"Meritorious Service" is a series of TV series.

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

In the opening episode of this TV show, a little soldier named "Little Anton" escapes 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 did not want to die without seeing Erniu, who had saved him and was also his favorite.

Or to put it more bluntly, he is trying to protect the people he cherishes most.

Then Li Yannian said why the volunteers fought this war. They also wanted to protect the people they cherished most and prevent the war from spreading to their 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".

And 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 flagrant 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, there will be several people rushing to grab the offensive rebound at the same time.

This is an opponent that cannot be defeated!

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 ranked sixth in the Western Conference, achieving the saying "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, on the Rockets' side, Drexler suffered an injury again, and Olajuwon was unable to support himself.

Without any hindsight or hindsight, 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.

But, 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 so unstoppable that they swept the promising Magic team led by O'Neal and "Penny" Hardaway in the finals!

The same goes for the Mavericks' championship in 2011.

Everyone knows that the Mavericks had 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 No. 1 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 "spirit" is something that cannot be measured by numbers!

So even though the Lakers are very 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 at the press conference after the game, something incredible happened.

Bryant took the rare step of publicly criticizing Bynum at a press 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 his 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 obviously, this time because Caron Butler is involved, the situation has become very different.

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 his 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 a basketball game, not the UFC. If Andrew is interested, he can consider changing his career."

Gentry also has a knack for talking.

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

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

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.

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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 test results came out the next day, which revealed that he had a ruptured knee ligament and was out for the season, he became the target of public criticism.

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

Moreover, 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 alone with Tatum 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 Ben's behavior was a bad fight.

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

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 came to discuss it with him.

"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-time 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.
To be continued...