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

Chapter 169 The greatest glory!

As Lin Dong scored a free throw, the game only started for more than 1 minute, and after only 3 rounds, the point difference was already 9 points.

"Xiangyang! Xiangyang! Xiangyang!"

"Lin Dong! Lin Dong! Lin Dong!"

The overwhelming cheers of Xiangyang fans became the absolute melody of the arena at this time.

The Xiangbei fans in the right half of the stands were a little stunned.

Frankly speaking, Shohoku's performance in these past few rounds was remarkable, especially on the defensive end, Sakuragi Hanamichi blocked shots of Hanagata Toru and Fujima, and also picked up rebounds. He was already very active and performed well, but this time What's the point difference...

The excitement and fighting spirit of the battle between Sanno and Shohoku made people have so many high hopes for this Shohoku team, so much so that they forgot the fear that high school teams across the country were dominated by that man!

The generals in northern Hunan also had stern expressions at this time.

It was only now that they truly understood what coach Anxi meant by "invincible".

In the past few months, everyone has grown up a lot. I thought that even if they were not as good as the other party, they should be able to compete with Lin Dong, or at least keep up with the other party.

But I didn't expect that when everyone actually played against each other, I discovered the gap between them. It didn't seem to be much different from the summer league.

The opponent's demands on both offense and defense are exactly the same as when he first saw him and played against Xiangyang on the court for the first time!

...The opponent is still the unattainable Mount Fuji, but I am still standing at the foot of the mountain.

None of them were in a hurry to launch a fast break at this time, but looked at Lin Dong with complicated expressions in the Xiangbei backcourt as he retreated to Xiangyang's defensive half.

Lin Dong had an excited smile on his face.

With several consecutive goals and active defense, the pace of entering the game today was quite fast.

I’ve said it before… today I don’t think about winning or losing, I don’t think about the score, I don’t think about holding back, I don’t think about what’s reasonable or unreasonable.

This is my last game in Japan.

It's not that he wants to see a wonderful game for the Dragon Country Basketball Association, Lin Dong just wants to unleash his basketball nature and desire for offense.

Defeating this Xiangbei team with your best efforts is the last gift for teammates like Xiangyang, coach Anxi, and your friends!

Lin Dong's mood has obviously become high, but he feels that this is a bit self-pleasure.

He smiled and shook his head, this is not enough, not enough!

Shohoku's current defense is not enough to make him feel too much challenge. He feels the small moves of Rukawa Kaede, which may be very effective for him in the summer league, but after special training with Stephen at the Lloyd training base, He has long since corrected his small habits such as bending his elbows.

The current self has no flaws. If I want to compete with the current self, relying on these opportunistic things is of no use at all...

If you want to have a hearty game, you don't need to be abusing here, but you need to have a decent opponent.

If you continue to fight like this, Xiangbei will collapse soon, which will quickly fade away your excitement.

Xiangbei, don’t let yourself down, and don’t let your coach down either!

He thought as he leaned down.

At this time, Lin Dong was at the top of his defensive position. After bending down, he looked at the Xiangbei generals in front of him and suddenly slapped his hands hard on the ground.

clap clap clap!

The loud sound of hitting the ground sounded like an encouragement to Xiangbei, but also like a declaration of war or a provocation.

Fujima and others were a little surprised. Shobei was also stunned, as were all the spectators on the court.

The so-called titles such as the Extremely Evil Emperor and the Strongest Man in 43 Billion are just titles forced on Lin Dong by the Japanese media.

In fact, regardless of the summer league or winter selection, this boy from the Dragon Kingdom gave everyone the impression of being gentle and gentle. I had never seen him take the initiative to interact with an opponent or even provoke him.

The scene was slightly quiet, and then Lin Dong's roaring voice was heard: "Come on, Xiangbei! Let me see what you are capable of!"

"I was looked down upon..." Miyagi Ryota rubbed his nose.

Mitsui Shou laughed dumbly, with flames shining in his eyes: "Even if the other party is Lin Dong, I still feel a little intolerable!"

"Is this meant for all of us?" Takenori Akagi clenched his hands and smacked the basketball in his hands.

The corners of Rukawa Feng's mouth curled up slightly: "..."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Sakuragi Hanamichi was the type who was most easily ignited. He jumped up to a foot high with a bang: "Serve, serve, serve! I want to show Brother Takato some color!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Miyagi Ryota rushing forward with the ball, and Takenori Akagi slapped him on the back of the head: "Quick break!"

"Eh? You didn't even wait for me!"

"Hahahaha! Hanamichi, don't get distracted!"

"Sakura, hurry up and catch up!"

The voices of Sakuragi Legion and Haruko could be heard faintly in the stands.

"It's up!" Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly looked embarrassed, muttering as he ran forward quickly.

Shohoku was still using the old tactics. Rukawa Kaede immediately rushed down to the right, successfully opening up Lin Dong's defense at the top of the arc and freeing up a 'safe zone' for others. Fujima held the ball towards Miyagi Ryota pressed forward, but before he could get close to him, Miyagi had already thrown the ball out first, but instead of choosing Hisashi Mitsui who was a step behind him, he went straight towards the basket.

