Chapter 65: Storming the Playoffs

The third and final round of the Hokkaido All-Star Game Slam Dunk Contest has just ended, and in the case of a steady win, Sakuragi chose a difficult reflexive slam dunk behind the basket, and the result ended in failure, and Sakuragi's votes in the third round are likely to be 0 votes, so that the ownership of the championship is a little confusing!

After a period of vote counting, the votes for the third round have been hit on the big screen!

Kuroki Amaaki 33 votes, Nakazato Man 0 votes, Takano Thunder 26 votes, Sakuragi Hanamichi 0 votes, Fujiwara Takugawa 41 votes.

It seems that Fujiwara's slam dunk won everyone's favor and got the highest number of votes.

So the number of votes in the three rounds from least to most is: Takano Thunder 42 votes, Nakazato Man 56 votes, Kuroki Amaaki 57 votes, Sakuragi Hanamichi 68 votes, Fujiwara Takukawa 77 votes.

"So the winner of the Hokkaido All-Star Game Slam Dunk Contest is, the one who came later, Takugawa Fujiwara from Fukuyama Flying Waves!! maybe Fujiwara's call for winning the championship before the game was the lowest, and his reputation was the smallest, but he successfully counterattacked, this is the game, this is the reality!!But we should not forget Kuroki's turn 540 degrees, we should not forget Nakariwan's blind dunk, and we should not forget Sakuragi Hanamichi, who lost the championship in order to complete the action!! Maybe they are not champions, but they make this game exciting enough, which may be more valuable than the championship itself, anyway, in my heart, the champion has been produced after the end of the second round!! and this slam dunk contest can be called the most exciting one in recent years, and it can be recorded in history!!

"Ah~~~ still didn't succeed!!"

Sakuragi, who returned to the sidelines, looked at Mitsui and Miyagi and said helplessly.

Miyagi and Mitsui wanted to say something, but didn't know where to start.

"Pretty good, stinky boy, I didn't expect you to come up with such a strange action as clog dunk!"

But Akagi came to Sakuragi's side, which was a comfort to Sakuragi.

"Gorilla ,,,,"

After receiving Akagi's comfort or praise, Sakuragi was a little uncomfortable, maybe he lost the championship.

"Well, there's something more important than a slam dunk championship, if you want to play for that thing again!

The more important thing in Akagi's mouth should be the championship, but how can the championship be like a slam dunk contest, which can be fought for by registering.

In any case, the ups and downs of the slam dunk contest ended with Fujiwara's unexpected victory, and if there is anything left unfinished, I can only fight again next year!!

Then it's time for the All-Star Game! The final fan vote for the starters on both sides is like this!

Flames: Center: Akagi Goken, Power Forward: Thunder Takano, Small Forward: Slyer Kento, Shooting Guard: Kaede Rukawa, Point Guard: Nobukaze Ishii

Water Flame Team: Center: Sansho Taro, Power Forward: Makishiichi, Small Forward: Taichiro Kami, Scoring Guard: Akira Sendo, Point Guard: Kenji Fujima

Among them, Akira Sendo won the ticket king of this year's All-Star Game!

Sakuragi was ranked third in the power forward vote, so he didn't appear in the starting lineup, but Sakuragi's name appeared among the substitutes who were revealed later.

"Sakuragi, it's really you!!"

Miyagi said as he looked at the list.

"Cut, it's behind the helmet man and the uncle, there is such a thing, what a broken vote!!"

Sakuragi was clearly a little reluctant to vote for herself.

"And that stinky fox has all entered the starting lineup, it's so unreasonable!!"

Sakuragi added.

"That's right, Sakuragi, Mitsui and I didn't even make the substitute list, wouldn't it be even worse!!"

"You two ,,,, really not fit into that kind of show-based competition,,,,,"

"Damn!! Sakuragi Hanamichi what are you talking about!!"

Sakuragi's joke makes Miyagi furious, and the two chase and fight in the hotel room. Truly. The competitiveness and pressure of the outside players is really too great relative to the inside line!!

