Kaede Rukawa's progress led the team's offense.

To reach the quarterfinals, it is obviously impossible for him alone. There are also two other outstanding players in the Tominogaoka squad who are above the average level of the prefecture and national high school, namely power forward Kosuge and point guard Mazaki. It is the play of these two people that makes Fuzhigaoka still maintain a certain scoring ability when the ace is exploded, and maintain Fuzhiqiu's morale from collapsing.

Having said that, the positions of the three strong points of Fuzhiqiu are exactly the same as those of Lihai, and all of them are on top of Mai Mang.

Although Xiao Kan does not have the physical condition of Maori, his skills are very good, he can not only play singles inside, but also cut quickly in the air, in addition, the mid-range shooting is also a few levels, and all kinds of feints shake Maori frequently flying.

If you only look at the offense, this Xiao Kan is much stronger than Hotta, a new entrant in Xiangbei, but if Suzuki chooses, he would still prefer Hotta. Perhaps because of the reason for making way for Kaede Rukawa and switching from the small forward position to the power forward position, Koga seemed at a loss on the defensive end and often lost his position. What makes Suzuki frown even more is that Kosuga's defensive attitude is also very problematic, very inactive, often watching his teammates defend, and he is left alone with nothing to do.

That point guard, Masaki, made Suzuki quite admire. Compared to Miyagi, who is opposite him, Masaki is much taller, almost 1.8 meters, almost to the extent that he can play the inside line. However, like the vast majority of point guards in the country, Masaki is also the type who can only pass and not shoot, so when Rukawa is defended by Sakuragi and Kosuga is trapped, Masaki has no choice but to rely on his own breakthroughs to create some offensive opportunities.

Fortunately, Rukawa grew up rapidly in the one-on-one with Sakuragi and survived, otherwise even if Masaki was tired to death, he wouldn't be able to drag this whole team down.

However, the good times didn't last long, and after only seven or eight minutes of play in the second half, Rukawa Kaede's speed slowed down all of a sudden, and he was locked up by Sakuragi again.

Everyone can see that Rukawa has reached its limit.

Coach Misugi of Tominogaoka replaced him off the field.

Tominogaoka's persistence did not end there, because Sakuragi asked Coach Yukimura to take a break after losing his opponent.

But that's not the big picture.

Lihai's lead has come to 20 points, and the chances of being overturned are slim.

Seeing Sakuragi go down, Mito no longer paid attention to the game on the field, but poked his head to chat and laugh with Sakuragi who was sitting on the bench below.

With the loss of two star players, Sakuragi and Rukawa, the game became boring. Although Miyagi also sent exquisite assists from time to time to allow Maori to show off his excellent physical fitness, overall, there was no suspense in the game, and it was an indisputable fact that the viewing was not good.

At the end of the game, Suzuki and Momoi left the gymnasium early, went to the convenience store on the side to drink tea, and waited for the people in Lihai to leave the stadium by the way.

What Suzuki didn't expect was that it was the player coach of Tominogaoka who walked out of the gymnasium first.

Suzuki thought about it, but still took Momoi to greet him, ready to leave an impression on Rukawa Kaede.

Who knew that when Suzuki approached, he found that in the crowd, there was a person who should not have appeared with Tominogaoka standing in it, chasing Rukawa Kaede and saying these things.

Suzuki asked in surprise, "Coach Takaotou, why are you here?" ”

Gao Touli also asked with a look of surprise, "Coach Suzuki, what are you doing?" ”

Suzuki smiled, "Naturally, I'm here to do the same thing as you." ”

Suzuki stood beside Rukawa Kaede and said straight to the point: "Rukawa-sama, I am Suzuki, the superintendent of Xiangbei University, I appreciate your ball skills, and I hope that when you graduate from junior high school, you can come to Xiangbei." ”

Tominogaoka had just lost and ended this year's tournament, and although Rukawa Kaede had bright spots in this game, it was not a good performance overall. His face sank and he was a little impatient, but he still maintained the most basic etiquette and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Suzuki, I'm only in the second year of junior high school now, and I don't want to decide on a school to go to school for the time being." ”

