"Zhao Chen, Durant, and Westbrook successively worked hard to score points for the Thunder. The Heat are in danger." McBrin shouted.
The Thunder's pursuit of points was so fierce that McBrin never imagined that chasing 10 points would not be difficult at all for the Thunder.
In the next 3 minutes or so, it will be much easier to recover 4 points.
The fans at Chesapeake Energy Arena are constantly getting up and reveling, and Zhao Chen's return has brought all this.
After returning from timeout.
Even the crazy James failed to continue to open up the points difference for the Heat.
The Heat are scoring, but the Thunder are also scoring, and the Thunder are scoring more quickly and domineeringly!
The Heat are good at two-pointers, while the Thunder are good at three-pointers.
Seeing the situation on the court, the voices of the players on the Heat bench became smaller and smaller. They were already a little scared. They were afraid that the Heat's score would be reversed by the Thunder.
When the game came to 52 seconds, Zhao Chen withstood James' back hit, Durant completed the steal with his long arm, and Westbrook counterattacked and scored a layup, tying the score at 112-112!
The momentum at the scene reached its peak tonight! !
In 4 minutes, the Thunder recovered 10 points at home!
The Big Three of the Thunder gave them a lesson in teamwork in front of the Big Three of the Heat.
During this period, the Thunder were all working hard, while only James was scoring for the Heat.
"Westbrook's quick counterattack tied the score, and the Thunder's defense became more and more energetic." Van Gundy said.
The Heat did not call timeout, but Spoelstra kept whistling, indicating that the ball should be given to James.
The Thunder's defender against James is Durant.
James' choice when facing Durant was to take two steps back, open up the space and then suddenly explode!
Durant stood still with his hands raised, but didn't make a move.
James' physical talent is very strong, and Durant can only be pushed away.
James' actions were very impactful...it was obvious that he was going for the foul.
Before the double attack between Westbrook and Zhao Chen arrived, the referee blew the whistle.
"Beep beep beep!!"
The referee's whistle was sharp.
His movements are also very exaggerated.
When everyone thought that the referee would call for a collision with the ball, referee Crawford straightened his body and put his hands on his waist to block the foul!
"Farke, this is an offensive foul." Brooks was immediately angry off the court. The ball was controversial.
Didn't you see that Durant, who was standing motionless, was pushed away by James? Why is it still blocked?
It's okay to get called for a foul normally.
But this was the last moment, and then the opponent had to take a free throw. More importantly, Durant committed six fouls!
Brooks went to argue with the referee, and several assistant coaches quickly gathered around to prevent Brooks from getting too excited and getting a technical foul.
Fortunately, despite Brooks' loud voice, Crawford did not call Brooks a technical foul at this time.
This game is really crucial!
"OMG, KD was whistled for a blocking foul, six fouls, and he was off the game."
"This penalty is very controversial. Let's take a look at the slow motion. Hey, KD's ball did not move. It just looked like it did. LeBron rushed over with the ball. I can only say that the referee's steps were not good."
The scene just now was being replayed on the TV, and the commentator was looking for the right words to explain.
Joe Crawford has always been a controversial referee in the NBA.
Mainly because he has been in the refereeing profession for more than 30 years and is rich in experience. He has been officiating for too long and has become a golden whistle figure in the NBA. Then he maintains the record of NBA referees officiating in the playoffs and finals, and has seen many big scenes.
There are more big scenes, and there are more controversies.
For example, Crawford's whistle in 2007 caused huge controversy.
The league was implementing a zero-tolerance rule at the time, and while officiating a game between the Spurs and the Mavericks, Duncan was ejected for insulting him because he was laughing while sitting on the bench.
Afterwards, NBA executives investigated the matter and decided to suspend Crawford indefinitely. As a result, Crawford missed the 2007 playoffs and the Finals. Stern's evaluation of Crawford was "a loss." It demonstrates the judgment that an NBA referee should have."
In Game 4 of the 2008 Western Conference Finals, the Lakers visited the Spurs.
In the final moments of the game, Lakers player Fisher violated the shot of former Spurs and Rockets player Brent Barry. If Crawford had blown the whistle at that time, Barry would have killed the Lakers with a free throw, but Crawford, as the referee closest to the incident at the time, chose to turn a blind eye. In the end, the Lakers eliminated the Spurs 4-1. Afterwards, the NBA also apologized for the incident.
