Chapter 46 Preparing for Xiangyang
With the end of the competition, the top four of the Kanagawa Prefecture Winter Trials were all released, and the result was expected by everyone. The next game will become more and more intense and exciting, but no one dares to make a conclusion in the end. Xiangyang is the strongest on paper, but Xiangbei, a team that is used to upsets, no one can say for sure. Hainan and Lingnan played to overtime in the summer, and judging from the previous games, both teams were reserved. There is Xiandao Futian on one side, and there is Qingtian God on the other side, so we can only see who plays better on the spot.
"Are you an official fan? Why do you like meetings so much? Have this time~ Wouldn't it be good to let everyone practice more? At the end of the game, Xiangbei did not disband on the spot, but was called together by Miyagi for a meeting, and it was Senior Mitsui Shou who just expressed his dissatisfaction.
"You're a typical brave and unscrupulous!" Miyagi was used to Mitsui disagreeing with him, and he didn't get angry. "Coach Anthy is not there, we definitely don't have an advantage in terms of on-the-spot response, and if we don't think about countermeasures in advance, who will we count on when the time comes? Your three points? Miyagi was definitely not angry, but that didn't mean he wouldn't refute.
"What's wrong with my three-pointer? Without my three points, can we beat Xiangyang in an upset? Can you enter the national competition? You're jealous of me! Mitsui was not angry, but looked very proud.
"Do you know that it's an upset? If you win every time, then it's not called an upset, no wonder you have to count on a recommendation to go to college, you are really poor at studying. "I'm here for a meeting, but it looks more like a ~~~~ debate between two people.
"Shut up!" Ayako can't bear it anymore, the big war is coming~ Her own people are fighting first, and she, the team manager, has to stand up to maintain order. As soon as the paper fan went down, Miyagi was low-key. "Ah Cai, what are you doing with that thing in winter........."
"Hit you, can't you?" Miyagi deeply realized that it was really inconvenient for lovers to work together, Mitsui gloated on the side, and continued to tease Miyagi with his eyes, but Miyagi chose to ignore it.
"It's all quiet, let's start the meeting!" Miyagi coughed dryly twice and said seriously. "Because Coach Anthy can't sit down, we have to plan ahead. I suggest that Senior Mitsui first analyze the situation between us and the enemy and the strategies we should adopt, and everyone applauds and welcomes you. Miyagi's face was serious, but in the eyes of others, there was a little bit of a personal vendetta.
"Good! I also feel that Coach Anxin is not there, and I am the most intelligent and qualified here! Mitsui took it as a deed, and looked at Miyagi without showing weakness and said, Miyagi looked at Mitsui with disdainful eyes.
"The situation is clear, Xiangyang has a neat line-up, and we are just remnants. Without the lineup of Akagi and Sakuragi, we had no hope of confronting in height and rebounding, and we were completely at a disadvantage. And I have long seen this, and I have been working hard to improve the shooting rate, and at the same time lead the other players to practice outside shooting tactics, which can be said to be very prescient......." Mitsui began to gush on and on, but Miyagi couldn't listen to him and interrupted him.
"What I said earlier is very good, and I will start to brag about myself later, please go back to the previous topic and continue." Miyagi said as he protected his head so that Ayako wouldn't hit him.
"What I'm saying is the truth, is there any bragging?" Mitsui said it as a matter of course, and looked at everyone in Xiangbei, except for Yasuda, it was basically your blowing expression. "They're tall, we have to be fast!" Mitsui hurriedly continued, being jealous of so many people, he felt a little stressed.
"If you can avoid positional battles, you can avoid them, and use scoring to close the gap between defense and rebounding. Taking a step back, even if we lose at the end of the day, at least we will be half tired to death, even if they are defeated. But I'm here, don't worry......" Mitsui said as he was about to go down and blow again, and Miyagi quickly took the conversation.
"Most of what I said is the same as I thought, what do you think of Rukawa Kaede?" Miyagi ignored Mitsui's resentful eyes and turned to look at Rukawa Kaede.
"I'm okay with that, it's the same for me no matter how I fight." Rukawa Kaede is as calm as ever, and what he says is not as passionate as Mitsui, but Miyagi feels that Rukawa Kaede is more arrogant than Mitsui!
"Then so be it, everyone pay attention to maintaining physical strength ~ nourishing mentally. Since we stabbed Xiangyang once, we will sprinkle salt on them again this time! "Miyagi's fighting spirit is very high, and after the experience of the national competition, Miyagi is also looking forward to facing Fujima. He didn't want others to say that his time came because Amu and Fuji really withdrew, and he wanted to prove himself.
"Don't say I didn't remind you, the key to defeating Xiangyang is Fuji Zhen." Mitsui left this sentence in a strange way. "You're still worried about yourself!" Miyagi knew it in his heart, but Mitsui said it, which still added some pressure to him.
Haruko, as the team's other manager, seems to be very silent. Maybe Ayako has a lot of experience, and she's just a newcomer, so she doesn't feel like she can help much. And she didn't have the energy to devote herself to her role, and since Sakuragi didn't say goodbye, her heart has never been able to calm down.
Being taken away by Coach Anthy, the rest of the team seemed relieved and did not bother with this. But Haruko was a little uneasy, and the scene of Sakuragi leaving the stadium that day always lingered in Haruko's mind. Sakuragi: Is there really anything wrong with him? Haruko didn't know what was wrong with her, Rukawa Kaede, who had always attracted her attention, had now become a passerby in her eyes.
Haruko didn't know how many times she had told her brother Akagi Goken about it, and Akagi reiterated his opinion, that is, he thought Sakuragi Hanamichi was a person with perseverance, not a person who gave up easily, and the current situation could only be relied on himself. But seeing her sister's worried look, Akagi still suggested that Haruko could contact Mrs. Anzai.
The Xiangbei basketball team, which was still beautiful in the summer, didn't expect to fall into such a predicament so quickly. As the former captain, Akagi completely retired from the high school basketball world after keeping his promise on the surface, but in fact, he never left in his heart. The vice-captain Mu Du Gongyan is better than Akagi in comparison, in addition to the attention in his heart, he often appears in the stadium to give a point or two. After the team is confirmed to reach the semi-finals, Mu Gongyan may promise to go with the team as an interim coach in the semi-finals.
As the introducer of Sakuragi Hanamichi to join the basketball club, Haruko has expectations for Sakuragi in her heart that exceed others. At the same time, Sakuragi Hanamichi's growth and performance also made Haruko feel very secure, and she became psychologically dependent on him. Now Sakuragi's situation is unknown, so Haruko, who is terrified, accepts her brother's proposal. However, he did not get any useful information from Mrs. Anthy, and when Coach Anthy left, he had already instructed him not to be disturbed by anyone. So Mrs. Anzai, like Haruko Akagi, knows nothing but worries.
As the semi-finals approach, the atmosphere within the top four teams has also changed to varying degrees. Expectation~Nervous~Excited~Confused, all kinds of emotions become more and more intense. The winter selection, a special period of alternation between the old and the new, is destined to change many people from the role of cheering on the bench, and whether they can go up is a major attraction of the winter selection.