Chapter 37 is triggered by the Auburn Hills Palace incident

After the retirement of Michael Jordan, the "God of Basketball", the NBA ball market began to languish, in order to open up the market, the ambitious league president David Stern began to push basketball to the international road, and in 03 years the "Platinum Generation" was killed, which is an extremely important link.

And his plan has also achieved good results.

But at this juncture, there was such a notorious and large-scale fight.

This incident shocked the alliance and the world, and there were countless eyes staring at how Stern handled this matter.

At such a critical moment, Stern's wrist was also displayed strongly.

In the end, NBA commissioner David Stern made an unprecedented severe punishment after reviewing the video.

And this punishment almost ruined the Indiana Pacers.

Eventually, a number of players, including Artest, were suspended.

Artest, as the leading brother of this incident, was also punished the most severely, he was banned from all the rest of the 04-05 season, which also cost Artest $4.995 million in salary.

In addition to leading the eldest brother Artest, his younger brother was not spared, with Stephen Jackson suspended for 30 games, O'Neal Jr. for 25 games, but after mediation, it was finally reduced to 15 games, Johnson 5 games, and Miller 1 game.

And center Harrison was lucky enough to escape the league's punishment, but this time he will not be able to escape the court's sanctions.

The above is the penalty on the Pacers' side, and the Pistons' side.

Compared to the Pacers, the Pistons' penalty is much lighter, the same as none.

Pistons center Ben Wallace was suspended for six games and was exempt from prosecution because he was not directly involved in the brawl.

There was also Billups, Coleman and Campbell banned for one game, and the nine players were suspended for just over 140 games combined.

In addition to league penalties, there are also court penalties.

Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson, and Jermaine O'Neal were sentenced to one-year probation, 60 hours of community service, and a $250 fine each for their involvement in the Auburn Hills Palace fight.

In addition to this, the three of them had to undergo anger counseling.

The league's punishment can be said to be fatal to the Pacers.

It can also be said that because of this punishment, the Pacers were also quickly demoted from the favorites to win the championship.

The media is also unoptimistic about the current Pacers.

The Pacers' main team has been suspended on a large scale, and this game is simply not playable.

The main team was banned on a large scale, and the Pacers at this time were not the regular season champions of the league with 61 wins last season, nor were they the first in the East defensively, but they were also comparable to the Pistons, nor were they the Pacers who had fought with the Pistons in a defensive battle to the point that neither side exceeded 70 points.

Now the Pacers are like tigers that have had their front teeth knocked out.

Suffice it to say, because Ben Wallace's punch ruined Artest, it ruined the Pacers, and at the same time, it also ruined Larry Bird's dream of a dynasty.

Why?

Look at the current team structure of the Pistons, the inside line is guarded by O'Neal Jr., the league's top 5 20+10+2+2 big forward, plus 48 points and rebounds King Foster, and the all-round forward swingman Harrington, these three people also form the first interior group in the East that "does not suffer losses when playing the Western interior", it is no exaggeration to say that this is simply a mini version of the Lakers' three highs.

And now the age structure of this Pacers team is also making the Eastern team look black in front of them - O'Neal Jr. is 25 years old, Artay is 24 years old, Super Sixth Man Harrington is 23 years old, Wild PG Tinsley is 25 years old, Bench Bandit Bender is 23 years old, Foster is 27 years old, and Johnson is 30 years old.

There is also a big-hearted spiritual leader like Old Miller in the back, and the combination of the old, middle and young is quite reasonable.

Bird is Bird, not only when the player has a good brain, but also when the general manager, the Pacers' domineering and reasonable lineup will make those Eastern teams feel that everyone is in a mess for the next five years, and TMD has no chance anyway.

Even some experts who specialize in research point out that within the next five years, walkers can dominate the East Side.

Judging from the Pacers' team structure and record, it's not unreasonable.

However, it was because of Ben Wallace's punch that it all ruined.

When the league penalty came to Larry Bird's hands, Larry Bird's hand holding the ticket, his hands were shaking, his heart was almost broken, he had never smoked, that night, he was also alone, in the office, one by one.

Finished.

The walkers are completely finished.

That was Larry Bird's first thought.

Larry Bird knew that he was working hard, and he was directly beaten to pieces and shattered by this punch, so to speak.

The main players of the Pacers are all banned, how should the Pacers play in the future?

That's something all of the Pacers' players have to think about.

At the same time, this is also a question that Pacers coach Carlisle ponders.

Although the Pacers team was banned on a large scale, the game still had to be played, which was also something that could not be helped, but the ban of the Pacers' main ban, the injury, how to arrange, how to arrange it.

The team suffered a large-scale ban, in addition to Larry Bird and Carlisle, the fat man was also one of them.

Hearing such a severe punishment, at that time, the fat man's heart almost collapsed.

According to his original vision, he planned to stay with the Pacers, hug his thighs, follow the Pacers, go to get a championship first, complete the system tasks, make sure not to be wiped out first, and get the money.

The fat man's dream of hugging his thighs so humbly was also broken by Ben Wallace's direct punch and shattered.

The day before yesterday, the fat man read the newspaper, and he still saw the media bragging everywhere about how awesome the Pacers were, how powerful they were, what the Eastern Conference had no opponent, what defending champion Detroit Pistons were the biggest rivals, and what Miracula Miller succeeded or failed at his last chance.

However, in today's league punishment, it is not an exaggeration to describe the current Pacers as embattled.

At this time, experts from all walks of life also stood up to spray the Pacers, saying that it is already very good for the Pacers to enter the playoffs, saying that the Pacers' 30 wins this season is already the biggest victory for the Pacers, and saying that Miller should retire early and not waste time staying in such a promising team.

The fat man watched this type of news and felt the urge to cry.

The bad news came too suddenly, which also caught the fat man off guard.

This time, the Pacers were banned on a large scale, and it was unexpectedly that the fat man had no thighs to hug, and the championship task stipulated by the system also became a flower in the moon mirror in the water, and obliteration once again became the biggest concern of the fat man.

The fat man is also starting to get anxious.

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