Chapter 60: Another Reason to Reach the National Championship

The game between Momiji and Dabei, in the eyes of the players of Suzuki and Xiangbei basketball team, was boring and lackluster, but in the audience present, the two sides came and went, and the game was lively and lively.

In the midst of the hustle and bustle, Suzuki and Taiga's sudden burning slogans were only heard clearly by a few people around them, but they did not cause any commotion.

In the ears of those who are familiar with college basketball, their slogans will only be regarded as unknowing, Xiangyang shouts so well and deserves the name, and Xiangbei is obviously more than one grade behind.

Perhaps it is the narrow-minded and arrogant factor in the nature of the people, after Dahe spread the slogan of "dominating the whole country" to the whole team in Xiangbei, everyone did not think that this slogan was too lofty and far from realistic, but thought that it was very good, and the spirit of the whole team was high, which also made Suzuki secretly sigh that the word "dominating the country" was really related to Xiangbei.

The morale of the Xiangbei team, in the next game with Gui Gong, opened a big killing, as if playing chicken blood, 10 minutes after the opening of the first half, Gui Gong did not let Gui Gong score a goal, and directly beat Gui Gong's starters to collapse.

The Xiangbei team also learned a lesson from their overexcitement.

The hot-blooded Aoki made an unnecessary slam dunk and then made physical contact with the opposing defender as he fell. When he landed, his center of gravity was unsteady and he stumbled.

According to the usual practice, if you can't stand steadily, you should roll around on the ground to dissipate the momentum, but Aoki has a strong temperament, so he has to stand forcibly, but he didn't step on it, but twisted his ankle.

Aoki immediately hugged his feet and shouted "whoop", and there was no sweat on his head during the 10-minute high-intensity game, but at this time, his forehead was covered with cold sweat due to severe pain.

Suzuki hurriedly stood up and rushed forward to take a look, Aoki's ankle was obviously red and swollen, it should have been broken, so he said to Yanagisawa and Kuroda: "You two, take him to the sidelines and sit down first, be careful not to let his feet hit the ground again." Do not cover the swollen area with your hands, let alone knead it. Momoi, you take a towel, soak it in tap water and bring it back, and we'll cool his wound first. Imai, you replace Aoki to play small forward and continue to play! Dahe, we don't have to fight so seriously, sometimes we can relax a little, just win. ”

Basketball is a very confrontational sport, injuries are commonplace, Suzuki two lives, see a lot, although things happened suddenly, he didn't mess up, the command is determined, with an orderly command to calm everyone's somewhat uneasy heart.

When he came to the sidelines, Aoki was still grinning in pain, Suzuki watched the swelling of his feet intensify, and after briefly bandaging him with a wet towel handed by Momoi, he said to Momoi: "You stay, remind Taiga to do more rotation." When the game is over, let Dahe take everyone back to school. I took Yanagisawa and Kuroda to take Aoki to the hospital. ”

This is Suzuki's third visit to the hospital in a week.

Aoki's pain was very strong, but after the doctor pressed it a few times, he said that there should be no problem, and asked Suzuki and the others to wait for the results of the X-ray.

After more than half an hour, Suzuki got the exact results. Aoki's injury is not serious, it is a ligament strain, and his bones and joints are fine, but it will take at least 2 months to recover.

This year's prefectural competition ended early, and all the competitions will be completed by the end of May. This is followed by a half-month break, after which the three rounds of the county finals will be played in mid-to-late June.

That is to say, Aoki's competition this summer has ended today, unless Xiangbei can break through the blockade of Xiangyang, Hainan and Lingnan and enter the national competition.

Aoki, who learned the news, was very depressed and acted a little depressed, and Suzuki couldn't think of a good excuse to comfort him for a while, and the two were relatively speechless.

