NBA: This flower path is a bit strong.

"Take a short break. Today's second match will begin soon, with Xiangbei High School versus Ryonan High School!"

"Oh! x".

The audience has been impatient for a long time. It all depends on this game to see who will be better between Shohoku and Ryonan and win the championship of Kanagawa Prefecture.

It was the forward combination of Uozumi, Fukuda, and Oda that, with the help of defender Sendoh, unleashed extremely powerful offensive firepower and defeated Shohoku.

Or will the first-year supernova combination of Rukawa Kaede and (Sakuragi) Hanamichi continue to be the dark horse to the end with the internal and external coordination of Akagi, Mitsui and Miyagi and defeat Ryonan!

Let’s wait and see what happens next.

In the audience seats, Miuradai, Tsukubu, Kainan, Shoyo, Buri and other high schools all sat in a row, quietly waiting for the birth of the new king.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, all the players of the Ryonan and Shohoku teams walked towards the stadium step by step from the passage with relaxed, steady and confident steps.

In this game, no matter who wins or loses, both teams will play in the national competition.

But who would complain about having too many championships? Especially Akagi, who always talks about "dominating the country". How can he dominate the country if he can't even dominate Kanagawa?

"It's about to start, Shohoku, Ryonan!"

The audience cheered.

"Hmm? Coach Anxi isn't here?"

The sharp-eyed Shigeka Tanabe suddenly discovered that Coach Anzai was not on the Shohoku bench, and Shohoku's teammates were arranged by Akagi to go on the court for warm-up.

At this time, Aida Hikoichi jumped out, holding a notebook and said:

"I heard that Coach Anxi went to the hospital for a physical examination after the match between Xiangbei and Buri yesterday. It seems that he has some health problems and is currently in the hospital for a short period of observation. It seems that he is not seriously ill!"

Shigeichi Tanaka suddenly realized that Coach Tanaka had not intended to fight to the death with Shohoku in this game. He wanted to make a PY trade with Coach Anzai just like in the practice game. This would not only better promote the players of both sides, but also allow them to discuss the outcome of the game in a friendly manner. That would be a win-win situation.

Just like in the last practice match, their center Yuzumi made a breakthrough! If another player on the team breaks through to the national level this time, then Shigekazu Tanaka will wake up laughing in his dreams!

Moreover, the national competition is coming soon. If any player gets injured or something unexpected happens, Coach Anxi, you don’t want that to happen, do you?

But unexpectedly, Coach Anzai didn't show up at all, which made Tiangang feel like he had power but nowhere to use it. The script he had prepared in advance and discussed with Coach Anzai was useless.

If he "takes advantage of the situation" and directs the team to "defeat" the leaderless Shohoku at this time, then next year Coach Anzai will definitely not arrange "peaceful" practice games with them in Ryonan as before, and they may not even share resources in the national competition.

But now that I'm here, if I tell the team that there's no need to compete with Xiangbei, it would greatly dampen the morale of my own players, and I have no excuse to just give up.

"What should I do... I got it!"

Coach Tiangang opened his eyes wide, cleared his throat, and said to his players seriously:

"Well, it seems that Coach Anzai is preparing for the national competition in advance! Well, although this is not glorious, I still hope that you can compete in the national competition as the champion of Kanagawa Prefecture and the top seed team. This will also give you a certain advantage in the national competition schedule."

“Also, for today’s game, I will not make any arrangements or instructions for you other than sitting in the rest area. Everything is up to you.

"This is not because Coach Anzai was not present. I, Tanaoka Shigeichi, am not a samurai from the Warring States Period, and basketball is not a sport that emphasizes the spirit of Bushido! But anything can happen in the national competition, and I just wanted to see in advance how you would handle such a situation."

"Uozumi! As the captain, you can't lose to Akagi in leading the team!"

"I hope you all give it your all today! Got it!"

"It's x11."

On the Xiangbei side, Akagi took the initiative to speak:

"Coach Anxi is in the hospital for observation today, but he is fine, so you don't have to worry."

"As for today's game, we will still adopt a man-to-man defense strategy. I will deal with Uozumi, Mitsui will deal with Oda, Fukuda will be handed over to Hanamichi, Rukawa will defend Sendoh, and you, Miyagi, will deal with Ikegami. He is not good at mid-range and long-range attacks. When you get to the basket, Hanamichi and I will come to help you when necessary."

"Listen, Ryonan's strength is much stronger than during the practice match. We must not let our guard down."

"Although we lost this game, we can still participate in the national competition. But I have already told Coach Anzai before coming here that we will bring the Kanagawa United Tournament championship trophy to visit him in the hospital, so you should cheer up and make sure not to let the coach down. Do you hear me?"

"It's x11."

"One, two, three, we are... the strongest!"

……

At this time, the broadcasting in the stadium gave the last mobilization explanation before the game:

"Next up is the championship and runner-up match of this year's Kanagawa Prefecture Joint Tournament, between Shohoku High School and Ryonan High School. Before the game, let me introduce the starting players of both teams!"

"The one wearing the red jersey is Shohoku High School: Center No. 4 Akagi Takenori (197cm)."

