The next day, during the team's training session at the arena, Sakuragi Hanamichi was stunned to hear his teammates casually mention Rukawa's name.
Unless they met in the playoffs, Eastern and Western Conference teams rarely crossed paths. Without sharing the court, their worlds wouldn't intersect. Naturally, a Lakers player's name had no business echoing through the Celtics arena.
Sakuragi immediately stopped what he was doing, perked up his ears, and listened closely to what they were discussing.
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