"What!?? you're not playing in the All-Star Game anymore??But you're already on the bench!!"

After the All-Star single event, the next day is the main event, and Sakuragi, who has just learned that he has entered the substitute list, calls Kawaguchi, and listens to Kawaguchi's tone, Sakuragi is ready to retire!!

"Yes, manager, he actually put me on the bench, obviously humiliating this genius!!"

Sakuragi's attitude is very resolute!!

"You have to think about it, the All-Star Game is once a year, and it's an honor for a player!!"

"I thought about it, I thought about it the moment I learned that it was a substitute, and I won't regret it!!"

"Think about it again!Sakuragi, if you play well, you have a lot of opportunities to compete for the MVP of the All-Star Game!!This is also your chance to show yourself to the fans across the country!!"

Kawaguchi still persuaded Sakuragi again, although he was a substitute, but he was also an All-Star, and it was difficult for many players to be selected once in their lives!

"Don't think about it!!!I'll leave this matter to you!!"

"Well, since your attitude is so resolute, I'll say that you retired due to injury, and the JBA organizing committee will allow it for this reason, okay......"

"Retired due to injury...... It's okay, it's okay, as long as I can retire from the tournament justifiably, and I can return to Kobe early to prepare for the next tournament!!"

"Okay, then you just wait for my news. ”

"Sakuragi, this guy, what a tendon, hey, there's no way to ...... him"

After hanging up the phone, Kawaguchi also sighed.

"Haha, it's going well, how can you make a substitute for those guys today!!"

Sakuragi was excited by Kawaguchi's promise, and he was already packing up and preparing to evacuate Hokkaido.

"Sakuragi, your "retirement due to injury" has been approved, come back!"

"Yay~~!!Go back and invite you to dinner!!The manager !!"

Sure enough, Sakuragi withdrew from the All-Star Game "due to injury", and before it started, he strangely ended his first All-Star Game journey, in general, although Sakuragi didn't win any awards, but that clog slam dunk still made fans across the country know Sakuragi, which is a blockbuster!

Although Sakuragi retired, the All-Star Game will continue, and the Flames and the Water Flame Team are also inseparable, and at the last moment, with Xiandao's continuous free throws, the Water Flame team defeated the Flames without danger, and Xiandao, who scored a game-high 31 points, was also the MVP of the All-Star Game!

In the end, the Hokkaido All-Star Game, which was postponed due to the disaster, is over, and the next All-Star Game will be held in Tokyo! The players have also returned to their respective teams one after another, preparing for the next game, there are 10 games left in the regular season, and the competition in the playoffs will be more intense.

Akagi and Kaede Rukawa, who were selected for the All-Star Game, also returned to Kobe immediately after the game to join the team and prepare for the next game.

Next, there are 10 last 10 games in the regular season, and we are now 7-5, temporarily ranked fifth, and the pressure to impact the playoffs is not small, presumably everyone has not forgotten that we were ranked fifth last season and unfortunately missed the playoffs, so for the next ten games this season, we have only one belief!!That is: impact the playoffs!!"

After the All-Star Game, in the first training session of the Kobe Jaguar team, Coach Ohki stimulated the fighting spirit of the players as soon as he came up, and after listening to Coach Ohki's words, the eyes of the players seemed to be burning with a raging fire, and the fighting spirit was vigorous!!

"Don't worry, Coach Ohki, under the leadership of this genius, the last 10 games will end in a 10-game winning streak!!"

Sakuragi is still talking big, but this time the others didn't refute it, because everyone wants to win 10 in a row, just like Coach Ohki said, to hit the playoffs!!

"I don't agree with Sakuragi leading the way, but the taste of fifth place is really uncomfortable!!"

Miyagi said, also showing a victorious look.

"Okay, let's start today's practice, we can finally participate in the training again, time is running out!!"

Coach Oki led the players to start a new day of practice, with only three days to go before the first game after the All-Star break, when the Jaguar team will travel to Aomori to challenge the Green Python team there, although the Green Python team is in the bottom of the table, but with only 10 games left, every game can not be lost!