Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

383. Chapter 378 Strong team, Luo An!

Author: Chief Disciple of the Beggar Clan

Chapter 378 Strong team, Luo An!

In the competition between Urayasu Commercial and Takamizawa, in the end, the stronger Urayasu Commercial won.

Although Sakuragi Hanamichi cheered hard for the hard-working Takamizawa High School, weak strength means weak strength. Even if Takamizawa's team members tried their best, it was Urayasu Business who won the game in the end.

Jinguji Budo looked at the disappointed Sakuragi Hanamichi, patted the latter's shoulder, and said a few words of relief. Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was cheerful by nature, quickly came out of that disappointed mood.

After the game between Takamizawa and Urayasu Commercial, all the morning matches came to an end. Coach Anzai did not lead the players back to the hotel. Instead, after having lunch at a nearby restaurant, he led the players back to the gymnasium.

, waiting to watch the afternoon game.

The afternoon game did not start until one o'clock in the afternoon. The Xiangbei players who had a lot of free time did not run around after returning to the rest area of ​​the arena. Most of them lay on the bench and closed their eyes to rest.

Sakuragi and Kiyota and a few restless people wandered around the gymnasium boredly in the name of going to the toilet. Until the time approached 12.30, Luoan High School and Qiuyue High School, the first game in the afternoon, entered the stadium and started to warm up. Sakuragi

Hanamichi and the others returned to the stands.

There was still half an hour before the start of the game, and the members of the two participating teams entered the arena early and started to warm up.

Perhaps because of the first game in the afternoon, most of the spectators had not fully recovered after watching the morning game, so the seats above the stands were quite empty and were not as full of spectators as they were in the morning.

Some of the spectators sitting in the stands were also having a hard time, looking sleepy.

"Sakura, Kiyota, you guys are finally back."

"You must not miss this game!"

Mitsui Hisashi held a magazine in his hand, looked at the two teams warming up in the stadium, and said to Sakuragi and others who had just returned to their seats.

Jinguji Budo, who was sitting behind Mitsui Hisashi, was also looking at the participating players on the court, and his expression was obviously much more serious.

"Nani? Nani? Why can't you miss it? Is there a strong team in the afternoon game?"

Sakuragi Hanamichi heard Mitsui Hisashi's words and asked again and again. His butt had just stuck to the bench, and he immediately threw himself behind Mitsui Hisashi, stretched his neck and looked at the magazine in Mitsui Hisashi's hand.

"Yeah! We have a strong team."

"See that team in red jerseys on the field?"

"That's Luoan High School in Kyoto. It's rated A-level, but Luoan High School is more than just an A-level team."

"If Sanno Industrial was once the well-deserved overlord in the national competition, then this Luoan High School was the only opponent of the overlord back then!"

"Their opponent in this game is not an easy character to deal with. Akizuki High School in Tokyo is also rated A-level."

"This year there are still three teams in Tokyo participating in the national competition. In addition to Akizuki High School, there are also Jimbo University Affiliated High School and Higashi Sakura High School. These three teams, Akizuki High School, are the strongest."

Mitsui Hisashi seems to have some knowledge of both Luoan High School and Qiuyue High School, and he speaks very highly of both teams.

It is worth mentioning that Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan are two places. The difference is equivalent to the difference between BJ and Nanjing in China, the capital and the old capital.

However, Jinguji Martial Arts did not have a deep impression on Luoan and Qiuyue schools.

In last year's IH, he didn't remember seeing the games between Luoan and Qiuyue High School.

Who was Lingnan's opponent in the final last year? He kind of forgot.

Although Wu Dao didn't know much about the strength of the two teams, a certain Luoan player who was warming up in the stadium at this time made Wu Dao very interested.

"Mistress, who is No. 13 from Luo An?"

Martial arts eyes fell on Luo An No. 13 in the stadium and asked Mitsui Shou.

That was a tall and thin young man. Although Jinguji Martial Arts was sitting in the stands and it was difficult to see the opponent's height accurately, based on martial arts experience, the opponent's height was probably 210cm!

In the high school basketball arena, Budo has only seen players of this height from Sanno Industrial. And unlike Sanno's Mikio Kawada, the No. 13 from Luoan High School is not fat.

Martial Arts watched the opponent's layup action during the warm-up and noticed that the opponent's movement speed was probably quite outstanding and his skills were very agile.

"Number 13? Did you notice it?"

"That's right. No matter who a player is, he will notice it."

"That is Luo An's second-year player. His name is Izumi Asio. He is 213cm tall and weighs 91kg. He is a center."

