Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Encouraged by Budo Jinguji, Sora Kuratani took the basketball to the sideline and prepared to serve.

The ball is still in the hands of their yellow team, and this round of offense has not yet come to an end.

Ryota Miyagi was standing on the field, one meter away from Kuratani Sora, his arm was shaking in front of the opponent's eyes, trying to interfere with the opponent's serve.

Miyagi is taller than Kuratani Sora. Under his defense, it is really not easy for Kuratani Sora to hit the ball with his height.

But Kuratani Sora obviously knew his own shortcomings. He made a misleading pass to Katsumi Ichiro who was near the three-point line, and then quickly hit the ball towards the inside.

When he played the ball, it happened that when Hanamichi Sakuragi came to the outside to respond, the basketball was directly held by Sakuragi.

The moment the basketball hit the ball, Kuratani Sora also quickly ran towards the inside line. When he crossed the Sakuragi Flower Road, Kuratani Sora turned his head and looked at the Sakuragi Flower Road.

Eyes intertwined.

Sakuragi Hanamichi saw the expectation and determination in Kuratani Sora's eyes, without hesitation, he sent the ball to his side, and threw it directly in front of Kuratani Sora.

"Snapped!"

Kuratani didn't stop for a moment, stretched out his hand to pat the ball, directly increased his speed, and rushed towards the basket. At this moment, Kuratani Kong hit the basket like a cheetah traveling at high speed!

"Stop him!"

Under the basket, watching Sora Kuratani's advance, a member of the red team reminded loudly.

The inside line guarding the basket glanced at Ryumasa Oda who was cutting into the inside line quickly at this time. After hesitating for a moment, he did not choose to raise the defense. Instead, he continued to stand under the basket, waiting for Kuratani Sora's attack.

He felt that with Kuratani Sora's height, even if the opponent entered the basket, it would not be able to cause effective damage.

"squeak!!!"

And at this moment, Kuratani Sora, who was chasing by Miyagi Ryota, made an emergency stop, followed by a side step, and quickly distanced himself from Miyagi Ryota who was chasing him.

Then, after Miyagi's slightly surprised gaze, Kuratani Sora, who had advanced to the middle distance, jumped lightly, and shot the basketball in his hand.

"Shhh!!"

Under the astonished gazes of the crowd, the basketball flew directly towards the basket, and then fell steadily into the net with a crisp sound.

As the basketball hit the net, Hanamichi Sakuragi also looked at Sora Kuratani in astonishment, unable to believe that this series of sudden stops and sidestep shots were actually shot from his hands.

"Enter?!"

"The rhythm of the emergency stop is well controlled, the side step is also very smooth, and the shooting posture is also very stable."

"Not a rookie."

Although Yingmu Huadao's own skills are only so-so, but he has played for so long, and his vision has been tempered.

Seeing Kuratani Sora's attack this round, Sakuragi Hanamichi immediately refreshed his impression of Kuratani Sora.

This short man belongs to the kind of character who can shoot and break through!
"Papa..papa.."

On the sidelines of the court, Budou Jinguji saw Kuratani Sora score a goal, he also smiled and clapped his hands, clapping his hands.Then he shouted to Miyagi Ryota in the field:
"Miyagi, this first-year transfer student shit on your head!"

"You can't be so useless?!"

Kuratani Sora originally thought that Jinguji Budou's applause was intended to cheer him up, but unexpectedly, Jinguji Budou directly irritated Miyagi Ryota who was opposing him.

Sure enough, Miyagi Liangtian's expression froze slightly when he heard this, and there was no smile on his face anymore.

When Kuratani Sora caught Miyagi Ryota's sight inadvertently, his whole body trembled subconsciously, and a trace of fear unexpectedly rose in his heart.

It wasn't that he was afraid of competing with Miyagi Liangtian, but that he saw a strong killing intent in Miyagi's eyes.

It was as if the other party would rush over and hit him in the next second.
"Everyone cheer up!"

"We absolutely cannot lose to the yellow team!"

"If you lose the game, everyone on the team, ten laps on the playground!!!"

Miyagi Ryota's competitive spirit came up, and he shouted directly at the team members behind him.Hearing Miyagi's words, all the members of the red team also responded one after another. In order not to accept physical punishment, the members of the red team planned to fight hard, and the morale of the whole team immediately rose.

"what?!"

"asshole!"

"We absolutely cannot lose to the yellow team!"

