Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

391. Chapter 386 The opening, the final in advance!

Author: Chief Disciple of the Beggar Clan

Chapter 386 Opening, early finals!

In the stands, coach Steve Smith, who came all the way from the United States, followed the flow of people and walked to the front row, then found a seat in the front row and sat down.

There was still more than an hour before the start of the game, and none of the semifinal teams had yet entered the stadium to warm up. Although coach Steve Smith arrived not too late, there were not many front row seats left at this time.

It was hard to find a seat and sit down.

Coach Steve Smith is the head coach of Oak Hill High School in the United States. The main purpose of coming to Hiroshima this time is to watch his team members who returned to Asia to play in the high school league, Jinguji Martial Arts.

Smith has been very interested in Neon's high school basketball since Jinguji Budo played at Oak Hill College for half a year, because he heard that Jinguji Budo played in Neon's local high school league when he was a freshman.

But he didn't win the championship.

But when Jinguji Budo was playing in the United States, their Oak Hill school was always unfavorable in the state competition. No matter what kind of opponents they encountered, Budo was never defeated. The team might lose occasionally, but

As a martial arts individual, I have never lost to anyone on the court.

At most, it is only on par with martial arts.

In Smith's view, it is impossible for Budo to lose in a high school league in a place like Asia. But the fact is that Shohoku High School led by Budo did not win the national championship last year.

This made Smith curious about what kind of team could win against a team led by Budao.

After some understanding, Smith knew the name of Lingnan High School, the name of Shinomiya Tōno, and the ace card of Lingnan High School, which was called the "Kanagawa Twin Stars" together with Jinguji Martial Arts.

This gave Smith a whiff of "genius", and he made a special trip from the United States to Hiroshima. He wanted to see how far martial arts had grown and what kind of genius a person who could rival Jinguji martial arts was.

.

The crowds of people flowing in the stands slowly began to calm down.

With 45 minutes left before the start of the game, the stands were already packed and there was no room left.

Smith, who was sitting in the front row, attracted many curious eyes from the people around him. However, under the gaze of others, Smith remained calm. He raised his left hand and looked at the time. Seeing that there was still some time before the start of the game, he took a look from his briefcase.

I took out some information and started looking through it.

"Look, at Xiangbei High School where Haohaowu is located, the players are all very tall!"

Smith looked at the relevant information of the Shohoku High School players and found that there were many players in the Shohoku High School team who were close to each other in height and over 190cm.

This average height is higher than some middle-level high schools in the United States. Such situations are still quite rare.

"A third-year center who's 196cm, a first-year power forward who's 192cm? Huh? This No. 4 from Shohoku is a point guard, and he's actually 191cm?"

"Coupled with Wu, a 2.03cm small forward, Xiangbei's average height is really surprising!"

Smith said, looking through the information in his hand carefully, and kept sighing. It really surprised him that an Asian team like Xiangbei High School had such height conditions.

What's more important is the height of shooting guard and small forward. It has to be said that there are many high school scoring players in the United States who do not have such height conditions.

“If I hadn’t known that I was coming to Hiroshima, I would have thought I was coming to Guangzhou.”

After looking at the information about Xiangbei players, Smith had some doubts on his face.

Although he has not watched the game of Shohoku High School in person, when Jinguji Budo went to Oak Hill Academy, he had seen the video of the match played in Neon. Although the Shohoku team is technically and tactically

It is far inferior to those high schools in the United States, but the basic skills of the players are actually not bad.

When watching those game videos, Smith focused all his attention on Jinguji Martial Arts, so much so that he ignored the other players in Shohoku. Now that he sees the physical conditions of these players in Shohoku, Smith doesn’t feel that Shohoku

It's a weak team.

But even a team like Xiangbei didn't win the national championship last year. Now, Smith is even more curious about Xiangbei High School's opponent, the Lingnan High School that stopped Xiangbei and won the national championship.

While thinking, Smith collected the information on Xiangbei, put it in his briefcase, and picked up the information on Lingnan.

At this moment, the spectators in the surrounding stands burst into astonishing cheers.

"Wow!" The cheers from the audience reached Smith's ears.

Smith raised his head, murmured "Have we started entering?" and then looked towards the stadium.

