Although it is just a practice match, the players from Shohoku High School still attach great importance to this opportunity to compete with "American four-star high school students".
Therefore, during the warm-up, the team members were very serious. Even if they were not selected as starting substitutes, they actively participated in the team's warm-up exercises. After all, the practice matches were not a competition, so the substitutes were still very likely to win. A chance to play.
When Jinguji Martial Arts was warming up, there were players from Green Wind High School looking at him from time to time. However, the warm-up at Xianghoku High School was really mediocre. Apart from the fact that Jinguji Martial Arts was relatively high, nothing else could be seen. Lots of stuff.
Twenty minutes later, the players from the two teams who had completed their warm-up returned to the rest area. After listening to the coach's final arrangements, they walked towards the court. (Although, Coach Anxi did not arrange anything more.)
The average height of the Green Wind High School team is pretty good. The team’s ace, Mike Okita, who wears jersey No. 13 and plays the small forward position, is 192cm tall and weighs 85kg. Looking at the figure alone, he is almost the same as Sakuragi Hanamichi. , can be regarded as a relatively solid high school player.
The captain's name is Gao Guang, wearing the No. 4 jersey, the position is the center, the height reaches 195cm, and the weight reaches 88kg. After standing in the center circle, he stands face to face with Takenori Akagi, and his momentum is not inferior to Akagi.
The two brothers Tsurumi Seiji and Tsurumi Keiji on the back line are slightly thin in stature. Although they are 175cm tall, they weigh only 68kg. Just looking at their bodies, you can tell that they are small and quick defenders.
As for the power forward position, Jinguji Budo saw an unexpected figure, a player that Budo had not seen during the previous warm-up period.
His name is Tetsuya Naito.
He is 196cm tall, weighs a terrifying 100kg, and is a second-year player whose physical fitness is as large as Mori's shoulders.
When the players from both teams stood in the center circle, Jinguji Budo noticed Naito Tetsuya in the Green Wind High School team. He really didn't expect to see each other in the Green Wind High School team.
During the prefectural competition before, Budo had never seen anyone like Tetsuya Naito in Miura Taichung. Originally, Martial Arts thought that this character did not exist, but unexpectedly, he actually saw this guy among the Green Wind High School team.
Now it seems that it is clear that this talented high school student was valued by Green Wind and poached from Miuradai!
According to legend, Tetsu Naito is also a "superman" who is 196cm tall, weighs 150kg, and can run 100 meters in only 11 seconds!
But today it seems that Naito Tetsuya's body is indeed very strong, but there is obviously a huge gap between his legendary weight of 150kg. Looking at his figure, he is only half a circle wider than Morishige. Judging from their heights, their actual weight is only between the two.
The appearance of Naito Tetsuya also made Budo have some interest in this game, because although the players in other positions of Green Wind were recruited from all over the country, from Zi Budo's point of view, except for Mike Okita, the other players were recruited from all over the country. Several of them have not yet left the category of "ordinary" players.
With Mike Okita alone, it is absolutely impossible for Green Wind to have the capital to compete with Xiangbei.
But Naito Tetsuya is obviously different. This guy is not an "ordinary" player. At least, he is not ordinary to Sakuragi Hanamichi, who also plays the power forward position!
If Tetsuya Naito can help the team suppress Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nango Koichiro and control the rebounds, then this game will become intense.
When the game started, Jinguji Budo couldn't help but glance at Naito Tetsuya a few more times, and Budo's little moves were also seen by Mike Okita, who was standing next to him at this time.
"Oh! You are really arrogant, 'Yellow Storm'."
"Ignoring your opponent and looking at other players is not a good habit!"
Mike Okita said with a smile. Although there was no dissatisfaction between his eyebrows, the meaning revealed in his words was very obvious.
He seemed to feel that he was being ignored, and his tone was somewhat dissatisfied.
Hearing this, Jinguji Martial Arts looked at Mike Okita and said nothing.
"Ho!"
"Really arrogant guy."
When Mike Okita saw the look in Jinguji Budo's eyes, his smile faded and he thought to himself. The posture of Jinguji Martial Arts also completely angered him. While a blazing fire rose in his chest, his body began to tremble slightly due to excitement and anger.
"Beep——"
On the center line, the referee looked around and signaled the players on both sides to get ready. After a long whistle, he threw the ball into the air.
"Roar!"
With a strange scream, Nango Koichiro grasped the timing extremely accurately. In less than a second after the basketball fell, he directly put one hand under the basketball and swatted the ball towards Hisashi Mitsui, who was playing the point guard in today's game. .
"Oh! You did a good job, Nanxiang."
"Very good, very energetic."
"Come on, let's score first!"
Hisashi Mitsui picked up the ball in the backcourt. After receiving the basketball, he praised Nanxiang for dropping the ball immediately. He slowly dribbled the ball toward the frontcourt and shouted to the players.
Hisashi Mitsui is very versatile in playing ball. He played point guard in today's game and integrated seamlessly.
When Xiangbei High School won the jump ball, the Green Wind High School players also quickly returned to the court and positioned themselves to defend early.
