Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 334 Give me the ball, I’m going home!

Author: Chief Disciple of the Beggar Clan

Chapter 334 Give me the ball, I’m going home!

"Empty seat?!"

"Why didn't I see it?"

As Shinomiya spoke, he rushed to Miyagi Ryota's side, jumped up, and plucked the ball from the air.

Successfully catching Miyagi Ryota's mid-range shot, looking at Shinomiya's ball landing in front of him, Miyagi Ryota's pupils suddenly trembled. He obviously didn't expect that Shinomiya would reach him so quickly and be able to catch the already

A basketball that rises some distance.

This level of athleticism and jumping was something Miyagi Ryota had not expected. This was the first time he faced Shinomiya's defense on the offensive end. Miyagi Ryota had never experienced this terrifying sense of oppression.

In normal Shohoku team practice matches, his opponents were always Yasuda Yasharu's level, but after Kiyota Nobunaga entered Shohoku High School, most of his opponents were facing Kiyota.

Even in competitions, the opponents he encountered were of Fujima's level.

But Shinomiya Tano

"Do you think it's so easy to score in front of our Lingnan High School?!"

"You are too underestimated of me!"

Shinomiya glanced at Miyagi Ryota and didn't take Miyagi seriously at all. He turned around and said to Jinguji Martial Arts.

"Return to defense."

Seeing this, Budo ignored Shinomiya, reminded Miyagi Ryota, and quickly turned around and returned. After Budo left, Miyagi Ryota was still stunned and did not return immediately.

Continuous setbacks on both offense and defense left Miyagi Ryota wondering what to do now.

Although it was only one round of confrontation, Miyagi Ryota knew one thing. In front of Shinomiya, he would have no chance of scoring.

The defense was unstoppable and the offense was ineffective. Miyagi Ryota suddenly felt that he was a little redundant on the court.

"What can I do?!"

When Miyagi Ryota hesitated, Reinan's players would not give up this 5-on-4 opportunity.

The basketball was quickly passed from Shinomiya's hands, and after several passes, it smoothly entered the frontcourt and came to Sendō's hands.

It was Rukawa Kaede who defended Sendō, and without Miyagi Ryota's defense, Fujima Kenji was already in an open position. Just as Budō was about to cover Fujima's position, Shinomiya Tano moved his steps and tried to cut inside.

Helpless, Budo had no choice but to give up guarding against Fujima and chose to follow up on Shinomiya Tano.

And just when Budo's defense was being restrained, Sendō suddenly broke through Rukawa Kaede, but passed the ball back to Fujima during the run. Fujima, who was holding the ball outside the three-point line, raised his hand and dropped the ball directly.

The basket.

A beautiful three-pointer added another three points to the scoreboard of Lingnan High School.

It wasn't until Lingnan High School scored that Miyagi Ryota, who was in Lingnan's backcourt, slowly raised his head and looked at the Shohoku basket in confusion. Now, he had only played a few minutes of the game, but he felt all over his body.

Powerless, unable to muster even a little bit of energy.

"Basketball. A short guy like me will only drag the team down."

"It's better to just stay on the field"

While thinking, Miyagi Ryota stepped up and walked towards the end of the field. This sudden scene made all the players on the field look towards Miyagi. At the same time, coach Anzai slowly stood up from his seat.

, went to the referee's box and called a timeout.

Just in time to stop the ball.

The Xiangbei and Lingnan players returned to the rest area at the referee's whistle.

"Hey! Miyagi, what are you doing?!"

"This doesn't look like you! What are you fighting?!"

Seeing Miyagi Ryota return to the rest area, Mitsui Hisashi was furious and grabbed Miyagi Ryota's collar and shouted angrily.

Facing the furious Mitsui Hisashi, the one who responded to him was Miyagi Ryota's ashen face.

"I don't want to fight."

"Let Coach Anxi replace him."

"Basketball, what's so good about playing?!"

Miyagi Ryota stretched out his hand and opened Mitsui Hisashi's hand, and said in a dull tone. At this time, his previous training flashed through his mind, and when he thought about his attack just now, which was easily caught by Shinomiya, he just felt

, the efforts I made in the past were like a joke.

"In the final analysis, it is just a corporate movement."

"I think too highly of myself. From beginning to end, I am just a short man without talent."

"Can't we just let talented people play this kind of sport?"

Miyagi Ryota sat down on the bench, looked up at the ceiling, covered his face with a sweat towel, and tears flowed out of Miyagi Ryota's eyes.

Miyagi Ryota has always been under tremendous pressure at Shohoku High School. It has never been easy to keep up with the pace of Jinguji Martial Arts and Mitsui Hisashi. From the time he entered Shohoku in the first year of high school, Miyagi Ryota had already lost

own.