There were endless cheers like "Gorilla!", "Brother", "Akagi", "Captain", etc. (Can you tell who was shouting by memory?)

Kazuo Karasawa looked at the court and said to Shota Sugiyama:

"Coach Anzai didn't show up for today's game, which is also a test for Akagi's leadership ability!"

Sugiyama Shouta took over the conversation and said:

"Not only does he have to stabilize the morale of the team in the absence of the coach and coordinate the command of the entire team, but he also has to face Yuzumi and play well. This is a difficult task!"

"No. 7 point guard Ryouta Miyagi (168cm)."

Ayako raised her right thumb and winked at Miyagi and whispered:

"Go to the whole country, good land!"

"No. 14 shooting guard Mitsui Hisashi (184cm)."

Mitsui's cheerleading team was led by Tokuo Horita. They hung a "Flame Man" banner in the audience and shouted loudly with "gay love":

"Come on, Xiao San!"

"No. 10 power forward (Sakuragi) Hanamichi (194.5cm), No. 11 small forward Rukawa Kaede (187cm)."

The audience cheered, including a lot of female cheerleaders.

"Oh! They are the first-year duo of Xiangbei! I heard that Maki Shinichi was defeated by these two!"

Kazuo Tangze stroked his chin and looked at the two people on the field attentively.

"Well, they look like two good candidates."

Sugiyama Shouta said hurriedly:

"Teacher, they have just entered the first year of high school."

"What's wrong with being a freshman? Don't forget, I am also the head coach of the World Youth Championship. As long as they are really strong and have extraordinary potential, they will have to listen to me sooner or later!"

Kazuo Karasawa said this proudly, as if to say, "Everything I set my eyes on is mine."

"The one wearing the blue jersey is Ryonan High School: Center No. 4 Uozumi Jun (202cm)."

The first reaction of the audience was:

"So tall, that's Yuzumi, he looks so strong!"

Hikoichi Aida, who is familiar with Yuzumi, saw that Yuzumi was in very good condition today and was full of fighting spirit.

“13号大前锋福田吉兆（188cm）、14号小前锋小田龙政（185cm）、5号得分后卫池上亮二（183cm），以及……

... No. 7 point guard Sendoh Akira (190cm)"

Sendoh's appearance caused the loudest cheers in the audience, even louder than those given to Rukawa and Hanamichi.

This is because he led Ryonan to defeat Hainan in yesterday's game, and he also suppressed Amu's counterattack in the offense and defense, and even surpassed Amu in some aspects.

Therefore, under the premise that Shinichi Maki is already in his third year and has missed the national competition, players from many teams already believe that Sendoh is the current number one player in Kanagawa.

"Is this the child?"

Kazuo Karasawa pushed his glasses up seriously.

Sugiyama Shota said:

"Yes, it's him. When you were planning to come to Kanagawa this morning, I asked my friends in Tokyo. This Sendoh is the kid who once fought against Sannoh's Sawakita Eiji and the result was evenly matched. I don't know when he ran from Tokyo to Kanagawa. The only one who could have defeated Maki Shinichi yesterday must be that Sendoh. It is definitely the same person!"

"Yeah~ Remember, give him a copy of the invitation letter for this year's World Youth Championship."

……

Hanamichi was not jealous of the cheers Sendoh received. After all, he was not directly facing off against the point guard Sendoh. Moreover, the reason Sendoh became famous so quickly was because of the preparations made by "Emperor Mu", who was also a point guard.

"Then the pedals that are most suitable for me are, as expected, Sanno Industrial's main power forward - the totem pole - Nobe Masahiro and the fat man Kawata Mikio! After all, the former is the strongest national power forward currently; and the latter, like Mori Shigehiro, is the most eye-catching newcomer in the national competition. A height of 210cm is a rare existence in Japan right now!"

Before Hanamichi crossed over, I remembered that Nobe Masahiro was like a skinny bamboo pole, about 2 meters tall, which made it difficult for the previous player to get into position to grab rebounds for more than ten minutes. In the end, he had to use a small trick to "pull the corner of the clothes" to barely defeat him;

Kawata Mikio was "all show and no substance", tall and heavy, but no match for his predecessor in terms of footwork, speed or strength, and was easily defeated by him. "

The competition was about to begin, and only then did Hanamichi concentrate.

If we defeat Ryonan here and qualify as the seeded team from Kanagawa Prefecture, we can have a certain advantage in the national competition schedule. We can then defeat Sannoh with ease in the semifinals, which is much better than meeting Sannoh in the quarterfinals.

Hanamichi's idea was good, and it was also speculated based on the development of the plot of the predecessor, but the only thing he didn't expect was Ryonan's strength and the reform of the competition.

Because of Ryonan's strong strength: Uozumi, who has awakened the "side dish philosophy", is slightly inferior to Sendoh in one-on-one combat but is much better than him in connecting the team, as well as other strong teammates.

They also defeated Hainan in the joint competition, which resulted in Hainan, one of the top four teams in the national competition, being unable to participate in the national competition. The Hainan University Affiliated High School Board of Directors proposed this, and the Kanagawa Sports Committee participated, and jointly proposed it to the National Sports Committee, which promoted the reform of the national competition. But that's another story!