Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 399 Rukawa Kaede's Rookie Wall!
With the sound of a long whistle from the referee's seat, the second half of the match between Xiangbei High School and Lingnan High School officially began.

The players of the two teams began to walk towards the stadium, and when the audience noticed that the dazzling red-haired boy was missing from the Xiangbei team, they were all taken aback.

"Huh? The red-haired kid from Xiangbei High School is gone?"

"It's over? Didn't that kid play well? Was he replaced?"

"It's really a pity! I liked him quite a bit."

In the stands, the voices of the audience's comments spread to the stadium, and were heard by Nango Koichiro.

Also in the first grade, Nanxiang was unhappy when he heard that a fool like Yingmu Huadao actually had fans. He walked into the arena and raised his neck and shouted loudly:

"Listen to me now!!!"

"I am a freshman at Shonhoku High School, Nango Koichiro!"

"I will lead Xiangbei High School to win the national championship!!"

Nango Koichiro's voice was quite loud, and for a moment he actually suppressed the discussion in the stands.And the audience who heard this were all stunned, and lowered their heads to look into the stadium.

"Hey, hey, is the new Xiangbei player an idiot? What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Lead Xiangbei to win the national championship? Although I am very optimistic about Xiangbei, even if it wins the national championship, it is also the credit of Jinguji Budo and the others? What does it have to do with this kid?"

"It's even more arrogant than that red-haired kid?! Is this kid strong?"

The audience looked at Nango Koichiro in the field, and there was a lot of discussion for a while.Seeing that the audience's attention had already shifted to him, Nanxiang nodded in satisfaction, turned his head and pointed at the Lingnan people who had just walked into the stadium not far away, and said loudly:
"Lingnan, you still know me!"

"I will lead Xiangbei to defeat you."

However, not many people in Lingnan who walked into the arena turned their heads to look at him, that is to say, Yuzhu had a slight impression of Nanxiang, so he turned his head and responded:
"Oh! Then come on, Shonhoku's uh." Yuzumi forgot Nango Koichiro's name all of a sudden, and got stuck.

"You bastard!!" Nango Koichiro saw Uozumi's thoughtful face, his chest was filled with anger, and just about to get angry, Akagi Takenori walked behind Nango, grabbed the back of Nango's neck, and walked away. into the pitch.

"." The audience above the stands saw Nango Koichiro being carried into the stadium by Akagi like a chicken, and the expressions on their faces became richer.

"Is it really okay to let such an idiot play? Xiangbei."

"This guy has exactly the same personality as the redhead!"

Some supporters of Xiangbei couldn't help worrying about Xiangbei High School. They had no choice but to show that Nanxiang's behavior was too stupid, which made everyone sweat for Xiangbei.

Soon, players from both sides began to settle in the center circle, and it was still Takenori Akagi and Jun Uozumi who stood on the center line and prepared to jump the ball.

The rest of the Xiangbei team began to settle around the middle circle, and Rukawa Kaede was still playing the point guard position, standing in his backcourt.

Coach Anxi established Rukawa Kaede's main offensive position in the team during the intermission, but he did not switch Rukawa Kaede to the role of shooting guard, nor did he switch him to the role of small forward.

Rukawa Feng is still in charge of playing point guard.

Although the players in Xiangbei don't know why coach Anxi made such a decision, the players still follow the instructions of coach Anxi to prepare for the next game.

Hisashi Mitsui can probably guess the arrangement of coach Anzai. He probably thinks that a player like Rukawa Kaede who holds the ball can fully display his personal strength by completely controlling the basketball.

Soon, the referee walked into the court with a basketball. After a whistle, the referee threw the ball into the air.

On the center line, Takenori Akagi and Jun Uozumi uttered loud shouts at the same time. They leaped into the air one after another and reached out to pat the basketball.

This time for the jump ball, there was a clear gap between Uozumi and Akagi in controlling the timing of the jump ball.

I don't know if it's because of tension or distraction. Akagi's actual control is far less accurate than Uozumi's grasp. The basketball is directly touched by Uozu first, and it is dialed to Lingnan's backcourt.

In the second half, Lingnan High School took the lead.

"Start returning to defense!"

Seeing this, Mitsui Shou immediately backed away, and at the same time greeted his teammates loudly. After the intermission, the players from Xiangbei High School and Lingnan recovered to a certain extent.

Therefore, the Xiangbei players' return to defense is still quite quick, and in the blink of an eye, they have already retreated to their own half.

Jinguji Budou and Akagi Takenori sank to the inside line directly after returning to the court. On the outside line, Nango Koichiro, Rukawa Kaede, and Mitsui Hisashi were responsible for the defense.

