NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 123 Championship!
It was just over four o'clock in the morning when Stern's plane landed.

He went straight to Gail Miller's place.

"Gail, how many years has your Miller family been running the Jazz?"

With a low voice, Stern looked at the only female NBA owner in front of him.

"It's been 1985 years since my dad bought the Jazz in 13."

"Mr. President, I am deeply sorry for this incident. Carl's behavior is indeed a little too much."

"But he has also received the lessons he deserves."

Although Gail Miller has the same name as Gal Gadot, she has a completely different body and appearance. She is a short, fat, white-haired white woman who looks very similar to Stern.

"No, he has not learned enough."

Stern held up a finger, and Gale nodded, which she assumed meant a one-game suspension.

According to past experience, Gail does feel that Stern wants to suspend Malone for one game.

This one-game suspension is fatal, because the next game is the fourth game of the finals. After Malone is gone, the Jazz is in danger.

"A suspension will completely lose our chances of winning the championship, but we accept the penalty."

Gail's attitude is very good. On the one hand, Malone has gone too far this time, and on the other hand, Stern can't afford to provoke him.

"No, Gail, you misunderstood me."

"You have absolutely no chance of winning the championship."

"And I'm not talking about a one-game ban, I'm talking about a full-season ban."

"Before I indulged him too much, which caused him to be lawless. I must teach him a lesson."

"In addition, the Jazz's dividends for this season and next season will be deducted by 50.00% and distributed to other teams in the league."

Stern's words made Gail Miller look at Stern in disbelief as if struck by lightning. She never expected that the punishment this time would be so severe.

It was so serious that she couldn't accept it at all.

The Jazz's football market is not that big. When fans come to watch the game, they are watching Malone, the biggest star in the team.

Malone suspended for a full season?Who's still coming in to watch the game?The attendance rate has definitely dropped significantly.

Without attendance, teams lose money.

What's more terrible is that Stern actually wanted to deduct their jazz's dividends, which would make the Miller family lose their pants.

"No, this punishment is too severe."

Gail Miller stood up emotionally.

"Seriously? No, not at all."

"You know that when I came, I even thought about holding a meeting of the alliance bosses and shareholders to discuss whether to remove your Miller family."

The delisting mentioned by Stern refers to forcing the Miller family to sell the Jazz.

In essence, Stern is a wage earner for the owners of 29 teams in the league, but he is a senior wage earner, and as long as he has a suitable excuse, he can completely fire the boss.

Gail Miller's complexion changed dramatically, "Mr. President, is the matter really so serious?"

"It's more serious than you think, you fans in Salt Lake City, you should know better than me."

"I've heard death threats have been made to Raptors players?"

"Salt Lake City is your home court. If anything happens to the Raptors players, you will be responsible."

"If all goes well, I will consider mitigating some penalties."

The real purpose of Stern coming to Gail Miller is to let the Miller family protect the personal safety of the Raptors players in Salt Lake City.

It's not that he prefers the Raptors, but he has always believed that matters on the court should be resolved on the court. Once something happens off the court, it will be a huge scandal.

"Mr. President, don't worry, I will definitely hire the best security company."

"We will absolutely not let the situation continue to escalate."

Gail Miller breathed a sigh of relief. He could see that Stern was just scaring himself.

But she didn't dare to slack off, because Stern could say such a thing, which meant that he was absolutely sure to remove the Miller family from the NBA.

As for deducting the Jazz's dividends, it is even easier, and there is no need to hold a general meeting of shareholders.

You must know that this dividend is distributed to other teams, which team owner can refuse to take advantage of it for nothing.

……

After leaving Gail Miller's residence, Stern went directly to the hospital to visit Dazhi.

There were five or six Raptors players standing outside the ward, while only Kong Bu was guarding the ward.

Stern let out a long sigh. It seemed that the feud between the Raptors and the Jazz would be difficult to unravel. It is uncertain what kind of murder will happen next season.

"It's okay."

After Stern entered the ward, he glanced at Da Zhi who was unconscious, and asked Kong Bu softly.

"The situation is very bad."

Combe shook his head and sighed.

"Don't worry, Kong, I will give you an explanation."

"However, there will definitely be suspensions on your side, so be mentally prepared."

Stern continued to speak in a low voice.

Kong Bu waved his hand, now he doesn't bother to care about the suspension, he doesn't even care about the championship, he just wants Dazhi to wake up quickly.

