In the first half of the game between Shohoku High School and Oyaya High School, 11 minutes into the game, Jinguji Takeshi, who had scored 19 points, was substituted out by Coach Anzai. Shiozaki was also substituted out with Takeshi.
The only first-year students left on the field were Miyagi Ryouta, Yasuda Yasuharu and Kakuda Satoru. At the same time, Akagi Takenori and Chiba Daiishi came on as substitutes.
Wu Dao was substituted off the field, and the audience in the stands began to talk.
In just 11 minutes of the game, Wudao had already impressed everyone with his strength. Now that Wudao has been substituted off the field, many people are puzzled.
"They were eliminated after playing for such a short time? Is Xiangbei trying to hide its strength?"
Fujima looked at the two familiar faces, Akagi Takenori and Chiba Daiishi, who came on as substitutes, and felt puzzled, so he expressed his own speculation.
"Suddenly a strong freshman appeared. I've never heard of him before. He must be a new talent discovered by Xiangbei, right?"
"Is Xiangbei afraid that No. 15 will be left on the court and expose his weakness?"
Hanagata Toru felt that he had guessed what Coach Anzai was thinking. He followed Fujima's train of thought and shared his speculation with his teammates. Seeing that no one refuted him, he continued:
"Although he didn't play for long, the playing style of the No. 15 was already very distinctive."
"When defending, the radiation area is not large and is limited to the paint area."
"They were slow in attacking, and their running speed shouldn't be very fast. In the first half, Xiangbei mainly used positional warfare, probably to match the rhythm of No. 15."
"The position where the offensive player receives the ball is very close to the basket, so he should not be able to shoot mid-range or long shots, and his attack distance should not be far."
"The footwork under the basket is very skillful, but not complicated. It should be just this one move."
"He's better than Akagi who was a freshman at the time, but he's still too green."
Hanagata saw the characteristics of Wudao's playing style from the game just now. After deducing these things, Hanagata himself couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. According to his speculation, although this year's freshman of Xiangbei is very good, he still can't help the team shake up Shoyo.
"Is that really the case..." Fujima Kenji listened to Hanagata's speculation and nodded silently. After all, there was nothing wrong with what Hanagata said, and it was completely in line with the playing characteristics of Shohoku No. 15.
But Fujima always felt that he had missed something crucial. He always felt that the strength shown by Jinguji Budo was just the tip of the iceberg. Fujima couldn't tell why, it was just an intuition.
Just as they were discussing the characteristics of Jinguji's martial arts style and its exploitable weaknesses, Hasegawa, who was sitting at the end of the Shoyo team, suddenly widened his eyes and whispered:
"That guy! I know who that guy is!"
Hasegawa's voice attracted the attention of his teammates, and everyone in Shoyo looked towards him.
"Hasegawa, what did you say? What about that guy?" Fujima Kenji looked at Hasegawa with a puzzled look and asked in confusion.
"Captain, I know who the No. 15 from Xiangbei is!"
"That guy is not a newbie at all, he used to be a member of the Takeishi Junior High School basketball team!"
Hasegawa said with a confident look, pointing at Jinguji Budo who was sitting on the sidelines drinking water and watching the game.
"What?"
"A member of Takeishi Junior High School?"
"Does Takeishi Middle School still have such players?"
Everyone in Xiangyang couldn't help but discuss this. Xiangyang was a basketball powerhouse in the county, and they also paid attention to the junior high school games, especially the strong junior high schools. After all, private schools valued students very much, and they would pay attention to any school with good seedlings.
But it was obvious that most of them didn't know the No. 15 from Xiangbei.
"Yes, although his figure is very different from before and his hairstyle has also changed a little, but there is no doubt that the guy was once a member of the Takeishi Junior High School team."
"That guy made it to the national tournament with Takeishi when he was in the first year of junior high school, but later I heard that one of Takeishi's teammates beat up an opponent in the national tournament and was banned from the tournament."
“So I didn’t participate in competitions for two years after junior high school.”
"The person who was banned is No. 15 from Xiangbei!"
Hasegawa knew Takeishi Junior High School very well. He even had an impression of Takeishi, who disappeared after only participating in one competition in Takeishi.
After Hasegawa finished speaking, some of Shoyo's players finally remembered that this happened. Some of Shoyo's players are locals and were on various school basketball teams during junior high school. The fact that Budou was banned at that time made a big fuss and many people heard about it, but they didn't know who was banned specifically. After all, the news media of that era were all newspapers and magazines, and the reports at that time did not include any photos of Budou.
Many people actually don’t know Budou. The reason why Hasegawa knows him is simply because he happened to have fought against Takeishi Junior High School when he was in junior high school, and he was deeply impressed by the Takeishi people, and he still remembers Budou’s face.
