Defeating LeBron James and the Cavaliers was just a small episode in the Celtics' regular season, and after the relentless passion of the start of the season, a team needs a reasonable and efficient tactical system and a stable rotation to support the team to win in the deeper and deeper regular season. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info From the middle of November, the Celtics began to enter a continuous home-and-away round-robin schedule, 12 consecutive games, all of which were a home and away game system, which not only challenged the physical strength and energy of the Celtic players, but also challenged Leon's time.

Due to the obstruction of lawyers, the trial of Leon's punching of Frank dragged on and on, and Leon began to go in and out of police stations and prosecutors more and more frequently for investigation, and throughout the second half of November, Leon had to choose to only play at home and forgo away from traveling. That took a toll on the Celtics' record, as the No. 21 lost to the Philadelphia 76ers on the road, and Allen Iverson delivered a 45-point scoring performance to deliver the Celtics' second loss of the season.

After that, the Celtics maintained the rhythm of winning three or four games and losing one, and stumbled through November, and on December 7, after playing the Denver Nuggets, the Celtics had a 15-5 record in the first 20 games, a good record, but it seemed to be a little bit away from people's expectations. After all, in the eyes of many, this Celtic team should surpass the 1986 championship team. However, they still lost some games that they shouldn't have lost, and the few games they lost were all within five points, and it looked like they lacked some assured offense and dribbling when it mattered, even with Paul Pearce.

It is worth mentioning that except for the loss to the Chicago Bulls, the other four losses of Fox Leon are not there, and it seems that Carlisle has not been able to grasp this team well, which has also caused him to be criticized by many local media in Boston, and some mean reporters even turned out Leon's previous comment that "a pedg dog" can win to satirize Rick Carlisle.

However, after entering December, the Celtic began to have more home stadiums, and Leon also returned to the field to be able to play consecutive games with the team, and summarize and make up for the game situation in training. The team's record began to pick up quickly, and they went on a five-game winning streak in early December, outscoring their opponents by more than 15 points in almost every game.

Michael Reed played at his best during this time, scoring a career-high 39 points against Ray Allen against Ray Allen, shooting 6-of-7 from three-point range and setting his own record for three-point shooting and percentage. The Celtics beat the SuperSonics 119-101 at home.

On December 14, Leon's days of not being able to play with the team were finally coming to an end, and his case was heard at 10 a.m. in Boston District Court. Ayatollah Khomeinith, Pagliuca and Danny Angie were all in attendance, and after a two-hour trial, courtroom arguments and jury deliberations, Leon was found guilty of overdefence, and the judge sentenced Fox Leon to one month in prison with a suspended sentence. Leon was sentenced to a suspended sentence of supervision, during which he was not only required to comply with laws and regulations, but also to report regularly to his probation officer about his recent situation.

It's much better than having to report every time he leaves Boston on bail, and the regular reporting time is about a week, and Leon only needs to spare a few hours a day to meet with his probation officer each week, and the rest of the time he can go out with the team to play normally. As long as there is no record of violating the law for a period of two months, then the one-month prison sentence can be waived, and everything will be back to normal at that time.

This is the ending that everyone wants to see, and after the judge pronounces the verdict, Khomeenez rushes up and gives Leon a suffocating hug, and she has lost a lot of weight in the last two months because of this unexpected incident. Angie and Pagliuca also stepped forward to congratulate Leon on getting out of this incident, and media reporters also rushed up to interview Leon.

However, the criminal part of the case is over, but the civil part has just begun, and Leon knows that this is the real battlefield of this lawsuit, if he loses the case, his personal life will not be harmed, but he will face a huge amount of compensation. He may not have to pay all the compensation, the Celtics, the insurance company and Pagliuca will be responsible for a large part of the compensation, but he doesn't want to see Frank get a large sum of money so easily.

So, on Dec. 15, the day after the conclusion of the criminal verdict in the case of Fox Leon wounding Frank, at 10:30 a.m., the civil lawsuit in the case was heard in the Massachusetts State Court. Unlike criminal cases, juries in civil cases are temporarily appointed by the court to seek out citizens who have nothing to do with basketball to participate as much as possible, so as to ensure that Leon's coaching status does not affect the verdict.

Leon also saw Frank at the trial, his face still had bruises, his nose was wearing orthotics, and the bridge of his nose had been broken by Leon. This unstoppable gang boss looks like a postman who has fallen half to death on a bicycle.

The trial did not go smoothly as expected, and within half an hour of the start of the court debate, two jurors were pointed out by the plaintiff's lawyer that they had participated in sports activities, and they may have sympathized with Celtics head coach Leon in the hope that the Celtics would do well and were appointed by the judge to replace them. Such a substitution may be detrimental to Leon, because psychologically the substitute jurors try not to favor Leon's side as much as possible in order to avoid problems with previous jurors, and may even be overkill.

Unlike the presumption of innocence in criminal proceedings, civil proceedings are accountable, and Leon attacked Frank's people as facts, and reparations are inevitable. However, in civil litigation, the jury can decide both whether it is illegal or not, and the amount of damages. In the lawsuit, the plaintiff's lawyer tried to show the damage caused to Frank by Leon's punch, and pointed out that he was suddenly attacked without any preparation, for which Frank reduced the 10 million dollar compensation from the lion's opening to $5 million. But that's a high enough number.

For Leon's side, he pointed out the various crimes Frank had committed in the past to prove that Leon's motive for this punch was not intentional harm, but self-defense and revenge.

In short, both sides are struggling to win the jury's emotional tilt, which is crucial to the final verdict.

The trial lasted more than two hours, during which nearly half an hour was spent on jury discussions, and it was never possible to reach a unified opinion on whether Leon violated the law and how much compensation should be paid. The jury is not simply a minority obeying the majority, but must be an absolute majority, and in Massachusetts the 10-to-2 verdict requirement is adopted, and 10 of the 12 jurors must agree to reach a verdict.

Due to the fruitless discussion, the judge announced the postponement of the retrial, and the next court appearance is expected to be in January next year.

After leaving the courtroom, Leon looked in a hurry, refused all interviews with reporters, and left the state court in a car with Khamenez.

"You need to have a good rest, it's hard for you to appear in court for the past two days." Ayatollah Khomeenez said to Leon in the car, this strong woman who is already famous in Los Angeles, is as supple as a cat in front of Leon.

"No, I've already booked my plane ticket and I'll leave at two o'clock in the afternoon." Leon refused, as he was going to play with the Celtics. The Celtics left Boston yesterday for their road trip, so Carlisle was unable to attend Leon's trial.

"You don't have to be ...... like that"

"The team needs me."

"I need your ...... too"

Leon looked at Holmenes with a pleading look, thought for a moment and took out two tickets from his pocket, and said, "So I bought you one too, come with me, and the last stop is Los Angeles ......"

So, the two flew together to Minnesota, the first stop of the Celtics' road trip. (To be continued.) )