The Whip of the God of Basketball

In the away locker room at Conseco Arena, Leon looks at himself in the bathroom mirror, just like in that bar bathroom three years ago, with disheveled hair and two bloodstains an inch across his face and 1.3 inches. The tie was ripped off, the first button on the collar came off, the right side of the suit creaked off the thread.

Look at my hands again, the joints are red because of the full blow, the hands and arms are trembling slightly because of the excessive force, and the heart is also beating violently. Although he has been exercising, Leon really hasn't And people started.

In fact, when he started, the blood rushed to his brain, but his mind was still quite calm. He could quickly judge the other party's intentions and react accordingly, but his body couldn't keep up with his brain, otherwise he wouldn't be able to see the opponent now. It looks so embarrassing.

However, a group of black and white men over 6 feet 4 swarmed up, and it was amazing to be able to run out, and needless to say, they each received at least one punch.

Leon turned on the tap to wash the wound, only a small scratch was not a problem, then he took a comb from the side, combed the messy hair neatly, took off the torn and wrinkled coat and threw it on the On the side, he re-tied his tie, tidied up his shirt, and finally rinsed his hands with cold water.

After walking out of the bathroom, the team doctor who followed Leon back to the locker room immediately cleaned Leon's wound, and then applied some disinfectant ointment. Although it was only a small scratch, since Magic Johnson retired due to AIDS , the league pays special attention to the treatment of small and medium-sized wounds in these fierce confrontations, so as to prevent infectious diseases or wound infections from causing damage to players.

"It's a big deal... I've only seen such a thing once in the NBA for so many years... But the one who was beaten was the coach..." Team doctor Lesette said while applying medicine to Leon. Lessert has been with the Boston Celtics since 1987 and has spent 16 years in the league as the team's chief sports injury protector.

When he came to the Celtics, it was the time when the team was sunset and there was only a sliver of light left. At that time, it was their injuries that destroyed the Celtics, so Leicester was able to rely on his rich Professional experience and superb medical skills were hired by the Celtics. During his 15 years in office, although the Celtics had poor results, the players did not have too serious injuries, such as the catastrophic situation in the 1987 season It never happened again.

Leicester has treated many players, protected them, and popularized science, but it is the first time in 15 years that he treated the coach of the team, and the reason for the coach's injury was because of a fight with the opposing player... and it seems that he It seems that I have won...

"Who was it last time?" Leon asked after listening to Lysette's words.

"Collins, the head coach of the Bulls at the time, when they were playing against the Pistons, you know the reputation of the Pistons at that time, Rick Mahon pulled down Jordan's layup, and then Oakley rushed up, and the two sides clashed. The Bulls Collins, the head coach, was also impatient, and wanted to go up to accuse Ma Hong, but in the end... Heh, he was knocked down by Ma Hong in the end, and the two sides did not fight in the end.” Lesette recalled a conflict incident in 1988, In his memory, when he first entered the NBA in the late 1980s, almost every NBA game had conflicts on the court, especially the teams in the old industrial areas in the north-east of the Middle East, such as the Pistons, Bulls, and 76ers. Including the Celtics.

The Pistons were naturally the source of the war. At that time, Leicester felt that playing against the Pistons was simply a war for the Celtics.

"It's different now. Everyone is much better, richer, and famous. Of course, you have to pay attention to your words and deeds. Superstars are all good babies and gentlemen... But you are the first case. Get ready for the end of the game The next press conference, and the suspension will definitely come, but I don’t know how it will be sentenced, and I’m ready to apologize.” Lesette applied the medicine to Leon and put away his things, and said to Leon with earnestness. Based on his experience, the league will definitely punish him severely for such an unprecedented head-coach brawl. It's okay for the players to be angry and conflicted on the field, but what's the matter with a coach who is polite and directing from the side beats the players?

"I'm fine...I'll prepare for the press conference, but I don't think I'll apologize. Unless the Pacers players apologize to the Celtics players first." Leon looked at Leicester and said Said in an indisputable tone.

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The sudden conflict on the court plunged the game into chaos. After nearly 10 minutes of turmoil, the two sides finally recovered calm. The head coach of the Celtics was sent off, while for the Pacers, Artest became the The victim is sent off.

Originally trying to restrain himself, he did not conflict with the opposing Pierce. Seeing the opponent's coach and the team's boss Miller confronting each other and even making a move, he wanted to go up and restrain Leon, but he didn't expect Leon to open a radius of one meter to the Pacers. In the mode of just hitting, he was blinded by two punches, and then Pierce dragged him behind, so until Leon was pulled away, he couldn't get up from the ground.

