The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master.

Chapter 104 The Battle of the Mountain King!

In the locker room, a dozen hands were clasped together.

The previous nervousness on the faces of Fujima, Hanagata and others has disappeared a lot, replaced by full fighting spirit.

Lin Dong put his hand on the top and shouted in a low voice: "Victory!"

"victory!"

"Come on!"

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"The Mountain King! The Mountain King! The Mountain King!"

"Zebei! Zebei! Zebei!"

"Kawada! Kawada! Kawada!"

As soon as he entered the tunnel, the overwhelming and deafening cheers in the arena were already echoing in the tunnel, making the entire tunnel buzz.

If it weren't for the psychological preparation that has been done long ago, I am afraid that the momentum of this full home field will already make ordinary teams disarmed and timid, as if they have become the biggest villain in the world, as if they are not here to fight. , but came to be judged by the people...

But after all, this was Xiangyang who had just activated his state. The smiles on everyone's faces did not change at all, and they followed Coach Anxi and filed out of the channel.

The venue that could accommodate 6000 people was already packed with people. Several cameras set up on both sides of the court, as well as reporters holding microphones pointing at the camera and talking non-stop, immediately gave the impression of this high school basketball game. Pulled up.

NHK's ratings reached yesterday's peak of 18% a dozen minutes ago, and the numbers continue to grow.

The scene was even equipped with a commentator, Takeuchi Kato, who had previously commented on the Japanese Olympic qualifying games and had also been appointed as the commentator for NHK to broadcast for the NBA.

"As expected of Sanno Industries, it has won three consecutive national competitions and is the absolute king of Japanese high school basketball. The whole stadium is cheering for Sanno! This time, the Japan Basketball Association and the NBA have signed many cooperation contracts. The NBA will strongly support Japan. Basketball youth training, it is foreseeable that there will be more and more teams like Sanno in the future, and Japanese basketball is re-emerging..."

"The starting lineups for both sides have been released. Sanno Industries has sent out their strongest starting five, with Masashi Kawada as the starting center..."

"The players on both sides have come in to warm up. They all look calm and are shooting to warm up their skills."

"Tsk, Xiangyang's condition seems to be very good. This makes people want to praise him. Although it is almost an away game, he is not disturbed by the audience at all. Such a mentality is quite rare for high school students. , Xiangyang’s No. 13 player is Lin Dong from Asia’s most powerful basketball empire, before... Yeah!”

Before the broadcast script was finished, the voice of the commentator was already attracted by the scene on the field.

boom!
wow...

At this time, the tryout had come to an end and the game was about to begin, but in Sanno's half, Masashi Kawada's alley-oop two-handed dunk made the already buzzing scene suddenly become noisy.

That shot just now was already excellent in terms of the height of the jump, the stretchability in the air, and the viewing quality, which is rare even in the Japanese national team.

With a height of 194 centimeters, he can perform backhand dunks with both hands. His jumping ability is really incredible.

"HOHO!" Kawada Masashi, who landed on the ground, gestured to the muscles on his arms in the direction of Lin Dong from Xiangyang and made a face.

"This guy..." Hana Xingtou was dumbfounded. When he watched the video of the other party, he thought that the other party was quite stable.

"Are you provoking Lin Dong?" Mu Shenyi in the stands couldn't help laughing.

He has seen people who dared to provoke Lin Dong, such as Robles, but the results were a bit tragic, Masashi Kawada...

But other spectators in the stands obviously didn't think so.

"As expected of a player selected to go to the NCAA!"

"Kawada Masashi! Kawada Masashi!"

"Japan's number one center!"

The whole place was filled with sounds, and it was overwhelming.

Although the mentality of everyone in Xiangyang has been adjusted long ago, they still feel like they are being suppressed by the opponent's momentum.

"Brother Takato! Let's do one too!" Hanamichi Sakuragi shouted wildly in the stands. Unfortunately, the scene was so noisy that no one on the field could hear him.

Fujima subconsciously looked at Lin Dong, as if expecting him to perform a performance as well to offset the opponent's overwhelming momentum, but he heard the referee's whistle for the substitute players from both sides to leave the court.

