In the fourth game of the Philadelphia 76ers and the Toronto Raptors' first-round playoff series, the King of the North, who sits at home at Scotiabank Arena, finally won one, rewriting most of it to 1-3. For such a result, the Philadelphia generals who are determined to sweep the opponent to advance to the first place are obviously not satisfied, and the main players including Embiid, Harden, Harris and other main players have shown a surprise expression on the penalty during the game.
In this campaign, Philadelphia, who sits on the Dendi combination, has only won 25 free throw opportunities, 10 fewer than the Raptors, and 6 more fouls than the opponent. If you see the name of the referee who blew the penalty for this game, then I believe everyone will be surprised by such a situation. The referee of this game is the famous Scott Foster, a name that scares many supergiants. Born in 1967, Foster has been blowing penalties in the league for 26 seasons, and interestingly, he is the bitter master of the "light bulb" duo, before this game, Harden's playoff record in the number of games he blew was an embarrassing 1 win and 9 losses, and the only game won was opposite Paul.
It can be said that as the "old jianghu" Foster for the size of the field is in place, so that philadelphia players have a hard time to say, especially the Dendi combination failed to get the opportunity to stand on the free throw line in the familiar rhythm, resulting in a total of 33 shots 12, the efficiency is very low, the two only 43 points into the account, coupled with the previous brilliant Maxi only scored 11 points, although The big brother has 15 points also on the court because of dissatisfaction with the penalty, showing an incredible expression, losing is naturally inevitable. Fans joked that Foster completed the tasks assigned by the league, hoeed the strong and the weak, and successfully avoided the premature end of the series.
Before the end of the game, the camera swept over Embiid and Harden on the bench, only to see Embiid's right hand around the partner, as if comforting something, and Harris, who was sitting on the side, was completely sluggish and empty. When the game-ending whistle sounded, the Emperor stood up and clapped wildly, as if in silent protest and mockery to referee Scott.
Embiid's post-match interview was even more to the point, almost making it clear: "If they don't blow in the next game, I will play more aggressively on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends." Whether they blow fouls or not, I need to make those fouls worthy of the whistle and play confrontational. The emperor is obviously in a hurry, using this way to put pressure on the referee, whether it will be effective or not, the fine from the league on the "presumptuous referee" will definitely not run away. However, Embiid said that strengthening his confrontation has increased the concerns of Philadelphia fans, after all, he is playing with a torn thumb in his right hand, and whether strengthening confrontation will aggravate the injury is unknown.
However, the emperor's subsequent statement also reassured the team, and he was very domineering and very grandfatherly: if the MRI results confirm that his thumb needs surgery, he will also choose to undergo surgery after the end of the season. In other words, he chooses to stay with his teammates throughout the playoffs. As long as Embiid is there, the Philadelphia 76ers can't be underestimated, making any opponent jealous of three points. Regarding the injury, the emperor half-jokingly said: "It must be at some point in time that my hand or finger is stuck in a certain guy's clothes." Embiid, who was once questioned too soft, is much harder, and in the mirror of the playoffs, many stars have faded their aura, and perhaps this year's MVP should really be awarded to the Cameroon Lions.