"Hahaha!
”
"Shohoku, let me show you how powerful I am!"
"Just watch, red-haired monkey, bleached monkey, I will use this ball to convince you!"
Kiyota Nobunaga laughed and intercepted the ball that was originally passed to Katsume Ichiro. After getting the basketball, Kiyota Nobunaga quickly advanced with the ball, completely ignoring the surprised Katsume Ichiro and Nango Koichiro who was serving the ball.
By the time the two of them reacted, Kiyota Nobunaga had already quickly approached the center line with the ball. Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede, who had been running towards the frontcourt in advance, also noticed what was happening in the backcourt and subconsciously slowed down their pace.
"Hey, wild monkey, stop messing around!"
"Pass the ball and let this genius play!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi stood outside the three-point line, waving his hands and shouting, hoping that Kiyota Nobunaga would give him the ball. But Kiyota didn't even look at him, and quickly dribbled the ball across the center line, near the top of the arc, and stood in front of Miyagi Ryouta.
Ichiro Katsume was somewhat helpless in the face of such a situation, but he did not say much about it. Instead, he quickly ran to the front court, came to the side of Miyagi Ryouta, and quickly provided cover for Kiyota Nobunaga.
"Hey, no need for pick-and-roll, get out of the way!"
"I'm going to attack him alone!"
Kiyota Nobunaga looked at Katsumi Ichiro who was helping with the pick and roll, but instead of appreciating his kindness, he waved his left hand and chased Katsumi Ichiro away like a fly. Even though Katsumi Ichiro was so good-tempered, he was also annoyed by Kiyota Nobunaga's actions. He looked at Kiyota deeply and ran away quickly.
"Junior high school student."
"Is this how your school coach taught you to play basketball?"
Miyagi Ryouta looked at Kiyota Nobunaga, who had driven away his pick-and-roll teammate, and raised his eyebrows and asked in a deep voice. There was already a hint of anger in his tone. He felt that the junior high school student in front of him was too arrogant and that he was being looked down upon by the other party.
"My grandfather only taught me..."
"Try to defeat every opponent in front of you!"
As Kiyota Nobunaga spoke, he quickly lowered his center of gravity and dropped the ball. At the same time, Miyagi Ryouta also saw the ball's drop position and rushed forward to hit the basketball. Kiyota and Miyagi moved forward at the same time and their bodies collided directly with each other.
In this physical confrontation, Miyagi Ryouta, who was shorter in height and on the defensive side, suffered a loss and was pushed back half a step by Kiyota Nobunaga.
However, Kiyota did not lose control of the basketball. He passed Miyagi Ryouta and prepared to rush into the inside. However, just as he was confidently preparing to accelerate, a figure suddenly appeared behind him and reached out from behind him to hit the basketball.
An unexpected cut back caused Kiyota Nobunaga to instantly lose control of the basketball, and the basketball rolled directly out of his hands and was caught by Akagi Takenori in the inside.
"What?!" Kiyota Nobunaga was a little surprised that the ball was intercepted. After the basketball slipped out of his hands, he quickly looked behind him and saw Miyagi Ryouta with a smile on his face.
"You don't think you can get past me like this?!"
"Don't underestimate me, junior high school student!"
Miyagi Ryouta stood behind Kiyota Nobunaga, snorted, and did not rush to fight back, but instead began to mock.
"Well done, Miyagi!"
"Let's start the attack!"
Akagi Takenori held the ball high and praised in a low voice, attracting Miyagi's attention, and then passed the ball to Miyagi Ryouta.
Seeing the basketball flying out, Miyagi Ryouta started immediately, hurriedly ran a few steps to catch the ball, and then began to advance with the ball. At this moment, those junior high school students were already on their way back to defense.
Sakuragi Hanamichi cursed and quickly got into position. Rukawa Kaede, Nango Koichiro and others reacted very quickly and had already started to defend when Kiyota Nobunaga lost the ball.
Although Xiangbei successfully stole the ball, it had no chance for a fast break.
Although Kiyota Nobunaga lost the ball, his defensive attitude was very correct. When Miyagi was advancing with the ball, he quickly caught up with him and stuck to Miyagi, affecting Miyagi's advancing speed while trying to steal the ball in an attempt to make up for his mistake.
However, Miyagi was quite skilled in ball control and did not give Kiyota any chance to steal the ball. Of course, his advancement speed was also affected by Kiyota Nobunaga's defense and slowed down a little.
"It seems you are right."
"These junior high school students are totally uncooperative."
"After all, it's just a temporary team. This is really too ugly..."
Mitsui Shou couldn't help but sigh on the sidelines, his face full of disappointment.
He actually still has some expectations for Kiyoda Nobunaga, hoping to see Kiyoda Nobunaga have a wonderful performance on the court and show his value.
But alas, all he saw now was a... idiot.
"That's not the case. These junior high school students are all very good talents, but they need to be honed and polished."
"If a qualified leader emerges among the junior high school students, these people will be able to unite quickly."
"Or another way is, as long as there is someone among the opponents who cannot be stopped no matter what, they will also passively gather together."
