"Well, let's defeat you first!"
Rukawa Kaede's confident words made Sakuragi and other junior high school students instantly start to make a fuss. Facing the Shohoku players led by Takenori Akagi, Sakuragi Hanamichi showed no fear at all. When he even knew that his opponent was Akagi, his whole face burst into laughter.
"Oh haha~ Is the opponent a gorilla? As long as I can defeat the gorilla in the competition, Haruko will definitely be impressed by me."
Sakuragi Hanamichi smiled and turned to look at Haruko Akagi on the sidelines. Sensing Sakuragi's gaze, Akagi Haruko also smiled and waved to Sakuragi Hanamichi.
Not far away, Nango Koichiro also saw Haruko waving, and thought that the other party was greeting him. His face became serious, and he said to Sakuragi and others in a serious manner: "Hey, you guys, don't rely on me. Back off!”
Hearing this, Katsumi Ichiro glanced at Nango Koichiro coldly, and said to Akagi and others: "Now that we have decided on our opponent, let's start quickly!"
"I don't want to see the faces of some idiots again. After the game, some people will always restrain themselves!"
As soon as Katsumi Ichiro said this, the originally harmonious atmosphere suddenly became tense again. Nango Koichiro raised his eyebrows and was about to talk to Katsumi Ichiro about what it meant to be an "idiot" when Takenori Akagi hurriedly interrupted. road:
"Okay, okay, let's start the game. Someone, jump the ball!"
Takenori Akagi didn’t want to see these junior high school students arguing anymore. After saying that, he walked directly to the court. Miyagi Ryota and others also hurriedly followed Akagi into the court, and each completed their positions in the center circle. .
"Hmph! I'll let you know right away who are the idiots!"
Nango Koichiro snorted softly, controlled his temper, walked into the court with eight-figure steps, walked straight to the center circle, and stood in front of Takenori Akagi. At this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi originally wanted to go to the middle circle and jump the ball with Takenori Akagi, but unexpectedly, Nango Koichiro actually walked to the middle circle ahead of him.
Seeing this scene, Sakuragi Hanamichi was also stunned. He actually had no intention of competing for the jump ball with Nango Koichiro. Instead, he changed his direction and took a position next to Chiba Oishi.
"Hehehehe, let this idiot go to the gorilla and learn a lesson! After that, it will be up to me to defeat the gorilla."
"This way, everyone will know that I am better than the bleached monkey! Hahaha."
Sakuragi Hanamichi thought darkly, and a bright smile appeared on his face. Chiba Oishi saw the smile on Sakuragi's face and became a little angry: "This boy, smiles so brightly, I will stop you from laughing right away!"
Outside the court, other players from Shohoku who were not playing spontaneously gathered around the edge of the court. Hisashi Mitsui and Budo Jinguji stood in the center of the court, looking at the junior high school students who were sitting on the court.
Nango Koichiro stood in the middle circle and faced Takenori Akagi. Hanamichi Sakuragi met Chiba Oishi in the opposite position. In front of Konobu Kigure stood Katsumi Ichiro, while Rukawa Kaede stood beside Tsunoda. In front of Satoru, Miyagi Ryota, the shortest in height, faced off against Miyagi Ryota, the shortest among the high school students.
"Akagi, Miyagi, and Chiba are all our starting-level players in Shohoku. Kigure and Tsunoda can also be included in the standard rotation."
"Normally, these five of them are not considered weak, but now against these junior high school students, they are actually overwhelmed in terms of height."
"And it can be seen that the junior high school students are quite energetic!"
"Martial arts, which side do you think has the advantage?"
Mitsui Hisashi looked at the players on the field and analyzed the abilities of the players on both sides. From the bottom of his heart, he wants to support his teammates, but based on visual inspection, Mitsui Hisashi is actually not optimistic about his teammates. At this time, Mitsui Hisashi asked about martial arts, and he also wanted to hear martial arts' opinions.
"Isn't it obvious?"
"In the short term, Akagi and the others can have an advantage. After all, they have been cooperating for a long time. Our team members in Shobei are not just freeloaders."
"But...the personal abilities and potential of junior high school students are quite good. If they get used to each other quickly, Akagi and the others will soon be unstoppable."
"Of course, from my point of view, these junior high school students have to complete their adjustment...hehehe."
When Wu Dao said this, he didn't elaborate any more. Instead, he laughed. The meaning of Budo is also very obvious. His view is completely opposite to Mitsui Hisashi. He does not think that junior high school students can beat Akagi and the others. The problem for junior high school students is not that their personal abilities are worse than those of junior high school students, but that the energy of these players cannot be used in one place.
"Oh? What do you mean..." Hisashi Mitsui sighed, then turned to look at the field.
In the court at this time, Tetsuji Shiozaki was acting as the referee for this game, blowing the whistle to start the game, and the basketball was quickly thrown into the air from his hand.
For a moment.
