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Chapter 252
"Defensive team of the season, ref!" - USA TODAY.

"Black whistle? Gambling? Racism? What happened to the Rockets in Los Angeles?" - "Houston Times"

"A fatal mistake, the referee became the winner of the game, and it was the same from beginning to end." - "Cleveland Real News"

"We should face the Rockets correctly. The Lakers' inside line is not the team's advantage! How to limit the Chinese army to become a Zen master is the biggest difficulty!" - "Los Angeles Sports News"

"The league should give an official explanation, and he still owes Totoro and the Rockets an apology!" - "ESPN"

It can be seen that when the game ended, all the American media exploded, no matter whether they were trying to gain popularity, maintaining justice, or defending the home team, but it is undeniable that this After they fermented this incident again, the heat of the topic has risen to a new level. Now not only the United States, but even the European country on the other half of the world have also called to express their interest in the follow-up of this incident.

However, this time the league also did something unexpected. Just after the game ended, the league headquarters in New York issued an announcement stating that the three referees in this game were indeed suspected of gambling. They were temporarily removed from their duties as referees, and even asked the FBI to send people to investigate this matter, and then sentencing the three referees after the results of the matter came out.

This resolute behavior frightened a group of people who were ready to watch the excitement. You must know that according to the past behavior of the alliance, it is to investigate after an accident, and then it will take at least one day before it will be out. An official ambiguity report, and then we have to wait at least a month to determine the nature of the matter. Where will we directly declare that it is our problem like this time?The alliance and they are also people who want to save face, okay?

And judging from the speed of the investigation, it seems that the alliance started to act as soon as something went wrong in the game. Otherwise, how could it be possible to collect criminal evidence so quickly?
"Here, I would like to express my regret for what happened to the Rockets. Such things will inevitably happen in the basketball arena. At the same time, our league also has an unshirkable responsibility for poor supervision."

Xiao Hua said with a serious face wearing glasses.

"But what I want to solemnly declare here is that there is absolutely no phenomenon of manipulating the game among the top management of the league. We will never indicate that the referee makes a judgment that is subjectively unfavorable to a certain team at certain moments. This is a fair and just decision." In the open league, the players are the protagonists on the field. These three referees are in the same situation as Donaghy, the referee who enforced the game between the Kings and the Lakers in 02. Their actions are all blinded by personal interests. , rather than listening to anyone's orders, they ended up in jail, it can only be said that they have brought the blame on themselves, and it has nothing to do with other people or organizations."

Xiao Hua clarified at the press conference in a serious manner, although those who can believe his words must be fools, and he himself has a little meaning that there is no silver 300 taels here, but just like what Xiao Hua said in the first sentence , the game has already been played, and the established facts have been created, what else can you change?I can only express my regret here hypocritically. There has never been a rematch in the NBA. There are too many uncertain factors, and a rematch will not be a completely fair method. However, the NBA is not without rematch due to misjudgments by referees. A precedent, just last season, in the last 52 seconds of the game between the Heat and the Eagles, due to the referee's misjudgment, other people's fouls were recorded on O'Neal, resulting in O'Neal being expelled for 5 fouls, and finally the Heat also lost. After the game, the Heat filed a complaint with the league after the game, and finally the league ruled that the two sides replayed the last 52 seconds.

But this situation is different. First of all, it is the playoffs now, and there are too many misjudgments in this game. If there is a rematch, I am afraid that it will have to start from the first quarter. Go to Los Angeles to play one more away game.

"Well, I saw this news, I will play in the sixth game, and I have not been suspended by the league, and the fans at the Dragonborn Cave Arena bought tickets to watch me play, why didn't I play Contest?"

As soon as the announcement from the league came out, some media came over to ask how Totoro felt, because according to an informant's report, Chinchilla seemed to have threatened the referee not to play or something before being sent off in Game [-].

"I don't remember ever saying that."

After hearing this question, Totoro of course denied it, "Maybe I have expressed this meaning, but I would never tell the referee in such a straightforward language. Besides, I was very angry at that time, do you understand what I mean? It was an away game, and those fans kept booing me, and you were already in an irritable mood, but when you meet a referee involved in gambling, you can imagine how bad your mood is."

"Maybe I was too emotional at the time and said the wrong thing, but I never thought of a strike, man, come on, I'm a professional NBA player."

Totoro defended himself, he was indeed too impulsive during the game, but after the game calmed down, Totoro immediately felt that his words were a bit too much, if some lip language expert read out his words, then the alliance Seriously, it wouldn't be good to suspend himself for ten games or eight games. He also wanted to go to the finals to feel the atmosphere, and touch the floor over there by the way.

"A rematch? It doesn't exist. Our team doesn't need to play an extra game against the Lakers. So far in the playoffs, the gap between our team and them is clear. As long as five players don't play against eight players, it's impossible for them Beat us on the road, and we'll be there to advance to the Finals."

When asked about the follow-up results of the appeal, Totoro said very confidently that we don't need the help of the league, as long as they don't make trouble for themselves, they will be able to enter the finals on their own.

These remarks made Howard in the East burst into tears. He also wanted to be as bold as the Rockets, but the hard power of the team did not allow him to do that. The Magic did play a good game in the fourth game , but if it weren't for the help of the referee's whistle in the third game, they might have packed up and went home by now.

The fifth fierce battle between the Celtics and the Magic began. The starting lineups of both sides did not change. They turned over and over again. These are the players who can play. In the first four games, both sides have almost got the bottom line , The game is played for this sake, the fight is how the player's individual performance is.

