Pick Westbrook

Chapter 187 The sixth battle

Post-match interview.

"Coach Li Lai, it is extremely regrettable that you lost this game. It seems that luck is not on your side."

"Now the score is 2:3, and the Lakers also took the lead in getting the match point."

"They have a chance to win the championship trophy at your home court in the next game."

Li Lai remained calm at this time, even though he lost the battle of Tianwangshan 2:3, he did not panic at all.

马绍尔在一旁递过来了这场比赛的数据统计，科比28投15中，罚球20罚18中，砍下了48分6篮板3助攻的数据。

You must know that Kobe's stats are different from James' stats. This black mamba scored such a high score under the Bucks' three-man defense. This is absolutely unacceptable to Li Lai.

Li Lai opened his eyes at this time and said: "With 20 free throws in a single game, it's not that the Bucks have no one who can defend Kobe. We haven't reached the point where we have to use fouls to stop players from attacking, but Kobe"

Tyronn Lue already had a premonition of what Li Lai was going to say, so he quickly stretched out his hand to cover the opponent's mouth and whispered: "Coach, you will be fined by the league for criticizing the referee."

The reporters off the field also secretly shook their heads at Li Lai at this time. They had already guessed what Li Lai was going to say, so they signaled him not to take risks at this time.

Li Lai stood up stubbornly at this moment, and punched the table.

A gentleman sits down and talks about the Tao, while a young man rises up and acts!
"If you can block the words of one person, can you also block the mouths of the world?"

"This game, big bald head, No. 17, Joe Crawford deliberately targeted my Bucks, everyone saw it clearly, I will send the video of this game to the league headquarters, and if you want to punish me, you will be punished !"

"Finally, we're back in Milwaukee! No one can target us again!"

"2:3? The Lakers haven't won the championship yet!"

After the press conference, on the way back to Milwaukee.

Li Lai suddenly stopped and asked, "How long have we been playing in the playoffs?"

Marshall opened the small book in his arms, almost turned from the last page to the first page, and after a careful look, he said: "From April 4 to today, there are still two months left in three days."

Tyronn Lu was very surprised why Li Lai suddenly asked this question, but he couldn't help being in a trance after hearing the answer.

Unexpectedly, the Bucks have been in the playoffs for such a long time in a blink of an eye. It was not until this time that Tyronn Lue remembered that he hadn't seen his favorite little nephew for a long time.

The Bucks players have not been home for a long time, and they have been with the team during this time.

Speaking of this, Tyronn Lue remembered that he hadn't seen Li Lai's secretary Holloway who was inseparable for a long time. That little girl seemed to be very fond of Li Lai.

Tyronn Lue couldn't help scratching his crotch at this moment, wondering if there was something serious about the two of them.

Li Lai turned around at this moment and said, "Guys, how about winning the championship at home?"

Behind him, Westbrook, Curry, Yi Jianlian and others are still concerned. Artest has even been greeting the ancestors of Joe Crawford. War is extremely unconvinced.

Danny Green, who missed a key three-pointer, raised his hand at this time and said: "Coach, we will win the championship, absolutely!"

Li Lai looked at the confident Danny Green and said with a smile, "Yes, we will definitely win the championship."

In this way, a group of Bucks players who were behind 2:3 happily shouted the slogan of winning at home on the flight.

The nervousness of Tyronn Lue and Marshall was swept away. They have always believed that Li Lai has a unique magic power, which can always make the players arrogant, like a chicken blood.

"It's time for the Bucks to go home too!"

Union headquarters.

David Stern was overwhelmed by the news in front of him.

After the battle of the kings in the finals, the news all over the world was talking about the shady scenes of the finals and the manipulation theory of the league. There were even conspiracy theories that it was impossible to win the championship because Westbrook and Curry were not Nike athletes.

What made David Stern even more angry was that Li Lai's remarks at the post-match press conference undoubtedly added fuel to the fire, dealt a heavy blow to the league, and made things even more out of control.

"The home whistle and the star whistle have always existed. Even the judge asked Kobe to sign him first when hearing the case, so what can I do?"

"That damn bastard Li Lai is really not worrying at all."

Xiao Hua on the side naturally knew that Mr. Stern did not try to manipulate the game, especially after the Mavericks incident a few years ago, the referee on duty, Donaghy, took the initiative to reveal that he manipulated the game, which has left NBA Indelible dark spots.

So since then, the league headquarters has always hoped to maintain the authenticity and competitiveness of the NBA, especially in games at the championship level, they hope to set the tone of whistle-blowing scale in the first second of the game.

Xiao Hua remembered what Li Lai had mentioned to him, after all, competitive sports still have to be resolved by the players themselves, and real games will be more attractive to fans.

"Although the NBA is a business league, it's not just business. We have the most passionate fans and the purest lovers in the world."

"They need a real result."

"So even if the team they support loses in the finals, as long as the loss is fair, they can still accept it."

"But on the contrary, even if the team they support wins the game, it is in a sneaky way, and I am afraid that love will disappear."

Xiao Hua opened the referee report in his hand, and combined with the video of the game between the Bucks and the Lakers, he said: "This game was played very tightly, and as long as many dispensable fouls were committed on Kobe, they must be fouls." , but the Bucks players didn't get any whistle."

