Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

The first round of confrontation between the youth training team and Xiangbei High School showed the characteristics of their respective teams.

Between offense and defense, the ball has come to the hands of the youth training team.Rukawa Kaede received a pass from Kawada Masashi from the backcourt, and then slowly pushed the ball towards the frontcourt.

As a member of Shohoku High School, Rukawa Kaede is very clear about the abilities of Shohoku players. Now the two players guarding the basket at Shohoku High School are first-year Koichiro Nango and Ryumasa Oda. Although the strength of the two is not bad, but if the opponent to face is the two-man lineup of Masashi Kawada and Hanamichi Sakuragi, it will be a little bit worse.

Since the inside has an absolute advantage, the offensive rhythm of their youth training team does not need to be so tight, although it does not matter to make full use of the offensive time.

Now, Rukawa Feng has completely escaped from the thinking of a small forward, and is using the role of a point guard to organize the team's offense and control the team's offensive rhythm.

As Rukawa Kaede dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, the attack time had already passed 6 seconds.

Jinguji Budou felt like he had waited for a long time, and finally saw Kaede Rukawa dribbling the ball into the frontcourt. He squinted at the timer on the side of the court, and couldn't help but smile and admire: "Have you learned to control the team's offensive rhythm? Rukawa Kaede's progress is not small."

After Rukawa Kaede dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, Sawakita Eiji, who was standing in front of Jinguji Budo, moved quickly and went directly to the top of the arc to set Rukawa Kaede a pick-and-roll.

"Qing Tian, ​​switch defenses."

Seeing Rukawa Kaede break through while chasing Sawakita Eiji, Jinguji Budo hurriedly reminded Kiyota Nobunaga, and then quickly stood in front of Rukawa Kaede.

Bu Dao felt that Rukawa Feng would not miss this opportunity to challenge him on the field.Budo thought that he had seen through Kaede Rukawa, but Kaede Rukawa who dribbled forward suddenly accelerated, but the basketball in his hand was directly passed back to Eiji Zebei.

Rukawa Feng didn't intend to force himself into martial arts at all.

Eiji Zebei, who got the ball, played big and small. After a shot fake, he quickly exploded for a breakthrough. When he was in the middle distance, he made a throw and sent the ball into the basket, helping the youth training team get two points.

The score of the two teams came to 4:2.

Wu Dao heard the sound of the basketball entering the net behind him, turned his head slightly, glanced at the basket, then smiled at Rukawa Kaede, and asked, "What's wrong? Don't you dare challenge me?"

"Do you think you have no chance of winning?"

Facing Budao's slightly sarcastic words, Rukawa Feng shook his head coldly, with a smile on his expressionless face, and replied to Budao: "I just adopted the most efficient style of play."

With that said, Rukawa Feng had already turned around, stopped chatting with Bu Dao, and returned quickly.

"It's really grown up. After the baptism of the national competition, Rukawa Feng has obviously received good guidance in the youth training team."

"That's right. The team is full of masters. Rukawa Feng's arrogance should also be exhausted."

"Facing your own weakness is the beginning of becoming stronger."

Wu Dao thought to himself, clapped his hands and shouted to the team members:

"Start the attack, the rhythm is fast!"

"Be active in running. Only by running can you create opportunities for yourself."

"There are also first-years in the opponent's team, Kiyota, Nanxiang, Kemei, and Oda. If you feel that you are inferior to the opponent, get out of the game as soon as possible!"

"It's also the first grade, I don't think you will be weaker than each other!"

Bu Dao loudly encouraged the players in Xiangbei. Originally, this task was done by Mitsui Shoulai. Bu Dao is usually only responsible for scoring.

But after the adjustment of Xiangbei High School, the oldest player on the field is Jinguji Budo, and he has to take on other tasks besides scoring.

"Of course! How could we lose to the stinky fox and the red-haired monkey?"

"There's also that group of defeated generals from Xiangbei! It's impossible for the losers to unite and win our winners!"

Kiyota Nobunaga and Nango are the most susceptible to the influence of words. As soon as Jinguji Budao's voice fell, the two couldn't wait to echo loudly.Nango made a quick shot from the bottom line. Kiyota Nobunaga also quickly dribbled the ball towards the frontcourt after getting the basketball. He just got close to the three-point line and quickly gave the ball to Jinguji Budao.

After the ball was out, Kiyota Nobunaga also quickly cut in, and the moment he made an air cut past Rukawa Kaede, the basketball in Budo's hand was already quickly passed towards him.

