"The events of last night's game were shocking, disgusting, and unforgivable — and a disgrace to all NBA practitioners. This incident should make our players understand that no matter how provocative the fans are, they should remain calm. Our investigation is ongoing and we expect to get you back to you tomorrow night. ”

"Of course, I have to thank Dakmilicic again for his efforts to maintain order in the stadium, as Detroit fans say, he is a hero – we absolutely do not advocate any violence, but we do not allow anyone to violate the safety of innocent fans."

Stern, who hadn't slept much all night, appeared on camera early the next morning, carefully handling the farce that was big, but not completely big.

He'd been watching the game last night, and before Artest rushed to the stands, he thought it was just going to be a normal clash of players.

"It will pass soon." He even believes that this clash will not last more than 2 minutes.

But just as he was taking a nap, the situation had changed abruptly.

Stern's mind went blank when he saw Artest rush into the stands and punch the fans who threw glasses at him.

Fans have always been a red line for Stern, and last season Rashid spat on a fan who insulted him on the sidelines and was fined 25,000 knives. In 1995, when the Rockets' Maxwell punched a fan who insulted his deceased daughter, Stern issued him the second-highest 10-game ban in history at the time (the highest at the time was Washington's 26 games) plus a $20,000 fine at the time.

And this time, although Artest's outburst looks plausible from the available evidence, even if it is justified, it cannot be used as an excuse to use violence against fans during game time when his personal safety is not threatened.

On the evening of the 20th, the coalition issued their preliminary punishment resolution on the matter.

Artest was temporarily suspended indefinitely as before, and Jackson, who only had time to fight with Big Ben's brother, was suspended for 12 games, Xiao O, who wanted to rush into the stands and was knocked out without having time to use force, was only a symbolic ban for 5 games, and Anthony Johnson and Fred Jones were only suspended for one game because they were still entangled with Pistons players.

As for the Pistons, Big Ben was also banned indefinitely for being the culprit, Billups, Hamilton and McDyce were suspended for one game for excessive pushing and shoving, and the rest of the people involved in the war of words were only fined a few times without a suspension.

As for Milicic, he is the hardest hitter, and he has received praise from the league, and it is said that the league has planned to determine Milicic to win this year's NBA's "Moral Fashion Award" (Good Old Man Award).

However, unlike the Pistons players who are all proud of him, Larry Brown and Dumas are quite sore at this time.

After this battle, Milicic directly became a "superhero" who defended the fans of Motor City, especially the scene where Hamilton grabbed Milicic's hand in the end, which was used as a newspaper cover by several media in Detroit, and the most influential local "Detroit Free Press" directly declared that Milicic was Detroit's "Superman".

This accolade has caused great difficulties for both Larry Brown's snow plan and Dumas's trade plan.

One can accept that an inconsequential foreign player is wronged, but they definitely can't accept that their hero is being bullied.

"You've done a great job, Duck, don't worry, you'll be fine, and I'm sure those impulsive idiots will come back later to thank you for saving their careers."

"Don't think too much, Heumann is over, he will help you take care of everything, I guess you will have a hard time leaving this year, Dumas dares to trade you this season he will be scolded to death, but whether it is to go to the NBDL or increase a little playing time, it is no problem."

The call calmed Milicic, who was still a little dazed, and stood in front of the windowsill rubbing his chin.

There is no doubt that this is definitely a good thing for Milicic, but for the future of the east, it is likely that this battle will completely change the landscape.

But that's what makes it interesting.

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The league, the Detroit police, and the teams on both sides are still fighting over the big battle that just passed.

And the Heat, who finished eating melons, also ended a short break and met the challenge from the Timberwolves at home.

Everyone believes that the Timberwolves, who lost to the Lakers in the Western Conference last season due to injury problems, will make a comeback this season.

Their core roster has remained largely unchanged, with the Timberwolves also coming in second on ESPN's team power rankings before the start of the regular season.

But basketball never stops at basketball.

In order to allow the team to bring in salary space again, the "Brooklyn Wolves with the blood of the Green Army" accepted the Timberwolves' five-year $100 million salary cut in the summer to renew their contract.

From last season's annual salary of 28 million to 16 million this season, it seems that Garnett has made a big sacrifice, but he is still one of the five highest-paid people in the league.

Sprewell is interested in Garnett's big contract, and has been asking the management of the Timberwolves for a contract extension with the same annual salary of 10 million yuan in the offseason, and Szczebiak, who was an All-Star two years ago, also asked for his playing time, plus Cassel's injury that has not been healed, and the dispute between "Sugar Man" and Cassel off the court, it seems that the still-powerful Timberwolves locker room still has no harmony from last season.

Their winning percentage of halves since the start of the season also confirms that the Timberwolves have lost last season's dominance.

O'Neal's home debut, along with Garnett's showdown with O'Neal, made this match look spectacular.

However, after the start of the first quarter, everyone found out that the protagonist of this game was still on the outside.

Szebiak, Sprewell, Kassel, it can be said that the outside line of the Timberwolves is no worse than the Wizards, a team that only has outside line.

