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

Chapter 138

December 12st is the last day of county preselection.

The game between Xiangbei and Lingnan in the morning did not attract much attention.

Without Uozumi Jun and others, Lingnan is like a tiger whose teeth have been pulled out, and Immortal's performance is also deteriorating.

Xiandao played for 40 minutes, but only scored 17 points, 5 assists and a steal.

As the star player and the only core player of the team, getting such data with 28 shots is already a failure.

Lingnan fans were greatly disappointed. Various football commentators in Kanagawa also used the phrase "oblivious to everyone" to describe this talented player who was a "Century Wizard" last year, believing that his too weird personal interests ruined his basketball talent. .

Sendō's personal reputation fell to the bottom in Kanagawa, and his reputation as a genius was replaced by a fishing guy who made fun of him. However, no one noticed that Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was defending Sendō, kept pressing for 40 minutes. Akira sent 5 steals and 4 blocks in one-on-one duels.

It's a pity that Sakuragi Hanamichi only scored 6 points. The unremarkable scoring data makes it difficult to really take him seriously.

For most ordinary fans, scoring is the only criterion to measure a player's level.

A rookie basketball player who only scored 6 points defended a rookie who made 28 shots in 21 shots. Isn't this just a peck between rookies?

Compared with Lingnan's offense, which was far below the standard, Xiangbei's overall offense could also be described as terrible.

Probably because of yesterday's heavy defeat at the hands of Shoyang, the team's previous scoring leader Hisashi Mitsui was suspected of having internal strife with the team and did not come to the competition. The morale of the entire Shohoku team was also low.

Vice-captain Kimigure Kimibu scored 7 points on 3-of-7 shooting, Miyagi Ryota scored 8 points on 5-of-11 shooting, and several other substitutes scored between 2 and 3 points, all thanks to Takenori Akagi's performance at the basket. They played hard again and again, making 22 of 16 shots and scoring a team-high 35 points to lead Xiangbei to win the game.

The final score was 68:57. Compared to the games where Kanagawa audiences are used to seeing scores above [-], the scene was quite boring, causing Kanagawa TV’s special ratings to fall to a new low. Fortunately, there was a game in Shoyo in the afternoon. To the rescue, the ratings of the Kanagawa local TV station, which was already in jeopardy, were saved.

Facing Takeri, who had reached the semi-finals for several consecutive years, Xiangyang went on a killing spree. Although Lin Dong only played for 10 minutes, which was unsatisfactory, Fujima and Hanagata played the entire game.

The two of them have a much more mature style of play compared to the summer league. After Fujima focused on his responsibilities as a player, his cooperation with the whole team became more and more tacit, and he used a hearty offense to cheer the audience in the stands. The rise of the magpie also beat Wuli to the point of being completely autistic.

The top four are tortured and treated horribly every year... as if they are here specifically to provide benefits to the other top three!

155:67. Although it could not exceed the previous score difference in the game against Xiangbei, Xiangyang's defense on the defensive end in the second half was almost as bad as the Pacific Ocean. It even took only one or two steps to directly watch others go to the blue. There are many situations where there is no movement at all.

After all, they are both from Kanagawa, so as long as they win, they can let others score a few points to get a feel for themselves, so there is no need to make the situation so ugly.

Xiangyang seems to have changed from the vassal powers that once fought hard to have the magnanimity of a king who can see all the mountains and small ones.

So amidst the cheers of MVP at the scene, the county preliminaries ended successfully. Thanks to the relationship with the host of the trials, Xiangyang and Shohoku joined hands to qualify for the winter trials.

However, the winter selection is different from the summer league competition system. The number of seeding teams is not based on the division. After all, during the winter selection, normally only one team from each division participates.

Therefore, the top 16 teams in the summer league will be used as seed teams to have a bye in the first round, and the regions will be divided according to the rankings of these [-] teams in the summer league. The first place will play against the [-]th place in the second round. The second-placed team plays the fifteenth-placed team in the second round, and so on.

Kanagawa, who originally won the summer championship and runner-up, will have the best No. [-] and No. [-] seeds, ranked at the top left and right ends of the winter selection area. However, since Shohoku has not entered the summer league and is not ranked, the order is automatically moved back. Extension, the only option is to draw ordinary lots to divide the area.

