NBA: This flower path is a bit strong.

"Beep!" With the referee's whistle, the game began quickly.

The jump ball was not surprisingly between Rukawa and Sakuragi, both of whom were the tallest on their respective basketball teams. Rukawa was 187cm tall, wearing a No. 4 white jersey, while Sakuragi was 189.5cm tall, wearing a No. 10 yellow jersey.

(P.S.: Because Hanamichi pays more attention to the nutritional intake of his diet, his height is 1 point higher than in the original work at the same time.)

When the basketball was thrown to the highest point by the referee, the two jumped up at the same time. The amazing bounce instantly surprised Coach Tiangang:

"Such amazing jumping ability is exactly what our Ryonan basketball team needs. By next year, with Uozumi, Sendoh, and these two people in front of us, we will be able to form a super luxurious invincible fleet! By then, humph, Gaotou! Even if Kainan has been the overlord of Kanagawa for 16 consecutive years, it will definitely not be able to defeat Ryonan. Just wait and see."

Coach Tiangang's eyes were burning, as if the war on the court had also ignited the war in his heart.

As for the Gaotou he mentioned, he is none other than the head coach of the Hainan University affiliated basketball team, Gaotou Li. He and Coach Tian Gang have been basketball rivals since high school. The two have competed together from their player days to their current coaching days.

Takato Riki is good at analyzing players' abilities and proposing countermeasures. He is decisive in battle but also has a volatile side. On the other hand, Taoka Shigeka is good at pre-war planning and has every possible plan in mind, but is rather indecisive in battle and sometimes overlooks or makes mistakes.

On the court, Rukawa and Hanamichi were both about the same height, and their arm spans were similar from the audience's perspective, and even their jumping heights were similar. They both caught the basketball in mid-air at the same time, and then it was time to compete in strength.

However, when Hanamichi was full of confidence and thought that he could suppress the fox Rukawa with his 92 strength, he did not expect that the two sides were evenly matched, and the basketball leaked to the side from the diagonal side of the wrestling between the two.

As for Hanamichi and Rukawa, due to the interaction of forces, both bounced in the air, staggered a few steps on the ground, and then sat down on the ground.

Rukawa looked at Hanamichi who was sitting opposite him and thought silently in his heart: "This red-haired monster is so strong."

Little did he know that Hanamichi, who was sitting opposite him, was even more shocked:

"What's going on? With my nearly 100 stats, I'm only evenly matched with Rukawa Kaede? That's not right. I've been practicing basketball for a year and a half, and I also have experience from my past life. Even if I'm not overwhelming him, I should at least have a small advantage! How could this be?"

This is really a misunderstanding of Hua Dao: First of all, although he learned basketball for a year and a half in advance, and his core has changed, and he has experience on the wild court in his previous life, this only means that Hua Dao makes fewer stupid moves on the court. Except for the basketball parts he specializes in, such as finishing at the basket, assisting defense, and rebounding, his physical fitness has not changed much. Except for a little height increase, the rest is still in the developmental stage, so it is growing step by step.

Secondly, although Hanamichi's physical fitness is top-notch and he is the type who can compete with American blacks in running and jumping in the original work, Rukawa Kaede also has the same physical fitness as Hanamichi and is among the best in the country, so it is basically impossible to tell who will win or lose in the jump ball between the two.

(P.S.: In the original work, Rukawa Kaede is able to fight against Hanamichi, and his strength is not lower than that of Hanamichi in the early days.)

The basketball fell from the side, and the person closest to the ball happened to be Hanamichi's teammate, No. 5 Yonekura, a third-year junior high school student. He was seen holding the ball with both hands, looking at Oda Ryumasa in front of him, and made a long pass to him. Oda received the ball and made a three-step layup. With no one guarding him, the ball went in, and Wako Junior High School scored the first goal and scored 2 points.

"Well, the No. 4 player from Wako Junior High School has a very good sense of fast breaks and his dribbling skills are also pretty good. His name is Oda Ryumasa, right?" Coach Tian Gang stroked his chin and secretly made calculations (Alas! My unbearable and throbbing desire to poach him).

Fugaoka Junior High School served the ball, and teammate No. 8 passed it directly to Rukawa. After receiving the ball, Rukawa quickly advanced and kept the opening ball firmly in his own hands. He had enough confidence in his speed and dribbling skills, hoping to score a goal as soon as possible with a fast break. As someone with the title of "Offensive Demon", it would be difficult for him to tolerate others being ahead of him in the score, even at the beginning of the game, even if it was only 2 points higher.

Oda Ryumasa was responsible for guarding Rukawa. Both of them were 189 meters tall and were captains. His task was to limit Rukawa's performance and assist his teammates in scoring. As for the inside defense, it was completely handed over to Hanamichi who was 5 cm tall. He had seen the power of Hanamichi's defense with his own eyes.

"It's impossible to dribble past others easily when the center of gravity is so high... What!" Oda Ryumasa confidently estimated Rukawa's dribbling, but he didn't expect that he would be dribbled past by Rukawa in an instant. There was no fancy turn or anything like that, it was just a dribbling breakthrough purely relying on speed.

"Ah? This! Hanamichi be careful!!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi was standing in the restricted area at this time, looking at the fox Rukawa Kaede rushing straight at him, and he had already given up the idea of ​​underestimating him. After all, the jump ball dispute just now had reminded Hanamichi that, as later generations would say, "The one coming is no less powerful than you and me!"

However, it is still the stray fox in the memory of the previous life, just as lonely!

Rukawa took one step inside the free throw line at this time, and it seemed that he was going to replicate the powerful dunk that Hanamichi had made during the warm-up.

