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Chapter 550 I am too hard!

After finishing the game last night, I returned to Los Angeles this morning.

As Stern said, as soon as he returned to the team, the league's punishment was issued.

The Lakers already know something.

And the Knicks were even worse...Chiles and Starks were both sick and injured. Among the other players involved in the brawl, Larry Johnson made a move on Fisher, intensified the conflict, and was suspended for 30 games; The other four hands-on players were also suspended ranging from ten to twenty.

This action is too big to be exaggerated!

Although the Knicks suffered, the Lakers also suffered.

Waiting until the return of the Lakers and the team officially announced the news, the entire Los Angeles fan army exploded, bombarding the official punishment, because this kind of punishment can be called a historical level, and it will affect the Lakers in the second half of the season. Very big.

At present, the Lakers' record is fluctuating in the third and fourth positions in the Western Conference. They have been adjusting personnel in the first half of the season. This kind of record is not amazing, but it has improved compared to before. However, in the second half of the season, there is sudden bad news. The suspension affects the Lakers. The next 30 games, all the way Banned until the end of the season.

Will this even lose the qualification for the playoffs?

Not only the outside world is worried, but the Lakers' own family are also worried.

……

The Lakers' training did not stop that day.

Although everyone looked bad, Magic Johnson took the time to run to the training hall and pulled out Li Shengli.

"Li, did you see today's news?"

"What news, I'm not in the mood, I'm just getting annoyed!"

"Come on, let's take a look first..." Johnson took out several newspapers.

Because the paper media was still the mainstream at this time, the major newspapers reported the most about last night's game.

Now there are no exceptions on all sports pages about these things, and almost all ball commentators, industry insiders, retired coaches and players have expressed their opinions and opinions on this.

There are two main voices.

The first is the official penalty attitude, which means that with the start of last night's conflict, there is a high probability that this game will be used as the benchmark for subsequent penalties, and the entire league will enter a period of high pressure.

Right or wrong, everyone who talks about it has an opinion.

As for the second... This is what Li Shengli and the management are most concerned about.

Unlike the Knicks, the Knicks have not hurt the fundamentals, but Li Shengli was suspended for the Lakers.

Plus the two important defensive forces of Big Ben and Crotty.

In addition to the adjustment of the Lakers' personnel, it seems inevitable that the record will decline.

Based on this, there is an endless stream of voices badmouthing the Lakers this season, and the volume even overshadowed the incident itself.

The turmoil continued until the end, except for the Lakers themselves, they didn't think much that they could make it to the playoffs again. Even if they made it to the playoffs, they would have to face the strong teams in the Western Conference in the first round, and their chances of advancing were slim.

……

"This...it's so difficult for me!" Li Shengli was in a terrible mood.

"Objectively speaking, it is normal to not be optimistic about us, because our current situation has fallen to the bottom."

Johnson said coldly: "Stern has already talked to Bass, and we all know what he means. This time a total of 13 people were involved, and more than half of the two teams participated in the fight. What does this mean to you?" Clear, I know too."

"To be honest, last night was the most widespread conflict since the establishment of the league. The official light punishment is to release water, and the heavy punishment is to send a signal. It does not target individuals or favor stars, so you have suffered!"

"I don't care about Stern, I want to know what our team's management thinks?" Li Shengli asked.

"Are we?"

Johnson said without hesitation: "As soon as the news came back, we discussed it. We are on one side and naturally support you, but... this time the official action was too fast, and there was no time to guide public opinion, so the ticket came down. "

"Damn it, if I went to New York in the situation last night, I'd be able to kill three or five of them. They're really a bunch of bastards. They deserve it!"

Johnson is also on the rise at this meeting, his face is flushed, he is angry with the Knicks, and he feels unfair to the punishment Li Shengli received.

……

"Stern talked to me this morning about adding additional clauses to my contract, what did you say?"

"Don't worry about it, no one cares about it."

Johnson clenched his fists angrily, "Why don't you fight, what nonsense, even if Bass is here today, we will respond to him like this. Don't worry, West will get along with us, unless we change all of us, otherwise it will be Si Tenn is here, so we have to go back."

"When will the management be tough on the boss?"

"Normally not, but this time is an exception. Bass himself is vacillating, so this matter will basically not be heard until next season."

"No matter what the outside world says, our management team has a reason and should stand with you. Apart from other things, at least no one here can move your position."

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The attitude of the management is very important to Li Shengli!

Johnson's current statement made Li Shengli go smoothly, feeling that there is still no chaos at home, but Stern is still angry, and looking at Stern in charge of the league, his core principle is balance, which makes Li Shengli think about it. .

balance?

I broke your balance!

Thinking of this, Li Shengli asked, "Johnson, how hopeful do you think we are of winning this season?"

"Damn, are you stupid, you are still thinking about the championship now? Do you know how much difficulty has been added to you in this situation?! Leaving aside the run-in, even the record ranking is not very ideal. If you slip to the seventh in the Western Conference Eighth, if the Rockets and the Jazz occupy the first or second place in the Western Conference, what do you think will happen?"

"The first round is difficult enough, and the second round is almost the same. This is definitely the most difficult playoffs, because the regular season ranking is too unfavorable for us, and there is no hope of a championship."

……

Johnson is not lying at all. It is very difficult to win the championship as soon as the lineup is formed, and the Lakers' current lineup still has room for improvement, and the management really has no hope of reaching the top this season.

"uncertain!"

"Don't worry about it. If you want a championship, whether it's the Rockets or the Jazz, you have to fight sooner or later. The only difference is that we have to gnaw the hard nuts first. Either we say goodbye in the first round, or we will stand to the end. , and gnawed down the championship in one breath."

"Fart, your [-]-game suspension is over, and our lineup is still in the process of running in." Johnson and Li Shengli are relatively familiar, and they don't care about speaking rough.

"Where is there so much running-in, isn't it the same at the beginning of the season, it has been running-in for half a season, that's enough."

"Is that what you said?"

"I said it, and I have a necessary reason!"

"It seems that you are really impatient this time? Well, although it is difficult, it is not impossible. After all, our hard power is also in the middle of the west. It is that the start of this playoffs may be difficult."

"No matter how difficult it is, I will continue to gnaw on it. If Stern doesn't convince me to give in, I will let the championship of the league stay with me forever, and the Lakers will not move!"

"This... are you serious? But isn't it too difficult?!"

"I do, you see, the difficulty is my business, but the premise is that the management don't learn from Jazz!"

"Don't worry, Los Angeles is not Salt Lake City. If Stern dares to reach out, he will be chopped up. Jerry Buss is not Larry Miller in such a big matter."

"Then watch it!"

"As long as your management is reliable, I'm sure to give you a few championships that you haven't seen for a long time, and make Los Angeles lively." After finishing speaking, Li Shengli returned to the training ground and practiced hard. The field was in full swing, and it was not affected by this incident at all.

Johnson, on the other hand, looked at Li Shengli's back in surprise.

The championship is not moving with the Lakers?

Is this a bit too high-pitched?

Shaking his head without thinking too much, Johnson turned around and left, because there is still a lot of aftermath work that he needs to participate in, and what I have to say is... The Lakers have had a difficult season this season, and he can only hope that it will be a long-term success.

(End of this chapter)