"Such whistleblowing is misleading, and there are two other obvious wrong calls, one is Kobe's body hair foul, and the other is Artest's sixth foul, which is a normal defense. "

David Stern frowned and said, "Which bastard deliberately boasted that the Lakers won?"

Xiao Hua said: "Joseph Joe Crawford."

David Stern was impressed by the coach.

He remembered that in 2007, Crawford caused huge controversy because of a whistle.

At the time, the league was implementing a zero-tolerance rule. During a game between the Spurs and the Mavericks, Crawford was expelling Duncan for insulting himself because he was laughing on the bench.

In the fourth game of the 2008 Western Conference Finals, the Lakers challenged the Spurs away. At the last moment of the game, the Lakers player Fisher violated the Spurs player Lent Barry's shot. It should be a shooting foul.

But at that time, as the referee closest to the incident, Crawford chose to turn a blind eye. In the end, the Lakers eliminated the Spurs 4-1 and advanced to the finals.

The huge pressure of public opinion that whistled the whistle also made David Stern announce a penalty, that is, Crawford will be suspended.

Xiao Hua said: "This is the third time that Crawford has made the same mistake, and this time he is bold enough to make such a big mistake in the eyes of fans all over the world on the stage of the finals."

David Stern nodded. Since the incident in the past few years, he has begun to pursue the authenticity of the NBA. He will never allow the referee to manipulate the game, so Crawford hit the gun himself. .

David Stern said: "Crawford has lost the judgment and impartiality that an NBA referee should have."

On the second day, the league announced the penalty decision.

Referee No. 17 Joseph Joe Crawford will be suspended indefinitely, and he will bid farewell to the NBA game completely from now on.

Then David Stern held a press conference in person, and he promised that the game will continue in an absolutely fair manner. The NBA will take this as its eternal goal and insist on this difficult but correct thing for a long time.

Li Lai, who was far away in Milwaukee, showed a very cute smile after hearing the news.

Like those who love NBA fans, he is very happy with this result.

"Basketball is supposed to be a pure sport."

Game [-] of the NBA Finals.

The Milwaukee fans were full of enthusiasm. They had been paying attention to the Bucks game. When they saw the team tied with the Lakers 2:2, they were going crazy at that moment, and they all showed very excited smiles.

From 0:2 to 2:2, only God knows what kind of heaven and hell these lovely fans have experienced.

"But now that the Bucks are behind with a big score of 2:3, these fans can still smile at the Bucks. They are definitely the most staunch fans of the Bucks."

Kenny Smith was almost crying with excitement.

The whistleblowing of the last game made him speechless as a commentator, but he complained for the Bucks from the bottom of his heart.

Now the league has finally made the correct punishment, which also proves that the Bucks were indeed targeted maliciously by Joseph Joe Crawford, which also cleared the Bucks of humiliation.

"The good thing is that there will be no such unfair calls from now on, and I also hope that the NBA will maintain this kind of fair and just game in the future."

"It's a great thing not just for the fans, but for the players on the field."

on the field.

Game start.

The Bucks players on the field all gritted their teeth and wanted to win tonight's game, especially after Joseph Joe Crawford was determined to be viciously whistled, their thoughts were even stronger.

Westbrook even shouted a slogan before the game, they want to win the battle of Tianwangshan again!
At the beginning of the game, the Bucks played extremely aggressively as soon as they came up.

An excellent lead of 8:0 was achieved at the beginning.

O'Neal started four consecutive games. Although his average playing time did not change much compared to the previous games, he completed the task assigned by Li Lai very efficiently in the first quarter.

The ultimate exhaustion of the physical strength of the Lakers twin towers.

At the end of the first quarter, the Bucks maintained the lead with 33:26.

In the second quarter of the game, the Bucks' five dead lineups were taken up again, and unexpectedly, the Lakers also took the dead five small lineups at this time!

Fisher, Kobe, Ariza, Walton, Odom.

Barkley said in surprise: "The Zen master compromised!"

"He gave up the twin-tower lineup and chose to put Gasol and Bynum, who were physically exhausted, on the bench. The Lakers and Bucks put on the same flexible offensive lineup."

"This is a compromise from one era to another. This is a compromise from the old style of play to the new style of play. The Bucks and Li Lai have achieved this."

This is also the compromise that Zen Master Phil Jackson had to make in the first three games after facing the Bucks' unresistable dead five.

The Lakers, who insisted on the Twin Towers lineup, really couldn't beat this Bucks.

But after such a lineup change, the Lakers completely lost their original advantage, and they were not the Bucks' opponents at all in the small competition.

At the end of the final half, the Bucks took the lead 65:55.

In the second half of the game, Kobe launched an attack on the Bucks even more desperately, but he couldn't keep up with the Bucks in terms of offensive efficiency.

When Curry and Westbrook teamed up to blast a 12:0 offensive wave, the game ended with a big victory for the Bucks again.

118: 108.

The big score was tied 3:3.

"It's going to be a tiebreaker!"

"But I don't see any advantage for the Lakers. Jackson tried a small lineup to limit the Bucks' death five, but it accelerated their loss."

"Now, the balance of victory is entirely on the Bucks' side!"

(End of this chapter)