On the contrary, Yanagisawa on the side said: "Senior Aoki, although my current strength is very poor and there is no way to help, I also want the Xiangbei team to achieve the goal of dominating the country." For this, Aoki-senpai's strength is indispensable. Hope you get well soon. ”

Suzuki glanced at Yanagisawa in surprise, he didn't expect him to be able to say such a thing, so he persuaded him: "Aoki, did you hear it, Yanagisawa is so ambitious, don't you, as a senior, have the confidence to overcome injuries?" Or, do you think that our Xiangbei will not appear in the national competition? ”

Aoki replied, "Of course not! I'm just, I'm just ......"

Suzuki interrupted him, "What's the point!" Now your task is to heal your injuries and wait for us to take you to Tokyo! ”

"To Tokyo? Can we really? Although Aoki is often enthusiastic, he only dares to dream about entering the national competition, and he doesn't really think that he can do it in his heart.

"Absolutely!" Although Suzuki himself was uncertain, he still replied undoubtedly at this time, and once again made up his mind to find a way to make Xiangbei appear in the national competition.

Originally, it was just to not bury the river, but now there is another reason.

Aoki's home was nearby, and Suzuki took Yanagisawa and Kuroda and sent Aoki back.

Aoki's family is still empty, and his parents sometimes have to work overtime on Sunday, let alone Toyoday.

After settling down Aoki, the group went to Xiangbei again.

Calculating the time, the game in Xiangbei has been completed, and sure enough, when the three of them arrived, there were already voices in the basketball hall.

As soon as he entered the door, Taihe greeted him at the door and asked, "How is Aoki's situation?" ”

Suzuki replied, "It's not a big problem, it's just a two-month break." ”

Dahe laughed when he heard this: "This is really embarrassing for him." ”

Suzuki remembered Aoki's restless temperament and laughed unscrupulously.

Suzuki saw that everyone in the stadium was practicing seriously, and said to Ohga: "When there is a game, the training is carried out according to the level of warm-up, as long as you keep the feeling of the hand, don't get too tired." ”

Taiga watched Suzuki walk straight to his seat and sit down, and couldn't help asking, "Sir, why don't you ask us about the result of the game?" ”

Suzuki smiled: "If you lose such an opponent, I have to consider changing the lineup in the future." ”

Sensing Suzuki's trust, Taiga grinned, and then beckoned Momoi to bring the match record to Suzuki.

When Suzuki saw it, he was surprised and said, "135-28!" How can you win so much? Didn't I tell you to relax? ”

Taihe just laughed and didn't say anything.

After a closer look, Suzuki saw that in fact, Xiangbei was already a little drained, and Guigong had been completely defeated, so he made this score difference of more than 100 points.

Of the five players who started the game, Aoki went out early with an injury, and before that, he had eight points and two rebounds.

The remaining four, Maki, Yoshino and Mizuhashi, did not play in the second half, and the final scores were 12, 14 and 17 respectively.

The three replacements were Miyagawa, Lantau and Endo. These three faced the defeated Gui Gong, and the killer was painful, and they behaved more fiercely than the starters, and it was completely impossible to see that two of them were not in the state. Of course, among the three, Miyagawa is the main center of Xiangbei, Lantau is generally the sixth man, and Endo is also a substitute because of the existence of captain Dahe, and his strength is not bad.

Miyagawa finished second with 22 points, Lantau scored 11 points and Endo scored 11 points.

One person in particular needs a special mention is Endo. In the second half, he played as a point guard, and it took only 8 minutes to shoot 2 three-pointers and 1 2+1, and let the opponent's center 5 fouls.

Then Taiga didn't let Endo play too much, and replaced Abe on the court to find a feeling.

In the limited time, Abe also handed in an 8-point answer sheet.

Imai, who played the second-most minutes, was the team's least-scorer, scoring just seven points. There is no way, the small forward position basically has no status in the Xiangbei team, and the right to fire will always fall last.

Takumi Okawa played the whole game and played tepidly, but he also saved a team-leading triple-double of 25 points, 19 assists, 9 rebounds, 6 blocks and 12 steals.