Waves crash onto the beach.
After the meal, members of the coaching staff and players gathered on the seaside court next to the beach. Under the lights, the coach and a group of substitute players sat down on the surrounding benches.
And one of the younger coaches walked into the court with a whistle hanging around his neck.
After he entered the court, Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Tanoh respectively led the players into the court.
There is no uniform training uniform here. In order to distinguish the players of the two teams, all the players led by Jinguji Budo wore their own team's white jerseys.
The players led by Shinomiya Tano are wearing colored players.
Lingnan's players, such as Shinomiya Tano and others, all wear blue jerseys. Players like Rukawa Kaede, who was originally from Shohoku, wear red jerseys.
Although generally speaking, the colors of the jerseys worn by the players of the Shinomiya Volcano team are relatively mixed, but if it is used to distinguish the players of the two teams, such seemingly chaotic jersey colors are not a problem.
"Let's just divide them into the white team and the color team."
"You all take your positions, we are going to start the practice match!"
Coach Taoka's coaching staff got a scoreboard from nowhere. After placing it on the sidelines, they wrote the "team names" of the two teams on A4 paper, and then posted them on both sides of the scoreboard. Looking from a distance, the "name" of the team can't be seen clearly at all, and it looks extremely crude.
However, neither the players on the court nor the players off the court paid attention to whether the courtside scoreboard was "luxurious" enough. Their attention was now focused on their opponents.
Both teams are completely new configurations, and the players are all selected from countless outstanding players. Everyone is extremely excited to be able to fight against such an opponent.
"Mori Shigehiro, Hiro, that's what I'll call you."
"I'll leave it to you to jump the ball!"
In the court, Jinguji Budo took his position in the center circle. Seeing that there was no player jumping up to jump the ball at the midline, Budo turned his head and looked at Morishigehiro, who was hesitant, and greeted with a smile.
I don’t know why, but Mori Shigehiro acted a little shy. He was obviously a naughty kid who would hang on the basket and look down at his opponents and watch them make fools of themselves. However, the way he behaved today was not so "arrogant". This made Martial Arts I was a little surprised, thinking that I didn't understand the other person's character.
"Yes!" Facing Martial Arts' reminder, Mori Shigekwan nodded, and actually trotted to the center line with some excitement. After settling down, Mori Shigekwan suddenly turned his head and asked Jinguji Martial Arts:
"After Jinguji-senpai's competition, can you play one-on-one with me?!"
"I want to be number one in the country!"
Just as Budao looked at Mori Shigekwan in wonder, Mori Shigekwan suddenly turned his head and said this to Budo. Budo was startled when he heard this, and Jun Uozumi, who was also standing in the middle circle at this time, also heard Mori Shigehiro's words and looked at Mori Shigehiro with a strange look on his face.
The players in the center circle also heard Shigehiro Mori's words, and their eyes focused on the big man.
"Hey, Hiro, focus on the game in front of you first."
"If you can't defeat the opponent in front of you, don't even think about challenging Jinguji Martial Arts."
In the backcourt of the white team, Mu Shenyi obviously heard what Mori Shigekwan said. He put his hands on his hips and said loudly with a headache.
Shigehiro Mori, a center with outstanding talent, this tall and muscular young man looks like he should be one of those "dumb" players. But actually, no.
Shigehiro Mori is a player with a delicate mind and a player with his own clear goals.
Becoming the number one high school student in Japan is the goal Mori Shigehiro set for himself after entering Hainan High School and under the indoctrination of Coach Gaotou and his teammates!
So what does it take to become the number one high school student in the country? Lead the team to a national championship? !
No, or not entirely.
Let all his opponents lie on the ground and look up at his dunk. This is what he needs to become the No. 1 high school student in the country!
Jinguji Martial Arts is one of Mori Shigehiro's targets. He was shy and coy at this time, just wondering if Jinguji Martial Arts would accept his challenge, and he also showed some hesitation.
Mori Shigekan didn't listen to Mu Shenyi's words at all. He stared at Jinguji Martial Arts with his eyes. He was like a beast waiting for an opportunity. He looked at Jinguji Martial Arts and licked his lips.
Jun Uozumi and the players around him all felt the powerful and terrifying sense of oppression emanating from Shigehiro Mori.
Facing Morishigehiro's Jinguji Martial Arts, his feelings are certainly clearer than those of these people.
