Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 355 First graders on the national stage!

Author: Chief Disciple of the Beggar Clan

Chapter 355 First graders on the national stage!

The formation of Xianghoku High School really exceeded many people's expectations.

Even though some spectators knew something about Shohoku High School, they still couldn't help but comment when they saw that Shohoku sent a group of first- and second-year "rookies" to play.

In the eyes of the audience, Xiangbei is really awesome!

This is a national competition. As long as you lose one game, you can buy a ticket and go home. Even if Xiangbei High School plans to train, it can completely let the main players of the senior class gain an absolute advantage before replacing them with substitutes.

The audience has never seen a formation like this in Xiangbei!

In the stadium, Sakuragi Hanamichi and others could also hear the chatter in the stands. However, Sakuragi and the others were not moved at all. Except for Miyagi, it was the first time for all of them to be on such a stage, but

There is no fear at all, no stage fright.

Rukawa Kaede looked indifferent, Sakuragi Hanamichi, Kiyota Nobunaga and Nango all had excited faces, and their eyes were full of fighting spirit.

And Miyagi Ryota, who was in his own half, was smiling at this time and didn't pay attention to Toyotama High School, who was also in the A-level.

These new generations of Xiangbei High School are each more proud than the other!

"Beep——" After another long whistle, the referee stood in the middle circle with a basketball.

After signaling the centers of both teams, the referee raised the ball and then threw it high into the air.

As Nango Koichiro and Toyotama's Miaki Iwata let out loud shouts, the match between Shohoku High School and Toyotama officially began.

This year's lineup of Toyotama High School has not changed much from last year. The main scorer is the third-year Retsu Minami, and the team's second scorer is the third-year Miuri Kishimoto. Center center Mitsuaki Iwata, the team's

The position is a bit awkward, it can be considered a blue-collar job.

In addition to these three people, there are two other players who are playing: sophomore Daijiro Itakura and Yatori Kyohei.

Although point guard Daijiro Itakura is a sophomore, he is the third scorer on the team. He is 183cm tall, has excellent mid-to-long-range shooting ability, and has superb breakthrough skills.

Compared to him, the third-year Yatori Kyohei is a bit ordinary. He is best at defense and assisting with pick-and-rolls, and his personal scoring ability is average.

Among Feng Yu's players, only Nan Lie might be considered top-notch individually, and the rest are at an excellent level. However, these players each have their own characteristics. When these players are integrated together, they can exert great power.

, but it is very scary.

"Pa~"

In the court, after a soft sound, Nango Koichiro won the jump ball, took the lead in hitting the basketball, and pointed the ball towards Miyagi Ryota in the backcourt.

At the center position, Iwata Miaki, who has just reached 190cm in height, is not as explosive as Nango Koichiro, and the jump ball cannot beat the explosive Nango.

"Hahaha!"

"Easily win my first jump ball in the national competition! Toyotama, I will lead Shohoku and completely defeat you!"

After Nango Koichiro won the jump ball, he immediately became elated and laughed. Although young people like Toyotama were angered by this arrogant boy Nango, after losing the jump ball, they immediately chose to return to defense.

Toyotama High School is good at running and gunning, and its speed in returning to defense is very good.

When Miyagi Ryota's side just got the basketball and crossed the center line with the ball, Toyotama's side had already completed its position, waiting for Shohoku's attack to arrive.

In this game, the tactic arranged by Coach Anzai is the triangle offense. This tactic is not only used by the senior students in Xiangbei, but also by the new forces of Xiangbei High School. However, in today's game, the junior students in Xiangbei are also using it.

The triangle offensive tactic lacks the role of Katsumi Ichiro.

Therefore, the player who fills this corner is Nobunaga Kiyota, who was robbed of the ball-handling position by Ryota Miyagi.

The Shohoku players were in position, Kiyota Nobunaga sank into the bottom corner, and Rukawa Kaede stood in the corner on the same side. Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nango Koichiro quickly cut into the basket after entering the frontcourt. Nango stood with Rukawa Kaede and Kiyota.

On the same side, Sakuragi stood on the other side and moved independently.

Miyagi Ryota, who was approaching the top of the arc with the ball, completed the ball early before Daijiro Itakura came up, and gave the ball to Rukawa Kaede.

One of the cores of the triangle offense - a big core who can hold the ball and play in isolation!

And Rukawa Kaede is the player who takes on this role on the Shohoku court today. Before him, the one who did this job in Shohoku was always the ace Jinguji Martial Arts.

Coach Anzai’s formation arrangement today also regards Rukawa Kaede as the new ace after Jinguji Martial Arts.

