Chapter 168: The "Strongest" Home Stadium (Third Update!) )
"What?" Millsap looked at the referee with a puzzled expression, he didn't feel the confrontation at all.
Because the bench was in the defensive half at the beginning, Tang Tian couldn't put pressure on the referee at this time, but he could clearly feel that his face was not good.
Millsap's goal was similar to Pierce's previous goal, and even the range of action was not as large as Pierce's.
The referee's decision varies from night to night, but if Millsap blew the ball just now, then Pierce's ball should blow even more.
Millsap's complaint did not change the referee's decision, but was greeted with a chorus of boos from the fans.
The Celtics' offense, the team's off-ball blocking and dismantling were still fiercely confrontational, and Battier was directly overturned to the ground by Garnett, who was blocked.
The referee still didn't blow the whistle.
Rondo gave Garnett a high lob to Garnett, who stepped past Battier and scored on a layup.
Tang Tian couldn't stand it anymore at this time, and stood up directly from the bench.
"That's an offensive foul!" Tang Tian reminded the referee loudly.
The referee just glanced at him and then motioned for the Rockets to serve in the backcourt.
"Millsap was fouled just now, this should also be a foul, the same scale, can it be done?!" Tang Tian saw that the referee did not react, so he shouted in an increased volume.
"Toot!"
The referee blew a warning whistle.
The fans at the scene couldn't hear what Tang Tian said, but when they saw his excited appearance, they immediately burst into boos.
"Go back! Go back! The referee put down the whistle and stretched out his hand to signal Tang Tian to retreat.
Cole also came up at this time to pull Tang Tian back to the bench.
"!" Tang Tian couldn't help but burst into foul language.
This home whistle is too obvious.
The Rockets' offense, I can feel that the movement of the players has also become bigger.
Battier was "humiliated by the crotch", and they clearly wanted to get the field back.
Yao Ming made a very solid block for Maddie and stood firmly, and after Maddie bypassed, Billups passed the ball as soon as possible.
Maddie catches the ball and shoots quickly.
Garnett, who was on guard, didn't have time to interfere.
"Huh!"
Maddie's dry pull is picturesque and a steady hit.
"Toot!"
But at this moment, the referee on the sidelines blew the whistle again, stretched out his hand to Millsap under the basket, and signaled him to grab the rebound and foul.
At this time, Brown was lying on the ground again.
"Are you kidding me?!" Millsap jumped up at this time and blew his offensive foul for two rounds in a row, and Brown took the initiative to find it, which was simply trying to blow him down!
The referee still didn't pay any attention to it, and by the time Millsap roared, he bit the whistle into his mouth, and his hand was already about to make a technical foul.
Billups went up at this time and pulled Millsapra back.
Tang Tian couldn't help but laugh at this time.
It is said that Vallejo of the Cavaliers is a Brazilian actor, and this special Brown is completely true!
Of course, he was well aware that it was all the home whistle at work.
At a high level, a small penalty can make or break a game, let alone such an obvious home whistle.
Tang Tian was forced to call Scola up in advance and let him come on the field to replace Millsap.
Before going on the court, he told Scola to be mindful of Brown's movements.
After Millsap went off the court, the referee's blowing penalty was a little more normal, and the Rockets' offense finally started.
However, Scola was not accurate on three points, and the Rockets' offense was forced to press some inside, and in hand-to-hand combat, the efficiency inevitably decreased.
At this time, everyone can feel it, and the referee has blown away the advantage of the Rockets' power forward.
On the defensive end, Scola is far less tough than Millsap, and Garnett and Brown's interior blocking and pick-and-roll are always misplaced to hit Scola one by one.
The players of the Rockets were extremely angry, and Tang Tian also suffered the first technical foul in his coaching career because of continuous pressure on the referee.
In the second half, the referee's home whistle was still very obvious, and Millsap played more than three minutes and was whistled for two defensive fouls in a row, and it was blown straight down.
Seeing this, Tang Tian finally understood the reason for the Celtics' high home win rate this season.
On this penalty scale, unless you form an all-star team, it will be all for nothing.
In the end, with the excellent play of the referee, the Celtics pulled one back 103-92 at home and chased the score of the series to 1-2.
At the press conference after the game, Tang Tian was upset with his players and bluntly spoke about the different scales of the referee's punishment.
Tang Tian is openly putting pressure on the alliance in this way.
Tang Tian's speech also attracted a unanimous echo from Rockets fans, who posted GIFs of the game on forums and social media to complain about the penalty in Game 3, and even turned Brown P into an actor in protest.
The result of this attracted the attention of the league, but Stern and the league officials did not say anything in the end.
And the day after the game, Tang Tian received a fine from the league.
A fine of $25,000.
As Tang Tian expected, in order to maintain the image of the referee, the league has always not allowed the league personnel to publicly comment on the penalty scale.
But issuing such a fine also means that the league knows about it, and what Tang Tian hopes is that the referee's punishment in the next game can be more fair.
This is the least costly and most efficient way to deal with it.
After a two-day break, Game 4 of the series continued at the North Shore Garden Arena.
It is still surrounded by green light, and it is still the home whistle seriously.
Tang Tian's public remarks did not bring about a change in the penalty scale, and although Yao Ming and Maddy both played very well in this game, Millsap was plagued by fouls most of the time and sat on the sidelines, leaving the Rockets at a disadvantage on both offensive and defensive ends.
Under the adrenaline rush, Tang Tiantian dropped the tactical board and sprayed the referee's face for a while, but he was directly expelled from the game.
In the end, the referee continued to play hotly, and the Celtics also won 99-93, magically leveling the score to a 2-2 draw.
In the post-game press conference, Anji was full of spring breeze, and his words before Game 3 of the series were realized, and the Celtics successfully fought back at home.
The Rockets canceled their postgame press conference.
Tang Tian never came out of the coach's office.
At the end of the game, he calmed down.
A one-sided Finals is certainly not what the league wants to see, as was the case with last year's Finals ratings, which were far lower than the Western Conference Finals.
Ratings determine the league's reach and new advertising deals, and the league certainly doesn't want to be like that for two years in a row.
There was an element of refereeing in the decisions of these two games, but the league's blind eye was actually expected.
The public comment is not enough, and we have to find individual ways to put pressure on the alliance.
"Ding! Publish a system mission to successfully defend the NBA championship with a reward: 3 honor points. ”
At this moment, the prompt sound of the system sounded in his head.
The randomness of the task assigned by this system was too high, and this time it came down very suddenly, but Tang Tian was not very surprised.
It seems that the Celtics' "strongest" home stadium makes the system a little unbearable.