Kenji Fujima is still the point guard of Lingnan High School. When he noticed Shonhoku's defensive position, he glanced at Koichiro Nango who was standing in front of Tianomiya Shinomiya in a strange way, and then dribbled the ball into the frontcourt. Passed the ball directly to Shinomiya Tianno.

Fujima is very curious about the defensive formation put out by Xiangbei High School at this time.

He would like to see how Xiangbei High School used a freshman to defend their trump card.

With the basketball in hand, Shinomiya Tianye moved the frame to the right tentatively by sweeping the ball, and with a light touch, Shinomiya Tianye immediately retracted his foot, and then dropped the ball to the left, directly starting a breakthrough.

The extremely fast action made Nanxiang unable to react in time. When he came back to his senses and turned to chase, Shinomiya Tianye had already crossed the three-point line and entered the middle distance.

Looking at Jinguji Budou who was promoted under the basket, Shinomiya Tianye showed a smile, and said to himself:
"Actually, my shooting level is not bad!"

"Is this kind of defense very different from shorting?"

Shinomiya Tanno made an emergency stop in the middle distance, and then shot directly. The basketball flew directly towards the basket, and then plunged into the net.

Shinomiya Tianye's shooting level has never been weak, and his mid-range shooting percentage is even higher than that of Xiandao.

But Shinomiya is used to using violence to dismiss him, so that people feel that his shooting level is average.

But in fact, apart from the difficult shooting action of the backward shot, Shinomiya Tanno's shooting rate is not high, and the shooting rate of "open" shots like today's is ridiculously high.

Unless the defender puts a lot of pressure on him, then his shooting percentage will be affected, but if the defender is as easy to pass as Nango Koichiro, put Shinomiya Tianye in the mid-range shot and let him layup There is no essential difference.

Just 7 seconds into the second half, Lingnan High School took the lead to score, and the score of the two teams also came to a 53:53 tie.

The point difference was evened out, and the Lingnan players on the sidelines suddenly burst into cheers.The anger that had been pent up for the entire first half was finally completely vented at this moment.

The deafening cheers spread into the stadium, making the morale of Lingnan High School unprecedentedly high.

"Tch!" The cheers for Lingnan somewhat affected the mentality of the Shonhoku players. Nango Koichiro, who watched Shinomiya Tianye score a shot, curled his lips in displeasure, and spat softly.

"It's time for us to attack, don't let them overwhelm our morale!"

"Come on, run!"

Hisashi Mitsui clapped his hands, shouted loudly, and then quickly ran to the front court and the back court. Jinguji Budou served from the bottom line, gave the ball to Rukawa Kaede, and then quickly passed Rukawa Kaede into the front court.

Rukawa Kaede dribbled the ball in the backcourt, quickly crossed the center line, and advanced towards the frontcourt.

But before he got close to the three-point line, Kenji Fujima had already arrived in front of Rukawa Kaede early and blocked Rukawa Kaede's way. At this time, Rukawa Kaede was still nearly two meters away from the three-point line.

"First grade, I won't let you play ball freely again!"

Fujima stood in front of Rukawa Feng, with his arms outstretched, and a faint smile appeared on his handsome face.

Hearing this, Rukawa Feng didn't talk nonsense, started the dragging step, accelerated, and came directly in front of Fujima, and his body was directly on Fujima's body.

The huge force pushes Fujima back, but at this moment, Kenji Fujima, who is on the defensive side, actually clings to Rukawa Kaede and circles to the side of Rukawa Kaede, completely clears the way ahead, and stretches out his hand to directly intercept Rukawa Kaede. Basketball in hand.

The sudden stealing action was really beyond Rukawa Feng's expectations. He didn't expect Fujima to let go of the road ahead, and directly gambled his life to steal without stopping.

Fujima's all-or-nothing defense method was something Rukawa Kaede didn't expect at first.

"Crack!" In the blink of an eye, the basketball had been knocked to the ground by Fujima. Fujima, who successfully steals the ball, didn't give Rukawa Kaede a chance to make up for his mistakes, and directly passed the ball to Kaede Rukawa, who was already sprinting towards the frontcourt at this time. Shinomiya field.

"Ahhhh! Stinky fox! What are you doing?!"

On the sidelines, Sakuragi Hanamichi jumped up from his seat when he saw Rukawa Kaede being robbed, holding his head in his arms.

"Eh?! No"

"Rukawa Feng's poor performance doesn't mean he will be replaced?!"

"I have a chance to appear today?!"

