After the game, all the reporters rushed to the away locker room of Quicken Loans Center, hoping to get some unexpected revelations.
The NBA locker room is not as mysterious as everyone thinks. It is not as sacred as European football. Outsiders are not allowed to enter at all. It is very casual here. As long as the door of the locker room is ajar and not closed tightly, it means that you can enter for interviews.
However, since this is mainly a place for players to shower and change clothes after the game, players are often naked, so you cannot take photos casually.
And because of this, there are two classic jokes. One is that a Chinese male reporter came to Houston for an interview and felt quite stimulated after a few days, and then said with emotion: "I firmly want to apply to interview wnba!" The other is that
Houston is famous for its striptease nightclub. A female reporter pouted: "What is there to see? It's free here!"
However, when reporters rushed to the locker room, the door was indeed closed tightly, and Magic coach Joe Rogowski was also standing at the door, blocking it tightly and not letting anyone get close.
Upon seeing this situation, the reporter here quickly notified his colleagues who were preparing to attend the press conference and asked them to talk more.
No one knew what the Magic players, especially head coach Paul Edison, were doing in the locker room, but soon Cavaliers staff arrived and informed the Magic that they would send someone to attend the press conference.
After opening the door, the reporter looked inside like a meerkat.
However, to everyone's surprise, the atmosphere in the locker room was very relaxed. Edison was joking with Howard, Varejao and other live players, and there was a lot of laughter. It was not like the scene of a memorial service originally imagined by reporters.
After the Cavaliers staff arrived, Edison asked Nash, who had performed well and was experienced in this game, to quickly change his clothes, and then the two of them walked to the press conference chatting endlessly.
In fact, Edison was in a very bad mood when he first came back, but he soon calmed down.
Edison was a chronic and bad-tempered person. Edison was usually gentle and gentle. If he wanted to do something, he would first have a rough idea of all the plans, and then do it slowly and little by little. The so-called plan before deciding.
He is very fast and furious from the beginning. Even if it is a fight, he will not attack directly like some people. He also thinks about the position in his mind first and how to take advantage of the attack. This is his slowness.
The bad temper means that if someone comes to provoke him when he is unhappy, he will get angry instantly. If he does not go back and weigh the pros and cons after the explosion, he will easily lose his mind. But even at this time, he will still think about it first.
But what he was thinking about was not the consequences, but how he could take advantage.
It is precisely because of his dual personality that the scene just happened on the court. When he was most nervous, the referee made a misjudgment. He couldn't suppress his anger and exploded directly. However, after returning to the locker room, his rationality
He immediately regained the upper hand and knew that he had made another mistake just now.
After Edison washed his face, he began to think about how to deal with the matter. After using a quarter of a stick of incense, he decided to deal with it coldly.
So when the players returned to the locker room, he immediately started joking with everyone as if nothing had happened, and never mentioned the scene that had just happened. And the Magic players also understood the truth. Since the head coach didn't mention it, there was no need to mention it.
It's up to people to do whatever they don't want to do.
The reporters attending the press conference were unaware of Edison's transformation. They were still waiting to break the news.
"Mr. Edison, at the end of today's game you seemed very dissatisfied with the referee's decision and were kicked off the court. Do you think there was something wrong with the referee in this game?" A local reporter from Cleveland asked a very pointed question...
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The NBA has a policy that stipulates that neither referees nor players are allowed to openly criticize the referee's decision-making after the game. If there is such a challenge to authority, the league official has only one iron-handed policy: fines.
Edison knew this very well, but he also thought very clearly that in this world, gentlemen who are always nice will definitely suffer. Sometimes you have to break out and let others know how great you are.
"A game lasts 48 minutes. The referee did an excellent job in the first 44 minutes, but I am very dissatisfied with the penalty in the last 4 minutes. It is very unfair." As soon as Edison spoke, the audience flashed.
The first wave of peaks was indeed enough to break the news.
Edison ignored the reporter's reaction and continued to ask his own questions.
"I have no objection to my being ejected from the court, because I did verbally attack the referee, so I have no excuse for being sent off. It's very reasonable." Edison also made a gesture of surrender with his hands.
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"But regarding James' goal at the end, I think it should be carefully scrutinized. I'm sure he took four steps at that time. I believe it's not just me who saw it. And I believe everyone who watched the replay will agree.
My opinion. James' movements are very obvious, and his movements are not fast. I don't think the referee can see clearly. If James moves very fast, then I won't say anything. After all, people are not machines, and mistakes are inevitable.
It is inevitable. But this ball is very obvious. There are three referees in the stadium and no one questions it. They are still effective. Then I have to raise a question. If their eyes are so bad, then they should not play it at all.
Being a referee is not a job suitable for them."
