Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 404 Splendid Debut!
When Xiangbei High School started to organize the offense, coach Anzai called a timeout in the referee's seat, then returned to his seat, called Hanamichi Sakuragi, and asked softly in Sakuragi's ear:

"Sakuragi, you will play later, have you seen clearly what you are going to do?!"

Coach Anxi's sudden question made Hanamichi Sakuragi, who had been on the field for nearly 10 minutes, suddenly excited, and immediately walked to Coach Anxi's side and asked:

"Father, what do you mean, you plan to let me play?!"

Sakuragi didn't focus on Coach Anxi's question, but was keenly aware that he might have a chance to play, and immediately asked excitedly.

Coach Anxi nodded, then shook his head, and said softly: "Before you play, do you know what you need to do?!"

Coach Anxi asked again, and this time, Yingmu Huadao finally calmed down, and touched his chin with his right hand, showing a thoughtful look.

And at this moment, the Xiangbei players in the stadium had all entered the frontcourt, and Rukawa Kaede passed the ball to Mitsui Shou who came to catch the ball immediately after entering the frontcourt.

Then he quickly bypassed Mitsui Shou, cut towards the middle distance, and moved very fast. Kenji Fujima, who was defending Rukawa Kaede, followed closely behind Rukawa Kaede, not wanting Rukawa Kaede to have a chance to catch the ball in the middle distance .

It's just that Kenji Fujima's height is slightly different from Kaede Rukawa's. Hisashi Mitsui, who was holding the ball from the outside, immediately threw the basketball out when he saw Kaede Rukawa enter the middle distance on the right.

When the basketball flew over Fujima and Rukawa Kaede, it was grabbed by Rukawa Kaede who was jumping high. Although Fujima, who was defending him, jumped up hard to hold the ball in his hands, Rukawa Kaede did not jump. high.

Rukawa Kaede, who took the ball to the ground, directly shot a jumper backwards on the spot, and shot directly in front of Fujima without any scruples.

However, although Kenji Fujima couldn't prevent Rukawa Kaede's mid-range shot, Fujima was not the only one in Lingnan High School.

As early as when Rukawa Kaede cut in, Hana Gyoto's attention had already been attracted by Rukawa Kaede. At this time, when Rukawa Kaede was shooting, Hana Gyoto had already quickly come to Rukawa Kaede and blocked Rukawa Kaede's sight with his hand.

The sudden appearance of the flower shape had some impact on Rukawa Kaede's shooting. Normally, if Rukawa Kaede just made a jump shot on the spot, even if his sight was blocked by someone, he could still score the ball by relying on his muscle memory.

But he can't make a fadeaway jumper by relying on muscle memory to score the ball without looking at the basket. He may only score 3 out of ten such shots.

But this time, Goddess of Luck obviously did not stand beside Rukawa Kaede, and the basketball directly crashed out of the basket.

"Clang~~"

After a crisp iron strike, the basketball flew out, and the rebound was directly held by Jun Uozumi, who was in a better position.

"Okay! Fight back!"

Uozumi, who took off the backboard, let out a roar, quickly passed the ball towards Xiandao who was rushing, and then quickly moved towards Xiangbei's frontcourt.

Yingmu Huadao off the field saw Xiangbei High School's attack the whole time, and after spitting lightly, he taunted: "You deserve it, stinky fox!"

"This kind of technology is also worthy of the main attack?!"

"Daddy, I know what I'm going to do!"

"Only today will I use my magnificent skills to help Xiangbei High School regain its disadvantage!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi stood up with a confident look, but seeing Sakuragi like this, Coach Anzai just silently grabbed Sakuragi's wrist and pulled Sakuragi Hanamichi back to his seat.

"No. Look again."

On the court, offense and defense alternate.

Under the leadership of Fujima, the players of Lingnan High School quickly entered the frontcourt.

After a pick-and-roll by Tanano Shinomiya, Kenji Fujima found a loophole in Shohoku's defense and quickly broke through with the ball.Jinguji Budou, who was defending Shinomiya Tianye, did not switch defenses with Rukawa Kaede, and still followed Shinomiya Tianye.

Rukawa Kaede was also attracted by Shinomiya Tano when he saw the pick-and-roll, and his reaction was a bit slower when chasing Fujima Kenji.

Fujima, who got the gap, put some distance away from Jinguji Budou, then paused, and then shot directly close to the three-point line.

"Three-point goal!" The Lingnan players on the sidelines cheered one by one. At the moment Fujima shot, it seemed that Fujima could already see the goal.

But in the next second, Jinguji Budo, who was more than one meter away from Fujima, suddenly rushed to Fujima's side with a stride, and then directly raised his hand to seal the basketball.

