Chapter 152 The Sick Artest
The Grizzlies' home court was very at ease. After all, they had three matches against the Spurs before, but the Spurs lost. At that time, there was at least one Elliott in the Spurs lineup. Now that Ultra is gone, there is only Elliott.
Although Elliott's condition has declined sharply due to illness, he is better than Mario Elli, and the overall strength of the Spurs has obviously declined a little.
The game on the court has begun, and Jiang Dongbing doesn't think that the Spurs will be the opponent of the Grizzlies. He sits leisurely on the bench and watches the game silently.
At the beginning of the game, the two inside towers of both sides were full of anger. Of course, this anger was mainly between O'O and the Admiral. David and Duncan both had expressionless expressions.
Since Xiao Ao has become the All-Star, he is now full of confidence. To put it bluntly, he is a little bit inflated.
However, Jiang Dongbing didn't think this was a bad thing. The player's self-confidence is very important. Many times, a player who is timid and unconfident will never have any big prospects.
The inflated O's faced Robinson, one of the four centers at the beginning, with an extremely strong offensive desire. He successfully dunked Robinson's defensive dunk at the basket at the beginning.
This also angered Robinson. As a fossil-level veteran of the league today, Robinson could not tolerate such provocations, and his hands became more and more powerful.
Xiao Ao is not to be outdone. It is Xiao Ao at the peak of golden age. His physical fitness is not comparable to that of the old Robinson. He has an advantage in hand-to-hand combat at the basket.
David had a strange expression. Robinson was the center forward and he should have played against him. As a result, after the game started, Robinson ignored him directly, but Duncan was always following him.
The confrontation between the two inside towers on the field is definitely the most luxurious inside combination in the league today. No team can find such a strong double tower lineup, which will feast the eyes of those fans who like inside.
Jiang Dongbing is also the kind of fan who likes the inside, and now he is watching the game on the court with relish.
The double tower duel, to be precise, this game has already had a four tower duel. From the scene, the Grizzlies must have a slight advantage? But this advantage cannot be converted into a winning position.
But if the Grizzlies' outside lineup is included, then the Grizzlies are actually sure to win this game? The Spurs' outside lineup is too shabby compared with the Grizzlies.
The first half ended? The Grizzlies won the 11-point difference easily, which is really an understatement? You should know that Jackson was in poor form tonight, and he only hit once with five three-point shots.
This situation? The only thing Jiang Dongbing needs to do is prepare to harvest this victory.
After winning the Spurs? The Grizzlies have six regular season games in the next, and their opponents are not strong enough, so it will definitely be easy to win. At that time, the Grizzlies will complete a perfect regular season schedule.
After the regular season is over? The playoffs are about to begin? Jiang Dongbing has already begun to plan the Grizzlies' playoff journey this year.
Because there are only six games left, the regular season rankings have been generally confirmed.
There is no need for much attention in the East. The Pacers led by Bird should be the strongest team in the East. They have a high chance to enter the finals.
And here in the West? The Grizzlies undoubtedly have firmly ranked first, and the Lakers ranked second? Their record this year is also quite outstanding, and they can win at least 65 games. If the Grizzlies weren't too buggy, the Lakers would definitely win the regular season championship this year.
Behind the Lakers are the Trail Blazers and the Jazz? Both teams have slightly better records than the Spurs? But to be honest, they are actually similar.
The Grizzlies are the first tier of the Western Conference, the Lakers are the second tier, and the Trail Blazers, Jazz and Spurs are the third tier. As for the remaining three playoff teams, they are almost the Suns, Timberwolves and the Supersonics.
In other words, the Grizzlies will play against the Supersonics in the first round of this year. After advancing, they will either play against the Jazz or the Spurs, then the West Finals against the Lakers, and then the Finals against the Pacers.
Basically, there is no difficulty in playing time. The only difficulty is the Western Conference Finals series against the Lakers. However, the Lakers were shaved by the Grizzlies in the regular season. Now, if you want to say that the Lakers can overthrow the Grizzlies in the Western Conference Finals, no one believes that, maybe even the Lakers themselves may not believe that such a miracle will happen.
It can be said that Jiang Dongbing's second championship is just around the corner.
