With the curtain on the competition between Lingnan High School and Hainan, the first round of the round-robin round four of the county competition has officially come to an end, and the second round of the round-robin battle, there is a week between the first round of the competition, and the players have plenty of time to adjust their state and formulate corresponding tactics.

"Now, Brother Wu Dao, you say, why did a team like Hainan lose so easily?"

"That first grade, obviously very strong, I feel, bigger than the monkey, stronger than the gorilla."

"But even then, Hainan still lost so badly."

"You said that basketball is a five-person sport, but ..... Is this really a team sport?"

On the bus of Xiangbei High School, Sakuragi Hanamichi sat next to Jinguji Martial Arts, holding his chin in both hands, looking at the scenery flying out of the car window, and asked out loud.

Sakuragi Hanamichi watched the whole game between Hainan and Lingnan High School, and Mori Shigekuan's terrifying talent surprised a megalomaniac like Sakuragi Hanamichi. At the same time, for Mori Shigekuan, who can suppress the monkey boss Yusumi Jun throughout the process, Sakuragi Hanamichi also recognizes the strength of the other party.

Sakuragi Hanamichi thought that a genius like Mori Shigekuan would definitely be able to bring qualitative changes to the Hainan team, just like he Sakuragi could bring qualitative changes to Xiangbei High School, at least, Sakuragi thought so in his heart.

But what Sakuragi didn't expect was that even a person like Mori Shigekuan would have no way to help Hainan defeat Lingnan. Even, judging from the score, the presence or absence of Mori Shigekuan basically has no impact on the final score of the two teams.

This couldn't help but make Sakuragi Hanamichi think a little, and he suddenly felt that it was not important for a team to be united or not.

In the game, whether it is Lingnan or Hainan, it is star players who occupy the vast majority of the ball.

It was not so much that Hainan High School lost to Lingnan High School, but that Mori Shigekuan and Makishiunichi lost to Shinomiya Field.

Hanamichi Sakuragi, who has always been instilled in martial arts with the idea that "basketball is a five-person sport", questioned this concept for the first time.

"Hainan...."

"Hard power is not as good as Lingnan, this is in front of everyone."

"Basketball, of course, is a five-person sport, and only by combining the strength of five people can the team ...."

Without waiting for the martial arts to finish speaking, Sakuragi Hanamichi directly interrupted:

"Really? Is it a five-person sport? ”

"If you want someone like Shinomiya Tianye, I'm afraid you don't need too many teammates, right? As long as someone passes the ball to him, I'm afraid he will be able to defeat Hainan alone! ”

"I ..... You don't want to just stand under the basket and grab rebounds and pick up your teammates' handouts to shoot shots. ”

"I want to.... Become a player like Shinomiya Tano and you, and use your own power to control the entire game! ”

Sakuragi Hanamichi's voice was a little higher, and it could be seen that today's game had a great impact on Sakuragi Hanamichi. The feeling of powerlessness that Mori Shigekuan felt when facing Lingnan, Sakuragi Hanamichi had experienced it firsthand.

No matter how hard he tried, there was no way to contain his opponent's score, no matter how hard he tried, there was no way to grab the victory, and that feeling, Sakuragi didn't want to experience a second time.

"With your own strength, you can control the entire battle situation...."

"Ikebana, you kid, you're very ambitious!"

Hearing this, Wu Dao looked back at Sakuragi Hanamichi in surprise.

In this way, if it was said from Rukawa Kaede's mouth, Martial Arts would not feel any surprise. But Sakuragi Hanamichi said this, which surprised him a little.

From the very beginning, Sakuragi Hanamichi's purpose of playing was not pure, he was just just to please Haruko, even in today's game, Sakuragi Hanamichi did not show pure competitiveness.

I'm afraid that the more I think in my head is to be in the limelight.

But after the match between Hainan and Lingnan, Sakuragi Hanamichi seemed to have something more in his mind, but Wu Dao didn't know why this kid suddenly thought like this.

Although I don't know why, Takeshi knows that Sakuragi Hanamichi's attitude towards basketball seems to be changing.

"Why did you suddenly have this idea?"

"Didn't you play just to attract Haruko's attention?"

"Slam dunks, rebounds, shooting, layups, these are all weapons that will allow you to attract Haruko's attention."

"Isn't that enough?"

Wu Dao turned his head to look out the window and replied casually. However, Takemichi's gaze was through the reflection of the car window glass, paying attention to Sakuragi Hanamichi's expression.

"Uh...."Sakuragi didn't expect Martial Arts to say through his innermost thoughts like this, and after a brief hesitation, Sakuragi continued:

"Before... I probably did. ”

"But now..... I'm different. ”

Martial Arts looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi's face through the window glass, and there was unprecedented seriousness and solemnity on that handsome face.

