This article is reproduced from: Doctor of Physical Education

The Clippers and the Thunder met the Thunder, who had won five in a row, but because of the referee's debatable decision, the final result of the game was full of controversy, and the Clippers fell short in the end, and Leonard's dream of killing was unfortunately shattered.

進入3月份以來，萊昂納德開啟了“不養生”模式，不再是經常“戰略性”輪休，連續多場保持較高出場時間，和哈登一起帶領著快船前進，取得了令人矚目的五連勝。甚至連勝期間快船隊主教練盧指導也經常休息，卻展現出了強大的實力，先後擊敗了騎士和灰熊等勁旅，球隊士氣正盛，外界對此役取勝雷霆更多期望。畢竟，快船隊全員健康，而雷霆隊則缺少了杰倫-威廉姆斯和霍姆葛籣兩大主力。

At the beginning of the game, the Thunder showed a tough defense, making Harden and Powell's offensive players feel sluggish, and the Clippers' stable output point on the offensive end was only Leonard Hozubac working hard. On the Thunder's side, although the Clippers have a good restriction on Alexander, there are still many helpers around him, and the unexpected touch of "bald" Caruso suddenly made up for Alexander's lack of being limited on the offensive end.

The game entered the fourth quarter, and the scores of the two sides were tightly bitten. At this point, the referee's decision began to be a key factor in the direction of the game. The Clippers challenged Zubac's layup foul on the Thunder, but the referee thought the foul challenge was successful, and Zubac did not foul and changed the foul to Harden, which is really strange. In the following round, Zubac of the Clippers was obviously wrapped around his arm behind Alexander when he attacked under the basket, causing the ball to fall out of the bottom line unsteadily, but the referee turned a blind eye to the foul and only blew a throw-in. Those two free throws allowed the Thunder to score free throws, allowing the Clippers to miss possible free throw scoring opportunities and disrupting the team's offensive rhythm.

When the game entered the final moment, when Leonard executed the last attack, he lost a key timeout due to the foul challenge "fake success" just now, and could only serve in the backcourt, and at this time there was only 3 seconds left for the Clippers, Leonard could not successfully complete the stunner, if there was a timeout, the Clippers could have served in the front court, and the chance of the stunner would undoubtedly be greater.

說起雷霆隊，他們似乎長期以來都被質疑受到聯盟的照顧，肖華估計想要把亞歷山大樹立為新一代“美國之子”，他的罰球次數一直頗為可觀。本賽季，亞歷山大多次在比賽中獲得大量罰球機會，單場罰球數超過15次的場次不在少數。如和開拓者的一場比賽中，他19罰18中，砍下44分。他的罰球數常常超過對手全隊，這讓許多球隊的主教練都感到無奈，森林狼主帥芬奇就曾表示：“如果是這樣的話，要防守他確實非常困難。”

而雷霆隊的多爾特，也是一位充滿爭議的球員。他在場上動作較大，多次出現惡意犯規的情況，卻常常裝作無辜。在今年1月24日雷霆主場迎戰獨行俠的比賽中，第三節比賽多爾特在擠過獨行俠中鋒丹尼爾-加福德的掩護時，用手擊打到加福德的襠部，隨後被吹二級惡意犯規直接驅逐出場。類似這樣的惡犯行為，在多爾特的職業生涯中並非個例，但他在場上卻時常能巧妙地逃避更多的處罰，給人一種善於偽裝無辜的印象。

Back to this game, after the Clippers Harden was hit in the thigh by Dort in the first half, the offensive desire in the second half decreased significantly, and it seemed that he suffered a slight injury, and Dort was famous for his tough defense of Harden back then. This made the Clippers overly reliant on Leonard on the offensive end, and the tactical intent was recognized by the Thunder, who were able to strengthen Leonard's defense in a targeted manner, causing the Clippers' offense to fall into trouble. Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue spoke for Harden in an interview after the game, and he said that after Harden was pushed to the knee by Dort, he couldn't move normally, which is why Harden didn't choose the main offense in the final stage.

After the game, the referee's decision sparked a lot of discussion. The American media posted a P picture of the referee wearing a T-shirt with the Thunder logo, ridiculing the referee as the secret weapon of the Thunder at critical moments. Clippers reporter Snarshary also posted an article questioning the referees, looking at the referee's report for the last two minutes of the NBA game, how to explain these controversial decisions. Powell also said euphemistically in the post-match interview: "It's not because we let the victory be lost, there were a few rounds that could have been played to help us blow the ......", almost pointing out that it was the referee who let the victory slip away.

After this game, the Clippers' five-game winning streak came to an abrupt end, and Leonard's last-minute defeat was a little regrettable, but for the Clippers, Leonard averaged 2.0 points, 0.0 rebounds, 0.0 assists and 0.0 steals per game in the past six games, and his three-point shooting rate was as high as 0.0%, his excellent form is undoubtedly the team's hope for the future, and the team also needs to learn from this defeat to improve the team's tactical execution and adaptability at key moments, and the next games need to focus on solving the problems. Although the Thunder team won the game, the controversy surrounding them may continue, and in the future, they will have to show a more convincing performance in order to block the outside world.