Shohoku High School's first game in the national competition can be regarded as a smooth one. The results of the team led by Rukawa Kaede, Sakuragi and others were surprisingly good. Even Toyota High School, which was rated as an A-level team, was easily defeated by them.
The strong potential of Xiangbei also attracted the attention of Sanno Industries and others. On the night of the first match day, Goro Domoto returned to the hotel and began to review and study the playing style of these first-year players from Shohoku.
The senior players in Xiangbei have played a lot of games, and Domoto has a very comprehensive collection of game videos that can be used as reference. He has already made full preparations before the national competition.
However, the sudden rise of the first-year students in Shohoku was beyond Domoto Goro's expectations. He vaguely felt that these first-year students would be the biggest variable that their Sannoh would face, so he wanted to seize the time to eliminate this variable.
At night, the bright moon hangs high. In the common room of Sanno Industries, the team members gathered behind Goro Domoto and watched the TV.
What was playing on the TV at this time was the morning match between Shohoku High School and Toyotama High School.
"That red-haired player is called Sakuragi Hanamichi."
"In my first year at Xiangbei High School, I found out that this kid has only been playing basketball for a little over a year."
"He is 192cm tall and has excellent jumping ability. He has 60% of the credit for Toyotama losing the game so easily."
"Tell me, what do you think?" Goro Domoto pressed the remote control, and the camera stopped at the moment Sakuragi Hanamichi jumped up to grab the rebound.
Pointing at Sakuragi Hanamichi in the screen, Goro Domoto turned around and asked.
"Nobe, you are also in the power forward position, please talk first." For a long time, the Sanno players looked at the screen and did not speak for a long time. Goro Domoto directly clicked Nobe Masahiro and asked him to express his opinion.
These Sanno Industrial players are among the top players in the country at every position. If Nobe is placed at the power forward position on any other team, he will be the cornerstone of the team and an absolute ace!
"He has great bounce, and I think the best way is to pull him out of the paint."
"I have mid-range, and I think I can definitely move him out of the paint." Nobe replied in a deep voice. He also recognized Sakuragi Hanamichi's ability.
During the Shohoku competition in the morning, he discovered Sakuragi's amazing jumping and foot strength, so he also formulated some countermeasures in his mind.
"Well...does anyone else have anything to add?" Goro Domoto nodded noncommittally and continued to ask.
"I think we can use a blocking method to prevent this kid from jumping up."
"Of course Nobi's method is good, but it can only be used on the offensive end. On the defensive end, how do you pull the opponent out?"
"My suggestion is to create physical confrontation and use your position, height and wingspan to grab rebounds."
"Not to mention controlling the rebound 100%, at least it can limit the opponent's advantage."
"This guy's blocking skills are average. Toyota's rookie power forward always has the advantage. As for Nobe, it's no problem!" Mari Kishimoto of Toyotama High School has become a rookie in Kawada Masashi's mouth. However, If this were said by others, it would still be somewhat controversial, but when Masashi Kawada said it, no one would be surprised.
Masashi Kawada of Sanno Industrial Co., Ltd. can now be regarded as the strongest center. With Masashi Kawada's ability, even if he directly enters college basketball, he can still prosper and become the one that all colleges and universities are competing for. players.
"You heard it, Nobi, on both ends of the offense and defense, just play like this, mainly limiting his rebounding ability."
"As for his offense, just be careful with it. Shohoku's offense will not focus on first-year players." As he spoke, Goro Domoto switched the screen, and the TV screen was fixed on Rukawa Kaede who was shooting. And Domoto also looked at Minoru Matsumoto and Eiji Sawabita.
"Where's him?" Hearing Coach Domoto's question, Sawabita Eiji looked at Rukawa Kaede and shook his head, saying, "It's very outstanding. He has a shadow of me in the first grade."
"But I don't think you need to be too cautious."
"His scorer, if Shohoku plays against our Sanno, Jinguji Budo and Mitsui Hisashi will definitely play. These two are the points we need to focus on."
"If there were no threats from those two people, both Matsumoto and I would be able to guard against him."
"His mid-range shot is excellent and his offensive skills are comprehensive, but his body is relatively thin, so he just needs to fight." Eiji Sawabita's face looked a little ugly when he said this. When he talked about physical confrontation, his mind seemed to be It was because he remembered some bad memories and had a grimace on his face.
"Physical confrontation... You are right."
"After all, you suffered a big loss in this area when you were in the first grade. You were educated by Shinomiya Nono in IH last year. When you arrived at Autumn Kokutai, both Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Nono took turns to attack your weaknesses. "
"Although your confrontation has increased this year, if you encounter Jinguji Martial Arts during the competition, you still need to have other team members to support you."
