Five Hundred and Seven: It's Time to End

By the end of the game, Irving and Waiters, two young guards, were quite frustrated.

One wants to be ashamed, and the other wants to be the team leader. Today, however, they are all defeated by the same man.

The Cavaliers persisted for three quarters, thinking they could create an upset. But the further back they hit, the more they felt the gap was huge.

Owen looked at the big screen at the scene, then shook his head secretly. The gap of 13 points, 108 to 95, faithfully reflected the strength of the two teams.

Irving scored 30 points and 4 assists, and it stands to reason that his performance is not bad. But Irving's disappearing performance in the fourth quarter made it difficult for people to praise him.

Under the cheers of Grizzlies fans, Irving walked into the tunnel. However, as the league's most popular fried chicken, Owen naturally won't avoid reporters so easily.

At the entrance of the player tunnel, Irving was stopped by a reporter.

"Kelly, can you tell me why you suddenly didn't play well in the last quarter?" The reporter's question was not tricky, and this was already a fortune in Owen's misfortune.

However, this seemingly simple question made Owen very embarrassed.

"We were completely overwhelmed by Link. He ended the game. It's a pity we didn't take away the victory. With Link there, I guess it's hard for anyone to take away the victory from the FedEx Arena."

As Irving spoke, he recalled the horror of being dominated by Link in the fourth quarter.

The reporter didn't ask any further questions, just let Owen return to the player tunnel. He didn't want to embarrass Owen anymore, because in Owen's eyes, the reporter saw a lot of fear.

This kid is pathetic enough.

On the other hand, Link was in a good mood. Not only has he been interviewed by most reporters, but he has also fulfilled many requests for autographs from fans.

After doing this, Link couldn't wait to rush into the locker room and took out his phone.

Sure enough, on the front page of the NBA's official website, it wasn't the news of the Grizzlies winning, nor the remarks that Irving admitted to being beaten by Link.

The headline on the front page was very clear with a headline, "NBA Officials Strongly Condemns Morey's Inappropriate Remarks and Demands Apology."

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This is a photo of the Grizzlies home fans in uniform in solidarity with Link.

Link happily leaned against the locker, this time, the matter was completely resolved.

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It's not the first time Morey has seen David Stern, but never has he been so nervous.

Although Stern is still the president of the NBA, in fact, everyone knows that Stern is now intending to train vice president Adam Silver to take the position. Many things in the league are actually handled by Xiao Hua.

Now Stern, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the honorary president. Many things, he has stopped doing it himself.

But this time, Stern flew to Houston himself and sat in front of Morey. The general manager, who had a background in data analysis, knew that things had become quite serious.

"Darryl, you should also know what we mean, right?" Stern looked at Morey seriously. In the 1990s and early 2000s, it was the players who were difficult to manage.

Stern really can't think of it, now even the general manager with a high level of education is starting to get confused?

"I know, I also accept the punishment." Morey nodded lightly, very regretful.

The league's penalty decision was relayed to Morey through the Rockets last night.

First, Morey will be fined $20,000 for his inappropriate remarks.

At a time when players were only fined a few thousand dollars for fighting, the league's fine for Morey can be said to be very heavy.

After the fine, Morey also had to hold a press conference. My apologies to Link, and to those hurt by his comments.

Morey should be thankful that he has not been suspended. But then again, it hasn't been stopped, and I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

After all, Morey's reputation in the NBA is now completely rotten. With his current interpersonal relationship, it is really difficult to reach a deal with other teams.

However, even if the punishment was so severe, Morey readily accepted it in front of Mr. Stern.

Is Morey not afraid? No, the cunning fat man knew he was going to lose a lot.

The reason why he accepted the league's punishment decision so readily was because he knew that he had no way out.

Accept it or not!

The NBA care action is a very important part of the NBA to bring the distance between the stars and the fans. Stern doesn't care whether Morey's original intention is to deny caring, he just knows that once you make people think you are like that, you have to shut up.

After Stern left, Morey still sat blankly in his office.

Hitting is good for a while, but it may not be so refreshing when one is to blame for inappropriate hilarity.

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March 9, a day after the Grizzlies-Cavaliers game. On the surface, the Rockets players, who had nothing to do with this game, met a large number of reporters outside the training hall.

Today, the Toyota Center is surrounded by water!

Harden was stunned. This was probably the most reporters he had ever seen at the Toyota Center.

The purpose of the reporters' trip is not the players, nor do they want to interview the Rockets against the Suns tomorrow.

These reporters are gathered here today for the afternoon press conference.

Everyone knew that the uproar between Link and Morey was finally coming to an end.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the media reception room inside the Toyota Center was full. I don't know, I thought the Rockets had made a big deal.

There were no stars on stage, no Rockets owner, and no one else. Morey alone, sitting there alone.

No one would choose to stand with Morey on something like NBA Cares.

Morey looked at the crowd of reporters below, and the expression of despair was written on his face.

Those people below are all ready to make a knife on themselves!

The press conference is about to start, and the reporters are doing the final equipment debugging.

Morey sat on the stage, ready to go. But at this moment, the mobile phone in Morey's trouser pocket rang.

At this time, who will text me? Could it be that it is a public relations draft sent by the official alliance?

Morey couldn't wait to turn on his phone, and sure enough, the league didn't abandon himself!

But the moment the phone screen turned on, Morey was disappointed.

It wasn't the league or the Rockets owner Alexander who sent the text. The sender's name and number were familiar to Morey. Because at the beginning, he made this call and told Link to get out.

Morey looked at the text message sent by Link, and his hands could not help shaking slightly.

"This is my gift back to you, Darrell. Of course, I'm glad you didn't get fired. Because of this, I'll have more opportunities to embarrass you again and again in the future. I'm sure you don't want me too. ."

Looking at those simple words, Morey was bulging with anger. It was Link that he opposed at the beginning, not some NBA care action. But Link used his influence to completely crook the building.

To put it bluntly, Morey's current position is the result of Link's madness.

But no way, who made Morey's fault first? Although he was very angry now, he was so angry that he wanted to yell at Link for smelly Sabie, and he was so angry that he swallowed his mobile phone.

But in this room, Morey could only lower his hypocritical head and tell all reporters in a low voice.

"My sincere apologies to Link and to all those hurt by my inappropriate remarks."

Morey clenched his fists. This was the most humiliating day of his life.