Although he is Shohoku's starter, on the court, Miyagi Ryota's role is simply to bring the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt. Then, he gives the ball to Jinguji Budo or Hisashi Mitsui.

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As for other functions, it is to follow the team on return runs.

Did Ryota Miyagi come to Shohoku to follow the team and run back? Never. Never.

But whenever Miyagi Ryota wants to prove his worth through hard work, the blow will come as expected.

This year, the addition of first-year students has put more pressure on Miyagi Ryota. Rukawa Kaede is a skilled and comprehensive player; Hanamichi Sakuragi is extremely talented even though he has not been playing for a long time; Nango Yu is tall and powerful.

Ichiro; Katsumi Ichiro who has excellent shooting; Kiyota who is only 178cm tall but can dunk.

In Shohoku, which is full of talents, Miyagi Ryota is still the starter in Shohoku's back line. This makes Miyagi feel happy but also feels pressured.

Why would someone like him be the starting point guard? Miyagi asked himself countless times, but the final answer was only endless efforts.

However, his efforts did not respond to him in the game.

That poor performance had caused Miyagi to lose the confidence to continue standing on the court.

"That's enough. I don't want to play basketball like this anymore!"

The depression in Miyagi Ryota's heart finally burst out all at once.

He was tired of doing nothing and his basketball career had no prospects.

He can't see his future, and he can't even picture himself on the court in his mind. He doesn't know what he should do or what he can do on the court.

Since that's the case, then simply don't continue!

Under the sweat towel, Miyagi Ryota burst into tears. He resented himself for being fragile, resenting himself for having no talent, and resenting himself for having done nothing.

But at this time, neither Mitsui Hisashi, Rukawa Kaede, or Sakuragi Hanamichi and others could understand what Miyagi Ryota was feeling at this time, and they couldn't understand why Miyagi Ryota collapsed after fighting for only a few minutes.

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Several people looked at each other, their eyes focused on Coach Anxi.

After Jinguji Budo stared at Miyagi for a long time, he also lowered his eyelids slightly.

Jinguji Budo could understand Miyagi Ryota's mood, and he also had a deep understanding of that feeling of being a marginalized person.

But it is a pity that Jinguji Martial Arts has always focused on itself. At most, it showed a little concern for Mitsui, Sakuragi, and Rukawa Kaede. If Miyagi hadn't exploded today, Martial Arts would not have known that the pressure on Miyagi had reached.

critical point.

He had discovered some signs on the court just now and made some changes, but the result

"Katsumi Ichiro, please replace Miyagi in the game."

"Conduct more, run more open shots, shoot when you have the chance, don't hesitate."

Coach Anzai just glanced at Miyagi and made arrangements. He did not send Hisashi Mitsui or Kiyota, but Katsumi Ichiro.

"Okay, coach."

Katsumi Ichiro, whose name was called by Coach Anzai, smiled and nodded calmly. He quickly took off his coat and stood next to Jinguji Budo. When he glanced at Miyagi Ryota from the corner of his eye, he showed a faint expression.

of disdain.

"Too weak, senior!"

After Coach Anzai made the substitution, Coach Anzai hooked his hand towards Martial Arts. When Martial Arts was in his ears, Coach Anzai said in the ears of Jinguji Martial Arts:

"Martial arts, I have always believed in your ability."

"Since the beginning, I have never corrected your playing style. After all, you do have unparalleled talent and almost unsolvable scoring ability."

"To be honest, you have already surpassed me as a player. I don't dare to teach you."

"I'm afraid that it will delay your growth."

"I've always known that you can go further, and your basketball path will be more cruel. You don't have time to wait for others to catch up with you."

"So, just play according to your own wishes. No need to make changes specifically for others."

After Coach Anxi finished speaking, he patted Budo on the shoulder and then sat back in the rest area.

When Jinguji Budo heard what Coach Anzai said, he took a deep look at Ryota Miyagi who was lying on the bench and nodded slightly. Then, at the referee's whistle, Jinguji Budo walked away with his teammates.

Entered the stadium.

Coach Anzai looked at Jinguji Budo walking into the court, and in a daze, he saw Tanizawa's figure.

"The team doesn't exist just for you! It's you who exist for the team!"

"Basketball is never a one-person sport!"

Coach Anzai vaguely remembered the words he taught Tanizawa back then. Now, seeing Jinguji Martial Arts whose strength and talent far exceed Tanizawa, Coach Anxi no longer said those words.

"Selfish. Then be selfish."

"If you want to gain a foothold in a foreign basketball environment, how can you stand firm if you are not selfish?"

"Martial Arts, let me see what kind of player you have grown into after coming back from the United States!"

While Coach Anzai was thinking, he turned to look at Ryota Miyagi and sighed softly.