In the end, the unlucky Artest could only droop his head and follow the guard to leave the court.

On the contrary, the instigator of the conflict, Reggie Miller, remained on the court. After all, he only spoke but did not act. It was just that after being punched twice, Miller was obviously a little dazed, and his expression was a little dull on the court. I stopped talking trash, and the court became much quieter all of a sudden.

On the other hand, Dave Cowens replaced Leon as the team's interim head coach. During the timeout after the conflict, he took over the tactical board and began to ask the players to play according to his wishes.

"We are maintaining the lead now, forget about the conflict just now, forget about those factors that are not good for us, and put our attention back on the game. We must start with defense and not give the Pacers the opportunity to use the chaos to chase points. This is very important. It is important, especially our insiders, we must pay attention to their low post, our outside line will not double-team the low post, so PJ, you have to handle those singles by yourself..." Cowens also has many years of head coaching experience, so take When it comes to the tactical board, he is not at all afraid, and can calmly analyze the current situation on the field and assign tasks.

However, now the Celtics players are not interested in listening to Cowens's conservative and stable tactical arrangements. Like Arenas, Michael Reed, Paul Pierce and even Wang Zhizhi, all they think about is Next, how to beat the Pacers in the game, use three-pointers, dunks, and blocks to destroy the Pacers in front of 20,000 Pacers fans in the Conseco Arena.

The Celtics players have endured the roughness and harassment of the Pacers players for most of the game, as well as the referee's biased judgments. It's just the quality of professional players and the team's consistent style of work that make the players hold back their anger In my heart, I want to use basketball to defeat the opponent.

But as the saying goes, there is no need to bear it anymore, Leon shattered the arrogance of the Pacers with his iron fist, making them no longer dare to be brutal and rude, and at the same time greatly boosted the morale of the team. Dare to stand out like this, what else do their players have to be afraid of? Although there is a price to pay for all this, the young Celtics have found bloody strength in Fox Leon's fist.

After returning to the field after the timeout, Pierce called several players on the field together and formed a circle. Everyone's heads leaned on their heads and shoulders leaned on their shoulders. Pierce said in his hoarse voice: "We can't let the coach just like this." Sent off, we can't watch the opponent still stand in front of us like that, we can't use fists, then use basketball to destroy them!"

After finishing speaking, Arenas, Reid, Dalembert, PJ-Brown and Pierce raised their fists together, as if through their fists, they could feel the energy left by Fox Leon.

In the ensuing game, Michael Reid bit Reggie Miller on the defensive end like crazy, and looked for every opportunity to beat Miller one-on-one on the offensive end. Poor old Miller was 37 years old, first beaten for his bad mouth, and then ravaged by the young and strong Reid. Although Reid respected the legendary Indiana star off the court, he couldn't stand what Miller said to Leon tonight, and couldn't stand Leon being sent off because of him.

The entire Celtics arm did not follow the arrangement of Cowens steadily, but as if they were not leading by 10 points but behind by 10 points, desperately grabbing rebounds, desperately fighting, desperately defending and desperately breaking through, Pierce Throwing himself inside as always, PJ-Brown blocked everyone who dared to enter the penalty area more fiercely, Dalembert tried hard to grab every floor ball, Arenas did not miss any chance of fast break .

On the contrary, the Pacers, who had been beaten by most of the team, completely lost their momentum, especially their soul Reggie Miller, Fox Leon's cold eyes and fierce skill when he punched were always in his mind As a shooter, he can't concentrate all the time. Not to mention there's also a little madman Reed haunting him.

At the end of the third quarter, the Celtics opened the point difference to 16 points. In the fourth quarter, the Celtics continued to fight the Pacers to death. They once opened the point difference to 21 points, Pierce alone Scoring 37 points alone, Reid scored 18 points, 3 steals and 2 blocks in the second half. He spared no effort on the defensive end.

After entering garbage time, Cowens tried to replace Reed, but was rejected by Reid. He said: "I will stay on the court and watch the Pacers lose the game."

Siegfried said to Cowens: "Let him go, everyone should have a little faith. The game is over early, we'd better figure out how to deal with the next thing with Fox..."

The headless raptors of the Celtics forcibly crossed the big river of the Conseco Arena, but they relied on one breath, and they could not accept the days without a head.