Chapter 21: Entering the National Competition
The match between Shobei and Lingnan was played in the No. 3 Gymnasium in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Rukawa Kaede looks weird today.
The gymnasium was crowded with people.
Xiangbei tees off, PG Miyagi passes the ball to SF ace Rukawa Kaede, and as a result, SF ace Rukawa Kaede passes the ball to SG Mitsui Shou.
SG Mitsui Shou looked at SF ace Rukawa Kaede strangely and thought, what happened to Rukawa Kaede today? It's weird.,Rukawa Kaede's only one actually passed the ball to me?!
SG Mitsui Toshimi saw that SF ace Kaede Rukawa was reluctant to shoot, so he made a 3-pointer himself.
In the first half of the game, Rukawa Kaede only scored 2 points and had nothing to do.
Such a strange performance aroused the curiosity of manager Ayako Asada: what conspiracy seems to be brewing in Rukawa Kaede today......
Throughout the first half, Xiangbei relied on the full play of C Akagi and SG marksman Mitsui Shou, and played 39:40 with Lingnan.
Lingnan ended the first half with a one-point lead.
In the second half, SF ace Rukawa Kaede suddenly fell into a madness and began to fire with all his might.
Constantly breaking through, switching hands to score layups, mid-range shots to score, and vigorously dunking, throughout the second half, SF ace Rukawa Kaede has scored 27 points.
And Lingnan SF ace Xiandao Zhang, who is opposite SF ace Rukawa Kaede, is waiting for this moment, and SF ace Xiandao Akira scored 17 points and 5 assists in a row.
The performance of the two men is comparable.
In the end, there were 30 seconds left, Lingnan led Shobei by 2 points, Mitsui Shou ran out of physical strength and went down, replaced by SG Mu Du Gongyan, SG Mu Du Gongyan has a vacant position, C Akagi shouted, Mu Dui, there is a vacancy, fast throw.
SG Mu Dui Gongyan didn't even think about it, so he voted, 3 points in!
Xiangbei reversed Lingnan in the end! ~
Yo, drink! All the soldiers in Xiangbei celebrated together, and finally went to the hospital to see the coach Anxi, who was not present, and reported the good news to him.
After the game, the whole team of Xiangbei went to the beach to celebrate entering the national competition.
Players, we have two wins in Xiangbei! We're finally in the national competition! Oh, oh, oh, oh! ~ Everyone threw Rukawa Kaede and Akagi high into the air.
In the future, our goal is to dominate the country! Remember! Akagi instructed everyone.
Xiangbei is planning to go to Shizuoka Prefecture to find Changcheng High School to play a training match.
Coach Anzai, this time you arranged for our team to go to Shizuoka Prefecture to find Tsunekoto High School to play a training match. Akagi looked at Coach Anzai with a serious face.
Coach Anzai said with a smile, hehehehe, except for Sakuragi Hanamichi, I want to stay, and the others go!
Why do you want to leave Sakuragi Hanamichi?! Akagi didn't understand and looked at Coach Anzai and said.
Because I'm going to train his mid-range shot...... Coach Anzai explained to Akagi.
Oh. On this day, except for the cherry blossom road in Xiangbei, everyone else gathered on the beach, Rukawa Kaede stood on the far left, everyone carried backpacks, and embarked on the journey to Shizuoka Prefecture.
In Shizuoka Prefecture, Xiangbei played a training match with Tsunekoshiba's Tsunekoshi High School.
In this game, Rukawa Kaede is becoming more and more domineering! Even Miko Chai is afraid of three points.
Mitsui's condition is also stable.
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And in the gymnasium of Shohoku High School in Kanagawa Prefecture, Coach Anzai is training Sakuragi Hanamichi's mid-range shooting ability.
Over the course of a week, Sakuragi Hanamichi has practiced throwing 10,000 balls.
He kept throwing the ball every day, watched his header tape, repeatedly analyzed and corrected his movements, and gradually mastered the essentials of mid-range shooting.
A week later, Hanamichi Sakuragi developed a secret killer that would later defeat the King of the Mountain.