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Chapter 206
"Behind 0:2, the Rockets are facing the biggest crisis!" Houston Times.

"Two home court advantages are handed over to others, and the Spurs have already half-stepped into the Western Conference Finals!" San Antonio Labor News.

"Ginger is still old and hot, because of someone's overreach, the Rockets' playoff journey will be marked as a stop again!" ESPN official website.

Falling behind 2:0 and losing both home games, this is what everyone thought of before the game, so many bad articles about the Rockets were published in major newspapers at super-light speed after the game was settled.

These are the manuscripts they wrote before or during the game. If the Rockets suddenly come back, they have to tear up the manuscript and write a new one. So in this regard, the Rockets players are still very considerate of their media work. The hard work of the staff.

The loss in this game did not have a big impact on Totoro. The criticism of his immaturity was finished after the end of the first quarter, and most people in this game already had a premonition of failure. Yuxin died, as long as there is advance preparation, the fans are not so unacceptable to the team's failure.

On the contrary, the loss in this game is still a little good for Totoro personally, because those fans once again saw what the Rockets with Totoro and the Rockets without Totoro looked like, and he once again showed his own Importance, and a rookie can take the team to the Western Conference semifinals in the first season, which is already a high achievement in itself.

However, no one guessed that Totoro was actually not satisfied. This year's Rockets lineup is unprecedentedly strong. It can be said that it is the most reasonable structure in the history of the Rockets' team building. The number of playing players is even more than when the Rockets won the championship in 94. , this year he is obviously heading for the championship.

Even if they can't win the championship, Totoro also wants to go to the finals to see the scene. Although the Rockets have become stronger through trading this year, 1/3 of the players' contracts will expire next year, and there are many of them. It is basically impossible for the Rockets to sign these players with potential stars like Lowry or Lowry. Their contracts are not restricted. Once the contract expires next year, any team can offer any offer to them. , and then openly robbed them.

In order to reserve the maximum salary for Totoro after two years, the Rockets will definitely not offer big contracts to these worthwhile players in the past two years. Once other teams tempt them with big contracts, these people are likely to leave .

And Totoro doesn't want to lose these powerful helpers, so what can he do?Once the money is not enough, the only way Totoro can think of is to attract them by honor and championship.

This year they have to reach the Finals, no matter how bad they are, they will also reach the Western Conference Finals, so that these players can see that they have a great hope of winning the championship if they stay in the Rockets. Maybe he would sacrifice his money for honor, this is the only way he can think of now.

And the most critical game is the first game at the Spurs' home court. Needless to say, the Spurs will definitely try their best to win, because not only will they hold three match points, but they will also have a psychological advantage. , there is a team in history that succeeded in winning four games in a row after losing two games in a row. The finals between the Heat and the Mavericks in 05 was such a magical series. But throughout the century-old history of the NBA, there has never been such a team. It is too difficult for the team to come back from a 0:3 deficit, and besides, a capable person will not be beaten 0:3 at all.

The game immediately after the Rockets is the peak contest between the Cavaliers and the Magic. The Cavaliers have been at home for a while, and this time they don’t want to lose anyway, especially after James still lost in the first game After the ball, he has already boasted to the media, and if he loses in the second game, his face will be a little shameless.

And the league doesn't want James' Cavaliers to be out. In today's league, the players with the most fans in the world and the greatest appeal are James and Kobe. They happen to be one in the east and the other in the west. The NBA is a place that always needs a theme. Yellow The theme of the green war was used last year. David Stern really wants to stage a battle of inheritance between No. 23 and No. 24 in the finals. I believe that the ratings of the NBA will explode at that time.

But last year the Cavaliers were ruined by a group of old men. This year, Warcraft brought magic to hinder the Cavaliers. David Stern saw that the situation of one of his "godsons" was not going well. He used his trump card and dispatched James' Cavaliers Guards to enforce the game.

Howard memorized his fouls in the third quarter before the first quarter. No one can know the depression of Warcraft. When he pushes others, he dribbles the ball and hits others. When others push him down, he blocks fouls. If there is physical contact with the opponent, the whistle will definitely sound, and the angry monster will raise its fist and smash the referee's face.

In order to achieve their own goals, the league has already given up on the B-face. The Magic also fell behind by 15 points under the league's targeting. Seeing that the Magic is about to lose just after the first quarter, Rashad, the billionaire Mr. Lewis stood up again.

The power forward who claims to be the most accurate three-pointer in the active league really doesn't exist. His age and not tough style of play make him invisible on the defensive end, soy sauce on the offensive end, which is the defensive end dominance of the peak Warcraft It's too perverted, and he can often help him check for gaps and make up for the gaps in addition to taking care of the one in front of him, otherwise the Magic's inside considerations would have been sifted by other teams.

This time he took the lead to shield him from the wind and rain, but Lewis, who had been taken care of all the time, made a big splash. NBA referees are also skilled if they want to target some teams. At most, he can only make some fuss about physical contact, which just fulfills this insider who is the most accurate three-pointer.

Anyway, his way of scoring is not to fight with people, but to shoot three-pointers by running open positions. Taking advantage of the relaxation time of the Cavaliers and three referees, Rashad Lewis scored 4 three-pointers in 6 minutes. There was also a lucky 3+1, and he scored 19 points in a row to overtake the Cavaliers' lead.

Cavaliers fans don't understand. This guy has always been a softie in the mouth of the mouth. He will definitely perform abnormally at important moments in important games. The entire Cavaliers team and Cavaliers fans have never taken him seriously. Why? So powerful all of a sudden?

