Donaghi was inconspicuous at first, but later he became more famous than the first two. After all, he should be the only basketball referee arrested by the FBI.

This was a big fuss at the time. As the investigation of Donaghi's gambling case deepened, the entire NBA and the American sports community were in an uproar. Because this guy who used to work part-time at the funeral home caused all the NBA referees to suffer the worst crisis of confidence, and disgraced the entire NBA, the league is likely to lose the trust of countless fans, because this successful commercial league has always been the most transparent and fair, and even Rush, a Democratic congressman and chairman of the House Committee on Commercial Transactions and Consumer Protection, has asked to meet with Stern in order to jointly find a solution.

Sacrificing a once recognized "league referee" and completely drawing the line with him is the best way for the NBA and Stern to protect themselves. Stern can't tolerate the refereeing incident escalating, which would only lead to the destruction of the NBA. Stern, a lawyer by training, insisted that he would deal with Donaghi resolutely and decisively, and try to maintain the authority and image of the NBA.

Every year, the American Sports Business Journal selects the most influential people in American sports of the year, and among the 50 most influential people in 2008, NBA commissioner David Brown. Stern came in at No. 3, and Sports Business Magazine's praise for Stern included his success in leading the NBA quickly out of the huge negative impact of a referee's gambling case.

On July 29, 2008, Donaghy, a gambling referee, was sentenced to 15 months in prison by a federal court in Brooklyn, New York. Donaghi publicly apologized in court: "I have brought shame on myself and my family. Donaghi could have been sentenced to 33 months in prison, but the judge commuted his sentence because of the good cooperation. With Donaghi's official imprisonment, the NBA's embarrassing referee gambling scandal has also come to an end for the time being, and the NBA has quickly cut through the mess and minimized the impact of this scandal, reflecting NBA commissioner Stern's superb crisis public relations skills.

Every year, the American Sports Business Journal selects the most influential people in American sports of the year, and among the 50 most influential people in 2008, NBA commissioner David Brown. Stern came in at No. 3, and Sports Business Magazine's praise for Stern included his success in leading the NBA quickly out of the huge negative impact of a referee's gambling case.

29 July 2008. Donaghi, a gambling referee, was sentenced to 15 months in prison in federal court in Brooklyn, New York. Donaghi publicly apologized in court: "I have brought shame on myself and my family. Donaghi could have been sentenced to 33 months in prison, but the judge commuted his sentence because of the good cooperation. With Donaghi's official imprisonment, the NBA's embarrassing referee gambling scandal has also come to an end for the time being. The NBA cuts through the mess quickly. The impact of this scandal was minimized. It shows NBA commissioner Stern's superb ability to handle crisis public relations.

But who can say what is going on? Anyway, Luke didn't believe that the referees after that would not bet anymore!

And Luke knew all about this shady thing from Donaghi's book "Whistle -- The Culture of Deception in the NBA," which no one dared to publish. Although this book has not been officially released, what is there not to see in our place where we dare to copy anything? The Chinese people are great!

Such. Luke didn't know where the wind was going to go. But in general, it should be good for the 76ers.

Luke's guess was right, and from the very beginning of the game, the referees began to blow the "balance whistle" - in favor of the 76ers, in order to compensate for what they lost in the previous game.

Allen was extremely well taken care of, as long as the Lakers' point guard dared to infringe on Allen, the referees didn't say a word, it was a foul to go up, and it didn't take long for the Lakers' three guards to be full of two fouls, including O'Neal who all ate a foul. It wasn't until Bryant came to defend Allen that he stopped the number of fouls.

It may seem like the 76ers are being well treated, but that's just scratching the surface.

Aside from Allen, the 76ers have no real benefit, and sometimes the referees even favor the Lakers.

Big Ben's defense is very good, and if O'Neal doesn't use a very violent way, he often can't even get inside, but if he uses violence, it's easy to foul.

However, the referee rarely blows. Even if it is a very obvious foul, the referee will blow a step at most, or a three-second violation, and a three-second violation is not a foul! Although the ball was exchanged, O'Neill was under no pressure.

But it's nothing, the worst is Luke.

The three referees have not forgotten the task given to them by David Stern to "take care" of Luke, the little guy.

So in less than five minutes, Luke received two fouls, still unwarranted fouls.

In the early days of the first quarter, Luke was forced to go down.

"Holy!" Luke couldn't help but explode. Luke had never played such a humiliating game.

"Alright, don't be in a hurry!" Larry said as he helped Luke get the towel. "You made your own mistakes, and now you have to suffer!"

"What a mistake I made!" Luke asked.

"Don't you know it yourself?" Larry asked.

Luke shook his head.

"Well, you're really a stunned guy!" Larry said, touching his head. Larry first took a look at the situation on the court, after Luke went off the court, Allen and McGee formed a backcourt dual-core lineup quite good, McGee as the sixth man this season, defense, shooting, and breakthrough are good, even in the face of the Lakers' group of starters did not show weakness, and now the two sides have entered a stalemate.

"Okay, let's take this opportunity to tell you about the rules of this alliance!" Larry said.

"There are countless rules in this alliance!" Larry said. "It's just that you don't even know it yet!"

"First of all, there is a tradition of rookies in the whole league!" Larry said. "This tradition has been around for a long time, a lot of seniors will play rookies, let them run errands, let them hold their clothes, let them do this and that, even the champions are the same, but you didn't receive that sin, since you entered the league, Aaron has been protecting you, so no one dares to bully you, including Brian and Michael, so you can be considered past the first hurdle!"

"Then there are some important things, maybe you know all about it!" Larry said. "There are a lot of hidden rules in the league, first of all, the balance whistle, and this game showed that, the referees helped the Lakers in the last game, and now they are helping us!"

"No! Can we see that they are helping us? Luke said.

"Not yet, this is the home court of the Lakers, Staples Arena! It's nice not to blow all the free throws in favor of the Lakers, and how many free throws Allen got today, don't you count? It's all a judgment that is biased in our favor! ”

"But what about me?" Luke asked.

"You're not smart!" Larry said! "Do you remember what you said after the last game?" Larry asked.

"I didn't say anything!" Luke recalled, "What I said was basically positive! All positive! That's also wrong! ”

"Not all!" Larry said. "Did you say, 'There was something wrong with that decision!' This sentence! ”

"Yes, but I added later, 'But I'm sure it was just a mistake and they'll fix it later!' Is this also wrong? Luke asked.

"Wrong, of course it's wrong!" Larry said. "Your first sentence is wrong, and the latter sentence is completely meaningless! Those journalists will only remember your previous sentence, and the latter sentence will be forgotten by everyone! And what David Stern hates the most is that the players make arbitrary arguments about him, the league, and the referees, and he doesn't want to punish you, and the referees don't agree! ”

"So what should I do!" Luke asked.

"What to do? Cold! Larry said. You're still too young to pay attention to any of this! And don't you know? The league has always been praising the Lakers, don't look at us for the time being, maybe our situation will be reversed in the second half! The league will definitely make the game go to Game 7! ”

"Then just don't let them do it!" (To be continued......)