Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 297 297. Another playoff record!Luke: "Don't yell at me, I was scared by dogs when I was a kid."

At the press conference after the game, Spurs assistant coach Jason Brown paled, facing the media to accuse the Grizzlies of all kinds of atrocities on the court:

"I never thought that coaching would become a high-risk job one day. The Grizzlies are a bunch of lunatics! They do all kinds of evil on the court and do whatever they want! The league should take action to sanction these bastards!"

"Bruce Bowen was beaten into a coma by Artest in the first quarter. Instead of restraining himself in the second quarter, the Grizzlies aimed at coach Eddie!"

"It's hard to imagine that the Grizzlies would actually do such a heinous thing! I don't think this is a basketball game, but a fight without rules!"

Seeing Jason Brown gnashing his teeth and trembling all over, the reporters in the audience felt that Jason Brown might have been overshadowed by the Grizzlies.

As one of the assistant coaches that Eddie Jordan brought to the Spurs during the offseason, Jason Brown first witnessed the tragic experience of Bruce Bowen and Eddie Jordan in the first half.

Then in the second half, he took over the coach of the team and was hit by the Grizzlies with 61 points, the largest point difference in the playoffs. This double blow was a nightmarish night for Jason Brown.

When the reporters in the audience asked how he felt about being slaughtered by the Grizzlies for 61 points in the first game of the Western Conference Finals, Jason Brown was so excited that his teeth began to chatter: "The Grizzlies are a bunch of narrow-minded and despicable people! With more than 40 points, the Grizzlies still kept the main lineup on the court, just to nail the Spurs to the pillar of historical shame!"

"This is a blasphemy to competitive sports! It is an insult to competitors! Even if the Grizzlies have the largest point difference in playoff history, I don't think it is a thing to celebrate!"

"In this game, five people from the Spurs were forced to leave the stadium due to unreasonable disasters. I hope the league can give the fans an explanation in a fair way! Give the Spurs an explanation!"

Jason Brown's angry and terrified appearance made many reporters feel sad. Eddie Jordan and Bruce Bowen were responsible for all the troubles, but in the end Jason Brown was to blame. This is indeed true. A thing more sad than sad.

Compared with the excitement and complaints of the Spurs after the game, the Grizzlies assistant coach Bill Lambert attended the post-match press conference.

When the reporter asked about Bruce Bowen being beaten into a coma by Artest, Lambiel showed a sneer on his face: "That guy is a dirty and vile moth on the court. foot."

"If it wasn't for Kevin's luck to avoid the deadliest place, now Kevin can only appear in front of the media in a wheelchair."

"This is not the first time Bruce has made such a malicious stepping action to a player. I hope the league can write this behavior into the rules so that people like Bruce will be punished as they should be!"

"Ron was really impulsive when he started to fight, but this time I raised my hands in favor of Ron's approach, because some people, no! To be precise, some dogs really need some lessons!"

Lambiel's attitude showed his dissatisfaction with Bruce Bowen's malicious stepping behavior, even though everyone knows that this is not the first time Bowen has extended his black feet to his opponent.

Prior to this, many NBA stars had suffered from Bowen's malicious stepping, and even the good guy Vince Carter chased Bowen and beat him up angrily.

It's just that the referee lacks professionalism in judging whether it is intentional stepping, so the league has never written the act of stepping into the rules.

But I believe that after today, the league will definitely pay attention to stepping.

The reporter in the audience continued to raise the microphone and asked: "In this game, a very big conflict broke out between the Grizzlies and the Spurs. This conflict resulted in a total of nine people from both sides being expelled, including Grizzlies coach Luke."

"The replay shows that the cause of this conflict was Trenton Hassel's malicious shot against Spurs coach Eddie Jordan. The whole behavior is extremely bad. Do you have anything to say about this?"

Lambiel slapped the table with his hands excitedly: "The cause of this incident is not what you see at all. Eddie Jordan's mouth is as disgusting as eating shit."

"When Hassell was playing hard on the court, Eddie Jordan was like a fly on the sidelines repeatedly uttering personal attacks on Trenton Hassell."

"It wasn't until Hassel couldn't bear it anymore that he broke out in a physical conflict with Eddie Jordan. As for the final large-scale group fight, the Spurs bench took the lead. The Grizzlies just wanted to protect their teammates!"

"If you want to blame, you can only blame the Spurs guys for being too weak. There is no fighting power at all in a group fight. They are knocked to the ground after three punches and two kicks. This makes the Grizzlies look more like they are on the field. perpetrator."

