As the game between Lingnan High School and Sanno Industrial ended, the players from the two teams returned to their respective rest areas after shaking hands and began to pack their bags to make room for the two teams in the next game.
Coincidentally, the rest area for this game in Shohoku was the same place used by Lingnan High School just now. After coach Anzai led the players to the rest area, he greeted Coach Wadaoka who was familiar with them and said some scene words.
"Hoo hoo hoo, Coach Tianoka, congratulations. Lingnan can defeat a team like Sanno Industries. It's really impressive!"
Coach Anzai and Coach Taoka shook hands and said with a smile.
"Thank you, Coach Anxi. We in Lingnan were able to win thanks to the hard work of the players. My contribution is not big, hahaha!"
Although Coach Taoka spoke modestly, anyone could see the pride and complacency on his face.
"Coach Anxi, I hope you, Xiangbei, can also work hard and win the next game. In this case, our two teams can meet in the semi-finals."
"After the county competition, I have been thinking about playing against you Xiangbei again. I think my players also hope to play against you again."
"Shangbei, you have to work hard."
"I heard that there is a second-year talented player in Aihe Academy, who is called the 'Aichi Star'. You should pay attention to him!"
Coach Tian Gang said some words of encouragement and mentioned Aihe Academy. They, Lingnan, have also paid attention to the group draws of the national competition, and coach Taoka is also very concerned about Shohoku's schedule and knows very well what kind of opponents Shohoku will face next.
Aiwa Students, one of the two representative teams from Aichi Prefecture, although the team's rating is A-level, their team has an ace player rated AA-level. The entire team is very strong. It is one of the teams most favored to win the championship this year. In terms of strength, it may be slightly inferior to Sanwang, but this inferiority lies in the strength of the substitute players, not the starting lineup.
"Hoho hoho, we will work hard!" Coach Anxi replied with a smile, then let go of his hand and turned his attention to the rest area on the other side of the court. There, everyone from Sannoi had packed up their things and left the arena, while the players from Aihe Academy were already changing equipment in the rest area.
While Coach Anzai and Coach Taoka were talking, Shinomiya, who had packed his backpack, immediately approached Jinguji Martial Arts.
"Hey, Martial Arts, we have defeated the Mountain King and advanced. I'll be waiting for you in the semi-finals. Don't let your guard down!"
Shinomiya held his backpack in one hand, with a smile on his face, and said towards Jinguji Budo. He was also very happy after defeating Sanno Industries. Meeting his old rival in martial arts, the young Shinomiya couldn't help but show off the achievements they had just achieved in Lingnan.
"Don't worry, we will meet you soon."
Jinguji Martial Arts could read the strong fighting spirit in Shinomiya Nono's eyes. It seemed that the battle with Sanno did not make this guy happy at all. He had already shifted his target to Shohoku, exactly. It can be said that Shinomiya Tano has already set his target on Jinguji Martial Arts.
"I hope so. I don't want to be called the 'Kanagawa Double Star' together with a weakling!"
Lingnan's players have packed their bags at this moment, and coach Tian Gang is leading the players towards the player tunnel. Before Shinomiya left, he suddenly turned his head and said something to Budo, and then hurriedly left the arena with the team.
"This guy... his personality is really..." Budo glanced at Shinomiya Nono's leaving figure, couldn't help but whisper, then withdrew his gaze, and turned his attention to Aiwa Academy on the other side of the court.
"In this case, I'll show off some of my skills to save myself from being underestimated!"
Wu Dao found a random seat in the rest area and sat down, took off his coat, took out a towel, water glass and other things, then walked to the open space beside him and started doing some simple stretching.
At this moment, the players from Aihe Academy had also entered the court and started warming up. On the Xiangbei side, the team members also changed their clothes and walked into the court to warm up one after another.
Coach Anzai, as the representative of Shohoku, went to shake hands and say hello to the coach of Aiwa Academy. When he came back, he asked the statistician at the podium for a copy of the game data between Lingnan and Sanno in the last game, and gave the data to Caiko for summary. tidy.
"Wow! Shinomiya's statistics are so impressive, Sendō and Fujima also performed very well in this game!"
When Ayako got the data, she just glanced at it briefly, and then let out an exclamation, attracting the attention of the surrounding Shohoku players who had not warmed up. Even Konobu Kigure, who had originally walked to the sideline, heard Ayako's words. They also gathered around curiously.
"One person scored 46 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and also contributed 3 steals and 3 blocks. The statistics are not only comprehensive but also terrifying!"
"Facing an opponent like Sanno, Shinomiya Tano was not suppressed at all, and his performance was even more impressive than in previous games."
Caiko sighed while showing the data to the surrounding team members.