Edison was still very rational at this time. He just questioned the referee and did not talk about the star whistle and the home whistle. Although everyone knows about the star whistle and the home whistle, it is still an unspoken rule after all. No one will point it out clearly.
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This time, the reporter below was even more excited. Edison's answer was as desperate as ever, just like the last time in Marbury, it directly cut off people's livelihood. So the flashlight kept flashing again.
Two flowers bloomed, one on each branch. On one side, Edison was answering reporters' questions at the press conference. On the other side, the players in the locker room were also under siege.
But the Magic players also understood very well and did not criticize the referee. They just expressed in a more subtle way that James did walk.
"Patrick, what do you think of the referee's decision?"
"Through the slow-motion return to defense, you should all know that it was a walk. This is an undeniable fact. However, it is inevitable for the referee to have controversial penalties on the court. But our Paul was too excited, and he should not
If you argue with the referee, he can communicate with the referee later. You must know that even if James scored the free throw, everyone would only score equally. Our strength is still better than theirs, and we still have a chance to win the game with our final performance.
Contest."
Edison's extreme remarks naturally made the headlines of major sports sections again the next day. Coupled with his domineering POSS, he was unparalleled in the league for a while.
Many celebrities also had heated discussions about the controversial ball and filled the sports section. Information about other events was squeezed into a corner. Even the powerful dialogue between the Heat and the Mavericks only reported the score.
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Of course, the league also reacted immediately. The Magic's head coach was fined $30,000 for criticizing the referees on the field and after the game. The Magic paid a fine for Edison.
However, by continuously attacking Marbury and the referees, Edison has established an image among ordinary people who dares to love and hate, and has a clear distinction between love and hate. It makes people feel that he is full of a sense of justice and can be relied on and trusted. A vivid and vivid image.
, the image of the wise and emotional NBA head coach is gradually entering people's lives, and all this makes David Stern very satisfied, because he has always wanted to tell the world that NBA is not a barbaric sport, but a sensible gentleman.
Sports, and this image cannot be conveyed by players....
More importantly, other referees in the league began to worry about the tendency of penalty decisions in future games with the Magic. Although the league also punished Edison, the amount of the penalty was very small. Generally, the penalty for being ejected for a technical foul is $25,000.
The more common penalty for criticizing the referee after the game is US$35,000. However, Edison was only fined US$35,000 in total. Although the league's official tone was that "the penalty of that ball is indeed questionable," anyone with a discerning eye has noticed that David
Stern's preference for Edison.
Flattery and trying to figure out the boss's will is not a phenomenon unique to China. It also exists in the United States. Although there is no personal representation or anything above, Stern cannot say this kind of thing personally. The following has already been figured out, so the Referee Alliance
A consensus was quickly reached internally that during the game, try not to give whistles to the Magic's opponents.
After this game, the Magic once again had a two-day break before facing the Celtics away from home again.
The last time they played against the Celtics, the Magic finally fell to Pierce's buzzer beater. When they played against the Magic again, the entire Magic team was ready to take revenge.
However, the current Celtics are a level better than last time because "Fat Tutu" Walker, one of the original Celtics twin stars, is back.
Just days after that massive trade in January, the Celtics sent Payton, Tom Gugliotta, Michael Stewart, and three future first-round picks to the Hawks in exchange for
Antoine Walker. Afterwards, Payton agreed to terminate his contract with the Hawks and immediately re-signed with the Celtics.
To this end, the league has also specially introduced a "Payton Clause" - free agents who are dismissed after a transfer cannot immediately re-sign with the original team they transferred from, but must wait for 30 days (in the season) or 20 days (off-season).
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The Hawks' current record is last in the league, and they have begun to completely fail. The Celtics, who have regained Walker, have taken their offensive strength to a new level.
In this game, the Celtics did cause a lot of trouble to the Magic, but in the end they won with Hill's small burst of scoring 6 points in the last 2 and a half minutes, 108-104.
Nash had 11 points and 12 assists in this game. His number of double-doubles is now second in the league, only behind Garnett.
Although Hill had a small explosion in the end, he did not play well in the previous games and his shooting percentage was not high. He only scored 13 points in the game.
The best player of the game was awarded to Howard. Although his 14 points and 11 rebounds were mediocre, he almost had a triple-double with 9 blocks. The Celtics were so slapped that they didn't dare to rush to the basket and they shot three-pointers from outside.
For the Celtics, Pierce and Walker once again performed like twin stars, scoring 21 and 22 points respectively.
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I revised the original trade with the Suns. The 2005 draft picks obtained by the Magic came from New York. The Suns and New York exchanged draft picks in order to trade Marbury. Therefore, the 2006 draft picks cannot be given to the Magic.
Now it is changed to Tracy McGrady + n soy sauces = Marion + 2004 draft pick + 2005 New York draft pick + 2007 draft pick.
