At Tufts Medical Center, the closest hospital to the Buzzing Club, the surgical nurse was bandaging Leon's injured hand, all but his thumb had been cut by glass, and there were many small debris inside. Fortunately, the bones were not injured, Leon's phalanges were as hard as iron bars, and the nurse cleaned the wound with hydrogen peroxide and iodine, gently picked out the large glass block with tweezers, and then rinsed the glass fragments that could not be picked out with normal saline, and finally applied anti-inflammatory drugs to Leon's hand and bandaged it with gauze.

Leon sat on the stool, whether it was cleaning the wound or picking the glass, it would hurt a little, but his eyebrows did not wrinkle, and the left hand of Khomeenes on the side kept tightly grasping Leon's right arm, and watched the nurse treat the wound seriously, as if he was afraid that she would make a mistake.

Morina sat on a bench in the hallway, obviously a little frightened, she was not as strong as Khamenez, especially when he saw Paul Pierce stabbed to the ground, the shiny knife stabbed in the abdomen with bright red blood and then pulled out, that kind of scene is not something that an ordinary girl who only knows how to love can bear.

And next door to where Leon sits, in the emergency room, Paul Pierce is lying in the intensive care unit, but he is not on a ventilator or intubated on his face, but his face is not very good. There were a lot of people around the bed, including his teammates Tony Barty and his brother Derek Barty, the security guard and owner of the bar, and the police who arrived after receiving a 911 call.

After dressing up his wounds, Leon visited Pierce in the intensive care unit and chatted with Boston police detective William Tonna about the situation.

"I heard the sound of glass breaking and screaming from upstairs, and then my friend ran up and I was a little worried that she would go up with her. Then Pierce was seen on the ground and a group of people were beating him. Someone tried to stab him with a knife, so I picked up a beer bottle and smashed it at him. He rushed at me trying to hit me with a beer bottle, I knocked him unconscious with a punch, and then the security guard and Pierce's friend arrived, and that's it. Leon described the thrilling two minutes in a few words.

Tonna looked at Leon's hand, then at Leon's face, he recognized Leon, Leon still remembered Leon's big trouble at the bar a few months ago, and he asked, "Are you Fox Leon?" The guy who made trouble at the bar? ”

Now Leon understands what it means that good things don't go out and bad things spread thousands of miles, so he can only smile and say: "That's right, but that's all in the past, I work in Celtic now." ”

Tonna was a little surprised to hear Leon say this, but he didn't want to ask more about it because it had nothing to do with the case, and then he asked for some details. Leon is arguably the best witness in the world, and he can answer every question of Tonna in detail and truthfully, so detailed that Tonna can't ask questions.

Of course, Leon also said the name of the assailant, Raglan, it seems that Tonna is not unfamiliar with this name, and when he left, Tona Leon stepped aside and said to him: "Leon, you are a good witness, and we will try to keep you safe, but I still have to tell you, pay attention to your own safety." I've heard about you before, deliberately causing trouble and going to jail, probably to avoid Frank. Not a bad idea, but you have to know that those Irishmen are gentlemen and it's not too late for ten years to get revenge, but luckily Barger has absconded, Kevin Cox has also surrendered, and Frank has been under investigation lately, so he has no time to trouble you. Now that you've got into trouble with Scott's guys again, I advise you to come to South Boston less and stay in the North Shore Garden. Also, hopefully the Celtics can win quickly, it's been a long time since they've seen a playoff game in Boston. ”

After saying that, Tonna left the hospital with his assistant and other cops, and the security guard and owner of the bar also left first after asking about the situation, and Leon asked Holmenez to call a taxi to take the frightened Morena home, leaving only Leon, the Barty brothers, and Pierce lying in the hospital bed.

Barty looked Leon up and down, apparently he already knew that this was the Celtics' new scout, a man who had been in the gossip of the Celtics lately, some said he was amazing, a basketball genius; Some people say that this is a liar, a second-rate person who has been in prison. Now Barty finally saw him, a handsome and cold fellow, who had a striking aura whether he sat or stood there.