Lambiel shook his head helplessly, turned around and put on a serious expression and said to the media: "I hope the league can give the Grizzlies an explanation for this matter! Let the Spurs who took the lead in deliberately provoking them be punished as they should be!"

"Especially the malicious stepping of Bruce Bowen, strictly speaking, it is more disgusting than hurting people!"

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On the second day, the battle between the Grizzlies and the Spurs was completely popular in the league. Regardless of whether the Grizzlies slaughtered the Spurs by 61 points in the first game of the semifinals, it set a record for the largest point difference in the playoffs.

It was the biggest conflict in NBA history between the two sides, and a total of nine people were expelled. Any one of these two things is the focus of attention.

The league also quickly punished this extremely bad brawl.

Among them, Vaughn, Hill, and Mason of the Spurs, and Smash Parker, Ratliff, and Yi Jianlian of the Grizzlies were directly involved in the fight, but their behavior was not bad, and they were only collectively suspended by the league for two games.

As for Michael Finley, he was suspended by the league for three games for his aggressive behavior during the fight.

Grizzlies coach Luke was also suspended for three games and fined $[-] by the league for allegedly luring players into a fight and kicking Spurs coach Eddie Jordan when the referee calmed down the game.

The chief culprit of the brawl, Trenton Hassel, was serious. Whether it was beating the opponent's basketball coach or provoking a group fight, these are things that the league cannot tolerate.

Especially when league president David Stern tried every means to build the NBA into a peaceful and developing league, Trenton Hassell's behavior was simply against the wind.

Even if the Spurs coach Eddie Jordan did receive a technical foul from the on-site referee Creed for spamming the Grizzlies players.

But trash talking on the court is not a reason for players to provoke, let alone escape sanctions for Trenton Hassell's extremely bad behavior.

In the end, the league imposed a [-]-game suspension on Trenton Hassel plus a $[-] fine.

As for Artest, who boxed Bruce Bowen in another incident, was suspended by the league for four games. Although Bruce Bowen's injury was a bit serious, Artest's shot was not as bad as Trenton Hassel , there is an essential difference between the two.

In addition, the league finally expressed its opinion on Bruce Bowen's malicious stepping.

The league imposed a two-game suspension on Bruce Bowen and a $2 fine for his malicious stepping.

Judging from the overall punishment results, the punishment received by the Grizzlies is obviously much more severe than that of the Spurs. After all, Bruce Bowen and Eddie Jordan are still lying in the hospital at this time. Wrong, the Grizzlies must be punished more severely than the Spurs.

In particular, the impact of Trenton Hassel beating Spurs coach Eddie Jordan was extremely bad. If it is not handled properly, it is likely to be rebounded by the coach union.

To paraphrase the words of Spurs assistant coach Jason Brown, no one can accept that coaching will become a high-risk job.

The frequency of the Grizzlies' involvement in fights and the fiery temper on the field really gave David Stern a headache. Stern couldn't remember how many times the Grizzlies had a player suspended this season.

If it weren't for the fact that the Grizzlies have created visible benefits for the league in the past two years, based on what the Grizzlies have done this season, Stern will definitely go crazy on the spot and make more severe punishments than today.

However, judging from the strength of the remaining lineups of both sides, the Grizzlies have a crushing advantage.

It is not difficult for the Grizzlies to win this round of the series when no one of the main players has been implicated except Artest.

Even if the head coach Luke will not be able to usher in a comeback after three games, but against this old, weak and sick Spurs, D'Antoni's coaching ability is enough to shock this field.

Unless the Spurs then use dirty means to deal with the Grizzlies in order to win, the chances of the Spurs advancing this round of the series are almost zero.

But now the Spurs have long been frightened by the rage of the Grizzlies. Even if Luke borrowed Jason Brown's courage, the latter would not dare to continue to be presumptuous.

Even Eddie Jordan, who is not afraid of anything, was beaten so miserably by the Grizzlies. He is currently lying in the hospital with his lover Bruce Bowen. Jason Brown doesn't want to experience that scene again at the hands of the Grizzlies.

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The second game of the series is still played at the home of the Grizzlies.

Throughout the game, the state of the Spurs players seemed to be muddled, quite like a collective sleepwalking.

The offensive end frequently strikes the iron, and the defensive end can't keep up with the Grizzlies' quick counterattack. The Grizzlies crazily ravage the whole process.

