"Boom!" Hikoichi closed the door with his left hand.

"Hikochi, where are you going? Is the injury better? As soon as he went out, he heard Chiba's voice, and Hikoto turned his head to see that Chiba was standing with his hands behind his back.

"Ah, it's better, it's fine." Hikoichi raised his bandaged right wrist to indicate that it was not a big problem.

It's really not a big problem, it's an ordinary sprain, and I went to the hospital for a check-up after the game yesterday. After filming, the doctor said that there was no bone injury, and that it was okay to rest for a while.

But there's no time to rest.

"The ······ of the night's game" Chiba's face was full of worry, "You still ······"

"It's all said, it's okay, just rest for two days after the game." Hikochi still looked relaxed.

“······ Well! Chiba lowered her head, she was actually very entangled, both worried about Hikoichi's injury, but also hoped that he could kill all sides in the game, after all, tonight is the national finals, if she can't play······

But since Hikoichi has already made a decision, it's good to support it!

"By the way, you haven't said what you're going to do!" No longer entangled in his heart, Chiba also became free, and asked Hikochi with a smile.

"Ah, I want to go out and hang out, it's a bit boring to stay in this hostel."

It's already afternoon, and they haven't been out since they returned to the hostel after yesterday's game.

"I'll be with you."

"yes, okay."

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"Do you eat?" In front of a snack shop, Hiko ordered some takoyaki while asking Chiba.

"I'll forget it, I've just finished lunch and can't eat." Chiba shook her head.

Hikochi didn't ask anymore, watching the boss busy, "Trouble less spicy, thank you." Then the scene fell silent a little.

"The schedule of the national competition is really tiring." It was Chiba who broke the silence.

"That's right, it's a race every day!" Speaking of this, Hikoi can only be helpless, he himself has complained many times, "But this is also because we are in the national competition for the first time, and other strong teams seem to be more suitable for this schedule than us." ”

"It's not easy to reach the final of the first national competition!"

"Hmm······ To be honest, I didn't expect to fight all the way to this point. Yan smiled, he was not modest, but he really didn't think about it.

There are many factors that affect and determine the outcome of a match, not only the hard power, but also the adaptability to the schedule, the team atmosphere during the game, and the on-field play that is extremely important for this type of knockout round.

Lingnan's hard power is still there, but after all, it is a new army, and it is also holding its breath all the way to the finals, and thanks to Coach Taoka's far-sighted use of the rotation lineup for a long time in the first few games, the physical strength of the main force has been preserved.

"It's not in vain that your efforts in junior high school are in vain, everyone thinks highly of you," Chiba smiled happily, as if thinking of the scene in junior high school again.

"Ah, yes, it's a pity that I'm injured," Hikochi sighed, knowing that the injury to his right hand would definitely affect his performance tonight.

"Thank you." Hikoichi took the takoyaki handed over by the boss.

"Thank you for your patronage, come on to the game!" The boss is an uncle, and he smiles kindly, apparently hearing the conversation between Hikoichi and Chiba.

"Thank you." Hikoichi thanked him again before turning around and leaving with Chiba.

"I'm sure you'll be able to perform well in the finals!" Now that Hikoichi has decided to play, Chiba is no longer worried about the injury, but supports and encourages Hikoichi, "Didn't you score a free throw with your left hand yesterday?" And I see that you can usually shoot the bow left and right in training, so tonight's game must be fine! ”

In yesterday's game with Aiwa Academy, Hikoichi took over the flat pass at the last moment, forced a dunk, scored and caused a foul on Katsuhisa Nishijima, but sprained his right hand when he landed.

Standing on the free throw line and hesitating, Hikoichi chose to use his left hand to make a free throw, and he also hit, which can be regarded as shocking the audience.

Hikoichi's free throw hit meant that Aiwa could only play three points on the last offense, and Aihe called a timeout to set up the tactics, leaving them with just over three seconds to spare. After going on the court, Lingnan defended desperately, Hikochi entangled Zhuxingda, and finally Aihe sent the ball to Katsuhisa Nishijima, he forced three points, brushed the basket out, and scared everyone in the Lingnan team into a cold sweat.

Winning is winning, but Hikoichi's right hand is temporarily invalid, and I don't know if it's good or bad.

It's okay to shoot two with your left hand once in a while, but your left-handed shooting percentage is certainly not as good as your right-handed shot throughout the game. And Hikoichi is in the situation of his right hand now, it's okay if he doesn't move, but it hurts as soon as he exerts force, and it's definitely impossible to shoot, and the dribble is enough to choke, so he can only come gently.

One of Hikoichi's biggest roles on the court is to pull Lingnan's offensive space. As the most stable point of the team's three-point line, as long as he stands outside the three-point line, the opposite side must send someone to follow, so that the defensive area has to be expanded, and Lingnan's offense will be much easier.

You think, if your team can't shoot from a distance, then when you defend, people will shrink inside, and wait for you to rush inside, how good it is to defend.

Now Hikoichi's right hand must not be able to throw, as for the left hand, it is also in the middle distance, and there is no need to think about three points at all.

"You really have faith in me." Hikoichi said to Chiba with a smile.

So I'm in a similar situation to Ryota Miyagi now. No, in my current situation, Miyagi's impact is a little stronger than mine······

"yes, you have to have faith in yourself, too!" Chiba said and looked at the time, "It's almost two o'clock, let's go back early, and we'll gather to see love and a game with famous friends in a while." ”

"Well, wait until I'm done."

The third and fourth place finals, the battle of love and revenge, will start in a while.

It is said that the three or four finals are not held every year, last year and this year, but not the year before last, in that case, only one champion and runner-up will be determined, and the two teams that lose in the semi-finals are collectively referred to as the top four, and the third place will not be determined by additional matches.

In short, the system is not perfect, it all depends on the mood of the leadership.

I hope that when the leaders are in a good mood, they will also change the schedule!

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At three o'clock in the afternoon, the finals of the third and fourth places began.

Aihe Academy suffered the loss of Mingpeng Industry in the finals of Aichi Prefecture, and lost to Lingnan by a small margin yesterday.

Katsuhisa Nishijima didn't play well today, and I don't know if it was because of yesterday's blow, or if it was too much pressure on him from the famous friend basket. He also played mediocre in the final in Aichi Prefecture, which was one of the reasons why Aiwa lost at that time.

However, fortunately, Zhuxingda continued yesterday's good feeling, and continued to score points in and out, leading Aihe Academy to establish an advantage early. In this game, he learned smartly and didn't take the initiative to make a foul on Mori Shigekuan, because he still remembered that in the last game, he deliberately went up to make a foul because he wanted Mori Shigekuan to commit a foul early, and as a result, he was injured and the team lost the game.

In the end, Mori was still sent off before the end of the game, and there was no need to deliberately make him foul.

Aihe also won the game smoothly and won the third place, which is an improvement compared to last year's fourth.