Chapter 355

The league finally announced the penalty decision at noon the day after the Eastern Conference pivotal battle.

This is the attitude the NBA headquarters should have, and they even gave a detailed investigation report.

The public opinion on this matter is too big.

Moreover, it will directly affect the direction of this season's finals.

Especially after the situation in the East gradually became clear.

The specific penalties are: Dwight Howard was suspended for 1 additional game and fined 2000 US dollars. Kwame Brown was suspended for 2 additional games and fined 5000 US dollars. Jimmy Butler was suspended for 4 additional games and fined US dollars. Chris Paul was suspended for 7 additional games and fined US dollars.

Paul's additional suspension is a combination of two penalties. The league added 2 games for his stepping behavior, and added 5 games for his elbowing Kwame Brown and fighting with Jimmy Butler.

Judging from the penalty standards, it is consistent.

But both the Lakers and the Clippers are very dissatisfied.

Both expressed protests and appeals upward.

The Lakers believe that the league's penalty for the Clippers is too light, while the Clippers believe that this penalty is too heavy.

The general perception of the media on this additional ticket is: the league left room, but not much. And the penalty standard is consistent and fair.

For the Clippers, the landing of this boot means they are struggling in the finals.

Famous ball commentator and master of mouth cannon Bill Simmons even jumped out and said: Jimmy Butler got a legal vacation. By the time he returns from suspension, the finals will be over. My suggestion is that he can book his vacation tickets in advance now.

Of course, a small number of people firmly said: "The Clippers will survive this difficulty. As long as they win one victory in the first four games, they have a chance to drag the game into Game 7, and Fan Xi is best at key performances in key battles."

The schedule of the finals is different from other series in the playoffs. It is a 2-3-2 system. To a certain extent, this system is more favorable to the team with a weaker regular season record than 2-2-1-1-1.

However, the Clippers' reduction in personnel is too serious.

Especially Jimmy Butler will return in the fifth game. If they meet the Heat, the Heat's wing line is the strongest active partner, and can even compete with Jordan and Pippen for the strongest in history.

There are many rumors in the Los Angeles media, which is the sour mentality of Lakers supporters after being eliminated.

Fan Xi slowly became peaceful.

He even invited Yao, Novitski, Hill, Billups, Hamilton, and Vince Carter to go fishing together.

This is an activity for old guys.

"We are mostly playing the Miami Heat."

A group of people sat by the calm lake, chatting, this is a very comfortable scene, and also very quiet. Not far away, the security personnel of the big stars are examining the surrounding environment, and the chefs brought are cooking exquisite lunch for them.

Being rich is happy everywhere.

"The Heat is nothing to be afraid of." Novitski bit an apple from Asia and said indifferently: "If it was the Dallas Mavericks who entered the finals last season, we could easily eat them bite by bite."

Fan Xi has no doubt about this.

Novitski has a great psychological advantage over the Big Three.

"Actually, there is nothing to worry about, Jack. We old guys haven't been idle, we have been recovering our condition all season, and now, it's time to let those young guys rest," Billups said on the side.

Vince Carter, Hamilton, and Grant Hill on the side nodded repeatedly.

These people are all heroes of the time.

Although some of them have never played in the finals, they have seen many big scenes.

"Chauncey, I'm not a young kid," Stephen Nash complained on the side.

Billups shook his big head. This man nicknamed "Flounder" actually debuted later than Nash. Nash was in 96, Billups was the third pick in 97, and Billups was also two years younger than Nash.

"Who told you to steal my playing time," Billups said pretending to be angry. Then he was full of pride: It's time to let them know my strength, I didn't come to Los Angeles to eat for free. I am Mr. Big Shot, I am the Finals MVP!

Billups was full of pride.

While talking, his fishing rod was pulled away by a big fish. He hurriedly collected the rod in a panic and almost fell into the water, making everyone laugh.

However, he soon caught a big fish weighing more than 10 pounds.

He boasted: "I have always been a winner."

Everyone laughed for a while, Grant Hill stood by the lake and felt emotional: "I never dreamed that my first trip to the finals would come like this. This is the wish I wanted to achieve most in my career."

