Chapter 43: Post-Match Interview

After the game, the locker room of the Lingnan team was surrounded by a swarm of media, and Hikoichi Aida and two other first-year alternates held hands and blocked the door like a door god to prevent these media from breaking into the locker room.

"Seniors in the media industry, please don't squeeze it, please give us a little time, now our Lingnan team is making an internal summary, and after the discussion, our Coach Tianoka will officially accept everyone's interview! Please, everyone, don't squeeze any more! ”

After all, Yokoichi Aida is the younger brother of professional journalist Yayoi Aida, and he is better at dealing with enthusiastic media than the rest of the Lingnan team, and his words also made these excited media reporters gradually quiet down.

In the Lingnan locker room, the atmosphere was warm, and the players were still discussing the various wonderful scenes on the field today after bathing and changing.

"It's so cool today, today's game is the coolest game I've played in so many years, it's a pity, Kanagawa TV didn't come to the live broadcast, otherwise my heroic appearance will definitely be able to show all the girls in the Kanto region, and officially surpass Xiandao to become the first popular king of the Lingnan team."

Off-road was full of red light, and he was holding a dry towel to wipe his wet hair, and he didn't forget to continue to brag about himself.

"You think too much, off-road, the live broadcast of the county TV will only appear in the final four finals, and now it is amazing that there are so many newspaper reporters blocking the door outside. In addition, even if the TV station really comes to broadcast live, Lingnan's popular king today will not be you, don't forget that today's MVP is Xihao! However, you, Zhicao, Ah Fu, and Guan Ping also performed quite well, because you created a miracle together today! History is written! ”

As a third-year senior, although Chishang did not play in today's game, he did not complain at all, he was really happy to see such a strong Lingnan team.

When I heard Chef Ikegami say that today's game made history, the faces of these players on the court today appeared with excitement again.

"Making history? Sendo, didn't there ever be a 200-point high school league game in Kanagawa Prefecture before? ”

Chen Xihao was also wiping his hair with a dry towel, and at the same time asked the immortal dao sitting beside him with a curious expression.

"There may be other unofficial tournaments, but in official tournaments, it probably hasn't appeared, right? This, the coach may be clearer. ”

"Xiandao is right! Today, you have made new history! 200 points, which is indeed the highest score in the national high school league. ”

Coach Taoka nodded affirmatively.

Looking at the group of players who have created miracles in front of him, Coach Taoka's heart is surging, and he has led Lingnan for ten years, and he has achieved nothing in the first seven years, and he can't even enter the top 8 in Kanagawa Prefecture. It wasn't until the second year that Uozumi and Ikegami joined Lingnan that the Lingnan team finally advanced to the top 8 districts of the prefecture for the first time, and the following year, Sendo was dug by him from Tokyo to Kanagawa and joined Lingnan High School, and this year, Lingnan entered the top 4 in Kanagawa Prefecture.

In order to continue to strengthen Lingnan's lineup, Coach Taoka has taken great pains in the past three years, and he has tried to invite Mitsui Shou from Takeshi Middle School, Rukawa Kaede from Fugaoka Middle School, etc., but they all failed. Why did this game have to be played like this today, Coach Tiangang actually held his breath in his heart, in addition to competing with his old rival Hainan Coach Gao Touli, he also had to take a good look at those players who had rejected the Lingnan team. Once, you ignored me, and now, I want to make you unattainable!

"Okay, Yuzumi, let's pack up and return to Kamakura as soon as possible, tomorrow the basketball team will have a day off, and the day after tomorrow all the players will return to the team, and we will prepare for the semi-final round-robin in five days. Now, Xihao, you follow me out and meet those reporters. ”

"Yes, Coach!"

The door of the locker room, which had been closed for 20 minutes, was finally slowly opened under the eager antigery of many media.

Coach Taoka, who was dressed in a green shirt, was the first to walk out, followed by Chen Xihao, who was straddled his sports backpack.

"Friends from the media, I'm sorry for the delay in your precious time, but let's move to the interview room now, shall we? If there are any questions, my players and I will answer them one by one! Thank you! ”

Hearing Coach Taoka's remarks and seeing the MVP players on the field today, the reporters let go of the other Lingnan players who kept coming out of the locker room, and they hugged Coach Taoka and Chen Xihao to the interview room of the general gymnasium.

Sanae Nakagawa looked at Chen Xihao excitedly in the crowd, she straightened up, showed off her wonderful figure, and kept gently brushing the long black hair hanging down in front of her forehead, hoping to attract Chen Xihao's attention. It's a pity that Chen Xihao has been following behind Coach Taoka with his head down all the time, and Sanae Nakagawa's series of actions are tantamount to flattering the blind man and have worked in vain.

Just when Chen Xihao and Coach Taoka just walked into the interview room, a large group of people hurried over, this is the Kanagawa Prefectural TV station that has just learned the exciting news, they are worthy of being the county's leading heavyweight media, the camera crew with a DSLR camera alone came with three people, and the camera crew with a camera also came with four people.

