Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 312 He is both a talent and a fool.
The news that Xiangbei High School defeated Miuratai with a score of 121:57 and advanced to the semi-finals of the county competition quickly spread in the Xiangbei campus.

Moreover, the local sports media in Kanagawa Prefecture paid a lot of attention to Xiangbei High School. On the second day after the game was won, the newspaper reported the incident on the front page. However, this front page headline was not exclusive to Xiangbei High School. .

Lingnan High School, which also easily advanced to the semi-finals, also shared part of the layout.

However, there is one thing that Xiangbei has taken advantage of, and that is the photo on the front page of the newspaper, which used the photo of Sakuragi Hanamichi dunking in the game at that time.

Early in the morning, when Hanamichi Sakuragi came to the school, he heard about his publication in the newspaper. He directly "borrowed" a sum of money from Yang Ping and others, bought a lot of newspapers outside the school, and worked as an editor on campus. Free "newsboys" advertise their "brilliant deeds".

"Sakuragi, this kid, actually actually made it into the newspaper."

When Jinguji Budao came to school early in the morning, he was also stuffed with a newspaper by "newsboy" Hanamichi Sakuragi.When I went back to the classroom, I saw the report about Yingmu Huadao.

"Shocked, Xiangbei rookie, red devil Sakuragi Hanadao!"

Looking at the exaggerated captions with different fonts on the photo, Bu Dao couldn't help but laugh out loud.After a brief glance, it was placed in the drawer of the seat.

Kanagawa County's prefectural selection competition system is different from the national competition. Compared with the back-to-back death match system of the national competition, the selection competition of the county competition is much more humane.

After entering the semi-finals, Xiangbei High School officially ushered in the semi-final round-robin three days later.

The four teams entering the round robin this year are Lingnan High School, Hainan University Affiliated High School, Xiangbei High School, and the strong local school in Kanagawa County, Xiangyang High School.

And Xiangbei High School's first match in the round-robin round of the semi-finals was against Xiangyang High School.

In the first year of Budo High, Xiangyang's second-year students Kenji Fujima and Toru Hanagata broke out with the coach of the team, and both left Xiangyang High School.After the two of them left Xiangyang High School and entered Lingnan, they helped Lingnan High School win the national championship.

The senior executives of Xiangyang High School naturally noticed that the two sophomores who had run away from Xiangyang High School had performed brilliantly in the national competition.Immediately burning with anger, the head coach of Xiangyang at the time was held accountable and forced him to resign.

Until the start of the county competition this year, Xiangyang High School was unable to find a suitable coach for the team. The head coach of Xiangyang has always been replaced by a manager who does not understand football.

Although there is no coach, Xiangyang High School is an established and strong school after all, and its annual student population is not bad.Even without the coach, Xiangyang still maintains a considerable level of combat effectiveness.

Relying on its solid background, this year's Xiangyang still broke into the semi-finals of the county competition.

This kind of strength has also made many fans sigh. It is really surprising that Xiangyang still has such a performance without a coach.

It's just that Xiangyang's good luck will come to an end today.

"I really didn't expect it! Even without the coach, Xiangyang High School still reached the semi-finals this year."

"Who said it wasn't? But the choice of Fujima and Hanakata was really wise. They went to Lingnan and won the national championship."

"On the other hand, today's Xiangyang is able to enter the semi-finals, which is already thankful."

In the Kanagawa County Arena, the round-robin match between Xiangbei High School and Xiangyang High School will begin soon.The players of the two teams are still making final preparations on the sidelines, and the spectators watching the game look at the current Xiangyang High School and discuss in low voices.

Most of the audience who came to watch the game today have some knowledge of local high school basketball.Although they are both top four, Xiangyang High School and Xiangbei High School are now two completely different schools.Not to mention that there is a top scorer in the country like Jinguji Budao in Xiangbei High School, even if there is no Jinguji Budao, the strength of Xiangbei High School today is far from what Xiangyang can compare.

In the rest area of ​​Xiangbei High School, Hanamichi Sakuragi, Kaede Rukawa and others gathered in front of Coach Anxi, listening to Coach Anxi making the final arrangement before going on stage.

That's right, facing Xiangyang High School, Xiangbei High School still planned to use the group of first-year freshmen, but the lineup changed slightly, and Ryumasa Oda was replaced by Ichiro Katsumi.

"The opponent in today's game is different from the Miuradai you met in the last game."

"Although Xiangyang has no coach now, their strength should not be underestimated."

"Of course, don't be too nervous, just play according to the training time. Today's pizza, use the triangle attack."

"Nanxiang, Kemei, and Rukawa, the three of you must cooperate well."

Coach Anxi glanced at the timer on the sidelines and made the final arrangements for the players.At this time in the original time and space, coach Anxi must have suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized, and missed the game between Xiangbei High School and Lingnan.In today's world, that doesn't happen.

