Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

385. Chapter 380 The third round of the national competition begins!

Author: Chief Disciple of the Beggar Clan

Chapter 380 The third round of the national competition begins!

Shinomiya's violent slam dunk after entering the stage pushed the audience's atmosphere to a climax.

Lingnan High School itself was the IH national champion last year, and the team has a lot of fans, and Shinomiya Tano, the ace of Lingnan High School, also has a lot of fans.

The audience's disgust at Izumi Aho's arrogant attitude turned into support for Ryonan High School and Shinomiya Tano.

Amid the cheers of the audience, the Qiuyue High School players who had turned into transparent people hurriedly left the field, and not long after they left, the Luoan High School players were also preparing to leave.

The rest area used by Lingnan High School for the game happened to be the rest area used by Luo'an High School. When Luo'an's players were preparing to leave, Lingnan's players were already walking towards the rest area.

Team members from both sides passed by each other. Just as Izumi Aso'o passed by Shinomiya Tano, he suddenly stopped and called out to Shinomiya Tano:

"Hey! Shinomiya Tōno!"

Izumi Aso's shout attracted the attention of Lingnan and others, who all turned their heads and looked at Izumi Aso'o. Shinomiya also stopped, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and raised his chin slightly.

He turned his head and looked at Izumi Aso-nan, and let out a soft moan:

"Huh?" (Tone ↑)

Izumi Aso'o looked at Shinomiya Tano, his mouth opened slightly, showing a bright smile, and said:

"Don't lose before you meet us, Luo An!"

"I will destroy you with my own hands!"

Izumi Ashio clenched his fists, made a "click" sound with his hands, and shouted towards Shinomiya Tano.

"?"

"what are you?"

Shinomiya looked indifferent, and after answering casually, he turned his head, ignored Izumi Aso, and walked towards the rest area.

After Shinomiya Tano left, everyone in Lingnan looked at Izumi Aso'o strangely, and followed Shinomiya Tōdō. However, Cross Country Hiroaki, who was at the back of the team, stopped in front of Izumi Aso'o.

"Go, go."

"Don't strike up a conversation casually. Tian Ye doesn't have the time to deal with a little person like you."

As if chasing away a stray dog, Hiroaki Tsukuba waved at Izumi Aso, and then ignored Izumi Aso's reaction and quickly followed Shinomiya and the others to the rest area.

Izumi Yaxinan felt that he had been greatly insulted, and his face turned red. After staring at the backs of everyone in Lingnan for a while, he snorted heavily and whispered to himself: "Then, we'll see."

The schedule of national competitions is quite tight.

Less than ten minutes after the game between Luoan and Qiuyue High School teams, the players from Lingnan and Jinshan Commerce entered the stadium, and the conference’s cleaning staff also quickly cleaned up the rest areas and venues on both sides.

At the referee's signal, the coaches from both sides of the game shook hands in front of the referee's bench. Then, the players were allowed to enter the stadium to warm up.

Lingnan High School's pre-match preparations were quite complete. After the referee informed them that they could enter the stadium to warm up, coach Tian Gang didn't say anything nonsense and directly asked the players to enter the stadium to warm up.

During the warm-up period, Shinomiya Tanano and his Lingnan High School did not perform any amazing operations. All Lingnan players just passed the ball and made layups to warm up, without any "strong temperament" at all.

But even Lingnan High School's slightly simple warm-up put great pressure on their opponent, Jinshan Commerce.

That sense of oppression enveloped all the Jinshan Commercial players. As the game approached, even the Jinshan Commercial players' breathing became abnormally rapid.

Nervous and pressure made the Jinshan Commercial team members not even start the game yet. Just a simple warm-up consumed more energy than usual.

The coach of Jinshan Commercial noticed something unusual among the players. In the second half of the warm-up time, the coach of Jinshan called the players back to the rest area early, hoping to use encouragement to help the players get rid of their nervousness.

Coach Tian Gang also discovered the situation of the Jinshan Commercial players. When the players returned from the warm-up, he said to the players:

"see it?"

"Those Jinshan Commercial team members have already started to get nervous and scared before they even engage in battle with us."

"Obviously they are one of the top 16 teams in the country, but in front of us, Lingnan, they still look like they are trembling with fear!"

"This is the power that our Lingnan High School possesses."

