Chapter 104: The Battle for the First Place

"Akagi, you talk about the game for a while, who will win." Seeing a few people mention college basketball, the scene cooled down a little, and Yu Zhujun changed the topic and asked Akagi.

"Naturally, it's Xiangbei, so you still need to ask?" In front of Yuzhu, an old opponent, Akagi was still as unashamed as before, and took the lead in declaring support for his alma mater.

"You all have a guess, I guessed that I will invite you to dinner and cook it yourself." Yuzhu made a promise, and a few people were not disappointed, so they guessed.

"Anxi seniors, today we are going to learn from you well." After the two sides rested, the game was about to start, and Shigeichi Kooka took the initiative to go to the side of Xiangbei and had a friendly pre-game exchange with Coach Anzai.

"Hehe, learn from each other." Both of them are very polite, this is called salute before soldiering, needless to say that both sides are clear, the other party is bound to win the championship.

The players on both sides warmed up in the field, and Akagi ~ Mitsui ~ Mu Du sat on the bench in Xiangbei and observed the side of Lingnan together. "Do you two really think Xiangbei has a big chance of winning?" Mitsui asked the two people around him while looking at it, he was with Yuzhu and the others just now, and he also supported Xiangbei, but it was purely mental, and he didn't consider the strength at all.

"It's hard to say! Last year, we won Lingnan very reluctantly, and now both teams have changed, and we still have to compare to know the way. Mu Du also said what was in his heart at this time.

"To be honest, I don't have a bottom in my heart." Akagi continued after Ki Twilight finished speaking. "Shigeichi Ogaoka has always been very strict in governing the army, and Lingnan is not as serious as Xiangbei blood loss. also pulled Naito over, and it felt like Lingnan was stronger. All three spoke in low voices, more like whispers.

"You're ignoring Sakuragi. Sakuragi is no longer the same Sakuragi it used to be. A voice sounded behind the three of them, startling the three of them, and when they turned around, they found that there were three people squatting behind them, and Akagi and the others patronized and watched the field, and they didn't find out when Gao Gong and the others hid behind and eavesdropped.

"Are you three rats? Can you not be so obscene? Want to scare us to death? Mitsui expressed strong dissatisfaction.

Hearing Mitsui's reprimand, instead of being angry, the three of them felt very proud. "Eavesdropping is our specialty. Isn't that amazing? Takamiya began to get carried away and show off.

"I advise you not to underestimate Sakuragi, especially Brother Glasses, be careful if you break your glasses for a while." Noma is obscene enough. At this time, making a sinister expression made it even more obscene.

"Since I came back, I've been listening to you blowing the cherry trees, have you all received the benefits of the cherry trees? Do you think you can beat your opponent by blowing? Mitsui was on the verge of vomiting when he heard it. When he was there last winter. Sakuragi is still a sick number. Now everyone is telling him how powerful Sakuragi is, he really can't believe it, it's completely out of his imagination.

"Little San, why are you talking bad about me?" Mitsui, who twisted his head and talked to the three people behind him, was startled again, and I don't know when, the players on the field walked back to the rest area, the three referees had already stood on the field, and Sakuragi was standing in front of Mitsui with his head down.

"Why do you walk without sound?" Look at Sakuragi's cunning appearance. Mitsui felt like he was being teased. "What should you do, why don't you blame me for hitting you before the game." Mitsui crossed his arms over his chest. Regained his calm appearance, reminding Sakuragi in the tone of his senior. Sakuragi wanted to say something, but Haruko had already beckoned him over to listen to the coach's pre-game arrangement, so he had to go back to Coach Anzai.

The coaches on both sides didn't say much, they had already said it in the dressing room before, and now they just emphasized. The game officially started with the referee's whistle, and the audience also quieted down with the whistle, waiting for the sparks from the collision between the two sides.

"If you write another Xiandao article this year, I don't think the editor-in-chief will react so violently, and it turns out that you are indeed right." Yayoi Aida's assistant, when everyone was paying attention to the game, suddenly came up with such a sentence.

"You'd better talk less nonsense!" Aida Yayoi is not modest, as for what kind of article to write this year, she hasn't thought about it yet, Xiandao doesn't need her to say much, the autumn country sports and winter selection have made many fans across the country know Xiandao, and Xiandao will definitely go to the national arena this summer.

On the field, Ling Nan held the ball in his hand, and Xiandao controlled the ball to organize an attack on the periphery. This scene is not uncommon, and Xiandao's passing skills have long been known. In addition to giving full play to the organizational talents of the Immortal Dao, Lingnan also had a consideration of pulling Liuchuan Feng outside. Without Rukawa Kaede under the basket, Lingnan's inside advantage will be more obvious.

Sendo himself was forty-five degrees on the right side and hoisted the ball to Tetsuya Naito on the inside. Rukawa Kaede didn't dare to relax his defense against Sendo, so he could only let Naito Tetsuya use his height to bully Kanoda. Let Naito come to the back singles, which is rare in Lingnan's previous games.

