After the first four games, the Celtics' chances of winning the championship were only theoretical.
In this era, no team leading 3-1 in the Finals had ever been overturned.
Moreover, after the third game, even if David Stern wanted to keep selling tickets, he had to consider whether Bay Area fans would blow up the NBA headquarters in New York afterward.
Currently, there is no conclusion from the internal investigation of Joey Crawford.
Although Stern knows that this internal investigation is doomed to fizzle out in the end.
But after that openly biased game, the league's officiating has become the target of public criticism.
In the first four games, anyone with eyes could see that the Warriors, with Qin Yue, attacked the basket more frequently, yet they had nearly 30 fewer free throws than the Celtics.
They can no longer favor the Celtics.
Stern knows very well...
