Chapter Twenty-Three: Easy Victory
Coach Hayama was talking to Oda Ryumasa, but he found that Oda Ryumasa seemed to be a little absent-minded, and couldn't help but shout a few times, "...... Oda! Oda! ”
"In!" Oda Ryumasa didn't come out of his mind until Coach Hayama called him.
"Oda! What happened to you? Coach Hayama's expression was a little serious, "You have always been calm, why are you so impatient today?" ”
Coach Hayama didn't say much when he saw that Oda Ryumasa had recovered, but said to the other four: "It can be seen from the first half of the game that the main forces in Xiangbei this year are Sakuragi, Akagi and Rukawa. Especially Sakuragi, you have to keep an eye on him. ”
"I'm not asking you to win anymore, as long as you don't let the score open again in the next matches, it's already good!" Coach Hayama couldn't help but sigh when he saw the huge score difference, "No wonder Lingnan High School will lose in the hands of Xiangbei, I thought it was Lingnan who was too careless and didn't pay attention to the opponent that would lead to defeat." It seems that I was wrong, this year's Xiangbei has the ability to win the championship. ”
The players also bowed their heads silently when they heard this.
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The second half of the game begins.
Sakuragi Hanamichi slapped the basketball back and forth with both hands in front of him, while his shoulders kept shaking with the movement of the ball, but it seemed very rhythmic, and at the same time, it could confuse the opponent and make it impossible to guess his next move.
Sakuragi Hanamichi lowered his center of gravity, and then did a few crotch dribbles in a row, Oda Ryumasa stared at Sakuragi Hanamichi's movements, not relaxing.
Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly moved his shoulders slightly to the left, and then the ball instantly reached the left hand, and at the same time Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly took a big step, this step was as fast as lightning, and the distance between the two was ignored in an instant, ** One step later, it became eternal! Sakuragi Hanamichi held the ball and went straight to the basket, jumped up, and it was a slam dunk!
And Uzaki, who had already been instructed by Coach Hayama, was closest to Sakuragi Hanamichi, and he didn't think too much about it, so he also flew up and jumped up, directly covering the sight and space of Sakuragi Hanamichi's layup.
Seeing this, Sakuragi Hanamichi grinned at the corners of his mouth. He used his incredible waist and abdomen ability, and seemed to stop unbelievably in mid-air, and then wrapped his wrist around to allow the basketball to avoid Usaki's block and smoothly hook the basketball into the basket, and also made a foul on Usaki, and the perfect "2+1" appeared in this way.
"Beep!" After the whistle, Xiangbei and Wuyuan were like two opposite situations, Usaki was still hugging his teammates in annoyance, while Sakuragi Hanamichi was high-five with his teammates one by one to celebrate.
Free throws begin!
At this time, the strength of the Wuyuan support group was fully reflected.
"Ho Ho ......"
"Hahahaha......"
"Bang bang, bang bang ......"
A large noise constantly interfered with Sakuragi Hanamichi's shooting.
However, Sakuragi Hanamichi seemed to be really affected, and he didn't make the free throw, and the basketball was bounced high instead.
"yes yes yes ......"
"Rebounds, rebounds, ......"
But is that really the case? No! Because Sakuragi Hanamichi seemed to have expected it in advance, he took the lead in jumping high and grabbed the basketball and poured the ball into the basket before others could react.
"Wow Wow Wow Wow ......"
"Is this a show?"
"It's incredible!"
"Is this really what a high school student should have?"
……
A series of incredible discussions kept coming from the audience.
And Haruko Akagi's eyes have turned into a small pink heart at this time, and her heart is beating vigorously.
"Cut! What a guy who loves to show up. Rukawa Kaede stared at Sakuragi Hanamichi expressionlessly, but his heart was filled with incomparably strong fighting spirit.
"Dominating the whole country is no longer just a mouth and a dream!" Akagi's heart was filled with excitement.
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Looking at the game so far, Shimamura Hako looked at Oda Ryumasa, his heart was full of complicated expressions, recalling the previous heavy and frustrated expressions on the field now, how Shimamura Hako hopes that Oda Ryumasa can return to the mentality and emotions of junior high school.
Oda Ryumasa also looked in the direction of the audience where Shimamura Leaf was located, and there was a vague awakening in his heart.
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No matter what the mood of the crowd is, the game will go on.
Sakuragi Hanamichi made a shooting feint, and after shaking Oda Ryumasa to deceive Dai's defense, he directly hit the ball behind and gave the ball to Rukawa Kaede, who rushed to the basket, and Rukawa Kaede successfully scored a layup again.
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Oda Ryumasa shook off Mu Du Gongyan with a light pace, and passed the ball directly to Dai, Dai hit the basket strongly, and when he hit it backwards violently with his back, Akagi Gangxian's body didn't have time to rush to it, and Dai immediately made a quick layup, "Huh! "Basketball goes into the net to score.
In the next game, Oda Ryumasa broke through and scored a layup, and Miura and Yuki hit three points one after another, but they still couldn't withstand Xiangbei's rainbow momentum and sharp attack.
