252: 113: Brave Knight (Requesting monthly tickets!) 252: 113: Brave Knight (Requesting monthly tickets!) The league swiftly announced the punishnt results for the brawl.
Rodman, who took the worst beating, also received the heaviest penalty—he was suspended for 5 gas and fined thirty thousand US dollars.
How is it that dical expenses are only thirty thousand?
That money still goes to the league!
If Rodman wants to cover his dical bills, he still has to depend on Reinsdorf, that Jewish guy!
His over-the-shoulder throw of Roger was particularly vicious and was the spark that ignited the conflict; so the league used him as an example for a severe punishnt.
Roger and McKey were both suspended for 2 gas and fined ten thousand US dollars.
Moreover, all three of them were required by the league to participate in community service.
Pippen was a special case; he was only suspended for 1 ga, wasn’t fined, and didn’t have to do community service.
Could Pippen not be special?
For this legendary figure, Rod Thorn, the NBA’s executive vice president in charge of basketball operations, comnted, “Play nice!”
Even the NBA’s high-level disciplinary officer was really accommodating.
It’s one thing for McKey, Rodman, and Roger to fight.
What was Scottie Pippen doing joining the fray?
Doesn’t he have any sense of how good he is?
A player who got utterly outplayed by a rookie should stay out of these sses!
At least Rodman managed to throw Roger to the ground.
What about Pippen?
He’s all about avoiding any punches, just taking them!
This ti, the punishnt wasn’t really that severe, but it still infuriated Magic coach Brian Hill.
The next day, as expected, he punished everyone by making them run laps and even blasted them on the training court:
“It’s behavior worthy of an idiot pig.
You all just seem to know how to do these boring things.
I’m fed up, can’t you think before you act?
That idiotic Shaq, with his injured hand, keeps taking days off, nowhere to be found.
And you?
You hand over victory on the court—I’m sick of it!
Roger, how could you do sothing so stupid as a team leader!”
Seeing the coach target Roger, McKey tried to deflect the bla, “Brian, Roger saw being…”
“Shut up, Derek!
All I know is, we lost an important ga because we were too impulsive!
We could have crushed the Chicago Bulls again, but now, it’s all ruined!”
“Damn, shouldn’t we fight back?
Just let others bully us?” McKey retorted, feeling he’d done nothing wrong.
Once again, Brian Hill was contradicted by one of his players.
Roger shook his head; didn’t this idiot coach realize his control over the locker room was slipping away?
Didn’t he notice he was drifting further and further apart from his players?
Last season’s playoffs, all those motivational shouts did nothing for the team—hadn’t he figured out the problem yet?
Brian Hill indeed had not realized these things, because after winning the championship, a person’s ntality changes.
If the pre-championship Brian Hill was relatively low-key and cared about the players’ feelings, then as a championship coach, Brian Hill undoubtedly felt his words should carry more weight and he should have more authority in the locker room.
He began to think everyone should listen to him.
He would still praise players, but when reprimanding, he beca less rciful.
Being the champion is an honor, but it can also be a curse, subtly changing a lot of things.
Seeing both sides arguing, Harper quickly stepped in to diate, “Alright, let’s all say a bit less.
What’s done is done; we just have to face it.”
Eventually, the argunt was sowhat quelled.
However, after the practice when interviewed, Brian Hill was still complaining.
“We should be more mature.
We are the defending champions; everything should focus on winning.
They’re too impulsive!”
“I hope Roger and Derek learn from this.
I can’t lead a bunch of immature kids to defend our title!”
“Don’t ask where Shaq went.
Go ask that moron yourself!
Let know when you find him!”
Roger didn’t care about the coach’s complaints.
On his way ho from the afternoon practice, he was seriously listening to the car radio.
The whole country was focusing on yesterday’s brawl, but so radio stations were also paying attention to the ga itself.
For instance, the station Roger was listening to was analyzing the details of the ga.
“I must remind everyone that before the brawl broke out, the Magic didn’t find an effective solution against the Bulls’ aggressive defense in the third quarter.
Although the sample size is small, I think the Bulls’ trade has been successful; they have managed to create a lineup that can contain the Magic.
If Orlando can’t solve this issue, the Eastern Conference crown might just change hands.”
Roger didn’t agree with this statent, perhaps because the Magic had such a smooth start that many dia outlets had forgotten sothing—this is a Shaq-less Orlando Magic.
Even as last season’s Finals MVP, he wouldn’t overlook O’Neal’s impact.
The Bulls limited only an Orlando team that was not at full strength in the third quarter.
So whether the Bulls have successfully contained the Magic and whether they can regain control of the East is still too early to determine.
But Roger did admit the Bulls’ defense in the third quarter had put him in a passive position.
Before Shaq cos back, the Bulls and Magic will have another ga.
That ti, Roger doesn’t want to lose to the Bulls.
He couldn’t just wait for Shaq to return to solve the Bulls problem; he wanted to beat the Bulls once without Shaq.
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