And after the ball was scored, the referee's whistle also sounded.

It's a 2+1!

There was an uproar at the scene, and many fans hugged their heads in disbelief.

With 30 seconds or so to go, this 2+1 almost kills the game.

D'Antoni was left to shake his head back and forth helplessly on the sidelines.

This ball is all to prevent Tang Tian from throwing the ball in, this is really pure personal ability.

Tang Tian hit a free throw, and the difference was stretched to 6 points again.

D'Antoni reached out for another timeout.

At this time, the Rockets must score, and they can only fight for 3 points.

If you can't, the game is over.

After the pause, the fans at the scene also stood up at this time.

“Let'！ Rockets！ ”

The shouts after they got up were also louder than the decibels, and the Toyota Center echoed with a tidal wave of shouts.

Paul carries the ball to the frontcourt, and the Rockets have a pick-and-roll with the ball.

Harden ran out to catch the ball, but Tang Tian's defense was very fast, and he didn't have a chance to shoot.

He could only get the ball back to Paul.

Paul was quick to flick the ball to Morris in the bottom corner, and there was an opportunity.

Morris catches the ball and Ariza flies to interfere with the ball.

The ball's trajectory is a bit outward.

"Bang dang!"

The ball bounces off the front of the basket.

There is still a gap between the key ball ability of role players and superstars!

Just then, there was a small scene under the basket.

Davis, who had a chance to win the rebound, didn't stretch out his hand, and seeing that Tang Tian was not far from him, he stuck Tucker, who was about to rush to grab the rebound, in one position.

Tang Tian successfully got the defensive rebound.

The fans at the scene sighed, the Rockets missed this offense, and the game was over.

At this moment, something unexpected happened, Paul didn't seem to want to give up, and rushed to Tang Tian to foul.

There was nothing wrong with this choice, but he made a big move, fouled Tang Tian from behind and pulled Tang Tian to the ground.

The players on the Pelicans side reacted and rushed over instantly, and the players on both sides pushed and shoved, and there was chaos on the court.

In the confusion, Paul didn't know who he had elbowed, and the corners of his eyebrows were smashed and bleeding.

The referee calmed down the conflict, and at this time, someone noticed that Tang Tian's expression was painful after being helped up, and it seemed that he should be injured.

The game went into a technical timeout.

Although there was not much suspense in the match, Paul's impulse made the game a lot longer.

Tang Tian sat on the sidelines and asked the team doctor to check his back.

At the end of the technical timeout, the referee awarded a penalty, and Paul received a first-degree malicious foul.

Tang Tian also ended the communication with the team doctor at this time, his expression still looked a little painful, and it seemed that the injury was not light.

"He had back cramps and he needed a week or two of rest."

The team doctor also gave Stevens a preliminary diagnosis.

The lack of damage to the vertebrae and ribs should be considered good news, but muscle spasms are not minor injuries.

In the vernacular, it's the pain that comes after a thousand blows to the back muscles.

Ordinary people with muscle strains can't bend over, let alone spasm.

As the team doctor said, even with NBA-level medical care, you usually need to take a week or two off.

"Don, can you still make free throws?"

Stevens confirmed to Tang Tian that if Tang Tian is unable to play, he needs to go to the technical desk to request a substitution free throw.

Tang Tian nodded and signaled that it was no problem.

I was caught off guard when I was pulled down by Paul, and I was unprepared when I landed on my back, and the moment of injury was very painful, but after sitting for a while, I was better.

The team doctor glanced at Tang Tian in surprise, but didn't say anything.

Tang Tian endured the pain and walked to the court to execute the free throw.

There were four free throws including malicious fouls.

He missed the first penalty.

The moment he made the shot, he felt like his whole back was burning.

However, he gritted his teeth and hit two of his three free throws.

He was substituted by Stevens after the penalty kick and the game ended shortly after.

In the end, the Pelicans defeated the Rockets 104-95 on the road.

On the Rockets' side, Cousins scored a team-high 30 points and 15 boards, Harden had 21 points, 6 boards and 7 assists, Paul had 16 points and 11 assists, and Gordon had 13 points and 3 assists.

On the Pelicans' side, Holiday had 21 points and 5 assists, Davis had 17 points and 7 boards, Jokic had 9 points, 6 boards and 6 assists, and Williams had 9 points.

Tang Tian recorded a quadruple-double of 38 points, 11 boards, 12 assists and 10 steals.

On social media after the game, the discussion about Tang Tian's four doubles continued, but because of the conflict at the end of the game, the four doubles were no longer all the content that was discussed.

"Losing and losing? Paul's final goal was so unethical! ”

Wasn't Paul always like that? Otherwise, how do you think the nickname of the dirty cannon came from? You haven't seen the little moves in his game? ”

"I think these two are different in nature, the small action is because he is short, I don't think it's anything within the rules, but this one is rushing to people!"

"This is the consequence of the change in the penalty scale, that kind of action is the referee blowing a level of malice, if it is Xiao Hua's era, then he will definitely be expelled directly!"

"I also think there is a problem with the referee's decision, Don is the first person in the league, and that ball should be blown to the second level maliciously and expelled!"

"Or Xiao Hua is better, right? To put it bluntly, Tetum is a shadow of Stern, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to fight Xiao Hua in the first place. ”

"You're on a wrong topic, aren't you? I don't think the question now is who will be the president, but how serious Tang's injury is! ”

"This seems to have to wait for the results of the MRI examination the next day, or wait to see if the reporter has any follow-up reports, I hope it's okay, he just cut off four pairs!"

"Pray for Don, nothing else matters!"

……

After being replaced by Stevens, before the game was over, Tang Tian was supported by the team doctor and went back to the locker room first.

He had to undergo an MRI tomorrow, and until then, he did what the team doctor told him to lie down and rest, and to reduce strenuous exercise as much as possible.

He didn't go to the post-game press conference either, Davis and Holiday did.

A reporter was unwilling to come to interview Tang Tian in private, but was also stopped by his teammates on the Pelicans.

At the post-match press conference, reporters also asked about Paul's final foul.

"I can understand that Paul wanted a foul in the last minute to get Don to the free throw line, but his move was really dangerous and I'm sure the league will handle it."

Stevens is quite experienced in dealing with the media.

Moreover, the current alliance is the Tatum era, not the Shaw era, and the freedom of speech of the alliance is still there.

"AD, we found out that you gave up the rebound at the end of the game, do you want to give that rebound to Don?"

In addition to Paul's question of the crime, Tang Tian's four pairs were also the focus of the question, and a question from a local media reporter was somewhat special.

"yes, I didn't know Don had a quadruple-double, we weren't sure of the win yet, my attention was on the game, my impression of Don's stats was two minutes ago, but when that rebound came in, we already secured the win, so I thought I had to do that."

Davis's honesty amused all the reporters in the audience.

Originally, Paul's evil crime and Tang Tian's injury made the atmosphere of the press conference a little dull, but this answer made the atmosphere relaxed.