NBA: This flower path is a bit strong.

On April 4, the Raptors had already finished the first round of the game.

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

During these six days, local media reporters from all over Toronto were trying their best to rush into the Rainbow Sports Arena.

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

There were even media reporters from other parts of the United States who came from far away to interview Hanamichi, an active player who broke many young records in NBA history.

In response, Hanamichi and Coach Brandon said:

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

This is because the league has specific regulations for teams that advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, requiring them to accept a certain number of interviews or exclusive interviews.

After all, the alliance also needs media exposure.

But in fact, all teams that aspire to win the championship do not want to be disturbed by external factors at this time.

Mainly because after the interview, the meaning of these words changed!

And some unscrupulous media who like to stir up trouble like to ask tricky questions that affect the team's atmosphere.

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

"May I ask how you view your position in the team?"

“Are you Raptors still a dual-core team?”

"What do you think about the fact that fans generally 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?"

……

Dasi: “…”

Faced with these media that like to stir up trouble, Das, who loves the excitement the most, even plans to close the museum and go into seclusion if possible.

"MD, if I had known these media outlets were so annoying, I shouldn't have accepted their interview in the first place!"

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

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

Coach Brand looked worried.

In fact, it's not just Das, other players have been affected to varying degrees.

But it's helpless, the arms cannot twist the thighs, and the buttocks decide the head.

Although Coach Lao Deng raised objections to the management, the management finally decided to allow external interviews.

After all, they feel that the Toronto Raptors need more exposure and traffic, which will bring them more profits!

The only thing to be thankful for is that, out of concern for the impact on the players, the management still limits the number of media interviews each time and sets the interview time to within 1 hour after the end of the team training!

Of course, the management still had some brains and did not arrange for exclusive interviews with reporters one by one.

Otherwise, even another hour wouldn’t be enough to queue up!

But even so, the free extra training time after Hanamichi's daily training was delayed!

Seeing Hanamichi still insisting on practicing after the interview, Das's admiration for him is even greater than before!

He actually knows the habits of flower arrangement best.

As early as the University of Arizona, he already knew that Hanamichi had a fixed amount of free practice time after training every day, which started when he was in junior high school.

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

The training intensity of the Raptors is actually quite high. Especially after dealing with those chattering reporters and media, Hanamichi still continues to practice. Perhaps this is the main reason why he can become the boss!

"Perhaps defeating Pi Er first and becoming the best second in command in the alliance is what I should do!"

"As for those media questions about my thoughts on being the boss, let them go to hell!"

Dasi made up his mind from this moment on!

And so it went on until May 5th, when the league started the second round of the series!

The first team to start the battle is the Toronto Raptors who will face the Atlanta Hawks at home.

Before the game, Coach Brandon took it very seriously. After all, the Eagles were the only team that beat the stronger team in this playoffs!

They defeated the New York Knicks, the team that Hua Dao had always wanted to face!

In fact, Coach Brandon also very much hopes that his team will meet the Knicks.

After all, compared with the Hawks, whose both inside and outside cores are mature and whose players are brave and capable of fighting, the Knicks, led by the old inside core [Gorilla] Ewing and the new outside core Alan Houston, are indeed easier to bully!

There is no other reason, it’s just that the Raptors’ lineup is too restrained by the Knicks.

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

You, the Knicks, only have these two cards. If you get rid of them both at once, the rest will be useless. It depends on whether you surrender or not.

But I didn’t expect that the opponent in the second round would be the Eagles.

The dual core of the Hawks is not an old-young combination like the Knicks.

Their offense and defense both revolve around the "Double Mourinho" combination who are in their prime.

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

Especially at the guard position, some point guards in the league get better and better as they get older, and their technical skills get 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 title, DOPY, and All-Defensive First Team this season. He is also 30 years old and 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, there is shooting guard Steve Smith, who will break out next year (1998) and will be selected to the NBA All-Star team.

And Christian Laettner, who was selected to the NBA All-Star team this year (1997), but was just an All-Star reserve.

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

Hua Dao looked at the starting players of the Hawks and estimated that only Tyrone Corbin at the small forward position would be easier to bully, after all, the latter is already 35 years old!

The others are all players in their prime, All-Stars or even active superstars!

During the jump ball, Hanamichi overpowered Mutombo and tipped the ball to his own position.

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

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

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

He first took advantage of Das' inattention and left him behind, and then used his signature skill of changing direction to get past Walter Williams.

Outside the three-point line, he took a defensive stance against Doug Christie and made a direct ground pass to Christian Laettner.

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

The latter received the ball and jumped lightly, then made a layup and scored.

整个进攻节奏简单、迅捷，1次抢断、2次传球、3步放篮终结、绕过4人防守、花费时间5秒，花道直呼666！

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

It has to be said that this blow from the Hawks gave a warning to the Raptors, who had been a little overhyped by the media recently!

But... look at Doug Christie who was casually adjusting his wrist, Das who was patting his leg muscles, Charles Oakley who was rubbing his hands ready to fight, and Walter Williams who was clenching his fists!

"Temade, show us your power in our home turf!"

"Is there any mistake?"