Chapter Twenty-Seven: Old Teammates or New Rivals
The first half of the match between Fukuyama and Tokyo Jaws became the team basketball time for the Waves! The Jaws had no room for resistance, and the Jaguar players sitting in the audience left their seats one after another.
"What a horrible team!" Coach Ohki hadn't left his seat yet, he wanted to see again, even if it was garbage time, to see more about the opponent.
The second half of the game was indeed as predicted, it was still the Flying Waves team who firmly grasped the rhythm of the game, the Great White Shark had no power to fight back, and the final score was fixed at 128:89, and the Flying Waves team won a big victory!
"Congratulations on winning this game! Evaluate the team's performance!" After the game, the reporter came to the venue for the first time to interview Hiroo Moriyama, the head coach of the take-off waves.
"Today, the overall performance of the team is good, the team's tactics are implemented, the defensive end is also good, and the opponent's key people are well taken care of!"
"Then we know that the next game is against Kobe Jaguar, this team has changed a lot in personnel this season, and the last game was almost dragging the Antlers into overtime, so I want to ask Coach Moriyama, what do you think of this team?"
"Well,,,,," In response to the reporter's question, Coach Moriyama thought about it and did not rush to answer.
"They did add some good rookies, and the new coach Ichishimoto Ohki also knows him well, so I should say that he is still quite suitable for the Jaguar team!"
"Then may I ask what the team's deployment is for the Jaguar team?" the reporter continued to ask when he saw that Coach Moriyama's answer was a little distracted.
"You'll know then!" Coach Moriyama didn't seem to want to answer, and walked to the locker room.
After watching the game, the Jaguar team returned to the hotel where they stayed, and Coach Oki also returned to the hotel, lying on the bed, thinking about the game that had just ended.
"Knock knock, is the coach back, I'm Akagi!" A sudden knock on the door interrupted Ohki's thoughts, and Akagi found the coach.
"What's wrong?" After opening the door, Oki saw that Akagi looked like something was wrong.
"Well, that's the case, I want to take a leave of absence, half a day,,," Sure enough, as Damu expected.
"I want to think about ,,,,"
"Ah, is there someone who wants to do his best as a landlord?" said Da Mu after a moment's thought.
"This ,,," can be seen from Akagi's rosy cheeks, Coach Ohki should have guessed it!
"Haha, go, go, take Sakuragi and them, let's go together, but don't leak our tactics!"
Seeing the coach say this, Akagi breathed a sigh of relief and said: Thank you coach, I will leave first!"
After taking a leave of absence from the coach, Akagi called Sakuragi, Mitsui, Miyagi and Rukawa Kaede to meet this old teammate and new opponent Konobu Kiki!
"Cut, this glasses brother, this is his home field, and he is still late. Akagi and the others came to the hotel where they had made an appointment, but Sakuragi didn't seem to see Mu Dusk.
"If I'm not mistaken, you're Sakuragi, and you don't have red hair, so it's hard to recognize that!" At the table next to Sakuragi and the group, a gentle-looking man stood up.
"Huh??,,,, you" Sakuragi looked familiar, but he didn't dare to recognize it.
"I'm Twilight, Sakuragi!"
"Hey??? the Mu Twilight I know is Brother Glasses!!!" Mu Twilight's image in Sakuragi's heart is very profound, and Sakuragi doesn't dare to recognize it without glasses!
"Alright, Sakuragi, this is Twilight!" Akagi said with certainty.
"Haha, Sakuragi, it seems that you really don't recognize me without glasses!" As he spoke, the man who called himself Mu Twilight took out his glasses and put them on, and everyone woke up!
"Ah!! Mu Twilight!!You're really Mu Twilight, hahaha, it's really hard to recognize without glasses, Brother Glasses, you want to kill me!!" The moment Mu Twilight put on her glasses, Sakuragi finally recognized it, and hugged Mu Twilight as she spoke.
"Sakuragi, you seem to be getting taller again!!"
"And Rukawa Kaede, I feel a lot stronger!"
"Mu Dui, then what you mean is that Rukawa Kaede didn't grow, right, hahahahaha! The stinky fox doesn't grow anymore!" Sakuragi didn't react quickly to other things, and the reaction to Rukawa Kaede was amazing.
"Idiot, I can't even recognize my old teammates!" Rukawa Kaede looked at him with contempt again.
"You guy!!What do you say!!"
"These two guys, it's still the same as before, they pinch when they meet!" Mu Du looked at this scene, it was all too familiar, and her eyes were full of tears.
In this way, the six-member group of Xiangbei got together again, talking and laughing as before, sharing the situation of these years with each other, and now, they are the friendliest old teammates, the most sincere brothers, but, a few days later, they will put aside this brotherhood, each on the court, fighting for victory.
