Chapter 328 Match Point

"snort!"

In New York, at Stern's house, he looked very unhappy.

He had just received an on-site report and knew that his signature star was humiliated and provoked by a role player using racial slurs. Now that the Spurs have given up the game, garbage time will follow. This G3 game is over. The ratings It will definitely hit rock bottom and even affect the rest of the series.

He is very disappointed with the Spurs and Popovich. Can't you let the stars play more time? The money earned by the league must also be distributed to the Spurs. They do not consider the league at all. Such a head coach and such a player The team made him very disappointed.

"Ding ding..."

Then his cell phone rang.

When he saw the number, he immediately sat upright. After answering the phone, he said seriously: "I'm David Stern, Mrs. Lindsay. It's an honor to receive your call."

"Mr. Stern, I'm sorry for disturbing your rest so late." The words on the other end of the phone were very polite, but Lindsay's tone was a little cold.

"No, Mrs. Lindsay, I haven't rested yet, please speak." Stern said politely.

"Mr. Stern, I was told that just now, Spurs players used racial discrimination against my husband during the game. Is this true?"

Lindsay asked in a cool tone.

Stern sighed secretly, but he did not hesitate and said immediately: "Yes, Mrs. Lindsay, I just received the report from the scene. The player's name is Steve Kerr, a white player."

Lindsay said: "Mr. Stern, I don't want to ask about NBA affairs. You know this, but there is a bottom line. My husband will never be in the same league with such a person. You know what I mean. ? He needs the harshest punishment."

"Of course, I understand." Stern said quickly.

After the Storm took over Nike, all attempts to interfere with the league disappeared, and neither did Feilong Sports. He was very happy about this, and he was very supportive of Nike's change of ownership.

He is just a role player in his thirties. There are countless such people in the United States. They are not even as good as a hair on a flying dragon. Under the pressure of Lindsay, his choice is very simple, or it may be said that there is no need to choose at all.

At the SBC Center Arena, Duncan walked off the court, but Zhao Dong did not.

The game has just begun. Although the opponent has surrendered, the battle has just begun.

"boom!"

During a fast break, the Spurs' backboard shattered into pieces after a fifteen-meter impact and hit the basket, turning into broken glass on the ground.

Looking at the deathly silent Spurs home court, Zhao Dong raised his head and shouted: "The Spurs slay the dragon, let me see how you slay it?"

All the Spurs fans in the audience and all the Spurs fans in front of the TV looked at the devil-like Zhao Dong with great hatred, but there was nothing they could do.

"yeah!"

But among the away fans and the visiting team's bench, countless Knicks fans and Zhao Dong fans in New York and China cheered at this time.

"This bastard is so shameless! We have already surrendered, and he still does this?" Popovich was shaking with anger.

Zhang Lili laughed loudly and said: "Now the Spurs are in trouble. If it were someone else, the Spurs might still use force, but do the Spurs dare?"

In the VIP room of the SBC Arena, Spurs president Rom West put down his cell phone somewhat numbly.

This was a call from Nike, who informed him that from now on, Nike would suspend its sponsorship of the Spurs.

For Nike, he can barely maintain his toughness, but facing the Storm Fund behind Nike, he can only kneel down.

"Damn Cole!"

All that anger, he directed at Steve Kerr.

Fifteen minutes later, the backboard was replaced, but only one minute later, Fordson blocked the Spurs' substitute center under the basket, and Zhao Dong once again played a fast break from the outside.

"here we go again!"

Bill Walton roared excitedly.

"here we go again!"

Countless people were either frightened or excited.

"boom!"

In an instant, he tightened his abdomen and smashed his arms. With a two-handed dunk, the backboard that the Spurs had just replaced was shattered again like paper.

"Tell me, how do you slay a dragon?"

Zhao Dong strode to the media box behind the baseline and shouted coldly at the reporter from the local sports newspaper, Mai Rui.

"..."

Mai Rui, whose face was as white as snow, was sweating profusely. Under Zhao Dong's powerful momentum, his teeth were trembling and he was speechless.

In the deathly silent SBC Center Arena, countless Spurs fans stood up and began to leave.

"This is the consequence of offending the flying dragon." Bill Walton shook his head.

Robinson and Duncan, who were sitting on the bench, had their fists bleeding. They saw their backboards being smashed continuously, and the Spurs fans left the game en masse. This was a great shame and humiliation for superstars like them.

"Coach, let me play." Duncan stood up suddenly.

"Greg." Then Robinson stood up.

"Sit down and don't let your emotions get the better of you," Popovich scolded.

Zhao Dong came off the field at this time and passed by them. His stern eyes swept across the Spurs bench. Even the angry Robinson and Duncan unconsciously avoided his sight.

Only Popovich stared at Zhao Dong fiercely like a wolf.

"As long as I am in the league, the Spurs will never get ahead." Zhao Dong said something that made Popovich angry to death.

"General, if you still want to get a ring before you retire, come to New York and I will take you to get it. Otherwise, just hug O'Neal's lap."