"For the championship, I have prepared psychologically to burn everything."

Grant Hill said firmly.

His knife-cut face was hung with unprecedented firm belief.

For this former Jordan successor, perhaps his legendary story has long dissipated in people's dusty memories, perhaps for young fans, this person should have retired due to injury many years ago, perhaps what he left behind is just an image of high salary and low ability.

But for Grant Hill, all the past twists and turns are real, and the initial belief has always been firmly condensed in his heart.

Now, the greatest and most outstanding superstar of Duke University is going to fight for the most dazzling honor of his career.

"Me too."

Yao Ming echoed softly on the side.

For Yao Ming, he is already a player who has "died" once, experienced retirement and return, and every game is extra earned. Now that there is another opportunity to win the championship, why not fight for it?

He doesn't want to sit on the bench and wait for opportunities anymore.

He doesn't want to play every game by the watch anymore.

He has emphasized this topic with Fan Xi many times. Since Kwame Brown was injured, he has requested additional training from the coaching staff and physical team again.

But he didn't get satisfied.

Fan Xi will not satisfy him either.

"Fishing is clearly a thing to cultivate one's character, why is it turned into a swearing-in meeting by you old guys."

Fan Xi teased everyone unhappily.

"Let's talk about something relaxing. Hey, Vince, I heard your wife is pregnant again?"

"You didn't delay anything at all." Fan Xi teased Carter.

Carter said to Fan Xi: "Jack, you should also hurry up. At your age, most of us are already fathers."

Fan Xi shrugged his shoulders. He didn't want to talk about having children. He is not an expert in this regard. Moreover, in Fan Xi's impression, it seems that only black people have children so early, often becoming fathers in their teens.

Then, he started to change the topic.

"Let's guess what kind of gossip TMZ will break out on Friday. I heard it's an unprecedented explosive news, Leonardo told me, it will be a Hollywood superstar."

Fan Xi said: "But he guaranteed it wasn't him, he said his relationship has been stable recently, and there is no big news."

Even these millionaires and billionaires are gossipy. They started to explore who hit the muzzle of Hollywood's largest media website.

Although on Friday night, they might have already boarded a plane to Chicago or Miami.

It is Tuesday now.

Tonight is the sixth game of the Eastern Conference Finals. If there is a seventh game, it will be on Thursday.

The sixth game of the Eastern Conference Finals was held at the United Center.

On the way back from fishing, Fan Xi had a phone call with Derrick Rose for more than 20 minutes. Fan Xi told Rose on the phone: Slow down the rhythm, don't play fast with them. Although you are fast and you are unstoppable, your teammates don't follow up in time. Occasional sneak attacks and counterattacks are okay. However, don't expect you to kill LeBron and Wade alone.

"Let Caron Butler top James. If James wants to back-to-back single, Luol Deng will double-team appropriately. His back-to-back single technique is not brilliant, it's just a combination of strength, speed, and explosive power. As long as you find the key, he will give up this attack point himself."

Fan Xi gave a lot of suggestions.

Fan Xi's basketball IQ is very high. Moreover, his back-to-back single technique is very gorgeous, which is inherited from Michael Jordan.

In the evening, Fan Xi sat in front of the television, Taylor Swift sat in his arms, they had just completed a very intense and perfect communication.

Now Taylor has no strength, she lay happily in Fan Xi's arms, watching this game with Fan Xi.

"Jack, they say this year's finals will be difficult for you, because the Lakers' guards used conspiracies to make you lose three players, right?"

Taylor Swift also pays attention to basketball news. In fact, she is a shareholder of the Clippers.

But she really doesn't care much.

She only cares about the dividends every year.

When Fan Xi told her that after the Western Conference Finals, the Clippers' valuation climbed to 2 billion US dollars, and her investment valuation easily tripled, she was startled.

However, what Taylor didn't know was that once Fan Xi announced the agreement reached with Time Warner, the Clippers' market value would soar again.

But Fan Xi decided to wait until before the third game of the finals to announce this matter.

