G4 between the Lakers and Clippers is a life and death battle for the Clippers.
Winning starts from the same starting point, losing is equivalent to getting out.
Of course, this game is also very important to the Lakers.
Because the Clippers have almost no way out, they will definitely fight to the death.
A person's potential is huge when he is dying.
When a team is in a life-and-death battle, the energy it unleashes is unimaginable.
Therefore, the Lakers cannot relax because of this, and cannot take it lightly just because they are leading by a big score.
They must fight cautiously and with all their might.
This game is the home court of the Lakers, and the game starts at 10 p.m.
At 3:00 in the afternoon, the three referees of this game will hold a routine pre-match meeting.
At the meeting, the referees will discuss the enforcement standards and other details of the game.
When the meeting between the three referees was about to be completed, there was a knock on the door.
Referee Dan Crawford frowned slightly.
Generally, no outsiders are allowed to interrupt their internal referee meetings.
Who is so ignorant that he knocks on the door while they are in a meeting?
Bang bang bang, bang bang bang, the knocking on the door continued.
Then before Dan Crawford could speak, the door was pushed open.
A tall, thin, bald, middle-aged man walked in.
He has a slender figure, a slender face, and wears a pair of narrow-rimmed glasses.
His appearance gives people a very shrewd feeling...
When the three referees saw this, they stood up quickly.
Referee Dan Crawford Mei Jinzhou's brows also quickly widened.
"President, why are you here?"
Dancraft asked.
That's right, the person coming is none other than NBA President Adam Silver.
Generally, it is impossible for Xiao Hua to appear in a referee meeting before a game like this.
Now he suddenly came to the conference room, which naturally surprised several people.
Adam Silver had a kind smile on his face: "I just came to see how your preparations are going?"
Dan Crawford replied: "That's pretty much it."
Xiao Hua moved his gaze from Dan Crawford's face to the other two referees: "What do you think of this enforcement?"
Both referees turned to look at Dan Crawford, wondering what Xiao Hua's question meant?
Dan Crawford has been in the league for more than 20 years, how could he not know what Xiao Hua meant?
With a smile on his face, he said, "If the president has anything to say, please feel free to tell me."
Xiao Hua nodded, very satisfied with Dan's attitude: "I don't want the Clippers to lose in this game. Neither does the league."
The two young referees were very surprised when they heard this.
They have always said that the league may manipulate games in some games, but they have never seen it, so they don't believe it.
Are they really going to see each other for the first time today?
How is this possible?
They are referees and enforcers on the field.
Fairness and justice on the field are controlled by them.
How could they do something like that?
However, referee Dan nodded and said: "We don't want the Clippers to lose either."
In fact, no one in the entire league, except for the Lakers and Lakers fans, wants the Clippers to lose this game.
Regardless of whether the Lakers eliminate the Clippers or the Clippers eliminate the Lakers, they all hope that the Lakers and Clippers can play a few more games.
You must know that the income of all team owners, players, referees and staff in the league is closely related to the income from the game.
There are so many teams in the playoffs.
The more games each two teams play, the more revenue the league earns, and the more revenue each of their players, referees and staff earns.
Especially a big city like Los Angeles.
For every additional game they play, the league will receive millions more dollars in revenue.
So naturally no one would want the game to end so quickly.
Of course, hope is hope.
Generally speaking, referees are very fair on the court.
Even if they hope the Lakers lose, they can't blatantly blow the whistle.
Unexpectedly, the president of the alliance would actually give the order in person.
Although he didn't say it on the surface, everyone understood what he meant.
With a kind smile on his face, Xiao Hua pushed up his glasses and said, "As long as you understand. If you do a good job, I will consider asking someone to give you a salary increase."
Dan Crawford thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, thank you very much, CEO."
Then he turned to look at the two young referees.
The two young referees also nodded: "Thank you, President."
After Xiao Hua left, Dan Crawford's expression became stern:
"I know what you are thinking. We are referees and enforcers on the field. We should be fair and just. But I want to tell you that there is no absolute fairness and justice in this world. You also know that my child has that disease.
, requiring high medical expenses.”
"No one helps me share the burden. Every dollar is my hard-earned money. Is anyone saying it's fair to me? Is anyone being fair to me? God is not fair."
"One of your children has to go to a noble school, and the other has an old mother to support. All of this requires money. Not just you, but countless people in the league need money. If your game is fair, it is unfair to them.
"
After saying this, the two young referees lowered their heads in silence.
When they were learning to referee, the first lesson was to learn fairness and justice.
However, everything now broke their understanding.
Dan Crawford finally asked: "If you are unwilling to do this, it is still too late to withdraw. But even if you withdraw, do not tell this matter. The consequences will be very serious, so serious that you can hardly imagine it."
"Fans will lose trust in the league, and the league's revenue will plummet, which will affect everyone, including you and me."
The two young referees remained silent.
It wasn't until more than two minutes later that one of the young referees answered: "I'm joining."
Another young referee saw this and finally nodded: "Then I will join too."
Dan Crawford's silver hair looked a little gray under the light of the conference room.
There was a helpless smile on his face: "Thank you, thank you, my man, I thank you on behalf of my son."
At this time, a referee asked: "Dan, is your stock still falling?"
Dan Crawford took a breath and shook his head: "Well, it is still falling. If it continues to fall tomorrow, I will withdraw the money. If you lose, you will lose. I originally bought this stock last year.
I want to use this little money to earn some money to treat my son’s illness.”
"Dan, after my salary is paid this month, I can give you half of my salary."
Another young referee also said: "I am also very short of money, and I don't have much to give you. I will give you 5,000 first after the salary is paid."
Chapter completed!