This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 181 See you, Charlotte
"Obviously, Zhou Lin is the undisputed best rookie, even the best player in this game, sorry, Brandon, you are equally good."

Bernie Bickerstaff was in a good mood at the following press conference. After all, the team had won the first playoff game in history, and they still played away games in the next game to eliminate the home court advantage.

When asked about the two elbows in the game.

Gerrard, who also attended the press conference, smiled and said: "This is the correct understanding of our players. The referee thinks it is right to do so, but I may have misunderstood the referee. Oh, Zhou, remember to pay the fine for me."

Zhou Lin on the side cleverly explained: "You should ask the boss to reimburse you, please tell Michael for me."

However, when asked about the possibility of a possible suspension, Bernie Bickerstaff said: "The referee complicates the game. I mean, it's like the referee didn't see Chris hit my player. If there was a ban, I think both Chriss and Gerrard should be on the sidelines, but this is the game and we had a great and difficult game anyway."

……

For Chinese fans, April 4nd is a wonderful day, because the Charlotte Bobcats and Houston Rockets made a good start to the playoffs together.

The Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center defeated the Jazz 84-75 in the evening game, taking a 1-0 lead in this round of the series. Yao Ming scored a game-high 28 points and 13 rebounds, making his first contribution , and set a record for the number of rebounds in the playoffs.

McGrady, who was sluggish in the first half, opened his sleepy eyes in the second half and scored 16 points in the third quarter. He made 17 of 8 shots and 5 of 3 three-pointers to score the second highest 23 points in the game. Has a comprehensive performance of 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 blocks.

Coincidentally, Yao Ming also suffered the same elbow treatment as Zhou Lin in the game, but the Jazz probably couldn't reach Yao Ming's face, let alone the ball raised by Yao Ming, so they could only attack Yao Ming's waist Yes, Yao Ming also complained after the game that Harprin would stab himself with his elbow when he was holding the ball.

Moreover, it has to be mentioned that the team that won the first game in the first round of the playoffs has a winning percentage of about [-]% to beat their opponents and advance to the next round.

Of course, the Houston Rockets are definitely the face of this law in history.

According to the normal historical trajectory, the Houston Rockets were overturned when they took a 2-0 lead this year, which is exactly the same as the overturn when they played against the Mavericks in 04.

In the game on the same day, the Heat lost to the Bulls 91-96, and the Pistons beat the Magic 100-92.

The Charlotte Bobcats were the only team to take a gram.

However, the bad news came quickly.

The boss of the Bobcats, the offensive and defensive combination of Gerald Wallace, was suspended for one game, and the league also issued a fine of 25000 US dollars.

Zhou Lin's unintentional remark turned out to be a prophecy. Boss Qiao really waved his hand and decided to pay the fine to Gerald Wallace.

After all, it might be Gerald Wallace's elbow that made the Charlotte Bobcats sell an extra game.

The keyboard warriors on the Internet started to rave about this game.

The Raptors, who are still ashamed to lose, VS the Bobcats, who have a slight upper hand and are proud of it.

"Isn't it normal to have some physical confrontation in the playoffs? If there is no physical confrontation to play women's basketball, how did the Pistons win the championship in 04!"

"With your strength, you can't even pass our level."

"I bet the next one will beat the shit out of you."

Raptors fans and Charlotte Bobcats fans have been cursing.

Especially with regard to the referee's double standards, why Gerald Wallace was called for a malicious foul, but Chris Bosh was not called out, is even more controversial.

For this matter, the official also specially gave an explanation, saying that Chris Bosh is the offensive side, not intentional, and Gerald Wallace is malicious revenge when he is fighting for the ball Means, that's why Gerald Wallace was expelled.

Dirty is dirty, and whichever eye can tell, Chris Bosh didn't mean it.

Fans don't buy the official account.

Especially the domestic fans are very emotional, and they are already judging whether the referee Crawford bought the ball to blow the match.

On the other hand, Chris Bosh supported the referee's penalty in public, and believed that Gerald Wallace's suspension was the most correct penalty. Such an uproar also made the Charlotte fans very upset.

