basketball never sleeps

Chapter 246: You are called Magneto?
The news that Sebastian was beaten in his own locker room was not covered up, and reporters only reacted after learning the news.

I was wondering why Mo became so reasonable today. It turns out he was playing a trick of repairing the plank road in the open while secretly attacking Chencang!

Rivers did not intend to follow Ainge's advice to "make a big deal out of a small matter", but chose to loudly accuse the Supersonics of going to the locker room to beat people at off-peak times, which was simply a violation of morality and the legal system!

If you have the ability, solve it on the field. What’s the point of taking revenge in private?

But before he could finish his words, the press officer shut him down.

Before he could react, the reporters in the audience came over excitedly -

"Coach Rivers, do you encourage resolving grievances directly on the court?"

"There was a fight on the court at Madison Square Garden today. Do you appreciate the way they solved the problem?"

"Excuse me, are you hoping that Mo and Sebastian will have a fight on the court?"

What is going on? Rivers, who is in great luck, looked confused. I was condemning the Sonics' violent behavior that broke the rules, so how did I become an advocate of violence?

The press officer was quick and decisive. He signaled to the reporter that the interview was over and then took Rivers away.

In the press officer's office, Rivers finally understood what had happened. It turned out that a fight had broken out in the game between the Nuggets and the Knicks an hour ago. The two sides had a large-scale fight under Stern's nose.

The reason for the fight was also very "classic". Because it was Iverson's first game after joining the Nuggets, George Karl was so happy that he decided to give benefits to the fans and let Melon and Iverson fight freely. He wanted to see the limit of the two leading the team to score 30+.

So until the last two minutes of the fourth quarter, when the difference between the two sides widened to 20 points, the Nuggets still did not replace their starting lineup.

The head coach of the Knicks is still Isaiah Thomas. The Knicks' record has been poor and his coaching ability has always been doubted by the owner. Aren't the Nuggets trying to destroy his job by being so disrespectful to him?

So, at Thomas's instruction, the Knicks players' actions became noticeably more aggressive, physical conflicts quickly broke out and escalated, and finally after a melee, 11 players were sent off and escorted away by security, and the situation was finally brought under control.

The subsequent punishment has not yet been announced, but just from the text, Rivers can imagine how angry the president will be.

Think again about what I just said...

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Rivers looked at the press officer with a questioning look.

"You didn't tell me that our own players were beaten in the locker room!" The press officer felt aggrieved as well. They did copywriting and worked in the stadium, and when he watched the live broadcast he thought it was his own Celtics who took advantage.

What else could Rivers say? He sighed and knew he would be fined this time.

After firmly denying the fact that the gang leader ordered his subordinates to retaliate, Mo Wen said that everything was a spontaneous action under the atmosphere of team unity.

Sebastian was just lucky to run fast and get back to the locker room, otherwise, it would not have been his teammates' turn to shoot.

Later he also learned from reporters that Melo was boxing in New York.

Although he was clapping in his heart, on the surface, Mo Wen still looked very sorry for Melon. My useless little brother Melon~
There's nothing wrong with fighting, but a group of people went over there and did it in front of Stern, and let the camera film it. Ugh, so disgusting!

I always carry the camera on my back!

When Mo Wen heard that Marbury did not participate in the fight, the regret on his face became even greater. He just found out that Sebastian was Marbury's cousin. Your cousin got beaten, but your cousin was able to survive the melee. What kind of man is he?

But think about it, when Marbury flirted with a big boss' woman in a bar in his early years, he had to ask Iverson to save his face before the matter was settled. Given this relationship, it is reasonable for Marbury not to join the conflict.

However, the two players with the deepest gangster backgrounds in the two leagues got together and had a fight at Stern's place in their first game of cooperation... Old Deng must have taken a lot of quick-acting heart-saving pills this time.

Stern's heart is really hurting right now. He had just calmed down from the punches between Anthony and Iverson, when he heard a fight at the North Shore Garden. He was so angry. What on earth are you trying to do?

But then he learned that Mo Wen did not take action, but just confronted on the spot, and it was other unknown teammates who went to the locker room to block the door and teach him a lesson. When the conflict had not been seen by the media and fans, he breathed a sigh of relief and even showed a relieved smile on his face.

Right, this is the way to solve the problem.

As long as it's not under the camera, everything is fine.

In a capitalist country, as long as you don't stuff evidence into people's mouths, it all depends on what those who hold the power to speak think.

Mo Wen is pure and innocent, self-disciplined and polite. His teammates retaliate, and the Celtics players... are also very polite.

