After the third game between the Cavaliers and the Pacers, the basketball online media in the United States and China exploded.

Because the referee's control and bias behavior in this game are indeed a bit too obvious, Li Liang's two fouls in the first quarter and three fouls in the second quarter after playing for a while are not the treatment of an MVP-level star in the league.

Moreover, this game also specially arranged Li Liang's least favorite referee, the bald Crawford.

In a press conference after the game, Bird pointed out that the referee's decision in this game was unfair.

Bird had to pay a little price for his remarks, as little as tens of thousands, and more than a hundred thousand dollars in fines could not be avoided.

Li Liang, who has always been a big mouth, didn't say anything after the game, only said, "I've already put my energy into the next game." ”

Will Li Liang be convinced? Of course he was not convinced.

He just doesn't want to be fined, although it doesn't have much money for him, but the person in charge of the money at home will feel distressed.

Don't be scolded then, it's miserable.

From the perspective of public opinion, everyone can see that this is indeed too knightly.

If you analyze whistle by whistle, basically every blow will not be a problem.

NBA referees are not stupid enough to blow a foul on a ball that is clearly not a foul, or a ball that is clearly a foul is not whistled for a foul.

But Crawford and the others are both experienced and know which blows are available in the game.

For example, some small actions when hitting people with the ball, moving covers, one-on-one defense, and so on.

On these balls, the Pacers suffer losses, and the Cavaliers will benefit relatively.

There is also the key decision to make at some key points.

For example, seeing that the Pacers are about to chase the score, pinch the scale of the blowing penalty on the court a little tighter, give the Pacers an offensive foul, and go back to find a foul from the Cavaliers to give the Pacers.

On the surface, both sides have fouled, but the problem is that the Pacers are the side chasing points, and the momentum is about to rise, and as a result, the strength of the counterattack has been unloaded back and forth, and the Cavaliers have adjusted and can better deal with the defense.

The most hateful thing is, of course, to target Li Liang in terms of punishment.

As the absolute core of the Pacers, he is completely two teams when he is not on the court.

In the third game, Li Liang spent half of the first half sitting off the court, causing the Pacers to fall behind early and fall into a disadvantageous situation.

In the third quarter, Li Liang was about to chase the score, and the referee grabbed the penalty scale on the field and blew the game to pieces.

This is very disadvantageous for the side chasing points.

When it comes to the fourth quarter, the fourth and fifth fouls are blown in a row, and another technical foul is added.

almost blew Li Liang off the field and asked him to go back to the locker room to take a shower.

For a while, the forum was full of excitement, especially Chinese fans, pointing out that the league didn't want to face for the sake of ratings.

Indeed, since Xiao Hua came to power, there was not much suspense in last year's playoffs.

Except for the Clippers playing the Spurs in the West, there is no-for-tat matchup.

Not to mention the East, it's just to watch James perform anyway.

When it came to the finals, the Clippers beat the Heat with a fat beating.

The number of games and ratings throughout the playoffs are not very good.

This year, Xiao Hua saw that the Pacers were about to easily enter the finals again, and the Cavaliers were a little overwhelmed.

If there is a 3:0, the ratings of the entire Eastern Conference Finals will basically pull the hips, and the game pills behind.

As for the West, the Warriors won two games in a row after losing the first game, and the fourth game is about to start, which is a little reassuring.

The Spurs have always been a "ratings poison", and the old faces have entered the Western Conference finals year after year, and if they enter the finals again, the ratings will definitely be even more unwatchable.

After all, the NBA is a business league, and everything is on par with capital, ratings, and advertising costs.

Gimmicks, fierce battles, reversals, and blood, none of these necessary competitive elements can be missing, and young people will like them.

Now because of Li Liang's existence, it feels like the playoffs are a bit flat and unsightly, and the league is certainly not happy.

If Li Liang is an American, then there is no doubt that he will be well-liked by the alliance and become the new generation of "The choesen one." ”

As a result, he was a foreigner, still a Chinese, unruly, and running around.

Not to mention, he signed under Under Armour Sporting Goods.

If Li Liang is allowed to enter the finals again and meet the Warriors, it will be an Under Armour two-star matchup, which makes the Nike basketball and sporting goods boss have a face?

Of course, it is impossible for Nike to directly appoint James to enter the finals, but behind the scenes, Li Liang has to face more difficulties than in the past.

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On May 24, Eastern time, the Rapid Loan Center in Cleveland, where Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals will be played.

After a day of adjustment, the two teams started the battle again.

The aftermath of the third game did not subside until the start of this game.

Bird was fined for inappropriate remarks after the game, and the not-so-silent Pacers owner Herbert Simon made a rare step forward and claimed that the league had unfair treatment of the Pacers in Game 3.

Unlike fan-owners like Cuban, Pacers owner Herbert Simon bought the Pacers with his brother as a purely investment, and they don't know much about and are interested in basketball.

After buying the team in the 80s, they handed over the management of the team to professional managers and went on to their own other businesses.

The team has been doing well for many years, and although it has not won the championship, it has always been among the strongest teams in the league.

After Li Liang's arrival, the Pacers' market value and turnover have increased significantly, and now that they have the hope of entering the finals, the boss will of course come out and shout twice.

It's about putting pressure on the league, and it's better not to have a debalance-shattering impact on the game.

The result of the third game had a very big impact on the whole situation.

If the Pacers win, the Cavaliers are out of the game after falling behind 0-3.

The Cavaliers' win greatly turned the series around and gave the Cavaliers a psychological advantage before Game 4 began.

Because once the knight wins the fourth game, the trend of the series is in the hands of the knight, and it is postponed to the fifth game of Tianwang Mountain, and it is unknown who will die.

In the history of the NBA, there are not a few teams that lead 2:0 at home and are overturned by their opponents in a few consecutive games.

Therefore, the battle of public opinion before and after the game has become a bargaining chip that determines the outcome of the game.

Li Liang, as a notoriously big mouth, is rarely tight-lipped and puts all his energy into the game.

At seven o'clock in the evening Eastern time, the Quicken Loan Center, the fans were already packed to the stadium.

The Cavaliers wore a yellow home jersey tonight, and the Pacers wore a navy blue away striped jersey.

Before the start of the game, the TV camera kept showing Li Liang and James, both of whom had serious faces.

For James, this is the one that will decide the trend of the series, and if he wins, he has a good chance of turning the tables.

Defeating Bruce Lee has become an obsession in James' heart, and he will go all out in this game.

But Li Liang's thinking is different from James's.

He wasn't thinking about this game, he was thinking about the task he had done last night.

In order to further improve his [basic shooting], he entered the system again, and only to meet the old white man again.

Li Liang has always felt very strange why he was not assigned a game task in the [Basic Shooting] task, but kept following this old man for strange training.

After the Eastern Conference semifinals, he continued to follow the old man for shooting practice.

This time, the content is even more unique, allowing Li Liang to practice yoga, Chinese kung fu, boxing and high jump.

It wasn't until the night before Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals that the training came to an end and ended.

Li Liang's basic shooting has increased from 80 to 85 points, and the improvement value is still not high.

However, after the training task was completed, the old man told Li Liang, "I hope you can continue this kind of training in reality." ”

And most importantly, Li Liang also got a prop of [Mid-range Shooting Rate Improvement Sticker (A)].

Li Liang always felt that the system was so perfunctory to give him this prop, so that he could spend more anger points to buy it at the exchange center.

That's right, it must be like this.