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"Hawkeye" Fire Brave leads the NBA's three major unjust cases! If "Hawkeye" had been used ten years earlier, would history have been rewritten

Tencent News|Sports production column "Eagle Eye", a detailed look at the sports world, insight into the essence.

The NBA is finally about to open its "eagle eye".

Starting in the 2023-24 season, the NBA will use Hawkeye technology to help referees make whistling penalties faster and more accurately, reducing the occurrence of controversial penalties.

The NBA has its own replay center, and Hawkeye technology can be seen as an upgraded version of the replay system. Hawkeye technology, officially known as the "instant playback system", consists of a high-speed camera, a computer and a large screen, the camera captures the game data from different angles, the computer generates a three-dimensional image through calculation, and then puts it on the large screen, the whole process can be completed in 10 seconds.

Hawkeye technology has been used in several professional leagues, such as tennis and the baseball and football leagues that compete with the NBA for the U.S. market, giving referees more perspective on the game and helping to improve the fairness of whistleblowing penalties.

The NBA began experimenting with Hawkeye technology in 2021, when the Summer League was used as a pilot, and later used to a certain extent in the WNBA, and now finally decided to officially put it into full use next season, hoping to provide multi-dimensional assistance to refereeing work.

To put it more bluntly, Hawkeye technology is what helps reduce controversial penalties, such as the 2018 Western Conference Finals tie-steal, which is an eternal pain in the hearts of Rockets fans.

With 9:31 left in the third quarter, Harden made a foul on Klay Thompson from outside the three-point line, and the ball broke through the net, and the Rockets home fans were ecstatic, and if Harden played this 3+1, the Rockets' lead would extend to 13 points, and the hope of winning the tie-break to advance to the Finals would be amplified.

"Hawkeye" Fire Brave leads the NBA's three major unjust cases! If "Hawkeye" had been used ten years earlier, would history have been rewritten

However, the referee blew Harden's goal as null and void, and Thompson was an ordinary foul instead of a shooting foul. The Rockets eventually lost that game, the closest Harden had come to the Finals during his time with the Rockets, but it was lost.

If the Rockets win that game, maybe Harden and Paul will win the coveted championship, not to disrespect the Warriors' opponent in the 2018 Finals, the Cavaliers, but the Warriors' only sweep in that year's playoffs is against the Cavaliers, and the only Rockets who can push them to seven during the two-game winning streak.

For Harden's 3+1 blown, many players in the league were unhappy, and former Rockets player Jeremy Lin couldn't stand it, writing on Twitter: "The Warriors may still be the better team, but the referees are really helping them." ”

Jeremy Lin was with the Rockets who experienced the controversial ball that decided the fate of the playoffs. In Game 6 of the first round of the 2014 playoffs, Lillard defeated the Rockets with a 3-pointer. That goal was wonderful, but the process was questionable.

According to the rules, Lillard should start moving the watch when he receives the ball, but in fact the timer starts when Lillard shoots.

"Hawkeye" Fire Brave leads the NBA's three major unjust cases! If "Hawkeye" had been used ten years earlier, would history have been rewritten

The GIF may be too fast to look at carefully, change the GIF to a static image, you can see that the 0.9 seconds on the timer when Lillard receives the ball does not move, Lillard still does not move the watch when he makes a shooting preparation, until the ball is about to be thrown, the timer seems to have just woken up and began to move.

Hawkeye technology, which better captures the details of the game, can reduce the number of controversy whistles such as the above, which is the main reason why the NBA uses this technology.

However, the NBA's positioning of the Hawkeye technology is still an auxiliary tool, which can provide referees with a basis for blowing penalties, but whether referees adopt it is another matter.

For example, the "courage does not go out of bounds" of that year. Durant's save, there is no need for this technology and that technique, the naked eye is that the body is out of bounds, but the bottom line referee is "not seen".

"Hawkeye" Fire Brave leads the NBA's three major unjust cases! If "Hawkeye" had been used ten years earlier, would history have been rewritten

It's not only the bottom line referee, let's change the angle, when Durant saves the ball, the sideline referee is also staring at KD's action, but it doesn't blow out of bounds, you say where is this reasonable.

"Hawkeye" Fire Brave leads the NBA's three major unjust cases! If "Hawkeye" had been used ten years earlier, would history have been rewritten

Harden could see it clearly, and he appealed to the referee, but the referee did not respond.

"Hawkeye" Fire Brave leads the NBA's three major unjust cases! If "Hawkeye" had been used ten years earlier, would history have been rewritten

Therefore, technology is "rigid", talent is "flexible", "eagle eyes" can be opened or closed, the key depends on who uses it and how to use it.

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