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Today's NBA regular season, the Clippers defeated the Thunder 100-101, from the perspective of the blowing penalties of the whole game, giving people an intuition, the referee just wants to make the "Los Angeles double heroes", only four blowing penalties as an example.
Leonard 21+6+5+2 Clippers negative thunder
This game is quite important for the Thunder, Clippers and indirect "benefit or victim" Lakers, as follows:
The ranking of the three teams before this match
The Clippers are 5th in the West with 38-34 in the game, 2.5 wins ahead of the Thunder, and the Thunder 35-36 ahead of the 35-37 Lakers by 0.5 wins, so the victory or defeat of this game is related to the following rankings:
1. The Clippers won, they not only consolidated the 5th place in the West, but also surpassed the Suns to enter the top 4 in the West with one more game; Two wins ahead of the 6th-placed Warriors, the situation in the 4-6 place gradually became clear.
Of course, if the Clippers win, the Thunder's 35-37 record will be surpassed by the Lakers, who return to 10th place in the West, and the Thunder drop to 11th.
2. The Clippers failed, that is, the pattern we are currently seeing, the Suns are one win ahead of the Clippers, the Warriors are only 1 win behind the Clippers, the Thunder rose to 7th in the West at the same time, 1 win ahead of the Lakers, well, from 5-11, the West is still a big smash situation, which may be the situation that the league prefers to see.
Ranking after today's match
Did the referee really influence the outcome of the match? Let's look at four typical pictures:
Leonard broke through for a layup instantly
In the second quarter of the game, Leonard broke through for a layup, Wiggins put his right hand under Leonard's armpit for an obvious foul, and as a result, No. 28 referee Moussa did not blow a 2+1 free throw, Leonard was dissatisfied, he gave 1T; Mann screamed, he gave 2T; Mann still sprays? He gave 3T and directly expelled Mann. One round, blow 3T, which is too rare in the NBA, and the consequences:
The Thunder scored 2 points on a 3T free throw, and the Clippers lost by only one point, not to mention how critical these 2 points are.
Mann was expelled, so that Lu had to use Covington, who scored only 2 points on 1-of-8 shooting, with a -1 efficiency value on the court, and most importantly, Lu's five-small lineup, which originally lacked a big general without Powell.
Note that after the game, Leonard broke the news that referee Chief Curtis apologized to him and admitted that it was a missed decision, but the impact was 2 points + Mann was expelled.
George was accidentally injured instantly
The referee's indulgence of the Thunder's action, the game went on to 4 minutes and 40 seconds into the fourth quarter, as shown, causing disastrous consequences for the Clippers, when George took the offensive rebound, Dort flew to grab, and when he landed, his right leg hit George's right knee head-on, causing George to suffer a serious joint injury and then retire.
Admittedly, there are surprises, but Dort's flying scrambling action is one of the invisible factors for the referee to condone the Thunder's defensive scale, and George's injury retirement is one of the important factors in the Clippers' loss of the game.
Wei Shao did not go to the post
The Clippers trailed 95-97, Wei Shaoqiang made physical contact with Alexander who was flanking during a layup, and Wei Shao signaled to the referee that he had committed a foul, and the result was not to the whistle; In the next round, Wei Shao used the same sideways against the defender Alexander, but was whistled for a defensive foul, and Alexander made two free throws.
Leonard was whistled for a foul
The Clippers attacked, Leonard wanted to shoot in the bottom right corner, Isaiah Joe cut the ball, and the referee did not blow a foul; The next second, as shown in the picture, Leonard cut the ball and was directly fouled, and Leonard turned around speechlessly and did not want to look at the referee.
How inconsistent are the referee's penalty scales? The two commentators said bluntly, today's referee is the obvious leader Thunder, pay attention, this is the home of the Clippers, there is no home whistle, but in favor of the Thunder? That's the attitude that the Clippers want to win today.
As for why the referee just didn't want the Clippers to win the game, we don't know, but as a result, the Clippers failed to advance to the top four in the West, and George was seriously injured; The Lakers were thrown off by the Thunder, and both Los Angeles were injured.