playing with your old tricks, or have you really asked NBA experts for advice?"
Chapter completed!