Tetsuya Naito and Tsunoda are both veritable rough streams. The two of them were not pretentious, and directly began to compete in strength. With a height like Kakuda, what he can do in Xiangbei is his strength. Under the pressure of Naito, who is tall and strong, Tsunoda lowered his weight very low, and leaned his body against Naito in front of him. Even so, Naito Tetsu still has an advantage in the competition of strength, and Naito, who aims to defend against Mori Shigekuan, sweats no less than the hard-working Tsunoda.

Every time he pressed closer to the basket, Naito turned his head to look at Sakuragi's position, Sakuragi didn't seem to have any intention of coming over to help defend, just blocking Fukuda and observing Naito's attack. At about the same point, Naito picked up the ball and turned to the left, leaning towards the basket and throwing a cricket. In order to counter Naito's strength, Tsunoda put his center of gravity too low and didn't have time to make defensive moves, and Lingnan took the lead to score two points.

"This is too much bullying Tsunoda, Akagi, how do you feel about the current comparison between Naito and Yuzhu?" Mitsui sympathized with his little brother and wanted to hear Akagi's opinion.

"I don't know anything else, but the attack is as bad as a fish pillar." Akagi had a low opinion of Naito's offense, "But bullying Tsunoda is enough." Akagi said and looked at Coach Anzai, he felt that Sakuragi should be more likely to defend Naito, I don't know what Coach Anzai, who was still sitting there quietly, thought.

Xiangbei's offense also hit the inside first, the ball was handed to Sakuragi's hands, and Naito Tetsu was also responsible for defense. Akagi ~ Mitsui all sat up straight, they all wanted to see how many catties and taels Sakuragi was "boasted of" by everyone.

After Sakuragi received the ball, he turned around and raised his hand and shook it, it was normal for Nato to be indifferent, Sakuragi was not trying to deceive Naito with this action. With the effort to turn, Sakuragi glanced at the positions of the others, and knew where his opponent and his teammates were.

After a spin and back, Sakuragi put down the ball and tested Naito's defensive intensity. After a trial, Sakuragi directly gave up the offensive means of forcibly attacking the basket, Naito's strength was very strong, and Sakuragi had little effect under a collision. After making another physical contact, Sakuragi took his right foot as the axis, and turned around like turning a book, if Naito didn't move~ the two people changed from opposite to next to each other.

Sakuragi turned around and jumped and shot without the slightest hesitation, and Naito seemed to be prepared, jumping up and blocking immediately with a small step sideways. Naito's early reaction was aided by his own observations of Sakuragi, as well as guidance from Sendo. After discovering Sakuragi's progress, both Sendo and Shigeichi Taoka vaguely felt that the key to the match between Shobei and Lingnan was likely to depend on Sakuragi's performance. Fukuda's progress on the defensive end was not enough to limit Sakuragi, and Lingnan had already decided that Naito would defend Sakuragi, and thought of a lot of methods and strategies for him to defend Sakuragi.

Facing the sealed palm, Sakuragi behaved very calmly, and threw the ball out of the ball according to his own rhythm and arc. The Lingnan bench was excited, and even Shigeichi Taoka was a little excited. In the past, Sakuragi had not met any opponents Naito, but Naito predicted it in advance this time, which can be said to be a successful defense.

"It seems to have been touched, but it's a pity!" Mu Dui Gongyan was so excited to see Ling Nan, it is estimated that Naito may have sealed the ball, and said regretfully.

By the slightest margin, the only people who could be sure that Naito did not touch the ball were Sakuragi and Naito. When the Lingnan bench was not happy for long, the ball fell into the basket cleanly, and this basin of cold water made the Lingnan bench bored, and they were all stunned and couldn't believe that the ball would go in.

"Awesome! Akagi, will you? Mitsui's eyes lit up and asked casually.

When Mitsui asked him this, Akagi's face immediately turned red. "I'm practicing too." After hesitating to answer Mitsui's words, Akagi's eyes began to change when he looked at Sakuragi on the field.

Although Naito didn't defend this ball, it made him increase a lot of confidence, and it was not as difficult as he was worried about before the game, as long as he worked harder, he could defend it.

Turning defense into offense, Xiangbei was still defending Naito by Kakuda, and Xiandao did not intend to sympathize with Kakuda and turned to the position of 45 degrees again. Tsunoda exerted his strength to squeeze in front of Naito, and the defender behind him had no chance to defend at all. Naito went back in front of Tsunoda to catch the ball, and although it was much farther away from the basket, Tsunoda couldn't withstand him at all, and Naito didn't care.

Tsunoda didn't plan to give Naito a chance to catch the ball at all, and he had to stand in front of Naito, and the two of them were entangled and fighting. Rukawa Kaede concentrated on defending the Immortal Dao, and suddenly saw the Immortal Dao making an imperceptible look at the inner line. His face was silent, but his heart began to be highly vigilant. (To be continued......)

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