NBA: This flower path is a bit strong.

There were only a few days left before what was considered by the outside world to be the Raptors' last playoff game, but Hanamichi did not give up and kept dragging the Sakuragi Army to watch the first three games repeatedly.

"There must be some other problem!"

In Hanamichi's opinion, there was a great chance of winning this match.

He and Stoudemire also scored a combined 52 points, but why is it that once the fourth quarter arrives, the Knicks are always able to control the rhythm of winning as steady as a rock?

"It's a rebound!"

Haruko Akagi tilted her head and pointed out the best answer.

"My brother said that if you can dominate under the rebounds, you can dominate the court!"

"In these four games, you averaged 4 rebounds per game, but the opposing twin towers grabbed at least 12 rebounds per game."

This woke Huadao up and he quickly contacted the team's data analyst to get the rebounding statistics of the past four games.

Sure enough, the Raptors lost to the Knicks by at least 13 rebounds per game, which is exactly the number of rebounds that O'Neal or Ewing could get in a single game.

Just to tell you a joke, Hanamichi, the [rebound king] actually lost the rebounding match to someone else.

However, this is the fact. Under normal circumstances, Hanamichi can never compete with the combination of O'Neal + Ewing!

"Unless~"

Sakuragi Army: "Unless they are all twenty years older!"

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At the same time, not only the Toronto Raptors, but also in another series in the East, the Indiana Pacers were pushed to the brink of the cliff by the Chicago Bulls, who won 1 games in the regular season, with a total score of 3:72.

As for the Western Conference, the Spurs performed poorly in the series against the Jazz and were also forced into a desperate situation by the latter with a score of 1:3.

In addition, there is another team whose performance is also disappointing - the Mosaic team.

As last year's defending champions, they were eliminated early in this season's playoffs, being swept out by the Seattle SuperSonics with a score of 0:4.

Such a result is really unexpected, after all, the Mosaic team showed extremely strong dominance last season.

Now, they can only end the season early, go home to pack their bags and prepare their fishing gear, and start enjoying their holiday life.

Time quickly came to May 5th local time. On this day, the series between the Toronto Raptors and the New York Knicks had entered the fifth game, and this game was a life-and-death battle for the Raptors.

If they don't win this game, their season will be over.

The venue for this game is still Madison Square Garden.

Since the Bulls next door had just eliminated the Pacers with a score of 4:1, some violent incidents also occurred in this game.

I heard that this incident was caused by former rebounding champion Rodman, who invented a rebounding move called "Air Kick", which resulted in the opponent player being kicked to the ground.

This incident caused an uproar, so the league's commissioner David Stern took special care of the league's next games and ordered that no player be allowed to "fight while playing basketball" during the game.

Therefore, from the beginning of the game between the Raptors and the Knicks, the referees sent by the referee committee opened their eyes wide and strictly and fairly enforced the rules. They still remembered that the inside player of the Raptors also had red hair!

Four minutes into the game, [Gorilla] Ewing was called for a traveling violation.

That’s right, in this game Hanamichi once again found his old friend Ewing, but the difference from the past was that this time it was Hanamichi instead of Charles Oakley who guarded the basket.

In fact, after careful consideration, Raptors head coach Landon Malone finally decided not to let Charles Oakley start, but instead sent the team's number one "forward" Oliver Miller to face O'Neal.

This is not only because the experienced veteran needs to conserve his energy, but more importantly, Oliver Miller, who is 208cm tall, has excellent mid-range shooting ability and can pull O'Neal out of the restricted area on the offensive end.

In this way, both Hanamichi's strong attack in the interior and his defenders' layup breakthroughs will become easier.

More importantly, doing so can effectively reduce O'Neal's efficiency in grabbing offensive rebounds and accelerate the consumption of his physical strength.

In conclusion, Charles Oakley can replace Oliver Miller, but the Knicks have no player who can replace the Big Shark.

Without the giant O'Neal standing in the way, Hanamichi was not afraid of Ewing in a one-on-one match, especially when it came to rebounding.

Although Ewing is also an excellent center player, his physical fitness and strength are inferior to O'Neal, especially as he is older. The longer he plays on the court, the more opportunities Hanamichi has to use his speed, jumping ability and reaction ability to compete for rebounds and gain an advantage.

In addition, Hanamichi's unique attainments in rebounding skills, his reaction to the landing point of the rebound is more acute than Ewing, coupled with more abundant physical strength. This advantage enables him to stand out in the rebounding confrontation with Ewing, not to mention that Ewing's knee has been injured, so Hanamichi is not afraid.

After two quarters, the Raptors were slightly ahead of the Knicks under the leadership of Hanamichi.

Hanamichi took 12 shots in total, including 7 of 4 jump shots, 3 of 2 hook shots, 2 dunks, and 3 of 2 free throws, scoring a total of 18 points, which can be said to be very efficient. Hanamichi also grabbed 8 rebounds, 3 of which were frontcourt rebounds.

Maybe because of the opportunity in the last game, Hanamichi was unwilling to fail. Even if he had to lose, he had to break the Knicks' teeth.

So, in the following competitions, Hanamichi showed unprecedented determination and perseverance.

After missing a jump shot due to a bad touch, Hanamichi did not get discouraged, but became even more courageous and fearless.

He began to frequently attack the Knicks' basket, using his speed and strength to break through the opponent's defense. Although he was sometimes blocked by the opponent's players, he always found opportunities to create threats. When he couldn't score directly, he would cleverly use his physical advantage to confront Ewing and cause the opponent to foul.

Once again, Hanamichi pushed Ewing away like a bull to get the space for a layup, but how could Ewing, who had been beaten several times, let him score so easily?

As a super giant, Ewing doesn't need to save face!

Ewing took a quick step forward, put his arms around Hanamichi's waist, and then pulled him down from the air with force.

"boom!"

Hua Dao landed unsteadily and fell on his butt with a dull thud.

At this point in the game, players on both sides are a little excited.

Just then, a whistle sounded on the court. It turned out that the referee called a defensive foul on Ewing.

If it was in the regular season, this would definitely be a flagrant foul and Hanamichi should have taken one of two free throws.

But this is a more intense playoff game, and the opponent is Ewing, who has the aura of a superstar, so the referee still treated him a little too kindly!

Hua Dao was not dissatisfied, he knew that he would receive such treatment sooner or later!

The game had reached this "life-and-death situation". If the referee had not made a prompt whistle to cool down his slightly red and hot head, he might have already confronted Ewing!

"I can't be like this guy with 4 offenses!"

"Yeah, that's his fourth foul!"