In the last minute of the game, Xiangbei stretched the score of the two sides to 32 points with 113:81.
Sakuragi Hanamichi shook the ball past Miura who pounced and rushed directly to the basket, and at this time, it was Sakuragi Hanamichi's opponent Oda Ryumasa who was guarding the three-second area of the martial arts garden, looking at Oda Ryumasa who was already standing under the basket, Sakuragi Hanamichi did not pause at all, stepped into the penalty area, kicked his left foot violently, and the whole person rose into the air.
Seeing this, Oda Ryumasa had serious eyes, although he knew that his team had no place to turn over, but he still had to finish the game beautifully, didn't he, so he also jumped up and fanned the ball in Sakuragi Hanamichi's hand.
Seeing this, Sakuragi Hanamichi also tensed his body, raised his right arm high, and then slashed down fiercely, and the ball drew a graceful arc in the air.
"Bang!"
The bodies of the two collided in the air, and Oda Ryumasa's strength was Sakuragi Hanamichi's opponent, not to mention Sakuragi Hanamichi's impact, Oda Ryumasa felt that there was a very powerful force that hit him, and then his body fell quickly and fell to the ground in an instant.
And when Oda Ryumasa fell, Sakuragi Hanamichi smoothly poured the ball into the basket.
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who fell down, stretched out his hand to Oda Ryumasa, Oda Ryumasa first looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi blankly, and then clenched Sakuragi Hanamichi's hand, Sakuragi Hanamichi pulled Oda Ryumasa up, and then said to Oda Ryumasa: "Are you okay?" ”
Then, without waiting for Oda Ryumasa to answer, he continued: "Do you know what you have been lacking from the beginning of the competition, maybe not only this competition? ”
Seeing Oda Ryumasa shaking his head, Sakuragi Hanamichi slapped his shoulder and said, "It's enthusiasm, it's enjoyment, it's fun and persistence!" A person who does not know how to enjoy the fun of playing cannot be said to be a person who knows basketball. A person who is not passionate about playing basketball and sticks with it cannot be said to be a good basketball player! Are you right? ”
The leaves in the audience saw this scene and were moved to tears......
Suddenly, there was applause in the stadium, and everyone was surprised to find that the first person to applaud was Coach Hayama of Takeshien, who was moved by Sakuragi Hanamichi's words.
Immediately afterwards, with the applause of Coach Hayama, Haruko and Yeko, as well as the Sakuragi Army, also applauded, and finally the audience gave Sakuragi a warm applause.
In this kind of scene, the result of the game is no longer important, and the emotion that everyone gets far exceeds the real meaning of winning or losing the game.
The game was over, and Coach Hayama and the players of the Wuyuan basketball team sent Coach Mitsuyoshi Anzai and the players of the Xiangbei team away.
"I was really surprised to see Coach Hayama clapping for our players. Coach Mitsuyoshi Anzai's glasses shone brightly.
"You know what? What our basketball team lacks is what Sakuragi-san said, and Oda is the most serious of them, and he is bent on playing in the national league. It's nice to have this heart, but he has forgotten one of the most basic attitudes - selfless enthusiasm and having fun in the game. Thank you for teaching me a valuable lesson today. ”
"Nope! Don't say that, we've benefited a lot too, hehe......" Coach Anthy smiled again.
"I wish you all the best in the preliminaries of the national competition!" Coach Hayama and Mitsuyoshi Anzai shook hands and wished.
Ryumasa Oda and Shimamura Hako walked over together to greet Sakuragi Hanamichi.
"Thank you! Sakuragi, I now understand what Leaf and you told me earlier. Oda Ryumasa looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi, his eyes full of gratitude, "In the past, I cared too much about the decency of appearance, and I want to enjoy basketball in the future!" However, Sakuragi, although I lost this game, I will definitely beat you in the national competition in the future! ”
"I'm waiting for your challenge! I hope you don't disappoint me then! Sakuragi Hanamichi smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and shook Oda Ryumasa and said.
"Sakuragi, you have to work hard in the high school league." Shimamura said with a smile as well.
"Hmmm! Thank you for the good work, we will definitely win the championship! Sakuragi Hanamichi's voice was full of affirmation.
Haruko Akagi Haruko also walked over, "Sakuragi, you were really good just now, you were in the limelight." ”
Sakuragi Hanamichi actually blushed a little, "yes, did you see that?" So many people applauded me, haha...... That's because I'm a genius! I'm so embarrassed! ”
Sakuragi Hanamichi's words made Haruko Akagi, Shimamura Hako and Oda Ryumasa laugh, and through this game, Oda Ryumasa no longer had any mustard for Sakuragi Hanamichi in his heart.
"Sakuragi! If you don't hurry, we'll ignore you! Akagi stood at the school gate and shouted at Sakuragi Hanamichi.
"How dare you ignore today's great hero here!" Sakuragi Hanamichi chased after him with a jumping foot, and then shouted at Haruko Akagi, "Haruko! Come on, too! ”
"Uh-huh......"