Zhao Dong dropped another sentence that made Popovich jump.

"Go back to your bench, this is the Spurs' territory." Popovich said angrily.

"Where I stand is my territory." Zhao Dong dropped the last sentence and left.

Fifteen minutes later, the backboard was replaced.

But at this time, the SBC Arena was almost empty, and all Spurs fans left. More than 3,000 away fans occupied the SBC Center Arena, and the Spurs' home court became the Knicks' home court.

"This will be the most shameful scene in the history of the Spurs. They have two superstars inside, but they were beaten at home and the home fans ran out, and the first quarter of the game is not over yet."

Bill Walton said.

"The Spurs slayed the dragon, and the Feilong pulled out the thorn. The result was obvious. Feilong proved in one quarter that the Spurs slaying the dragon was a joke. Congratulations to Feilong for successfully pulling out the thorn."

Matt said.

At halftime, the Knicks led by 35 points.

When Zhao Dong returned to the locker room, he was blocked by the media.

"Feilong, will you continue to attack Cole?" a reporter asked.

"A racist trash, this alliance has him but not me." Zhao Dong said coldly.

"oh!"

The reporter exclaimed, is this going to kill everyone?

"Cole is finished!" A reporter shook his head.

"If Feilong doesn't take action, the league will not allow Cole to continue to exist. Don't forget what happened to Nike, don't forget the Storm Fund, and don't forget that Nike and Feilong Sports are now sponsors of the league."

another reporter said.

Popovich took the team back to the locker room and saw President Rome West standing outside with a livid face.

"You go in first." He motioned to Duncan and others.

"What's the matter, Rom?" he asked when no one else was around.

"I just received a notice from Nike that it has suspended its sponsorship of us." West said with a very ugly face.

"What a shame!" Popovich cursed.

"The league also called just now. They will impose a lifetime ban on Cole." West added.

"What?" Popovich was stunned.

"It involves racial discrimination, and the target is Feilong. The league has no second choice. I also need to contact other sponsors to prevent them from being affected. Without sponsors, our Spurs will collapse. The boss has just called, and he He is trying to find a way to contact the storm, but the possibility is very low, and he will not be able to contact the level of the storm."

After West finished speaking, he hurried away.

"damn it!"

Popovich also felt that he was in big trouble and was very irritable.

He opened the door. Needless to say, the atmosphere inside was extremely bad. No one spoke.

"Steve..." He looked at Cole.

"coach?"

Cole stood up, feeling something bad.

Popovich said calmly: "You should leave the locker room first and discuss with your agent what to do."

"Coach, I didn't discriminate against him. I didn't know that it was a word involving discrimination..." Cole quickly explained.

Waving his hand, Popovich shook his head and said: "You don't need to explain to me, I can't help you with this matter."

"I got slapped by him and got sent off. What else does that bastard want?" Cole suddenly roared angrily.

Popovich said: "You are too impulsive. We all know that there are some things that we know privately what they are like, but we can't say it out, especially if your target is him?

Just now, Nike has suspended its sponsorship with the Spurs. If this matter is not handled well, the Spurs may fall into an operational crisis. You go, you can't stay in this alliance anymore. "

"What?"

Cole couldn't help being stunned, and everyone else was stunned, including Robinson and Duncan. They didn't expect it to be so serious.

The game ended with a wild victory for the Knicks, 110:65, a 45-point away victory.

The G3 game and what happened in it, even if it was late at night, quickly spread throughout the league, the United States and the world.

The next day, countless media reported on the G3 battle.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, just after work, the New York League headquarters held a press conference to announce additional penalties for Steve Kerr, which was a lifetime ban. At the same time, a fine of three million US dollars was imposed on the Spurs. The punishment was very severe. big.

Subsequently, Cole and his agent also held a press conference to argue that he did not act discriminatory and that he did not know that it was a discriminatory term.

Many people and media also supported him, but none of these could sway the league's decision. Steve Kerr's lifelong ban became a foregone conclusion.

"Steve, you are 34 years old. If you don't fight, you won't fight. What are you going to do in the future?" Cole's agent Reigns asked at Cole's home in San Antonio.

"I...I don't want to leave this circle."

After thinking about it for a while, Cole said: "I am very interested in commentary, and coaches, please help me find out if TV stations like TNT need to recruit commentators, maybe which team needs an assistant coach."

"Assistant coach? Commentator?"

Rons frowned and said, "I'll give it a try."

At noon that day, Jordan was caught by reporters in Las Vegas and accepted interviews with the media.

"Michael, do you know about Steve Kerr?" the reporter asked.

"I saw the news and he was out of his mind."

"Do you support the league's decision to impose a lifetime ban?"

"Of course we cannot allow this to happen."

"You and Cole had a conflict in a training match and he hit you. Will this affect your view on this matter?"

"That matter has been going on for a long time. It's a personal relationship. Cole and I have no problems for a long time. As a reporter, you don't want to confuse things. These are two different things. Cole is involved in racial discrimination. This is the bottom line of society and cannot be touched."