Barty was 6 feet 11 inches tall, and Leon felt a head lower in the face of Leon, who was in his early 6 feet, especially when he heard that he had knocked down more than a dozen people in Raglan with one punch, and his eyes were a little more in awe.

Leon seems natural and introduces himself to Barty and Pierce, who shakes Leon's hand amicably and thanks him for saving Pierce. After chasing away the thugs, it was Leon who quickly helped Pierce tie his wound and then carried him to the car with Barty and took him to the hospital.

Pierce was lying on the bed and just nodded to Leon, perhaps he was still too weak to say thank you, but Leon saw the frustration in his eyes.

He could understand Pierce's mood at this time, a sports hero in the city of Boston, who was knocked to the ground by a group of second-rate people somewhere in the city, and almost lost his life.

Pierce is a competitive guy on the pitch, and he is no different off the pitch, where he gets into a fight with a woman in a bar, and he constantly spews trash talk and humiliates the opponent as he does on the pitch. But the bar is different from the stadium, the stadium has a referee and a camera, while the bar has no police, and the other party has knives and accomplices.

His injuries were not serious because of Leon's help, but his self-esteem was damaged and his psychological wounds were more difficult to recover from than physical injuries.

Of course, he was still very grateful to Leon, and when Leon was about to leave the hospital and go home, Pierce said to him, "Be careful on the road and take care of yourself." ”

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The news of Pierce's stabbing at a bar quickly made headlines, not only in Boston, but across the United States, and just a few hours after Leon left the hospital, reporters rushed to interview him.

However, the Celtics also acted quickly, sending medical experts to the hospital to conduct a physical examination of Pierce and begin to develop a rehabilitation plan for him; At the same time, the matter of helping Pierce hire bodyguards was also on the agenda.

On the contrary, Leon's matter did not appear in the media, and some articles only said that the security guard and Pierce's friends were present to save Pierce, and the police did not mention Leon in the process of dealing with the media. Apparently this is to protect Leon, neither to let him get the attention of Frank and them, nor to let the media dig up Leon excessively, after all, he has a lot of little secrets on him.

Pierce's surprise disrupted the Celtics' camp plans a bit, but on September 29, the 2000-2001 Celtics camp began at Waltham Sports Club northwest of Boston.

Early in the morning, Leon took the first light rail train from Boston to Waltham, and then took the bus to the Boston Sports Club, which is located next to the Cambridge Reservoir, which is so inconvenient to travel as an American without a car. Now Leon has started saving money to buy a used car, otherwise he would have to get up at half past five every day.

Boston Sports Club's basketball training hall, a new addition in recent years, is much more advanced than the old stadium in Marshfield, with a practice court, gymnasium, offices, video room, conference hall and locker rooms. Leon arrives at the office on the second floor, where Pitino and Chris Wallace are already waiting for him.

"Did you hear that Dennis Rodman is coming to Boston?" After entering the office, Pitino asked Leon.

Leon nodded and replied, "Yes, I talked to him on the phone yesterday, and he said that he has arrived in Boston and will report directly to the training hall in the morning." ”

"I hope so...... Okay, get ready to go to the pitch, the first day of training is very important. ”

This isn't the first time Leon has been to the gym, as he has been there to see when the team tried out some free agents and rookies. However, this is the first time Leon has participated in the unified training of the whole team, and this time he will experience the whole process of NBA team training for the first time.

At about half past eight in the morning, the players except Pierce and Rodman had already arrived, and Pitino ordered the players to practice freely on the field to warm up, and wait for Rodman by the way, because he had not reported to Boston before, although Leon said that he would come directly to the training hall today, but Pitino was still a little worried.

"Don't worry, Rick, I promise Rodman will come." Leon said firmly to Pitino.