Chapter 54: The Result of the Punishment
readx; The three referees walked together just now, obviously discussing how to judge the penalty, after all, this fight was too big, and no one expected such a fight before the game. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Now they don't just have to think about who to play, they have to keep six people to keep for the game. These six people weren't just chosen randomly.
Because this game is so important for both teams, the Cavaliers need a win to complete a 23-game winning streak and move to 3-1 in the regular season against the Celtics. Not only that, but the record ranking between the two will be further stretched. On the Celtics side, they showed a winning stance from the start of the game, and on the one hand, they needed to stop the Cavaliers' 23-game winning streak, which was known before the game. On the other hand, winning this game will further narrow the record rankings of both teams. So this game is very important for both teams.
The selection of six people to stay was a problem for the referees, and in just a few minutes, they came up with the best solution. And the referees are going to pronounce the verdict as well. And the players on both sides all have their eyes on the referee, and everyone wants to stay. Of course, neither Perkins nor Asik thought about it, because they knew that anyone could stay, but they were the least likely to stay. The two of them know very well why for this, so no matter what the decision is next, the two have absolutely no opinion.
Barkley looked at the referee's gesture and said slowly, "The referee's side has started to give penalties, and the first one to be sent off is Perkins." Presumably all fans have thought of this penalty. The second one to appear is Asik, who is the first to make a move on the knight's side, and there is no objection to this, after all, he is the first to make a move, no matter what the reason is, it is not a reason. But this Asik is quite brave, and I admire him," Barkley said with a smile.
The referee then went on to give a penalty "This time it wasn't Barkley but Smith who spoke" This time it was two people who played the penalty, and it was Garnett and Rondo who were sent off this time on the Celtics side. On the Cavaliers' side, it was James and Landry who were fouled. It seems that the referee is really ruthless this time, and even superstars such as James Garnett have been substituted, but there was no boos at the scene of such a penalty, and obviously the fans have no dissatisfaction with such a penalty. ”
Then the referee continued to give the penalty, while Barkley and Smith in the commentary bench continued to explain the referee's decision. And the fans at the scene did not boo from beginning to end. This situation made the three referees on the scene very puzzled, because they were mentally prepared before the decision was made, and they were ready to be booed. But now that the penalty is over, but the fans in the stadium didn't even boo, how can they feel understandable?
"The results of the last six have come in, and I was shocked by the Celtic decision, but why are the fans so calm? You must know that the Celtics' big three, except for Garnett, who was sent off without suspense, Pierce and Ray Allen were not sent off. Even I felt incredible and a little dissatisfied with such a succession. And the Cavaliers' home fans didn't have any boos or dissatisfaction, what the hell is going on? Barkley turned to look at Smith, hoping to get some answers from the latter's mouth that he didn't know or expect.
Smith didn't understand what Barkley meant, and said with a slight smile: "Hehe, I don't know what you want to know, the referees have such a reason for the referees, although it is very incredible to us that there are two giants who have not ended." But this is the referee's decision after all, and since it is so awarded, then the result is like this. Referees are more important than any player on the basketball court, and you could say in your heart that the referees were on the side of the Celtics. ”
"But this is the home court of the Cavaliers, and it is the Celtics who are being treated, so not many people guess such an outcome. In their minds, they should think that the referee should more or less help the Cavaliers, knowing that this incident was completely caused by Perkins' serious malicious foul. However, there were no boos from this group of fans, so I think they probably didn't boo because Asik took the lead. Of course, this is just my guess. Smith bit the last guess very hard.
The lineup that the referees ended up giving to the Celtics was as follows: point guard Eddie House, shooting guard Ray Allen, small forward Pierce, power forward Sheldon Williams, and center Glen Davis. The sixth man is defender J.R. Giddens. No matter where this lineup is placed, it is a very strong lineup, so Smith and others will exclaim, it would be strange if they didn't exclaim.