However, in the eyes of martial arts, Mori Shigekan, who exuded such aura, was like a young tiger with teeth and claws.
"Oh Well."
"If you can get 30 points over Yuzhu, I will agree to your challenge and give you a chance to become the number one high school student in the country."
"If you can't do it, forget it, because if you can't even get thirty points, you're not worthy of being my opponent."
Budao pointed at Uozumi Jun who was standing in front of Morishigehiro, and replied with a smile. And his words also made Yuzhu's face darken.
"This guy Jinguji actually regards me as that kid's stepping stone?!"
"Asshole! Unforgivable!"
"This arrogant brat cannot be forgiven!"
When Shigehiro Mori heard Budo's words and looked back at Uozumi with a smile, Uozumi's face turned completely dark. He couldn't help but curse, and his anger was rising.
Shinomiya Tano glanced at Morishigehiro with interest, sneered, and shook his head.
Are all young people today like this? ! High-minded but low-handed.
He had met Morishigehiro before in the prefecture competition. Although his physical talent was enough to be called "explosion", in terms of technology, let alone comparing with players of the level of Jinguji Budo, even with the prefecture. There is no way to compare those mature centers.
He didn't know where this kid got the confidence to challenge Jinguji martial arts.
In Shinomiya's view, the center Shigehiro Mori wanted to go one-on-one with Jinguji Martial Arts, which was the same as the dwarf from Shohoku who wanted to go one-on-one with Jinguji Martial Arts. The only thing missing is absolute physical talent, and the other thing missing is technology.
Both of them are equally overestimating their abilities!
This little episode of Mori Shigehiro had no impact on Budo's team except for making Uozumi's fighting spirit even higher.
As the players completed their positions in the center circle, the referee also blew the whistle, and then stood on the center line with the ball.
"Beep!"
After the whistle blew, the basketball was thrown into the air by the referee.
Uozumi, who had been holding back his anger for a long time, jumped up at the moment when the basketball was about to reach its highest point. When the basketball was falling, he reached out and hit the basketball.
The control of the timing of the jump ball can be called "perfect".
However, just when Uozumi was about to hit the basketball with his palm, Morishigehiro had already reached out and pointed directly under the basketball, moving the basketball towards his backcourt.
"What?!" The basketball was taken away by the opponent. Uozumi obviously didn't expect that the basketball he got would be taken away like this.
Obviously, he is even better at timing, even better! However, the basketball was taken away by the opponent first?
"Huh?"
"Although he is a very arrogant boy, he is indeed a very good talent."
On the sidelines of the court, coach Taoka saw Uozumi failing the jump ball, touched his chin and said with a smile.
As the basketball fell into the hands of Mu Shen in the backcourt of the white team, the white team led by Budao officially began to attack.
The starting team members on the martial arts side, apart from Jinguji Martial Arts himself, are Maki Shinichi, Morishigehiro, Sakuragi Hanamichi, and Fujima Kenji.
The person responsible for controlling the ball is Makoto Shinichi, while Fujima plays the split position.
The style of play used by Wu Dao is also very simple, which is to let Mu Shen break out alone, attract enough double-teams, and then pass the ball to an open teammate.
When he couldn't help it, he gave the ball to Morishigehiro on the inside and asked him to hit the inside.
When neither method works, Jinguji Budo will take over the ball and start playing "star basketball." After all, their team has just been formed and they are not familiar with each other. This simple and crude method is the easiest way to bring out the players' abilities.
On Shinomiya's side, facing the white team's attack, they set up a man-to-man defensive formation.
Like Budo and the others, Shinomiya Tano's team has also just been formed. Although there are three veteran players from Lingnan in the team, when it comes to defense, it is easier to use man-to-man defense to make mistakes less likely.
Minimizing mistakes as much as possible is the offensive and defensive policy chosen by Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Tanano.
There is no need for messy or fancy play, it is not applicable.
As Mu Shenyi approached the three-point line with the basketball, Rukawa Kaede also ran up quickly and stopped in front of Mu Shenyi.
Rukawa Kaede is not much taller than Mu Shenyi, and is much lighter in weight. Facing Rukawa Kaede's defense, Mu Shen simply guided the ball back and forth in front of him, and then caught the moment when Rukawa Kaede's left and right feet were changing back and forth, and dropped the ball directly to break through.
Mu Shenyi can be said to be a smaller version of Shinomiya Tano. He is also very scary in terms of explosive power and is also very good at hitting the body.