There are championships every year, but there is only one Big Zhi. He would rather not have a championship than have any accidents with Big Zhi.

……

At eight o'clock in the morning, the league's punishment results were announced.

All five players on the Raptors' side were suspended for one game, including Malone and Sanders.

Da Ben and Wu Sheng on the court didn't give any punishment directly.

The Jazz's punishment plan can be described as shocking.

Karl Malone was suspended for 41 games and was directly given a half-season package.

Stockton was suspended for [-] games, which was definitely beyond everyone's expectations.

Based on Stockton's behavior at the time, it is generally suspended for one or two games, and may not even be suspended.

But this time Stern was ruthless and directly suspended for [-] games, showing his deep hatred for the Jazz.

Malone's suspension directly broke the record. No player has been suspended for so many games before.

In addition, with Stockton also suspended, the Jazz's championship dream is basically over.

Just like the NBA slogan before 92, win-or-gohome, they don't use gohome now, and Salt Lake City is their home.

Old Sloan's wishful thinking didn't work out, and he probably never dreamed that the punishment would be so severe.

According to past experience, Malone did this kind of thing, that is, he was suspended for one or two games. Considering that Comb's side took the initiative to expand the situation, the league may not even give Malone a suspension.

At that time, the Raptors will be suspended in a large area, and the Jazz will have every chance to win the finals.

It's a pity that he overlooked a very important thing, that is, even if the league is not suspended, Malone on the court will not be able to appear again in the short term. Into the hospital for a few days.

With the release of the punishment plan, all kinds of monsters and monsters began to jump out again.

Of course, Sloan wanted to express his dissatisfaction. In front of the media, he angrily denounced the unfairness of the league. Obviously, the Raptors also made a move. Why was they suspended for only one game, but the Jazz were suspended for more than 40 games?

Stockton's nature is not serious, and he was suspended for nearly [-] games.

This is obviously favoring the Raptors.

Pat Riley ridiculed this championship, which may be the worst championship in NBA history, and the championship with the least gold content.

Larry Brown angrily scolded Combe the savage, he should be a boxer, not a basketball coach.

Other coaches have had decades of coaching careers and have never had a fight on the court. Kumbu has appeared twice in a season!

Fortunately for the first time, Aunt Johnson just made a bit of an ugly face and did not suffer substantial harm.

Fortunately this time, Ma Long was almost killed by Kong Bu on the court.

Little Van Gundy didn't dare to jump out this time, he was afraid, what if he really annoyed Kongbu and came to New York to coach?
Pistons coach Gentry, of course, is indispensable for such moments. He followed the rhythm of his mentor Larry Brown and angrily denounced the barbarians of Combe. He should at least be suspended for the same number of games as Malone.

As a result, he accepted the interview at nine o'clock in the morning, and at twelve o'clock noon, the Pistons officially announced that the team changed coaches and Gentry was fired.

Nets coach Cali Perry is also one of Comb's friends, but he has no sense of presence, even if he jumped out, not many people noticed him.

The situation is almost the same as the last time we played in the ring.

It's just that this time it's different. The people on Kong Bu's side are much higher in both number and rank.

Some coaches or general managers who have a good relationship with Comb have reprimanded Malone of the Jazz. Many of them have suffered from Malone.

Timberwolves coach Saunders Sr. reprimanded Malone for too few suspensions and should be permanently suspended.

Even Jordan stood up, thinking that Malone's behavior was discrediting basketball.

Jordan's statement also earned him the respect of the Raptors generals, because Dazhi was the biggest contributor to the elimination of the Bulls and the "culprit" who overthrew the Second Dynasty.

Now Jordan is willing to stand up to the opponent who destroyed his dynasty, and his behavior deserves respect.

Kongbu rarely said anything, did not attend the press conference, did not accept media interviews, and stayed in the ward all the time.

At noon, Thomas Sr. arrived in Salt Lake City from Toronto.

Seeing Da Zhi who was still in a coma, old Thomas was in a complicated mood. He thought of himself back then.

"Kong, let me be the acting coach for the game the day after tomorrow."

"Don't worry, I will lead the team to produce a report card that satisfies you."

Old Thomas knew that Combe had no intention of chatting, so he left the ward silently.

Not long after he left, Kong Bu received a call from the domestic basketball management center, undoubtedly asking about Da Zhi's situation.

Kongbu could only answer truthfully. What he was most worried about was that after this incident, the basketball management center would recall Da Zhi.

