In the first few games, Shen Long did not let Sakuragi expose his mid-range shooting and back-to-back jumper ability; I have to say that Inoue is too fond of Sakuragi Hanamichi, and throughout the entire manga, there are multiple super-first-class players in almost every position.

The point guard Kanagawa alone has four masters: Miyagi, Fujima, Amu, and Sendo, and the mountain king also has the country's No. 1 point guard Fukatsu; Scoring guards include Mitsui, Hoshida, Minoru Matsumoto, and Nobunaga Kiyota; Small forwards include Rukawa Kaede, Nan Lie, Tsuchiya Jun, and Japan's No. 1 high school student Eiji Sawakita; Not to mention the center, Akagi, Uozumi, Hanagata, Kawada plus Mori Shigekan.

But if you look at the big striker, who are the counts, Chang Cheng's Yuzichai? The Nobe Shohiro of the Mountain King? Toyotama's Kishimoto? Lingnan's Futian auspicious omen? No matter how you look at it, it's not on the same level as the stars above.

It can be said that the power forward is the worst position in the whole comic, and Sakuragi Hanamichi, a pure newcomer who has only practiced basketball for three months, dares to compete for the throne of the country's number one striker.

"Daddy, do you finally want the genius Sakuragi to show all his strength?" Sakuragi Hanamichi's eyes flashed, the first few games were just defensive and fast-break layups, but they suffocated him.

"Sakuragi, tomorrow you are the key to our victory." Shen Long encouraged, and then went on to explain to them the tactics to be used in tomorrow's game......

Before the start of the next day's game, Shen Long gathered them together for a final mobilization, and this time, instead of explaining the tactics, he told the story.

In 1980, substitute pitcher Daisuke Araki led Waseda Koshien to the Koshien Tournament, and without many people being optimistic, he went all the way to the final against Yokohama, a famous Kanto player. After the competition, many people praised Daisuke Araki and Waseda Kogyo for their fighting spirit. ”

"They said that although Waseda lost the game, they won everyone's respect, because they had done their best, although they had regrets, they would not regret it, and as long as their youth was hot, it was not a waste!" In the summer of 2018, the grassroots team Jin Zunong reached the Koshien finals, which detonated the whole of Japan, and some people in China compared this game to Sanno Xiangbei.

Shen Long borrowed a similar story from the history of Koshien to ask Akagi here, "These days, the newspapers are praising the dark horse trip in northern Xiangbei, saying that even if you lose to the Mountain King, you will have no regrets this summer!" What I want to ask you is, do you really have no regrets if you lose this game? ”

"We're going to win, Daisuke Araki was only in the first grade, I'm in my third year of high school now, I don't have a second chance, we're definitely going to win this game!" Mitsui Shou shouted loudly, among all the team members, his desire to win is the strongest, the past two years have always been like a thorn in his heart, except for the championship, nothing can make him let go of the knot.

"When I was a child, I fantasized about one day meeting the king of the mountains in the national competition, and today I finally waited for this opportunity, and I will give everything I have in exchange for winning this competition!" Akagi followed suit.

"The King of the Mountain will be handed over to this genius to defeat him!" Sakuragi Hanamichi is as thick as ever, but it makes everyone relax a lot.

"In the comics, we are often told that as long as you give your best in a game like this, you will have no regrets even if you lose, because youth is inherently unperfect, but now the championship is in front of you, as long as you defeat the king of the mountain, whether it is Hakata or a famous friend, it is not your opponent, now, you go and defeat the king of the mountain and get the championship back!" Shen Long's speech ignited enthusiasm, and five starters made their debut.

Although the whole audience was cheering for the mountain king, they were not afraid at all, we were very strong, Akagi, Mitsui, Miyagi, Rukawa Kaede, and Sakuragi Hanamichi shouted in their hearts at the same time.

Akagi and Kawada's jump balls are comparable, Sakuragi gets the ball and hands it to Miyagi, Miyagi takes the opportunity of the mountain king's unstable foothold to throw the ball to the basket, Sakuragi Hanamichi scores a dunk in the air, and Xiangbei gives the mountain king a dismount.

Fukatsu didn't fluctuate in his heart, and hit a jump shot directly on Miyagi's head, and turned around Miyagi with the ball over the half court and handed it to Rukawa Kaede, and then it was his time.

In a row of three rounds of heads-up, Rukawa Kaede only succeeded once in three attacks, once was tackled by Zebei and scored quickly, and once shot off under Zebei's interference, on the other hand, Zebei scored three times, and the Mountain King led 8-4.

Miyagi glanced at the time, it was only a little more than two minutes now, he handed the ball to Rukawa Kaede again, Rukawa Kaede broke through with the ball, Zebei blocked his way, and drove him to Kawada's defensive area, Rukawa Kaede stopped sharply and then ...... Passed the ball to Mitsui Shou on the outside, Kawada hurriedly pounced to make up for the defense, Mitsui faked a real pass, and Akagi dunked and scored.

Yes! Shen Long clenched his fists, Rukawa Kaede's awakening was earlier than he expected, and after finding out that he couldn't beat Zebei alone, he began to use other methods to help the team.

Kawada asked for the ball to shoot and switch the offense, this side Rukawa Kaede pulled Zebei away, Akagi mentioned the three-point line for Mitsui to block and dismantle, Mitsui Shou received a pass from Miyagi and hit a three-point shot, and Xiangbei closed the score again.

In the next few rounds, Akagi and Sakuragi took turns to block the defenders for Mitsui Shou, Mitsui Shou's hands were hot, and he made three of four three-point shots, and Xiangbei tied the score.

"Akagi, is this the strength of your Kanagawa No. 1 center? Isn't Kanagawa's center forward now going to take the initiative to attack? Masashi Kawada was sarcastic.

"To deal with the mountain king, you don't need me to attack." Akagi remembered what Shen Long said to him yesterday, Kawada Masashi moved from guard to center because of his height, which made him have a wider range and better athleticism than the average center, but he didn't play as long as he did at the center after all, and his basic skills under the basket were still not as good as himself.

As long as he is not misled by him and guards the basket to protect Xiangbei, Kawada will not be able to cause too much trouble, his mid-range and long-range shots are not stable enough, and under the basket, Akagi firmly believes that he will not lose to Kawada.

Kawada pulled out to shoot, wanting to add a scoring point outside of Zebei, but unfortunately the second shot was interfered with by Sakuragi and missed, such a shooting percentage would not make Xiangbei feel afraid.

The game lasted ten minutes, and the two teams took the lead alternately, Xiangbei couldn't stop Zebei's attack, and the king of the mountains couldn't interrupt Mitsui Shou's hot hand.

Coach Domoto sits firmly in the coach's seat, if Xiangbei pins all their hopes on three-point shots, they are doomed to fail, because the mountain king still has a lot of cards to play.

Shen Long seemed to be aware of Domoto's thoughts, and Xiangbei also had a lot of hole cards.