"Our goal is of course to regain what we lost last season, there is no doubt about it, we are ready, to regain those, also for Tokyo, the team is currently in a full lineup, morale is good, everyone is waiting for the game to come~~"

This was preached in an interview with the former Armored Wolves before the start of the first game of the playoffs. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Listening to this tone, it seems that for the first-round opponent Sapporo Dragons, the original armored wolf didn't say a word, and he didn't care at all.

It seems that the two teams are really like the second and seventh place rankings, and the difference in strength is huge~??

After the first two games, the 1:1 result tells you that the Dragons are not just a training team that wants to be the Jaws to advance to the finals.

And after losing the second game, the original armored wolves already knew that now they were not thinking about how to prepare for the finals, but how to defeat the dragons.

The match between the two sides came to Sapporo, to the home of the Dragons.

After the start of the game, Mito Yohei and Afuku, two seasoned players, continued to put pressure on the arrowheads of the Great White Sharks on the defensive end, and on the offensive end of the team, Akiyuki Matsuyama still handled the ball very well.

They proved with their actions that the team's second win at the Dome was no accident.

As he spoke, Nakazato Wan jumped up strongly, wanting to complete a slam dunk in front of the Dragons center Tetsuya Naito~~

"You can't stop me, bald head~!!"

Nakaliwan doesn't seem to want to give up.

"Hmph, go back and practice for five years and come back~!!!"

"Smack~!!"

In the case of complete dominance in the physical confrontation, Naito directly flew Nakariwan's fan who wanted to split the buckle with one hand~~

The "scoring machine" had a very bitter closed door.

"Yay~!!!"

As the cheers rang out, Matsuyama got the ball and started the Dragons' favorite push-paced feel of the game.

Matsuyama quickly came to the front court and threw the ball directly near the basket.

“Duang~！！！！”

The unguarded Yohei Mito jumped high and poured the ball into the basket with both hands to complete the empty match~!!!!

There was a sudden vacuum on the inside of the Great White Shark defense, and several players who were returning to the defense were staring at Matsuyama who was holding the ball, and they didn't notice the others at all, nor did they notice Yohei Mito, who had sneaked into the paint area.

This is a taboo for returning to defense, and it appears in the runner-up team, which can only be said to be caused by an imbalance in mentality.

The pace of the game seems to be back to the second game once again.

"Toot ~~~"

Coach Oki called a timeout.

The team is currently caught in a strange circle, that is, I always feel that I will win, I always feel that the opponent is just an offensive, and when this wave of offensive is over, there will be nothing, but the more I think so, if I don't take the initiative to take action, and I don't take the initiative to recover the disadvantage, it is equivalent to sitting still, and I can only "wait for death".

The great white shark doesn't look like the one that reached the final last season, and the team doesn't have any excitement.

The players are still those players, but the mentality has completely changed, they are no longer reporting to impact the opponent, but waiting for the opponent to take the initiative to make mistakes to challenge, which is a very undesirable situation~~

"Brush~!!"

Yohei's three-pointer scored again, as if rubbing salt on the wound of a great white shark.

Once again, the team drifted away from the third game victory.

"Yay~!!!!"

With the cheers of the Sapporo fans, the Great White Shark lost again in the first game of Sapporo, and the script of falling behind 1:2 did not seem to be what they wanted~~~

It seems that the first round of the season has produced a lot of confusion, the Tokyo Rising Sun that should have won and completed the next gram was lost, and the Great White Shark, who should have won the victory and advanced to the second round, took the lead on the Dragons, and the team is currently in very bad shape, and there is only one game left before being "Black Seven".

In the other sets of matchups in the playoffs, the electronic team did not have any accidents and advanced to the second round with an early 3-0 sweep.

The "AFC Champions League turmoil" seems to be a thing of the past, on the road to defending the title, the players seem to want to win for the team, and other grievances will wait until the offseason~~

However, these three sets of matchups may not be suitable for the most exciting first round, the fourth-place Kagoshima Antlers and the fifth-place Fukuyama Flying Wave are the most exciting and interesting first rounds.

It has also been analyzed before, because of the grievances between the two teams in the finals, the two teams seem to be very eager to win.

And not to mention anything else, Akagi Gangken and Sakuragi Hanamichi, the former Xiangbei Twin Towers, and the first meeting of the Jaguar Twin Towers in the playoffs are very interesting.

Especially in the playoffs, in a "life and death" game, the two of them believe that there must be too much emotion.

Before the first game of the playoffs, Akagi invited Hanamichi Sakuragi to Akagi's home in Kagoshima for lunch.

Although it seems strange to invite the enemies who are about to play in the arena to dinner, in addition to the "enemies", the two people are more important than "alumni", "former teammates", and "brothers"~!!

"This is the first time I've gone to an opponent's house for dinner before the playoffs, haha, I think it's crazy~!!"

Sakuragi said as he cut the steak fried by Akagi.

"Me too, if I am photographed by those paparazzi, it must be full of wind and rain ~~~"

Akagi poured the juice and said.

"But it's been a long time since we've sat down like this and had a good chat~!!"

Sakuragi chewed on the steak and continued.

"Yes, the busy game life has us all over the country, but Sakuragi, don't forget, not long ago at Haruko's wedding, we had a short get-together, I guess you must be reluctant to mention it, and you don't want me to mention it~!!"

Akagi said, holding two glasses of juice and placing them on the table.

Maybe it was the mention of Haruko's wedding, but Sakuragi didn't answer directly, but lowered his head and fell silent.

"Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned this~~"

Seeing Sakuragi's silence, Akagi immediately said.

"Whew~~, the medium-rare steak tastes just right, when did you learn this hand~??"

Sakuragi raised his head and deliberately changed the subject.

"A person has lived for a long time, learned a lot of things, learned a lot of things, and forgot when he learned them~~"

Akagi also changed the subject, cutting the steak as he spoke.

"Actually, I really learned it when I was in Kobe, and the taste of the steak is still unforgettable~~"

Akagi also chewed a piece and added.

"Let's talk about the game, I'm not stealing your tactics, I just want to know, you, do you remember, at that time, our oath, the oath between that man~!!"

Sakuragi took a sip of juice, looked at Akagi, and said with a very serious look.

"Oath~?? Haha, I'll tell you the truth, since I came into contact with basketball, I can't remember how many vows I made, "win tonight's game", "grab 20 rebounds", "complete five slam dunks", etc., etc., and of course, "dominate the country" is really too much, but the oath between men, I don't seem to remember much~~~"

Akagi also took a sip of juice and replied.

"It's okay, I remember, I always remember~~"