Chapter Ninety-Six: The Uneaten Grapes Die of Acid

"You didn't say that just now, you clearly said that Lingnan can beat Hainan by more than 30 points." Sakuragi Hanamichi began to provoke Hainan and Lingnan out of nothing, and cranes and mussels competed with each other~ The fisherman profited, and what he thought was quite beautiful.

"Hehe, Lingnan does have this strength." Ah Shen was not angry at all, and said to Sakuragi with a smile.

"I didn't say it, Sakuragi, don't wronged me." The immortal Dao feels clear, and the immortal Dao, who is not underestimated again, does not dare to despise Ah Shen a little.

Four people stood on the sidelines, attracting the attention of a large number of spectators. The four of them can be said to be the brightest stars in Kanagawa, and the tall and stylish female fans screamed again and again.

The fourth round of the knockout round is the same, Xiangbei ~ Lingnan ~ Hainan is still bloodless to win, Wuyuan and Xiangyang launched a fierce battle, thanks to Xiaotian's advantage in the inner line, Wuyuan narrowly defeated Xiangyang for the first time to advance to the joint finals.

The joint final is a round-robin tournament, with the two teams with the best results qualifying directly for the national tournament and the third-place team qualifying for the play-offs. Although Kanagawa has half an extra qualifier this year, every team is eager to qualify directly, and the sooner they qualify, the more time they will get to prepare for the national tournament and less uncertainty.

The first round of the joint finals was between Xiangbei and Wuyuan High School, and Hainan and Lingnan. Wu Yuan is the weakest in the semi-finals, but the team took advantage of the momentum of reaching the joint final for the first time, coupled with Oda's up-and-coming, other teams did not dare to underestimate it easily, and they themselves naturally fought for the qualification of the national competition, even if it was half a place.

Xiangbei has a long history with Wuyuan, and Oda is a junior high school alumnus of Sakuragi Hanamichi. Oda's girlfriend used to be the dream lover of Hanamichi Sakuragi. After entering high school, Sakuragi became famous in the Kanagawa high school basketball world before Oda, which made Oda even more unhappy. Last year, Oda was determined to compete with Sakuragi. In the knockout stage, it encountered the king of Kanagawa Hainan University. The huge gap in strength made it to the end of the joint final. This belated showdown, both of them are looking forward to it.

"Sakuragi, do you really want to win today's fight? After all, you and Xiao Tian are rivals in love. Gao Miya didn't know where to get a pipe, pretended to be a detective in his mouth, and began to gossip about Sakuragi's past love history.

"Isn't that nonsense? In case he wins Oda, maybe the leaves will change his mind, but not necessarily! Noma rushed to pick up the conversation. Continue to add oil and vinegar to the gossip.

".......... I'm playing for the team, and it has nothing to do with personal grudges, okay?" Sakuragi retorted after being speechless for a moment. "Besides, Ye Zi is not that kind of person, and I am even less so. I pursued Ye Zi because I had just been rejected and wanted to find some comfort, do you really think I like her? Looking back on the fifty times he was dumped in junior high school, Sakuragi now can't believe that he was once so unlikable.

"If you can't eat grapes, you're really sour to death!" Danan finally seized a chance to speak. After speaking, the three of them burst into laughter.

The one who laughed at the three of them was happy. But happiness does come at a price. Sakuragi used a powerful triple hammer to bring them to the ground. "Didn't I fix you for too long and treat me like a sick cat?" After speaking, he turned his head and glanced at Yang Ping.

"I didn't say anything." Yangping hurriedly waved his hand to show that he was innocent, and waited for Sakuragi to walk away with the team, "After you were rejected by the leaves, you died sadly, but I comforted you, there is no reason to beat me together." Sakuragi, who had walked away, had his back on his back. Gave a middle finger to Yangping.

"Hungry, I thought Sakuragi had learned well." Danan sat up with his forehead covered. "It's been a long time since I've been hammered by Sakuragi. It feels ~~ so cool. "Gao Gong felt cool after being beaten." It seems that he is indeed Sakuragi. Noma muttered as he watched Sakuragi's back.

The two matches were played on the same field, with Lingnan and Hainan occupying a place in the stands early. Xiangbei is their common enemy, and after entering the joint finals, Xiangbei has no reason to retain its strength, this is the best time for them to observe Xiangbei.

"Sakuragi, are your injuries healed?" Xiao Tian took the initiative to go to Xiangbei and found Sakuragi to talk.

"I want to ask you that question too, and I hope that the game will be your best in a while." Sakuragi was very calm, and there was no trace of the imminent battle in his gaze with Oda.

"My little injury has long been healed, but I heard that you are seriously injured, and I hope that I will defeat not half of Sakuragi in a while." Oda is full of energy, and he has shined since the start of the competition~ It has been well received by the outside world, which makes him proud.

"It's 2 Sakuragi, if you can beat it." Sakuragi smiled, and his words were equally full of confidence.

The two of them shook hands amicably to end the conversation, and Ye Zi in the stands smiled happily when he saw this scene. Miyagi had been eavesdropping on the side, and when Oda was gone, he came to Sakuragi's side. "I'll pass the ball to your Sakuragi a lot, you have to fight for some air." With a wicked smile on his face, he was obviously infected by Gao Gong and others.

