As the players from Xiangbei High School and Ryonan High School entered the field, everyone knew that the main players had arrived. Even Wuyuan, who was on the field, had lost a lot of the desire to resist Hainan. Without the desire to fight, Wuyuan's players did not set up a defense line at all, and let Hainan players attack at will.
Similarly, Hainan did not defend well against Wu Yuan's attack, and the game turned into an offensive show for the two teams later on.
Nearly 20 minutes later, the final whistle sounded. After shaking hands, the players from Hainan and Wuyuan returned to the rest area to pack their things. The cleaning staff on the sidelines also wiped the playing floor as quickly as possible. In less than five minutes, the cleaning was completed. Coach Anxi also led the players to the rest area.
The rest area of Xiangbei was the same rest area used by Takenoko High School before. The players of Takenoko had not left the court yet. Budou and others simply threw their backpacks on the empty seats and walked into the court with their basketballs to start warming up.
"Start warming up!" Mitsui took off his jacket and walked into the court with the ball, shouting to the many players behind him. All the starting players walked into the court, and some first-year substitutes stayed in the rest area to help organize their backpacks.
Mitsui Shou's voice was very loud, and everyone on the other side of the court heard it clearly. However, the people of Ryonan were not in a hurry at all. They stood by the rest area, waiting for the Hainan players to pack up and leave.
"Tanaka, even though you are my enemy, I still have to remind you."
"Shohoku High School... is very strong. I even feel that Shohoku High School is stronger than Ryonan!"
"I hope you don't take it lightly."
Coach Takato walked over to Coach Tiangang and whispered to him while the players were packing up. Coach Takato and Coach Tiangang were both enemies and friends. They had known each other since high school and were familiar with each other. Although they regarded each other as rivals, they were also very good friends.
Rather than letting Xiangbei High School win the county championship, it is better to let Ryonan win the county championship. Coach Takato hopes that Ryonan High School will win more than Xiangbei.
"You don't have to tell me, I know it!"
"Shohoku.....an old rival!"
“I know them very well.”
"Gaotou, in this match, I will let you see my skills!"
Coach Takeo crossed his arms over his chest and spoke confidently. He was so confident in the current Ryonan team that he was a little arrogant.
"..." Coach Gaotou couldn't help but narrow his eyes after hearing these words. He glanced at the players who had almost sorted out their things, stood up from his seat, and paced towards the passage.
"Then let me see where your confidence comes from, Lingnan!"
"snort!"
Coach Gaotou was not in a good mood. He was irritated by Tiangang's proud attitude and left early. Not long after he left the field and went to the audience, the Hainan players also packed up their luggage and joined him in the stands.
On the court, the players of the Xiangbei and Ryonan teams began to warm up. The substitute players on the Xiangbei side also walked into the court, helping several main players to pass the ball and doing warm-up exercises.
On the Ryonan side, Fujima Kenji and Hanagata stood on both sides of the baseline, passing the ball to the players who could play. Unlike the ordinary warm-up of passing, dribbling and layups on the Xiangbei side, Ryonan had already started to have some problems.
"Bang!" A loud noise came from Ryonan's warm-up half. When Wudao looked in the direction of the sound, he saw Yuzumi Jun grabbing the basket with both hands. His huge body was shaking slightly, and the entire basketball hoop made a squeak.
"Good pass! Fujima!" Uozumi Jun said in a low voice after a two-handed dunk. After praising Fujima, he hit the bouncing basketball with one hand and passed it to Fujima, then trotted to the end of the team.
Fujima smiled when he heard Yuzumi's praise, his eyes full of admiration. The decision to quit the Shoyo basketball team after the conflict with Shoyo's coach that day now seemed to be a wise one. Compared to the lifeless Shoyo, this Ryonan team seemed more energetic.
The starting players of Shoyo are mostly juniors, with no freshmen at all, and only Fujima and Hanagata as sophomores. Hanagata is really just a substitute, and his playing time and opportunities are very unstable. However, in Ryonan, the starting players are very young.
Most of the third-year seniors had quit shortly after Shinomiya Tano joined the team. Besides Coach Tanoka, the person in charge of the team was Uozumi Jun. However, Uozumi Jun was only the person in charge in name only. The first-year students, Sendoh Akira and Shinomiya Tano, were the foundation of the Ryonan team.
Fujima discovered when he was training with the players a few days ago that Sendoh and Shinomiya Tano were very useful in the team, but they didn't take the team affairs seriously and would not interfere with the team management or the training of other players. Sendoh only thought about basketball and fishing, and Shinomiya Tano only thought about basketball and... winning.
Fujima felt very relaxed as a teammate with these people, without any pressure, and he didn't have to suffer from the bullying of senior students. Moreover, Coach Tanaoka also valued him and Hanagata, two transfer students. Although he had just joined the team, Coach Tanaoka gave them enough performance opportunities and playing time during training.
The coach values him, the team relationships are harmonious, and the players have unlimited potential. Everything makes this the best choice for Fujima.
