The game at the Triangle Center attracted widespread attention across the league. In this game, not only did players from both teams get injured and were sent off the field, but also players were sent off the court. On the Lakers' side, Odom and Parker,
On the Jazz's side is Booker.
Even the head coaches of the two teams were not spared. They were sent off the field by the referee one after another. Not to mention that the players of the two teams used rough actions to protect each other on the court, which even caused Bainer to
Tom and Boozer, two major inside players, were injured.
The referee Tennessee on duty intermittently issued seven technical fouls, four flagrant fouls, and two physical fouls in the third quarter. Such a large number of technical fouls made the statisticians after the game speechless. League history
Only the 2004 Auburn Hills Palace incident saw such a large-scale special foul. Of course, the media would not let go of such a provocative topic and followed up the reports one after another, vowing to investigate all the details hidden in it.
Qing Dynasty, the referee in Tennessee became the target of verbal criticism from the media. Some media with ulterior motives even took the opportunity to criticize the league's referee selection and training mechanism.
This incident also triggered a rapid response from league officials.
After the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills, league president David Stern hated the violence on the court. The unprecedented harsh punishment made some villains tremble in their hearts. Even if you don't look good, the Pacers are still a powerful player in the Eastern Conference and a strong contender for the championship.
The team began to decline after the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills. It has been two years and it has not improved at all.
At the beginning of this year, the "zero tolerance rule" was introduced, which not only further strengthened the referee's law enforcement authority on the court, but also demonstrated the league's determination to completely eradicate violence on the court.
Now, something like this has happened.
More importantly, most of the responsibility for this incident has been placed on the referee Tennessee under the interpretation of the media and the judgment of the public. Some media even spared no effort to dig up Tennessee's past law enforcement experience.
Digging out its previous wrong decisions one by one proves that Tennessee has no ability to gain a foothold in the NBA refereeing world, and even intends to 'expose' the referee training behind this incident...
The public relations departments of the Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz naturally worked hard to promote this, and they just had to write four big words on it in blood: "Give Me Justice"!
In this case, the league's response was extremely quick but seemed a bit weak. Odom was suspended for three games, Parker was suspended for four games, and Booker was suspended for four games. Deron Williams was suspended for two games, and Phil-
Jackson was suspended for two games because he stormed the court from the bench. Jerry Sloan was suspended for two games because of other things. Both teams were fined $50,000 each for "mismanagement" of their Lakers owners.
Coach Phil Jackson also received a $25,000 fine from the league.
In addition, Adrian was suspended for six games and fined $30,000.
"Since they think these are the rules, then we will follow their rules and use the Utah Jazz's rules!" This sentence was interpreted by a lip reader expert.
Of course, Adrian became the main scapegoat. He was charged with "teasing the players and causing the situation to worsen."
These punishments are indeed very severe, but they are a bit louder than rain. Although five players from the Lakers were suspended and four players from the Jazz were suspended, Adrian, who was suspended the longest, was only suspended for seven games.
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At the same time, the referee Tennessee on duty has temporarily canceled his law enforcement qualification, pending further investigation, and both linemen will also be investigated. If nothing else happens, after this investigation, Tennessee may never return to NBA law enforcement games in his life.
opportunity.
The Lakers suffered a big loss. Adrian was suspended for six games, Odom was suspended for three games, Parker was suspended for four games, and even head coach Phil Jackson was suspended for two games. It's just that the Jazz were also uncomfortable.
The Lakers have at least retained their core player Kobe Bryant, while the Jazz's main power forward Boozer and point guard Deron Williams have been suspended and the other is on the injured list.
Neither the Lakers nor the Jazz benefited this time. The league focused its main firepower on the referees, but it did not forget to punish them.
"Overall, the results are pretty good." On the training ground, Phil Jackson said to the Lakers generals with a refreshed face: "We took a lot of advantage."
Everyone couldn't believe that these words came from Phil Jackson's mouth. Judging from the results, the Lakers simply suffered a comprehensive loss and could not be considered as 'taking advantage' in any case.
"Has the coach been hit too hard and made you stupid?" Tuliav said in Adrian's ear with a suspicious look on his face: "I heard that if a person is hit hard, it is easy to become a psychopath. What do you think?
Coach, right?"
"I think so." Kwame agreed in a low voice with a look of approval: "But I heard that it is mental illness and has nothing to do with mental illness."
"Okay, okay, stop talking about it." Listening to the whispers below, Phil Jackson smiled easily: "What I said is true, we really took advantage of it this time, thanks to Pakistan
Mr. Si has a great influence in the NBA. This time the focus has also been successfully shifted to the referee issue. In this way, referees should be more careful in our games in the future."
"So that's it." Many people suddenly realized.
How important is the referee in a game? It is no exaggeration to say that a biased penalty by the referee is likely to affect the final result of the entire game. After all, the referee is a human being and cannot do it every moment and every time.
Every penalty is fair and correct. There will definitely be some controversial penalties. There are some actions and some situations where it is difficult to make a correct judgment. Generally speaking, referees can only rely on their own ideas when controversial penalties arise.
Judgment, and a person's thoughts are very easily influenced.
In addition, everyone's penalty standards are different, some are harder and some are softer. Because the situations of the two teams are different, some people will have advantages and some people will have disadvantages.
This is why the NBA has superstar whistles and home whistles!
If the referee instinctively favors the Lakers when making penalties in some places that are not easy to judge, then the benefits are really inexhaustible. After all, a whistle at a critical time can make a difference.
Affect the final result of the game.
If such an effect can be achieved, the benefits to the Lakers will be self-evident. The tense atmosphere of the Lakers immediately relaxed.
