(One hundred and forty-eight) the dignity of athletes
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Usually a tall center forward in his playing years will work hard to become the team's starter, or even the core, but Purzbilla saw his position early on. He has a flat arm span, average athleticism, and a bit of a slow movement, making it difficult for even weak teams to secure him a place in the main force. After his four-year rookie contract was executed, only a handful of teams interested in him, including the Raptors, and only the Trail Blazers made an offer, and their offer was a measly $3.35 million over two years (this is a real signing in history).
Just as Purzbilla was about to sign the contract, the parent team Hawks approached him excitedly, saying that the championship Rockets were willing to complete a deal with the Hawks, including a two-year, 4 million sign-and-trade deal for Pullsbilla.
It's like pie in the sky for him. Not to mention earning an extra salary, the business opportunities of the new No. 1 Rockets are also much better than those of the Trail Blazers. What's more, it's better to bench a league superstar like Yao Ming than to be in the Trail Blazers' fiercely competitive slot. The Trail Blazers' starting center Ratliffe is 31 years old and also has rising star Zach in the rotation. Randolph and Ha Seung-jin, a South Korean center who was newly drafted. Staying up in the Trail Blazers is perhaps harder than in the Rockets. Sure enough, Purzbilla quickly won the trust of Tang Shuai with his solid style of play and hard-working attitude, defeating Vallejo and Daba to become the first substitute for the No. 5 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 committed another foul. At this point, he only played 12 minutes and got 6+3. Purzbila had no choice but to put on the fray again.
Yao Ming sat down on the bench angrily and slapped his thigh a few times. He hated himself for being careless, and he hated the referee for staring at him too harshly.
The strong point of the rocket's interior line is gone, and now it's the Mavericks' turn to make a move. Van Horn drew 2 of 2 free throws from Dazhi, and Nowitzki hit a layup. The Mavericks immediately pulled the margin back to double digits. Purzbila really couldn't resist the onslaught of his opponent.
Maddie also wanted to help his teammates fill in the position, but the Mavericks' outside pitcher had a good hand today. Finley, in particular, has hit three three-pointers. Maddie was too weak to let go of Finley to help defend.
All he can do is take advantage of every opportunity to attack!
Maddy received a pass from Billups and hit a dry jump shot for two points, Maddy forced a breakthrough layup to make a foul on Stackhouse, and Maddy hit a back-to-back turnaround jumper. The core of the rocket suddenly turned on the scoring champion mode, scoring points in a row when the team was in difficulty.
Billups scored on a layup to narrow the gap to six points.
Finley assisted on Terry's three-pointer and Maddie didn't hesitate to pull up a jumper.
The Mavericks' final offense came to Novitzki, who made Bosh's third foul and made two of two free throws. The Rockets didn't have enough time left to complete an offense, and Jefferson threw it and the ball missed.
At 58:49, the Mavericks ended the first half with a nine-point lead. Daniels and Howard on the Mavericks had three fouls, and Yao Mingbosh and Wang Zhizhi on the Rockets also had three fouls each.
When entering the locker room, several interior players looked angry, even Yao Ming, who has always been mild-mannered, threw the towel on the ground hard, and the young and vigorous Bosh kept cursing in his mouth. Purzbila also thought about it in pieces, sat down and gasped, he played more time in the first half than Yao Ming.
Tang Shuai knows 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 referee scale, and I am also dissatisfied. ā
"Today's home game made me feel worse than the away game!" Bosh said unrelentingly.
"What's the use of moving your mouth? The only effect is to incur a penalty from the league after the game. Tang Shuai said.
Bosh stopped talking, he was still on a rookie contract, the salary was not high, and it would be a headache to pay the fine.
"Misjudgments are part of the game. We can't dictate the referees, we can only do our best. Tomjanovic said: "The league's tolerance for black whistles is also limited, and they don't dare to risk the world's condemnation and let the referee bully us too much." So we just have to play our own ball, as usual. ā
The players began to calm down and nodded their heads repeatedly.
"Win or lose in the end, there is no need to complain about anyone, no need to blame anyone today. The only thing that needs to be done well is to play well! Tang Shuai is elegant, but he has another heroic temperament: "If you think they are black whistles, show the dignity and ambition of the athletes to the black whistles!" ā
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Tim. Donassie is used to being stared at with hatred by the players when they do it. But when the Rockets players re-entered, he began to get used to it.
The guys didn't even look at the referee, as if they weren't there. It was as if all they had in their eyes was a basketball.
What kind of monsters are these? Donasi even felt a little admiration, the land of Houston has really raised a group of good players.
The whistle continued, and the boos from the crowd on the sidelines continued, but all three referees on duty noticed that the dissatisfaction and resentment in the players' eyes were gone, replaced by a high level of focus on the game. It wasn't until Yao Ming got his fifth foul and when Bosh left the court for six fouls that the Rockets players occasionally showed a hint of contempt.
When Bosh came off the court, he and his teammates high-fived, not like being sent off, but like a hero's return.
Until the last 2 minutes when trailing by 9 points, the Rockets players still did not give up. Billups made 2 free throws for a foul, Yao Ming made 2 free throws for a foul, and Maddie hit another three-pointer. In the last 20 seconds, the difference had become a low-hanging fruit.
There wasn't enough time left, and the Rockets were forced to a tactical foul, and Stackhouse made 2 of 2 free throws to provide a four-point difference.
Maddy's key three-point shot missed, and Yao Ming grabbed the rebound in the front court, only 2 points short. But time was running out of game, and the Rockets had run out of timeouts.
At 106:104, the Houstonians finally stood and finished the battle with dignity.
The Mavericks, who escaped death and had palpitations, are still speechless.
"When Billups and Turkoglu started to come out and hit back-to-back three-pointers to close the deficit to three points, I thought it was going to be the end." Terry looked bitter as he spoke.
"Thankfully, the referee blew for a foul on Bosh and sent him off the pitch and we were able to regain the advantage. It's dangerous! Finley also felt scared.
"Yao was still so tough with me when the final defeat was decided and he had 5 fouls. The Rocketeers are ferocious, as if they were the ones who were down 2-0. Dampier paid his respects.
"I won this one, but I don't feel like a winner at all." The upright German king sighed: "It feels like we managed to win by 2 points with the help of the referee, and I'm not sure if we can beat such an opponent under fair conditions." ā
Dallas, it seems, is more of a loser. (To be continued.) )