After the game, Zhang Yang attended the press conference and hurled insults at Laimbeer across the two head coaches.
It felt quite satisfying...
Unlike over ten years later, when the league's 'civilization regulations' cover every aspect, severely restricting players' behavior and speech in any NBA-related setting.
At this time, Stern had been in office for less than ten years, and still had a lot of mess to clean up; these surrounding trivialities were not restricted at all, allowing for unrestricted trash-talking as long as it didn't involve socially sensitive topics.
Zhang Yang and Laimbeer were almost ready to fight on the spot from all the trash-talking.
But both team coaches were watching the drama unfold, knowing this was just a way for the two players to vent the rough confrontations and violent fouls from the game; they just needed to let them blow off steam.
After exchanging insults with Laimbeer, Zhang Yang felt refreshed.
