Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 386 Opening, early finals!
In the stands, coach Steve Smith, who came all the way from the United States, followed the flow of people, walked to the front row, and then sat down in the front row.

There is still more than an hour before the start of the game, and none of the participating teams in the semi-finals has entered the court to warm up.Although Coach Steve Smith didn't come too late, there were not many seats left in the front row at this time, and it was hard to find a seat.

Coach Steve Smith is the head coach of Oak Hill High School in the United States. The main purpose of coming to Hiroshima this time is to see his player who returned to Asia to play in the high school league, Jinguji Budo.

Since Budo Jinguji played at Oak Hill College for half a year, Smith has always been interested in the high school basketball of Neon, because he heard that Budo Jinguji played in the local high school league of Neon when he was a freshman. But did not win the championship.

But when Jinguji Budo was playing in the United States, their Oak Hill School was always invincible in the state competition. No matter what kind of opponent they encountered, Budo was never defeated.The team may lose occasionally, but Wu Dao personally has never lost to anyone on the court.

At most, it's just an equal share with martial arts.

In Smith's view, it is impossible for Budo to lose in a high school league in a place like Asia.But the fact is that Xiangbei High School led by Wu Dao failed to win the national championship last year.

This made Smith very curious, what kind of team can win the team led by Budo.

After some understanding, Smith knew the name of Lingnan High School, the name of Shinomiya Tianye, and the trump card of Lingnan High School, which was called "Kanagawa Twin Stars" together with Jinguji Budo.

This made Smith smell the taste of "genius", so he came to Hiroshima from the United States on a special trip, wanting to see how far Budo has grown and what kind of genius is someone who can be called Jinguji Budo .

The flow of people above the stands began to slowly quiet down.

With 45 minutes before the start of the game, the stands were full and there were no vacant seats.

Smith, who was sitting in the front row, attracted the curious eyes of many people around him. However, under the gaze of others, Smith remained calm. He raised his left hand to check the time. Seeing that there was still some time before the start of the game, he took the time from the briefcase he carried with him. I took out some information in the book and began to look through it.

"Look at the Xiangbei High School where Hoho Wu is, the players are all of good height!"

Smith looked at the relevant information of the Xiangbei High School players and found that there are many players in the Xiangbei High School team who are close in height and over 190cm.

This average height is higher than some mid-level high schools in the United States.Such cases are quite rare.

"A third-year center forward at 196cm, a first-year power forward at 192cm? Huh? This No. 4 in Xiangbei is a sub-position, and he has 191cm?"

"Coupled with Wu, a 203 small forward, Xiangbei's average height is really surprising!"

As Smith said, he carefully flipped through the documents in his hand, and kept expressing emotion in his mouth.It really surprised him that an Asian team like Xiangbei High School had such a height requirement.

And more importantly, the height of the two positions of shooting guard and small forward. It has to be said that there are many high school scoring players in the United States, and there is no such height requirement.

"If I didn't know that I came to Hiroshima, I would have thought I was from Guangzhou"

After looking at the information of Xiangbei players, some doubts appeared on Smith's face.

Although he hasn't watched the Xiangbei High School competition, but when Jinguji Budo went to Oak Mountain Academy, he watched the video of Budo's competition in Nihong.Although the Xiangbei team is far inferior to those high schools in the United States in terms of skills and tactics, the basic skills of the players are actually not bad.

When watching those game videos, Smith focused all his attention on Budo Jinguji, so that he ignored the other players in Xiangbei.Seeing the physical conditions of these Xiangbei players now, Smith would not feel that Xiangbei is a weak team.

But even a team like Xiangbei failed to win the national championship last year. Now, Smith is even more curious about the opponent of Xiangbei High School, the Lingnan High School that stopped Xiangbei and won the national championship.

While thinking about it, Smith put away the materials from Xiangbei, put them in his briefcase, and picked up the materials from Lingnan.

And at this time, the audience on the surrounding stands burst into astonishing cheers.

"Wow—" the cheers of the audience reached Smith's ears.

Smith raised his head and murmured, "Have you started entering the stadium?" After that, he looked into the stadium.

