NBA: This flower path is a bit strong

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

"There must be other problems!"

In Hanamichi's opinion, this game had a great chance of winning.

He and Das also scored 52 points together, but why did the Knicks always have a steady rhythm of winning in the fourth quarter?

"It's rebounds!"

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

"My brother said that if you can dominate the rebounds, you can dominate the whole game!"

"In these four games, Hanamichi averaged 12 rebounds per game, but the twin towers on the opposite side can grab at least 20 rebounds per game."

This woke Hanamichi up, so he quickly contacted the team's data analyst and asked for the rebound statistics of these 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 can get in a single game.

Just a joke, Hanamichi, the [Rebounding King], actually lost to someone else in rebounding.

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

"Unless~"

Sakuragi Army: "Unless they are 20 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 also pushed to the edge of the cliff with a total score of 1:3 by the Chicago Bulls, who won 72 games in the regular season.

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

In addition, the performance of another team was also disappointing-the Mosaic team.

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

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

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

Time soon came to May 14th, local time. On this day, the series between the Toronto Raptors and the New York Knicks has entered the fifth game, and this game is a life-and-death battle for the Raptors.

If they can't win this game, then this season will end here.

And the venue of this game is still Madison Square Garden.

Because the Bulls next door 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 president David Stern took special care of the league's next game and ordered that no player should "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 remember 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 found his old acquaintance Ewing again, but unlike in the past, it was Hanamichi instead of Charles Oakley who was guarding the basket this time.

In fact, after careful consideration by Raptors head coach Landon Malone, it was finally decided not to let Charles Oakley start, but to send the team's top "card forward" Oliver Miller to face O'Neal.

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

In this way, whether it is Hanamichi's strong attack in the interior or his own defenders' layup breakthroughs, it will become easier.

More importantly, this can effectively reduce O'Neal's efficiency in grabbing frontcourt rebounds and accelerate his physical consumption.

In conclusion, Charles Oakley can replace Oliver Miller, but the Knicks have no players who can replace [Shaq].

Without O'Neal, the behemoth, to get in the way, Hanamichi is not afraid of Ewing in a one-on-one situation. EwingEspecially in the fight for rebounds.

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

In addition, Hanamichi has unique attainments in rebounding skills. He reacts more sensitively to the landing point of rebounds than Ewing, plus 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 are slightly ahead of the Knicks under the leadership of Hanamichi.

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

Perhaps 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 next game, Hanamichi showed unprecedented determination and perseverance.

After a bad touch and a missed jump shot, Hanamichi was not discouraged, but became more courageous and fearless.

He began to frequently attack the Knicks' basket, using 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. And 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 knocked Ewing away like a bull to get a layup space, but how could Ewing, who had been hit several times, let him score so easily?

As a super giant, Ewing didn't want to save face!

Ewing took a step forward, directly stretched out his hand to hug Hanamichi's waist, and then pulled Hanamichi down from the air with a strong pull.

"Bang!"

Huamichi landed unsteadily and fell on his butt with a muffled sound.

The game had been going on until now, and both players were a little excited.

At this moment, a whistle sounded on the court. It turned out that the referee had called a defensive foul on Ewing.

If it was in the regular season, this would definitely be a flagrant foul, and Huamichi should have made two free throws.

But this was a more intense playoff game, and the opponent was Ewing, who had a superstar aura, so the referee was a little too picky!

Huamichi was not dissatisfied, he knew that he would get this treatment sooner or later!

The game had reached this "life and death game". If the referee had not made a decisive call just now to cool down his slightly red head, he might have already been at odds with Ewing!

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

"Yeah, he has committed his fourth foul!"