"You bastards! Do you deserve to play basketball?!" Sakuragi Hanamichi's angry shouts finally overwhelmed the audience's comments and spread into the stadium.
Some of the spectators who were nearby looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi in shock, wondering why this first-year student from Shohoku suddenly went crazy.
The No. 3 player in Kumamoto, who was lazily preparing to serve on the court, also heard the sound coming from the stands.
Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw Sakuragi Hanamichi with an angry face.
"Are you players from Shohoku... How can Shohoku, which has players like Jinguji Budo, understand us?"
"I'm just a freshman who was lucky enough to enter Shohoku High School. Why are you pretending?" Kumamoto's captain just raised his eyes and glanced at Sakuragi, then withdrew his gaze, murmured, and walked to the bottom to serve.
The basketball ball shown is slow, giving people an obvious feeling of strength. At a glance, you can tell that he is not playing seriously.
The moment the basketball was released, Mingpeng Industrial's defender quickly rushed forward. The force of the serve was too weak, which gave Mingpeng Industrial a chance to steal.
Kumamoto's third guard was squeezed by his opponent. When the basketball came flying, he couldn't rush to get the ball. He watched helplessly as the basketball was taken away by his opponent.
However, when he lost the ball, he did not chase it immediately. Instead, he stood stupidly, watching his opponent dribble the ball into the basket, and sent the ball into the basket with a light layup.
Kumamoto's third performance made Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was already angry, even more angry. Although he was not familiar with the players from Kumamoto Third School at all, even before the national competition, Sakuragi Hanamichi had never heard of the name of this school.
But when Sakuragi Hanamichi saw Kumamoto's performance in the third game, he was extremely angry.
Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't know why he was so angry. Maybe it was because of the opportunity of the Kumamoto Third Wave National Competition.
At this moment, Sakuragi Hanamichi unconsciously thought of the other two teams in Kanagawa Prefecture.
The Hainan High School that fought hard to the last second with Xiangbei High School; the Xiangyang High School that was still full of enthusiasm even though it was ten or twenty points behind.
Those opponents who take the game seriously and refuse to admit defeat in the face of strong opponents are destined to participate in the national competition, but a team with no fighting spirit like Kumamoto Third can fail on the stage of the national competition.
Thinking of this, Sakuragi Hanamichi became even more angry.
"asshole!!"
"If you don't want to play anymore, then get out and don't insult my eyes on the court!" Sakuragi Hanamichi shouted violently, grabbing the back of the chair in front of him with both hands, as if he would rush out the next second.
When several Shohoku first-year students around Sakuragi Hanamichi heard this, not only did they not think there was anything wrong with what Sakuragi Hanamichi said or did, but they nodded in deep agreement.
Nobunaga Kiyota, who had always been at odds with Sakuragi Hanamichi and always quarreled with Sakuragi, also nodded. He rarely recognized what Sakuragi Hanamichi said and did not find fault with Sakuragi.
At this time, the players from Mingpeng Industry in the stadium also looked towards the stands. Captain Kijiro Hirabayashi recognized the player when he saw Hanamichi Sakuragi.
After the battle between Shohoku High School and Sanno Industries, many spectators and players from other teams had noticed this first-year student from Shohoku High School.
Some teams privately call Sakuragi
"Genius blue-collar", using this title recognizes Sakuragi Hanamichi's talent in rebounding. Of course, this is just recognition of his talent in rebounding.
Recognizing Sakuragi, Hirabayashi Kijiro quickly glanced at the opponent and quickly withdrew his gaze. He looked at Kumamoto's third player who was about to serve at this time. He suddenly shook his head, smiled and said to himself: "A genius like you How can a first grader understand what these guys are feeling now?"
"You who stay under the wings of Jingu Temple's martial arts have no idea how cruel reality is."
"A team from a small division like Kumamoto Third is very lucky to be able to make it into the second round."
"But luck cannot support a team going all the way down."
"Meeting our famous friends, it means that their luck has run out." When Onijiro Hirabayashi said to himself, Kumamoto Sanchi served from the bottom again.
