Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 119 The Gap Between Akagi and Budo!

Rukawa Kaede's slam dunk pushed the atmosphere of the entire venue to a climax.Over the years, the number of slam dunks that can be seen in middle school games is really very few.

This is not the United States. There are not so many talented people. It is quite rare here to be able to slam dunk in junior high school.

At the same time, many high school coaches watching the game in the stands were also shocked and speechless when they saw this scene.Lingnan High School's coach, Tian Gangmoichi is one of them.

"Unexpectedly, there are players of this level in junior high school!"

"Rukawa Feng, the talent shown on the court before has not been as prominent as it is now."

"But as I get older, my talent has started to show slowly."

"If he can join us in Lingnan next year, he will definitely be able to assist Tianye and Xiandao and help Lingnan shine in the national competition."

"This player must fight hard."

Just in the warm-up stage, Coach Tian Gang is already quite optimistic about Rukawa Kaede's ability, and also quite recognized Rukawa Kaede's displayed talent.At the same time, coach Tian Gang has also secretly made up his mind to invite Rukawa Feng to Lingnan to build the dynasty team in his mind.

Rukawa Kaede's existence put a lot of pressure on their opponents. It can be seen that since Rukawa Kaede dunked, Wushi Middle School's opponents began to make some low-level mistakes during the warm-up.

A simple warm-up activity of passing and catching a layup, many players made mistakes when executing it.

If this happened to only one or two players, it was just an accidental phenomenon, but such a situation happened on a large scale, which immediately attracted the attention of the coach.

The team that had just warmed up was called back to the rest area by the coach for psychological counseling.

Seeing Takeshi's opponents being called back by their coach because of their nervousness, Akagi Haruko couldn't help getting excited, grabbed Takenori Akagi's arm, and said happily:
"Brother, brother, look, because of Rukawa Kaede's slam dunk, Wushi's opponents are all panicked!"

"Rukawa Kaede's ability is very good, right?!"

Akagi Haruko was obviously quite satisfied with Rukawa Kaede's performance, and said to Akagi Takenori as if asking for credit.It seemed that she was the one who slam dunked on the court instead of Rukawa Kaede.

"." Seeing his sister's appearance, Akagi Takenori could only nod perfunctorily.However, his eyes were on Jinguji Budao who was watching the ball while holding on to the fence.

Rukawa Kaede's physical talent is indeed quite outstanding. It is indeed rare to be able to slam dunk at the stage of the third year of junior high school.But for Akagi, this alone is not enough, not to mention that he himself was able to complete a slam dunk when he was in the third year of junior high school.

Jinguji Budo alone, in the practice match when he entered Xiangbei in high school, he was able to easily knock him out. In terms of physical talent, Rukawa Kaede is indeed the top, but compared with Jinguji Budo, it is still a lot worse. of.

The pre-match warm-up time passed quickly, and with the referee's whistle, Takeishi's players began to settle in the middle circle under the leadership of Rukawa Kaede.The player Wushi stood in the middle circle was the tallest player in their team, Rukawa Kaede.

As for Wushi Middle School's opponent, County No. 180 Middle School, the player standing in the middle circle is only a player with a height of about 3cm.He is 4~[-]cm shorter than Rukawa Kaede.

The referee took the basketball to the middle circle, and after a whistle, threw the ball into the air.

Rukawa Kaede's explosive power is quite good, relying on his excellent explosive power and height, he jumped up and caught the basketball with one hand.As Takeishi Middle School took control of the ball, Akagi Haruko cheered excitedly, completely ignoring the already disgraced Akagi Takenori beside her.

"Pass the ball!" Rukawa Kaede, who suppressed the opponent's jump ball, moved very fast.Not long after his teammates got the basketball, Rukawa Kaede had already entered the frontcourt, approaching the three-point line.

Following Rukawa Feng's reminder, the basketball spread out quickly and arrived in Rukawa Feng's hands smoothly.At this time, the players of the No. [-] Middle School also finished their positions. In a typical zone defense, all the players of the No. [-] Middle School all looked at Rukawa Kaede who was holding the ball.

Rukawa Kaede, who was holding the ball, looked up at the defenders. With a simple tentative step, he successfully mobilized the defenders to move to Rukawa Kaede's right side, and there was an obvious flaw.

As the opponent's defensive position shifted, Rukawa Feng dropped the ball with his left hand, and the ball protector with his right hand directly touched the opponent's waist, and quickly dribbled the ball through.When Rukawa Feng moved, not only did the other defenders of No. [-] Middle School go up to defend, but they quickly shrank the defense line inside. Judging from their appearance, they wanted to stick to the inside line.

After breaking through, Rukawa Feng also noticed that the opponent's defense line had shrunk, so he didn't continue to go deeper. He stopped and shot a jumper two steps away from the three-point line.

Rukawa Kaede's shooting posture is quite stretched, and the shot feels quite soft. With a soft sound, the basketball hits the net.

Rukawa Kaede, who successfully scored the first goal, quickly returned to defense without even looking at his opponents.

"It's okay, it's okay! Don't care if this kind of goal is scored, and be careful not to be broken by him so easily when defending next time."