This was done at the right time, leaving no chance for Xiangyang to return the favor.

Lin Dong just smiled.

This mountain king has been seen a lot in the video, and it does pose a big threat to Xiangyang as a whole. He knows that he should get into the state as soon as possible and go all out.

But since the battle on the streets of Yokohama, there have been very few things that can make me excited quickly. This is not a good sign for today's Sanno battle.

But if the other party actively provokes me like this, the feeling will be different.

Lin Dong moved his shoulder bones and patted Hua Xing's shoulder with a smile on his face: "I'll jump the ball..."

As the referee blows the whistle, players from both sides take their positions.

The person in charge of the jump ball at Sanno Industries was Kawada Masashi. Seeing Lin Dong standing over, Kawada Masashi narrowed his eyes.

Just the performance of this guy seen in the tape is enough to make the entire Sanno team excited, especially the tape of the showdown with NBA rookies!

That's top secret... Even the TV stations aren't allowed to show it.

In the previous friendly match with Sanno, the NBA rookie defeated Sanno Industrial 145:42 just for fun. Those guys who asked for anything in front of him were all defeated by Lin Dong!

provocative?

That's certainly not meaningless.

This is an unprecedentedly powerful enemy, much stronger than Takehiko Orishige, the current captain of the Japanese national team.

Provocation is nothing more than asking the other party to focus more on themselves in order to interfere with the other party's judgment.

Kawada can lose, but Sanwang must win!
Today, only by gathering the strength of the five members of the team can we have any hope of defeating him!

Masashi Kawada chuckled and clapped his hands hard at Lin Dong.

"bring it on!"

The referee grabbed the basketball in his hand and prepared to throw it up, and the buzzing noise in the audience became slightly quieter at this time.

Shhh!
The basketball was thrown high into the air.

The two took off almost at the same time, but the difference between them was immediately apparent.

The same height of 194 centimeters, but the difference in wingspan is probably a full seven to eight centimeters, and the jump is even more obviously different.

When Lin Dong's arm touched the basketball, Masashi Kawada's fingertips almost only reached his elbow.

With such height and absolute control, where you want to move the racket is entirely up to you.

The basketball was instantly shot in the direction of Fujima.

First ball!

call!
Fujima rushed forward with the ball without hesitation.

His speed is top-notch even among defenders, and he is not inferior to Amu.

But just after halftime, Fukatsu Kazunari, wearing the No. [-] jersey, had already intercepted him.

"Defense! Defense! Defense!"

The whole stadium was shouting for defense.

He is 180 centimeters tall, but has a wingspan of 200 centimeters. When spread out, Fujima immediately feels like a wall.

Kazunari Fukatsu...the number one point guard in Japanese high school basketball today!

What Coach Anzai said before flashed through Fujima's mind.

——You only need a stage, let people all over Japan know you.

Hey!
A bright light flashed in Fujima's eyes, showing no trace of fear.

call!
He paused for only half a second, followed by a sudden acceleration.

So fast!

A flash of admiration flashed in Fukatsu Kazunari's eyes.

It feels much better than in the video. There are still too few game videos of Fujima Keyji, especially this year...

The defensive distance between each other was one step, and Fujima's sudden acceleration took half a step forward in an instant, but Fukatsu Kazunari's lateral steps that followed him were already in front of him...

No.

Everyone immediately realized that it was not Fukatsu Kazunari standing in front of Fujima, but Fujima had no intention of rushing over at all. While rushing forward to mobilize Fukatsu Kazunari's center of gravity, with a small movement of his hand, the basketball was already at the same time. Throw it high toward the basket.

Shooting?This is too hasty... Kazunari Fukatsu just had time to turn this thought around in his mind.

Da Da Da Da!

Rapid footsteps sounded in the direction of the basket, and Fukatsu Kazunari suddenly looked back.

Xiangyang’s No. 13 is Lin Dong!
When he finished the jump ball, he rushed towards the basket immediately. Fujima was making the ball for him. The cooperation and tacit understanding between the two were so perfect that he was not aware of their intentions just now.

