This Forward is Not Serious

"Meritor" is a series of TV series.

Its first chapter is called "Li Yannian, a Literary and Mighty Man", which describes the story of the volunteers attacking and defending a hilltop position in the Battle to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.

At the beginning of this TV show, it tells the story of a little soldier named "Little Anton" who escaped from battle.

After Little Anton was captured, Li Yannian, the instructor, gave a speech.

He said that the reason why little Anton ran away was because the enemy bombed his hometown. He didn't want to die without seeing Erniu, who had saved him and was also his favorite.

Or to put it more bluntly, he was trying to protect the people he cherished most.

Then Li Yannian said why the volunteers fought this war, and also to protect the people he cherished most and to prevent the war from spreading to his hometown.

This is one of the few things that can clearly explain why the volunteer soldiers were not afraid of death in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.

No one is afraid of death, but sometimes people care about something more than their own life and death.

This is the most straightforward interpretation of the word "spirit".

Now, the Suns players are also experiencing such a change in mentality.

"I'll be back before the game is over."

That's what Butler said before leaving.

Coupled with Butler's figure at this moment, they felt that something was awakened in their bodies and their souls were burning.

The Lakers and Celtics are nothing in front of their eyes at this moment!

At this moment, they have one more reason to win this series!

The game continued after the referee whistled Bynum's second-level malicious foul and Big Ben's technical foul. That is, after returning to the game, the Lakers players felt that the Suns players were... crazy!

They will show their ferocious side in every confrontation, and even Nash can go head-to-head with Kobe for the ball.

They were running faster than they had ever seen before, as if something was pushing them behind them.

Every time they take a shot, they seem to know that they will definitely make a shot. Even if they don't make a shot, several people will rush for offensive rebounds at the same time.

This is an opponent that cannot be defeated!

Spirit, the power that this word can bring out in basketball is far beyond people's imagination!

Most people know that in 1995, the Rockets finally defended their title while ranking sixth in the Western Conference, achieving the phrase "never underestimate the heart of a championship."

However, it is estimated that few people know where their spirit comes from.

That year, the biggest threat to the Rockets was the Suns, led by Kevin Johnson and Charles Barkley.

The two sides met in the Western Conference semifinals, with the Suns leading 2-0 and the Suns leading 3-1!

As long as they get past the Rockets, the Suns will be the championship that year!

At this time, for the Rockets, Drexler suffered an injury again, and Olajuwon was unable to support himself.

Without looking back, they are not much different from the Heat and Mavericks, who will be the defending champions in the future.

But the most critical G5, Drexler, who was originally thought to never play, played!

He played 32 minutes despite the injury, scoring 4 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 0-for-6 shooting.

This performance can be described as horrific.

However, the Rockets won!

The rest of Team Rocket seemed to have been beaten to death!

Olajuwon had 31 points and 16 rebounds, Kenny Smith had 21 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, and two substitutes, Mario Elie and Chucky Brown, contributed 15 points each!

More importantly, they limited the Suns, who averaged 120 points in the previous four games, to only 97 points!

This is spiritual power!

In the end, they relied on this power to complete a seemingly impossible reversal, and then they were unstoppable. In the finals, they swept the Magic team led by O'Neal and "Penny" Hardaway, who were favored!

The same goes for the Mavericks' championship in 2011.

Everyone knows that the Mavericks played an incredible season that year, and Nowitzki led a group of role players to become gods.

However, few people know why the Mavericks can play so hard this season.

Caron Still Me Butler.

Something similar happened with the Mavericks.

At that time, the Mavericks with Butler were the first team in the Western Conference for a period of time.

But Butler also suffered a knee injury. After the injury, he has been trying various methods of rehabilitation to return before the playoffs.

Although he didn't do it, his spirit continued to infect the Mavericks players.

So much so that when he finally presented Butler with the championship ring, Carlisle couldn't help but say that Butler had made a great contribution to the team.

A basketball game is not a math problem. This kind of "spirit" cannot be measured by numbers!

So even though the Lakers are strong, even though they have the strongest general in this script, Bongxian Kobe, they still appear to be defenseless.

106 to 121!

For the first time in the series, the Lakers lost by a big score!

The entire Suns team blossomed, and including Butler who retired due to injury, 7 members of the team scored in double figures!

And something incredible happened at the post-match press conference.

Bryant took the rare step of publicly criticizing Bynum at a news conference.

