Live Bar June 23, NBA Playoffs Western Conference Finals, the Suns with Ayton's air connection, the final 104-103 narrow victory over the Clippers, a big score of 2-0 lead. In fact, in a regular season game on December 27, 2017, the Suns once completed the out-of-bounds ball air-to-air matchup, and the then Suns coach Triano also said at the time that he took advantage of the loophole of the rules.
The well-known media personality Yin Hai posted today about the Suns' air-to-air kill that year: "In the 2017-18 regular season, the Suns' sideline ball kill was sent by Dragan Bend to the top of the basket, and Tyson Chandler completed the air-connected dunk above the basket, which caused an uproar at the time, but the referee determined that the goal was valid. After the game, the then coach Triano revealed that this was a rule loophole he found for many years, because the NBA stipulates that the ball is not allowed to shoot outside the boundary, and the basket is invalid, so there is no possibility of shooting, since it is not a shot, there will be no Goaltending, Triano found such an opportunity many years later, secretly used this move to complete the kill. ”
In addition, after the game, Chandler himself also posted a lament that today's Ayton dunk kill looks familiar.
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The referee explained that Ayton's empty receiver was effective: the offensive player could touch the ball above the basket when the ball was out of bounds