Kiyota Nobunaga got the basketball, and after a stride, he jumped directly, and at the same time, the basketball in his hand was quickly hooked to the basket.

The weird timing of the shot made Kawada Masashi who was defending under the basket unable to react, and Rukawa Kaede, who was following Nobunaga Kiyota, was also thrown away by Kiyota's dive, and could only watch the basketball fly towards the basket.

"Shua!" The basketball just passed the top edge of the basket, and then fell into the net with a crisp sound.

Kiyota Nobunaga, who lost his center of gravity, fell directly to the ground, raised his head and saw the basketball hit the net, let out a low cry of excitement, then quickly got up from the ground, ran to the three-point line and gave Jinguji Budou a high-five to celebrate.

"Good job! Martial arts senior!"

Budou also praised with a smile: "A very good layup, Kawada Masashi didn't even expect it."

Shohoku quickly returned to defense, and Masashi Kawada at the basket couldn't help but look at Kiyota Nobunaga's back after picking up the basketball. The point guard in Shohoku didn't play cards according to common sense at all, and his playing style gave people a novel feeling.

"He doesn't have much height, but he has great speed and good cutting awareness."

"That child's advantage should be speed."

"But the layup abandoned the speed and caught Kawada by surprise with the change of rhythm."

"A good player."

On the sidelines of the court, Coach Otani watched Kiyota Nobunaga who returned to the defense, and gave his own evaluation. He still recognized Kiyota Nobunaga's strength.

"Hum hum"

"Wild Monkey, you did a good job, but just like this, you can't defeat the team led by this genius!"

After seeing Kiyota Nobunaga scoring a layup, Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly chuckled, and then arrogantly shouted at Kiyota who had returned to the defensive position.

After the voice fell, Sakuragi Hanamichi started directly and rushed towards the front court. When Sakuragi crossed the center line, Rukawa Kaede had just received the basketball in the backcourt. Seeing Sakuragi Hanamichi's enthusiasm, Rukawa Kaede also quickly dribbled the ball into the front court.

At the same time, when Rukawa Kaede was approaching the three-point line, Sakuragi also made an empty cut from the bottom corner to the inside.

This time, Ryumasa Oda noticed the movement of Sakuragi Hanamichi, and immediately chased after Sakuragi Hanamichi, and rushed to the basket less than three meters in Sakuragi Hanamichi. Sakuragi, who was moving at a high speed, stopped instantly, and the soles of his shoes rubbed against the floor violently, making a sharp sound.

The moment he stopped, Sakuragi ran back quickly. At the same time, Rukawa Kaede's pass was also passed towards Yingmu Huadao at the right time, and it fell into the hands of Sakuragi Huadao accurately.

When Sakuragi was holding the ball, Ryumasa Oda had already stopped and turned around to chase Sakuragi. At this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi who was holding the ball also raised the ball high above his head.

Seeing this scene, Ryumasa Oda jumped up to block the shot without hesitation, and reached out to cover the basketball in Sakuragi's hand.

"Humph!"

"That's too naive, Oda!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi looked up at Ryumasa Oda, the corners of his mouth curled up, he gave a chuckle, quickly dropped the ball, and went directly to the basket, then grabbed the ball with his right hand, and directly dunked the ball into the basket.

"Boom!!!"

After a loud noise, the rest area of ​​the youth training team was already full of jubilation.After Sakuragi fell to the ground, he let out a "haha" laugh, and quickly returned to defense.

"Nice feint." Masashi Kawada said to Koichiro Nango in front of him before returning to defense.

Sakuragi Hanamichi's fake shot not only fooled Ryumasa Oda, but also deceived Nango Koichiro in front of him. Because of this, when Sakuragi made a breakthrough, Nango who was standing under the basket couldn't make up the defense in time.

Because at that time, Nango Koichiro was wrestling with Kawada Masashi to seize the best position for rebounding.

Kawada Masashi's praise of Sakuragi Flower Road is a mockery of Nango Koichiro.

"hateful!!!"

Kawada Masashi left to return to defense, Nango Koichiro clenched his fists, cursed in a low voice, then picked up the basketball and went to the baseline without saying a word.

The basketball was sent, and Kiyota Nobunaga quickly dribbled the ball forward.

After entering the frontcourt, he didn’t take the first shot, but tried to attack Rukawa Kaede’s defense alone. However, after wasting more than ten seconds of attack time, Kiyota Nobunaga still failed to pass Rukawa Kaede’s defense, and finally chose to pass the ball to Jinguji Budo.

I still chose to cut without the ball.