"He is no longer the 18-year-old kid. He should know how to control his emotions instead of hurting the opponent and then hurting the team like this every time."

Since falling out with O'Neal, Kobe has basically stopped making such complaints in front of the media, especially now that the series has not yet ended.

But it's obvious that this time around, things are very different when it comes to Caron Butler.

Even if it weren't for Bynum being beaten by Big Ben, he would have cursed on the bench.

And even excluding Butler's relationship, every time Bynum conflicts with an opponent, the result is to make an already unfavorable situation worse.

This completely "self-destructive" behavior is really unbearable.

Just like Kobe said, if you were 18 when you first entered the league, it would be understandable to be impulsive, but now Bynum is about to turn 23!

At the Suns press conference that followed, Gentry, Nash, and Lin Ying also made serious protests against Bynum's behavior.

"We are playing basketball, not UFC. If Andrew is interested, he can consider changing his career."

Gentry also has a knack for talking.

Of course, what was even more outrageous was what Lin Ying said later.

"Of course if he wishes, I can consider having a game with him privately."

This is...a date!

And the key is that no one thinks there is anything wrong with this kind of date.

Considering Lin Ying's glorious deeds in the past, I'm afraid Bynum wouldn't dare agree.

…

Lin Ying's date was stirred up by the media after the game, especially coupled with Kobe's previous wave of public criticism, which pushed Bynum to the forefront.

Especially when Butler's examination results came out the next day, indicating that he had suffered a ruptured knee ligament and was reimbursed for the season, he became the target of public criticism.

As for the news that Bynum is also out for the season due to a knee injury, no one is paying attention.

And on the same day, the league received complaints from the Suns and Lakers at the same time, hoping to impose severe penalties on Bynum/Big Ben.

Both managements took a tough stance, which gave Stern a headache.

Stern discussed the penalty issue with Tatum alone that day.

Bynum is out for the season, and the penalty will not take effect until next season.

The Suns' appeal is to hope that the league can give an attitude to prevent this kind of thing from happening again.

As for the Lakers, they hope to give Ben Ben enough suspensions.

Because although Bynum's actions were bad, they were matters within the game, while Daben was involved in a bad fight.

They also hope to reduce Bynum's punishment, because unfortunately Lin Ying also elbowed Mason for the season in the previous series between the Suns and the Spurs.

It is not easy to satisfy both teams at the same time.

Tatum is very good at doing this kind of work, which is the main reason why Stern approached him to discuss it.

"I think Bynum can be suspended for 5 games and Ben can be suspended for 4 games."

Tatum first expressed his opinion and then gave his reasons.

First of all, Bynum is not a first offender.

If the penalties are not increased, this kind of thing will continue to happen.

Secondly, although Ben stood up for his teammates, he was the one who took the initiative to fight.

This is an active violation of the league's strict rules and must also be severely punished.

So this is not a matter of being suspended for one or two games, but at least four or five games.

Finally, why does Bynum have one more game than Ben?

First, Bynum was the trigger that triggered a series of events.

two is……

"Forest."

Tatum mentioned Lin Ying alone.

Then he talked in front of Stern about the last time he promoted the alliance's anti-violence.

"interesting."

Stern was thoughtful after listening.

Lin Ying doesn’t like to suffer!

Although they were not sure that Lin Ying's elbowing of Mason was intentional, Lin Ying might cause trouble if he was not appeased appropriately.

It’s not that this Chinese player doesn’t care about the negative impact, but he is the embodiment of justice every time.

Coupled with the Chinese market behind him, they really have to think more.

As for Mason, that is not the same thing at all. The league has determined that it was unintentional, which is completely different from Bynum's obvious intention.

"Go and deal with it, just as you just said."

Stern finally made the decision.

Such a result will definitely make the Lakers dissatisfied, but he will use other methods to make the Lakers okay.

He is not the godfather of the NBA for nothing.

…

The league announced the final punishment. Bynum was suspended for 5 games and an additional fine of $25,000 was imposed;

Ben was suspended for four games and fined $15,000.

This result immediately caused an uproar in public opinion.

The league's attitude towards severe penalties for such incidents and its "tendency" towards the Suns in penalty decisions are very obvious!

But something people didn't expect was that not only the Suns, but also the Lakers did not object to this penalty.

It seems that both sides want to play quietly.

With a big score of 2 to 2, the two teams will face the battle of Tianwang Mountain!

The competition location is in Los Angeles.

