272. List of penalties at the Olympics
"Nima, so you know it's the Olympics!" The three referees wanted to cry without tears.
"Take advantage of his illness to kill him, Ben, let's take revenge on him first." Marbury said that he still wanted to get Saulius, Iverson and the others ran slowly, and when he ran up, the battle was over, and when he heard Marbury's words, Odom hurriedly howled and prepared to kick.
With a wave of his arms, Marbury, Anthony, Iverson and Odom were hugged by him and dragged out like a sack, and Si helped Billups up and asked vigorously, "Brother, brother?" You okay? Look, see how many fingers I'm sticking out right now? ”
Billups burst into tears, and Xiao Si's dark and thick fingers were in front of him, but they changed vigorously, one will four, one will three, what does he say?
"Ouch! Chauncy was fucked stupidly, and the brothers followed. Xiao Si was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and he opened his mouth when he saw that Billups did not speak.
The referee rushed up in time, the whistle in his mouth blew like a firecracker, and the security guard also took the opportunity to enter and separate the two groups of players. On the American side, Huaben took the initiative to stop, and on the Lithuanian side, he did not dare to make any more moves - there were only five people standing.
Both Brown and Wabeen understood that today's situation was in trouble, and the two took the initiative to approach the referee. As a result, when he saw Hua Ben coming up, the referee stepped back together, and Brown hurriedly explained: "Today's incident is a misunderstanding, and besides, our side was beaten"
The three referees looked at the seven players on the ground together, and the Lithuanian side still pulled people up.
"I'm going up to pull the rack, they won't let go, I can only do this. If I really wanted to fight, they wouldn't be lying on the ground, they would be taken straight to the hospital by ambulance. "My position is good, peace, fraternity, unity, justice, fairness, openness, I know all of this. ”
This is the first time in the history of the Olympics that there has been a brawl, and the referees are confused, how to decide? Is suspension and fines imposed in accordance with the rules of international basketball? This is unreasonable, the Olympics symbolize peace and friendship, if it is punished, it will confirm the surname of this incident: brawl!
Under the maintenance of the coaches and security guards of both sides, the players on both sides returned to their benches, the fire of the fire, the massage of the massage, and the treatment of the treatment.
The unlucky Billups on the Dream Team's side was the worst, probably with a slight concussion, and Saulus's punch hit him directly in the head.
On the Lithuanian side, the problem was more serious, with seven out of twelve people falling. Fortunately, after the team doctor's examination, everyone except Saulus was fine, and after a few hours of rest, the pain would dissipate and return to normal. But Saullius was more serious, Huaben smashed a punch into his collarbone, which broke it directly, and basically, his Olympic career was over.
Hearing the doctor's diagnosis, the Lithuanian players looked at the American bench and stopped talking, where Billups was still lying, and it was Saulius who had done it.
With 11 minutes left to play, the referees had an urgent consultation, and the game had to continue, so a technical foul was blown on both sides, and the rest was not going well.
The Olympics are different from the World Championships, the European Cup, the Copa America, the Stankovic Cup, the Diamond Cup, etc., there are no punishment rules for fights at all, and every time the referees make a penalty according to the league penalty regulations, when making the Olympic basketball rules, I didn't expect that anyone would fight on this occasion.
However, it is impossible to just let go of the players on both sides, otherwise wouldn't it make other players misunderstand that it was a fight?
Therefore, after consultation between the referee team and the leaders of the Olympic teams of various countries, the additional penalties are as follows: On the side of the American team, Cameron. Anthony is banned for two games, and Steven. Marbury is suspended for one game; On the Lithuanian side, Saulus was banned for 4 games and Siskauskas for 2 games.
The dilemma is this. Wallace's punishment, you say you are banned, it's not appropriate, the other party made it clear from the beginning that his attitude was to pull the fight, although it seems that he is pulling the frame, but he is really restrained, the American team is under his control, otherwise the brawl may not be when; It's not forbidden, it's even more inappropriate, this bastard knocked down seven people by himself, and seriously injured one, if it wasn't on the court, he would have been held criminally responsible.
