Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 176 Evaluation from "No. [-] High School Student"!

In the match between Xiangbei and Changcheng, Akagi Takenori showed an unprecedented desire to win.Budo has already handed over almost all the ball rights in this game. Mitsui Shou, who was supposed to take over the offensive task, found out Akagi's state, and figured out how to mobilize Akagi.

On the court, as Miko Chai shot from a negative angle and went out of bounds, Xiangbei High School started a new round of offense.

Ryota Miyagi, who was holding the ball, seemed to have been regarded as a breakthrough by Chang Cheng. When he was advancing with the ball, Chang Cheng briefly gave up chasing Budo and turned to double-team Miyagi.

Miyagi Ryota, who was about to be double-teamed, subconsciously dropped the ball to Jinguji Budo who was advancing towards the frontcourt.

The basketball fell, but Wu Dao just looked up and didn't intend to catch the ball at all. When the basketball reached the top of his head, he stretched out his right hand and slapped the basketball directly.The basketball in the air suddenly disguised itself and flew over Mitsui Shou's head.

Hisashi Mitsui took off to catch the ball, and after landing it was just a simple feint against the defense, and then quickly dropped the ball and broke through. In the blink of an eye, he directly broke through the defender and rushed towards the inside.

Mikoshiba, who often occupies the inside line, chose to defend Mitsui Shou at the first time, but he also consciously guarded against Mitsui Shou passing the ball to Akagi.

Mitsui Shou's cutting speed was very fast, and he came to the basket in the blink of an eye, but he didn't seem to want to lay up by himself. There was a hand-off.

Seeing this scene, Mikoshiba didn't even think about it, and came to Akagi Takenori in an instant, blocking Mitsui's passing route, but at the same time, there was no obstacle in front of Mitsui's body.

But he just made some moves here, and Mitsui quickly received the ball, and then made a light layup, sending the ball into the basket.

"nice, little three."

Budo Jinguji clapped his hands and shouted when he saw Hisashi Mitsui score a layup with a false pass.Off the court, the substitutes in Xiangbei were already cheering. It was only a goal, but these substitutes were quite excited.The quality of the students of the Xiangbei basketball team is actually very average. At this time, none of the players on the bench have experienced the national competition.

At this time, seeing their teammates score on the courts across the country, they are also very excited. It is difficult for others to understand the feeling of pride.

"Hmph!" Mitsui Shou snorted softly, with a confident and stinky expression on his face.

"All cheer me up!"

"This is our Xiangbei's first competition in the national competition, we must not fail!"

"Today, we need to beat Chang Cheng by more than 20 points!"

Mitsui Shou shouted loudly at the players on the way back to the defense.His words can indeed give the players a lot of encouragement, especially after Mitsui Shou scored.

"Okay!" Chiba, Miyagi, and Akagi subconsciously responded, and even Jinguji Budao shouted at the top of his voice, and then accelerated his pace of returning to defense.

Mitsui Shou's words inspired everyone in Xiangbei, but also angered Changcheng's team members. Although Changcheng was also rated as a B-level team, they were different from Xiangbei in that they were representatives of Shizuoka County. This is not the first time for them to enter the national competition.

Facing a rookie team in a national competition like Xiangbei, they will fall into a disadvantage, and they may even lose the game, which is unacceptable to them!

"This group of guys absolutely cannot lose to them!"

"Hai Zang, you come to organize the team, you must not let them continue to be arrogant!"

Captain Chang Cheng, wearing the No. 4 jersey, came to the side of the No. 5 player after serving the ball and asked.

"Yes, Captain!" Kai Zang nodded his head, and while he was speaking, the basketball had passed into his hands.

After catching the ball, he looked at Jinguji Budao in the frontcourt with a firm gaze.

"Oh? This person's eyes have changed!"

Kaizang entered the frontcourt with the ball, and Jinguji Budou defended immediately. He stopped the opponent at a position about one meter in front of the three-point line, because he didn't know what kind of player the opponent was, and Budou was defending. It was time to push the line of defense to this position.

In the high school arena, there are not many players with ultra-long three-pointers, and Budo did not push the defense line further.

Having just arrived in front of Kai Zang, Bu Dao immediately noticed the change in the opponent's eyes. Bu Dao has a lot of experience in guessing the opponent's mentality.

"Is this serious? Planning to break through from me?!"

Wu Dao looked at the other party's firm eyes, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled up.

"This guy, what are you laughing at?!"

"Are you underestimating me?!"

Hai Zang standing in front of Bu Dao saw the inexplicable smile on Bu Dao's face, and a nameless anger suddenly surged in his heart.He didn't know why he suddenly had such emotions, but when he saw Wu Dao smiling, he felt that he was being laughed at.

"Crack!" The basketball fell, and Kaizang quickly dropped the ball and broke through. He is good at breaking through from his right side because it is his strong sidehand.

However, he had only just moved when a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.Jinguji Budo didn't shy away from the physical collision between the two, and Kaizo, who was caught off guard, directly bumped into Budo's body, and the rhythm of the ball was disrupted.

In the next instant, Jinguji Budo's hand had already slapped the basketball.

