In the fifth game of the Western finals in 1986, the Lakers, who had a big score of 1 to 3 behind the Rockets, fought against each other. However, they were helpless against olajuwang. In the previous two games, they scored 75 points in total. In the fourth quarter, Pat Riley put all his eggs in one basket and sent Kupchak to harass olajuwang with various tricks.

Teammate Robert Reid saw the signs and kept reminding the big dream not to fall in the trap of the other side. Olajuwang didn’t take it seriously: “I don’t mind physical contact, but this guy is not defensive at all, just want to fight.” Olajuwang recalled, “I had already scored 27 points at that time, and his movements were very dirty after he came up. I told myself that I didn’t care about physical confrontation and wouldn’t flinch.”

However, no matter how calm the dream is, it can’t stand Kupchak’s hands and hands. He can’t help warning the other side: If you touch me again, you will be cut off without discussion-unfortunately, this is exactly the situation that the Lakers thought, in an internal card position, olajuwang knocked off Kupchak’s arm in front of him, and the latter hit back with his shoulder. Almost without any hesitation, olajuwang waved his fist.

As the chief judge on duty, Jess-Cauchy was quick-witted and stood between two big men, trying to stop the fight. However, he was only 5’10 inches and could only hug olajuwang’s waist to death, let the fists of the two men make a wind on their heads. But soon, Cauchy pushed the big dream near the Lakers bench with unimaginable power. Marcus Lucas locked the neck of the big dream from behind and pulled him down. The players from both sides rushed up and the scene was in chaos.

Cauchy lay on the ground and got several old punches in his head in the chaos. He shouted loudly, “I don’t know who moved the hand. If I find something else, I will be punished.” The security personnel entered quickly and quelled the fight. At this time, Rocket coach Bill Fitch came over, “Jess, I know who hit you.” Cauchy asked, “Who is it?” Fitch answered with a wink: “Jabbar and The Magician.”

After a brief discussion with another referee, Cauchy ejection the dream with Kupchak. Tom Janovic escorted the big dream back to the dressing room. From the moment he was sent off, the big dream had already begun to regret. He imagined that if the Rockets lost the game, FEI QI would definitely be furious in the dressing room.

But fortunately, although the rockets were exploded by the Lakers, they still had another tower. Sampson scored 11 points in 5 minutes 14 seconds after the big dream was sent off. Before the final match, he hit the incredible killing and personally sent the defending champion out. After the game, Fitch was in a good mood and patted Riley on the shoulder. The Lakers lost so badly that they praised everyone in the interview. “I don’t want to exchange money with big dream and Kupchak.” Fitch said, “any general manager will be hanged if he does this. I love Kupchick and he played his role well. I think Kersey has done a good job.”

In this way, the big dream of waving his old fist in anger, Kupchak, who finished his career in the way of being punished, and Cauchy, who fought hard to stop the fight, were written into the history of NBA together.

It was purely accidental that Cauchy entered the referee industry. He always liked play baseball when he was a student. After graduating from high school, he served as the youth sports director of Newport News. He found that it was difficult to find the referee in children’s basketball games and he could only go to the battle in person. One after another, Cauchy attracted the attention of the famous local university referee Otis-almond, who taught him many basic skills of blowing punishment. After that, Cauchy began the competition between law enforcement high school and university.

Almond is not the only noble person in Cauchy. By chance, Cauchy met ABA referee Joe guxiu and was invited to the pre-season referee training camp, and finally got a contract. In 1974, Cauchy made his first appearance at ABA, a performance match between law enforcement Carolina Cougar and New York basketable nets. Standing in the midfield of the old stadium of Appalachian State University, Cauchy shook like leaves in the wind. He was so nervous that he threw the ball directly behind himself at jump ball.

At that time, basketable Nets center Billy paulz teased Kesey, “Dude, do you still have more practice?”

Fortunately, Cauchy soon fell in love with this job, “You only need to concentrate in two and a half hours, but this is the greatest job in the world, and indeed it is. I never wanted to over-drying this job, but I never wanted to do other jobs again, because this is the best career.”

“He is always cool,” said Brian Cauchy, the son of old Cauchy. “according to the current statement, it is calm, and he is hardly affected by anything. Whether it’s Jordan flying around in the air, changing hands, shooting on the other side of rim, or Julius Owen doing the crazy reverse layup of symbolic, Dad will remain professional and calm.”

