The competition between Shohoku High School and Sanno Industries finally came to an end. As strong as Sanno Industries, they still lost to Shohoku High School by 14 points.
After the whole game, Shohoku High School's ace Jinguji Budo scored 43 points alone. From the audience's point of view, in the first half of the game between Shohoku High School and Sanno, Jinguji Budo didn't have much at all. Take action.
But even so, when the statistics were compiled after the game, Jinguji Budo's score was still the highest among other players in the game.
It is worth mentioning that Sakuragi Hanamichi, a first-year rookie from Shohoku High School, scored 13 rebounds and 24 points in this game. Facing a strong team like Sanno Industries, first-year Sakuragi actually... Handed over star-level data.
Compared with him, the statistics of Rukawa Kaede, who worked hard in the first half, were not that impressive. Although he scored in double figures, it was only a dozen points. His brilliance was outshone by Hanamichi Sakuragi, who was in the same grade.
After the game, Sakuragi Hanamichi proudly showed off to other members of the same class. Kiyota Nobunaga, Nango and others could only be angry at Sakuragi's arrogant attitude, but they had to hold their noses in recognition of his achievements.
There is no way, data is too hard. Moreover, the opponent is a super strong school like Sanno Industries, and Sakuragi's opponents are also national-level players such as Nobe Sho and Kawada Masashi.
In terms of scoring, there may be some factors that Sakuragi missed, but Sakuragi Hanamichi actually grabbed the rebounds based on his strength.
Hanamichi Sakuragi had the most rebounds in the game. In this regard, even Masashi Kawada and Sho Nobe could not compare with Hanamichi Sakuragi.
As for Takenori Akagi, who only played half of the game, his rebounding data was bombarded by Sakuragi Hanamichi. Just looking at the data, the two are not players of the same level at all.
It is precisely because of Sakuragi Hanamichi's active performance in this game that other participating teams in the conference also paid attention to this first-year player from Shohoku.
Sakuragi Hanamichi's level of rebounding ability can completely guide the direction of the game at critical moments. If you don't pay attention to it, you can't do it at all.
After the game between Shohoku High School and Sanno, everyone from Sanno entered the player tunnel under the leadership of Goro Domoto and left the field.
Their journey to the national competition has come to an end. The Sanwang players have won the national competition for two consecutive years, which makes these champion players feel particularly uncomfortable.
Especially the two seniors, Masashi Kawada and Kazunari Fukatsu. They participated in the national competition with the team when they were in the first grade, and that year, they played as substitutes and successfully helped the team win the national championship.
But since they became the starters and the backbone of Sanno, the team failed to win the national championship for two consecutive years, which made the young Kawada and Fukatsu Kazunari very uncomfortable.
They believed that the glory of the Mountain King was ruined by their own hands, and this feeling of self-blame lingered in their minds.
Huge pressure enveloped the two young players. Finally, after returning to his team's lounge, Fukatsu Kazunari could no longer hold back and tears flowed down uncontrollably.
His emotional collapse had a chain effect, and some players with higher self-esteem could not help but shed tears of frustration.
For a moment, the lounge was filled with the sobbing sounds of the Sanwang players. Domoto Goro looked at the scene in front of him, raised his head slightly, and tried to control his emotions.
He could feel the sadness in the hearts of these players. For those third-year players, this year's IH is the last IH of their high school careers. Sanno Industries, which once had a brilliant record, has actually started to decline in the past two years.
Even an adult like him can't handle such pressure for a while, let alone these young players.
Sanno's old fans and the people of Akita Prefecture will not understand Sanno's failure because of how tough Sanno's opponents are. They only know that the brilliant Sanno Kogyo was headed by players such as Sawokita Eiji and Kawada Masashi for two consecutive years. National championship.
They couldn't even make it to the finals of the national competition. The decline of Sanwang started with their current generation of players!
"You... still have a chance." Domoto Goro walked to Sabita Eiji's side. Looking at Fukatsu Kazunari and the others who had already burst into tears, he could only comfort him with all his strength.
Hearing this, Zebei Eiji shook his head with a wry smile and remained silent. ... After the Xianghoku High School game, I returned to the lounge. After quickly packing up my things, Coach Anzai led me to the stands.
After the match between Shohoku High School and Sanno Industrial, the match between the other teams in their A group followed.
Defeated Kumamoto's third team, which was successfully produced by Hojo Shisho. In the battle, it defeated Mingpeng Industrial, which was successfully produced by Yokotama Industry.
