Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 301 The Man Who Holds the Key to Victory!
Yingmu Huadao's dunks are in the shape of flowers, and the first ball of this Xiangbei freshman back on the court shocked everyone.

Shinomiya Tianye looked at the Sakuragi Flower Road with a hanging basket in surprise. After a moment of astonishment, he turned his head and looked at Jinguji Budou:

"You Xiangbei... are you going to use this kid to break the current balance on the court!"

"At present, it seems that it can have some effect."

Although the fight against Hanamichi Sakuragi was very short, and Hanamichi Sakuragi's skills were indeed very average, but Shinomiya Tianye saw something called "possibility" from Hanamichi Sakuragi.

He had never seen such a thing from other Xiangbei first graders.

Yingmu Huadao's talent is very strong. From Shinomiya Tano's point of view, this kid's talent may be ranked among the top three in Kanagawa Prefecture.Such a first grade is enough to attract his attention.

"Breaking the balance is not really considered, just take this opportunity and try to break it in."

"How about it, our first graders in Xiangbei, it's not bad."

Seeing that Yingmu Huadao had fallen back to the ground, Bu Dao began to return to defense under the surprised eyes of all the Lingnan team members, and replied to Shinomiya Tianye with a smile.After that, he stopped talking to Shinomiya Tianye, and when he was intertwined with Sakuragi, he boxed tacitly to celebrate.

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Shinomiya Tianye silently watched the departing Xiangbei people, and began to run forward at a small trot.

This year's Xiangbei is much stronger than last year's Xiangbei. This is not only reflected in the personal growth of the draft players, but also the depth of Xiangbei's bench can also reflect the enhancement of Xiangbei's strength.

"A new force in Xiangbei? I'll personally test your quality."

Shinomiya Tianye murmured, and quickly ran towards the front field.In the backcourt, Kenji Fujima had already received the serve from his teammates and quickly dribbled the ball forward. After he entered the frontcourt, Shinomiya Tano immediately ran to pick and roll.

With the help of Shinomiya Tianye's pick-and-roll, Fujima quickly dropped the ball and broke through.

At the same time, on the Xiangbei side, Jinguji Budao and Miyagi Ryota also switched defenses in time. Budou intercepted Fujima Kenji who was trying to charge in, while Miyagi Ryota switched defenses in front of Shinomiya Ryota.

A simple pick-and-roll coordination gave Shinomiya Tianye a chance from big to small.

After the breakthrough, Kenji Fujima did not run towards the inner line of Shonhoku. Instead, he led Budo's defense and ran laterally, widening the distance from Shinomiya Tianno's position. At the same time, he quickly completed the ball and lobbed the ball to the Shinomiya field.

Miyagi Ryota saw Fujima throwing the ball like this, thinking about stealing it in front of his head, but when the basketball came flying, Shinomiya Tiano easily caught Miyagi with his body, stretched out his hand lightly, and received the ball in his hand .

The whole movement of catching the ball seemed relaxed and freehand, and Miyagi's defense couldn't put even a little bit of pressure on him.

Shinomiya Tano, who was holding the ball, turned around quickly. At the same time, the ball protector simply stuck Miyagi's waist, and easily restrained Miyagi Ryota who was about to chase.In the blink of an eye, Shinomiya Tianye made a breakthrough and moved towards the inside line at high speed.

Standing in front of Fujima, Budou narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at Shinomiya Tianno rushing towards the inside line without moving.

"Go try it, Sakuragi!"

Wu Dao murmured in his heart.

Under the basket, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was originally defending Hanakata, seemed to have heard Jinguji Budou's murmur, and quickly gave up Hanakata, and rushed towards Shinomiya Tianye to make up defense.

Shinomiya Tianno, who was speeding up to attack the basket, saw Hanamichi Sakuragi who was raising the defense, but he didn't have any intention of slowing down to avoid it. He approached the basket, directly took off with the ball, raised his right arm high, grabbed the ball with one hand, and rushed towards the basket. gliding.

"Look how powerful this genius is!"

Sakuragi Hanadao also has a short run-up distance. Although the distance is far less than that of Shinomiya Tianye, he can also use his jumping to a certain extent.Sakuragi on the defensive side jumped up screaming, raised his hands high, and blocked the basketball.

"Oh!"

Shinomiya Tano's body and Sakuragi Hanamichi's body collided in the air. To everyone's surprise, the moment Shinomiya Tano's body collided with Sakuragi's body, the forward gliding trend was abruptly blocked. Contained.

"Stop!!!"

"I can stop it!"

Akagi Takenori, who was standing under the basket, was overjoyed when he saw this scene.

He has already been dunked by Shinomiya Tianye countless times, and being able to restrain Sinomiya Tianye's tendency to glide forward in the air is the first step to a successful defense.It's just that he, Takenori Akagi, hasn't even been able to do this "first step".

