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LOS ANGELES -- The night after Derrick Rose and two of his friends had sex with his ex-girlfriend, he had a hunch she was going to claim they raped her, the?New York Knicks?star testified Tuesday.Rose said he became suspicious of the woman when she texted later the same day of the alleged early morning attack in August 2013 to say how inebriated she had been and to describe burns she claimed she got on her hands from a fire pit outside his Beverly Hills house. Rose said he believed she was sober and never witnessed any burns the night before.It looked like a setup, Rose said. It turned out to be what I thought.Rose testified for a second day in the $21.5 million lawsuit that claims he and his friends had sex without the womans consent when she was incapacitated from drinking and, possibly, drugs.The woman claims the three entered her apartment and had sex with her while she was blacked out after drinking tequila at Roses rental house earlier and other booze she had before she got there.Rose testified he was raised by a single mother, who was his mentor and had taught him to respect women.When attorney Waukeen McCoy began to ask Rose a question by saying that since his mother had taught him manners, Rose snapped back in a rare display of emotion during otherwise unflappable, matter-of-fact testimony.Was that a joke? he said. Dont be playing on my mom like that, bro.The central issue in the trial is consent, and a lawyer for the woman spent much of his time trying to show that she never agreed to have sex with Rose in the early morning hours of Aug. 27, 2013, not to mention his two friends.Rose said he assumed consent based on their past, a text message she sent out of the blue that morning saying he made her horny and her behavior throughout the day and night.Attorneys for the woman showed video taken of Rose in June testifying at his deposition, in which he said he didnt understand the word consent.When asked by his own lawyer, he said he was nervous at the deposition and he defined consent as both parties being in agreement. He said the woman had consented all the previous times they had sex over an 18-20 month period.ESPN is not naming the woman because it generally does not identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault.Although they had split up a couple of months before, he said he took her suggestive text as offering consent.No is no. Im never going to force myself upon anyone, Rose said. When she sent me texts like that 99 percent of the time it ended up in sex, so what do you expect?The string of text messages the day of Aug. 26 and into early the next morning has been a key feature of the trial, providing a timeline and also helping the woman re-create what she says she blacked out.Three text messages sent by the woman that the defense said it didnt receive until Friday, when Rose was on the witness stand, could get the case tossed out or have it end in mistrial.U.S. District Court Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald blasted the plaintiffs lawyer for being unbelievably careless producing exhibits.Roses lawyers alleged evidence tampering because messages in their clients favor were withheld, including a profane message the woman sent to Rose at 1:36 a.m. in which she referred to him as babe and asked why he didnt have sex with a friend she brought to his house earlier.The womans lawyers said all texts had been disclosed to the defense.Fitzgerald gave the lawyers until Wednesday morning to prove they had been shared with the defense.A mistrial could push a new trial into the NBA regular season, Fitzgerald said.Rose, who missed Saturdays preseason game, said he has permission from Knicks president Phil Jackson to miss the next three preseason games until the trial is concluded.Testimony concluded for the day with Randall Hampton, Roses personal assistant and co-defendant, being called to the stand by the womans lawyer to show inconsistencies and contradictions in their testimony.Hampton said his boss has a poor memory and provided a conflicting account about the evening at Roses house.Hampton said the woman had sex with him and Rose at the Beverly Hills house. Rose testified that the woman initiated trying to have oral sex with him while she was having sex with Hampton.Hampton, however, said Rose initiated that act and then later had sex with the woman on a bed at a poolside cabana.He has a hard time remembering things, Hampton said of Rose, who he said is like a brother to him.When asked if he was concerned about having sex with Roses ex-girlfriend, Hampton said he never saw her as a girlfriend of Roses even though he booked trips for her to visit the point guard in Chicago and Philadelphia.To have sex, Hampton said, thats what I was booking the flights for.The Associated Press contributed to this report. Mike Conley Jersey .com) - Following a late-game loss to the reigning NBA champs, the Toronto Raptors will look to sustain their recent high-level play as they travel to Indiana to take on the Pacers. Bojan Bogdanovic Jersey . 