"Everyone is a junior high school student, it's impossible to score a shot."

"Don't worry, organize the attack, attack steadily!"

The coach of No. [-] Middle School stood on the sidelines and shouted, reminding the players.Under his appeasement, No. [-] Middle School began to organize an attack.

However, when the defender of the No. [-] middle school entered the frontcourt with the ball, Rukawa Kaede saw through the intention of passing the ball. The pass that was supposed to be passed to a teammate on the side was directly intercepted by Rukawa Kaede.

In the next second, Kaede Rukawa took the ball and ran towards the frontcourt. At the same time, Ichiro Mizusawa in the Wuishi Middle School team closely followed Kaede Rukawa's offensive pace. As for the other players, the one who saw the fast break was Neither of these two men wanted to run to help, but stood in their own half, with their hands on their hips, watching Rukawa Kaede and Mizusawa Ichiro's fast break from a distance.

The frontcourt was 2 for 0, and No. [-] Middle School's return defense couldn't keep up with Rukawa Kaede's fast break. Rukawa Kaede went to the basket, combined the ball for a slam dunk, and a beautiful slam dunk ignited the atmosphere of the court again.Unlike during the warm-up, this time, the audience cheered even more enthusiastically.

After all, it is an actual slam dunk, which gives people a completely different impression.

Akagi Haruko, who seemed to be fascinated by Rukawa Kaede's demeanor, clenched her hands tightly, staring at Rukawa Kaede who started to return to defense with her beautiful eyes.

When Akagi and the others saw that Rukawa Kaede successfully slammed the dunk again, all eyes turned to Rukawa Feng.

Rukawa Feng in the field seemed to have noticed the gazes of several people, and subconsciously raised his head to look at the auditorium on the sidelines.I met Jinguji Budo and Mitsui Shou and others.

"That's Senior Mitsui and Budo."

"Are they here to watch my game?"

Rukawa Feng was a little surprised to see Jinguji Budao and Mitsui Shou, and murmured in his heart.

Bu Dao also noticed Rukawa Feng's gaze, and waved to Rukawa Feng with a smile.Hisashi Mitsui stood up from his seat and shouted loudly: "Wushi Middle School, come on!"

Mitsui Shou's cheering sound was naturally drowned in the cheers of the audience, but there were still senior Takeishi players who heard this familiar voice, turned their heads to look at the auditorium and found Mitsui Shou.

Seeing the old seniors in the stands, Wu Shi's team members were encouraged and their momentum was high.

I don't know if it's because the second middle school's intelligence collection level is not enough.The defensive strategy they adopted was to stick to the inside line, but Wushi Middle School's offense was often initiated by Rukawa Kaede from the outside line.

No. [-] middle school has no super star players, and no one can limit Rukawa Kaede's breakthrough in single defense.And whenever Rukawa Kaede breaks through, the strategy adopted by the rest of the defenders in the No. [-] Middle School is often not to supplement the defense, but to tighten the defense line inside.

Such a defensive method did not give Rukawa Kaede a chance to break into the inside line for a layup, but after passing through, Rukawa Kaede was able to shoot easily without anyone defending.

Although they are all medium and long-distance shots, Rukawa Feng's shooting percentage is quite high, which is not at the level of junior high school students. Wushi Middle School's attack around Ruchuan Feng is not blocked by the players of No. [-] Middle School.

At the same time, Rukawafeng's defensive awareness is also quite good. The No. [-] Middle School passed the ball several times during the attack, but Rukawafeng saw through it and completed the steal.

Moreover, the average height of Wushi Middle School is higher than that of No. [-] Middle School, and the pressure on defense is also very high, which directly disrupted the offensive rhythm of the entire No. [-] Middle School team.

Under the circumstances of ebb and flow, Wushi Middle School quickly took the lead and gradually expanded this advantage.

At 13 minutes into the game, Wushi Middle School took a huge lead at 32:17. With Kaede Rukawa rushing into the paint and scoring two plus one, the coach of No. [-] Middle School couldn't bear it any longer and called a timeout.

The coach of No. [-] Middle School has stabilized the mentality of the players. It can be seen that the No. [-] Middle School players who have returned to the field have more confidence and less frustration on their faces.

After a stumbling attack in No. [-] Middle School, the offense and defense switched. The guard of Wushi Middle School brought the ball to the frontcourt, and then quickly gave it to Rukawa Feng.

After returning from the timeout, No. [-] Middle School's defensive strategy has been adjusted, and the number of players dedicated to marking Rukawa Kaede has increased from one to two.The remaining three built a zone defense on the inside.

"Look, the defensive formation of No. [-] Middle School has changed, and they are going to target Rukawa Kaede!" Haruko saw the defensive intention of No. [-] Middle School, and said excitedly, pulling Akagi's clothes.Before Akagi could reply, Haruko continued:

"Rukawa Feng's strength is indeed very strong. He alone has already affected the defensive strength of No. [-] Middle School."

Akagi Takenori glanced at his sister, and said in a deep voice, "Whether Rukawa Kaede is strong or not, I can only see some signs now."

"The previous goals did not contain enough gold."