"When I tell you this, I just want to tell you that we in Lingnan are the strongest! Everyone is afraid of meeting us."

"Let's fight! Don't have any scruples. Crush them!"

Coach Tian Gang said, clapped his hands and encouraged the players.

Today, the players sent by Ryonan High School are a little different from those in previous games. In addition to Akira Sendō and Shinomiya Tanoh, the starting center was changed from Jun Uozumi to sophomore Sugahira, and the power forward was also changed from Hanagata.

For good fortune.

Even the point guard is no longer held by Kenji Fujima, but second-year Tomoyuki Uekusa is assigned instead.

Coach Tianoka's words were mainly directed at these three people.

In the previous games, Lingnan High School also had this arrangement. He would give young players more opportunities to play. Unless Shinomiya and Sendō can no longer maintain the situation, Coach Taoka will consider replacing the main players with third-year players.

them.

However, the national competition has reached the third round, and Lingnan High School has never experienced such a situation in any game it played after a bye.

Shinomiya Tano and Akira Sendō are enough to deal with opponents in the first few rounds of the national competition.

Jinshan Commerce, in front of Lingnan, was no different from the opponents they had encountered before.

Warm-up time is over.

After a long whistle sounded from the referee's bench, a referee walked into the court with the ball.

The players from both sides began to enter the stadium and took their positions in the center circle. As the players from Lingnan High School entered the court, the cheers from the stands became even louder.

"Beep!"

After the players completed their positions, the referee blew a whistle and then threw the ball high into the air.

five minutes.

The match between Lingnan High School and Jinshan Commerce took only five minutes to decide the winner.

The timer on the scoreboard just jumped to 5 minutes. On the court, Shinomiya received the ball from his teammate in the middle distance. After quickly turning around and sweeping the ball, Shinomiya did not make any feint.

The ball drops directly and hits hard.

When Shinomiya accelerated his breakthrough, his body directly hit the defender, forcing him away by nearly a meter. Then he combined the ball with the ball and took two long steps towards the basket.

At this moment, Jinshan Commercial's defender seemed unwilling to just watch Shinomiya's score, and directly grabbed Shinomiya's arm as he passed by quickly.

However, something surprising happened to everyone. The defensive player who took the initiative to pull Shinomiya out was directly knocked down by Shinomiya who rushed up. He fell to the floor with a "pop" and had already joined the ball.

Shinomiya was not affected at all when he started, his posture remained unchanged, he easily reached the basket, and then he made a sudden slam and dunked the ball into the basket.

17:6, in the first five minutes, Lingnan High School narrowed the score difference to 11 points.

As Shinomiya Duno scored a dunk, the scoreboard jumped and the referee's whistle also sounded.

Shinomiya's slam dunk was not only effective, but Shinomiya also got a chance to add a penalty. The Jinshan Commercial players, who were already under huge pressure to play the game, were completely helpless because of the referee's decision.

Feeling angry.

With Shinomiya's steady free throw, the score between the two teams reached 18:6, and the point difference reached 12 points.

The demoralized Jinshan players began to make frequent mistakes. Originally, the players' offense was quite organized. Although they always failed to make shots, they still had opportunities to shoot.

But after losing confidence, let alone organizing an effective offensive threat, even carrying the ball through the half became stumbling.

The difference between a strong team and a weak team is even more obvious at the back line.

Although Lingnan High School's defender in this game was sophomore Tomoyuki Uekusa, Uekusa played very easily with a relaxed mentality, while his opponent was tight. Under the circumstances, Uekusa was able to defend very well.

Frequently able to force the opponent to stop, thereby forcing the opponent to pass the ball.

Although Uekusa does not have the ability to steal, but he can stop the opponent and force the opponent to play the ball, which is considered a very good defense.

The targets that Kanayama defenders can play often face Shinomiya's defense or Akira Sendō's defense.

Under the defense of these two people, Jinshan's players had difficulty landing the ball, let alone carrying the ball for a while.

Under the pressure of Lingnan High School, Jinshan was completely defeated.

At the end of the first half, the score between the two teams had reached 53:17, with the point difference reaching 36 points. The huge disparity in the score made the game lose suspense early on.

In the second half, coach Taoka did not replace second-year player Tomoyuki Uekusa and others. Instead, he took Shinomiya Tano and Sendō off the court and replaced them with Fujima and Uozumi.

Yoshio Fukuda, who originally played the power forward position, switched to the small forward position.