The person guarding Rukawa Kaede was Nan Lie from Toyotama High School. It was not that Nan Lie knew that Rukawa Kaede was Shohoku's most threatening offensive player on the court at the moment. It was that among Shohoku's perimeter players, the tallest one was Rukawa Kaede. Nan Lie subconsciously knew that Rukawa Kaede was the most threatening offensive player on the field.

He aimed at Rukawa Kaede.

"Nan Retsu from Toyotama High School!"

"Osaka's top scorer!"

The moment Nan Lie stood in front of him, Rukawa Feng remembered some information about the other party in his mind. He had seen Nan Lie's introduction in a magazine before, so he knew this person.

Rukawa Kaede was very interested in the other party's name!

"The top scorer!" Rukawa Kaede murmured in his heart, moving to sweep the ball. After a simple test step, Rukawa Kaede dropped the ball and accelerated.

"Huh?" Rukawa Kaede's breakthrough speed was very fast. Nan Lie was surprised when Rukawa Kaede broke through. In just a blink of an eye, Rukawa Kaede's body was already on the same level as him and quickly passed through his waist.

Passed by and rushed towards the inside line.

The extremely low center of gravity allowed Rukawa Kaede to accelerate instantly and directly passed Nanlie's defense line.

"Breakthrough! So fast!"

"Who is this first grader from Xiangbei?"

"Nan Lie's defense was actually broken through?"

Rukawa Kaede's sudden advance caused exclamations from the stands. In the stadium, Rukawa Kaede, who had entered the middle distance, made an emergency stop and stood up to prepare to throw the ball. However, at this moment, Nan, who was thrown away by him,

At this moment, Lie had actually arrived in front of Rukawa Kaede, raising his arms high and aiming at the basketball.

However, Nan Lie was a little late after all, and his jumping ability was not as good as Rukawa Kaede, so he couldn't block the basketball at all. However, his defense still successfully affected the accuracy of Rukawa Kaede's shooting.

"Dang~"

Rukawa Kaede's mid-range pull-up jump shot fell out of the frame, and Miaki Iwata and Mari Kishimoto, who were guarding the basket, sank directly, blocking their opponents.

"The rebound is mine!"

The basketball fell and landed directly above Minori Kishimoto. Just when Kishimoto was about to take off and grab the ball in his hands, the top of his head was suddenly shrouded in shadow.

A figure actually jumped up when the basketball had just started to fall and reached out to grab the basketball.

"What?!"

"impossible!"

Rukawa Kaede missed the shot, and the basketball bounced quite high when it crashed out of the basket. Kishimoto Mari didn't bounce enough, and while she was waiting for the basketball to fall, someone was already jumping up from the ground.

In Kishimoto's shocked eyes, the man actually easily picked up the basketball that had just begun to fall into his arms. His bright red hair made Kishimoto's pupils shrink suddenly.

"This guy has such an amazing bounce!"

After a brief moment of glory, Miri Kishimoto also took off and tried to snatch the basketball from Sakuragi Hanamichi's hands, but Sakuragi had already held the ball firmly and began to fall.

"What!"

"Rebounds actually"

"Oh! Who is that red-haired guy? He actually grabbed the rebound. Moreover, that guy's leverage jump is so high!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi, who successfully picked off the board, completely ignored the exclamations of the audience in the stands. After landing, he raised the ball a little and easily deceived Kishimoto Minori.

After the fake move was successful, Sakuragi dropped the ball and rushed straight into the basket with a long stride, and then the ball exploded.

"Bang!"

There was a loud noise, and the basketball was directly poured into the basket by Sakuragi Hanamichi.

Grabbing rebounds, feinting shots, breaking through and dunking, Sakuragi Hanamichi's series of clean and smooth movements, and powerful dunks made the audience who originally discussed Shohoku's formation fall into silence.

After a long silence, the stands erupted into astonishing cheers.

"Slam dunk! What a slam dunk!"

"It looks like you were able to drink it easily. Who is this red-haired guy? Is he a first-year student in Xiangbei?!"

"ohhhhh! Shobei!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi, who successfully dunked, did not get lost in the cheers of the audience this time. After successfully scoring, he curled his lips in disdain and said to himself:

"It's just a slam dunk, don't be so excited!"

"This genius has other unique skills that he hasn't come up with yet!"

When Sakuragi Hanamichi quickly returned to defense, everyone on the bench in Shohoku looked at each other. No one expected that Sakuragi would be the first to score on Shohoku's side. Moreover, Sakuragi did not show off with a stinking shout after dunking, which was really a bit strange.

It goes against common sense.

Seeing Sakuragi's calm look after scoring, Mumu couldn't help but nodded and praised: "This kid Sakuragi has finally grown up."

However, Mitsui Hisashi is not as optimistic as Mumu. He knows Sakuragi very well. I am afraid that this kid is holding back some big work.