Jinguji Budo looked at the field and was not as pessimistic as Mitsui Shou.
On the court, Xiangbei's offense was very fast in this round. After Miyagi crossed the midline with the ball, Kogure Konobu spontaneously came up for a pick-and-roll. With the help of the pick-and-roll, Miyagi Ryouta broke through and attracted the defense of Kiyota Nobunaga and Katsumi Ichiro. While attracting the double-team, he quickly passed the ball back to Kogure Konobu, who took the ball and shot an open three-pointer.
He scored the ball steadily, adding three points to Xiangbei's scoreboard.
A simple pick-and-roll gave Kogure Mitsunobu a good open shot opportunity, and the junior high school students' defense was surprisingly easy to break through.
The infighting among the junior high school students had obviously just begun. During the transition between offense and defense, someone started to mess around with the serve.
Sakuragi Hanamichi obviously felt that it was unrealistic to wait for his teammates to pass the ball to him, so he followed suit and intercepted the ball when Nango was serving, and took away the basketball that was supposed to be given to Katsume Ichiro.
"Hahahaha, look at this genius' attack!"
After getting the ball, Sakuragi Hanamichi laughed and pushed forward with a smug smile on his face.
"You forgetful bastard..." Wu Dao was speechless when he saw this scene and couldn't help but curse.
The Xiangbei players defending on the field were also a little surprised when they saw this. After looking at each other, they did not choose to change their defensive strategy.
As Sakuragi Hanamichi approached the front court with the ball, the junior high school students began to disperse, leaving enough space for Sakuragi Hanamichi to display his skills. Rukawa Kaede, Kiyota and others already knew what kind of person Sakuragi Hanamichi was.
At this moment, no one thought about helping Sakuragi. Instead, after entering the frontcourt, they all sank towards the baseline, ready to enter the inside to grab rebounds at any time.
No one would expect Sakuragi Hanamichi to pass the ball, and of course, Sakuragi Hanamichi himself had no intention of passing the ball at all.
Chiba Daishi didn't know Sakuragi Hanamichi very well, and when he saw Sakuragi approaching the three-point line with the ball, he immediately went out to defend. He still looked up to Sakuragi, after all, being able to snatch the ball from him twice was not something that could be done by luck. He was not sure what kind of offensive method Sakuragi Hanamichi had, so he didn't dare to be careless on defense.
"Are you here to be the opponent of this genius?"
Sakuragi Hanamichi had a smile on his face and spoke in a very confident, yet condescending tone.
Hearing this, Chiba Daishi dared not neglect it. He felt that Sakuragi Hanamichi's confidence should be due to the opponent's ability. Although Sakuragi had made two consecutive mistakes in attack and pass before, the opponent's bounce and speed were very strong, so Chiba did not dare to be careless.
Sakuragi Hanamichi looked up at the other defenders of Xiangbei and saw that there was no intention of Xiangbei players to double-team him, so he immediately lowered his center of gravity and accelerated his breakthrough. Sakuragi Hanamichi's dominant hand is his right hand, and he is fastest when he breaks through from his right side.
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who had great explosive power, had obvious intentions to break through, but after accelerating, he still came to Chiba Daishi's side in one step.
"Sure enough! This guy is fast!" Chiba Daiishi's heart sank, and his body reacted very quickly. He took a quick step forward, trying to forcibly block Sakuragi's advance.
The two bodies collided instantly.
Under such a physical collision, Sakuragi Hanamichi's dribbling posture is still maintained quite well, half of his body is leaning against Chiba Daishi's body, and the speed of impact has not been reduced at all. Just like a motorcyclist who is bent, although his body is tilted, it still looks "stable".
With the advantage of speed and strength, Sakuragi Hanamichi passed Chiba Daishi's defense in one step and quickly rushed to the inside.
"Hmm!" Wu Dao's eyes lit up when he saw this scene. Sakuragi Hanamichi's breakthrough posture was quite outstanding. He didn't look like a novice at all. It was beyond his expectation that Sakuragi Hanamichi could do such a breakthrough move.
In the inside of Xiangbei, Akagi Takenori saw Sakuragi Hanamichi breaking through and was about to step up to defend, but he saw Chiba Daiishi quickly follow up from behind Sakuragi Hanamichi and shouted at Akagi: "Akagi, don't hinder me!"
Chiba Daishi, who was surpassed by Sakuragi, still caught up with the advancing Sakuragi. He had predicted the direction of Sakuragi Hanamichi's advance and was also prepared to be broken through. Therefore, after being broken through, he reacted immediately.
After receiving the order, Akagi hesitated for only a second, and Sakuragi Hanamichi had already crossed the free throw line and advanced towards the inside. Chiba Daishi also came to the side of Sakuragi Hanamichi at this time, and was level with Sakuragi. After two steps, as Sakuragi Hanamichi jumped up with the ball, Chiba Daishi also went in front of Sakuragi, jumped up and stretched out his hand to block.
