Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 483: Opportunity for change, everlasting comrade-in-arms!
There is a three-day window when the county competition transitions from the knockout stage to the round robin stage.

These three days also happen to be Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Therefore, when the round robin officially started, it happened to be a weekend, and the number of spectators in the arena on this day was much larger than usual.

Although Kanagawa Prefecture's prefectural competition itself attracted national attention, when the round-robin tournament officially started, the number of spectators who came to the arena to watch the game was beyond many people's expectations.

Even though they knew that the No. [-] player in the country would not play, the stadium was still full of spectators. Not to mention, even the corridor at the end of the stands was full of spectators.

The first game of the round robin is the match between Xiangbei High School and Xiangyang High School.After Xiangyang became a coach, he also found his own path, using height as the basic criterion for selecting players, supplemented by excellent running and shooting, and focusing on a "full bloom" approach.

Faced with the challenge from Shoyo High School, the players sent by Shohoku High School were all the best first- and second-year players, except for the pair of Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nango Koichiro who remained unchanged inside.

The outside assists were Rukawa Kaede, Katsumi Ichiro and Kiyota Nobunaga.

In this game, Coach Anzai did not continue to hand over the task of commanding the team to Jinguji Budo. It has already reached the round-robin stage. Every opponent is very strong. If he gives the command to Budo, it will be better to win, but if he loses , wouldn’t this blame become the responsibility of martial arts?

Coach Anxi has no intention of asking young people like Budo to share the pressure with him.

As the referee's whistle sounded, the players from Xiangbei High School and Xiangyang High School who entered the court ended their warm-up and returned to their rest areas.

Facing the Xiangyang High School game, Coach Anxi had already determined it when he dismantled the Xiangyang game video for the players.

At the beginning of the game, let's try the inside ability of Xiangyang's long-man system. If the opponent's inside fighting capacity is very strong, then Coach Anzai will adopt a safer approach, focusing on the breakthroughs of Rukawa Kaede and Kiyota Nobunaga and Katsumi Ichiro's. Shoot to attack.

If the opponent's inside strength is average, then inside offense and outside shooting will be the main offensive methods.

What method to use depends on the opponent!
As the referee blew the whistle to start the game, players from both sides began to walk onto the court.After the players took their positions in the center circle, the basketball was thrown into the air at the referee's whistle.

Xiangyang's center is a big man with a height of 194cm, with a slender figure, fair skin, and a look of tender skin and tender flesh.

But when it came to jumping the ball, Xiangyang's center had outstanding jumping ability and explosive power. He actually got ahead of Nango Koichiro and hit the bottom of the basketball.

The basketball flew towards Xiangyang's backcourt. Seeing that Nanxiang actually missed the jump ball, the Xiangbei players were greatly surprised. At the same time, they quickly retreated and returned to the court to defend.

Sakuragi Hanamichi quickly positioned himself on the inside, looked at the Xiangyang center who was running towards the inside, and suddenly said to Nanxiang beside him: "Hey, dyed monkey, you have to be careful!"

"That guy is difficult to deal with!"

It was rare that Nango Koichiro didn't argue with Hanamichi Sakuragi after hearing the name "Dyeing Monkey". Instead, he nodded seriously and did not stay in the paint. After the opponent crossed the three-point line, he quickly followed up.

Nanxiang's defense also surprised the spectators in the stands. They did not expect that Xiangbei's center would take the initiative to move up when defending. Did he not want to go to the basket?

Just when the audience had this question in their minds, Sakuragi Hanamichi moved two steps laterally, stood directly in front of the basket, and looked at Xiangyang's players.

Seeing Sakuragi's position, everyone in Xiangyang seemed unaware. After a few simple passes, the ball was given to the second-year small forward on the side. After the latter got the ball, he directly called for one under Rukawa Kaede's defense. Pick and roll, then quickly drop the ball down the road, and shoot directly from the mid-range with a pull-up jumper.

The original small forward of Xiangyang High School was Hasegawa Kazushi. However, after losing to the Aki no Kokutai team, Hasegawa Kazushi also quit the basketball team and did not continue to play basketball. Instead, he concentrated on preparing for the entrance exam.

Players like Hasegawa are actually the majority of Neon high school students.

Throughout the entire high school year, I was unable to achieve any outstanding results. I remained unknown and was not valued by any university and was exempted from examinations.Hasegawa is the epitome of all ordinary people.

After the seniors of Shoyang High School retired, the team was led by young players in their first and second years. As a former powerhouse in Kanagawa Prefecture, Shoyang's student pool was not bad. After a period of training, the team It's basically taken shape.

"My team is an elite selected from hundreds of people."

"No matter what kind of opponent we face, we have the strength to fight!"