Fujima had a gentle smile on his face. After Uozumi Jun's dunk, another Ryonan player rushed to the basket. Fujima recognized that the player was first-year player Yoshitaka Fukuda. Fujima passed the ball to Fukuda, who came to the basket with the ball and jumped up to try to dunk, but because he didn't control the dribbling rhythm well, he was unable to reach the maximum height when he jumped.
The basketball was blocked directly by the basket.
Fukuda lost his balance and his upper body fell backwards. Seeing this, Fujima rushed forward and supported Fukuda Yoshitaka who was about to fall.
"Hahahaha!" Fukuda's dunk drew laughter from the audience. Fukuda, who was laughed at, quickly stood up, slapped Fujima's hand away, and ran back to the end of the team with a gloomy face.
"This guy..." Fujima glanced at Fukuda who was leaving, scratched his face in confusion, picked up the ball, and returned to the baseline. At the same time, Shinomiya Tano also trotted out of the team, and after receiving Fujima's pass, he made a light layup and sent the basketball into the net.
"Don't worry, Fujima. Fukuda is just like that."
"You'll get used to it after more contact. Don't take it to heart."
After Shinomiya Tianye made a layup, he patted the falling basketball, and the basketball flew into Fujima's hands. Seeing that Fujima seemed to be a little concerned about Fukuda, he spoke up to comfort him, thinking that Fukuda's attitude made Fujima feel a little uncomfortable.
"Ah? No, I didn't take it seriously. I just suddenly realized that Fukuda Yoshitaka's personality seems to be very sensitive." Fujima said thoughtfully, and Shinomiya Tano was obviously stunned when he heard this, then he looked at Fujima deeply and said with a smile:
"You are really good at judging people." Shinomiya Tianye didn't say much. After praising Fujima for no apparent reason, he ran away with a smile. Fukuda Yoshitaka's failed dunk was just a small episode to lighten the mood of the audience. Fukuda Yoshitaka, a freshman, was not the focus of the audience's attention.
Although the audience was surprised that Fujima Kenji and Hanagata appeared in the Ryonan team, that was all. The defeated Shoyo team, who didn't even make it to the round-robin tournament, was no longer a member of the first tier of Kanagawa in the minds of the audience. The focus of the audience's attention was not on these two people.
Almost all the audience focused on Shinomiya Tano, Sendoh, or Jinguji Takeshi and Mitsui Hisashi. These audiences knew that on this court today, the four players of these two teams would directly affect the direction of the next game.
On the Xiangbei side, the warm-up is proceeding in an orderly manner.
The appearance of Fujima and Hanagata did not shake Jinguji Budo's ambition to win the championship. Let's not talk about the national competition later. In the current game, these two people have no way to play. In Ryonan High School, there are only two and a half players who need to be paid attention to. Sendoh, Shinomiya Tano, and half of Uozumi.
Facing these people, Wudao believed that the people from Xiangbei could handle it!
More than 20 minutes later, Xiangbei ended the warm-up early and returned to the sidelines to rest. Coach Anxi simply gave the players a few words of encouragement and then returned to his seat calmly. A few minutes later, the referee's whistle sounded and the warm-up time ended.
The Ryonan players returned to the rest area, and soon, Uozumi Jun, Shinomiya Tano, Sendoh Akira, Ikegami, and Uekusa Tomoyuki walked onto the court. Ryonan's starting lineup did not include third-year players, and this lineup indirectly showed what Coach Tanaoka was thinking.
Their galaxy battleship, Ryonan, will be helmed by these new generation players.
Shortly after the Ryonan players entered the court and took their positions, the starting players of Xiangbei also walked onto the court.
Akagi Takenori, Chiba Daishi, Miyagi Ryouta, Mitsui Hisashi and Jinguji Budou. Just like Ryonan's young lineup of first and second graders, Xiangbei doesn't have any third-year players.
In this county competition, the two strongest teams are also the teams with the youngest average age of starting players.
"Hehe, long time no see, Jinguji Budo."
"I can see that you have become stronger again. I am very happy to see you become stronger!"
After entering, Jinguji Takeshi walked to the side of Shinomiya Tanano and took a seat. When he saw Takeshi coming, Shinomiya Tanano licked his lips and said with a little excitement, like a hungry tiger waiting for its prey.
Sigong Tianye, who had not fought with a strong man for a long time, was already thirsty for power with his sword.
"Really? I can't be happy to see you."
"By the way, did you add Jinkela to your meal?"
Jinguji Takeshi stood beside Shigong Tianye, frowned and scanned Shigong Tianye's figure, and couldn't help but say. After all these years of training, the muscle dimensions of his body are no longer comparable to those in junior high school. Takeshi is very tall and has a good figure, but standing next to Shigong Tianye, Takeshi can obviously see that his arm circumference is smaller than the other's.
And it's not just his arms, the muscles in all parts of Wudao's body are not as developed as those of Shigong Tianye. It's only been a few months, and Shigong Tianye has become stronger. Wudao can tell that this guy hasn't even entered the puberty period, and his Adam's apple is not obvious.
