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Chapter 473

Sterling is old and racist.

Taking a mistress to the Clippers locker room to watch black players shower is like visiting a zoo, and 'hire some southern black kid and hire a white coach' and 'I've got enough money for Danny Manning that poor black kid More' and other remarks.

Those behaviors were not punished, even if the NBA star Elgin Baylor broke out, everyone sprayed a few words and let it go.

But this time, when it comes to Magic Johnson, its energy is much greater, and the media also deliberately expands the situation in a rhythmic manner.

Magician, O'Neal, LeBron, Clippers player Paul, Trail Blazers officials, etc. have publicly expressed their anger. The new NBA president Adam Silver has also decided to punish Sterling severely. As for whether to impose additional penalties in the future, the league is urgently discussing.

That reaction speed is quite fast.

It was almost as if it had been rehearsed.

Su Yang decided not to respond. Although Sterling is hateful, private conversations cannot be used to convict, let alone being clearly induced.

The Kings players had their own reactions. Gobert and other European players only complained, while Cousins ​​was quite angry and furious.

Su Yang didn't forcefully stop him, he just said that the extra training will be held as usual to divert the attention of Cousins ​​and others, don't make it like George Hill in the [-]s, a one-day strike will only increase the jokes, and nothing will be done in the end Well, gossip news is flying all over the sky.

In the early morning of the next day, the king's public relations department issued a statement supporting anti-discrimination according to Su Yang's instructions, and no other actions were taken.

In a blink of an eye, on April NO.30, the fifth game of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs between the Kings and the Rockets started at the Sleep Train Arena in Saskatchewan.

The new president Adam Silver rushed to the scene and personally presented the NBA2014 best head coach trophy to Su Yang.

Su Yang made a brief speech: "I have won the best head coach before, and I am very honored to win it again this time. Everyone in the Kings worked hard to achieve this result. My contribution is only a small part of it. I sincerely thank you and thank you fan…"

With bonuses for awards and promotion battles, the Kings opened with full momentum and went straight to 7-0, scaring the Rockets to ask for a timeout.

When the timeout came back, the King's momentum remained undiminished, and another wave of 8-2 was played, which caused the Rockets to collapse immediately.

Mainly Harden looked weak and didn't want to win.

As the game entered the second quarter, Rockets coach McHale made a bold decision to keep Harden on the bench.

The King lost his key defensive target and was chased for several points in a row. Su Yang adjusted the 23 zone defense on the spot to suppress the Rockets center Howard, and at the same time suppressed the Rockets' outside pass, leaving only 45-degree areas on the left and right sides for the Rockets, but the Rockets failed to grasp it.

Back from the halftime break, Harden appeared again. Su Yang thought for a long time, and then ordered to start the shark-slashing tactic, depending on the situation, sending Howard to the free throw line, mainly to disrupt the Rockets' offensive rhythm, and not giving Harden a chance to explode. Hold it down.

After three quarters, the Kings led by 24 points, and the game entered garbage time. The Rockets took the lead and did not give up.

It's a pity that it's useless not to give up. The Kings played better and better. In the end, they defeated the Rockets 123 to 101 and successfully advanced.

The nine ESPN experts who predicted the Rockets' advancement were slapped in the face, but instead got a wave of traffic, which is true for Stephen Jingyu.

After the game, Su Yang found Howard, who had tears in his eyes, and patted his shoulders to encourage him, praising him for playing well and not needing to feel guilty.

Anyway, leave an impression to facilitate future basic salary recruitment.

Back in the locker room, the entire Kings team simply celebrated, chatting nonsense while watching the game between the Thunder and the Lakers.

There is also no suspense. The Thunder swept the Lakers 4-0. Durant and Ibaka had too much advantage in the matchup, and the gossip came out. Bill Paschek, a reporter from the Los Angeles Times, claimed that Jim Buss Decided to rebuild the Lakers.

The major gambling markets in Las Vegas simultaneously opened the betting for Curry and Gasol to leave the team. The odds are 1 to 2.9, which is quite high.

According to the schedule, the king only had three days to prepare, so Su Yang decided to take a day off before heading to Oklahoma City with the ball.

The next day, the Sterling racial discrimination incident reached a climax. President Obama personally spoke, and the NBA officially forced Sterling to sell the Clippers. It was purely forced to buy and sell, just to engage in Sterling, what private property is sacred Inviolable, useless.

No matter how you look at it, it's all a set up.

After watching the excitement, Su Yang led the team to fly to Oklahoma City the next day.

