Chapter 107: The End of Chaos
"Fack! Fack! Reggie fell to the ground with a crushed cry, clutching his ankle and wailing.
"What did you with!" Antonio Davis rushed forward and gave Bowen a hard shove.
Bowen raised his hands high, did not resist, and sat down on the ground.
"Referee! Umpire! Larry Brown yelled that his henchman Ai was going to be injured and that he needed an explanation.
The Lakers bench was similarly boiling, and Antonio Davis was clearly violent. This time, Tek Lambis, Del Harris and a group of veterans dragged a group of young people led by Kobe Bryant.
"Beep!" The referee blows for a halt to the game, separates the players from both sides, and then returns to the technical table to look back to determine what just happened.
"Bruce was just an unintentional mistake! It was Reggie who landed and accidentally stepped on Bruce's foot! The Magic was indignant, and in his opinion, the Lakers were a bunch of good kids, and they were bullied by a bunch of old fritters under Larry Brown.
"Looking back, it is. It's just a coincidence that Bowen's stride is very reasonable and there are no malicious movements. Goodrich watched the return carefully and made a decision.
"And this guy Antonio Davis is a malicious foul and provoked an incident, and he needs to be banned!" Magic began to pull off the shelf, and pushing and shoving were very common in this era, and players were rarely even suspended if it wasn't for violence.
"I hope the referee can make a fair decision, Kobe Bryant has been sitting on the sidelines after being injured, and if the violence of the Indiana Pacers is not stopped, the game will not continue fairly and justly."
Several referees confirmed it repeatedly and finally made a decision.
Bruce Bowen shooting foul, Antonio Davis technical foul!
Because Antonio Davis had already blacked out Eddie Jones in the first quarter and accumulated a technical foul, he was directly sent off the court.
"What, what are you doing again?" Larry Brown yelled at the referee, Reggie Miller was injured like this, and as a result, Bowen only had a shooting statute?
And his own Antonio Davis was actually sent off?
"If you dispute the decision, you can appeal it to the league." The referee looked serious and even wanted to give Larry Brown a T.
Larry Brown closed his mouth, he knew this game, it was over.
Reggie Miller has suffered a serious ankle injury and is not likely to return.
Antonio Davis is sidelined.
Dale Davis is sidelined.
The referee began to control the court, and the body hair level contact began to blow fouls to avoid uncontrollable events in the game.
Lost three starts, lost the hand-to-hand defense on which he depended. The walker is like a beast that has lost its teeth and claws, and in an instant it has become a little cat that everyone can pet.
The game ended with a series of blows, and the Lakers eventually won the game with some drama.
Indiana Pacers 76:85 Los Angeles Lakers.
After the third quarter, Harris pressed Kobe Bryant to the bench and didn't play, and Harris was worried about what the red-eyed Pacers would do.
So Kobe Bryant only played 21 minutes and scored 11 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.
O'Neal was the best player in the endgame, with 28 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists, and he reaped the win for the team.
"Del, you've got a bunch of bad boys under you." Greeted after the game, Larry Brown was indignant.
"No, they're just good kids who fight back reasonably in the face of bullying." Harris smiled triumphantly.
Larry Brown snorted and hurried back to the locker room to check on Reggie Miller's ankle injury.
"Bruce, well done." Back in the locker room, Bryant gave Bowen a chest bump.
Some of the gloomy Bowen didn't please most of the players in the locker room, but today! He is the main character.
"Bruce, there's a hand!" O'Neill placed his large hand on Bowen's smooth head.
"There is a hand!" One by one, the players stroked the top of Bowen's head, as if they could obtain mysterious powers.
Big Ben was a little annoyed that he missed out on such a wonderful performance by Bowen after being sent off.
"Ben, I've paid your fine!" Kobe Bryant waved his hand, he was optimistic about this hot-blooded little brother. The team needs such fighters to protect their teammates.
"Thanks! Top dog! "Big Ben's income is not very high, and being sent off for a malicious foul is a big expense for him.
"Guys, here comes the reporters, low-key!" Campbell, who was sitting at the door of the locker room watching the wind, shouted.
Several Los Angeles reporters, because of their good relationship with the team, came to the locker room after the game to do interviews.
Bryant was pulled aside for questioning.
"May I ask Mr. Bryant, you didn't play after being knocked down by Davis, are your injuries serious? Will it affect the next matches? ”
"It was a very bad foul and I strongly condemn the actions of the Pacers players. I'm okay, it's just some hard injuries, and it doesn't affect the battle. ”
"What do you think of Miller's injury?"
"God bless him."
"Mr. Bryant, what kind of punishment do you think would have been given?"
"Big Ben is for me and for the team. As a public figure, violence can have a very bad effect, and the children in front of the TV will be ruined. But as a teammate, protecting one's teammates from aggression is what a man does! Be proud of him! ”
"Antonio Davis pushed your teammate, what do you think?"
"Some of the Pacers' style of play is too dirty, and Bruce's is just a normal defense, and I'm sure the league will give the Lakers an explanation."
"Thank you for your answer!"
Harris, meanwhile, also made remarks in his post-match press conference.
"The Lakers are the victims, and the Pacers' vicious fouls aren't what basketball should be. The league made the fairest decision, and we are very grateful. ”
"Silence for Miller's injury, it was an accident."
"Violence will never be tolerated!"
Larry Brown was absent from the post-game press conference and went to see Reggie Miller's injury. Miller's injuries were not minor and required an MRI the next day.
So the Lakers not only won the game, but also stood at the highest point of public opinion!
The next day, all the media was condemning the Pacers' dirty moves, and the incident even alarmed Stern.
"The Pacers are going too far, and it's going to discredit our league." Xiao Hua handed the newspapers to Stern.
Stern flipped through the pages, and both the dirty defense and the post-game refusal to give interviews made Stern frown.
Since you don't play by my rules, then I don't need to show you mercy.
"You know what to do." Stern was angry, and Larry Brown was flouting the Union.