At this time, the players' passage gates on both sides of the court had been opened, and the players from Lingnan High School began to enter the court under the leadership of Coach Tian Gang.

The players in Lingnan seem to have gotten used to the cheers like a tsunami. All the players looked calm, and Kenji Fujima in the team even politely waved to the cheering audience in the auditorium. Like a popular star.

Following Coach Tianoka was Jun Uozumi, who was over two meters tall. Against his burly figure, Coach Tianoka at the front looked a little petite.

And behind Yuzhu, there is a tall young man with a rather gentle appearance and glasses. Although his figure is slightly thinner than Yuzhu, the muscles on his arms are clearly defined, and he can be seen at a glance. People exercise regularly.

"The one who looks like a middle-aged man is the center of Lingnan High School, Uozumi Jun, and his height reaches 202cm."

"Uh, Nihong's positioning for this kid is too biased. It should be trained in the direction of a power forward."

"That kid wearing glasses is a 197cm power forward. Why is Huaxingtou good at fadeaway jumpers? Why doesn't such a kid play small forward?"

"and also."

"Oh, that's how it is"

"Small forward Shinomiya Tano, who is 197cm tall, actually weighs 103kg? Is this guy really a high school student?"

When the Lingnan High School players entered the field, Coach Smith looked at the players on the field and compared the data in his hands, trying to match the players with the data in his hands.

His jaw almost dropped when he saw Shinomiya Tianye's personal data.

It was the first time he had seen a high school small forward with a weight of 103kg, and looking at the No. How low a person's body fat percentage is.

The arm circumference of the biceps must have exceeded 40cm!

"In this kind of place, besides Wu, there are such monsters?!"

Smith couldn't help clenching his hands holding the materials, and cast his eyes on Shinomiya Tano, who was entering the arena following Hanakata, his eyes were full of fire.

He couldn't wait to see the sight of this 103kg high school small forward running on the court.

Just as Smith was looking at the Lingnan players entering the field, the player channel door at the other end of the court also opened.

The cheers that had subsided a little, became enthusiastic again at this moment.

"Ohhhhhh!! Shonhoku! Shonhoku! Shonhoku!"

"Xiangbei is here!"

After the player tunnel, a fat old man with white hair and a friendly face walked out of the player tunnel first with a smile. Behind him, a red-haired youth and a dyed youth followed from left to right.

The two young men seemed to be familiar with this kind of scene already, and they waved to the audience around them with bright smiles.

Behind the two, Mitsui Hisashi and Akagi Takenori and others followed. These senior players had no expression on their faces, and their momentum was quite strong.

"Shohoku." Coach Smith turned his head sideways and looked at the Shohoku players entering the field, and then at the back of the Shohoku team, he spotted the figure of Jinguji Budao.

Jinguji Budo, who followed his teammates out of the player tunnel, put his hands in his pockets, relaxed and indifferent.This kind of scene has long been used to him.

In the stadium, the Lingnan players who had just arrived at the team's rest area and began to change their outfits heard the sudden warm cheers, and quickly turned their heads and looked towards Xiangbei.

Shinomiya Tianye had just taken off his coat, and when he saw the Xiangbei players entering the field, a bright smile appeared on his face.

"Are you here, Xiangbei!"

Xiandao also murmured, and his eyes quickly locked on Jinguji Budao at the rear of the Xiangbei team.

When Coach Tian Gang saw Coach Anxi leading the Xiangbei players into the arena, he immediately greeted them with a smile.

"Coach Anxi, long time no see!"

"Today's game, I need you to take care of me!"

When Coach Tian Gang spoke politely, Coach Anxi responded with a smile.

The two coaches exchanged pleasantries and greeted each other, and the Xiangbei players were brought into the rest area by Mitsui Shou.After watching for a while, the team members of Lingnan speeded up the change of clothes.

Then quickly enter the court and take the lead in warming up.

"Finally, we are going to fight against Lingnan High School again. This time, we in Xiangbei must not lose!"

After Mitsui Shou arrived at the rest area, he threw the bag on the seat, pulled the pants with both hands, and took off the pants directly, revealing the ball pants.