Wade was abrupt, he didn't play very both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of the one-on-one face of Kassel, Garnett and "Sugar Man" Olowo Kandi defended O'Neal together, and failed to play his role on the help defensive end, so Wade played frequently, and scored 18 points on 8-of-8 shooting in the first half.

Mo Wen was not so easy, he played as the No. 2 position, doing the work of the No. 1 position, facing the defensive elite of the No. 3 position, highlighting a mix-and-match.

Sprewell, who had not been able to get a contract extension and was a little messy, took the initiative to find Mo Wen in this game.

Sprewell, nicknamed "Madman", also dared to challenge Jordan's master when he was a rookie (and then was severely abused by the retired Jordan), even if he is stronger than him, this guy may not be able to look at it, let alone Mo Wen, who has a soft ball style in his eyes, relying on the "little white face" and Chinese identity to mix a large sneaker contract.

Sprewell's favorite thing to do is to slam these "rising stars" to the ground in the eyes of the media, and he had to be targeted by James twice last season when he played him twice, he scored 31 points and only 18 points on defense James once, and James only scored 14 points on 24 points on defense once.

He thought that Mo Wen would be restrained by him like James, and after two rounds of actual fighting, he found that this guy was much more cunning and difficult than James.

When he was young, Spreville was explosive and delicate, and he was in the second defensive team for two years and also entered the best team, but he is 34 years old, both his reaction speed and explosiveness have dropped a lot compared to when he was young, and now he relies more on experience to play.

Mo Wen had met the "madman" at his peak in the dungeon, and he thought it would be a vicious battle, but after trying it, he found that although this guy was still stronger than him physically, he was already only strong.

Mo Wen's singles are not difficult to defend, his current explosiveness (72) is not much weaker than that of the madman, relying on experience to predict the madman's attack is quite accurate, plus some "legal" defensive actions, the madman's breakthrough is very restricted.

And can't hit the inside, the madman's outside shooting is not efficient at all, his shooting selection is extremely poor, he is in the space from the middle range to two points long, the shooting rate is less than 4 percent, is one of the representatives of the shooting for scoring, only occasional convulsions.

The madman made 7 shots in the first half, only hit 2 shots, missed all 3-point shots and 2 shots, and only scored 6 points by making free throws.

The serious madman's single defense ability is still good, but he can't keep up with the blocking and dismantling, Mo Wen is playing blocking and dismantling in the face of him, either opening up the space to shoot, or forcing Szebiak to change defenses, or attracting the help defense after the package and passing assists.

Mo Wen played 16 minutes in the first half, shooting 4-of-8, 1-of-2 three-pointers, 2-of-2 free throws, and scored 11 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds and 1 steal.

O'Neal didn't play much in the first half but was super efficient, shooting 4-of-7 from the field and 2-of-4 from the free-throw line to finish with 10 points and six rebounds.

Fortunately, it was the Timberwolves' "jump shot team" that the rest of the team felt good today, Garnett, Kassel, and Szczebiak fired frequently from mid-range to barely stabilize the score.

Heat 52:49 Timberwolves

In the second half, the Heat targeted the mid-range defensive tactics, forcing the Timberwolves to rush in to challenge Fat or shoot from beyond the three-point line.

Many people think that the defensive three seconds to prevent the center from squatting are customized for O'Neal, but in fact, the defensive three seconds were first made in 66, and as a result, as soon as this rule came out, Zhang Erwan faced the empty interior line, did whatever he wanted, and directly played a terrifying scoring efficiency so that the league was forced to cancel this rule after two seasons.

After entering the new century, in order to increase the spectacle and encourage outside players to break through and score, the league brought out this tactic again, and at the same time, in order to prevent Chamberlain's example from appearing in O'Neal, the long-considered joint defense was legitimized together.

The inside line is empty, but it can be combined to defend O'Neal.

But Ao Fat was also a superstar in Stern's "godson" advantage league in his early years, so like Ajan's "Dragon Babu", he also has a privilege "Crimson King" - he can stay in the three-second zone for 5 seconds without being blown off.

Therefore, when facing Ao Fat, if there are no two space insiders in the team, or players who are very good at making fouls, they can only look at the "bear" and sigh.

In the second half, in the face of the Heat's 32 joint defense, the Timberwolves, whose mid-range shooting declined, chose to shoot more three-pointers, and they stabilized the score for a while with a good touch, until the physical strength declined in the final quarter and the shooting rate gradually declined, and finally lost the game.

After the whole game, Garnett scored 22 points, 15 rebounds and 8 assists, worthy of its big contract, Szczebiak 18 points and 4 rebounds, Kassel 16 points and 7 assists, the Sugar Man and the Crazy Man became an undercover agent for the Timberwolves, a 7-of-1, relying on free throws to score five points; A 4-of-13 scored just 11 points.

On the Heat side, Wade had 28 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, and he was expected to be taken care of by Garnett in the second half with super high efficiency in the first half, and his shooting efficiency declined, giving more shots to the liberated O'Neal, and O'Fat did not disappoint the home fans, scoring 24 points in the second half, and 34 points and 13 rebounds in the game, so that the roar of the "big diesel engine" resounded through the American Airlines Arena.

Mo Wen didn't think about stealing the show, and gave more finishing opportunities to O'Neal, who made his home debut, with 20 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds in the game.