"This kid scored 43 points by himself in the Kyoto Prefecture competition. He is a very powerful player."

"Their opponents are not weak. The final score of the two teams was 96:87, and the point difference was only nine points."

When Wu Dao heard this, he couldn't help but nodded. A center, in such a slow-paced high school game, can score 40+ points in a single game. This ability is already quite outstanding.

If Luo'an's opponent in the county competition still had an outstanding center, then the data obtained by Luo'an No. 13 now would be even more eye-catching.

If you are a bad guy, it would not be unusual to get 50+ martial arts, but if a qualified opponent still performs at such a level, then martial arts will have to take the opponent's ability seriously.

"213cm?!"

"so tall?!"

Mitsui Hisashi's words immediately attracted the attention of Sakuragi and others who had just returned to the stands. Kiyota Nobunaga even whispered, and also stretched out his head to look at the magazine in Mitsui Hisashi's hand. After confirming the information, he looked at the stadium.

The Luoan High School team found the outstanding No. 13.

"hiss!!!!"

Kiyota Nobunaga took a deep breath, and Sakuragi next to him couldn't help but shiver.

Then Kiyota Nobunaga frowned and said in a sour tone: "It's just height. Basketball is not just about height."

"Just like the red-haired monkey, there is no height. If I were as tall as him, I could do any dunk action I want!"

As soon as Kiyota Nobunaga finished speaking, Sakuragi narrowed his eyes, looked at Kiyota sideways, and said contemptuously: "Height is very important in basketball."

"If we were all like wild monkeys, we wouldn't have gone so far in Xiangbei!"

Sakuragi's words immediately ignited Kiyota Nobunaga's anger. However, before Kiyota could get angry, Miyagi Ryota's violent shouts rang out from Sakuragi's ears: "What did you say?! Sakuragi Hanamichi!"

"Don't get too carried away!"

The impact of Sakuragi's words was a bit wide. At this time, not only Kiyota Nobunaga, but also Miyagi Ryota and Yasuda and others looked at Sakuragi with resentful expressions.

"Ha ha."

"I didn't talk about you, Liangtian."

"I mean wild monkeys with such a height are rubbish. Uh. I mean wild monkeys are rubbish."

Sakuragi's argument was really weak. Ryota and Qingta seemed to hate someone trying to raise their heights, and they kept whispering in Sakuragi's ears.

Budo glanced at the noisy teammates, tapped Mitsui's shoulder, and asked: "Xiaosan, how many years has that kid played football? Was it mentioned in the magazine?"

After hearing this, Mitsui carefully read the relevant information about Luoan No. 13 in the magazine and replied: "I have been playing basketball since junior high school."

"The game will start soon. Just watch his performance."

When Wu Dao heard this, he nodded, sat up straight, and focused on the court.

While everyone at Xiangbei High School was studying the players in the stands, on the other side of the stands, everyone in Lingnan was also discussing the Izumi Asohiro from Luoan.

Xiangbei High School is a team in Group A, and the opponent for the next game has been determined, Mingpeng Industry. Luoan High School is a team in Group B. After playing Luoan and Qiuyue High School, if they win, they will enter

Semi-finals of Group B.

If Lingnan High School defeats their opponent Jinshan Commerce, then Lingnan High School will compete with Luoan High School for the qualifying spot in Group B.

In other words, compared to Xiangbei High School, Lingnan is the team that really needs to study this group of opponents.

"Tian Ye, tell me, who has a greater chance of winning, Qiuyue or Luo An?"

In the stands, Akira Sendō was lying comfortably on his seat, looking down at the two teams warming up in the field, and asked Shinomiya Tanoh next to him.

"Sa, who knows?"

"Whoever has the same chance of winning, there is no big difference to me."

Shinomiya Tano replied with a nonchalant expression, seemingly not interested at all in the possible opponents in the field.

"Really? That No. 13 from Luo An looks very good."

"It seems that only Sanno has a player of this height. And unlike Sanno, the meatball guy, Luo An seems to be very agile."

"Is there no threat to us in Lingnan?"

Sendao smiled and continued to ask, seeming to be very interested in Luo An's Izumi Aso.

"Just pull it out and hit it."

"His body shape is the same as that of Sanwang's Meatball Man. In fact, he is not very coordinated."

"The speed you mentioned is only for centers."

"Such a center poses no threat to us in Lingnan."

"Are you worried about meeting Luo An? Don't worry, I will teach you how to deal with such an opponent if you meet him."

