"Haha... Interesting!"
"This is... we need to fight for it!"
Takeshi Jinguji watched as the Ryonan High School players walked out of the formation and stood in front of Coach Takeoka. He immediately understood Coach Takeoka's intention.
Favoritism
There is a little bit of that, but I'm afraid that the real purpose of Coach Tiangang is to make the other players unite against the enemy. Anger can also inspire people's fighting spirit. In a sense, anger can make people burst out their potential.
As for the explosive species, there are many such people in the martial arts world.
"It seems that no one has any objection!"
"The rest of you are very self-aware. You know your abilities and are not worthy of Team A!"
Seeing that the players were silent, Coach Tiangang grinned and added fuel to the fire. After saying this, not only the players with bad tempers, but even the always calm Maki Shinichi frowned and shouted directly:
"Coach Tanaoka! Let's play!"
"As long as you can defeat the players you think are the strongest, you can join Team A, right?"
"I want to fight a few of them, bullfight!"
Maki Shinichi glanced at everyone in Ryonan High School, and after scanning a few of them, his eyes fell on Fujima Kenji. His target was very clear.
As a defender, Maki Shinichi did not think he was worse than Fujima Kenji. When Maki Shinichi took the lead in initiating the game request, the other players also responded one after another, and for a while, the stadium became noisy.
The stimulated players all wanted to prove themselves at this moment. Seeing this, Coach Tiangang laughed even more happily. After indulging everyone for a few minutes, he clapped his hands and suppressed the shouts of the players:
"Okay! Since you proposed a competition, I will do as you wish."
"But basketball is ultimately a five-person sport, and bullfighting is different from playing in a formal game."
"How about this? I'll give you twenty minutes to form teams freely!"
"As long as the team you build can beat these five people, I will put the best performer from the winning team into Team A."
"As for the judging criteria, haha, I think you are all players, you all have eyes, you should know who is qualified and who is not!"
"Free team formation, start now."
Coach Tiangang waved his hand and set the tone. But as his words fell, the stadium fell into silence. No player went to find teammates or organize the team.
Are you kidding? Ryonan High School is the national champion this year. The members of Team A mentioned by Coach Takeoka are all championship players. Each of them is one of the best in the county. Even if you look at the whole country, these players of Ryonan are also top figures.
Most of the people who came to participate in the game were fine for making a fuss, but to ask them to team up with Ryonan High School to play a game? They were not so arrogant as to overestimate their abilities.
"Amu, how about we form a team and compete with Ryonan!"
"Although Ryonan High School is strong, we are definitely not weak either! We cannot let them continue to be so arrogant."
The captain of Hainan, the third-year player Omasa Shifuku, was very stubborn and said directly to Maki Shinichi beside him. There were quite a few people from Hainan participating in the training camp, including the third-year players Omasa Shifuku and Maekawa Daiki. The second-year players Maki Shinichi and Takasago Kazuma, as well as the first-year player Kamiso Ichiro, were just a standard team.
Being able to play against Ryonan High School again, Omasa Shifuku was very excited. His idea was simple, as long as they could beat Ryonan, wouldn't their Hainan be the uncrowned king
"Hmm..." Maki Shinichi nodded and agreed to his teammate's suggestion, and when Omasa Shifu heard Maki Shinichi's suggestion, he immediately walked out of the team and walked towards Coach Tiangang. While Omasa Shifu was negotiating with Coach Tiangang, Xiangbei also started to discuss quietly.
"Budo, let's compete directly with Ryonan!"
"It was a pity that we lost last time. This time, we at Xiangbei will definitely beat them."
Mitsui Shou was looking forward to fighting with Ryonan High School again, but Budo happened to see Kainan's Omasa Shifuku approaching Coach Tanaka, and he shook his head gently and said soothingly:
"Xiao San, don't worry, let Hainan go first. A summer vacation has passed, and I don't know if these guys in Lingnan have made any progress."
Jinguji Budou said this, but in his heart, he didn't want Xiangbei's current lineup to compete with Ryonan. Although Budou really hoped that all the people in Xiangbei High School could enter the starting lineup, he also clearly realized that this was absolutely impossible.
With the strength of these players of Xiangbei, there is absolutely no problem for them to be included in the final roster, but it is not certain that they will be the starting lineup! At the very least, in the interior position, Chiba Daishi is definitely not as good as Uozumi, Akagi, Hanagata, and even Takasago Kazuma.
However, Wudao would not say such words that would destroy unity. As the training progresses, everyone will realize that their abilities are insufficient.
