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Chapter 363 Advancing to the Western Conference Finals
On May 5, at the American Airlines Center Arena, the fourth game between the Phoenix Suns and the Dallas Mavericks.

Just after the first half of the game, the Mavericks finally played their own advantage, leading the Suns by 66 points 50 to 16, and entered the locker room to rest.

In the first quarter, the Mavericks took advantage of their inside line. Dirk Nowitzki and Dampier teamed up to frequently attack the weak inside line defense of the Suns.

While blasting the Suns, taking advantage of the fact that the Suns could not open up the offensive shots on both sides of the flank, they scored a 30-22 score for the Suns and gained an 8-point lead.

The second quarter started, and the Mavericks' bench strength began to show. Jerry Stackhouse and Harris came off the bench and scored 17 points together. They performed very well.

Relying on the outstanding performance of the substitutes, the Mavericks continued their efforts, and with a score of 36 to 28, in the confrontation, they suppressed the Suns with more powerful offensive firepower and extended the scores of both sides again.

In the second half, the Suns began to fight back desperately and were in good condition. However, the Mavericks played tenaciously and dragged the situation into an anxious rhythm. No one could do anything to their opponents.

Although the Suns recovered 29 points with a score of 27 to 2, the wind direction of victory is firmly in their own hands.

In the fourth quarter, the Mavericks played steadily and did not give the Suns any hope of overtaking the score. They took back a crucial game strongly.

At the end of full time, the Dallas Mavericks pulled the series back to a tie with a 119-109, 10-point advantage at home.

2 to 2! !
On May 5th, the fifth battle of Tianwangzhishan began in the Meixi Arena.

Nash, the regular season MVP winner, shined in the audience and went crazy. He made 26 of 13 shots in a single quarter, 5 of 2 three-pointers, and 6 of 6 free throws. In the whole game, he scored 34 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists. It directly destroyed the Mavericks' confidence in winning.

In the offensive fire of opening and closing, the Suns used stronger offensive firepower to directly defeat the Mavericks, and the player who gave the Mavericks a fatal blow was Nash.

He played too incomprehensibly and became the brightest star tonight.

114 to 108! !
In the Tianwangshan battle, the Suns beat the Mavericks by a score of 3 to 2 and took the lead in getting the match point to advance to the Western Conference Finals.

On May 5, at the American Airlines Center Arena, the Dallas Mavericks returned to their home court to face the challenge of the Phoenix Suns.

The first quarter started, and Nowitzki took the lead.

First, he received a pass from Terry in the low post, turned around and shot a jumper with a fadeaway, hit two points accurately, and scored first.

Then, pull to a high position and play a pick-and-roll with Terry.

After receiving a point from Terry in the high position, Nowitzki directly backed Nash, and after attracting Stoudemire's supplementary defense, he gave the ball to Dampier, who jumped from the basket and dunked and scored two points.

Immediately afterwards, outside the three-point line, he directly hit a counter-attack three-pointer.

Nowitzki, who plays as a point forward, is omnipotent. He can shoot, assist, screen, and even break through for layups as long as he wants.

Nowitzki, who played superstar demeanor, led the Mavericks to play a multi-point offensive, and the offensive offensive of all the people. For a moment, the fans of the Mavericks forgot the gorgeous and wonderful performance that Nash was here. In their hearts, at this moment , only one Dirk.

32 to 28! !
The Mavericks led the Suns by 5 points in the first quarter.

Nash's performance was completely different from the previous game. He only scored 5 of 1 and scored 2 points and 4 assists.

The game started in the second quarter, and Terry broke through and began to explode, playing convulsive offensive firepower.

First, one step away from the three-point line, a pull-up jumper was shot, and a super long three-pointer was hit.

Afterwards, Wu Lun made a breakthrough jumper with an emergency stop, or caught the ball and made a mid-range shot. Almost no matter how he played, he made 7 of 6 shots in a single quarter, scored 13 points and 3 rebounds, played a stormy offensive offensive, and led the Mavericks to 18. A wave of more than 7 directly stopped the Suns.

Josh Howard and Jerry Stackhouse also perform well.

30 to 25! !
The Mavericks once again extended the score by 5 points.

Nash's performance picked up, and he teamed up with Marion to score 19 points and take over the Suns' offense, so as not to make the Suns' offensive firepower even worse.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. The Suns, who were 10 points behind, began to fight back desperately.

At the critical moment, Finley and Terry were in poor condition and kept hitting the iron. The Suns' offensive firepower was not strong.

84 to 76! !
The Suns trailed by 8 points and faced off with the Mavericks in the fourth quarter.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Mavericks wanted to win and were afraid of losing. They wanted to focus on defense desperately, and wanted to be steady and steady to ensure the fruits of victory. .

