Chapter 236: Crawford's hostility

At the beginning of the game, the Timberwolves were in good shape, facing the Dallas Mavericks' offense not only easily defended, but also able to quickly play counterattacks, damaging the opponent's morale and causing great damage.

The Dallas Mavericks didn't start the game in the first place, and they didn't seem to realize they had two games left to be eliminated.

Perhaps because of the dominance of the big score, the young lads of the Timberwolves played well tonight, not only with a hot hand, but also with a noticeable blocking restriction on the defensive end.

One of the tests of a team's ability to go far in the playoffs is whether you have enough defensive ability, and the Timberwolves played a good defensive block at all three points tonight.

On the outside, Lee Se-ho and Brewer teamed up to contribute three steals in the first quarter, interrupting the offensive momentum of the Dallas Mavericks several times, and quickly counterattacked, scoring with lightning speed.

At the end of the first quarter, the score of the two teams was 32:23, and the Dallas Mavericks were behind, trailing by 9 points, and were about to break through the double-digit score gap, which made the anxiety in the hearts of the Mavericks players on the court even more intense.

"Steady, hit a wave of attacks, stabilize the situation!" Jason Kidd stood up at this time, and his steady and calm characteristics were reflected at this time.

The invincible Los Angeles Lakers led by the "Big Shark" O'Neal twice at the beginning did not make Jason Kidd lose confidence, and the current Timberwolves are still not good!

Jason Kidd dribbled slowly across the half court and gave Nowitzki a look near the three-point line on the right, who understood and quickly pulled out. Support Jason Kidd.

Jason Kidd did not hesitate at all, he dragged his old and sluggish legs, used his excellent sense of rhythm to shake off Li Shihao, and found the passing gap, Jason Kidd directly shook his wrist, and the ball in his hand flew out of his hand directly. Dek Nowitzki, who was rushed to the scene, took it into his hands.

At the same time, Jason Kidd quickly borrowed Derknowitzki's tall body to cover, directly avoided Cory Brewer, who quickly moved sideways to make up for the defense, and smashed into the empty basket alone.

Dek Nowitzki's vision was clear, and he hoisted the ball directly to Jason Kidd under the basket, who wrapped his long arms and stretched them out directly in the air, and lightly flicked the basketball in his hand to the basket.

The ball bounced around the basket like an elf, and then rolled obediently into the net.

The offense is played. Get two points back.

When Jason Kidd returned to the court, he high-fived his teammates Nowitzki and Terry, and he shouted to his teammates on the court at the same time: "There are only seven points left, hold on, we can come back!" ”

The rest of the Mavericks responded and quickly returned to defense.

In the following time, the Timberwolves' offensive momentum began to slow down, and they no longer had the devastation of the first quarter.

The most important reason is that the Timberwolves began to be "taken care of" by the referee on duty at home. In just the second quarter, Marc Gasol had already committed three fouls. Dacomi Ricic also got the attention, with a game-high four fouls forcing head coach Frank Vogel to substitute him off the court, press him on the sidelines, and protect him.

Things didn't look like things were going right, and the Timberwolves fans at the home target center couldn't help but boo en masse. In order to oppose the unfair decision of the referee on duty at home, many radical fans even shouted: "This is Minnesota, the territory of the wolves!" ”

One of the fans shouted out, and like a faint spark, it quickly ignited the entire dry straw pile. And it spread rapidly, forming a prairie fire.

Fans throughout the target center began to question the referee's punishment, believing that not only did not give the Timberwolves the treatment of the home whistle, but instead "took care" of the Dallas Mavericks, and wondered whether the referee had privately accepted bribes to tamper with the outcome of the game.

Fans don't know that the referees on the court at this moment are the most bottomless people in their hearts, they have been notified by the league's top management long before the game that they want to give the Dallas Mavericks a certain scale of preferential treatment, as for the size of the scale, the referees on duty need to weigh it themselves.

In this game, the league sent Crawford, a veteran referee who has coached for many years, the bald referee with a head and a 17th name in the American refereeing circles.

And the reason is simply because Duncan's laughter made the bald Crawford feel that the latter was insulting him, and this strange answer left many fans speechless.

Although after the game, the league gave the bald old referee Crawford a ban, but the latter's punishment personality is just as hot and has not been able to change.

For the league, they will not abandon this old referee with full personality, the bald Crawford is an extremely easy shuriken, and sending him at a critical moment can achieve the desired effect of the league.

Tonight's Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Dallas Mavericks Game 4 is an excellent opportunity, and the bald Crawford has no mercy on his side.

Coincidentally, the team that played against the Dallas Mavericks in the game in which "Stone Buddha" Duncan was expelled was now, and now two or three years have passed, and the bald referee Crawford has made a "special" penalty for the Dallas Mavericks.

Crawford, with his shiny and shining bald head, looked at the Timberwolves players on the court with an expressionless face, but the eyes shot out of his cloudy eyes were extremely sharp, as if he was going to swallow the Timberwolves players one after another.

Li Shihao dribbled the ball across the half court, looked at the positions of the enemy and the enemy around him, and constantly estimated the game situation in his heart.

As the brain of the team, Li Shihao understands where his responsibility lies, and at this time he must remain calm and sober, find out the key points to break the game, and lead the team to win.

Now that the Timberwolves have been whistled and targeted, they obviously want to treat this game as an away game!

Li Shihao looked at the big referee Crawford, and thought in his heart: "The referee of this game is him, so unless the game is over, the direction and scale of his punishment will not change, this guy is a stubborn old man, notoriously hot and ruthless!" ”

Just thinking about it, but he didn't want the bald referee Crawford suddenly turned his head to look at him, his eyes were vicious, Li Shihao was shocked, but there was no expression on his face.

Seeing that Li Shihao was indifferent, Crawford hated in his heart: "What I hate the most is the guy who learns psychology!" ”

(To be continued.) )