Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

"Huh!"

"Such a dry pull can score a goal!"

"This kid's ball is really unreasonable!"

As Jinguji Budo made a three-pointer and sent the ball into the net, coach Otani on the sidelines couldn't help but let out a low cry and exclaimed.

With a terrifying offensive range without dead ends in the half court, and a small forward with a height of more than two meters who can hold the ball, this is the first time Coach Otani has seen such a player after coaching in this country for so many years.

In the court, Zebei Eiji, who failed to defend, turned his head to look at the basketball that had just fallen from the basket. When he turned his head, Jinguji Budo had already retreated and started to defend.

Noticing Zebei's gaze, Jinguji Budao smiled slightly, hooked his hands at Zebei Eiji, and said:
"Zebei, you don't have to be so polite with me."

"It doesn't matter if the action is bigger, although it's better to defend."

"And it doesn't matter whether it's one person, two people, or three people, I hope you can make me feel some defensive pressure!"

"Otherwise, it would be too boring."

While Wu Dao was speaking, he also looked at Rukawa Feng, Mike Okita and others. After the words fell, Bu Dao turned around and accelerated back to the field.

"This guy is really arrogant!"

"But in terms of technology, this bastard is beyond doubt."

"He is right, Zebei. To deal with such a player, the defensive strength must be strengthened. Let me switch defenses with you. I will confront his breakthrough head-on, and you will fill my gap."

Mike Okita walked to Zebei Eiji's side, looked at the back of Jinguji Budo who had left, and said in a deep voice.Zebei Eiji did not refuse, but nodded.

During these years in the youth training team, he had played against Mike Okita, and he recognized the strength of this blond mixed-race player.

Although the opponent's offensive ability with the ball is not as good as his own, the opponent's physical fitness is stronger than his own, and his single defense level is also stronger than his own.

Facing a player like Jinguji Budao, there is no way to have inexplicable pride, otherwise, it is absolutely impossible to win the opponent.Zebei Eiji is very clear about this.

"Then please, Mike."

"I'll fill you in as much as possible, so go ahead and do it."

"Now, at least on the offensive end, we can still tear apart Xiangbei's defense line. We not only need to block Jinguji Budo's attack, but also win this game!"

As Zebei said, he stepped forward and ran quickly towards the front court. Mike nodded at the words. There are still many similarities between him and Zebei Eiji, at least in terms of the desire to win.

Sakuragi Hanamichi served in the backcourt, Rukawa Kaede quickly ran towards the frontcourt after receiving the pass from his teammates, and as Rukawa Kaede entered the frontcourt, Sakuragi Hanamichi also quickly made an air cut, Oda Ryumasa chased Sakuragi Hanamichi, from the left corner of the court to the right corner of the court.

But this time, Oda Ryumasa finally stuck Sakuragi so that he didn't have a chance to catch the ball.

After moving to the bottom corner on the right, Yingmu Huadao didn't stop, and actually quickly raised his position, rushing towards Rukawa Feng.

Sakuragi's actions immediately attracted the attention of the Xiangbei team members. Wu Dao sensed the movement of Sakuragi Flower Road, and looked at Rukawa Feng.And at this moment, Zebei started to move, interacting with Yingmu Huadao, and ran to the bottom corner on the right.

Budo's defense left the spot with Zebei's displacement, and Sakuragi, who was promoted, also made a high pick-and-roll for Rukawa Kaede.

With the help of Sakuragi Hanamichi's pick-and-roll, Rukawa Kaede quickly broke through with the ball and directly passed Kiyota Nobunaga's defense.

"Oda, switch defenses."

"Stop Rukawa Feng, I will guard against that little red-haired monkey!"

Kiyota Nobunaga shouted immediately when he saw the opponent's athletic movement.At the same time, Oda Ryumasa also stood in front of Rukawa Kaede, successfully slowing down Rukawa Kaede.

Just when everyone thought that the youth training team's offense had failed this round and needed to be reorganized, Mike Okita's figure suddenly ran quickly from the side of Sakuragi, directly to the three-point line behind Rukawa Kaede, and raised his hand to catch the ball.

And Mike Okita, who was chasing him, was actually stuck in the position by Sakuragi Flower Road at this time, and was unable to keep up directly. After being blocked, Sakuragi was not idle, and while everyone in Xiangbei was focusing on Mike Okita, he quickly cut from the middle.

Although Rukawa Kaede was holding the ball, he had an accurate grasp of the movements of his teammates on the field. He hooked the ball behind him with his right hand and sent the ball directly into Mike Okita's hands.