He hoped to complete this ceremony at home.

The game on TV started soon.

Joakim Noah was very excited, he even imitated Kevin Garnett roaring at the beginning.

He is an energy kid.

Every team needs an extroverted energy releaser like him. He is the important defensive core of the Bulls, and he has strong support ability. He plays an extremely important role in Thibodeau's system.

At the beginning, he won the jump ball against Camby.

Then, he used a beautiful screen to run back and kill into the paint area, receiving Rose's pass to complete the alley-oop.

This ball once again proved that even after Miami got Marcus Camby, an elite defensive center, there is still an opportunity to take advantage of.

Joakim Noah's performance is still continuing. When Wade shook off Luol Deng's defense and killed into the paint area, intending to complete the finish with his side-side layup, Joakim Noah flew over from one side, slapped the basketball away, and hit Bosh's shoulder and bounced out of the court.

One attack and one defense, Joakim Noah made the scene boil.

The home morale exploded.

At this time, Fan Xi was thinking, the Bulls are very likely to really drag the game into overtime.

The following game can show that the Bulls are indeed absorbing Fan Xi's experience.

They really used Caron Butler to switch defense against James, and used Luol Deng to track Wade, which had a certain effect. And Rose is also lowering his speed, he is changing his rhythm to humiliate his old opponent Mario Chalmers... The most regrettable thing about Rose's college career is that he was buzzer-beated by Chalmers in the NCAA finals.

Originally, Rose's college career could be as perfect as Carmelo Anthony's, leading the school to win the NCAA championship as a freshman and getting the MOP. (Among active players, Carmelo Anthony's college career is the most legendary. It may also be unprecedented.)

However, it was still a little bit short.

Rose used his talent to constantly create offensive opportunities for the Bulls. Although both sides played as ugly as a meat grinder, Taylor was drowsy in Fan Xi's arms.

However, there are still many highlights.

In terms of tactics, there are even outstanding works that make Fan Xi applaud.

The level of both sides is very high.

Rose made Fan Xi couldn't help but be secretly shocked. He felt that the title of the three major superstars of the new generation in the league is well-deserved.

Durant is a terrifying god of death. He is the strongest offensive weapon in the league today, none of them. Although his offensive means are not as good as Kobe, Anthony, etc., his height, arm span, and soft feel are enough to make all defenders sigh.

Derrick Rose now shows another extreme. He is a 191-tall Iverson. At the same time, he also has a bit of Gary Payton's feeling, and a bit of Jason Kidd's passing taste... He has shown the breakthrough dual-energy guard to another realm.

The terrifying thing is that he is still improving.

Since he mastered the slow-fast switch in place, and his body became more and more flexible, he has entered another field.

Fan Xi believes that he will become a figure who opens a school, and his future achievements will definitely surpass Allen Iverson.

The fatal thing is that this guy's mid-range is getting more and more accurate now. His stop-and-go jump shot is like a precision-guided sight.

Within three years, the Bulls will definitely surpass the Heat.

Fan Xi made a conclusion in his heart.

The rise of the Chicago Bulls is already unstoppable.

After the first half, the Bulls led 48:45 by 3 points.

The United Center was boiling.

Fan Xi saw Taylor Swift asleep, so he hugged her, who was limp like mud, upstairs, put her back on the bed, covered her with a quilt, and he went to take a shower himself.

When he returned to the living room and sat on the sofa.

The Miami Heat actually overtook by 6 points.

And launched a rapid impact with a posture of sweeping the army.

When James completed the attack with a domineering axe dunk.

Fan Xi said: Where is Joakim Noah? Why don't you change Noah to the court yet.

At this time, it is the fifth minute of the third quarter.

Then, Fan Xi heard the anchor on the television saying: "Joakim Noah shouldn't be so impulsive. If he is still on the court now, he can suppress the momentum of the Miami Heat."

What? Was Joakim Noah ejected?

What did I miss? What exactly happened?

Fan Xi hurriedly opened his laptop to search for relevant information.

When he saw the ins and outs, he was startled first, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.