NBA: This flower path is a bit strong.

The game against the Knicks started soon, and the starting lineups of both teams were just as expected.

The Trail Blazers' starting five were the same as in the first game, while the Suns sent out a lineup with [Gorilla] Ewing as the core.

Both teams have played a game each, the difference is that the Raptors won their first victory, while the Knicks lost narrowly.

The game started. Because this time the game was on Saturday, Haruko and the [Sakuragi Army] also took time out to come to the Rainbow Stadium to cheer for Hanamichi!

When the Knicks' starting center [Gorilla] Ewing came on the court, PDD, no, Takamiya, who was eating potato chips in the audience, suddenly looked at Haruko in shock, pointed at Ewing and said:

"Haruko, do you have a brother who lives in the United States?"

Mito Yohei also looked at him again and again in surprise, and finally determined that except for the different skin color, the rest of his appearance was 7% similar to Akagi.

It's simply a bigger and more powerful version of Akagi.

Noma covered his mouth and laughed:

"Maybe Akagi and Maki Shinichi went surfing too much, that's why they got tanned like this!"

"Hahahahahaha..." x4

Akagi Haruko was speechless and said:

"No wonder Hua Dao asked us to come to this game today, so this is how it is!"

"But that No. 33 Ewing is very powerful!"

"His status and strength in the NBA are like my brother's in Kanagawa Prefecture."

"Oh? So flower path is dangerous?"

"Hahaha……"

Yohei suddenly took out a small trumpet, fireworks, and shredded paper flowers from somewhere and distributed them to Takamiya, Ohkusu, and Noma.

Then he said excitedly:

"Since we graduated from Hanamichi High School, we have had difficulty using these things! I brought them here this time too!"

"Hahaha, brothers, we finally have work to do!"

"Hanamichi, you have to work hard and don't lose to the [Gorilla]!"

"Don't make a fool of yourself!"

"Don't worry, even if you are beaten by the [Gorilla] once, we won't help you..."

"Ding, thank you for being taunted by the [Sakuragi Army], this game will increase the host's physical strength by 10%!"

Hanamichi smiled, made an OK gesture to them, and stood in the center circle to jump the ball.

The Knicks starting lineup is:

Center No. 33 ~ Ewing (213cm, 109kg);

No. 14 small forward ~ Anthony Mason Jr. (203cm, 113kg);

Point guard No. 11 ~ Derek Harper (193cm, 84kg);

No. 9 shooting guard ~ John Starks (196cm, 82kg);

And the power forward No. 34, the bad guy who won the NBA All-Defensive First Team two years ago~ Charles Oakley (206cm, 102kg).

The Raptors' starting lineup is:

No. 9 center ~ Sharon White (211cm, 118kg);

No. 10 Power Forward ~ Hanamichi (214cm, 113kg);

No. 35 shooting guard ~ Tracy Murray (201cm, 102kg);

No. 30 small forward ~ Oliver Miller (206cm, 127kg);

Point guard No. 20 ~ Damon Stoudemire (178cm, 78kg).

Judging from the strength of the starting lineup on paper, the Knicks are naturally better than the Raptors. After all, the team has a superstar named Ewing who averaged "24+11" last season and ranked fourth on the MVP list.

(But who can understand the feeling that the best lineup is occupied by the MVP ranked first [Admiral], MVP ranked second [Shark] and MVP ranked fifth [Dream])

In addition, the Knicks' power forward, Charles Oakley, known as the "Bad Guy", plays tough and fiercely, fighting for every inch of space in the restricted area, and just won the honor of "Best Defensive First Team" last year.

As for the Raptors, they have two core rookies, and the starting center is a sophomore, so he can be considered a half-rookie!!!

No wonder ESPN predicted that the Raptors would be eaten to pieces by the Knicks!

Just the one and a half new inside players of the Raptors against Ewing + Oakley! Even an NBA layman knows what the result will be!

On the basketball court of Tianhong Sports Center, besides the players’ sweat, there must be something more!

"Beep!" With the referee's whistle, the game begins!

Hanamichi beat Ewing without a doubt on the jump ball.

After all, Hanamichi's height and arm span are a little taller than Ewing's.

Especially in terms of jumping and reaction, they are better than the 33-year-old center Ewing!

So in this jump ball, Hanamichi defeated Ewing without any controversy.

But this is something we are used to. In fact, in this era of jump balls, each team will send the player with the best height and wingspan instead of sending some spring men.

So when Ewing saw Hanamichi, whose height and wingspan were almost the same as his, he was already mentally prepared.

Das controlled the ball and slowly advanced forward.

After all the players of the Raptors were in place, Das started the attack.

In this game, two of the Raptors' starting players weigh around 2kg or even higher, just to deal with the Knicks' strong inside line.

As for Hanamichi, Coach Ma Long issued an order, which was to work with Das to grab points!

After finding out the physical fitness of Hanamichi and Das, how could Landon Malone, who was eager to achieve results, miss the opportunity to make the most of them!

Since these two newcomers are so useful and actively ask to be used, Ma Long, as the head coach, will of course satisfy them!

For this game, there were only Haruko, Mito Yohei and others in the audience.

There is another special audience member who also has yellow skin, he is Comrade Zhang Heli, who is familiar to everyone!

Zhang Heli came to the United States even before he learned flower arrangement.

In 88, he came to the United States with his wife who was studying at the University of Chicago, and worked as a trainer for the University of Chicago men's basketball team.

In 91, he was hired as a staff member in the finance office of the University of Chicago.

Comrade Zhang Heli's purpose of coming to the United States is the same as Hua Dao's, both of which are to continue to develop his basketball career in the United States, of course, his career as a basketball coach!

Unfortunately, in the American sports world, Comrade Zhang Heli's resume is completely clean and he has no reputation at all.

Even though Comrade Zhang Heli's three aunts in the United States are doctoral professors, they cannot provide much help in the sports world.

He has resigned for more than a year now and is preparing to return to China to start his next basketball plan - basketball commentary work!

Just before returning home, the entire Chicago where Comrade Zhang Heli was located was celebrating the return of their basketball god and defeating the defending champion Mosaic team in the first game of the season.

Only when he noticed the news that the Raptors defeated the Timberwolves in the sports daily did he discover that there was a basketball player of Chinese nationality playing in the United States!

Although Comrade Zhang Heli was very reluctant to give up his career as a player, his years of doing odd jobs had made him realize that it was time to give up his job as a basketball player.

But he was still very unwilling to leave the United States in such disgrace.

And it happened that at this moment, he saw a glimmer of business opportunity for himself in the United States in Hanamichi!

That’s right, the former national team power forward discovered the hidden value in Hanamichi. In order to confirm his idea, he postponed his plan to return home, bought a plane ticket to Toronto and today’s game ticket to watch the game live!

Seeing Hanamichi win the jump ball, he couldn't help but shout out the words that are now familiar to later generations:

"Yes, this ball makes sense! That's how we should deal with him..."