Even Jordan has let go, if the Raptors players dare to do something, don't be afraid, I will pay the fine.

For a while, the incident of the two elbows fermented for a while, and the two teams, which had no enmity before, were now full of gunpowder.

However, the fact that Gerald Wallace was suspended for one game still cannot be changed.

Toronto time, at 4 pm on April 24th, the second game of the series continued.

Before the game, Sam Mitchell took over the Auerbach Cup and won the best head coach in the 2006-2007 season.

As the sixth head coach in the history of the Raptors, Toronto Raptors coach Sam Mitchell, who has only entered the third year of his coaching career, was elected the NBA's best coach of the season.

This season, Sam Mitchell led the team to win 20 more games than last season, which set a record for the most improved team in the league this season, and this is the biggest capital for him to win votes.

From a jury of 128 American and Canadian sports columnists and NBA commentators, Sam Mitchell received a total of 49 first-place votes and scored 394 points, beating Jerry Mitchell with 301 points. Sloan and Mavericks coach Jr. Johnson with 268 points.

It is worth mentioning that the media also announced the best head coach of the season among the head coaches. Johnson and Popovich occupy the top two, while Sam Mitchell can only be ranked third. .

And yesterday, the NBA officially announced the winner of the best sixth man in the regular season of the 06-07 season. Assists and 18.1 rebounds, well deserved.

In the victory over the Lakers the day before, Barbosa scored 26 points, complementing each other, and it was an early celebration.

It is worth mentioning that Spurs guard Manu Ginobili ranked second in the selection.

Well, as the most famous sixth man in history, Yaodao has not even won the best sixth man, which surprised Zhou Lin a little bit.

In addition, the most improved award was taken away by Kevin Martin, and Nuggets center Marcus Camby won the best defensive player.

As for the best player and best rookie in the regular season, they will be announced in the second round of the playoffs.

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In this game without Gerald Wallace, Zhou Lin was promoted by Bickerstaff to the starting three position.

Blazek got another starting spot.

On the Raptors side, Bargnani no longer appeared in the starting lineup.

If Sam Mitchell was really that brainless, it would be impossible to win the best head coach. When Bargnani came on the field, he used it to score points for Zhou Lin.

Those who were trained by the military in the last game don't want to.

But this time, at the fifth position, it was a contest between the Slovenian national team, and the opponent sent Rashaw Nesterovic.

At the beginning of the game, the Charlotte Bobcats were the first to enter the state. Zhou Lin was facing Joey Graham's defense. Although he was not as free as he played against Bargnani, he still had a dislocation advantage. Zhou Lin As long as Lin feels good, it's hard for Graham to guard against him.

A three-pointer and a crotch pass to Brezek helped the team take the lead in opening up the situation.

Sam Mitchell, who was smiling happily just now, suddenly became gloomy.

Under the leadership of Zhou Lin, the Charlotte Bobcats without Gerald Wallace have more blossoms. Brandon Roy has taken over Gerald Wallace's scoring task. Two breakthrough layups succeeded.

"Don't think about anything else, step up the defensive intensity, I need to see each of you play hard."

Sam. Mitchell called foul time is still a bit late, the Bobcats played a 5-12 spurt in the first 7 minutes.

"Don't try to be a gentleman, this is the playoffs, you have to be rude, this is our home court."

The players of the Raptors understood what Sam meant. After returning from the game, the Raptors increased their defensive strength and started double-teaming Zhou Lin frantically. Except for the main defender, Joey Graham In addition, small guard TJ. Ford is always eyeing, as long as Zhou Lin's ball is exposed, it will attract TJ. Ford's double-team.

In the next 3 minutes, Zhou Lin fell down at least three times, including two times when he was fighting for the floor ball and was thrown on the ground. The Raptors player on the ground tripped.

"Maybe this is the intensity of the playoffs. Players need to adapt to the referee's calls. After all, Zhou Lin is a first-year student. The referee encourages players to solve problems by themselves."

