Rushing back to Memphis overnight, the plane landed steadily.
"What a close call, I finally came back alive." Conley patted his chest.
"Conley, you can't be promising. Look at Li Tian, how calm he is. The plane has landed and he's still not responding." Seeing that Li Tian still didn't react, Gasol stood up and tried to pull Li Tian up.
"Hahaha, Paul, Li is asleep." Lori almost laughed.
"Ah, we're here? How come it's so fast? I just fell asleep." What Li Tian didn't know was that after the coach finished talking to him, he had been sleeping until now.
"You are such a pig." After Gasol left the sentence, he got off the plane.
Li Tian is indeed too tired. He and Garnett have been fighting hand-to-hand under the basket. How can he not be tired?
…
As usual, Li Tian got up early and looked at the sunshine outside the window. He chose to practice Tai Chi.
Tai Chi has brought great changes to Li Tian recently, not only in defense, but also in offense.
For example, in the confrontation with Garnett in the last game, although I am still relatively weak in strength, I can use Tai Chi's combination of strength and softness, borrowing force and other tricks to borrow Garnett's strength. If you use it, Garnett will fail every time.
The steps and feel behind the basket are also the same, and they have become softer.
Li Tian spent the whole morning emptying himself.
After finishing the Tai Chi practice, I instantly felt much more relaxed.
After finishing, we drove to the training hall.
…
What he didn't know was that because of the fight, domestic and foreign websites had exploded.
Li Tian KO Pierce and Rondo, after a night of fermentation, completely detonated the entire league.
Mr. Stern, also dragging his tired body, summoned the league management overnight to start the fight. Punishment needs to be issued as soon as possible.
"How do you think we should punish the players involved in the fight this time?" Stern looked at the candidates he had trained for the next president.
'Joke' said, "That Chinese player should be severely punished. His behavior was too violent. It destroyed the image of the league that the league has always built. It also injured the current star Pierce. I think it must not be tolerated."
"What do you think?" During this period, Stern had absolute authority in the league, and no one could violate his words.
Everyone was hesitating and couldn't come up with an idea. Only one person said, "I think both sides are at fault for playing fifty. If we really want to pursue the case, the main responsibility lies with the Celtics. They made the first move. And that rookie could only be acting in self-defense."
Glancing at the 'joke', Stern had a hint of disappointment in his eyes.
He knew that the vice president he had trained for a long time only thought about making money, but did not consider long-term interests and needed training.
The two parties had different opinions and started a quarrel.
The originally quiet conference room turned into a market place in an instant. What's more, the competition was so intense that the management, who regarded themselves as gentlemen, almost went into battle shirtless.
No one can convince anyone.
"Everyone, be quiet. Both sides are wrong. Don't be biased just because he is Asian. The NBA is a world-class basketball league, not a league of beautiful countries. We must remember this. What we want to face is worldwide."
Stern was still very angry about Ainge breaking the league rules to form the Big Three, so he just seized this opportunity to punish Ainge and let him know who is the master of this alliance.
Soon the league's official website issued penalties for the fight.
"Celtics players: Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo were suspended for three games each, each fined $30,000, and required eight hours of community service; Grizzlies player: Li Tian was suspended for five games and fined $50,000. ,10 hours of community service.”
As soon as the league's punishment was announced, it caused a huge wave.
The Celtics protested against this punishment, believing that Pierce and Rondo should not be punished, and that the punishment for Li Tian was too light, and that Li Tian's punishment should be increased.
Not long after the Celtics' official website protested, the league quickly took action again. In response to the Celtics' public accusation that the league's punishment was unfair, it imposed another penalty and fined the Celtics $100,000.
As soon as this news came out, no management among the 30 teams in the league dared to question the league's punishment.
The league has imposed penalties again, obviously to maintain its prestige and to warn some teams.
Voices about increasing the punishment for Li Tian gradually disappeared among various teams.
However, the debate between the fans of the two teams and the Chinese fans has just begun.
"The league's punishment is unfair. Why did Rondo strike first, but Li Tian was punished the most?" Chinese fans were the first to question.
Stern can punish the team, but he cannot control the fans. He also hopes that more Chinese fans will stand up and speak for Li Tian, and these fans will become loyal fans of the NBA in the future.
"No, that Chinese guy is too cruel and should be suspended for a season." Green Army fan.
The neutral party also expressed his opinion, "Haha, how can you have the nerve to speak up, strike first, and get KO'd after a two-on-one fight? How can you still have the nerve to stand up and ask for a season ban?"
"Green Army fans, stop pushing. If you push Li Tian for one season, Pierce and Rondo should be suspended for at least 50 games. The Celtics will be finished this season."
"Uh... for the sake of the championship, you'd better endure it." a Green Army fan.
"Hahaha, this is the championship. Even the Grizzlies couldn't beat them, and they were slaughtered by others for 25 points. Only our lake is the championship." One of the 6 billion Komi.
