Chapter 826 825. The Limelight Was Stolen

"The way they steal the limelight is really unique..."

After just brutalizing the Celtics, Liu Manggang saw that the rogue value, which was improving at a rapid pace every day, rarely increased by 100,000 points from 7 to 9 in two hours, and then stagnated.

Because all the attention was "robbed" by the Pacers and Pistons!

"This is just right for us. We have been too popular recently, which is not conducive to our continued development of small ball tactics." McGrady didn't have any bad feelings about this matter. Although it was a fight between two strong teams and the matter was quite big, McGrady I feel a little regretful, and the police department has opened a case for investigation after hitting the fans. It is likely to result in a long-term ban for most of the two teams. It may be that the two strong opponents collapse, which is a bit regretful for McGrady.

However, from a rational point of view, McGrady feels that this big incident is a good thing for the Hawks to slowly develop a new system.

"Tch!" Liu Mang rolled his eyes at Tracy McGrady and went to take a shower and go to bed. He had to leave Boston tomorrow morning and had three consecutive away games to play.

This first-round virgin, who was the one who cried and shouted not to play small ball, is now playing it more happily than anyone else!

Liu Mang didn't expect that the Auburn Hills Palace incident would still happen! This makes him feel a little regretful. This season was originally an opportunity for the Eastern Conference to turn from decline to prosperity. It may be an opportunity for the Eastern Conference to rise after Jordan's six championships in eight years "drove" the Eastern Conference stars to the Western Conference and caused the decline of the Eastern Conference.

In the original time and space, even without the Hawks, O'Neal and Webber traveled east this season, which resulted in the 76ers having a certain strength. This mainly made the Heat become the favorites for the championship, coupled with the already strong Pistons, and soon With the Pacers entering their heyday under the leadership of Coach Carlisle, as well as the Nets' Three Musketeers, the Wizards' Trident, the Celtics with the twin stars reuniting, the Bulls Youth Army, etc., the Eastern Conference seems to have reached the moment of re-emergence.

Ordinary playoff teams may not be that critical. The key is that the Heat, Pistons, and Pacers are the three favorites to win the championship, and they are all teams that are truly capable of defeating the favorites in the Western Conference. It seems that they can beat the OK combination. The Western Conference was on top because of the Auburn Hills Palace incident, which caused the Pacers to collapse. The Pistons were lucky to be at home and would definitely not beat their own fans. No one was suspended for too many games and the integrity of the team was maintained, so they only The Pistons and Heat are left as the two favorite teams to win the championship.

At this time, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Heat have only been at their peak for two years, and the Pistons are the only team left that can maintain their combat effectiveness for a long time, and this will indeed be the case in the future. Therefore, the Eastern Conference, which has just seen a return of stars, has begun to lose stars again.

The Pistons are indeed strong, but it doesn't make sense if only one team is the Pistons. The Pistons are a super team in the Eastern Conference. They compete in the Eastern Conference Finals every year. There is only one team in the Eastern Conference that can beat them, and it's not certain yet. Which team it is, so the stars would rather go to the strong teams in the Western Conference to compete, which is a bit suspense at least.

In today's time and space, it is still obvious that the West is strong and the East is weak. Although the Lakers have collapsed, the Suns have risen, and if Kobe is still with the Lakers, he has a future. There are still many more top-level players in the West than in the East.

And in the original time and space, the Eastern Conference had a chance to rise, just a chance. Now in this time and space, even if there are more Hawks, it just has more opportunities to rise.

Liu Mang feels regretful for two reasons. One is that there is one less opponent and the Eastern Conference is much less interesting. The second is that there is an imbalance between the East and the West. The finals will not be a good thing for the Eagles at the headquarters. In the original time and space, Liu Mang We have seen James reach the Finals for eight consecutive years, nine years in total, and only win three times. No matter how great the advantage in the Eastern Conference is, facing the Western Conference champion who has fought his way out of the Western Conference and is in the strongest state, it is difficult to have a strength advantage. .

Liu Mang originally thought that due to his influence, this incident might not happen, but it still happened.

At this point, Liu Mang doesn't think too much. It's time to sleep, it's time to train, and when it comes time to play games, they can just play normally. And as McGrady said, this makes them too high-profile during this time. The momentum can cool down, and the obscene development...

The only unhappy thing was that Liu Mang saw that his rogue value had finally increased sharply, and all his limelight had been taken away!

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The next morning, Liu Mang flew to New Orleans with the team. Before boarding the plane, Liu Mang picked up a sports newspaper.

Officials released details of last night's unlived brawl between the Pacers and Pistons, and quickly gave the public an explanation.

It was said to be an explanation, but in fact it was a suspension and other circumstances, and the league immediately provided details of the punishment.