After the merger of ABA and NBA, Cauchy entered NBA. After years of experience, Cauchy has formed a calm and serious law enforcement style. He can joke with players and coaches, but he cannot tolerate complaints and fuss, even superstars are hard to get cheap from Cauchy, including Byrd and Jordan.

After the dream of falling in the Western finals in 1986, Cauchy enforced the finals of that year, and the opponent of the rockets became Celts. In the third quarter of the second scene, olajuwang hit Larry Byrd’s hand when he tried to steal it. For some reason, Cauchy did not whistle. Bird turned to look at Cauchy, his eyes mixed with surprise, disgust and anger.

In the face of Bird’s silent complaints, Cauchy was indifferent. However, Celtic players all know what Big Bird’s expression means. Soon, Byrd tore the rocket’s defense line in a second, and the whole garden Stadium was boiling. After finishing the assist, Byrd turned to look at Cauchy again. His expression told everyone that he was still very angry.

Rodney McRae, who defended Byrd, became the worst loser of the night. Big Bird shot 12 all night, scoring 31 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, four steals and two cap. After the game, Celtic coach KC Jones was somewhat Versailles, “Larry is just doing business.”

Compared with Byrd, Jordan was not so lucky. Cauchy’s penalty for him indirectly led to the bull’s waste of home court advantage in the finals. In the second game of the 1992 finals, there were still 4 minutes 36 seconds left in the game. Drexler’s six criminals left the game, and the Blazers were 10 points behind 82 to 92. Danny Anji thinks this is the turning point of the game. If everything goes well, the bull will get a 2-0 lead in the finals.

However, 11 seconds later, another turning point appeared. Jordan pushed Terry-PROTONIC during the defense. The latter stumbled and Cauchy decisively punished the foul, which was Jordan’s fourth foul. The flying man was very dissatisfied with this. His complaints spread all over the world through TV signals, and of course they also drifted into Cauchy’s ears.

Cauchy once joked that the bull’s Joint Center was the loudest home court, and sometimes he could not hear his whistle. However, he could not tolerate his authority being challenged. Facing the chattering Jordan, Cauchy gave him another technical foul.

“I may have said something I shouldn’t have said,” Jordan admitted later, “but I don’t think it is enough to be judged as a technical foul.” Then, PROTONIC hit three free throws. The bull was obviously disturbed, and the leading edge of 10 points was soon eroded. Anji, who played as a substitute Drexler, changed the situation. He scored 9 points in overtime and tied the final plus time record. In the end, the Blazers defeated the bull at 115:104, and the big score was 1 to 1.

On the court, Cauchy was a respected and outstanding referee. Ironically, he became a criminal outside the court. In 1997, four NBA referees, including Kesey, were prosecuted for suspected tax fraud. As early as 1994, the Internal Revenue Service of the United States targeted the referee Group. After several years of investigation, it was found that they were cheating on tax evasion.

According to the NBA contract, the referee can enjoy the treatment of first class, or replace it with cheaper economy class and leave the difference. In the following decades, this became the invisible welfare of the referee, and everyone knew it. The problem is that the price difference obtained by the referee changing the low-grade air ticket must be paid as income. In the words of the prosecutor, these referees took great risks for a little money and finally paid a painful price.

At the hearing of the formal trial, the judge suggested Cauchy to plead guilty, because his defense reason was that he did not know that he should pay taxes on this part of income, which was hard for the jury to believe. Finally, Cauchy listened to the judge’s advice and pleaded guilty before the trial began. In order to avoid jail, he agreed to testify against other judges in court.

In a public statement, Cauchy suggested that many referees of the alliance colluded with each other, and about 15 people forged ticket receipts through the same travel agency in South Carolina. Cauchy also admitted that he had discussed with other judges the best way to conceal extra income. In the end, Cauchy paid a fine of 20000 dollars, paid the tax arrears, and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, suspended for 3 years.

After escaping from prison, Cauchy still lost his job as a referee, which was the most difficult time in his life. However, he did not escape from the stain of his life, but stood in front of the public, with church groups, problem children shared their shameful experience with respected businessmen. This humble attitude won the appreciation of David Stern. During the 1998-1999 season, Cauchy was officially reinstated.

However, in the first year of return, Cauchy had a serious misjudgment. In the 1999 Eastern finals, Knicks and Pacers scored 1-1 draw. In the second game, Ewing’s Achilles tendon was broken and the season was reimbursed. The situation was very bad for Knicks. However, the tenacious Knicks still entangled with the walkers to the last moment in the third session.

