In the stadium, as the game progressed, the situation became more and more clear. Under the leadership of Hisashi Mitsui, Shohoku, Akagi and Chiba were well mobilized, and the effect of the internal and external connection was very good.
On the other hand, Chang Cheng's opponent's outside attack point was directly strangled by Jinguji Martial Arts. Under such circumstances, Chang Cheng could only rely on the performance of his inside players.
However, although Mikoshiba is said to be Chang Cheng's trump card, his strength is only about the same as Takenori Akagi's.
Mizashiba did not have much advantage in the matchup between the two, and the scoring efficiency was not as easy as coach Chang Cheng thought.
At the end of the first half, Xiangbei High School already led Chang Cheng by nearly 20 points. After the halftime break, Chang Cheng adjusted his offensive formation, and the ball rights from the outside were concentrated on Chang Cheng's No. 8. This No. 8 was defended by Miyagi Ryota.
The opponent seems to think that Miyagi's height will be a defensive vulnerability for Shohoku, so he plans to break through this point.
At the beginning, the opponent did succeed in scoring two goals, but later on, Miyagi seemed to adapt to the opponent's style of play. With his agility and rich experience, he staged a wave of classic steals in which small players beat big players.
After a few times, Chang Cheng returned to the inside-attack style of play, and this style of play would only lead to slow death in front of Xiangbei.
Halfway through the second half, the point difference between the two teams reached 30 points. At this time, coach Anzai replaced Hisashi Mitsui and Oishi Chiba and replaced him with Konobu Kingure and Satoru Tsunoda.
After the substitution, Shohoku High School's defensive and offensive strength immediately lacked a lot. However, Wu Dao on the court did not take over the offensive tasks, but only took over the ball in the frontcourt.
However, he mostly passed the ball to Akagi and Kimugure Konobu, allowing them to attack on their own. Konobu Mumu has been practicing shooting for a while, and this game also gave him a chance to practice.
Although his shooting accuracy is far inferior to Hisashi Mitsui and Jinguji Budo, it is enough for this game.
With the cooperation of him and Takenori Akagi, although the point difference between Xiangbei and Changcheng teams is shrinking little by little, the shrinking speed is very slow.
Until the end of the game, Chang Cheng still failed to seize the opportunity of Xiangbei substitutions and overtake the score.
In the end, Xiangbei High School defeated Changcheng High School 84:66 and won its first victory in the national competition.
The Xiangbei players who won the game were all very excited, but the audience on the field was a little disappointed.
On the first day of the national competition, many of the spectators were teams from all over the country participating in the competition. Before the game, they all got to know all their opponents.
As for Jinguji Budo, as one of the five AA-level players selected by Basketball Magazine, and the first person to appear on the court in this highest-rated series, he naturally attracted a lot of people's attention.
However, Jinguji Martial Arts did not perform well in Shohoku's match. Although Shohoku won, the performance of Jinguji Martial Arts disappointed these people.
"The strength gap between Changcheng High School and Xiangbei is not small. In addition to defense, Jinguji Martial Arts is just passing the ball. There is no difference at all." In the stands, the players of Aihe Academy saw that the game was over, and the two teams began to pack things in the rest area. , couldn't help but said with some disappointment.
"It doesn't matter. I have already found a friend in Kanagawa. He can help us get the video of Shohoku's game in the prefectural competition. We can watch it tonight." Aiwa's coach Akiyama Muramasa said, although he said so , but as a coach, he is actually a little disappointed. After all, the video tape is a video tape, and it is far less intuitive and shocking than watching the game live.
With Jinguji Martial Arts' style of play, if one's own players just watch the video tape, they won't be able to feel how powerful and terrifying the opponent is.
On the contrary, Lingnan High School, which played against Xiangbei in the county competition, had a player in their team who could feel the opponent's strength even if they were not watching the game.
Soon, Xiangbei, who had finished the game, began to exit. In today's game, the physical exertion of everyone in Xiangbei was actually pretty good.
Mitsui Hisashi and Chiba Oishi only played for thirty minutes, and the intensity was average. It was not much different from playing a training match.
Although Jinguji Martial Arts and Miyagi fought for the whole game, they were still fishing for water. Although the martial arts are somewhat recognized during defense, to that extent, it is just a warm-up at best.
Konobu Kigure and Tsunoda only came on as substitutes in the second half and played ten minutes, and they did not consume much.
Although Takenori Akagi and Mikoshiba fought for a whole game, Akagi, who helped the team win their first victory, is in an unusually good mental state and does not feel any fatigue at all.
Seeing that the players were in good condition, Coach Anxi did not rush to take the players back to rest. Instead, he led the players along the corridor to the stands to watch the next game.
