Chapter 13: Sakuragi's Growth

At the end of the first half of the game, Xiangbei directly abused Miuratai by 50 points, and the mentality of the Miuratai players collapsed! Sakuragi had 14 points and 12 rebounds in the first half, and also received three fouls.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, all the main forces on the Xiangbei side came to rest, Sakuragi came on the field with a few substitutes, and Miuratai took the opportunity to chase the points frantically.

Only 2 minutes after the game, Sakuragi left the court full of mistakes and returned to the field in shame, Wang Guang was speechless.

In just 5 minutes of the first half, the difference was narrowed to 20 points, and Coach Anzai sent Kaede Rukawa, Mitsui Shou and Miyagi to play, and the three teamed up to harvest the game, and the final game ended with Xiangbei's 109-48 victory over Miuradai.

In the second game, Xiangbei 113:24 abused Kakuno.

With Wang Guang present, Sakuragi still left the field in the 9th minute of the substitute.

This made the Sakuragi army on the sidelines very happy, and even fired a salute.

In the third game, Xiangbei played against Takada.

Sakuragi started the game, and in the 11th minute of the first half, he received the fifth foul to graduate, Xiangbei 119-60 Takada.

After three big victories, everyone in Xiangbei was in high spirits, but Sakuragi was the only one who was depressed.

Wang Guang knew Sakuragi's heart knot, and met Sakuragi at the gymnasium at night.

"Sakuragi, let's go head-to-head." Wang Guang grabbed the ball with one hand and pointed at Sakuragi and said.

Sakuragi also came to be interested, stretched out his hand to the basketball, Wang Guang quickly withdrew, Sakuragi waved in the air, and then pounced, Wang Guang handed the ball to the left hand behind his back, Sakuragi went to the left to grab the ball, Wang Guang raised the ball with one hand, Sakuragi pounced on Wang Guang, knocked Wang Guang down, and pressed under him.

"Big brother! Are you okay!! Sakuragi hurriedly got up and helped Wang Guang up.

Wang Guang rubbed his chest, Sakuragi's body is really strong.

"Sakuragi, do you know why you keep fouling?" Wang Guang asked.

"Why?"

"Because you don't know anything about the rules of basketball." Wang Guang paused for a moment and continued: "When the referee blew the whistle, did you know what rules you had committed? ”

Sakuragi pinched his chin in thought, then shook his head.

"For newcomers who are not familiar with the rules, there is no way to control the scale of the movement, and the best way to reduce the number of fouls is to minimize physical contact in addition to increasing the game experience. You know, your job is not to snatch the ball away from me, but to stop me from shooting it into the basket. Do you understand? Wang Guang said.

The genius Sakuragi pinched his chin and thought for a long time, and then asked, "Does this make any difference?" ”

"Ha, of course! Sakuragi, from now on, your mission is not to allow physical contact with me, but you must stop me from shooting the ball into the basket! ”

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After a night, Wang Guang and Sakuragi lay on the floor of the Xiangbei Gymnasium and fell asleep.

This day is a rest day, there is no need to go to class, and there is no game in Xiangbei at night.

The two woke up, and Wang Guang took Sakuragi to the video hall to watch the NBA video.

On the way, I met Miss Haruko who was shopping, and the Sakuragi Army who had nothing to do.

Knowing that Wang Guang was going to the video hall, of course the Sakuragi Army was going to join in the fun, Haruko heard that she was going to watch the NBA video, and she was also very interested and said that she wanted to go together.

As soon as the picture turned to the video hall, Sakuragi stared at the picture on the TV seriously, and Haruko watched it with relish.

Wang Guang has passed the age when he can watch the whole game in its entirety, so he went to the video hall next door and put up some videotapes that are not suitable for children to watch.

Yohei and a few other classmates slipped over at some point, leaving Sakuragi and Haruko in the same room.

Sakuragi looked too seriously, and she didn't realize that there were only two people in the room, she and Haruko, Haruko turned her head to look at Sakuragi from time to time, and she liked to look at him with a serious face.

At noon, Wang Guang invited everyone to have lunch and returned to Xiangbei Gymnasium.

At this time, many people have already started training in the stadium.

The training was disbanded, Wang Guang and Sakuragi stayed, and continued the 1-on-1 session.

The next day, Xiangbei ushered in the quarterfinals, and the opponent was last year's quarterfinals Tsukuwu High School.

Sakuragi started the game, and the Xiangbei Army bet on how many times Sakuragi would leave the game with five fouls.

Miss Haruko blamed Yohei and a few others, and at the same time stretched out two fingers and said that Sakuragi would hold on for twenty minutes, which made Yohei and the others very happy.

However, Sakuragi's performance surprised everyone!

It's only been two nights in the past two nights, and Sakuragi seems to have changed as a person, defending well, and not losing half a step in the face of the ball carrier.

After watching the videotapes all day, Sakuragi's understanding of basketball deepened a lot.

Keeping Wang Guang's teachings in mind not to have too much physical contact with the ball carrier, Sakuragi always kept a step away from the defender and blocked his breakthrough route.

Tsukutake's players couldn't break through Sakuragi's kraft candy-like defense, and chose to pull out their hands on the outside, and Sakuragi used his explosive power and bounce power to send the ball off the field with a big hat that covered the sky.

"Sakuragi! Well done! Miss Haruko shouted frantically, and Sakuragi, who was on the tip of her ear, heard the goddess's cheering, and smirked towards the stands, making a V-shaped victory pose.

The Sakuragi Legion was full of disappointment.

"What the hell, is that guy really Sakuragi?" Chubby Takanomiya looked at Sakuragi on the court with an incredulous face.

"Oh yes, Sakuragi, it's been five minutes, why haven't you fouled yet!" The mustachioed Noma Tadaichiro made a trumpet shape with his hands and shouted at Sakuragi.

"Sakuragi, I bet that you will end the game in 10 minutes, don't lose!" The blonde Daikusu Yuji shouted.

"It's noisy!" Sakuragi waved his fist and cursed at the Sakuragi Legion.

After the game, Xiangbei 109-50 Tsukutake successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.

In this game, Sakuragi only received 3 fouls, successfully played the whole game, and took 25 rebounds, breaking the record of the county conference and becoming the most beautiful boy on the court.

On the offensive end, Sakuragi ate cakes again and again, and also scored 14 points.

The next game is against the veteran powerhouse, last year's county runner-up Xiangyang High School.

Xiangyang is a team with many tall people, and the average height is the first in the county.

Xiangyang's ace and coach Fuji Zhen pretended to be a wave of pressing, with his hands on his chest and a coat draped over his shoulders, sitting on the bench, as if he was not going to play.

On the side of Xiangbei, Akagi, Sakuragi, Rukawa, Mitsui, and Miyagi started the game.

Among the five people, except for Sakuragi and Rukawa, the other three were a little nervous.

The two sides jumped the ball, Akagi was too nervous to jump early, and the ball was awarded to Xiangyang.

Traditional center Akagi faced the technical center Hanagata, and the defense was very difficult, and the flower-shaped basket leaned back to score two points directly.

Under the arrangement of Coach Anxi, the tactics of Xiangbei are to play a rapid offensive and defensive transition.

Xiangyang's respective players are generally very high, which is an advantage and a disadvantage, which means that Xiangyang's speed is very slow.

Xiangbei can use run-and-shoot tactics to win the team that has practiced running and bombing for three years in the national competition, and it is not too handy to play a quick offensive and defensive switch.