The winner of these two teams will be their opponent in the next round of Xiangbei High School. Therefore, the Xiangbei players quickly packed up their things and came to the stands after the game.
They should carefully observe the next opponent. At this time, Jinguji Budo had already changed out of his wet jersey and put on a clean white training shirt. He came to the stands with his teammates and sat on the stool, looking towards the stadium.
At this time, the players from Kumamoto Third and Metoko Industries had already entered the court. However, the staff of the conference were still cleaning the court, so the players from these two teams were still standing on the sidelines and did not enter the court. Medium warm up.
The captain of Metomo Industries, Kijiro Hirabayashi, stood on the sidelines, dribbling the ball casually and starting warm-up activities early.
His eyes did not pay attention to the opponents on the other side of the court at this time. Instead, he looked around the stands, as if looking for someone.
Soon, Zhu Xingda's eyes fell on a corner of the stand. There, the players from Xiangbei have just taken their seats.
"Xianbei...."
"After defeating Kumamoto Third, we will encounter Shohoku High School, Jinguji Martial Arts... Can we really defeat such opponents?!" Kijiro Hirabayashi was dribbling the ball in his hands and thinking in his mind.
Even before he competed against Shohoku High School's Jinguji Martial Arts, Hirabayashi Kijiro was already feeling heavy pressure.
His dribbling speed began to speed up unconsciously, and he couldn't control the impatience in his heart.
"Onijiro, the game hasn't started yet. The warm-up doesn't need to be so intense. Just relax."
"You have already seen the strength of Kumamoto No. 3. Their strength is just like that. Don't pay attention." The coach of Mingpeng Industry is an old man in his fifties. He is only a little over 160cm tall and has a thin and slightly slim body. Hunchbacked, the famous coach rubbed the stubble on his chin, turned to look at Kijiro Hirabayashi of his team, and said with a smile.
"Sorry...coach." Hirabayashi Onijiro withdrew his gaze, said sorry to the coach, collected the ball, tucked it into his waist, and looked at his opponent on the other side of the court, Kumamoto in third place.
Kumamoto Third is a team from Kumamoto Prefecture. Unlike a strong basketball prefecture like Kanagawa, Kumamoto only has one quota for the national competition.
Kumamoto was able to win the third place in this competition, and the overall strength of the team is also quite good. Among the ratings of Basketball Magazine, Kumamoto is ranked third as a B-level team.
Among all the participating teams, they can be considered to be in the middle of the pack. However, Mingpeng Industry, which is about to fight with them, is not a weakling either.
Last year, Mingpeng made it to the national competition, and they are from Aichi Prefecture, which is a well-known basketball powerhouse.
Being able to play from Aichi Prefecture already shows the strength of Mingpeng. This year, Mingpeng was rated as an A-level team.
Among all participating teams, they are in the upper reaches. Therefore, Metomo's captain Kijiro Hirabayashi did not pay too much attention to this game. In his eyes, Kumamoto No. 3 from Xiaoxian County could not pose any threat to an A-level team like them.
From the very beginning, Kijiro Hirabayashi had set his target on Shohoku High School. In his opinion, only a strong team like Xiangbei High School could pose some threat to their Mingpeng Industry.
...Soon, the cleaners had finished cleaning the court. At the referee's signal, the coaches of both sides shook hands in front of the bench, and the players also walked into the court one after another and began to warm up before the game.
In the stands, the Xiangbei players who had just won the game began to comment and point at the players from both sides.
"A-level Mingpou Industry vs. B-level Kumamoto No. 3, you can tell the winner just by looking at the ratings of the two teams!" Nango Koichiro was eating something in his mouth and holding a cup in his hand. This magazine, above, is the rating of the teams participating in this year's national competition.
Seeing that this match was between an A-level team and a B-level team, Nango Koichiro lost some interest.
When Sakuragi Hanamichi heard what Nanxiang said, he suddenly shook his head and said with regret, "Oh! You really have a simple mind!"
"If the strength of a team only depends on the team's rating, then there is no need to play the game. It is recommended that trophies be awarded directly based on the team's rating."
"Ryoden Monkey, can you use your monkey brain? Will Kumamoto definitely lose? I don't believe it, I think Kumamoto will win!" Don't say it, although Sakuragi Hanamichi's tone of voice is very unflattering, his words are also good. It doesn't make sense.
