Bald referee Joe Crawford, who has been enforcing law in the NBA for nearly 30 years, his family is a referee, his father and brother are MLB (Major League Baseball) referees, and he has always been known for his "unforgiving mouth".

Back in the 2003 playoffs, Crawford whistled four technical fouls in 10 minutes to eject Mavericks coach Don Nelson, who was ejected for not following Crawford's orders, and then Crawford ejected Mavericks assistant coach Harris.

In the refereeing world, he has absolute authority and status, and even Popovich, who has always been unkind to referees, has to concede three points.

Now, Sun Zhuo has successfully made Crawford disgusted with Duncan, with Crawford's temper, he should not be able to spare Duncan on the court, but this is not enough for Crawford to do something "lose the judgement that the referee should have", the referee will not only blow the Spurs, but also blow magic, Sun Zhuo wants to make Crawford feel the difference in his attitude.

Sun Zhuo walked to the players' box, gathered the whole team, and said: "Listen, guys, let's not fight against the referee today, the referee will be the best sixth man on our team, even if he blows us an unfair foul, we will accept it silently, you believe me, I will not let you play this game aggrieved." ”

Ariza, Danny Granger and the others just nodded silently, not knowing what was happening, but Howard and Turkoglu knew, Howard smiled and thought to himself: "Sun is really interesting, he really wants the referee to eject the opponent from the game, I want to see what he does." ”

Howard understands why Sun Zhuo doesn't let the Magic players fight against the referee, because in this way, the referee will feel that the Magic are gentler, and the Spurs are more irritable, everything is set off, and the referee will naturally have more disgust with the Spurs players.

The game started soon, Sun Zhuo has long liked to use European steps in the face of Duncan, and last season's playoffs used this trick to make Duncan suffer a lot.

The European step layup is very easy to be mistaken and whistled for walking violations, and McHale, who later served as the head coach of the Rockets, once commented on the European step layups of Ginobili and James Harden: "I think these guys are walking, and when I saw them do this, I thought to myself, they must have walked, but I watched the slow-motion replay and found that it wasn't." ”

Sun Zhuo's European step layup did not walk, but he was blown by the referee for walking, Spurs Popovich and Duncan both saw it, they have also seen Sun Zhuo's many European step performances, just now this European step layup is exactly the same as the one used before, he has not been blown for walking before, but today he was blown away.

"Sun must be very unhappy in his heart." Popovich said secretly.

Generally speaking, when a player encounters an unfair blow, he must complain to the referee a few times, and the more you don't say anything, the more the referee will continue to blow like this, which is why even a coach of Popovich's status and character will always yell at the referee on the sidelines, because they want to put pressure on the referee.

Everyone thought that with Sun Zhuo's personality, he would definitely not endure this unfair blowing punishment, but to everyone's surprise, Sun Zhuo did not jump like thunder, did not complain at all, but calmly walked towards Crawford and said: "The blowing penalty is very accurate, I will pay attention." ”

Tim Duncan was stunned on the spot, is this still Sun Zhuo? Wronged, but silent? Are you afraid of the bald referee or do you really feel like you're walking?

Duncan said to Sun Zhuo with a smile as he walked to the frontcourt: "That bald referee was angry with my words, but he took the fire out of you, haha." ”

Crawford happened to see Duncan's hip-hop expression, although he didn't hear what Duncan was saying, but from Sun Zhuo's eyes, Crawford probably guessed that Duncan's smile was related to himself.

Then, Howard also received a defensive foul, when he blocked the opponent's layup, he was indeed suspected of being a beater, but Howard didn't know it, with a wronged look, he wanted to complain to the referee twice, but when he thought of Sun Zhuo's advice, he still obediently raised his hand to admit his mistake, and that's it.

Ginobili found that the Magic team was different from the past, "Today, these guys on the Magic team are very honest, they know that they are lost, so they don't argue with the referee?" ”

Ginobili also thought that the Magic team gave up the game early, after all, in his opinion, the Magic was definitely not the opponent of the Spurs.

Feng Shui takes turns, Crawford is in a violent mood today, and it is definitely not just one team that suffers, in fact, he has been keeping an eye on the actions of the Spurs, especially Duncan.

