On May 19, Beijing time, in a playoff game that ended today, the Mavericks narrowly defeated the Thunder 117-116 at home, and advanced to the Western Conference finals with a score of 4-2. The game was very intense, but behind the fierceness, there were also some controversial points, mainly focusing on three aspects.
Controversy 1: The referee steals the show. Seriously, the referee of this game obviously controlled the court and did not let the Mavericks win, and when the Mavericks overtook the score in the second quarter, they blew Doncic two fouls and a walk, allowing the Thunder to play a wave of 24-6 attacks; In the third quarter, when the Mavericks shrank to 4 points, they blew Irving two fouls in a row; In the fourth quarter, Lively was fouled at a critical moment, including two rebounds and one covering foul. Anyway, in this game, the Maverick foul was blown when many of the blows were blown, and some 50-50 ambiguous balls were mostly blown by the Lone Ranger fouls. Fortunately, the Thunder really can't seize the opportunity, and the Lone Ranger is really tenacious.
Controversy 2: Whether Alexander committed a foul in the final moments. With 2.5 seconds left in the game, Alexander fouled PJ Washington, who was shooting from beyond the three-point line. This foul on Alexander also caused a certain amount of controversy, and Su Qun, who commented the game, believed that Alexander hit the ball first and then hit it, so he could not blow the foul; Other netizens believe that although Alexander touched the ball first, but then hit Washington's arm firmly, and more importantly, he didn't make a shot when Alexander hit Washington's arm, so the rule of first ball and then hand does not apply, which is a real foul.
Controversy 3: Thunder's Challenge. This may no longer be able to be described as controversial, and this challenge of the Thunder is really inexplicable. First of all, in slow motion, Alexander hit the arm firmly before Washington could make a move, and the challenge was almost impossible to succeed; Secondly, even if the Thunder's challenge is successful, because Irving has already grabbed the ball at that time, the final ball belongs to the Mavericks, so this challenge of the Thunder can also be called a suicidal challenge. If the Thunder don't use this final challenge, then in the last 2.5 seconds, they can also call a timeout to set up a tactic to tie or kill.