Chapter 137: Griffin's Thanks
The left hand is spread out in a palm, and the middle and index fingers of the right hand are facing up, a standard no-nonsense technical foul gesture.
Stephenson, technical foul.
Green, technical foul.
Jordan Jr., technical foul.
Speights, technical foul.
Stephenson and Green were both the initiators of this brawl, and it was expected that they were punished for technical fouls, while Jordan Jr. and Speights were secretly involved in the process of pulling the fight, and all four of them ate technical fouls, of course, this is only a penalty on the court, and it is unknown whether the league will make additional penalties in the future.
As for the brawl, Azeli, who threw Griffin to the ground, was sentenced to a second-degree malicious foul and was ejected from the game.
After the referee made the decision, the fans who had been standing for a long time all stretched out their hands to applaud and give the referee a round of applause.
Azeri staggered towards the players' tunnel.
He was joined by Jordan Jr. and Green, who had each received a technical foul and were ejected after accumulating twice.
Until here, this brawl was considered to be the end of the penalty, with four technical fouls, one second-degree malicious foul, and three ejections, and the game was only one quarter long, and it was destined to become the focus of attention of the league.
However, many things are broken and then standing, and after the original strong smell of gunpowder broke out completely with this brawl, the remaining players played a lot gentler.
The Clippers players were a little absent-minded because they were worried about Griffin, and the Warriors didn't improve at all.
Thompson, on the other hand, ushered in an explosion in the third quarter, scoring 21 points in a single quarter, but others still couldn't find any crosshairs, and by the end of the third quarter, 100:76, the Clippers' lead had come to 24 points.
In the final quarter, both sides were completely out of ideas, and they played the rest of the game with substitutes on the bench.
At 130:95, the Clippers bottomed out this time after a heavy loss to the Hornets in their last game, beating the defending champion Warriors by a big score.
On the Warriors' side, the best performer was Thompson, who scored 21 points and 5 assists, all of which came in the third quarter, and no one scored in double figures other than that.
On the Clippers' side, Griffin scored 18 points in 11 minutes, Paul had a double-double of 16 points and 10 assists, and Smith, Johnson, and CJ Wilcox all scored in double figures.
Tang Shuai played 15 minutes and made 3 of 5 three-pointers, and also scored 12 points and 3 assists.
The Clippers had a total of six players score in double figures, and the team's performance can be said to be very good, but the players were all gloomy, and after the final whistle, the basic handshake etiquette was waived, and they all left the player tunnel in a hurry.
Rather than winning or losing the game, all of them were obviously more concerned about Griffin, who had been carried off the field before.
The players hurried to the locker room, and Reeves immediately found the team doctor and wanted to ask which hospital Griffin was sent to, but no one expected that the team doctor would take the players directly to the lounge.
When they entered the lounge, they were surprised and delighted to see Griffin lying on a soft bed, smiling and playing with his mobile phone.
The team doctor then said: "When Blake fell, he instinctively blocked it with his arm, so he unloaded some force, so he only suffered a hard injury, and the nuclear resonance did not detect any serious injuries, and he should be fine after two days of rest." ”
"Thank goodness." When Reeves heard what the team doctor said, a hanging heart finally fell to the ground, and if Griffin was injured, he really didn't know how to play this regular season.
"It seems that God is on our side." Paul smiled and walked over to Griffin, who is also the core of the Clippers team, and the two have a very good relationship.
"It's thanks to Don." Griffin looked up and said.
The lounge was not big, Tang Shuai stood in the back position, and at this time Griffin named him, and Stephenson and Smith in front of him got out of the way.
The eyes of the others naturally fell on Tang Shuai.
"Tang helped me block a lot, otherwise I would have suffered a lot of crimes." Griffin said gratefully.
Being thanked by Griffin and watched by so many team members, Tang Shuai was a little embarrassed, he smiled and said, "As a teammate, you should do it." ”
When Tang Shuai said this, Stephenson was suddenly a little embarrassed, and he followed: "Blake, I'm sorry, I didn't notice this at all. ”
Griffin waved his hand and said, "I know you're doing it for my good, but don't do it again next time, it will hurt the team a lot." ”
Griffin's personality is still on the gentle side, and he doesn't want to make a big deal out of it.
Stephenson nodded sheepishly.
"Ahem......"
Reeves coughed twice at this time and said, "If Blake is okay, everyone should go back first, and I will arrange for someone to take him home." ”
Reeves spoke, and the team didn't linger long, and they all left the break room.
The day after the Clippers and Warriors game, the league quickly imposed additional penalties for conduct in both games.
Stephenson and Green naturally couldn't escape the punishment of the ban because of the brawl on the court, and they each received a one-game ban, but Jordan Jr. and Speights escaped the ban because they were just fishing in troubled waters.
As for Azeri, who was convicted of a second-degree malicious foul, he received an additional punishment of a three-game ban, which shows that the league's punishment for such dangerous actions is still quite harsh.
By the time the league made additional penalties, the reports about the game fell silent.
However, the domestic media, because Tang Shuai bravely stood up for Griffin to block the damage, caused a strong public opinion discussion in China.
An actor, the fans' highest requirement for him is both virtue and art, not only to act well, but also to be of noble character, such a person is naturally the most popular, and the same is true for players, a player's excellent performance on the field is naturally the most important, but the player's quality is naturally equally important.
Tang Shuai's actions in this preseason game can be called a good quality, which naturally makes domestic fans happy, for a while, even if he has not played famous, but his popularity is already very high.
In addition to popularity, Tang Shuai's move this time also won him an additional reward.
In the final preseason game against the Trail Blazers, Tang Shuai will have the first start of his career, because of Stephenson's suspension, as well as Griffin's injury and Redick's rotation, the Clippers have made a big change to the starting lineup in this game, Smith and Tang Shuai are in the starting lineup.