Wang Tu Baye

Chapter 317
Most of the visions of the fans are beautiful. I hope that a certain superstar will choose a city to die in, be loyal and diligent throughout his life, and never leave.

So once a star loved by the local fans leaves, endless abuse and anger will flood the mountains and plains by burning jerseys. The simple values ​​​​of the fans are like this. Love is unconditional hatred and unprincipled.

But let's think about it carefully, sometimes most players can't decide on their own to enter the NBA, unless some NBA champions or specific stars, many players don't know who they are picked until the draft.

This is like an arranged marriage in a feudal society. Before reporting to the nba club, the two parties may not have had any in-depth contact. It seems a bit unreasonable to ask the players to start from the beginning. After all, every nba team plays Traditional targets are quite different.

The tall and mighty Dwayne Johnson, who appears to be extremely strong in movies and in life, once he takes photos with NBA stars, he immediately looks weak , can carry the defensive player for a layup and take off at any time.

In the nba's traditionally famous and difficult away game, the top three in Texas must be ranked high. The Spurs, Mavericks and Rockets have made every visiting team suffer. Although the Warriors have won three consecutive victories in Texas this season, it is definitely not Normally, you really can't set too ambitious goals when you go to Texas to play.

There is also the notoriously difficult NBA away game. Salt Lake City must be number one. It is not as unruly as Madison in New York, nor as dark and traditional as Miami. The Jazz are always tough at home. Who will play? You have to break your mouth with blood.

The Jazz said they don't want the title of dragon at home and away, and others are too embarrassed to grab it, really.

The Jazz can often play a proud record of 38 wins and 3 losses or 36 wins and 5 losses at home, but at the same time they can play an embarrassing record of 19 wins and 22 losses in away games, and they hardly lose at home. It's the wonderful Utah Jazz.

There are several deep-seated reasons for this. First of all, Salt Lake City is located on a plateau, and no one is comfortable. Except for the home team of the Jazz who is waiting for work, the home team has long been used to it. In addition, the Utah people who look generous and hospitable have arranged high-end luxury hotels for the visiting team. , You have to go out early in the morning to go to the Energy Center Arena to train and familiarize yourself with the venue.

The design of the Jazz's home seats is also very thoughtful. The seats in the entire arena are extremely steep. Players of the visiting team playing on the court feel that they are surrounded by [-] fans at the bottom of the well at any time. Courageous players will probably drift when they walk.

This kind of arena design, which is similar to scaring children, can concentrate all the volume to the maximum, like a huge wave that overwhelms the mountains, pounces on the eardrums of the players of the visiting team, and it will definitely make you shudder.

Moreover, the famous home whistle in the nba is not uncommon in the jazz's home court. Iron blood and toughness are the labels of the Utah jazz. If the referee dares to let go and blow it according to the rules, it is estimated that they will not be able to play three quarters, and all jazz players will be sent off. Obviously, The fans will not agree. I am afraid that it will be a luxury for the referee to leave Salt Lake City completely.

Verus didn’t feel intuitively on TV in his previous life, but now he has followed the Golden State Warriors and finally experienced the horror of the Utah Jazz’s home court. The Warriors played normally in the first quarter and led by one point at 24:23.

But in the second quarter, the situation changed suddenly. The Jazz looked like they had changed to another team. How they played, Stockton and Karl Malone stood at the free throw line from time to time. Verus felt that even if the Warriors players moved their eyes, Will be whistled for a foul.

The second quarter was spent by Malone, Stockton, and Jazz rookie Andrei Kirilenko’s continuous free throws. The Jazz returned the Warriors at 22:36 in a single quarter, and the Warriors were thrown into the cliff all at once. Bottom, more than ten points behind at halftime.

In this era, the overall label of the NBA is still toughness and fierce physical confrontation. No one wants to be labeled as a softie and a coward. Many fouls are intentionally or unintentionally ignored by referees, and the home team often takes a lot of advantage.

Although the NBA clearly stipulates that the referees cannot have any form of contact with the NBA home team, but the referees come here, live in the hotel in the city where the home team is located, and the home team provides various security services. It has nothing to do with it. people will believe.

Even the most famous senior referee in nba, his annual salary is far from being comparable to that of nba players. Ordinary nba players often earn millions of dollars a year, but referees are like part-time jobs, earning a few thousand dollars at most for a game.

It doesn’t matter if you are 50 or 60 years old, as long as you are still working as an NBA referee, you have to run with the players, and the players can also come off the bench to rest. Referees generally don’t rest for a second unless there is an accident. , has been staying on the court for several hours with high tension, for fear of making a wrong call on a key penalty.

Contrary to what ordinary fans think, the nba league is also extremely strict in the management and game of referees. There were even a few times when the union and the referee union collapsed.

Before and after the game, the referees need to do a lot of preparatory work, complete various questionnaires sent by the league, not be in contact with anyone before the game, and stay in a small space to warm up and prepare.

After the game, you have to review the details of the game repeatedly, fill out the game report, take a shower, pack your bags, and rush to the airport in the early morning, waiting for the red-eye flight that usually arrives at [-] or [-] o'clock to fly to the next game city.

During the two or three hours from the arena to the airport waiting for the flight, I would definitely not be able to sleep. When I arrived in another city in the morning, there was still a lot of preparation work that needed to be contacted and carried out, so I still couldn’t sleep.

Young or old referees can only sleep for two or three hours from 1:4 p.m. A short period of time.

It was also after getting in touch with these nba referees that Verus realized that every job is not easy. In the past, he saw the majesty and authority of nba referees on TV, and countless superstars trembled in front of them. My own family, children and all kinds of troubles.

For the combined regular season and playoffs of the NBA, the referees have more than half a year. They cannot sleep in bed until the early morning, and can only take a nap in the corner of the unknown city in the afternoon. Life lasted for decades, and Verus felt that he must not be able to do it.

(End of this chapter)