Under Budao's reminder and attention, Coach Anxi found out that he had a heart problem a year ago. Through diet control and drug treatment, the condition has been alleviated to some extent.There was no sudden heart attack during the coaching process.

"Yes, coach!" Rukawa Feng and the others listened to Coach Anxi's arrangement, and nodded in agreement, but when it came to Yingmu Huadao, there was another moth.

"Is Dad going to play the triangle offense?!"

"No, I think my offensive ability is also very strong! Or, I mainly play with the ball?"

Hearing that the triangle offense was going to be played in today's game, Sakuragi immediately had a problem.In Xiangbei's first-year triangle offensive system, Sakuragi is a weak triangle and a marginal player.Sakuragi, who just shined in the match against Miuradai, is no longer reconciled to being a green leaf, and he feels that he can take on the role of Rukawa Kaede.

"Hey! Red-haired monkey, what are you talking about?!"

"Just you, can you also play with the ball?!"

When Koichiro Nango heard this, he quit immediately. He is the inside core of the first-year triangle offense. Sakuragi wants to play with the ball?Isn't this just stealing the ball from him? !
"Dyeing Monkey, shut up!" Sakuragi turned around and glared at Nanxiang, refusing to budge.

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Coach Anxi turned his head silently and glanced at Akagi Takenori who was sitting on the bench.The latter had an understanding, stood up silently, came to the back of Yingmu Huadao and Nanxiang silently, and punched the two of them on the top of their heads with one fist, which immediately made them quiet.

"Haha. Two idiots!"

Seeing Sakuragi and Nango being taught a lesson, Kiyota Nobunaga laughed gloatingly.

Seeing that Sakuragi and Nanxiang had calmed down, Coach Anxi paused and continued:
"Sakuragi, in the second half, you can try to do Nanxiang's work."

"Remember, the second half."

Coach Anxi has a very precise grasp of Sakuragi Hanamichi's character. He knows that if Sakuragi is not allowed to see hope, this kid may be in trouble.After asking Akagi to give him a big stick, he fed him a sweet date.

While training Sakuragi, Coach Anzai also hopes to give Nango a sense of urgency, so that Sakuragi and Nango can form a good competition.

"ohhhh!!!!"

"Father, you agree! You are really wise!"

"Hahahahaha!"

Hearing what Coach Anxi said, Sakuragi Hanamichi immediately became active, and Nango curled his lips in disdain. He is different from Sakuragi. Although he also has a boisterous personality, he is still quite polite in front of Coach Anxi. , will not openly refute the meaning of Coach Anxi.

"Tch, do you think the inside pillar of the triangle offense is so easy to play?"

"Coach Anxi will see how good I am after watching your performance."

Nanxiang was thinking in his heart as he walked into the stadium with his teammates.

Not long after everyone in Xiangbei entered the stadium, Xiangyang's starters also appeared.

"Oh Xiangyang people are tall."

Nango Koichiro and his teammates walked to the middle circle together and took their seats.After seeing Xiangyang's players appear on the stage, Nango Koichiro sighed in surprise.

Xiangyang's starters are all very tall.Hasegawa, Nagano Mitsuru and others are all over 190cm tall. The shortest point guard in the team also has a visual height of 180cm, which is obviously a lot taller than Miuradai who met yesterday.At the same time, the Xiangbei group suffered a small loss in terms of average height in front of the Xiangyang players.

Now the captain of Xiangyang is Hasegawa who wears the No. 4 jersey.This unknown third-year Xiangyang is firmly seated as the captain of Xiangyang.

When Jinguji Budo saw that Hasegawa was wearing the 4-star jersey, he couldn't help but sigh secretly: "There are no tigers in the mountains."

Glancing at Xiangyang's team members, Wu Dao couldn't help but let out another sigh: "Today's Xiangyang can't even beat our Xiangbei substitute."

"It seems that the few of us have no chance to play in today's game."

In the stadium, Xiangbei and Xiangyang, who were seated in the middle circle, looked at each other.

After the players of the two teams took their positions, the referee walked into the court with the ball, and after a whistle, the referee threw the ball into the air to announce the start of the game.

"Snapped!!"

There was a soft sound in the middle of the court, and Koichiro Nango overwhelmed Shoichi Takano of Xiangyang, and got the jump ball first.The basketball was held by Kiyota Nobunaga in the backcourt.

"Well done, Dye Monkey!"

Kiyota Nobunaga gave Nango Koichiro a rare compliment, then raised a finger, and confidently shouted to the team members:
"Come! Attack!"

"Take the ball steadily!"

Although Kiyota Nobunaga's words were relatively calm, his footsteps and hand movements were not as steady as his mouth.

After getting the jump ball and calling out to the players, Kiyota Nobunaga quickly dribbled the ball towards the frontcourt, looking like he was planning to play a fast break.

"Return to defense! Come back to defense!"

While calling his teammates, Hasegawa reached out his hand to interfere when Kiyota Nobunaga charged forward.It's just that his interference was easily dodged by Kiyota's bad luck, and at the same time Kiyota also smoothly approached the three-point line.

