Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Kuratani Sora's fast break three-pointer when he broke into the enemy's formation made all the Dabei players gasp. No one expected that the most inconspicuous short man would be the first player to score on their heads.

At this time, most of their attention is still focused on the red-haired Sakuragi Hanamichi. After all, he is the "Red Devil" who shined in the national competition. Sakuragi Hanamichi is far better than the others. The several Xiangbei players are much more eye-catching.

"Uh"

In fact, Sakuragi Hanamichi had already planned to curse when he saw Yasuda Yasharu passing the ball to Kurutani Sora. He had already thought of more than a dozen ways to open the game in his mind, all of which were based on his "Genius Sakura" It started with "Wooden's" gorgeous goal.

Unexpectedly, this limelight was actually snatched away by this boy Sora Kuratani, which really made Sakuragi a little unhappy.

However, Sakuragi Hanamichi looked around and looked at the players around him who had little experience in national competitions. He couldn't help but have the illusion of "I am a senior" in his heart.

After coughing lightly, he pretended to be calm and shouted to Kuratani Sora: "Well done, Xiaokong~"

Sora is Sakuragi Hanamichi's "pet name" for Sora Kuratani. After shouting, Sakuragi Hanamichi quickly waved to the team members and shouted: "Return to defense!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi's performance on the court was quite different from his previous outbursts. On the sidelines of the court, Miyagi Ryota and others saw Sakuragi Hanamichi's change, but they were not happy at all.

"This guy Sakuragi Hanamichi... why do I feel a little unreliable?" Miyagi Ryota twitched the corner of his mouth. Looking at Sakuragi Hanamichi who was in a huge difference from his usual state, he twitched the corner of his mouth and couldn't help but doubt.

"Haha, don't think the worst, Captain Miyagi."

"Maybe it's because this guy suddenly became more responsible and more reliable."

Katsumi Ichiro squinted his eyes and spoke with a smile. Although he said so, there was no expression of "trust" on his face.

"Yes." Miyagi Ryota nodded slightly and glanced at Daibei High School, which had already launched an attack.

The height requirements of Dabei's players are those of ordinary high school students. The players on the back line are less than 170cm tall. Except for the center who is close to 190cm, the other players are all around 170cm-180cm.

From Jinguji Budo's point of view, a team with such height conditions is not competitive at all, but in fact, the foundation of these players in Dabei is relatively solid.

The point guard who dribbles the ball into the frontcourt is also very skilled in his skills.

Soon, the basketball was brought into the frontcourt. After several passes, the basketball was directly given to the inside.Dabei High School is one of those teams that is strong internally and weak externally. That is to say, the combat effectiveness of the inside players is much stronger than that of the outside players. Therefore, their goals tend to be attacked from the inside.

After receiving the basketball, center Daekei dribbled the ball and quickly faced the frame. After a high-ball feint, he stepped past Ryumasa Oda and went straight for a layup. The basketball flew out of center daikita's hands and grazed the side of the backboard. , fell into the basket.

"Huh?"

"It's a very good footwork. I didn't feel much about it when I watched it yesterday. Today when I played against Oda, I realized that Dabei's center has very flexible footwork."

Seeing that the center of Oita scored easily, Nango Koichiro touched his chin and said with some surprise.

When watching other people's games, the audience's perception will always be weaker.

This principle is equivalent to fans watching football on TV and watching CBA players playing on the court. Some people will have the idea in their hearts that I can do it.

But the feeling of actually playing on the court is completely different from the feeling of watching people playing on the sidelines.

The reason why Nanxiang has this idea now is because he has played against Oda Ryumasa and knows that Oda's defensive steps are pretty good.

From this, he concluded that the center of Daebei, who could easily score in the hands of Oda Ryumasa, was very flexible.

"Ah? Xiaotian, how could you let him score so easily?"

Sakuragi Hanamichi in the stadium saw that Taibei's center actually scored a layup on Oda Ryumasa's head so easily. He immediately shouted loudly with an angry look on his face. Uninformed people thought that the opponent was attacking him. Scored on his head.

"Asshole, shut up!" Oda Ryumasa was not afraid of the "vicious" Sakuragi Hanamichi, so he retorted directly.

When he just got the ball, he just tested the opponent's depth and didn't use his full strength!

With that said, Oda Ryumasa had already picked up the basketball, went outside the baseline, and gave the ball to Yasuda Yasharu. After the latter took the ball, Nono persuaded Sakuragi, "Sakuragi-san, attack." However, he was greeted by the opponent. What came was Sakuragi Hanamichi's murderous gaze.

"Give me the ball!"

