bullyxtreme Chapter 140: The First National Battle
Chapter 140: The First National Battle
After the Xiangbei players boosted their morale, they also paid attention to the grouping of their Kanagawa compatriots. The four seeded teams are Sanno, Hakata, Kainan and the host Luoan. Of course, don't think that Luoan took advantage of the host. Luoan was once in the top four in the country, and once defeated Sanno in the semi-finals and entered the finals. It is a strong team that should not be underestimated.
The strong teams in the group of Hainan are mainly Changcheng High School, which had warmed up with Xiangbei before, and Hori, the opponent last year. It seems that Hainan has basically secured a place in the semi-finals. And Shoyo's opponents in the group are not too strong, but even if they win all the games, they will face the national champion team-Sanwang Industrial. It seems that Shoyo's best result this time is the quarterfinals. As for Luoan, Mu Mu is only familiar with Daiei Academy and Touying High School, which was the quarterfinals last time.
After getting off the bus, the three teams went to find their own accommodations. Before leaving, Fujita said, "Shohoku, your first opponent is Haraguchi Commercial from Yamaguchi. This team is not a concern. You don't need to use your full strength, hide your strength against the next opponent. Come on, Shohoku!"
The next day, the opening ceremony of the national competition began. It has to be said that no matter where you are, you can't avoid it. After a lot of nonsense, the opening game finally started! The two teams in the opening game were not strong teams, so most of the teams left the field. The Xiangbei game was this afternoon, and after watching for a while, the Xiangbei people went back to prepare for the afternoon game! !
After returning to the hotel, the Xiangbei team did not go to practice, but gathered in Coach Anzai's room. "Teacher, how do you think we should play this afternoon?" Akagi asked first. "Oh, haha~~~How do you think we should play?" Coach Anzai did not answer but did Tai Chi.
"Well, Senior Fujita said that Haraguchi Commercial is average in strength. The team is evaluated as C-level like us, and there are no particularly outstanding players! The reason they can participate in the national competition is not because of their strength, but because the basketball level of Yamaguchi Prefecture itself is not high. If Haraguchi Commercial was in Kanagawa Prefecture, I think it might be at the level of the top 16 or weak top 8 in the prefectural competition! So, we are sure to win, the question is how many points we have to win!!" Murasaki touched his chin and thought for a while before saying. Murasaki, who is familiar with the original work, knows that in the plot year, Changcheng's first opponent is Haraguchi Commercial, and Changcheng won the game with more than twice the score difference. This shows the strength of Haraguchi Commercial. Even if Fujita did not remind him, Murasaki knew that the opponent's strength was not worth mentioning
"Then what else are you thinking about? Of course we'll win as many as we can!! Let those blind eyes see the gap between us Shohoku and Haraguchi Commercial, both of whom are C-level teams!" Mitsui is still upset about Shohoku being rated as a C-level team!
Kemei: "Right!! Mitsui-senpai is right! Win as many as you can!!"
Nakajima: "Okay, okay! Let them see if our Shohoku team is only C-rank!!"
Although the captain and vice-captain of Xiangbei didn't say anything, they both looked like they agreed! ! Akagi also agreed but still looked at Coach Anzai, wanting to hear what Coach Anzai had to say!
"Oh, haha, tomorrow Akagi, Mugure, Mitsui, you will only play for half the game, and I still won't let you play at the same time. You know, your second opponent is Aiwa Academy, and their game will be an hour earlier than ours. They will come to watch the game after the game, so you don't need to play at full strength, and save your energy for the next game!!" Coach Anzai issued the final instructions! !
"Yes! Coach!" Everyone had no objection to Coach Anxi's arrangement. They beat Changcheng like this. Yuankou Commercial's strength is far inferior to Changcheng's.
At the game venue in the afternoon, there were not many people coming to watch the game because Shohoku was a newcomer to the national competition and Haraguchi Commercial was also a weak team!
As the referee's whistle sounded, the game officially began!
Today, Xiangbei wore white jerseys: center Akagi Takenori, power forward Kusao Takeshi, small forward Katsume Ichiro, shooting guard Mori Qizhong, point guard Konoha Hiroaki
Mu Mu looked at the height of the players wearing orange jerseys. The center was less than 1.9 meters tall. Only the point guard had an advantage in height.
