Bidding farewell to Seirin, Xiangbei and his entourage returned to Kanagawa after a two-week trip to Tokyo.

After winning four consecutive games, especially after the not-so-easy victory against Chengrin, the morale and confidence of the entire team in Xiangbei have improved. Although the team still looks a little unsatisfactory in these games, the players have a good understanding of the strength of the team, especially the strength of several key teams.

At present, Akagi, Rukawa and Sakuragi, who occupy the three positions of center, small forward and point guard respectively, are the undisputed strong points of Xiangbei. Even if the three of them are put in the county, they can be called top players.

In the two positions of big forward and quarterback, Xiangbei's configuration is not top-notch, but there is no shortage of good players who can be used. Supplemented by proper rotation, even if you are targeted by your opponent, you will not easily become a weakness and be taken advantage of.

With such a strong lineup, the players in Xiangbei really had the idea of competing for honor for the first time, and the words of "defeating Xiangyang, winning Kanagawa, and dominating the country" were gradually on everyone's lips.

At this year's Kanto Competition, Shoyang once again won the championship for Kanagawa. However, unlike previous years, they played harder this year, and the final against Xiude was not decided until overtime.

Suzuki specially contacted Aida Yayoi and got the video of this game, and after watching it, he found out that it was not that Xiangyang had become weaker, but that Xiude's strength had really reached the level of being able to compete with Xiangyang.

Mr. Anzai continuously deployed troops in the final stage of the game, and sent all the third-grade main forces, but he still did not resist Midorima's outburst and was dragged into overtime by him. It is no longer the traditional five starters and sixth men who decide the outcome of this game, but the rotation of the seventh and eighth places!

Xiangyang completely relied on the profound heritage accumulated over the years to drag Xiude Shengsheng down!

The final of the Kanto Tournament is a game that no one can afford to lose. Whichever prefectural team wins the championship and the prefectural tournament tops the prefectural tournament will be seeded in the first division of the IH National Finals.

This is a real benefit, as the first round bye can give you a physical advantage and allow you to observe potential opponents' matches and make targeted arrangements.

In addition to its own lack of strength, the tactics of Xiangbei were thoroughly studied by the other party, which was also an important reason.

It's not unprecedented for a seeded team to lose the second round, but it's extremely rare.

Now Xiangyang is in the situation of Xiangbei back then, and the hole cards are exhausted, and they are clearly seen.

Shoyo's strongest lineup is made up of five third-year players, namely: center Hanagata, power forward Takano, small forward Nagano, point guard Fujima and point guard Mitsui. This is a lineup with a very impressive average height, and except for Fujima, the rest of the players are all 1.9 meters tall.

However, if he is too tall, he loses his flexibility, and Coach Anzai often takes one of Takanya and Nagano, uses Mitsui to play the swingman, and the other is a three-point shooter, and the second-year Hitoshi Enomoto sits in the backcourt.

This was the case with last year's Winter Cup.

After joining the newcomer this year, when the opponent is not strong, the newcomer that Coach Anzai focuses on cultivating is the point guard Yoshiki Anzai.

Yoshiki Anzai is the grandson of Coach Anzai, but he can gain a foothold in Xiangyang, which is a strong player, not only by his relationship, but also by his skills.

Looking at Yoshiki Anzai's appearance when he made his debut, Suzuki remembered Fujima two years ago. The same agility, agility, incredible speed, wide vision, and a very consistent mid-range shot. The difference is that Yoshiki Anzai is a little taller and stronger than Fujima back then, and he also prefers to work alone. Well, this last one seems to be a place to take advantage of.

After watching Xiangyang, Suzuki next observed Xiude, the opponent that Xiangbei had defeated back then.

Midorima and Takao's back-back duo is still Hidetoku's main force. After two years of training, Takao has developed a mid-range shot in addition to the breakthrough and ball sharing that he is good at.

Last year's Tokyo junior high school MVP Anzai in Suzuki's view, has barely reached the B gear, but in the game with Takao, the more he played, the more aggrieved he became, and before halftime, he was thoroughly touched by Takao and completely fell into the disadvantage. The hole dug by Anzai's several mistakes allowed Fujima to fill it until three-quarters of the second half.

Midorima is even more remarkable. Mitsui, who is opposite him, is already a rare tall pitcher, but he is now more than half a head taller than Mitsui, according to Suzuki's visual inspection, it should be two meters, which is comparable to Akagi.

It is precisely by virtue of the advantage of height that when Midorima and Mitsui meet again in a narrow way, it is already a situation of mutual explosion. Midorima prevented Mitsui from greatly reducing his three-point shot, but he still couldn't prevent Mitsui's fake fax sudden, and Mitsui often had to do his best to obey the fate of heaven for Midorima's ultra-high parabola.

The defenders are already two aces, and Xiude's forward lineup is luxurious, not inferior at all.

The small forward is former Sanno player Matsumoto. After falling out with the team, he transferred back to Tokyo and joined Hidetoku. However, so far, Xiude has met the mountain king twice in the national arena, and he has not succeeded in revenge once.

The power forward is Nozomi Yuuki, the best rookie in Ibaraki Prefecture the year before. After the defeat at the hands of Xiangbei, in order to enhance his strength, Hidetoku poached two inside players from the nearest Ibaraki to fill the vacancies after the departure of Oping, Miyaji and others.

This matter once caused a stir, and the organizing committee of the competition also issued regulations for this purpose, stipulating restrictions on the appearance of transfer students, but for the fait accompli Xiude, they still opened their nets.

Judging from the performance in the video, Yusei is a big forward whose scoring ability is still above Vulcan's big self. Takano was suppressed by his various feints in the offensive and defensive confrontation with him, and he ate 3 fouls in the half and did not return until the end of the game. However, the level of defense is far inferior to the offense, and Takano and Nagano, two guys who are not rich in offensive means, both scored some points in front of him.

In the end, Xiude's center, Ryuichi Magami, is not as radiant as his teammates. He was firmly suppressed by Hanagata throughout the game, and only when he grabbed rebounds, he could occasionally play. Overall, Ma Shang's performance is decent, he is a qualified blue-collar worker, and he will fight for the ball, but whether he can take it or not, it's a matter of two words. He didn't make any mistakes and didn't play out of the ordinary, but Hidetoku's coach Nakatani poached him and Yusei to Tokyo early last year, perhaps because he liked his simplicity.

Suzuki guessed.

The safflower must also be matched with green leaves.

If a team is full of star players, and everyone only thinks about scoring and playing handsome, then it will be a mess.

After Suzuki finished researching, he played the video of the game to the players, letting them know that there are people outside the sky, and other teams are not tied up, which finally suppressed the arrogance of the team a little.