"yes......"

"If you want to become a player who can control the game, the most important task is to know yourself correctly and know your opponent."

"Sakuragi, do you think, why can Lingnan crush Hainan? Do you rely solely on Shinomiya Field? ”

Wu Dao turned around and asked.

"Isn't it? He alone broke through the entire defense line in Hainan, and the Sen Chongkuan in Hainan had already ruled the inner line, if it weren't for Sigong Tianye, Lingnan would have lost the game long ago. ”

"Doesn't that just show how important it is to have a player like Shinomiya Tana in the team?"

"We Xiangbei... Isn't our Xiangbei the same as Lingnan? If it weren't for a scorer like you, Brother Wudao, I'm afraid our strength in Xiangbei would be far inferior to Lingnan, right? ”

"I... If I had the same scoring ability, wouldn't I be able to control the whole battle?! ”

Sakuragi's mind recalled the previous game between Hainan and Lingnan, and at the same time, he also recalled the game he had watched, which was once in Xiangbei High School. The more I think about it, the more Sakuragi Hanamichi thinks that a scorer of the caliber of Jinguji Takemichi is meaningful to the team. The desire to become a top scorer has also become stronger.

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"The reason why Lingnan was only able to crush Hainan was that Sigong Tianye's personal ability was only one aspect."

"In the game, the flower shape of the single defense god Ichiro, the immortal path of the single defense Mu Shenyi, and the Fuji Zhen of the single defense palace Yiyi Fan are all indispensable characters in Lingnan."

"Even if you say it, it's not as good as Mori Shigekuan's Uosumi Jun, but it's also an important force on the defensive end."

"Although they didn't score many points, and their performance was far less dazzling than that of Sigong Tianye, they were also an important weight for Lingnan to put on the balance of victory."

"There is no doubt that basketball is a five-person sport."

"Hanamichi, you don't know Lingnan, you don't know your opponent."

After Wu Dao finished speaking, he paused for a moment before continuing to ask:

"What do you think, you Sakuragi, have on the court?"

When Sakuragi Hanamichi heard this, he immediately snapped his fingers: "I~ Skilled in dribbling, sharp in passing, great at layups, great at slam dunk, great at shooting, except for not having good three-point ability, I'm an all-rounder!" ”

"Hmmm! I'm a genius. ”

Sakuragi would raise a finger every time he said his "merits", and at the end of the day, he didn't forget to nod his head and praise himself.

And Sakuragi's words also made Martial Arts listen to the black lines on his head and shook his head and smiled:

"You...... Neither know your enemies nor yourself. ”

Wu Dao thought that Sakuragi Hanamichi's answer just now was a fart, and after denying that he was right, he continued to himself: "Sakuragi, your scoring ability is actually not as strong as your defensive ability. ”

"If you don't have rebounds, if you don't have defensive ability, you can't get a chance to play."

"For Xiangbei, your offensive ability is actually dispensable, but your defense and rebounding are an indispensable and important force for our Xiangbei."

"Sakuragi, you don't rely on all-around scoring skills, you rely on solid defense and rebounding."

"Every player on the pitch has his or her own characteristics on the pitch, and a good team can combine the characteristics of all the players in the team to form a new strength."

"Lingnan is a team that has emerged by absorbing the characteristics of all the players in the team."

"It is impossible for any basketball team to rely on the individual strength of a player on the team to defeat Lingnan."

"Hainan loses in terms of comprehensive strength!"

"Shinomiya Tianye's personal ability is indeed top-notch, but it is everyone in the team who supports Lingnan High School."

"We Xiangbei High School! It's the same! ”

Martial Arts patted Sakuragi Hanamichi on the shoulder and explained to Sakuragi, trying to make Sakuragi Hanamichi understand the powerful nature of Lingnan. And after hearing these words, Sakuragi Hanamichi also looked pensive, as if he was thinking about the composition of Lingnan's team in his mind, which confirmed the words of Martial Arts.

"Hmm!" After a long time, Sakuragi Hanamichi nodded slightly, and a voice of approval came out of his mouth, and then said:

"Lingnan is indeed very good, but I also want to be a top scorer!"

Wu Dao looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi's serious expression, not like he said it on a whim, and muttered for a while before saying, "Sakuragi, basketball is a sport that requires talent. ”

"You're talented defensively, you're good at rebounding, but offensively, to be honest, I don't see it very well."

"Or rather, the offensive talent hasn't shone to that extent."