When Hisashi Mitsui dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, Seiji Tsurumi of Green Wind High School quickly pressed forward. The height of Hisashi Mitsui, who is in the third grade of high school, has reached 192cm, while Seiji Tsurumi, who is opposite him, is only 175cm tall.
There is a 17cm difference in height between the two.
Hisashi Mitsui controlled the ball comfortably, his eyes drifting away from the two scorers in Shohoku. Jinguji Budo stood bored outside the three-point line on the right corner. He had no idea of moving, but turned slightly sideways, holding Mike Okita on his left arm, bending slightly to ask for the ball.
Compared with him, Rukawa Kaede is much more active. After entering the frontcourt, he slips from the bottom corner to the bottom line and runs quickly towards another one. He cooperates tacitly with Nango inside, who chases Rukawa after Keiji Tsurumi. Kaede's opponent was slightly stuck, allowing Rukawa Kaede to easily run out of space.
"Hey, hey, hey, you inactive guy, how can you deserve to get the ball!"
Hisashi Mitsui glanced at Budo, easily hit the ground sideways, and passed the ball directly. Tsurumi Seiji, who was guarding him, tried to block him, but Hisashi Mitsui bumped him with his body when he turned sideways, making him unable to reach out. Block the basketball.
"Bang!" The basketball hit the ground and bounced into Rukawa Kaede's hands. Rukawa Kaede, who was passing the ball, had just reached the mid-range position of the baseline on the left side of the court. The moment he took the ball, Rukawa Kaede turned over and threw the ball.
Rukawa Kaede's catching and shooting was done in one go. Keiji Tsurumi, who was guarding him, couldn't keep up with Rukawa Kaede's movements at all, and watched helplessly as the basketball passed over his head and flew towards the basket.
"Uh-huh!"
With a soft sound, Rukawa Kaede scored, taking the lead to help Shohoku High School score two points.
"Not bad, Rukawa Kaede!"
Hisashi Mitsui saw Rukawa Kaede score easily, and celebrated with high fives when Rukawa Kaede returned to defense.
"Shh~~"
When Jinguji Budo saw Rukawa Kaede scoring the ball so easily, he couldn't help but whistle and smile.
Xiangbei returned to defense, and Green Wind began to counterattack. Green Wind High School advanced very quickly. There was not one player in charge of the ball, but two twins, Tsurumi Seiji and Tsurumi Keiji, who jointly controlled the ball. The basketball was passed back and forth in the hands of the two, quickly advancing towards the frontcourt.
That weird and skillful ball control technique made everyone in Xiangbei look askance.
"What fancy stuff?!" Hisashi Mitsui was greatly surprised. After the opponent entered the frontcourt, he quickly rushed forward, spotted the moment when the basketball was in Tsurumi Seishou's hands, and started to steal it.
Mitsui Hisashi's steal played right into the hands of the Green Wind duo. Tsurumi Seiji just pushed the ball lightly and passed the ball out. At the same time, Tsurumi Seiji and Tsurumi Keiji also did the same. Accelerating in an instant, he passed Mitsui Hisashi on the left and right, and quickly approached the Shohoku defense line.
"Uh-huh?"
Budo turned his head and just when he looked at the Tsurumi brothers, Mike Okita pulled away directly in front of Budo's eyes and quickly cut towards the basket.
Keiji Tsurumi, who was approaching the three-point line with the ball, saw this and matched up with Mike Okita's running speed and threw the ball directly into the air.
"That is?!"
"They're going to alley-oop!"
When the players on the Xiangbei bench saw this scene, they all shouted and reminded the players on the court loudly. Sakuragi on the inside was just about to make a move when a huge body got directly stuck on his side, directly cutting off Sakuragi's possibility of starting up. The huge force even directly pressed Sakuragi under the basket, making it impossible to defend him.
Although the situation in Nanxiang is slightly better, he is further away and cannot catch up!
"Frog in the well, look at the world outside!"
Mike Okita looked at the flying basketball. After taking two steps to gain momentum, he jumped up. His eyes were full of excitement and fanaticism.
However, just when the basketball was about to be acquired, a handsome boy with broken hair and bangs suddenly appeared on the path of the basketball.
"Rukawa Kaede!" Shohoku team members shouted upon seeing this, their faces full of excitement.
Sure enough, in the next second, Rukawa Kaede, who was positioned early, jumped up and grabbed the ball in his hands, perfectly intercepting the alley-oop from Green Wind High School.
The basketball started. Rukawa Kaede dropped the ball from a long distance after landing. Then he rushed forward and launched a fast break. Tsurumi Seiji outside the three-point line had just stretched out his hand to intercept, but Rukawa Kaede directly penetrated the crotch and completed the man-ball separation. Pass.
"Quick attack!"
As Rukawa Kaede's figure moved forward rapidly, Shohoku's substitute players cheered. However, these people also quickly noticed that behind Rukawa Kaede, who had passed everyone and launched a fast attack, there was a blond and blue-eyed boy following.