"Damn it! I was actually deceived by such an idiot!"

"hateful!"

Watching Sakuragi score in front of her eyes, Kishimoto Minori grabbed the ball and slammed it on the ground. She looked unhappy, threw the ball angrily, and quickly ran towards the Shohoku half.

Toyotama High School advanced very quickly, but in just a few seconds, Itakura had already entered the Shohoku half with the ball.

It was Miyagi who was guarding him. Facing Miyagi Ryota, who was more than ten centimeters shorter than him, Itakura just simply suspended the ball and pretended to break through. Then he suddenly joined the ball and shot a three-pointer.

At this time, only 8 seconds had passed before Shohoku High School scored.

"If you take action so quickly, you won't get in!"

"rebound!"

Seeing the rush of the opponent's attack, Miyagi Ryota immediately turned around and shouted. However, under his gaze, the basketball went directly into the net and hit the ground.

"What!!!"

Miyagi Ryota's pupils shrank, a little in disbelief. When Itakura Daijiro saw the basketball hit the net, his big face came close to Miyagi Ryota, gave him a "smile", and then whispered:

"Dwarf, come and guard me!"

Itakura's sarcasm made Ryota Miyagi blush with anger.

Height has always been a pain for him, and Itakura's words have firmly stepped on his pain point!

"Counterattack!" Miyagi roared and quickly entered the inside lane. Nango served quickly from the baseline. After releasing the ball, he quickly ran towards Toyotama High School's half court at an extremely fast speed.

Facing Toyotama High School who is good at playing RUN & GUN, Miyagi Ryota was aroused and had no intention of slowing down his pace. He planned to play fast and get back the points he just lost!

"That boy Miyagi, the advancement speed has become faster!"

"When we play the triangle offense, we don't need such a fast advancement speed at all."

"What did that guy say in Miyagi's ear just now? Did he lose his mind?"

When Miyagi advanced rapidly, Mitsui Shou immediately realized the problem and said immediately. However, upon hearing this, Budao shook his head slightly and said:

"What I said is certain, but it's impossible to say that Miyagi lost his mind."

"You're not a first-year rookie. You can't lose your mind over just one or two sentences."

"Look, it's no problem. Although Feng Yu's strength is good, these guys from northern Hunan are not bad either!"

As soon as Budo finished speaking, Miyagi Ryota was already approaching the three-point line with the ball. His advancing speed became faster, and the running speed of others in Shohoku also accelerated. While Miyagi was approaching the three-point line, Rukawa Kaede and others were also already approaching.

Positioning completed.

Shohoku's players on the court don't have the traditional center that slows them down. Whether it's Sakuragi or Nango, their foot strength is terrifying and they can easily keep up with Miyagi's advancing speed.

Toyotama's players didn't seem to expect Shohoku's counterattack to come so quickly. Center Mitsuaki Iwata was still in the mid-range and had not even entered the basket.

Miyagi Ryota accurately found this defensive loophole, looked at Rukawa Kaede, but the basketball in his hand hit Itakura's crotch hard, and passed directly towards the inside.

"Huh?!" Itakura, who had been deceived by Miyagi's gaze, was looking at Rukawa Kaede. However, the next second, the basketball passed directly through his crotch.

It accurately fell into the hands of Nobunaga Kiyota who was cutting through the basket. Kiyota got up directly with the ball, and with a height of 178cm, he dunked with one hand and poured the ball into the basket.

"oh!"

"Well done, Miyagi-senpai!"

After Kiyota Nobunaga scored, he shouted excitedly towards Miyagi. The two people who approached him fist-bumped in celebration, and then quickly returned to defense.

The two consecutive slam dunks from Xianghoku High School at the beginning also aroused the enthusiasm of the audience. At this time, even the stupidest people realized that these players from Xianghoku High School are all good players!

Kiyota Nobunaga's slam dunk convinced the audience of this fact. A first-year student with a height of less than 180cm was actually able to dunk with one hand. This terrifying talent is rare in the entire high school basketball world.

Toyotama did not dwell too much on this mistake. After Shohoku scored, he quickly organized a counterattack.

This time, Itakura, who entered the frontcourt with the ball, passed the fake shot to Nanlie, who came up to support him. The latter faked a shot and then quickly moved along the three-point line.

Separate hands.

And with a crisp squeaking sound, the basketball hit the net.

Just over a minute into the game, Shohoku and Toyotama had already competed for several rounds. Facing a veteran and strong team like Toyotama, these first-year players from Shohoku were not at a disadvantage at all.

I thought it was a crushing game, but now everyone no longer underestimates the first graders from Xiangbei.

(End of chapter)