"If we lose, the whole team will run 15 laps!!"

Yingmu Huadao obviously felt that the opponent's momentum was rising under Miyagi Ryota's voice.

In terms of setting limits on corporal punishment for himself, Yingmu Huadao's damn desire to win is still at work, even if it is corporal punishment, he is unwilling to be compared by the opponent, and he also shouted loudly.

Even the number of laps he said was 5 laps more than his opponent.
However, different from what Sakuragi expected, the voices of the players in his team were much quieter.
The practice match continued. Although the yellow team had a variety of offensive methods after Kuratani Sora took control of the ball, in addition to Sakuragi Hanamichi and Oda Ryumasa's inside offense, Kuratani Sora also frequently launched attacks from the outside.

At first, Miyagi Ryota was not familiar with this first-year opponent, thinking that the opponent was just a first-year who was good at breakthroughs and mid-range shooting.

But as the game progressed, Kuratani Sora showed a terrifying three-pointer ability!
Yes, this freshman who is only in his early 150cm height, his best offensive method is shooting, and his three-pointers are perfect!
Faintly has the ability of Mitsui Shou when he first entered high school!

The opponent's offensive ability really had a good effect. Miyagi Ryota was not aware of it for a while, and he was actually scored several three-pointers by the opponent.

However, when Miyagi Ryota got to know Kuratani Sora, Kuratani Sora's outside shooting was useless.

His height is not as good as Miyagi's, and his bounce is only slightly better than Miyagi Ryota's, which is not enough to make up for his disadvantage in height and wingspan.

After Miyagi took precautions, Kuratani Sora's offense was ineffective.

What bothered Sora Kuratani the most was that Ryota Miyagi liked physical confrontation when defending him.Kuratani Sora has no way to understand, he is also a short player, why does the main point guard of Xiangbei High School like physical confrontation? !

During a normal game, isn't it true that a player of Miyagi Ryota's stature confronts his opponent with a physical confrontation with an egg?
Kuratani Sora's defensive style is completely different from Miyagi Ryota's. He likes to use his height and quick skills to create a stealing opportunity for himself by keeping a certain distance from the opponent!
But Kuratani Sora couldn't realize that the opponents he had encountered before and the opponents Miyagi Ryota often encountered were basically of two levels.

In the high school arena, if a short guard wants to defend the opponent well, he can't do it without doing his best!
As for relying on steals to defend? Don't be ridiculous, no matter how good a player is, how many steals can he steal in a game?Do you have to rely on "visual" defense when there is no steal? !
The chance of stealing depends not only on the player's ability to "grasp", but also on the player's ability to actively create it!
Kuratani Sora, who played in a weak team like Kuzuryu High School and has relatively little experience in the game, obviously has no way to understand Miyagi Ryota.

And in his first game in Xiangbei, he also played quite uncomfortable.

Miyagi Ryota restricted him too much.

Kuratani Sora was completely suppressed by Miyagi Ryota on the offensive end, but the team's operation did not have any major problems.Kuratani Sora had a hard time single-handedly attacking Miyagi Ryota, but if he just passed the ball and helped the team sort out the offense, he could still do it.

With Kuratani Sora's assistance, no one else said, Yingmu Huadao felt that he played very comfortably.

Kuratani Sora's observation ability is very good. Although he has played few balls with Sakuragi Hanamichi, he has already mastered the essentials of "using" Sakuragi.

Therefore, the offensive efficiency of the yellow team is generally not bad.

Sakuragi Hanamichi scored frequently, but made occasional mistakes.

The yellow team played well, but the red team played well, which can be described as excellent.

Miyagi Yoshita is an old player, and he knows the characteristics of his teammates well. There is no problem in linking up the red team's offense. Even Miyagi Yoshita himself frequently used his body to single-handedly hit Sora Kuratani, and repeatedly went inside to cause damage.

The defense of the yellow team was completely destroyed by Miyagi Yoshida.

Under the repeated bombardment of several players, the defense of the yellow team completely fell.

sunset.

"Ho ho."

On the playground of Xiangbei High School, Kuratani Kong was panting heavily, striding hard, following the team members in front of him.

His yellow team lost the game.
Moreover, what Yingmu Huadao said in a fierce fighting spirit was also taken seriously by the captain Jinguji Budao
After the game, a team of them was pulled to the playground and sent away after an hour of rest.Fortunately, the captain of Jinguji is still humane, and he didn't ask them to run laps as soon as the game was over, otherwise Kuratani Sora really felt that he would pass out.