After 6 minutes of playing in the first quarter, Sun Zhuo quickly went to the basket, Duncan stood up in advance to create Sun Zhuo's offensive foul, and then Sun Zhuo knocked Duncan down, but the referee blew Duncan to block the foul.

Duncan was not convinced, and no one pulled him to his feet, complaining to Crawford: "Obviously he was fouled." ”

"You're moving." Crawford said, pointing at Duncan.

"Which foot am I moving?" Duncan looked inexplicable, and he was about to blurt out FVCK in the next sentence, Popovich saw this, and directly rotated Duncan off the court, but, like in his previous life, Duncan was still complaining when he got off the court.

Sun Zhuo always paid attention to the bald Crawford's expression, he not only peeked alone, but also poked Howard, "Look at the bald referee's expression." ”

I saw Crawford looking at Duncan's back when he got off the field, his eyes were sharp and his expression was serious, Howard looked at it and smiled: "It's like eating Tim Duncan, haha." ”

"There's a good show to watch next, Dwight, in the next quarter, you often provoke Duncan, do some small actions, and the referee blows for your foul and admits it, if you don't blow it, hehe, Tim Duncan is probably going to complain again." Sun Zhuo knew that his plan was about to come true.

Howard also thinks it's a fun thing to do, is there really a ridiculous thing like being ejected just for laughing? Howard, a playful child, also wants to see something joyful.

In the second quarter, after Duncan came on the court again, Howard was like Sun Zhuo said, often doing some small actions in private to provoke Duncan, these actions were very hidden, and the referee was not easy to notice, but Duncan was also a good temper compared to other players, and he was not too easy to get angry.

But once the Magic attacked, Howard obviously pushed Duncan away first, and then received the ball and scored directly, but the referee did not blow Howard's foul.

Duncan couldn't help but complain to Crawford again: "He pushed someone, he fouled, didn't you see it?" You don't even blow a penalty for such a blatant foul? ”

Not to mention Duncan, even Popovich was angry, stepped forward to reason with the referee, the referee first gave Popovich a technical foul, the assistant coach hurriedly pulled Popovich back, and the other players on the court also grabbed Duncan, so that Duncan did not eat a technical foul.

Soon, Duncan also went to rest again.

Seeing Duncan sitting on the bench and watching Crawford explode at any time, Sun Zhuo knew that it was time to go on stage.

Sun Zhuo found Howard and whispered: "Now we only need to get Duncan to laugh on the bench to get him to receive a technical foul and then be ejected, maybe you will think this is crazy, how can he get a foul on the bench?" As long as you do something with me that makes him laugh out loud, I promise that the next moment will be a miracle. ”

Howard also felt that the game was getting more and more fun, and he was full of strength and didn't feel tired at all, Howard smiled: "Okay, no problem, maybe I can't dunk on top of Tim Duncan's head, but let him laugh, it should be no problem." ”

Howard thinks he's funny, so he does something he thinks is funny, but in fact, it doesn't cause any reaction from Duncan.

"Alas, I really can't take it." Sun Zhuo couldn't help but be depressed, you can't play if you play seriously, if you play happy basketball, you are so bad, then you can't say it.

Helplessly, to make Duncan laugh, Sun Zhuo still has to come by himself, after all, Sun Zhuo and Duncan have fought more times, and they have more connections with each other, and what Sun Zhuo does is more likely to attract Duncan's attention.

The Spurs attacked, Ginobili broke through in a serpentine shape, because there was a body collision, and he was already unstable when he made a layup, and Ginobili finally made a layup and threw the ball out.

I saw Sun Zhuo jump up and grab the basketball with one hand.

The referee blew the whistle and said that the ball was an interference ball violation and the Spurs scored.

"What?" Sun Zhuo did this on purpose, but he pretended to be at a loss and looked at the referee very innocently.

Seeing Sun Zhuo giving the Spurs two points for no reason, and with a confused expression, Duncan couldn't help but laugh on the bench.

Sun Zhuo and Crawford originally looked at each other, and then seemed to be attracted by some sound, turned his head to look at the Spurs player box, and Crawford also followed Sun Zhuo to look at the Spurs player box, just in time to see Duncan's gloating expression.

Crawford was furious, and without saying a word, he stepped forward and gave a technical foul!

