The players of the youth team and the players of Xiangbei walked into the stadium one after another and began to take their positions. As soon as Takeshi Jinguji stepped into the center circle, the "little bald head" Zebei Rongji stood in front of Takeshi Jinguji.
"You, long time no see! Jinguji Budo."
Facing Jinguji Takeshi again, Zebei Rongzhi acted quite relaxed and greeted Takeshi with a smile. Takeshi saw him like this and smiled and replied, "Long time no see."
“I am no longer the same person I used to be.”
After a simple reply, Wudao ignored Zebei Rongji in front of him and looked at other youth team players. However, as soon as Wudao's gaze moved away from the opponent, Zebei Rongji's words reached Wudao's ears.
Turning back, Wu Dao simply looked at Zebei Rongzhi, then looked away again, and said casually: "No matter how talented a person is, it is impossible for him to undergo a qualitative change in less than a month."
"Especially when your skill level has reached this level, such a short time is not enough for you to make much progress."
Wu Dao had already denied Ze Bei when he spoke. However, Ze Bei Rong Zhi did not seem to be angry about this, but smiled confidently and did not respond to Wu Dao's words.
At the center line, the referee had already walked into the court with a basketball in his hand. The two teams for the jump ball were Kawata Masashi and Minamigo Koichiro.
Seeing that his current opponent was Nanxiang, Kawada grinned and asked Nanxiang:
"Did Xiangbei's center change?"
"I thought I could still fight with Akagi Takenori."
"I remember you... You're a freshman at Xiangbei High School, right? I think your name is Nanxiang?"
"Fight well, don't let us win too easily!"
Masashi Kawata obviously looked down on Koichiro Nango, and the tone he spoke to him seemed a bit arrogant, but his strength also gave Masashi Kawata the confidence to speak like this.
At the center position, Masashi Kawata can be regarded as the best in the country. Even Takenori Akagi has a big gap with him, let alone Koichiro Minamigo.
"Tsk... what are you talking about?!"
"Bald gorilla, you'll be in trouble soon!"
Nango Koichirō rolled his eyes at Kawata and didn't say anything, but he was already cursing him in his heart. The resentment was reflected in Nango's eyes.
When Masashi Kawata saw the look in his opponent's eyes, he grinned and clenched his fists. The crisp sound of bones cracking reached Nanxiang's ears, giving him a full sense of oppression.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Wild monkey, dyed monkey, you two should prepare to die!"
"I will lead the team to defeat you!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was standing on the side of the center circle, faced Oda Ryumasa, and suddenly laughed with his hands on his hips, mocking Nanxiang and the others. His words not only attracted the attention of the Xiangbei people, but also attracted the attention of the youth training team.
However, no one from the youth team who heard this came out to refute Sakuragi's words. The substitute players on the sidelines even shouted at Sakuragi, saying things like "Don't show mercy."
Sakuragi seems to be quite recognized in the team!
“Beep—”
Before the Xiangbei players could think about it, the referee had already blew the whistle to start the game.
The basketball was thrown into the air under the gaze of everyone.
"hey-hey!"
“Drink!
!”
Nango Koichirō shouted loudly, and accurately grasped the timing of his jump. He jumped up and wanted to kick the ball to his own half of the court. However, Kawata Masashi in front of him just chuckled, and came from behind, and kicked the basketball first, and hit the ball towards his own backcourt.
The basketball flew into the backcourt of the youth training team. Rukawa raised his hand, grabbed the ball, and then brought it to the frontcourt.
After the youth team won the jump ball, all the players rushed into the Xiangbei half. Kawata Masashi went directly to the inside, while Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was also an inside player, did not go to the inside, but instead went to the bottom corner on the left side of the court.
Mike Okita and Zebei Rongji stood at the corners on both sides of the three-point line, while Rukawa Kaede, who was holding the ball, slowly moved towards the top of the arc.
In just a few seconds, the youth training team had completed their positions, and their movements were very fast.
The defensive strategy adopted by Xiangbei High School is man-to-man defense, which is basic, but it will not cause too many problems. The coordination time between players is not too long, and Oda Ryumasa is not very compatible with Nanxiang and others on the defensive end, so Xiangbei adopts this simplest defensive strategy.
However, in the eyes of the youth training players, this defensive position is full of flaws.
In the bottom corner, Sakuragi Hanamichi saw Rukawa approaching the top of the arc with the ball. He looked at Oda Ryumasa who was looking at Rukawa in front of him. The corners of his mouth curled up, and a "√" appeared on his face, giving him the feeling of a crooked-mouthed dragon king.
