Champion Creed-Chapter 911 - 301: Master and Dog (Requesting monthly votes!)

In the "glorious" history of the Detroit Pistons, countless brawls and fights have occurred.

The Detroit Bad Boys of the 80s practically fought with more than half the teams in the league.

And most of the time, they wouldn’t suffer any losses.

But this time it was undoubtedly the worst defeat for the Detroit Pistons, almost a total rout.

Ron Artest, who suffered from mania, became as calm as a corpse less than 5 seconds after the conflict broke out.

Michael Curry, if not dragged out by teammates, estimated would have been beaten to a pulp.

The highest damage output from Rasheed Wallace was used on teammate Chaki Atkins.

In contrast, Roger nearly tore through the entire battlefield, fighting from Artest to the Yelling Maestro, making several entries and exits in the Pistons’ ranks.

The word dominance will be redefined from now on because of Roger.

If you’re just good at playing basketball, sorry, that’s not true dominance.

The Hawks are not unfamiliar with conflicts with opponents, but this was undoubtedly the most serious.

Most players from both sides were involved in the brawl; it wasn’t just a conflict between two players but a conflict between both teams.

Prior to this, the largest disturbance caused by the Hawks was during a 1999 game against the Lakers.

At that time, an enraged Shaq maliciously fouled Roger, Andrae Patterson stood up for Roger and tackled Shaq, which sparked the conflict.

But because Shaq and Kobe were really too weak, the conflict did not last long, Roger didn’t even experience the thrill, everything was over.

This time was different, the chaotic fight lasted for several minutes, and the force of referees maintaining order was almost negligible.

At that time on the court, no one could remain uninvolved.

Both sides had endured each other for too long, and both were highly cohesive teams, so when such an incident occurred, most people from both teams would choose to step up.

The more people step up, the more uncontrollable the scene becomes.

If the Pistons hadn’t been pushed back, who knows how it would have eventually developed.

Roger, Stephen Jackson, Kurt Thomas, Andrae Patterson, and Paul Pierce were directly dismissed.

On the Pistons’ side, Artest, Yelling Maestro, Michael Curry, and Richard Hamilton were also expelled on the spot.

Hamilton was shocked by the penalty: "I didn’t do anything!"

"No Richard, don’t deny it. I saw with my own eyes you punched Stephen Jackson, you were about to grab the bench!"

"Oh God, I took the bench just to calm everyone down and sit down to talk!"

"Oh, then you’re really a good person, RIP (Hamilton’s nickname). In that case, why don’t you say Ron Artest is the calmest person in this conflict? He didn’t even say a word during the whole conflict!"

Hamilton’s excuses were futile, and he still got expelled on the spot.

Both sides lost key players, but because the Detroit Pistons still had Big Ben, the Pistons’ lineup was actually superior.

But after such a chaotic brawl, neither team was in the mood to play basketball, and in the end, the Hawks secured the victory with the advantage gained before the brawl.

After the game, David Stern was furious.

In 1979, cable television saved the NBA. In fact, its role in saving the NBA was greater than Magic and Bird. Because of the emergence of cable television, NBA games were no longer only available through playback.

It’s really hard to imagine that at the time, fans could only watch those great finals through delayed playback after midnight.

Cable television greatly increased the league’s influence, and entering the 21st century, with TV live technology becoming increasingly advanced and the rise of the internet, the impact of anything that happens on the court will be several times that of the past.

Overall, it’s a good thing, making it easier for David Stern to create stars. With advanced live broadcasting and the internet, a player in this era can completely surpass Jordan with one championship, because the number of people watching him play will be multiple times that of Michael Jordan, leaving a deeper impression on people.

But the spread of influence is also a double-edged sword; just imagine, if fans saw Rudy Tomjanovich covering his face, legs flailing, blood all over the ground in an NBA live broadcast in the 21st century, what a tragic disaster it would be.

People would equate the NBA with UFC, the small fighting league banned by several states.

Thus, since entering the new century, David Stern has been strict about court violence, trying to prevent such disasters from happening.

He has emphasized the concept of "zero tolerance for violence" more than once. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

Yet, the team that drew the most attention in the league blatantly ignored the rules he established in a game that drew the most attention.

Therefore, this time, David Stern took heavy-handed measures.

The next day, the league quickly announced the punishment results.

Ron Artest, who sparked all the disputes, was suspended for 10 games, Rasheed Wallace was suspended for 8 games, Richard Hamilton was suspended for 6 games, Michael Curry was suspended for 4 games.

On the Hawks’ side, the most violent fighters, Roger and Stephen Jackson, were suspended for 8 games, Kurt Thomas, Andrae Patterson, and Paul Pierce were suspended for 6 games.

Fines were considered separately.

This time the league didn’t even send any investigators, they just directly issued the fines.

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