Takenori Akagi and Koichiro Nango both took off and reached out to shoot the basketball. Takenori Akagi's barefoot height reaches 196cm, and his jumping and explosive power are quite good. In terms of height, he directly crushed the 187cm tall Nango Koichiro, took the lead in shooting the basketball, and steadily shot the ball into Miyagi Ryota's hands.
"Quick break!" Miyagi Ryota, who received the ball, feinted after receiving the ball. He instantly deceived Nobunaga Kiyota who was defending him, and then quickly advanced the ball towards the frontcourt. Akagi and others quickly broke through Miyagi Ryota's call. Chiba Oishi crossed the center line early and entered the inside position.
But what surprised him was that his intention seemed to be noticed by Sakuragi Hanamichi, and he did not relax his vigilance during the jump ball stage. At this time, Chiba entered the frontcourt early, and Sakuragi Hanamichi actually followed him inseparably. Without relaxation, he doesn't look like a novice who has only been playing for a few months.
"This kid..."
Chiba Oishi glanced at Sakuragi Hanamichi. He was surprised and at the same time realized that he had no chance for a fast break. He decisively changed direction and left the paint area, dragging Sakuragi's defense along the baseline toward the three-point line. However, Sakuragi Hanamichi was not stupid. Halfway through the march, he gave up and stopped following. Instead, he turned his head and looked inside, actually taking care of the inside defense.
At the same time, everyone in Shohoku pressed into the frontcourt. Takenori Akagi and Satoru Tsunoda entered the inside position, while Miyagi, who was dribbling the ball, stood in the direction of Hu Ding. Mumu and Chiba stood at 45° three respectively. The left and right sides outside the dividing line provide passing fulcrums.
The junior high school students were also very fast in returning to defense. Rukawa Kaede and Nango Koichiro followed the offensive team and positioned themselves inside, while Katsumi Ichiro and Kiyota Nobunaga closely guarded Konobuki Kigure and Miyagi Ryota. On the contrary, Sakuragi Hanamichi gave Chiba Oishi enough freedom, and a defensive gap of about 2 meters was opened between the two.
Unlike Kiyota and others, Sakuragi Hanamichi has watched several Shohoku High School games and knows Chiba Oishi's technical characteristics very well!
"Chiba!" Miyagi Ryota didn't want to hold the ball for too long. He shouted and quickly gave the ball to Chiba Oishi.
Chiba was wide open with the ball and had a chance to shoot a three-pointer, but he was not good at long-range shots. After receiving the ball, he quickly dropped the ball, increased his speed, and wanted to break through Sakuragi Hanamichi's defense.
But the distance between him and Sakuragi was too big. When Chiba broke through with the ball, Sakuragi had already prepared to defend. When Chiba approached with the ball, Sakuragi Hanamichi quickly slipped and blocked the In front of Qianye.
The two bodies collided directly, but what surprised everyone was that after such a collision, Hanamichi Sakuragi, a junior high school student, remained motionless without losing his position at all. On the contrary, Chiba Oishi, a sophomore in high school, remained motionless. The player's body trembled, he leaned back, and actually lost control of the basketball.
"How is this possible?!" Mitsui Hisashi whispered in his heart when he saw this, and looked at the stadium with wide eyes.
When Jinguji Martial Arts saw this, he raised his eyebrows slightly and his eyes lit up.
In the court, Sakuragi Hanamichi keenly seized the opportunity to steal, and jumped forward. He actually squeezed away Chiba Oishi who wanted to regain control of the ball, slapped the basketball, and then He stretched out his hand to fish it out, quickly controlled the rebounding basketball in his hands, and ran toward the frontcourt with the ball.
"Nice steal!" Coach Anxi sighed inwardly while holding a cup of hot tea. He took a sip of tea and looked at the scene with a smile.
Sakuragi Hanamichi completed the steal of Chiba Oishi, surprising everyone else in Shohoku. Moreover, Sakuragi dribbled the ball very fast. After completing the steal, he crossed the center line with the ball. Chiba Oishi, who was chasing, could not catch up with Sakuragi at all, but he did not give up and accelerated as hard as he could to catch up.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Mortals, let's witness this genius' first goal!"
Facing the empty basket, Sakuragi Hanamichi laughed wildly and stepped on the free throw line to combine the ball and prepare for a dunk. However, after he jumped up with pride, he found that he jumped too early and was still some distance from the basket. He grabbed the ball with one hand and prepared to change his posture for a layup, but he was not familiar with the air pull-up layup. When he flipped his wrist, he used too much force for the layup...
"Bang~" There was a soft sound, and the basketball hit the backboard and bounced straight back.
"..."
At this scene, not only the Xiangbei players who were watching the ball were stunned, but also the junior high school students on the court were stunned. The special recruit from Xiangbei failed to score an empty basket. This is really too...
