Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

At the end of the first half of the game between Xiangbei High School and the Youth Training Team, the score of the two teams came to 55:49. Not only was Xiangbei High School not suppressed by the Youth Training Team, but it led the opponent by six points.

During the intermission, the members of the youth training team who had returned to the rest area secretly looked at Jinguji Budo in the rest area on the other side, their eyes full of surprise.

None of them thought that the situation of the game would develop into what it is now. Whether it was Eiji Zebei or Mike Okita, they had all fought against Shonhoku High School led by Budo Jinguji.

Rukawa Kaede is Xiangbei's own player.

But even so, they didn't expect Jinguji Budao to still lead Xiangbei High School to suppress them under the double-team of the three of them.

In the short 10 minutes of the first half, Budou Jinguji had already scored 31 points, 31 points in the half, and he was able to score so many points under such a defensive intensity. If he hadn't experienced it himself, no one would believe such an outrageous thing.

"Is this guy... really human?!"

"It is not a matter of skill level to be able to score goals frequently under such a defensive intensity!"

"It's just like an adult bullying a child."

In the rest area, Zebei Eiji panted heavily, and said somewhat unwillingly.

The brilliance of Jinguji martial arts completely suppressed everyone, and the combat power displayed by the opponent now is simply not something he can touch.Eiji Zebei, who has always been striving for the goal of Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Tianye, has never felt that the goal is so far away.

Back then, when Xiangbei High School was competing with their Mountain King, Jinguji Budao probably didn't fully display his strength at all.

In today's game, Budo Jinguji completely shattered their understanding of basketball.

It turns out that there is really someone who can bring the team to this level only by relying on three-pointers.

It turns out that relying on three-pointers can also suppress opponents, and even lead the team to defeat the strong with the weak.Jinguji Budo's current style of play is completely different from the basketball concept of this era.

The closer to the basket the easier it is to score.

Such a law does not seem to apply to Jinguji Budao.

"Zebei, don't worry."

"As a qualified player, it is very important to keep a clear head."

"Only in this way can you see your opponent's weaknesses and your own weaknesses clearly."

Coach Otani heard Zebei Eiji's muttering, and directly turned his head to Zebei and pointed out.Seeing some dejected players, Coach Otani stood up, walked in front of the players, slowly squatted down, looked up slightly, the players continued:
"The firepower of Xiangbei High School is indeed very fierce!"

"Jinguji Budo's personal ability is indeed quite outstanding. I have never seen a player like him, let alone you, in China."

"Let's not talk about domestic, even if you look at the world, such high school students are probably rare."

"However... this does not mean that you have no chance of winning."

"Although Xiangbei is strong, they are not invulnerable."

"It depends on whether we can seize the opportunity!"

Coach Otani spoke to the players with a calm tone, and there was no tension or panic on his face because the team fell behind.

A coach like him has faced this situation countless times.

In this era, the Neon national team loses more and wins less in the World Series. Coach Otani loses a lot, so he is naturally proficient
Coach Otani's words immediately attracted the players' attention.Now let alone Eiji Sawakita, who is fighting Jinguji Budo head-on, even the players who watched the game think that Jinguji Budo is irresistible and the team has no hope of winning.

But what Coach Otani said made everyone see hope.

"Opportunity?! What opportunity?!"

"What kind of chance will allow us to win?"

When Zebei Eiji heard the word "opportunity", he immediately regained his spirits and hurriedly asked Coach Otani.Without waiting for Coach Otani to reply, Sakuragi Hana said logically:
"Of course there is a chance!"

"And this opportunity is being firmly grasped by this genius!"

"As long as you follow me, this genius, we will have a chance of victory!"

Zebei Eiji suddenly heard this, thinking that Sakuragi Hanamichi had started to "stinky fart" again.Although this guy who claims to be a genius has a little bit of strength, Eiji Zebei doesn't think that relying on Hanamichi Sakuragi's half-baked skills can lead the team to win.

It is better to count on Yingmu Huadao than on himself, even Rukawa Feng is more reliable than counting on Sakuragi.

However, Coach Otani, who heard this, looked at Yingmu Hanadao and smiled, his eyes were full of appreciation. Looking at him, he seemed to quite agree with Yinggi Hanadao's words?
Stop it.
Zebei Eiji saw Coach Otani's expression, subconsciously questioned in his heart, but the next second, Zebei Eiji was stunned.