“hat？” Now it was Duncan's turn to look confused.

When Howard saw it, he was also surprised to say "wow", there was really someone who was eaten a technical foul just because he was laughing on the bench!

When Howard looked at Sun Zhuo again, he was already full of admiration and worship, and he decided to buy some lottery futures or something from Sun Zhuo.

There's already one technical foul, another technical foul, and it's time for Duncan to leave the game.

Sun Zhuo also looked at Howard and said with some disappointment: "Dwight, you are really not suitable to be teammates with me, it's nothing that you don't play well, but you can't pretend to be forced with me and play happy basketball together, which makes me very disappointed, what I need is a teammate who can play Jiaozuo and happy basketball with me, you can't even make Tim Duncan laugh." ”

After hearing this, Howard felt embarrassed, what he has been pursuing is to play happy basketball, this is his ideal, and it is also what he is best at, but he was ridiculed by Sun Zhuo that he is useless in this regard, if Sun Zhuo said that Howard is not capable of beating Duncan, Howard may escape and be silent, but Sun Zhuo said that he has no entertainment ability, Howard does not agree, and resolutely disagrees.

"Boss, give me another chance, and I'll make Duncan laugh. I...... Definitely the most suitable partner for you, I was born to play happy basketball! Howard said seriously.

Seeing Howard so excited, Sun Zhuo was also very happy, at least he finally mobilized Howard's fighting spirit and emotions, Sun Zhuo said: "Okay, one more time, Duncan will be ejected from the game, this time, you do as I say, use the ball to smash Crawford's bald head......"

In the end, Sun Zhuo's voice was so light that only Howard could hear it, and after Howard listened to it, he showed two rows of big white teeth, did he really want to do such a cruel thing? I love it, haha.

Just a minute later, Howard aimed at referee Crawford's bald head and smashed it with great precision as he saved the ball.

Bang!

“oh！” Crawford instantly screamed and covered his head.

"Hahaha, hahahaha......"

In the Spurs player box, Duncan slapped his legs with laughter, and couldn't suppress his schadenfreude at all, not to mention that he saw this scene with his own eyes, even if he just listened to others, he could laugh for a while, his bald head was smashed by a basketball, which was too funny.

Crawford himself was in a bad mood, and he was hit on the head with a basketball, so he was naturally furious, and he must have been very jealous of Howard who smashed him, but he heard the voice of Duncan from the bench, and this gloating laughter was even more hateful than Howard who "unintentionally" smashed himself!

"Are you alright? Sorry, I didn't mean to. Howard hurriedly stepped forward to apologize.

I saw Crawford directly push Howard away, ignoring the culprit, but walked to the Spurs bench, gave Duncan a technical foul, and expelled him directly!

“hat？” Duncan was stunned for the second time, shouldn't Howard be punished? He's the one who smashed you, what's the matter?

The Spurs were stunned, Popovich didn't know what was going on, my Duncan was sitting on the bench and didn't say a word, did you provoke you? Just because of laughter, was sent off the field?

"Hahahaha, hahahahaha......"

The whole magic team is laughing like crazy.

Howard, in particular, leaned on the basketball hoop pillar and laughed wildly after seeing Duncan really be ejected.

"I was the one who smashed the referee, but Duncan was sent off! Hahaha......"

This is the funniest thing he has ever encountered, he likes to play happy basketball, and Sun Zhuo gave him a basketball game that is extremely happy!

When Sun Zhuo saw this scene, he couldn't help snickering for a while, especially when he saw Duncan's innocent expression, which made people laugh even more, but when he heard Howard's irrepressible laughter, Sun Zhuo still came over and reminded Howard: "You'd better be restrained, otherwise Crawford will look back and see you laughing in a while, and he will have to expel you from the field." ”

"Boss, I really can't help it." Howard laughed so much that tears came out, and in order to prevent the referee from blowing him, he threw himself directly at the photographer in front of him, hugging the male photographer and laughing.

"This guy ......" Sun Zhuo was also amused by Howard, what a big boy who doesn't grow up.

At this time, Sun Zhuo suddenly had another idea.

"Since we had such a fun fight today, why not let this happiness continue? As...... Try to expel another Spurs player? ”