Stealing, after the confrontation, Wu Dao's stealing went extremely smoothly, and the basketball was directly slapped away by Wu Dao.

Without the slightest hesitation, Jinguji Budo directly started to pass Kaizo, picked up the basketball on the ground, and quickly moved towards the frontcourt.

At the moment when the steal happened, the audience above the stands let out a burst of low cries, Wu Dao's action was too neat, and completing the steal in an instant also made many people aware of the gap between the strength of Bu Dao and the opposing players.

"The action is so fast. It is obvious that people are so tall. To complete the steal against Chang Cheng No. 5, the center of gravity needs to be placed very low."

"However, after completing the steal, he can still start up instantly, and the explosive speed is far beyond what the opponent can match."

"This Jinguji martial art is really strong!"

Laymen watch the excitement, and experts watch the doorway. Some viewers are only attracted by Jinguji Budao's clean steals, but what attracts them is only Budao's chic movements.

But Aiwa Academy coach Ming Shancunzheng, who was also watching the game from the stands, noticed something unusual about Budao.

"Oh~ the movements are really clean, coach, is this the opponent you told Zhu Xing that we should pay attention to in the next game?"

All the players of Aihe Academy in Shohoku were watching today's game. Ming Shancunzheng and Zhu Xingda both went to Kanagawa County to watch the Shohoku game, and they have a little understanding of the ability of Jinguji martial arts.Therefore, when they go back, they will inevitably mention martial arts with their team members.

But how the players are playing, listening to what others say is not as intuitive as what they think. At this time, Jinguji Budo's performance on the court immediately attracted their attention.

"Yes! Jinguji Budo, one of the so-called twin stars of Kanagawa."

"Even if we love He, only Zhu Xing can deal with him!"

Ming Shancun was talking to the team members on the side, but Zhu Xing, whom he had high hopes for, was not as confident as he was. Looking at Bu Dao, who was holding the ball and fast-breaking, his expression was stern.

Stealing and speeding up the attack is obviously an excellent scoring opportunity, but Wu Dao didn't do it himself.He deliberately slowed down so that Akagi Takenori could follow up. After passing the three-pointer, Budou looked back at Akagi's position, lightly tossed the basketball in his hand upwards, and then quickly turned a corner, vacating the position under the basket.

Behind Budao, there are not only Akagi who is following up and preparing to enter the basket, but also Changcheng players who are chasing and defending.Miko Chai was originally chasing Budao, and he was already ready to block the shot, but Budao's sudden throw of the ball caught him off guard.

Akagi in the rear saw the position of the basketball and jumped up, grabbed the ball with both hands in the air and poured it into the basket hard.Miko Chai couldn't dodge in time, and was directly hit by Akagi's huge body, staggered, and sat down on the ground.

"Roar!!!"

The referee on the sidelines did not say anything to the fallen Okoshiba.After the slam dunk, the Chimu hanging frame roared, venting his emotions.

"It actually passed the ball, this guy didn't come by himself."

"It seems that they are going to let other people in Xiangbei play? Help the players score to nourish the confidence of the players."

Aihe's coach Mingshan Village was a little surprised that Budao gave up his chance to perform, but it was precisely because of this that his expression became more serious.In his impression, Jinguji Budao is the ace of the lone wolf, and things like sharing the ball should not have happened to Budao.

Passing the ball to his teammates in a big gap does not match the persona of Jinguji Budo in his impression.

"Good job, Akagi."

"My assists are not wrong."

Budo smiled and punched Akagi Takenori to celebrate. After the dunk, Akagi was obviously very happy. After nodding heavily, his steps back to defense were extremely firm.

The other players in Xiangbei were also encouraged by Akagi's dunk, and their momentum was high for a while.

Hai Zang, who was robbed, lowered his head and apologized to the team members, but Chang Cheng's team members didn't blame him, and their captain just told him to be more cautious and serious.

But basketball, no matter how cautious and serious you are, on the court, attitude can only make up part of the gap in strength.

As for the strength gap between Jinguji Budao and Kaizo, obviously it cannot be made up by being cautious and serious!
As the game progressed, Kaizo tried to break through Jinguji Budo's defense with the encouragement of his teammates, but what greeted him was the cruel reality.Kai Zang tried to hit three balls, one ball was intercepted by Budou simply and neatly, and the second ball was about to play a quick stop in front of Budou, but in the end he was directly robbed of a hat.

By the third ball, Kaizo, who broke through halfway, found that Budo hadn't lost his position at all, and his spirit was gone, so he directly chose to pass the ball, and didn't continue to try to break through.However, the quality of his passing was also very poor under the influence of Budo, and Miyagi Ryota seized the opportunity to complete the steal in the lateral conduction.

Continuous mistakes caused Chang Cheng to lose several offensive opportunities, but Xiangbei, on the contrary, seized the scoring opportunities every time.Akagi Takenori's slam dunk, Mitsui Hisashi later picked up Budo's blocked ball and then made a quick three-pointer, and then Miyagi's solo quick layup.