Seeing this, Hua Dao became furious: "You fox, stop looking down on others."

After saying that, he jumped up at an astonishing speed and in an instant he was on the same level as Rukawa Kaede in the air.

The two looked at each other. At this moment, Hanamichi didn't know whether he was influenced by the memories of his past life or was the original owner (Sakuragi) in this life. Hanamichi had a hot temper, and he slapped the basketball in Rukawa's hand with force.

Just when Hanamichi's big hand was about to touch the basketball in Rukawa's right hand, the latter suddenly clasped the basketball with both hands in the air, turned sideways and gently picked the basketball towards the basket from under Sakuragi Hanamichi's raised left armpit.

The two landed at the same time, and Sakuragi turned around reflexively to get into position, preparing to fight for the defensive rebound, and then hurriedly looked up at the basket. The basketball turned around mischievously on the basket, and finally fell into the net obediently.

Hanamichi: "You're lucky, you stinky fox!"

Rukawa Kaede: "Red-haired monkey, this is all my strength!"

Hua Dao: "I will definitely come back..."

Rukawa turned and left: "You are really good at talking."

Hanamichi clenched his fists tightly, completely ignoring the deafening cheers and shouts of encouragement from the spectators and the Fugaoka Junior High School cheerleaders. He stared at Rukawa's receding back with his eyes, as if he wanted to burn a hole in his body.

Finally, when Oda Ryumasa was preparing to serve at the baseline, he noticed Hanamichi who was still standing there in a daze, and quickly shouted, "Hey, Hanamichi! It's our turn to attack!"

Hearing Oda's shout, Hanamichi came back to his senses as if awakened from a dream. He took a deep breath, responded, and ran forward with firm and powerful steps. At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind - he must defeat this stinky fox!

Rukawa was also defending Oda, constantly affecting Oda's dribbling and occasionally trying to steal the ball, but Oda passed the ball to other teammates. Hanamichi had not touched the basketball since the start of the game except for the jump ball.

No. 9 Sawahira Sanji of the Wako Junior High School basketball team received the pass at the corner and had a half-open field of vision, so he aimed at the basket and shot the basketball. As soon as the ball was shot, it was slapped away by Rukawa Kaede who came to assist in defense. Oda's reminder was a beat late and reached Sawahira Sanji's ears.

Hanamichi's attention was on Rukawa from the beginning. As early as when Rukawa started to approach Sawadaira Sanji, he had already predicted where the ball would hit after Rukawa blocked the shot. Sure enough, the direction in which Rukawa knocked the basketball away was towards teammate No. 7 of Fuqiu Junior High School.

Seeing this, Sakuragi Hanamichi rushed ahead of player No. 7 of Fugaoka Junior High School, used his height to jump, got the ball first, and turned to face the basket. At this time, Hanamichi was standing in the bottom corner of the penalty area, so Hanamichi stood on tiptoe, aimed his eyes at the basket, and held the basketball with both hands, using his left hand for assistance and his right hand for support.

This is definitely not a shot! Hanamichi's shooting ability under the basket is only 75. He knows that it is not a sure thing. In comparison, the fake move taught by Miyagi Ryouta in his previous life is of course the only choice at this time. It is certainly a sure thing to use against the unknown center of Fuqiu Junior High School.

Just when everyone thought that Hanamichi was going to shoot, Rukawa's teammate No. 7 naturally jumped up based on his judgment and physical reaction. After his body slowly rose to mid-air, he realized that Hanamichi was still in the same shooting motion, standing there without any change. He then realized:

"It's a fake move!"

But at this time he was already in mid-air and had no time to make other moves to block Hanamichi.

"Beautiful," Coach Anzai and Coach Tianoka praised at the same time in their hearts.

The corner of Hanamichi's mouth slightly raised, revealing a sly smile, and he quickly retracted the fake move before the No. 7 player who was defending him landed on the ground.

Hanamichi seized this fleeting opportunity and dribbled past the opponent like a gust of wind. His steps were vigorous and powerful, as if he was riding a wind-fire wheel, and he instantly passed the opponent's defense line.

Then, he held the basketball tightly with both hands like a pair of pliers, closed them and raised them high above his head. His arms were bent, and the ball was placed firmly behind his head. His whole body was like a drawn bowstring, full of strength.

With a roar, Sakuragi Hanamichi flew into the air and rushed towards the basket like a rocket. He used all his strength to smash the basketball into the basket. With a loud "bang", the sound of Hanamichi smashing the basketball hoop echoed over the entire court.

"Wow!" The scene was boiling with excitement. It must be said that Hanamichi's slam dunk really did boost the atmosphere of the audience.

At this moment, all the spectators in the stadium were stunned by Hanamichi's powerful slam dunk, and they cheered and cheered like thunder. Sakuragi Hanamichi stood there with a proud look on his face, enjoying his moment of glory.

Hanamichi stared at Rukawa Kaede closely, and their gazes seemed to flash with two arcs of electricity, as if they were exchanging some information like a radio message:

"Stinky fox, I said I would return it!"

"You are a deceitful red-haired monkey who only knows how to talk."

Sure enough, even if Hanamichi changed his core, an inexplicable chemical reaction would occur when he saw Rukawa for the first time, and the title of "the deceptive red-haired monkey" also emerged spontaneously in Rukawa's heart.

The two of them were indeed enemies in their previous lives. At least this method of communicating information through eye contact was something that ordinary people could not learn even after eight or ten years.

The audience was really excited by the game. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Rukawa and Hanamichi were competing with each other, and there was a lot of tension. As for Coach Anxi, he took a sip from his teacup and said slowly:

"This must be a very exciting game, oh ho ho ho!"