When many NBA team owners and general managers were still discussing how to punish Roy at the NBA headquarters, when Phil Jackson was still scolding Jenny Buss because of Roy, and when Adam Shaw was scratching his head to announce the voting results, the New York Knicks had already rushed to Miami to prepare for the regular season game against the Miami Heat.

Florida, Miami, sunny beaches, bikini beauties, here was once the NBA basketball town, here was also the base camp of a generation of strong teams, but unfortunately this season's Miami Heat can be said to be completely extinguished, in the well-known Slam Door owner Mitch Allison refused to give the team's first meritorious star Dwyane Wade a maximum salary pension contract, Wade angrily left Miami, went to Chicago with Rondo, Butler formed a peculiar "three rejections".

If you count LeBron James, who returned to Cleveland last year (also because Alison was unwilling to offer a maximum salary contract), and Chris Bosh (who suffered from blood clots in February 2016), who was on the sickbed for nearly a year, the Big Three, who played all over the world, have really fallen apart by now.

The current Heat team is no longer what it used to be, and can only be supported by Goran Dragic and Hassan Whiteside. One of them is a former European Cup MVP who wanders around eager to prove himself and find a sense of existence, and the other is a new league block king who can't play in the NBA and angrily goes to the Chinese league to pan for gold but accidentally opens up Ren Du's second line. These two don't seem to have the noble temperament of many star players, but they are the two best players for the Miami Heat right now.

No way, this is fate. This year's Heat team is really weak, and since the start of the season, they have played a total of 20 regular season games, with a poor record of 7 wins and 13 losses. Former champion coach Eric Spoelstra has had a very hard time lately, and there have even been rumours that he is about to be sacked from class, perhaps not because he has to pay Spoelstra a large amount of liquidated damages, which Arisson has already done.

It was a game of strength and weakness, and all the media and fans were unanimously bullish on the New York Knicks ahead of the game.

"The Knicks' five-game winning streak seems to be easy and easy."

"Irresponsible prediction: The Knicks are definitely going to be the Cavaliers' biggest rivals this year."

"A win over the Heat would put the Knicks ahead of the Cavaliers in the East, and they can certainly do that."

However, there are not many media and fans who really care about winning or losing this game right now.

Aside from the game itself, there is a topic of greater concern to the media and fans, and that is the penalty decision for Roy to enter the draft by falsely reporting his age.

After two days of overwhelming hype and proliferation, Roy's incident of falsely reporting his age to participate in the draft is now known to passers-by. Although the New York Knicks, Bill Duffy's team, and even Adidas have all expressed their support for Roy before this, it seems that his punishment will definitely not escape, and a storm of public opinion will definitely not escape.

How will the league punish Roy? How many penalties will Roy receive? Will Roy fall? These are the focus of unusual attention from the media and fans.

And when reporters saw many team owners and general managers at the NBA headquarters yesterday, they immediately understood. It is clear that Adam Shaw does not want to carry this black pot alone, and he intends to let the owners of various teams characterize Roy's punishment.

"What kind of punishment will Roy receive? Penalty? Suspended? Terminate the contract? Or even a worse punishment? Given that this is the first instance of such a punishment, I would not have been able to make a decision right away if I were Xiao Hua. ”

"I'm sure if the owners of those teams were to decide, Roy would be 99 percent light, don't hesitate, this is the NBA, this is where amazing happens!."

"No matter what the result of Xiao Hua's punishment is, I believe that there will definitely be people who are dissatisfied, some people may say that Roy was covered, and some people may say that Roy is really wronged. You must know that in the long history of the NBA, there are too many guys who falsely report their age, height, education, and name, but has anyone been punished by the league before? No. Therefore, there is no basis for this penalty at all, and we can only wait and see what the result will be at that time. ”

This is the media, when it is red, it can hold you to the sky, and when it is dark, it is eager to step on your feet.

This is true for the media, and it is also true for the fans.

Open the social media in the past few days, the topic of Roy is simply grabbing, people seem to be happy to discuss Roy's punishment decision and future trends, people seem to like to use the discussion of Roy to show how high their basketball professionalism is, so that now when talking about sports, Roy is embarrassed to say hello to people if he doesn't bring two sentences.

That's the situation Roy faces.

In this embattled situation, it is definitely impossible for you to say that Roy is completely unaffected, people are not sages, not to mention that Roy is already very much in the evaluation of himself in the unexpected world.

In the past two days, the reaction of some fans on the Internet has been too intense, and the speech scale of some overheated fans has even reached the boundary of racism. In order to reduce interference, Roy had to turn off his mobile phone, computer, and TV, and he didn't listen to other outside voices except for the phone provided by Su Dong and Abby to complain to each other.

Isolated from the world and training hard alone, Roy was the hardest in the past two days, and he really wanted to lock himself up in the training gym and practice him for 48 hours until the matter was resolved. He also fantasized about whether the NBA could open the net and not punish himself, but through the dialogue with Su Dong and Bill Duffy, he knew that this incident must not escape punishment.

Punishment, punishment that cannot be escaped.

The only difference is a penalty point or a light penalty.

He didn't know what kind of punishment Roy would receive from the league, but before accepting the league's formal punishment, Roy was condemned by Miami fans on the court.

