At the scene, after Zhou Quan slapped Hughes Blake, he didn't stop, turned around and walked to the player's tunnel.

"Keep up."

General manager Whithitter hurriedly followed Zhou Quan with the security personnel of the two teams.

"Damn it!"

Hughes Blake felt that his face was swollen and hot, and now he felt really embarrassed in front of the whole world.

"Don't go!"

At this time, he saw that Iron Fist was about to leave, and was about to chase, but was hugged by Rodman.

"Shh

When Zhou Quan left, a large number of boos rang out in the United Center Arena, a lot of unbearable insults, and some miscellaneous items were thrown down.

"Iron Fist, I was a little impulsive just now." Entering the players' tunnel, Whithitt sighed.

"He scolded me as a Chinese and national guy, and you know it's a racist word." Zhou Quan had calmed down at this time and explained.

"That's good."

Whithitt breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "I will immediately appeal to the alliance and accuse him of racism against you."

You are the first person in active service, the signboard of the league, and the ratings of the league have risen by more than two percent this season, and it is impossible for the official to allow the referee to exercise racial discrimination against you, otherwise it will be a self-destructive signboard. ”

"Husband."

At this time, Zeng Lixi chased after him from behind.

"I'm fine, it's fine."

Zhou Quan stopped to take a look, in addition to Zeng Li, Zhou Jun and Zeng Yu, as well as Roger Philip, and the boss Ballmer all came.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ballmer, but this time it may affect the defense of the title." He said to the boss first.

Ballmer shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "Iron Fist, we've won two in a row, and you've done it well enough." ”

"Boshi, the referee insulted Iron Fist in public, scolding him as a Chinese and national guy." Whithitt said.

Ballmer was stunned, his face couldn't help but sink, he thought for a while and said, "Bob, this is very serious, deal with this matter." ”

"Okay." Whitsea nodded.

"Zhou, you have to be mentally prepared, in the future in the game, you are likely to be targeted by the referee." Philip said.

He was also in a bad mood, although he had suggested that Zhou Quan temporarily retire after defending his title, but he definitely couldn't retire because of this matter, which would greatly hurt Zhou Quan's reputation.

Zhou Quan nodded, this is not possible, it is certain, and other referees will definitely target him.

Philip added: "Also, Hughes Blake is not a player, his contract doesn't have a 'risk of involvement' clause, and it would be a hassle if he filed a lawsuit against you. Of course, we can also accuse him of racism. ”

Whithitt immediately said: "Hughes Blake should not be injured, at most civil liability, don't worry too much." ”

He has little expectation for this finals now, because whether it is civil or criminal liability, Zhou Quan is very troublesome just because of the ban within the league.

"I'm still in control, that slap didn't use much force, Rogge, you can deal with it." Zhou Quan said.

“OK。”

Then he asked Zeng Li's people to go back to the hotel first, and he went back to the locker room to take a shower, and when he came out of the bathroom, the game was over, and the supersonic lost.

At this time, Xiao Hua was reporting to Stern on the phone.

"Mr. Stern, Iron Fist ran into the referee Mr. Blake as he left the court, and Mr. Blake impulsively scolded Iron Fist, and then Iron Fist slapped Blake, and that's what happened.

Now Mr. Hughes Blake has called the police and said he will launch a lawsuit against Iron Fist for his wounding behavior. ”

"Called the police? He's crazy, this guy. ”

Hearing the last sentence, Stern was furious for a while, thought for a while, and said: "Iron Fist has not had violence on the field for several seasons, and he just started it, something special must have happened, such as what Blake scolded Iron Fist?" Adam, go and investigate it in detail. ”

"Yes, sir."

Xiao Hua replied and said: "Mr. President, no matter what the reason is for the iron fist, but the behavior of beating the referee is unacceptable, and he will even be spurned by his own fans, what are you going to do?" ”

Stern had a headache, his mind was still very messy, and he couldn't decide at all, so he just said: "You go investigate first, I'll wait for your results." ”

……

"Hurry up, guys, let's go to the press room and take a seat, the station has approved our live broadcast, and now we are giving a preview of our live broadcast."

