Naging chess match ang first four games ng 80th NBA Western Conference finals, bawat laro ay may moves ang San Antonio at Oklahoma City na kailangang aralin mabuti.
Game 1 Spurs 122-115 (double OT), Game 2 Thunder 122-113, Game 3 Thunder 123-108, Game 4 Spurs 103-82.
Back-and-forth ang series, pinaghatian ng magkaribal ang tigalawang laro sa kanya-kanyang teritoryo – 1-1 sa OKC, 1-1 din sa San Antonio.
Game 5 ngayong araw sa Oklahoma City.
Basagan muli sina Spurs star center Victor Wembanyama at Thunder two-time reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
“There’s definitely similarities, as in any strategy game,” ani Wembanyama pagtapos ng huling panalo. “It’s very fun. In the playoffs at some point, especially when a series drags on, everybody knows the other team almost by heart. I would say the coaches hold a lot of this load of the chess match.”
Pero wala pang magdedeklara ng ‘checkmate’ dahil parehong dalawang panalo pa ang pag-uunahan.
“The series is 2-2 and basically zero-zero and it’s first to two games now,” suma ni SGA.
Mahalaga ang papel ng support cast para makauna sa race-to-two.
Si Wemby, aasa kina De’Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle, Julian Champagnie, Dylan Harper, Devin Vassell, Luke Kornet.
Backup ni Gilgeous-Alexander sina Chet Holmgren, Isaiah Hartenstein, Lu Dort, Alex Caruso, Cason Wallace. (Vladi Eduarte)
