Chapter 220: An Expensive Punch (Second)

After wrapping up their back-to-back games in Los Angeles, the Spurs flew back to San Antonio the next day.

Leonard's inspection report also came out, no fractures, and he will recover after a few days of rest.

This is great news.

With good news comes bad news.

Not long after the plane landed in San Antonio, the results of the suspension for the previous conflict came out.

Martin was suspended for two games and fined $20,000 for punching Leonard.

Tang Tian was suspended for three games and fined $25,000 for punching Martin.

The two sides were at the top 50, because the consequences caused by Tang Tian were more serious, and they were not the two sides in the conflict, so there were relatively more suspensions and fines.

The most serious NBA suspension was the "Auburn Hills Incident", in which Artest was suspended for an entire season.

But that's because of the conflict between the players and the fans. The fans are the gods of the league, and the league is very strong in maintaining this.

However, the punishment for conflicts between players will be much smaller.

Martin was a repeat offender and an abettor, and a $20,000 fine was no big deal.

But Tang Tian, ​​a rookie, was fined 25,000, which is not a small sum.

You must know that his first-year rookie tax deduction is only 300,000 tens of thousands.

This punch is a little expensive.

The Spurs were in the arena when they received the news and had just finished their daily training.

The players couldn't help complaining about the league's fines.

"Is the league's coffers empty again?"

Dio's words caused a burst of laughter from his teammates.

"Don, I paid your fine for you."

Ginobili walked to Tang Tian's side at this time, put his shoulders and whispered.

"No, Manu, I have money."

Tang Tian said.

"You kid, don't pretend to be rich. You are helping the team this time."

Ginobili continued, did he know that Tang Tian was only a second-round pick.

"I'm really rich, and I've received a lot of endorsements."

Tang Tian is no ordinary rookie. His past endorsements add up to 2 million US dollars in his bank card. He is not being polite when he says this.

When he dared to rush forward, he was already prepared to be suspended and fined.

Seeing Tang Tian's reaction, Ginobili knew that what he said was true, so he didn't insist.

After a while, Duncan suddenly came to Tang Tian's side, then sat down and said two words:

"card number."

Tang Tian was taken aback for a moment.

"fine."

Duncan usually speaks concisely, and now he is also concise.

"No need, Tim, I can afford it myself."

Tang Tian took out his mobile phone as he spoke, and then showed him the money in his account.

Duncan nodded, smiled and patted his head...then walked back and sat down.

"..."

Green had also come over, and sat down with a smile when he saw Duncan go back.

Looking at the reactions of his teammates, Tang Tian suddenly felt that he was quite lucky to be selected to the Spurs.

After standing out for his teammates, the whole team rushed to pay the fine for him, which is really rare.

After a while, Leonard walked over to Tang Tian and sat down.

"It's not a question of how much money, it's that I have to pay the money."

Leonard has already picked up his phone and is about to transfer money.

Tang Tian was speechless, and was about to reject Leonard.

The door of the locker room was pushed open at this time, and Popovich walked in with a serious face.

Seeing this expression, the team members stopped communicating and turned their heads to look at him.

"Tang's behavior is very irrational and inappropriate. I don't want to see this kind of thing happen again next time."

Popovich spoke with a serious expression.

The players nodded one after another after listening. Popovich is the head coach, and it is certainly impossible for him to support the players to do this kind of thing.

After Popovich finished speaking, he walked up to Tang Tian and said:

"Give me your card number, and I'll pay your fine."

"..."

Tang Tian was speechless. This was the fifth person who said he would pay the fine for him today, and this time it was the head coach.

However, Popovich's two sentences before and after highlighted his character, with a knife mouth and a bean curd heart.

"Don't reject me, I'm the head coach."

Seeing that Tang Tian was about to speak, Popovich immediately spoke again.

After saying this, the other players in the locker room suddenly laughed.

This sentence can also be understood as: Don't reject me, I also want to save face.

Tang Tian knew that it was inappropriate to refuse again, so he gave Popovich his card number.

The big deal is to send Popovich a few bottles of high-end red wine later.

To be honest, when the draft was drafted, the two agreed to drink together and hadn't drunk yet.

Tang Tian's fine was ultimately paid by Popovich, and the Spurs players stopped wanting to pay the fine for Tang Tian.

This punch seemed expensive, but Tang Tian won the hearts of the Spurs, but even more money couldn't buy it.

Popovich helped pay the fine, but no one can help this suspension.

Tang Tian will miss the team's next three games, and according to the rules, he cannot appear at the game site, and there will be no salary for these three games.

Although he couldn't go to the game site, Tang Tian still participated in the training session and flew away with the team.

Because it was suspended by the league, actually for him and the Spurs, Tang Tian's only change was that he couldn't play.

In the first game Tang Tian missed, the Spurs played against the Thunder at home.

Popovich put Leonard in the starting lineup.

Leonard's movement speed is much slower than Durant's, and his experience is also a bit worse.

Durant scored 41 points frantically in this game, helping the Thunder finally win and avenging the previous game.

After playing the Thunder, the Spurs ushered in another three-game trip to the East.

They will play back-to-back games with the Celtics and Knicks first, and then play the Bulls after a day off.

The game against the Celtics was very anxious, and Rivers did a good job of controlling the two ball-holding points of Parker and Ginobili.

In the end, the Spurs narrowly lost their opponents 101 to 103 and suffered a two-game losing streak.

Playing the Knicks the next day, Popovich rested Duncan and Ginobili and put Diaw in the starting lineup.

JR Smith was in hot form and scored his first 30+ points of the season to help the Knicks win the game.

However, Diaw's first start in the Spurs career was very successful, contributing 15 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, and hit the first triple-double of the season.

The Spurs have suffered a wave of three-game losing streak, which is the first time since the season.

Although it has something to do with the strength of the opponent, the impact of Tang Tian's absence is also obvious.

The explosions of Durant and JR Smith exposed some of Green's weaknesses in single defense.

If it is a combination of single defense and cooperative defense, Green is already a quasi-first-class defensive player in the league, but if he singles out single defense alone, he is still a little bit interesting.

The team will face the No. 1 Bulls in the East in the next game, and it is foreseeable that this will be another fierce battle.

"I'm starting to miss Don."

After the game against the Knicks, Popovich said bitterly.

ps: I was discharged from the hospital today, and then...

The little eggplant has a name!

Tang Yongqi!

Kirin belongs to fire, and the protagonist of the next book is here!

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