Just as Jiang Dongbing was thinking, there was a sudden change on the field, Artest and Billups replaced defense, defending the Spurs' main control of the young general Avery Johnson's breakthrough.
Logically speaking, this is just an extraordinary scene in the game. The young general is an extremely rare point guard who has no ability to make a 3-pointer. This season, he averaged only 0.1 three-pointers and his shooting percentage was only 11%. It is not an exaggeration to say that he does not have the ability to make a 3-pointer.
Without three-pointers, breakthroughs and central shots are naturally the young general's main offensive methods. Although the Spurs have double towers, it is impossible for all attacks to be handled by double towers. The outside players must still share the burden.
The young general was only 178 cm tall. After breaking through to the basket, he scored two points for the Spurs with extremely difficult points.
But at the moment of scoring, Artest raised his big black elbow and hit the young general's face with one elbow.
The elbow was extremely powerful. Jiang Dongbing could hear the sound of flesh thumping while sitting on the sidelines. In just a moment, the young general fell to the ground in pain while covering his cheeks.
What kind of body is Artest? It is definitely at the level of a beast. The young general is actually better than that of an ordinary person. Think about what kind of scene would it be if a beast like Artest had an elbow on the face of an ordinary person?
Everyone was stunned and didn't know what was going on the field.
Jiang Dongbing secretly said something bad was happening, Artest was probably sick...
The players on the court were stunned. They were on the court and didn't see any conflict between Artest and the young general. It was just a normal offensive and defensive round. No one expected Artest to suddenly take such a ruthless move.
Billups even had a cold back, and he was completely scared. If the elbow was on his head, would he see God on the spot?
After a brief moment of stunned silence, the Spurs players were furious. Such a dirty elbow hit and elbowed their locker room leaders for no reason. How could they bear it?
Although the young general is not very strong, he is not very strong in his size, but in the Spurs locker room, he is a leader-like figure. Now he is hit by a murderous elbow like Artest, and the admiral rushed directly to Artest.
"Dududu!" The referee blew thunderously, and he knew that things were going on.
Jackson quickly pushed Artest to the sidelines and blocked him behind him, while David, who was inside, hugged Robinson and stopped him from rushing towards Artest.
Jackson looked embarrassed. If his players were bullied, he would definitely have to rush his arms to fight. But now he is embarrassed. His players are unreasonable, and he can't even say he is unreasonable. This is already a murder-level incident.
So what should I do now? Help Artest beat Robinson who was attacking him? This is too unkind.
Besides, if a veteran like Robinson, his own group of young men rushed to beat them up, they would definitely leave a bad reputation and a young man who was not virtuous in the future.
David didn't think so much, he just didn't want the situation on the field to become more complicated.
After being hugged by David, Robinson wanted to break free like a crazy bull, but how could he break free when facing the terrifying power of the Great Power Tianlong?
Duncan was also angry, but he was still rational. He first checked the situation of the young general on the floor.
Jiang Dongbing rushed to the court, not caring about the NBA's punishment, so he had to calm the matter down quickly.
Although this matter cannot be settled so simply, at least it cannot make the situation even more difficult.
"Calm down, Ron, calm down!"
"Listen to my orders and go back to the bench!" Jiang Dongbing held Artest's face in both hands and said seriously word by word.
Not to mention others, even the perpetrator Artest himself was stunned for a moment. Maybe he didn't expect why he took such a ruthless move.
Robinson still refused to let go, his eyes were red. His old teammates who were with him day and night were treated like this. Jiang Dongbing felt that if he had been, he would definitely be more extraordinary than Robinson.
Not only Robinson, but also after other Spurs players came to their senses, they all looked at Artest angrily.
Jiang Dongbing immediately spoke, "Calm down, calm down!"
"Sorry, it's our players' fault. Calm down and we are willing to take all the responsibility."
In order to calm the anger of the Spurs players, Jiang Dongbing admitted his mistake without saying a word. He really couldn't admit it. No matter who would have judged the incident just now, even if it was a hardcore Grizzlies fans, it would definitely be Artest's fault.
I'm afraid that it's Artest's family, so I will never favor Artest.