Such violent behavior is still not allowed by the league, but it is definitely better than the street brawls between thugs like the Nuggets and the Knicks.

The most worrying thing is that the two incidents are of the same nature, and the impact is cumulative, which will once again destroy the image that the alliance has painstakingly built over the past two years.

Now the two violent incidents are of different natures. Where there is comparison, there will be controversy. Where there is controversy, there will be chaos. And chaos is a ladder.

While the media was still reveling in the two violent incidents in the league, Stern began to mobilize the league's tongue to muddy the waters.

The punishment for the two violent incidents on the second day was even more of a double standard (based on the facts).

The league issued a fine for the Nuggets vs. New York match, second only to the match at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

Eight players from both sides were suspended for a total of 8 games, the most serious of which were Anthony and Iverson, who were suspended for 60 and 16 games respectively. In terms of fines, the 10 players involved in the two sides were fined a total of 14 million, and the two teams also needed to pay a fine of 120 each.

However, regarding the conflict between the Supersonics and the Celtics, the league suspended Payton, the only known "bad guy" who took action, for two games and fined him $2. Sebastian, who intentionally injured Ray Allen, was also suspended for two games and fined $5000. Rivers, who made inappropriate remarks after the game, was fined the highest amount in this incident, $2, and was suspended for three games.

When the news came out, many people were stunned, especially the Celtics. In the previous announcement, they were still enjoying the justice that came from the league, but when it came to them, all they had left was an embarrassing pink fist hitting them on the head.

You know, in the New York battle, the most serious injury to the players was that one unlucky guy had a broken nose.

But Sebastian was beaten so badly that he was hospitalized!

When did the NBA have celestial dragons?

The explanation given by the league's spokesperson was similar to that of the referee. The conflict in the locker room did not constitute an on-field conflict. According to the penalty standards for off-field conflicts, this was already the maximum penalty.

After all, there are police officers to deal with off-court issues, and the league is just a commercial company.

Some people questioned the double standards of the alliance, while others supported the alliance's decision.

Because the reason why the Supersonics players beat people up was the same as the last time Mo Wen did it in New York, both of which were to stand up for their injured teammates.

In the final analysis, the league has been too inactive in dealing with the issue of disabled players on the court. Some time ago, Bowen's foul was a reappearance, and he blocked Francis and Crawford. As a result, the league gave Bowen two technical fouls and no other penalties.

Oh, and league vice president Stu Jackson also gave Bowen a warning call.

The most ironic thing is that Rashid received more penalties for yelling than Bowen for injuring two people.

If everyone learns from Bowen and Sebastian, what's the point of playing basketball? They might as well just compete to see who is better at martial arts.

If you don't care about the mess on the court, you'd better not care about the mess off the court either.

In this regard, Popovich expressed strong protest on behalf of the Spurs...

The argument began, and what happened after the water was muddied had nothing to do with Mo Wen.

Just like Laettner dealt with Duncan before, as long as he didn't do it himself, the league would never hold him responsible, and this time there was not even a fine.

Mo Wen didn't care about the small amount of money that Payton lost due to the fine and suspension. He directly asked Heuman to arrange a new Porsche for him so that he could take advantage of the suspension holiday to go for a ride with his family.

Mo Wen also asked Hugh Man to arrange gifts of appropriate value for those teammates who took action.

If he takes action, he will lose at least 50 US dollars for a two-game suspension based on his salary. Even after deducting taxes, the remaining money will be enough to provide benefits to his teammates.

Not to mention that if Anthony gets into trouble, he might be suspended for five or six games.

The only bad news is that Ray Allen's examination results are not good. His wrist injury is serious and he needs to rest for two weeks to fully recover.

……

After returning to Seattle, the entire team breathed a sigh of relief, and old Hill was considerate enough to give the players a day and a half off between the next three days of games.

"Don't play too crazy. Lei is not here, and you will have to rely on you to carry the home court later." Old Hill specifically instructed Mo Wen.

Mo Wen nodded helplessly. Given Hill's reputation in his private life, he would not have said such a thing. However, he was recognized by several female fans who were models at the airport just now. If his bodyguards hadn't stopped him, he would have been taken advantage of again.

Several girls left their contact information for Mo Wen, and the teammates who were watching were screaming with envy.

In order to suppress the negative impact of the previous violent incidents as soon as possible, the league immediately put the Supersonics' 15-game winning streak at the start of the season on the top after issuing the penalty notice.

Whichever team he goes to will be the best in the league, and the call for Mo Wen to be the best active player has been getting louder and louder recently.