If it were someone else, after just meeting once and playing a game of ball with him, two years would he still be able to recognize martial arts
"The junior high school student who made it to the national tournament with Takeishi? The player who returned to the court after being suspended..."
"Hasegawa, what kind of player is No. 15?"
Fujima Kenji pondered for a long time and asked Hasegawa. Fujima was eager to understand this new player of Xiangbei. In Group B, Xiangbei High School was Xiangbei's biggest opponent. Jinguji Budo's playing style would directly affect how Xiangbei would deal with him in the future.
In Fujima's opinion, among this group of teams, except Shoyo, no other team can stop Shohoku's progress.
"It's completely different from what Hanagata just speculated."
"In junior high school, he mainly focused on shooting, and that guy moved very quickly and was very good at cutting."
"At that time, Takeishi Junior High School used Mitsui and him as the core of the offense."
Hasegawa stared at Jinguji Takeshi who was sitting in the rest area and talked to his teammates. Takeshi seemed to have noticed someone was staring at him, and subconsciously looked up at the stands, and happened to see the Shoyo team.
"The one from Shoyo, that must be Fujima, the little thing is really unique, half as charming as me."
"That should be Huaxing. He is very gentle and looks fragile. He doesn't look like a basketball player."
"The hedgehog-head should be Hasegawa, a wandering version of Sendoh. The only similarity is his hairstyle. I wonder if he dares to suppress Mitsui's score to 5 points when he meets Mitsui Shou."
Takeshi Jinguji glanced at all the players of Shoyo one by one. He could recognize some of them, but he didn't know most of them. After watching for a while, Takeshi retracted his gaze and watched the game on the court.
After a substitution, Takenori Akagi and Daishi Chiba came on the court. After Wudao left the court, Xiangbei's firepower obviously dropped a lot.
The shooting rights of Xiangbei were concentrated in the hands of Akagi Takenori and Miyagi Ryouta, and Chiba Daishi also took the initiative to shoot a few balls. Although Akagi and Chiba both had a good hit rate in the interior, the basketball turnover of the entire Xiangbei team was obviously much worse than before.
In addition, Miyagi took a lot of shots, but his hit rate was average. The emergence of a large number of rebounds made Xiangbei's offense look not smooth.
Fortunately, the basket guarded by Takenori Akagi and Daishi Chiba ensured the rebounds for Xiangbei, which stabilized the score between the two teams.
Coach Anzai obviously had the idea of training his players. Miyagi Ryouta also knew Coach Anzai's idea. He seized the opportunity to play against the weak team, made crazy shots, and turned into a blacksmith.
The players of Dazhai High School saw the score getting bigger and bigger, but they did not give up the game and kept working hard on the court.
However, in a basketball game, hard work doesn't always lead to results. Although every player from the mansion fought very hard, and even the player from the defense palace had leg cramps from running, they were still unable to stop the widening of the gap between the two teams.
By the end of the first half, Xiangbei High School had scored 42 points, while Otaya had only scored 16 points. During the halftime break, Coach Anzai replaced Kakuda Satoru and Miyagi Ryouta with Mitsui Hisashi and Kogure Konobu, and Coach Anzai still kept Yasuda Yasuharu on the court.
"Yasuda, you played well in the first half, keep it up in the second half!"
"Tsunoda, you need to improve your physical training from now on. You can't handle it in just the first half. You can't be in this physical condition!"
"Shiozaki, you need to increase your basic training as well. It seems the previous intensity was still too low."
During the break, Mitsui pointed out the problems of several first-year players who got a chance to play. While teaching them lessons, he also gave them encouragement. Coach Anzai watched this scene with a smile on his face, and was very satisfied with the leadership qualities that Mitsui showed now.
"The difference between Coach Anxi and the image I created is really huge!"
"Looking at the substitution, it seems that they are training Yasuharu Yasuda, right? This guy has a very stable mentality. Although he is a rookie, he has the demeanor of a general. If he is trained well, he can be a good player in high school, not to mention playing professionally."
In Budo's mind, Coach Anzai is the kind of coach who doesn't care about the team's personal ability improvement, team tactical planning, and psychological growth of the players. After all, Coach Anzai is the coach who can let Mitsui Hisashi go astray, let Akagi Takenori ruin the team, and let Xiangbei slack off.
Even after a talented person like Rukawa joined Shohoku, Coach Anzai did not give Rukawa any technical guidance. Only when Rukawa went to Coach Anzai and said he wanted to go to the United States, Coach Anzai thought of his former student and dissuaded Rukawa.
Only when facing a genius like Sakuragi Hanamichi would Coach Anzai truly calm down and guide Sakuragi in his growth.