On the side of the court, Xiangyang's coach crossed his legs and said to himself with a smile.

Xiangyang's coach is a young coach, he is just over thirty by visual inspection. Unlike Coach Anzai's "straight suit", Xiangyang's coach is wearing a sports shirt, and his hairstyle is even a scumbag that is extremely rare among men in this era. Ion perm.

While he was talking to himself, the basketball thrown by Xiangyang's small forward also fell into the net, making a soft sound.

"Good shot! Eda!"

Xiangyang's small forward is a first-year player named Eda Chaoichi, who is 189cm tall and weighs 77kg.His physical talent is quite outstanding among high school students, and he has been on the team for almost a year.

However, due to the frequent changes of team coaches and the strict "level" system in Xiangyang's powerful team, first-year Tokaichi Eda has never had a chance to play.

Originally, Eda had planned to transfer to another school, but with the arrival of a young coach, he was reused as a first-year student.Koichi Eda is their second scorer in Xiangyang.

And their leading scorer is their center Hideto Uesugi.

On the court, offense and defense alternated. Shohoku, who had obtained the offensive ball, advanced very quickly. In the blink of an eye, Kiyota Nobunaga had already entered the frontcourt with the basketball.

There was no intention of sticking to the ball. After Kiyota changed direction and shook off his opponent, he quickly hit the ball to the ground and passed it to Sakuragi Hanamichi in the middle distance.

I don't know when Sakuragi Hanamichi has become the core of Shohoku's inside line.

On the offensive end, he has also become an indispensable figure for the team.

With the basketball in his arms, Hanamichi Sakuragi quickly swept the ball frame. At the same time, the basketball in Sakuragi's hand swung to the right. After the ball fell, the basketball rebounded directly towards Sakuragi's left side.

Sakuragi Hanamichi stepped forward with his right foot directly to the left. After a simple feint, he actually started to break through, leaning on his opponent's body and rushing directly towards the basket.

From a technical point of view, there is no "difficulty" in such a feint breakthrough, but Sakuragi Hanamichi's movements are very smooth, and his explosive power is outstanding. In the blink of an eye, he has already surpassed his opponent and is heading towards the basket. enter.

Before the Xiangyang center guarding the basket could react, Sakuragi Hanamichi had already put the ball together with one hand and poured the ball into the basket.

Sharp breakthrough, powerful slam dunk.

Sakuragi Hanamichi's goal was much more explosive than Xiangyang's previous goal. The audience in the stands were immediately ignited by Sakuragi and cheered enthusiastically.

"Oh oh oh! The first graders in Shohoku are even better than they were in the IH national competition!"

"What a sharp breakthrough, this kid is very powerful!"

"Sakuragi Hanamichi! Sakuragi Hanamichi!"

For some reason, Sakuragi Hanamichi already has his own fans. After Sakuragi dunked, someone in the stands shouted Sakuragi Hanamichi's name.Yohei and others were sitting in the first row of the stands. When they heard someone cheering Sakuragi's name not far away, they couldn't help but look at each other and couldn't believe their ears.

"Does anyone actually know that idiot?"

"Coincidence, it's a coincidence!"

Takamiya and Danan shook their heads and shouted.In the court, Xiangyang's players have already sent the ball from the bottom line.They knew Sakuragi Hanamichi's ability very well, and they were very calm about Sakuragi's slam dunk.

After the basketball was released, Xiangyang's defender advanced to the frontcourt. Soon, after approaching the top of the arc, Xiangyang's defender directly made a gesture. Seeing the gesture, center Hideto Uesugi quickly moved up and gave a direct High pick and roll.

At the same time, Nango on the inside was also outside the three-point line. After the breakthrough, Xiangyang's defender turned around and was about to give the ball to Hideto Uesugi. However, he found that Nango was standing next to Hideto Uesugi, looking at him. Hold yourself.

"Xiangbei has studied our tactics!"

With this thought in his mind, Xiangyang's defender accelerated directly, planning to break through the inside line guarded only by Sakuragi. However, at this moment, Kiyota Nobunaga's figure jumped out from behind the opponent and hit the basketball from behind.

The basketball fell from his hand, and before he could rush to grab it, Sakuragi Hanamichi had already caught the ball in his hand.

"Run, you stinky fox!"

A loud shout came from Sakuragi's mouth, and the basketball in his hand was thrown directly towards the front court at the moment he made the sound.Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede, who had never worked closely together, completed the connection at this moment.

"You idiot don't need to tell me, I know what I should do!"

Rukawa Kaede quickly crossed the center line, took the basketball in his hand, and quickly rushed into Xiangyang's basket. Xiangyang's back line failed to defend in time, and saw Rukawa Kaede dribbling the ball into the basket, and then dunked and scored.

