“…… What the?!! ”

Two days later, Sacramento.

In the Sleep Train Arena, when the reporters in the media gallery got the list of the Kings' starting lineup, Xiao Yumei's eyes wrinkled, and he exclaimed incredulously: "This ...... Two bans?! ”

"yes, Kings...... Westfaal, too, can really do it. ”

Beside him, an old reporter nodded, also with a puzzled face: "The punishment given by the league is heavy enough, even a little excessive, can the Kings hold this game even if they win?" Without a cousin, it's basically impossible. There is also a DeMarcus squad suspension...... It seems that in this game, the king has given up ah......! ”

That's right, banned.

After the third game between the Kings and the Spurs, Gu Yu was at the press conference venue, and finally couldn't hold back his hot temper, staying to fight with a small group of reporters in San Antonio who were fanning the flames for 300 rounds, and he was almost one arrow step down to beat people.

Xiao Hua, who has always paid attention to the image of the alliance, naturally cannot sit idly by.

Although Gu Yu's personality and extremely fan-attracting style of play made Xiao Hua feel in his heart that this guy could become another league signboard after Chen Mu in the future, and he could have a good show of competing for hegemony and continue to promote the thriving NBA league to the world.

But this time, Gu Yu obviously went too far.

"The day after the game, the NBA league gave a notice that due to his disrespectful remarks at the post-game press conference and scolding media reporters, which greatly affected the image of the NBA league, Gu Yu, the Sacramento Kings' main scorer and core player's cousin, was banned for one game."

As soon as the punishment of the alliance came out, one stone stirred up a thousand waves and triggered an endless wave of discussion.

"Maverick or lack of roots? The 'king' of Sacramento has tasted the consequences! ”

In terms of the San Antonio media, they were naturally very happy, and as soon as various propaganda reports appeared, they criticized Gu Yu and sneered at him. not only gloated about the beginning and end of Gu Yu's ban, but also listed all the top moves Gu Yu had done before and after he entered the alliance until now.

What a violent beating of Kahn, what a king of technical criminals, what insults to the fans, what a provocative gesture to the referee......

As long as there is a slight crossing of the line, at this moment, it has become a "crime" on Gu Yu's body.

The most excessive thing is that even in the first round of the series, Gu Yu was continuously bumped by Paul, and the unbearable "bullet blow" was also taken out by the media to ferment and hype.

"Retaliatory behavior on the court topples the league's No. 1 point guard! When will my cousin grow up? ”

Such a sensational news headline did not appear when it happened, and now that the story has been turned over, the game has entered the next round, and even Paul and Gu Yu said in their respective interviews afterwards that the things on the court are only limited to the court and will not affect the private relationship, which can be regarded as a public settlement.

After the end of the first round of games, at the league's season awards ceremony, the two players, who are both first-team players and hold the first place of the league's point guard and scoring guard respectively, hugged each other and high-fived each other very friendly, and chatted for a long time

At this time, the media took out this matter again, which clearly means that the drunkard does not mean to drink, and he does not want to talk about things at all.

This part of the reporters is targeting Gu Yu.

"It's too much......!"

After those news appeared in the newspapers, Xiao Yu was so angry that he called Gu Yu that night, and scolded his peers angrily, and Gu Yu was a little confused when he heard it.

But Gu Yu himself doesn't seem to care about the media's remarks, and the only thing he cares about is......

"Grandma's, I can't fight the next game......!"

That's right, not being able to play is the most uncomfortable thing for Gu Yu.

At this critical moment, the Kings' lineup has been greatly affected, with one less super firepower point that can contribute more than 35 points per game, and in the fourth game, which is also their second home game of the Western Conference semifinals, the Kings' situation is precarious, and if they are not careful, they will be taken away by the Spurs with another victory, falling behind 1-3.

Westpal made another shocking decision before the game.

"Even DeMarcus is suspended, Westphal ...... What the hell are you thinking? ”

Xiao Yu can't figure it out, Gu Yu is missing, which is equivalent to the Kings having their arms cut off, and now they are actively banning Cousins, and they don't even want their torso, so they really want to fight the Spurs with their heads? ?

However, judging from the reasons for the ban, it makes quite sense.

About two hours later.

"The reason is obvious, DeMarcus said rather irrational words in front of the media and the public after the last game, hurting the team's unity and hurting the self-esteem of his teammates. There's nothing to discuss about this game, DeMarcus, it's something I have to do as the manager of the team. ”

Before the start of the fourth quarter of the fourth game, Westphale accepted a courtside interview with the TV station, and in the face of Xiao Yu's question about "why Cousins was banned", the old coach replied calmly and seriously: "Our Kings team culture is not like this, we believe that what views and opinions we have on our teammates need to be tried to communicate and deal with them first when communicating privately." If it really can't be handled, whether it is the team management or myself, I can intervene as a mediator to mediate. No matter what the circumstances, no matter how angry DeMarcus was at the time, he must be punished for saying that kind of thing at the press conference. ”

The three views are super positive.

