natural pupil

16. Painful running-in

This is the second day of the WC Winter Cup. At this time, the weather has not completely cooled down, so you can see women's cheerleaders wearing short skirts in the city center.Their faces are full of joy, and just looking at them, you can feel the vitality of youth.

Since the start of the WC Winter Cup, the gymnasium has always been surrounded by three floors and three floors, and eventually became too crowded.Fortunately, athletes have a special access channel, so they don't have to crowd with tens of thousands of people.

"That's the beauty of basketball."

Akashi's words were unanimously agreed by the people in the car.Seeing the gymnasium in sight became clearer and clearer, everyone in Teiguang also became excited.They have not experienced all battles yet, this is their first game and the beginning of their glory.

"The third game of the Winter Cup will be held soon, Diguang Middle School vs. Lanchuan Middle School. This game has four quarters, each twelve minutes long, with a 5-minute break between each round. Please enter the field and say hello to each other."

The host successfully ignited the passion of the audience with his loud voice, making them burst into cheers.

Following the host's words, the five Teiguang players and five substitutes officially appeared on the stage. After greeting Lan Chuan, the starters walked to the arena.

"Now prepare for the jump ball in the middle circle. Please jump players from both sides to the middle circle to get ready. When the whistle sounds, the game will officially start."

Akashi asked Murasakihara to jump the ball, and at the same time chose a position on the field to stand still, and used his eyes to make Midorima and others get ready.

With the players from both sides in place one by one, the referee held up the basketball with one hand and grasped the whistle with the other.

A whistle blew, and after Ziyuan and Yuan Ye looked at each other, Ziyuan took the lead in jumping up with his strong jumping ability, and reached the basketball first with his arms longer than the average person.

Seeing Ziyuan taking the ball, Lanchuan's men quickly changed positions and prepared to defend.And Murasaki passed the ball to Akashi, Akashi dribbled the ball, Aikawa couldn't stop it, Akashi successfully passed the ball to Midorima, and Midorima stood outside the three-point line and took off easily.

Hollow ball, three points.

Teiko, who scored a three-pointer in the opening game, suddenly became stronger. Through Akashi's smooth dribbling, the first game ended with a score of 21--18 and Teiko took the lead.

Aomine was wiping sweat, Ziyuan was pouring water, and Akashi was looking at Lanchuan's coach bench. They formed a circle and were discussing something.Akashi narrowed his eyes, "We hardly cooperated in the first quarter, why are you still happy?"

Hearing this sentence, everyone lowered their heads, and even Qingfeng rarely spoke back.Seeing everyone's gloomy looks, Hongcun couldn't bear it, "Akashi, didn't you say to practice slowly?"

"Practicing slowly requires them to have the awareness of cooperation. Now they only know that they are scoring points, and they don't even have the awareness of cooperation."

Seeing Akashi's rare face down, everyone dared not speak out, and began to reflect on themselves.

At this time, Lan Chuan was indeed discussing countermeasures. Lan Chuan's coach saw the problem of Teiko's cooperation at a glance. He observed the whole section, and finally concluded that Akashi was the soul inside. , It was he who dribbled through and passed the ball to his teammates to connect the entire team.

"You three, be sure to firmly fix Akashi in the second half for me. As long as eight seconds are up, he will have to pass the ball to other teammates. At that time, one of you will continue to defend Akashi, and the rest will take the opportunity to grab the ball. Understand?"

"Yes!"

As soon as the second quarter started, Akashi was firmly fixed in the backcourt, and with eight seconds to go, Akashi had to pass the ball to Aomine.But the moment Aomine got the ball, he was also surrounded. At this time, there was one person on Akashi's side, two people on Aomine's side, and the other two of Lanchuan were standing between the five Teiko, as long as the ball was passed, No matter which direction the ball is passed, there is a possibility that the ball will be intercepted in the air.Seeing that 24 seconds were approaching, Qingfeng was in a hurry and was snatched away by the opponent.

The opponent scored goals again and again, but Diguang failed to score a single goal. Seeing that the gap was getting bigger and bigger, Hongcun had to call a long timeout when the score was 21-28.

Surprisingly, Akashi was not angry. "You have also seen that basketball is not about individual ability, but about teamwork. Even if you don't lose today, if you don't realize this, you will fall sooner or later."

Qingfeng was the first to say, "I was wrong."

Murasakihara, Midorima and Kise also admitted their mistakes.

Seeing their attitude, Akashi nodded in satisfaction, "Then, when it's time to start again, we'll..."

The timeout ends and the two sides re-enter the game.Akashi was under siege again, but this time he didn't delay any longer, but immediately passed the ball to Aomine, and while Aikawa's players were moving, Aomine passed the ball to Kise who was farthest away, and Kise received the ball Immediately turned around and ran forward, successfully shot and scored two points.

The situation was reversed in an instant, and in the remaining time, Diguang successfully narrowed the score, and finally ended the second quarter with 27-28.

Intermission.Aomine and Kise's mood improved, and they had already started to fight, and Murasakihara also drank water leisurely again.

Akashi thought for a while, and felt that it was still necessary to hit everyone, "Your cooperation has indeed improved this time. You know that you have taken turns guarding the outer circle, but this is not enough. At most, I will give you a passing grade." Before everyone could refute, Akashi He continued, "In the next quarter, I decided to let Heizi replace Midorima, so that the opponent's layout will be interrupted."

After hearing this, everyone's focus was successfully shifted, and they all looked at Heizi.

Hei Zizhe was also shocked, "Akashi-kun, is this okay?"

"Can't you do it? If you can't do it, I'll replace you."

Hearing Akashi's rhetorical question, Kuroko gained courage. He knew that if he didn't grasp this opportunity well, then he might never get the chance to play.Thinking of this, Heizi nodded firmly, "I can."

"Then I'll leave it to Heizi-kun." Momoi knew that it was inconvenient for Aomine and the others to speak at this time, so he answered on his behalf.

The break ended and the third quarter began. The opponent saw that they had changed, and looked at the coach in a panic. The coach made a gesture, which meant that they should use the defensive strategy of the first quarter.

Because Heizi's sense of presence was too low, everyone in Lanchuan ignored him. Seeing that no one noticed him, Heizi took the opportunity to rob the ball while dribbling, and passed it to Qingfeng in a special way.Everyone was surprised when they saw that the ball was suddenly in Qingfeng's hands.After being stunned for a moment, Qingfeng quickly regained his senses, immediately dribbled the ball for a layup, and successfully scored two points.

The author has something to say: Because there is no junior high school competition in the anime, Kotaku had to make it up by himself^_^