An NBA superstar, a handsome foreign man, tall and rich - even Heuman joked that if Catherine's family background was not strong enough and the relationship between the two was not good enough, there was a high probability that she would have been poached by other actresses.

Many female stars had previously approached Heuman through CAA to ask for Mo Wen’s contact information, but he refused to give it to them.

After all, there is the example of Beckham, and Heuman thinks that at Mo Wen's age, he should just focus on playing basketball.

Only after returning to his lake view room did Mo Wen finally relax.

Little Catherine had already taken a leave of absence and was waiting at home. When she saw Mo Wen coming back, she went to greet him. Although they contacted each other by phone every day, she still hoped to fall asleep in the arms of her lover.

"Brother-in-law!"

Just as Mo Wen and little Catherine were kissing, a crisp voice came from behind little Catherine.

"I want one too, I want one too!" Christina opened her arms and pouted.

Mo Wen was not surprised by the appearance of his sister-in-law (wife). Thanksgiving in the United States is a five-day holiday. If Tina didn't come, Mo Wen would definitely spank her when he went back to play away against the Kings.

"Stop making trouble, we're still outside." After rubbing Tina's head, Mo Wen naturally hugged the two sisters and walked into the house.

Only after returning to the house did Mo Wen take off his disguise.

He had only abstained from sex for eight days, but it felt like several months had passed.

"Ahem." Looking at the three people who were about to stick together, the master and apprentice duo who were ignored saw that their reminders were ineffective and could only pull the curtains.

"I told you, there's nothing else in a man's mind." Catherine said to Ruth beside her with a bit of jealousy. "What do you think?"

Sister Ruth didn't say anything but looked thoughtful.

"What are you thinking about?" Big Catherine waved her hand in front of her.

"I was wondering, where would the person on top find support when four people are stacking a piece of cake?" Ruth tilted her head and looked at the sofa, evaluating something.

"Ah... huh? You bitch, you said yesterday that I was your favorite, but today you couldn't help sticking your butt up when you saw him. It seems that you thought that there were three people stacked in front of you. Believe it or not, I will use his roller to beat your face!" Big Catherine pinched Professor Ruth's balloon in anger. On the first day of rest, Mo Wen's life was quite fulfilling.

While exchanging information with little Catherine, she also had to help Tina improve her skills. While aligning the granularity with big Catherine, she also had to cooperate with Professor Ruth in in-depth research. At night, she also had to integrate the family's personnel and allocate resources.

Professor Ruth is worthy of being a professor. The vertical integration she proposed on the sofa side is simply a genius idea. Compared with ordinary parallel integration, it perfectly solves Mo Wen’s abnormal demands.

In the final summary, Mo Wen raised the problems encountered in the process. The big bed he bought before could not keep up with the current private domain needs and needed version iteration.

Moreover, the four girls also need to be further empowered in their work capabilities. With their current capabilities, they are unable to solve Mo Wen’s pain points.
……

It was only a ridiculous day, and Mo Wen quickly returned to normal from the hormone-fueled state.

To be honest, basketball is not as fun as girls, but basketball is more fun than girls.

There are two home games coming up. Ray Allen is not here, so he can't be as relaxed as before. Just like old Hill said, he has to retain a certain amount of physical strength.

He doesn't expect the Supersonics' winning streak to continue, but the home game victory or defeat is related to the amount of the bet, and he can't lose a game if he wants to clear the prize pool.

Before the Supersonics welcomed their first home game in December, Mo Wen won the second Player of the Month trophy in his life.

At this time, the monthly best player award had not yet been divided into the Eastern and Western conferences. It was valuable, but Mo Wen did not take it too seriously. This thing was the same as the division championship trophy. If he could not get the final award, he would only feel upset.

The monthly player award he won with the Heat last season didn't even make it into his honors cabinet, but was thrown into his father's office as a decoration.

Some fans think that the more monthly player awards a player has, the better the player is most of the time and should win the MVP.

But in fact, the biggest function of the Player of the Month is the ticket to the MVP selection. After getting the ticket, what you look at is the team's record and data. Extra tickets are actually not very meaningful.

Originally, Kobe won the best player award for three months this season because he had three consecutive months of high-scoring highlights and the team's winning rate was also acceptable. However, he also lost a lot of games in the rest of the time. In the end, the Lakers only won 3 games and only received 42% of the votes in the MVP voting.

A big reason why Mo Wen failed to win the MVP last season was because Wade also won an MVP award, and the two of them were on the same team and couldn't split the award.

On December 12, the SuperSonics faced the Kings at home.