But for such an underdeveloped teenager, it is hard to imagine how this bastard managed to gain weight. Wudao has been exercising since entering high school and eats a lot, but due to his development, his weight gain is very slow and he cannot gain weight.
If the physical strength of a martial artist can be called strong, then Shigong Tianye can be called... a strong man.
"Jin Ke La? What is that?" Shigong Tianye had obviously never heard of this thing. He turned his head and looked at Jinguji Wudao in confusion and asked.
Wu Dao didn't reply, his eyes swept over the other people on the field.
Akagi Takenori stood in the center circle, facing Uozumi Jun. Mitsui Hisashi stood beside Sendoh and was chatting with Sendoh at the moment. I don't know what they were talking about. Miyagi stood next to Uekusa, looking happy. It can be seen that he is very satisfied with this opponent. Chiba and Ikegami stood together, the two silent men remained silent.
After looking around, it seems that Xiangbei still has some positional advantages.
"Hey, Jinguji, I heard you told the reporter to tell me that you are the best player in Kanagawa. Is that what you said?"
Shinomiya Tano bent over with his hands on his knees and suddenly asked.
"That's what I said." Wu Dao smiled when he heard that. Seeing the referee walking into the court with a basketball, he bent down slightly and answered casually.
"That's what you said. After all, defeating an enemy who is willing to fight is the most interesting thing."
As Shigong Tianye was talking, the referee on the field had already blew the whistle. As the basketball was thrown into the air by the referee, the two strong men on the center line jumped up at the same time, and slammed the basketball with their two big hands one after the other.
As soon as the jump ball started, Wudao immediately rushed forward to grab a favorable position, but Wudao felt a black screen in front of his eyes, and a body wearing a blue No. 8 jersey blocked his way directly in front of him. The heavy back hit Wudao directly, causing Wudao to take two steps back unconsciously.
Heavy, Shigong Tianye's power is very strong, even with the current strength of martial arts, there is no way to contend with it.
"I thought it was Young James, but now it looks like Fat Tiger."
Although Wu Dao did not occupy a favorable position to receive the ball, it didn't matter.
Because of the jump ball, Yuzumi won, and the basketball was directly caught by Sendoh... ..
"Quick attack!"
Sendoh shouted, holding up the basketball. Xiangbei reacted quickly, immediately abandoned the corresponding defensive players, and ran back to their own half of the court to defend. However, Sendoh, who shouted this, raised the ball high and gently dropped it, slowly advancing to the front court with the ball, while dribbling the ball, he shouted to his teammates:
"Youxi~ Take it easy, let's score a goal first!"
Sendoh's tactics changed too quickly. Not only did Shohoku fail to react, even Ryonan's own people failed to react. When Sendoh came to the frontcourt with the ball, Shinomiya Tano and others had already arrived. Moreover, Shinomiya Tano cut into the inside line early and was now surrounded by Takeshi and others.
"Tanye, come out and catch the ball!" Sendoh shouted to Shinomiya Tanye who was surrounded in the inside, controlling the distance between himself and Mitsui Hisashi.
Shimono Shimomiya trotted over with a gloomy face, put his hands on his chest as if he was going to catch the ball, but when he was not far from Sendoh, he suddenly accelerated and did a screen to get to Mitsui's side.
When the pick-and-roll was formed, Sendoh's face instantly lost its playful smile, and he lowered his body and broke through in the direction of Shigong Tianye's pick-and-roll. Jinguji Budou, who came from behind, had a serious look on his face, and immediately chose to defend Sendoh, while shouting loudly.
"Switch!" Mitsui Shou received Wudao's reminder and decisively gave up Sendoh, quickly chasing after Shinomiya Tano who was cutting inside. At the same time, Sendoh, who had broken through halfway, threw the ball to Shinomiya Tano who was running down the court.
"Beautiful cooperation!" Fujima, who was sitting on the Ryonan bench, was dazzled by the tacit cooperation between Sendoh and Shinomiya Tano, but then he saw Akagi and Chiba surrounding Shinomiya Tano, and Uozumi and Ikegami got open space under the basket.
"Opportunity! Open space!" Fujima's eyes were bright, and he cried out in his heart as he looked at the gap that appeared in Shohoku.
However, something unexpected happened. Although Uozumi and Ikegami were clearly open in the interior, Shinomiya Tano had no intention of passing the ball. He rushed directly into the interior and jumped against the defense of Akagi and Chiba. He did not avoid the physical collision with the big center at all. His chest collided with Akagi with a bang, making a muffled sound.
However, even under this intensity of confrontation, Shimono still maintained a good posture in the air. The high-raised basketball quickly passed in front of Akagi's eyes, and with a beautiful pull-up shot, he sent the ball into the basket.
"Snap, swish!" There was the sound of the ball hitting the backboard and the sound of the ball hitting the net. Hearing the subtle noise coming from behind him, after landing, Takenori Akagi turned his head in astonishment and looked at the basketball falling to the ground.
"this... ... "
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