But what kind of talent is Sakuragi Hanamichi? He has not received any professional training, has not really grown, has grown to 188cm, is 16 years old, but is a monster who can hit the backboard with his head.
A kid who hasn't even fully grown his hair yet was able to hit the backboard with his head. Even with his extensive knowledge of martial arts, he had never seen anyone like this.
Coach Anxi is only interested in coaching when facing this kind of monster, what about others
However, the image of Coach Anxi has been subverted in Wudao's mind, because everything Coach Anxi does now is to prepare Xiangbei High School to enter the national team. Whether it is training soldiers or cultivating young players, it is all to deepen Xiangbei's bench depth. Obviously, Coach Anxi also clearly knows that relying on the main force will not help Xiangbei dominate the national team.
Today's coach Anxi is no longer the fat old man who is indifferent to others. His ambition has also been revealed. Although coach Anxi still speaks gently, the training intensity of the basketball team is not what a weak team should have.
Just as Wudao was daydreaming, the second half of the game had already begun.
At this time, the five players on the court of Xiangbei, except Yasuda, can be regarded as the main players of the previous session. After Mitsui Shou came on the court, he took over the banner of attack and led the team to completely destroy Oya High School.
After entering garbage time, Coach Anxi replaced the first-year players except Budo and played until the end of the game.
88:61, Xiangbei was leading by a large margin, but they also gave some face to Da Zhai and did not let them lose too badly.
After the game, Xiangbei lined up and shook hands with the players of Ozaka one by one. The Ozaka players, who were relatively strong on the court, couldn't help crying during this stage.
Jinguji Budo can understand the frustration of these young people, but competitive sports are cruel.
After the game, the Xiangbei players did not watch the next game and left the stadium with the team. Today's game was just an exercise of insufficient intensity for the Xiangbei players. After the game, the Xiangbei players will have to go back to school for training for a while to maintain everyone's competitive state.
The next game is in three days, so Xiangbei has plenty of time to adjust the players' condition.
In the evening, after finishing a day of training, Akagi Takenori had just opened the door to his home when Akagi Haruko excitedly ran up to him and congratulated him, "Congratulations, brother, for your first win!"
Akagi Haruko has been excited all day after watching the game of Xiangbei today. She is also a fan and knows the level of high school basketball teams very well. The strength shown by Xiangbei High School today is obviously much higher than that of other schools.
"Haha, there's nothing to be happy about. We deserve to win." Akagi said, carrying his bag in one hand and changing his shoes. Haruko took Akagi's bag attentively and happily took Akagi to the restaurant.
"Brother, is the No. 15 on your team the one you said scored 55 points against Ryonan last time?"
Haruko asked excitedly, her face full of curiosity.
"Huh? It's him. Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"
Akagi Takenori scratched his head and asked in confusion.
"Brother, you must go watch Rukawa Kaede's game! Takeishi's game is the day after tomorrow. The junior high school schedule is faster. The day after tomorrow is the top 8 to top 4."
"I can guarantee that Rukawa Kaede is definitely better than him! If you have seen Rukawa Kaede's abilities, you will be shocked!"
Haruko Akagi stood in front of Takenori Akagi with her arms open, excitedly recommending Rukawa Kaede. Akagi was speechless at his sister's crazy fan attitude.
"Better than him? You've watched one game and you know that Rukawa is better than him?"
"Although I don't want to admit it, Wu Dao's ability is not limited to this. He has been very restrained in today's game."
Although Akagi Takenori is not that close to Takeshi, the guy who sticks with Mitsui Hisashi all day long, Akagi still recognizes the ability of this teammate. He does not think that a junior high school student has the ability to surpass Takeshi Jinguji.
"Brother, really, go and have a look, I'm sure you won't be disappointed!"
"What I said is absolutely true!"
Haruko pestered Akagi Takenori and pulled Akagi's arm, as if she would not let go until Akagi watched Rukawa Kaede's game.
"Okay... okay, let's go check it out."
"The day after tomorrow, right? I have nothing to do, so I'll go with you."
"But what's the point of me going to take a look? Rukawa Kaede may not necessarily join Shohoku in the future. If he is really as good as you say, there are many teams begging him to go to those schools."
Akagi reluctantly agreed to Haruko's request, but still expressed his thoughts.
"Mitsui-senpai! Let's ask Captain Mitsui to go and take a look! He must be very curious about Takeishi's current level."
"Mitsui-senpai is Rukawa's senior. If he goes to find Rukawa, Rukawa will definitely go to Shohoku."
Akagi Haruko jumped up happily when she saw her brother agreed, and then seemed to have thought of something, and pulled Akagi to talk. Akagi agreed perfunctorily, but what he was thinking was: "Just mention it to Mitsui, it's up to him to decide whether to go or not, it's not up to me."
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