Zhiba NBA

Chapter 124 (120) The alliance's conspiracy
Tim Donaghy is an ordinary referee in the NBA. He has no match schedule for this day and plans to sleep in.But a hasty doorbell rang interrupted his dream.

"It's really bad luck recently!" He muttered and ran to open the door, thinking about the recent bad luck.The game at the Palace of Auburn Hills a few days ago was too dangerous. As one of the on-duty referees, he was almost involved in a brawl. If he was beaten, he would make headlines.But what he didn't expect was that his old enemy, Rasheed Wallace, who was always known for his violent temper, would actually act calmly during the conflict, and he was usually the most troublesome one.Donaghy and Wallace have had a long-standing grudge. In a game in 03, Donaghy blew a technical foul on Wallace, who was still playing for the Trail Blazers.After the game, he was blocked and threatened by Wallace in the garage.Afterwards, the league gave Rashid a heavy penalty, and he was eventually suspended for 7 games.

The postman delivered a small package. "I don't seem to have any emails recently?" Donaghy opened the envelope in doubt until he confirmed that it was a videotape sent in the name of the NBA.

The league sent videotapes to your door?What's the point?Donaghy played with misgivings.

This is the highlight tape of Tracy McGrady. Most of the content is Tracy McGrady's performance on the offensive end, most of which are actions violated by defensive players, but the referee did not blow the whistle.

"What Stern means is for us to give McGrady more free throws!" Donaghy couldn't help scolding the old fox a few words. There is not a word on this tape, which completely avoids the suspicion of manipulating the game and can only be left to the referee to guess.And he quickly guessed that the Rockets are the new champions, with a fast pace and accurate shooting, especially McGrady's elegant play. It seems that the league wants this to praise them.In addition, the league canceled the handcheck rule this season, and the purpose of encouraging offense is well known by Sima Zhaozhi. The referees have more weapons to make calls that are beneficial to super scorers.

(Handcheck is a defensive technique. It mainly refers to the defensive player touching the offensive player's body with his hands to control the opponent's center of gravity and find the opponent's rhythm. The league canceled the handcheck, which means more tests on the defensive player's skills)

At this time, Donaghy certainly could not have imagined that three and a half years later, he would accuse the NBA of manipulating the game in court, and use this accusation in exchange for his reduced sentence.

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The Rockets far away in Texas don't know that they may become the beneficiaries of the rules under the table. On December 12, they will play against the Eagles at home.Considering the draft picks for the coming year, Yuanfei still issued a must-kill order.

老鹰也算颇有想法，摆出了一个奇阵。年轻新秀身高6尺9（约206cm）的约什.史密斯进入首发，和7尺的科勒尔、6尺9的哈灵顿、6尺8（约203cm）的沃克和6尺8的迪奥组成了大高个首发5人组。法国人迪奥成为了首发控卫。

This big lineup did not cause too much trouble for the Rockets. On the contrary, the Rockets' guard combination has fought with the Pistons' tall guards in many games, and has rich experience in dealing with tall players.As a result, the Hawks couldn't open up the situation in front of the Rockets' defense. Their big players were not as fast as the defense, and the Rockets repeatedly hit three-pointers through passing and cooperation. At 71:98, the Eagles lost in an away game.

After a day off, the Rockets ushered in the faster-paced Warriors at home.The Warriors center Troy Murphy is tall and thin, and he runs fast.And he also has a unique three-pointer, which is enough to pull Yao Ming out of the penalty area.Considering Yao Ming's physical fitness in fast-paced games, Tang Shuai only let him play for 29 minutes.But Yao Ming didn't have much time to play, but he played well and got a large double-double of 15+17.His substitutes Pulzbila, Varejao and Wang Zhizhi also played well. In the end, the Rockets beat their opponents by 17 points at home.

12月18日，休斯敦众人作客夏洛特，首次与老队友杰拉德.华莱士交手。结果山猫的榜眼秀埃米尔.奥卡福大显神威狂砍23+17，华莱士也贡献了15+9+3+4的全面数据，还在比赛结束前3分钟造成姚明6犯离场，2罚1中扳平了比分。但最后时刻麦迪发威，他连续命中三记跳投还造成了华莱士的犯规，最终火箭102:101客场艰难取胜。最大功臣麦迪30投仅9中得到了33+7+9。

12月20日，火箭回到主场好好教训了猛龙一顿。状态如神的姚明砍下40+10，麦迪也有36+12+7进账。这场18分的大胜却引起了王远飞的怀疑。

"Rudy, we've been doing strangely well lately."

"What? The record was poor before, and everyone was very anxious. Now that you are winning, you feel abnormal?" Tang Shuai smiled, "Are you used to losing?"

"On the one hand, I feel that Tracy has worked too hard recently, and on the other hand, I feel that the referees have played too much with us. As the MVP last season, Tracy averaged only 8 free throws per game. In the last few games? He made 13 free throws against the Raptors, 18 free throws against Yao, 14 free throws against the Bobcats, and 11 free throws against the Eagles."

"Well, it's true that Tracy's shooting touch has not returned to the level of last season. In order to win, he strengthened his breakthrough, won a lot of free throws and increased the chance of injury." Tang Shuai also became serious, "But we are on a winning streak, and I really can't bear to rest him. After this wave of four consecutive victories, we have risen to sixth in the Western Conference and returned to the playoffs."

After all, Tang Shuai was not willing to let McGrady rest.In the end, what I was afraid of would happen, and the bad news came soon.

On December 12, in the Rockets' home game against the Bobcats, Tracy McGrady's shooting was very bad, and even the free throws lost the accuracy of the past, and he only made 22 of 17 free throws.The Rockets trailed by 11 points 2 minutes before the end of the game. McGrady finally announced that he could not continue to play due to back muscle spasms.

"We still have a chance, never give up!" Big Heart Billups thought.He missed a three-point jumper, but Yao Ming grabbed the rebound and made it.Immediately after the Bobcats Brezek missed a three-pointer, Billups grabbed the rebound and quickly advanced to the frontcourt to directly pull up a three-pointer, and the goal was scored!
"Chauncey is playing more and more like Tracy McGrady!" Old Tang couldn't help but smile when he saw this ball.

However, with Wallace's layup and Okafor sent a big pot.The Rockets eventually lost by 2 points, ending all games with the Bobcats this season.If the two teams still want to meet, they can only hope for a miracle and wait until the finals to fight again.After the game, there was news that hurt the morale of the Rockets even more. McGrady had to miss several weeks of games due to the recurrence of an old back injury.

Yuan Fei and Tang Shuai looked at each other with wry smiles and remained silent.

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A week later, Tim Donaghy received another tape.This time the content is the video of Kobe Bryant being continuously violated by suspected foul actions but not getting the whistle.

　The story of the Kobe Bryant videotape comes from the identification of the gambling referee Donaghy. As for whether this matter actually existed in history, everyone has a different opinion.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)