Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 319 Boosting the Growth of Geniuses!
As the basketball was thrown into the air by the referee, the match between Xiangbei High School and Hainan officially started.

Midline.

Takenori Akagi and Hiroshi Morishige took off one after another, stretched out their hands and patted the basketball.

Takenori Akagi, who has rich experience in the game, is very mature in controlling the timing of the jump ball. Seeing that he was able to catch the basketball before Hiroshi Morishi, the next second, a big hand came from behind, and he tapped directly under the basketball , Dial the ball towards Hainan's backcourt.

"This kid, what a strong explosive power!"

Akagi Takenori was shocked when he saw the jump ball that was about to be picked up by the opponent.Although he already felt that Hiroshi Morishi was a very powerful center in the game between Hainan and Lingnan, but at this time the opponent still won the jump ball even though the opponent lost the opportunity, which still surprised Akagi.

Such explosive power is far above his Akagi Takenori!

"Well done! Hiro!"

Mu Shen in Hainan's backcourt trotted a few steps to control the ball in his hands, and immediately gave a loud encouragement.

Don't think it's just winning the jump ball. For Hainan, winning the jump ball means taking the offensive lead. Facing a strong opponent like Xiangbei High School, the first move is the key!

"Very good, Ah Kun really won the jump ball, and the next step is to score a goal steadily!"

"Jinguji Budo is different from Shinomiya Tianye. Although his physical fitness is equally as good, Xiangbei's offense needs to revolve around him."

"Shoubei High School's defense should not be able to send Jinguji Budou inside."

"As long as Hiroshi can catch the ball inside, the success rate of our offense will be greatly increased!"

Mu Shenyi pushed forward with the ball, while watching Xiangbei's position to defend.Different from Lingnan High School's man-to-man defense, Xiangbei High School adopts a zone defense, with the main task of consolidating the defense inside.

In the Xiangbei half, Akagi Takenori and Sakuragi Hanamichi guarded the two sections of the paint area under the basket respectively, and Jinguji Budao and Miyagi Ryota stood on both sides of the free throw line, emptying the outside of the three-point line at the horn position .However, Mitsui Shou did not join the joint defense system of the four in Xiangbei, but was responsible for defending Shenzong Ichiro alone.

Today's Mitsui Toshiro is similar in height to Ichiro Shenzong, and he is stronger than Ichiro Shenzong in terms of experience and skills. There is no problem in defending the opponent alone.

Mu Shenyi, who entered the frontcourt, observed the defense of Xiangbei High School, and immediately gave up the idea of ​​passing the ball to Hiroshi Morishi.As soon as Mu Shen knew, Xiangbei's defense was mainly aimed at players like him and Mori Shigehiro who needed to attack near the basket.

"We need to trick the people from Xiangbei out!"

"Otherwise, with someone like Jinguji Budou helping to defend the inside line, the pressure on Hiroshi is too great."

Soon, Mu Shenyi made a decision, took the ball away from the top of the arc, and began to move quickly from the direction of the horn to the middle distance of the bottom line.

Budou Jinguji, who was standing near the free throw line, glanced slightly when he saw this, but didn't choose to follow up.

Soon, as soon as Mu Shen approached the basket, Akagi Takenori, who was closer to him, thought about it and stepped forward decisively, not giving Mu Shen a chance to shoot. At the same time, relying on his position, he blocked Mu Shenyi and The passing lanes between Hiroshi Morishige. .

As Akagi Takenori left the basket, Mu Shen took the next best thing, faked a real pass, sent the ball to the inside, and gave it to Kazuma Takasago. Kazuma Takasago took the ball without any hesitation, and directly sideways Passed to Hiroshi Mori who was vacant.

The latter took the ball, forced it up directly, grabbed the ball with both hands, and poured it towards the basket.

"Don't think about it!!!"

However, at this moment, Akagi shouted violently from behind Hiroshi Mori, and a big hand pressed down on the basketball from behind Hiroshi Mori.

Akagi Takenori, who pulled to the middle distance to defend Mu Shenyi, returned to the basket smoothly in the short one or two seconds of Hainan's transmission.

"Well done! Gorilla!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi was standing under the basket at this time, with Kazuma Takasago stuck behind him, watching Akagi hold down the basketball in Morishigakahiro's hand with one hand, and let out a low cry of excitement.

"Boom!!!"

However, just as his words fell, Hiroshi Morishi smashed the ball into the basket hard, making a loud noise.

Akagi Takenori's block from behind him did not affect Morishihiro's dunk.

"what?!"

The basketball fell rapidly from the net, and Hanamichi Sakuragi looked at Hiroshi Morishi, who was hanging the frame, with a look of surprise.

"Clap!"

Takenori Akagi and Hiroshi Mori fell back to the ground one after another.Akagi looked at No. 15 of the white team in front of him with a look of astonishment, and there was no way to conceal the shock on his face.