Sakuragi rolled his eyes, changed his tone, and shouted directly towards the field: "Rukawa Kaede, well done! Hold on!"

And Rukawa Kaede in the court for a while didn't have the time to pay attention to Sakuragi Hanamichi. At this moment, he was struggling to catch up with Shinomiya Tianye and Jinguji Budou in the front court.

Shinomiya Tianye's speed is really too fast, and the only one in Xiangbei who can react and catch up with the opponent is Jinguji Budao.

"Hey! Martial arts, one-on-one!"

After dribbling the ball across the center line, Shinomiya Tano looked back at Jinguji Budou who was following behind him, and suddenly said, Budou's expression froze when he heard the words, he accelerated directly, and quickly rushed past Shinomiya Tianye.

Shinomiya Tianno also slowed down a little, and at the moment Jinguji Budao passed him, he turned around and directly changed the direction of travel.

As soon as Budao's side faced Shinomiya Tianye, the opponent had already changed direction and passed through Budao's defense line.

Then quickly reached the basket, got up and dunked the ball into the basket.

"1:0!"

After the goal, Shinomiya Tianye said with a smile towards Jinguji Budou, and then trotted towards his backcourt.

Bu Dao glanced at Shinomiya Tianye speechlessly, and said when he passed by him:
"The one who co-authored the first half doesn't count, does it?"

Shinomiya Tianye turned his head, pointed at the scoreboard, and said, "It doesn't count as the first half, does it still make sense?"

The score came to 55:53, and Lingnan High School led by two points.

As Shinomiya Tanno said, it doesn't make any sense to count the first half.

Between offense and defense, Shohoku High School organized an offense again, and Kaede Rukawa once again took the ball into the frontcourt, but this time, Kenji Fujima still raised the position early, and set up defense before Kaede Rukawa approached the three-point line.

Moreover, Tengzhen's defense is very tough, and he doesn't even consider whether his defense will be broken by Rukawa Kaede, and directly sticks to it, without giving Rukawa Kaede too much space.

"Don't you consider physical strength? Fujima!"

Jinguji Budou sensed Fujima's defensive strength, and his heart sank.Then he rushed towards Rukawa Feng quickly, trying to make a pick and roll for Rukawa Feng.

But Rukawa Kaede, who was defended by Fujima, forcibly activated, broke through Fujima's defense line, and rushed towards the three-point line.And at that moment, a blue figure quickly bypassed Bu Dao's side, and directly intercepted Rukawa Feng.

"Shinomiya Field!"

"Rukawa Kaede, pass the ball!"

Budo immediately reminded Rukawa Feng when he noticed Shinomiya Tianye's figure.

But his reminder was a bit late after all, Shinomiya Tianye was still blocked in front of Rukawa Feng at this moment.

At the same time, Rukawa Kaede, who was walking, also heard the reminder from Budo, and wanted to pass the ball to Jinguji Budo, but just the second after he shot the basketball, Fujima's figure suddenly jumped out, directly Slap the ball down.

"Your actions are completely within our expectations!"

"Rukawa Maple!"

Fujima, who broke the ball, threw the ball to the frontcourt with a backhand, and this time, the person who initiated the fast break on Lingnan's side became Xiandao.

Budo just wanted to chase after him, but Fujima stuck in front of Budo, which stopped Budo from speeding up, and when Budo passed Fujima smoothly, Shinomiya Tianno appeared in front of Budo at the right time, and Fujima Really delayed Budo's pursuit together.

At this time, Xiandao had already crossed the center line with the ball and was heading towards the Xiangbei half.

On the Xiangbei side, Mitsui Hisashi followed closely behind Xiandao, passed Xiandao early when Xiandao was about to cross the three-point line, and stopped in front of Xiandao.

Facing Mitsui Shou's defense, Xiandao was just a high-position emergency stop jumper, directly and easily breaking through Mitsui Shou's defense.

"Fast attack, emergency stop jump shot?" Mitsui Shou turned his head in astonishment, and happened to see the basketball fall steadily into the net, making a soft sound.

Cheers erupted from the stands as the basketball hit the net.

Rukawa Kaede, who had been denied two goals in a row, was also looking at the basketball falling from the net at this time, and was a little absent-minded.

He never thought that the situation would develop into this in his hands.

Lingnan High School seems to have thoroughly studied his passing habits, and his every move is within the expectations of Lingnan players.

On the sidelines of the court, Coach Tian Gang looked at Rukawa Feng who was a little absent-minded, with a smile on his face, and whispered:
"If you have to wait until you have nothing to do before you know how to pass the ball."

"Even a fool can guard against it!"

(End of this chapter)