Although it seems to be a suicidal move, no one can deny that Westphal's three views are really super-positive.

However, it is not so easy to maintain one's three views.

There will be a price to pay for maintaining absolute fairness and justice.

“…… Beep – Beep——!! ”

After the last quarter of the game, the fourth game also came to an end.

The Sacramento Kings, without any suspense, lost the game after losing the absolute core of the inside and outside.

"89-104, the Sacramento Kings have no way to fight back today!"

Seeing the Kings players shaking their heads in discouragement and shaking hands with a bunch of expressionless robots from the Spurs, the on-site commentator sighed: "The Kings are now 1-3 behind in the series, and they are really struggling to survive." The next game is Tianwang Mountain, the Kings are going to the away road, and at the AT-T Center, the home of the Devils, even if they welcome the comeback of their cousin and cousin, they will be under a lot of psychological pressure. ”

And after losing Gu Yu and Cousins after a game, the controversy that had been going on on the Internet before, which ran through the entire regular season, was finally closed.

"Behind the Kings' terrifying offensive firepower, is it the role of players like my cousin and cousin that is more important, or is it the team offensive system built by Westphale that plays a greater role?"

Like all teams that have risen to prominence and have a strong offense, the Sacramento Kings have suffered from this criticism.

Some fans believe that the Kings can maintain such manic offensive firepower, and Westphal's ball-moving system is more important than the player's own ability.

It has even been suggested that just like in D'Antoni's system, the data and role of the point guard will be magnified, and the contracts and data of shooters and finishers will be inflated. In the Kings' system, scorers like Gu Yu and Cousins who can be inside and out, whether it is data or performance, have been put into the amplifier, which is greatly exaggerated.

If the system is changed, the strength of these two people will decline significantly.

"The system that really shows the hard power of the stars is either a one-man team or a triangle attack!"

This kind of remark has also been sought after and recognized by many people.

But with the first-round series, the Kings lost after Cousins and Thomas Jr. lost; And in the game that just ended, without Gu Yu and Cousins, the fact that the Kings are proud of the league's No. 1 offense, and the fact that the whole game did not even score more than 90 points, but it clearly told everyone:

The reason why the king is strong is because of the existence of Gu Yu and Cousins.

"Cousin!"

On the court, after shaking hands with the Kings players in a circle, Tony Parker, who was sitting on the bench with Erlang's legs resting in the entire fourth quarter, was relaxed, swayed to the Kings bench, and smiled at Gu Yu, who was wearing a suit with a calm face: "Without you, the game is so easy!" Ha ha! ”

"Eh, you're going to die, you're going to die."

Gu Yu knew that Parker was joking to make himself happy, and waved his hand and scolded: "Remember to take a shower and change clothes when you go back, it is a very grand thing for Tianwang Mountain to be killed by me, you have to cherish it." ”

"Hahaha, you're still spewing trash at times like this!"

Parker was also happy, came to Gu Yu's side in a few steps and simply sat down, stretched out his hand to put his hand on Gu Yu's shoulder and said: "Seriously, we are about to advance, the next round is either the Grizzlies or the Thunder, it is not very difficult, basically we have already got the tickets for the finals." You said that if we face Chen again this year, can we win?? ”

"Stop, who said you would be able to advance??"

Where will Gu Yu admit defeat? His eyes glared and he said: "We call it letting three chase four, let you scream first, and then push you into hell in the last game, and then you will suffer." And ......"

"And what?" Parker blinked.

"You can't beat the thunder, they're so strong." Gu Yu shrugged.

"Haha, is it strong? Maybe it's pretty strong! But did you know that you have the same problem as the Thunder, and because of this problem, we will definitely be able to beat both of you. Parker shook his head triumphantly.

"What's the problem?" Gu Yu was puzzled.

"One for you, one for Russell."

Parker glanced at his eyes and said: "You two are too easy to get started, and the destructive power is strong, but in the playoffs, you can't rely on complete personal heroism to be able to step on the Shura field......!" ”

At this moment, Gu Yu and Parker didn't know how far-reaching this seemingly casual conversation would have on Gu Yu, the Kings, and even the future of the league.

Gu Yu only knew one thing.

In two days, he will be coming back.

But just a day later, a rumor that shocked everyone began to spread within the Kings team.