While Akagi Takenori was speaking, Rukawa Feng had already moved.

Rukawa Kaede holding the ball seemed unaware of the change in No. [-] Middle School's defensive strategy. He started a breakthrough with his speed, and when he passed the first defensive player and broke into the three-point line, he met the defensive player.

Rukawa Kaede, the player who faced the supplementary defense, didn't need it at all. He faced the opponent's defense and shot a jumper. At the moment he was shooting, the defender's hands had already covered Rukawa Kaede's face. Unfortunately, because of the relationship between height and bounce, After all, the defenders had no way to block Rukawa Feng.

"This guy, the timing of the shot is too bad!"

"Playing is really good"

Akagi Takenori whispered, and just as the words of criticism reached his lips, he saw the basketball thrown by Rukawa Kaede hit the net, making a soft sound.

"Uh"

"It actually scored, not bad."

Akagi was a little surprised that Rukawa Kaede was able to score a goal under such circumstances, and swallowed the criticism abruptly, and could only boast flatly.

"This kid, he hasn't grown up!"

Mitsui Shou looked at Rukawa Kaede's goal and shook his head, seemingly extremely disappointed.

Budo, who had been watching the game with a smile, frowned slightly after seeing Rukawa Feng's goal.

Although the ball was scored, Rukawa Kaede's handling of the ball was not beautiful. Some people might think that Rukawa Kaede had the confidence to score the ball against the defense, but in Budo's view, Rukawa Kaede had too many choices.

Such a strong cast is simply unnecessary.

The change of No. [-] Middle School's defense did not have much impact on Wushi Middle School, and Rukawa Kaede's offense was still unstoppable.Under the defensive pressure of No. [-] Middle School, Rukawa Feng's shooting rate dropped slightly, but it didn't affect the overall situation.

But Rukawa Feng exposed a big problem in this game, that is, his offensive selection is really bad.

In the end, Wushi Middle School won the game. Kaede Rukawa scored 37 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals.The data is quite gorgeous, and it is also unique in the entire junior high school arena.

"This kid, you have to practice hard after you come to Xiangbei. If you play like this, you will run into a wall whenever you meet a player with not bad talent."

After the game, Bu Dao took a deep look at Rukawa Feng before leaving the arena, and then left the arena with Long Zi and others.

Mitsui Hisashi, Akagi Takenori and others obviously discovered the problem of Rukawa Kaede's playing, so no matter how Haruko relieved Rukawa Kaede's ability, Akagi just perfunctory.

In Akagi's view, Rukawa Kaede can only be said to be a good seedling, that is, his combat power is far worse than that of Jinguji Budo and Mitsui Shou.

Watching a junior high school competition is nothing more than a relaxation during the county competition for Bu Dao and others.

The next day, Xiangbei High School ushered in their second round of this year's county competition trial, against Songyuan High School.

Songyuan High School is not a strong team in the traditional sense, and the team composition is also very young. Although it is also the team that won the first game and entered the second game, the hard power is still far behind Xiangbei.

Facing Matsubara, Coach Anzai still sent the first-year team headed by Jinguji Budo at the beginning.Halfway through the first half of the game, Budo Jinguji handed over the terrifying data of 19 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks.

The score of the two teams also came to a 26:11 lead.

In this game, Budo is still playing the center position. In the low area, it is like entering a no-man's land. Matsubara's defense is useless in front of Budo.

Although Budo played smoothly in the game, coach Anzai still didn't leave Budo on the court for too much time, and only changed Budo, putting Akagi Takenori on the court.

When Akagi was watching the game off the court, he still felt that Budo was easy because the opponent was so good.

But when Akagi came on the field, replaced Budo as the main center, and took on the offensive task, Akagi realized that he was wrong before.

The Matsubara gang got angry in Budo, and they all wanted to get back. After Akagi Takenori came on the court, whenever he received a basketball inside, he was immediately surrounded by four people and surrounded tightly.

Unlike Budo, Akagi has superb inside footsteps. After receiving the ball, besides holding the basketball foolishly to prevent being intercepted, he is looking for a target to pass the ball. Even passing the ball has become quite difficult.

At this time, the Matsubara players suddenly discovered that the tall man with a height of about 195cm, a mature face, and the seemingly difficult-to-handle Akagi Takenori was actually much easier to deal with than the little boy No. 15 just now!
Akagi was under siege, and Miyagi's outside shooting felt so-so, and the rest of the players barely overcame their nervousness in the second game. For a while, Xiangbei's offense fell into a sluggish state.

As the game progressed, Xiangbei's leading score was being chased by Matsubara a little bit.

At this time, the Xiangbei High School team on the court seemed to have become the Akagi one-man team in Budo's memory. Even against a team like Matsubara, there was no way to gain an advantage.

"A team supported by Akagi alone is only at this level."

"From this point of view, Akagi's ability is not 01:30 worse than that of Budao!"

Mitsui Shou looked at Akagi Takenori who was fighting hard in the field, and then turned his head to look at Jinguji Budou who was drinking ginseng and wolfberry tea, feeling secretly in his heart.Sometimes the gap is just such an inadvertent comparison.

(End of this chapter)