This is obviously not good news for Kanagawa. A good division often means that you can go further. Originally, I wanted to see the two heroes of Kanagawa reunite in their hometown...

But there is a solution.

What's more, even though Hainan and Lingnan were both in decline, Xiangyang remained as powerful as ever.

As long as Shoyo is around, Kanagawa will still be the absolute king.

With NHK's continuous fueling of the momentum, the newly formed Sanno has become the target of national attention.

Perhaps there is someone behind the scenes controlling public opinion. Except for the Kanagawa area, a voice gradually began to spread among the fans.

Sanno represents purity, while Xiangyang represents complexity. One is a team of local players, and the other's ace is from the Dragon Kingdom, Japan's biggest enemy in basketball.

So if Sanno defeats Shoyo, it means that Japanese basketball defeats Dragon Kingdom basketball!

For fans in Japan, there is nothing more uplifting and exciting than hearing this.

Before the 70s, Japan had always been a basketball power in Asia. It would not be an exaggeration to call Anzai Mitsuyoshi's era a sweep of Liuhe, and it frequently won the Asian Championships, which represents the highest level of Asian basketball competitions.

But since the Dragon Kingdom established its national basketball team in 1975, it won the Asian Championship in its first year and has been dominating ever since.

From 75 to 99, there were only 13 Asian Championships held every two years. Dragon Kingdom twice won five consecutive championships. Last year, it was the championship again, winning 13 of the 11 championships... and lost. Also the runner-up!

On the other hand, Japanese basketball has been in a slump since the Dragon Kingdom entered the competition. It has not won a single championship, and it is even difficult to break into the finals. Let alone the Dragon Kingdom, in recent years, even the Kimchi Country next door has been suppressing them. , which made Japanese basketball fans miserable, and for a time no one watched basketball in Japan.

But it’s different now... The cooperation between the Basketball Association and the NBA and NHK’s broadcast have given Japan a great start for the domestic basketball atmosphere, and now Sanno Industries, with its mission of defeating the strongest man in the Dragon Kingdom, has become even more successful. He has become the biggest spiritual support for many basketball fans in Japan.

Defeat Xiang Yang and defeat Lin Dong!

This goal, in the minds of most Japanese fans, is already equated with "defeating the Dragon Kingdom".

In such an atmosphere, the whole country's attention to this winter selection is unprecedentedly high, even more enthusiastic than during the summer league.

Kanagawa's tourism industry surged as a result, and NHK's ratings hit new highs.

Originally, NHK wanted to find Lin Dong for a one-on-one interview, but unfortunately the phone call was made to Xiangyang, and the news he received was that he had gone to retreat for training again. As for where he went to train, he had no idea.    ——A crushing score, a king's attitude, Xiangyang's journey to the county qualifiers.

——The whereabouts of the most powerful man in 43 billion is a mystery. He disappeared for three months after the summer league, and now he has reappeared.

——The Shoyo No. 13 jersey in Kanagawa is out of stock, a disappearing emperor, and an everlasting legend!

——Sanno Kogyo advanced to the winter trials with four wins in all games. In the last game, star players such as Jun Tsuchiya had a bye. Morishigehiro led the team to a rout of Kurikura Private School, scoring 4 points, 64 rebounds and 28 blocks. Super triple-double data, dominance is beyond words.

——After the defeat in the summer, can the new mountain king challenge the strongest one and regain the throne?

——On January 1, the National Winter Selection Competition looks forward to meeting you!

………………

The video was playing Xiangyang's game footage. Of course, the footage belonged to Lin Dong.

This is the conference room at the Basketball Association headquarters.

In fact, all Xiangyang games have long been the subject of research and analysis by Sanno Industries and the Basketball Association.

Analyze all of Lin Dong's technical characteristics and movement habits in detail, as well as his way of thinking and every decision he makes.

This work had already been carried out by experts within the Basketball Association before Sanno Industries went to the United States for training, and now is the time to share it with the head coach of Sanno Industries.

Each video is cut into countless fragments, and the experts are explaining to Goro Domoto all the research they have gained in the past few months.

Just like what coach Anzai once said to Rukawa Kaede, even gods have weaknesses, let alone just a high school student?

