Chapter 135: Alliance Punishment
"Peace of mind! I've got it! Duan Tianqing said calmly. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Curry didn't lose his mind when he saw him, and he was relieved.
After such a commotion, the crowds of the two teams, which had already settled down, stirred again.
However, they were firmly controlled by the on-site staff.
"Duan, let him go, you come back for me!" Matt Jackson hurriedly ran over and joined the security personnel to stop Duan Tianqing's behavior.
Duan Tianqing frowned, and slammed Stephenson to the ground with his right hand.
Although he was in pain, Stephenson felt relieved and escaped.
He glanced at Duan Tianqing in horror, then looked at Duan Tianqing, and then dodged his gaze, he was really scared for the first time in his life.
"Bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, I'm too lazy to scold you, next time if you live enough, just come to me!" After speaking, Duan Tianqing left without looking back.
Curry and Matt Jackson hurried to follow.
And some of the Pacers' players are also very dissatisfied with Stephenson's behavior, knowing that the matter is over, he still wants to provoke and almost cause a more serious accident.
The general manager of the Pacers jumped to his feet angrily, and he didn't allow anyone to help Stephenson, and led the people back to the locker room. And Stephenson followed.
A big battle finally came to an end, and the game was suspended for two hours at one point.
"This is the worst brawl in the NBA since Auburn Hills Palace time! Thanks to the fact that there was no audience involved, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable! ”
"Yes, it's called a fight between players, and if the audience participates, the nature changes!"
"Hey, it's really not cool! I don't know how they will be punished by the alliance? "It also represents the concern of all the fans. With such serious consequences, it will definitely be inevitable when you set off.
On this explosive night, the eyes of the entire league were drawn to this game, and countless people were reminded of the fight at the Pistons' home court a few years ago.
And coincidentally, one of the protagonists of that time was also the Pacers.
This incident occurred in 2004, the NBA's infamous Auburn Hills Palace mass assault, which occurred on November 19, 2004 in the game between the Pacers and the Pistons, and was the largest, most severe punishment and worst group assault in NBA history.
He went from a brawl between players to a scuffle between players and fans.
The backdrop of events is that year, when the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers met in last year's playoffs. At that time, the Pistons defeated the Pacers 4-2 in the Eastern Conference Finals, and defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals that year to win the NBA championship that year. So, it's a battle of the spotlight, and this game is seen as a repeat of last year's Eastern Conference finals.
With 45.9 seconds left in the game, the Pistons trailed the Pacers by 15 points. At this time, Pacers forward Ron Artest made a rude foul on the Pistons' big Ben and Ben Wallace. It may be that Pistons big man Ben Wallace was in a bad mood to lose, and he pushed Pacers forward Artest hard, which then triggered a fierce clash between the players on both sides.
It was similar to today's situation, with the two teams clash over friction on the pitch. However, the situation was still under control at this point, and some players were calmer, such as Rasheed Wallace, who did a good job of blocking the players of the two teams who were about to fight.
In this regard, they controlled their emotions better than the Warriors and the Pacers, at least they did not directly cause a large-scale conflict.
Artest was persuaded to go back to the court and lie down on the referee to calm down, and it seemed like a very ordinary conflict, which happens almost every day in the NBA. And that's when events with serious consequences arose.
Just when the two teams were still angry, suddenly a fan threw a drink cup on Artest lying on the referee's seat, Artest was in a bad mood, which completely angered Artest.
Artest immediately rushed to the crowd and punched the fan they thought was throwing the cup, but the brainless and uncool guy didn't realize that the fan he hit was actually innocent, and then the other Pacers players rushed to the stands and got into a big brawl with the fans. As a result, the scene was extremely chaotic, and finally a large number of police officers rushed into the stadium and pulled the crowd apart from the fight.
So, when there was a clash today, the Pacers' police officers first controlled the fans, and then controlled the players, so that the incident did not develop to the fans.
Although Pistons head coach Larry Brown broadcast at the time that he wanted fans to calm down; Altai was sent away first, but the Pistons fans were very irrational and frantically threw popcorn and drink bottles of various colors and other food brought in by the Pacers players as they left. Because they were smashed, O'Neal Jr., a player of the Pacers at that time, and others clashed with fans again.
It was the worst brawl in NBA history, with nine fans injured and the Pacers and Pistons being punished with unprecedented penalties. A number of players, including Artest, were suspended, and Artest was even banned from all of the rest of the 04-05 season, with a total of 73 regular season games and 13 playoff games, with a total loss of about $5 million in salary. A total of nine players were banned for more than 140 games.
At the same time, a number of provocative fans were also punished. The culprit of the incident, John Green, has been banned for life from attending the Detroit Pistons home court. The Auburn Hills brawl has severely damaged the public image of the NBA, and in any case, it is intolerable for NBA players to beat up fans, which is a commercial league where customers and fans are God.
And today's group fight, in terms of the scale of the number of participants, is no less than the palace of Auburn Hills. The main players of the Warriors and Pacers teams, plus the bench, all appeared and played in full force.
Even a few grumpy teaching assistants, the staff couldn't keep their composure. The Pacers are almost universally pated, and the Warriors are not much better, and they are also embarrassed.
However, in terms of nature, the consequences of this incident were far less serious than that one. Because of the participation of fans, there is a certain particularity in that incident, and the league will punish it heavily. And this time, I don't know what to do with Duan Tianqing and a few other "budding birds".
Duan Tianqing and the warriors are completely famous this time!
In one night, the entire NBA, the United States, and even the basketball world around the world were going viral with the video of the Warriors vs. the Pacers.
Everything else doesn't matter, whoever gets 50 points, who gets 3 pairs, is not as good as the kung fu kid who fights.