But now, what he failed to do, Yingmu Huadao, a first-year student, has actually done it.

"Boy, you are still far from stopping me!"

Shinomiya Tianye yelled violently, although his forward flower-shaped body stopped, he still grabbed the ball with his right hand and threw it towards the basket quickly.

Shinomiya Tianye was clearly still more than 20 centimeters away from the basket, but when he threw the ball with one hand, he slammed the ball hard into the basket from top to bottom.

"What?!" Sakuragi Hanamichi is not as tall as Shinomiya Tano, and although his jumping is only slightly inferior, the absolute height of his jump is much shorter than that of Shinomiya Tano.He really didn't think of Sigong Tianye's move, even if he thought of it, he couldn't stop it.

"clang!"

There was a soft sound behind him, and Yingmu Huadao couldn't wait to look back after landing, only to find that the basketball had fallen from the net at this time, hit the floor, and rolled towards the baseline.

On the sidelines, Lingnan's scoreboard was flipped and two points were added.

"!!!" Yingmu Huadao looked at the basketball on the ground in astonishment, his face full of disbelief.Even Jinguji Budao looked at Shinomiya Tianye in astonishment for a while.

He imagined that Sakuragi Hanamichi should not be able to stop Shinomiya Tianye now, but Budou thought that Shinomiya Tianye would use the lever and use fake moves to avoid Sakuragi's defense, but he never thought that the opponent would use such a method Forcibly piercing the defense of Yingmu Huadao.

The strength that Shinomiya Tianye displayed now has surpassed Budo's imagination.

"Hey! First grade!"

"Come and try to block me!"

Shinomiya Tianye put his thumb on his chest, raised his chin slightly, and said condescendingly to Sakuragi Hanamichi, with an arrogant expression on his face.

If the mouth could be crooked a little more, it would be the Dragon King of the City just like him.
"Damn it!!"

Sakuragi looked at the arrogant Shinomiya Tianye, clenched his fists, and his face was full of unwillingness.

"Sakuragi's defensive ability is definitely not bad now. It is indeed unexpected that the air battle will be defeated in such a way."

"Shinomiya Tianye's strength is too strong, and it can be said that it is impossible to stop after the full speed."

"At this stage, it may be difficult for Sakuragi to influence Shinomiya Tianye's offense."

"Let's focus on rebounding."

Wu Dao thought to himself, and quickly turned his head and ran towards the front field.Sakuragi quickly adjusted his mentality, quickly followed the pace of Budao and others, and moved towards the front court.

For Sakuragi, this kind of failure is not the first time. He believes that there will be a time when he can successfully lay down Shinomiya Tianye!
Between offense and defense, Xiangbei High School quickly launched a counterattack.

After the basketball was passed continuously among the Xiangbei players, it was given to Mitsui Shou. Mitsui Shou who took the ball advanced to the top of the arc. After Budo's pick-and-roll, he quickly dodged behind Budo. Three-point shot.

Now Mitsui's three-point shooting range has expanded a lot, but there is still a lot of room for improvement in terms of shooting stability.

The basketball hit the base of the rim and bounced upward.

Under the basket, the two strong men, Takenori Akagi and Jun Uozumi, were already pushing against each other, trying to occupy the suitable landing point they judged.

On the other side of the basket, Toru Hanaiko also spread out his arms, stuck Sakuragi behind him, and protected the small area under the basket that belonged to him.

Sakuragi squeezed twice, unable to shake the flower shape that had already settled down, looked up at the falling basketball, and silently took two steps back.

The basketball fell, and the landing point was where Hanakata was standing. Seeing that the rebounding point became clear, Jun Uozumi quickly changed from wrestling to blocking, preventing Akagi from getting the ball.

And Huaxing looked at the falling basketball, and jumped up suddenly as if he was holding the ball in his hand.

"Crack!" Huaxing grasped the basketball with both hands, and when he was about to gather the ball into his arms, an arm suddenly stretched out from his back, directly touched the bottom of the basketball, and moved towards the back of Huaxing's head.

"What?!" As soon as Hanakata gave it away, the basketball was taken away. Hanakata who lost the rebound murmured in surprise, and quickly turned around to look. Sakuragi raised the ball slightly, as if preparing to shoot.

"Don't think about it!"

"Fake action! This kid has no basket, Huaxing!"

Hanakata saw this, and quickly stepped forward. Although Shinomiya Tano, who was guarding the Jinguji Budo outside the arena, reminded loudly, all the movements of Hanakata at this moment were subconscious conditioned reflexes, and Shinomiya Tano's reminder , it doesn't work at all.

Sure enough, when Hanakata raised his center of gravity, Sakuragi Hanamichi dropped the ball and made a breakthrough. He passed Hanakata's side in an instant and went straight to the basket.

