Because the movement was loud, occurred very quickly, and players from both teams were injured and left the field, the referee and the two vice referees went to the record table to study the replays repeatedly.
In the end, the penalty came out. Faried committed a second-level flagrant foul and was sent off directly. The Blazers made two free throws because when reviewing the video, everyone could see that Fared definitely caused the physical contact intentionally.
Of course, he had already gone down.
However, Fareed, who is in a coma, still needs to be mentally prepared. He will definitely be fined additionally by the league after the game, and will decide whether to be suspended based on the league's review.
As for Wang Zelin, he was sentenced to a first-level flagrant foul, and the Nuggets also got the opportunity to make two free throws.
However, Nuggets coach George Karl couldn't be happy at all and had a gloomy face.
The injuries to the main players are unclear, and the return date has not yet been determined. The Nuggets' plan to achieve the best record in team history in the second half of the season may have to be shelved.
In the auditorium.
"Shh! You deserve it, you despicable guy who stepped on your feet!"
"For those of you who step on purpose, this is your retribution!"
"I wonder how Wang's injury is going. Will it affect the next game?"
The moment the penalty was announced, the Rose Garden uniformly booed, and some even overly aggressive fans yelled!
A small group of fans who originally had some sympathy for Fareed's injury were left with only anger after watching the replay.
The replay clearly showed that he deliberately stretched his feet forward.
In other words, it is a deliberate stepping in!
This is an extremely dangerous move in the NBA. Professional basketball players are generally heavier than ordinary people. If they lose their balance when landing, it may range from a ligament strain to being out for several months.
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The results achieved by the Blazers this season are inseparable from Wang Zelin's contribution. If his injury is serious enough to end the season, the Blazers' season will be over.
The current lineup and record can guarantee that they will enter the playoffs, but when it comes to the playoffs, they will only become someone else's meal.
Fortunately, after the team doctor's report came out, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Coach Terry obtained the consent of General Manager Orsi who was watching the game and showed it to the fans on the big screen.
An injury similar to Aldridge's, a first-degree ankle sprain that requires at least two weeks of recovery.
The difference is that Wang Zelin's injury was on his left foot.
But everyone still breathed a sigh of relief. It was only two weeks. Even if the Trail Blazers' record dropped slightly, the overall impact would not be too great. Aldridge still had one week to pay, and the Trail Blazers only had to get through the next most difficult week.
The situation will improve.
On the playing field.
Coach Terry Stotts looked at the substitute centers Jared Jeffries and Joel Freelander on the bench. There was a huge gap in strength between the two of them and Wang Zelin. They were both small players who could only play in garbage time. He couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead.
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It seems that the management must find a better substitute for Wang Zelin during the offseason.
It's like being used to taking the Tianchao High-speed Railway and suddenly traveling to Tianzhu to take the train.
It’s simply a torture!
After thinking for a while, I made a decision in my mind.
"Luke, move around and get ready to play!"
Then he looked at Mike Roberts: "Mike, you will play the No. 5 position next, and you will play the next two quarters. I don't ask you to dominate the penalty area like a king, just play your characteristics."
"And all of you, run for me. The Nuggets are known as the track and field team, and we are no worse than them."
Terry Stotts made a big move and put on a small lineup.
Lillard Connett Lee Batum Luke Babbitt Mike Roberts!
All five players in this lineup can shoot and have outstanding athletic ability. They may not be as good as the Nuggets on the defensive end, but they are definitely more than enough on offense.
At this time, there were still 3 minutes and 47 seconds left before the end of the first half. Terry Stotts also wanted to see the effect of such a lineup in advance.
If possible, play like this in the second half.
If not, there is still enough time to make the third change.
In the home locker room.
Wang Zelin, who was lying on the bed receiving ice compress, turned on the TV to watch the next game, when the door suddenly rang.
"Dad! Mom! And Reina, why are you here?"
When I got up, I saw that the people coming were the royal father, the queen mother and his girlfriend.
Next we learned that after the two old men revealed their identities to the team management, they were able to come in to visit Wang Zelin.
"You, you, don't know if you should pay attention. You were injured so badly. Are you feeling better now..."
As soon as the Queen Mother came in, she couldn't stop her words of concern.
"I'm fine, Mom, the guy across from me was injured much more seriously than me!" Wang Zelin said with a smile.
"Be more careful in the future!"
Reina warned at this time.