In the blink of an eye, Rukawa Kaede entered the Green Wind inside with the ball. After a pause, he grabbed the ball with one hand and jumped up, trying to dunk. At this moment, Mike Okita also appeared behind Rukawa Kaede, and touched the basketball from behind Rukawa Kaede.
"clang!"
The basketball was dunked directly on the edge of the basket by Rukawa Kaede and quickly poked out. Rukawa Kaede, who failed to dunk, quickly turned around after landing and happened to see Mike Okita behind him. The next second, a familiar figure suddenly appeared behind Mike Okita, which made Rukawa Kaede, who had just stood firm, frown slightly. Quickly left the basket.
"Oh, you're lucky!"
Just when Mike Okita was happy that he could stop Rukawa Kaede's dunk, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears. Turning his head to look, he couldn't see the person speaking, but his eyes were full of red.
“Bang!
"
Jinguji Budo jumped into the air, grabbed the basketball in the air, hit Mike Okita's face with his body, and poured the ball into the basket with one hand, making a loud noise.
The powerful one-handed dunk, the huge sound made everyone in the audience cheer up. The cheers of the Green Wind cheerleaders stopped suddenly at this moment, and everyone looked at Mike Okita who was dunked in shock.
Jinguji Budo lowered his eyelids slightly as he fell back to the ground. After glancing at Mike Okita, he said nothing and turned back to defend himself.
On the basketball court, after all, the ball speaks for itself.
The Green Wind people felt that Mike Okita, a four-star high school student, was better than the players from Shohoku, so the martial arts response was simple.
Use basketball to declare your status!
Rukawa Kaede took a deep look at the somewhat absent-minded Mike Okita, and quickly followed the steps of Jinguji Martial Arts to return to defense.
After a brief daze, Mike Okita rubbed his cheeks, adjusted his emotions, and looked at the back of Jinguji Budo leaving. His expression was solemn for a few seconds, and then he was relieved.
"His speed doesn't seem to be very good. The kid with broken bangs had it patched up from the side, but he didn't catch up immediately."
"Although I was dunked by him this time, the main reason was that he sneak attacked me. I was unprepared and did not dodge."
"If I confront him head-on, there is absolutely no way I will lose."
Mike Okita's mentality is very good, or in other words, if he wants to make a name for himself in a basketball environment like the United States, it is absolutely impossible to have a bad mentality.
After adjusting his mentality, Mike Okita served the ball from the baseline to his returning teammates. After signaling the opponent to pass the ball, he quickly ran towards the frontcourt.
After receiving instructions from Mike Okita, Seiji Tsurumi and Keiji Tsurumi quickly brought the ball to the frontcourt. But this time, Mitsui Hisao did not attack rashly and sat back and watched the opponent pass the ball to the outside of the three-point line at this time. Mike Okita.
Mike Okita turned sideways to catch the ball, and in front of him, Jinguji Budo leaned slightly, raised one hand high, and looked at Mike Okita who was catching the ball indifferently.
Half-turn to face the basket and take a tentative step by sweeping the ball. Just when Mike Okita was about to test the strength of Jinguji Martial Arts with a tentative step, Jinguji Martial Arts seemed to see through Mike Okita's movements, quickly stretched out his hand and accurately pointed at the bottom of the basketball, causing the basketball to instantly escape from Mike Okita's body. Flying out of the hand.
Mike Okita, who was holding the ball unsteadily, reacted quickly. He turned sideways and quickly held the ball in his arms. At the same time, he made a slight mistake in his steps to protect the ball by his side.
"Oh? Good response."
Wu Dao was a little surprised and chuckled. At this time, knowing that he could not wait any longer, Mike Okita turned sideways and dropped the ball to the left, trying to force a breakthrough. However, as soon as his body left the original position, Jinguji Budo directly stuck to his body, with huge force, Mike Okita, who was directly pushing, froze, and his momentum was completely gone.
Jinguji Budo took advantage of the opponent to adjust his posture, jumped forward and hit the basketball directly, completing the steal.
"What?!"
As soon as his hand was empty, Mike Okita's eyes flashed. Jinguji Budo was already running towards the frontcourt with the ball.
"As expected...it's only four stars."
In just a few seconds, Jinguji Budo rushed into the Green Wind basket with the ball, grabbed the ball with one hand, and muttered before dunking toward the basket.
"Don't even think about scoring so easily!"
A loud shout rang out from behind Budo. Mike Okita actually followed Jinguji Budo's single fast break, reached out and swatted the basketball from behind Budo.
"Rukawa Kaede and I are different!"
As soon as Mike Okita's hand touched the basketball, the basketball was directly poured into the basket by Jinguji Budo. With a strong one-handed dunk, the ball path was not affected at all. The huge force pushed the entire basket They were all pulled downwards.
“Bang!
"
There was another loud bang. This time, not to mention the Green Wind students on the sidelines were stunned. Even Mike Okita himself looked at Jinguji Martial Arts in stunned silence and murmured.
"Obviously, I have already followed you!"
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