Sakuragi Hanamichi's slam dunk was not small. The previous ball was dunked by Shinomiya Tianye, but this ball quickly regained his face in his own way.

Two consecutive slam dunks after playing finally made the Shonhoku bench, who was not optimistic about Hanamichi Sakuragi, lively.Some first graders cheered for Sakuragi, and Chiba Oishi, who was sitting on the bench, also had a smile on his face. He was also very happy to replace his junior who played so well.

Kiyota Nobunaga curled his lips in disdain, his face full of dissatisfaction, and he muttered in his mouth: "I can do it myself."

In the rest area on the other side of the stadium, Aida Yan yelled "Fantastic" and "I'm going to make a note of it" in one mouthful. His excited appearance made Sakuragi Hanamichi look like a player from their Lingnan High School. Coach Tian Gang's eyelids twitched as he watched.

"Bastard! Quiet! Yanichi!" Aida Yanichi didn't calm down until Coach Tian Gang yelled, but the excitement in his eyes couldn't dissipate.

"Shohoku's first grader, red-haired Sakuragi Hanamichi!"

Until this moment, Coach Tian Gang finally faced up to the existence of Sakuragi Hanamichi, the soles of his feet "da da da" lit the floor, and his brain was running rapidly.

"This starting team in Xiangbei, all the positions are excellent."

"Compared to Mitsui Hisashi's comprehensiveness, Akagi's calmness and robustness, Miyagi Ryota's quickness, and Jinguji Budo's sharpness, Chiba Oishi at the power forward position is a little more ordinary."

"Looking at the whole country, there are countless power forwards like Chiba Oishi. They may not be seen in weak teams, but in strong teams, this position has become Xiangbei's weakness."

"Many times, Akagi undertakes most of the work of guarding rebounds, and Chiba Oishi, Mitsui Hisashi, and Jinguji Budo share the rest of the work."

"But this little red-haired ghost... can fill the vacancy very well, and completely liberate Mitsui Shou and Jinguji Budao."

If Hanamichi Sakuragi suppressed Sugahira and Fukuda in the first half, there was no way for Coach Tianoka to take care of him, so now Sakuragi's two offenses and one defense have made him a successful name on Coach Tianoka's side.

Facing Shinomiya Tianno and Hanakata, they can play such a performance, which shows that Sakuragi already has the level to influence the battle situation.

On the court, Sakuragi Hanamichi's two consecutive slam dunks made Lingnan's players increase their defense against the inside line. Fujima no longer kept close to Miyagi's defense in his defensive position, but retreated to the middle distance of the paint area , To ensure that I can go up to double-team the first time when Xiangbei's inside players receive the ball.

As for Miyagi Yoshida's three-pointer?Fuji really didn't think about it.

Except for the adjustment of Fujima's defensive position, the defense of Shinomiya Tano and Sendo Akira is still close to that of Jinguji Budo and Mitsui Hisashi. Terrifying outside scoring ability.

Budo saw that Miyagi Ryota had many good outside shot opportunities, and he also tried to throw the ball to Miyagi Ryota, allowing him to attack from outside the three-point line.

Ryota Miyagi also shot a few three-pointers decisively, and Fujima on the defensive side just extended his hand to interfere. Compared with Miyagi's breakthrough, the threat of Ryota Miyagi's three-pointers is much smaller.

And Miyagi's shooting percentage is indeed average, the overall shooting percentage is around 40%, and the number of missed shots is quite large.

As the number of Miyagi Ryota's shots increased, Shonhoku's offensive rebounds appeared more frequently, and Sakuragi Hanamichi's rebounding ability was also shown in Miyagi Ryota's missed shots.

"Whoa!!"

At the basket, Ryota Miyagi missed another strong shot, and the basketball fell out of the basket.

Just as the basketball left the basket, it was falling, when there was a loud shout from behind Hanakata, Sakuragi Hanamichi jumped up, from behind Hanakata, he stretched out his hand and directly grabbed the basketball, and dunked it into the net.

Huagata stood on the ground the whole time, and the huge force behind him made him unable to take off at all, watching Yingmu Hanamichi complete the back button.

As the basketball hit the net, cheers broke out in the Xiangbei rest area.

In the 19 minutes of the game, the score of the two teams came to 97:83, with a difference of 14 points.

There is still 1 minute left before the end of the game. With such a point difference, the winner has already been divided.

However, Sakuragi Flower Road in the stadium still maintains a considerable degree of enthusiasm for competition. Although the score is behind and the outcome is already clear, there is no trace of disappointment on Sakuragi's face.

Don't miss every offensive opportunity.

Hanamichi Sakuragi played for only a few minutes in the second half, adding 4 rebounds and 6 points in personal scoring.

Coach Anzai felt very relieved when he saw Sakuragi actively returning to defense after making up the dunk.

"We will win the championship. We in Xiangbei will definitely win the championship!"

(End of this chapter)