Wang's father didn't speak since he came in. He was very silent, but from time to time he turned to look at Wang Zelin, his eyes always filled with deep concern.
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In the second half, after losing Wang Zelin as their backbone, the Trail Blazers dropped a level on both offense and defense inside. Under the Nuggets' iron defense, their offensive efficiency was average and mistakes occurred from time to time.
After all, Terry Stotts is no match for veteran George Karl.
Under the careful training of George Karl, the Nuggets have formed a unified and effective offensive and defensive system. Moreover, the position and influence of Orc Farid in the team are not as good as Wang Zelin's, and his impact on the players on the court is not as great as expected.
In comparison, the Trail Blazers are much worse off.
At the end of the third quarter, the Nuggets led the Trail Blazers 82:79.
In the final quarter, Iguodala and Wilson Chandler performed dunks one after another, and the Trail Blazers could never find a way to limit the Nuggets' scoring.
Until Lillard made a dunk and caused a foul to go 2+1, and then hit a long-range three-pointer from the outside, the Trail Blazers chased the point difference to only one point, and the fans seemed to see hope of overtaking.
But after that, the two sides reached a stalemate on the offensive end. Finally, the veteran Iguodala stepped forward, stole Batum, and assisted Ty Lawson for a fast break layup, widening the point difference to 4 points.
I have to admit that the successive absences of Aldridge and Wang Zelin made the Blazers panic. They missed a breath at the critical moment and finally lost the game with a score of 105:111.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Lillard, one of the three players on the court, was successfully strangled by Ty Lawson and Iguodala. He played 41 minutes and made 22 shots.
He made 9 shots, including 2 of 6 three-pointers, and scored a double-double with 24 points and 10 assists.
I don’t know since when, Lillard got used to having Wang Zelin and Aldridge in front of him.
In the previous games of the Trail Blazers, he often had to perform at a normal level to achieve victory. He did not have to do his best like he did in college, which may not necessarily guarantee the team's final victory.
Lillard, who has gradually become accustomed to his third-middle position, inevitably has a dependency in his heart. This leads to the fact that his strength may not be worse than the original history, or even slightly better, but his heart is not as strong as before.
Wang Zelin, who watched the whole game in the locker room, also noticed this, but he didn't know whether it was good or bad.
From his standpoint, this is of course a good thing, because it means Lillard recognizes his boss status.
But if you look at it from the perspective of Lillard in the original world...
Or, only time will tell the answer!
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At the end of the game, Ty Lawson made 12 of 22 shots and scored a team-high 30 points. Iguodala made 10 of 20 shots and scored 26 points. Costa Coover scored 11 points and Chandler scored 10 points.
Anthony Randolph from the bench scored 10 points and Andre Miller scored 8 points...
Except for Ty Lawson and Iguodala, the Nuggets' other players scored relatively evenly, especially the bench, which scored a total of 27 points.
As for the Trail Blazers, the main players scored 87 points, and only 4 people from the bench scored, including Eric Maynor who scored 6 points, Will Barton scored 5 points, and everyone else added up to only 7 points.
At 18:27, the bench scores of the two teams were 9 points apart, which was also one of the important reasons for the Blazers' defeat.
At the post-game press conference, Terry Stotts and George Karl arrived almost at the same time.
The trailblazer is Lillard.
Although he failed to lead the Trail Blazers to maintain the lead and win, he played almost the entire game tonight and scored a double-double of 26 points and 10 assists. His efficiency was also good, and he was understood by many Portland fans.
This is one of the benefits of non-core players!
After all, Lillard has Wang Zelin and Aldridge in front of him. Taking into account the existence of objective factors, which led to the Blazers' loss of troops and uneven personnel, as long as he shows his due level, he will not encounter doubts from the outside world.
It is quite similar to Lillard's later situation.
As we all know, Lillard has always been loved by the majority of fans. In addition to the rare insistence on one man, one city in the era of superstars, the key is that even the most loyal fans have never had high expectations for him.
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It's a bit hurtful to say, but it's true.
Because the Trail Blazers' lineup limit is there. If Lillard can lead the team to the playoffs, the results will be considered passing. If they reach the second round, fans rush to celebrate. Entering the Western Conference Finals is the same as winning the Finals. External performance
That was a joy to behold.
At this moment, in this scene, an old man in his thirties begged for praise with tears in his eyes!
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For the Nuggets, Ty Lawson and Iguodala, who scored 56 points together, both attended.