In the first 11.9 seconds of the final match, Mark Jackson hit two free throws, helping the Pacers lead 91:88. The Knicks called for the last pause, and coach Jeff Van Gadi prepared to carry out the last attack by Alan Houston. New York’s sideline ball tactics were not successful. Houston was caught by lightning strike Miller and could not be receive the ball. Charlie Ward could only pass it to Larry Johnson.

The ball was almost broken by Jay rose in midair. Fortunately, Johnson reacted fast enough and caught the ball. Facing Antonio Davis’s defense, Johnson first made a tentative step to the right, then shook up the opponent with false movements, and finally took a step to the left, pulling up the shot. At the same time, cauchy’s whistle rang. At the moment when the ball got into net pocket, 20000 live fans jumped up from the chair. Madison Garden was boiling. When the camera turned to Reggie Miller, the in cold blood who was used to big scenes looked blank.

In the chaos, Chris Childs, the Knicks point guard, stopped the forgotten Johnson and reminded him that there was still a free throw. With 5.7 seconds left in the game, Johnson hit the free throw steadily. “That was the ugliest free throw in my life.” Johnson recalled.

The four points went down in history and pushed the Pacers into a desperate situation. Then Mark Jackson missed the last shot, and the Pacers lost the game. The big score was 1 to 2 behind.

Antonio Davis watched numerous replays after that. He insisted that he jumped up and down straight, and there was no foul at all. He was so bitter about this that when he joined the Knicks in 2005, he asked the team to remove Johnson’s photo of the 20 classic moments in New York and hang it in Madison Garden, so that he would not think of it every day.

At that time, Bode, who was the head coach of the walkers, believed that Cauchy had a personal grudge in the communique. At that time, he had a dispute with the Celtics. Pacers said that this was a conspiracy of the league to ensure that a big market team like Knicks could advance.

In fact, at the moment of blowing whistle, Cauchy knew that he had screwed up. Someone saw him angrily dropping his clothes and shoes on the wall of the referee’s dressing room after the match. In order to punish himself, Cauchy walked 20 blocks from Madison Garden to the hotel after the match, and sweat soaked his shirt and suit. Lying on the bed of the hotel, Ke Xi was thinking all night, how could he be so absent-minded.

“I took something from the team that I shouldn’t have taken,” Cauchy said. “my lower have to bear all this. As a referee, you never want to decide the result of the match. If someone thinks I am intentional and feels good, they may need to take a look in the mirror. I don’t want to win sympathy, but no one understands my inner suffering.”

Brian remembered that the photo of Johnson scoring four points had been hanging in the most conspicuous place in his father’s office. Bob Delaney, the vice president in charge of referee operation in NBA, once cooperated with Cauchy and later explained, “it is always those mistakes that accompany you that will always spur you to pursue perfection. This is what the referee thinks in his heart, but in reality there is no perfect match for punishment.”

On April 10, 2007, Cauchy’s referee career ended in Oklahoma City. Corey magetti, who works for the Clippers, hit Kersey in a high-speed conversion. “Me, 5’10”, 160 pounds.” Cauchy said, “Margaret, 6’5″, 225 pounds, I lost.”

Cauchy’s left hip and leg were seriously injured. He underwent hip replacement surgery and had to end his referee career at the age of 67. Without this accident, he firmly believed that he could reach the age of 70. In his 34-year career as a professional referee, Cauchy fined 1911 regular season games, 189 playoff games and 18 finals, from Walter Fraser to Jabbar, from magician and Bird to Jordan, from Kobe Bryant, o’Neal went to James again, and he witnessed the changes of the times.

In 2012, Cauchy was elected to the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He thought he had reached the peak of his life. NBA President David Stern wrote a recommendation letter for him: “It has been impressive just to blow the penalty, and Cauchy’s success lies in facing one of the most difficult jobs in sports, consistent excellence and integrity show good professional ethics.”

In 2017, Cauchy died of cancer at the age of 76. In the last few days of his life, he always wore an NBAT shirt.

NBA official Twitter wrote: “NBA family mourns the death of former senior referee Jess Cauchy. Jessie likes this job very much and is one of the best judges.”

Cauchy once looked back at his referee career like this: “Law enforcement competition once made me scared, made me burst into tears and kept me smiling. It’s like the last shot. When you know that the script has been designed, at that moment, the ball is in hand, either passing or shooting.”

“I can say, I did it.”

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