Rukawa Kaede had watched Sakuragi Hanamichi play. After all, he was a player who could easily crush their potential rising star Mizusawa Ichiro. Rukawa Kaede did not think Sakuragi Hanamichi would miss a layup, so he did not assist in the attack from the beginning.
Seeing this scene, Rukawa Kaede couldn't help but murmured: "This big idiot..."
"Ah ah ah ah ah!
You idiot, can't even score an empty basket? ! "
“Quickly grab rebounds and pass the ball!
Pass the ball to me!
"
Rukawa Kaede did not assist in the attack, but Kiyota Nobunaga quickly chased Sakuragi Hanamichi and Chiba back to the backcourt. At this time, seeing that Sakuragi Hanamichi failed to make a layup, he waved his hands anxiously and at the same time directed towards Sakuragi. shouted loudly.
The basketball rebounded, and Sakuragi Hanamichi's face froze, but he quickly adjusted his posture, glanced at Kiyota Nobunaga, and turned around to grab the basketball.
But at this time, the basketball was held in the hands of Chiba Oishi who came over. Chiba, who was on the rebound, was just about to throw the ball when Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly appeared in front of him, from bottom to top, straight Shot on the basketball.
As soon as Chiba's hand was released, the basketball was actually right in front of him, and he was intercepted by Sakuragi Hanamichi again.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Succeeded!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi laughed and jumped up, leaped high and slapped the basketball hard. The basketball that entered the air was slapped by Sakuragi and quickly flew towards the direction of Kiyota Nobunaga.
The ball path is high and the ball speed is fast...
"Asshole! It's too high! Who can catch such a ball?!"
In the blink of an eye, a red light flew over Kiyota Nobunaga's head, flew directly out of the field, and hit the floor. The Shohoku players were surprised that Sakuragi Hanamichi failed to score with an empty basket. Now that such a pass was played, everyone looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi and something was wrong.
“Ahhhhh!
Wild monkey, why can't you even catch such a ball? Waste! What a waste of this talented pass. "
When Sakuragi Hanamichi saw the basketball go out of bounds, not only did he not feel any guilt, but he beat him up and blamed Kiyota Nobunaga. Kiyota Nobunaga was also aroused by Sakuragi's operation. He looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi with his mouth open, and for a moment he forgot to refute.
"..."
"Is this person...really a special admissions student from northern Hunan? Isn't this too unreliable?"
"I can't score layups...and my passing is poor. This..."
The Shohoku players who were watching the game were talking about it for a while, but Chiba Oishi, who was involved, turned his head at this time and looked at Hanamichi Sakuragi attentively.
"This guy...."
Chiba Oishi is the person who can most intuitively feel Sakuragi Hanamichi's ability. Although Sakuragi Hanamichi made two mistakes in less than one minute of playing, Chiba Oishi did not underestimate Sakuragi Hanamichi. The opponent's strength, speed when traveling, bounce displayed during layups, and acumen on the defensive end all performed quite well.
Although he is only a junior high school student, it is enough for Chiba to be energetic enough to deal with Sakuragi Hanamichi. Chiba Oishi's mentality has also adjusted at this time. He will no longer underestimate this red-haired junior high school student. gave birth!
"If this were to show up like this in official games, I would have to be in charge of the water dispenser throughout my high school career..."
"This kid Sakuragi Hanamichi, why doesn't he look unreliable to me?"
Mitsui Shou looked at Sakuragi's performance and said worriedly.
"Well...."
"After all, he still has little time to play. This is his first time participating in such a practice match."
"It's my first time to play in such a game, so it's inevitable that I'll be excited..."
Budo's face was ashen. Sakuragi Hanamichi has not been playing for a long time, but if Sakuragi's ability is deduced based on time, his personal ability should be almost the same as the original timeline and the national competition period. The only differences between the two periods are shooting ability, field experience and physical fitness.
The breakthrough ability and defensive ability should be much stronger than the original timeline. As for layups...
"Hanamichi! If your ability is only at this level, I will be completely embarrassed."
"Cheer up, you bastard!"
Jinguji Budo didn't want Sakuragi Hanamichi to continue to make a fool of himself on the court. The stupider Hanamichi behaved, the hotter his face felt. Jinguji Martial Arts, who was a bit embarrassed, shouted directly towards the field.
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was arguing with Kiyota Nobunaga, felt his scalp numb when he heard this. He turned his head and saw the livid Jinguji Budou on the sidelines. He stopped speaking decisively, without any intention of arguing with Qingtian, and lowered his head and began to return to the field to defend.
"Haha, you deserve it, red-haired monkey."
Qingtian didn't expect that he would win the argument so easily, and couldn't help laughing when he saw Sakuragi Hanamichi leaving in a gray manner.
"Idiots are unreliable. As expected, you have to rely on yourself!"
Rukawa Kaede looked at Chiba Oishi's backcourt serve from a distance, whispered in his heart, and his expression became solemn and fierce.
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