The nature is really bad, so bad that Jiang Dongbing's scalp is numb. He still doesn't know what the situation of the young general is. If he is seriously injured, Artest will definitely be in a miserable state.
After hearing Jiang Dongbing's words, the anger of the Spurs players calmed down a little, and the referee blew whistle and blocked wildly. After a moment of confrontation, both sides began to get out.
Artest sat on the sidelines, lowering his head and silently. None of the other Grizzlies players went up to talk to Artest because they also felt Artest was too much.
"Ron, you go back to the locker room first. After the game is over, I will have a good chat with you." Jiang Dongbing sighed and said to Artest.
In fact, even if Jiang Dongbing doesn't let him go back to the locker room, the referee will definitely make such a punishment.
"Coach, what happened to Ron? How could he do such a thing?" Team captain Jackson said with a puzzled look on his face.
"Ron has always been quite strange. You don't know. I almost broke my ribs by him in a training session!"
The person who said this was definitely not the leader of the Qiao, but a marginal player of the Grizzlies. Although the leader of the Qiao was also broken by Artest during training...
Jiang Dongbing waved his hand, "Don't mention this matter for the time being. Think about how to calm the Spurs' anger."
"We are completely unreasonable in this matter. Let's give up this game. After making such a big mess, we should give someone an explanation."
Of course, Jiang Dongbing would not think that giving up this game would calm the Spurs' anger. If Artest played the Spurs' marginal player, then this may not be that serious.
The key is that the young general is the leader of the Spurs locker room, the old brother of Robinson, Duncan's good brother, and Popovich's favorite disciple. He will be an assistant coach for Popovich in the future, and even later stepping out of the Spurs to be the only one side, so this matter is too serious.
No matter what, Jiang Dongbing still felt that he had to lower his posture. They didn't care if they said the matter was unreasonable.
The Grizzlies players heard that they were going to give up this game, but they had no idea. After all, such a thing happened, and no one paid attention to the outcome of a game.
In fact, the Grizzlies' record now has no effect on winning one game or losing one game. If it can make the Spurs players feel better, then give up.
The young general has been carried off the court on a stretcher. No one knows the specific situation and can only wait for the post-match press conference.
The game started again, and all the main players on the Grizzlies were placed on the bench. Jiang Dongbing found several marginal players to play.
Jiang Dongbing actually had the idea of giving up this game and was worried that the situation would further expand.
Now the Spurs players are already angry, and in the next game time, players on both sides will inevitably have conflicts. For example, O'O and Robinson, who had friction at the beginning, will be difficult to end if they fight again in the game.
As Jiang Dongbing predicted, the Spurs players were red in their eyes. When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, the Grizzlies, who were still 11 points in the first half, lost to the Spurs 31 points after the game...
This is the second game the Grizzlies lost this season, and it is also the most game that Jiang Dongbing has lost since coaching the Grizzlies.
The game ended and the Spurs players left the court directly.
Jiang Dongbing was thinking about what to do next. Artest's nature was too bad this time. If the young general was fine, it would be fine. If something happened to the young general, Artest would be done.
The young general himself is not a devilish and petite person, and he is not young anymore. Now he is still thrusting away at the age of 36. He was so powerful that he was so elbowed by a wild beast like Artest. Jiang Dongbing thought about it and felt his head hurt.
After returning to the locker room with the depressed generals, Jiang Dongbing saw Artest sitting on the bench with guilt on his face, rubbing his fingers constantly on the corner of his clothes, looking a little helpless.
"You all go out and wait a little longer, I'll have a good chat with Ron." Jiang Dongbing sighed and said.
The generals pushed the door and walked out of the locker room, while Jiang Dongbing sat next to Artest.
"Man, what's going on? What's going on on the field? Why did you do that?" Jiang Dongbing asked slowly.
"Coach, I don't know either. At that time, I just felt my head blank, and then I felt like my body was out of control..." Artest said guiltily.
Jiang Dongbing nodded. Artest was really sick, just as he guessed.
As a patient with severe bipolar disorder, Artest has actually done such similar things many times throughout his career, but Jiang Dongbing did not take it seriously. He only thought that Artest was not under such great pressure under his command and the chance of getting an illness was much smaller.
Chapter completed!