This time, Mingpeng's point guard failed to get a chance to steal. But even though he failed to complete the steal, Mingpeng's defender still had no intention of returning to the field to defend. Instead, he directly stuck to the Kumamoto defender who was holding the ball.
At the same time, other players from Mingpeng Industrial also blocked other Kumamoto players, and five minutes after the start of the game, they used full-court pressing tactics.
It seems that Mingpeng is not satisfied with his current lead and wants to completely defeat his opponent in one fell swoop.
The average height of Mingpeng Industrial's players is generally higher than that of Kumamoto's No. 3 players. At this time, the full-court press was used, which immediately put the pressure on Kumamoto's No. 3 players to a higher level.
Kumamoto's third team members themselves have little fighting will, and their hard power is indeed inferior to that of Mingpeng Industry, and the basic skills of the defenders are not very good.
Under Mingpeng's defense, it was like an early domestic defender bumping into the defense of the United States. Not to mention successfully dribbling the ball across the half court, even dropping the ball became extremely difficult at this moment.
The two defenders Kumamoto struggled for a while in the half. Kumamoto's defender could not bear the pressure and wanted to pass the ball. However, under the hurried pass, his teammates had not yet run out of the open space. The basketball was directly passed by Mingpeng's player midway. Steals.
With two simple dribbles, Mingpeng's power forward took the ball into the basket and scored an easy layup. The score difference instantly reached 24 points.
But for Kumamoto, the point difference is not the most important thing, the most important thing is the situation. Under the defense of their Mingpeng Industrial Co., Ltd., they cannot even dribble the ball past half-court.
"But..." Sakuragi saw the ugly appearance of Kumamoto, and the roar in his chest burst out. Just as he was about to speak, he felt someone behind him pulling his clothes.
There was a strong force coming from behind. Sakuragi Hanamichi couldn't resist the force. He was pulled back to his seat and sat down on the bench.
Sakuragi turned his head to look at the person who pulled him in confusion, and found that the person who just pulled his clothes was Jinguji Budo.
Seeing that it was martial arts, Sakuragi could only complain in a low voice: "What are you doing to me...am I right?"
"Those losers in Kumamoto..." Before Sakuragi could finish his words, Budo shook his head, put his arm around Sakuragi's shoulders, and said, "There's no need to be angry, they are already high school players, although I can't say how many. Mature, but they should also be sensible.”
"You don't need to say too much. What you just said is enough."
"If they could have listened, they would have listened."
"Besides, it's not necessarily that the Kumamoto players didn't understand what you said."
"Sakuragi, basketball is very cruel. If you want to go to the top, there will be many, many people left behind by you."
"You can't lift those people up one by one and force them to follow your footsteps."
"You have talent and environment, and your perspective is different from theirs."
"The choices they make now may not be the choices they want. They may just be forced to do so."
"No matter what their attitude towards basketball is, they have to bear the consequences."
"Whether they regret or resent themselves in the future, it is up to them to bear it. You have no way to make choices for them. All you can do is to make your own choices." Budao comforted Sakuragi Hanadao. His words, Not only Sakuragi Hanamichi heard it, but Nango Koichiro and others who were sitting closer also heard it clearly.
When these first-year students heard this, some of them understood it, and some of them half understood it. But at the same time, the first-year students in Xiangbei became quiet.
Even Sakuragi Hanamichi snorted coldly, crossed his arms over his chest, and closed his eyes slightly, not wanting to watch the game anymore.
On the court, as Mingpeng Industrial began to use a full-court pressing defensive tactic, the situation completely turned in Mingpeng Industrial's favor.
Eleven minutes into the first half, Mingpeng Industrial held a 36-point lead. Coach Ming Peng, who secured the victory early, replaced the second team substitutes and took advantage of this opportunity to train the young players.
At this point, Shohoku High School's opponent for the next game has been officially established, which is Mingpeng Industry from Aichi Prefecture.
At the end of this long and torturous game, Mingpeng Industrial won with a terrifying score of 96:23.
The terrifying score difference of 73 points is the largest score difference in the history of the national competition.
