The Spurs and Kings are currently tied at 3-2.

The Kings were also down 3-1, but they pulled one back.

The Rockets can now rest and wait for the Spurs and Kings to decide their matchup. The winner will then face the Rockets in the Western Conference Finals.

The expert also said...

The Western Conference Finals are equivalent to the NBA Finals.

Unlike the Lakers, the Spurs are a team team, and they also have a superstar: Duncan!

So...

The Spurs are the Rockets' biggest rival.

The Kings play a flashy style of play and have a host of star players such as Webber, Stojakovic, Bibby, and Divac, but in terms of strength, the Kings still have some gaps compared to the Spurs.

Wei Guo predicted that the Spurs would end the series in Game 6.

As expected...

The Spurs defeated the Kings by a large margin in Game 6 thanks to Duncan's outstanding performance.

........

Tickets for the Rockets' home games in the first two Western Conference Finals games were already sold out.

Before the match, Wei Guo called his coach and teammates together and first had Gentry give a pre-match pep talk.

Wei Guo then shared his thoughts, "I want Mobley to come off the bench in the game against the Spurs."

"Is it to deal with Ginobili?"

Gentry understood the reason why the Defence State had made this arrangement.

Teams like the Spurs are good at countering teams like the Rockets and Lakers who have superstars. They play well together and every player on the court can score. If you can't defend well, you'll be exhausted.

The Spurs and Rockets faced off four times in the regular season, with the Spurs holding a 3-1 record, winning three of the games.

Even so...

However, the Spurs are a long-established powerhouse with a wealth of playoff experience.

The team boasts the "Flying Devil" Duncan and the "Admiral" Robinson in the paint, and Parker, Bowen, Jackson, Ginobili, and many other excellent players on the perimeter.

The slightest carelessness could capsize the ship, which is why the State of Wei takes this matter so seriously.

and...

Duncan has ranked second in the MVP rankings for two consecutive years. Does he feel resentful towards Wei Guo?

........

The Spurs arrived in Houston two days after finishing their second-round playoff series.

The Western Conference Finals have officially begun!

The starting lineup was determined in the first ten minutes of the match:

Rockets: Francis, Wei Guo, Thomas, Posey, Yao Ming

Spurs: Parker, Jackson, Bowen, Robinson, Duncan

In terms of roster... the Spurs clearly have the advantage.

"Let Mobley be a substitute?"

Popovich looked at the Rockets' roster and said dismissively, "Is that all Gentry is capable of?"

He benched Ginobili, and Gentry benched Mobley. If Popovich understood Chinese, he might have walked up to Gentry and said a Chinese idiom: "Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi" (a Chinese idiom meaning to imitate someone poorly).

After the players finished warming up, the stadium was packed.

The match is about to begin...

Gentry was a little worried, so he walked over to Wei Guo and said, "Wei, if it really doesn't work... just let the Spurs see that one person can't beat them."

Spurs players have a lingering fear of Wei Guo, who once scored 100 points against them.

That match...

It was truly a case of Wei Guo defeating the entire Spurs team by himself.

In this year's playoffs, Wei Guo has scored 60+ points in four consecutive games, but Popovich still believes that a 100-point game is impossible to repeat. Therefore, he is confident in leading the team to defeat the Rockets, reach the Finals, and win the championship.

Wei Guo and Duncan walked to the center circle.

"Beep!!!"

As the referee blew his whistle, the basketball was tossed into the air.

Wei Guo easily passed the racket to Francis, but Bowen entangled Wei Guo, preventing him from receiving the ball easily.

Wei Guo feinted, pretending to run towards the three-point line.

Bowen lunged forward...

How could you be so easily fooled?

Wei Guo chuckled and turned to rush towards the basket.

Francis understood and tossed the ball over the basket.

Wei Guo jumped outside the three-second zone, grabbed the basketball with his right hand, switched it to his left hand in mid-air to avoid Robinson's block, and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand.

"Bang!!!"

The basketball hoop was bent by Wei Guo's weight.

2-0!!!

The Rockets scored first.

The Toyota Center's basketball hoops undergo the most repairs and replacements in the league, requiring replacement almost every two weeks.

Cummings said, "As long as we can stop the Spurs, we can leave the offense to Wei alone."

"You fucking...you're really something!"

Gentry laughed and said, "Wei can't defend against five people at once, but he can take on five people at once."

Cummings said, "This Bowen is really stubborn. He was still not scared of Wei in the regular season after Wei stepped on his foot last time, but he still dared to guard Wei one-on-one just now."

......

The Spurs are on offense. Parker drives to the basket and takes a floater!

Duncan is positioning himself under the basket...

"Whoosh!!!"

After the basketball went into the net, Duncan ran back to the backcourt.

Duncan is the Spurs' absolute core player. He is the primary scorer on both offense and defense, but his main task in this game was to limit Wei Guo's scoring.

........

Both the Rockets and the Spurs had a decent start to the season.

As planned... Five minutes into the first quarter, Popovich brought Ginobili into the game, and Mobley replaced Posey.

Popovich looked at Gentry and said sourly, "I thought he was mediocre when we worked together before. He only won Coach of the Year this season because he was lucky to have played for Wei Guo."

Popovich and Gentry are considered to be from the same school.

Both men were former assistants to Don Nelson. Popovich rose to fame earlier, but he has never won Coach of the Year, while Gentry won it this season, which can even be said to have snatched it from Popovich.

Popovich was naturally dissatisfied... Although the Spurs' record was not as good as the Rockets', the Coach of the Year award should have gone to him.

........

After Ginobili entered the game, he received the ball beyond the three-point line, and Mobley closely guarded him!

With no space to break through, Ginobili had no choice but to pass the ball back to Parker, then made a reverse run towards the basket, and Parker once again passed the ball to Ginobili.

Snake-like breakthrough!!!

This time... Mobley couldn't keep up with Ginobili, who drove to the basket and made a layup.

*Smack!!!*

Wei Guo suddenly appeared from behind Ginobili and blocked Ginobili's shot.

"Brother Wei, thank you~"

Mobley said that Wei Guo's block relieved his embarrassment at not being able to defend Ginobili.

Wei Guo patted Mobley on the shoulder, "No matter how fancy his breakthrough moves are, he still has to go for the layup in the end. You just need to focus on defense, leave the paint to me!"

"good!"

Having a teammate like Weiguo is such a blessing.