bestfiction Chapter 261: Shohoku vs. Touou: Opening
Chapter 261: Shohoku vs. Touou: Opening
"Okay, you are over 30 years old, why are you still like a child? Let's improve our tactics together." Kitano smiled and patted Jinping's shoulder
"Okay." Jin Ping wiped his eyes and continued to prepare for the game with Kitano. What they didn't know was that a person standing by their door heard the last words.
Back to today, after the Touou team members came out of the break, "Kishimoto" Nan Lie suddenly called his friend
"What's wrong, Anan?" Kishimoto stopped and Nan Lie whispered a few words to him. Kishimoto's face changed, "Really?"
"I heard it with my own ears. It was said by Mr. Kitano himself. It should be correct." Nan Lie nodded. "Let's bid farewell to Mr. Kitano with our best performance."
"Yes!" Kishimoto nodded heavily.
Players from both teams came off the court to warm up.
"Anxi, long time no see, we finally have a chance to play a game." Before the game, Jin Ping, who knew the relationship between Anxi and Kitano well, took the initiative to let Coach Kitano meet with Coach Anxi, while he stood by the coach's seat and waited for the two old men to reminisce about the past before going over.
"Haha, Kitano, it's been a long time since we last met. Today will be an exciting game. Let's enjoy it together." Coach Anxi responded. After greeting his old friend, he took the initiative to come to Jin Ping and said, "Young man, I've heard of you. You are also a coach with ideas. Learn more from Kitano."
"Thank you for your advice, Mr. Anzai. I have learned a lot from you, Mr. Kitano," Jin Ping responded politely.
After the warm-up, the game begins!
湘北身着白色球衣，先发阵容：中锋10号樱木花道191cm，大前锋13号福田吉兆188cm，小前锋9号克美一郎186cm，得分后卫6号三井寿188cm，控球后卫5号木暮公延186cm
丰玉身着蓝色球衣，先发阵容：中锋8号岩田三秋190cm，大前锋5号岸本实理188cm，小前锋4号南烈184cm，得分后卫7号失屿京平180cm，控球后卫6号板仓大二郎183cm
"Oh? Shohoku didn't send out Takenori Akagi? The center is actually that first-year red-haired kid. Is Shohoku going to play a head-on battle with us?" Kitano looked at the Shohoku players on the court.
"Don't let your guard down. We can't let Xiangbei look down on us." Jin Ping also noticed the Xiangbei players on the field and immediately reminded them loudly.
"Mitsui, you Xiangbei people actually look down on us?!" A fierce light flashed in Nan Lie's eyes.
"This is the coach's arrangement, and he has his own intentions, but don't underestimate our Xiangbei players, they are also very strong," Mitsui responded
"Okay, then we will use our strength to prove that your underestimation of the enemy is wrong."
"Then come on"
Sakuragi and Iwata stand at the center line, ready to jump the ball
"It's not Akagi. If Akagi was on the court, I would still be afraid of his three-pointer, but it's you. I'm sure I'll get this ball." The center of Toyotama was full of confidence, but -
The referee threw the ball high into the air
"This ball is mine!" Sakuragi saw the opportunity and jumped up
"What? This red-haired boy can jump so high!" When Iwata jumped, he was surprised to find that Sakuragi's jump height was higher than his own.
"Not only does he jump high, but his speed is also very fast" By Jin Ping and Kitano in the audience
Sakuragi grabbed the ball with a palm's height above his head! The ball flew into Mugure's hands! "Good job, Sakuragi!" Mugure successfully got the ball.
"Itakura, go and mark Mugure," Nan Lie reminded immediately. "Senior Nan, I've already passed by," As Nan Lie reminded, as a player who participated in the national competition last year, Itakura knew the strength of Xiangbei's core guard, and he did not take it lightly. When the ball flew towards Mugure, he had already run in the direction of Mugure.
"Your reaction is pretty quick, but it's not enough. Next," Mu Mu praised him. The next second, the ball disappeared from Mu Mu's hand.
"Huh?" The Touou players were startled and looked in the direction of the ball. "Nice pass, Senior Mumu." Under the Touou basket, a white figure caught the ball in the air and pushed it towards the basket with one hand!
"Bang" the ball went into the net, just 2 seconds into the game, Xiangbei took the lead!
"Well done, Fukuda" "You made a good pass, Senior Kogure" Fukuda and Kogure high-fived after completing this beautiful alley-oop
"What a fast speed, what a wonderful combination. Before I could react, Xiangbei scored a goal." The audience also talked about this wonderful goal.
"Quick attack!"
As a third-year player, the mature Nan Lie did not dwell on the defeat just now, and immediately sent the baseline ball to Itakura, who launched a fast break as soon as he received the ball.
