NBA: This flower path is a bit strong.

Coach Ofuna of the Shizuoka Prefecture team was so surprised that his mouth was wide open.

For him, Hanamichi's super high school jumping ability and speed are simply rare in a century!

“Luckily he was called out on defense!”

"Otherwise, it would be a real threat to our inside line."

At this time, Coach Dachuan was extremely grateful that his center Gao Guang was a player with outside passing ability.

He can also make great passes and assists even from outside the three-point line.

"what?"

"Where's Sakuragi Hanamichi?"

Coach Ofuna suddenly discovered that Gao Guang was standing near the three-point line and defending the player who was issuing the cards at the top of the arc.

It turned out to be number 15 in Kanagawa Prefecture.

An unknown tall man wearing professional sports "goggles"!

(Because it is inferred that Hanagata only started as a starter in the winter season of his sophomore year and has never appeared on the national stage)

On the other side, Hanamichi ran to defend Mikoshiba.

"I see, it's to secure the rebound!"

The big ship coach understood it instantly.

"It seems that this time the suspension was to come up with a targeted countermeasure."

"But our Ming Gaoguang can't be dealt with by just anyone!"

"Although he has never been able to show himself on the national stage due to the burden of his previous team."

"But his level is comparable to that of a top-notch center!"

(First-class is Takasago category, Uozumi and Akagi are top-level, and Yamatoda is super high school level)

On the court, Ming Gaoguang was very dissatisfied with Kanagawa's substitutions.

In his opinion, even if Sakuragi Hanamichi was not allowed to defend him.

At least let a center player of Yuzumi's level defend him.

"Oh, you really underestimated me!"

Ming Gaoguang said to Huaxing in a bad tone.

Ming Gaoguang, who was distributing the ball at the top of the arc, passed the ball to Katsumi Ichiro, and then quickly ran to the mid-range at the baseline.

After receiving the ball, Ichiro Katsume made a fake shot and then quickly passed the ball back to Ming Gaoguang who was running.

Ming Gaoguang received the ball from mid-range at the baseline and made a skillful turnaround jump shot!

These were the basketball transfer tactics they had discussed in advance.

With the three-point threat of Ichiro Kusami and Guang Ming as the center, he has quick footwork and the ability to pass the ball from a high position.

A small collaboration developed.

Unfortunately, he met Hua Xing, a flexible center with mid-range shooting ability and good footwork!

With a "pop!", Huaxing blocked Ming Gaoguang's turnaround jump shot.

The basketball stumbled and bounced outside the three-point line.

When Sendoh got the ball, he threw it directly to the opponent's half.

Rukawa and Hanamichi are already running ahead!

"Go, Rukawa Kaede!"

"Go ahead, Sakuragi Hanamichi!"

Everyone on the bench cheered for the two.

Soon, Hanamichi surpassed Rukawa.

And he crossed the basketball and continued running towards the basket.

Rukawa received the ball one step outside the three-point line, and at this time Mike Okita had already come up to defend.

Facing this blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigner, Rukawa passed the ball to the basket without blinking.

Hanamichi took advantage of the momentum of running and leaped up.

He jumped higher than before, held the ball more steadily with both hands, and dunked it through the basket!

There was a loud cheer at the scene!

"Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede?"

The intelligence information about these two players rang in Coach Ofune's mind.

"Beep! The Shizuoka Prefecture team requests a substitution!"

Coach Ofuna replaced No. 9 power forward Mikoshiba with No. 199 Watanabe Yuta (100cm, 5kg).

No. 10 Tetsuya Totsuka (180cm, 75kg) replaced shooting guard Ichiro Katsume, who had performed well so far.

"Who is that guy?"

Hanamichi recognized the 180cm tall No. 10 as the "hero" who was "walked like a dog" by his original body and finally collapsed on the court due to exhaustion.

As for the No. 199 that is 9cm tall, I wonder where Lufeng found this treasure!

"This physique is comparable to Naito Tetsuya!"

The offensive and defensive situation on the court changed as the Ofune coach made substitutions:

No. 9 center Yuta Watanabe defends Hanamichi Sakuragi;

Center No. 4 is named Gao Guang’s defensive flower shape;

No. 13 small forward Mike Okita defends Sendoh;

No. 10 small forward Tetsuya Totsuka defends Rukawa Kaede;

Point guard No. 6 Ebina Yoshi defends Fujima Kenji.

However, the score between the two teams did not change in favor of Shizuoka Prefecture after the substitution!

Next, the scores of the two teams continued to rise gradually.