At the United Center arena, an NBC reporter excitedly shouted at his cameraman.

"Rank, is it a live supersonic press conference?" The photographer hurriedly followed with the camera.

"Oh, Bill, you're stupid, of course it's a supersonic launch. Hopefully, the Iron Fist King will be there at the press conference, God willing. ”

……

In the away team's locker room, a sergeant arrived with two officers, followed by a group of reporters.

"Click, click, click......" The flash lit up.

The sheriff flashed his ID cards to Whithitt and the others outside the door, and then said, "I'm Sheriff Max, someone called the police, and you know what happened, so I'm going to take Iron Fist away now to investigate." ”

"Shet! He must have done it on purpose, he was going to ruin the Iron Fist. Whithitt scolded when he heard this.

"Calm down." Ballmer said.

"Looking for me?" Zhou Quan heard movement inside, opened the door and asked.

"Iron Fist, Hughes Blake called the police, and the police are going to take you away. You calm down, Blake just wants to disgust you. Bob Whithitter said.

Ballmer then said to the sheriff, "Mr. Sheriff, do you have to take it away?" I don't think the referee was injured, and even if he initiated a lawsuit, it would only be a civil lawsuit, and it would be a trivial matter of paying for mental damages. Besides, you don't have an arrest warrant. ”

Of course, Sheriff Max knew Ballmer, and he knew it was a civil dispute, but he was a Bulls fan, and even more importantly, a Jordan fan, so he shook his head and said:

"Right now, we're not sure about Hughes Blake's injuries, so we need to ask Iron Fist to go to the police station to investigate. If you need a warrant, I can apply for it, but in that case, we don't have that attitude. ”

Ballmer's face turned cold, and he was very dissatisfied with the sheriff.

"I think you'd better go apply for an arrest warrant."

Zhou Quan glanced at Max and said coldly.

The reporters behind the "click-click......" pressed the shutter faster.

The corner of Max's eyes twitched, he applied when he came just now, but it was not approved, where should he go to apply again?

Ballmer said coldly at this time: "Sheriff Max, if you want to investigate, investigate here, Iron Fist will cooperate with you." But if you want to take him away, and there are no formalities, I'm afraid it won't work, and I won't agree.

If you dare to mess around, I will immediately contact the Locke State Congressman in Chicago to impeach the Chicago police for abuse of power. ”

The corners of Max's eyes jumped wildly, Councillor Locke, that's a mad dog, a big group of barristers, has always been dissatisfied with the work of the Chicago police, because of him, the Chicago Police Department's expenses have been cut repeatedly, the previous police chief was killed by him, and was forced to retire early, how can he have the qualifications and guts to provoke that mad dog?

Besides, he can't mess with the Locke Continent councillor, and he can't afford to mess with people like Ballmer.

Even if it's Iron Fist, he can't actually afford to provoke it, because Iron Fist's international influence is too great, which is why the above just refused to approve the arrest warrant, and he knows this very well.

Next, Zhou Quan was questioned in the locker room, and it only took a few minutes, because the whole process was very simple, it was a slap in the face.

Soon after, the press conference was held.

At the Bulls' press conference, Jordan came in and saw that there were only a dozen reporters, most of whom were local reporters, and his face suddenly fell.

"They're all over there, and that's a good thing for us." Phil Jackson whispered.

Jordan nodded, he certainly knew it was a good thing for the Bulls.

Next door, the press conference hall of the supersonic team, was crowded, with no less than 300 reporters and photographers.

"Did you hear that, the referee has called the police, but Iron Fist shouldn't have been taken away yet."

"This iron fist is in trouble, and there will definitely be no chance to defend the title."

"Still defending? He won't be banned for life, and I'll do a handstand. ”

"I didn't take it away, I was there just now, the police don't have an arrest warrant, it's just an investigation."

"Oh, the Iron Fist is here."

"I thought he wouldn't be there, God forbid."

When they saw Zhou Quan appear, the reporters suddenly became excited.

"Click, click, click......"

The camera shone, the shutter waved wildly, and the place where Zhou Quan was lit up.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Ranke Bobis ......"

NBC reporter Ranke stands in front of the camera and the NBC live stream begins.