"Hey hey, Xiangyang High School."

"The speed is also average."

It didn't take a few seconds for Nobunaga Kiyota to catch the ball from the backcourt to lead it into the frontcourt. When he approached the three-point line, Xiangyang's players had just finished their positions.The speed of returning to defense can only be regarded as so-so, which may have something to do with the height of Xiangyang players.

But not all elders have terrifying speed like Budo Jinguji and Sakuragi.

Aware of this, Nobunaga Kiyota did not hesitate at all, and directly shot a long three-pointer from the open.

After entering Shonhoku High School, Kiyota Nobunaga was trained by Coach Anzai towards the guard. In addition to requiring Kiyota to have an excellent dribble, Coach Anzai also trained Kiyota's shooting.

Although Kiyota Nobunaga's three-pointer is immature, it is not without it. In this situation, Kiyota dared to make a shot.

"Clang~~"

The basketball flew over the players and fell towards the basket.However, Kiyota's strength seemed to be underused, the basketball hit the front of the basket, making a crisp sound of iron striking.

"Ahhhhh!!"

"Idiot wild monkey, what the hell is shooting?!"

At the moment when Kiyota shot the ball, Hanamichi Sakuragi and Nango had just entered the inside line, and they didn't occupy favorable terrain at all, so Kiyota shot directly.

With the emergence of rebounds, the two were quickly caught by Xiangyang's inside line and lost the best position to grab rebounds.

If you are facing an ordinary team, Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nango can snatch rebounds with their height and bounce even if they have no position. After all, the center of an ordinary high school team is only about 185cm tall.

However, Xiangyang's insiders are all over 190cm in height. It is no problem to control the rebounds in the backcourt in the case of occupying a favorable location.

"Snapped!"

Takano Shoichi stuck in Nango's position, jumped up and grabbed the ball in his hands, and immediately hugged the ball in his arms after landing. After Sakuragi and Nango realized that they had no chance to retreat, they did not Give the ball to your team's point guard.

The ball was easy to turn, and Xiangyang launched a counterattack.

"Kid Qingtian, is he drifting?!"

Seeing Kiyota Nobunaga handling the jump ball like this, Mitsui Hisashi frowned.

"Don't worry, it's normal for him to behave like this."

"Young people, when you get beaten up, you will naturally put aside your contempt."

"Although Xiangyang does not have a coach, it is not weak to be able to enter the semi-finals."

"Those players are tall, and their footsteps are not too slow. Even if there are no star players leading the offense, the defensive end is definitely enough for these first-years to drink a pot."

"Look at it, if Kiyoshi Kiyoshi acts like this, he will suffer soon."

Jinguji Budo looked at the two teams in the arena, whose offense and defense were easy to switch, his eyes fell on Kiyota Nobunaga, and he said with a smile.In fact, not only Nobunaga Kiyoda has the mentality of underestimating his opponents, but also Hanamichi Sakuragi, Nango and others.The previous big victory against Miuradai made these first graders drift away, thinking that high school basketball was nothing more than that.

As soon as Wu Dao's voice fell, Xiangyang had already entered the front court.Although there is no coach, Xiangyang's basic cooperation is still there. With the help of Takano Shoichi's high pick-and-roll, Ito Takumi easily passed Kiyota's defense. After breaking through, he attracted Sakuragi's supplementary defense, and then sent the ball to the open mid-range Nagano Man.

As for Nango, Takano Shoichi, who was running down after the pick-and-roll, attracted attention at this time. He did not pay attention to Nagano Mitsuru, who was missed by Sakuragi. The latter took the ball and shot directly from the middle distance.

"Shua!" With a soft sound, in the match between Xiangbei and Xiangyang, Xiangyang High School took the lead in scoring.

"These guys are both talented and stupid"

"Wake up quickly"

Seeing Xiangyang score easily, Wu Dao couldn't help muttering.

Xiangyang High School is really not weak. In the original time and space, Shonhoku was able to win. The main reason was that Fujima underestimated the plot of Shonhoku. Cards, actually did not score a point, let alone the whole half of the water in the front.

The long-man system led by Huagata once defeated Xiangbei. After Fujima came up, the offensive end did not strengthen much. This can be seen from the final score of 60+ between the two teams.

Although the current Xiangyang has lost Huagata and Fujima, the other players are also very tall, and their style of play has continued.

What's more, there is no Akagi Takenori and Miyagi Ryota in this Xiangbei team on the field at this time.Nango's dominance at the basket is not as good as Akagi's, and Kiyota is not necessarily better than Miyagi in terms of small and big games, and Rukawa Kaede's offensive firepower may not be able to burst out perfectly.This can be seen from the score in the original book.

From the point of view of Wu Dao, the strength of this group of freshmen in Xiangbei is only a line higher than that of Xiangyang. If they don't fight seriously, these boys may overturn.

(End of this chapter)