The Whip of the God of Basketball

In the nearest hospital to the Buzz Club, Tufts Medical Center, surgical nurses were helping Leon bandage his injured hand. All four fingers except the thumb were cut by glass, and there were many small debris inside. Fortunately, the bone was not injured. Leon's phalanx was as hard as an iron bar. The nurse cleaned the wound with hydrogen peroxide and iodine, gently picked out the large glass block with tweezers, and then used normal saline to shatter the glass that could not be picked out. After rinsing, he finally applied anti-inflammatory drugs to Leon's hands and wrapped them with gauze.

Leon was sitting on the stool, and it would hurt a little whether he was cleaning the wound or picking the glass, but he didn't even wrinkle his eyebrows. Khomeinis on the side kept holding Leon's right arm tightly with his left hand, and watched the nurse seriously. The wound, as if afraid that she would make a mistake.

Morena was sitting on the bench in the corridor. Obviously she was a little frightened. She was not as strong as Khomeinis, especially when he saw Paul Pierce was stabbed to the ground with a shiny knife. The abdomen was pulled out with bright red blood. Such a scene is not something an ordinary girl who only knows how to talk about love can bear.

And next door to where Leon was sitting, in the emergency room, Paul Pierce was lying on the ICU bed, but his face was not wearing a ventilator or intubated, but his face was not very good. There were many people around the hospital bed, including his teammates Tony Batty and his brother Derek Batty, the security guard and owner of the bar, and the police who arrived after receiving a 911 call.

After dressing the wound, Leon went to the intensive care unit to visit Pierce, and by the way, chatted with the Boston police detective William Toner about the situation at that time.

"I heard glass shattering upstairs and screams and my friend ran up and I was a bit worried she followed. Then I saw Pierce on the ground and a group of people beating him up. ...somebody tried to stab him with a knife and I picked up a beer bottle and hit him. He came at me trying to hit me with a beer bottle and I knocked him out with one punch and then security and Pierce's friend arrived, That's it." Leon described the thrilling two minutes in a few words.

Tona looked at Leon's hand, then at Leon's face, he recognized Leon, and Tona still remembered Leon's trouble in the bar a few months ago, he asked: "You Is it Fox-Leon? The guy at the bar?"

Now Leon understands what good things don't go out and bad things spread thousands of miles. He can only smile and say: "Yes, but that's all in the past. I'm working for the Celtics now."

He was a little surprised to hear Leon say that to Tona, but he didn't want to ask more about it because it had nothing to do with the case, and then he asked some more details. Leon can be said to be the best witness in the world. He can answer every question of Tona in detail and truthfully, so detailed that Tona can't ask any questions.

Of course, Leon also said the perpetrator's name, Ragland, it seems that Tona is no stranger to this name. Before leaving, Tona pulled Leon aside and said to him: "Leon, you are a good witness. We will try our best to protect your safety, but I still want to tell you, pay attention to your own safety. I have heard about you before. You deliberately made trouble and went to jail, probably to avoid Frank. Good idea, but you need to know Those Irishmen are all gentlemen who have revenge for ten years. Fortunately, Bulger absconded and Kevin Cox also surrendered. Frank has been under investigation recently, so he has no time to trouble you. Now you have messed with Stan again People from Kurt, I advise you to come less to South Boston and stay in the North Shore Garden. Also, I hope the Celtics can win as soon as possible. It’s been a long time since I watched a playoff game in Boston.”

After talking, Tona left the hospital with his assistant and other police officers. The security guard and owner of the bar also left after inquiring about the situation. Leon asked Khomeinis to call a taxi to take the frightened Morena to the hospital. After returning home, only Leon, Batty brothers and Pierce lying on the hospital bed were left in the hospital.

Batty looked Leon up and down, obviously he already knew that this was the new Celtics scout, a person who often appeared in the rumors related to the Celtics recently, some people said he was amazing, he was a basketball player He is a genius; some people say that he is a liar, a bum who has been in prison. Now Batty finally saw himself, a handsome and ruthless guy, whether he was sitting or standing there, he had an aura that was alluring.