Kawada Masashi's athletic ability is also very amazing. He followed Lin Dong closely, but when he started at the same time, he felt that he was a beat slow, but at the same time, there was Eiji Sawabita under the basket!
Two on one under the basket, from front to back!
If it had been anyone else, Fujima would not have thrown this alley-oop.

But that was Lin Dong. Even if he was one against two, and he was facing two of the strongest high school students in Japan today, Fujima believed that he would have a way to deal with it.

Sure enough, just one step beyond the free throw line, Lin Dong jumped up and stunned Kawada Masashi who was already behind him.

A few of Japan's top high school students still have a chance to do a slam dunk after crossing the free throw line.

But in actual combat, playing alley-oop in this position...

Snapped!
The basketball was caught by Lin Dong at an incredible height.

It was supposed to be a standard two-on-one, but at this time only Eiji Sawabita could really jump. Masashi Kawada, who was following Lin Dong, had no room to jump at all. Both his own speed and bounce were blocked. The comparison is visible to the naked eye.

At this time, only Eiji Zebei was left under the basket, one on one!

"So high!"

However, they saw that Lin Dong not only jumped high, but also his body seemed to be equipped with a pair of wings. When he reached the highest point, he did not fall, but glided a certain distance in the air.

Zebita Eiji took off from the spot under the basket, but he realized that the height of his take-off was not as high as the height of the opponent's flying dunk.

The jump was too late...or rather, it was the other party's unreasonable takeoff and gliding in the air that made him come so fast!

The big hand holding the basketball with one hand passed over his raised hands like a cloud blocking the sun, and slammed down towards the basket.

boom!
The opening was an alley-oop. Zebei's block didn't even touch the ball, and the basketball was dunked into the basket in front of him.

Xiangyang got a good start.

2: 0!

Whoa!
The scene was in an uproar. Although most of the people who came were fans of Sanno, and there were many people in the crowd who were dedicated to setting the rhythm for Sanno, this wonderful goal immediately ignited the passion of the whole audience.

Many people couldn't help but shout "Hello".

"Am I right? I felt like I was jumping at the free throw line just now! Is this guy a flyer?"

"As expected of a hexagonal warrior..."

"Imperial Destruction Dragon!"

"My son! My son!" Lao Lin proudly said to several Xiangyang family members around him. During lunch just now, he had already become friends with two parents. One of them actually worked in the financial industry in Kanagawa. Hua Xing Zhang Yuan...

"Amazing speed and ability to stay in the air, hahaha, Xiangyang has given Sanno a disgrace..." the voice of Takeuchi Kato's commentator echoed in the microphone.

The noisy audience chatter, the microphone commentary, plus a little exciting rap background music, plus a team that can create a threat to itself as an opponent as a whole.

This is the feeling of a long-lost stadium.

Whether it was the previous county competition or even the match on the field court, Lin Dong had not experienced such a lively and formal scene for a long time.

When I landed, I finally felt a rare excitement.

No matter who the opponent is...this is my battlefield!

Competitive players probably refer to themselves. Some people are born to like this kind of noisy arena.

Lin Dong turned around and saw Masashi Kawada staring at him, so he also smiled and then shook his finger at him...

Kawada Masashi couldn't help being stunned, and then scratched his head.

Is this guy responding to the fact that he just showed off his muscles to him?
Frankly speaking, this is Sanno's "home field" anyway. If anyone else had done this to Masashi Kawada, they would have been ridiculed and scolded by the audience.

However, this guy actually didn't feel annoying when he did it, probably because he thought of Kawada provoking others first, which caused a lot of laughter in the scene, and the atmosphere instantly became relaxed and cheerful.

"Hahaha! Let you pretend! You even dunk your own basket. Dumping your own basket is called a slam dunk!" Hanamichi Sakuragi laughed in the stands.

"The orangutan king can't do it. He can't catch up despite running together!" Kiyota Nobunaga shouted excitedly: "You dare to mess with us Kanagawa people. I'm really impatient! Brother Takato, come on!"

As soon as Mu Shen looked at Kawada's unconvinced look, he remembered Robles again. He felt that Lin Dong was very polite to him back then, and he couldn't help but smile on his face: "You said you were a center forward. Why did you provoke him..."