Suzuki knew that Rukawa Kaede was not something that could be easily impressed, and he was not surprised by his indifferent refusal, so he said: "Na, don't worry, I just hope that when you make this decision next year, you can consider Xiangbei." ”

Liuchuan Feng nodded, in fact, it was just perfunctory, but Gao Tou was a little anxious, and interjected: "Liuchuan classmate, it is better to come to our Hainan than to go to Xiangbei." Hainan is one of the top teams in the county, and we reached the Summer National Tournament last year and finished in the round of 16. At this point, Xiangbei's best record is just to enter the national competition. Moreover, Xiangbei already has Sakuragi, you can only play as a substitute when you go, and when you go to Hainan, I can promise you a starting position! ”

The chatter of the high head made Rukawa a little impatient, but when he heard the name of Sakuragi who had just defeated him, Rukawa's eyes flashed, and he turned his head to Suzuki and asked, "Sakuragi Hanami in Lihai?" ”

Suzuki nodded and said frankly, "Yes." Sakuragi-san has been training with Xiangbei, and if nothing else, he will go on to Xiangbei after graduating from junior high school. Sakuragi can also play at the back, but I can't promise to give you a starting spot. I set up the starting lineup, which is arranged according to the state of the players and the needs of the tactics, and no one is the absolute main force. However, Rukawa-san, you can also inquire, I, Suzuki, like to use rotation very much. I never have all the players play from the beginning to the end in a game. Under me, whether it's the main player or the substitute, there will be a lot of opportunities to play, as long as you have the quality. ”

Suzuki's honesty made Rukawa's face a lot better, he nodded to both Gao Tou and Suzuki, and finally said: "Two coaches, thank you very much for your attention to me, but I don't want to make a hasty decision on my future just yet." However, Hainan and Xiangbei, these two schools will be considered at that time. That's all for today, I'm in a hurry to get home. ”

After saying these words, Rukawa said goodbye to his coach Misugi, went to the bicycle parking spot on the side of the road, unlocked a Panasonic sports car, and left leisurely.

Suzuki smiled and greeted Coach Misugi of Tominogaoka, and then continued to wait with Momoi at the entrance and exit of the gymnasium.

But Gao Tou did not give up, said goodbye to Suzuki, and continued to follow the people of Funogaoka.

Before they had gone far, another man ran out of the gymnasium, and he and Suzuki took a picture of each other, and the two sides were stunned again.

It turned out that it was Coach Shigeichi Taoka of Lingnan who ran out of it.

Taoka also knew the relationship between Suzuki and Sakuragi, and it was not very surprising that he appeared here, he greeted Suzuki, and then asked, "Suzuki-kun, may I ask, have you seen the members of the Tomigaoka team passing by here?" ”

Suzuki pointed in the direction they had gone and said, "They're going here." ”

Taoka thanked him and waved goodbye to Suzuki, but when he heard Suzuki say behind his back, "The head of Hainan is with them", he didn't have time to catch his breath, jumped off the sidewalk and rushed to the other side of the street.

A large wave of people came out of the venue, and this time the people in Lihai finally came out.

Suzuki talked to Yukimura for a few words, then called Sakuragi to his side and asked, "Why didn't you play the next game today?" ”

Sakuragi replied with a grin, "Of course, it's to help the captain win the MVP!" If I'm playing every game, there's nothing to do with him! ”

Suzuki laughed dumbly, slapped him, and scolded with a smile: "Stinky boy! ”

Speaking of Captain Tachikai, Suzuki glanced at him, made sure he didn't see him, and asked, "Where is Miyagi?" ”

Sakuragi smiled crookedly, poked out Miyagi's privacy, and said: "Miyagi's ancestors have a good relationship in Tominogaoka, that is, their basketball club manager, and he seems to have run away on a date just now. ”

Suzuki vaguely remembered that there was such an incident, so he didn't care about it and said, "Oh, then let's go back first." ”