Kiyota Nobunaga has also recognized his own strength. It is very difficult to single-handedly Kaede Rukawa. Instead of wasting time holding the ball, it is better to give the ball to Budo Jinguji.

If he doesn't hold the ball, Kiyota Nobunaga is confident that he can find offensive opportunities under Rukawa Kaede's defense.

"Crack!" The basketball started, Budou Jinguji caught the ball sideways, and the ball protector lightly pressed against Eiji Sawaki's abdomen. The moment the basketball started, he quickly changed his posture and swept the ball around the frame.

After dropping the ball once, the basketball came to Budao's right hand. At the same time, Budao's legs were staggered back and forth, and at the moment of floating dribble, his body quickly swayed backwards.

However, Zebei Eiji is also an experienced defensive player. He was not deceived by Budo's upper body fake moves, but set his eyes on Budo's feet, paying attention to Budo's offensive steps.

From Zebei's perspective, Jinguji Budao quickly raised his left foot and stepped directly towards his left side.Seeing this scene, Zebei also slid quickly and blocked him to the left.

However, just the next second after Zebei Eiji slid to follow up, Jinguji Budo, who was holding the ball, turned around quickly and passed Zebei Eiji in an instant.

Realizing that something was wrong, Zebei hurriedly chased after him, but his speed had just increased. Jinguji Budao, who was advancing with the ball, made a sudden stop, and after taking a step back, he made a quick high-post shot.

When Budo shot, Rukawa Kaede and Mike Okita double-teamed from two directions behind Eiji Zebei, but they didn't even have a chance to use their double-team. They could only watch Jinguji Budo shoot.

The basketball flew directly over the heads of the crowd, and fell steadily into the net with a crisp sound.

The attack was easily completed, from when Budo Jinguji got the basketball to scoring the ball, it took less than four seconds in total.

Zebei Eiji's defense and his teammates' supplementary defense, in front of Jinguji Budo's offensive skills, are like a fake, and they can't threaten Jinguji Budo at all.

On the sidelines of the court, the youth training team players who saw this scene fell into silence one by one.These people are all coach Dagu selected from all over the country to participate in the youth training, either have skills, talents, or both.

These people all know the ball, and some of Jinguji Budo's moves don't seem very difficult, they are nothing more than shuffling steps, feints, turning around, stepping back, and mid-range shots.

But as long as anyone who has played ball knows how difficult it is to connect this series of movements smoothly like Jinguji Budo.

Not to mention the frequent transitions between movement and stillness, but also maintaining the posture of the body after the transition, and having a terrifying hit rate, this kind of thing is simply not something that can be achieved by so-called hard training.

On the road of basketball, even shooting, which seems to be able to be stacked with training, requires terrifying talent.

Not everyone can shoot mid-range shots, not everyone can shoot three-pointers!
"With that kind of skill combined with that kind of physical fitness, how terrifying is the strength of Jinguji Martial Arts!"

"It's hard to imagine what kind of opponent would be able to stop such a person."

"Coach Otani, should we change our defense method? I think single defense should not be able to stop Jinguji Budo."

A black player looked at Budou Jinguji who was back on defense, sighed with emotion, and at the same time raised his opinion to coach Otani.

Black players originally played in high schools in the United States, but that high school really didn't have much fame and presence in the American high school basketball world.At this time, he and his teammates happened to receive invitations from Mike Okita and Lufeng High School, so they took advantage of the opportunity to come to Lufeng to play.

During the youth training selection, the two of them also signed up. The two who were originally unqualified were successfully selected under the strong "money ability" of the director of Lufeng High School.

Although they entered the youth training based on connections, their personal strength is real. Because of this, black players can feel the horror of Jinguji Budo even more, because even in the United States, there are not many high school students who can play like Jinguji Budo.

"Well, it's really impossible to stop Jinguji Budo with a single defense."

"Teaming and zone defense are absolutely indispensable, but don't worry about it. Let's see."

"I want to see what kind of skills he has."

When the two were talking off the field, the youth training team had already completed an attack under the leadership of Rukawa Kaede. Rukawa Kaede assisted Kawada Masashi to help the team score another two points.

During the alternation of offense and defense, the basketball has already come to Jinguji Budou's hands. When Budou catches the ball, he is still more than two meters away from the three-point line.Holding the ball, Budo spread his arms, and after breaking through the feint, he combined the ball without warning and made a three-point shot.

Under the slightly surprised eyes of everyone in the audience, the basketball directly drew a large arc in the air, and then directly hit the basket, making a crisp sound.

6:7, Xiangbei High School, leading by one point!