Chapter Two Hundred and Three: Impact
Stern studied the footage and quickly gave a penalty that was unprecedented in the history of the league. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
John Green, the fan who threw the drink, was banned for life from the Detroit Pistons' home court, while several players, including Artest, were suspended.
Artest was suspended from all of the rest of the season, including 73 regular season and playoff games, with a total loss of $4.995 million, Stephen Jackson was suspended for 30 games, O'Neal Jr. was suspended for 25 games, Johnson was suspended for 5 games, Miller was suspended for 1 game, Ben Wallace was suspended for 6 games, and Billups, Coleman, and Campbell were suspended for 1 game each; More than a dozen guards in the palace on Auburn Hills were fired.
This penalty was simply devastating for the Pacers, who lost half of their starting team, and the next time Artest saw him on the court was next season.
Yang Di secretly pinched his sweat, and adjusted himself and Artest in his heart, if he was in that position, and the fans threw drinks at him, could he hold back?
The answer is definitely no.
Maybe it will be more ruthless, and there will definitely be more than two people in the hospital.
Therefore, such a severe punishment by the league, in addition to targeting such a thing, also has the meaning of deterring an irascible player like Yang Di.
This incident can be said to be the biggest thing that happened in the NBA in the whole 04 years, and it has attracted great attention all over the world.
That night, the Warriors had a home game against the Memphis Grizzlies.
In the afternoon, new signing John Salmons completed his medical and came to the team to report, and today will also be his first appearance for the Warriors.
"Welcome, welcome." Richardson took the lead in applauding, and although Salmons is also a shooting guard, he plays the role of a second-tier attacker in the Warriors, and he is not comparable to Jason Richardson, an absolute team core and starter.
The swarthy Salmons touched his head and smiled, and high-fived Yang Di and the others one by one.
"Ron was banned for 73 games at once, and god, he didn't even get a penny of his salary this season." Dunleavy smacked his tongue, and as a good baby player, he didn't understand yesterday's clash.
"This guy has a really bad temper." Yang Di sighed for the Pacers, the Pacers have the strength to compete for the championship in the past two years, and after doing so, it is equivalent to breaking the dream of the championship.
"It's just a pity for Reggie Miller, who is 39 years old and has spent his eighteenth season with the Pacers." Richardson admires Reggie Miller, who is the league's evergreens, even though he is a Jordan fan himself.
"There are rumors that Miller will choose to retire after this season."
"The problem is that the Pistons have barely taken a hit, and if the Pacers make the playoffs, I'm afraid it will be difficult to hinder the Pistons, and it should be said that there is no team in the entire East that can stop the Pistons."
"No, there's another team that's strong too." Yang Di shook his head, his eyes flashing.
"Which team?"
"The Heat with O'Neal."
Everyone nodded, the Heat was indeed accidentally forgotten, in terms of strength, as long as there is O'Neal's team, it can basically be said to be a championship-level team.
This conversation lasted until the evening, and it can only be said that the impact of the palace in Auburn Hills was too great.
That night, the Grizzlies arrived at the Oakland Arena on time.
Pau Gasol signed a six-year, $86 million contract extension with the Grizzlies in the summer, and with this contract, he became the second-most expensive international player in the entire NBA, with the Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki being the most expensive international player.
However, not long after the start of the game, Gasol suffered an injury attack and is now on the team's injury list.
The Grizzlies had a good record before, with 3 wins and 6 losses ranking 12th in the West, while the 3-3 Warriors temporarily ranked 8th in the West with a 50 percent win rate.
Again, with only three wins, it can only be said that the Warriors have benefited from an easy schedule.
Grizzlies head coach Hubby Brown fielded a lineup like PG Jason Williams, SG Bunch Wells, SF Sean Battier, PF Stemyrol Swift, C Lorenzen White.
Without Pau Gasol, the Grizzlies quickly dropped a notch, and it has to be said that the Spaniard has extremely outstanding tactical means and the ability to act like a natural lubricant, even if he is criticized for his soft style of play, he is definitely a cornerstone player of the team.
Yang Di knows how difficult Gasol is.
He played a season off the bench in the Heat last season, and the most uncomfortable star in his impression of defense was the spider-like Kevin Garnett, and the player he couldn't guard at all was Pau Gasol.
So he kept thinking about playing Gasol again to see how much his defense had improved, but he didn't expect to have such an opportunity.
Pity~
But even without Pau Gasol, there is Jason Williams, who is in his prime, such a ghost-like figure, and 26-year-old Sean Battier, the league's representative of small forwards who can attack and defend, and the remaining three devil muscle men who can run and jump.
On paper, the Grizzlies and Warriors are not much different.
But in the first quarter, Grizzlies fans found a huge problem, that is, Lorenzen White alone couldn't hold Yang Di at all.
Plus Swift is useless, these two people's rebounding ability is very average, and under the comparison of Yang Di, it seems to magnify the gap.
Yang Di grabbed six rebounds in five minutes, and the Warriors led by eight points at 15-7.
Veteran coach Hubby Brown turned blue and went furious after calling a timeout.
After the timeout, the Grizzlies had five players shrinking inside to protect the rebound, and Sean Battier made a three-pointer, and the score gap was slightly narrowed.
Tonnage outside Bunch Wells hit Richardson with his back in the low post and turned to kill inside.
"Smack!"
Yang Di slashed out diagonally and slammed the ball down with a hot pot.
There was no block in the last game, and this game was immediately made up, and a team like the Grizzlies, who is not good at outside shooting and likes to kill inside, is simply a good time to brush up on the hat.
At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors led the Grizzlies by six points, 25-19.
In the second quarter, the Grizzlies replaced Cardinal, Dundee Jones and others, among which scoring guard Duntai Jones was still a rookie last year, probably met Yang Di, who was also in the 03rd class, and felt hot and scored 5 points in a row.
The Warriors' John Salmons was average, conceding two shots in a row, and the Grizzlies actually tied the score.
Until the main forces of the two sides changed back to the field, and then the two teams crackled and played a 45-all draw before halftime.
In the second half, Yang Di first hated Swift's throw, igniting the morale of the Warriors, and with the cheering of the audience, the Warriors played a wave of 8-0 to stop the Grizzlies directly.
At the age of 24, he is young and vigorous, and no one will obey anyone.
Off the field, Pau Gasol had complicated eyes, looking at Yang Di, who was overturning the river and the sea, wantonly going wild, and couldn't wait to take off his suit and play by himself.
The Warriors opened the quarter to open a 10-point gap and lay the foundation for victory.
In the end, the Warriors won the game 100-89 at home, and Yang Di played 33 minutes, scoring 19 points, 17 rebounds and 4 blocks.
Other than that, the best performer was Richardson, who scored 27 points on 11-of-15 shooting, a rare high-quality scoring show.