Although Nango Koichiro felt that Sakuragi's
There is no problem with the "strength theory", but when Sakuragi called him a monkey brain, he was still quite angry, and directly retorted: "Asshole! Who are you talking about, red-haired monkey?!"
"I don't believe that Kumamoto Third can win! Kumamoto Third is definitely no match for Mingpeng Industrial!"
"That's what I said!" Nanxiang howled, holding his neck. After saying this, Nanxiang Koichiro seemed unhappy. He suddenly stood up from his seat and shouted towards the field: "Mingpeng Industry, come on! Never lose!" When Hanamichi Sakuragi saw Nango Koichiro cheering for Mingpeng, he also stood up and shouted towards the field: "Asshole! Guys from Kumamoto Prefecture, don't lose to Mingpeng Industry! Do well! Fight and give this genius a chance to speak out!"
"Don't let idiots underestimate you!" Two Xiangbei players rushed to cheer for two different teams on the field. This strange sight attracted the attention of the audience.
Everyone couldn’t figure out why Shohoku High School players would cheer for Metomo Industries and Kumamoto Third. What was even more puzzling was that the Shohoku players actually cheered for people from different teams. Such an operation would make other people confused. Can't understand.
Jinguji Martial Arts was sitting between Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nango Koichiro. The two bastards yelling and yelling gave Martial Arts a headache.
After rubbing his head, Wu Dao couldn't stand the howling of the two people. He couldn't help but stretched out his hands to grab the clothes of the two people, and pulled them back to their seats.
"Asshole! Don't interrupt me watching the game!"
"Be quiet!" After being scolded by Martial Arts, Sakuragi and Nanxiang calmed down. However, the two people were restless in their seats. They glared at each other, then involuntarily held their hands and looked towards the field.
"oh...."
"The captain of Mingpeng Industry is called Hirabayashi Kijiro. He is actually 191cm tall and he plays at the small forward position."
"The famous friends he led had a fierce battle with Aihe students in the county competition before! They only lost to Aihe by 12 points." Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nanxiang had just been quiet for a long time. Mitsui Hisashi picked up the magazine on the ground.
After briefly flipping through it, I suddenly saw the introduction of famous friends in the magazine, and said with slight interest.
In high school basketball, few teams can have small forwards who are taller than 190cm.
The centers of many teams may not be able to reach such heights, let alone the small forward position.
From the staffing of Mingpeng, Mitsui Hisashi can vaguely feel the strength of Mingpeng Industrial. A team with such a high-level small forward will not be very weak.
Mitsui Hisaru's words immediately attracted Nango Koichiro's attention. He stuck his head out, and Nango put his chin on Mitsui Hisashi's shoulder. He looked carefully at the magazine in Mitsui Hisashi's hand, and deliberately exaggerated his praise: "Oh!!"
"The small forward who is 191cm tall is so tall! He is almost the same height as a certain power forward!"
"How powerful is this! Even a power forward might not be able to stop it!" Nanxiang kept glancing at Sakuragi as he spoke. Sakuragi was annoyed by the sight, so he snorted and turned his head. , ignore Nanxiang.
Seeing Sakuragi like this, Nanxiang immediately became active and kept praising Mingpeng Industry, as if he had a good relationship with Mingpeng.
The time in the warm-up period passed quickly. Just as Sakuragi and Nanxiang were arguing, the referee had already blown the whistle to start the game.
Both teams are positioned in the center circle, ready for the jump ball. After a long whistle, the basketball was thrown into the air. The center of Mingpeng Industrial is No. 8, and his height should be around 195cm according to visual inspection. However, his opponent is a little shorter than him, maybe not even 190cm.
After jumping up, he was directly picked up by Mingpeng's center and quickly passed to the defender in the backcourt. The latter took out the ball and gave it to No. 4 Hirabayashi Kijiro. Hirabayashi Kijiro took the ball without stopping for a moment and quickly advanced with the ball. Then, to the surprised eyes of the audience, he quickly approached the three-pointer. An emergency stop, a pull-up, and he threw the ball directly without waiting for him to get into position with his teammates.
The basketball quickly crossed the half court and plunged into the basket with a crisp sound. The Xiangbei players in the stands were all shocked to see what was happening on the field. Some of the players turned their heads and all eyes fell on Jinguji Martial Arts.
Even Jinguji Budo was surprised when he saw this ball. He raised his eyebrows and couldn't believe what was happening in front of him.
Although it was only one ball, Kijiro Hirabayashi's style of play... Jinguji Martial Arts was unexpectedly familiar!
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