Raising his steps and speeding up, Sakuragi Hanamichi bypassed Oda Ryumasa from outside the baseline and cut directly to the basket. His actions did not alert the defensive players. Even Minamigo Koichiro under the basket did not notice Sakuragi's actions. His attention was all drawn to Kawata Masashi.
This bald gorilla's ability under the basket was so terrifying that Nanxiang Kouichiro tried his best, but he could only barely maintain his position and not be pushed directly under the basket. Nanxiang Kouichiro couldn't spare the mind to pay attention to other people at this moment.
“Here it comes!”
As Sakuragi quickly entered the basket, the youth training players on the sidelines shouted happily. The Xiangbei players on the sidelines also noticed Sakuragi Hanamichi and just as they were about to warn him, Rukawa at the top of the arc had already thrown the ball towards the basket.
The basketball flew directly over Kiyota Nobunaga's head and fell towards the basket. Just as the basketball fell, Sakuragi Hanamichi entered the basket and jumped up, gliding from the side to the front of the basket. He grabbed the falling basketball with one hand and dunked the ball into the basket.
By the time Koichirō Minamigo realized something was wrong and tried to block the shot, it was too late. Koichirō Minamigo, who jumped a beat late, became the background for Sakuragi Hanamichi's dunk and was blocked.
After a loud bang, Sakuragi grabbed the basket with one hand, and the basketball quickly fell from the net, landed on the bottom board, and rolled out of the baseline.
"Oh!
! Jesus!
!”
"Woohoo~~~~"
As Sakuragi Hanamichi slammed the ball in, the two black men in the youth team suddenly jumped up from their seats. One of them clapped his hands on his head and shouted "Jesus".
One of them made a strange cry and smiled.
The other youth team members were also cheering and waving towels, and the atmosphere was quite lively.
Sakuragi fell back to the ground, raised his hands horizontally, and pretended to fly.
When he quickly returned to the court, he deliberately passed by his team's rest area and celebrated with the two black teammates by high-fiving them. He even turned around and trash-talked Nan Xiang, saying in English: "?"
Hearing Sakuragi Hanamichi's provocation, the two black teammates smiled even more happily, loudly encouraged Sakuragi in English, and even helped Sakuragi to provoke Nango Koichiro in English.
It can be seen that Sakuragi Hanamichi gets along very well with his two black teammates, and the team atmosphere of the youth team is also quite good.
"Hahahaha! Well done! Sakuragi!"
"You are worthy of being the excellent player I trained!"
In the rest area of the youth training camp beside the stadium, Coach Otani also praised loudly, and directly classified Sakuragi Hanamichi as "a player he trained"... .
His words immediately attracted the attention of Coach Anxi.
However, Coach Otani seemed not to notice and kept praising Sakuragi Hanamichi's performance. Sakuragi Hanamichi completely lost himself in the praises of his teammates, looking at the Xiangbei people with fiery eyes and shouting:
"Come on! Come and defeat this genius!"
"Mortals of Xiangbei!
Ha ha ha ha!
”
Takeshi Jinguji looked at the complacent Sakuragi Hanamichi in silence, and his eyes could not help but look at Coach Otani on the sidelines. He did not expect that the coach of the youth training team had mastered Sakuragi Hanamichi's "instructions" so quickly.
Moreover, Coach Otani did not seem to correct Sakuragi Hanamichi's arrogance, but instead encouraged Sakuragi to the greatest extent and promoted his enthusiasm. This kind of education method is not Asian at all, but rather quite "American".
"Don't underestimate anyone!"
"Coach Otani is quite good."
"The offensive tactics arranged around Sakuragi... It's really difficult to deal with."
"In Sakuragi Hanamichi's aerial battle, I'm afraid there's no one else in the entire Xiangbei team except me who can resist him..."
A glimpse of the whole picture, Jinguji Budo only watched the youth training team's attack once, and he already felt it was difficult. Oda Ryuzheng's athletic ability and jumping ability are far inferior to Sakuragi. If Sakuragi cuts from outside the three-point line, there is a high probability that he can get rid of Oda Ryuzheng's defense.
For Xiangbei, this is a huge defensive loophole that needs to be filled as soon as possible!
"Wow~" Coach Anxi pushed his glasses and sighed as he looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi on the field. He also saw that Sakuragi Hanamichi's nature had been completely released by Coach Otani.