Although Artest's absence had some impact on the Grizzlies' defensive system, in terms of offensive firepower, Artest's absence did not affect the Grizzlies' overall offense at all.

Even James Jones, who replaced Artest as the starter, was more threatening than Artest. After entering the playoffs, James Jones' three-point shooting percentage increased to 47.3%, ranking among all league players with one three-pointer per game. The player above the ball tops the list.

According to the tactical policy that Luke set for D'Antoni before the game, the Grizzlies put all their thoughts on the offensive end in this game. A nightmare that never goes away.

With the full firepower of Kevin Martin in the first quarter of the game, he scored 21 points in a single quarter. The Spurs had no power to fight back against the Grizzlies. They could only watch the point difference being widened by the Grizzlies.

The second quarter was the real nightmare for the Spurs. After Zach Randolph came on the court, the Spurs were beaten up inside and complained again and again.

After halftime, the unreserved Grizzlies on the offensive end led the Spurs by as much as 37 points with their excellent offensive firepower.

Back in the second half, the huge point difference made Spurs acting head coach Jason Brown look even more ugly. Even though the team is now nearly 40 points behind the Grizzlies, Jason Brown did not dare to win the main players.

Brown didn't want to be hit by the Grizzlies with the largest point difference in playoff history, and in this game, the Grizzlies once again set a record.

However, the powerful offensive firepower of the Grizzlies made the Spurs unable to parry at all. Even if the "troika" tried their best on the court, they could only ensure that the speed of the widening point difference was slowed down, but they still failed to recover the score.

Throughout the second half, "Black Bear" Zach Randolph continued to maintain his powerful and unsolvable offensive dominance

When Tim Duncan is off the court, Randolph is the bug on the field, and no one on the entire Spurs can guard against Zach Randolph.

The bad game trend forced Jason Brown to play more time with Duncan. Even though Duncan looked exhausted in this round of the series, in contrast, Jason Brown did not want to be the Grizzlies who broke the biggest point difference in a row. background.

At the end of the game, with Tim Duncan's desperate struggle in the second half, the Spurs successfully avoided the embarrassment of being broken by the Grizzlies for two consecutive games.

But even so, the Spurs still lost 48 points. In the two games, the Spurs lost a total of 109 points to the Grizzlies, averaging 54.5 points per game, which can be said to be helpless.

After the game, everyone in the Spurs didn't have the heart to accept interviews at all. They followed Jason Brown's pace and walked quickly towards the player's locker room.

I was afraid that I would be caught by the reporter behind me if I walked too slowly, and I had to accept the embarrassing and bad interview session.

D'Antoni regretted not being able to break the record for the largest point difference in the playoffs in a row.

However, Luke, who had been waiting for everyone to return in the locker room, patted D'Antoni on the shoulder: "Don't worry, Tim Duncan is not an iron man. He can play for the team for 43 minutes in this game, but sooner or later he will be very strong." When you can't stop."

"According to the current trend of the game, I should not return this round of the series, but as long as I play according to my arrangement in advance, it is not impossible to break the point difference record again."

Luke's words made D'Antoni more determined. Even though D'Antoni and the Spurs don't have much grievances, keeping up with Luke is the driving force for D'Antoni to continue to improve.

"Next, I will lead the team and continue to do my best to complete the tasks you entrusted to me." D'Antoni said with a wry smile.

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In the third game of the series, the Spurs brought the game back home, which is obviously good news for the Spurs.

At the very least, playing at home can reduce the pressure on the Spurs, so as to avoid a more embarrassing score difference by the Grizzlies.

Before the game, Luke, who is currently under suspension, was wearing a light gray suit and sunglasses, sitting in the front row and chewing gum aggressively.

Looking at Luke, this means that he wants to witness the slaughter of the Grizzlies against the Spurs in an away game.

Luke's arrogant appearance made the Spurs fans gnash their teeth with hatred. Many fans have watched basketball games for decades, but they have never seen a coach as arrogant as Luke.

Especially when Luke was sitting on the sidelines casually crossing his legs, the Spurs fans only felt that Luke was conveying only one message to themselves, "Have you ever seen someone as arrogant as me? Sorry, now you have seen it!"

After the start of the game, the Spurs players who played at home still wanted to show themselves in front of their fans, trying to offset the struggles of the first two games with an outstanding personal performance.

