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Ua lawe ʻo Nikola Mirotic i ka pahu no ka mea pāʻani maikaʻi loa i ka hopena hope loa, akā me ka ʻole o ka trance magic o Rokas Jokubaitis i ka hapaha hope ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hana. ʻO ka Lithuanian, he 21 mau makahiki wale nō, ua uhaʻi i ka pāʻani me ʻeiwa mau helu i koi ʻia ʻo Madrid e pāʻani kūʻē i nā manawa hope o ka pāʻani. ʻElua mau minuke o ka pupule i hoʻohui mua ai ʻo ia i ʻekolu i hāʻawi i kāna hui i ka lanakila mua o ka pō, a laila ʻelua mau hīnaʻi me kahi pana hou. Nā hana piha i ka ikaika a me ka hilinaʻi. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona ʻelua e hoʻolilo i kēia mea pāʻani i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ka NBA iā ia.
Ua hana nā Knicks i ko lākou mau kuleana i ka hoʻolālā kauwela o ke kauwela i hala, ʻoiai ua makemake lākou e wehe i ka puka i ʻEulopa e hoʻopau iā ia.
ʻAʻole i loaʻa i ka waihona kahi wahi maikaʻi aʻe ma lalo o ka lima aloha o Jasikevicius, ke kumu aʻoaʻo nāna i hāʻawi iā ia i ke koho ʻē aʻe ma Zalgiris ma ke ʻano he mea pāʻani ʻōpio a ua lilo ia i mea hoʻokani kī ma kēia Barcelona. “E kapa aku au iā ia he keiki, no ka mea, he ʻōpiopio loa ia. Ua maikaʻi loa. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo ua pūʻiwa wau, no ka mea, ʻike wau iā ia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kēlā me kēia lā a ʻo ia ka mea a mākou i ʻike ai i kēia pō. I kēia lā ua hāʻawi ʻo ia iā mākou, i kahi manawa koʻikoʻi, i kāna mau helu a me kona ikaika. Manaʻo wau ʻo Rokas kekahi o nā ʻōpio maikaʻi loa ma ʻEulopa a loaʻa iā mākou ke kuleana o ka leʻaleʻa i kāna pāʻani a me kāna makemake, he mea kupaianaha. ʻO wau, he 30 mau makahiki, ke ʻike wau i kona makemake, makemake wau e hana like. He koa ʻo ia a i kēia lā ke hoʻohana nei mākou i kēlā e lanakila ai i ka pāʻani ", wehewehe ʻo Mirotic, ka MVP o ka hopena hope loa, i makemake e kaʻana like i ka hōʻaiʻē me ka ʻōpio Lithuanian.
I ke kauwela i hala aku nei, ua hōʻoia ʻo Jasikevicius i ka papa Barça e hana i wahi no Jokubaitis ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he ʻelua mau kiaʻi ʻokoʻa i ka hui, ʻo Calates a me Laprovittola. Ke manaʻo nei ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā Knicks, kāhea lākou iā ia a ʻo kāna pale a me kona ikaika ke kī i nā pāʻani he nui i kēia kau.
ʻO Jokubaitis, ka mea i lanakila i ka hopena me nā helu 12 a me ʻekolu mau kōkua, ʻo ia kekahi o ka hauʻoli loa ma hope o ka pāʻani. Ua hoʻolauleʻa ʻo ia i kāna poʻo inoa mua ma ke ʻano, e kōkua ana iā Kuric e ʻoki i ka ʻupena o ka hīnaʻi a me ka ʻauʻau ʻana i kāna kumu aʻo i loko o ka lumi laka. ʻO ka hauʻoli piha iā ia, ua manaʻoʻiʻo aia ʻo ia i kahi maikaʻi loa e ulu ai ma mua o ka lele ʻana i ka NBA he manawa pōkole wale nō, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe ona makana. Nūhou maikaʻi no Barca.
