While on the train, Taiga told Suzuki about the list of starters for the day.

The starting point guard is naturally Ogawa himself, and the position is played by Imai.

After a week of high-intensity shooting training, Imai's shooting skills have improved greatly. He had been practicing for so many years, and his real level was not bad, but he was too unconfident psychologically, and now Suzuki told him, you can do it. Out of trust in Suzuki, Imai was confident and found that he still had a talent for shooters, so he was more and more accurate, and compared to Mizuhashi, the range was slightly closer, but his defense was far better than Mizuhashi, so he was firmly in the starting position.

The small forward is played by Lantau Island. Lantau can do everything but everything is sparse, and there is nothing uncomfortable with pulling from the back line to the forward line. Let him start, is to use his tacit understanding with the rest of the third-year players, so that he can help Dahe when he is in trouble. In Momoi's introduction before, Lingnan has two point guards in the top ranks in the prefecture, Imayoshi and Kuroko, and the pressure on Taiga will be very high today.

The big forward is naturally Yoshino. The bouncing training method Suzuki found for him has not yet seen an effect, but the rebounding prediction and card position training have allowed him to improve some aspects in this regard, so that Miyagawa is not the only one who can grab rebounds.

In the center position, Miyagawa is in charge. This is the only point in Xiangbei that can be reassured except for the big river. The only regret is that Miyagawa's hook hand and mid-range shot have not been practiced, and he can only score under the basket for the time being.

The bench five are point guard Endo, split Mizuhashi, center Maki, and Omae Omae. The weakness of this lineup is still the small forward, and for the time being, it can only let the more experienced Abe on top.

As for Yanagisawa and Kuroda, it seems that they can only sit on the bench at the moment, and there should be no chance to play.

When he arrived at the front station of Lingnan High School, Yoshino was talking to a man wearing a Lingnan school uniform. The man was as tall as Yoshino, had a flat shaved head, and had a somewhat rugged face, with a striking scar on the left side of his cheek, which made people impress his appearance.

Seeing a large group of tall men coming out of the station, this man immediately realized that it was a large army from Xiangbei and reached out and stabbed Yoshino.

Yoshino turned his head and immediately greeted Scarface, first introduced Suzuki's identity, and then introduced Scarface to everyone in Xiangbei: "This is my neighbor, Tokuda Eiji-kun." He is a second-year member of the Lingnan basketball team. Tokuda-kun's basketball level is very good, and it was specially invited by Coach Taoka of Lingnan to enroll in Lingnan. ”

Eiji Tokuda smiled heartily and said, "Hello Superintendent Suzuki." Hello everyone in Xiangbei, please advise. ”

Everyone returned the salute, and Tokuda led the way, crossed the railroad tracks, went up a slope, bypassed Suzuki Hospital, and came to the gate of Lingnan High School.

Passing in front of a stone monument that reads 'Kanagawa Private Ryungnam High School', as soon as you enter Yeongnam High School, there is an open avenue leading to the main teaching building in the distance.

However, only halfway through the tree-lined avenue, Tokuda led the group to the mound beside the road, and climbed the stone steps to see a gymnasium with a spire standing on the hillside.

Entering the gymnasium, I saw that everyone from Xiangbei was coming, and Lingnan's coach Shigeichi Taoka greeted him at the door.

Tokuda introduced: "Coach, this is the Suzuki supervisor of Xiangbei. ”

Suzuki stretched out his hand to shake hands with Taoka, and the two exchanged pleasantries, and Taoka looked at Taiga and said, "Ohaga-kun, we meet again." ”

Takumi Ogawa shook hands with him and said, "Coach Taoka, please advise." ”

At the same time, Lingnan's main general, Shoichi Imaishi, was also greeting Suzuki.

Finally, Takumi Ogawa shook hands with one or two main generals of Sho Imayoshi.

Takumi Ogawa had a slight advantage in height, stared at Imai condescendingly and said, "I hope there will be a good game today." ”

Imai still squinted and smiled, "That's what I'm looking forward to." ”

A first-grade member of the Lingnan basketball club led everyone from Xiangbei to the away team's locker room to change the clothes they wore for the game.

There are a total of 12 people in the Xiangbei Basketball Department, and the jerseys have long been divided, and they are ranked according to the grade.

Dahe announced the starting list, and Mizuhashi, who has been performing well recently, had a slightly wrong expression, but he didn't expect that he still couldn't compete for a starter, and after changing his clothes, he was a little depressed and didn't go out to warm up immediately.

Suzuki observed this, stepped forward and rubbed his hair, and said: "The starting list is just a tactical arrangement, and you will have plenty of playing time later, but you have to warm up well, don't wait until I send you on the field, your hands and feet are cold, and you can't move." ”

Mizuhashi's mood immediately improved, and he said, "I know!" "Rushing out of the locker room.

There was still a person behind him who stayed in the room and didn't go out, and he asked in a low voice, "Mr. Suzuki, do I have a chance to play today?" ”

Suzuki looked back and it was Yanagisawa. He didn't want to lie to Yanagisawa, so he said honestly: "Yanagisawa-san, according to your current strength, unless we are ahead by a big score, you won't have a chance to play." But don't despair, if you keep training now, by the time you reach the third grade, I'm sure you'll still be able to get a starting spot. ”

Yanagisawa lowered his head, as if he had been hit and in some pain, and when Suzuki was about to comfort him, he raised his head and said, "Mr. Suzuki, I understand!" I'll try! ”

Suzuki said, "Good! I won't forget today's conversation, and I hope you don't forget that now, let's go out and you can gain some experience even if you're watching the game from the sidelines. ”

After a short warm-up, the substitutes put on their coats and sat on the sidelines. Only five men from each of the two teams were left in the stadium, plus a referee.

With a whistle, the training match between Lingnan and Xiangbei officially began!

Suzuki sat on the sidelines and quietly observed.

Contrary to Suzuki's expectations, in the position of center, Xiangbei actually has the advantage.

Lingnan's center was wearing the No. 6 jersey, slightly shorter than Miyagawa, and his arm span and bounce were slightly inferior to Miyagawa's, and the jump ball ended in Miyagawa's victory.

The basketball was slapped by Miyagawa towards Dahe, and Dahe held the ball steadily.

Seeing the loss of the jump ball, the players of the Lingnan team immediately lined up in their own half of the court and guarded it tightly.

Shoichi Imayoshi went straight up to the river on the defensive end, and the rest of the four were all in the restricted area.

Suzuki asked Momoi, who was sitting next to him, "Which one is Kuroko Tetsuya?" ”

Momoi pointed to the shortest and unathletic young man in the Lingnan lineup and said, "This is Kuroko-kun." ”

Suzuki stared at Kuroko for a moment, not seeing what he was doing on the defensive end.

While they were chatting, Taiga took advantage of Lantau to block and break off Imakishi to get inside and make a successful layup.

Xiangbei won the first goal of the practice match!

The score was 0-2.