The Kings are currently a team on the edge of the playoffs, but domestic audiences are paying close attention to this game because Dazhi is still playing here.

Dazhi has been in good shape since the start of the season, and he was able to get 11+8 points last month. Because it is a contract year, Dazhi plans to give it one more try and try to get a decent contract to stay in the NBA for another two years.

"You don't know, our boss said that if I can persuade you to come over in the summer, he will just renew my contract with a middle-class salary." Before the game, Dazhi and Mo Wen chatted and laughed on the sidelines.

"I originally thought that I didn't need to persuade you at all. You are not the governor's son-in-law. If you don't come here, where else can you go? When you come, I can get another middle-class job. I didn't expect that, hey, you really didn't come!"

Mo Wen smiled. It was precisely because he was T800's son-in-law that he couldn't go to the Kings. He hadn't recovered from being accompanied by the two sisters last night and could only watch the game at home. If he were closer, his father-in-law and mother-in-law would come to check on him and he might have to travel through time again.

"Then do you know that someone from above sent a message to me, asking me to persuade you to go back and fight if it doesn't work. The absolute core position has been reserved for you." Mo Wen teased Wang Zhizhi in return.

"Don't worry, I just want to stay for two more years because I don't want to go back. I have also thought about going back, but it's not easy to take care of the child here, and it's not good to let the old lady take care of the child all the time, but some things... Well, don't mention it." Dazhi pursed his lips and didn't want to say more.

Mo Wen could almost guess the reason. It was a salary issue. After all, he was a national player and was receiving public funding. Dazhi had won championships and had statistics. A million-dollar annual salary like in the original history, which was a bit of a redemption, was definitely not justified. But any more would destroy the team environment...

Don’t talk about a pure environment. We are all human beings and it’s hard to explain when it comes to money.

Before the game, Mo Wen observed that Gay had a good shooting touch, so he reminded him to be more active when he moved around more.

Unlike history, the Kings did not trade for Artest, but used the salary space originally intended for recruiting Mo Wen to recruit Mo Wen's old teammate Rasual Butler in the summer. The overall offense and defense are weaker than the Kings in history.

Considering that the person defending Gay may be a sieve like Kevin Martin, he has a good chance of having a famous game.

The only thing you need to pay attention to is not to let Martin's fouls ruin your mentality when you are on the defensive end.

Martin, who was still a nobody last season, has already awakened his magic skill of hitting someone - one leaning and one pulling, and easily making two free throws.

His skinny body and crooked shooting posture are like a foul amplifier. You think you are maintaining normal defensive movements, but he has already called a foul on you.

The most important thing is that Kevin Martin's game logic is very shameless. Regular scorers usually create free throws to find their touch after consecutive missed shots.

Kevin Martin first committed a few fouls to find his touch before entering scoring mode.

Mo Wen knew him very well because Martin had upset his mentality at the beginning, but later he found that Martin's skills were very suitable for passing dungeons.

Because most people are not so shameless, but he doesn't need to be shameless in the system.

After playing for most of the quarter, Mo Wen had an idea in his mind. It wouldn't be a problem to win, and he could even score some points.

Kings owners, the Maloof brothers, want to sell tickets and play offensive basketball, so the Kings are currently sticking with the old Princeton tactics.

With the bankrupt version of Webber and Wang Zhizhi, Brad Miller as the axis, and Bibby, the Kings can still maintain a fairly smooth passing speed.

Kevin Martin and Rasual Butler are also accurate in three-point shooting, and in terms of offense, the Kings are not inferior to the Supersonics.

But as the game progressed, the Kings' defensive problems became apparent.

Not to mention Mo Wen, the Kings can't defend any one of Milicic and Tyson Chandler.

The speed and impact of the two players are far beyond the ability of two 30-year-old inside players who are not known for their physical strength to withstand.

The Kings also have a serious rebounding problem. Miller could still grab rebounds when he was young, but he can no longer do so as he gets older and his athletic ability declines.

As for Dazhi, if he had rebounds, he wouldn't have to fight for next year's contract.

On the Supersonics side, Mo Wen did not start the solo mode, but instead distributed the opportunities vacated by Ray Allen to Milicic and Gay.

Milicic has no awareness of the contract year at all, just like his Serbian junior.

Gay's touch during warm-ups extended to practice, and he had a small outburst in the first half, scoring 14 points.

He could have had a chance to score 20 points, but he paid the price for Martin.

