In today's game, Li Wei actually wanted to give up strategically.

Although back at Madison Square Garden, Li Wei didn't count on the home whistle. In the regular season, referees blow the whistle mainly on home and away, but when it comes to the playoffs, they are more concerned about the attitude of the league.

So what is the attitude of the alliance?

They will favour the side behind by the big score. At the end of the day, the NBA is a business league, and making money is the main purpose. The more playoff games you play, the more you earn from tickets and more.

So the referees all know in their hearts that the whistle is biased towards the backward side, let the series play a few more games, no one will say anything, but if you blow the other way, then David Stern will have to talk to you about life.

In the 05 playoffs in the previous life, the Rockets won two games in a row in Dallas, leading 2-0, and after returning to Houston's home court, they found that the whistle was not on their side. As a result, the Mavericks, who had a better record, also won two away games, and finally reversed the big score 4:3 and entered the second round of the playoffs.

Now the situation of the 76ers is the same as that of the Mavericks, with a big score of 2-0 down, but the regular season record is better, the referee will definitely be favored, and it is difficult for the Knicks to be taken care of by the home whistle.

Li Wei believes that it is difficult to win this game without a rotation, and if the players do not win despite their physical strength, it will be more difficult to play back-to-back games in the next game, so it is better to give up strategically.

gave up this game, the big score was 2:1, and the Knicks were still at home in the next game, and the referee would definitely not blow too far. At this time, Garnett, who had rested, could also play better against the main team of the 76ers, who were tired from back-to-back.

As long as the Knicks can win Game 4 and turn the big score into 3:1, the probability of advancing will be greatly increased.

But Li Wei didn't want to win, and the referee didn't want the Knicks to win, and the situation on the court still had an accident.

Larry Brown put on two power forwards, Ratliffe and Teylon Hill, and the main purpose was to deal with Garnett.

Garnett's legs are too long and too fast, and now after Li Wei's training, he likes to break through. When the Knicks played the pick-and-roll, the covering player blocked Ratliff, and Garnett stepped into the paint area in one step, and then he wanted to go to the basket or pass, it was completely free.

Now Larry Brown has put on a double power forward, Ratliffe is blocked, and Terylon Hill inside can still be on top, it is really a tiger's den in Longtan, and if you want to break in, you have to be stripped of a layer of skin!

Larry Brown never thought that Li Wei would not send Garnett on the court!

At the critical moment of the playoffs, even the core of the team is not on the court, and it is too good to play!

Replacing Garnett is Nowitzki, a German who shares Garnett's height and long arms and plays small forward on the offensive end, but the two have completely different styles. Compared to Garnett, Nowitzki prefers long-range shots!

So Larry Brown had Teylon Hill stay inside, and it was completely flattering to the blind, because the Germans didn't go in at all!

What about how tall you are? What about good defense? I don't touch you!

A block, Ratliff was blocked, Nowitzki shot with his hand!

Swish!

Three points!

Teylon Hill stares dryly inside!

In less than two minutes of the opening game, the 76ers were beaten 0:8, and Brown could only quickly replace Teylon Hill and let the faster George Lynch play, while the defensive end expanded and choked Nowitzki's long shot!

Li Wei saw that the 76ers changed their formation, and also changed their tactics, and commanded the whole team to play several cooperation from the inside and outside!

76ers center Matt Geiger didn't take the Knicks' rookie center Nesterovic seriously in the slightest, and he didn't think he could be the main attacker, and was caught off guard.

The score became 4:14, and the away 76ers trailed by 10 points!

Larry Brown made adjustments again to cheer Geiger up, Iverson and Snow wrapped up in time, and finally pulled the team back on track, but because they fell behind in the opening game, the feeling behind them was that the 76ers were pressed and beaten!

Yes, now the 76ers and the Knicks have a back and forth, and they can't pull the score apart, and they can't catch up!

Mike Crispino said: "Coach Lee is so good, I never expected him to send Nesterovic as the starting center, and the effect would be so good!" ”

Walter Fraser said: "My personal impression of David is that he is very intelligent, and if he is willing to use his wisdom in basketball, it will be very scary. Today's Knicks' change of formation has a sense of unpredictability, which caught Larry Brown off guard! ”

Xie Siqi was very happy to see the Knicks leading. She made a small flag with the words "My dad is the basketball emperor" written on it, and kept waving it there, while cheering for Li Wei loudly!

Sylvia thought it was funny and shouted loudly: "Li Wei, Emperor, Li Wei, Emperor!" ”

Seeing Sylvia shouting happily, the audience at the scene was also infected, and shouted loudly in unison: "Li Wei, Emperor, Li Wei, Emperor!" ”

It didn't take long for the cry of "Li Wei, Emperor" to spread from the sidelines to the whole stadium, and the fans at home were shouting the coach's name!

Mike Crispino said: "I hear the audience shouting the emperor in unison, let's be louder!" ”

"Li Wei, Emperor, Li Wei, Emperor!" The voices of the crowd were louder.

Walter Fraser laughed: "I remember last season, David's daughter said that David was the emperor of basketball, which caused all the media and fans to ridicule him, and some people said that he was indeed the emperor, but he was just a tyrant, a faint king, Nero (a dead king of ancient Rome), I didn't expect that today, Madison Gardens would praise him as emperor!" ”

Mike Chrirspin said: "Coach Lee won the recognition of the fans with his victory, which is really remarkable. However, I think it is too much to describe him as an emperor, but the Knicks have been black seven and black eight for two consecutive years, and now there are only two wins left to reach the Eastern Conference Finals, which is too surprising, he is at least a big general, a big general who can lead us to victory! ”

Walter Fraser said: "It doesn't matter what kind of general he is, he is not a general, he can lead the team to win today, and he is the emperor of the Knicks!" ”

"Li Wei, Emperor, Li Wei, Emperor!" The fans cheered again.

Li Wei blushed a little when he heard the cries of the audience.

Today's Knicks' lineup is very strange, that's because he wants to give up strategically and doesn't plan to win!

But what should I do if this substitute-led squad is ahead and the enthusiasm of the fans is so high?

It's a shame to lose!

Li Wei was struggling, but he didn't know that the three referees were even more entangled.

Originally, they wanted to tilt the whistle in favor of the 76ers and help the other team win. After all, the big score is already 2:0, and there is no suspense for the 76ers to lose again, only if the Knicks lose this game, can they sell more tickets later.

Of course, they're only going to be a little biased, and this is the Knicks' home court, so it's not too much to blow it up.

But the Knicks didn't even play Garnett, and a group of benches suppressed the 76ers, and the three referees suddenly felt that there was no need to blow the whistle.

The 76ers are too vegetable, if they can't win the game after blowing the whistle, Li Wei will scold the reporter again after the game, and make this game like the Heat team game, it will be worth the loss!

The referee said: "It's almost fine, try not to deviate from anyone!" ”

The other two referees nodded in unison.

As a result, with the cheers of the home fans, the 76ers continued to be suppressed in the second quarter.

At the end of the quarter, Eric Snow unexpectedly scored several consecutive goals and chased five points in a row, turning the score into 41:49, and the Knicks led by 8 points at halftime!