Epilogue The Year of Kanagawa
When he came back to his senses, people were shocked by Kanagawa's strength.
However, this is just the beginning.
In the autumn country, with the top five in the country as the team, supplemented by Mizuno, Anzai, and the main force of the top eight strong Lingnan, Yuzumi, Sendo, and finally plus Maki, Huangse, and Mike's Kanagawa is invincible, with a score difference of more than 100 and more than twice as many as the field, sweeping all prefectures and counties across the country, and there is no resistance.
And in the Winter Cup, it is even more exaggerated.
The team from Kanagawa, in their home stadium, swept the semi-finals.
Because the IH champion and runner-up are automatically awarded a place, plus one place for the host, Kanagawa will have a total of four teams able to participate in the Winter Cup this year.
Despite the absence of Xiangyang and Xiangbei, Hainan still fell tragically in the county competition, and their rise will take time.
defeated Hainan's Green Wind, but was eliminated by Lingnan.
Kanagawa's last place to qualify fell on Buri's head. Relying on the hard work of the ace Huang Se, they defeated Oda Kiri and Miuradai in a hard battle, and were lucky to qualify.
Buri's luck continued to the main match of the Winter Cup, and they blocked and killed gods along the way, and actually mixed up to the top four positions, and finally folded in the hands of Xiangyang.
Even if Mitsui, Fujima, and Hanagata retreated, the new generation of Shoyo composed of Ito, Kikuchi, Enomoto, Inada, Anzai, and Suizenji would not be to be taken lightly.
In the other two divisions, Xiangbei and Lingnan both stood out from their respective divisions by considerable margins.
Suzuki not only entrusted all the basketball team to Taiga, but even the job of a teacher was handed in and he handed in his resignation, just waiting for the end of the year.
However, with Sakuragi and Rukawa there, Taiga led the team, with Mori (C), Yamada (SF), and Daikusu (PF) as the main force, Yasuda and Mito as substitutes, and it was still very easy to play.
Although Xinlingnan, composed of Xiandao, Fukuda, Miyagi, Kemei and Kanpei, is on par with Xiangbei in the main lineup, it is still weaker in terms of substitutions, and it has further strength, but it has returned home.
As in the summer, it was Xiangbei and Xiangyang that entered the finals.
As in the summer, it was Xiangbei that had the last laugh.
After Xiangyang, Xiangbei became the undisputed king of the country, while Kanagawa dominated the country in the field of college basketball.
Many people refer to this year as the "Year of Kanagawa".
In this year, Takumi Okawa began his coaching career.
Dahe was lucky, and in his coaching resume, the word champion was written in thick ink at the beginning.
This allowed him to take charge of a well-funded team when the island nation established a professional league seven years later, officially kicking off what would become known as the "Legend Coach".
And many rookies that emerged during the year have become the backbone of the league after the start of the island country's professional league.
Yuji Ohsumi, Yoshiki Anzai, Kiyoshi Mizuzenji, Mikio Kawada, Ichiro Katsumi, Hikoichi Aida, Nobunaga Kiyota, Ryota Kuse, Yoshinori Susa, Tomoki Tsugawa, Ryumasa Oda, Koichiro Minamigo, Shuzo Hiromura......
This string of names has entered the JapaneseBasketball Association's Hall of Fame. And a significant number of them entered twice as players and coaches.
The following year, Mizusawa Ichiro came to Xiangbei as promised, and Sakuragi led them to defeat strong enemies, and finally successfully defended the IH title. After that, Sakuragi went to the United States with Zebei, the ace of the runner-up army of the year.
After the loss of cherry trees, the Xiangbei Dynasty declined. Coach Taoka, who failed in the Winter Cup and is good at discovering new talents, finally got his wish and won a national championship.
After graduating from the third year, Rukawa landed in the United States with Naito, who was already in his first year of college, and entered the same basketball school, making a name for himself.
Two years later than the two of them, after Mori Shigekuan laid a solid foundation in college, he also entered the United States.
These five people, together with Ziyuan, who became famous in the early stage, have become the representatives of island country basketball in the United States.
But the circumstances of these six people are very different.
Ziyuan, who first landed in the NBA, is the most successful of the several, making the playoffs with the team many times and winning championship rings twice.
After suffering a setback, Zebei returned to the island nation. After that, he also dominated the league and played until the age of 38 before retiring.
Naito has always been blue-collar, not sluggish, and has never gotten a big contract, but he has always played with the ball.
Liuchuan and Zebei had a similar experience, but he refused to return to the island country, and kept pushing himself, and finally lost his speed and spirituality in one injury after another, and finally gradually faded out of people's field of vision and disappeared.
Mori Chong was the last of several people to arrive in the United States, but he was also second only to Ziyuan in achievement among several people. Although he was not the main player of the team, as an important rotation player, Morishige also got a championship ring with a name.
When Sakuragi first landed in the United States, it aroused strong interest in the basketball community in the United States, and let the people of the United States know that there are also people who play good basketball in the Far East.
Sakuragi had a jaw-dropping performance in the NCAA.
People called him the Red Whirlwind.
In Sakuragi's short two-year career, he won the regular season MVP and the playoffs MVP, but he just didn't win the championship.
Sakuragi won the respect of his opponents and the love of the audience, but he failed to win the favor of God.
People lamented Sakuragi's achievements and expressed puzzlement at his sudden retirement.
Few people know where Sakuragi went, but that doesn't include Suzuki, who settled in Rabbit's house.
Suzuki and Sakuragi have always been in contact and know he's gotten what he wants, so it's no surprise that he's given up basketball.
It's just that Suzuki also lamented that after spending so much effort, he still couldn't make Sakuragi like basketball.
The country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change.
It's not surprising that Sakuragi fell in love with basketball because of one woman, and now gives it up because of another.
The Traveler has changed the fate of many people, but for the whole world, it is insignificant.
With the advantage of foresight, Suzuki has laid out the IT field in advance, and has become a financial predator at the advent of the Internet era. Politically, he supported the left, but failed, but succeeded in leaving the island and living in seclusion on the mainland. This is his second home, and the layout of the previous years is enough for him to spend the rest of his life in peace and prosperity.
At the turn of the century, Akagi, who transferred to play in the magic capital, once heard a familiar word of encouragement on the field. The man called him "Akaga".
Akagi followed the prestige, and guessed who this person was from the appearance of the long-haired woman next to the person. At that time, in the middle of this pair of men and women, there was also a pink and cute child. But when the game was over, Akagi tried to find someone again, but he couldn't find anyone anymore.
This is also the last news about Suzuki in the basketball circle.
Many people wanted to find him, many people wanted to see him, but in the end no one succeeded.