When I came out of the bar and saw a lot of people outside, the faces of the Clippers players were not very good.

Pierce said worriedly, "It's going to be troublesome now." ”

Tang Shuai also frowned, it was quite cool to fight and beat people just now, but when he thought of really stabbing at the level of the alliance, he didn't know what the result would be.

Stephenson spoke at this time: "Those guys did it first, we are defending ourselves. ”

Pierce shook his head helplessly: "The alliance will not think so much about maintaining its image. ”

"Paul, don't worry, I've already recorded the process of the incident with my phone, even if we really tear our faces in the end, we still have the advantage, after all, that guy said something like that." At this moment, Ismail Smith suddenly leaned over with his mobile phone and said.

As soon as Smith said this, Tang Shuai and Pierce both stopped and looked at him in surprise, and when they were sure that what he said was not a lie, they hurriedly grabbed their mobile phones and watched, a group of people watched around for a long time, and they did record the whole process, and even the words "black and yellow" were particularly clear.

In the United States, racial discrimination is a very sensitive topic, and the former owner of the Clippers, Sterling, was forced to sell a team with an upward market value because of his racist remarks, and even alarmed the president's ******.

It can be said that with this video, it will really be exposed when the time comes, and the media and public opinion may be on their side without any suspense.

"You're such a genius." Tang Shuai gave Smith a thumbs up.

Because of this incident, Kassel did not take the team to the stadium for pre-match training as planned, but asked the players to go back to the hotel to rest. And it is strictly forbidden for the team members to leak the matter.

But paper can't contain fire, let alone in such a famous bar. After a calm afternoon, it was a few hours before the start of the game. The Clippers and Trail Blazers fans quickly made headlines in Portland's newspapers and media.

The media is all a, whether it is domestic or foreign, it is how to write how to boo and how to attract people.

"The Clippers were afraid of playing against the Trail Blazers, and the coach led the team to the bar to indulge, and the Trail Blazers fans told the truth, and they were so angry that they beat up the fans."

"The Clippers couldn't beat the Trail Blazers, so they took out vent on local fans, causing fans to be seriously injured and hospitalized."

"The 'All-Star guards' can't play ball, but they fight first-class. The crowd bullied the Portland fans. ”

……

As soon as the report came out, it immediately attracted the attention of the alliance, and the alliance soon set up a special investigation team to investigate the incident.

But all of this takes a process, and the investigation can't be done in a day.

In this case, on the evening of January 14, US time, the Clippers ushered in an away game against the Trail Blazers at the Moda Center Arena (formerly the Rose Garden Arena) in Portland.

The Moda Center is the second most crowded arena in the NBA and the busiest arena in the NBA, with loud noise decibels that are said to be scared to cry.

After the Portland media exposed the incident of the Clippers and Trail Blazers fans fighting each other, it ignited the anger of the Portlanders all of a sudden. Originally, the attendance rate of the stadium this season was more than eighty percent, but on the night of this game, the entire stadium was full, even the aisles were full.

And that's not all. There are also many Portland fans holding up slogans such as "Barbarians get out of the Porters" and "Barbarians get out of the NBA", as if overnight, the Clippers, a moderate team, has become a rogue team.

It's not just the fans. The Trail Blazers players also had a serious face, induced by the local media. The Portland players feel like they're on the side of justice and the Clippers are a bunch of savage villains. Tonight's game, like the plot of many American blockbusters, is a battle between heroes and evil.

In fact, if it weren't for the league's rule that no one should talk about it in public until the results of the investigation are in, I'm afraid that the DJ on the scene would have started to denounce the Clippers by now.

However, compared to the Trail Blazers' righteous expressions, the Clippers' players are much more serious.

Smith's video has been handed over to the people of the coalition investigation, but it is still in the evidence collection stage, and the investigation team has not made the results public, and public opinion is now very unfavorable to them.

In that case, tonight's game will mean a lot to them as well.

If they lose, even if the league finally reveals the truth, the Portlanders will automatically ignore it, after all, the court has the final say.

Conversely, if they win and the league proves their innocence, then they will be supported by the rest of the fans.

There is an essential difference between these two concepts.

The commentary of this game is Portland live commentator Mike Rice and guest Rick Barry, speaking of Barry and the Clippers are also fate, not long ago just ended two Clippers games in a row, and this Portland home game, because he is an Oregonian, in such a "meaningful" game, the Trail Blazers invited him to be a commentator.

"A big game is about to start, two days ago, under Damion's leadership, the Trail Blazers beat the Clippers on the road, this time back in Portland, Rick, you can make a prediction for this game." Rice said at the beginning.

"There's no doubt that the Trail Blazers have a bigger advantage, and the Clippers still have no way to take Darmion and CJ's golden backcourt, plus the support of the fans in the stadium......"

As soon as Barry said this, the fans in the audience let out a deafening cheer, and the decibels were so loud that people's ears buzzed.

"Oh my God, there were so many fans in the stadium today, and it's hard for me to imagine if the Clippers players would be able to handle that pressure when the game starts, but in this special game, the Portland fans obviously won't let the Clippers players go easily." Barry said as loudly as he could.

As Barry spoke, there was another louder cheer of decibels, and there seemed to be a tangible noise in the air.

"Don't be nervous, trust yourselves, we can do it!" Cassel laid out his final game and shouted at the Clippers' starters.

"Toot!"

Amid the cacophony, the whistle sounded on the sidelines.

After giving the final word to the players, Cassel turned and sat back on the bench.

The starters of both sides then walked to the center of the field.

"Rick, you see no, Don wasn't in the starting lineup for the Clippers." When the players from both sides came onto the court, Rice turned to Barry and said.

Barry had already discovered this when the two sides announced the starting lists, but he never spoke, and then Rice asked, he smiled and said meaningfully: "Maybe Coach Sam heard my suggestion (referring to his own Twitter suggestion not to start Don Shuai), and the Clippers finally realized that they can't win the game with a rookie." ”

Barry's words drew a burst of laughter from Rice. (To be continued.) )