"Lingnan! I've been waiting for this day, and it's really not a day or two."

Akagi Takenori nodded upon hearing this, and said in a deep voice.

Jinguji Budao saw his two teammates full of fighting spirit, and couldn't help showing a smile on his face. Sitting on the bench while changing his shoes, he said:
"Chimu, Xiaosan, it's a good thing to have a high fighting spirit, but when you get down to the court, you two can't play high."

"Lingnan is very different from the opponents he encountered before. Even the slightest mistake may be seized by the opponent."

"By the way, Sakuragi, especially you, make less mistakes."

Bu Dao raised his head, looked at Sakuragi, and exhorted.

Although it is not the first time that Xiangbei High School has played against Lingnan High School, Xiangbei has never won a few games against Lingnan High School.No matter how many points Jinguji Budo can score in a game, Lingnan can always win the final game.

For a team like Lingnan, even Jinguji Budao is completely serious.

"Don't worry, this genius will never lose the chain!"

Sakuragi patted his chest and assured, but Kiyota Nobunaga and Nango looked at each other, and they both spread their hands and sighed, obviously not believing Sakuragi Hanadao.

"Damn it, you two dare to underestimate me!" Sakuragi said angrily when he saw the attitude of his two companions.

But his anger may be useful to others, but it is of no use to Qingtian and Nanxiang
While Sakuragi and Kiyota were fighting, Coach Anzai, who had exchanged pleasantries with Coach Tianoka, returned to the rest area. Without any nonsense, he directly announced the five starters:

"Takenori Akagi, Hisashi Mitsui, Budou Jinguji, Hanamichi Sakuragi, and Kaede Rukawa, you five are starting players."

"Rukawa Kaede plays the point guard, Mitsui Hisashi plays the point guard, and the others remain the same."

After hearing Coach Anxi's starting list, Budao was not surprised. After the rest of the team members looked at each other, they nodded slightly and did not raise any objections.

This lineup is not the first time Xiangbei has used it. It has also been tried in previous games, and the effect is not bad.

When Rukawa Kaede was the point guard, Shohoku’s offense changed more, and the 187cm tall Rukawa Kaede was much stronger than Miyagi Ryota in defense. On the defensive end, Shohoku’s lineup has no obvious weaknesses and will not be as it used to be Lingnan grabbed the weak point and hit him hard.

After confirming the starting lineup, the Xiangbei players who had changed their clothes entered the field to warm up one after another.

Coach Anxi did not arrange a specific tactical play. During the pre-match deduction, Coach Anxi had already analyzed what play styles his team's various lineups need to adapt to.

Like Xiangbei's current game lineup, when it comes to the court, Rukawa Kaede is the one who dominates the offense.The point guard Kaede Rukawa can independently change his offensive play according to changes in the court situation.

This is also Rukawa Kaede possessing such a talent, which made Coach Anxi choose to trust Rukawa Kaede.

Both the Xiangbei and Lingnan teams had very regular warm-up stages. Although Sakuragi Hanamichi wanted to show off himself in front of the national media, he only made a few deductions during the warm-up.

Bright, but not out of the ordinary.

The Lingnan side saw that the Sakuragi on the Xiangbei side were so active, and they were not to be outdone. It's just that Shinomiya Tianye and Xiandao didn't make any moves. Their enthusiasm is ignited.

After nearly half an hour of warm-up.

With the whistle of the referee, the two teams also began to enter the field and began to settle in the middle circle.

Not long after, the referee walked into the court with a basketball. Before the referee kicked off, cheers erupted from the stands.

Shinomiya Tano watched the referee take the basketball to the halfway line, immediately sank down, and did not talk to Budo in front of him, and looked at the referee intently.

And Jinguji Budao also lowered his weight slightly at this time, looking at the basketball in the referee's hands with a solemn expression.

Both of them felt a terrifying pressure from each other, and under the influence of each other's pressure, both of them became more focused.

"Beep——" After a whistle sounded, the basketball was thrown into the air.

Akagi Takenori and Uozumi jumped up almost at the same time and shot at the basketball.

(End of this chapter)