Fujishin's shot speed was not as fast as Mitsui's. He had an obvious pause to adjust his body before shooting, which also gave Jinguji Budo a chance to react.

Although the distance between the two was quite far, Jinguji Budo still touched the basketball with his fingertips relying on his terrifying physical fitness.

"Da~~"

There was an inaudible sound, and the trajectory of the basketball had obviously changed.

"Come on! Rebound!"

As a pitcher, Kenji Fujima realized immediately that Jinguji Budo had touched the basketball, and immediately shouted loudly, reminding the Lingnan players under the basket to get ready.

And long before he opened his mouth to remind, Jinguji Budao turned around quickly after landing and chased after the basketball.

At this time, Jun Uozumi, Toru Hanakata and others under the basket raised their heads in unison after hearing Fujima's words and looked at the basketball in mid-air, but they didn't notice the rush towards the inside. Jinguji Budo.

"Dang~" The basketball hit the edge of the basket and flew directly outward.

Fujima's shot was very short this time. The basketball hit the front of the basket and flew straight towards Budou Jinguji, just in time to be caught by Budou Jinguji.

After the basketball started, Jinguji Budo quickly dropped the ball and advanced, crossed the three-point line in a blink of an eye, and rushed towards the Lingnan half.

But when Budo attacked with the ball, Lingnan had already had time to react, and Shinomiya Tano and Fujima Kenji both double-teamed towards Jinguji Budo.He didn't want to give Jinguji Budo a chance to attack quickly.

Under the double-teaming of the two, Budou Jinguji passed the ball backhand, and it was directly passed to Rukawa Kaede, who was coordinating a fast break from the side.

And when Shinomiya Tianye saw that Rukawa got the basketball and single-handedly went to Lingnan's basket, he didn't speed up to chase, but just followed Jinguji Budo, not wanting Budo to have a chance to attack.And Xiandao didn't speed up the pursuit, and like Shinomiya Tianye, he guarded Mitsui's life and guarded against his own people.

Rukawa Kaede's attack is only two points even if it is successful, but if Rukawa Kaede has the opportunity to pass back to Jinguji Budo or Mitsui Shou, it will not be two points if it is successful.

In front of these two super scorers in Xiangbei, Lingnan and Lingnan made an easy decision.

"Boom!!!" As Rukawa Kaede dunked the ball into the basket with one hand, the scoreboard on the sidelines finally jumped. The score of the two teams came to 79:78, and the point difference narrowed to one point.

On the sidelines of the court, Sakuragi Hanamichi saw that Jinguji Budou actually assisted Rukawa Kaede for a slam dunk, and immediately stamped his feet angrily:

"Damn! Let that stinky fox score a slam dunk!"

"What is Budao brother doing?! Such a ball, why don't you hit it yourself! Pass the ball to the stinky fox!"

"Damn!!!"

Yingmu Huadao was a little annoyed when he saw Rukawa Kaede showing off the limelight, his face flushed red.

"Sakuragi, understand, what are you going to do?!"

Coach Anzai put his arm around Sakuragi Hanamichi's shoulder and asked.

"Of course!"

"Follow Brother Wu Dao."

As soon as Yingmu Huadao said this, he saw Coach Anxi turn his head to look at him, and those deep eyes fell on him, making Yinggi Huadao subconsciously swallow the next words.

After thinking for a while, Sakuragi nodded heavily and said, "Rebound!"

"The game has been played so far, whether it is our Xiangbei or their Lingnan High School, the offensive efficiency of the players has dropped significantly!"

"The most important thing for our Xiangbei High School now is to control the rebound!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi is no longer a rookie playing basketball for the first time, he has been playing for more than a year. For a player with his talent, more than a year has already made Sakuragi an outstanding player.

Even in Xiangbei High School, which is full of talents, Yingmu Huadao's talent has been shown to audiences across the country through a limited number of games.

If it is placed among other teams, players like Sakuragi Flower Road will undoubtedly be the focus.

Today's Sakuragi already has his own understanding of basketball, and his ability to read the game and the situation is no longer what it used to be.

When he got serious, he immediately discovered what was the most important thing on the field at the moment.

Coach Anxi finally heard the answer he wanted to hear from Yingmu Huadao, and a slight smile appeared on his face.

On the court, after Xiangbei High School scored a goal, the game did not enter the timeout.

Between offense and defense, Lingnan High School has already launched a new round of offense.

Kenji Fujima, who was in control of the ball, saw that the point difference was only one point, so he gave up the idea of ​​​​playing a three-pointer for this ball. After steadily dribbling the ball into the frontcourt, he made a pick-and-roll move towards the inside flower shape. Gesture, but the flower shape has not yet reached the predetermined pick-and-roll position.

