The rest is just noise

"We all know Dennis Rodman is a shameless person, he must have done something to make Clifford so angry!"

The atmosphere in the rose garden is crazy.

The fans wanted to come into the field to help Robinson. However, the fans did not expect that Robinson would be so crazy that he could not distinguish between his enemies and teammates.

From a sensory perspective, the punch that Rex Chapman received may have been even more severe than that of Rudy Tomjanovich.

However, the scene was not bloody.

No one will recall the horrific details like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did, because Chapman just fell to the ground. Of course, it is also possible that Robinson punched him to death.

At this time, Robinson had been restrained and Chapman had been put on a stretcher. The referee, who had not fulfilled his obligation to "calm the conflict on the court", stood on the technical stage on the side of the court to review the entire conflict.

Through video playback, the referee was able to confirm that it was Rodman who caused the trouble. If he had not hooked his arm around Robinson's neck, Robinson would not have gone violent.

However, this action is worth a technical foul at most.

What Robinson did next was difficult to defend.

Trail Blazers fans can certainly say that Rodman provoked his emotions and made him lose his mind.

But the referee will not give Rodman the upper hand for this reason.

The person who really turned the situation out of control was Robinson. After all, he punched Chapman himself.

After discussion, the three referees reached an agreement on the penalty.

As the instigator, Rodman was given a technical foul too easily, so he was sentenced to a first-level foul.

Robinson was lawless, hit someone on the spot and accidentally injured a teammate, causing the game to be interrupted. All kinds of actions were unforgivable, and he was directly expelled as a second-level criminal.

Riley raged at the referees: "I'm tired of your favoritism towards the Lakers! This is all Dennis Rodman's fault!"

Louis, who was not far away, would not let Riley take the lead, "Really? Then Dennis must have knocked Rex unconscious?"

Riley said angrily: "If it weren't for Dennis, there wouldn't be any of these things!"

"Coach Riley, can you blame others for everything that goes wrong in your life? I only know that the punch that knocked Rex Chapman out was Clifford Robinson."

This is a quarrel mainly about which side you sit on, there is no right or wrong.

The referee will not let them waste time here.

Soon, Riley and Louis were persuaded to retreat, and the penalty for this conflict was decided.

The result made the fans at the scene furious.

The victim, Robinson, was deported, but the source of chaos, Rodman, only got a harmless Level 1 criminal.

"This is the darkest penalty in the history of professional basketball!"

Blazers home announcer Bill Shenelli roared.

Dissatisfied boos and insulting curses came from all sides of the stadium.

On NBC, commentator Bob Costas asked his co-star Laimbeer what he thought of the incident.

Lambir laughed: "If you ask me who is most responsible for this conflict, I would say Dennis holds more than 70% of the responsibility."

Costas thought Ranbir was having a temper tantrum.

After all, Rodman personally took Bird off the court, causing the 1988 Celtics to lose the seventh game.

Unexpectedly, Laimbeer just said that Rodman was the number one responsible, and then added: "But the referee's decision was correct."

Laimbeer whetted the audience's appetite and explained in detail: "I had the same bad reputation as Dennis when I was playing. We are both inside, competitive, and have a lot of little tricks. Our favorite thing to do is to provoke

Opponent. So, I say that Dennis is the first person responsible for this conflict, because this is what he wants to see. Clifford Robinson failed completely. Not only did he fail to control his temper, but he also followed Dennis's plan for him.

He followed the script to the end and even accidentally injured his teammates in the process..."

Laimbeer praised Rodman from the bottom of his heart, "This is the performance that every provocateur dreams of."

Rodman used his little tricks to make the Trail Blazers, who already had a serious lineup depth problem, lose their starters at the third and fourth positions.

Riley was left with two picks from a talent-deficient bench.

Riley's choices were second-year power forward Jason Caffey and wing 3D Keith Askins.

For the Lakers, Louis also replaced Rodman, who had made great contributions.

