"That Pachulia should have been kicked out of the league long ago."

Davis said angrily.

He was already very unhappy when Pachulia tried to injure Tang Tian with a dirty play.

Now he finally succeeded in injuring Leonard, truly eliminating the opponent's strongest core at the smallest cost.

This kind of behavior is really despicable.

"Don't let me see that guy!"

After recovering, Dio slammed his coffee cup on the table. Even he, who usually lived a relaxed life, was angry.

In fact, dirty plays like that are too vile and are despised by everyone.

"We will meet him."

Tang Tian's tone was calm, but his words were cold.

Davis and Dio nodded successively after hearing this.

What Tang Tian said was right.

The results of Leonard's injury wouldn't come out so quickly, but looking at his painful expression and the limping way he left the court, it was certain that his season was over.

Without Leonard, the Spurs couldn't beat the Warriors.

In other words, if the Pelicans could get past the Rockets, their Western Conference Finals opponent would still be the Warriors.

Tang Tian didn't say any other harsh words, but you could feel from his eyes that if Pachulia dared to do anything dirty in the game against them, he would make Pachulia remember it even more than last time.

The game wasn't over yet. After being hit with an 18-0 run, the Spurs finally recovered and stalemated the situation with the Warriors.

At this time, the fans on the hotline had gone crazy.

"Why hasn't Pachulia been kicked out of the league yet? How many people does he have to hurt before it happens?!"

"This kind of person should disappear from the NBA as soon as possible! If he injures Tang or James, the league's losses would be immeasurable!"

"He dares! Did he forget about having his front teeth knocked out by Tang last time? This guy is a bully!"

"The Warriors should just cut him!"

"But... is that possible? I'm just saying, Green's kick to the groin is still fine, right? Injuring someone with a dirty play... it's about the same, right."

"The league should suspend him immediately! It's best to be an indefinite suspension!"

...

Amid the fans' discussions, the game between the Spurs and the Warriors ended, with the Spurs ultimately losing to the Warriors 111-113.

The game was over, but the discussion about Leonard's injury and the condemnation of Pachulia never ended.

After the game, Tang Tian also called Leonard, who finally answered this time.

"It wasn't his fault, my ankle was already injured, it was an accidental injury."

On the phone, Leonard had a completely different voice from the fans.

"Take good care of your injury, and tell me as soon as possible if you need anything."

Tang Tian didn't say much.

Leonard was still too young.

Pachulia was looking back at the same time as he made the play, creating the illusion that it wasn't intentional, and even Leonard himself would feel that way.

But he could tell right away whether it was or not.

But he was no longer a Spurs player, and there was nothing else he could do for Leonard except comfort him.

As for Pachulia, even if he had a good relationship with Tatum, he wasn't a member of his team, so it wasn't appropriate to say anything.

The next day, the Pelicans and Rockets, and Cavaliers and Hawks games would continue.

But before the game started, the fans were most concerned about Leonard's injury.

Also on this day in the evening, the Spurs officially announced Leonard's injury report.

Ankle sprain, season-ending injury.

Judging from the injury report, Leonard's injury was better than expected.

It wasn't an Achilles tendon problem, and there was no rupture, which was the best of a bad situation.

If he recovers well, he might be able to make it to next season's training camp.

This injury report calmed the fans' attacks a little.

The league also released a statement at this time, stating that Pachulia's actions were unintentional, and the league would not suspend or fine him.

The Warriors also did not internally suspend Pachulia.

This result was extremely disappointing to fans.

Tang Tian was also a little surprised.

The Warriors' reaction wasn't surprising, but the league's was.

After all, Tatum was now in charge of the league instead of Silver, and there was no reason to favor the Warriors.

But after thinking about it, he could probably understand the league's decision.

The current league encourages confrontation, and a suspension would be a slap in the face.

Not to mention the league's interests involved.

It seemed that he would still have to sit down and talk with Tatum after the season was over.

Too much of anything is not necessarily a good thing.

Of course, that was after the season ended. Now, the second game between the Pelicans and the Rockets was about to begin, and his attention was all on this game.

The New Orleans Arena was still packed that night, and the intensity of the game was the same as the previous one.

The difference was that Tang Tian's feel in this game was somewhat diminished compared to the previous game.

At the end of the first half, he only had 15 points, and the two teams tied at 42.

In the second half, this situation did not change, and the point difference hovered within 5 points, making it difficult to determine the winner.

The turning point of the game occurred in the second half of the fourth quarter.

The Pelicans began to use the same method they used to play against the Warriors last season, using Tang Tian to attack Cousins in isolation.

Cousins' movement speed wasn't slow for a big man, but everything is relative, and it was completely unrealistic for his size to keep up with Tang Tian.

This method worked quickly. Tang Tian broke through one-on-one and hit a three-pointer, and the Pelicans immediately broke the stalemate.

And what was even more rare was that when the Rockets double-teamed Tang Tian, Holiday, who was in an open position, also made a three-pointer.

This 8-0 run directly determined the outcome of the game.

The Pelicans narrowly defeated the Rockets 93-87, winning the second game of the series and taking a 2-0 lead in the series.

D'Antoni and the Rockets wanted to prove themselves, and judging from the game process, they were indeed closer.

But it was just close.

This could be seen from these two games.

On paper, the Rockets' strength was no less than the Pelicans, and even stronger, but in high-intensity games, the performance of the superstars was different.

In the first game, Tang Tian alone was worth three Rockets players.

And when Tang Tian's feel cooled down in the second game, the difference in coaching ability between D'Antoni and Stevens emerged at the last moment.

Stevens used Tang Tian to single out Cousins, but D'Antoni didn't react and use Harden to play Jokic.

Putting aside whether there would be a gap in the effect of the two sides' singles, the problem was that he didn't do it on the spot!

The two people's on-the-spot command was judged immediately.

So for the most part, the Rockets were really not wronged.

But the good news for Rockets fans was that D'Antoni admitted at the post-match press conference that there were problems with his final tactical choices.

This meant that after the Rockets returned to their home court, they would most likely use the same method to treat the Pelicans in their own way.

Although the score was 2-0, the second game's stalemate, combined with the tactical adjustments, made the subsequent games still full of suspense.