"... his technical characteristics and rich experience cover up his lack of strength in the interior, but facing the current Mori Shigehiro, the interior is no longer Lin Dong's advantage, or in other words, even if he can attack in the interior, I can’t keep it either…”

"...Although the outside three-pointer is accurate, he is used to pulling up and likes to lean back. His shooting focus relies more on his core strength. If necessary, a tough foul will be aimed at his body, which will be worse than blocking. The cover is much more effective, and besides... stepping on the feet may also be a way to win."

"...Left-handed, the ability to control the ball with the left hand is not weaker than that with the right hand. This is Lin Dong's advantage most of the time, but it also causes the details of his heavy shoulders when breaking through to be contrary to ordinary people. This is worthy of defensive players. Something to pay attention to.”

"At the same time, his breakthrough from the left is actually sharper than that from the right, but he seems to be hiding it deliberately... Maybe it's because all the previous games are not worth his efforts. This is also something that must be paid attention to. You can't force it out. His breakthrough from the left still means that he still has more power..."

The experts explained one by one. Lin Dong in the video was like a frog on the experimental bench, and every detail was analyzed down to the last detail...

At this moment, in another office more than ten meters away.

Ozaki Masatoshi and Nakanishi Hiroaki were sitting together. He asked the secretary next to him: "Isn't it over yet at Domoto? Don't keep Manager Nakanishi waiting."

"I'll urge you." The secretary quickly turned around.

"No, let's wait a while." Nakanishi Hiroaki said with a smile: "This can also be seen from this that coach Domoto's dedicated attitude is indeed the best candidate to lead Sanno this time. I think he is better than Mitsuyoshi Anzai. many."

Ozaki Masatoshi laughed. During the summer vacation, he went to Kanagawa to find Mitsuyoshi Anzai, hoping that he would be the coach of Shin Sanno. However, he was rejected by the other party. At that time, Ozaki Masatoshi was inevitably a little angry, but now that he thinks about it, , not looking for Anxi Mitsuyoshi is the right choice.

Let’s not talk about Goro Domoto’s conscientious attitude. Let’s just talk about the Shohoku team led by Anzai Mitsuyoshi... what kind of game was they playing in the prefectural preliminaries?

Although I was lucky enough to get a qualifying spot, it was when Hainan, Lingnan and other strong Kanagawa teams each had their main players absent, and then Xiangyang was beaten in the preliminaries by the largest point difference in the prefecture preliminaries, which shows that Anzai Guangyi's basketball philosophy has long been outdated.

Moreover, even if the team's performance is poor, as a coach, the psychological construction of the players is not yet in place.

After losing to Shoyang in the summer league, Rukawa Kaede ran away. This winter qualifier lost to Shoyang, and I heard that Mitsui Hisashi ran away... Hahaha, Anzai Mitsuyoshi is old after all, and his family is extremely rich, and his thoughts are no longer there. In basketball, if he had really been asked to lead the Mountain King, he would probably have to change coaches on the spot now.

"This Lin Dong is really out of touch. I have already said hello to his father at the Kanagawa Chamber of Commerce. The business of their branch should be very ugly now, but I haven't sent him to the Tokyo branch yet."

"Just suppress it first," Ozaki Masatoshi nodded: "After all, our ultimate goal is still naturalization, and it would be too much to make things too tense."

"Hahaha, let's see." Nakanishi Hiroaki said with a smile: "Compared to this uncertain Lin Dong, I am actually more interested in Mori Shigehiro now. One year of basketball experience can reach such a level, and its potential is not He is not inferior to Lin Dong, and he is also our local player."

"When Tang Ben arrives, let him communicate with Mori Shigehiro. I plan to sign him. The treatment will be the same as when I recruited Lin Dong."

"You are really quick to strike." Ozaki Masatoshi smiled and said: "If Shigehiro Mori becomes famous in one battle, your Shibuya Sun Rock will not be able to accommodate him."

"Haha, you don't need to tolerate it for too long. In one to two years at most, I will package him to go to the NBA! But..." Hiroaki Nakanishi said slowly: "The premise is that Sanno can win Xiangyang. I am just a businessman. I don't care about anything. It's honorable to lose, but my team only needs winners, not losers."

　After checking the actual Japanese winter selection competition system, the so-called champion and runner-up automatically have two extra places, with a total of 50 teams. This rule was only introduced after the reform in 2010. I would like to explain here.

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