basketball never sleeps

Chapter 77

"The events of last night's game were shocking, disgusting, inexcusable - a disgrace to all NBA practitioners. This incident should make our players understand that no matter how provocative the fans are, They should all remain calm. Our investigation is ongoing and we expect to have an answer tomorrow night."

"Of course I have to thank Dak Milicic again for his efforts to maintain order in the stadium. As the Detroit fans said, he is a hero-we absolutely do not advocate any violence, but we do not allow anyone to offend. The safety of innocent fans."

Stern, who didn't sleep much all night, appeared in the camera early the next morning, carefully handling the farce that was big, but not completely big.

He had been watching the game last night, thinking it was just a normal player conflict until Artest rushed into the stands.

"It will pass soon." He even thought that the conflict would not last more than 2 minutes.

But just as he was taking a nap, the situation changed suddenly.

Stern's mind went blank as he watched Artest rush up to the stands and punch the fans who threw cups at him.

球迷一直都是斯特恩的红线，上个赛季拉希德朝着场边辱骂他的球迷吐了口唾沫就被斯特恩开出了2.5万刀的罚款。1995年火箭的麦克斯维尔给了侮辱他过世女儿的球迷一拳，斯特恩就给他开出了当时历史第二高的10场禁赛（当时第一高是华盛顿的脑花拳26场）外加当时的顶格罚款2万美元的罚单。

And this time, although Artest's rage seems to be well-founded from the existing evidence, no matter how well-founded it is, it cannot be said that he used violence against fans during the game when his personal safety was not threatened. excuse.

On the evening of the 20th, the league released their preliminary penalty resolution on this matter.

Artest was temporarily suspended indefinitely as before, and Jackson, who only had time to fight with Big Ben's brother, was suspended for 12 games. Xiao Ao, who wanted to rush to the stands but was punched KO before he had time to use force, was just symbolic Suspended for 5 games, Anthony Johnson and Fred Jones were suspended for only one game because they were still entangled with Pistons players.

As for the Pistons, Big Ben was identified as the instigator and was also suspended indefinitely. Billups, Hamilton and McDyess were suspended for one game because of excessive pushing and shoving. A fine of $[-] does not include a suspension.

As for Milicic, he is the most ruthless hitter, and he received a roll call from the league. It is said that the league has already planned to appoint Milicic to win this year's NBA "Moral Style Award" (good old man award).

But unlike the Pistons players who are all proud of him, Larry Brown and Dumars are quite painful at this time.

After this battle, Milicic directly became a "superhero" defending the fans of the Motor City, especially the scene where Hamilton grabbed Milicic's hand in the end was regarded as a newspaper cover by several Detroit media. The influential "Detroit Free Press" directly declared Milicic as the "Superman" of Detroit.

This kind of praise has brought great difficulties to both Larry Brown's snow storage plan and Dumars' trading plan.

People can accept an insignificant foreign player being wronged, but they absolutely cannot accept their hero being bullied.

"You did a great job on this, Duck, don't worry nothing will happen to you, and I can guarantee that those impulsive idiots will come back later to thank you for saving their careers. "

"Don't think too much, Human has passed, he will help you deal with everything, I guess you will have a hard time this year, Dumars will be scolded for daring to trade you this season, but whether it is going to NBDL or A little bit more playing time, that's fine."

He called to appease Milicic, who was still a little dazed, and stood in front of the window sill rubbing his chin.

There is no doubt that this is definitely a good thing for Milicic, but for the future pattern of the East, it is likely to be completely changed because of this battle.

However, this is interesting.

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The league, the Detroit Police, and teams on both sides are still wrangling over the war that just passed.

After eating the melons, the Heat also ended their short break and met the challenge from the Timberwolves at home.

Everyone believes that the Timberwolves, who only narrowly lost to the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals last season due to injuries, will make a comeback this season.

Their core lineup has basically not changed, and ESPN's team strength list before the start of the regular season, the Timberwolves also ranked second.

But basketball is never just about basketball.

In order to allow the team to have more salary space to sign in, the "Brooklyn Wolf King with the blood of the Green Army" accepted the Timberwolves' contract extension in the summer with a 5-year salary cut of 1 million dollars.

From last season's 2800 million annual salary to this season's 1600 million, it seems that Garnett has made a lot of sacrifices, but he is still one of the five highest paid people in the league.

Sprewell is jealous of Garnett's big contract. During the offseason, he has been asking the Timberwolves' management for a contract renewal with the same annual salary of tens of millions. He put forward requirements for his own playing time, coupled with Kassel's unhealed injury, and the dispute between "Sugar Man" and Kassel outside the court, the still strong Timberwolves locker room still did not have the last one. Harmony of the season.

Their half-open winning percentage since the start of the game also confirmed that the Timberwolves lost their dominance last season.

O'Neal's debut at home, as well as Garnett's duel with O'Neal, make this game look interesting.

However, after the first quarter, everyone discovered that the protagonist of this game is still on the outside.

Szczerbiak, Sprewell, Cassel, it can be said that the Timberwolves' outside line is no worse than the Wizards, a team that only has outside lines.