Although Mo Wen intended to find Martin to defend, Martin was not stupid. He knew that Mo Wen was an old veteran with a high status and it was not easy for him to deceive the whistle, so he kept looking for the opportunity to play against Guy.

Although Guy had received education on fake moves from Mo Wen within the team, Mo Wen generally did not use such shameless fouls as Martin in real life.

The referee blew the whistle on Gay twice, and Gay's mentality almost exploded. He argued with the referee and spread his hands, and then received another technical foul.

This year, the league implemented a zero-tolerance principle in the referee union - players are not allowed to throw their hands at the referee or question the referee's decision too much, which greatly broadened the scope of the referee's technical foul.

It can be said that starting from this season, spreading one's hands has become the privilege of star players, because the stars have a large number of fans supporting them and the care of the league behind them, and the referees dare not easily call the stars' faults.

Mo Wen pulled Guy, who was about to continue lying down, back to the bench and said, "With your status, the referee will not pay any attention to you even if you kneel down."

There is absolutely no need to reason with the referee. It is obvious that the league is behind Martin's favoritism. Otherwise, what will the Kings do if they don't have a star player who can score more than 20 points?

But I can't just let it go if I've been wronged.

Mo Wen stroked his non-existent beard, raised his eyebrows and looked at Kevin Martin, "You're the only one called Magneto? !"

"Kevin (Martin) bullied Guy. Mo is starting to call out Kevin to help Guy get revenge. Let's see how he will play this ball--"

"Okay, Mo called for a Milicic pick-and-roll, he's going to break through... it went over, eh, Martin seemed to hit him in the face?"

"It's not very clear, but Martin did seem to touch Mo's face. The referee also gave Martin a defensive foul. Uh, there's no problem at the Sonics' home court."

"Mo changed his position this time, still a high pick-and-roll, look at this time... No, why are both of them down?"

The director found a close-up re-interview on the big screen in the stadium. You have to admit that the acting skills of these two people are quite good. On the defensive end, Martin wanted to replicate Mo Wen's face-slapping foul in the previous round, while Mo Wen used Martin's leaning foul.

"Shit, forgive my swearing, these two bastards are just acting!"

"Okay, okay, the referee called a foul on Martin's shot, but it seemed like he also warned them that this was a basketball game, not a foul or acting competition!"

Mo Wen smiled and made an OK gesture to the referee, telling him to just play two rounds and help his younger brother get it back. If it weren't for this special situation, his ultimate killer move that could cause a foul would usually be in a sealed state.

Even at the key moment of a crucial game, Mo Wen would most likely not use it, because unless he was doing it for entertainment, it would be too detrimental to his character and image.

In the second half, Mo Wen took the initiative to speed up and start a fast break, which the Kings couldn't stop. At the same time, they couldn't keep up with the Supersonics in scoring, and the score was directly widened by one wave.

Bibby was very tightly guarded by Mo Wen. Bibby was not known for his speed, and it was difficult for him to fool Mo Wen with rhythm and fake moves. But the Kings were counting on him to break through and score in the scoring phase.

After Mo Wen took the lead in increasing the defensive intensity, the Kings' jump shot accuracy plummeted. The average height of the Supersonics players is among the highest in the league, and in a one-on-one situation, they can interfere with shots without any disadvantage.

Just entering the fourth quarter, seeing that there was no hope of winning, the Kings decisively chose to surrender to save their energy.

They still want to compete for the playoffs, so there is no need to fight to the death with strong teams. It is more realistic to beat the team they should beat.

莫闻轻松拿下43分、13助攻、8篮板、3抢断、1盖帽、2失误，还没有失去同时拿下得分王和助攻王的希望。

Originally, Melo was leading the scoring list, with Iverson second, but now that the two are together, they will definitely have to share the ball. Third is Arenas, who now averages 31 points per game and is not far behind. Behind him is Mo Wen.

As for Kobe, who was originally the scoring champion this season, he has now lost his "independent status" because of his training of Paul. Unless Kobe is out for the season, he should withdraw from the competition for the scoring champion.

In other words, he may have to compete with Arenas for the scoring title this season?

Three words suddenly popped up in Mo Wen’s mind: gun door.

That’s not right. It’s still early. That young man with loaded bullets has not entered the league yet.

You still have to work hard on your own.

"Coach, who are we going to play next?"

In the locker room, Mo Wen accepted the caress of the fascia knife and asked Old Hill with gritted teeth.

"I averaged 37 points last week and was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week. Do you feel any pressure?"

He scratched his head, muttering to himself just now.

There is pressure, but not much, it’s just trouble!

It’s just a 0, just make it harder.

(End of this chapter)