Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Chapter 308

"ohNO!!!"

“ohyes!!!!”

Two completely different emotions spread in the hearts of the home team and visiting team fans, causing them to let out completely different shouts.

"I'm not here, right?"

Hu Yingzhe, Yu Guohao and others in front of the screen shouted out in unison, startling the students in the dormitory next door.

They came over and took a look, and saw that Hu Yingzhe was watching the game. They could only shake their heads and walked back.

Hu Yingzhe smiled sheepishly at the classmates who came over to observe the situation and sighed.

The direction of the game was really something he didn't expect. At the most critical moment, Qi Tian's shot was unexpected.

But just when he wanted to find a reason for Qi Tian, he heard the referee blow the whistle.

Since it was a live broadcast with original sound, Yu Guohao didn't know what the referee's gestures and the on-site host who was talking in bird language meant. He looked at Hu Yingzhe anxiously and asked:

"Brother Hu, how can you boast like this?"

"Made, are you calling me Brother Hu now?"

Hu Yingzhe retorted first, and after seeing the referee's gesture clearly, he became excited,

"Foul, shooting foul, three free throws!"

Just when Yu Guohao saw Qi Tian, who was pulled up by his teammates, walking to the free throw line, he knew what happened and he howled excitedly.

"Niubi Niubi!"

Of course the Spurs gave up. Coach Popovich walked over to the referee and gave him a slap in the face.

"Why is this a foul on us?"

"After he took the shot, Manu knocked him down. Why was it a shooting foul?"

The referee has no obligation to explain to the coach that their penalty standards are all based on the rules promulgated by the league. Sometimes, the coaches who come to argue pretend to be confused just to put pressure on the referee.

"Manu Ginobili violated the opponent's cylinder and the ball was shot outside the three-point line. There is no problem with three free throws."

Listening to the referee's explanation, Popovich was not going to accept it, but still shouted:

"Did you buy it? No one is stupid, so you obviously didn't encounter it?"

The referee's mouth froze and his expression turned ugly.

Budenholzer, the assistant coach next to him, quickly pulled away from the head coach, not daring to let him continue.

On July 29, 2008, former NBA referee Donaghy was sentenced to 15 months in prison by a federal court for participating in gambling. This incident caused much greater damage to the NBA than the numerous individual player incidents in 2004.

Because this involves a very critical principle in basketball games, that is fairness.

If a competition cannot even achieve the most basic fairness, then what is the meaning of the so-called winner?

Since the Donaghy incident, fans have had more objections to the league's penalties, and the league has repeatedly issued orders, requiring referees to make fair decisions at all times.

Now that Popovich was questioning football betting, the referee's face turned dark. Fortunately, his professionalism was still there. He just quietly ordered the technical desk to prepare for video playback and said nothing more.

Budenholzer breathed a sigh of relief. At this critical moment of the game, if the head coach spits sweet things at the referee and is sent off, then today will really be the end of the world.

"Hey, if..., wouldn't I be the one responsible for that?"

Budenholzer was controlled by the thoughts flashing through his mind, and it was difficult to control himself for a while.

The Spurs fans on the sidelines also wanted to see if the penalty was fair, so they all raised their heads and stared at the big screen above.

Only the coaching teams of both sides didn't make any big moves. They are all veterans who have studied the rules of basketball for many years. Wouldn't they know if their opponent had committed a foul at a glance? The only difference lies in how the referee makes the decision.

What's more, although Ginobili's block was hit after Qitian Basketball's shot, both sides were still in the air, and the offensive and defensive roles have not changed, so it must comply with the rules.

"An illegal use of the hand or illegal extension of the arm occurs when a defensive player is in a defensive position and places his hands or arms on an opponent with or without the ball and maintains contact so as to impede his progress."

This one.

The referee's request for replay was nothing more than blocking the Spurs' mouth.

Sure enough, after a simple replay, the referee confirmed that the penalty was correct and asked Qi Tian to go to the free throw line to prepare for the free throw.

"86-89."

There are 18 seconds left in the game, and the outcome is already in Qi Tian's hands.

"Huh~~"

Qi Tian took a deep breath and steadily threw the basketball in his hand.

"Whoosh!"

Made all three free throws.

"89-89."

Tie the score!

"pause."

This time, Popovich did not hesitate to take the timeout and quickly asked his players to arrange tactics.

The Pacers, who were already on the map, returned to the court again after Vogel deployed defensive tactics.

"Dudu!"

After a simple movement, Parker received the ball from Duncan and advanced with the ball.

The Spurs were indeed ready to run out of time and waited until there were only 10 seconds left in the game before starting to organize their attack.

It's still Parker and Duncan's pick-and-roll, and West still steps forward to delay, but the Saints will not be knocked down twice by the same trick, and neither will Parker.

He quickly moved sideways to break through, pulling West, but using West to block Hill.

Seeing Parker force a breakthrough, West could only step forward to defend and gave up his plan to defend Duncan.

But as his physical strength gradually depleted, he could not keep up with his opponent and could not prevent Parker's breakthrough. The referee next to him immediately blew the whistle and called him a foul.

"5 seconds!"

Parker stepped to the free throw line and became the Spurs' hero. Even if he only made one of two free throws, it was enough to give the Spurs the lead.

"89-90."

"pause!"

Vogel called a timeout to prepare tactics. In 5 seconds, they only had one chance for a fast break. This time was too short for George and the others to rush to the basket.

"Defend!"

Amid the cheers of the fans in the audience, Popovich deployed defensive tactics and replaced Ginobili with Leonard.

5 seconds is not enough for the Pacers to complete a strategy, they only need to defend their perimeter.

The ten people quickly returned to the court. After the referee blew the whistle to start the game, he handed the basketball to West.

"Five, four..."

During the countdown, everyone in the Pacers quickly started a pick-and-roll, trying to help their teammates find space to receive the ball. However, everyone in the Spurs, especially Green and Leonard, followed the opponent closely and tried to cause the opponent to commit a five-second service violation.

"This way!"

Seeing that Qi Tian and George had no chance, Hill quickly used Hibbert's pick-and-roll and came to the open space to ask for the ball from West.

"5,4..."

As soon as Hill touched the basketball, the timer started counting down. Parker followed closely and did not give his opponent a chance to take action.

But Hill didn't take a shot when he got the ball on the fast break, but quickly passed it across!

"3,2..."

Qi Tian used the pick-and-roll with George to get into the open space, received a pass from Hill, and shot directly.

"1,0! Boom!"

When the basketball is flying in the air, the red light symbolizing the end of the game lights up.

"Dang, swish!"

The Spurs fans in the audience were stunned as they watched the basketball bounce off the rim and score a goal.

"92-90."

The scoreboard suddenly jumped, showing the final result to the entire audience.

“ohhhhh!!”

“I bought it!!”

Pacers fans and the bench were in a frenzy.