"Mu Dui, we won't show mercy in the big game the day after tomorrow, you have to be ready!" Before parting, Akagi reminded Mu Dui again.
"Of course, but our team is also quite strong! Kenji Fujima in the last game has not fully exerted his strength, you also have to prepare a lot for the game, and when the time comes, I will not show mercy!" Mu Dui's eyes looked full of confidence.
"See you on the field!!!
"Goodbye, Brother Glasses!"
Akagi and the others said goodbye to Mu Du one after another, and from this moment on, the two have become opponents.
Three days passed quickly, and the race between Jaguar and Feilang was about to start.
"The two days have been almost ready, the key is to be patient, offense, defense, must be patient, let them feel the defensive intensity of our Jaguar! Fuji Kenji this, Rukawa Kaede you have to contribute more, if you can control him, then the threat of the flying waves will be reduced by half!"
"What about me!! coach!!Is there a special tactic for me!!" Hearing that Rukawa Kaede was arranged to keep an eye on the key person, Sakuragi also wanted to come on some special errands.
"You,,, just don't foul too much!!"
"Ahahahahaha!!" As soon as Coach Oki finished speaking, Miyagi and Mitsui leaned forward and fell back happily, and they were already happy to tears!
"Hmph, underestimate this genius, and it will make you dumbfounded when the time comes!" Sakuragi really held his breath this time.
There were no changes to the starting line-ups for both teams, with players from both sides already in the game.
"Wo Ou!!It's really the original Xiangbei team! It's been a long time, Akagi, Mitsui, Miyagi, the big champion Rukawa Kaede, this is ,,,," Fujima recognized four, but Sakuragi didn't recognize it.
"You guy !! so hateful!!" Sakuragi's eyes seemed to be bursting with fire!
"This is, Sakuragi, that red-haired Sakuragi Hanamichi at the time!!" explained Ki Twilight.
"Oh!!! "Sakuragi!!!I also remember that Sakuragi seems to be in this team.,Why didn't you see it.,It's really hard to recognize when you change your hairstyle!!" Fujima said with an innocent smile, and Sakuragi didn't pursue it further.
"Hmph, it's not just the hairstyle, you'll know it then!" Sakuragi said and walked back, ready to tee off.
"This guy is still that strong!!Haha, interesting. "Fujima looks looking forward to the game.
Akagi and Kuboto jumped the ball, and Kobe Jaguar's away game against Fukuyama Flying Waves began immediately.
"Akagi Goken,,, a name I've never heard of,,,"
Akagi did not refute the provocation of the opposing center Kuboto, and waited very intently for the jump ball.
Sure enough, Kuboto seemed to be waiting for Akagi's reply, but he didn't pay too much attention, Akagi touched the ball, and Jaguar launched the first attack of the game.
"Steady, first goal, try to score!" Miyagi, who was dribbling, organized the attack.
As soon as it came up, it was a block between Akagi and Miyagi, Miyagi saw that Fujima who was defending himself had been blocked, and the opposing center did not come out, so he decisively chose a pull-up jump shot from the free throw line.
The ball bounced on the basket a few times, but fortunately, it felt soft and the ball bounced into the basket.
In the first attack of the opening, Jaguar scored first.
"Back to defense, back to defense!!" After scoring the goal, Miyagi shouted loudly, and just after the opening, Miyagi was full of fighting spirit.
After Fujima got the ball, he was replaced by Rukawa Kaede to defend, while Miyagi went to defend Ki Twilight.
"Sure enough, as I expected, Oki took a fancy to Rukawa Kaede's height of nearly 10 centimeters taller than Fujima, and wanted to use his height advantage to cover Fujima, which is really good, but for Fujima, this is too pediatric! Moriyama is very confident in Fujima's ability!
Fuji Zhen has been dribbling at the top of the three-point line, and he has not broken through, and no one has come to block and dismantle, does Fuji really want to single Rukawa Kaede??
"Twilight!" said Fujima as he passed the ball to Twilight, who ran out of the open space, and it was still the most familiar point, at the three-point line at a 45-degree angle.
"That's right, Fujima! Ohki only thought about Rukawa Kaede's height advantage when defending Fujima, but forgot that there is also a height advantage in defending Kikwi with Miyagi, and Kiki's height can actually play small forward! How can a point guard prevent a forward's shot!!" Moriyama's confidence in Fujima is really very reliable.
Fuji Zhen really realized the dislocation of this group of defenses, and passed the ball to Mu Twilight without hesitation, although Miyagi went around and kept up with Mu Twilight, but Mu Twilight's height of 199 to shoot three-point shots is really out of reach for Miyagi, who is only 185!