But the protagonists of the press conference were destined not to be the players. At the beginning of the press conference, the coaches of the two teams rushed to accuse the other team's players of violating sportsmanship like shrews.
"After elbowing a player until he fainted, I suspect that the Trail Blazers' No. 36 rookie has serious violent tendencies! We will definitely request the league to punish him!"
"You have to know that my player is still lying in the infirmary, unable to move, and the price is just a first-level flagrant foul. Such a penalty is simply shielding the criminal!"
George Karl counterattacked when he came up, showing that he deliberately ignored Fared's suspicion of intentional fouling, focusing on the seriousness of Fared's injury, and then tried to gain sympathy from the outside world.
People have more or less sympathy for the injured.
Tristos naturally understood this truth, took the words, and quickly counterattacked.
"What I want to say is, before blaming others, should the Nuggets reflect on themselves? Cones Faried played well in the first quarter, why did he suddenly adopt despicable behavior that is detrimental to sportsmanship such as deliberately tiptoing?
,Worth pondering!"
It was obvious that Terry Stotts wanted to drag George Karl down, who was hiding behind his back, and deliberately led the media to think this way.
"Slander! Outright slander! He is slandering us!
Coach Karl is definitely not this kind of person. The only person to blame for this is Cones himself..."
What was unexpected was that George Karl didn't see any movement, but Ty Lawson yelled.
No, why are you yelling so loudly?
"Pfft!"
Someone among the reporters below burst out laughing.
"What the hell is he doing?"
Karl George's face darkened, he turned to look at Iguodala and whispered.
"I do not know!"
Iguodala was also dumbfounded.
Originally, Fareed's stepping in could be said to be accidental, and the dead duck would be harsh, but Ty Lawson's overreaction almost confirmed that Fareed's stepping in was intentional, and even George Karl began to be questioned.
"Wait a minute," Iguodala suddenly thought that Ty Lawson came out of the bathroom smelling of alcohol. Could this guy be drunk?
"What's wrong?"
Iguodala hesitated: "He seemed to have had two drinks in the locker room before coming out."
"..."
Although it is unbelievable, it is really possible for Ty Lawson to do such a thing.
Pig teammates!
In the end, George Karl lowered his head in despair.
Everyone in the Nuggets knows how much Ty Lawson is addicted to alcohol. He has issued a ban on drinking to Ty Lawson more than once, but the latter refused to change despite repeated admonitions. In the end, he had no choice but to turn a blind eye.
But only if the team wins.
In the past, this approach was regarded as a disguised way of motivating Ty Lawson. After all, if you want the horse to run, you can't not feed him grass.
But now it seems that the horses are so full that they are dizzy!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! On the side, Ty Lawson, who was still yelling, was completely unaware of his self-destruction of the truck, and was still thinking happily: He had maintained the prestige of the coach.
, maybe I can have a few more drinks in the future.
"Ahem, cough, cough, I remembered. I still have things to deal with. Today's press conference ends here."
After dealing with reporters for a few words, Karl George and Iguodala dragged Ty Lawson away from the scene.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"I'm laughing so hard, I never thought such pig teammates really existed!"
Now that the Nuggets were gone, Terry Stotts and Lillard looked at each other and burst into crazy laughter that had been suppressed for a long time.
"Okay, okay, calm down, it's time for us to leave." Tony Douglas, the director of the public relations department next to him, reminded him with a blush on his face.
"I got it, uh..." Terry Stotts resumed expression management and said, "Tony, the rest of the campaign will be left to your public relations department."
"Don't worry, we understand!"
The two of them smiled tacitly.
After the game ended, it immediately triggered heated discussions about the game among the league and the media.
Among them, major sports media released professional comments overnight, various experts also expressed their opinions on this, and even some team management and players also joined in the fun.
"There is no doubt that this was a rough game! The Blazers' rookie has only been in the league for a short time, and several disasters have happened that no one wants to see! He is a born thug!"
ESPN commentator Kamara published thousands of words of opinions in his personal column titled "The Birth of a Villain!"
Kamala's comments on her blog quickly aroused great attention once they were published.
But not long after, a Chinese reporter pointed out that Kamara repeatedly used the obviously insulting word "Chinaman" during a game between the Nets and the Magic in 2009... This guy has a long criminal record.
At the time, he was working as a commentator for Turner, a company owned by NBATV. Later, he was forced to publicly apologize under pressure.
Now I've switched companies and come to ESPN, but the result is that I still can't change and eat shit.