"Pah!" Itakura lost the ball, and it was Murasakibara who stole it! "Next, Mitsui." Murasakibara stole the ball and immediately passed it to Mitsui who was already outside the three-point line. Mitsui took the ball and shot it directly. The ball drew a beautiful arc and fell straight into the net! Only 6 seconds into the game, Xiangbei was already leading Touou 5:0
"Don't be anxious, pay attention to the players around you." Jin Ping reminded his players loudly off the court. This time, Itakura learned from the last lesson and paid attention to Mugure's position before receiving the ball. Iwata also helped Itakura block Mugure for a while, and Itakura received the ball smoothly.
"Wow!--" Accompanied by the audience's exclamations, ten players from Touou and Shohoku teams rushed towards the Shohoku position like a tide.
Mu Mu intercepted Itakura at the midline, Itakura passed the ball to Shiyu Kyohei through the front court; Kemei blocked Shiyu, Shiyu ran away as soon as he touched, and passed the ball to Nan Lie. Mitsui behind Nan Lie approached quickly, but Nan Lie did not slow down the pace and continued the passing of the Toyotama team; Kishimoto inserted from the back row, and Nan Lie's ball was smoothly passed to Kishimoto. After receiving the ball, Kishimoto turned around, and Fukuda, who was guarding him, was caught off guard and was left behind by Kishimoto. "Boom!" Kishimoto responded with a dunk. 5:2
"Quick attack!" Mumu served the ball to Mitsui and shouted. Mitsui blinked, caught the hint in Mumu's eyes, picked up the ball and flew towards the Touou position.
"Haha, Guangyi, you are really brave. If you compete with us in a fast break, we will not lose!" Kitano heard Mu Mu's fast break and smiled at the younger generation like an elder, "If you compete with us in running, Xiangbei will definitely lose."
However, when the Touou team was in formation and looked ahead, they saw that Mitsui was the only one spinning around in circles in the Touou half.
"How was it, was it fun?" Mitsui controlled the ball easily and smiled playfully. Touou's defensive formation was loose, with only Sakuragi and Iwata one-on-one in the interior.
"Leave it to you, Sakuragi, kill him"
"Watch me!" Sakuragi received the ball and reacted immediately. He held the ball with both hands and moved his shoulders back slightly. It seemed that he wanted to force a shot at Iwata. Iwata was also ready. He moved back a step, raised his arms high, and waited for the opponent to fall into the trap. However, he was fully prepared but nothing happened. Sakuragi's strong shot was just a bait. Feeling Iwata moving back, Sakuragi quickly stopped his body, exerted force with his legs, and took a step in the opposite direction. Then, under Iwata's surprised gaze, he jumped up and shot the ball off the backboard. "Shua" the ball went in. 7:2
"Beautiful, Sakuragi!" the Xiangbei players cheered in unison.
"Of course, Sakuragi doesn't just practice rebounding. He's thinking about how to combine dribbling and shooting. He's worked hard on it and even asked us to be his sparring partners," said the Sakuragi team in the audience.
"Don't mind it, Iwata. He's just a freshman. Fight him back." Nan Lie went over and patted Iwata on the shoulder.
After the basketball was passed, it was delivered to Iwata's hands, he received the ball with his back to the basket, and forced his strength behind him, "Huh? This first-year boy is so strong", Iwata was surprised to find that the opponent behind him was motionless, as if there was a mountain on his back. However, as Touou's main center, and even Osaka's number one center (see the original text, after being blocked by Akagi, Iwata said: Osaka does not have such an oppressive center, which shows Iwata's status among Osaka's centers), his strength is not limited to this. He lowered his shoulders, turned around, and made a fake shot, then turned to the other side like lightning, raised the basketball above his head and posed for a shot. Under normal circumstances, this ball would most likely score.
"What?!" Iwata found a big hand raised high in front of him, "Your level is far worse than that of the gorilla." Sakuragi had often fought against Akagi during the team's practice. Face to face with Sakuragi, Iwata would not gain any advantage at all
"Bang!" Sakuragi gave Iwata a big hot pot!
"Nice block, Sakuragi." Fukuda picked up the ball and passed it directly to Mugure. Mugure dribbled the ball straight in, but as a nationally famous fast break team, Touou's reaction speed was also very fast and they quickly got into position. Xiangbei was unable to initiate a fast break, and Mugure passed the ball to Mitsui. Mitsui took the ball with his back to the basket, pressed his hips against Nan Lie, faked a few times, and suddenly lowered his body and dribbled the ball with his left hand quickly through Nan Lie's left side.
"So fast!" Nan Lie was secretly shocked and could only watch Mitsui fly by. Shiyu Kyohei immediately rushed over to assist in defense, while Nan Lie went to defend Katsumi who was left open by Shiyu Kyohei. It seems that Toyotama has put a lot of effort in defense this year.
Mitsui made a quick stop and shot, but he felt something was wrong after the shot and immediately shouted, "Rebound!"
"Leave it to me!" Sakuragi in the paint jumped up like a rocket, firmly grasped the basketball with both hands and dunked it directly. 9:2