Fitzgerald may have forgotten whose home field is tonight and whose security is on site.
Starting this season, security for live games at Staples Center will be handled by Sloan's security company.
The burly men at the scene, facing the audience with their backs to the court, were all Sloan's men.
And who is the big boss behind Sloan? It's the Clippers, it's Smart.
Of course, Sloan was also present at tonight's game. When he saw Min Congda throwing the popcorn bucket towards the referee, he knew something was wrong again.
But he immediately calmed down the two security guards who wanted to rush forward and told them not to act recklessly.
"Don't move around. This is our venue. I'll control it. Keep an eye on the audience and don't let them boo."
Sloan is very experienced.
He knew that Min Congda smashed the referee as a means of putting pressure.
Anyway, he has done this kind of thing a lot, and he is happy every time he does it. You can tell it was intentional at a glance.
And he is the big boss. If you ask the security guards to catch him, aren't you going to feel sorry for your own business?
What security guards really have to watch out for are restless fans in the stands.
They may do some extreme behavior driven by the atmosphere of the scene, throw debris into the field, verbally attack opponent players or referees, etc.
After arranging his security guards, Sloan immediately ran all the way to the sidelines and came to Min Congda's seat.
At this time, the ground was covered with popcorn, and Fitzgerald's face was red with anger. His slick head, which had been smeared with a lot of hairspray, was covered with several popcorn, making him look as funny as he could.
Fitzgerald is not very old. He is only in his 30s this year and is very young among referees.
His father is a referee and has been a referee for more than 50 years, so he can be said to have inherited his father's career.
He started blowing whistles in the league in the 2009-10 season. Before that, he officiated in various basketball games across the United States for many years.
In the second year after entering the league, he dared to give Kevin Garnett a technical foul during the game and directly ejected him from the game.
Although he has only been blowing whistles in the league for his third year, he has actually been officiating basketball games since he was 18 years old. He is obviously an experienced player.
Therefore, he has rich experience and a tough personality. He dares to call some fouls that other referees dare not call, and punishes some players that other referees dare not send off, leaving a deep impression on the fans.
Of course, this time he was so lucky that he met Min Congda, a popcorn killer who entered the league in the same year as him and scolded the referees countless times, and he got into trouble.
In the referee meeting before the game, Fitzgerald didn't care much about Min Congda.
He said that Min Congda had already been issued a restraining order once, and if he did it again, he might be banned for life.
He didn't believe that Min Congda could do anything extreme. The most he could do was to curse people.
Unexpectedly, a goddess came and scattered flowers, it rained heavily, and the scene was beyond control.
He can't expel the audience as soon as he referees, or he can't rush up to fight with him, right?
To be honest, if the colleague next to him hadn't stopped him, he would have really wanted to go up and fight with Min Congda. It would be so embarrassing.
At this time, the first thing Sloan did when he saw this was to comfort Min Congda and said: "Mr. Smart, are you okay?"
Fitzgerald was stunned. Please, I’m the one who got hit! You asked him if he was okay!
Min Congda also waved his hand and said: "I'm fine. Find someone to pick up the popcorn on the ground and clean the floor... Hey, what are you doing!"
Min Congda pointed to the popcorn scattered on the floor and saw why it was missing?
Looking again, Lu Yuan was picking up popcorn one by one into the bucket. When did he get this bucket back?
"I was picking up popcorn. I just bought it, and it's such a pity that you are so busy. The ground is quite clean, so you should still be able to eat it."
"It's your head, don't pick it up! Go back and go back! Go back to your seat, or you will be expelled too!"
You see, Min Congda was very clear in his heart. He knew that he was going to be expelled, so he was very calm.
Sloan also said to Min Congda at this time: "I will come to deal with the aftermath, you'd better come with me."
Min Congda nodded, then grabbed Lu Yuan's collar and dragged him back to the auditorium, grabbing the popcorn bucket from his hand.
Sloan quickly took the "murderous weapon" and said: "You'd better not hold it. I'll come and follow me..."
With that said, Sloan escorted Min Congda out of the stadium, but the audience cheered.
At the same time, shouts of "referencesuck" rang out, making it impossible to continue the game.
Fitzgerald cleared the popcorn from his head, calmed down, and continued calling the game.
Starting from this game, he cut off his hair, no longer used hairspray, and kept a short bob.
Min Congda left directly from the player tunnel and went to the parking lot. He didn't even have to go to the locker room and could drive home!
Sloan has been following Min Congda, blocking the reporters who came over to interview him while quietly reporting to him the situation of the Great Western Forum.
"I have arranged for new security to be on duty at the arena, so there won't be any more problems."
"Very good, I will give you an additional 500,000 yuan tomorrow, just in the name of... security personnel training." 33
"500000?"
"Too little? Then 1 million."
"No, no, I think 500,000 is too much."
"Who would mind that the money is too much? Just 1 million, let the people below keep their mouths tight and don't make any mistakes. Sometimes big problems are often caused by ignoring the little people, understand?"
"I see."
Min Congda won the Great Western Forum Arena this time, and Christopher and Sloan both contributed a lot.
Although Min Congda didn't know what Christopher did in the past, he knew that Christopher had a good friend who was in charge of garbage collection in Inglewood, and he had many truck drivers and blue-collar workers under him.
The United States is a place with a big government and a big society. The government is not small, and there are a large number of social organizations.
Individuals are small, but organizations are powerful. As long as there is an organization, it can have influence and compete with other organizations for the benefit of the group.
For example, the players' union and the team owners' meeting are all separate organizations.
After all, the Clippers are a local snake in Los Angeles. With the efforts of Min Congda and the help of matchmaking relationships, they can always find multiple parties to participate in the acquisition project.
In addition, the Clippers are determined to win the Great Western Forum regardless of cost. Of course, New York and JPMorgan Chase, who have come all the way, cannot defeat this local snake.
Sloan was grateful for Min Congda's generosity, but at the same time he was worried and said: "Mr. Smart, this time you lost your temper at the referee again, the league will definitely punish you heavily again."
Min Congda thought to himself, of course I know, he won't punish me for being anxious with him!
"It's okay, I'm not afraid, I'm happy to let them punish me."
Sloan admired Min Congda's grace and generosity from the bottom of his heart.
Sloan has met many big names in his life, especially big shots in the sports world.
Many big bosses invest hundreds of millions, or even hundreds of millions, despite having billions in wealth.
But in private, he is very stingy and often haggles over a small amount of money.
Because many big guys invest tens of millions or hundreds of millions for higher returns and to make money, so of course they are generous.
And when it comes to spending money without return, apart from some pretentious luxuries and large purchases, they are stingy to death, and Sterling is a typical example.
But in Min Congda, Sloan saw a bigger picture, a broad mind and amazing rationality that are often only found in politicians.
Suddenly, a voice came from Sloan's earphones.
"Sloan, Sloan, there is another kid who was expelled, the one who just picked up the popcorn."
"what happened?"
"He ran into the field to pick up popcorn again and was carried out."
Sloan stopped and Min Congda asked him what was wrong.
"Mr. Smart, the Chinese boy sitting next to you just now was also deported."
"He was expelled too? Why?"
"Come in and pick up some popcorn."
"Damn it, this worthless thing!"
Some people died, but not completely...