The host flopped, and the first person to ask the question was a reporter from the Seattle Post, who took the microphone and asked:

"Iron Fist King, did I see what he said to you before you slapped the referee? Was that sentence that made you lose your mind? ”

Zhou Quan nodded and said: "He called me a 'Chinese Guoyan', as we all know, this is a racist term in the United States, and I can't tolerate his insults to me and my entire race, so I was impulsive."

I'm sorry for my assault, it's not gentlemanly. However, if I do it again, I will give him another slap in the face. ”

"Oh!"

The reporters exclaimed.

The reporter asked again: "So Iron Fist King, will you apologize to him?" ”

“NO。”

Zhou Quan shook his head and said, "I will complain to the alliance about his racist behavior until he is expelled from the alliance." I will also file a lawsuit against him for racist behavior against me. ”

"Oh!"

Exclamations rang out again from the scene.

Zhou Quan's voice continued: "I don't want to see this kind of racist continue to appear in this clean alliance, his presence will hinder the development of the alliance." ”

In New York, even though it was close to the wee hours of the morning, Stern didn't feel any sleep, the TV was on, and he was watching NBC's live broadcast, which he had just seen.

He believed that Zhou Quan would not lie, because the players on the field of both teams were around at that time, and many people must have heard it.

mixed with racial discrimination, then the nature of the matter has changed, and he has reason to reduce the punishment of Zhou Quan.

He doesn't want to impose a ban on Zhou Quan, so that the ratings of the finals will definitely plummet, and the interests of all parties will suffer a great loss.

But Zhou Quan's request made it difficult for him to do so, and the expulsion of a white referee would not only offend many people within the alliance, but also offend the media and a large number of white organizations, which was a pressure he could not bear.

What's even more troublesome is that he can imagine that tomorrow the media will definitely attack Zhou Quan wildly.

……

Back at the hotel, Zhou Quan and Zeng Lixi met, talked for a while, and then went to rest.

This night, his psychology was still affected a little, and he was unable to enter the center for a long time.

The next day, the media was already hyping up yesterday's violence and racism on the pitch.

"Beat the referee with an iron fist, as a world professional heavyweight champion, he should be sent to prison."

"Violence against referees is the most intolerable behavior, and the Iron Fist King should be banned from any sport for life."

"The biggest scandal in NBA history, the first man on active duty, one of the greatest athletes on the planet, the Iron Fist Champion, was racially discriminated against by the league's referees in front of the whole world."

Most of the media have been targeting Zhou Quan, but Zhou Quan also has a lot of capital behind him, so there have always been some media supporting him.

But in general, there are only a few media outlets that support him, and there are no mainstream media, all of them are local media like Seattle, because the mainstream media in the United States is controlled by white people, and these media tycoons have little interest in Zhou Quan.

So today's media hype is no exception, most of the media and almost all the mainstream media are hyping up Zhou Quan's violence on the field, portraying him as a violent person, while not mentioning anything else.

In addition, some NBA league executives and referee committee members who did not disclose their identities expressed their views on the matter in an interview with the media.

"I am from the NBA League Referees Committee, and I strongly condemn the beating of referees with an iron fist, this kind of morally corrupt scum is a disgrace to the sports world, and he should be expelled not only from the NBA league, but also from the sports world, including boxing and golf."

"I'm a referee in the NBA, and I don't think anyone will dare to play a game in the future if they don't punish Iron Fist severely? I think the most correct punishment is to expel him from the league. ”

Roger Philip stayed up all night, and sure enough, when he woke up in the morning, he saw the news that league executives thought Zhou Quan should be expelled from the sports world.

He was worried about this, leaving the NBA would not be fatal, but if this incident affected Zhou Quan's development in other sports, it would be a big trouble.

He then began contacting a lawyer to prepare for a civil lawsuit against Hughes Blake.

At nine a.m., Stern received an official complaint from the Seattle SuperSonics.

First, SuperSonics appealed several penalties against Zhou Quan in last night's game; Second, referee Hughes Blake used racist language against Zhou Quan; Third, when Zhou Quan left the court last night, many Bulls fans used racist language against him.

(End of chapter)