The next day, Sakuragi Hanamichi came to school with dark circles under his eyes and bloodshot eyes. Mito Yohei and others teased him, but Sakuragi rarely made fun of them. Instead, he climbed on the table and stared out the window blankly.

"Hey, what do you think is going on Sakuragi?"

Nozomi Takamiya asked in a low voice as she tugged on Yohei's clothes.

Yohei put his hands in his pockets and looked at Sakuragi with a smile, a hint of relief in his eyes.

"He is stimulated!"

In the past few days, the brothers from Sakuragi's Gang have been working part-time to save money. The four of them agreed to use the money from their part-time job to buy Sakuragi a pair of sneakers, so they didn't see the showdown last night. They only heard about it this morning. Think about it. I also know that apart from being dumped by a girl, the only things that can worry Sakuragi are Kitayama and Kaede Rukawa.

In Sakuragi's Gang, although everyone has always regarded Sakuragi as the boss, in fact, several people have always regarded Sakuragi as a younger brother. Because only Sakuragi's family situation is the worst among them, they often help Sakuragi.

Although Sakuragi has a bad temper and is sometimes unreasonable, they all know that Sakuragi is actually very kind in nature. He does not rely on his own strength to bully the weak. The rumors of bad boys in the past are just It's just some gangsters who always give him trouble.

Besides, they often hurt Sakuragi, right? Maybe that's how men's friendships are, and now there is someone beside you who says 'dirty words' to you as soon as he opens his mouth, but makes you sound very kind?

Even if your status is already high, such 'abuse' has nothing to do with your own quality, it is just a familiar friendship habit!

Or, is there one person among you who can be ridiculed repeatedly by everyone without him getting angry? If so, then this person is Sakuragi Hanamichi. He is being tortured by you, but he is enjoying it all.

Now, seeing Sakuragi worrying about basketball, Mito Yohei is really happy for him, because worry also means love!

"It seems that basketball is really fun!"

Mito Yohei tilted his chin and looked at Sakuragi with a faint smile on his face.

Although the "Wait a minute" trio don't see things as thoroughly as Yohei19, they are not stupid either. Sakuragi can find himself, which is definitely a good thing. It seems that the "sneaker project" will speed up the process.

During the break, Sakuragi took the initiative to find Coach Anzai and asked for additional practice. Coach Anzai was also very pleased to see Sakuragi making such progress. In the gym, everyone was doing their own things.

But the atmosphere was a bit solemn.

Because, in the afternoon, it was the day of the quarterfinals. In terms of the schedule, the first game was Kainan vs. Wu Yuan, and the second game was Shohoku vs. Shoyo.

Compared with the excitement of the freshmen in the first grade, the old students in the second and third grade are very nervous.

Being able to reach the quarterfinals can be regarded as a precedent for Shohoku. Every step forward will create the history of Shohoku Basketball Team. After all, over the years, Shohoku's best result is only the top 16.

On the 23rd of Satsuki, the prefectural competition was already in its fifth round.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the Yokohama Stadium was already packed with people, because today's competition will feature four seeded teams!

Before the game even started, Akagi Haruko and others were startled by the Shoyo cheerleading team in front of them.

I saw them uniformly wearing the uniforms of the Shoyo basketball team, holding empty bottles in their hands, patting them, and shouting.

"Shoyo! Must win!"

"Shoyo! Must win!"

Such an amazing cheering sound completely ignited the audience present.

They say they are cheerleaders, but in fact these people are members of the Shoyo basketball club, but they are not strong enough to even sit on the bench.

"Wow! As expected of Shoyo, your aura is really scary!"

"Yeah, I didn't expect that there are quite a few people on the Shoyo basketball team who can't play!"

Haruko made a visual inspection and found that there must be about two to three hundred people, and Shoyo has only risen in recent years!

"What about us Shohoku?"

"Everyone is on stage!"

Everyone: "...the gap is so big!"

"Uh...uh...Although we Shohoku don't have many people, we are all elites, and everyone can do their own thing!'

Haruko is a little embarrassed. It is no secret that the Shohoku basketball team is sparse. Who made them fail to live up to their expectations before?

Inside the Shohoku High School locker room.

Akagi looked at the clock on the wall.

