Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 354 A-level team that is not in the same class!

Author: Chief Disciple of the Beggar Clan

Chapter 354 A-level team that is not in the same class!

The night before the national competition.

The bright moon hangs high, and stars fill the night sky.

However, not many people have the time to appreciate such a beautiful night view.

In the common room of the hotel where Shohoku stayed, the lights were bright, and what was playing on the TV was the video of the game between Sanno Industrial and Lingnan High School in last year's national competition. Coach Anzai was sitting on the blanket, with his back leaning on the sofa stool and one hand on the coffee table.

He stared closely at the game video being played on the TV.

This afternoon, the opening ceremony of the national competition was held at the Center Arena in Hiroshima.

Tomorrow morning, Shohoku High School in Group A will face Toyota High School from Osaka in the first game.

Although Shohoku High School's first match tomorrow is Toyotama High School, what's playing on the TV in front of Coach Anzai's eyes is last year's game between Sanno Industries and Ryonan.

In the eyes of Coach Anzai, the threat from Toyotama High School to Shohoku High School is almost zero.

"There is no doubt that Sanno Industrial is indeed a very good team."

"Last year the martial arts team competed against Sanno in the Aki no Kokusei, but the Aki no Kokusei and the national competition are still different."

"The biggest problem why Lingnan was able to win against Sanno was not how good Shinomiya Tōno was. The problem was that Sanno's Zebita Eiji was too young."

"Sanno's Kawada Masashi is definitely the top center in the country. If Sanno plays purely on the inside and mobilizes Shinomiya Tano to defend the inside, then the outside team will have enough room to display."

"Fukatsu Kazunari's strength is also significantly higher than that of Fujima Kenji. With the help of the two, in front of Lingnan, he will definitely be able to catch Lingnan's flaw and defeat it with one blow."

"Tang Ben trusted Zebei's power so much that the Mountain King suffered such a big loss at the hands of Lingnan!"

"After experiencing the baptism of IH, Autumn National Sports and the Winter Games last year, Sanno Industries will definitely pay attention to this issue."

"Zebei Eiji's personal strength has definitely improved tremendously compared to last year!"

"I'm afraid there will be huge changes in the style of play!"

While watching the game, Coach Anzai grabbed the tactical board beside him and scribbled on it with a marker, deducing in his mind the possible battle situation when Shohoku High School encountered Sanno Industries.

This is the first time since Coach Anzai coached Shohoku that he has taken it seriously, carefully scrutinizing the opponent and deducing the situation like now.

"The inside combination of Akagi and Sakuragi may not be able to suppress Masashi Kawada of Sanno."

"In terms of rebounding, we in Xiangbei should still have a chance to compete with the opponent."

"Our biggest advantage in Xiangbei is actually the absolute advantage of martial arts in holding the ball and attacking."

"But if you rely too much on the power of martial arts, he will definitely consume a lot of energy. In the back-to-back competition system, even martial arts may not be able to withstand it. Therefore, Mitsui Hisao and Rukawa must be able to assist him in attacking on the court."

"Tomorrow's game against Toyotama, we also need to defeat our opponent with minimal physical exertion."

Coach Anzai was doing deductions on the tactical board and had already established the tactics in his mind for the fight against Sanno Industries.

At this moment, the door to the lounge rang twice, and then someone pushed it open.

"Teacher Anxi, haven't you rested yet? Are you watching the match between Sanno and Lingnan?"

"Have you already started studying our opponents in the second round of Xiangbei? As expected of Mr. Anxi."

Mitsui Hisashi stood at the door and saw Coach Anxi watching the video. He smiled and complimented Coach Anxi.

"Oh Mitsui!"

"come in."

"It's so late and you haven't rested yet. What's wrong with you?"

Coach Anzai turned his head and saw Mitsui Hisashi. He pushed up his glasses and asked with a smile, but the eyes behind the glasses showed a faint sternness.

It's already 11 o'clock at night, and tomorrow's game in Xiangbei is at 8 o'clock in the morning. Normally, the players have to get up at 6.30 and rush to the venue to do some pre-match preparations.

Mitsui Hisashi has not slept at this time, and the rest time is simply not enough.

"Sorry, teacher."

"I'm so excited that I can't sleep."

Hisashi Mitsui felt Coach Anzai's emotions, scratched the back of his head, and said a little embarrassed.

Hearing this, Coach Anzai was surprised. He did not expect that a player like Hisashi Mitsui would have such emotions.

If the person who said this was a first-year rookie, he would still be able to understand it, but Mitsui Hisashi would not have such emotions.

Mitsui Hisashi, who is now in his third year of high school, has played in countless competitions. This is not the first time he has played in a national competition. Coach Anzai did not expect that such emotions would arise.

"Excited. Rather than nervous."

"Mitsui."

Before Coach Anzai finished speaking, Mitsui Hisashi walked directly into the door, sat on the blanket next to Coach Anzai, and said to himself:

"Teacher, I'm already a senior in high school. If I don't win the national championship this year, I won't be able to win it in the future."