Xiandao on the side has already quickly passed Mitsui Shou and cut into the middle distance. At the same time, Xiandao's running position is also very tricky. He used the flower-shaped position to successfully throw Mitsui Shou away.

Seeing that Xiandao had a vacancy, Fujima quickly made a false pass and gave the ball to Xiandao.

"Shhh!!"

The latter took the ball and shot a mid-range jumper directly, and the basketball hit the net.

After Xiandao scored a goal, a long whistle sounded from the referee's seat, and the game entered a timeout.

After a 1-minute timeout, the players hurried back to the rest area.

After the players returned to the rest area, Coach Anxi did not emphasize too much on the tactics and tactics. He just patted Rukawa Kaede on the shoulder, and the meaning was self-evident.

Then he replaced Nango Koichiro, who played mediocrely for 10 minutes, and replaced Sakuragi Hanamichi.

Although Nango Koichiro, who was replaced by Sakuragi, looked aggrieved, he had no objection to Coach Anzai's decision.

Sakuragi played some time in the first half of the game, and his performance was indeed better than that of Nanxiang.

Even if Nango Koichiro didn't want to admit this, but the facts are here, there is nothing to say.

While Xiangbei was making substitutions and adjustments, Coach Tian Gang from Lingnan quickly arranged defensive tactics:

"Several starters in Xiangbei played from the first half to the second half. With less than 10 minutes left, the physical condition of these players must face a major test."

"From the game just now, we can already see the signs. Xiangbei's offensive efficiency has begun to decline."

"This is the same for us in Lingnan."

"So, from now on, our Lingnan should shrink the defense as much as possible and control the rebounds."

"When attacking, stay as close to the basket as possible. Only in this way can we improve our success rate."

"Tian Ye, you play more offense with the ball, and your physical fitness is the best in the whole country. At this time, you have to rush to the inside of Xiangbei to cause damage."

"Don't worry about not scoring, let go! I think you are not as comfortable in this game as before, what's the matter? Does Jinguji Budao's defense affect you?"

As Coach Tianoka said, he raised his eyes to Taano Shinomiya.

And Shinomiya Tianye just smiled and shook his head when he heard the words, and said, "It doesn't matter, I know what to do."

After receiving an affirmative answer from Shinomiya Tano, Coach Tian Gang embraced the waists of Xiandao and Fujima beside him, and shouted loudly:

"Okay! Then concentrate the ball in Tian Ye's hands!"

"For this game, our Lingnan High School—"

"Definitely win!!!"

The voice of Lingnan came from their rest area, and some spectators around were infected by the confidence and enthusiasm of Lingnan players, and excitedly knocked on the plastic bottles in their hands to make a loud noise.

The 1 minute pause goes by very quickly.

After the two teams rearranged their tactics, the players walked towards the field.

"Ohh! Shonhoku's red hair!"

"Is the first grade on stage?"

Sakuragi Hanamichi who stepped into the stadium with his teammates attracted the attention of the audience. Some spectators who were deeply impressed by Sakuragi immediately pointed to Sakuragi in the field and shouted loudly.

Sakuragi also enjoyed this feeling of being noticed, and happily waved to the audience above the stands.

After both players returned to the court, the referee blew the whistle to start the game.

Shonhoku High School served the ball in the backcourt, and the basketball was given to Rukawa Kaede. Rukawa Kaede dribbled the ball into the frontcourt and quickly passed it to Jinguji Budo.

Budo, who was holding the ball, caught the ball with one hand, and made a pick-and-roll gesture towards Sakuragi who had just played.

"Huh?!" After receiving Budou's signal, Sakuragi made a big circle, ran towards Budou's side quickly, and arrived at the side of Shinomiya Tianye. When Budou quickly dropped the ball and broke through, Budou He reminded Sakuragi:
"Follow!"

After getting the signal, Yingmu Huadao ran back and cut into the inside line directly, but Budou who broke through did not directly go straight to the basket, but moved towards the top of the arc.

Sakuragi's running speed is quite fast, even better than Hanakata.

Seeing Sakuragi approaching the basket quickly, Jinguji Budou grabbed the ball with one hand and threw it towards the basket, sending a wonderful pass.

"empty link!"

"Hua Xing, stop him!"

Shinomiya Tianye yelled loudly to remind his teammates, but at this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi had already entered the basket, watching the basketball above him jump up, grabbed the basketball in the air, and dunked hard towards the basket down.

"Boom!!"

An astonishing loud noise resounded in the court, and Hanamichi Sakuragi received the dunk directly.

Sakuragi who fell to the ground beat her chest excitedly and let out a low growl.

In the stands, cheers poured into the stadium like a tsunami.

(End of this chapter)