Chapter 43: The Genius Cap King
After Coach Ohki's words, the Jaguar players finally came out of the shadow of the loss to Team Guanghui, and without too many adjustments, the team left Kobe non-stop and headed for the next away game, Sendai.
"Brush, brush, brush!"
Although there is still more than a day before the start of the game, Sakuragi and Mitsui and Miyagi may not be able to stay still, so they came to the home court of the rover in advance to adapt to the venue, and also practiced by the way.
"Sakura,,Sakura,,, is Sakura??"
A tall guy who looked like an athlete shouted from the sidelines.
"Hey, Sakuragi, looks like someone called you!"
Sakuragi, who was patronizing the practice, didn't hear it at all, and it was Miyagi's reminder that made Sakuragi turn around.
Sakuragi saw the person who called him, and there was no one else in the venue, so he walked over slowly, but his steps became slower and slower, staring at this person, and said, "Could it be, are you Yohei??"
"You're really Sakuragi Hanamichi!!"
These two high school friends of the year couldn't even confirm each other when they met in just three years.
"Oh my God, Gao Gong didn't say anything about your hair dyeing, that bright red hair is gone, it's really hard to recognize!"
After Sakuragi changed to brown hair, many acquaintances have almost not recognized him since he came back, which shows how impressive Sakuragi's previous red hair was!
"It's me, but Yohei, you've changed too much, if it weren't for your voice and your somewhat figure-eight eyebrows, I really wouldn't have recognized it!" Sakuragi walked forward slowly.
"You've grown a lot in the past few years!Your body is stronger than before!Our Sakuragi Legion's battle index has soared again!!"
After getting closer, Sakuragi measured his height and teased.
"Ahem, I won't fight anymore!"
"Haha!"
After the two joked, they hugged each other tightly, good brothers who hadn't seen each other for three years, and they had too much to say.
"Are you ready, Sakuragi!"
"Of course, this is here to win!"
"I have a lot of confidence, but as a brother, I would like to give you a piece of advice: Xiandao is really strong, stronger than you think!"
"Cut, I thought it was some secret tactic, then I also advise you, I'm really strong, stronger than you think!"
Sakuragi and Yohei each let out cruel words, after which Yohei left the arena.
After the match, the two are still the best brothers, but from now until the end of the match, Sakuragi and Yohei are already rivals.
"Immortal Dao, I don't know if you've heard of a saying!"
As the game approached, Rover head coach Shoji Sidi called Sendo to the office alone, and the two looked at each other and talked.
"What's that?"
Immortal Dao asked.
"The champion Rukawa Kaede who was selected by the Jaguar team this year may take away the throne of the first person in your league in the future, or even in the past few years!"
"Rukawa Kaede, our high school is in the same county, so I've known him for a long time, and his ball skills are really outstanding, but there are some things, who knows!"
The words of Xiandao reveal a denial of this statement.
"However, the two of you will soon be going toe-to-toe on the field, and the media across the country will be watching closely, and maybe each round will be conclusive evidence for you to verify this statement, and by the moment the whistle blows at the end of the match, there may be an obvious answer to this statement!"
Coach Shoji's words made Sendo fall into deep thought.
"Don't worry, I'll leave the reversal of the plot to me! I'll leave if there's nothing else! Coach!"
Without pondering for a while, Xiandao got up and prepared to leave, but his eyes no longer looked like the leisurely feeling of no desire on weekdays, but was rarely full of fighting spirit!
"Immortal Dao, I believe in you!"
Looking at the fairy road that closed the door and left, Coach Zhuangji said earnestly.
"Friends from NHK Television, good evening, tonight we will bring a key battle of this round of JBA! The Sendai Rover, who has been gaining momentum recently, will play at home against Kobe Jaguar, who has been in a fluctuating form recently! The highlights of this game naturally need not be said, what kind of sparks will be sparked by the roamer ace Akira Sendo and the new champion Rukawa Kaede! See you in the game!"
NHK's reporters are ready, and the next step is for the two teams to compete on the field!
"3!2!1!Jaguar!!"
The slogan was shouted as usual, and the Jaguar players came on the field.
There were no changes to the starters for both sides.
As an old rival of Xiandao, before jumping the ball, Xiandao and Akagi and others greeted each other, but with Rukawa Kaede, the two only had a simple handshake!