The whole team took the bus to the arena and saw many billboards related to the Kings along the way. The general content was "Su Yang's favorite player is Curry instead of Cousins. He will definitely recruit Curry as the boss and let Cousins Be a role player' and more.

The Thunder fans are quite witty, picking Cousins, who has a sensitive personality, as the object of alienation, and it doesn't matter if he fails.

Cousins ​​pretended not to see it at first, but in the end he couldn't hold it back, obviously a little sullen, and competed with himself.

Su Yang saw it, and went to the hotel to talk to Cousins: "Those are all opponents' off-court tricks. As the boss, you must not be fooled, let alone show that you are affected. Their real purpose is to attack Thomas and Vazquez..."

Cousins ​​nodded half-understood, and suddenly said with a smile: "It doesn't matter who comes, anyone can be the boss, double bosses!"

Su Yang was stunned when he heard the words, let's just talk about things here, and then said: "Yes, we pay attention to democracy and fairness..."

After two days of training, on May [-]th, the first game between the Kings and the Thunder in the Western Conference Semifinals was played at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

The king won the jump ball and launched the first attack. The horn formation started, the right-wing pick-and-roll cooperated with Iverson to cut across the baseline, Thornton circled from right to left, and the basketball was transferred from strength to strength. It was passed to him by Antetokounmpo at the top of the arc. Sefolosha made a mid-range shot.

The Thunder turned to attack, and no matter how they ran, there was no space.

Durant got the ball with 4 seconds left, IN-OUT with one hand, and Deron made a super big change of direction and shook Antetokounmpo, and he succeeded.

The two teams took the lead alternately in scoring. The game reached the last 4 minutes of the first quarter. Thunder coach Brooks made another old mistake of pinching the watch and replacing players. He replaced Ibaka with Collison and Sefoloza with Caron Butler. This is Collison's three-pointer.

Collison lacks mid-range and long-range shots, and Westbrook's double-split cooperation with Willie has greatly reduced, and the Kings have time to intercept Westbrook.

Butler's defense is a bit worse than Sefoloza's. King Thornton's defense is no longer so difficult and his efficiency has improved.

Anyway, the Thunder's offensive and defensive strength has dropped a lot.

Su Yang directed the main attack on the outside, Thornton and Vazquez frequently succeeded easily, but the Thunder could only rely on Durant to single out.

After the first quarter, the Kings led 39-25.

Cousins ​​and Thornton played the first quarter, while the Thunder, only Durant played the first quarter, it seems that the king is not so worried.

During the timeout between quarters, Su Yang noticed that Cousins ​​and others were very surprised. They obviously did not expect to lead so much. The key point was that Westbrook barely hit the King's backcourt. He only took 3 shots in the first quarter, which was very different from previous matches. A lot of defense was useless.

"Don't be surprised, that's the strategy of the Thunder team. Westbrook will exert force in the second quarter, and we can deal with it as usual..."

The second quarter started, as Su Yang expected, Westbrook came on stage to lead the team, all kinds of charges, 5 of 4 shots in a single quarter, plus 4 free throws to score 12 points, forcibly resisting the impact of King Thomas Jr. and Gay, But Durant only made 6 of 2 shots.

Since Durant's big change of direction and breakthrough, Antetokounmpo has defended like crazy, and he did not hesitate to accompany two fouls, which has an excellent restrictive effect.

After halftime, the Kings led by 17 points.

Back from the halftime break in the third quarter, Su Yang instructed the Kings to be the first to increase the intensity. A wave of confrontation caught the Thunder by surprise, and once led by 25 points. The Thunder head coach Brooks was so anxious to withdraw Perkins and send out five small lineups, but still failed. use.

Only Durant and Westbrook can score for the Thunder.

Ibaka's mid-range shooting percentage is quite high, but his output is too low.

After three quarters, the Kings led by 26 points.

The Thunder finished the fourth quarter and still did not replace the main players. Seeing this, Su Yang also left the main players off the court to rest.

In the end, the Kings defeated the Thunder 122 to 101, six players from the team scored in double figures, leading 1 to 0 in the Western Conference Semifinals.

The key point is that the Kings have 7 more fouls than the Thunder. The Thunder have at least six home whistles, and losing is even more embarrassing.

The well-known commentator Stephen Smith tweeted: "Although the Kings won the game, I must emphasize again that this is an unfair game. It is humiliating players such as Durant and Westbrook. I hope the referees will study it carefully. video..."

Su Yang was not surprised at all. After all, it was the most ferocious season of Thunder's double call, and the new president Xiao Hua vigorously pursued the tiebreaker.

The NBA is moving towards the era of WWE shows.

(End of this chapter)