After the substitution, Lingnan High School still maintained a strong offensive ability. Under the strong attack of the Lingnan players, Jinshan could not organize an effective defense at all.

At the end of the game, the score difference between the two teams exceeded 60 points. As the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Jinshan ended their national tour.

The audience in the stands cheered loudly for the winning Lingnan High School, and no one paid attention to Jinshan, which lost the game.

After the Lingnan High School game ended, the Xiangbei players stood up and left the stands. They stayed just to watch the Lingnan High School game.

The result did not go beyond the expectations of everyone in Xiangbei. The strength of Lingnan High School was not at the same level as their opponents, and they easily won the game.

As for Shohoku High School’s opponent in the next game? Sorry, Jinguji Martial Arts and their opponents didn’t take their opponents seriously at all.

…

The next day, it was still the second round of the national competition, but it was a match between Group C and Group D. On this day's match, only Coach Anzai from Shohoku High School went to watch it.

The team members, under the leadership of Hisashi Mitsui, did some simple adaptive exercises in the hotel gym, and then rested.

In a back-to-back format, it is very important for players to maintain a good physical condition.

…

"Today, it's a eight-to-four game."

"If we win, we will be the top four."

"Everyone should cheer up and cope with this game well. After today's game, it will be a real back-to-back!"

In the early morning, in the parking lot of the hotel where Shohoku High School is staying, Hisashi Mitsui was doing pre-game mobilization before the players were about to board the bus.

"Don't worry, Captain Mitsui, no matter what opponent we encounter, we will not take it lightly!"

"Yes, with Jinguji-senpai and you here, it is impossible for a school like Mingpeng to pose any threat to us."

Kiyota Nobunaga and Nango Koichiro ran to Mitsui Shou's side, flattering Mitsui Shou. Hearing this, Mitsui Shou also smiled, then looked at Jinguji Martial Arts and asked:

"Hey, martial arts!"

"Why don't you say a few words? Today's game is very important to us."

"This opponent, Mingpeng, can be considered an A-level team after all. Don't we need to pay more attention to it?"

Jinguji Budo was standing next to the bus with his bag on his back. His attention was not on Mitsui Hisashi and the others at all. He was banging his head and he was actually dozing off.

After Mitsui Shou called him this, Budao slowly opened his eyes, scratched his hair, and said casually:

"I woke up so hard that I actually felt a little sleepy."

"Xiaosan, what are you talking about?"

"Don't waste time, hurry up and go to the competition venue. I hope the famous friend can have some strength and interest me."

As Wu Dao spoke, he saw the door of the bus in front of him open, and then walked directly onto the bus.

Mitsui Hisashi looked at Jinguji Martial Arts outside the situation, couldn't help but cover his head and shook his head, and then shouted to the team members: "Let's go to the venue."

…

The national competition has officially begun with the 8-to-4 competition.

Group A, where Xiangbei High School is located, is the first game in the morning.

At 7:30 in the morning, the players from Xianghoku High School arrived at the venue on time. Under the leadership of coach Anxi, they passed through the players' tunnel and entered the stadium.

At this time, the stands around the stadium were already filled with spectators watching the game. The moment Xiangbei High School entered the stadium, tsunami-like cheers poured into the stadium.

Although they were playing in Hiroshima, Shohoku High School felt as if they were back in Kanagawa Prefecture. Almost all the spectators were cheering for Shohoku High School.

Compared with the high popularity of Shohoku High School, Mingpeng Industry, which came out of the player tunnel on the back foot, seems a bit unpopular.

The cheers were sparse, and the cheers of a few spectators from Ming Peng's own school were easily drowned out by the cheers of others.

During the warm-up period, the players from Xiangbei entered the court after changing their jerseys.

In today's game, Coach Anzai no longer had the idea of ​​hiding his strength. The players he dispatched were the strongest players in each position of Xiangbei High School.

Center Takenori Akagi, power forward Sakuragi Hanamichi, small forward Jinguji Budō, and the point guard position was taken by Hisashi Mitsui. At the same time, the shooting guard position was assigned to Rukawa Kaede.

The five players who played range from first grade to third grade.

When Shohoku was in the warm-up phase, these five starting players occupied more of the warm-up field and took longer to hold the ball.

The competition with Mingpeng Industry is about to begin!

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(End of chapter)