Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 38.
With the end of the game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs, the NBA news section is basically covered by this game.

The big and small news on the second day were all related to the Timberwolves and the Spurs, especially the two fights in which three people were expelled and two were injured and retired, which were always talked about by the fans.

The situation of this game was too tragic. A regular season allowed two teams to play at the playoff level.

The Spurs' actions on the defensive end have also been questioned by many fans.

Originally, in the two incidents of fighting, to be precise, the Spurs were beaten unilaterally, and the Spurs were originally at a disadvantage.

But now as the details of the game are announced, most fans are on the Timberwolves side.

Even though the Timberwolves seem to be unilateral fightrs on the bright side, the Spurs' malicious fouls on the defensive end disgusted the fans.

There are even fans who publicly support the Timberwolves on the Internet, bluntly saying that the Timberwolves are punishing rape and eliminating evil, doing what other teams want to do but have never dared to do.

But no matter what the cause of the two fights is, the Timberwolves violated the rules of sports by doing something on the court, and the league will definitely punish the Timberwolves.

Even if the Timberwolves were the initial victims, when the Timberwolves fought against the Spurs, the Timberwolves had already become the perpetrators.

On January 1, local time in the United States, after the game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs, the league made a penalty immediately.

Among them, Timberwolves player Eddie Griffin was fined an additional $25000 by the league.

As for the "madman" Sprewell, because he punched and attacked the player's head, it was considered unsportsmanlike, and the circumstances were more serious. In addition to being fined by the league for an additional $35000, he was also banned by the league for two games. .

As soon as the punishment results were announced, the Timberwolves fans became restless on the Internet. Although they were fined by the league after the game, and they might even be suspended, the fans have long been mentally prepared.

But when the punishment results were announced, there were only Timberwolves players but no Spurs players on the entire penalty list, which really made Timberwolves fans feel uncomfortable.

Even though the Spurs were being beaten throughout the two fights, the mental imbalance was there in a flash.

In addition, the Timberwolves head coach Luke was also verbally warned by the league. The league asked Luke to maintain his image in interviews with the media, otherwise he would impose an additional suspension on Luke for deliberately damaging the image of the league.

Everyone knows why the alliance verbally warned Luke, because Luke's speech has risen to a threat, which is something that the alliance absolutely does not allow to happen.

It is worth mentioning that Popovich immediately became furious when he heard the reporter convey Luke's words at the press conference after the game yesterday.

As if going crazy, he yelled at Luke: "I warn you, don't think about my family, this is the stadium, and none of this has anything to do with my family!"

"If you try to get my family's idea again, then I will definitely not let it go!!"

Popovich was both angry and horrified at Luke's last veiled mention.

If someone else said that, Popovich would most likely sneer, but Luke is a lunatic!
Popovich couldn't see through Luke's inner thoughts at all, and he didn't want to provoke the bastard Luke either.

But if Luke really hit his idea on his family, then Popovich, who was a spy, would definitely not let it go.

After all, since entering the league, Popovich has been protecting his family. Popovich never talks about his wife in public on weekdays, and keeps his wife hidden behind the scenes.

Even the Spurs management knows little about Popovich's family situation, all of which are Popovich's protection for his family.

It can be said that the psychologically strong Popovich has no flaws, but Luke knows his only weakness, and that is his wife Irene.

As the saying goes, it’s no harm to his family. Luke used this point to beat Popovich at the press conference after the game. Naturally, he didn’t want to play the gangster’s tricks.

Even with Luke's current methods and connections, he is fully capable of causing trouble, and even finding a group of gangsters to verbally harass Irene every day is enough for Popovich to worry about.

But Luke's real intention is to beat Popovich and let Popovich restrain the players. As for the problems on the field, Luke will naturally use the field to solve them.

Since Robert Horry fouled Hudson maliciously in the game, Hudson suffered a right shoulder contusion and is expected to miss two to three weeks.

Then Robert Horry must be prepared to be maliciously fouled by others in the future, even if this foul is likely to make him bid farewell to the league directly.

Those who come out to mess around will always have to return it.

The NBA has never lacked ruthless professional thugs, but what is lacking is a gentleman who would rather bear infamy and use violence to control violence!
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Hudson missed the next two games due to injury, and Madman was suspended by the league. Although this was not a devastating blow to the Timberwolves' defense, it also greatly weakened the Timberwolves' offensive firepower.

To make matters worse, Garnett also bruised his finger during the team's group confrontation, even though the team doctor's examination showed that Garnett would only miss three or four games at most.

But in an instant, the Timberwolves lacked three players, and two of them were the core players. This is really bad for the Timberwolves.

Especially after Garnett's absence, the Timberwolves' core style of play on both ends of the offense and defense is directly facing collapse.

In this situation, even Luke, who has always been calm, couldn't help cursing, it's really a leak in the house and it rains at night, and all bad luck is caught up.

The simultaneous absence of Garnett, Madman and Hudson directly led to the Timberwolves swallowing two consecutive defeats in January, ushering in the team's first losing streak since entering the new season.

After the two-game losing streak, the Timberwolves' record fell to 27 wins and 7 losses. Although they still occupy the first place in the league, the sun behind them has been chasing closer and closer. Play the last 0.5 wins.

And the Timberwolves haven't played against the Suns this season. Judging from the paper strength alone, the Timberwolves and the Suns are definitely on par. Fans will not be surprised whoever can have the last laugh on both sides.

As for the first match between the Timberwolves and the Suns, it will be on January 1 in the near future.

At that time, whoever can win this victory of the two teams will definitely surpass the opponent in the odds of winning the championship.

Even in the next period of time, the combat power rankings announced by ESPN will be reshuffled.

(End of this chapter)