After shouting, Sakuragi Hanamichi quickly ran towards the frontcourt, running so fast that he was completely out of touch with the other Shohoku players.

Yasuda Yasuhiro slowly dribbled the ball forward. Before the ball passed the half-court, Sakuragi Hanamichi had already gone to the inside of Daihoku and took a position in advance.

As Sakuragi cut into the inside and positioned himself, Dabei's center, power forward, and small forward who were closer all looked at Hanamichi Sakuragi out of the corners of their eyes.

The small forward on the outside paid attention to Sakuragi Hanamichi's position, moved his position slightly, and leaned towards Sakuragi. The three Taibei players faintly formed a double-team on Sakuragi Hanamichi.

"Huh? Dabei is very wary of Sakuragi."

On the sidelines of the court, Miyagi Ryota saw Daihoku's defensive strategy at a glance and said with a smile. Then his expression condensed and he looked at Yasuda Yaharu who was holding the ball. He couldn't help but murmured: "I don't know if Yasuda is watching." Come out."

In the court, Yasuda Yasharu, who entered the frontcourt with the ball, naturally understood Dabei's defensive intentions. Although he did not have much experience in the game and his physical talent was very weak, Yasuda Yasharu's mind was still good. After such a long time Under the influence of tactics, if he cannot even see through such basic things, he will not be able to become the first choice for Xiangbei.

There aren't many players in the second team who are physically better than him, but why is he the first choice?Because he is stable and because he knows how to use his brain when playing.

Just as he was about to pass the ball to Kurutani Sora on the side, Sakuragi Hanamichi on the inside actually directly noticed Yasuda Yasharu's intention and shouted:
"Yasuda! Give me the ball!"

"Hurry up and give me the ball!"

Yasuda Yasharu's idea was to let Kurutani Sora break through Daibei's defense line and disrupt the opponent's position, but with Sakuragi Hanamichi's shouting, Yasuda Yasharu had no way to pretend to be stupid and invisible.

Sakuragi Hanamichi's "power" is still quite deep in the hearts of first-year players.

Taking action with the basketball, Yasuda Yasuda directly lobbed the ball towards Sakuragi Hanamichi.

Seeing Yasuda Yasharu playing the ball, Miyagi Ryota couldn't help but cursed: "That idiot."

Miyagi also saw Yasuda Yasharu's intention to pass the ball to Kurutani Sora. He also knew that Yasuda was forced to pass the ball because of Sakuragi's power. Therefore, his "idiot" was not actually aimed at Yasuda, but at Yasuda. It's Sakuragi.

"Snapped!"

In the court, Sakuragi Hanamichi grabbed the ball with one hand from the mid-range and put the ball in his arms.And the next second he got the ball, Dabei's small forward made a dumpling for Sakuragi Hanamichi. Together with Dabei's power forward, the two of them worked in tandem to make a dumpling for Sakuragi. .

"Humph!"

"Is two people enough?!"

Facing the two men's double-teaming, Sakuragi Hanamichi snorted softly, and the corners of his mouth turned into a "√" shape.The basketball in his hand quickly fell from the gap between the two, and then relied on his body strength to get out of the double-team of the two. After escaping, Sakuragi Hanamichi directly put his hands on the spherical basket and shot a mid-range jumper.Facing a double-team, he instead carried out a strong attack. Sakuragi Hanamichi's choice of shots exceeded everyone's expectations.

"Vote? You idiot!" Ryota Miyagi cursed angrily.

"Not necessarily." However, Jinguji Budo next to him narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the arc of the basketball, and said with a smile.

Sure enough, the next second after Jinguji Budo's words fell, the basketball thrown by Sakuragi Hanamichi fell directly into the net, making a crisp sound.

"Huh?" Miyagi Ryota was stunned when he saw the basketball hit the net, and then muttered: "It's just shitty luck."

"A player of that level can't guard against that idiot."

At this moment, a cold voice came from Miyagi Ryota's ears. He turned around and saw Rukawa Kaede with his legs crossed and staring at Sakuragi Hanamichi in the stadium.

Those words just now came from Rukawa Kaede’s mouth!

Miyagi Ryota glanced at Rukawa Kaede in confusion. Unexpectedly, Rukawa Kaede, who had always been at odds with Sakuragi, would actually praise Sakuragi at this time.

Although Rukawa Kaede calls Sakuragi an "idiot", there is no essential difference between swearing at this level and calling someone a "little idiot"
"well!!!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi, who successfully scored, waved his arms and shouted happily.Then he quickly returned to defense amidst the cheers of his teammates.