But even so, Kuratani Sora still felt that the training in Xiangbei was too "rich".And it's also very strong.

They are running laps on the playground, and the players in the basketball hall in Xiangbei are not idle, but they don't use the ball for running laps, and the players inside just run laps with a ball.
"Xiangbei High School."

"It's really different!!"

"I absolutely want to gain a firm foothold in Xiangbei!!"

Thinking of this in his heart, Kuratani Sora only felt that the soreness in his muscles was much less, he quickened his pace, and quickly passed the red-haired boy in front of him.

"Oh?!"

"Very energetic! Kuratani Sora!"

"Ohhhh!!! I can't lose to you either!"

Sakuragi Hanadao, who was overtaken by Kuratani Sora, suddenly "ignited" and sped up his pace with a strange scream in his mouth, leaving Kuratani Sora behind in an instant. In just a few breaths, Yingmu Huadao had already thrown him several meters away.

Looking at the back of Sakuragi Hanadao who was slowly going away, Kuratani Sora was speechless for a long time.

If he remembered correctly.
After Sakuragi Hanamichi just finished playing the whole game, he went to shoot practice without much rest, and then ran laps with them again, this is the tenth lap.
"Is that guy a monster?!"

Kuratani Hollow sighed inwardly, and felt what is called the gap!

The transfer student Che Gukong officially became a member of the basketball club of Shonhoku High School.

Due to his excellent performance in the practice match, Kuratani Sora successfully crossed the third team, directly entered the second team, and trained with the players of the second team.

This semester, for high school students, the most important and most watched event is the Autumn National Sports.

This is a large-scale competition with counties as the unit.

Although it is the most important competition for high school students, in fact, Akino Kunti has nothing to do with many high school students.

The most important role of this semester is to allow each team to adjust their teams and lay a solid foundation.

The third-year high school players will basically leave the team in the summer, and there are no other large-scale competitions this semester. For the vast majority of players, this is the best opportunity to exercise their strength.

But for some outstanding players, this semester is also a semester of competing for honors!
"Coach Anxi, the arrangements for the Autumn National Stadium have come down."

"As the famous coach who led Shonhoku High School to win the national championship, you will be the head coach of this year's Akinokokuti Kanagawa Prefecture team!"

"This is the team building planning report, take a look."

In the early morning of this day, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes ushered in the faculty office where Coach Anxi worked.After the middle-aged man was ushered into a side seat by Coach Anxi, he took out a document from his carry-on bag and handed it to Coach Anxi.

"Hohohohoho."

"Ok."

Coach Anxi took the file, opened it, pulled out a stack of A4 papers, and carefully reviewed the contents on it.

At the same time, the middle-aged man also looked at Coach Anxi and said:
"This year, we have adjusted the way we recruit team members in Kanagawa Prefecture."

"The meaning above is that they want to conduct a large-scale screening and ban the previous method of assigning players for training in various high schools."

"The purpose is to prevent some coaches from cheating for personal gain and detaining truly capable and talented players in private, preventing them from having the opportunity to participate in the competition."

"This year, our county plans to use the method of full participation in training and elimination to select team players."

"All high school students of the right age can participate in the selection!"

"Although the workload is much larger than in previous years, for high school students, this method is more transparent and reasonable."

When Coach Anxi heard this arrangement, he raised his head in surprise.

"The whole county?"

Looking at the middle-aged man suspiciously, Coach Anxi couldn't help asking.

"Yes! The whole county!"

"The leadership intends to conduct a trial in our Kanagawa County first, and intends to recruit all talents!"

The middle-aged man nodded and said with a smile.

"That's really a big project."

"How long will the selection process take? The players are still students. For them, their studies are the most important thing."

"If I delay my studies because of the trials for the Autumn National Sports, I'm afraid it will be bad."

"What do you plan to do with this method of material selection?"

Coach Anxi shook the information in his hand, raised his head, and asked suspiciously.

"Professionalization of campus basketball!"

"Next, we'll implement this!"

"Don't worry about players affecting their studies. Those who are not good enough will be eliminated within a week without affecting their studies."

"Those who are good enough to pass the primary election will also receive the attention of universities."

"The top ones may directly join the national team in the future! Receive professional training!"

"Coach Anxi, we want to be the strongest in Asia!!"

(End of this chapter)