Mingpeng Industrial made history, and Kumamoto No. 3 also used this kind of defense to become a part of history.
After the game, the players of Kumamoto No. 3 did not cry sadly. Instead, each of the players showed relaxed smiles of relief.
Perhaps, the national competition opportunity that many teams in Kanagawa Prefecture are competing for is just a heavy burden for the third-ranked players in Kumamoto.
The victorious Mingpeng Industry did not give out many enthusiastic cheers. The victory of this game was already determined in the first half.
It took nearly thirty minutes to officially declare the winner. At this moment, Mingpeng's players no longer felt much joy. They just felt that the game was too long and they had to play a meaningless game for more than twenty minutes.
After the game, before the Mingpeng players left the field, they all looked up at the high school in the corner of the stands. The members of Mingpeng also knew very well that the next battle with Xiangbei High School was the game they really needed to pay attention to.
After this game, the Xiangbei High School players lost most of their enthusiasm for watching the game. Like them, the audience didn't have much expectations for the next game.
A chatting competition sapped everyone's enthusiasm. After a short pause, the competition of Group A and Group B began. The two participating teams were Umesawa High School from Saitama Prefecture and Tobita Daiichi High School from Tokushima.
Both teams are rated B, and the player configuration is 2+3, that is, two outstanding players lead three qualified players to play the game.
Because the two teams were of similar strength, the game was fairly intense, but the level of enjoyment was far less than the previous game between Shohoku High School and Sanno Industrial.
There were only a few slam dunks in the whole game, which is pretty standard.
At the level of "high school" basketball, no player has supermodel performance. After watching two consecutive games, everyone in Shohoku found that the former Mingtomo Industry's Hirabayashi Kijiro was too eye-catching.
From Budo's point of view, Hirabayashi Kijiro's personal ability should not be inferior to that of Aiwa's Morohoshi. It's just that he doesn't know why he lost to Aiwa under his leadership. Maybe it was because his teammates didn't have Aiwa. powerful?
! The match between Umesawa and Tobita was ultimately won by Tobita at 76:72, leading his opponent by 4 points and successfully reaching the third round.
After this game, there was the last game this morning. The two teams were Takamizawa High School from Hokkaido and Urayasu Commercial from Chiba Prefecture.
Among the two teams, Urayasu Commercial is an A-level team. Although his opponent Takamizawa is only rated as a B-level player, Takamizawa performed with great courage throughout the game.
Compared to a weak team like Kumamoto No. 3, Takamizawa is completely a tough guy.
At the end of the first half, Takamize was already 13 points behind, but at the last moment of midfield, those players did not relax at all and fought very hard.
In the end, they really made a steal, hit the buzzer, and fixed the point difference by 10 points. In the second half, Gao Mize's players were even more crazy, running all over the field, looking for any possible opportunities.
However, their efforts failed to yield the fruits they expected. Thirteen minutes into the second half, Takamize's players had huge physical problems, and the quality of the school's rotation players was also quite poor. After replacing two main players, the team began to collapse.
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who had been holding back for a while, loudly cheered for Takamizawa, but in the end, these team members still failed to accomplish what Sakuragi expected.
"The following overcomes the superior." The sense of loss caused by the hard work not only made Takamizawa's team members shed tears, but also made the outsider Sakuragi Hanamichi feel a little sad.
He hit the bench with his fists and shouted in a low voice
"hateful". Wu Dao looked at the scene happening in the field with sadness and joy, his expression was blank. He has seen countless similar things before. Competitive sports are always cruel.
For players, failure will occur throughout their careers. Many outstanding players may just make a mistake in a game, or they may not protect themselves after a game and get injured, and their playing career may be cut off.
Compared with those players who have devoted the first half of their lives to basketball, the failures suffered by these young players on the scene are just drizzle.
The vast majority of ordinary people are just like the Gao Jianze players on the field. They work hard but fail to achieve corresponding results.
"Losing is so painful!"
"So, Sakuragi, we in Shohoku must not lose!" Budo put his arm around Sakuragi's shoulders and whispered in Sakuragi Hanamichi's ear.
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