If it doesn't involve studying, Sakuragi Hanamichi can be called a child who doesn't need much attention from adults, especially if he is already very familiar with the Suzuki family.

Despite some emotions, Horie faithfully followed Kyopei Sakuragi's wishes and campaigned for the purchase of the property, providing Suzuki with an alternative catalog.

After a little consideration, Suzuki decided to accept the offer first, and was ready to use the after-work time to examine the environment, quality, and other details of the alternative houses one by one.

However, before that, Suzuki was facing the third and fourth rounds of the prefectural tournament.

On May 24th, Tuyao Day, at 12 noon, Xiangbei ushered in the competition with Guigong University at Fujisawa Gymnasium.

This time, the players from Xiangbei were finally able to justifiably skip Saturday morning's class without punishment.

Before 10 o'clock, Xiangbei was already sitting in the stands to watch the game between Red Leaves and Dabei.

Momiji still relies on their core, captain Yakushi Marumoto to attack, but this third round has been played, and there is basically no team that is too weak, although Dabei does not have a star with outstanding strength like Yakushimaru, but the overall strength is not bad, especially for Momiji.

Seeing the scene where Yakushimaru was surrounded by the three people in Dabei alone, and the rest of the players repeatedly missed on the outside, the first time I watched him play, Dahe and other Xiangbei players shook their heads and sighed for him being in such a weak team.

Taiga said, "It would be nice if this Momiji team could have one more stable outside pitcher. With such internal and external cooperation, the threat is quite large. ”

"yes," Lantau chimed in, "their point guard is not bad, but unfortunately he doesn't have the ability to shoot from the middle. But the other three were really a mess, and they couldn't get into the empty seats. ”

Lantau's mid-range shooting rate is at the bottom of the Xiangbei team, but if there is a vacancy, it is at least more than fifty percent, and those who are in Dabei on the field, no matter how you look at the goals they scored, are blind.

Fortunately, Yakushimaru's height of 2 meters has absolute control on the inside, and he doesn't even need to jump, he can grab most of the rebounds, and then complete a secondary attack.

"Why didn't he dunk?" Seeing that Yakushimaru's pick-and-roll and turnaround under-basket projection were sometimes covered and could not be fully converted into scoring, Yoshino asked in wonder, "It should be easy to do this based on his height." ”

"He's here to save energy." Xiangbei's Zhengyin center Gong He saw the reason and explained, "Slam dunk can certainly guarantee scoring, but doing so will consume a lot of physical strength, and in order to play the whole court, he deliberately gave up this offensive method." Moreover, there should be no one in the Momiji team who can replace him. ”

"Definitely not." "If there were, I wouldn't let those three go." ”

Yoshino, who had never been troubled by physical problems, suddenly realized that in the Xiangbei team, there was sufficient manpower rotation, and sometimes he just didn't enjoy the game enough, and he didn't think about the problem of running out of physical strength and having no one to replace him after the game.

The game below ended the first half with a score of 38-35. Momiji did not lag behind, but led by 3 points.

Because Dabei's outside shooting rate is just a notch better than that of Red Leaves, but because he can't master the rebound, he suffers a little in efficiency.

"Let's go down and warm up first." Suzuki, who had been silent, said.

The schedule of the matches is very tight, the number of games is back-to-back, and the half-time is the warm-up time for the next game between the two teams.

Gui Gong, the opponent of Xiangbei's next game, naturally warmed up at this time.

Suzuki looked at Katsura Gong's lineup that was the same as the last time, and he didn't bother to put out the starting lineup for the next game.

The center first let the real wood on. It took three days for Gonghe to recover this time, his hands were a little raw, and his condition was not at its best.

In the same way, Endo will not be a starter today, and the point guard is still Taiga.

Power forward Suzuki is ready to let Yoshino go on, while small forward is Aoki. Gui Gong's players are not very good, but their height is very good, there are several big men over 1.85 meters in the team, and Suzuki's move is also to strengthen the height of the inside line.

In the end, the quarterback is still played by Mizuhashi, the best shooter in Xiangbei, and if the score is ahead, Suzuki is ready to let Imai and Lantau take turns to play to find their feelings.

The 15-minute intermission, in the eyes of the audience, may be relatively long, but for the warm-up players, it is a blink of an eye, everyone throws a few balls, and it is over.

Momiji and Daihoku played again.

The players from Xiangbei sat in the stands again.

Suzuki asked Oko, "Which of these two teams do you think is better?" Which team will be our opponent again. ”

Dahe replied without hesitation: "Of course, Dabei is better to fight." Their overall level is higher than that of red leaves, but in front of us in Xiangbei, it is not enough to see! On the contrary, it is the Yakushi Pill, even if it is Miyagawa, it will be a little troublesome to deal with. ”

When Miyagawa heard Dahe mention his name, he said in a sullen voice: "The strength of this pharmacist pill is above me, and I can't guard against him." Besides, we don't know how he bounces, and if he does, maybe with Yoshino or Maki to help, we may not be able to control the rebound! Dabei can't force the full strength of Yakushi Pill at all! ”

Taiga sighed: "It's a pity, I'm afraid he will leave the field so aggrieved, his teammates don't even have the most basic level." ”

Suzuki glanced at Momiji's bench and said, "The old gentleman on Momiji's sidelines shouldn't be the coach, I'm afraid he's just acting as a superintendent." I didn't see him give any command. ”

Dahe glanced over there and said, "That's really the case." Moreover, there are only two on the bench of Momiji wearing jerseys, and the strength of the substitutes is also seriously insufficient, and Momiji's results this year are probably not as good as last year. ”

Suzuki felt something, sighed and said, "Yakushimaru is also in the third grade this year, and he will graduate soon. Perhaps, next year, the red leaves who lost him won't even be able to pass the first round. That's the sadness of a small team! Occasionally, because of the addition of one or more good players, they become dark horses, but in the end, because of the lack of background, the players will fall rapidly after graduation, and they will be unknown again in just a few years. On the contrary, even if the strong team is not in charge for a while, it will rise as soon as there are talented players due to the existence of a perfect system. Moreover, talented players will also be happy to join the sinking traditional powerhouses and become the cornerstone of their resurgence. ”

Suzuki's exclamation is not only talking about college basketball in Kanagawa, but also about a common phenomenon in competitive sports.

Dahe didn't feel much about this, but asked: "Sir, will Xiangbei become a dark horse this year?" After we graduate, will Xiangbei return to the ranks of the first round of teams? ”

Suzuki smiled and asked, "Dahe, is your goal to make Xiangbei a dark horse?" ”

Dahe was a little sluggish and asked, "So what else can Xiangbei become?" ”

Suzuki said: "Dahe, of course Xiangbei has to become a hero!" Haoqiang, also relying on this achievement, relying on the accumulation of honors little by little, the team with history alone does not deserve to be called Haoqiang! ”

Dahe's eyes lit up and he said, "Yes! We in Xiangbei should also be called Haoqiang! ”

Suzuki said: "Then, let's join forces and get back the original honor for Xiangbei!" We want to dominate the country! Gentlemen, work hard! ”

Dahe stood up, waved his arms to the sky, and shouted, "Yes! Dominate the country! ”