In the second game of the first round of the 2009 playoffs when the Rockets faced the Trail Blazers, with the Rockets trailing by 2 points in the last 1.3 seconds of the game, Fernandez of the Trail Blazers fell to the ground while receiving an inbounds serve from his teammate. Crawford Germany's whistle also sounded. But through slow-motion replay, no Rockets player was in contact with the Spaniard at all. This penalty eventually led to the Rockets losing their second away game.
These are Crawford's controversial calls.
On the court, Zhao Chen and Westbrook also anxiously talked around the referee Crawford.
"Go back, go back, this is blocking!" Crawford shouted in a desperate manner.
Zhao Chen felt very aggrieved. In this era, the rules had not yet been challenged. He felt that the referee did not see clearly. If he saw it again, he would probably change the decision.
Although there were boos at the scene and the Thunder protested, the change of sentence did not occur after all.
Referee Crawford upheld the original verdict.
Durant blocked the foul, Durant committed six fouls, and James had to make two free throws.
Durant high-fived Zhao Chen, Westbrook, Adams and others, then lowered his head and walked towards the bench.
He tried his best in this game, and the rest can only be left to his teammates.
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"LeBron, you are just a clown who can only perform." Zhao Chen walked over and said to James who was about to take a free throw.
"This is part of the game." James, who had been silent all night, shot back at Zhao Chen.
Obviously, James knew what he had done.
Zhao Chen clenched his fists and said no more.
When meeting James, Durant's prestige and status are still a little high, and it is easy for Crawford to have an instinctive bias in calling such critical balls.
Between offensive fouls and blocking fouls, the referee chose to favor James.
Nowadays, referees have a moment of instinctive decision making, and the subsequent results are difficult to change.
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"The Thunder were in huge trouble. KD was sent off and James had two free throws. In the last 38 seconds, they were passive again." Zhang Weiping said in a deep voice.
James's unstable free throws also became accurate at this time, and he made two free throws!
114 to 112.
The Heat regained the initiative.
Without Durant, the Thunder are losing a major weapon.
Durant is the regular season MVP and the regular season scoring champion. Even in the playoffs, although his performance is not as brilliant as Zhao Chen, he is still extremely stable.
Whenever Durant stands on the court, he can attract defensive attention and open up space for Westbrook and Zhao Chen who are attacking!
But now, without Durant, the Heat's defense is much easier to defend.
"Stabilize and give the ball to Zhao!" Brooks had to remind Westbrook because he was afraid that Westbrook's blood would surge and he would go it alone.
Westbrook was very calm and passed the ball to Zhao Chen who came out from around the screen.
Zhao Chen leaned over with the ball, and James pressed his chest against him. James did not intend to give Zhao Chen any space to shoot.
Zhao Chen tightly protected the ball and used his shoulders to fight James, looking for space to dribble.
Zhao Chen dribbled toward James' right side and broke through. James was too close and his defense was very passive.
James focused on defending Zhao Chen's retreat. He didn't want to watch Zhao Chen hit a three-pointer.
Zhao Chen did not retreat, but chose to charge firmly towards the basket. Zhao Chen threw away James.
Bosh stood under the basket and raised his hands, while Lewis helped defend Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen made an emergency stop and pulled out! !
Lewis' body is close to retirement status, and his core strength is simply not enough to support him in completing the pull-up action with Zhao Chen on the spot.
Zhao Chen jumped high and gently pushed the ball out of the free throw line!
Lewis could only watch the ball fly past his eyes.
The basketball draws a wonderful arc!
"Uh-huh!"
Get into the net!
114 to 114.
"It doesn't matter if Durant goes down, the Thunder still have Zhao Chen!"
"Well done, really stable in the mid-range during emergency stops."
"Never show mercy at critical moments!"
"nice shot!"
The fans at the scene were shouting and screaming, and everyone couldn't help but stand up and watch the game.
The players on the Thunder bench were also shouting, and Durant was waving a towel.
In Durant's absence, Zhao Chen once again took the initiative to take over the team's offensive banner and scored key goals, showing his big heart.