The Taibei players who lost a goal looked at each other and felt huge pressure from Sakuragi Hanamichi.

"Is this a national-level player?"

"You can score the ball so easily when being double-teamed by two people. It's so strong!!!"

"Great!"

On the bench of Dabei, the substitute players looked at Hanamichi Sakuragi who was returning to defense and exclaimed in admiration. Hanamichi Sakuragi, who was returning to defense, heard the discussion coming from the sidelines and couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly.

I don’t know since when, Sakuragi Hanamichi has become the “strong man” that others call him!

"A national-level player?"

"Sounds pretty good."

Sakuragi Hanamichi thought happily in his heart. After he got into position, he beat his chest with excitement and shouted to the Dabei team members who were organizing the attack:
"spread!"

"Come here! Dabei!"

"Come and challenge me, a national-level power forward, hahahahaha!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi laughed wildly, with such arrogance that the players on the Shohoku bench looked at each other in confusion.

Watching Sakuragi's active appearance on the field, Budo couldn't help but cover his mouth and chuckle. Although this guy has grown a lot in his skills, once he gets carried away, his true nature is exposed.

Soon, Dabei's players entered the frontcourt. After passing the basketball several times, the ball was once again given to the inside. However, this time, Dabei's center failed to successfully send the ball into the net.

The center Daikita who took the ball made a shoulder cover, then quickly turned outwards to face the frame, and directly shot a fadeaway jumper. However, his actions were seen by Oda Ryumasa, and Oda also successfully predicted the opponent's action. He jumped directly to cover the ball.

Kurutani sprinted, grabbed the ball in his hands, and then quickly entered the frontcourt with the ball.

Dabei's defense was very fast, and Kurutani Sora, who received the ball near the bottom corner, had no chance to score a layup.

After waiting in the corner with the ball for a while, he saw Sakuragi Hanamichi's figure directly crossing the top of the three-point arc and heading towards the inside.

Sora Kurutani directly hit the ball to the ground and passed it to Sakuragi Hanamichi who cut in. The latter took the ball and after dribbling it, he ignored the approaching Oikita center and directly jumped up and poured the ball over the opponent's head. into the basket.

The exaggerated bounce and strength directly pushed Dabei's center forward. After the opponent landed, he staggered and sat on the floor.

As Sakuragi Hanamichi scored a dunk, the originally quiet stands suddenly burst into cheers.At the side of the court, the media people who knew that Jinguji Budo would not be playing were all chatting with their partners in a lack of interest. They were startled when they heard the loud noise coming from the court.

Then the sound of the shutter came to my ears.

"What...what's going on?" The reporter who had deserted didn't know what was going on and asked in confusion as he looked at the scene in the stadium.The reporters who were working seriously had no time to pay attention to others at this moment. They kept the shutter of the camera in their hands and kept whispering: "Awesome! It's really awesome!"

“Even if I didn’t get to take photos of Jinguji Martial Arts today, it was still worth it!!”

Amazing cheers erupted from the stands, and fans from Kanagawa Prefecture shouted excitedly, cheering for Sakuragi and Shohoku.

On the Shohoku bench, the players saw Sakuragi's amazing performance, but they were not surprised.Miyagi Ryota looked at Sakuragi and whispered bitterly: "Watching him play. Sometimes I really envy this idiot!"

In Miyagi's eyes, Sakuragi Hanamichi's talent was only inferior to that of Jinguji Martial Arts.

Abundant physical strength, innate instinct for rebounding, astonishing speed of progress, and innate physical talent, these are all things Miyagi Ryota hopes he will have.

Only players like Miyagi Ryota realize that there are some things that no matter how hard he tries, he cannot catch up.

Fate is really not fair to people.

This game is destined to be an exhibition match for Sakuragi Hanamichi. As Rukawa Kaede said, those players from Daihoku High School are not at the same level as Sakuragi.

Whether it's physical confrontation or ball skills.

Sakuragi's mid-range lethality has already surpassed the category of "ordinary high school students".

At the end of the game, Shohoku High School defeated Daihoku High School 98:64 and won the game. Sakuragi Hanamichi scored his career-high 43 points in the main game.

At the same time, he had excellent statistics of 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 5 blocks, becoming Xiangbei's biggest contributor in this game.

Under the flashlight of the media, Hanamichi Sakuragi waved his hands towards the stands after the game and returned to the Shohoku rest area.

"Sakuragi."

"You will definitely become a player who shocks the whole country!"

Jinguji Budo looked at Hanamichi Sakuragi who performed brilliantly, smiled and clapped his hands, feeling happy for Sakuragi in his heart.