NBA players' tweets are retweeting this matter, Duan Tianqing can be regarded as showing his face, and there is no player who doesn't know him.
O'Neill's Twitter: This kid is really violent! So, it's a walker again?!
LeBron James: It's important to keep your emotions in check!
James Harden: He's great, and not just on the court!
Jeremy Lin: I hope the punishment will be lenient.
Beverly: Glad ...
Artest: Are the Pacers so weak now? Pressed and beaten?!
Ben Wallace: I have bad memories!
Dwyane Wade: Gifted young man, but...
Kobe Bryant: Too passionate.
Popovich: My team, this is not going to happen!
On the headlines of major media, almost all of them are photos of Duan Tianqing pinching Stephenson's neck. "Thirty-man team battle, there are a lot of them, the Golden State Warriors "vs. the Indiana Pacers"! "NBA's Kung Fu Panda?! "How to control players' emotions and prevent conflicts! 》。
For a while, there was no shortage of such eye-catching reports. This matter continues to ferment and is very loud. On the same day, Duan Tianqing, Green, Stephenson and several other terrorists failed to come back.
And everyone knows that the punishment of the alliance is coming. It's up to David Stern to deal with it.
And now, David Stern is also unusually big.
In 2013, his final year as NBA commissioner, he was already preparing to retire. Unexpectedly, this kind of thing happened again, and it was as if it was going back to the time it was nearly ten years ago. Once again, the restless boys had caused him big trouble.
It's been thirty years since David Stern took over as NBA commissioner. He has made outstanding contributions to the development and promotion of the NBA, and he is a legend.
It was he who gave Artest the strictest fine in history that year.
Everyone is talking about what punishment the Warriors and Pacers will receive this time, and this matter has been fermenting, but the center of the storm is unusually quiet.
"Duan, why aren't you nervous at all?!" In the Warriors' physical training room, Green nervously asked Duan Tianqing, who was listening to the song while walking slowly on the treadmill.
"I said Drummond, are you bothered?! How many times have you asked!? What's the use of you being nervous, it's already done anyway, Lao Tzu admits punishment and admits punishment! Duan Tianqing said impatiently.
"Drummond, now you know you're scared?! Yesterday was out of the paragraph, but you are the most energetic! Bogut teased.
Similarly, not only the Green Warriors, but many players are aware of it and feel a little panicked. After all, there is a lesson from the past, and in 2004 the Pacers were punished badly.
"It's okay, the law doesn't blame the public, besides, this matter was first provoked by me and Brother Li, and if you want to punish us, you will punish us!" Curry reassured.
"And we and the Pacers are almost everyone involved, and the league can't punish everyone at the same time!"
"Stephen is right!" Bob Myers' voice rang out, and the expressions of the players became nervous. The others walked in, and Matt Jackson followed, his face as usual, as if the result was better than expected.
"The penalty notice has come down!" Bob Myers looked at everyone and said lightly.
Sure enough, it's finally coming. Everyone stopped moving, listening carefully.
"Thankfully, apart from the punishment for our team, the league has only punished four of our players!"
Hearing Bob Myers say this, many Warriors players are relieved. It seemed that the activists in the fight were going to be punished, and Green's face collapsed.
"Draymond Green, fighting, injuring opposing players, not calm, unprofessional, two game bans, $10,000 fines!" Bob Myers read slowly, barely emotionally fluctuating.
"Whew, it's okay!" Green comforted himself.
And the Warriors players actually congratulated Green, because he was the most active in the fight except for Duan Tianqing, and a ten-game ban was not too much.
"David Lee, provoke opposing players, cause conflicts, three-game ban, and a fine of $30,000!"
Lee shrugged in agreement. This punishment can be said to be an open side.
Bob Myers continued: "Then, Stephen Curry, fighting, not calming, provoking the opponent, and finally causing a serious conflict, decided to suspend five games and pay a fine of $50,000! ”
Curry can be said to be the fuse of the whole incident, it was precisely because he was irrational and fought with Hibbert that Duan Tianqing joined the team with the players on the bench, causing a serious brawl.
"I'll pay the fine for you, Stephen!" David Lee patted Curry on the shoulder. He also knew that Curry was being punished for giving him a header.
"Of course, if you don't give it to me, you'll still be looking for you!" Curry joked.
Hearing that the punishment results of the players in the team were not very serious, the atmosphere at the scene was also lively.
"And, the last person, I don't say you know who it is!" Bob Myers gave Duan Tianqing a blank look.
"Rest assured, Duan, Stephen has only been banned for five games, and you won't be too serious!" Green said comfortingly. In general, regardless of subsequent developments, the general league will punish the player who caused the incident in the first place to be the most severe.
"I wasn't worried!" Duan Tianqing said calmly.
"No, I think you should still be worried! Duan Tianqing, who had serious violent behavior, took the lead in participating in fights and brawls, which made the situation more serious, and injured many players, damaging the image of the league, and the league decided to ban him for fifteen games! A fine of $100,000! ”
As soon as these words came out, the scene was in an uproar. Duan Tianqing's punishment was suddenly increased several times, and it seemed that his violent behavior really had a bad impact.
"This fight is close to more than one million yuan!" Duan Tianqing sighed with a wry smile.
"Hmph, don't worry, it's not over yet!" Bob Myers continued.
"At the same time, Duan, you will have to undergo compulsory psychological counseling during the ban to treat your violent tendencies, and whether you can return to the field to play depends on the effect of your treatment!"
“。。。 Ha?! Does that mean they think I have a neuropathy and need treatment?! Duan Tianqing pointed to his nose and said.
"In a sense, that's right!"
(To be continued)