NBA: This flower path is a bit strong

On April 30, the Raptors had finished the first round of the game.

This means that Hanamichi and his team will have a full 6 days to train and adjust!

During these 6 days, local media reporters from all over Toronto rushed to the Tianhong Sports Center.

Especially after Hanamichi won so many honors and became a traffic star.

There are also media reporters from other parts of the United States who came from afar to interview Hanamichi, an active player who broke many young records in NBA history.

In this regard, Hanamichi and Coach Brandon mean:

Try to decline all interviews until you reach the Eastern Conference Finals!

This is because the league has specific regulations for teams that enter the Eastern Conference Finals and must accept a certain number of interviews or exclusive interviews.

After all, the league also needs media exposure.

But in fact, for all teams that are determined to win the championship, they don’t want to be disturbed by the outside world at this time.

Mainly after the interview, the words have changed their taste!

And some unscrupulous media who like to make trouble like to ask some tricky questions that affect the team atmosphere.

For example, many media have targeted Das who was just selected into the All-NBA First Team.

"What do you think of your position in the team?"

"Is your Raptors still a dual-core team?"

"What do you think about the fact that fans recognize Flower as the boss of the Raptors?"

"Have you ever thought about leaving the Raptors and Flower next season to realize your own personal value?"

...

Das: "..."

Faced with these media who like to stir up trouble, if possible, Das, who likes the excitement the most, even plans to close the club and retreat.

"MD, if I had known that these media would mess with me, I shouldn't have accepted their interviews in the first place!"

Once the seeds of the problem are thrown, they will gradually take root and sprout!

In the next few days, Das was obviously a little absent-minded and made frequent mistakes in the team training.

Coach Brand looked worried.

In fact, it was not just Das, but other players were more or less affected.

But it was helpless, the arm could not twist the thigh, and the butt determined the head.

Although Coach Lao Deng raised objections to the management, the management eventually decided to open up external interviews.

After all, they felt that the Toronto Raptors needed more exposure and traffic, which would bring them more profits!

The only thing to be thankful for is that in order to worry about the players being affected, the management still limited the number of media interviews each time and limited the interview time to within 1 hour after the team training!

Of course, the management still had a brain and did not arrange reporters for exclusive interviews one by one.

Otherwise, another hour would not be enough to line up!

But even so, it also delayed the free extra training time after Huadao's daily training!

Looking at Huadao who continued to practice after the interview, Das's admiration for him was even greater than before!

He actually knew Huadao's habits best.

As early as the University of Arizona, he knew that Huadao had unshakable free extra training time after training every day, which started when he was in junior high school.

This is also what he admires most about Huadao: persistence and hard work!

The training intensity of the Raptors is actually not low, especially after dealing with those chattering reporters and media, Hua Dao still continued to practice, maybe this is the main reason why he can become the boss!

"Maybe defeating Pi Er first and becoming the best second-in-command in the league is what I should do!"

"As for the messy ideas of being the boss asked by those media, let them go to hell!"

Das made up his mind at this moment!

In this way, until May 6, the league started the second round of the series!

The first to start the battle was the Toronto Raptors, who faced the Atlanta Hawks at home.

Before the game, Coach Brandon attached great importance to it, after all, the Hawks were the only team that defeated the underdogs in this playoffs!

They defeated the New York Knicks, which Hua Dao had been thinking about!

In fact, Coach Brandon also hoped that his team and the Knicks would meet on a narrow road.

After all, compared with the Hawks, whose cores are mature and all players dare to fight, the Knicks, led by the old core inside [gorilla] Ewing and the new outside core Alan Houston, are easier to bully!

It’s because the Raptors are too restrained by the Knicks’ lineup.

Hanamichi had the experience of successfully suppressing Ewing last season, and then used the defensive pioneer Doug Christie to deal with Alan Houston.

You Knicks only have these two cards, and you can get rid of them at once. The rest are all chickens and dogs.It depends on whether you surrender or not.

But I didn't expect that the opponent in the second round would be the Hawks.

The dual cores of the Hawks are not the old-young combination of the Knicks.

Their offense and defense are all centered around the "double Mu" combination in their prime.

On the offensive end, the 183cm guard Mookie Blaylock is just 30 years old this year, which is the prime of his life.

Especially in the guard position, some point guards in the league are getting better and better with age, and their skills are getting better and better.

Mookie Blaylock is such a technical 183cm point guard!

On the defensive end, the core of the Hawks is the main center Dikembe Mutombo, who just won the block king, DOPY, and the best defensive team this season. He is also 30 years old and is still in the prime of his life.

With a height of 218cm and a wingspan of 231cm, Hanamichi looked at Oakley and Ben Wallace who felt good about himself!

I don’t know if this pair of [Crouching Dragon and Phoenix] can withstand this [African Mountain]!

In addition, the shooting guard [Eagle King] Steve Smith, who will usher in an explosion next year (1998) and will be selected for the NBA All-Star team.

And this year (1997), he has been selected for the NBA All-Star team, but he is only an All-Star substitute.

Together, they formed this super strong Eagles team. No wonder they were able to overthrow the Knicks!

Hua Dao looked at the Eagles’ starting lineup. It is estimated that only Tyrone Corbin, the small forward, is a little easier to bully. After all, the latter is 35 years old!

The others are all stars, All-Stars and even active superstars in their prime!

During the jump ball, Hua Dao overpowered Mutombo and pushed the ball to his own position.

But before the 178cm Das could touch the ball, Mookie Blaylock jumped up and stole it in the air.

The 183cm point guard Mookie Blaylock took a step directly after landing, leaving Das behind.

From the first second of stealing the ball, the star player of the Hawks started running wildly.

He first took advantage of Das's inattention and left him behind, and then used his signature rhythm to change direction to shake off Walter Williams.

Outside the three-point line, facing Doug Christie's defensive posture, he directly passed the ball to Christian Laettner with a ground pass.

The latter did not take credit or work alone in the face of Hanamichi's defense, but just played a central role and passed the ball to Mookie Blaylock who bypassed Doug Christie's defense again.

After receiving the ball, the latter jumped lightly and scored a layup.

The entire offensive rhythm was simple and fast, with 1 steal, 2 passes, 3 steps to finish the layup, bypassing 4 defenders, and taking 5 seconds. Hanamichi shouted 666!

Now, Hanamichi finally understood how this Hawks team defeated the Knicks!

It has to be said that the Hawks's blow gave the Raptors, who have been a little over the top by the media recently, a warning!

However... looking at Doug Christie who was casually adjusting his wrist, Das patting his leg muscles, Charles Oakley rubbing his hands, and Walter Williams clenching his fists!

"Temad, give us a warning in our home court!"

"Are you kidding me!"