In the restaurant, Azubuk asked, "Chuck, do you really know kung fu?" ”

Hayes rolled his eyes and said, "Yes, there is a mysterious beauty in purple clothes who taught me Baguazhang, Xingyi Fist, Dragon and Snake Combined Strike, Pegasus Stepping Swallow, and Crocodile Tail Shearing...... I didn't beat Artest, I can't take care of myself, that's for David Stern's face! ”

"Really, how about you teach me? Your move to overturn Artest is so handsome! Durant gestured with his hands, his eyes shining.

"Are you crazy? This is also believed. I was so excited that I did it subconsciously. Hayes said with a sigh.

"No way, you dodged both of his punches. Ordinary people definitely can't dodge, or if I punch you, I guess you can dodge too. Durant said loudly.

Durant was born in September 1988, close to the post-90s, many people on the team treat him as a child, and his surname is indeed very childish.

"Then you can give it a punch." Hayes said boredly.

Durant was eager to try, sat down after a few gestures, and said with a smile: "Forget it." ”

In case Hayes can't dodge and really gets punched by him, offending the team boss is no fun. Durant is neurotic, but not brain-dead.

After Hayes arrived at the Bobcats, he became the core of the team and the boss of the locker room, and his surname and temperament have changed somewhat, and when he was in the Rockets, he always kept his thoughts in his heart, at most he talked to Van Gundy about it, and when he encountered something unpleasant, such as not having the ball, he could also endure it for the sake of team harmony. It's different now, he's a privileged player in the Bobcats, and in addition to the coach, even the general manager, the boss has a very good relationship with him, and his words carry a lot of weight in the team. It is entirely possible to decide the fate of other players.

The Bobcats lost because Hayes was sent off, but neither the senior leadership nor the coaching staff criticized Hayes, Artest was the first to provoke, and he had already thrown punches, which was a situation that few people could bear. Jordan didn't fight a lot back then, let alone Barkley. Hayes, as Barkley's favorite player, is normal to fight back. Jordan even felt that Hayes deserved praise for bringing down Artest, which was a performance of blood, much better than the "soft egg" surnames of Bagnani and Lopez. It is not lost in momentum, and it is the surname that a leader should have!

Not criticized, Hayes is not in a good mood right now. He didn't want to lose a game, and his goal was not to win 72 wins in the Bulls' season, but to win all of them. It's impossible to achieve such a result, but he really wants to win the championship perfectly.

The Bobcats' next opponent is the Wizards on the road. It doesn't matter if Hayes can't play, the Wizards don't have any players at all right now except for Zach Randolph and Caron Butler.

The Bobcats will meet the challenge when they return to their home court, and the opponent is the Eagles in the same district, and although the Eagles' bench players are of average ability, they have been baptized in the finals and are full of confidence. If Hayes can't play in this game, the outcome is unpredictable.

The coaching staff analyzed that Hayes did it this time, and the ban was inevitable, at least two games, against the Hawks, Jeff Van Gundy asked Bagnani to be the starting power forward, against the Hawks, the players had to pull the outside offense, pull Yao Ming out of the inside, and when breaking through, the purpose was to make Yao Ming's fouls, and the probability of the Bobcats winning accounted for 7 percent. Van Gundy knows Yao well, his weakness is his slow speed, and he is only powerful when defending under the basket, while the Bobcats have enough shooters to pull out of the line. Camby's presence on the floor also ensures that the Bobcats don't lose to the Hawks in rebounding.

In the afternoon, the league announced the results of the penalty. Hayes was the first to be notified.

Hayes is David Stern's chosen face for the image, and Artest is a problem player who likes to discredit the league, and there is a lot of interest in how Stern will deal with it.

But the result came as a surprise, with the NBA disciplinary committee "treating everyone equally", with Hayes and Artest suspended for two games without pay, and Gerald Wallace and Andrew Bynum, who pushed each other, were fined $35,000 and $25,000 respectively, and were not suspended.

Such a result undoubtedly made the Lakers happy. Although the scale of the group fight this time is a drop in the bucket compared to the Palace of Auburn Hills and the Plaza de la Madison Garden, Artest is indeed a "habitual offender", and as a person who provokes trouble, the Lakers are very worried that Artest will be heavily punished.

The Lakers leadership deliberately said that Artest's injury was very serious, and at first it was only announced that it was a minor concussion, and later said that he injured his cervical spine and rested for two weeks. Sympathy for the wounded.

The Lakers can only make a fuss about the cervical spine, looking at the scene when Artest was carried out, his lower body may be more injured, and his wife wants to fight a lawsuit with the team doctor like Qiu Ju, but that has nothing to do with Hayes, it's just a joke.

After the penalty decision was announced, the Lakers had a feeling that they had escaped. What they are afraid of is not Artest's multi-game suspension, but of annoying David Stern because of it.

Stern was really annoyed. He had his own intentions in doing so.

If he suspends Artest longer than Hayes, fans may feel sympathy for the injured, and if the Lakers use the media to add fuel to the publicity, fans are likely to think that the league is biased towards Hayes. It's bad for Hayes and it's bad for the Bobcats.

The announced punishment is that the major 50 dozen boards, no one will help. It's fairer that way. Secretly Stern did something anyway.