At this time, Takenori Akagi had not yet returned to the basket. His steps were always half a beat slower than Shohoku's average speed, but Miyagi Ryota also shouted when he threw the ball.

"Sakura!"

A red-haired figure was already heading towards the basket with lightning speed. He was obviously the last person to start in Xiangbei, but he was the first to rush to the Xiangyang basket.

Snapped!

He stepped on the ground in the penalty area and jumped high.

Alley-oop!

"Wow wow wow, Hanamichi is going to show off his power!"

"Be careful Lin Dongjun!" Qingzi clasped her hands in front of her mouth and shouted.

Lin Dong on the right had already turned around and rushed over, jumping up almost at the same time as Sakuragi Hanamichi.

The two young men, who had been praised by various media as the highlights of this battle before the game, were now flying in mid-air. Hanamichi Sakuragi was in a significantly better position. After all, Miyagi had considered the direction of his jump when throwing the ball. , and also considered that Lin Dong would definitely be able to judge the intention of the ball and make up for it in time.

Having been provoked by Lin Dong's slap on the floor just now, and feeling the fighting spirit in his opponent's eyes, the Xiangbei generals also felt that they had forgotten about victory or defeat.

Coach Anzai said it right. The more you are afraid of something, the more you have to fight for it. Don’t care about winning or losing, don’t care about the score, and don’t care too much about Lin Dong’s threat. For example, Mitsui’s 3 points just now were because he cared too much about Lin Dong and scared himself. , otherwise the score should be 5:3 now, not 9:0!

As long as it is reasonable to pass the ball out, then face Lin Dong when you face Lin Dong!

Coach Anxi stood up suddenly on the sidelines.

Miyagi's idea is exactly what he thinks. Tactics are tactics, momentum is momentum. The game has just begun. You must try more, even if you lose some points for this, it doesn't matter. Otherwise, if you never have the courage to face Lin Dong, you can only If you try to avoid him, then Xiangbei won't be able to win.

The ball's route in the air was excellent. Sakuragi Hanamichi's absolutely advantageous position and Miyagi Ryota's precise passing line allowed Sakuragi to touch the basketball first.

At this time, he pressed the basketball with one hand, and the basket was right in front of him. A ball of flames shone in Sakuragi Hanamichi's eyes. He held the ball with his right hand as if he was going to smash it into the basket, but before the basketball was pressed, When he reached the top of the basket, Lin Dong's hand had already been stretched out.

Lin Dong had the advantage in both jumping and height and wingspan of the two. Although he took off a beat slower, he actually came from behind.　　　　Higher and longer!

His thick arms directly blocked Sakuragi's ball in the air.

Sakuragi Hanamichi could feel a strong resistance coming, and his eyes widened.

You don't need to look to know who the owner of this hand is.

In terms of playing skills, I am not as good as Brother Gao Ren, but in terms of strength, I am much better than Brother Gao Ren!

At this moment, brute force broke out, and his right hand instantly withstood Lin Dong's force of pulling the ball.

Sakuragi Hanamichi's face flushed with excitement, all his strength was concentrated on his right hand, and his body bent slightly.

"Ahhhh!" He roared wildly, with veins all over his arms bulging. The tyrannical force made Lin Dong, who had just blocked the ball, feel that the ball was not lost, but his body was almost knocked over by the brute force.

At this time, his center of gravity was involuntarily tilted. His hand slipped, and the ball that he had clearly blocked was released. Then a loud bang was heard the next second, and the basket shook.

Lin Dong landed first and barely stood firm. Before he could even raise his head to look, he felt a huge body pressing down on his back.

In that ball just now, Sakuragi beat him with brute force, but after being blocked by Lin Dong, it was no longer enough for him to slam dunk. He didn't realize it himself, and was still immersed in the excitement of winning against Takato's brother. As a result, Dunk the basketball onto the rim.

The basketball flew up from his hands, and he himself fell down, sprawled out.

Coach Anzai on the sidelines held his breath for a moment while watching, while the Sakuragi Legion, Haruko and even many Shohoku fans in the stands also instantly realized that something was wrong and exclaimed.

Such an action is too dangerous! It's so easy to get injured when you fall down so top-heavy!

Fortunately, Lin Dong, who landed first, used his hands to protect him in time. While holding Sakuragi on his back, he also forcibly supported him, barely helping Sakuragi Hanamichi stabilize his center of gravity.

Coach Anxi's heart suddenly rose and then he just barely fell back down.

But after such a delay, it was unrealistic for Lin Dong to grab the basketball flying in the air. Rukawa Kaede who was following him took advantage and jumped up steadily and tapped lightly on the bouncing basketball. .

Swish!

The basketball went hollow into the net and scored!

9: 2!

Finally, Xiangbei's scoring drought was broken.

The Shohoku fans in the stands burst into cheers, while Sakuragi Hanamichi was shocked by the weightlessness just now and broke into a cold sweat: "Wow, luckily there is Takato-san down there..."

