0478 Three fires when the new official takes office
Sterling is racist.
Taking the mistress to the Clippers locker room to watch the black players take a bath, which is comparable to visiting the zoo, as well as 'hiring some black boy from the South and a white coach', and 'I've given enough money to that black boy from Danny Manning'.
None of those behaviors were punished, even if the NBA celebrity Elgin Baylor broke it out, everyone gave up.
But this time, when it comes to magician Johnson, his energy is much greater, and the media also intends to lead the pace and expand the situation.
Magicians, O'Neal, LeBron, Clippers player Paul, Trail Blazers official, etc. have publicly expressed their anger. NBA trusts president Adam Xiao Hua also decided to punish Sterling heavily. As for whether to punish additionally in the future, the league is urgently discussing.
The reaction speed is quite fast.
It's so fast that it seems like there's been a drill.
Su Yang decided not to react. Although Sterling was hateful, she could not be convicted of private conversations, let alone obviously inducement.
The Kings players each responded, while European players such as Gobert only complained a few words, while Cousins was quite angry and angry.
Su Yang did not forcefully stop it, but said that the extra training would be held as usual to divert the attention of Cousins and others. Don’t do it like George Hill in the 2020s. One day’s strike was just a joke, but in the end nothing happened, gossip news was flying all over the sky.
Early the next morning, the King's Public Relations Department issued a statement supporting anti-discrimination in accordance with Su Yang's instructions, and no other actions were taken.
On April 30th, the fifth game of the first round of the Kings and Rockets in the West's playoffs kicked off at the Sleep Train Arena in Sass City.
The new president Adam Xiao Hua rushed to the scene and personally presented Su Yang with the NBA 2014 Best Head Coach Trophy.
Su Yang delivered a brief speech: "I have won the Best Head Coach before. I am very honored to win it again this time. Everyone in the Kings worked together to achieve this result. My contribution is only a small part of it. I sincerely thank you and the fans..."
With bonuses for awards and promotions, the King's opening momentum was full, and he was directly 7-0, which scared the Rockets so much that they requested a timeout.
When the timeout came back, the king's momentum remained unabated and he fought another 8-2 wave, causing the Rockets to collapse directly.
Mainly Harden looked weak and didn't want to win.
As the game entered the second quarter, Rockets head coach McHale made a bold decision to keep Harden on the bench.
The Kings lost their key defensive target and were caught up for several points in a row. Su Yang adjusted 23 joint defense on the spot, suppressing Rockets center Howard, and at the same time suppressing the Rockets' pass from outside, leaving only the 45-degree area on the left and right sides for the Rockets, but the Rockets were unable to grasp it.
After returning from the break, Harden made his debut again. Su Yang thought for a long time and immediately instructed to launch the shark-cutting tactics and sent Howard to the free throw line according to the situation. He mainly aims to destroy the Rockets' offensive rhythm. He does not give Harden a chance to explode at all, and hold it down tightly.
After the third quarter, the Kings led by 24 points. The game entered garbage time, and Howard took the lead on the Rockets' side and did not give up.
Unfortunately, it was useless to not give up. The Kings and his players were getting better and better. In the end, they defeated the Rockets 123 to 101 and successfully advanced.
Espn's nine experts who predicted the Rockets' promotion were slapped in the face and instead received a wave of traffic, which is true Stephen Jingyu.
After the game, Su Yang found Howard with tears in his eyes, patted his shoulders and encouraged him, praised him for his good match, without feeling guilty.
Anyway, leave an impression to facilitate future basic salary recruitment.
Back in the locker room, the Kings celebrated briefly, chatting nonsense while watching the Thunder against the Lakers.
There is no suspense, the Thunder swept the Lakers 4-0, Durant and Ibaka have a big advantage in the match, and the gossip came out, Bill Pascheck, a reporter from the Los Angeles Times, claimed that Jim Bass decided to rebuild the Lakers.
The major bets in Las Vegas were simultaneously opened in the bets of Curry and Gasol, with the odds of 1 to 2.9, which is quite high.
According to the schedule, the Kings only have three days to prepare, and Su Yang decided to take a day off and then take the ball to Oscar.
The next day, the Sterling racial discrimination incident came to a climax. President Obama personally spoke, and the NBA also officially forced Sterling to sell the Clippers, and forced to buy and sell them in a pure way, just to get Sterling. What private property is sacred and inviolable and useless.
No matter how you look at it, they are all framed.
After watching the fun, Su Yang led the team to Oshi City the next day.