Unexpectedly, the situation on the field changed suddenly, and the Suns played a smooth and smooth offensive. They played a 19-6 offensive climax. While pulling the score back, they took a 5-point lead and directly stopped the Mavericks.

After the old Nelson made some adjustments, Nowitzki came out, scored points with precise mid-range shots from the outside, and rushed to the basket desperately inside, causing damage, and went to the free throw line.

Scored 4 points in a row, bringing the scores of the two sides closer.

Next, the two sides entered an anxious stage, fighting back and forth, and neither could do anything to the other.

However, the Mavericks are fighting with their backs. If they lose, they will go home to fish. They have a high desire to fight. Besides, no one can lose to Nash. With the advantage at home, the Mavericks gradually gained the upper hand and slowly opened up the score.

At this time, with 1 minute and 30 seconds left before the end of the game, Nowitzki hit a two-pointer again, leading the score of both sides to 5 points.

104 to 99! !
Seeing that the Suns could not hold on, Nash stood up.

First, he broke through the entire defense line of the Mavericks with the extraordinary skill of piercing flowers and butterflies, and made a three-step layup. The ball was passed from Dampier's waist to Stoudemire.

Stoudemire, who received the ball, dunked easily under the basket and scored two points.

Subsequently, Terry's brainless two-pointer responded to the ball and missed. Dampier grabbed an offensive rebound and was sent directly to the free throw line.

At the free throw line, Dampier made 1 of two free throws.

105 to 101! !
The gap between the two sides was still 4 points. However, in just 10 seconds, Nash dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and suddenly made a three-point jumper, which caught Terry by surprise.

Swish! !

Nash made a three-pointer at a critical moment, closing the score gap between the two sides to the worst point.

105 to 104! !
With one minute left in the game, the Mavericks took the lead and had possession of the ball. Although the victory was unstable, the advantage was obvious.

Terry dribbled the ball to the frontcourt without hitting indiscriminately. At the critical moment, he distributed the basketball to Nowitzki for singles.

Star Showdown!Decide the winner!
Nowitzki lifted the ball over the top from outside the three-point line, and directly raised his hand to make a three-point jumper.

Bang! !

At the critical moment, Nowitzki became a softie and liked to shoot from the outside, but he missed it.

Richardson sprints to the basket, grabs the rebound, puts the basketball in Nash's hands, dribbles upcourt, and arcs above the three-point line.

Nash cheated Terry out of his defensive position with a Buddha-style feint. He made a fake shot, exerted force under his feet, and accelerated into the three-point line.

One step from the free throw line, before Nowitzki was able to make up his defense, he immediately drew his bow and set up an arrow, and a small throw of horseback archery came.

Swish!
As if the basketball had eyes, it got into the basket precisely and scored two points.

105 to 106! !
Mavericks' offense, Nowitzki assisted Josh Howard for an empty layup.

107 to 106! !
Subsequently, Marion accepted Shi's pass and missed two mid-range shots.

With 11 seconds left in the time, the Suns could only send Nowitzki to the free throw line for free throws. Nowitzki, who withstood the pressure, made two free throws.

109 to 106! !
The Suns trailed by three points and had one more chance to attack.

The players of the Suns stretched out their formation and let Nash, who is in hot form, directly challenge Terry with the ball.

He dribbled the ball continuously in the frontcourt. Seeing that there were still 5 seconds left, Nash suddenly moved, and his body dribbled forward. Ball jumper fadeaway.

Swish! !

At the same time as the three-pointer was scored, there was a red light on the scorer, and the whistle sounded.

Nash raised the knife and made a three-pointer.

109 to 109! !
With his own strength, Nash pulled the Suns and Mavericks to the same starting line and entered overtime.

In overtime, Mavericks fans began to despair.

wrong!

Everything is wrong!

The former Three Musketeers of the Mavericks, Finley, went invisible in overtime without any contribution.

Nowitzki, who had high hopes, showed his soft-hearted nature, and he shot 5 of 0 shots without scoring a point.

The Suns played a pick-and-roll, and Nash and Marion played a pick-and-roll.

Although Marion's performance was the most eye-catching, he played like a superstar in overtime, scoring 11 points and 1 rebound.

However, Nash's performance was even more shining. He made 2 of 2 shots, 1 of 1 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, scored 7 points, 2 assists and 2 rebounds, playing efficient and comprehensive offensive firepower.

Led the Phoenix Suns to defeat the Dallas Mavericks 130-126 after overtime. In the entire series, they eliminated the Mavericks 4-2 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals.

(End of this chapter)