"Coach, am I playing okay?" Rodman meant that the decision to trade him from Vancouver was the right one.

Louis said gently: "Well done, Dennis, come down and rest."

Rodman's performance attracted the hatred of the entire audience and the love of the entire team.

However, one person is curious about Rodman's performance.

That's Garnett.

Louis reminded Garnett to pay attention to Rodman's performance before he did anything. As a result, the old guy didn't complain, and once he did, he caused a big incident that was enough to make the front page of the next day.

What Garnett noticed was that Rodman's purpose from beginning to end was never to fight Robinson.

He just made Robinson feel like he was there to fight, and then, the stupid guy fell for it.

He was angered by Rodman's outrageous little move.

If his reaction hadn't been so extreme, if he had just stood up and pushed Rodman hard, then Rodman would still have gotten a bad rap, and there's a high chance that nothing would have happened to him.

In this way, Rodman's action was equivalent to giving the Blazers two free throws out of thin air, which was detrimental to the Lakers.

It can be said that the choice Robinson made in a moment of thought led the trend of things to an extremely disadvantageous side for the Trail Blazers.

Rodman's neck-cracking move to anger Robinson was obviously planned for a long time. He knew Robinson would not be able to resist it.

How to grasp this degree and how to figure out the timing of taking action are very important.

From the moment Robinson chased Rodman, things got out of hand.

Later, Rodman still fought and retreated. That scene really left an indelible mark on Garnett's heart.

Garnett instantly realized a truth. All trash talk, petty tricks, and insidious methods should not be aimed at hurting opponents and fighting for strength. That is too low-level. Rodman's method is advanced play.

Rodman was a hundred times smarter than Robinson. He knew that the winner was the one who stayed on the court.

Garnett remembered this and decided to review Rodman's game more often. He believed that there must be many "advantages" worth learning from this old ball ruffian's game.

Louis replaced Rodman with Ostertag.

At this time, the score was 40 to 29, and the Trail Blazers were 11 points behind.

There are still three quarters of game time, and the only players they can rely on are Jordan and Olajuwon.

Others were either accidentally injured by teammates, expelled, too young, or too mediocre.

In such high-end games, inexperienced or mediocre players cannot help.

Jordan and Olajuwon continued to play.

Doing this is a big test for them, because both of them have played from the beginning until now.

Fortunately for Jordan, he is an outside shooter after all, and his physical strength can still hold up.

Olajuwon didn't feel so good. There is no physical strength problem in modern insiders, because insider players have too many things to do in the modern era. They are all facing modern insiders who have an excellent combination of height, weight, and athletic ability.

At the same time, the defensive end has to be overwhelming, and the offensive end has to block positions and support people. It is not at all the game experience of the super insiders who had the dimensionality reduction advantage of decades ago.

It was almost impossible for them to play a full 48 minutes, so Riley also took advantage of the Lakers to use the second team to replace Olajuwon a minute later, and put the pressure on Jordan.

Olajuwon left the game, and the players around Jordan were all weak and weak, not enough to provide much help.

However, Louis was very vigilant.

The Trail Blazers' lineup does not have a second strong point, but except for Jason Caffey, everyone else has three-point ability, which is completely sufficient as a space point on the outside.

It can be said that this is entrusting everything to Jordan.

Others serve as role players to open up the floor, and the rest is all up to Jordan himself.

The Lakers asked Dumars to guard Jordan.

Jordan's explosive one-step pass forced the Lakers to tighten their defense with his personal ability, and then passed the ball to the outside.

Keith Askins caught the ball and shot and hit a three-pointer.

Louis turned to Wilson. He had just rested for more than a minute. Is it too early to replace him now?

Wilson knew that the Lakers now needed him to check and balance Jordan, so he stood up and threw the towel to Kobe, "Coach, I've had enough rest."

However, Kobe actually stood up and said: "I've had enough rest!"

"Okay!" Louis said, "You two are going to replace Jiang Duo and JD."