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The first day of the 2016 Capcom Cup consisted of nearly 13 hours of fighting game action and a body count that could only be described as a bloodbath. No player was safe from elimination and upsets littered the floor of the Esports Arena in Santa Ana, California.When the dust settled, there were eight players left to compete for the $120,000 first place prize: Joe MOV Egami, Team Liquids Du NuckleDu Dang, Evil Geniuses Ricki Ortiz, YOUDEALs Tatsuya MJS|Haitani Haitani and Fujimura Yukadon Atsushi, Team Razers Keita Fuudo Ai, Hail Marys Goichi Go1 Kishida, and GGPs Ryota Kazunoko Inoue.The shockers came early on Friday with heavyweights Team Razers Lee Infiltration Seon-woo and Hajime Tokido Taniguchi exiting the tournament without a win. The other tournament favorites, Evil Geniuses Yusuke Momochi Momochi and ZOWIEs Bruce GamerBee Hsiang finished with a disappointing record of 1-2. And Street Fighter legend Daigo The Beast Umehara also didnt make it out of the prelims.With all the upsets and consistent finishers falling short, the stage is set for a new champion to be crowned on Saturday. Heres a look at the players who still have a shot at the title.Joe MOV EgamiMOV was arguably the best Chun-Li in Street Fighter V and one of its finer players, but came into the finals with little fanfare or expectation. That was clearly a mistake because he handled matchup after matchup with relative ease and played his neutral game on his own terms. He was one of the best players in terms of reactions and character optimization and looked every bit like a tournament favorite.MOV may be the only Chun-Li player to use her full toolset and corral the most damage out of every opportunity -- an important strength to have in a tournament setting. His fearless disposition and bullying neutral game will be a nightmare for his upcoming opponents.Du NuckleDu DangThe North American champion NuckleDu was many peoples pick to make a deep run in the tournament, and he proved his supporters right. He destroyed his bracket and made short work out of his biggest road block in Qanba Douyus Zhuojun Xiao Hai Zeng with unrelenting aggression.His mastery over Rainbow Mika, Guile, and Nash will provide a strong stable of versatility and serves as his strongest asset. His fearlessness and clutch factor rank among the best in the fighting game community and he remains the best chance for a North American victory in Anaheim.Ricki OrtizOne of the bigger surprises of the Capcom Cup was the emergence of Ricki Ortiz Chun-Li. She was already considered one of the best in the Western Hemisphere, but was not a favorite for the Capcom Cup. That said, she was arguably the most the clutch out of every character in the tournament; she ground out victories regardless of her characters vitality or stage positioning.Ortiz will enter the top 8 in the winners bracket with the chance to truly cement Chun-Lis status as a monster in Street Fighter V. Her pluses include an infallible mindset and attitude and some of the best hit-coonfirms among the rest of the tournament field.dddddddddddd.Tatsuya HaitaniTatsuya Haitani was considered one of the best, if not the best, in Japan when Street Fighter V was in its infancy, but his tournament results never reflected the talk. Haitanis Necalli was always optimized and advanced in character technology, but his play never shared the same spotlight as Tokido or even Momochi. That changed when his Necalli stood tall over every one of his opponents on Friday.Haitanis offensive patterns are unpredictable and only increases in potency upon v-trigger activation. This is the player to truly watch because hes due for a big-time win.Fujimura Yukadon AtsushiThe Evolution Fighting Game Championship top 8 finalist was an afterthought when Capcom Cup started. He was the second-best Nash in name and surprised everyone when he kept winning and advancing on Friday. Whether it was through a comeback or his ever-changing play style, he was impossible to crack over a five-game set.Yukadon is one of the few players who can switch his style on a whim; he can play in-your-face from the start and then immediately become a wall. His ability to come back in any game is also no small factor in his success.Keita Fuudo AiThe fighting game wizard entered the Capcom Cup as arguably the scariest opponent to pick up the stick. Fuudo has been on a break since his second-place finish at Evolution Fighting Game Championships and only played in five events this year. Fuudo was the pioneer behind the effective defensive and methodical style that most top Rainbow Mika players employ when using with the mix-up grappler.His strengths, many of which are among the top in the competitive scene, are numerous: anti-airs, ground game, defensive counter-attacks and patience. Despite his losers bracket status, he remains among the top threats to take the Capcom Cup.Goichi Go1 KishidaGo1 reminded everyone of all the hype that surrounded him when he first entered a Street Fighter V tournament. This was a player with ridiculous execution, a stubborn offensive-only mindset, and the best character in the game.The third Chun-Li player in the top 8 is an offensive madman. Hes constantly pushing the action, whether on the ground or the air and easily overwhelms opposing game plans. Go1s pace will be the only one that exists in the game when he plays.Ryan Kazunoko InoueThe 2015 Capcom Cup champion was lost in the Street Fighter V shuffle and emerged again when he destroyed his bracket en route to a top 8 berth. Kazunoko was the biggest oversight and wasnt even the best Cammy when the tournament started, but that all changed in a flash.Offense, reactions, hit-confirms, frenetic pace, and proficient reads are all the opponent needs to know about this dynamo.The final rounds of the Capcom Cup begin at 9 p.m. ET on streaming channels and will be broadcast on ESPN2 on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. ET. ' ' '