The entire Lingnan High School only scored a total of 92 points, but Shinomiya Tano alone had already scored half of the entire team's points. Apart from him, Sendō's personal score was only 15 points, while Fujima's score was only 13 points. Obviously these two are outstanding star players, but after joining the team with Shinomiya Tanano, their light was completely obscured.
Neither Hanagata nor Uozumi scored in double figures.
Although the scoring data of Xiandao, Fujima and others are not that eye-catching, they are still very good. Generally speaking, each of the Lingnan team members has their corresponding functions. When these people are combined in Together, they become a terrifyingly powerful team capable of defeating the Mountain King.
Mumu Gongyan glanced at the data of these players and came to a conclusion.
"Fujima and Hanagata, these two have been perfectly integrated into Lingnan's system. In my impression, these two play with the ball, but in Lingnan, these two compromised on the ball rights. "
"The same goes for Xiandao. In the game just now, I didn't attack with the ball very often. I put more effort into running and defense."
"Today's Lingnan is much stronger than the Mountain King!"
Mumu Gongyan roughly assessed the strength of Lingnan High School and felt a little heavy.
"Yeah!" Caizi nodded slightly after listening to Mu Mu Gongyan's analysis. Then she turned around and saw all the first-year students around her looking sad, and said with relief:
"Okay, okay, let's go warm up. Lingnan High School is very strong, but we in Xiangbei are not weak either!"
"Besides, the most important thing for us now is to get over the enemy in front of us. If we can't win Aihe, there's no point in talking about it!"
At Caizi's urging, a group of team members walked into the court one after another and started to warm up. Although these players had a high probability of not being able to participate in the game and could only cheer on the sidelines, they were stimulated by the statistics of the Lingnan players, even if they were He is also very enthusiastic about helping the starters pass the ball.
The warm-up here in Xiangbei is very simple, just simple stretching, and simple passing and catching layups. After Budao did a few sets with the team, he took a basketball to the open space on the side and lucked the ball, independently of The martial arts warming up outside the team soon attracted the attention of Aihe Academy.
"That person is Jinguji Martial Arts, and together with Shinomiya Tanō, they become the 'Kanagawa Twin Stars'."
"When the coach and I went to Kanagawa Prefecture before, we saw their game against Lingnan. This person is very strong, and he is not weaker than Shinomiya Tanano."
"One of our most important tasks in today's game is to suppress his scoring!"
The players of Aiwa Academy were doing warm-up training on passing and receiving. Morohoshi, who was waiting at the end of the line, saw Jinguji Budo dribbling the ball and introduced it to his teammates next to him. Morohoshi Yamato was different from the spectators on the field. He had seen the power of Jinguji martial arts when it was at full strength. Facing such an opponent, he did not dare to be careless at all.
"Hey, stars, don't let your majesty fall!"
"Maybe he is very strong, but we Aihe are definitely not soft persimmons."
"As for saying you are not weaker than Shinomiya Tōno, are you exaggerating? What kind of body does Shinomiya Tōno have? How could there be many such people?"
An Aihe player wearing a pink No. 4 jersey patted Moro Hoshida on the shoulder and expressed relief.
"Senior Ryukyu, please don't take it lightly. Today's match is about you defending the Jinguji Martial Arts. You must take it seriously."
Zhu Xingda frowned slightly, feeling a little uneasy about his attitude towards this senior.
"Don't worry, Zhuxing, he's just a freshman in high school. I've also seen his video. He's not as powerful as you think. I will contain him!"
Okamura Ryugo didn't care about Morohoshi's reminder. He smiled and patted Morohoshi on the shoulder, and then participated in a new group of passing and receiving exercises with his teammates.
"Okay, Morohoshi, don't worry."
"Okamura-senpai is known as the most powerful forward player in the country. He has even been specially recruited by Meichuan University. I heard the coach said that with the strength of senior, even if he goes to university, he will be the best and will not lose to an ordinary person. A freshman in high school.”
A player wearing the No. 9 jersey comforted Morohoshi, and several players on the side also echoed, which made Morohoshi feel helpless and deeply uneasy at the same time.
Ryugo Okamura, third grader at Aihe Academy, No. 4, captain, 191cm tall, with a wingspan of exactly 2m and a weight of 81kg.
As the players of Aiwa Gakuin say, they are called the most powerful forward in the country, but this is a self-proclaimed title by their fans in Aichi Prefecture. In the past few years, there have been no powerful power forwards on the national competition stage. Therefore, in previous competitions, Okamura Ryugo, who averaged 31 points per game, was touted by fans in Aichi Prefecture as the so-called No. 1 power forward. .
However, Ryugo Okamura does have some strength. Not long after the semester started this year, a coach from the university contacted him and gave him a place to apply.
