Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

382. Chapter 377 Basketball for most people!

Author: Chief Disciple of the Beggar Clan

Chapter 377 Basketball for most people!

"You bastards! Do you deserve to play basketball?!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi's angry shouts finally overwhelmed the audience's comments and spread into the stadium.

Some of the spectators who were nearby looked at Hanamichi Sakuragi in shock, wondering why this first-year student from Shohoku suddenly went crazy. And the Kumamoto No. 3 player who was lazily preparing to serve in the court also heard it at this moment.

The sound came from the stands.

Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw Sakuragi Hanamichi with an angry face.

"Players from Shohoku...how can Shohoku, which has players like Jinguji Budo, understand us?"

"I'm just a freshman who was lucky enough to enter Shohoku High School. Why are you pretending?"

Kumamoto's captain just raised his eyes and glanced at Sakuragi, then withdrew his gaze, murmured in his mouth, and walked to the baseline to serve. The speed of the basketball ball given was slow, giving people an obvious feeling of weakness. You could tell at a glance that he was playing

Not seriously.

The moment the basketball was released, Mingpeng Industrial's defender quickly rushed forward. The force of the serve was too weak, which gave Mingpeng Industrial a chance to steal.

Kumamoto's third guard was squeezed by his opponent. When the basketball came flying, he couldn't rush to get the ball. He watched helplessly as the basketball was snatched away by his opponent. However, when he lost the ball, he didn't chase it immediately. Instead, he

He stood there stupidly, watching his opponent dribble the ball into the basket, and sent the ball into the basket with a light layup.

The performance of Kumamoto Third made Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was already angry, even more angry. Although he was not familiar with the players from Kumamoto Third, even before the national competition, Sakuragi Hanamichi had never heard of the name of this school.

But when Sakuragi Hanamichi saw Kumamoto Third's performance in the game, he was extremely angry.

Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't know why he was so angry. Maybe it was because Kumamoto No. 3 was wasting an opportunity like the national competition.

At this moment, Sakuragi Hanamichi unconsciously thought of the other two teams from Kanagawa Prefecture.

The Hainan High School that fought hard to the last second with Shohoku High School; the Xiangyang High School that was still full of enthusiasm even though it was ten or twenty points behind.

Those opponents who take the game seriously and refuse to admit defeat in the face of strong opponents have no chance to participate in the national competition, but a team like Kumamoto Third that has no fighting spirit can perform badly on the stage of the national competition.

Thinking of this, Sakuragi Hanamichi became even more angry.

"asshole!!!"

"If you don't want to play anymore, then get out and don't insult my eyes on the court!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi shouted violently, grabbing the back of the chair in front of him with both hands, as if he would rush out in the next second. Several Shohoku first-year students around Sakuragi Hanamichi heard this, not only did they not think there was anything wrong with what Sakuragi Hanamichi said or did,

Instead, he nodded in deep agreement.

Nobunaga Kiyota, who had always been at odds with Sakuragi Hanamichi and always quarreled with Sakuragi, also nodded. He rarely recognized what Sakuragi Hanamichi said and did not find fault with Sakuragi.

At this time, players from Metomo Industries in the stadium also looked towards the stands. Team captain Kijiro Hirabayashi recognized this player when he saw Hanamichi Sakuragi.

After the battle between Shohoku High School and Sanno Industries just now, many spectators and players from other teams have noticed this first-year student from Shohoku High School.

Some teams privately call Sakuragi a "genius blue collar". Using such a title recognizes Sakuragi Hanamichi's talent in rebounding. Of course, it only recognizes Sakuragi's talent in rebounding.

Recognizing Sakuragi, Hirabayashi Kijiro quickly glanced at the opponent and quickly withdrew his gaze. He looked at Kumamoto's third player who was about to serve at this time. He suddenly shook his head and said to himself with a smile:

"How can a talented first-year student like you understand what these guys are feeling right now?"

"Those who stay under the wings of Jinguji martial arts have no idea how cruel the reality is."

"A team from a small division like Kumamoto Third is already very lucky to be able to break into the second round."

"But luck, this kind of thing, cannot support the team to keep going down."

"When they meet our Mingpeng Industry, it means that their luck has run out."