Akagi knew that Hiroshi Morishi was very strong, stronger than Jun Uozumi, but he didn't expect that the opponent could be so strong. Obviously, he was already on the basketball.

"Beautiful! Hiro!"

Everyone in Hainan happily surrounded Mori Shigehiro and began to return to the field, leaving behind the surprised people in Xiangbei.

Budou looked at Morishihiro who left, turned his head and clapped his hands, pulling Sakuragi and Akagi back from the shock to reality.

"You two, don't look surprised."

"Relax and start attacking!"

"Chimu, don't think too much, even if your strength is not as good as his, it's not so bad."

"You couldn't block this shot, simply because your pace was slow and your explosive power was not as good as his."

"By the time you hit the basketball, he's at the top."

Budou comforted Akagi Takenori, who failed to defend, then turned around and began to advance towards the frontcourt.

After listening to Budo's explanation, Akagi recalled the opponent's ball just now, nodded silently and went to the baseline to serve, but his face was still ugly.

What Jinguji Budo said was right, but Akagi also knew that it was just Budo comforting him.

The fact is that there is indeed a gap in strength between him and Mori Shigehiro. If the gap is not too big, Mori Shigehiro's ball just reached the highest point, and he would have destroyed it.

But Akagi didn't think much about it after all. He had watched Hiroshi Morishi's game and had a basic expectation of the opponent's strength, so he wouldn't lose confidence just because of one goal.

"Start the attack!"

Ryota Miyagi received the basketball in the backcourt, pressed behind the team, and slowly advanced.

As Xiangbei High School organized an attack, the audience in the stands became active.

"It's started, it's started! Xiangbei High School is about to attack!"

"Huh~ I came here from Tokyo on purpose, just to see how Jinguji Budo plays! Come on! Jinguji Budo!"

"Xianbei! Boom, boom! Xiangbei! Boom, boom!"

The activity of the audience will also affect the state of the players on the field. With the encouragement of the audience, Hanamichi Sakuragi couldn't help but start to get excited.Although he knew that a large part of the cheers were not for him, it didn't matter!
Because today Xiangbei High School's main attacker is him!Genius Sakuragi!
"I am a genius Sakuragi! I must prove myself in front of everyone!"

"absolute!"

Sakuragi quickly entered the frontcourt and settled directly in the middle distance. With his back against Takasago, he lowered his center of gravity.

At the same time that he finished his position, Jinguji Budao and others had also entered the frontcourt. After crossing the three-point line, Miyagi Ryota directly threw the ball to Jinguji Budao who was on the right side of the horn, and then stood up. At the top of the arc.After Mitsui Shou entered the frontcourt, he went directly to the corner of the three-point line on the same side as Budo.

At the same time, Akagi Takenori walked along the bottom line and moved towards the middle distance on the left.Morishigan glanced at Jinguji Budou who was holding the ball from a distance, then followed Akagi and left the basket.

Under the basket at this time, only Hanamichi Sakuragi and Kazuma Takasago who were stuck behind him were left.

"Xiangbei opened, are you going to let Jinguji martial arts singles?"

As soon as Mu Shen stood in front of Jinguji Budao, he didn't dare to put his center of gravity too low. He raised his right hand high, guarding against Jinguji Budao's interference, and at the same time quickly observed the positioning of the other Xiangbei team members.

When he saw such a huge gap inside, he immediately realized Xiangbei's plan.

Similar to teams with super aces like Xiangbei and Lingnan, it is very common to play singles.

"Boy, the movement is not bad."

"It seems that Takasago doesn't put too much pressure on this kid."

Jinguji Budou dribbled the ball with his waist straight, cast his eyes on Sakuragi Hanamichi who was in the middle distance, and lobbed the ball to the inside line.

Jinguji Budo, who was more than ten centimeters taller than Mu Shenyi, played the ball very easily.Mu Shen tried to intercept the ball when he saw Budao's pass, but later found that his interception was a bit ridiculous, and it couldn't affect Jinguji Budao's pass at all.

"well!"

"The genius Sakuragi's first goal!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was holding the ball, let out a low cry of excitement, and quickly dropped the ball back to hit Kazuma Takasago with a huge force.

Sakuragi Hanamichi who got the gap quickly turned around and shot a jumper.

A standard two-stage shot, the basketball flew directly from Sakuragi's hands and flew towards the basket.

"The first ball!" Sakuragi looked at the basket with confidence and murmured.

The basketball hit the backboard and bounced toward the hoop.It's just that the ball didn't bounce back into the basket as Sakuragi expected, but instead hit the edge of the basket and popped out.

"Missed!"

"rebound!!!"

Seeing this, Mu Shen shouted, and just as he shouted, a red figure suddenly flew past him and rushed towards the inside line.

"Jinguji Budao! Damn it!" It was too late when Mu Shen saw Budao.

Under the basket, Kazuma Takasago occupied the best landing spot, leaping high to get the ball in his hands, and Hanamichi Sakuragi also realized that he had missed the shot at this moment, and huddled with Takasago, preparing to grab the rebound.