At this time, the player tunnel doors on both sides of the stadium have been opened, and the players of Lingnan High School began to enter the stadium under the leadership of coach Tian Gang.

The Lingnan players seemed to have long been accustomed to such roaring and tsunami-like cheers. Each of the players looked calm. Kenji Fujima in the team even waved politely to the cheering audience in the auditorium.

Just like a popular star.

Behind Coach Taoka is Jun Uozumi, who is over two meters tall. Against his burly body, Coach Taoka in the front looks a bit petite.

Behind Uozumi, there is also a tall young man with a rather gentle appearance and glasses. Although his figure is slightly thinner than Uozumi, the muscles on his arms are well defined. You can tell this at a glance.

People exercise regularly.

"The one who looks like a middle-aged man is Jun Uozumi, the center of Lingnan High School. He is 202cm tall."

"Well, Neon's positioning for this kid is too biased. He should be trained towards a power forward."

"That kid with glasses is a 197cm power forward. Is he actually good at fadeaway jumpers? Why doesn't a kid like this play small forward?"

"besides."

“Oh, so that’s it”

"The 197cm small forward, Shinomiya Tanano, actually weighs 103kg? Is this guy really a high school student?"

When the Lingnan High School players entered the field, Coach Smith looked at the players on the field and compared the data in his hand, trying to match the players with the data in his hand.

When he saw Shinomiya's personal data, his jaw dropped in shock.

This was the first time he saw a high school small forward weighing 103kg, and looking at Shinomiya Tanano who was wearing the No. 8 jersey on the field, Smith could tell from the opponent's two exposed arms that this young man

How low is a person’s body fat rate?

The arm circumference of the biceps is probably over 40cm!

"Aside from Wu, there are such monsters in this kind of place?!"

Smith couldn't help but clench his hands holding the information, and cast his eyes on Shinomiya Nodō, who was following Toru Hanagata into the arena, his eyes full of fire.

He couldn't wait to see the sight of this 103kg high school student small forward running on the court.

Just as Smith was sizing up the Lingnan players entering the stadium, the door to the players' tunnel at the other end of the stadium also opened.

The cheers, which had subsided slightly, became enthusiastic again at this moment.

"ohhhhhh!! Shohoku! Shohoku! Shohoku!"

"Xiangbei is coming!"

After the players tunnel, a fat old man with white hair and a kind face took the lead to walk out of the players tunnel with a smile. Behind him, there were a red-haired young man and a bleached young man on the left and right.

The two young men seemed to be very familiar with this kind of scene, waving to the surrounding audience with bright smiles.

Behind the two of them were Hisashi Mitsui, Takenori Akagi and others. These senior players had expressionless faces and quite strong momentum.

"Shohoku." Coach Smith turned his head and looked at the Shohoku players who were entering, and then he spotted Jinguji Martial Arts at the back of the Shohoku team.

Jinguji Budo, who followed his teammates out of the players' tunnel, put his hands in his pockets, relaxed and calm. This kind of scene has long been accustomed to him.

In the stadium, the Lingnan players who had just arrived at the team's rest area and started to change their uniforms heard the cheers that suddenly became enthusiastic, and quickly turned their heads towards Xiangbei.

Shinomiya Tanano had just taken off his coat, and when he saw the Shohoku players entering the stadium, a bright smile appeared on his face.

"Are you coming, Xiangbei!"

Xiandao also murmured, and his eyes quickly locked on Jinguji Martial Arts, who was at the rear of the Xiangbei team.

When Coach Taoka saw Coach Anzai leading the Shohoku players into the stadium, he immediately greeted him with a smile.

"Coach Anxi, long time no see!"

"Today's game, I need you to take more care of me!"

Coach Taoka spoke politely when he opened his mouth, and Coach Anzai responded with a smile.

The two coaches exchanged pleasantries and greeted each other, and the Xiangbei players were led into the rest area by Hisashi Mitsui. After watching for a while, the Lingnan players accelerated their change of clothes.

Then he quickly entered the court and started warming up first.

"Finally, we have to play against Lingnan High School again. This time, we in Xiangbei can never lose!"

After Mitsui Hisashi arrived at the rest area, he threw his bag on the seat, pulled off his pants with both hands, and took off his pants, revealing his football shorts.

