Chapter 304: No Shadow Feet, 3-0 in the East Final
"It's normal for decisions to be controversial, referees are human beings and looking at the game is influenced by subjective factors.
Sometimes, it can be a problem with our players and the referee is right.
We will have different ideas and behaviors because of our own interests.
Of course, sometimes the referee will make mistakes, fail to see what happened in that moment, and then be confused by some fake falls. ”
In the post-match interview stage, many reporters mentioned that at the beginning of the game, Doon had a conflict with the referee.
Tonight, the Bulls played away from home, and won the game by more than double digits when the referee was obviously pulling the bias, so the game side seems less important.
The reporter cares more about whether Doon will start a new round of battle against the referee after the game, or whether he has any thoughts on James, who recently stole the MVP of the regular season?
However, after G1 won, Doon has no intention of continuing to provoke the referee.
What happened in the game is left to the game to solve, and since the game is over, just let the matter end normally.
Besides, there is no need for Doon to make a feud with others, who are supposed to act on orders.
Taking a step back, even if the referee is selfish and already jealous of Doon, he can only suffer a loss first, and then find a chance to retaliate back.
It's easy for NBA referees to take chicken feathers as an arrow, accept league assignments or do some dirty work in private.
As the saying goes, those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, and people who often do bad things can easily become villains.
And if you provoke this kind of person, unless you can kill them all at once, it is better to avoid them as much as possible.
As the saying goes, Hades is easy to see, but imps are difficult!
Doon played in the NBA and will definitely have to deal with referees in the future.
If you find a private detective, but you still don't catch the referee's handle, or send someone to prison, you can only turn the conflict into a jade silk in advance.
For now, the next G2 is also an away game, and if the referee group is provoked, it will be even more difficult to play.
What's more, it will be more difficult to return to the home stadium.
Of course, Doon can't keep forbearing, and if there is really a referee who has nothing to do all the time, Doon can also use the energy behind him.
It's just that the time is not yet ripe, and if Nike is dominant in the NBA, maybe Doon will beat the referee to blood, and it doesn't matter.
But now that the NBA is still in charge, and Nike is still growing, Doon can only calm down and wait for time.
Fortunately, Doon is now also one of the faces of the NBA, relying on three consecutive championships and Olympic gold medals, playing some historical status and star influence.
From tonight's game, the referee did not dare to continue to add technical fouls, and walked around Doon, it can be seen that the referee did not dare to use the power in their hands to target Doon excessively.
This means that Doon can put pressure on the referee on the pitch even if he is treated unfairly on the pitch.
Doon has a hard knee and has not been injured so far, plus the strength of the team is not bad, and now it has not reached the point where he needs to be supported by a kneeling person.
Without further ado, with Doon responding to the regular season MVP battle with James, tonight's post-game interview was a successful conclusion.
The reporters returned in high spirits and rushed to the manuscript overnight.
Doon also followed the bull and quickly returned to the hotel.
It's just that Cleveland has a bit of a problem with security this year, although it is better than Detroit, but I still heard the sound of "fireworks" on the way.
In this way, it is understandable to want to move your family to the South Coast or Los Angeles with a better security environment, and it is not a bad thing to think about your family.
After a day in the hotel, the time quickly came to May 20, and the Eastern Conference Finals G2 continued to be played at the Quick Loan Center.
After the G1 loss, the Cavaliers coaching staff learned from the pain and quickly came up with some strategies to win.
As soon as the game started, Doon also noticed that the Cavaliers' defensive method was adjusted tonight, no longer playing joint defense, but focusing on man-marking.
In other words, the Cavaliers no longer frequently pack Doon with the ball, and Doon will have a lot of opportunities to attack alone in this game.
However, when Doon hit a few shots with the ball, Doon understood the true intentions of the Cavaliers.
The main thing is to cut off Doane from the rest of his teammates, forcing the Bulls to go their separate ways and score on their own.
With Doon letting go, it is not a big problem to cut forty or fifty points in a game, but it is not possible to win a game by relying on Doon's score alone.
Judging by the G1 game, if the Bulls want to beat the Cavaliers, they need other players to score forty or fifty points.
This also means that if the Bulls want to win, they will not only see how many points Doon scores, but also how many points other players can score when they step up.