"Kill them, Xiandao, and do your best!"
Coach Shoji looked at Sendo doing warm-up activities on the field, full of anticipation.
"Rukawa Kaede, it's time to test you!"
Coach Ohgi should be in the same mood as Coach Shoji.
"No one even mentions this genius! Damn! Then I'm going to surprise you!"
Sakuragi also seems to be poised for action.
Akagi and Sendai Rover center Chisato Watanabe are ready to jump the ball, and the match between the two sides is about to begin!
"Let's do it!!"
Sakuragi tensed and eager to try.
The first to jump to the ball was the Rover, and point guard Shunta Otake crossed the half court and organized the first attack of the game!
Without too much transfer, the ball was passed directly to Xiandao's hands, and in the first leg of the game, a good show of Xiandao VS Rukawa Kaede will be staged!
Rukawa Kaede is very focused, and his center of gravity is also very low, while Xiandao is slowly dribbling the ball, thinking about how to crack Rukawa Kaede's blocking!
Suddenly!
I saw that Xiandao dribbled horizontally with his right hand, and Rukawa Kaede followed very closely, and Xiandao's sudden start did not get rid of Rukawa Kaede.
"Almost!"
After Xiandao finished speaking, he directly dribbled the ball behind his back with a very dexterity in his right hand, and dribbled the ball to the left side, although Rukawa Kaede realized this, but due to inertia, he was slightly away from Xiandao's half of his body, and it was this half of his body that Xiandao's left hand dribbled the ball far forward!
"Oh my God!!Immortal Dao passed Rukawa Kaede!Very clean passed Rukawa Kaede!!" The on-site commentary was extremely excited, and he didn't expect that at the beginning of the game, such a picture would appear.
After Xiandao controlled the ball again, Akagi had already helped defend him, but Xiandao should have been prepared, and he turned around after receiving the ball, and Akagi, who was standing there and wanted to make an offensive foul, did not move!
Turning around and passing Akagi, there was only a basket left in Xiandao's eyes!
"Slam Dunk!!" the narrator told the movements of the fairy road in advance.
"Genius Cap King Sakuragi Raiya!"
At the moment when Xiandao was about to dunk with both hands, Sakuragi appeared in the most important position and shouted.
Even though Sakuragi was already behind the basket, the height of the jump had an advantage, and the two sides had a fierce confrontation of pure power in the air, with Sakuragi one-handed against the power of Sendo's two-handed slam dunk. Compared to strength alone, Sakuragi really didn't fear anyone! The two of them stayed in the air for more than a second! In the end, Sakuragi, who still had the advantage of strength and was more prepared for jumping, took the lead! With one hand, he pressed down the slam dunk of Xiandao!
"Oh my God!!Oh my God!!Unbelievable!!This No. 6 rookie actually pressed down the slam dunk that was close to the fairy road, I have never seen anyone face to face cover the fairy road!
The commentary stood up excitedly, just the first ball, which made him so excited, no wonder, after all, Sakuragi covered the fairy road!
"Beautiful! Sakuragi! That's what you should do at this stage, you're a big stop on the defensive end of the team, show your talent in front of the national fans!
Coach Ohki was also very excited to see this wonderful cap!
"I didn't expect to change my hairstyle, and the way I play is still the same, I haven't been so excited for a long time!
Akagi rushed back to the restricted area to win the rebound and launch a fast attack, and Sendo said to Sakuragi, who also fell to the ground with him.
"Cut, who cares if you take it seriously or not......"
Sakuragi's words made Xiandao stunned for a moment, and then laughed helplessly.
Over there, Jaguar played a fast attack, Miyagi passed to Rukawa Kaede who was secretly fast, and the rover player missed this point, allowing Rukawa Kaede to complete a one-handed split dunk without being defended after receiving the ball!
"These two rookies, Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi, have shown excellent individual ability at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and it seems that the Jaguar team is really prepared!
Coach Shoji probably didn't expect Jaguar to be so focused at the beginning, as if he was playing a playoff game!
"It's a good thing to have experienced a big defeat, and the most important thing is to let the players be vigilant!
Coach Oki looked like he was sitting there calmly, but he was sweating for his teammates.