"We all went to watch the finals of the Kanagawa Prefecture Competition. Although Jinguji Martial Arts started not long ago, I can see that his strength is much stronger than last year." Hearing this, Goro Domoto nodded, and the topic changed. It was pulled from Rukawa Kaede to Jinguji Budo.
He agreed with Zebei's words. If Xiangbei met their mountain king, the main attack would definitely be the ace Jinguji Martial Arts.
After a simple analysis, Domoto pressed the remote control in his hand, and the screen jumped to Nango, Katsumi Ichiro, Kiyota Nobunaga and others.
As the screen jumped, Sanno's team members also talked about corresponding coping methods. Compared with the seriousness when dealing with Sakuragi and Rukawa, these team members relaxed when it came to the other first-year students in Shohoku.
It can be seen that among the first-year students in Shohoku, the only two people who can really attract their attention are Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede.
After reviewing the Shohoku first-grade game, Goro Domoto did not waste time and emphasized to the players the key points to pay attention to when competing against Shohoku.
Goro Domoto attaches great importance to the match the day after tomorrow. He knows very well that Shohoku High School, which has a lower rating than their Sanno, is a sleeping tiger. When their Sanno Industry stands in front of Shohoku, this tiger will definitely wake up. Come.
...At night, the bright moon hangs high. Under the same night sky, the Shohoku team members were gathering in the common room at this time, reviewing the Sanno Industrial game. The video of the game was the Akita Prefecture finals.
However, this video does not have much reference value, because the strength gap between the Sanwang and their opponents is too huge, and the point difference between the two teams once reached 40 points.
However, something can still be seen from this kind of crushing game. Combined with Sanwang's video last year, we can also get a lot of useful information.
"Sanno Industrial lost to Lingnan last year."
"I have analyzed the characteristics of their team before. If Eiji Sawabita changes his bad playing habits, Sanno will be one of the strongest challenges we face."
"To be honest, our inside strength is not as good as the other side."
"Budo, Mitsui, if you don't feel good in the game the day after tomorrow, you need to reduce your outside shooting and use more breakthroughs to stretch their defense." Coach Anzai looked at the video on the TV and emphasized again.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Sakuragi Hanamichi flashed directly to Coach Anxi's side, put his arm around Coach Anxi's shoulders, and kept dragging Coach Anxi's chin with his palms.
"Hey, Dad, how can you say that?"
"How can it be possible that our inside strength is not as good as Sanno's? With me as a genius rebounder, we have a huge advantage in the inside!" Although Sakuragi Hanamichi is tall and powerful, he calls Coach Anzai "Kindergarten" A customary name for children.
"Hey, bastard, don't be rude to Anzai-sensei!" Mitsui Hisashi's forehead suddenly jumped with veins when he saw this. He quickly came behind Sakuragi, hugged Sakuragi Hanamichi from behind, and dragged him away from Coach Anzai.
"Hoo ho ho." Coach Anzai didn't care at all about Sakuragi's actions, and said with a smile: "Oh! In that case, I'll leave it to you, Sakuragi, for Shohoku's basket." Coach Anzai's words made Sakuragi laugh. Hanamichi's confidence suddenly surged. He stood up and got rid of Mitsui Hisashi's control. He patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, Dad, I will never lose!"
"I'm the rebounding king, Sakuragi Hanamichi!" Sakuragi's assurance made Budao feel a headache. This single cell was tightly controlled by coach Anzai.
It's not that this is bad, but Sakuragi is really easy to guess. If the Sanwang knew Sakuragi, it would be easy to target him.
After motivating Sakuragi, Coach Anzai still looked at Jinguji Martial Arts, pushed up his glasses, and continued: "Martial Arts, your mission is still the most important in this game."
"Destroy Sanno's offensive weapon, this is what you have to do!" As Coach Anzai spoke, the camera on the TV happened to show the picture of Eiji Zebita scoring a dunk.
Although this ace of Sanno Industries has been trained by martial arts military, there is no doubt that he is a super ace in the first echelon under Jinguji Martial Arts.
There is no doubt about personal strength.
"Okay, I actually hope to meet some interesting opponents."
"Zebei is actually pretty good."... As the night wore on, the lights in the Shohoku common room went out. After a night of silence, the next day, the second day of the national competition started in full swing.
In the knockout stage, the first round of competition is held over two days. There are many participating teams, but there are not many competition venues.
The conference considered allowing more spectators to watch more games, so only one venue was opened.
The same golf course starts at 8 a.m. and ends at 8 p.m., without stopping for a moment. Normally, the teams in the first round of the national competition will not be very strong, and the seed teams basically all get byes. The opponents that some A-level teams are matched with are usually C-level, B-level, and two A-level teams. There are actually not many collisions.