Hearing what Wudao said, Mitsui Shou also looked as if he had suddenly realized something. He nodded towards his teammates from Xiangbei and motioned for everyone to take another look.
At the same time, Coach Tanaoka, who was standing at the front of the team, spoke again and shouted:
"Okay! Now the first team that wants to play against Group A has appeared. The five players from Hainan University Affiliated School, you have 15 minutes to warm up. After warming up, you can start the game directly."
"In order to save time, the game will not be played in full. When the difference between your two teams exceeds 15 points, the game will end!"
"Of course, if the game is close, then the standard match length will be used as the limit, with a 20-minute halftime break and a 40-minute end to the game."
"Oh, that's right."
"There are only three rounds of the challenge each day, and now, there are only two spots left!"
Coach Tian Gang hoped to put more pressure on these players, so he directly limited the number of players who could compete. As a result, the players who had originally wanted to wait and see and had not formed a team began to take action, looking for teammates who could form a team, hoping to occupy the quota for the next two games.
As for whether we can win? We'll see after we form a team and compete. What if
"Xiao San, go and sign up." Wudao poked Mitsui Shou beside him. Mitsui Shou's reaction speed was also very fast. Soon after Coach Tiangang finished speaking, he immediately ran to Coach Tiangang and signed up.
"Okay! The five people from Xiangbei High School will be the second group!"
"There is only one spot left today, so hurry up!"
Coach Tiangang took a deep look at the Xiangbei team, then looked at the Hainan players, clapped his hands, and shouted to everyone. Not long after the voice fell, a temporary team sent a representative to register with Coach Tiangang.
The participating team is a coalition team with 5 people, from Shoyo, Miuradai, and Tsukubu high schools.
Not all schools are like Ryonan, Xiangbei, and Hainan, where a team has five players recruited for training at the same time. Most schools do not have this quota, and only a few schools have one or two quotas. These players are basically players from the top 16 teams in the county. Players who are not in the top 16 are not even qualified to be seen.
As the three challenge spots were filled, the players’ enthusiasm for forming a team also faded a lot.
Hainan's group, led by Maki Shinichi, was doing pre-match warm-ups, preparing for the game. But Wudao and the others were not in a hurry to warm up, and they gathered at the sidelines, ready to watch the game.
Meanwhile, the other four players from Ryonan High School, except for Shigong Tianye, started doing simple warm-up exercises. Shigong Tianye just stood aside and watched his teammates warm up, with no intention of joining them.
"Tianye, don't you want to warm up?" Sendoh Akira asked Shinomiya Tianye while doing simple stretching.
“It has just started.”
"And the fight with Hainan won't be very intense."
Shinomiya Tianye replied indifferently, turned his head and looked towards the sidelines, where the Xiangbei players were standing at the edge of the field, chatting and waiting for the game to start. No one noticed Shinomiya Tianye's gaze.
"That guy's ability is much stronger than Xiandao's."
"But I won't let him have a chance to win!"
Shigong Tianye thought to himself, patted Sendoh's shoulder heavily, and said to Sendoh: "Sendoh, I will not allow anyone to shake your starting position!"
When Xiandao heard this, he looked puzzled and looked at Shigong Tianye strangely.
The warm-up time passed quickly. At this time, the Ryonan Arena was also filled with people watching the game because of the news of the autumn national sports training camp. More and more students began to gather in the arena. Before long, the arena was full of people watching the game.
When these students learned that their Ryonan players were going to play against Hainan players, they immediately began to cheer for Ryonan. When the Hainan players walked into the stadium after warming up, they booed loudly.
“Ouch!!!!”
"Hainan, don't overestimate your abilities, get down!"
"Go down, go down!"
These students from Lingnan High School directly let the Hainan players see what home court advantage is. In the past, these players have never experienced this. In the past, when they played practice games, there would not be so many spectators. Moreover, they are the kings of Hainan! Although they were once the kings.
But in the past, no one would boo them! In the competition, Hainan's base is also quite large, and only their fans attack people. This is the first time they have encountered a situation like today.
After all, these players from Hainan are just a group of high school students in their teens.
"Tsk, these people from Lingnan..."
“That’s a lot of noise.”
Maekawa Daiki listened to the boos around him and murmured in dissatisfaction. Beside him, Kamiso Ichiro turned pale and walked in a trembling and deformed manner. Takasago Kazuma and others were also affected to varying degrees.
"The players from Hainan are not in good shape!"
“I was influenced by the audience...”
“After all, they are young people...”
