Detroit, in a state of jubilation, was like a festival, and the atmosphere was very good.

From last year's Eastern Conference finals to the locker room violence, the Pistons finally climbed out of the trough, and even climbed out of the pit of the former bad boy army in one fell swoop, standing on the moral high ground.

In the past, the enemies of the Bad Boy Army were all over the league, they were the public enemies of the league, the evil dragon, the evil dragon fell, the whole league cheered, Jordan became a dragon slayer warrior, and his reputation skyrocketed, while the prestige and historical status of the assassins plummeted, but in a game last night, they found that the positions of the Pistons and the bulls were reversed.

Fans were crazy with joy when they saw the media go crazy denouncing the Bulls and Jordan.

And Zhou Quan's image among Detroit fans has jumped three levels in a row.

"I'm going to vote for Iron Fist, he's got to be an All-Star."

On this day, a large number of Detroit fans changed their choice, originally they chose the Assassin in the No. 1 position, but the Assassin was injured last night and probably will not be able to participate in the All-Star, and Zhou Quan has now become their best choice.

……

"Bang!"

In a hotel in Detroit, Jordan, who hadn't slept all night, was very irritable, sitting at the dining table reading the newspaper, he only read some headlines, but didn't read the content, so he was so angry that his liver hurt, and he slammed his fist on the table, startling the others.

He became the villain, the ashtray, and the moral villain, and the army of bad boys he defeated became a moral model.

But in reality, no one was injured on his hands, and three of his teammates fell at the feet of Iron Fist.

With nowhere to vent, he set his sights on Pippen, a guy who gave him the nickname of an ashtray.

With red eyes staring at Pippen, Jordan roared, "Damn, you revealed it to the media?" Who made you talkative? Is my turn to get you to talk more? You idiot! ”

Pippen shrunk his neck and buried his face in the plate.

As for the other players, they sat at the table shivering like quails.

……

In New York, David Stern woke up and looked through a stack of newspapers on the table before breakfast, and was also startled.

"What's going on?"

Now he regrets that he went to bed early yesterday, he had a cold yesterday, and after taking some cold medicine, he went to bed before eight o'clock.

"Hawke, what did the Bulls and Pistons do last night?"

He hurriedly contacted Special Assistant Hawk Houston to inquire about the situation.

"Mr. President, last night's game between the Bulls and the Pistons injured a total of six people, including Isaiah Thomas and Grant, Carter White, and Paxson were seriously injured, and these four people will be injured for half a month, or a month or two, BJ Armstrong and John Sailley were slightly injured, which will not affect the next game." Special Assistant Hawk Houston said.

Stern sat at the dining table and was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, did there get into a fight?" ”

"No, there's no fighting, it's all within the rules." Hawk Houston said.

"How can it be so serious?" Stern asked, puzzled.

Houston gave a general account of the situation, and finally said: "According to the rules, it is not a foul, even including the breakthrough that Zhou Quan broke Paxson's two ribs, it is not even a foul, but the situation is really serious." ”

"Did they appeal?" Stern asked.

"No, neither the Bulls nor the Pistons." Houston said.

Then he said: "Mr. President, there are two aspects of the troublesome situation now. ”

"You say." Stern said calmly.

"The first, Michael Jordan's question, Zhou Quan accused him of ignoring the lives of his opponents," Houston said.

Now the media has reacted greatly, and many media are accusing him, and even turning over the black material of his gambling to hype it up.

If public opinion continues, Michael Jordan's reputation will be ten times worse than Isaiah Thomas's current reputation. ”

Stern has a headache, the Bad Boys are a thing of the past, Jordan is the person he wants to support, the signature he wants to build, what should I do?

At best, Thomas has a name for beating up newcomers, and Michael Jordan This is a humanitarian loss and a completely different nature of the problem.

"Iron Fist, Iron Fist ......"

Thinking of Zhou Quan, his head hurt even more.

It turned out that he admired Zhou Quan very much, because Zhou Quan reconciled with Thomas, and persuaded O'Neal to re-participate in the draft, which stabilized the foundation of the NBA, and he thought that this was a young man full of wisdom and a big picture.

But then he broke two ribs of the postman on the field, and now he has made such a big thing to destroy the signboard he wants to build, under the conflict of interest, how can he appreciate it?

Houston then said: "The second question, the style of play, the league should express its support for Zhou Quan's remarks, otherwise it will shake our foundation."

That is, in our game, players should not ignore and ignore the safety of the opponent's life.

This is the moral bottom line of society and life, and the rules should not be above this bottom line.

What I mean by this is that the law is only the bottom line of morality, and the rules are only the bottom line of morality. Mr. President, on this point, I support Zhou Quan's remarks. ”

"I support it too."

Stern said without hesitation.

Houston said: "Zhou Quan made a public promise in the postgame press conference last night that the Pistons will not play the same intensity as last night in other games except for the Bulls.

Mr. President, this attitude is commendable, and I still think that he is a young man who has a very good view of the overall situation, and he is a person with high moral standards.

Of course, he is a person who must be avenged, and after Grant injured Thomas, he immediately went-for-tat and injured four Bulls players, this kind of character is also very annoying, and there will definitely be all kinds of troubles in the future. ”

Stern couldn't help but nodded, Zhou Quan's attitude of giving a promise in public made him appreciate it again, thought about it and said: "Hawke, you will prepare an official press conference immediately, based on Zhou Quan's remarks, to show our attitude to the outside world." ”

"Yes, sir."

Stern said a few more words and ended the call.

He began to think about the problem of the Pistons and the Bulls, Zhou Quan promised that he would not play the intensity of last night's game in other games, but he couldn't play with the Bulls, otherwise sooner or later it would be like a football game, and there would be deaths of players on the court, and he would have to solve this problem.

"Honey, there's a bit of a rush to deal with, I won't eat breakfast anymore."

Thinking of this, he hurriedly left the house, rushed to the headquarters, asked the assistant to bring the Bulls and Pistons schedules, and ordered him a breakfast by the way.

At first glance, I was shocked that the 24th was the third regular season game for both teams, and he only had a few days to deal with it.