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"What?" Millsap spread his hands and looked at the referee with a puzzled face. He didn't feel any confrontation at the ball just now.

Because the benches were defending half of the court at the beginning, Tang Tian couldn't put pressure on the referee at this time, but he could clearly feel that his face was not good.

Millsap's ball is very similar to Pierce's previous ball, even the range of motion is not as large as Pierce's.

The referee's penalty scale is different every night, but if Millsap's ball was blown just now, then Pierce's ball should be blown even more.

Millsap's complaint did not change the referee's penalty, but greeted with boos from the fans.

The Celtics' offense and the team's off-the-ball pick-and-roll confrontation were still fierce, and Battier was directly overturned to the ground by Garnett in the pick-and-roll.

The referee still didn't blow his whistle.

Rondo gave Garnett a lob, and Garnett stepped over Battier and scored a layup.

Tang Tian couldn't stand it anymore, and stood up directly from the bench.

"That's an offensive foul!" Tang Tian reminded the referee loudly.

The referee just glanced at him, and then signaled the Rockets to serve in the backcourt.

"Millsap committed a foul just now, so this should be a foul too. Can it be done on the same scale?!" Seeing that the referee didn't respond, Tang Tian shouted louder.

"beep!"

The referee blew a warning whistle.

The fans at the scene couldn't hear what Tang Tian said, but when they saw his excitement, they immediately booed.

"Back back! Back up!" The referee put down his whistle and stretched out his hand to signal Tang Tian to back up.

Cole also came up at this time to pull Tang Tian back to the bench.

"Fuck!" Tang Tian couldn't help but swear.

This home whistle is too obvious.

The Rockets' offense can feel that the players' movements have also become bigger.

Shane Battier suffered "the humiliation of the crotch", and they obviously want to get the field back.

Yao Ming made a very strong pick-and-roll for McGrady and stood firmly. After McGrady bypassed, Billups passed the ball immediately.

McGrady catches the ball and makes a quick shot.

Garnett, who made up the defense, had no time to interfere.

"Shua!"

McGrady's dry draw is picturesque and hits steadily.

"beep!"

But at this moment, the referee on the sidelines blew his whistle again, pointed at Millsap under the basket, and signaled him to foul for rebounding.

Look again at this time, Brown is lying on the ground again.

"Are you kidding me?!" Millsap jumped up at this time, calling his offensive fouls for two consecutive rounds, and they were all found by Brown on his own initiative. This is simply trying to blow him down!

The referee still didn't pay attention to it at all. When Millsap yelled, he bit the whistle in his mouth and was about to make a technical foul with his hand.

Billups went up at this time and brought Millsapura back.

Tang Tian couldn't help laughing at this moment.

It is said that Varejao of the Cavaliers is the best actor in Brazil, and Brown is absolutely right!

Of course, he is very clear in his mind that this is entirely caused by the home whistle.

In high-level competition, a small penalty can change the direction of the game, let alone such an obvious home whistle.

Tang Tian was forced to call Scola up in advance and let him play to replace Millsap.

Before playing, he told Scola to pay attention to Brown's actions.

After Millsap left the field, the referee whistled a little more normally, and the Rockets' offense finally started.

However, Scola's three-pointer was not allowed, and the Rockets' offense was forced to press a little inside. In hand-to-hand combat, the efficiency inevitably declined.

At this time, everyone can feel it. The referee is abruptly blowing away the Rockets' advantage as a power forward.

On the defensive end, Scola is far less tough than Millsap. Garnett and Brown's inside pick-and-rolls are always misplaced to hit Scola, and one hit is accurate.

The Rockets players were extremely angry, and Tang Tian also suffered the first technical foul in his coaching career because he continuously put pressure on the referee.

In the second half, the referee's home whistle was still very obvious. Millsap played for more than three minutes and was called two defensive fouls in a row, and he was blown directly.

Seeing this, Tang Tian finally understood the reason why the Celtics had a high home winning percentage this season.

Based on this penalty scale, unless an All-Star team is formed, it will be useless.

In the end, relying on the excellent performance of the referee, the Celtics pulled back a victory 103-92 at home, chasing the series to 1-2.

In the post-match press conference, Tang Tian defended his players against injustice, and bluntly spoke out about the problem of the referee's different judgment standards.

Tang Tian was using this method to publicly put pressure on the alliance.

Tang Tian's speech also attracted unanimous echoes from Rockets fans. Fans posted game animations on forums and social media to complain about the penalty in the third game, and even made Brown P the best actor in protest.

The result of this has attracted the attention of the league, but Stern and the league officials did not make a statement in the end.

And on the second day after the game, Tang Tian received a fine from the league.

$25,000 in fines.

The penalty ticket was expected by Tang Tian. In order to maintain the image of referees, the league has always not allowed league personnel to publicly comment on the penalty scale.

But issuing such a ticket also meant that the league knew about it. What Tang Tian hoped for was that the referee's penalty in the next game would be more fair.

This is the least costly and most efficient way to deal with it.

After two days of rest, the fourth game of the series between the two sides continued to be played at the North Shore Garden Arena.

It is still surrounded by green light, and the home whistle is still serious.

Tang Tian's public remarks did not bring about a change in the penalty scale. Although Yao Ming and McGrady played very well in this game, Millsap was troubled by fouls and sat on the sidelines most of the time, making the Rockets both offensive and defensive. Very disadvantaged.

Under the rush of adrenaline, Tang Tiantian dropped the tactical board and sprayed the referee in the face for a while, only to be expelled from the field.

In the end, the referee continued to play high fever, and the Celtics also made another victory 99-93, miraculously tying the score to 2-2.

At the press conference after the game, Angie was full of joy. His remarks before the third game of the series were realized, and the Celtics successfully counterattacked at home.

The Rockets canceled their postgame press conference.

Tang Tian never came out of the coach's office.

After the game, he calmed down instead.

A one-sided finals is definitely not what the league wants to see. The ratings of last year's finals were far lower than the western finals.

Ratings determine the league's influence and new advertising deals, and the league certainly doesn't want to be like this for two years in a row.

The referees were involved in the judgments of these two games, but it is actually expected that the league will turn a blind eye.

The public comments are not strong enough, and we have to think of individual ways to put pressure on the alliance.

"Ding! Release the system task, successfully defend the NBA championship, reward: 3 honor points."

At this moment, a system notification sounded in his mind.

The randomness of this system's distribution of tasks is too high, and it came very suddenly, but Tang Tian was not very surprised.

It seems that the "strongest" home court of the Celtics makes the system a little bit uncomfortable.