However, today at the Amway Arena, the fate of the Magic seems to be getting worse again. It is strange to say that the basket in this home arena is like going against the Magic in this round of the series. As for how the Celtics shot, even Rondo, whose three-point ability was about to catch up with the center, scored two three-pointers in the first quarter, which made Van Gundy's eyes shattered all over the place.

Howard can still shine in this game. Since the third game played confidently, Perkins and Davis alone are actually unable to guard against this beast that broke through the cage, but the problem is that the two big fat men defended Can’t stop, but it’s still possible to cause damage to Howard. In the first quarter, Happy Beast stood on the free throw line 12 times before making two poor free throws. The eye-catching post-up singles in the away game are gone, and the blunt hook seems to make people see a normal Howard again. Warcraft only relied on the free throw line to score two poor points in the first quarter. No income.

On the Celtics side, Garnett made 4 of 4 shots, Pierce made 5 of 4 shots, Ray Allen made 5 of 3 shots, Rondo made 4 of 2 shots, and the Celtics made 18 of 13 shots in the first quarter. The team scored 34 points in the first quarter and entered the second quarter with a 20-point lead.

Poor Magic fans, no one can understand their inner despair at the moment. Originally, they had no hope for the team. Fans who were so disappointed to the extreme tore up or lost their tickets, but who would have thought that the Magic would actually It can really bring the game back to Orlando, and in the case of a 2-2 tie with a big score, those fans have rekindled their hopes. The fans who tore it up used their ID cards again to buy another one, but who knows that after a lot of trouble, it was still a waste of money, and his magic was beaten by the Celtics in one quarter. it took.

I want to remember the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals. They retired after the third quarter. In the second game of the Eastern Conference Finals, they retired after the second quarter. Now this law has come into effect. Now they are the first It's time to leave at the end of the festival.

I hate those guys who don't live up to expectations. If I just let myself lie there like a salted fish, it's fine. There's nothing more sad than heartbreak. Anyway, it doesn't matter if people are numb, but they kill their fans first. Isn't it fun to save yourself again and kill yourself now?Are these bastards playing with them, hey!
After the game, there is no future. Howard’s bold words after the end of the fourth game have now become the things that fans beat him in the face. Warcraft was upset, but Howard was still the winner at that time, so no one dared to say anything about him, but at this moment, he will succeed in replacing Van Gundy after the game and become the primary target of criticism from fans and the media. In this regard, Da Fan The bald man was still silently grateful to Warcraft. Could it be that the core of his family was to stage an NBA version of Wei Wei and Zhao Zhao for him?

In the second and third quarters, the Celtics maintained a steady gap of about 20 points. Everyone in the Magic saw that the general trend was over. Van Gundy also replaced all the starters and announced the loss of the game. From the perspective of the playoffs, no matter which group of matchups, the strength gap between the teams on the books is too great. There is no need to say anything in the East. The healthy Big Three have almost no natural enemies in the Eastern Division. No matter how many times the Cavaliers play Trade reinforcements, the team will always be LeBron James' team alone, and the Magic is generally in such a situation, a hero is hard to beat with four hands, no matter how defiant their personal ability is, it is impossible for them to fight together as a team The three old guys.

In the west, the Rockets rose suddenly, and then they left all other teams behind. No matter whether it is the old Spurs Lakers or the young Trail Blazers Hornets, they can't beat the Rockets. People see a new possibility for player development, a strong man who is close to seven feet can actually play like a shooting guard, he is very similar to Durant in size, but Totoro is dribbling and shooting , Breakthrough inside, and kills are all four or five levels better than Durant, who entered the league a year earlier. Many coaches wonder how such players should defend?Although Garnett used to dribble as well as some defenders, you must know that the Wolf King has no three-point ability. He made 632 of 174 three-pointers in the regular season in his career, and his shooting percentage was 27.5%. He made 55 of 15 shots, and his hit rate was 27.3%. When you defend the Wolf King, you can also put him outside. This is different from Totoro, the new champion of the three-point shooting contest.

He seems to be able to play in all five positions, but he can't be defended by players in any of the five positions. Is this kind of player really unsolvable in the future?

However, it is precisely because the gap between the East and the West is so large that the referees are crazily dominating the game this year. 4 swept, which neutral fan would like to watch this kind of ball?Anyway, after waking up, it will be a big victory, who has the time to pay attention to this process.

The Magic finally lost the game 82 to 105. Garnett scored 23 points and 13 rebounds in the game, Pierce 25 points, Ray Allen 29 points, and the Big Three combined scored 77 points, 25 rebounds, 22 assists, 5 blocks and 6 steals. In contrast, Howard, who was originally brilliant, was out of shape in this game. Under the double-team tactics instructed by Reeves, he only made 23 of 6 shots, contributed 16 points, 13 rebounds, 3 blocks and 7 turnovers , After the game, World of Warcraft fled the arena like a fire at home. Even the press conference after the game, Howard did not attend due to physical discomfort.

These NBA reporters will not let go of World of Warcraft like they let go of Kobe. Kobe is respected, and there is really nothing bad about basketball, but they came here today to watch the jokes of World of Warcraft. Now they are the best The news materials have slipped away, can these reporters let it go?Let him run away and eat by himself?

After appealing to the alliance, Warcraft will receive a fine check ranging from 1 to 5 US dollars. However, this is not a big problem for the wealthy Warcraft, after all, he has 8 illegitimate children. Strong man.

(End of this chapter)