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He took over the Mavericks in 2000, when the Mavericks were a 40-win team that hadn't made the playoffs. Cuban improved by 13 wins in his first full season, and the last time the Mavericks won 53 was in 1988.

57 wins in the second year and 60 wins in the third year, tied with the Spurs for the first record in the West!

Since then, Cuban has been a bit of an ego-aggrandizer, mistakenly believing that as long as he genuinely loves basketball and is willing to spend money, the team will win championships quickly. But basketball has its own rules, it is not okay not to be willing to pay, but it may not be possible to be willing to pay money.

The 03-04 season gave Cuban a heavy slap in the face, winning 52 and losing in the first round to the old rival Kings. Cuban is finally starting to understand: Oh, it turns out that it is not okay to bring in a bunch of high-paid players indiscriminately. It is necessary to operate in a disciplined and conceptual manner. Then he made a decision that he regretted for half his life, letting go of veteran Nash to build a championship team around Nowitzki. As a result, the Mavericks did improve to 58 wins, but the Suns, who got Nash, became a 62-win team, the league leader.

Cuban was very unhappy, but the unhappiness of the regular season could pass. He could barely console himself by saying that the playoffs were the real thing. But now in the playoffs, the home team has lost 2 in a row, and the Mavericks will go to the Toyota Center to play 2 away games. This situation can no longer be described as dangerous, it is simply tragic.

Cuban finally couldn't hold back his unhappiness, and he said in an interview with the media: The Rockets were taken care of by the referees, and the Rockets interior players had a lot of moving cover fouls and didn't get the blows they deserved.

As usual, blatant criticism of the referee is punishable by a fine. But this time, Stern also turned a blind eye and let Kuban go.

The reason is simple, the stakes are at stake. The two series of the Spurs and Suns were clearly strong and weak, and they didn't look at it at all; The King has just sold Webb, and the supersonic is a dark horse again, and the two teams are not star-skilled; The teams in the east are weaker and cannot be compared with the west; Only the Rockets Mavericks have this battle, the Rockets have a CTM trio, and the Mavericks have the second largest total salary in the league (the first was mentioned in the opening chapter before, the Knicks), and the first-round encounter between these two teams is to support the ratings guarantee of the façade!

But now? The Rockets lead 2-0 on the road, and if the suspense is lost early in this series, where will the ratings start? Stern is secretly determined to make a stumbling block, increase suspense and increase ratings.

Tim. Donasee was one of four referees in Game 3 of the Fire Bulls on April 28, and he checked into the league-arranged hotel as usual, and as before each game, several referees on duty were scheduled to meet with league officials in a private room in the hotel. Normally, Coalition officials would say some routine nonsense like impartial law enforcement in such private meetings, but today the battle seems to be a little bigger. Stern's right-hand man, Alliance Vice President Stu. Jackson himself came to the private room, which made Donasee feel invisible pressure.

Soon, Scott. Foster, Jesse. Kathy and Bernie. Foyer (three referees and one backup referee) were all present in the makeshift room. Stu. Jackson cleared his throat and said: "During this time, the league is a little dissatisfied with the blowing penalty in this series, because the previous two games of the Rockets had more illegal cover and did not get the correct blow, which led to some controversy in the process of the game......"

The rest of the nonsense doesn't have to be listened to anymore, the four old fritters understand that the league wants the Mavericks to win.

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Although he did something in secret, the league's intervention was limited, and he would never tell the Mavericks "you want to win today", right? So Nowitzki and others are still quite worried, if they lose this game, they will fall behind 0-3, and there is really no hope.

In this case, the Mavericks still showed all their strength, and Dampier came up to jump the ball and fought over Yao Ming.

"This toss is too low!" Yao Ming was furious, he didn't understand how the referee could make such throws that were not in his favor again and again. As soon as Yao Ming stretched out his arm, the ball began to fall.

The Foster referee in charge of jumping the ball glared at Yao Ming, and Yao Ming would have suffered a technical foul if he dared to talk more.

The Mavericks didn't dare to let up at all, and while Yao Ming was a little slow to settle down, Howard broke through to Nowitzki, who hit a jumper to open.

The Rockets' first offense went to Billups, and he missed his mid-range shot. The whistle blew, and Chauncey thought he had blown a defensive foul on Terry and happily wanted to go to the free throw. As a result, I looked at the referee's gesture and blew Bosh's rebounding foul!

Terry held the ball, and Howard, who made a wonderful pass, made a layup, 4:0.

Yao Ming hit hard, but after he opened Dampier, he ate a big hat from Terry who made up for it! Yao Ming almost wanted to scold his mother, Dampier kept dragging his jersey underneath, otherwise how could he be blocked by Terry, who is only 188cm tall? Fortunately, Billups grabbed the missed ball, and he took advantage of the chaos to give Maddy a jumper.

Terry was unrelenting, dribbling past Billups and hitting a three-pointer to make it 7-2.

Donasi was secretly pleasantly surprised, and the Mavericks players were fighting with momentum today. If the fight continues like this, it is estimated that the referee will not need to help the Mavericks to solve the battle by themselves. After all, the role of the black whistle is also limited, and whether you can win or not depends on the players themselves. Donasi is also a person with a slight conscience, and he doesn't want to go too far.

Of course, a team as resilient and capable as the Rockets will never be disarmed easily. Maddie made a precise wide-range move from the left wing 45 degrees to Jefferson in the bottom right corner. Jefferson jumped to shoot a three-pointer, but Howard pounced on it, fouled, and made three free throws!

Jefferson made two of three free throws to cut the deficit to three points.

Nowitzki and Dampier coordinated with an inside pass, and Dampier made a strong dunk under the basket. Yao Ming was helpless about this.

Terry suddenly stepped forward to make a tough bag that forced Maddie to miss. Terry broke the ball and went straight to the basket, and was blocked by Billups and distributed to Finley on the outside, who hit a three-point shot, 12:4!

Yao Ming helped Maddie build the wall, and at this time, Donasi clearly remembered the league's instructions and decisively blew a covering foul. The decision drew boos from the Houston home crowd.

Dampier pretended to single Yao Ming, and gave the ball to Nowitzki at the free throw line, and the king of heaven held high and hit a jumper. The difference has widened to 10 points!

"Damn!" The rocket soldiers have a feeling of being tied up in their hands and feet, and they always feel that they can't exert their strength.

Bosh also returned the Mavericks' ball, and he faked a jumper to pass Yao Ming's basket to the basket and dunked it.

But Nowitzki immediately drew a foul on Bosh with a driving layup and made 2 of 2 free throws. Tang Shuai immediately made a decision and replaced Bosh who committed 2 crimes to protect him.

As soon as Wang Zhizhi came on the court, the pressure on Yao Ming's defense was even greater. Dazhi is much worse than Bosh in terms of helping to defend and protect the basket, and Yao Ming must sit under the basket and be ready to help his interior partner fill the hole. Sure enough, Van Horn, who had just come on as a substitute, broke through Dazhi's defense, Yao Ming pounced to fill the position, and Casey blew the whistle decisively and fouled!

Van Horn made both free throws. Yao Ming was also rested due to two substitutions.

What the referees didn't expect was that Yao Ming's departure would instead inspire Maddie and Billups to fight. Others, you and me, one by one, continue to succeed in singles, killing the calves and turning them over. At the end of the first quarter, Maddie got 8+3+3, Billups also had 9+2+3, and with the efforts of the two outside cores, the Rockets chased the score to 34:27. (To be continued.) )