Everyone in Xiangbei has seen Sakuragi Hanamichi's strength, so they are not very surprised by Sakuragi's performance. They are just surprised that Sakuragi is so "jumpy" now, and his personality is even "worse" than before. Now he even looks down on Jinguji Budou. This is something no one expected.
Sakuragi's words were just a map cannon, even martial arts was hurt... .
Everyone in Xiangbei was completely infuriated by Sakuragi's attitude. The players on the sidelines were excited and shouted loudly for Budo to teach Sakuragi a lesson.
On the court, Nango Koichiro passed the ball with an unhappy look on his face. After Kiyota Nobunaga got the basketball, he began to dribble the ball towards the frontcourt.
After entering the frontcourt, Kiyota Nobunaga passed the ball directly to Jinguji Takeshi on the side. The moment Takeshi got the basketball, Mike Okita, who was originally defending Katsume Ichiro, quickly moved up and was stuck between Takeshi and Katsume Ichiro.
While guarding against Wu Dao's pass, he was also threatening Wu Dao's breakthrough.
With this position, he can come up and attack Jinguji Budou the moment he breaks through. At the same time, Masashi Kawata and Hanamichi Sakuragi in the inside also look at Jinguji Budou with a fierce look.
"Sakuragi, if your martial arts brother breaks through, I will go up to defend first. You must watch his movements carefully. Our defensive backbone depends on a genius like you!"
While Jinguji Takeshi hadn't attacked with the ball yet, Kawata Masashi smiled and complimented Sakuragi beside him, as if he was coaxing a child.
And Sakuragi obviously liked this, he nodded heavily and replied: "Oh!
”
Feeling the gazes of everyone on the youth training team, Wu Dao couldn't help but feel a surge of heat in his heart.
Very stressful! This kind of defense is very stressful!
"This kind of defense... is worth breaking!"
Jinguji Takeshi murmured softly, and the rhythm of his dribbling began to change. Takeshi, who was originally dribbling high, lowered his center of gravity slightly and dribbled with his back continuously, while watching the defense of Zebei Rongji and others.
Suddenly, after a back dribble, Takeshi Jinguji took a step forward with his right foot. The basketball stuck to Takeshi Jinguji's hand and moved to the front right in the direction of his step. At the moment when Sendo Eiji slid forward, the basketball fell in front of Takeshi and went to his left hand.
With a large-scale floating change of direction, Jinguji Budo went directly through Zebei's left side, leaned his body directly on the opponent, and pushed him back.
At the moment when Jinguji Takeshi passed Zebei Rongji, Mike Okita had already rushed in front of Takeshi. It seemed that he had anticipated that Zebei would be passed through and was prepared to fill the position in advance.
Wudao watched the defense coming, and looked at Kiyota Nobunaga who cut into the mid-range on the left. After dribbling one step forward, he grabbed the ball with his right hand and moved it towards his back.
"Are you planning to pass the ball behind your back?!" Mike Okita looked at Wudao's movements and quickly turned his head to look at Kiyota Nobunaga, while moving quickly to block him. Sakuragi and Kawata Masashi under the basket also looked sideways at Kiyota Nobunaga.
Just when everyone thought that Wudao was going to pass the ball, Wudao, who was holding the ball with one hand, took a step forward and directly passed Mike Okita. After another step, he grabbed the ball with one hand and jumped up. He didn't use his auxiliary hand at all and shot directly.
The basketball flew out of Wudao's hands and flew directly towards the basket. Then, under the surprised gaze of everyone in the youth training class, the basketball went into the net with a crisp sound.
“Swish!”
The light sound of the basketball entering the net was heard by everyone. Seeing that Jinguji Budou scored the ball so easily, everyone in the youth training team suddenly felt a lot of pressure.
"Gathering the best players in the country, they are still so vulnerable in front of Jinguji Budo."
"There is no doubt that Jinguji Budou is a player who has already surpassed the so-called 'youth training' level."
"No wonder he has no interest in youth training. I'm afraid his goal is no longer here!"
"The Yellow Storm of Oak Hill Academy..."
"The gap is so huge!"
Just by watching Takeshi Jinguji launch a round of attack, Coach Otani felt the gap between Takeshi Jinguji and his own players.
Although youth training represents the highest level in this country, it is obvious that some players have already exceeded this "level".
The strength of Jinguji martial arts has long been proven through one match after another!
"Sa... Let me think about it, how can we stop such a player?"
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