At the moment of breakthrough, Mu Shenyi's body was already leaning on Rukawa Feng's body, and the powerful force pushed Rukawa Feng back a step. Although it was not much, it was enough for Mu Shenyi to break through Rukawa Feng's defense.
"Breakthrough! Make up defense!"
The inside line of Team Aya was guarded by Takenori Akagi and Jun Uozumi. The moment Mu Shen broke through Rukawa Kaede, Jun Uozumi let out a low roar, and the next second after his words fell, Jun Uozumi let out a low roar. , Akagi Takenori had decisively given up on Sakuragi Hanamichi and moved towards Mu Shenyi to make up for it.
Attract double teams.
Mu Shenyi did it easily.
"coming!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was standing under the basket, realized that his chance had come the moment he saw Akagi leaving. In order to make it easier for Mu Shen to pass the ball to him, he immediately followed the baseline, took two steps outward in the opposite direction, and left the basket, preventing Yuzhu's defense from easily radiating to him.
Nowadays, Sakuragi has a lot of experience on the court. He can often seize the fleeting opportunity on the court.
This is the result of training and Sakuragi Hanamichi's talent.
"Good move." The moment Sakuragi Hanamichi quickly left the basket and opened the distance between Akagi and Uozumi, Mu Shenyi noticed it, paused in his heart, and looked at Morishigehiro, but his hand , but he pushed the ball in the direction of Sakuragi and sent the ball directly.
Even when passing the ball, Makoto Shinichi made a fake move to mislead his vision, allowing Akagi, who was defending, to focus on Mori Shigehiro.
"Snapped!"
Starting with the basketball, Sakuragi Hanamichi quickly stopped facing the frame, and then shot directly.
Now Sakuragi has already been able to cause effective damage near the basket.
However, the moment Sakuragi took the basketball shot, Rukawa Kaede's figure sprang out directly from behind Sakuragi, leaped high and blocked the ball with a slap.
Rukawa Kaede, who was thrown away by Mu Shenyi, did not choose to continue to follow Mu Shenyi when he was pursuing defense. Instead, he approached Sakuragi Hanamichi who took the initiative to create space.
Mu Shinichi's passing choice was actually expected by Rukawa Kaede, and Rukawa Kaede also expected that Sakuragi Hanamichi would choose to leave the basket!
The basketball was directly shot down by Rukawa Kaede and fell into Uozumi Jun's arms.
"Pass the ball!" Uozumi, who had just received the ball, saw Rukawa Kaede who had landed on the ground and began to run towards the frontcourt and shouted towards him.
Without any hesitation, Uozumi passed the ball directly to Rukawa Kaede. Rukawa Kaede, who got the basketball, accelerated again and caught up with Shinomiya Tanano and Sendō who had entered the white team's half.
The counterattack came extremely quickly.
Rukawa Kaede hadn't even passed the half yet when he threw the ball directly to Sendō, who was already approaching the three-point line.
At this time, it was Kenji Fujima of the white team who was defending Sendō.
Facing the defense of his old teammate, Sendō Akira took the ball and made a fake shot, then quickly dropped the ball and broke through to his right side. When Fujima's defense came up, Sendō changed direction in front of him, and at the same time, his body was given to Fuji. Zhenyi fought a little bit, pushed Fujizhen away, and quickly reached the basket.
As Sendao dunked the ball into the basket, the white team, which got the ball, was the first to score.
2:0.
"Damn it! That stinky fox actually dared to sneak attack on this genius."
"This bastard was able to block me all because of luck and sneak attack! Despicable villain! Damn it!"
Sakuragi, who was blocked by Kaede Rukawa, came running to the venue cursing. When he saw Sendō scoring first, he became even more angry. He immediately changed direction and ran towards the opponent's basket, talking non-stop.
"Good pass, Rukawa Kaede!"
Rukawa Kaede rolled his eyes at Sakuragi Hanamichi, and when he was returning to defense at his half, he heard Sendao's voice coming from behind him. Then Xiandao patted Rukawa Kaede on the shoulder and encouraged him with a smile.
Although it was his first time to cooperate, Xiendao felt that the ball passed by Rukawa Kaede was very comfortable. This kid had considered Xiandao's height when passing the ball and knew roughly where Xiandao would be most comfortable with the ball.
Sendao didn't expect that the first-year player who competed with his team's ace for the ball during the game could actually play the role of a point guard well.
(End of chapter)