"At the level of high school basketball, you have enough offensive skills to support your game, but obviously, this offensive ability is not enough to make you a top scorer."

"It's important to work in the field that's right for you!"

"Genius has the same areas that he is good at and what he is not good at."

"Since you have this idea, I support you to do more practice in this area in private."

"As for whether your efforts can get corresponding results, it depends on whether you have the talent to do so."

"Players, there is a ceiling, I think, you will eventually touch your ceiling!"

After Martial Arts finished speaking, Sakuragi Hanamichi quieted down. Sakuragi Hanamichi needs to digest what Martial Arts said, he doesn't know what level he can grow to in the future. But what Hanamichi Sakuragi knew was that his training after that would change dramatically.

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Between the first round of the Final Four round-robin and the second round of matches.

The players of Xiangbei High School were not arranged for heavy exercises, and more of them were under the command of Coach Anxi, carrying out some technical and tactical drills. This is a special exercise for some players in Hainan.

The second round of their Xiangbei High School competition is to face the Hainan University Affiliated High School led by Mu Shenyi and Mori Chongkuan.

Sakuragi Hanamichi is different from other players in Xiangbei, in addition to the basic technical and tactical exercises, there are also heavy mid-shot exercises, as well as martial arts Kai Xiaozao to guide Sakuragi to carry out low-post offensive foot exercises.

The low footwork and Sakuragi's projection make Sakuragi a more terrifying threat in the close basket position.

A week is enough time for Sakuragi Hanamichi to master some practical basket steps.

Soon, the one-week gap period passed, and Xiangbei High School faced the opponent of the second round of the competition, Hainan Da Affiliated High School, at the Kanagawa Prefectural Gymnasium!

"Winter, winter, winter! Xiangbei! Winter, winter, winter! Xiangbei! ”

In the stands, supporters of Xiangbei knocked on empty bottles and made a loud noise to support Xiangbei. In the stadium, Mitsui Shou, Akagi Tsuyoken, Miyagi Ryota, Jinguji Martial Arts and Sakuragi Hanamichi walked towards the center of the court.

In today's game, Coach Anzai finally did not send five more first-year freshmen lineups, but put the old starters of Xiangbei on the court.

Except for Chiba Oshi, who was replaced by Sakuragi Hanamichi in the big forward position, the rest of the people are the most core players in Xiangbei.

"Coach Anxi is really a lake! I actually let the red-haired monkey play with the seniors. ”

"Don't think about it! This guy will definitely drag his predecessors back. ”

"The coach should have sent me on the field, and I, Nobunaga Kiyota, will be able to assist the seniors well!"

"Ahhhh Damn it. ”

In the rest area of Xiangbei, Kiyota Nobunaga gritted his teeth and looked at Sakuragi Hua who was on the expedition with the team and shouted indignantly, but at this moment, no one paid attention to him.

In the stadium, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who came to the middle circle with Martial Arts and others, did not show a complacent look on his face because he could start, on the contrary, Sakuragi's face was serious and there was no smile.

"Ikebana, don't be nervous."

"It's like training, this game is a test for you!"

"The team will attack around you, but whenever you have a chance to face Takasago alone under the basket, you will be decisive."

"Even if Mori Shigekuan makes up for the defense! Don't be afraid! ”

"He's just a first-year like you, and if you can't break through his defense, then this year, you should give up the idea of becoming the main attacker!"

Before the referee kicked off, Takemichi walked to Sakuragi's side, put his arm around Sakuragi Hanamichi's shoulders and said in a deep voice, the eyes of the two of them glanced at Mori Shigekuan and Takasago Kazuma from time to time.

"Oh hiss!"

Sakuragi nodded heavily, his eyebrows were full of solemnity, and during this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi became more calm.

Takemichi patted Sakuragi on the shoulder, left his side, and went to his place to take his place, waiting for the tee-off.

"Xiangbei...... Jinguji Martial Arts ......"

"This person's threat is only stronger than Shinomiya Tianye."

"In today's game, as long as you can control the performance of Jinguji Martial Arts, you will be able to win!"

"We in Hainan have already lost a game, and today, we must defeat Xiangbei to have a chance!"

The referee walked into the center circle and was about to kick off, and Mu Shen stood in the backfield and looked at the Jinguji Martial Arts in the middle circle, with a dignified face. Jinguji Martial Arts seemed to feel the gaze of Mu Shenyi, and when he was about to kick off, he actually had time to look at him, and showed a smile to Mu Shenyi.

It's just that the smile of the martial arts did not give the gentry the slightest warmth, but made his hairs stand on end

"Beep!

！ ”

With a whistle, the basketball was thrown into the air by the referee, and the second round of the round-robin officially began!

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