Chapter 18: Ready!

The new season of the JBA game has kicked off, Rukawa Kaede and Sendo led their respective teams to win the first victory, and the last to appear Amu and Makishenichi led the team to a 42-point victory.

Sakuragi, who was banned, could only watch this happen in front of the TV, and all Sakuragi could do now was train actively and show his best state to meet the match against the Antlers led by Amaki, which was also the first game of Sakuragi's own career.

And Sakuragi's Jaguar team is also ready, and the game against the team's coach Coach Ohki's old club, Osaka Iron Horse, is about to start.

It seems that Coach Oki's popularity in Osaka is still quite high, even as an opponent, the home announcer of the Iron Horse team still introduced Coach Oki as if he introduced the players of the home team: "Audience friends, let us welcome our old friend with the warmest applause, the member of the Osaka Iron Horse championship, the second in the total number of three-pointers in JBA history, the JBA All-Star, a member of the Hall of Fame, and our gold medal scorer!!!!

The audience at the scene welcomed Da Mu like a hero triumphant, the lights of the venue were all darkened, and the big screen hanging in the air played the heroic posture of Da Mu back then, which was a familiar figure! The spotlight also hit the No. 20 jersey hanging over the stadium, and the Iron Horse team had already retired Da Mu's No. 20 jersey and permanently fluttered over the stadium to pay tribute to the legend.

This situation and this scene made Da Mu burst into tears, that was Da Mu's former youth, the sweat of the past, all sprinkled on this court.

After the tribute, the game is still a game after all, Da Mu is no longer the sharpshooter of the year, and now he is going to lead the team to win the game and achieve the first consecutive victory of the season!

"I'll keep an eye on that champion, Rukawa Kaede!" The small forward of the Iron Horse, who is also the champion of the last Slam Dunk contest, looks full of confidence.

"No, Rukawa Kaede and I are both guards, and it should be up to me, the shooting guard, to defend them!" Another player on the Iron Horse team, Slael Kento, was not to be outdone. The Brazilian father and the Japanese mother are of mixed Brazilian descent and seem to be eager to challenge Rukawa Kaede.

"Okay, it's noisy, when the time comes, it depends on the situation on the field, and then order the two of you to prevent Liuchuan Kaede. Coach Iron Horse said with some unbearable eyes.

"After this game, we can go home, let's work hard, try to win the first consecutive win of the season!" said Ohki encouraged the players again.

"Good!321!Jaguar!"

Akagi led the way to shout the slogan, and the second game of the season was about to begin.

Akagi jumps the ball with the opposing center Takahashi hot step.

After the jump ball, Iron Horse gets the ball first.

After the team's point guard Kataoka Pekuri dribbled past half court, he was dancing with his hands on the ball, completely ignoring the team's offensive routine.

"What is this stupid guy doing!" Coach Iron Horse was obviously a little puzzled by Kento's approach.

"Give it to me, give it to me!!!I'm going to beat Rukawa Kaede!" It turned out that Rukawa Kaede was defending the strongholders.

"It's really ,,," Kataoka Peikuri was also a little helpless, so he had to pass the ball to Kento.

"Come on, Rukawa Kaede, see how my Jianren defeats you!" After Jianren got the ball, he was full of confidence in facing Rukawa Kaede.

"And, why are there more and more idiots," Rukawa Kaede said dismissively.

"What are you talking about!! damn it, don't mumble quietly!!" Kento hadn't shown his ability yet, but he had a verbal fight with Rukawa Kaede.

"Attacker No. 2, walking violation!" The referee blew to stop the game, Jianren didn't dribble after getting the ball, and his footsteps moved during the verbal fight, and the referee was aware of it, and Jianren came up was a mistake.

"The despicable Rukawa Kaede !! actually attracted my attention!!" said Jianren angrily.

"I didn't expect there to be someone more idiot than a big idiot," Rukawa Kaede seems to have found someone more naïve than Sakuragi.