Mike Okita, who was holding the ball, had no intention of shooting at all. He threw the ball towards the basket with both hands, and a smile appeared on his face.

"what?!"

Kiyota Nobunaga saw the opponent's movement and realized that the opponent was passing the ball. He couldn't help but let out a low cry and looked up at the basketball.On the outside, Ryumasa Oda, Katsumi Ichiro and others also looked towards the basket.

I happened to see the figure of Yingmu Huadao moving towards the basket rapidly while looking up at the direction of the basketball.

"Good pass! Mike!" The basketball began to fall. Hanamichi Sakuragi looked at the basketball above his head, shouted and then jumped up. He caught the basketball in mid-air, grabbed the basketball with his right hand, and poured the ball towards the basket.

Nango Koichiro, who was defending under the basket, wanted to make a final effort. When he jumped up to defend, Hanamichi Sakuragi flew up with his body, while Masashi Kawada retreated outside the paint at this moment, completely giving way to the stage of performance.

"Boom!!"

With a loud noise, the basketball was poured into the basket. Hanamichi Sakuragi grasped the basket with both hands, and looked down at Nanxiang who was flying by him and fell back to the ground at the same time, with a smile on his face.

Letting go, Sakuragi shook his finger at Nango Koichiro, and then quickly returned to defense.

"Damn it!!!!"

"That red-haired monkey dares to mock me?!"

Looking at Sakuragi who left, Nanxiang suddenly felt angry, and gritted his teeth angrily.

Jinguji Budao also turned his head to look at Coach Otani on the sidelines at this moment, and was greatly surprised.

In such a short period of time, coach Otani not only mastered the correct "use method" of Sakuragi Hanamichi, but also successfully integrated the team, and even arranged such offensive tactics for the players.

All the players in the youth training team, except Sakuragi, have a strong singles ability with the ball, whether it is Kawada Masashi on the inside, or Rukawa Kaede, Sawakita, and Mike Okita on the outside.

But they didn't rely on any one person's personal ability when they were attacking. What they played was actually team basketball, which was a bit unexpected.

If this team has been working with each other for more than two years, it would not be surprising to have such tactics and martial arts, but this youth training team is obviously newly formed, and the players are quite proficient in tactical moves.

In the attack just now, there were actually many people who could serve as the team's offensive point. Mike Okita, who was open to catch the ball, Hanamichi Sakuragi who cut into the field, and even Rukawa Kaede who just took the ball, actually used Mike Okita to throw the open spot.

That said, Mike Okita, who catches the ball on the perimeter, actually has several offensive options.

And Xiangbei's defense just now obviously failed to defend anyone.

"As expected of coach Otani, in such a short period of time, the players in the youth training have been integrated into a real team by him."

"My teaching ability is not as good as his."

Coach Anxi looked at the players in the youth training on the field, couldn't help admiring, and directly admitted that he was not as good as the opponent.Caizi and others who heard Coach Anxi's words also looked at Coach Anxi in surprise.

But soon this feeling of surprise dissipated. Even though Coach Anxi used to be a national player and a famous coach in a university, in the final analysis, Coach Otani's ability to coach youth training must be the existence of the best among the best.

"Coach Anxi, don't say that either."

"Although the players in the youth training are very good, we in Xiangbei will not lose either."

"Until now, no one has ever been able to stop Jinguji martial arts. As long as he is there, we in Xiangbei will not lose!"

Seeing that Coach Anxi's mood seemed not high, and the morale of the surrounding players was also affected by Coach Anxi's words, Caizi immediately expressed relief.

Coach Anxi also nodded when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Hey, I'm not as good as Otani, but I didn't say that we in Xiangbei will lose!"

"Basketball is actually a cruel sport, although everyone knows that basketball is a five-on-five sport."

"But in fact, there are always some geniuses who can rely on their personal abilities to raise the upper limit of the team."

"Budao, you are such a genius!"

While Coach Anzai was talking to the sideline players, Kiyota Nobunaga had already entered the frontcourt with a basketball in the court, and gave the ball to Budo Jinguji.

This time, Jinguji Budo's opponent changed, it was no longer Eiji Zebei, but Mike Okita.

Mike Okita's defense is much tougher than Zebei's. He didn't expect the so-called defensive gap for himself, and directly posted Jinguji Budo. When Budo took the ball, Mike Okita's hands kept interfering with Budo.

"The defensive action was good."

"I haven't seen you for a while, Mike, you have made a big improvement too!"

"Are you going to verify your defensive ability with me?!"