If there is no interference from the referee, then the other players of the Bulls will cut forty or fifty points in a game, and it is natural that it will not be a problem, and it is even possible to cut eight or ninety points.
The question is, when this year's playoffs are played, how can the Bulls players not understand the attitude of the league?
Not to mention the G1 game, the double standard on the penalty scale has seriously affected the result of the game.
It was also a deep impression of this, and Doon realized early on how much of an adverse impact the Cavaliers' defensive adjustments would be.
The rest of the Bulls are going to have some trouble with the ball on their own.
In order to reduce the number of problems in the game and also increase the shooting percentage, the Bulls need someone to connect the team and create opportunities for other teammates to score with simple balls.
The problem is that now in this Bulls, there are only two people who can connect the team, Doane and Kassel.
Ben Gordon and John Salmons are only half-baked.
It is worth mentioning that compared to last year, Kassel is a year older, and because he has been bringing substitutes, his ability in all aspects has declined.
It was impossible for Doon to put the treasure on Cassel alone.
If Kassel is not in good shape, the offense doesn't score, the defense is called up, and the organization alone fails to help his teammates score effectively, then the game may be over for the Bulls.
In order to ensure the victory of this game, and also to activate his teammates as soon as possible, Doon continued to hold the ball to the inside as early as the first quarter, and took the initiative to challenge the Cavaliers' interior height.
The main purpose of Doon to the inside line is to find teammates on the inside line and feed them cakes.
However, with the intervention of the referee, feeding the cake has not become so easy.
In addition to the aerial relay, the Bulls will encounter relatively large defensive actions for most of the remaining offenses that need to re-attack the basket after receiving the ball.
Basically, the Bulls interior players were violated seven or eight times before they got a chance to get to the free throw line.
If it's a two-plus-one chance, then it's basically impossible to blow the whistle.
It was also because the referees turned a blind eye, coupled with Doon's saving energy and helping his teammates score first, so the Bulls did not build too many points in the first quarter.
By the time the first quarter went on for more than eight minutes and Doane went off the break, the score was 19-15, and the Bulls only had a four-point lead.
With Doon off the court, Kassel's on-court tandem of the team was not very effective, and the Bulls' scoring speed dropped a little as a result.
And because the Bulls were sentenced to fouls without the ball because of many of their previous conventional defenses, the Bulls quickly accumulated a full number of fouls, and the Cavaliers almost tied the point difference by making free throws.
At the end of the first quarter, the score on the court came to 24-22, and the difference narrowed to 2 points.
However, at the beginning of the second quarter, Doon returned to the court and finally began to exert his strength.
The Cavaliers are really good this season, but the forward players are not very good except for James.
Although James didn't guard against Doon in the first quarter, with his personal physical talent, he didn't let Doon get what he wanted.
But at the beginning of the second quarter, James was still resting off the court, so Doon naturally began to travel at a staggered peak.
Doon played very simply, with three points from the outside and a transition offense.
Although because of the penalty scale, the Bulls had to give up some rebounds voluntarily.
But Doon's state at the beginning of the second quarter was really okay, even if he shot at the top, he relied on his height and arm span talent, basically ignoring interference to shoot, and almost everyone looked like he could score.
In the end, after Doon made 3 of 5 three-pointers at the beginning of the second quarter, plus 3 assists to his teammates when switching offense, the Bulls beat the Cavaliers to a 15-6 wave, and the margin suddenly stretched to double digits.
However, in the second half, the Cavaliers players became bigger and worse in defense in order to be able to win.
The on-site referee naturally continued to pretend not to see the actions of the Cavaliers players, making the game ugly.
Originally, the Bulls players were just disgusted.
But what I didn't expect was that the situation suddenly escalated rapidly.
Delonti West was in poor form tonight, hitting three straight shots in the third quarter.
James faced Doon's defense, coupled with Garnett's interior defense, and the scoring was also limited, so he had to rush for this.
The Cavaliers' strategy tonight is to limit the Bulls' scoring with defense, but if they want to win, they still need someone to step up and score.
In the third quarter, Doon's condition was okay and continued to help the Bulls bite the score at critical moments.