A total of 59 teams participated in the national competition this year. Among them, Sanno from Akita Prefecture, Aiwa from Aichi Prefecture, Rakuan from Kyoto, Hakata Shoga University Affiliated to Fukuoka and Reinan from Kanagawa. The five teams in the first round were Bye.
Therefore, there are a total of 27 games in the first round. Today alone, 13 games will be played at this return venue, starting at 7.40 in the morning and continuing until the evening.
On the second day, there are 14 games remaining in the first round. The second round of the national competition will not be held until the third match day. There are a total of 16 games in the second round, which are also divided into two match days, with 8 games played in one day.
After the second round, only 16 teams are left, and all subsequent games will be truly back-to-back.
Such a compact competition format will test the will and physical fitness of the players, and the order of the draw will often determine to a certain extent whether the team can go far in this competition.
The draw for Shohoku High School is pretty good. At least, after today's game, tomorrow will be a day off, followed by the game against Toyotama High School.
There were no powerful seeded teams participating in the first day's competition. The five AA-level players selected by the magazine were also scattered among the five teams of Xiangbei, Lingnan, Sanno, Aihe and Luoan.
The game on the first day can also be called a rookie pecking game. Everyone in Xiangbei had only been in the stands for less than an hour. The enthusiasm of the team members for watching the game was gone. The martial arts had already lost interest and they kept hitting Hache.
Coach Anxi also noticed the condition of his players after watching a game and a half, and took the players out of the gym early.
A night of silence. Early the next morning, Coach Anxi led the team members to watch today's game. The strength of the teams participating in the first round of the game was indeed very average. After watching two games, Budo asked for a leave from Coach Anxi and took care of himself. He returned to the hotel and started exercising.
He had a daily mission~ Not long after Budo returned to the hotel, Miyagi also returned to the hotel. When he went to the room, he didn't see Budo's figure, so he came to the hotel's gym and found Jinguji Budo running.
"Martial arts, tomorrow is the competition with Toyotama, do you still want to practice today?"
"Since I've known you, I haven't seen you stop for a day." Miyagi Ryota came to the gym, found a stool not far from the martial arts, and sat down.
"I'm used to it. If I don't run, my body feels stiff."
"Why are you back? Where are the others? Didn't they all watch?" Wu Dao slowed down the speed of the treadmill and asked casually.
"No, they are still watching. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I came back first."
"To be honest, before the competition, I really had high expectations for the teams participating in the national competition, but these two days of competition really opened my eyes."
“It turns out that even in national competitions, there are paddling teams.”
"There are many teams, but they are not as strong as Xiangyang. How did they break into the country?" Miyagi Ryota spread his hands flat and placed them on the back of the chair, his tone full of disappointment.
"This is just the first round. It's normal for the teams to be weak. And you've only watched a few games? You haven't seen the games of strong teams."
"And not all regions are Kanagawa. Although Xiangyang lost to us, their strength can rank among the top 16 nationwide."
"Of course, that was Xiangyang before, but now..." Budao said to Miyagi while jogging.
"Our next opponent is Toyotama High School. I heard that this high school is very powerful. It is good at run-and-gun tactics. Its best result is the top 8."
"How are we going to fight tomorrow? Are you still not going to participate in the attack?" Miyagi Ryota thought for a while and felt that martial arts was right. Thinking that there were strong teams among the participating teams in the national competition, he immediately thought of what would happen next in Shohoku. The opponent, Toyotama High School.
"Fyotama's abilities are quite good. The run-and-gun tactics may be a bit troublesome for other teams, but for us, they are not so easy to use."
"After all, our speed in Xiangbei is not slow."
"The main attack tomorrow will be left to Xiaosan and Akagi. I will still be responsible for the defense. They just won a game and it is a time when their fighting spirit is high. Let them perform well in another game."
"Fyotama's post height is only 190cm, so he can focus on the post tomorrow."
"As for defense, I will keep an eye on their trump card, Nam Yeol."
"We can easily win tomorrow's game." Budao said, slightly increasing the speed of the treadmill.
Miyagi could feel the confidence of martial arts from his tone, and nodded without saying anything else.
It was a bit boring to sit in the gym and watch martial arts exercises. Miyagi also opened a treadmill next to martial arts and planned to move his body.
At this time, the competition between Toyotama High School and Saitama Prefecture Umesawa High School was taking place in the venue. Not long after the second half of the game started, Toyotama had already opened the point difference to 15 points, and the balance of victory was already tilted towards Toyotama.
"Nan Lie's three-point shot is very accurate! The defense is also very oppressive, which is difficult to deal with!" As Feng Yu's Nan Lie scored again with a single quick move, Mumu in the stands let out a sigh.
The second-year Nanlie is 181cm tall and weighs 72kg. He is strong and fast on the court and has a sharp three-point shot. Under his leadership, Toyotama has completely raised the rhythm of the game. Umesawa is playing against them. In high school, it seemed like I couldn’t stand it.
