Chapter 21 Section 3 King_4

Gan Guoyang charged up to the referee and argued, "Did you just learn how to blow the whistle today? Why won't you stop blowing it?"

The whistle-blowing referee was the sideline referee, Joe Ford, a rookie who had just joined the League last season.

Gan Guoyang's shouting left Ford somewhat overwhelmed—tonight, all three referees were rookies who had joined the League last season.

Since last season, the League had officially increased the number of referees for each game to three, suddenly creating many new positions, thereby bringing in many newcomers.

In such situations, the novice referees seemed to lack experience.

Nervous, and perhaps in an attempt at self-preservation, Ford blew the whistle again and called a technical foul on Gan Guoyang.

As a result, after Elliott's free throw and an additional penalty shot, the Spurs managed to cut the lead by 3 points.

58:55, the gap was reduced to just 3 points.

The technical foul called by the referee enraged Gan Guoyang.