"New York Knicks, No. 1, Roy." When the Heat's on-site MC read Roy's name, he was greeted by an overwhelming, deafening boo, an endless, massive boo that almost overturned the entire American Airlines arena.

Miami fans have been waiting for this game for a long time, they were the first opponent to greet Roy after his age misrepresentation, and while their own home team is playing badly right now, that doesn't stop them from being the vanguard of Roy's criticism.

In fact, it's also easy to understand that the worse the team's record, the more fans like to focus on the off-field, they always like to grab something that has little to do with the game itself to vent their emotions, this is the mentality of the underdog fans, since their team can't win the game on the field, then the fans have to find face off the field, so when do you see the fans in Auckland and Cleveland doing things all day long?

There were boos all over the sky, and placards of various offensive words such as "liar", "hypocrisy", "lies", "XX" and other offensive words were shaking in the hands of fans.

Although Roy had been prepared before, when he actually stepped into the field, he had to admit that he was still affected by the amazing momentum of the away crowd.

It's such a terrifying momentum, Roy's "Black Mamba" has collected hundreds of thousands of negative abilities at once, that is to say, Roy can directly get 100 attribute points or 10% of the physical strength, feel, and fighting spirit bonus when the game has not started.

And such a good thing?

No, Roy didn't actually realize how much negative energy he was receiving, and his heart was completely filled with the tsunami boos of the Miami fans.

The voice of Miami fans made Roy a little crazy as soon as he came up, he seemed to have forgotten the team's normal style of play and the rhythm of the game he was good at, his offense chose more individual singles, even in the face of the Heat's double bag, he had to resolutely shoot, even if he had no chance at all, he had to force his shot, Roy wanted to suppress the arrogant fans on the scene by scoring, but it backfired, Roy's undisciplined offensive inefficiency was outrageous.

The game, which was supposed to be one-sided, was torn apart by Roy's poor play. Roy's grabs of the ball drew deafening boos and angry shouts from the audience, which made it impossible for him to concentrate on the game, Roy made three turnovers in the first quarter, and contributed a full five irons, and Hornacek had to replace Roy after six minutes of the first quarter.

"Roy, you have to adjust your mentality, this is the NBA, this is the battlefield, once you have a little psychological fluctuation, it will affect your correct judgment and competitive state, understand? You have to pull yourself together. As soon as Roy got off the field, the "psychological master" Stockton sent a bowl of "Chicken Soup for the Soul", and Malone on the other side also came over.

"Roy, don't mind the bullshit of those XX fans, know that even if you're flawless and innocent like me and John (Stockton) back then, they can find an excuse to attack you. That's the fans, they can do a lot of things out of the ordinary for the team to win, and all you have to do now is fight back with your actions and shut them up. ”

Although Malone cheekily praised himself, the suggestion of "Utah Second Elder" is indeed very reasonable, and Roy doesn't know how to overcome this psychological shadow, but it is one thing to say and another to do.

In the first quarter, the Knicks fell behind by 9 points at 16:25, and when Roy returned to the court in the second quarter, his state still did not improve significantly.

And when Roy was out of sorts, the team's offense was also in trouble, and they were like a plate of loose sand. The Heat's Dragic is in no one's land, and "Whiteside" Whiteside can even go wild on the heads of Noah and Porzingis.

The struggling Knicks lost by nine more points in the second quarter, and at the end of the first half, the Knicks trailed by a full 18 points at 43:61, and Brin and Fraser, who were guest commentators, couldn't stand it anymore.

"The Knicks had a terrible performance today, could it be that Rose's absence made them so embarrassed? Seriously, I'm a fan of Rose, but I can't say that Rose's role for the team would be so crucial. ”

"Mike, you are knowingly asking, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the real problem today is Roy, the team's brain-level player's performance in the first half can only be described as a disaster, only 4 points on 1-of-10 shooting, but contributed 6 turnovers, it seems that Roy can set his career turnover record without having to play the whole game."

What happened to Roy?

Everyone's expressions in the dressing room were a little solemn, and the veterans knew very well what the situation meant for Roy today. Just like how Kobe Bryant was treated after the sexual assault case (the Eagle County incident) came to light, Roy may now be under even more pressure than Kobe, not only because of his age fraud, but also because he is a rookie, a rookie player from China, a rookie player who has just become a billionaire.

So Roy will be under more pressure and he will have more enemies. All the fans of the other teams, all the fans who hated Roy, all the fans who were jealous of Roy, all their envy, jealousy and resentment exploded in this moment.

Undoubtedly, this is the biggest challenge Roy has faced in his life, where should he go next?

Roy closed his eyes, and the voices of Hornacek and his teammates grew quieter. Another picture slowly emerged in front of him, and he seemed to see his childhood self, under the leadership of his mother Ilan, to try out for various sports teams. He still remembers the phrase he used to say after every failed tryout: "If it doesn't work, forget it." ”

If not, forget it.

If you can't win this game, forget it.

If you're ridiculed by the fans, forget it.

If you're punished by the Alliance, forget it.

However, can I really count myself now?

No, I've finally come here, and I'm about to stand on the stage of history, and this setback is nothing.

No, it's the media and the fans who make me great, and my legend is just about to begin......