"Hateful !!" Jianren still does not give up.

Jaguar began to attack, Rukawa Kaede ran out of the open space, but did not choose to shoot, but transferred the ball to Akagi, Akagi faced Takahashi hot stage with a classic center back single, gradually approached the basket, turned to the baseline, and made a hook hand.

The ball bounced on the frame a few times, but it still went in.

The Iron Horse's offense is a lot more single, although the two have outstanding physical fitness, can jump and grab, but the ability of players in other positions is limited, even though the two scored 26 and 24 points respectively, but it is still difficult to beat the Jaguar four-man scoring double performance, and finally Jaguar defeated the Iron Horse 110-98 away from home, and achieved the first consecutive victory of the new season.

"Rukawa Kaede, you are indeed very strong, but, I will definitely surpass you!"

"Goodbye!" Rukawa Kaede didn't seem to care what Kento was saying, and was still saying goodbye to Kento.

"Hey!!! what kind of attitude do you have!! damn it!!" Kento's every move is indeed very similar to Sakuragi.

After two consecutive road trips, Jaguar is finally back on their home turf for two consecutive home games, starting with the first home game of the new season, against the Tokyo Jaws, and then against the powerhouse Kagoshima Antlers, when Sakuragi will also return from the ban.

"It's great to finally be able to go home!!!!" Miyagi said as he got on the bus to the airport.

"I haven't seen Sakuragi for almost half a month, it's really weird!" Mitsui remembered Sakuragi.

Finally, the players returned to Kobe with a two-game winning streak away from home.

"How's Sakuragi doing?" Oki first found Kawaguchi when he returned, and asked about Sakuragi's condition.

"Sakuragi, he trains hard every day, and he keeps swimming every day when he asks me for the phone number of the swimming pool owner who took him to the special training before!" said Kawaguchi.

"Hahaha. This kid, it seems that the spa method is very effective, and a silly boy like Sakuragi has experienced it!"

"Haha, oh! By the way, congratulations to Coach Ohki! leading the team to a successful start and winning two in a row!!" Kawaguchi was also satisfied with the team's performance.

"The owner, Mr. Takayama, is going to come to the scene to cheer for the team when Sakuragi comes, you have to cheer! Kawaguchi continued. "Now that the season has just begun, our advantage is that many new players are not well known to other teams, so we played better than expected in these two games, and when the technical characteristics of the players are mastered, the game will be the real tough battle!" "Well,,, Okay, Coach Ohki, let's take a good rest and prepare for this game first! There will be a meeting later, so let's go first!" Kawaguchi said and pushed the door away. "This Kawaguchi, he's busy, forget it, let's study the next opponent. "Coach Ohki had just returned to Kobe, and he didn't have much rest before he started to think about his next opponent.

The Tokyo Jaws have been part of the JBA family for only three years, and its predecessor was Tokyo Tower, the team that has won the most JBA championships. But the current Tokyo Jaws can not be compared with the predecessor at all, the team is still in the process of rebuilding, but in recent years, it has selected some good potential stocks, such as the center Sansho Taro, 2.16 meters tall, but has guard-like dribbling skills, scoring guard Nakasawa Nagaken, once called 'Kobe Bryant' in college, but the wealthy team owner does not seem to have the patience to spend time to train these young players, perhaps in the heart of the team owner, has his own plan.

Not surprisingly, Jaguar won the first home game of the new season with a 124-105 win over the visiting Tokyo Great White Sharks, making it three wins in a row! It was also the team's best start to the season in recent years, and it also came to the top of the league.

"Okay, in four days, we will only be on the stage today! just wait and see!" It turned out that Sakuragi also came to the scene to watch the team's first home game of the new season, but Sakuragi did not sit in the team seat, but in the VIP box at the top of the stadium.

Sakuragi clenched his fists and stared at the court below, his eyes determined!