Zhiba NBA

Chapter 149 (140) The Dignity of Athletes

Przybilla is happy with his position with the Rockets.

Usually a tall center in his prime will work hard with the goal of becoming the team's starter or even the core, but Pulzbila has seen his position clearly early on.His arms are flat, his athletic ability is average, and he moves a little slowly. It is difficult for him to secure the main position even for weak teams.After his 4-year rookie contract was executed, only a few teams such as the Raptors were interested in him. In the end, only the Trail Blazers made an offer. Their offer was a pitiful 2-year $335 million (this is a real signing in history).

Just when Przybilla was about to sign this contract, the Eagles, the parent team, approached him excitedly, saying that the championship Rockets were willing to complete a deal with the Hawks, and the conditions included signing Przbilla for 2 million in two years.

This is tantamount to pie in the sky for him.Not to mention earning an extra salary, the business opportunities of the new champion Rockets are much better than those of the Trail Blazers.More importantly, it is better to play as a backup for a league superstar like Yao Ming than to play for the highly competitive starting position in the Trail Blazers.The Trail Blazers starting center Ratliff is 31 years old, and the rotation also includes rising star Zach Randolph and newly drafted South Korean center Ha Seung-jin.It may be more difficult to survive the main force in the Trail Blazers than in the Rockets.Sure enough, Pulzbila quickly won Tang Shuai's trust by relying on his solid style of play and hard-working attitude, defeated Varejao and Daba and became the first substitute at the 5th position.

But he still didn't expect to play for so long in a crucial playoff game.

Before the end of the first half, Yao Ming fouled again.At this time, he only played 12 minutes and scored 6+3.Pulzbila can only go into battle again.

Yao Ming sat down on the bench angrily, and beat his thigh hard several times.He hated himself for not being careful, and hated the referee for staring at him too harshly.

The Rockets' inside strength is gone, and now it's the Mavericks' turn to show off.Van Horn made Big Zhi a foul and made 2 of 2 free throws, and Nowitzki made another layup.The Mavericks immediately pulled the point difference back to double digits.Pulzbila really couldn't prevent the opponent's repeated attacks.

McGrady also wants to help his teammates fill in, but the Mavericks' outside shooter feels good today.Especially Finley has hit three three-pointers.McGrady has more than enough heart but not enough energy, and he dare not let Finley go to help defend.

All he can do is grasp every opportunity to attack!
McGrady received a pass from Billups and hit a two-point jumper. McGrady forced a layup and made Stackhouse's foul and made two free throws. McGrady turned back and made a jumper.The Rocket Core suddenly turned on the scoring mode, scoring consecutive points when the team was in trouble.

Billups made the icing on the cake and scored a layup, and the point difference has been reduced to 6 points.

Finley assisted Terry to hit a three-pointer and opened it again. McGrady did not hesitate to pull up and respond with a jumper.

The Mavericks still had to rely on Nowitzki for the last attack. He caused Bosh's third foul and hit two free throws.The Rockets didn't have enough time left to complete an attack. Jefferson threw the ball and missed.

58:49，小牛领先9分结束上半场。小牛队中丹尼尔斯和霍华德3次犯规，火箭队中姚明波什和王治郅也各身背3犯。

When they entered the locker room, several inside players were furious. Even Yao Ming, who is always gentle and gentle, threw his towel on the ground. The young and vigorous Bosh kept cursing in his mouth.Pulzbilla was also thinking about it, and sat down panting for breath. He almost played more time in the first half than Yao Ming.

Tang Shuai is aware of these signs, and he knows that the young players should be allowed to vent their anger, so he allows the players to complain, but of course there is a limit.Soon he interrupted them and said, "Boys, I know you are complaining about today's refereeing standards, and I am also dissatisfied."

"Today's home game made me feel worse than the away game!" Bosh said reluctantly.

"What's the use of moving your mouth? The only function is that you will be fined by the league after the game." Tang Shuai said.

Bosh stopped talking. He is still on a rookie contract and his salary is not high. It would be a headache to pay a fine.

"Misjudgment is part of the game. We can't control the referee, we can only be ourselves." Tomjanovich said: "The league's tolerance for black calls is also limited, and they dare not risk the world's dissatisfaction and let the referee bully us too much. So we only need to play our own ball well, as usual."

The players began to calm down and nodded again and again.

"Whether you win or lose in the end, you don't need to complain or blame anyone today. The only thing you need to do well is to play well!" Tang Shuai is elegant, but he has a heroic temperament: "If you think they are black whistle, show the dignity and ambition of the athletes to black whistle!"

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Tim Donaghy is used to being stared at with hatred by the players when they do something.But when the Rockets players re-entered, he began to get used to it.

These guys didn't even look at the referee, as if they didn't exist.They seemed to only have basketball in their eyes.

What kind of monsters are these?Donaghy even felt a little admiration, the land of Houston has really raised a group of good players.

The whistle still continued, and the boos from the audience continued, but the three on-duty referees all noticed that the dissatisfaction and resentment in the eyes of the players were gone, replaced by a high degree of concentration on the game.It wasn't until Yao Ming's fifth foul and Bosh's sixth foul that the Rockets players occasionally showed a hint of contempt.

When Bosh left the field, he high-fived his teammates one after another, not as if he was sent off but as a hero returning from meritorious deeds.

Until the last 2 minutes behind 9 points, the Rockets still did not give up.Billups made 2 free throws for a foul, Yao Ming made 2 free throws for a foul, and McGrady made another three-pointer.In the last 20 seconds, the point difference has become an easy 2 points.

There was not enough time left, the Rockets were forced to make a tactical foul, Stackhouse made 2 of 2 free throws, and the point difference was 4 points.

McGrady missed a key three-pointer, and Yao Ming grabbed an offensive rebound to make it up, only 2 points away.But the game was running out of time, and the Rockets had run out of timeouts.

At 106:104, the Houstonians finally stood up and completed the battle with dignity.

The Mavericks, who had lingering fears about their escape, were still speechless.

"When Billups and Turkoglu started to show off and hit consecutive three-pointers to narrow the point difference to 3 points, I really thought it was over." Terry said with a bitter face.

"Fortunately, the referee blew Bosh's foul and sent him off, so we regained the advantage. It's really dangerous!" Finley also felt scared for a while.

"Yao was still so tough in rebounding with me when the final defeat was decided and he made 5 fouls. The Rockets are really fierce, as if they were behind 0 to 2." Dampier expressed his respect.

"I won this game, but I don't feel like I've won at all." The upright German king sighed, "It feels like we barely won by 2 points with the help of the referee. I'm not sure if we can beat such an opponent under fair conditions."

It seems that Dallas is more like the losing side.

　I hope that every black whistle can be punished with justice.

　　Justice may be late, but it will never be absent!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)