In fact, most people don’t know. Rashard Lewis once had such a glorious history for a short period of time. When he was in the Sonics, he was still a player who could be exchanged with Ray Allen. The highest 50 points in his career, the ability to sign a contract of [-] million yuan is of course not easy. No matter how poor his performance is now, others can't let go of their guard against him.

The Celtics were able to block Lewis because of a player named Kevin Garnett in their team, and the Cavaliers are still reusing Varejao and the pianist Gooden who have just entered the league at the power forward position. Garnett, who is estimated to be tied together and not worth half of it, naturally left Lewis with many loopholes on the defensive end.

The Cavaliers saw that this was not the way to go, and the black bread immediately sent James who had just run to the bench again.

There is nothing outstanding about him as the coach of the Cavaliers. The only thing that is great is that he has the little emperor in his hands. There is nothing wrong with leaving James on the court.

And the current James is not a thirty-year-old man in the future. He is 23 or 4 years old and he is in his prime. As long as the signs are not right, it is commonplace to play a whole game. Admire James' stud-like physical strength and unyielding will, if he would certainly not make himself so hard.

Their personal guards saw that the magic was about to rise again, and they started to move again. As soon as the little emperor came on the court, he launched five charges towards the place where Lewis was guarding. Once James broke through for a layup, and Lewis turned around and ran back, but the little emperor insisted on chasing him with the ball and hitting him, and Lewis was inexplicably sentenced to another blocking foul.

The reason for the referee was that Lewis was still moving when the two had physical contact. The big Van Gundy off the court was immediately annoyed when he heard this explanation. Brother, please open your dog eyes to see, my player is backwards Running away, but the little emperor insisted on bumping into him with the ball. He played football instead of basketball. How can we still be sentenced to a foul like this?
And then he really did that. Big Van Gundy walked up to the faces of the three referees, pointed at their noses, and yelled. The amount of spittle was enough for the three referees to wash their faces. Naturally, the three of them would not follow him. To be polite, two malicious fouls sent Van Gundy off the field.

Van Gundy was also decisive. After seeing the referee's gestures, he turned around and left without hesitation. In the eyes of others, he may have lost his mind in anger because his players were treated unfairly on the field. In fact, in the eyes of industry insiders Here, Van Gundy's move is very subtle.

Now that the game has been played, anyone who is not blind can see that the league wants the Cavaliers to win, and the referees have already helped them in this way. The Magic really have no chance in this game.

The judgment made by the referee cannot be changed, and the outcome of the game cannot be reversed. Howard has already committed three fouls, Lewis has committed four fouls, Turkoglu and Nelson have committed two fouls each, even if the three bastards behind are not there Come on, the Magic can't be good today. They have helped the Cavaliers break their own leg and hand.

But the loss in this game seems irreversible, and Van Gundy doesn't care if his team loses today. Originally, their original goal was just to grab a home court for the Cavaliers, but what about the next series?
If they played around like this in a life-and-death game like the Battle of Tianwang Mountain, their magic would really die.

So Van Gundy wants to use himself and the loss of this game to make things big. Gambling has always been a scandal that the NBA can't get rid of. He will put these things on the table and rely on the support of Magic fans and neutral fans. The power puts pressure on the top management of the alliance to see if they really don't want to be shameless.

After Van Gundy left the court, the Magic quickly fell into chaos because of the loss of their commander. Warcraft and Mr. Billion failed to make it to halftime and graduated with 6 fouls. Behind James, it was even more like no one inside the Magic. In less than 3 quarters of the game, Zhan Huang scored a large triple-double of 32 points, 12 assists and 13 rebounds, leading his team to seal the victory in the first three quarters.

It's just that the press conference after the game made him feel a little bit less than the thrill of a big victory after the game.

"Hello, I'm a team reporter from Orlando. May I ask Mr. James, what do you think of the referee in today's game?"

This American reporter was very smart, he didn't directly express his purpose, but let the little emperor express his views by going around the corner.

Can James say that?Why didn't he know that the victory of this game was facilitated by the help of the top management of the league. Facing the three referees who did their best for him, could he still speak ill of them behind their backs?Please, people are here to help me.

But can he talk nonsense with his eyes open?Anyone who watched the game could see the tendency of the game, and the referee's blatantness even embarrassed the Cavaliers' own fans. Can he still praise those referees?This is not about slapping yourself, and at the same time telling the world that you and the top executives of the league are wearing the same pair of pants, and that this game was personally arranged by him.

This question is so difficult to answer, it’s like the age-old problem in China, which one to save first if your wife or mother fell into the water, even if James has been praised as a superb EQ since he first entered the league, he’s confused now .

"Well, I don't think there should be any major problems with the referee's law enforcement in this game." James finally answered after pondering for a while.

"This is a professional league, and they are all professionally trained referees. Each judgment has its own basis. There may be individual misjudgments and omissions in the game, but those are unavoidable things. , every team gets unfair treatment every night."

James laughed as soon as he finished talking about the Magic fans in front of the TV. Is this really an individual misjudgment?
"And there were a few balls they did foul. They touched my body on the defensive end. Basketball is a sport made up of rules. The referee is making calls according to the rules, so I don't think they have any problems."

Well, the Little Emperor has already made it very clear. Touching his body is considered a foul, and other teams that are playing against the Cavaliers should not play.

(End of this chapter)