Batty is 6 feet 11 inches tall, facing Leon who is in his early 6 feet, he actually felt his head lowered, especially when he heard that he knocked down Ragland with a punch and suppressed more than a dozen people, he looked at him a little more In awe.

Leon seemed very natural and introduced himself to Batty and Pierce. Batty shook hands with Leon friendly and thanked him for saving Pierce. After driving away the thugs, it was Leon who quickly helped Pierce tie the wound and then carried him to the car with Batty and took him to the hospital.

Instead, Pierce just nodded to Leon while lying on the bed. Maybe he was too weak to say thank you, but Leon could see the frustration in his eyes.

He could understand Pierce's mood at this moment, a sports hero in the city of Boston, but somewhere in the city was knocked to the ground by a group of bastards, and almost died.

Pierce was a competitive guy on the court, and he was the same off it, getting into a fight at a bar over a woman, trash-talking and shaming her like he was on the court. But the bar is different from the stadium. The stadium has referees and cameras, but the bar has no police, and the opponent has knives and accomplices.

Because of Leon's help, his injury was not serious, but his self-esteem was damaged, and his psychology was also traumatized. This kind of wound is more difficult to recover than physical injury.

Of course, he was still very grateful to Leon. When Leon was about to leave the hospital and go home, Pierce said to him, "Be careful on the road and take care of yourself."

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The news that Pierce was stabbed in the bar quickly made headlines, not only in Boston, but also in the United States. Not long after Leon left the hospital, reporters came to interview after hearing the news.

However, the Celtics also took action quickly, sending medical experts to the hospital to conduct a physical examination on Pierce, and began to develop a rehabilitation plan for him; at the same time, the matter of hiring bodyguards for Pierce was also put on the agenda.

On the contrary, the matter of Leon did not appear in the media. Some articles only said that security guards and Pierce's friends arrived to rescue Pierce, and the police did not mention Leon in the process of dealing with the media. Obviously, this is to protect Leon, neither to let him receive the attention of Frank and the others, nor to let the media over-excavate Leon, after all, he has a lot of little secrets.

Pierce's accident slightly disrupted the Celtics' training camp plan, but on September 29, the 2000-2001 season Celtics training camp officially began at the Waltham Sports Club in Northwest Boston.

Early in the morning, Leon took the first light rail from Boston to Waltham, and then took a bus to the Boston Sports Club next to the Cambridge Reservoir. As an American without a car, travel is so inconvenient. Now Leon has started saving money to buy a second-hand car, otherwise he would have to get up at 5:30 every day.

The Boston Sports Club is a newly built basketball training hall in recent years. It is much more advanced than the old stadium in Marshfield. It has a training ground, gym, office, video room, conference hall and locker room, and various facilities. Everything is available. When Leon arrived at his office on the second floor, Pitino and Chris Wallace were already waiting for him.

"Have you heard the news that Dennis Rodman is coming to Boston?" Pitino asked Leon after entering the office.

Leon nodded and replied: "Yes, I called him yesterday, and he said that he has arrived in Boston and will report directly to the training hall in the morning."

"I hope so... Well, get ready to go to the stadium, the first day of training is very important."

This is not the first time Leon has come to the training hall. When the team tried out some free agents and rookies before, Leon also came here to observe. However, it is the first time for Leon to participate in the unified training of all members of the team. This time he will experience the whole process of NBA team training for the first time.

At about 8:30 in the morning, all the players except Pierce and Rodman had arrived. Pitino ordered the players to practice freely on the field to warm up, and wait for Rodman by the way, because he had not reported to Boston before. Leon said he would come directly to the training hall today, but Pitino was still a little worried.

"Don't worry Rick, I guarantee Rodman will definitely come." Leon said firmly to Pitino.