SAURARA
Nikola Mirotic ya dauki kofin ne domin fitaccen dan wasa a wasan karshe, amma ba tare da sihirin sihiri na Rokas Jokubaitis ba a cikin kwata na karshe ba zai iya yin hakan ba. Dan kasar Lithuania, mai shekaru 21 kacal, ya karya wasan da maki tara a jere wanda ya tilastawa Madrid buga wasan karshe na wasan. Mintuna biyu na hauka inda ya fara kara sau uku wanda hakan ya baiwa tawagarsa damar fara cin dare, sannan kuma kwanduna biyu tare da karin harbi. Ayyuka cike da kuzari da amincewa. Halayen biyu da suka tabbatar da wannan dan wasan da NBA ta daura masa.
Knicks sun yi da hakkinsu a cikin daftarin bazarar da ta gabata, kodayake sun gwammace su bude kofa zuwa Turai don ya gama kafa.
Tushen bai sami wuri mafi kyau ba fiye da ƙarƙashin hannun abokantaka na Jasikevicius, kocin wanda ya ba shi madadin a Zalgiris a matsayin matashin matashi kuma wanda ya zama babban dan wasa a wannan Barcelona. “Zan kira shi yaro, domin shi matashi ne sosai. Ya yi kyau sosai. Ba zan iya cewa na yi mamaki ba, domin kullum ina ganin yana horo kuma shi ne abin da muka gani a daren yau. A yau ya ba mu, a wani muhimmin lokaci, makinsa da kuzarinsa. Ina tsammanin Rokas yana daya daga cikin mafi kyawun matasa a Turai kuma muna da damar jin daɗin wasansa da sha'awarsa, wanda ke da ban mamaki. Ni, wanda ya riga ya kai shekaru 30, lokacin da na ga sha'awar da yake da shi, ya sa ni sha'awar yin haka. Shi jarumi ne kuma a yau muna amfani da wannan don cin nasara a wasan, "in ji Mirotic, MVP na karshe, wanda ya so ya raba bashi tare da matashin Lithuanian.
A bazarar da ta gabata, Jasikevicius ya shawo kan hukumar Barça don yin wuri don Jokubaitis duk da cewa akwai masu gadi biyu masu bambanci a cikin tawagar, Calathes da Laprovittola. Suna zaton Knicks ba su da shi, sun kira shi kuma tsaronsa da kuzari sun kasance mahimmanci a wasanni da yawa a wannan kakar.
Jokubaitis, wanda ya lashe wasan karshe da maki 12 ya taimaka uku, ya kasance daya daga cikin wadanda suka fi farin ciki bayan wasan. Ya yi bikin takensa na farko a cikin salo, yana taimaka wa Kuric ya yanke ragar kwandon kuma ya shayar da mai ba shi shawara a cikin dakin kabad. Cikakken farin ciki a gare shi, yana da tabbacin cewa yana cikin mafi kyawun wuri don girma kafin yin tsalle zuwa NBA wanda ke da lokaci kawai, kodayake ba shi da kyauta. Labari mai dadi ga Barca.