"Lingnan! I have been waiting for this day for more than a day or two."

Takenori Akagi nodded after hearing this and said in a deep voice.

Seeing the fighting spirit of his two teammates, Jinguji Budo couldn't help but smile on his face. He sat on the bench and changed his shoes while saying:

"Akagi, mistress, it's a good thing to have a high fighting spirit, but when you get to the court, you two can't get involved while playing."

"The difference between Lingnan and the opponents we have encountered before is very big. Even if you make a small mistake, the opponent may seize the opportunity."

"By the way, Sakuragi, especially you, don't make any mistakes."

Martial arts raised his head, looked at Sakuragi, and warned.

Although this is not the first time that Xianghoku High School has played against Lingnan High School, Xianghoku has never won the several games against Lingnan. No matter how many points Jinguji Martial Arts can score in a game, Lingnan can always win in the end.

Contest.

For a team like Lingnan, even Jinguji Martial Arts is completely serious.

"Don't worry, this genius will never let his guard down!"

Sakuragi patted his chest and promised, but Kiyota Nobunaga and Nango looked at each other, spread their hands and sighed, obviously not believing Sakuragi Hanamichi.

"Damn it, you two guys actually dare to underestimate me!" Sakuragi saw the attitude of his two companions and said angrily.

However, his anger may be useful to others, but it is of no use to Qingtian and Nanxiang.

While Sakuragi and Kiyota were fighting, Coach Anzai, who had been chatting with Coach Tianoka for a while, returned to the rest area and directly announced the five starters without any nonsense:

"Akagi Takenori, Mitsui Hisashi, Jinguji Budō, Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede, the five of you will come on as the starting players."

"Kaede Rukawa plays point guard, Hisashi Mitsui plays shooting position, and the others remain the same."

After hearing Coach Anxi's starting list, Wu Dao was not surprised. After the other team members looked at each other, they nodded slightly and did not raise any objections.

This lineup is not the first time Xiangbei has used it. It has been tried in previous games and the effect is pretty good.

When Rukawa Kaede was the point guard, Shohoku's offense changed more, and Rukawa Kaede, who is 187cm tall, was much stronger defensively than Miyagi Ryota. On the defensive end, Shohoku's lineup had no obvious weaknesses and would not be like before.

Ling Nan grabbed the weak point and hit hard.

After confirming the starting lineup, the Shohoku players, who had changed their clothes, entered the venue one after another to warm up.

Coach Anxi did not lay out specific tactics. During the pre-game deduction, Coach Anxi had already analyzed what styles of play his team's various lineups need to adapt to.

For example, in Shohoku's current game lineup, when it comes to the court, the person leading the offense is Rukawa Kaede. Point guard Rukawa Kaede can independently change his offensive style according to changes in the court situation.

This is why Rukawa Kaede has such talent, which makes Coach Anzai choose to believe in Rukawa Kaede.

The two teams, Shohoku and Ryonan, were very well-behaved in the warm-up period. Although Sakuragi Hanamichi wanted to make some noise and show himself in front of the national media, he only made a few dunks during the warm-up.

It's eye-catching, but nothing out of the ordinary.

Seeing how active Sakuragi was on the Shobei side, Lingnan was not willing to be outdone. However, Shinomiya and Sendō did not take any action. Instead, they asked second-year Fukuda Koshio to perform a few alley-oops, which attracted the audience.

Their enthusiasm is ignited.

After nearly half an hour of warming up.

With the referee's whistle, the two teams also began to enter the court and began to take positions in the center circle.

Not long after, the referee walked into the court with a basketball. Before the referee could kick off, cheers erupted from the stands.

Watching the referee walk up to the center line with the basketball, Shinomiya immediately lowered his head and looked at the referee intently without speaking to the martial artist in front of him.

Jinguji Martial Arts also calmed down slightly at this time, looking at the basketball in the referee's hand with a solemn expression.

Both of them felt a terrifying pressure from the other. Under the influence of the other's pressure, both of them became more focused.

"Beep——" After the whistle sounded, the basketball was thrown into the air.

Takenori Akagi and Jun Uozumi jumped up high at almost the same time and swatted the basketball.

(End of chapter)