The lineup that has been retained on the Cavaliers' side is as follows: point guard Iverson, shooting guard Szczebiak, small forward Battier, power forward Daniel Jackson, and center Il Goskas. The sixth man is a guard Brandon Davis. Davis had a very good preseason performance, so he managed to stay with the Cavaliers as an undrafted rookie. However, Davis did not play a few times in the following season, which made him very disappointed, but he was also very understanding of this. This season, he averaged more than seven minutes per game, and averaged more than three points and one rebound per game, which is undoubtedly a soy sauce statistic.
The Celtics' retained lineup is naturally above the Cavaliers, but there is still an unknown in the Cavaliers' lineup, and that is Iverson. Once Iverson finds his peak form, then lead the Cavaliers to victory in this game. Another point that is very important for the Cavaliers, the fight incident is even, but Perkins' malicious foul on Huang Jun will be executed by Iverson technical free throws, and it will be two free throws and one throw. Perhaps it was because of this decision that the fans at the scene did not boo the referee, and the referee did this, perhaps a method of harmony.
There are still a little more than three points left in the time, and in terms of the score difference, the Cavaliers lead the Celtics by three points, and if the next two free throws are hit, it will be a five-point advantage, and if you hit the score of the athletic battle, then the difference will come to seven points. So it can be said that the opportunity has been placed in front of the knights, as long as they can grasp the next opportunity, then the chances of the knights winning this game are still very large.
The game finally resumed, with Iverson shooting free throws. Iverson may have dropped in both fitness and technique, but he didn't drop in free throws, not only did he not go down, but he went up. Iverson, who was standing at the free throw line, shot steadily, brushed, and hit the first free throw without any surprises. The quiet scene finally spoke out at this time, and the cheers rang out for a second before being decisively annihilated. When the cheers were over, Iverson took a deep breath, then steadily threw the basketball in his hand, brushed, and hit again. Once again, the fans gave their own cheers, without any cheers left behind.
Because they felt that the 23-game winning streak was getting closer and closer to their team, they cheered so loudly. After about two seconds, the cheering stopped again. Many fans have their eyes on the court, and if the next ball hits again, then the balance of victory in this game will be tilted in favor of the Cavaliers.
The ball was still in Iverson's hands, Iverson went directly to the basket by covering, in the face of the big baby Davis's supplemental defense, Iverson directly ignored him, jumped high, dodged a railing, and hit the ball into the basket hard, the key or excitement of the ball is very good. Naturally, the fans at the scene would not be disadvantaged to Iverson, and the cheers swept towards Iverson like a tsunami.
Iverson opened his arms and enjoyed all this, such cheers, he hadn't enjoyed it for a long time, so he enjoyed this moment very much, and missed it very much. However, he only missed those few seconds, and then he threw himself into the defense, because he knew that the game was not over yet, there were still seven minutes on the clock, and seven minutes could happen anything, so he withdrew his heart and put all his attention on House, who was in possession.
At half-time, House held the ball at the top of the arc, looked at Iverson, and then dribbled the ball for a few seconds before successfully passing it to Ray Allen, who was 45 degrees. Ray Allen, who received the ball, faced the defense of Szzebiak, constantly dribbling and looking for opportunities, and then saw that there were not many chances and passed the ball to small forward Pierce, and the time of this attack was only eight seconds.
Pierce, who received the ball, stood outside the three-point line, looked at Battier, who was defending him, and said to himself, "Forget it, there is not much time, let's fight." With that in mind, Pierce jumped high in front of Battier and then threw the basketball in his hand before Battier could pounce.
"Brush" the crisp sound of the net, hit three points, and the difference of seven points became only four points at this moment. Now the suspense of the game is back in. The Celtics kept the two giants on their side, and the damage to the Cavaliers was undoubtedly the greatest, but fortunately, the Cavaliers also had a former superstar, although he was no longer omnipotent, but it was okay for Iverson to explode for three minutes. Forty-eight minutes can't last, three minutes is always okay, right?