Sakuragi Hanamichi raised his hands high and jumped up, gliding towards the basket. The defending Chiba Daishi was no less impressive, relying on his experience to accurately predict the path of Sakuragi Hanamichi's dunk, and raised his hands high to block the ball.
"Snap!" With a slight sound, Chiba Daiishi's hands pressed against the lower half of the basketball. His jumping ability was not as good as Sakuragi Hanamichi's, and his hands could not reach the center of the basketball at all.
“Ahhh!
!
”
Obviously, the basketball had been touched by Chiba Daishi, and Sakuragi Hanamichi's body also hit Chiba Daishi in the air, but Sakuragi's gliding momentum did not decrease, and he brought Chiba Daishi's body closer to the basket. The next second, Sakuragi shouted and dunked the ball towards the basket with both hands, slamming the ball into the basket.
The huge force caused Qianye to lose balance in the air, and his body fell rapidly, hitting the ground with a bang. As his body fell, the basketball also fell from the net.
Sakuragi Hanamichi held the basket with both hands, and the muscles in his arms and body were all bulged due to the force. The terrifying power contained in the beautiful muscle lines was undoubtedly revealed at this moment.
As Chiba Daishi was knocked to the ground by the dunk, all the Xiangbei players who were watching the game stared at Sakuragi Hanamichi with their mouths wide open, with a look of disbelief on their faces. Even the other junior high school students on the court stared at Sakuragi Hanamichi with their mouths open.
Rukawa Kaede, who usually has a deadpan expression, rarely showed any expression of surprise and was doubting what he was seeing.
Even Jinguji Takeshi, who thought he knew Sakuragi Hanamichi best, looked at Sakuragi with a confused look on his face.
"This... this red-haired guy actually knocked Qianye down?!"
"An unknown junior high school student dunked over the sophomore power forward of a high school top eight team?"
After a short silence, the Xiangbei players who were watching the game suddenly became restless and started to discuss. Several Xiangbei players who were close to the baseline also quickly ran into the court to check on Chiba's condition. At this time, Chiba was lying on the floor with a painful look on his face, and he was reluctant to get up.
"Hey, Chiba, how are you?"
"Don't rush to do it, go to the infirmary and call for help."
"Chiba, Chiba!"
The Xiangbei players surrounding Chiba called out to Chiba Daishi one after another. Chiba Daishi was lying on the ground. He wanted to speak, but he immediately closed his mouth because of the pain. He could only breathe heavily, as if this could relieve the pain.
At this moment, Sakuragi Hanamichi loosened his hands and fell back to the ground. Sakuragi Hanamichi looked down at Chiba Daishi, who was lying on the ground with a painful look on his face, with a blank look on his face. All his attention had just been focused on the slam dunk, and until this moment, Sakuragi Hanamichi was still immersed in the feeling of the slam dunk.
In fact, Sakuragi Hanamichi had no idea that Chiba Daishi had been knocked down by him.
After a long time, Chiba Oishi seemed to have recovered from the pain. He touched his arms, chest and abdomen and did not feel any obvious pain. Seeing this, the surrounding Xiangbei players finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly carried Chiba to the sidelines. Coach Anxi came over and gave Chiba Oishi a simple physical examination, and also breathed a sigh of relief.
He turned his head and looked at Sakuragi who was bewildered in the field. His eyes flashed slightly, and then his gaze turned to Jinguji Budo.
Wu Dao noticed the coach's gaze, understood what was going on, took off his coat, walked into the court, and replaced Chiba Daishi on the court.
The practice match resumed after a brief pause.
The junior high school students began to retreat, and until they returned to their own defensive half, Sakuragi Hanamichi still couldn't get rid of the wonderful feeling of dunking, and his mind was a little distracted.
"I didn't expect Qianye to be injured by that kid."
"I originally thought that it would not be your turn to play in this match."
Akagi Takenori looked at Chiba Daiishi, who was lying on the ground resting and waiting for the doctor, with some concern, then turned his head to look at Jinguji Budo and said.
"The coach has checked and Chiba doesn't seem to have any broken bones. Let's wait for the school doctor to come and do further checks."
"I didn't expect that kid could do such a thing."
"This kid really surprised me."
“Maybe, this is talent!”
Upon hearing this, Wudao looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi from a distance and said with a smile.
"Let's boost morale. The players' condition has been affected to some extent."
As Akagi Takenori was speaking, he served the ball from the baseline and put it into Wudao's hands.
"Ah! Of course!"
Jinguji Budou received the ball, responded, and then slowly walked towards the front court with the ball. As Jinguji Budou approached the front court, the other players of Xiangbei all took their positions in advance, and the junior high school students were all ready to face a great enemy. Only Sakuragi Hanamichi was still out of shape, as if he didn't notice Budou's approach.
"Here it comes! Shohoku's real trump card!"
"Finally I can fight him!"
Rukawa and Katsume Ichiro both knew Takeshi, and when they saw Takeshi approaching with the ball, they became alert, and then tacitly gave up the players they were originally going to defend, and when Takeshi approached, they stood in front of Takeshi on the left and right.
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