It's a little uncomfortable to be beaten by the opponent in martial arts. Mike's defense is not trained in places like Asia at all. It is very American, with a wide range of movements, and it has the taste of iron-blooded basketball in this era.

The intensity of confrontation makes Budo seem to have returned to the time when he played in the United States.

Quickly falling the ball back, Budo retreated a small half step, then stretched out his arms, and after a feint, quickly exploded the ball and rushed in. His body directly hit Mike Okita's body, and the two collided with each other, making a muffled "bang". Facing Mike Okita, Budo also played very "American style".

Budo's forceful attack was very resolute, Mike Okita's sliding step finally failed to keep up with Budo's footsteps, and was directly thrown away by Budo.

Zebei on the side wanted to steal the ball.

But Takedo Jinguji, who quickly rushed into the basket, grabbed the ball with one hand and avoided it directly.

After two steps, Budo took off directly, and his body collided with Kawada Masashi, who was defending up, but the expert Budo still maintained his body balance in such a confrontation, hooked the ball with one hand, and sent it to the basket.

Budo's attack felt like a simple one-handed layup. Kawada Masashi seemed to have already guarded him, but in fact, it didn't affect Budo's layup at all.The whole series of movements is still quite smooth.

"Snapped!"

"Shh!"

The basketball hit the backboard directly into the net, and there was a soft sound.

At the same time, the players in Xiangbei on the sidelines burst into cheers, cheering for Jinguji Budo in the stadium.

"Beautiful! Senior Jinguji!"

"Captain, well done!"

The cheers from the sideline players came to the stadium, and Kiyota Nobunaga, who sent the assist, was also very honored, and said to Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede: "The youth training team is only at this level."

"Isn't it the same as being unable to stop the attack of the martial arts seniors?"

"Scoring is easy! Easy!"

Kiyota Nobunaga said, and began to return to the defense. While returning to the defense, he was still imagining the layup action that he used Budo to raise the sky with one hand just now, and gestured with his hand.

"whispering sound"

"It's just hugging Brother Wu Dao's thigh, and the wild monkey dares to mock us!"

"Hey, stinky fox, show him some color, don't let this bastard run wild!"

Yingmu Huadao shouted towards Rukawa Feng, his tone was full of displeasure.

But at this time, Rukawa Feng didn't pay attention to Kiyota Nobunaga's meaning, but looked at Shinjinguji Budo.Everyone in their youth training team on the field looked at Jinguji Budao who was leaving, with solemn expressions.

Kiyota Nobunaga, after all, is not a terrifying opponent, the trump card of Xiangbei is the real insurmountable mountain.

"Speed, strength, height and wingspan, ball, technique."

"It's completely a top-notch monster!"

"You can't let him have too much space to hold the ball. From the beginning, you need two people to chase him."

"Only in this way can it be possible to prevent him."

"However... if one person requires us to send two or three people to defend, the game becomes completely a gamble."

"It can only be a bet on the CIC foundation of the other players in Xiangbei!"

Coach Otani looked at Jinguji Budo in the field, thinking about the defensive strategy in his mind.

"That weak-looking kid is probably called Katsumi Ichiro. I heard that he is a shooter. This kid can't be let go."

"That power forward should be able to let go. As long as Kawata works hard, it shouldn't be a problem to cover the inside line."

"The vacancy in Xiangbei, judging from his previous playing style, he should also focus on breakthrough play."

"In this case, let Sakuragi guard against the shooter, and everyone else, let's rush to Jinguji Budo."

"I hope this kind of defense can play some role."

When coach Otani was thinking about it off the court, their youth training team had already completed this round of offense in less than ten seconds. Rukawa Kaede singled Kiyota Nobunaga and missed a high mid-range shot.

However, the rebound was held by Kawada Masashi. Kawada Masashi, who controlled the rebound, made a false pass and assisted Sakuragi Hanamichi to score a slam dunk, successfully scoring an attack.

At the time when the possession of the ball was changing on the field, coach Otani, who had a plan, did not call a timeout, but just came to the sidelines and shouted at the players returning to defense on the field:
"Let go of that power forward and that guard in Xiangbei, Sakuragi, you go and keep an eye on that shooter!"

"Mike Okita, Sawakita Eiji, and Rukawa Kaede, you three, stop Jinguji Budo!"

"Three against one! I don't believe he can still score goals!"

Coach Otani didn't even think about hiding anyone when he arranged the defensive tactics. Wu Dao also heard these words, and at the same time he couldn't help showing a smile on his face:
"Three against one. Hmm! Not bad, I have the advantage!"

(End of this chapter)