"The match starts in an hour. What the hell is Mitsui doing? Sakuragi isn't here either. Don't these two guys want to live? Do you know what day it is today!"

Akagi punched the closet hard.

"Don't worry, I've asked Yasuda and the others to look for it. I believe they will get there!"

Although Kogure was also anxious, he knew that someone should be needed to stabilize the morale of the army at this time.

Time flew by. Half an hour later, just when Akagi was about to arrange for others to start warming up, Mitsui and Sakuragi suddenly pushed the door open and entered.

"Huh~~huh~~huh~~I'm exhausted, but I finally caught up!"

Sakuragi put his hands on his knees and couldn't help panting, Mitsui was also exhausted.

Akagi was furious.

"What are you two doing, and what happened to your face? Did you get into a fight?"

At this time, Mitsui was in a very embarrassed state, with shoe marks on his face!

Suddenly, Coach Anzai's eyes shifted. Mitsui came to Coach Anzai and said seriously.

"Coach, I'm sorry for worrying you, but I definitely didn't take action. I said I would never fight again from now on and I will definitely keep my word! Please believe me!"

Coach Anzai looked at Mitsui's sincere eyes and nodded slowly.

"I know you, so I trust you. Go wash your face and get ready to play. Next, it depends on your performance!"

Mitsui clenched his fists and said excitedly.

"yes!"

Kitagawa suddenly remembered that before a game, Mitsui met Tetsuo and was in trouble. Yes, it was the one named Dragon.

That time in the arena, he even greeted the guy with squinting eyes properly. Unexpectedly, he was able to clear up the fight.

When Shohoku rushed to the court, the game between Kainan and Wu Yuan was already coming to an end.

The strength gap between the two sides is very large, and no one thinks that Wuyuan has any hope of winning.

Even Wuyuan and the others don’t think so!

Even without the main players on the field and relying solely on substitutes, Kainan advanced to the semi-finals with a huge advantage of 150 to 43!

"Okay, stop looking at it and get ready, it's our turn!"

Akagi clapped his hands and everyone came to the passage to the stadium. At the same time, when Kainan left the field, the two teams happened to meet each other!

Shinichi Maki and Akagi both looked forward, paying no attention to each other, and they were full of gunpowder.

On the field, the staff were cleaning the ground. Shohoku and Shoyo came out at the same time to prepare. There were still ten minutes left before the start of the game.

When the two teams came on stage, the audience burst into cheers.

Compared with the last crushing game, this one is full of highlights. One is this year's biggest dark horse, the Shohoku Basketball Team, known as the revolutionaries of the old era, and the other is this year's favorites to win the championship, the Kanagawa Shuangxiong. The seeded team is Team Shoyo!

"Wow, look, the people on these two teams are so tall!"

"Yeah, that's an exaggeration. Are they really high school students?"

"These two teams can be regarded as the two teams with the highest average height in this year's county competition!"

"Why doesn't Shoyo's coach look domineering at all? He doesn't look like the coach of a strong team!"

At this time, an audience member pointed at a thin, balding old man wearing glasses in the Shoyo team.

The people next to him immediately gave him some advice.

"You don't pay attention to basketball at first glance. That person is not a coach, but a consultant. Fujima, Shoyo's captain, is a player and coach!"

"Wow! So awesome!"

"Of course. I heard that Shoyo had not been well-known before Fujima joined. Since it is a private school, the school committee focused on other clubs. The investment in the basketball department has naturally been reduced a lot, and the coaches in the team have also been reduced. Because after the term is up, there is no option to renew the contract. It was not until Fujima appeared that Shoyo slowly started to improve!"

"In the past few years, Shoyo High School has always used the basketball team as a recruiting point, and the school committee no longer chose to find a coach because of Fujima's leadership, so he has been allowed to serve as a part-time coach."

"Wow, that's it.

For the people of Shoyo, Fujima is not only their captain, but also the person they respect the most. It can be said that Fujima is the only pillar of Shoyo. As long as Fujima is there, Shoyo has unparalleled cohesion, which is why Shoyo is so popular. One of the reasons.

In the Shoyo rest area, Fujima is carefully arranging the wristbands on his hands.

"Fujima, are you going to play at the beginning of this game?"