When the basket fell, Takasago and Sakuragi both jumped up and grabbed the basketball.

Although Sakuragi Hanamichi is not as tall as Takasago, his jumping and explosive power are far superior to Takasago's. Even if the position is not ideal, his height is still higher than Takasago.

Seeing that Sakuragi was about to hold the ball in his hands, a big hand suddenly appeared from behind Sakuragi Hanamichi, grabbed the basketball, and slammed it into the basket.

At the same time, both Sakuragi and Takasago were hit by someone, and after landing, they staggered a few steps before barely standing still. Sakuragi was even more angry and cursed directly:
"That bastard! How dare you destroy the backboard of this genius."

"Ha ha."

However, when Sakuragi saw Jinguji Budo who fell back to the ground after finishing the slam dunk, Sakuragi's scolding stopped abruptly, and instead he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment and laughed dryly.

"Sakuragi, even if you get a chance when back hitting, never let up!"

"When you just shot, you were obviously over excited!"

"Do you think you must enter?! It seems that your practice is far from enough!"

"Treat every ball you get seriously! Take it seriously!"

Jinguji Budao pointed at Sakuragi Flower Road and taught him a lesson.

Although Sakuragi Hanamichi has started practicing shooting a few months earlier, the shooting practice is also very even, practicing hundreds of shots every day.

But Yingmu Huadao still hasn't changed his habit of getting carried away easily, and sometimes great opportunities are often missed because he is not focused enough and thinking wildly.

When the gap between the enemy and ourselves is large, Sakuragi's mentality will not affect the victory.

But when the strength of the enemy and the enemy are about the same, the fight is the handling of each ball!
Often in that kind of game, the difference between victory and defeat is only 1~2 points. Every mistake is fatal!
"uh sorry"

In front of Jinguji Budou, Sakuragi Hanamichi was still able to barely maintain humility, nodded, and said seriously.

"Return to defense!" Seeing that Sakuragi had a good attitude, Budou let out a low shout and began to quickly return to defense.

"As expected of Xiangbei, the counterattack is so sharp!"

Ichiro Shenzong followed Xiangbei's leaving footsteps and quickly advanced towards the front court.Mu Shenyi had already received his teammate's serve in the backcourt, and was following not far behind Shenzong Ichiro, looking at Jinguji Budao who had returned to the field early and settled down, with a little doubt in his heart.

"Although this goal was indeed scored by Budo Jinguji."

"But. Xiangbei High School doesn't seem to focus on Jinguji Budo?!"

"Hainan took the lead, Xiangbei was behind, and the team's score also broke through from 0. At this time, the ace should be the first to launch the attack."

"But Jinguji Budo gave the ball to that red-haired Hanamichi Sakuragi just now."

"Xiangbei, what are you going to do?!"

Mu Shen didn't think about what Xiangbei High School was doing for a moment, but he didn't think much about it after he dribbled the ball into the frontcourt.Therefore, at this time, Jinguji Budao, who was originally consolidating the inside defense, had already come in front of him.

Bu Dao also understands that the attack in Hainan is most likely initiated by Mu Shenyi, and he intends to interrupt the internal and external connection between Mu Shenyi and Mori Shigekan first!
The long-handed Jinguji Budao came in front of Mu Shenyi, stood still, and stretched out his arms, covering Mu Shenyi in his shadow.

Mu Shenyi turned sideways slightly, protecting the ball on the spot, facing Wu Dao's defense, not daring to neglect in the slightest.

"What a strong sense of oppression."

"This guy is stronger than before!"

When Mu Shen looked at Jinguji Budo who was far taller than him, his pressure increased sharply.He felt that he was enveloped by an invisible aura, and the hairs all over his body stood on end.

"You can't sit still, the longer you hold the ball, the more flaws you will have!"

Mu Shen changed his rhythm decisively and prepared to break through. In front of Jinguji Budao, he couldn't freely lob the ball to the inside line. If he wanted to play the ball, he had to find Jinguji Budao's flaw!

The center of gravity was lowered, and after continuous dribbles under the crotch, Mu Shen stretched out his arms, dribbled the ball in the air, and prepared to speed up the breakthrough after feinting.

However, at this moment, Jinguji Budao's face darkened, his eyes flashed red, and he suddenly took a step forward, as if anticipating Mu Shenyi's movement, he directly slapped the basketball with his palm.

"!!!"

In the next second, Jinguji Budao rushed out at a high speed, grabbed the ball directly in his hand, and rushed towards the frontcourt quickly.

The extremely fast dribbling speed directly threw away everyone in Hainan who was trying to chase, and Yiqi Juechen rushed into the frontcourt. Under the watchful eyes of the audience, he staged a round and round buckle.

"Amu, don't try to challenge me!"

"Be obedient and be a stepping stone for the ikebana."

(End of this chapter)