One Thousand One Hundred and Ninety: I Am Different From the Person I Was in 12 Years Ago

The NBA is a very purely commercial league. Play more games and use more gimmicks. The most direct benefit is to sell more tickets, sell more peripherals, and sell more advertisements.

In the long run, the longer the game, the more exciting it will be, and the bigger the contract with the TV station will be. You know, the broadcast contracts signed by the NBA and TV stations are all calculated in tens of billions!

These are the most important sources of income for the alliance.

In fact, this is why the NBA has back-to-back games and why there are 82 games in the regular season.

From a competitive and athlete perspective, the ultra-long schedule of 82 regular season games is extremely unreasonable and completely unnecessary.

If the regular season schedule is shortened, energetic players may play harder and make the regular season more exciting.

But for business reasons, 82 regular season games are very necessary. Only by extending the schedule can the league make enough money.

In recent years, due to the three-way confrontation between the Cavaliers, Warriors and Grizzlies, the excitement of the playoffs has been greatly reduced.

For example, this year, all three teams were undefeated before meeting each other and swept all the way. The result is that the league's playoff profits plummet.

After all, a game without suspense cannot attract the attention of fans. Faced with such a situation, Adam Joke also came up with his own response.

In the past, when Stern was here, he was only a star whistler at best. But now that Joke has come to power in the past few years, it is no longer the superstar whistle, but the backward whistle!

After Mr. Joke came to power in 2014, there were 5 tiebreakers in the first round of the playoffs that year! After that, there were frequent situations where the team lagging behind in the playoffs was taken care of by the referee and approached the score.

Forcibly creating suspense, this is how jokes save the NBA playoffs!

Now, seeing that the grand NBA Finals is about to end so hastily, the joke will naturally not remain indifferent.

So today, he moved the "behind whistle" routine to FedEx Arena.

"Nikola Jokic committed a defensive foul, and Kelly Irving will stand at the free throw line. We saw that Coach Joger was completely furious. We rarely see him lose his temper on the court. But today, Coach Joger But it broke out repeatedly!”

Mike Brin felt a little heartbroken when he saw Joger losing his temper.

Anyone who is not blind can see that the referee's whistle today was very biased towards the Cavaliers.

All the balls that can be blown or not blown, the Cavaliers will not call them, and the Grizzlies will not let them go.

In the long run, a few more free throws don't seem to change the course of the game.

But if this kind of favoritism appears at a critical moment, it can really affect the situation of the game.

At this time, the game had reached the eighth minute of the fourth quarter. The Memphis Grizzlies trail the Cavaliers by 7 points.

If Kelly Irving makes two free throws, the point difference will be widened to 9 points!

The difference is 9 points, which is a big gap in the critical fourth quarter.

Link sat on the bench, gritting his teeth.

The reason why the Cavaliers can lead so much today is not only because they got more free throws and ball rights, but also because Link's playing time today was drastically reduced due to the number of fouls.

After being called for two fouls at the beginning of the first quarter, in order to protect Link, Joger did not let him play again in the entire first quarter.

By the middle and late third quarter, Link had already received a total of 4 fouls.

Seeing this situation, Qiaogel replaced Link again. As soon as I sat on the bench, I sat there until now.

Therefore, the knight took advantage of Link's absence and established an advantage in one fell swoop.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is the "backward whistle" of the joke,

Let the Cleveland Cavaliers, who had given up, come back to life.

This is not the first time Link has encountered this situation. In the 2012 Western Conference Finals, the Grizzlies VS Thunder.

That year, the Grizzlies were still an inferior team. At that time, no one was stupid enough to compare Link with Durant. The two were not players of the same level at all.

At that time, the energetic Thunder were still the favorite of the league.

Therefore, in that round of the Western Conference Finals, the Grizzlies were also "sanctioned" by the referee.

In the end, the Grizzlies also fell at the gate of the finals and were eliminated by the Thunder.

It was after that that Robert Pera acquired the Grizzlies, and Link began his journey to stardom.

Although many years have passed since this incident, although the "Three Thunder Whistle" has long been disbanded. But this incident is still fresh in Link's memory.

But Link didn't expect that he would encounter this kind of thing after he became the most dominant star in the league.

Joger's furious abuse eventually resulted in a technical foul penalty.

Since Joger had already been whistled for a technical foul before, he was directly ejected from the field.

Qiaogel ripped off his tie and slammed it to the ground. He had never experienced such a shameless game!

Even when he was sent off, he was still cursing.

The championship was clearly within reach, but he was forcibly pushed away by the referee. Who can bear this kind of thing?

"Coach Joerger was ejected. Now, coach Quin Snyder can only continue to coach the game. The situation is very unfavorable to the Grizzlies. Will this game be a turning point in the entire finals?"

Mike Breen had to shout at the top of his lungs because the entire arena was overwhelmed by the boos from the fans.

Snyder, who looked like a bad guy, was forced to take over, but he didn't panic. After all, he has long had the ability to stand alone.

In the original history, he also did an outstanding job as the head coach with the Jazz.

After sending Joger into the tunnel, Snyder hurried back to the bench and walked to Link.

"Link, there are eight minutes left in the game, it's up to you. Be careful on the defensive end, those bastards are obviously targeting us today. You have already committed four fouls, don't give them the chance to kick you out!"

Link nodded and stood up from the bench.

In 2012, faced with unfair treatment from the league, Link was helpless.

He could only stay up all night after the series to watch game tapes to comfort and numb himself.

He could only watch Durant look down on him with a proud face.

but now......

Link stood up and looked at Adam Joke in the stands.

That bald guy is always against me!

Come up with some new rules for All-Star voting, and even craze for the Warriors. On the surface, he is submissive, but behind his back, he is more sinister than anyone else!

But it doesn't matter, Link is completely different now than he was then.

In 2012, Link was still unable to fight against the Alliance's methods.

But now, Link won't let the joke succeed easily!

"I got it, Quinn. Don't worry, I have to win the championship tonight no matter what! No matter who it is, no one can break our plan. "

After Link finished speaking, he got ready at the technical desk.

At this time, Irving made the first free throw, and the Grizzlies also took the opportunity to make substitutions.

Link walked up and high-fived Richardson.

Richardson was tortured to death by James today, but he kept gritting his teeth and persisted without giving up. Even though the strength gap between the two sides was very large, Richardson did not have stage fright.

After high-fiving, Link hugged the sweaty Richardson and patted him on the back.

"Thank you, boy. You did a good job. Now, leave it to me."

"I believe in you, Link." Richardson walked off the court panting. Just now, he had been suppressed by the Cavaliers. Richardson was very desperate.

But now, after seeing Link reappear, he instantly felt relieved.

He knew that Link would never let anyone down.

"Link is back on the field. He was troubled by fouls and did not play much time today. I hope that in the last eight minutes of the game, Link can help the team tide over the difficulties."

Link stepped onto the court and took a deep breath.

When he thought of Rachel who was still in the hospital waiting for him to go back, and when he thought of the fans' expectant eyes, Link felt that his whole body was full of strength.

No one can stop him from keeping the championship in Memphis, not even the league president!

So, Link raised his head and pointed at the joke in the stands.

Now, he's not just fighting the Cleveland Cavaliers. .

Link has also officially issued a challenge to the alliance president!

Whether the players rule the game or the league president rules the game, the answer is about to be revealed.