Hasegawa is a little confused. In the past, in order to cultivate the new generation of point guard Ito, Fujima chose to sit off the court and only choose to appear in important games.

Fujima said solemnly.

"Shohoku is very strong! We must not take it lightly and treat them as opponents of the same level!"

Takano disagreed.

"How strong can they be? There are rumors that Shohoku is the biggest dark horse this year. I want to see how dark they can be!"

"Takano!"

Before Takano finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by Fujima, who saw Kouzhen looking at Takano with sharp eyes.

"Sometimes, there is a fine line between confidence and arrogance. Don't forget, two years ago, we were also a dark horse! So, put away your contempt, and you must go all out in this game!"

"Uh...yes!"

Takano was a little scared, it was the first time he saw Fujima treat a team other than Kainan so seriously.

At this time, Shohoku team side.

Coach Anzai is also doing the final pre-war mobilization.

"Everyone, don't forget, we are also a strong team. Don't underestimate your opponents, and don't underestimate yourself. We are very strong!"

Coach Anzai's speech was not fast, but very slow, but for some reason, everyone in Shohoku felt a steady stream of power rising in their bodies.

"We are strong!"

Looking at the energetic Shohoku, Coach Anzai nodded.

"Shoyo's long-man formation is very similar to ours to a certain extent. They are both teams that focus on the inside. Therefore, in this game [Kitagawa's team will completely suppress their long-man formation in your heart! You can do it." Are you here?"

Kitagawa rubbed his shoulders and glanced at Shoyo.

"They are still far away."

It’s not that Kitagawa looks down on Shoyo’s long-man lineup. The main reason is that these long-man lineups are really not that good. Although the one-star and four-rebound lineup looks bluffing, when it comes to grabbing rebounds, you can still have four people. Crowded together under the basket?

Also, the long-range shooting ability of those long men can be described as terrible. Even except for Hanagata, the ability of others to attack with the ball is worrying. They are basically opportunistic off-ball players, waiting for Fujima to deliver empty blue opportunities. .

His dribbling ability is also very poor, and he has no ability to advance the whole court or fast break. Although his physical confrontation ability is okay, is Kitagawa afraid of physical confrontation? He hopes that Shoyo will squeeze into the basket with him, and let them know when the time comes, who Who is the father and who is the son!

Besides, sir? Yes

Is he tall?

Kitagawa's confidence also boosted Shohoku's confidence.

Coach Anzai continued to look at Miyagi.

"You have to work hard in this game. Fujima is the engine of Shoyo's entire team. As long as he is restrained, Shoyo's attack power will be reduced by at least 80%. Moreover, you don't have to

Want to be Kanagawa's first defender? Today is your chance!"

Miyagi touched his ears and smiled confidently.

"I understand, coach, if I beat him, I will be number one!"

Coach Anzai continued.

"Mitsui, Kaede Rukawa, the main offensive point of this game will be left to you two!"

"Don't worry, coach! Let's see if I don't kill them!"

At this time, Mitsui couldn't wait to play. When he went to the bathroom just now, he heard Shoyo's people in the bathroom brazenly saying that they would limit his score to five points.

This is simply unreasonable!

When he chased him out, he vaguely saw that the person's number was Nuan!

Kaede Rukawa still has the same paralyzed expression on his face, and everyone is already used to it.

Then, Coach Anzai waved his hand.

"Okay, let's go on stage!"

'Beep'

The referee whistle sounded.

"The Shoyo vs. Shohoku match starts now!"

Then the referee waved his hand to signal the players from both sides to come forward. Kitagawa and Hanagata looked at each other.

In the stands, people from Kainan were watching the game from the top.

"I heard that Shoyo specially prepared a long formation to fight against our Kainan. I don't know how effective it will be!"

Soichiro Jin climbed on the railing and watched the game with interest.

Shinichi Maki smiled disdainfully.

Last year, Shoyo's average height was only 180 centimeters. Except for Fujima and Hanagata, the current Shoyo players were all promoted from the bench by Fujima this year.

Although four big men with a height of over 190 centimeters stood inside and were very intimidating, Shinichi Maki didn't take them seriously at all. If he thought he could stop him if he was taller,

That is simply wishful thinking!

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