Coach Tiangang noticed the state of the Hainan players and whispered with a smile, but soon, Coach Tiangang's eyes changed slightly. He noticed that Hainan's Maki Shinichi had a calm expression, as if he was not affected by the noise outside at all.
"There are also people who were not affected... Maki Shinichi, not bad!"
This discovery made Coach Tiangang look at Maki Shinichi with a higher regard.
Jinguji Budou and the others also noticed the situation on the court. Not to mention the players on the court, even those watching the game below felt that the booing from the audience was a bit excessive. Budou was not as surprised as Coach Tiangang that Maki Shinichi was not affected.
After all, he is middle-aged, and his experience is certainly not comparable to that of young people~
The players from Ryonan High School and Hainan took their positions in the center circle, and each player found his opponent. With the whistle of the temporary referee, the basketball was thrown into the air.
With a loud shout, the basketball was caught by Jun Uozumi and flew into the hands of Kenji Fujima. However, Fujima had no intention of dribbling forward after receiving the ball. He passed the ball directly to Sendoh who was not far away. After the shot, he quickly ran towards the frontcourt.
Sendoh received the basketball and faced the defense of the Hainan players. He calmly dropped the ball and shouted to everyone:
"Take it easy, let's score a goal first!"
As Sendoh's shouts resounded throughout the stadium, the Xiangbei players on the sidelines could not help but look at each other in confusion.
"The one controlling the ball is Sendoh?!"
"Ryonan High School, what's going on?!" Mitsui Shou murmured in surprise, not understanding Ryonan's intention.
Jinguji Budo was also a little surprised to see this scene, and his eyes swept towards Coach Tiangang. Now Ryonan High School has the presence of Fujima Kenji. With his ability, even if they suffer a loss in front of Maki Shinichi, it will only be a small loss at most.
There is no need to change the player who controls the ball. Is Coach Tanaoka's arrangement to let Sendoh play as a point guard in the future
"You, a first-year student, are the one controlling the ball instead of Fujima?"
"But it doesn't matter. No matter who my opponent is, I won't lose!"
Maki Shinichi calmed his center of gravity, carefully guarding against the advancing Sendoh. Although he felt a little strange, his movements were not slow at all. Even if the opponent was not the one he expected to meet, he would not relax.
As Sendoh dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, Fujima Kenji, who was without the ball, suddenly ran out of the open space. Ichiro Kamiso, who was defending him, could not keep up with Fujima's speed at all and was directly left behind by Fujima.
"stop!!"
The basketball flew out of Sendoh's hand quickly and was accurately delivered to Fujima's hand. Maki Shinichi looked in the direction of Sendoh's pass and saw Fujima catching the ball in an open position, and was a little surprised.
"Empty seat? How is that possible?"
Under the surprised gaze of Maki Shinichi, the basketball flew out of Fujima's hands and was a long three-pointer. With a slight sound, just five seconds into the game, Ryonan High School scored its first goal, which was a three-pointer.
"Well said, Xiandao!"
Fujima, who scored the goal, celebrated with Sendoh by high-fiving with a smile, and the Ryonan players began to return to defense.
"Senior... I'm sorry." Just when Amu was wondering why Hainan had missed someone so easily, Kamiso Ichiro came to Amu and apologized.
But Amu did not look at Kamiso Ichiro, but looked at the people from Ryonan who were returning to defend, with a serious expression.
Off the court, Mitsui Shou looked even more solemn at this moment, and asked his teammates beside him in a deep voice: "Did you see everything?"
"If it was us, how would we respond to that goal just now?"
Just now on the court, the reason why Fujima Kenji was able to run into open space so easily was all thanks to his extremely fast running speed and the pick-and-roll cover of Shinomiya Tano.
After the pick-and-roll, Shinomiya Tano went straight into the inside, and his presence attracted Hainan's attention. Even Kamiso Ichiro, who was picked, subconsciously chased after Shinomiya Tano, which made everyone ignore Fujima's existence.
"Ryonan High School's new tactical system..."
"Sendoh's height allows him to pass the ball freely to any opponent, such as Shinomiya Tano who is in the middle, Fujima who is running back to the outside, and even Sendoh himself, who are all offensive starting points."
"Unless we can disrupt Ryonan's passing rhythm, we'll play a one-on-four strategy."
Wudao made his own judgment, and his eyes inadvertently swept over Miyagi. This round of cooperation for Ryonan was actually not difficult, but they, Xiangbei, could not do it!
Because Miyagi Ryouta couldn't pass the ball as freely as Sendoh could when facing Maki Shinichi.
It’s only been one round of attack and defense, but the gap has already become apparent!
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