Fans' discussion cannot affect the league's punishment, nor can it change the fact that Li Tian has been suspended.
...
After arriving at the training hall, I saw that other Grizzlies players had already arrived at the training hall.
Li Tian was very surprised. This group of people often came to training because they were stuck. Could it be that there was something wrong with the sun today?
I turned around and took a look at the sun. It was still in the sky. There was nothing wrong.
"Hi, man, nothing happened to the sun today. Why did you come to the arena so early?" Li Tian did not forget to tease Gasol.
"Li, don't you know? Give me your bank card number?" Gasol directly asked for the bank card number.
"Gasol, you finally realized your conscience, are you going to pay for me to buy gifts for everyone?" Li Tian was overjoyed and quickly started writing his bank card number.
"Go away, have you been ready?" Gasol was angry. Li Tian even had the memories, so he started writing directly.
"Paul, what's wrong? You just want to buy me some gifts. It doesn't cost much, so they can just spend it casually." Li Tian looked at everyone with a smile.
"Li, you can't handle my gift, or I won't pass a ball to you next time you meet the Green Army. Just wait." Hearing that Li Tian wanted to fool them, Conley quit.
"Conley, it seems that I grabbed many of the assists you sent out. Are you sure you don't want to pass the ball to me?" Li Tian didn't care about Conley's words at all.
"Uh, okay, I'll just pass the ball to you." Before he finished speaking.
"Pfft." Hearing Conley's words, everyone couldn't help laughing.
Gasol was puzzled. Could this guy really not know that he was punished and suspended by the league?
"Lee, you are suspended for five games and fined US$50,000."
"Um, Lori, what did you say, how much is the fine? My ears are not good, please say it again."
Lori held out a hand.
"Oh my God, the fine is 50,000 yuan. My salary this year is only 440,000 yuan. After excluding taxes, there is not much money left." Li Tian counted on his fingers.
"By the way, I would like to remind you that during the suspension period, your salary will not be paid." Conley reminded Li Tian kindly.
"Conley, I want to duel Conley with you. Why don't you pay me my salary even though I'm suspended? You're a bunch of hateful capitalists." As he said that, he pulled Conley and started to challenge him to a duel.
Conley was frightened. Last time he was raped by Li Tian, and this time Pierce and Rondo were raped by Li Tian again. Conley was still afraid of death, and a dog's life was more important.
"No, Paul, help me quickly, Lee is a devil, he is Satan." Conley asked Gasol for help.
The others looked at the expressions of the two of them and laughed forward and backward.
Everyone was bent over with laughter, and some even sat on the floor, patting the floor with their hands.
"Conley, why don't you become an actor? I think if you play Chaplin, you will definitely be very popular." Lori said while laughing.
"No, basketball is my favorite. I love basketball. Damn it, Lee, let me go. I'm about to be suffocated by you. You're murdering me." Conley tried his best to break away from him. Li Tian is the head.
"Stop making trouble, Li, give me your bank card number quickly." Li Tian only wrote half of it when Gasol interrupted him.
"No need Paul, I have money, and paying these fines is enough." Li Tian didn't need to owe Gasol a favor for 50,000 US dollars. Favor debts are the hardest to repay. It's not like he didn't have money. He was just showing off.
"I have signed a lot of endorsements, and my salary is much higher than mine. Didn't you all know last time?" Li Tian told Gasol about his endorsements.
"Okay, let me buy the gift for you." After all, Gasol is the team's highest salary and the team boss. He still needs to take the initiative in these matters. After all, he didn't take the initiative in the fight.
"Oh, by the way, Li, do you want to go to the away game with us next time?" After talking about the money, the next step is the game.
"Go, what's wrong?" Li Tian was puzzled, what's going on, just forget about the suspension, let's just watch the game, think about watching these people running exhausted on the field, while he sits down and watches, Don't be too happy.
"There is one more thing about your punishment that I didn't mention. During the five-game suspension, you will not be allowed to enter any NBA game venues."
"Uh..." What kind of fuss is this? Can we still play?
"Then I can only go back and stay. I can't go to the away game to watch the game with you." Looking at his teammates with miserable expressions, Li Tian felt uncontrollably happy.
"Li, come to the office." Mark called Li Tian to his office.
"Give me your card number. I think they should tell you that you will be suspended for 5 games and fined 50,000."
"Paul just told me."
"We can't help you with the suspension, but the team will use special funds to pay fines for players under special circumstances. The team will pay your fines for you. Give me your card number."
The team's money should not be in vain.
"Okay coach." He said and wrote down the card number.
"You can't participate in the next home or away games, and training can't be stopped during the suspension period." Mark just reminded him casually.
"Okay, coach, does Paul know about this money?" Li Tian thought that Gasol must know about this money.
"He is a veteran player of the team and must know."
After saying that, Li Tian left Mark's office.
Then I heard a sound like a pig being killed outside.