While Kijiro Hirabayashi was talking to himself, Kumamoto Sanchi once again served from the baseline. This time, the point guard on Mingpeng's side failed to get a chance to steal. However, although he failed to complete the steal, Mingpeng's defender still did not want to return to the court.

The meaning of defense is directly attached to the Kumamoto defender who is holding the ball.

At the same time, other players from Mingpeng Industrial also blocked other Kumamoto players, and actually used the full-court pressing tactic five minutes after the start of the game.

It seems that Mingpeng is not satisfied with his current lead and wants to completely defeat his opponent in one fell swoop.

The average height of Mingpeng Industrial's players is generally higher than that of Kumamoto's No. 3 players. At this time, full-court press was used, which immediately put the pressure on Kumamoto's No. 3 players to a higher level.

Kumamoto San's players themselves have little fighting spirit, and their hard power is indeed inferior to that of Mingpeng Industry, and the basic skills of the defenders are not very good either.

Under the defense of Mingpeng, it was like the early domestic defense line collided with the defense of the United States.

Not to mention successfully dribbling the ball across the half court, even dropping the ball became extremely difficult at this moment.

The two defenders struggled for a while in the Kumamoto half. The Kumamoto defender could not withstand the pressure and wanted to pass the ball. However, under the hurried pass, his teammates had not yet run out of space. The basketball was directly passed by Mingpeng midway.

player steals.

With two simple dribbles, Mingpeng's power forward took the ball into the basket and scored an easy layup.

The point difference instantly reached 24 points.

But for Kumamoto, the point difference is not the most important thing, the most important thing is the situation. Under the defense of Mingpeng Industrial, they can't even dribble the ball past half-court.

"But" Sakuragi saw the ugly appearance of Kumamoto, and the roar in his chest burst out. Just as he was about to speak, he felt someone behind him grabbing his clothes.

The force coming from behind was very strong. Sakuragi Hanamichi could not resist the force. He was pulled back to his seat and sat down on the bench.

Sakuragi turned his head to look at the person who pulled him in confusion, and found that the person who just pulled his clothes was Jinguji Martial Arts.

Seeing that it was martial arts, Sakuragi could only complain in a low voice: "What are you doing to me? Isn't what I said right?"

"Those losers in Kumamoto."

Before Sakuragi Chuandao could finish speaking, Budao shook his head, put his arm around Sakuragi's shoulders, and said:

"There is no need to be angry. They are already high school players. Although they are not very mature, they should be sensible."

"You don't need to say too much. What you just said is enough."

"If they could listen, they would have listened long ago."

"Besides, it's not necessarily that the Kumamoto players didn't understand what you said."

"Sakuragi, basketball is very cruel. If you want to go to the top, there will be many, many people left behind by you."

"You can't lift those people up one by one and force them to follow your footsteps."

"You have talent and environment, and your perspective is different from theirs."

"The choices they make now may not be the choices they want. They may just be forced to have no choice."

"No matter what their attitude towards basketball is, the consequences will be borne by themselves."

"Whether they regret or resent in the future, it is up to them to bear it. You have no way to make choices for them. All you can do is make your own choices."

Budou comforted Sakuragi Hanamichi. His words were not only heard by Sakuragi Hanamichi, but also Nango Koichiro and others who were sitting closer.

When these first-year students heard these words, some of them understood it, and some of them understood it half way. But at the same time, the first-year students in Shohoku became quiet. Even Sakuragi Hanamichi snorted coldly and raised his hands.

He hugged it to his chest and closed his eyes slightly, not wanting to watch the game on the field anymore.

On the court, as Mingpeng Industrial began to use a full-court pressing defensive tactic, the situation completely turned in Mingpeng Industrial's favor.

Eleven minutes into the first half, Mingpeng Industrial held a 36-point lead. Coach Mingpeng, who secured the victory early, replaced the second-team substitutes and took advantage of this opportunity to train his young players.

players.

At this point, Shohoku High School's opponent for the next game has been officially established, which is Mingpeng Industry from Aichi Prefecture.

At the end of this long and torturous game, Mingpeng Industrial won with a terrifying score of 96:23.