Shinomiya yawned nonchalantly and answered casually. Seeing his confident look, Sendō also smiled and turned his eyes to the court without saying a word.

After half an hour of warm-up, the referee finally blew the whistle to start the game.

As the players from Los Angeles High School and Players High School took their positions on the court, the referee threw the basketball in his hand high into the air after another long whistle.

The referee kicks off the ball and officially declares the start of the game.

Standing on the side of the midline, Izumi Aho looked up at the basketball. With just a slight jump, his hand directly touched the falling basketball and moved the ball towards his team's backcourt.

His opponent is Akizuki's third-year center, who is 194cm tall, but a center of this height is simply not good enough in front of Izumi Aho.

During the jump ball phase, he had just taken off and the basketball was already flying towards the opponent's half.

"Damn it, this guy is so tall!!!" Qiuyue's center cursed when he saw the jump ball failed, and quickly ran towards his own half. He had never encountered such a jump ball scene before.

Pass!

Luoan High School, who got the jump ball, didn't advance very quickly. The defender in charge of the ball dribbled the ball slowly and leisurely across the half court, then waited for his teammates to get into position, put his hands together with the ball, and looked at him unabashedly.

Inside.

At this time, on the sideline of the paint area under the basket, Asio Izumi was leaning against the defender, raising his hands above his head to claim his position.

The basketball quickly flew out of the hands of Luo An's point guard and fell steadily into the hands of Izumi Aso. The high-flying Izumi Aso did not drop the ball, nor did he make any fancy pretense moves. He just moved his back.

Come on, jump slightly, grab the ball with your right hand, and shoot directly with a small hook.

"?!"

Qiuyue's center was pressing his arms against Izumi Aso's back, concentrating on blocking the opponent. The next second, he heard the sound of a basketball hitting the board. He turned around hurriedly and saw that

By now the basketball had bounced into the net.

"Goal scored?!" Qiuyue's center was completely unaware at this moment. He didn't realize that the opponent had made a move until the basketball hit the net.

Looking back at Izumi Aso, he found that Izumi Aso had started to run back slowly. It seemed that the goal just now was not scored by Izumi Aso.

As Luoan High School took the lead in scoring the ball, the score on the scoreboard also reached 2:0.

"It's so high! That shot just now looked so casual!"

"Yes, the center from Luo An is tall, but his touch is surprisingly soft."

"It feels very good. I didn't expect that Luo'an actually has such a powerful center. Now, Qiuyue High School will be in trouble!"

The audience in the stands started talking a lot when they saw Izumi Asio scoring easily. In high school basketball, mid-range scorers of this height are really rare.

And although Izumi Asio has only played one ball so far, the audience watching the game can also see that this kid is not a stupid big guy with only a small height. Everyone realizes that Luo An's center may be able to

is a pretty scary player.

"It feels very good." In the stands, Budo looked slightly startled when he saw Izumi Aso's attack. He actually felt a strong sense of familiarity from the opponent's attack method.

It's like watching Yao Ming play!

Between the alternation of offense and defense, Qiuyue High School has already launched an attack.

They seemed to be aware of the threat of Izumi Aso, and deliberately avoided passing the ball inside when attacking. After the pick-and-roll cooperation of outside players, the ball was finally given to the open small forward, who received the ball from mid-range.

Take the ball and shoot directly from an open position.

Basketball hits steadily.

The successful counterattack made Qiuyue's players breathe a sigh of relief. They had no choice but to put too much pressure on them from Izumi Aso.

As the offensive ball changed, Luoan launched another attack.

Just like the previous time, Luo An's advancement speed was very slow. After all the players entered the frontcourt, Luo An's point guard speeded up slightly and quickly approached the three-point line.

"Is the offense centered around the center?"

Seeing Luo An's advancing speed, Wu Dao in the stands touched his chin and murmured in his heart.

In the court, the basketball has now entered the hands of Izumi Asio. Izumi Asio, who was receiving the ball with his back to the basket, quickly turned around and raised the ball to shoot. His actions immediately alerted his opponents.

Qiuyue's center jumped directly to block it.

And at the moment when the opponent took off, Izumi Ahoho, who was holding the ball, quickly collected the ball, and then took the initiative to jump up to meet the opponent's outstretched arms when the opponent was falling. After the arms holding the ball took the initiative to touch the opponent's hands,

, before taking the shot.

The next second, the basketball hit the backboard directly and bounced into the net.

And the next second after Izumi Asio scored, the referee's whistle sounded at the right time.

2+1!

The referee actually gave Izumi Aso a free throw!

(End of chapter)