For a time, the point difference between the two teams quickly widened.Chang Cheng decisively changed his offensive method when he realized that Kaizo could not play this point, and the basketball began to frequently pass into the inside line, and Miko Chai completed the finish.

Akagi Takenori works very hard on the defensive end. Although Mikoshiba's offensive ability is good, but under Akagi's defense, the offensive efficiency can only be said to be average, and the probability of success in the inside offense is only about 60%. If it is outside Shooting, such a scoring rate is very strong, but for the inside, it is just a routine.

The offense failed a few times, and the rebounds were also controlled by Xiangbei High School.However, Xiangbei's attack efficiency is much higher. After Mitsui Shou missed an open three-pointer at the beginning, he decisively changed his style of play and became a scoring method based on breakthroughs.The Haichang players who defended him were no match for him at all, and Mitsui Shou wanted to pass him with great ease.

Hisashi Mitsui, who broke into the inside line, sometimes passed the ball, and sometimes made a fake fax shot, which completely dispatched Mikoshiba and another Changcheng player.With the assist of Mitsui Shou, Chiba and Akagi also played and scored frequently.

As the game progressed, the scores between Chang Cheng and Xiangbei did not show any tendency to get closer, but instead got bigger and bigger.

Fifteen minutes into the first half, the point difference between the two teams has reached 15 points. Before the point difference was less than 13 points, Haichang had already called a timeout and sent the defensive players who should have defended Budo to help defend Mitsui birthday.After the timeout, Haichang's rate of losing points slowed down, but it only slowed down, and the point difference was still slowly widening.

On the court, Jinguji Budou received a pass from Miyagi at the top of the arc, and his foot was already on the three-point line, but the defender in front of him was still about two meters away from him.The opponent's defensive attention was not on Budo at all, but on Mitsui Shou who was running not far away and trying to cut into the inside.

It was obviously a great opportunity, but Budo didn't intend to shoot. Instead, he gave it to Akagi Takenori, who was an important insider.

The practice of martial arts made some members of Aihe Academy confused, and asked the coach next to him:
"Coach, does this Jinguji Budo not have the ability to shoot long distances?"

"I didn't even take such a good opportunity. This kind of situation is not once or twice. Is this guy really as powerful as you say?"

Hearing the doubts of the team members, Ming Shancun shook his head and said:
"Although Jinguji Budo didn't participate in scoring much, Xiangbei has slowly opened up the points difference. His contribution is not small in this!"

"He doesn't attack, but it doesn't mean he can't attack. I guess, Xiangbei wants other players to perform well today."

"Although Xiangbei is not an ace team in the traditional sense, but in the previous county competition, Xiangbei relied a lot on the performance of ace players."

"Xiangbei did this today for the purpose of training troops."

"This also means that, like Chang Cheng, Xiangbei, who is rated B, consciously has the ability to crush opponents."

"Their confidence comes from Jinguji martial arts!"

"Didn't you notice, the Changcheng No. 5 player who is facing Jinguji Budao, his state."

As Ming Shancunzheng's voice fell, the players of Aihe Academy looked towards the field one after another.The game only lasted 15 minutes. As a defensive player who doesn't do much offense, Kaizo is in a rather poor state at this time.

His eyelids were drooping, although the weather was still cool today, but Kaizo's jersey was already soaked in sweat, clinging to his skin.The tiredness on his face is like a 175cm, 200kg 'macho man' after running 1000 meters.

"It looks so tired, why is it like this? On the side of Jinguji Martial Arts, you haven't sweated much?"

The players of Aihe noticed the abnormality and shouted in a low voice.

"Although Jinguji Budao didn't attack, Haichang's No. 5 was desperately trying to get out of the open space!"

"Didn't you realize that No. 5 has been completely sealed off by Jinguji Budao!"

In the stadium, Kai Zang was panting heavily, his eyes were watching Budo, while observing Mitsui Hisashi's position from the corner of his eye.

Now he is very tired, if possible, he really wants to lie on the ground and rest.

Today's match was very difficult for him, he felt a pair of big hands firmly holding his body, no matter what he did, Jinguji Budao on the opposite side would always appear in front of him at the right time.

Not only in offense, but even in defense, he can feel his own powerlessness. It is too easy for Jinguji Budao to play in front of him!

"Whew!" Just as Kaizo was thinking wildly, the basketball turned into a red light and flew past his ear, directly passing into the hands of Akagi on the inside.

Okoshiba, who was defending Akagi, obviously did not expect Budo to pass the ball to the inside so easily.The rapid vertical pass caught him off guard, and he could only watch Akagi half-turn and score a layup.

Seeing Xiangbei score another point, Coach Anxi on the sidelines finally smiled and applauded lightly.

"Although Xiangbei's rating is B, if you really play Xiangbei as a B-level team, I'm afraid it will suffer a lot!"

Domoto Goro of Sanko Industry folded his arms in front of his chest, musing.Around him, a group of Sanno Industry players in different postures sat on the bench watching the game.

"That's it, it's just that we didn't meet our mountain king."

Zebei Eiji leaned on the seat, raised his head slightly, looked down at the players on the field, and gave his evaluation.

(End of this chapter)