At the end of the game, the two young defenders, Owen and Vitesse, were quite frustrated.

One wants to be ashamed, and the other wants to be the boss of the team. Today, however, they were all defeated by the same person.

The Cavaliers held out for three quarters, mistakenly thinking they could cause an upset. But the more they hit the back, the more they felt that the gap was huge.

Owen looked at the big screen and shook his head. 108 to 95, a difference of 13 points, faithfully reflects the strength of the two teams.

Irving scored 30 points and 4 assists, and it stands to reason that his performance was not bad. But Irving's disappearing performance in the fourth quarter made it difficult to praise him.

To the cheers of the Grizzlies fans, Irving walked into the tunnel of players. However, as a popular fried chicken in the league, Irving naturally will not avoid reporters so easily.

At the entrance to the players' tunnel, Owen was still intercepted by a reporter.

"Kelly, can you tell us why you suddenly went out of shape in the last quarter?" The reporter's question is not tricky, and this is already a blessing in Owen's misfortune.

However, this seemingly simple question embarrassed Owen very much.

'We were completely overpowered by Link and he finished the game. It's a shame we didn't take the victory, with Link here, I guess it's hard for someone to take the victory from the Federal Express Arena. ”

Owen said as he reflected on the horror of being dominated by Link in the fourth quarter.

The reporter didn't ask any more questions, and just let Owen return to the players' tunnel. He didn't want to embarrass Owen anymore, because in Owen's eyes, the reporter saw enough fear.

This kid is poor enough.

Link, on the other hand, was in a good mood. Not only did he give interviews to most journalists, but he also met the demands of many fans for autographs.

After doing this, Link couldn't wait to rush into the locker room and pull out his phone.

Sure enough, on the front page of the official NBA website, it wasn't the news of the Grizzlies winning, nor the remarks that Irving admitted to being beaten by Link.

The headline on the front page was very clear and concise, with a headline, "NBA officials strongly condemn Morey's inappropriate remarks and demand an apology." ”

The accompanying picture is a photo of the Grizzlies home fans uniformly dressed in solidarity for Link.

Link happily leaned back into the locker, and now the matter was completely settled.

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It wasn't the first time Morey had met David. Stern, but not once was he so nervous.

Although Stern is still the NBA commissioner, it is actually known that Stern is now interested in developing Vice President Adam. Xiao Hua ascended the throne. Many things in the alliance were actually handled by Xiao Hua.

Now Stern, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the honorary president. There are many things that he no longer does himself.

But this time, Stern personally flew to Houston and sat in front of Morey. The general manager, who has a background in data analysis, knows that things have become quite serious.

"Darrell, you know what we mean, right?" Stern looked at Morey seriously, in the 90s and the beginning of the 21st century, it was the players who were hard to manage.

Stern really can't imagine that even the general manager with a high level of education is starting to make mistakes?

"I know, and I'm going to be punished." Morey nodded slightly, very remorseful.

The league's penalty decision was relayed to Morey by the Rockets last night.

First, Morey will be fined $20,000 for his inappropriate remarks.

In an era when stars were only fined a few thousand dollars for fights, the league's fine to Morey can be said to be very heavy.

After the fine, Morey also had to hold a press conference. Apologize to Link, and to those who were hurt by his remarks.

Morey should be thankful that he hasn't been suspended. But then again, it hasn't been stopped, and I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing.

After all, Morey's reputation in the NBA is completely rotten. With his current relationships, it's really hard to make a deal with another team or something.

However, even if the punishment was so severe, Morey gladly accepted it in front of Old Man Stern.

Is Morey not afraid? No, this cunning fat man knew that he was going to lose a lot.

The reason why he accepted the alliance's punishment decision so readily was because he knew that he had no way out.

If you don't accept it, you have to accept it!

The NBA Caring is a very important part of the NBA to bring stars closer to fans. Stern doesn't care if Morey's intention is to deny Caring or not, he just knows that once you make people think you're like that, you have to shut up.

After Stern left, Morey sat in his office dumbfounded.

It's cool for a while, but when a person is responsible for an untimely one, it may not be so refreshing.

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March 9, the day after the Grizzlies-Cavaliers game. The Rockets players, who had nothing to do with the game on the surface, met a large number of reporters outside the training hall.

Today, the Toyota Center is surrounded by water!

Harden was stunned, probably the most reporters he'd ever seen at the Toyota Center.

The purpose of the reporters' trip was not to be for the players, nor to cover the Rockets' game against the Suns tomorrow.

These journalists are gathered here today for the afternoon press conference.

Everyone knows that the uproar between Link and Morey is finally coming to an end.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the media reception room inside the Toyota Center was packed. I don't know, I thought the Rockets had made some blockbuster deals.

There were no stars on the stage, no Rockets owners, and no one else. Morey was the only one, sitting there alone.

On the level of Operation NBA Caring, no one would choose to side with Morey.

Morey looked at the dense crowd of reporters below, and the expression of despair was already written on his face.

Those people down there are all ready to take their own shots!

The press conference is about to begin, and the reporters are doing the final commissioning of the equipment.

Morey sat on the stage, ready for battle. But just then, the cell phone in Morey's trouser pocket rang.

At this time, who will message themselves? Could it be that it was a public relations draft sent by the official alliance?

Morey then couldn't wait to turn on the phone, and sure enough, the alliance didn't abandon itself!

But the moment the phone screen lit up, Morey was disappointed.

It wasn't the League that sent the text message, and it wasn't Rocket boss Alexander. The sender's name and number, Morey is very familiar. Because that's what he called in the first place to tell Link to get out.

Morey looked at Link's text message, and his hands couldn't help but tremble slightly.

"It's a gift back to you, Darrell. Of course, glad you weren't fired. Because in this way, I will have more opportunities to embarrass you again and again in the future. I'm sure you're reluctant to let me go. ”

Looking at those simple words, Morey was so angry that he puffed up. In itself, it was Link who he was opposed to in the first place, not any NBA Care action. But Link was stunned and used his influence to completely crook the building.

To put it bluntly, Morey's current landing is the result of Link's crazy fanning of the flames.

But it can't be helped, who let Morey be at fault in the first place? Although he is very angry now, he is so angry that he wants to scold Link for stinky Sabi, and he is so angry that he can't wait to swallow his phone.

But in this room, Morey could only bow his hypocritical head and tell all the reporters in a low voice.

"I apologize to Link, to all those who have been hurt by my inappropriate remarks."

Morey clenched his fists, the most humiliating day of his life.