The NBA is a business league, and the primary purpose of the league president is to make money, and tickets and video broadcasts are the two major ways to make money, so the attendance of the team and the viewership of the broadcast platform become crucial. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Especially in the life-and-death playoffs, the physical confrontation has been greatly improved, so that the excitement of the game has risen to a new height, and the tickets for the playoffs are not related to the tickets for the regular season.

So, the league wants the playoffs to stretch as long as possible, especially with a superstar like James, because a superstar is a ratings guarantee.

As a counter-example, the 2004-2005 Finals were played by the Spurs and Pistons, and the lifeless images of the game were lethargic when two teams built on defense met in the Finals.

The lone superstar, Tim Duncan, was a dull player who couldn't get the crowd to appreciate it, and his hard-to-the-chest defense resulted in the lowest score ever scored in the Finals, and the result was no exception, with disastrous attendance and ratings that cost the league blood.

Learning from the pain, the alliance has vigorously implemented star-making operations since that year, sparing no effort to publicize and create duel gimmicks, so words such as rivalry and revenge have also become popular.

As the first person in the league, James is naturally the object of the league's support, and the league naturally does not want to see James fall outside the door of the Finals, they prefer to see the Cavaliers and Warriors meet in the Finals, continuing the revenge and anti-revenge drama accumulated in recent seasons.

The Knicks' strong kill, which is quite legendary, made the league overjoyed, following last year's Eastern Conference Finals staged a tie-break drama that made the league make a lot of money, this year's Eastern Conference Finals, the two teams met again without surprise.

The revenge drama was staged, and the league was scheming, hoping that the game could be played with passion, sparks, and even dragged into the tiebreaker again.

However, it didn't go as Adam Shivall had hoped, as the Knicks showed amazing strength in the first two games, and the Cavaliers were beaten to the brink despite being overwhelmed by the league's Big Three, eventually returning to Cleveland with a 2-0 deficit.

Of course, Schieval didn't want the series to end too early, so he privately sent a message to the referee of the game, Danny Crawford, telling him to focus on the Cavaliers and prolong the Eastern Conference Finals as much as possible.

Superstar whistle and home whistle have existed in the NBA since ancient times, of course, the league will definitely not recognize these unspoken rules, as for the black whistle, it is a topic that the league is secretive, even if it has been investigated and punished, no one knows whether it is a scapemade lamb, anyway, it will eventually be annihilated in the dust of history.

Wang Zhuo has also seen superstar whistles and home whistles since he coached, as for the black whistle, he has only heard of it, but he has never seen it, let alone personally experienced it.

Noah's excellent defense was whistled for a foul, Wang Zhuo had a faint sense of foreboding in his heart, since practicing Tai Chi, Wang Zhuo will always have a strong perception and prediction of danger, but he still calmed down and sat in the follow-up development of things.

James stood at the free throw line, took a deep breath, and hit the first free throw steadily, and then the second free throw also hit, the score was 2-0, and the ball went to the hands of the Knicks.

Grant received the ball in the backcourt, dribbled the ball over half court quickly, passed to Porzingis, and then moved to the left, where Porzingis singled out Lefou, stepped back and hit a jumper, cleanly.

Crawford is very smart and does things well, so naturally he will not choose this kind of intuitive and self-explanatory goal, but more choose a highly controversial and ambiguous goal to obstruct it.

The score was 2-2, Owen held the ball at the top of the circle, borrowed the cover to go around to the left side 45 degrees, formed a dislocation, faced Porzingis, Owen changed direction sharply, and then turned around gorgeously, passed Porzingis, burst into the inside and threw the board to hit.

"Beep!"

Crawford's whistle sounded again, and Porzingis, who was chasing behind, violated Owen, 2+1, and Owen still had a chance to add a penalty.

Judging from the slow motion of the replay, after Porzingis was passed, he spared no effort to chase the defense, Owen was before encountering Noah's supplementary defense, jumped back and picked the ball into the basket, due to excessive force, his body was unbalanced in the process of falling, he fell on his back and crashed into Porzingis who caught up.

Strictly speaking, it wasn't a foul at all, but Crawford blew for a foul on Porzingis and gave Irving a three-pointer, and Irving stepped up to the free throw line and hit it safely.

Porzingis cried out for a cried explanation for Crawford's chatter, but Crawford was unmoved and insisted on his decision.

Perhaps it was Porzingis' complaint that played a role, and Crawford was quite cautious and well-proportioned in the following decisions, and the game seemed to be on the right track, with the scores alternating between the two sides.

However, when the game entered the second quarter, the Knicks players came out of their power to gain a narrow lead, and the unfair whistle sounded at an inopportune time, and Noah received another foul for no reason when defending James who broke through to the basket.

"It's like a piece of."

If this continues, the Knicks are afraid that they will be hacked to death, Wang Zhuo couldn't bear it anymore, walked to the sidelines, and yelled at Crawford.

Of course, at this time, the NBA adopted a "zero tolerance" system, and Wang Zhuo also paid the price for his behavior, receiving a technical foul and giving Irving a free throw for nothing.

Irving hit a technical free throw, James hit two free throws, and the Cavaliers equalized the score, and the two sides were back on the same page again.

Wang Zhuo's roar had a short-lived effect, and the game was back on the right track, but Wang Zhuo knew that this dark battle had just begun, and when it came to the critical stage of the game, the whistle of injustice would definitely sound again.

At the end of the first half, the two sides fought to a 50-all draw, regardless of the winner or loser, and each returned to the locker room to take a short break to prepare for the second half of the showdown.

In the locker room, Wang Zhuo didn't say much, just told the players to keep their mentality balanced and do everything they could to play, but he gave instructions to assistant coach Van Gundy in every detail, and even the tactical arrangements and personnel deployment, which made Van Gundy a little confused.

At the beginning of the second half, the Knicks relied on the cooperation of Porzingis and Rose to play a wave of small 8-2 attacks, and sure enough, Crawford's whistle played a key role again.

Porzingis received a pass from Ross in the air, directly into the inside line, and met Lefou's defensive split, Lefu fell to the ground under Porzingis's dunk, slow motion shows that Lefu is still moving with his left foot when he is standing, and the whole person is still in a state of unstable footing, however, Crawford's whistle sounds, and Porzingis is fouled.

"It's the stupidest penalty I've ever seen!"

Wang Zhuo jumped up from the bench and yelled at Crawford, while slamming the tactical board in his hand to the floor and shattering into powder.

"Beep!"

Crawford sent Wang Zhuo another technical foul, accumulating two times in a single game, and Wang Zhuo was ejected. (To be continued.) )