If their team has a chance to win, there really is one!
Moreover, this opportunity was really seized by their team, but this opportunity not only depended on Sakuragi, but also depended on Kawada Masashi.

"Coach Otani. What do you mean?"

Zebei had some guesses in his mind and asked uncertainly.

"rebound!"

"Rebounds are our last chance to turn defeat into victory!"

Eiji Zebei looked at Hanamichi Sakuragi, and finally realized what the opportunity in Coach Otani's mouth was.Indeed, although Xiangbei High School is now leading, the rebounds are firmly controlled by their youth training team.

Now Budo Jinguji can keep the team ahead by relying on his excellent shooting percentage, so what if his touch declines?
Zebei really couldn't believe that someone could shoot the whole game and still feel so hot.

In this day and age, there is no such kind of high school student!

"So that's how it is!" The rest of the team quickly calmed down after listening to the conversation between coach Otani and Zebei. The pressure Jinguji Budo put on them was so great that they couldn't calm down and think about it.

But being said like this, all the confidence came, but in this era, not to mention that in places like Asia, there is no such player who can lead the team to victory purely by relying on three-pointers, even in places where basketball is developed in Europe and the United States, there is no such player.

In this era, the god of basketball is called Jordan, not Curry, although the god of basketball in later generations is also Jordan.
But the current basketball is not the basketball of the later generations. Even a center can have a beautiful three-pointer. In this era, the three-pointer is only an auxiliary means of attack. The mid-range is the team's destiny to win!

The youth training team who had regained their confidence was in high spirits.

On the other side of the field, Jinguji Budou also keenly noticed that the morale of the youth training team had improved. He looked at Rukawa Kaede, Sakuragi and others with a smile, and then looked away, drinking water to make adjustments.

If Wu Dao knew what the youth training team was thinking, he would have laughed out loud by now.

Is the small ball era more upscale than today's iron-blooded basketball?That is of course impossible. The era is different, the rules are different, and the intensity of the competition is also very different.If Curry is the same generation as Jordan, it is still unknown whether he can guarantee such a high three-point shooting rate.

But then again, if the intensity of the game is not high, and Curry and Jordan lead their teams to play the game, the outcome is really two things.

After all, everyone knows that three points is one point more than two points.
Although Budo lived in the 90s, the intensity of today's training match is just that for him.To affect his projection, relying on Zebei's "short guys" really can't do it!

The intermission time is soon over.

As the whistle blew, the players of the two teams also began to walk towards the stadium.

The referee player took the basketball and quickly walked into the middle circle.

Kawada Masashi and Nango Koichiro stood on the halfway line. Just as the referee was about to blow the whistle to announce the start of the game, Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly walked up to Kawada Masashi, and stretched out his hand to stop him: "The bald orangutan, let this genius do the jump ball!"

Kawada Masashi looked towards Sakuragi Hanadao with a bad look on hearing the words.

It's not because Sakuragi wants to compete with him for the jump ball qualification, it's simply because Sakuragi Hanamichi called him very upset.

"It's up to me to come here." Before Sakuragi Hanadao finished speaking, Kawada Masashi directly came to Sakuragi's body, his arms clamped directly on Sakuragi's neck, and asked coldly in Sakuragi's ear: "What did you call me?!"

"Senior Bald Hetian!!!"

Sakuragi was about to blurt out subconsciously, but as soon as the first word was uttered, the pressure on his throat became heavier. Sakuragi realized that something was wrong, and immediately changed his words.

Hearing this senior, Kawada Masashi also slowly let go of his hand, walked to the side, and gave way to the position of the jump ball, but before leaving, Kawada threatened: "Boy, if you lose, I will kill you!"

"Don't worry, I will definitely win, Senior Bald Hetian."

Seeing Kawada Masashi's unfriendly eyes, Sakuragi said with a haha.Then he stood in front of Nanxiang Koichiro, and said to Nanxiang, "Pleasant monkey, I will be your opponent today!"

"Well, don't be afraid, use your full strength to please this genius, hahahaha!"

Yingmu Huadao's arrogant appearance made all the players around him speechless for a while.Bu Dao couldn't help but cover his face. I don't know where Sakuragi learned that.
"Beep—" Seeing that the players on both sides were ready, the referee threw the ball into the air after a long whistle.

Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nango Koichiro uttered loud shouts at the same time, jumped up and grabbed the basketball.Relying on his excellent jumping and explosive power, Yingmu Huadao easily won over Nanxiang, and was the first to point to the basketball.

It's just that when Sakuragi jumped the ball, the direction of the ball was a bit off, and Rukawa Kaede moved sideways for more than one meter before successfully catching the basketball.Yingmu Huadao, who won the jump ball, glanced at Nanxiang complacently. Although he didn't speak, the meaning was self-evident.

Seeing the look in the opponent's eyes, Nanxiang was furious for a while, but after losing the jump ball, he had no choice but to call "bastard".

The youth training team that won the ball soon entered the Shonhoku half. With the help of Kawada Masashi's high-position pick-and-roll, Rukawa Kaede made a breakthrough, quickly cut into the inside line, and staged a false throw in front of Nango. The ball was given to Sakuragi Hanamichi who also cut into the inside line.

Sakuragi, who received the ball from the basket, dribbled the ball directly into the basket, and took off directly after two steps. His body flew from the left side of the basket to the right side of the basket in mid-air, and then dunked the ball into the basket with a backhand.

A beautiful back button not only scored two points for the team, but also mobilized the enthusiasm of the players and sounded the clarion call for a counterattack.

However, as Xiangbei's counterattack came, a pot of cold water was poured directly on the players of the youth training team.

Kiyota Nobunaga dribbled the ball from the backcourt into the frontcourt, and Jinguji Takedo, who was standing on the outside, directly signaled Oda Ryumasa and Nango Koichiro, who were on the inside, to come to the outside to create space for him to attack.

With the cooperation of many people in the pick-and-roll, Jinguji Budao quickly escaped from the opponent's double-team, and when he was moving towards the left side of the court at high speed, he also reached out to Kiyota Nobunaga for the ball.

Kiyota Nobunaga, who was at the top of the arc, turned his back and handed the ball to Budo Jinguji.

Jinguji Budo, who successfully opened the distance, took the ball and directly pulled up a jumper to shoot. After the basketball shot, Rukawa Kaede who was chasing was belatedly, and raised his hand to cover Budo's face.

But at this time, what's the use of defense?
The basketball flew directly towards the basket. Under the watchful eyes of all the players, the basketball went straight into the net and made a crisp sound!
At the beginning of the second half, Budou Jinguji directly scored a three-pointer, and the point difference between the two teams expanded by one point. The score came to 58:51, and the point difference came to 7 points.

And Jinguji Budao's three-pointer also foreshadowed Jinguji Budao's touch in the second half of the game!
The "opportunity" mentioned by coach Otani did appear in the second half of the game, and Hanamichi Sakuragi and Masashi Kawata joined forces to seize this opportunity.

But it is a pity that the situation of the game did not change because their youth training team successfully controlled the rebound.

Under the leadership of Jinguji Budo, Xiangbei still firmly holds the advantage. Although the youth training team's offense is also very smooth, there is no tendency to close the point difference at all.

Even the point difference has not been further expanded, which is already the result of the hard work of the players.

Jinguji Budao's unreasonable consecutive three-pointers finally completely shattered the hopes of the youth training team.

As the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Shohoku won the game 102:93. Jinguji Budou scored 66 points. He made 21 of 16 shots from three-pointers alone. The terrifying scoring efficiency made everyone amazed.

Remembering the final whistle, all the players of the youth training team turned their heads to look at the scoreboard on the sidelines, looking at the scores of the two teams, a little dazed.

Until the end of the game, Yingmu Huadao was still unwilling to accept their defeat. He couldn't figure out why the team still lost after he had performed so brilliantly!

Hanamichi Sakuragi scored 24 points and 17 rebounds in this game, star-level data, but the team still lost.

Sakuragi couldn't figure it out, he couldn't figure it out at all that he had already dominated the basket, but he still lost the game. This was completely different from the phrase "controlling the rebound can control the game" that Akagi taught him back then.

Lost in spirit, Sakuragi turned his head to look at Jinguji Budao, and couldn't help but ask, "Why?"

"It's not me who wins, it's the times!"

"Ikebana, the world of basketball is very vast!"

"What never changes in this world is change itself!"

"On the court, there is no eternal truth."

"In front of absolutely powerful players, even the truth can be changed!"

(End of this chapter)