Only then did Liu Mang realize the difference between the Auburn Hills Palace incident in this time and space and the original time and space.

Since Stephen Jackson went to play for the Pistons for a year, he had a bad relationship with Billups, who held the ball a lot. When Billups and Stephen Jackson faced off, Billups took advantage of Stephen- Jackson's weakness in lateral movement was average. When he rushed to the basket, Stephen Jackson pushed Billups angrily and gave Billups a big foul.

Because the Pacers were already leading by more than 20 points, Ben Wallace was very unhappy and helped Billups, pushing Stephen Jackson. Artest was unhappy and came to help Stephen Jackson, but when he saw Ben- With Wallace's size, he still didn't take action directly. A man, he should be able to bend and stretch, but he didn't give in. Artest did his signature veneer and rubbed it closely with Ben Wallace...

Because of Stephen Jackson and Ben Wallace's two pushes, the two teams squeezed together and pushed each other, triggering a fierce conflict between the players of both sides. Detroit Hammer Chris Bosh came up to stop the two teams and did not fight. The coaches of the two teams came up to persuade the players on both sides to return to the bench.

That's all. At most, it was a second-level malicious foul and a few technical fouls. At this time, Mark Green, a man who destroyed the Pacers, stood up and threw a water cup at Artest...

Then O'Neal started a one-on-three game, and Stephen Jackson started a one-on-five game. The two rushed to the audience and started a fight with the fans. Artest chased the one named Green and beat him. O'Neal and Stephen Jackson helped Artest beat the people around who wanted to help Green, but... the one named Green was mixed in with the other eight people. The one who was beaten the worst by Artest was not Green...

It looked like a lot of people were gathered around, but it was mainly three against nine.

Finally, the security guards and the police came, and the three players who beat Artest were taken away. Ben Wallace, who caused the conflict, was also taken away, as well as Billups and Fred Jones, the Pacers player who had competed with Liu Mang for the dunk king, who was unlucky enough to go to the fan area to stop the fight. He was too strong, so he was beaten up by a group of fans as soon as he walked into the fan area and before he could get close to Artest.

Fred Jones was the only player who was beaten and bled, and he didn't even get his hands back. He was sent to the hospital with nine injured fans and became a "player representative."

This is no longer just a fight on the court, but has already involved criminal cases, that is, intentional injury, provoking sex, gang fighting, and other serious charges.

Because the matter is too serious and has a bad public impact, the Detroit police have to remain impartial. After all, it is a matter of concern to the whole United States and even the world, so not only the players, but also the fans are facing prosecution. The players can be released on bail, but the fans have no money.

The police still have to investigate, such as whether the fans who splashed water had a criminal record, whether the players had mental disorders, etc.

The league immediately imposed penalties. Ron Artest, who is now ranked third in the MVP rankings and averages 25 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists per game and has a good team record, was banned from all subsequent games. Whether he can play in the next season depends on the police investigation. If he is sentenced to a few years in prison, the league can directly negotiate with the players' union and the team to terminate Artest's contract.

Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal, as people who assisted in the fight, were banned from participating in the next regular season.

Several other players who participated in the shoving on the court at the time were suspended for between one and ten games.

Ben Wallace and Billups were exempted from criminal prosecution because they did not participate in the final fight. Billups was just unlucky. He was caught by the police uncle without doing anything for a flagrant foul and was also suspended for one game. Ben Wallace was suspended for ten games and can also appeal.

The most unlucky one was Fred Jones… His nose was broken by a fan, blood was gushing out, and he was sent to the hospital…

Mark Green, a representative of the fans, was banned by the NBA from buying any tickets for NBA-related games, and the police were also preparing to prosecute him on up to six charges. Of course, Mark Green was found to have committed violent crimes, and the other eight fans who participated in the fight were temporarily banned by the league officials from buying tickets for any NBA-related games.

This suspension was almost entirely aimed at the Pacers players, because they were on the road and they were the ones who beat the fans!

These can all be appealed, but the specifics depend on the police investigation report, the decision to prosecute, and the final judgment to decide whether to reduce the punishment.

The first and fifth in the Eastern Conference had a group fight, and the fans' attention was all on this matter. Liu Mang looked through the news, and almost all of them were about this matter.

Liu Mang only then realized that this incident had caused such a bad impact when it happened. Almost all sports media criticized Artest for chasing fans and causing a group fight, and athletes from other sports also criticized Artest for smearing black players.

Liu Mang was just surprised by this, and agreed with McGrady's words that this would give them a chance to grow.

However, Liu Mang didn't want to be overshadowed!

Seeing the rogue value growing at a snail's pace again, it was enough! He had to beat the last one to vent his anger!

"Big Beard Davis, the master is here!"