But the other party didn't say much, just asked Kong Bu to keep in touch with them at any time, and notify them as soon as Da Zhi woke up.

This guard lasted for two days, and Kong Bu did not close his eyes. Da Ben and others had already returned to the hotel to rest because they were not suspended. Ma Hong and others had been guarding outside the ward.

On June 6, the fourth game of the finals.

The attendance rate of this game was extremely miserable, because both Utah Shuangsha were suspended, and the Jazz had no hope of winning.

You can't expect the old Hornacek to lead the team to win.

Since they know that it will be a big defeat, how can any fan be willing to spend a lot of money to witness the failure of their home team.

Tonight also successfully broke the lowest attendance rate in the history of the finals. The attendance rate was only 47%, and the seats on the scene were largely empty.

Just half an hour before the start of the game, Dazhi woke up slowly.

Kong Bu was overjoyed, God forbid, Da Zhi finally woke up.

"Coach, did you win the game?"

After waking up, Dazhi was extremely weak and his voice was like a gnat.

Kong Bu nodded, "I won, that was already two days ago."

"Tonight is the fourth game. In two hours, we will get the championship trophy."

Da Zhi was silent for a long time, he felt as if he had just slept, but it turned out that two days had passed.

"Let's watch the game." Da Zhi pouted at the TV in the ward.

Kong Bu didn't dissuade him. After turning on the TV, he called Ma Hong and others in. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Dazhi wake up.

Not long after, the game on the court began.

Old Thomas took over the coach and became the acting coach of the Raptors. Standing on the sidelines with his hips akimbo, he looked like a coach.

There is no suspense at all in the game. The Raptors are actually only three players absent, namely Big Zhi, Camby and Mahon.

There are still Big Ben and Jermaine O'Neill on the inside, and there is no shortage of outsiders.

Such a lineup is simply not something the Jazz can compete with. They don't even have the qualifications to look up to the Raptors.

Of course, old Thomas would not be merciful. Old and new grudges were counted together. Even if old Sloan disarmed and surrendered, he did not intend to let Jazz go. He still put on the strongest firepower and bombarded Jazz indiscriminately.

When the referee announced the end of the game, the Raptors bloodbathed the Salt Lake City home court with an overwhelming advantage of 127:75.

Undoubtedly, this is the largest point difference in the finals in NBA history. The 52-point Kombat finals point difference is unbelievable.

You must know that the previous record for the finals was only 35 points, which is still the record of the 1975 finals, more than 20 years ago.

This time the Raptors directly raised the scoring record by several notches.

It is worth mentioning that under normal circumstances, this year's Bulls played against the Jazz, in fact, also hit the record for the largest difference in the finals.

The Bulls beat the Jazz by 96 points with a score of 54:42.

That's still a well-packed Jazz.

It is not uncommon for the Raptors, who are almost undamaged now, to meet the Jazz with two broken legs and win 52 points.

Stern let out a long sigh. This round of finals should be the most anticlimactic finals in history. In terms of excitement, it can't even compare with Mao in the Eastern Conference finals.

The Raptors won all four games, swept the Jazz, and successfully won the championship.

Stern was on the scene, and he had to present the championship trophy to the Raptors.

After stepping onto the court, he didn't have much time to give a speech. After saying some clichés, he announced the winner of the championship.

A moment later, the results of the finals MVP selection came out, and McGrady won the FMVP.

His performance in the first two games was not as good as Big Zhi, but he scored 49 points in the third game, and scored 56 points tonight. After four games, he averaged 40.5 points per game. Even Jordan never played in the finals. Such a terrifying scoring average.

This FMVP is naturally McGrady.

The Raptors didn't know that Big Zhi had woken up, so they didn't want to participate in the awards ceremony. Da Ben held the championship trophy, McGrady held the FMVP trophy, and let the reporters finish taking photos. Old Thomas led the generals back to the locker room .

Celebrate of course celebrate, but not here and now.

After seeing the Raptors win the championship, Da Zhi fell asleep contentedly.

When he saw the Raptors he built with his own hands and won the championship, Kumbu had imagined this scene countless times before. He felt that he would be extremely excited and cry with joy.

But in fact, Kumbu's mood is extremely calm, and the joy of the championship is definitely not as much as the victory over the Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Now Kumbu just wants to sleep well, because there are still many difficult things to deal with by himself.

(End of this chapter)