"We must be very strong, I'm sure of that."

"But, teacher, how can there be any certainty about the competition?"

"While I am excited, I am also a little scared. I am afraid that Xiangbei will make mistakes and lose."

"I do not want"

Before Mitsui Hisashi finished speaking, coach Anzai already knew why Mitsui Hisashi had such emotions.

People who want to be strong also have strong self-esteem. The more such a person is, the heavier their thoughts are. The pressure on Mitsui Hisashi is not only given by himself, but also given by his team members, and even Anzai.

Guangyi, give it to him!

Patting Mitsui Hisashi on the shoulder, Coach Anzai's eyes were full of tenderness.

"Mitsui, I have always believed in you."

"It's the strongest!"

[Next is the first game of the national competition. 】

[The two sides competing are Shohoku High School from Kanagawa Prefecture and Toyotama High School from Osaka.]

[Members from both sides are invited to enter immediately.]

In the Hiroshima Central Gymnasium, the broadcast sounded.

The player tunnels on both sides of the basketball court opened, and the Toyama High School players wearing blue uniforms slowly entered the court amid the cheers of the audience.

"Huh~ there are really a lot of people!"

"Okay, defeat Xiangbei in front of so many people and advance to the second round! Fight all the way to the finals and win the national championship!"

"We must prove to everyone that Coach Kitano's tactics can win the national championship!"

Kishimoto Minori looked at the cheering audience around her and said excitedly, while her eyes quickly scanned the stands, trying to find the thin old man.

Coach Kitano, the former coach of Toyotama High School, once guided a series of Toyotama third-year players such as Nan Retsu and Kishimoto to embark on the correct basketball path.

But a year and a half ago, Coach Kitano was fired from the school.

The reason is also very simple, that is, under the leadership of coach Kitano, Toyotama High School has never broken through the best result of the top 8 in the national competition. Not all school leaders are like Shohoku, who do not pay attention to basketball competition awards and results.

Toyotama High School, which regards basketball as a focus of development, cannot tolerate such things happening.

Therefore, coach Kitano was replaced and replaced by coach Muramasa. However, last year, Toyotama was eliminated in the second round, and coach Muramasa was directly dismissed and replaced by the current coach Jinping.

However, Nan Lie and others who were trained by Coach Kitano have deep feelings for Kitano. They know that Kitano left because of their poor performance. While blaming themselves, they also eagerly hope to perform well and clear Coach Kitano's name.

Let Coach Kitano return to the team.

But Toyotama had bad luck last year. In the second round, they encountered Shohoku High School led by Jinguji Budo and Hisashi Mitsui, and ended up losing miserably.

This year, Toyotama met Shohoku High School again.

Although Miri Kishimoto was very harsh on the train, he actually knew very well that it would not be easy to overcome the obstacle of Shohoku!

Coach Jinping is a latecomer, but his prestige among the team is pretty good now. Toyotama High School experienced last year's disastrous defeat, and Coach Muramasa had a good heart-to-heart talk with the Toyotama players before leaving, and he has changed somewhat.

Got some extreme ideas from Toyotama team members.

After taking over, Jinping originally planned to completely deny the run and gun and switch to defensive counterattack, but under the persuasion of his former coach Muramasa, he decided to let the team mainly focus on run and gun, supplemented by other offensive tactics.

This has made the team members of Jinping and Toyotama get along much better. Although Toyotama still ran into Shohoku this year, every one of the players is very confident in their team.

What? Lost to Shohoku last year?

That's just because our team hasn't adjusted well yet!

This is what Toyotama's team members think in their hearts. They want to find their victory in Shobei!

"Tap."

In the player tunnel, footsteps sounded, and the Toyotama players looked sideways. They happened to see Coach Anzai leading the Shohoku players out of the tunnel. Jinguji Budo, who was standing behind Coach Anzai, glanced at Toyotama High School from a distance, with a look on his face.

smiled.

When the Shohoku players entered the stadium, there was a roar in the stands and an astonishing cheer erupted. The enthusiasm of this cheer was completely different from when the Toyotama players entered the stadium.

Sakuragi Hanamichi waved to the stands in a familiar manner, with a look of enjoyment on his face. Kiyota Nobunaga and Nango were enveloped by the cheers, and secretly said in their hearts, "That's awesome, we are really famous in Shohoku!", but their faces were different.

He was trying hard to maintain a calm and serious look.

He has quite the demeanor of a "strong team player".

"Here we come, Xiangbei!"

Nan Lie saw Jinguji Martial Arts in the Xiangbei team from a distance, his expression condensed, and he couldn't help but recall the scene when he and Jinguji Martial Arts faced each other last year.

That "military training" has never been forgotten by Osaka's scoring champion.

Later, Nan Lie also witnessed the scene where Jinguji Budo led Shohoku against Lingnan. From that time on, he no longer cared about the false name of "Osaka scoring king". What he wanted was to defeat Jinguji Budo! Using running and gunning,

Defeat Shohoku High School!