It has to be said that the magazine's ratings still have a certain reference value. After two days of games in the first round, the weak defeated the strong, and few teams succeeded in defeating or defeating.
After watching the day's game, Wu Dao didn't feel that any of the teams were noteworthy, so in the afternoon, he left the gym with no interest.
Coach Anzai didn't say anything about the martial arts behavior. He knew that the vision of Jinguji martial arts no longer looked down on such low-level fighting.
Jinguji Martial Arts was not idle when he returned to the hotel. He did some training in the hotel gym to keep his body from becoming stiff.
For people like him who exercise all year round, if they don't exercise for a day, they will feel that something is wrong all over the body. Just like a person who stays at home all year round, if he suddenly goes to the playground to run a few laps, he will feel all over the body.
"Something's wrong."
"The biggest opponent this year is probably Lingnan."
"Most of the contestants in the national competition do not pose a threat to me."
"After IH, you still have to focus on training. It doesn't matter whether you play low-intensity competitions or not." In the United States, martial arts has competitions 365 days a year, maybe 300 days a year, even if it is a team practice match, the intensity It is also higher than most competitions in national competitions.
But the competition will ultimately verify the training results.
"Examination", if you want to increase your strength, training is the most important thing. At this stage of martial arts, the accumulation of competition experience is very important, but the most important thing is the development of physical talent. Compared with endless competitions, down-to-earth training is the most important thing for him at the moment.
In the evening, the Xiangbei players who were watching the game also returned to the hotel one after another. When everyone saw martial arts training in the gym, they also joined in, so that they could be in the best condition to face tomorrow's game.
The next day. ...[Now I’m inviting you, Group A, Xiangbei High School. Players from Sanno Industries enter! 】As soon as the host finished speaking, the Hiroshima Center Arena erupted into amazing cheers.
"Wow--" Amidst the cheers of the audience, the player tunnels at both ends of the basketball court were opened. The third day of the national competition.
In the second round of the knockout round, the first game of Group A, Shohoku High School, which defeated Toyotama High School and qualified, faced off against Sanno Industries, which had a bye in the first round.
This game attracted much attention. The stands were crowded with people, and the circle outside the stadium was filled with reporters and media people who came to watch the game.
As the player tunnel opened, the cheers from the audience became even more enthusiastic.
"Shohoku! Shohoku! Shohoku!" Shohoku High School has already accumulated a lot of popularity. As the Shohoku players walked through the player tunnel and entered the stadium, the audience, led by Tokuo and others, uniformly shouted Shohoku's name. .
bright red
The "Man of Flame" flag fluttered in the stands and even attracted the attention of the media. The scene was photographed with flashes of flashlights.
When the Xiangbei players entered the stadium, the reporters' cameras focused on everyone in Xiangbei. There were also reporters introducing the Xiangbei players one by one in front of the camera.
"Here we come, Xiangbei."
"We will definitely win, and then we will challenge Lingnan High School on the throne!" Not long after the Shohoku players entered the stadium, the Sanno Industrial players also entered the stadium through the player tunnel.
Zebei Eiji in the team glanced at the people in Xiangbei from afar, his eyes full of fighting spirit. Change clothes and warm up in the rest area.
Thirty minutes after the two teams entered the game, the starting ten players stood in the center circle, preparing to jump the ball.
This time, Shohoku no longer hides its strength. The five starting players are center Akagi, power forward Sakuragi Hanamichi, small forward Jinguji Budō, and point guard Mitsui Hisashi. The point guard is actually Rukawa Kaede!
In contrast, Sanno's players are center Masashi Kawada, power forward Masahiro Nobe, small forward Eiji Sawabita, point guard Minoru Matsumoto, and point guard Kazunari Fukatsu.
When Shohoku and his team came on the field, Goro Domoto was shocked. He never expected that Rukawa Kaede would actually be positioned in the backcourt, acting as a point guard.
"Xiangbei...what are you doing?!"
"Rukawa Kaede is very good, but he has never played point guard before, right? And... this guy was a lone wolf when we played practice games with us before. He can also play point guard?" In the stands, Aida Hikoichi exclaimed in confusion when he saw Shohoku taking his seat.
"Haha...a poor imitation."
"Shōhoku probably feels that Miyagi and Kiyota are not strong enough to deal with Kazunari Fukatsu, but..."
"Rukawa Kaede is not an immortal. He is very talented, but there is still a gap between him and the immortal!" Coach Taoka commented with a smile, not seeing what Shohoku was doing.
"Trick". ............