As the Cavaliers' own scoring ability declined and began to play iron frequently, the possibility of the Bulls continuing to win 5 games and 8 became more and more likely, and the Cavaliers could only change their playing style.
Doon didn't actually notice what was happening on the court, only to see John Salmons fall to the ground after shooting.
By the time Doon noticed the scene, James happened to walk towards the referee while spreading his hands.
It is worth mentioning that the referee did not blow James for a foul......
In order to understand the situation, and also to press the referee as soon as possible to get justice for John Salmons, Doon had to find out what happened to his teammates.
I just learned the truth of the matter, which is that someone deliberately stuck his foot out and stepped on John Salmons.
But at this time, the Cavaliers players on the court were still arguing: "Did you see that? You don't see any qualifications to say it's a stepping stone? ”
Because the referee didn't say that James fouled, Doon had no choice but to accept the immediate result after arguing with the referee for a few words - John Salmons was attacked by Cleveland's shadowless feet and was carried down.
Considering that the referee couldn't see the steps or the feet, in order to ensure the victory of this round of the series, Doon still reminded the other teammates on the scene.
Not everyone has Kobe's experience with anti-foot padding, and of course, even Kobe will miss the front foot.
Therefore, in order to avoid the attack of the shadowless foot as much as possible, the Bulls reduced their jump shots on the outside, and more on the basket with the ball, and it was really impossible to break through and let their teammates who were in a big empty position on the outside shot.
James' defensive energy is still mainly focused on Doon, and it is impossible to chase out and save other players on a large scale.
The Bulls also continued to consolidate their scoring advantage because of the change in their style of play and their own caution.
Although the Cavaliers have strengthened their defense, they have been unable to find their touch on the outside.
James' best offensive means were also defended by Doon and Garnett, and the Cavaliers could only try to score more points on the inside.
However, the pace of the game tonight was not slow, the Bulls kept trying to play the transition offense, and Big Z also did not perform well under the basket in the second half because of physical problems.
The Bulls relied on a steady performance on both ends of the floor to have the last laugh again.
93-88, the Bulls won another Eastern Conference Finals by five points.
The away games are 2-0, so the next home battle must not make persistent efforts and directly take away the Cavaliers in a wave?
Although the Bulls management still wants to find an opportunity to sell more tickets, the problem is that John Salmons has been injured in the Eastern Conference Finals G2 due to human factors.
John Salmons has played an impressive role in this year's playoffs, and is an extremely important, if not a regular rotation.
After the news of John Salmons being reimbursed for the season and ending the playoffs early came back to Chicago, the Bulls management didn't dare to say anything more.
Who knows what will happen in the next game?
In order to retain enough strength and win the final Finals, the Bulls can only make a quick decision for now.
However, the Bulls still underestimated the league's determination, or Stern didn't want to be slapped in the face so soon.
When Doon and his party returned to Chicago, they found that there was not much difference between home and away in terms of penalty scale.
Fortunately, the Bulls players are still more familiar with playing at the Union Center.
After returning to the United Center, the Bulls players themselves scored much more efficiently than they did at the Quick Loan Center.
In addition, the fans at the scene are also constantly putting pressure on the referees and Cavaliers players, and the offensive level of the Cavaliers themselves is really limited.
These factors were entangled, causing the knight to once again have a situation where the mud could not support the wall.
The Bulls once again completed the three kills against the Cavaliers in 5 to 8 under the witness of the fans.
At 102-90, the Bulls once again won the game by double-digit margins.
At this point, the series of the Eastern Conference Finals has come to 3-0, and it is basically impossible for the Cavaliers to turn defeat into victory.
It can only be said that the configuration of Morris and Delonte West is still a little worse.
It's okay to play in the regular season, but it's a bit reluctant to get to the playoffs.
Not to mention against a strong defending champion like the Bulls, once the offense can't be effective, then the Bulls will be beaten into an ATM.
There is no doubt that if the Cavaliers want to go further, they must continue to bring in All-Star caliber players.
However, this is the opinion within the Cavaliers, and most of the media in the outside world have shouted: "The Cleveland Cavaliers are hard to win, and LeBron James must show the level of MVP!" ”
Of course, there are also people who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, saying that James is not worthy of MVP, and he is not even qualified for MVP second. (End of chapter)