"It's just a normal game, and I can't help it if you have to pass me more." Sakuragi didn't appreciate it at all, and looked indifferent.

"Come on, Oda, blow up Sakuragi, the villain who owes money and doesn't pay it back." The players from both sides entered, and Kiyota Nobunaga climaxed first in the stands, standing up and shouting at the court, apparently he had already sided with Takeshien.

Oda looked at Sakuragi in a daze, Sakuragi turned a deaf ear and was not affected by off-court factors in the slightest, Oda felt that he was thinking too much about himself. At the beginning of the match, Takeshi won the ball for the first attack, and Oda used his height and skill to single Kakuda and succeeded.

"Sakuragi, a coward, actually let Tsunoda be cannon fodder, it's really contemptible." Seeing Xiangbei's step-by-step position defense, Kiyota Nobunaga was very sympathetic to Tsunoda and disdainful of Sakuragi.

Different from Xiangbei's defensive strategy, Oda mainly defends Sakuragi Hanamichi at the defensive end, which is more reasonable in terms of height. Miyagi didn't break his promise, and after half time, he directly handed the ball into Sakuragi's hands.

"Coach ~ Oda has no suspense to beat Sakuragi, right?" Kiyota Nobunaga singing a one-man show alone was a little boring, and Coach Chiro didn't have much affection for Sakuragi, so he asked.

"Theoretically." Takaotou's bland answer was beyond Kiyota's expectations, since Oda refused Takaotou's invitation, Takaotou now has no good feelings for these two people, and he hasn't watched Sakuragi's game since Sakuragi's return. In fact, so far, there are still quite a few people's impression of Sakuragi stuck in a year ago.

Oda watched Sakuragi take the ball, but he didn't stick it very tightly, and in his impression, Sakuragi was still the Sakuragi who could run and jump. Even at the first moment when Sakuragi made a shooting move, Oda still had a preconceived idea that it was a feint and wanted to trick himself into jumping up and dribbling to the basket. It wasn't until he saw Sakuragi's feet off the ground that Oda came to his senses and made a remedial defensive move.

"Oda doesn't seem to be aware of Sakuragi's changes, and it's a little too far away." Ah Shen watched Sakuragi's game carefully, and he saw that Sakuragi was already with new eyes. Unlike most people's astonishment, Ah Shen is extraordinarily calm.

Oda was caught off guard by Sakuragi's shot, and after successfully singled out the stalker Tsunoda again on the offensive end, Oda looked much more cautious in defending Sakuragi this time.

"Give Sakuragi balls again, Xiangbei really didn't treat Wuyuan as a dish!" Miyagi passed the ball to Sakuragi again in the cross-country stadium, and it was easy to make up his mind.

"Miyagi has always had a good grasp of the rhythm on the field, it seems that he has full confidence in Sakuragi, Fukuda, you should pay more attention to Sakuragi's attack." Xiandao hasn't seen Sakuragi's performance since he came back, and he can't see much from the statistics of the previous game's skills, after all, the opponents are too weak.

"My sister said that Sakuragi will be the most troublesome opponent in Lingnan, let's take a good look." Yokoichi Aida's sister reminded him, but he didn't pay too much attention to it, and his teammates chatted about it, and he remembered it.

Sakuragi saw that Oda was pressing, turned around and dribbled with his back to eat Oda. One step later, Sakuragi picked up the ball and turned left and raised his hand to make a shooting motion, Oda didn't dare to slack off this time, and jumped up to block it as soon as possible. Sakuragi saw Oda jumping, retracted his momentum sideways to avoid Oda in the air, took a step ~ sideways ~ stretched out his arms, and put the ball in the basket with a low hand.

The Xiangbei fans in the audience behaved very normally, and Sakuragi's similar performance they were accustomed to. Most of the fans who have not watched Xiangbei's performance this year opened their mouths wide and made a sound of surprise. Oda is widely recognized as Kanagawa's most promising interior player in the prefecture, with a wealth of scoring tools and rapid improvement defensively. But judging from the current performance on the court, Sakuragi's singles Oda seems to be easier than Oda's singles Tsunoda.

After Oda landed, he also looked at Sakuragi incredulously. Sakuragi was very low-key after the goal, there was no joy in it, and he didn't look around, just ran back silently.

"You all observe Sakuragi well, Anzai's seniors are really ........." Shigeichi Kooka has played for many years, and the coach has been a coach for so many years, so he is very knowledgeable, but he was still shocked by Sakuragi's performance.

"Oda is careless, right?" Zhicao didn't feel anything, and saw the coach make a fuss and asked.

"You know what?" Shigeru Taoka scolded Uecao loudly, "You outside players also give me a good observation, what habitual actions and flaws he has, maybe you will need to help defend the inside line at that time." Seeing that the coach said very seriously, the players didn't dare to say anything anymore and watched the game in the stadium with their eyes wide open.

"Tsunoda, are you okay? Do you need to change Sakuragi to defend Oda? Miyagi asked Tsunoda beside him as he ran back. (To be continued......)

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