"Hahahaha! Well done, you stinky fox, you lived up to my genius' exquisite pass!"

"Thanks to this genius, you were able to score. You have to thank this genius! Hahaha!"

Seeing Rukawa Kaede score, Sakuragi Hanamichi put his hands on his hips and laughed hahaha. Although he took the credit for himself, to everyone's surprise, Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede both A guy who is naturally tough to deal with actually cooperates like this.

"It's really surprising!"

"I thought this kid Sakuragi would advance with the ball by himself and miss this opportunity for a fast break counterattack."

On the side of the court, Jinguji Budo was sitting in the rest area and said with a smile.Miyagi and the others beside him also nodded in approval. Not only Martial Arts didn't expect it, but no one else did.

"Senior Martial Arts."

"How can you say that about Sakuragi."

"Sakuragi-kun is already a qualified player. He knows what he should do on the court."

"He understands what is best for the team."

"Sakuragi is trying hard to follow in your footsteps, senior."

When Haruko heard Budo teasing Sakuragi, she couldn't help but explain Sakuragi Hanamichi.She actually knows more about Sakuragi than martial arts.

At least, Haruko knew why Sakuragi Hanamichi changed like this.

"Follow my footsteps?" Martial Arts looked slightly startled after hearing Haruko's words.

"After you leave, Sakuragi will definitely become the real pillar of Shohoku."

"I believe Sakuragi-san."

Haruko turned her head, smiled at Martial Arts, and then looked at the court again.

The way to make a boy mature quickly is to put something called "responsibility" on the boy's back.

Ever since Akagi and Mitsui retired and learned that Jinguji Budo was leaving Shohoku for the United States, Sakuragi Hanamichi consciously shouldered the "responsibility" of leading Shohoku to move forward.

Although Sakuragi is a "fool", he is an extremely proud person.Jinguji Budo has led Shohoku High School to win the national championship, and Sakuragi Hanamichi will never allow such an honor to pass away from his hands.

In fact, Sakuragi Hanamichi is not the only one who has such an idea.

The proud Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi agree on this aspect.

Two people who do not accept failure can also abandon the past and cooperate after reaching such a consensus.

In life, Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede may still be the same as before, but on the court, they have the same goal, which is to win!
Xiangyang is an excellent team, but with the cooperation of Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede, this "strong team" soon became unable to withstand it.

Rukawa Kaede has outstanding personal abilities, and after training on the back line, his vision is also extremely wide. When rushing forward with the ball, he can often make wonderful passes while moving, and the target of the pass can be any teammate on the field.

Although Sakuragi Hanamichi has not developed a very good passing awareness, Sakuragi's rebounding sense is far better than that of his opponents, and he crushes his opponents in all aspects of physical fitness. While easily protecting backcourt rebounds, he can also Make up for Nango Koichiro's side.

Xiangyang's center is a player with nimble feet and accurate shooting. Nanxiang always feels like he is unable to use his strength when dealing with it, and his opponents frequently score on him.

Sakuragi noticed this and relied on his excellent movement speed to often defend Nanxiang.

The previous Sakuragi would not have done such a thing. He would only mock Nanxiang after his defense failed.

Xiangbei High School, who cooperated seamlessly, showed extremely strong combat effectiveness. Xiangyang's first and second graders were unable to block Xiangbei's offensive. They were quickly beaten inside and outside and lost the ability to parry.

Xiangyang's players are all technical players, and it can be seen that they have a solid foundation.

But the players in Xiangbei are all talented players who can directly penetrate one-on-one.

In the end, Xiangbei defeated Xiangyang 102:66 and won the first victory in the round robin.

整场比赛，樱木花道上场33分钟，拿下了26分14板的恐怖数据，而流川枫上场了29分钟，拿下了33分4板4抢断6助攻的全面数据。

These two people accounted for more than half of Shohoku High School's points.

Kiyota Nobunaga, Nango and others also performed well. Katsumi Ichiro made 3 of 3 three-pointers. Although he took a few shots, his hit rate reached 100%. He is the hidden killer of Shohoku High School!
As the players from Xiangbei and Xiangyang left the field one after another, the players from Lingnan and Hainan also entered the court and began the pre-match warm-up.

After the game, Jinguji Budo left the court silently and did not stay with the team to watch the game.

Seeing today's competition in Shohoku, Budo suddenly discovered that it was not only himself who had grown, but also Sakuragi Hanamichi and others.

"Looks like I don't need to witness their game in person!"

"Win or lose, they're going to grow into great players."

"It's time for me to start my own journey!"

(End of this chapter)