Su Qun from CCTV-5 forced a wave of explanations, but was robbed by Ma Jian and said: "But what about this ball? If you follow the whistle just now, Zhou Lin shouldn't be called for a foul! It's the same as Gray in the last round. It's almost exactly the same as Ham's hitting him."

As an invited guest, Ma Jian can still speak freely, what's more, he has this kind of character and likes to be outspoken.

In the first quarter, Zhou Lin fell to the ground four times, but only blew once. The other three times were Zhou Lin's mistakes.

So Zhou Lin's data in the first quarter was indeed not very good, with 5 points and 2 assists but 4 turnovers and 2 fouls.

"Is this playing ball or fighting?"

After Zhou Lin was replaced by Bickerstaff, he couldn't help complaining.

This referee is not boasting of general favoritism.

As soon as Zhou Lin was on the court, Bargnani came on the court, and he was worthy of Sam Mitchell. He scored 7 points in a row, which was a shame.

At the end of the first quarter, the Raptors took a 32-19 lead by a full 13 points.

The comparison of the number of free throws on both sides is 4 of 3 and 12 of 9.

In the first quarter alone, the Raptors made 8 more free throws than the Bobcats!
After the start of the second quarter, Zhou Lin played again. Soon after Calderon made a steal, Calderon's head hit Zhou Lin's nose, and Zhou Lin, who was bleeding, had to rest.

After Zhou Lin left the field, Brandon Roy and Okafor, as the team's main attack points inside and outside, also encountered a very strong "physical confrontation" from each other again.

When Zhou Lin came back again, the team was in prison. After these several collisions, Zhou Lin's hand feeling faded badly. In the second quarter, he was 5 for 0, and no score was recorded.

At the end of the first half, the Bobcats trailed by a full 35 points 56-21.

And Chris Bosh, TJ. Ford, and Bargnani all scored 10+ points.

Among them, although Chris Bosh only made 9 of 2, he made 8 free throws.

At the beginning of the second half, after Zhou Lin encountered the same type of collision and double-teaming again, the referee's whistle finally started to come.

In the third quarter, Zhou Lin made 7 free throws.

In this regard, Mitchell also expressed his dissatisfaction, thinking that the referee should not whistle like this.

According to Zhou Lin's understanding, it may be that the referee felt that the Raptors had an advantage of 20+ points, and it was okay to play even a little bit off the Bobcats in the second half, and they came back round.

Well, isn’t there a saying that goes like this—whistleblowing has a scale and is also flexible.

Treat you a little tighter in the first half, and then treat you a little looser in the second half, which is considered to make up for it.

Regarding this, Zhou Lin could only sneer in his heart: Thank you.

If you get it cheap, you can probably sell it well.

And in the first half after a catastrophic first half, even if the normal whistle-offs were restored in the second half, those lost touches and unbalanced mentality could not be regained all at once.

Even Zhou Lin had a disastrous performance that night. Except for the 9 points he scored in the third quarter, his performance in the other three quarters was average.

In the fourth quarter, Chris Bosh's two three-pointers in the early part of the game completely locked the victory on the Raptors' side.

Zhou Lin, who was sitting on the bench, missed Gerald Wallace very much.

Although Brandon Roy scored 12 points in 15 minutes of playing time in the fourth quarter, the pitfalls in the first three quarters still caused the Charlotte Bobcats to lose by a big score.

103-85.

周林出战25分钟拿下了16分4助攻3篮板却有8次失误4次犯规，布兰登.罗伊25分6次助攻，奥卡福再取两双12分14篮板。

For the Raptors, Chris Bosh scored another 32 points, Bargnani rebounded off the bench and scored 17 points and 6 rebounds, TJ Ford scored 21 points and 4 assists, Jose Calderon scored 12 points and 7 assists. assists.

1-1, with one game each in Toronto.

At the press conference after the game, Bickerstaff berated the referee.

"I know it's a business alliance, but it can't be shameless."

When asked about Zhou Lin's performance of 17 of 6 in this game, accompanied by 8 turnovers.

Zhou Lin rarely got angry and said: "I became a target in the hail of bullets, but it doesn't matter, see you Charlotte!"

(End of this chapter)