Jinguji Martial Arts no longer needs teammates of this caliber.

In the court, the players from Shohoku and Lingnan returned to the court. Katsumi Ichiro looked at the people in Lingnan, tried hard to suppress his excitement, walked to Martial's side, and asked:

"Senior Jinguji, how should we fight?"

Faced with Katsumi Ichiro's question, after a brief thought, Budo replied: "Just keep up with my rhythm, work hard to get out of position, and seize every opportunity."

"Go into the frontcourt with the ball, just give it to me, and try your best to get open."

After receiving a clear reply from Budo, Katsumi Ichiro nodded heavily, and then quickly went to the baseline. Sakuragi Hanamichi was also standing outside the baseline at this moment, and sent the ball to Katsumi Ichiro, who organized the attack.

"Is that weak-looking boy a first-year student in Xiangbei?!"

"I've never seen it before!"

In the stands, the audience immediately started talking when they saw Katsumi Ichiro on the stage.

In the backcourt of Lingnan, Shinomiya saw Katsumi Ichiro coming on the court, and he also smiled and reminded Fujima: "Hey, Fujima, this kid has three points, don't run too far when defending!"

Teng Zhen also pursed his lips and smiled when he heard this, and didn't care.

As Shohoku High School entered the frontcourt, Fujima quickly ran towards Katsumi Ichiro.

"Odo~"

"So dangerous, so dangerous."

Facing Fujima who was pressing forward quickly, Katsumi Ichiro passed the ball out early. It was not very difficult for Katsumi, who is 185cm tall, to play the ball in front of Fujima.

The basketball came into the hands of Jinguji Budo. Katsumi Ichiro, who had just completed the ball, immediately wandered to the top of the arc. Facing Fujima's defense, he began to run quickly with all his strength in an attempt to get rid of his opponent.

As for the Jinguji Martial Arts ball, after feinting with both hands, it quickly dropped the ball and accelerated forward. Under Shinomiya Tano's interception, Jinguji Martial Arts continued to break through in disguise, and the extremely fast disguised rhythm kept mobilizing Shinomiya.

Field's defensive positioning.

At the same time, Martial Arts was also making continuous disguised advances, crossing the three-point line.

The distance is appropriate.

During a sudden advance, Jinguji Budō turned sideways and hit Shinomiya Nodō directly. After receiving a huge blowback, Jinguji Budō still maintained a good figure. While carrying the basket with his back, he put his hands on the ball and shouldered it.

While mobilizing Shinomiya's defense, he instantly turned around to face the basket and faked a shot. He successfully deceived Shinomiya, and then he lay back and made a dry shot.

The basketball was shot, hit the backboard directly, and bounced into the basket.

A beautiful single attack made the entire stadium cheer.

"Huh~ Jinguji-senpai is really strong!"

"I scored the ball easily, haha."

Katsumi Ichiro saw Budo scoring a goal, smiled and praised him, and then followed Jinguji Budo's back and ran towards the backcourt.

After scoring the goal, Jinguji Budo was silent and didn't have much expression on his face. For him, scoring goals on Shinomiya's head was already a normal thing.

Between the alternation of offense and defense, it was time to test Ichiro Katsumi's defensive ability.

As Fujima entered the frontcourt with the ball, Katsumi Ichiro's defense immediately reached Fujima.

Under the defensive pressure of Katsumi Ichiro, Fujima kept changing his dribbling methods to prevent the basketball from being intercepted by the opponent.

Not to mention, even though Katsumi Ichiro is only in the first grade, this 185cm tall guy really brings much stronger defensive pressure to Fujima than Miyagi Ryota.

He is taller than Fujima, his hands are quite long, and his speed and reaction are also remarkable. In terms of strength, he is even stronger than Fujima. With Katsumi Ichiro's defense, Fujima can't fight so easily.

With no effort on his own, Fujima chose to call a pick-and-roll.

With the arrival of Sendō's pick-and-roll, Fujima passed the ball to Sendō. Faced with this situation, Katsumi Ichiro and Rukawa Kaede tacitly chose to switch defenses.

Sendō, who received the basketball hand-in-hand, was directly blocked by Katsumi Ichiro when he attacked. Under Sendō's strong pressure, although the opponent was unable to catch it, he did not completely lose his position.

Later, Sendō made an emergency stop jumper from mid-range. Although Katsumi Ichiro couldn't block Sendō, he still provided enough interference.

The basketball thrown by Xiandao was not accurate and hit the edge of the frame, collapsing out of the basket.

The rebound was caught by Sakuragi Hanamichi.

"Ouch!"

"Good defense, that first-year boy!"

"Successfully interfered with the immortal projection!"

(End of chapter)