"The playing style is very similar to mine, but if Toyotama is only at this level, we will be 90% sure of tomorrow's game!" Hisashi Mitsui looked at Nanretsu who was freely and freely on the court, without any sense of crisis.
When the Xiangbei players heard what Mitsui Hisashi said, they all glanced at him without saying anything to refute, and silently watched the game on the field.
More than 20 minutes later, the game ended. Toyotama defeated his opponent 96:74 and won the game.
After the game, Coach Anxi also left the arena with everyone. This opponent did not put a lot of pressure on Shohoku. Not to mention that the players were very relaxed. Coach Anxi's own mentality was also very relaxed. Of course, the players could not see Coach Anxi's relaxation.
...The third day of the national competition. It was only seven o'clock, and the Xiangbei team members finished washing up early and left the hotel.
Today's game in Xiangbei is the first game in the morning. For them, this draw is quite good.
If they can beat Toyotama, it means that Shohoku will have more time to rest in order to cope with the subsequent games.
When everyone in Xiangbei arrived at the arena, they did not go to the locker room to rest. After communicating with the organizers, Coach Anxi was allowed to take the players into the venue early to warm up.
The competition format of the national competition is very tight, so the management of the team's warm-up time is relatively loose.
When Xiangbei entered the venue, there were only a handful of spectators in the stands. In some cases, there were only a small number of fans. Even the participating teams were only present.
Just as the Shohoku players started to warm up, people from Toyotama High School also walked into the stadium along the player tunnel.
It seems that their plan is the same as that of Xiangbei. They plan to come early and start warming up in advance. The members of the two teams looked at each other across the field, and then devoted themselves to their warm-up.
"Nan Lie, are you tired from yesterday's game? Do you need to adjust your rhythm today?" When Fengyu was warming up, a player wearing a blue No. 4 jersey came up to Nan Lie and asked.
Obviously the person wearing No. 4 should be the captain, but he asked Nan Lie about today's play style. On the edge of the court, Toyotama's coach was sitting on the bench in a white suit, with an unhappy look on his face.
"No, just keep the same offensive method as before. After a sleep, I will have recovered a long time ago!" Nan Lie turned around and glanced at the coach off the court, and replied calmly.
Toyotama's coach is a middle-aged man in his 40s, slightly overweight, but his hair is meticulously combed. It can be seen that he should be a rigorous person.
Toyotama's original coach was Kitano, who was coached by Anzai at the same time as he coached the national team. However, because Toyotama's high school performance has been limited to the top eight and has not improved, in the spring of this year, coach Kitano was fired by the school. Now the 40-year-old coach is The middle-aged man who is many years old is Toyotama's new coach.
However, the new coach has only been with the team for a few months and has not yet established his authority. On the court, ace Nanlie's words were much more useful than his.
Everyone in Fengyu smiled and nodded after hearing Nan Lie's words, and then started to warm up. As time passed, the seats in the stands began to fill up. Today's game has several heavyweight games. Sanno Industries will make their first appearance in this year's national competition.
At the same time, Lingnan, as well as Aihe, have games today.
"Hey, it hasn't started yet. Today's opponent in Xiangbei is Fengtama, who is rated as A-level. This team is not easy to deal with!" Cross Country Hiroaki followed his teammates to the seats and sat down. He saw that the two teams were still warming up. , whistled and started teasing.
"What's so hard to deal with? No one can defend Toyotama from Jinguji Martial Arts, and even Mitsui Hisashi will have a hard time dealing with him."
"There is no suspense about the match between Shohoku and Toyotama." Shinomiya looked sideways at the stadium and said calmly, then found a seat and sat down.
Beside him, Sendao and Fujima sat on the left and right beside him, all three of them looking towards the court.
"Fujima, in today's match against Magiya Nishi, you and Hanagata will lead the team."
"Let Kanpei, Fukuda, and Uekusa assist you." After sitting down, Shinomiya suddenly said to Fujima next to him, actually arranging the players for today's game.
Fujima was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then turned to look at Coach Taoka behind him, with questioning in his eyes.
When Coach Taoka saw Fujima looking at him, he shrugged indifferently and said: "For a team like Magiya Nishi, you can just watch and fight."
"The match against the Mountain King the day after tomorrow is what we should pay attention to."
"Hey, the day after tomorrow is when our Lingnan will become famous all over the country!" Coach Tian Gang's eyes were full of enthusiasm when he talked about the Mountain King. When he said this, he couldn't help but stick out his tongue and lick his lips, the look on his face Excited, not trying to hide it at all.
If the coaches of other teams had known that their team was facing Sanno, they would have been desperate and preparing for the return ticket, but Coach Taoka looked excited and looking forward to it.
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