However, with the addition of offensive firepower from Rukawa and Sendoh, as well as the rebounding guarantee from Hanamichi.

The score of the Kanagawa Prefecture team increased slightly faster than that of the Shizuoka Prefecture team.

The 8-point gap was gradually recovered and eliminated.

There were 2 minutes left in the first half.

The Kanagawa team has surpassed the Shizuoka team by 14 points.

At this time, Xiandao smiled at the blond and blue-eyed "foreigner" in front of him:

"If you don't take action now, the game may end early!"

After saying that, he turned around and went back to defense without caring whether Mike Okita understood it or not.

Mike Okita looked towards the coaching booth and saw Coach Ofuna nodded!

"Finally, it's my turn to take action!"

Mike Okita took over the ball from Ebina near the center line.

He dribbled the ball more and more frequently and suddenly launched an attack from outside the three-point line.

He used his skillful dribbling skills to break through the blockade of Sendo.

Then he used his strong physical fitness and relied on Rukawa Kaede to glide in the air and make a successful layup!

Looking at Rukawa Kaede who was panting after landing.

Mike Okita smacked his lips with a look of unsatisfied satisfaction.

I couldn't help but blurt out a sentence in English:

“You are in poor physical condition”

(Your physical fitness is really too poor!)

Sendoh was well aware of the defense this time, and the problem was not with Rukawa.

However, his physical confrontation ability has declined so seriously, which is closely related to the No. 10 on the opposite side.

As soon as he was substituted on, he kept running around like crazy.

Moreover, his fast break and defense speeds were extremely fast, even surpassing Rukawa for a period of time.

I ran like this for about 10 minutes, adding to the test of the scorching heat.

Rukawa Kaede's physical strength is declining faster than expected!

Hanamichi shook his head upon seeing this.

So the sea cucumber was eaten in vain!

After all, if he were to take over, he would have to be walked around like a dog by the person on the opposite side!

However, he didn't know that he was about to face a test.

Next, Fujima held the ball and pushed it steadily to the center line.

Ebina's defensive interference methods were becoming less and less effective against him.

At this moment, Mike Okita suddenly rushed towards Fujima from the side.

When he was about to hit him, he turned around and bypassed Fujima.

This scene not only scared Fujima, but also the referee.

I thought this "foreigner" was going to do something violent!

But after the shock, Fujima realized that the ball in his hand was gone!

"Damn it, what a weird way to steal the ball!"

Kenji Fujima tried to return to defense and get the ball back.

But Mike Okita took advantage of his distraction and rushed to the front court.

He even adjusted the angle and ended the counterattack with a beautiful glider dunk.

This cool move that was blocked by flower path during warm-up was finally performed!

Mike Okita was also very excited.

"This is a street basketball steal full of Mi style."

Hanamichi explained, "As long as you are prepared for this kind of action, it will be difficult to be fooled next time."

“Mainly because there are too many fancy moves!”

"This is also the reason why many street basketball players cannot perform well in the NBA!"

"I think that's why he used it at the end of the first half, just to catch the opponent by surprise!"

Faced with Hanamichi's seemingly comforting explanation, Fujima still understood.

Next, Fujima also used his own unique shooting method.

He suddenly launched an arrow, striking decisively at the rising point before his body reached the highest point.

Unexpectedly, he scored 3 points for his team.

"Quick attack!"

With 7 seconds left in the game, Mike Okita ran quickly towards the Kanagawa team's half with the ball.

"So fast!"

I saw this blond boy, like a flash of light.

He quickly surpassed Rukawa, Sendoh and others who were returning to defense!

"What a skillful dribbling breakthrough!"

"It's not over yet! Foreigners!!"

Hanamichi was cursing behind him and kept shortening the distance between them.

By the time he reached the three-point line, Hanamichi had already passed Mike Okita and returned to the basket.

"bring it on!"

Hanamichi opened his arms, ready for battle.

"Right here, I'll shoot you down!"

However, Mike Okita suddenly stopped outside the free throw line.

A skillful dribble between the legs pulls the ball back and stops his speed.

Then aim at the basket and make an accurate mid-range shot!

"Shh!"

The Nets rolled out like waves, as if foreshadowing the foreigner's accurate mid-range shooting level.

(Running, jumping, shooting, controlling, and good skills~)

Another "foreigner" outside the court: Bill Simmons.

I watched the first informal confrontation between Hanamichi and Mike Okita.

He also murmured to himself:

"Sakuragi-kun, this is the level of American high school students!"

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