Wajben did not embarrass the referees, took the initiative to admit his mistake, was willing to accept the same punishment as Anthony, and then took the commentator's microphone to apologize to the fans, told the motive for the shot, and warned other players on the other team not to make mistakes like him and not to insult the spirit of the Olympics.
Hua Ben's speech won the applause of the fans at the scene, and the local fans in the United States praised him even more: For Americans, it doesn't matter if you make mistakes, as long as you have the courage to admit your mistakes and the courage to bear punishment, you are still a hero.
Subsequently, Waben withdrew with Anthony, Billups, and Marbury, and the Lithuanian side withdrew more, and the seven people who suffered from Waben's fist treatment all left the court, and they couldn't play in this game. Therefore, Huaben is not worried, the game is won, Lithuania has no substitutes, and they still have eight people, Duncan Jr. Iverson and other main players are staying on the field.
Also exited, the Lithuanian players were booed, but the fans on Huaben's side greeted with applause. In China, Hua Ben was nicknamed the 'Black Haired Lion King', fans named his seven punches 'Seven Wounded Punches', American fans dubbed him 'Basketball Tyson', and many sports media such as ESPN and TNT unanimously agreed that he was the most combative man on the court.
Huaben's two suspension penalties include ejection from this game and the next two games, which will not affect the overall situation, because the next two games against the United States are African team Angola and Australian team Australia. The Angolan team dominates Africa, but it is limited to Africa, and it is the bottom of the world stage, and it has never broken through the penultimate blockade.
As for Australia, it's better to say, the whole Australia is just one country, and every Olympics can be joined, anyway, no one is competing with him for the list. The country, whether it is men's football or men's basketball, is negligible.
The first game of the Dream Six team ended in a farce, and the final score was 78:65, and Lithuania, who scored almost 30 points in the first quarter, lost regrettably. In the fourth quarter, both sides played very conservatively, and in order to avoid conflicts, the players almost did not make physical contact, you made a three-pointer, I made a three-pointer, you rebounded and I rebounded, and it was over.
After the game, the matter really began, and thousands of media gathered in Athens focused on the event. Just as Warburn and Billups feared, the fight scandal at the Olympics was a shame!
The BBC uses Fair? Fair? Public? Barbarous! Off color! Violent! reported on the event, and called it the greatest shame of the Centennial Olympics, saying that if Coubertin had knowledge, he would have crawled out of the coffin in anger.
The "Chao Yue Shimbun" also focused on reporting on this incident, holding that the men's basketball teams of the two countries should be expelled from the Olympic arena collectively, and such an insult to the Olympic spirit must be severely punished to set an example. As a result, as soon as this report was made, the New York Knicks immediately issued a notice to change the preseason trip to Asia, and all two games held in Tokyo were changed to Yanjing, China. Knowing this, fans poured into the streets to protest against the one-sided coverage of the game by the Chaoyue News.
Russia is not missing the opportunity to smear the United States, the country's largest multimedia news agency TASS repeatedly described the incident, and said that their friendly ally Lithuania suffered injustice, that "violence has won peace, power has won truth, and dictatorship has won freedom", calling on citizens to stand up and resist the invasion of the NBA and American culture.
The reaction of Russian fans to this is 'fuck it', and while the most popular sport in the country is football, the influence of basketball is growing, especially now that Kirilenko has entered the Utah Jazz and is the star of the game. Huaben's style of killing one with one punch was deeply welcomed by this fierce nation, and the courage to take responsibility afterwards also won their favor.
Since Russia reported the news from the opposite side, the local media in the United States reported it from the front, which is the habit left by the Cold War to media people.
The Associated Press did not report on this matter with much fanfare, after all, it is quite embarrassing to say that it is a fight, although the United States has always been shameless, but it is still relatively honest in the Olympics. It only praised the spirit of unity and cooperation of the U.S. men's basketball team and the courage of Huaben's manhood, saying that there should be no violence on the court.
"Sports Weekly" described the incident in great detail, starting with Marbury's breakthrough and encountering a chokehold, and ending with Waeben's knockdown of seven Lithuanian players and pulling Sodorm Jr. back to the bench. "Sports Weekly" believes that this incident was completely provoked by Lithuania, Marbury's steal is no problem, and there is no problem with passing, although Anthony's performance is a little excessive, it is just pushing people.
