Alexander s "air foul" is on the hot search, fans are furious, is it really basketball?

Compared with the results of the game, what fans find more difficult for them to accept is that the referee seems to have formed his own prejudice. Despite the Pacers' best efforts during the race, the results still seemed pale. With the lead for most of the first three quarters, the Pacers were troubled by yelling in the critical fourth quarter. At this time, Alexander showed his strong ability to create fouls, but some obviously far-fetched calls made it difficult for the audience to understand.

, especially the classic two-act scenes, Matherin's defense against Alexander was clearly without physical contact, but the referee was forcibly punished for a foul. On the other hand, during Alexander's attack, he sometimes used to pushing his opponent away with his elbow, but the referee never responded to it. Fans couldn't help but ask: "Is all this still a basketball game?" This season, the Thunder has been caught in the controversy of the penalty for the decisions many times. Although it will no longer be listed one by one, the biggest controversy is that the referee's judgment standards for the Thunder and its opponents are obviously inconsistent, which makes the Thunder seem to be labeled as a public enemy.

Looking back at the history of the NBA, misjudgments in key games have never been absent. The Black Whistle incident between the Lakers and the Kings in the 2002 Western Conference Finals, the controversy between the Rockets and the Warriors made 0 of 27 shots in the Western Conference Finals in 2018, etc., prompted the league to finally introduce new systems such as video playback and coaching challenges. Today's referee reporting mechanism is essentially a compromise in transparency by the alliance - it acknowledged the existence of misjudgments but refused to be responsible for this. Therefore, despite the referee report after the game, all this is meaningless to the outcome of the game. It is worth mentioning that during the Pacers' playoff journey, they lost a total of six games, five of which were enforced by Foster. The "Swordsman" around Xiao Hua's side has obviously very high professional level. The whistle of the referee can never be perfect. Although we cannot achieve absolute justice, we hope to pursue relative fairness. It is undeniable that the Thunder have created amazing miracles in the past two seasons, growing from a bottom-squad in the reconstruction stage to the top seed in the West, proving a good coexistence of talent and discipline. We know very well that this youth team, whose average age is less than 24 years old, has the strength to compete for the O'Brien Cup, but the controversy about the referees has always been a question that the outside world has constantly raised when they compete for the championship. If we can play in a fairer judgment and swearing environment, this series will surely be more exciting, and what we really want to see is the Thunder's tenacious counterattack in adversity, rather than the protection imposed by the league.