Akagi tapped the ball gently, and the ball came into Yueyue's hands. Yueyue dribbled the ball steadily across half court. Since he had an advantage in the interior, there was no reason not to pass the ball to Akagi. Akagi got the ball, played with his back to the basket, and with one dribble, the opponent's center was out of position. Akagi dribbled the ball to the basket again and jumped directly.
"Clang!!!"
After a loud bang, the ball was slammed into the basket by Akagi! As Akagi rose and fell, the basket made a "squeak! squeak!" sound, as if telling of its own pain! !
"What a terrible slam dunk!" The Haraguchi Commercial players were pale. On the defensive end, the Haraguchi Commercial's power forward, who was also their captain, tried to score a goal, but under the basket, Akagi directly blocked the ball and fanned it out of the three-point line. Yueyue scored a layup directly.
Xiangbei attacked again. This time, Haraguchi Commercial did not dare to defend Akagi alone. Two people double-teamed Akagi, but it was of no use. Akagi scored another goal.
Haraguchi Commercial's shot missed, Akagi grabbed the rebound, made a long pass, and Katsumi scored on a fast break
"This center is truly amazing." Akagi's outstanding performance also drew cheers from the audience.
"Pay attention to center No. 8, block him," the coach of Haraguchi Commercial shouted from the sidelines. This time, three people double-teamed Akagi. Akagi was not in a hurry, and directly passed the ball to the outside line, and Katsumi hit a three-pointer steadily. At the beginning of the game, although Xiangbei did not appear in the full main lineup, it was obvious that the strength of Haraguchi Commercial was weaker than expected. Xiangbei led all the way. Ten minutes later, Xiangbei led by 25 points 7:18. At this time, Coach Anzai waved the flag, and Horita replaced Akagi, Mitsui replaced Mori, and Mugure replaced Yuyue.
"Great, the center finally went down." Haraguchi's players and coach breathed a sigh of relief. Akagi scored 10 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks in just minutes. This put a lot of pressure on Haraguchi's players. They thought that Akagi's departure would make them feel more relaxed, but they didn't know that Xiangbei changed its style and began to switch to outside shooting. Mugure, Mitsui and Katsumi took turns to rain three-pointers.
"Is this a C-level team?" At the end of the first half, Xiangbei was already leading by 46 points, 16:30. Xiangbei's strong offensive power made the audience realize Xiangbei's strength.
In the second half, Xiangbei continued to rotate. The lineup on the court: center Nakajima Ryo, power forward Horita Tokuo, small forward Hasegawa, shooting guard Mitsui Hisashi, point guard Kogure Kiminori. With two guns in the backcourt, Xiangbei's offensive power did not weaken at all.
“53:23，已经领先30分了，湘北的实力不弱啊”刚刚以92:50大胜对手的爱和学院也终于出现在了看台上。此时下半场已进行到3分03秒。
"Mitsui Hisashi... is still as good as ever." Moroboshi recognized the former Takeishi ace who had led the team to eliminate him in junior high school.
"That number 9 is not bad either, with great organizational skills." Aiwa's captain was obviously more concerned about Murasakibara who played in the same position as him.
"Zhu Xing, you guys are here to watch the game too." The Kainan players who had come to watch the Xiangbei game noticed the arrival of the Aiwa players, and Maki Shinichi took the initiative to go over and greet Zhu Xing. "How is it, Xiangbei is pretty strong, right?"
"Their backcourt strength is indeed quite strong, but their inside strength is average. We will not lose to Xiangbei"
"Zhu Xing, don't underestimate Xiangbei, their center is not on the court. Xiangbei's center is very strong."
"Oh? How strong can he be? Our senior Mishima is the best center in Aichi. If the center of Xiangbei is strong, they would have appeared on the national competition stage long ago." Moroboshi disagreed.
Amu didn't say anything, but said silently in his heart: Zhuxing, I have already reminded you that sooner or later you will pay the price for your underestimation of the enemy.
"Five, four, three, two, one" the game ended, Xiangbei finally won the opponent 89:51 by points, and won the first victory in the national competition