After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 176 "Hot Stems" Team
This kind of matter needs to be resolved sooner rather than later, so the Magic team immediately contacted the league officials.

For the officials, maintaining the image of a superstar like Howard is also tantamount to maintaining the image of the league, so naturally there is no hesitation.

David Stern has always been committed to making the NBA a "gentlemen's league", not because he has any moral and cleanliness, but purely to open up a broader market, especially the market of those rich people.

That's why he vigorously promoted Grant Hill, the "successor of Jordan" who will play music, and strictly stipulated some dress etiquette, such as wearing formal clothes on specific occasions.

With the concerted efforts of both parties, the turmoil was quickly eliminated. On the one hand, it was because of the greetings of various media, and on the other hand, it was also because of the "facts" as the basis. .

After all, for the media, they also have to rely on the NBA to eat, and they can clearly distinguish between a full meal and a full meal.

After completing these tasks, the Magic officially held a press conference for Howard to refute and clarify the rumors.

First of all, of course, he went to the place, but nothing happened, it was all FAKE NEWS, and unscrupulous reporters were making it up.

Anyway, it was settled over there, and the reporter was also settled. No one will pursue it, and this is the way it is.

The second is that he feels sorry for what happened this time, and apologizes to the team, coaches, teammates, and of course the fans. I hope everyone will still pay attention to the performance on the field in the future.

However, the turmoil seems to have subsided, but this rumor is estimated to be spread for a long time, and may even gradually evolve into some memes.

Inside the Magic team, they also need to rely on continuous victories to crush the influence of rumors and move on to the right track.

Otherwise, this would still be a ticking time bomb in the locker room.

……

In the last game of January, the Magic once again faced the Miami Heat at home.

However, because of the absence of Wade and O'Neal at the same time, this game lacked topics and attention.

Of course, because of Howard's news, there has been some new attention.

The Heat also suffered bad luck this season. First, Mourning directly announced his retirement due to injury after playing more than 20 games-probably because he lost too much and couldn't stand it.

Wade has been recuperating after undergoing surgery in May last year. He has not returned since the start of the game, and his state has been ups and downs since his return. O'Neal is also on and off, so after only one year, the former champion team has become an all-time champion. A team that everyone in the league can bully.

The Heat even had a record of 5 wins and 15 losses in the 15 games that started the game. Before the game against the Magic, the Heat had just experienced the longest [-]-game losing streak in the league this season.

In the end, they narrowly beat the Pacers by 1 point to end their losing streak, and then they met the Celtics who were beaten by the Magic on the field. They were vented, and the Heat lost again without any suspense.

This is their second back-to-back game, and Wade did not play because of injury management.

In fact, many outsiders speculate that the Heat suffered so many injuries this season. Although there are unexpected reasons, they are inseparable from the load training of coach Pat Riley.

At the beginning of the Lakers, he was complained by players because of the strict training management, and O'Neal, who was originally lazy, except for the first two seasons, maybe to prove himself to the Lakers and beat Kobe, so he was obedient and worked hard. But after winning the championship, I started to slack off.

It is estimated that he lost a lot of heart after being out in the first round of last season, his attendance rate is comparable to that of Wade, and his overall state is not as good as before.

In fact, the management of the Heat team probably knows that this season is a dead end. Basically, they are playing badly, and they are planning to get a good pick in this year's draft. After all, there are many good seedlings in 08. Rose , Beasley, Mayo, win any one and pair it with Wade, there is a lot to do in the future.

So in fact this year, the Heat also had some games that were expected to win at the last moment, but they still lost the games for various reasons.

47 minutes to show the strength of the rookie, 1 minute to show the strength of the draft pick.

Moreover, the situation of the Heat this season is similar to that of the Spurs when Robinson was injured and took advantage of the trend to compete for Duncan.

The Magic are still in full swing at home, continuing the good form of the last game, and they are pressing the Heat from the beginning to the end.

Because of Wade's rest, the Heat's starting backcourt for this game is Jason Williams and Ricky Davis, both of whom are quite stalked.

Jason, nicknamed "White Chocolate", is the one who "one man holds the ball and nine men are nervous". Yes, that is the astonishing assist-to-loss ratio of 8 assists and 0 turnovers.

Ricky Davis was the one who was sent away by the Cavaliers and said "I thought he (James) was here to help me". Although this sentence was cited as a joke, his personal strength is not bad. In the absence of Wade, he is basically a card on the Heat's field.

In this game, he scored 21 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, and even led the team to catch up to only 3 points in the first half.

It's a pity that the team's hard strength lies there. If it weren't for the Magic's turmoil and too many passing mistakes, the battle would have ended at halftime.

After being taught a good lesson by Van Gundy in the midfield, they corrected their attitude in the second half, and the Heat could no longer see hope.

After the whole game, except for the Magic team making many mistakes and explosions, all aspects of the data are in an advantage, especially the rebounds reached an astonishing 54:27. The Magic team grabbed 10+ rebounds and Li Chengming scored 15 points. A quasi triple-double with 10 rebounds and 8 assists. In the end, because of the assists and two more turnovers, I was a little embarrassed to watch Van Gundy.

But Van Gundy didn't say much. After all, it's not necessarily a good thing for the players to maintain a tense mental state. Occasionally relax and wave a little. What they are facing is this kind of game that is sure to win, and they need to tighten up in the middle. Time did it, and there was no need to be harsh after the game.

For Van Gundy, the most important thing is that after watching these two games, Lewis, Turkoglu and Li Chengming have all recovered. Howard is of course the most stable. Except for free throws, he is basically the magic team. one.

As for Nelson, who finally ushered in a comeback in this game, he was given 10 minutes of playing time in the second half to find his feeling, except for more fouls.

In this game, none of the Magic's statistics were particularly outstanding. In the end, Li Chengming was interviewed.

As a result, the black guy Howard appeared out of nowhere on the way, and suddenly poured a glass of cold water on Li Chengming's head.

Li Chengming shuddered and scolded Tomato at that time, but it was only a glass, and the feeling was fleeting.

Looking back, Howard had simply run away. Li Chengming looked helpless, and looked back at the reporter who was arranging her clothes. She was also splashed a little.

"Well, as you can see, I think my teammates really like me."

This is to answer the other party's question just now, how does he get along with his teammates.

Li Chengming felt that this question was very mentally handicapped, as long as he was not a fool, there would be no other answer.

Of course, Howard's move just saved him from having to give examples to explain, anyway, the squabbles are over, young people, there is no overnight sadness and no overnight revenge.

As for Howard's recent controversy, the reporter of course also mentioned that Li Chengming did not respond positively. He felt that there was nothing to say about it.

The legs are on someone else's body, so can others control what he wants to do?

It's none of his business, he didn't get involved, and it's hard to comment.

Li Chengming didn't care whether it was just public relations or the truth. Anyway, it seemed that Howard was normal in the team.

"Okay, then thank you for accepting our interview this time, let's not disturb you and celebrate with your teammates."

Li Chengming smiled and expressed his thanks.

Then I went back to the locker room and was poured several buckets of water as expected. Fortunately, I made mental preparations this time, and it was much easier to accept psychologically.

And in this kind of cheerful atmosphere, Li Chengming, who was not very accepting of this way of celebration, began to feel that this feeling was not bad.

(End of this chapter)