Ryugo Okamura is also very proud of being able to achieve such results, and in this year's national competition, their love and college have gone smoothly all the way, which makes him even more convinced that he is the strongest player in high school basketball. forward.
Now asking a man like him to defend the first grade of an unknown team is not a big deal but a big deal.
Therefore, he did not pay attention to the confrontation with Jinguji Martial Arts from the beginning.
The schedule of the national competition was very tight. The two teams warmed up for less than 20 minutes before being prompted by the referee's whistle.
The two teams returned to the rest area, received the last instructions from the coach, and then walked onto the field at the urging of the referee and began to take their positions in the center circle.
The average height of Aihe Academy's starters this year is quite good.
The center is a third-year player who is similar in height to Takenori Akagi and wears the No. 5 jersey.
Standing in front of Budo is Okamura Ryugo, wearing the No. 4 jersey. His height is not much shorter than Budo, and his figure does not look any worse than Budo. Morohoshi was assigned to defend Hisashi Mitsui, and there was not much height difference between the two.
On Chiba's side is a player wearing jersey No. 6. He is a little taller than Chiba, probably around 190cm. Defending Miyagi is a No. 9 player who is nearly 185cm tall.
In terms of height alone, Aihe Academy's starting lineup this year was exceptionally good, steadily dominating the Xiangbei side.
"Hey, boy, I heard you are very powerful."
"I will beat you to pieces. Don't cry when the time comes!"
Okamura Ryugo took a position in front of Jinguji Budo. Before the referee kicked off, Okamura Ryugo suddenly turned his head and taunted the martial artist beside him.
"???"
"Has anyone told you that when you talk like this, you sound like a villain who has deceived you?"
"Do you know what the villain's final outcome is?"
When Budo heard Okamura Ryugo's sarcasm, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. He was a little surprised, a little speechless, and then asked.
"What?" Although Ryugo Okamura has a bad mouth, it can be seen that this guy is a bit naive. He suddenly heard the martial arts question and answered subconsciously.
"Death! You idiot!"
Budo laughed and mocked, suddenly realizing that Okamura Ryugo was blushing. He was obviously the one who provoked him first, but now he was provoked to anger by Budo. Such a mentality made Budo feel a little boring. .
There's no point in winning a quarrel with a child, it's boring.
"Beep!" There was a whistle, and the referee had already entered the court with the basketball.
As the game whistle sounded, everyone's attention was focused on the basketball.
After another whistle, the basketball was thrown into the air by the referee.
As two loud shouts rang out, Takenori Akagi and the center of Aiwa Academy jumped up and reached out to slap the basketball.
"Snapped!
"
After a soft sound, the basketball flew in the direction of Mitsui Hisashi. Mitsui Hisashi had quick eyes and quick hands, and he started the ball before Morohoshi. After starting, he blocked the opponent's position, and then took the ball in his hands without any hurry. .
"This guy...."
It was somewhat surprising that Morohoshi failed to grab the basketball. Mitsui Hisashi was not very fast. Mitsui Hisashi was able to catch him at the kick-off only because Mitsui Hisashi's position was better. But Hisashi Mitsui knows how to use blocking positions to limit his super position to grab the ball. This requires rich court experience to do this.
With just a missed jump ball, Morohoshi sensed Mitsui Hisashi's difficulty.
"Hey! Play it slow, first..." Mitsui Shou was talking, but the basketball in his hand was thrown towards the frontcourt without any warning. There, Jinguji Budo had already crossed the center line and successfully caught the basketball.
Behind Jinguji Budo, Okamura Ryugo followed closely. After Budo got the ball, he passed Budo and stood inside the three-point line, waiting for Budo to break through. There was a look on his face at this time. He had seen through Xiangbei's quick attack strategy with his languid smile!
"Hmph! Little trick!" Just when Okamura Ryugo was feeling complacent, the smile on his face suddenly froze, and at the same time he let out a surprised exclamation.
"Well?!"
In the sight of Okamura Ryugo, Jinguji Budo quickly approached the three-point line after receiving the ball. Facing Okamura Ryugo's defense, Jinguji Budo had no intention of waiting for his teammates to get into position. Seeing Okamura Cunlongxiang's defense was positioned so inside, the ball was directly connected to the three-point line, and the ball was released with a pull-up jumper.
"What?! Just vote like this?!"
"Three-pointer! It's a three-pointer? But why did you shoot it like this?"
"What are you doing in Xiangbei?"
Budo's shot selection was beyond everyone's expectations. Amidst the surprised sounds of the audience, the basketball passed over Okamura Ryugo's head.
"Today, I'm in great shape!"
Wu Dao turned around, whispered and started to defend. Just as he turned around, the basketball plunged directly into the net, making a clear sound of brushing the net.
"Ugh!
"
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