"Be careful." Lin Dong said in a dumbfounded voice, "I'm asking you to surpass yourself, but I'm not asking you to go all out."

"Eh? How do you know our slogan?!" Sakuragi Hanamichi was extremely surprised: "Hahahaha! How was my shot just now? Did I beat you, Takato-san?!"

"...I'm not deaf, everyone of you shouted just now." Lin Dong said as he picked up the baseline ball and threw it to Takano Shoichi who was still stunned.

"By the way." He smiled and said to Sakuragi Hanadao: "What did you have for breakfast? Is it so exciting?"

Sakuragi Hanamichi was startled: "Eggs and milk, dad said..."

While he was still talking, Takano Shoichi had already sent the ball to Lin Dong, but he saw that Lin Dong didn't listen to his answer at all. The figure flickered and left him behind, leaving only one sentence: "Look You're distracted again."

Sakuragi Hanamichi was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he had been tricked by Takato's brother.

Although he had been tricked by Stephen using this trick when he was at the Lloyd training base, he really didn't expect that even Brother Gao Ren would use such a trick.

When he came back to his senses, Lin Dong was already several meters away, and Rukawa Kaede was frantically intercepting him over there.

Brother Gao Ren actually started to lie to others!

Sakuragi Hanamichi quickly chased back, but just after he caught up to the midline, he saw that Lin Dong had already broken through with the ball. His superb speed of controlling the ball and rushing forward was actually faster than Rukawa Kaede, who was desperately pursuing the defense without the ball, allowing Rukawa to Maple's defensive position never reached the front, as if it was nothing.

Immediately after, Mitsui Hisashi changed direction and passed the defense, then jumped high in the face of Takenori Akagi and Kaede Rukawa, and performed an extreme lever change.

The basketball was thrown high and then hollowed into the net, easily scoring 2 points.

11: 2.

Although it was still impossible to defend, the 2 points scored just above Lin Dong's head had obviously boosted Xiangbei's morale.

When Lin Dong returned to the defensive half, he smiled and said to him: "I remember what Stephen taught you, don't be distracted. You still haven't graduated."

Sakuragi Hanamichi's face turned red when he heard this. Brother Takato always made him speechless every time he opened his mouth.

"Asshole!" Mitsui Shou yelled energetically: "Sakuragi, what are you doing? You are the main force defending Lin Dong!"

"It's just that after scoring a goal, I'm still standing there and don't know how to return to defense." Miyagi Ryota also complained.

Akagi was afraid of internal strife, so he quickly scolded: "Okay, just call back!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi knew that he was in the wrong and was speechless, but he saw Rukawa Kaede glance at him, and the expression in his eyes seemed to say the word "idiot".

You're welcome to this.

"Ah, the damn Rukawa Fox! What did you say! I heard what you were saying, stop right there!"

Rukawa Kaede was too lazy to pay attention to him. The goal he scored just now was a bit of a fluke, entirely because Lin Dong chose to protect Sakuragi instead of fighting for the ball.

In fact, the situation in Xiangbei has not opened up. He, the person facing Lin Dong, knows it best. The entire game situation, regardless of both offense and defense, is still firmly under Lin Dong's control.

but……

The pair of eyes that had remained silent since returning to the team seemed to finally begin to shine with a glimmer of light.

He had already used the various targeted techniques summarized on the video tapes that Goro Domoto brought over just now, but felt that they were completely ineffective.

If it were anyone else, he might feel strange and question him, but Rukawa Kaede would not.

He has also been to the Lloyd training base and knows Stephen's methods and the details of correcting various behavioral habits of golfers there.

Lin Dong is different now than he was in the summer league, and Goro Domoto and his team's information is too behind.

However, during those few months at Mount Fuji Sengen Shrine, I was not just busy meditating. Otherwise, how would I have the confidence to stand in front of Lin Dong again today!

call……

He closed his eyes.

Maybe he still can't defeat Lin Dong. Maybe if he explodes with all his strength, he won't even be able to beat one quarter. After all, the kind of extreme explosion developed in the hypoxic environment of the plateau consumes a lot of physical strength, just like a 0.01-meter sprint. The same, it will be much larger and faster than the normal explosion, and it is just to grab the possible second gap...

But it doesn't matter. Being able to stand in front of this man again and have a real one-on-one fight with him, regardless of the final result, is already a victory for me.

Coach Anzai is right, you don’t need to care about winning or losing this game, and he may be the first person in the Shohoku team to truly realize the meaning of this sentence!

If others can't open it now, then you have to do it yourself. Next, it's time to use your own means.

Regardless of defense or offense!

Release all your strength, even if you can only compete with this man who stands at the top of Japanese basketball for five minutes?

Rukawa Kaede suddenly opened his eyes, and Gujing Mubo's eyes were suddenly filled with surging fighting spirit.

Five minutes is enough. You don’t seek victory or defeat, just a fight. This is your greatest glory!

(End of this chapter)