The whole team took a bus to the stadium and saw many billboards involving the Kings along the way. The general content was "Su Yang's favorite player is Curry rather than Cousins, and he will definitely recruit Curry as the boss and make Cousins a role player" and so on.
Thunder fans are very smart and are specialized in challenging Cousins, who is sensitive in character, as the object of separation, and it doesn't matter if they don't succeed.
Cousins pretended not to see it at first, but in the end he couldn't help it. He was obviously a little depressed and competed with him.
Su Yang saw it and after rushing to the hotel, he talked to Cousins: "Those are opponents' off-site tricks. As the boss, you must not be fooled, and you must not show any impact. Their real purpose is to attack Thomas and Vazquez..."
Cousins nodded as if he understood, and suddenly laughed: "It doesn't matter who comes, anyone can be the boss, two bosses!"
Su Yang was stunned when he heard this, and put the person here to talk to him, and then said, "Yes, we pay attention to democracy and fairness..."
The two-day training ended, on May 5, the first match between the Kings and the Thunder Western Conference semi-finals started at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.
The Kings won the jump ball and launched the first attack, the horn formation started, the right wing pick-and-roll cooperated with the bottom line Iverson cut across, and Thorton went from right to left, while the basketball was simultaneously transferred to him by Antetokounmpo at the top of the arc, and he struggled to get rid of Seifrosa and completed a mid-range shot.
Turning around to the Thunder attack, there was no room for no matter how you ran.
Durant has 4 seconds left to get the ball, one-handed in-out, Deron is like a super big change in direction and shakes Antetokounmpo away, and gets the ball.
The two teams scored alternately, and the game ended in the 4 minutes in the first quarter. Thunder head coach Brooks made the old problem of making a substitution again. Collison replaced Ibaka, Caron Butler replaced Sefrosa, followed by Collison's three-pointer.
Collison lacks mid- and long-distance shooting, Westbrook's single-player cooperation with Willy greatly reduced it, and the Kings have time to intercept Westbrook.
Butler's defense is a bit worse than Sefrosa. King Thorton is no longer so laborious to get rid of defense and improves efficiency.
Anyway, the Thunder's offensive and defensive strength has dropped a lot.
Su Yang commanded the main attack on the outside, Sauton and Vazquez frequently succeeded easily, while the Thunder could only rely on Durant to fight alone.
After the first quarter, the Kings led 39 to 25.
Cousins and Thorton played in the first quarter, while Durant played in the Thunder, and he didn't seem to be so worried about the Kings.
During the inter-quarter pause, Su Yang noticed that Cousins and others were surprised. He obviously didn't expect to lead so much. Westbrook almost did not attack the Kings' backcourt. He only made three moves in the first quarter, which was very different from the previous battles, and many defenses were useless.
"Don't be surprised, that's the Thunder's strategy. Westbrook will make efforts in the second quarter, so we can deal with it as usual..."
The second quarter started. As Su Yang expected, Westbrook took the stage to lead the team, charge in various ways, made 4 of 5 shots in a single quarter, and scored 12 points with 4 free throws, resisting the impact of Kings Thomas Jr. and Guy, but Durant only made 2 of 6 shots.
Since Durant's major change in direction, Antetokounmpo has been defending like crazy and has accompanied him twice for fouls, with excellent limiting effect.
After the half-time game, the Kings led by 17 points.
After returning from the middle of the break, Su Yang instructed the Kings to take the lead in the intensity. A wave of confrontation caught the Thunder off guard and once led by 25 points. Thunder head coach Brooks was so anxious that he took Perkins and sent out five small lineups, but it was useless.
Only Durant and Westbrook can score in the Thunder.
Ibaka's mid-range shooting percentage is quite high, and the output is too low.
After the third quarter, the Kings led by 26 points.
After the substitute stage in the fourth quarter, the Thunder still did not replace the main force. Seeing this, Su Yang also left the main force behind the court to rest.
In the end, the Kings defeated the Thunder 122-101, and the team scored in double digits, leading 1-0 in the Western Conference semi-finals.
The key is that the King also took seven more fouls than the Thunder. The Thunder had at least six home whistles, making it even more embarrassing to lose.
Famous commentator Stephen Smith tweeted: "Although the Kings won the game, I must again emphasize that this is an unfair game, which is humiliating players such as Durant and Westbrook, and hope that the referees will study the video well..."
Su Yang was not surprised. After all, it was the most fierce season for the Thunder Double Wrestle, and the new president Xiao Hua vigorously pursued a tiebreaker.
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