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Chapter 1118 Basketball is a Contact Sport (3)
The game went into a timeout, and it was at this moment that the team doctor helped Tang Tian off the court.
Because everyone's attention had been on Tang Tian's dunk just now, no one noticed what had happened.
Even the Pelicans players thought Tang Tian had injured his shoulder or arm from exerting too much force during the dunk.
It wasn't until they got to the sidelines and the team doctor was checking Tang Tian's eyes that they realized what had happened.
The replay of the play was shown on the screen at this time, and Green had made a clear swinging motion while defending, hitting Tang Tian in the eye.
There was a stir in the arena.
Although Green was the home team's player, the move was too dangerous, like a kick to the groin, and could ruin someone's eye if not careful.
Tang Tian was eventually helped back to the locker room by the team doctor.
Stevens went to the scorer's table to protest strongly.
From Green's groin kicks to Pachulia's undercuts, and now Green's eye pokes.
The Warriors' dirty tricks were endless.
And unlike in the past, Tang Tian had avoided those dirty tricks before, but this time he didn't.
Now that Tang Tian had gone back to the locker room early, it was unknown if he could come back.
Being off the court was as good as being useless, and even if he could come back, no one knew what his condition would be like, after all, the eyes had a big impact on shooting.
And at the very least, Tang Tian definitely wouldn't be back for a while, and the Pelicans' momentum to widen the score had been abruptly stopped.
Stevens returned to the bench with a frustrated look on his face.
Because there had been no whistle before, no additional penalty could be given according to the rules.
In other words, Green's foul just now didn't even count as a foul.
In a VIP box by the court.
Adam Silver had a smile on his lips.
As expected, his presence at the home game put pressure on the referees.
Now that it was unknown whether Tang Tian could play, the Warriors' chances of winning the game had suddenly increased.
And it had to be said that Green was also a talent, after his balls had been kicked and exploded before, he had changed his move to eye-poking, which was even more damaging and lethal.
"Draymond, watch your moves."
On the Warriors' side of the court, Kerr was anxiously arranging the next tactics for the players, and Thompson patted Green to remind him.
"I didn't do it on purpose, besides, they're the opponents."
Green said unhappily, he had the best brotherly relationship with the Splash Brothers on the Warriors, but he also knew that Thompson and Tang Tian were brothers from hard training.
In his opinion, it was all about who had a better relationship, and he didn't like Thompson's elbowing out.
"We're playing basketball, not fighting, have you forgotten the lesson Tang gave you before?"
Thompson retorted unhappily.
His relationship with Tang Tian transcended basketball, and he didn't believe Green's attitude that it wasn't intentional.
"You!"
Having his balls kicked and exploded was Green's sore spot, and he was annoyed when Thompson revealed it, reaching out to push Thompson.
Fortunately, Iguodala reacted quickly and grabbed him.
"We're still in the game!"
Kerr also reprimanded Green in time.
He could turn a blind eye to the conflict between Green and Durant, but not Thompson, they were all Warriors and couldn't have conflicts.
"Klay, Draymond said he didn't do it on purpose, basketball is a contact sport, injuries are sometimes unavoidable."
Kerr then turned to Thompson and said.
Thompson was very angry, but he had to hold it in since Kerr said so.
And Iguodala was right, they were still in the game, and it would be a big joke if they really had a conflict on the bench.
"Okay, Tang won't be on the court for this stretch, whether he can come back or not, this is our chance to chase points, we must win the game tonight!"
Kerr continued after seeing that both of them had been appeased, then looked around at everyone and said.
When the timeout returned, both sides made substitutions and adjustments, and Kerr brought all the main players back early in one go.
The intention was too obvious, to take advantage of Tang Tian's absence to catch up on the score.
Stevens also had all the main players on his side, but with Tang Tian unable to return, he could only pair Brogdon and Walker in the backcourt.
The Warriors attacked first on the return.
Curry and Durant ran a pick-and-roll, and the Pelicans didn't switch.
Curry seized the time difference and shot a three-pointer directly from the outside.
"Swish!"
With a crisp sound, he made his first three-pointer of the game.
Without Tang Tian, the defensive pressure on Curry was significantly less.
"Defense! Defense!"
Neat cheers of support rang out in the arena.
The Warriors played high-quality defense and successfully defended the Pelicans' positional attack.
Green secured the defensive rebound, and the Warriors directly launched a fast break.
Curry made a long pass to Durant, who took big strides and squeezed past Butler to score a layup.
The Warriors launched a 5-0 run after the timeout, narrowing the score difference to 12 points at once.
Moreover, the Pelicans seemed to have lost their souls without Tang Tian, and their positional battle on the return still didn't score.
When Durant made another foul on Butler's hand while attacking one-on-one, and made both free throws, the Warriors had narrowed the score difference to 10 points.
The fans in the arena cheered.
However, the fans on the hotline had already greeted not only Green's parents, but also Green's eighteenth generation ancestors.
"Cao Nima, Green go to hell! What are you playing basketball for, you should be fighting!"
"I bet, if it was a fight, Tang could beat Green's shit out!"
"Tang is Metta Sandiford-Artest's brother, and Butler is right there, if there's a real fight, Green won't see the sun tomorrow!"
"Fxck! Who goes up and kicks Green's other ball too, and makes him a complete eunuch!"
"The Warriors are really shameless, what's the point of winning the game in this way?!"
"Adam Silver is doing nothing, hurry up and die in place!"
"I don't care, Green and Silver don't even think about leaving the stadium today, I'm going to fxck them to death!"
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Not only Green, but even Silver, who was present, was sprayed with dog blood.
And judging from the content of the fans' discussions on social media, not only on social media, but even Oracle Arena, there was bound to be a bloody storm.
Tang Tian was after all the number one player in NBA history, even trainees had crazy fans, Tang Tian couldn't have none.
The game on the court was still going on.
The cheers of defense were still there.
Walker held the ball in the frontcourt.
Although they were still leading by 10 points, the momentum on the court had completely shifted to the Warriors' side.
If the Pelicans couldn't continue to score, it was only a matter of time before they were overtaken.
He reached out to call Davis up for a pick-and-roll.
Davis' pick-and-roll was very solid, and Walker's breakthrough feint forced Durant to take a step back, and he directly stopped and jumped to shoot.
"Swish!"
The basketball went into the net.
Walker broke the Pelicans' scoring drought!
Durant continued to show his excellent form, scoring a difficult fadeaway jumper against Butler's defense.
However, on the return, Walker used Davis' pick-and-roll to break through to the basket, and his sudden stop jump shot immediately retaliated.
At the critical moment, Walker scored 4 consecutive points and stood out!