As soon as many media saw that it was the interview team of the county TV station, they also gave up their places. As a result, the last group to arrive became the first media to enter the interview room.

When Sanae Nakagawa and her assistant Nakamura squeezed into the interview room, they found that there was no room for them to set up their cameras in the interview room, which was less than 50 square meters. Moreover, Kanagawa TV, which arrived at the end, occupied more than half of the front row with several of their cameras and several staff, which made Sanae Nakagawa extremely annoyed.

At this time, Coach Taoka, who was seated in front of the interview desk, had already begun to introduce himself.

"Hello everyone, I am the coach of the Lingnan basketball team, Shigeichi Taoka. Next to me was my player, the point guard of the Lingnan basketball team, Nozomi Arisaka. Xihao, hello to everyone! ”

"Uh...... Okay, hello everyone, I'm Xihao! ”

Chen Xihao experienced such a big scene for the first time, looking at a room full of media reporters, and the flashing lights flashing in front of him, Chen Xihao, who had never been nervous on the court, felt nervous and stressed for the first time.

At this time, a long microphone was handed to his mouth, and the person holding the microphone was a woman about 20 years old, with bright eyes and bright teeth, and a natural beauty.

"Xihao, hello! I'm a reporter from the Kanagawa TV Interview Department, Momoe Sakai, you can call me Momoe. Today, your Lingnan team set a scoring record at the National Men's Collegiate Basketball Qualifiers, which is not only the highest score in Japan at the moment, but also the highest score in a collegiate-level tournament around the world. How do you feel about being the MVP of the game? Can you talk to us about it? ”

Sakai Momoe's question was very professional, and this question was also a key question that many media wanted to ask the coaches and players of the Lingnan team.

But Chen Xihao didn't know how to answer this kind of question, so he looked at Coach Taoka beside him with a pleading look.

"Today's game can win, and create a historic score, is the joint efforts of all our players, Lingnan team has always been a team that adheres to the style of team play, although Xihao is the MVP in this game, his achievements today are inseparable from the support of his teammates, thank you Lingnan team every player for the game, everyone is great. However, this is only one of the qualifiers for the national competition, and we need to continue to work hard to achieve better results in the national competition. ”

After all, Coach Taoka is a veteran, and he has also served as a member of the coaching staff of the national youth team, so this kind of jack-of-all-trades answer is very handy.

"Coach Taoka is a well-known coach in the Kanagawa Prefecture high school group, and we as the media of Kanagawa Prefecture are deeply impressed by the fact that we can train such a strong team, and we also wish the Lingnan team better results in advance. By the way, Coach Taoka, I have a few separate questions I would like to ask the protagonist of today's game, Nozomi-ho, I don't know if it's okay? ”

Obviously, Sakai Momoe is not satisfied with Coach Taoka's panacea-style answer, as the media, they firmly believe that the words are not shocking and endless, and they must try their best to dig out some heavyweight answers from the mouths of the interviewees, so that they can become the hot topic of the current issue as a news gimmick.

Hearing that Sakai Momoe had already made it clear that Coach Taoka had no way to protect Chen Xihao anymore, he nodded lightly and agreed to this request.

"Xihao, as a member of the Lingnan basketball team, what do you think about the upcoming national competition?"

"Well, we'll do our best and then try for a good result."

"This good result? Do you have a specific goal in mind, for example, the top eight or the top four? Or rather, the national champion? ”

"Of course it'......"

Sakai Baihui set a trap in his question, but Chen Xihao didn't notice it, and just as he was about to open his mouth to answer that of course it was the champion, the instep under the table was gently kicked by Coach Taoka.

"Ahem~~ We'll try, well, try to play every game."

Sakai Momoe, who almost got the ideal answer, narrowed her eyes slightly, like a cunning little fox, and she seemed to sense something that was secretly happening from the expressions of Coach Taoka and Chen Xihao. So, her eyes began to focus on Coach Taoka, which made Coach Taoka very embarrassed, and her body involuntarily moved into the distance.

At this moment, Sakai Momoe immediately started a new round of questions, and the speed was extremely fast.

"Xihao, do you know the opponents of the top four in the county? For example, the Hainan team? The Bururi team? Or this year's dark horse Xiangbei team? ”

"Oh, I've seen Amu of the Hainan team, it's a very good senior, and he also gave me a copy of the "Basketball Weekly" magazine, which I'm not familiar with the Xiangbei team and the Buri team."

"So are you confident about the next round robin of the Final Four? Will the Lingnan team still be able to perform as well as they did today? ”

"Well, have faith!!"

"Okay, thank you very much for the answer from Coach Taoka."

Momoe Sakai finally smiled with satisfaction.

Subsequently, other media also raised their hands to ask questions, and Coach Taoka quickly took it.

Although Chen Xihao's final answer made Shigeichi Taoka not feel that there was anything wrong, but out of sensitivity to the media, he decided not to let Chen Xihao answer other people's questions.