The terrifying score difference of 73 points was the largest score difference in the history of the national competition. Mingpeng Industrial made history, and Kumamoto No. 3 also used such defense to become a part of history.

After the game, the players of Kumamoto No. 3 did not cry sadly. Instead, each of the players showed relaxed smiles of relief.

Perhaps, the chance to qualify for the national competition that many teams in Kanagawa Prefecture are competing for is just a heavy burden for the third-place Kumamoto players.

The victorious Mingpeng Industry did not give out many warm cheers. The victory of this game was determined as early as the first half. The victory was not officially announced until nearly thirty minutes later. At this moment, none of the Mingpeng players were gone.

I was so happy, but I just felt that this game was too long, and they had to play a meaningless game for more than 20 minutes.

After the game, before leaving the field, the Mingpeng players all looked up at the high school in the corner of the stands. The Mingpeng players also knew very well that the next battle with Xiangbei High School was the game they really needed to pay attention to.

After this game, the players from Xianghoku High School lost most of their enthusiasm for watching the game. Like them, the audience didn't have much expectations for the next game.

A boring game that sapped everyone's enthusiasm.

After a short pause, the competition of Group A and Group B began. The two participating teams were Umesawa High School from Saitama Prefecture and Tobita Dai Dai High School from Tokushima.

Both teams are rated B, and their player configuration is 2+3, that is, two outstanding players leading three qualified players to play the game.

Because the two teams were of similar strength, the game was fairly intense, but the level of enjoyment was far less than the previous game between Shohoku High School and Sanno Industrial.

There were only a few slam dunks in the entire game. It was a standard "high school" basketball level, and no player had a supermodel performance.

After watching two consecutive games, everyone in Shohoku found that the former Mingtomo Industry's Hirabayashi Kijiro was too eye-catching. From the perspective of martial arts, Hirabayashi Kijiro's personal ability should not be inferior to Aiwa's Morohoshi, but not as good as him.

Do you know why Mingpeng lost to Aihe under his leadership? Maybe it was because his teammates were not as strong as Aihe?!

The match between Umesawa and Tobita was ultimately won by Tobita at 76:72, leading his opponent by 4 points and successfully advancing to the third round.

After this game, there is the last game of the morning. The two teams are Takamizawa High School from Hokkaido and Urayasu Commercial from Chiba Prefecture.

Among the two teams, Urayasu Commercial is an A-level team. Although his opponent Takamizawa is only rated as a B-level player, Takamizawa performed with great courage throughout the game.

Compared with a weak team like Kumamoto Third, Takamizawa is completely tough. At the end of the first half, Takamizawa was already 13 points behind, but at the last moment of the midfield, those players

The players did not slack off at all and fought very hard.

In the end, they really succeeded in stealing the ball, hitting the buzzer, and fixed the point difference at 10 points.

In the second half, Takamize's players were even more frantic, running all over the field, looking for any possible opportunities. However, their efforts failed to reap the fruits they expected.

Thirteen minutes into the second half, Takamize's players had huge physical problems, and the quality of the school's rotation players was also quite poor. After replacing two main players, the team began to collapse.

Sakuragi Hanamichi, who had been holding back for a while, loudly cheered for Takamizawa, but in the end, these team members still failed to complete the "lower victory over the upper" that Sakuragi expected.

The sense of loss after their efforts were fruitless not only made Takamizawa's team members burst into tears, but also made Hanamichi Sakuragi, an outsider, feel a little sad. He pounded the bench with his fists and whispered "Damn it".

Wu Dao watched the scene happening in the field without sadness or joy, with an indifferent expression.

He has seen countless similar things. Competitive sports are always cruel. For players, failure will last throughout their careers.

Many outstanding players may just make a mistake in a game, or fail to protect themselves after a game and get injured, and their playing career may be cut off.

Compared with those players who have devoted the first half of their lives to basketball, the failures suffered by these young players on the court now are just drizzle.

Aren't the vast majority of ordinary people just like the Gao Jianze players on the field? They work hard, but they don't get the corresponding results.

"Losing is so painful!"

"So, Sakuragi, we in Xiangbei must not lose!"

Budo put his arm around Sakuragi's shoulders and whispered into Sakuragi Hanamichi's ear.

(End of chapter)