As for Billups, it is even more difficult to say, according to the video analysis of the time and the evidence of the reporters present, Billups did go up to persuade him. If you want to say that Huaben did this, then they are even more wronged, Huaben didn't show the intention of fighting when he went up, it was the Lithuanian people who did it to him first, and even then he didn't fight, and even pulled his emotional teammates back to the bench, which was hard work. As for Huaben's defeat of seven Lithuanian players, it can only be said that his way of persuading the fight was a bit excessive.
The Los Angeles Times insisted that the United States had suffered injustice, and the reporter wrote: "If Chauncey hadn't been clever enough to dodge his fist, he would have to stay in the hospital at this time." This scene reminds us of the incident forty years ago, yes, it was Washington boxing Tom Jakovich that caused him to fracture his skull and brain plasma leakage, all of them were the same persuasion and injustice, they were all the same encounter with a madman, we can analyze, that guy has practiced boxing, do you see his left hook, is there a shadow of Tyson? Thank God forbid, otherwise Detroit will lose not only a great center this summer, but also a great defender. ”
TNT happened to broadcast the game live to the whole of the United States, and Barkley was full of praise for Waben: "This kid did a great job, I didn't expect there to be such a kind of person in the NBA now!" Oh oh oh, look at his fists, he killed seven people! I bet there is absolutely no one in the NBA who can play better than him, and if he doesn't want to play, it's just as promising to go boxing! ”
"Charles, it's against the Olympic spirit to do this." Smith reminded him.
Barkley said dismissively: "What is the Olympic spirit?" Is it that a teammate is beaten up and complains like a on the field? Basketball has never been so violent, basketball has never been so bloody, and if you want to watch a game without physical contact, why not watch table tennis or watch something like diving and running? Ben did a great job, I really appreciate what he did, that's the captain of a team! In fact, he was already very sane, didn't you see that he was the first to strike? If he hadn't stopped the people on the bench in time, then this brawl would probably have lasted for a day and a night! ”
Mixed reputation, or rather, still praise more, after all, Hua Ben maintained restraint after his move, CCTV Zhang Laoshi thinks that his punch is just a 'strategic deterrent surname action', in any case, Hua Ben's global fame has soared, and his popularity is now No.1 among NBA players.
On August 18, the United States team faced Angola, and Anthony, Marbury and Waben were absent in this game, and the three sat in the stands in suits and chatted easily.
Some people say that the four irons of life are the same window, the same gun, the scoop of prostitution, and the sharing of spoils together. Huaben and Anthony have fought together, and they can barely carry a gun, so the relationship between the two has eased, especially yesterday, Huaben's shot can be regarded as helping Anthony to break the siege, you must know that he and Marbury are surrounded by seven people, Marbury's small physique can still run, he can't run away.
Sitting in the stands, Anthony took the initiative to chat with Huaben, asked him how he practiced boxing, and said he was willing to ask for advice.
Marbury smiled and invited Huaben to New York to play black boxing, claiming that the two of them could earn hundreds of millions a month by joining forces to fight and bet, and they would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives, and they didn't have to play ball to earn this hard-earned money.
In the midst of the three people giggling, the U.S. team easily swept away Angola, which was far from the same in height, technique and tactics, and welcomed their third opponent, Australia.
Huaben's guess was eventually proven correct, and even without him and Anthony, the Australian men's basketball team would not be a match for the Dream Team. This team is even more complete than the Angolan team, mainly because now the dream team is notorious, the black uncles in Africa are still bolder and dare to fight with them, and the beautiful men in Australia consider the safety of their lives, with the mentality that losing more and winning less will not affect the overall situation, and they lost to the dream team in a friendly way.
From the beginning of the game, the Australian men's basketball team played very conservatively, and shook hands with everyone on the Dream Team before the opening and expressed their attitude in English: "Friendship first, competition second, long live the friendship between the United States and Australia!" During the game, the beautiful men of the Australian men's basketball team would smile at the Dream Team players every time they scored, which made Duncan unprecedentedly confused: Is this a game?
(To be continued)