This will be a huge challenge for the Suns.

First of all, of course, it is an away game. It is not easy to defeat the Lakers in Los Angeles.

Followed by Butler's season reimbursement.

If you look purely at the last game, Butler's impact on the series is greater than Bynum's.

Bynum's original role was the Lakers' interior height and defense, but these roles are not obvious since he can't play in the starting lineup.

Using Mbenga or Powell is definitely worse in terms of ability, but the role can actually be partially replaced, probably from 5 to 3 or 2.

On the contrary, the Suns had just found a point where they could establish an advantage over the Lakers, but now they suddenly went straight to 0.

If the Suns want to maintain the stalemate with the Lakers, they need the Big Three to give their all in the starting stage, but the Suns can't find a second player with Butler's ability to lead the second team.

This evenly matched situation cannot be solved by beating anyone hard.

Look at the result of the Lakers' brutal beating of Kobe in the last game. It was a huge defeat.

Therefore, Tianwang Mountain puts a lot of pressure on the sun.

The day before Tianwang Mountain, the Suns were preparing to fly to Los Angeles.

What all the team members didn't expect was that Butler, who had just completed surgery and was still on crutches, insisted on going to Los Angeles with the team!

This move once again shocked his teammates.

But Butler's mentality was very relaxed, and he, who was always straightforward, actually made a joke about something Lin Ying said in a previous interview.

"If I don't hand you towels, water, and cheers, you will be thirsty, hot, and tired, and you won't be able to win by then."

Lin Ying held his forehead, feeling like he was being teased by others.

But he knew what Butler wanted to do.

Although he won't be able to play, if he is there, it will be a huge spiritual inspiration for the Suns.

So when Gentry asked the players for their opinions, Lin Ying quickly supported Butler's decision.

And he also said something very encouraging.

"It would be a shame for Caron if he wasn't there when we won."

These words immediately caused laughter from his teammates.

So in the end, Butler flew to Los Angeles with the Suns players.

…

"Lin, I have a request."

On the plane, Butler sat next to Lin Ying, looked at him and said.

Lin Ying nodded and motioned for him to speak.

"Can you use my way of celebrating and making a phone call? I want to use another way to prove that I am still here. I know this request is a bit excessive, but..."

"no problem."

Before Butler was embarrassed, Lin Ying had already nodded in agreement.

He does not have his own exclusive celebrations. What he occasionally does is Iverson's "listening".

But because that action is exclusive to Iverson and is so famous, he will not do it unless there are special occasions.

So Butler's request was not difficult for him.

Maybe he even got a celebration in vain.

"Thank you, Lin."

Butler was a little moved.

In fact, the person who suffers the most from being reimbursed for the season is himself. This is also the season he is closest to the championship.

"No, Caron, we may have to thank you later."

Lin Ying looked around and said.

Because Butler is with the team, the entire Suns team is in high spirits.

In this Tianwang Mountain match, the sun really doesn’t necessarily lose.

…

One day later, the battle between the Suns and the Lakers officially started in Los Angeles.

The ratings for this game set a new high for this year's playoffs.

After the previous four games, most people's views on the Suns have changed again.

Now in their eyes, the Suns are already a team that can beat the Lakers 40-60, or even 50-50!

Then, the result of this game surprised them, and they also felt a sense of great satisfaction in watching the excitement!

The Suns defeated the Lakers 115-99 and won the Battle of Tianwang Mountain!

Question: Without Butler, who can replace him in the Suns' backup transition?

Answer: Everyone!

The entire Suns team played at a super level during the game.

Allen put everything he had into defending Kobe Bryant, who was inaccurate for the first time in the series, making only 8 of 24 shots!

Barbosa once again played the role of Brazilian lightning. Although he only scored 14 points, 12 of them were scored in the last quarter!

Frye hit two three-pointers in the first and second quarters as a substitute to help the Suns break the deadlock!

Richardson did not start this game, but he scored the most points on the bench with 15 points!

Nash had 11 points and 17 assists, Stoudemire had 21 points, 20 rebounds and 3 blocks, and Lin Ying had 23 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 steals and 2 blocks!

Of course, there is also Caron Butler who scored an "off-court triple-double" on the bench!

He stood up again and again on crutches and cheered for his teammates, which infected the Suns all night long!

What does it mean for the three armies to use their lives, advance across the board, and work together to achieve overwhelming momentum!

The role of spirit in basketball has always been underestimated!