The Clippers embarked on a wave of road trips, traveling against the Cavaliers on Dec. 7.

Before the game, the Clippers players did not give routine interviews, wore their warm-up jerseys inside and out, and during the official game, they all wore black socks, including wrist pads, knee pads, and leg pads, to express their dissatisfaction with the racist discrimination of their bosses.

Yang Rui can't see what the meaning of this is, and he is dissatisfied when the protective gear is armed? If you don't want to wear James's white headcoat with "Sterling must die" on it, you should have morale.

Of course, Yang Rui would not give them such advice.

The Clippers players who had not practiced for two days were in terrible shape, losing 98-105 to the Cavaliers on the road, ending their winning streak.

James scored a triple-double of 31 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, but winning was not how well the Cavaliers played the Big Three, and the Clippers did not break 100 points.

After the game, Yang Rui took responsibility for the loss. 'It's all my fault for the defeat and as a coach I should prepare everyone and try to play every game so that I can be responsible for the fans who supported us and unfortunately I didn't do it tonight.'

Asked if he would talk to Sterling, Yang said: "It's Donald's own business, we don't have to communicate. I'm just going to focus on the players and the game. The opponent doesn't care what happens to your team, and if we don't concentrate, we risk losing and disappointing the fans. That's what I care about the most. ”

Yang Rui repeatedly mentioned the fans, in order to get the support of the fans and not affect the future popularity of the Clippers, as for the two sentences of standing on the team and damaging Sterling, it is completely unnecessary, this product has a bad reputation, and you have to queue up if you want to throw stones in the well.

The situation is developing in the direction that Yang Rui expects, and someone will come forward to scold Sterling.

On the 8th, President David Stern announced at a press conference: "The ban on Sterling from all matters related to the Clippers or the NBA is effective immediately." Raheem Sterling cannot watch NBA games and practice live, enter any of the Clippers' facilities, participate in the affairs of any team or player, attend NBA board meetings and any league-related activities. A $2.5 million fine was imposed on Sterling. ”

This is the maximum fine stipulated by the NBA's charter, and the league has no room for mitigation with Sterling this time.

On the 9th, the Clippers defeated the 76ers 114-87, and the outside players found their crosshairs again, and the players were in a good mood to see Sterling being severely punished.

The next day, Stern held another press conference and said: "I will urge the NBA board to use its power to force Raheem Sterling to sell the Clippers as soon as possible." ”

President Barack Obama, who loves basketball, immediately expressed support for the penalty.

Sacramento, Calif., mayor and former star guard Kevin Johnson also applauded Stern's swift steps to address the issue.

The Clippers players issued a collective statement saying: "Welcome and fully support the president's decision."

Sterling was stunned, and he did not agree to sell the team when he negotiated with the president, but the other party did not give him any face and forced him to sell the team.

The racism has set off a chain reaction that Sterling has been unable to revoke. Two days ago, he naively thought that as long as he apologized, he would have a way out, and he could continue to own the Clippers without affecting his money.

Because the Clippers have the best record, fans will not give up going to the home court to watch the game, and it will not affect ticket revenue.

In terms of televising, Sterling doesn't have to worry about heavy losses. He receives a share of the NBA's television revenue, and the Clippers' contract with the Los Angeles cable "original notes" did not expire until the summer of 2016.

So, even if fans and TV stations boycott Sterling, a 2012 NBA agreement between team owners to "rob the rich and help the poor" could reduce Sterling's financial losses. The agreement stipulates that each team must contribute 50% of its annual profits each year, resulting in a huge amount of money, which will then be divided equally among the teams. It also means that if the Clippers suffer a heavy loss, the loss will be paid by another 29 teams.

It is precisely because of this agreement that forcing Sterling to sell the team has become the best sanction, everyone is waiting to eat the Clippers, who wants to bail out the Clippers in turn?

According to major media outlets, Stern will urge the NBA board to vote and if the votes in favor of selling the Clippers reach 75% of the total votes, Sterling will have to sell the team.

In this kind of thing, he definitely got 100% of the vote.

And, if Sterling continues to own the Clippers, many of the Clippers' biggest stars will be asking to leave the team. Sterling is finished, and he can only sell the Clippers and leave the NBA.

On February 1, 2014, Stern, who had been the NBA commissioner for 30 years, will officially retire, and kicking Stern out of the league before leaving will add a strong stroke to his career.

Some media outlets have put forward conspiracy theories that Sterling was calculated. But no one suspects that Facebook's two giants, Yang Rui and Thomas, are playing tricks, on the grounds that Facebook is much stronger than the Clippers, and they have to calculate how Sterling will get this year? In 10 years, the Clippers changed owners.

This thing is really sick, and others want to calculate him, and they can't make him say those brainless words. So even if it was a conspiracy, no one would speak for Sterling.

Yang Rui led the team to play away games, communicated with Thomas in the hotel with Minions, and decided to do nothing after discussion, wait and see what happened, and leave no one behind.

Thomas was happy that he was able to take the Clippers without much effort, much sooner than expected. He doesn't expect to make much money with the Clippers, but the advertising role played by the team is invaluable and saves Facebook a lot of money.

The two of them were very careful, and they didn't use the phone when they talked about it, but the software developed by their own company, as long as they had the heart, no records could be kept.

On the 11th, the Clippers defeated the Celtics 123-88 away.

It was found that Sterling didn't have that much of an impact on the Clippers, and the players were still able to score high points, but they continued the habit of protesting by dressing.

The Green Army left Garnett in the summer, and star point guard Rajon Rondo was also out due to injury, but the 10-13 record after the start of the game was not bad, and the team was hopeful of making the playoffs, and the team was mainly supported by Pierce, Jeff Green, and Gerard Wallace.

In back-to-back games, the Clippers lost 103-104 to the Nets.

Blatche hit a key shot from the low post with 6.3 seconds left, and Guy's buzzer-beating shot missed the basket.

Joe Johnson and Blatche scored 20+, Yao Ming, Deron Williams, and Jimmy Butler also scored double-doubles, and Favors and Griffin exchanged pieces, and he only scored 7 points and 6 rebounds, reducing Griffin's efficiency.

Griffin played 30 minutes, shooting 2-of-8, 0-of-2 from three-point range, and 8-of-13 from the free-throw line, scoring only 12 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

Griffin played 33.1 minutes this season, averaging 22.7 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1 steal per game, shooting 52.8% from the field, 27.3% from three-point range, and 71.5% from the free throw line.

At critical moments, Griffin was not as reliable as usual, and Yang Rui was not satisfied with his style of play, and he was reluctant to shoot more three-pointers because that would reduce the overall shooting percentage. Now his overall shooting percentage is beautiful enough, and as soon as he rushes to the basket, Yao Ming and Bleche's weak teammates who move slowly will not be able to grasp it.

Yang Rui guessed Griffin's idea, the Clippers may have the best record again this year, and with Paul gone, the team's new core will be highly rated, and he wants to compete for MVP.