Milicic experienced firsthand the 2005 historic brawl at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

At the age of 20, he was at a loss for what to do.

Go up and fight with a Pacers player? Why? He didn't get a minute of playing time.

To rescue the beaten fans? Milicic doesn't have much affection for Detroit fans.

Although they welcomed themselves at first, who would have always liked the players sitting on the bench.

Moreover, the investigation after the incident showed that some fans were not innocent, and the fan who threw a water bottle and detonated Atay was finally found by the police and sent to court, sentenced to 30 days in prison.

Another fan who threw a chair was also punished by law.

After that brawl, the Pistons remained intact and went on to reach the Finals that year.

The Pacers, who originally had the ability to win the championship, disintegrated, and Artest "betrayed" the team, so that the Pacers lost the chance to win the championship.

Now, Atay has his own championship ring with the Lakers, but the bad boy Pacers have long since fallen apart.

And his arrogance and irritability on the court were not completely extinguished by the Auburn Hills incident.

From time to time, he disrupts his opponents with big moves and causes problems with tough physical defense.

But Milicic was not afraid of him, he knew that night in Auburn Hills, Atay was just a guy who only dared to hit the fans, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard.

In fact, if Atai dared to fight directly with Daben after provoking Daben that night, the consequences would not be so serious.

Because it's just a clash between players, it's a thing on the pitch, it's a performative thing, and it won't be criticized so much.

It's a different story, the nature has become completely different, and the NBA has been criticized across the United States as a violent league.

This made Stern, who has been promoting the deviolentization and gentrification of the NBA for more than 20 years, angry, and directly banned Artest for one season.

Shengsheng ruined the Pacers' championship-winning season.

At the press conference, Stern even said mercilessly: "This is my one-man decision, a veto." ”

At this moment, the demeanor of Stern's great dictator is fully displayed, because Artay's behavior touches the foundation of the NBA's survival, and he must use thunder means to kill him.

Milicic's push seems to have reappeared yesterday, and the former Pistons player gave him another one.

But this time, Artest has a long memory, and he really can't beat Milicic's height, arm span, and punching bag-sized fist.

It is said that this thing has been practicing martial arts, and although Atai is as strong as an ox, he is still far behind the big white bear, so he can bear with it.

Atai, who was pushed backwards for a long time, was not angry, nor did he thimble, but turned around and went to the referee to complain, very aggrieved.

The referee appeased the aggrieved Artay and first gave him a technical foul, and then Milicic a technical foul.

At the same time as the foul was given, the referee also had to look at Min Congda, who was sitting on the sidelines, and Stern, who was sitting in the middle stands, who had come to see the Los Angeles derby tonight.

Milicic is really brave, and dares to take the initiative to provoke in front of President Stern, such an action is likely to cause a brawl.

Fortunately, everyone calmed down, executed the technical foul free throw, and the two sides continued to play.

In order to prevent Milicic from continuing to clash with Lakers players, Lao Deng hurriedly replaced Milicic with Xiaojia.

Min gave Milicic a thumbs up and praised him for standing up for his teammates.

If a player wants to be respected in the team, in addition to playing well, he must also dare to stand up for his teammates.

In the past, Milicic was a little alienated from his teammates in various teams, and his Serbian background and the reputation of parallel goods have always made him reluctant to have more in-depth contact and communication with his teammates.

After arriving at the Clippers, the relaxed and free atmosphere of the team made him more willing to express himself.

He made friends, such as Bonner, who sat on the bench with him and often taught him how to use coupons.

There is also the team's gossip little prince, Marc Gasol, who is well versed in all kinds of rumors and anecdotes of the whole team.

and Stephen Curry, who taught him to shoot three-pointers and compete for long-range three-pointers when he had nothing to do.

When Milicic went off the court, Curry punched him, feeling the calluses on Milicic's fist, Curry said, "You can knock my head off with this punch." ”

Milicic laughed: "In the future, if anyone maliciously fouls you, I will knock that person's head off." ”

Now Milicic doesn't pound the wall at home, but punches and bags.

Although the Clippers always lost in November, Milicic didn't feel depressed.

It's not like when he was in the Magic and the Timberwolves, he was carrying a lot of stuff on his back.

The fans and the management are full of expectations, and once he loses, he is very depressed and wants to vent himself by smashing the wall.

The Clippers are different, the more they lose, the more they can't find Smart, and he doesn't know where to go.

The atmosphere in the team has been good and everyone is confident that they can come out slowly.

Things started to get better in December, and Mr. Smart came back to watch the game.

Milicic is getting used to his position on the defensive end, not only protecting the basket but also his teammates.

Artest was much more restrained on the field after being beaten by Milicic.

Unaffected by the malicious foul, Harden continued to hit the Lakers basket with his speed and impact.

The problem on the defensive end of the Lakers is that the outside legs are not good, Kobe Bryant is slow, and Fisher is even slower.

Harden and Bledsoe used consecutive breakaways to tear apart the Lakers' defense.

The Lakers defense is caught in a conundrum:

The reason why they used to use shrink defense before was because the outside leg was slow, and the shrink defense could make up for this defect and make the inside line airtight.

However, the Clippers' three-point shooting in the first quarter made the Lakers' scalp numb, so they could only change the marking, no longer shrink, and the defense line was naturally stretched.

The defensive line was pulled apart, and Harden, Bledsoe and others began to break through non-stop, forcing breakthroughs to challenge the Lakers' three-second zone basket defense.

The Clippers' simple and crude strategy made the Lakers very uncomfortable, and the Clippers suppressed and led from the second quarter.

At halftime, 61:55, the Clippers led the Lakers by 6 points, and without Curry, the outside arrow, the Clippers played better and better.

Off the court, Curry began to worry about his position after his return, with Bledsoe scoring eight points in the first half and Harden scoring 11 points.

And Min Congda looked at the Clippers' rough talent, accurate outside line, and energetic breakthrough, and thought:

"We can't let the Clippers grow like this savagely, and they can attack freely, it's too powerful! I'm going to put shackles on them, and I'm going to have to find a reverse version of the tactical routine tonight! ”

(End of chapter)