NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 19 The Black Whistle Incident
"Fuck, you are like a puppet of a gaming company blowing around on the field. People like you are not worthy of being a referee or participating in competitive sports. A fair game will make you guys a mess!!"

Bickerstaff hastily pulled Liu Rui who had entered the field out of the field, and kept signaling Liu Rui to calm down and go back to the locker room to avoid a bigger conflict.

Originally, Bickerstaff was so angry that he jumped up and down, and he was about to have an attack and asked the referee to argue.

Who knew that Liu Rui, who had been sitting on the sidelines throughout the game, suddenly burst into a rage, rushed into the field and roared, and became very emotional.

This frightened Bickerstaff to ignore the referee, and hastily signaled his son and Brown Milla to return to Liu Rui to prevent a bigger conflict.

But the referee at this time obviously won't be used to your faults, and directly blows Liu Rui two T's to expel him from the field.

This dramatic scene shocked Rivers into a cold sweat.

"This kid is really a lunatic!! This is just a preseason game!!"

This also led to a sudden reversal of the situation on the court. The Bobcats, who were leading the Celtics, only came to 2 points after Pierce hit the three-pointer.

And Pierce still has a chance to add a penalty. If the penalty is hit this time, the point difference will come to 1 point.

Liu Rui's two consecutive technical fouls will be punished by the referee with two free throws! !

If both free throws are hit, the Celtics will overtake by 1 point and have possession of the ball.

This led to an astonishing reversal of the situation on the court with only 20 seconds left.

Many spectators who originally planned to leave early hurried back to their seats, shouting frantically and waving their clothes.

The smog seemed to come over the Bobcats. The usually gentle and elegant coach suddenly broke out and was expelled from the game. Coupled with the unfair penalty at the end, the Bobcats on the field were extremely angry.

According to the replay on the big screen, Pierce made an obvious elbow movement in order to squeeze out a little space facing Wallace after the tentative step.

After this physical confrontation, Pierce took the opportunity to step back and hit the three-pointer against Wallace.

At that time, the position of the referee happened to be on Pierce's side, and the referee would not call a penalty for this kind of ball at the last moment.

If this kind of ball has to be whistled, it is definitely an offensive foul! !
After Jordan was dominated by the Pistons' iron elbows again and again, the league changed the penalty on the defensive end. In order to enhance the viewing experience, this dangerous elbow action is strictly prohibited.

This is a basketball court, not an arena! !
While the Bobcats led by 11 points in the upset halftime, the referee's calls in the second half were obviously biased.

This also planted the seeds in Liu Rui's heart. Liu Rui, who was born again, knows this kind of backstory better than anyone else.

The league will operate secretly in order to promote Pierce. Liu Rui can understand these. After all, the Bobcats lack traffic stars, and it is difficult for the team to be noticed by the league before they grow up.

But what really made Liu Rui angry was that at such a critical moment, since the referee would whistle Wallace for a defensive foul so shamelessly, Liu Rui, who had started all over again, knew very well that there was definitely a problem with the handicap opened by the gaming company before the game.

In the previous life, it was because of the damn gaming company and the league's joint behind-the-scenes manipulation that the famous 02 Western Conference Finals Black Whistle incident occurred!
The Western Conference finals that year were played between the veteran powerhouses the Lakers and the Kings. Prior to this, the Lakers had won two consecutive championships under the leadership of O'Neal and Kobe.

In the third year, although their record was not as good as before, and O'Neal was also troubled by injuries, they still reached the Western Conference Finals with the depth of the lineup and Kobe's performance.

At that time, the Kings were definitely the leading team in the West, led by "Chris Webber" and the white devil "Mike Bibby", and the team lineup included "Divac", Gerald Wallace and other stars.

Therefore, there will definitely be an epic battle between the two teams that will be recorded in history.

Just when many fans thought that the Lakers and the Kings would be inextricably linked, the Kings showed their ambitions in the first three games and temporarily led the Lakers 2:1.

And in the fourth game, the Lakers only won the Kings by one point. What they didn't expect was the next battle of Tianwangshan.

The Lakers were beaten by the King, and they lost this crucial game in Tianwangshan by one point.

Just when many fans believed that the Kings could beat the Lakers, the controversial sixth game started.

Although this game was played at the King's home court, the referee's whistle was completely on the Lakers' side. The Lakers scored a total of 40 free throws throughout the game.

On the other hand, the Kings only made 25 free throws, 15 times less than the Lakers. The most important thing is that the Lakers only scored 18 points in the last quarter.

But 16 points came from free throws! !

And in that game, the Kings were called offensive fouls for many offenses, which completely disrupted the Kings' overall offensive rhythm.

Looking back at that game, the Lakers had many dispensable, and even some obvious fouls were ignored by the referee.

Therefore, relying on huge numbers and advantages in that game, the Lakers finally defeated the Kings by a slight advantage of 106:102 and 4 points, and sent Sacramento away in the seventh game.

Although the Lakers finally won the championship that year in the playoffs, they continued their three-peat dynasty.

But in Game [-] of the Western Conference Finals, the unexplainable number of free throws and the bias of the penalty made many fans angry.

In fact, in that game, the referee may really interfere with the result of the game, but everyone who understands knows that this kind of interference is only to convey the meaning of the league.

After all, if the Lakers can complete the three consecutive championships, their influence in the United States and even the world will far exceed the benefits brought by the King's championship.

And the handicap of the gaming company also made the league a lot of money.

After all, it is a business alliance, so it is not surprising to explain it this way.

But this also contributed to the famous black whistle incident in the league, making a basketball stage like the NBA no longer have real fairness at all.

It's a tragedy for competitive sports.

People have to sigh, money is really the root of evil! !
Yao Ming and Iverson also received black whistle treatment.

The former was in the Mosaic VS Mavericks series in 2005. In order to facilitate the war between the horses and the bulls, the Rockets were ruthlessly hacked.

This god-like operation was manipulated by an official of the league and a referee. At that time, Yao Ming's screen foul and walking violation were clearly whistled.

Yao Ming averaged only 4.4 free throws per game in this round of the series, and he was whistled for a foul even when he was out of breath.

Among them, in the fifth game, Finley's out-of-bounds steal was widely circulated and became a household name! !

Therefore, later, the coach of the Mosaic team, Jeff Van Gundy, publicly complained that the referee was targeting Yao Ming, and was severely punished by the league.

The Mosaic team even took a 2-0 lead in the away game, and was finally reversed by the Mavericks.

And the referee who caused all this was finally sentenced to criminal law and deprived of the referee's right for life! !
(End of this chapter)