However, the Spurs obviously underestimated the psychological quality of the Grizzlies players. Although the overall age of the Grizzlies team is very young, the core players have all seen big scenes. To "keep your ears off what's going on outside the window, and just play the slaughter ball!".

Even in an away game, the Grizzlies quickly played an anti-customer-oriented momentum.

Under the first half of the league's top point guard Chris Paul, the Grizzlies hit 14 three-pointers in the first half, setting a record for halftime three-pointers in NBA history.

Among them, James Jones, who feels hot, hit six of them alone. While setting a new career high, he also had the opportunity to attack Michael Reed's previous single-game three-pointer record.

With the fiery touch played by all members, the Grizzlies established a 38-point lead at the end of the first half.

The away game not only did not cause trouble for the Grizzlies, but also seemed to make this group of young lads more excited.

When the Grizzlies led the Spurs by nearly 40 points in the first half, the live cameras showed Luke sitting on the sidelines many times, and Luke was sitting on the sidelines wearing sunglasses and acting extremely arrogant.

The whole person not only cocked his legs in a very free and easy manner, but also had a lot of empty snack packages under his feet.

And when Luke found out that the camera was directed at him, he even showed his white teeth to the camera, making the Spurs fans at the scene want to go over and hack this guy to death now.

Luke's appearance made many Spurs fans feel blocked, and he was obviously angry to a certain extent while clutching his chest.

However, the fans have nothing to do with the arrogant Luke, they can only vent their anger on the Spurs players, and can't wait to take out their mobile phones and enter the realm of "key fairy" in a second: "Waste! Idiots! A bunch of idiots !It's his mother's bunch of trash!!"

Back in the second half of the game, Brown, who has been slaughtered by the Grizzlies in three consecutive games, has long been used to it.

Compared with the image of standing anxiously on the sidelines and roaring non-stop in the previous two games, Brown sat on the sidelines with blank eyes at this time, as if everything on the field had nothing to do with him.

Throughout the second half, the Grizzlies' fiery outside touch not only did not cut off the power, but also had the meaning of a hundred thousand volts of murder.

With the long-lost Louis Williams scoring 25 points in a row in the second half, the score difference on the field was not only widened by the Grizzlies, but the spirit of the Spurs players also fell to the bottom.

And Tim Duncan, who was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Jason Brown, showed a touch of fatigue, looking exhausted in the continuous confrontation with Zach Randolph and the Gasol brothers.

The defensive end dragged a heavy body as if it was very difficult to run every time. The appearance of Tim Duncan made Spurs fans feel distressed, and at the same time angered acting head coach Jason Brown.

Obviously there was no suspense in the game, but Jason Brown always kept Duncan on the court, which really made the Spurs fans feel angry.

For the Grizzlies, D'Antoni seized the opportunity of Tim Duncan's exhaustion and arranged for the players to fully fire. On the offensive end, they took turns targeting Duncan and fought endlessly, just to beat Duncan to exhaustion.

As Duncan finally ran out of energy on the court, he raised his hand to signal Jason Brown to replace him. The Grizzlies took the opportunity to take Randolph and teamed up with outside shooters and started bombing.

Under the tireless and wanton attack of the Grizzlies, the Spurs were soon overwhelmed and could only watch the point difference rise at a rocket-like speed until they broke through the 61 points, the largest point difference in the playoffs. .

When the biggest point difference on the field was once again broken by the Grizzlies, the Spurs' acting head coach Jason Brown sat on the field like a puppet without a soul, as if he just wanted to use silence to quickly end the game.

Every extra sentence is like embarrassment, which makes Jason Brown feel that the coaching profession is simply terrible.

"Dududu~"

In the end, as the whistle sounded for the end of the game, the Grizzlies beat the San Antonio Spurs by 67 points in an away game, breaking the record for the largest difference in the playoffs again after five days!
At the same time, the total score of the series was rewritten to three to zero, only one step away from sweeping.

In the same round of the series, the record for the largest point difference in the playoffs was hit twice in a row. This shame made Jason Brown refuse to attend the press conference after the game, just looking for a place to quietly doubt his life.

After the game, sharp-eyed reporters walked to the front row for the first time, preparing to interview the Grizzlies coach Luke who was in the suspension stage.

When the reporter asked Luke what he thought of Eddie Jordan’s video scolding Luke not long ago, Luke took off his sunglasses with a smile on his face, showing his white teeth: “Don’t yell at me, I’m a kid. Scared by dogs."

(End of this chapter)