"Let's go, today, we will get our own victory!"

Nan Lie felt secretly angry and led the team members into the field to warm up.

The Shohoku players entered the venue, put down their things in the rest area, and began to warm up. Rukawa Kaede, Sakuragi Hanamichi, Nango Koichiro, Miyagi Ryota, and Kiyota Nobunaga all changed their jerseys and entered early.

Field warm-up.

However, Jinguji Budo and Mitsui Hisashi were wearing white training uniforms and walked to the court to pass the ball to these players. The other Shohoku players came in to warm up, and all of them were wearing team uniforms. This made the players wearing white training uniforms pass the ball.

The martial arts and Mitsui Shou became particularly eye-catching.

"Hey~ Jinguji Budo and Mitsui Hisashi haven't changed their clothes yet."

"Aren't they going to play?"

In the stands, all members of Lingnan High School, which had a bye in the first round, were still present to watch today's game. Aida Hikoichi held a notebook in his hand, saw the warm-up situation on the Shohoku side, and shouted in a low voice.

"Well, it looks like that's right."

"And the team members here in Xiangbei who are actively warming up are all first and second graders."

The Shohoku players started to warm up. Coach Tianoka looked at the Shohoku half and nodded slightly.

After saying that, Coach Tian Gang suddenly smiled and said:

"It seems that Coach Anxi is planning to preserve his strength."

"After the match with Toyotama, Shohoku will face Sanno Industries!"

"There is no doubt that Sanwang is one of the strongest teams in this conference besides our Lingnan team."

“It’s normal to be prepared and vigilant!”

Coach Tagoka immediately understood Coach Anzai's plan and explained it to the team members with a smile. However, after hearing this, Aida Hikoichi scratched his hair in confusion and asked with a frown:

"I see."

"But... wouldn't this arrangement be too much?"

"I know Toyotama High School. Although they lost to Shohoku last year, Toyotama's record in Osaka this year was almost complete, with only one loss."

"Moreover, the games we won were always ahead by a big margin. Even the game we lost, Daiei Academy only beat them by three points."

"Retsu Nan from Toyotama High School is still the scoring leader in Osaka."

"Toyotama High School, which is an A-level team like Shohoku, didn't send players from Jinguji Budo to play, but instead sent some first-year players who had never played in the national competition. Did Shohoku really win Toyotama?"

After all, they were both members of the Kanagawa Prefecture representative team. At this moment, Aida Hikoichi started to worry about Shohoku High School.

"No need to worry, I'm afraid Coach Anxi has already calculated the strength of the two teams."

"The A-level team is different from the A-level team! The strength of Xianghoku High School can hardly be described with an A."

“And the quality of first-year students in Xiangbei is excellent!”

After saying that, Coach Taoka pursed his lips and looked unhappy. Every one of the rising stars at Shohoku High School was an outstanding player that he envied. Even the most inconspicuous Sakuragi Hanamichi, Coach Taoka learned from each other.

I saw a lot of talent.

Compared with Xiangbei, which is full of talents, Lingnan High School led by coach Tian Gang is really.

"hateful!"

Coach Tian Gang gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and already had a plan in mind!

After this year's competition, third-year mainstays such as Kenji Fujima, Jun Uozumi, and Toru Hanagata will enter high school. Although Shinomiya Tōno and Sendō are still there, Lingnan has begun to face a situation of sluggishness. On the other hand, Shohoku,

There are many talented people in the first grade, and Jinguji Martial Arts is in the second grade.

Next year, Xiangbei's strength may not necessarily weaken, and may even become more terrifying.

Recruiting outstanding freshmen is something Lingnan must consider. During this time, coach Tian Gang is not only worrying about team competitions, but he is also paying attention to junior high school competitions in order to find good enough players.

In fact, there is now a third-year junior high school point guard in Yokohama named Yuta Tabashi who has attracted his attention. In this year's National Middle School Basketball Conference, this kid performed brilliantly, and many teams have already paid attention to him.

, and Coach Tianoka is also waiting for an opportunity to intervene and include that player in his bag.

This year's national championship is the "opportunity" he seeks!

While Coach Taoka was thinking, the warm-up of the players on both sides of the field had already ended.

As expected by coach Tian Gang, as the referee blew the whistle, the players from both sides entered the field.

The players on the Shohoku side are first-year players Nango Koichiro, Sakuragi Hanamichi, Rukawa Kaede, Kiyota Nobunaga, and second-year player Ryota Miyagi.

Many of the spectators on the sidelines know Shohoku, and they also know that Shohoku’s most famous ace is the second-year Jinguji Martial Arts.

But when I saw the formation in Xiangbei, there was a buzz in the stands.

Nan Lie, who walked into the court, was adjusting the position of his wrist guards. He looked up and saw the players on the Xiangbei side. After a brief daze, he felt a surge of anger in his heart.

"Quite unexpectedly"

"Dare you underestimate us!!!"

"Shobei!!"

(End of chapter)