Wade suddenly felt refreshed. He didn't have a lot of trouble with Cassell's offense and defense one-on-one. The role of the defensive end allowed Wade to score frequently. In the first half, he scored 8 points on 8 of 18 shots.

It was not so easy for Mo Wen. He played as the 2nd position, doing the work of the 1st position, and facing the defensive pioneers in the 3rd position, highlighting a mix and match.

Sprewell, who had failed to get a contract extension before and was a bit of a mess, took the initiative to find Mo Wen in this game.

Sprewell, nicknamed "Madman", dared to challenge Jordan's master when he was a rookie (then he was severely beaten by the retired Jordan), even if he was stronger than him, this guy might not like him. What's more, it is Mo Wen, who in his eyes has a soft style of play, who has a big sneaker contract by relying on his "little boy" and his identity as a Chinese.

What Sprewell likes to do most is to slam the "stars of tomorrow" in the eyes of these media on the ground and torture him. When James played against him twice last season, he had to be targeted and educated. James who scored 31 points and defended only scored 18 points, and James who scored 24 points once defended only scored 14 points.

He thought that Mo Wen would be restricted by him like James. After two rounds, he realized that this guy was much more cunning and difficult to deal with than James.

When he was young, Sprewell had strong explosive power and delicate skills. He was in the second team of defense for two years and was also in the best team. However, at the age of 34, his reaction speed and explosive power have declined a lot compared to when he was young. , Now it is more about playing by experience.

Mo Wen met a "madman" at his peak in the dungeon and thought it would be a fierce battle, but after trying it out, he found that although this guy was still stronger than him physically, he was already limited.

Mo Wenfang's singles is not difficult. His current explosive power (72) is not much weaker than that of the madman. With experience, he can predict the attack of the madman quite accurately. With the addition of some "legal" defensive moves, the madman's breakthrough limit can be reduced. Very dead.

And if he can't hit the inside, Madman's outside shots are not efficient at all. His shot selection is extremely poor. In the space from the mid-range to the long two points, his shooting percentage is less than 4%, which is a representative of exchanging shots for points. One of the characters, only occasionally convulsed.

Madman took 7 shots in the first half, only hit 2 goals, missed 2 three-pointers, and only scored 6 points by free throws.

A serious madman's single defense ability is still good, but he can't keep up with the pick-and-roll. Mo Wen plays pick-and-roll against him, either opening up space to shoot, or forcing Szczerbiak to switch defenses, or attracting help defenses to double-team Back pass assist.

莫闻上半场出场16分钟，8投4中，三分2中1，罚球2中2，拿下11分4助攻3篮板1抢断。

奥尼尔在上半场戏份不多但效率超高，7投4中，罚球4中2，砍下10分6篮板。

Fortunately, the rest of the Timberwolves' "jump shooting team" also felt good today. Garnett, Cassel, and Szczerbiak fired frequently in the middle distance before they managed to stabilize the score.

Heat 52:49 Timberwolves

In the second half, the Heat aimed at the mid-range defense tactics, forcing the Timberwolves to rush in to challenge O'Pang or shoot from outside the three-point line and achieved good results.

Many people think that the three-second defense to prevent the center from squatting was custom-made for O'Neal. In fact, it is not the case. The three-second defense was first issued in 66. As a result, as soon as this rule came out, Zhang Erwan faced the empty inside and did whatever he wanted. The horrible scoring efficiency directly forced the league to cancel this rule after two seasons.

After entering the new century, in order to increase the viewing experience and encourage outside players to break through and score, the league brought up this tactic again. At the same time, in order to prevent the case of Chamberlain from appearing on O'Neal, the legalization of the zone defense that had been considered for a long time was also mentioned. come out.

The inside line is empty, but O'Neal can be zoned.

But Ao Pang was also a superstar of Stern's "godson" advantage alliance in his early years, so like A Zhan's "Dragon and Babu", he also has a privilege "King of Crimson"-he can stay in the three-second zone for 5 seconds without being blown a violation.

So when facing O'Pang, if the team does not have two space insiders, or players who are very good at fouling, they can only look at the "bears" and sigh.

In the second half, facing the Heat's 32-zone defense, the Timberwolves, whose mid-range hits declined, chose to shoot more three-pointers. Relying on a good touch, they once stabilized the score. It was not until the physical strength declined in the final quarter and the shooting rate gradually decreased that they finally lost. game.

At the end of the game, Garnett scored 22 points, 15 rebounds and 8 assists, worthy of his big contract, Szczerbiak 18 points and 4 rebounds, Kassel 16 points and 7 assists, the sugar man and the madman became the Timberwolves in the starting lineup The undercover agent, a 7-for-1, scored five points with free throws; a 13-for-4, only 11 points.

For the Heat, Wade had 28 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. He was extremely efficient in the first half, and he was taken care of by Garnett in the second half as expected. His shooting efficiency dropped, and he gave more shots to the liberated O'Neal. Ao Pang also did not disappoint the home fans. He scored 24 points in the second half and scored 34 points and 13 rebounds.

Mo Wen didn't think about grabbing the show, and gave O'Neal, who made his home debut, more chances to finish. He scored 20 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds. If it wasn't for the Heat's poor bench, he could have been a little more confused.

　Sorry for the late post

　　
　
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