When Wang Yi and his teammates arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel, he received another call.
There was a voice on the phone that seemed a little cunning: "Wang, this is Xiao Hua."
"I heard it."
Wang Yi replied.
There seemed to be some blame in Xiao Hua's tone: "No matter what happened, you were too impulsive."
"If someone wanted to frame you and insult your race, wouldn't you do it?"
Xiao Hua paused for two seconds: "I will calm down first, carefully analyze the pros and cons, and then take the best measures that are beneficial to me."
Wang Yi was speechless when he heard this.
He took it a little bit for granted.
Xiao Hua is a businessman.
And he is a profiteer, he will do whatever it takes to get profit.
When encountering this kind of thing, it is really possible for him to carefully analyze the pros and cons and then take measures that are most beneficial to him.
Xiao Hua continued: "Anyway, something has happened and it has had an extremely bad impact. We must find a way to solve this matter. The league will also set up an investigation team to investigate you. And before the investigation, we decided to suspend you for a period of time."
court and fined US$1.5 million to quell public outrage.”
Wang Yi sneered: "Aren't you afraid of being slapped in the face afterwards?"
Xiao Hua didn't take it seriously at all. Hasn't he been slapped in the face too many times?
"If you are an ordinary person, this may not matter, but you are a public figure and a well-known superstar in the United States. What you do may have a negative impact on thousands of teenagers. And you have stirred up national publicity.
Public outrage. And if you don’t do this, I’m afraid you won’t be able to participate not only in one game, but also in the following series.”
Wang Yi nodded: "Okay."
So soon, the NBA official website announced its preliminary decision on NetEase:
The league attaches great importance to the incident of Kings player Wang Yi hitting someone. We have set up an investigation team and are investigating.
At the same time, in view of the negative social impact caused by this incident, we have decided to suspend Wang Yi for one game and fine him US$1.5 million before the results of the investigation are released. We will decide whether to impose additional penalties after the results of the investigation are released.
As soon as this penalty decision came out, a small number of netizens shouted:
"Very satisfying."
"We must not allow villains to run rampant in the Alliance."
"Looking forward to subsequent punishment."
But many fans also expressed dissatisfaction.
"He should be suspended for at least 10 games. His beating incident was too bad."
"A fine of US$1.5 million is too little. US$1.5 million is just a drop in the bucket for him. He should be fined US$10 million."
"We must never tolerate villains."
Of course, most of these people are Clippers fans.
If Wang Yi can be suspended for 10 games, the Clippers can easily advance to this series.
However, the alliance's handling still resolved some public anger.
After all, the league banned Wang Yi for this game and fined him 1.5 million, just to punish him for hitting someone.
As a public figure, you should not commit murder on the street under any circumstances.
But why he hit someone, the cause and effect have not yet been investigated clearly, so it is naturally impossible to give him severe treatment.
After hanging up the phone, the boss Ranadive also arrived.
When he learned that Wang Yi wanted to hire a Huaxia lawyer, his boss didn't say much. He just called the lawyer he contacted and said he didn't need to come over for the time being.
He knows that Wang Yi has always had a strong sense of national honor and pride.
In your daily life, you can use domestic products and never those from other countries.
So let the Chinese lawyer handle it first, and then ask other lawyers if it can't be handled.
At 7:30 pm on the second day, the game between the two sides started again at the Staples Center.
Staples Center is the home of both the Lakers and Clippers.
The two teams share a venue.
After the Lakers finished playing, they removed their floor, and the Clippers sent someone to install their floor.
Since Wang Yi was suspended, he could not appear on the sidelines and could only watch his teammates play in the locker room.
Since Wang Yi was suspended for this game, the outside world was not optimistic about the Kings.
They thought it would be a one-sided massacre.
No matter the celebrities, reporters, or NBA stars, they all have a pessimistic attitude towards the King.
However, the direction of the plot exceeded their expectations.
After the game started, Staples Center gave the Kings huge boos.
"Sacramento Fight Team."
"Where is Thug No. 0? Let him come out and face trial."
"A cruel murderer, a shameless thug."
Despite the huge boos, the Kings players not only showed no signs of stage fright, but played extremely tough.
Although Wang Yi is not present today, Wang Yi has been with the Kings for one season and has injected the team spirit into this young team.
Wang Yi's character is that the stronger the enemy, the more excited he becomes.
The current temperament of the Kings is that the stronger the enemy and the more adversity they are in, the tougher they become.
Just like that, at the end of the first half, the Kings, who had lost their only core, were tied with the Clippers, the two giants.
Hield's performance today was not good.
The feel is very poor, and you will make mistakes as soon as you enter it.
But the rest of the Kings are firing on all cylinders from three-point range.
Bagley, Holmes, Barnes, Mitchell, and Danny actually shot 11 of 21 in the first half, a three-point shooting rate of over 50%.
At the same time, TT Thompson finally returned to the team.
At the beginning of this season, he has not reported to the team due to personal reasons.
He reported for duty one month after the start of the game, but was injured during training.
He was injured for more than 4 months.
Originally, everyone thought that the Kings would not be able to pass the first round, but judging from TT Thompson's injury recovery progress, he would not be able to make it to the first round, so it was equivalent to being reimbursed for the season.
But I never expected that the Kings would make it past the first round, and they would do so through a tiebreaker.
This is equivalent to buying TT Thompson some time.
Although he has not yet recovered to 100%, with Wang Yi suspended, the Kings have no one available and have no choice but to let him come back.
TT's performance in the first half was quite satisfactory.
Scored 7 points and grabbed 7 rebounds.
Especially when facing off against the tall Zubaz of the Clippers, he didn't lose at all.
However, the Kings are missing a core player after all.
In the 3rd quarter, they finally couldn't hold on any longer.
At the end of the third quarter, we were already 13 points behind.
Under such circumstances, Hield, who had been struggling in the first three quarters, suddenly broke out without warning.
In the 4th quarter, he scored 22 points in a single quarter and hit a key two-pointer 5 seconds before the end, tying the point difference and dragging the game into overtime.
Seeing Wang Yi, my blood boiled up and my hands itched unbearably.
Are you going to win by lying down today?
Hield still felt hot in overtime.
It was an inseparable battle with the two giants of the Clippers.
In the last 10 seconds, he hit another key three-pointer to bring the game into its second posture.
In the second overtime, he was unable to defeat four hands with two fists.
Although Pickled Pepper is invisible.
But Leonard broke out, making 3 of 4 three-pointers, and his death coil also haunted Hield on the defensive end.
In addition, Reggie Jackson also hit consecutive mid-range shots.
In the end, the Kings unfortunately lost to the Clippers by 7 points.
The score was 0 to 1 behind.
But this is only the first game.
Wang Yi is already looking forward to Game 2.
Chapter completed!