On April 18, Beijing time, the Nets and the Green Team began the first playoff match, this game is indeed very exciting, and finally Tatum completed the kill with a layup at the last moment and won the first playoff victory.
Because today is the home of the Green Army, and Irving's problem stepping on the Green Army logo last season led to being the target of attack by Boston fans.
First, he gave his middle finger to the Boston fans on the field, and then he exploded and greeted each other in the players' tunnel, and said dirty words in interviews, which are likely to lead to Irving's fines from the league.
In response to the tit-for-tat confrontation between Irving and the fans, TNT commentators, O'Neal and Barkley also expressed their thoughts, O'Neal said: "Some cities, they don't care what you say in the press conference. Do you know what happens to you in the second game? Boston fans will be stepping up. Only the best players will get this 'treatment'. Do you think Barkley and Olajuwon haven't experienced this? ”
Barkley, on the other hand, was more like dissuading Owen, saying: "Most of the fans are good, but some of them will say something rude. Now, these players, please stop complaining like a child. ”
From the expression of these two big men, it can also be seen that they must have met similar fans, but chance has not heard of O'Neill and Barkley clashing and quarreling with fans, in their view, the malicious attack of the fans is an affirmation of the player, after all, a fan will not attack the player who sits on the bench for many years, the fan attacks the player, and the initial essence of provoking the player with language is to hope that the player's mentality will change, play unstable on the field, and eventually lose the game.
In fact, Irving has a very good learning object at this point, that is, the Hawks' Trae Young, Trae Young last season in the face of the New York fans, or eliminated the Knicks, successfully advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals, and this season in the playoffs to meet the Cavaliers, facing cleveland fans, the same swearing, and in the first half of the abnormal play, the second half of the opportunity is to eliminate the Cavaliers by his own strength, after winning Trae Young did not forget to wave to the Cavaliers fans.
Of course, it can't be said that Owen's response is ungraceful, after all, who hears such provocative words and the first reaction is to fight back, but if it can be won after winning the game, will such lethality be more powerful for the provocative fans to fight back?
Of course, the story is not over, on April 21, Irving still needs to play another game at the North Shore Garden Arena, and if the Nets want to win this series, they must steal a victory at the North Shore Garden Arena, otherwise, the Nets are going home to fish, and how happy should those defiant fans be?