"What do you think about Feilong playing the No. 1 position?"

"The enhanced version of Magic, or the enhanced offensive version of Magic. There is no point guard in this league who can match up with him at the number one position. Any point guard who encounters him will be defeated unless he double-teams him on the outside. In addition, there is no way to limit Feilong as a point guard. Of course, in fact, he is on the outside, no matter where he is, you have to double-team him."

On the 14th, the g4 war day.

At seven o'clock, several reporters were allowed into the home team's locker room for interviews.

"David, are your feet okay?" A reporter asked quickly when he went in and saw Robinson had changed into his sneakers.

"There are still some problems, but I can persist." Robinson said.

There are still some problems with the atmosphere in the Spurs locker room. After all, the game the night before yesterday was so shocking that they have not fully recovered after two nights.

"Coach Popovich, have you found a strategy to deal with the Knicks?" another reporter asked.

"We are ready for everything," Popovich said expressionlessly.

In the visiting team's locker room, several reporters also went in to conduct interviews.

Yang Yi came to Zhao Dong and asked: "Feilong, are you still playing point guard tonight?"

"Of course." Zhao Dong smiled.

"Will the Spurs come up with a solution?" Yang asked.

Zhao Dongdao: "Perhaps, how will you know if you don't try? But they are strong on the inside, but they are just like that on the outside. Suitable tactics can indeed turn decay into magic, but beyond the scope of tactics, they are still powerless."

At 7:30, the two teams announced their starting lineups.

Knicks: Wang Zhizhi, Danny Fortson, Barkley, Latrell Sprewell, Zhao Dong

Spurs: David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Malik Rose, Mario Elie, Avery Johnson

In the TNT live broadcast, Bill Walton said: "The Spurs put substitute forward Mari Rose as the first striker, but his speed is slower than starting small forward Sean Elliott, so the overall outside speed is slower. Why? Help defend Feilong? Let the inside line come out to help defend?"

Matt said: "Shaun's tonnage is too small. If Malikros goes up, he can at least push it up and use it as a human shield. But Feilong is invincible on the outside and fast breaks in defensive counterattacks. Even the Bulls can't guard against this kind of defensive counterattack. The Spurs It’s even more impossible to defend against.”

"Then the Spurs should work hard on the offensive end tonight and strive to play an efficient offense in the penalty area to fight offense." Bill Walton said.

At this time, Matt sighed: "I don't know what the ratings are like, the venue is not full, at least 20% is empty."

"The game the day before yesterday was a huge blow to Spurs fans." Bill Walton said.

At 7:40, the starting lineup begins.

"Shh!"

Although they were hit hard, when the away team came on the field, the home fans still sent out huge boos, drowning out the cheers of 3,000 away fans.

At eight o'clock, the game starts.

"Fortunately, the ratings have reached 30 million." In the TNT live broadcast booth, Matt breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the director's notice.

Da Zhi and Duncan jumped the ball, and the Spurs attacked.

Young general Johnson got the ball, and Zhao Dong came up.

As soon as he saw Zhao Dong standing in front, Johnson's heart trembled and his confidence was seriously lacking.

But the ball was immediately transferred to the shooting guard Mario Elie who was responsible for the response.

At this time, Duncan asked for the ball in the low post, and Mario Elie was about to pass the ball. The Madman's defense was not exaggerated, and he quickly reached out and intercepted the ball.

Zhao Dong came down immediately and ran abreast with young general Johnson. After crossing the center line, he received the pass from the madman.

Johnson secretly pulled Zhao Dong's jersey, but was knocked off by the latter with a slap, which made him grit his teeth and crack his mouth. He could only watch Zhao Dong rush into the empty paint area.

"boom!"

Zhao Dong kicked off tonight's game with a tomahawk dunk from the free throw line.

Popovich stood on the sidelines expressionless, feeling a little chilled.

On the outside, he knows that the outside is the Spurs' weakness. He really can't change this weakness through tactics. The tactics are not that magical yet.

He knows very well that if Zhao Dong at the small forward position is a bug, then Zhao Dong at the point guard position is a big bug.

Both Mark Jackson and Alien Cassel can make a splash at the No. 1 position with their little advantages, let alone a big bug like Zhao Dong?

Two hours later, the Spurs suffered another defeat at home.

Zhao Dong defeated the young general Johnson, and then frequently attacked the Spurs inside. Robinson, the focus of his attack, committed three fouls in the first quarter, leaving Duncan alone.

The Spurs also tried their best and did not hesitate to use role players to foul Zhao Dong. Zhao Dong got 32 free throw opportunities and made 30 of them, beating the Spurs with his free throws.

Neither Duncan nor Robinson lasted until the end. The former committed six fouls in the third minute of the fourth quarter, while the latter only lasted until the third quarter.

112:85, the Knicks defeated the G4 game by 27 points, leading the Spurs by a big score of three to one and getting the match point.

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