Teng Zhen raised his palm after rushing back from Lin Dong's defense.

What about Sanwang’s home court?
Hit it!

Snapped!
The two high-fived each other.

The SanKing players didn't seem to be emotionally disturbed by the alley-oop.

Eiji Sawabita picked up the basketball out of bounds and sent it out. Masashi Kawada held the ball, and the other players started to move tactically.

Center holding the ball?

This would be unthinkable for any other team, but it seems natural for Sanno.

Quite a relaxed pace.

Although he is 194 centimeters tall, Masashi Kawada's ability to handle the ball is not weak. As a freshman in high school, Masashi Kawada played all five positions on the court.

Point guard?So can he.

Xiangyang deployed the 131 zone defense that they had used against Toyotama before, and Lin Dong faced Masashi Kawada.

But the next second, the ball was immediately in the hands of Kazunari Fukatsu, and Kawada took advantage of the situation and went to the basket.

At this time, Zebita Eiji was rushing down to the left baseline, and Lin Dong turned to defend the left side, using Hanagata to confront Kawada.

Fujima faced Fukatsu Kazunari.

But the opponent didn't stick to the ball. He passed the ball to the ground and passed it to Minoru Matsumoto, who was defending the weak side.

Minoru Matsumoto, who was standing three points outside the baseline, made a fake move and easily shook Takano Shoichi who jumped out to block the shot.

He hit the ground and moved his body to the side. Takano Shoichi's defense was only one step away, and he followed up with a three-point shot without waiting for Takano to turn around.

Masashi Kawada had already found his position under the basket, but the basketball swished into the net.

The Mountain King overtook, 3:2.

Lin Dong has been observing, and in fact, he can already see the general offensive ideas of Sanno Industrial after just one ball.

He did not use the routine tactics he imagined, but relied on his personal ability.

On the offensive end, avoid your own defensive strong point. No matter which side you are on, attack from the other side. This was also the choice of most teams when facing Xiangyang before, but no Sanno used it so casually. Just natural.

And in the case where everyone in Sanno has quite good finishing ability, relying on such one-on-one confrontation, they can also be pulled out of position at any time to defeat Takano Shoichi.

Compared to Lin Dong, Fujima, Hanagata Toru, and even Hasegawa, Takano Shoichi is undoubtedly a defensive loophole in Xiangyang. He is too slow and slightly lacking in experience.

There was nothing that could be done about it, Takano was already the strongest among the remaining players in Shoyo.

As for the inside line, Xiangyang is also at a disadvantage.

Although there are three elders there, there is a pull from the King of the Mountain and Masashi Kawada.

It can be seen from the blocking position on the backboard just now that Hanagata is not at the same level as Kawada Masashi in terms of defense, and there is a huge difference in strength.

And Takano Shoichi was attracted by Matsumoto Minoru, and even Hasegawa, who was supposed to help defend the basket, was stuck by Ichinokura Satoshi. He didn't even squeeze in for the rebounding position, and easily defeated Shoichi. Yang's long formation.

Perhaps this is why Minoru Matsumoto dared to shoot easily from beyond the three-point line just now.

The King’s Sixth Man of the Year…

In fact, the lack of outside lines is the first weakness of Sanno Industrial. This is also the main reason why coach Anzai arranged a zone defense before the game, which is to shrink the basket and use Xiangyang's height to help Toru Hanagata counter Sanno's inside advantage. , instead of letting Lin Dong spend his energy on defending inside.

But looking at Matsumoto Minoru's shot just now... it seems that it's not just Kawada who is under the basket. This does not rule out that they may have developed a three-pointer after receiving special training from the Basketball Association and Orimo Takehiko.

Defensively, we can look at a few more balls...

Lin Dong raised two fingers to his four teammates. This was the second offensive tactic arranged by coach Anxi before the war.

　I was really touched when I saw the news about a stall owner in Nanning, Guangxi who was knocked unconscious in front of his children of several years old... I almost went to set up a stall some time ago, but after some contact, I really understood that the devil is in the world.

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