Much like last season's playoff game between the Magic and Bobcats, Stern found someone to write an article promoting Artest's misdeeds and had some footage from the game edited. Shortly after the coalition's penalty decision was announced, videos and articles also appeared on the web.

Journalism is sometimes like a paper, whether it can be believed or not depends on the writing of the article. The author of the article easily listed all the stupid things Artest did after entering the Alliance, and described him as a villain with violent tendencies, a traitor villain who went back on his word. Anyone who has read this article will think that there are two things that change when they say they change, "June day, Atai face". In fact, there are some things in the article that Artest has not said...... It can be said that Artest's actions have implicated the team, made the Lakers a villain in the minds of fans, and made Stern dislike.

The Lakers can trade to Gasol, many people say that there is a shady scene, and the league top brass also turns a blind eye and ignores it. Stern has long been interested in praising the Red Lakers, because Kobe Bryant's style of play is most like Jordan. What he wants to see most this season is the Finals between the Lakers and Bobcats, and he doesn't care who wins. Anyway, whether it is Kobe Bryant or Hayes who wins, there is no shortage of gimmicks. If these two teams make it to the finals, the ratings will definitely be higher than before.

Stern's ultimate goal is for a new basketball god to emerge in the league. He looked for a number of candidates, first Kobe Bryant, then James, Wade, and now Hayes. After winning the championship over the Mavericks, Wade was once close to the new basketball god, but he couldn't keep the winning momentum alive and was eliminated in the first round the following season. James has been dropped by Stern, and even if his crab moves are ignored, the record is not convincing. The Finals with the greatest disparity in strength were created by the Cavaliers, and thinking of the tedious Finals in 2007, Stern felt defeated.

Now there are only two options left, and that is Kobe Bryant and Hayes. The two teams have a comparable record. Hayes is closer than Kobe. Except for the All-Star Game, Kobe Bryant didn't even win an MVP. Stern felt that Bryant had lived up to his cultivation of him. After the "hug and fall" incident, Stern made up his mind and was ready to spare no effort to win Red Hayes for the rest of the season. Take his popularity to the next level.

At this time, if he looks at the Lakers again, Stern feels that it is impossible. Just look at the comments of online fans and know that the Lakers won one game but lost popularity. After this match, the Bobcats went from being the favourites to becoming the eager-awaited.

Whether Hayes can finally become a god is a matter for another time, and the current situation is that he is suspended.

In the game against the Wizards, he could only appear on the bench in a suit. The suit was purchased in Washington. Otherwise, he won't be able to watch the game. NBA commissioner Stern doesn't like to see fat and uninhibited hip-hop clothes, so he introduced a dress code that requires players to wear commercial clothing during team business activities, and disobedience can be fined by the league.

Hayes is out of the game, and the Bobcats are still far superior to the Wizards. Randolph and Butler were a lot of power in attack, but they were much worse defensively. The Bobcats relied on the play of Billups, Wallace and Durant to beat the Wizards 109-97 on the road.

Billups had a game-high 33 points and seven assists. In the last game against the Lakers, Billups also scored 26 points and 6 assists to blow up Fisher. In the last two games, Billups has played star stats. Wallace had 18 points, 11 rebounds, 4 blocks and 3 steals, and Durant had 20 points and 6 rebounds.

Although he won the Wizards, the Bobcats did not play easily. Without Hayes, the Bobcats' coordination is not smooth enough, the flowing passing and receiving of the ball is gone, and the offense is more of a player's individual ability to play alone. Billups is steady, but he's not very good at making creative passes. Now the Bobcats' point guard is more like Hayes, who now has a perfect combination of break-through and ball-splitting. He is irreplaceable in the team. In the power forward position, whether it is Landry or Bagnani, the strength is a cut below Hayes.

The Bobcats, who returned to their home court, lost 102-108 at home against the Hawks on the 25th, and their defense went wrong.

The Eagles also relied on the individual ability of the star to attack, the Bobcats' defense of Yao Ming was not successful, and Camby couldn't defend Yao Ming one-on-one. After switching to a front defense, it was also cracked by the Eagles. The Eagles' power forward is Josh Smith, who is super athletic and has a lot of offensive means. He goes to the high post to catch the ball, and the Bobcats' power forward has to follow the defense. This creates an interior void where the Hawks can play to the basket with Joe Johnson in possession.

In this game, Jamal Crawford had a "convulsion" and got 36 points and 4 assists, looking like an All-Star. Now Rodney Starkey is still the starting line-up, and Crawford has become the Eagles' best sixth man. This choice is like the Spurs putting Ginobili on the bench to ensure the attacking power of the bench lineup. Crawford had unlimited shots when he came off the bench, and he launched a spree, which was really amazing.

D'Antoni spotted a situation where substitutes tend to play well when Hayes is on the pitch. But Hayes wasn't there, and the substitutes couldn't play. The Bobcats can only rely on Billups, Wallace, Durant and others to attack. Their offensive prowess is good, but they can't draw the pack as calmly as Hayes. You can only grab points based on your own ability.

In the Bobcats' offensive system, Hayes has become irreplaceable.

(To be continued)