The Knicks managed to advance to the Finals.

After the game, the Knicks' players, including Lin Yi, didn't say much about the fourth game.

However, a storm is brewing.

"It's a shame! A shit-like referee, if it weren't for Lin's light being too dazzling, the current alliance would be a piece of shit! After the game, ESPN's reporter Speede launched a strong critique of the league.

"Lin just got a T because he was chatting with his teammates, and the tragedy that happened to Tim back then, hasn't the referees learned how to maintain their authority?"

"Look at these foul highlights of the Cavaliers, the opponents are hanging on Lin's arms, such a scene has appeared at least ten times in the G4 battle between the Knicks and the Cavaliers, but what is the result? The referee was indifferent to this, and not a single blow was correct! ”

"The incompetence of the referee led to the fact that in the next game, the Cavaliers players became more and more bold, and almost caused a tragedy!"

I have to say that the pens in the hands of the reporters are really powerful, because under the criticism of Speede and a group of reporters, the three referees in the fourth battle of the East Finals have been sprayed into SB......

Some powerful American netizens even doxxed the addresses of these three referees, and the first one to bear the brunt was the referee named Johnson who made Lin Yi eat T.

According to incomplete statistics, in three days, Johnson's home was attacked by more than 1,300 eggs and more than 2,000 tomatoes.

"Justice may be late, but it will never be absent." On the way back to New York, when he saw these news, Lin Yi said with emotion.

Lin ...... Do you think we'll be banned? Next to Lin Yi, Paul, who led his teammates to block the referee in the fourth game, asked stupidly.

"No, it won't." Lin Yi said to Paul with a smile.

"Why...... You don't even think, I always feel like you're comforting me. "Paul is very sad, although Lin Yi is okay and he is very happy, but I am very sad when I think that I may be banned and thus miss the finals.

"I said no, no, no reason." Lin Yi patted Paul on the back and told him not to suffer so much.

Still, Paul was uncomfortable.

Although he didn't know why Lin Yi was so sure that the league would not make additional penalties to the Knicks players who besieged the referees.

……

The Knicks returned to New York overnight, and the next day, NBA officials quickly ruled on the surprise in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

First, the league canceled the technical foul against Lin Yi and admitted that it was a miscalculation.

Secondly, the three referees on duty were banned for 2 years, 4 years, and 2 years respectively.

And the buddy who was banned for 4 years was Johnson, who blew Lin Yi's technical foul in the game.

Finally, the league also said that before the start of next season, the NBA will organize all referees to study, discuss, and study the rules to avoid misjudgments.

After the league's ruling came out, Paul was stunned.

Because as Lin Yi expected, the league did not make any additional penalties to the Knicks players who surrounded the referee in the fourth game, and there was not even a fine!

"Lin, you're a god!" After seeing the league's ruling, Paul immediately dialed Lin Yi's phone.

"Alright, rest well, Chris, we're going to prepare for the finals next." Lin Yi didn't explain too much to Paul, because behind the alliance's ruling, it can't be explained clearly in a few words.

I don't have enough IQ, so it's hard for Lin Yi to explain.

"Xiao Hua is now weak-hearted, how dare he offend us on this cusp?" Lin Yi shook his head and said with emotion.

The Knicks are now standing on the moral high ground, and at this juncture they are against the Knicks, what is that not death?

Just the foaming stars of public opinion can spray Xiao Hua to death.

And Xiao Hua is not stupid, he knows very well the benefits that the Knicks can bring to the alliance.

Anyway, the Finals are about to start, if the Knicks' main players are banned, will the ratings still be up?

In Lin Yi's previous life, the league's decisions in the playoffs are really incomprehensible, right?

In short, for Xiao Hua, what he wants to do most now is to calm down the situation and direct the attention of public opinion back to the playoffs.

So Xiao Hua can only follow public opinion this time.

The cancellation of Lin Yi's technical foul was Xiao Hua's apology to Lin Yi on behalf of the league and the ban on the three referees, in order to calm public opinion, organize referees to study, and show the fairness, openness and justice of the league.

It's just that......

Xiao Hua didn't know that an even bigger storm was still behind.

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"Stupid!" Stern, who has retired, felt that Xiao Hua was too stupid when he saw the next day's report.

"Adam, do you know that you calmed the situation, but you completely swept away the majesty of the Alliance......"

In Stern's opinion, there is nothing to say whether Xiao Hua manipulates the game or not, after all, Stern himself has manipulated many games.

It's just that Xiao Hua's manipulation method is a bit too radical, so in Stern's eyes, Xiao Hua's real death is what he dealt with afterwards.

"Even if you take into account the ratings, the players who don't want to ban the Knicks have to at least punish the players who took the lead in making trouble, and if you don't want to be banned, won't the fine be over?"

"If the referee makes a mistake, he should be punished, but if he doesn't punish the players who besiege the referee, how can the referees enforce the game in the future?"

"The referee loses his authority, the league bows to the players, and once the balance is lost, and it happens again, how do you balance it?"

"If a bowl of water is not level, it can only be self-defeating."

Stern was very angry, because in his opinion, Xiao Hua still has some ability, after all, he can do a good job in the business operation of the alliance after he retires.

But now...... The NBA has become a joke.

Lin Yi is a human being, Paul is a human being, aren't the referees human beings?

Xiao Hua thought that the league's ruling showed fairness, openness, and justice, but he didn't know that this would make people feel that there were many shady scenes behind the NBA.

Because if the referees don't have a problem, then why organize them to study before the start of next season?

The NBA is the best basketball league on the planet, but right now, the credibility of NBA referees is being questioned, and when referees are questioned, it means that the league will be questioned.

"Hey, forget it, look for the video of Lin's previous game and watch it for a while, I'm retired, what do these things have to do with me?" Stern sighed and thought to himself.

……

The eye of the storm is already quietly forming, just waiting for the moment when it will completely erupt.

After the Knicks advanced to the finals, amid people's scolding, on the 27th, the fourth game of the Western Conference finals between the Lakers and the Warriors also started.

Before the start of this game, Xiao Hua specially reminded the referees to make a fair judgment, after all, at this juncture, no matter how good Xiao Hua's script is, he has to endure it.

Losing the power of the referee, "23+24" failed to defend Los Angeles on this night.

119-104, the West Finals, the Warriors lead 3-1!

The entire Bay Area has been transformed into a sea of joy.

Because after more than 40 years, the Warriors once again see the hope of winning the championship.

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PS: First update!